Doctor Who and the Guardians of the Galaxy Review

I know I said last time I was going to give you guys my Sherlock theory but that was accidentally deleted.  So while I'm working on re-typing the whole thing I thought I would write a quick review on both the new Doctor Who and Guardians of the Galaxy.

In case you didn't know already I am a huge Marvel fan.  Iron Man has been my all time favorite superhero when I was growing up, I only watched the first movie five billion times in the first month it came out.  And another favorite comic series of mine as a kid was Guardians of the Galaxy (Rocket is the best)!  I was super geeked when I first saw the commercial for it.  I went and saw it the day after it came out in theatres and then again with my sister last saturday.  I really enjoyed it for the fact that it was a little more comedic than most Marvel movies.  Unfortunately, because of this, my sister (not a Marvel fan, or a geek at all in any way) commented while we sat through the credits that she thought it was rather "cheesy."  She just took it for granted that being a Marvel movie it was going to be more serious, with your average team of superheroes going around saving lives.  I forgot that she had no clue who the Guardians were.  And when we watched the extra clip after the credits (which I won't tell you what it was, you'll have to watch the movie for yourself) she was completely lost.  I don't blame her for that last one though.
I thought it was pretty good.  I wasn't too disappointed with it since they hadn't been building up to this movie making obvious references to it in other movies (like the Avengers).  Sorry but I was expecting a lot more out of the Avengers than that.  With as long as we were kept waiting for it and all the movies leading up to it.  Ugh!  Sorry.  Still not over that one.

Doctor Who season eight, review of episode one:
I love the new Doctor!  What did I say guys?  I don't know why everyone was so worked up about Peter Capaldi playing Twelve.  If Steven Moffat was even partially responsible for helping choose the next Doctor I wasn't even remotely worried.  Lots of people were concerned he was too old.  Peter commented that if you think about it, he's too young to play the part if you want to get all technical.  Then some were worried when Moffat said the new Doctor was going to be a little bit rude.  So what?  Look at the other Doctors.

And what about Sherlock?  He's a douchebag, and everyone loves him.
Now we have proof: Peter Capaldi plays an absolutely brilliant Doctor.  All you fan girls that were only in the fandom for the young hot guys playing the Doctor can either realize the true nature of the Doctor or leave.  Don't let the door hit you on the way out.  Who am I kidding?  I hope you trip down the stairs and fall on your dainty little butts / face.
I was especially happy with the first episode.  It was extra long, with references to the tenth Doctor and there were several moments when he really reminded me of Four.
Plus a giant Dinosaur in the middle of London?

How can you beat that?
I'm really looking forward to the rest of this season and lots more before we get a new Doctor.





Quick theories on who or what Missy is:
For those of you who haven't seen episode one or two yet, this will make no sense, so go watch the show.  For those of you that have... I haven't read too much about anyone else theories and the ones that I have don't seem to make much sense; Some people think she might be Madame Kovarian somehow in a different form, or an evil version of Clara.  Like I said: not a lot of sense.  Based on the few seconds we see her in the end of both episodes my first guess was maybe she's a Time Lady possible someone like Rani.  Short version for those of you who don't know Classic Who she was a rival Time Lady, evil genius, basically the female equivalent of the Master.  She could have used her TARDIS to materialize around Gretchen just before the Dalek antibodies got her and she could have easily fixed the clockwork robot.  The garden that they both woke up in could very well be part of her TARDIS.  Maybe she's recruiting people who might have a grudge against the Doctor.
My other theory is based on this picture I accidentally found.

So my guess based on this is that those people basically are dead and only their brains were saved to put in the cyber men.  They're basically creating a fake world for themselves because the reality of what they've become is to harsh, and Missy is either the person making them or is someone like Miss Hartigan from The Next Doctor.

Until next time.

The Real DW Teaser Trailer

The last teaser I had posted on my blog for series 8 was a good fan-made trailer but here is the legit BBC teaser.  This is epic!  And I thought it was coming out in the fall, September at the earliest but August? that's so close I can practically touch it!

Power Wheels Racing

Where should I start explaining what the heck this is?
How about the quick version: adults (with the hearts of three year olds) armed with welding equipment and various power tools modify little kiddy cars to race around a track against other teams at the Maker Faire (yes it has an E at the end and it's still pronounced fair).  There are some rules: you can't spend over five hundred dollars on your vehicle, it can't be a gas motor (for safety reasons), etc.

Last year I cobbled one together and took it to the Maker Faire in Detroit Michigan (that being the closest).  The vehicle I started out with was a blue kids quad so of course I had to give it a TARDIS theme.

 It didn't end up looking much like the TARDIS but I plan on souping it up for this year.

It wasn't the fastest... in fact it was the second or third slowest, but being Doctor Who themed and being in a crowd of nerds* this helped out.  This the other thing that makes Power Wheels racing so fun.  They have a few different awards.  There's the medal for being the fastest (of course), then there are moxie points, an electronic board with buttons for each team is passed around through the crowd and they can vote for their favorite team.  Thanks to there being an abundance of Whovians there I got quite a few votes, that and I threw candy out to the crowd (yes you can bribe the audience, and yes it is legal in this racing series).

Just recently I went to an auction where they sell just about anything you can imagine, from quads and lawn mowers, to furniture, to antiques, toys, etc.  This was the same auction where I got the original kids quad to make for last years faire.  Anyway just a few weeks ago I went back and found myself the proud owner of a small go-kart frame (among other various sundry things).

This frame will serve as a great chassis for my new and improved racer.  The Detroit Faire will be taking place in July so I only have a few precious weeks to work on this.  Which brings me to an important announcement: I'm going to be slacking off on my blog for a while until after the faire.  I'll still try and post every now and then but obviously I am going to be missing a few weeks.  So have a fun summer.  Come visit the Maker Faire closest to you if you get a chance (you will not be disappointed, even if you don't make a bunch of stuff yourself it's still lots of fun to see what other people have made).  And I'll write to you later!

*When I use the terms geek or nerd to describe someone it is a very high compliment and should not be taken offensively.

If you want to learn more about the Maker Faire, where the closest location for you is or just to see what it's about, you can check out these links:
makerfaire.com
www.facebook.com/MakerFaireDetroit

And while you're at it if you want to see more of a behind the scenes look at what goes into building one of these racers follow my facebook page:
www.facebook.com/MyPowerWheelsRacingTeam