The Joshua Yoder Blog

 This was such a beautifully made movie and honestly is one of the major reasons as to why I love the country of Japan. The Last Samurai! The Last Samurai came out in 2003 which makes me feel old lol. But at the same time it doesn't feel like it has been that long ago and it still holds up today. The film stars Tom Cruise and Ken Watanabe as Nathan Algren and Lord Moritsugu Katsumoto. The movie follows Algen who has become an alcoholic due to being traumatized by the atrocities from the American Indian Wars. But is soon asked by Colonial Bagley to help a newly created Imperial Japanese Army who are trying to suppress the Samurai rebellion. Although Algren hates Bagley, he is in need of cash and so takes the offer and moves out to Japan. However things quickly turn ugly for Nathan as he soon realizes that the soldiers are not ready and are quickly defeated by Katsumoto and his men. They then capture Algren and take him to their village where he soon begins to have sympathy towards t...

 In my humble opinion, one of the most underrated comic book characters of all time is Jason Todd. Better known as the Red Hood. Jason Todd made his debut into comics back in March of 1983 as Robin during Batman #635. Todd was a replacement to the original Robin (Dick Grayson) who had moved on and became Nightwing.  Todd became the new Robin after Batman discovered him trying to steal the tires off of the Batmoblie.  Now, I know that I just said that Jason Todd was an underrated character, but when he first debut, he wasn't exactly popular among the fans as Jason was known for being aggressive and reckless. Basically he was the total opposite of Dick Grayson. It got so bad that during the storyline "A Death In The Family" fans voted on a telephone poll that Jason would die at the hands of the Joker. We wouldn't see Jason again until 2005 during the "Under The Red Hood" story arc. In this story a mysterious figure named the Red Hood began tearing up the stree...

 Hard to believe sometimes but this amazing system came out 25 years ago and it certainly was a big part of my childhood. The Playstation 2 arrived on shelves on March 4, 2000, it was a sixth generation console that competed against other systems like the Nintendo Game Cube, the Sega Dreamcast and the original Xbox. I remember watching the hype and eventually launch of the PS2 on Gamespot TV. Man did it have a lot of hype on it especially since the original Playstation was so successful and boy did it live up to the hype. The lifespan of the PS2 went from March 2000 to January 2013 and sold over 160 million units Worldwide. 😮 One of the things I loved about the PS2 was the simple fact that it's backwards compatibility. You didn't have to get rid of your favorite PS1 games, so if you wanted to, you could just put in a classic and enjoy it while getting to play the newer PS2 games. Of course, much like the older systems, the PS2 had things called a Memory Card, which those could...

 Recently I went back to watching James Bond movies and the choice of the night, You Only Live Twice. This 1967 spy thriller is the fifth of the James Bond movie franchise that was created by Eon Productions and stars once again the late, great Sean Connery as the 007 agent himself. The movie was based off of an Ian Fleming book of the same name. In fact, this book was the eleventh novel and twelve book in the James Bond series and it came out in March of 1964. Sadly, this would be the last book ever written by Fleming as he would pass away in August of the same year (REST IN PEACE🙏🙏🙏 Fleming!) The film follows James Bond as he is assigned to the land of the rising sun after American and Russian astronauts go missing with each nation blaming each other amidst the Cold War.  So Bond goes to Japan where he meets up with Tanaka and Aki where they discovered that the hijackings are caused by the archrival of Bond Ernst Stavro Blofeld and his organization SPECTRE. Bond along wit...

 One of the best villains in the Daredevil series and arguably the greatest villain that Daredevil has ever faced. Bullseye! The character was created by writer Marv Wolfman and artist John Romita Sr (RIP). Bullseye made his debut in March of 1976 in Daredevil issue #131 and has become one of the best and most dangerous opponents that Daredevil has ever come face to face with. In fact, Bullseye also has dealings with The Punisher as well. Though he has no super powers to speak of, that doesn't make him any less dangerous. Bullseye is an expert marksman who can use anything as a lethal projectile. Whether it is shuriken, a sai or just a simple playing card, Bullseye could end your life in a matter of seconds. Although he uses the name Benjamin Poindexter in the comic books as well the Daredevil series on Netflix as well as the up coming Born Again series. The truth of the matter is, no one really knows the true origin or real name of Bullseye. He is a complete unknown and even when ...

 Well, Chad and myself decided to take another trip down to Huntingdon where we made our return to the Clifton 5 theater to watch the Heart Eyes movie which stars Olivia Holt and Mason Gooding. This was a movie that Chad had been wanting to see for a while now but we never really had a chance to see it until now. Needless to say, my twin was more excited about seeing this movie than I was, the trailer didn't really grab my attention, but Chadman wanted to go so I figured, at least give it a shot. When we arrived to our seats with a drink and a snack, we realized that our theater room was totally empty which at first, we thought it was pretty cool to have the room to ourselves, but another part of me was like, man remember when going to the movies was a thing? I wish more people would go out more, I mean I get why people don't anymore, but I guess I just wish things were like how they use to be. Anyway, back to the movie however as Heart Eyes is a horror romantic comedy where co...