I like to shine a light on the hardworking people that make our movies and world that much brighter.  Those people that are able to shine without the spotlight.  Last time I introduced legendary kung-fu mook Al Leong.  This time we’ll focus on this guy (thumbnail on the left).

So … who the hell is this guy? [Read Column]

Smashing through buildings, stepping on cars filled with tourists, and blasting aircraft with their super weaponry, giant robots are as intrinsic to my childhood as pop tarts.  I remember when I was between the ages of 5 and 12, I had a deeply held conviction that all of the world’s problems could be solved by a massive juggernaut with machine strength and a semi-nuclear arsenal of blasters and missiles.  If might makes right, then giant robots don’t get any righter.  Of course this manga generated trust in robots was utterly destroyed when I watched Terminator. [Read Column]

There is a growing consortium of college deans and presidents that are joining the Amethyst Initiative.  Ooh, now this sounds exciting.  I’d like to pretend that it’s actually a secret cabal of Skull & Crossbones looking to dominate national politics by brainwashing college students through ultrasonic frequencies played throughout the classrooms and libraries.  As with most things in this world, it’s not that cool.  According to CNN.com, it’s actually a group of college presidents that is trying to lower the national drinking age from 21 to 18.

WTF?!? [Read Column]

He’s done it.  Michael Phelps has successfully made every man over the age of 23 feel like a complete failure.  I’m 31 and I haven’t really done much in my life except drink a shitload of Jolt cola, watch every horror movie ever made, and memorize the stats of the entire Fiend Folio.  Over the course of the first week+ of the Beijing Olympics, Phelps has secured eight gold medals, seven world records, and a never ending amount of trim when he gets back to the States. [Read Column]

Time for another round of Versus.  My last combat article of Namor vs. Raiden generated some disagreement on my conclusion, so let’s see what happens this time.  A ludicrous amount of in depth analysis is the whole point of these columns as we’re crossing multi-verses to pit foes against each other that would never actually have the chance to meet.  Such as Hillary Clinton getting out of the Democratic primary.

I’ve been reading similar match-ups on blogs and the level of debate is: Thor has a big ding dong, he’d pwn Superman.  Hehe.  Oh sorry, that’s not funny.  (EDITORS NOTE: pwn is not a typo.  I’ve already gotten emails on this from my non-technorati readers.  Check it out here).  What we want is intelligent consideration of the factors … and perhaps as a tie breaker ding dong size.  Who is the stronger?  Who is faster?  Who drinks from the sweet trophy of victory and who sips drinks a warm cup of piss?  Let’s find out.

In this edition, we’re taking martial art street legends and putting them against each other.  Masters of unorthodox styles, each possessed with humanly vices rather than the unattainable holiness of the iconic kung-fu monk.  Its East vs. West, Black vs. Asian.  On one side, the sake swilling drunk from Guangdong played by kung-fu clown Jackie Chan.  And on the other, the meanest, the baddest – the Shogun of Harlem.

It’s the Drunken Master vs. Sho’Nuff.  Let the battle for the boroughs begin. [Read Column]