Marvel VS. DC: Battle For the Comics Movie Universe

Welcome friends, family, and fellow knowledge seekers to another exciting posting for the Quiet Mouse Strikes Back.

There are many different varying opinions about who likes which comic universe better. I, like many others, am obviously biased toward Marvel as this discourse will plainly show. Others, like my brother and best buddy are supremely more into the DC comic universe. This isn't just a blog to throw mud at the rivals. I have 10 strong bulletin points to prove my argument as to why I personally believe that Marvel will not only win the comic movie wars, but will outclass and out-dominate their counterparts in DC.


1) Marvel characters, primarily the heroes are mostly humans with human emotions and problems and thus are easier for fans to relate to than other-worldly characters in DC like Superman.

2) Locations in the MCU are real places, like the primary use of New York City as a base for many superheroes such as Spider-man, Fantastic 4, and the Avengers.
DC's Gotham City and Metropolis are fictional places that are difficult for fans to identify with.

3) The Avengers are a better team than the Justice League, hands down. The Avengers team dynamic allows them to combat evil threats fairly spontaneously, whereas the Justice League always has to assemble, plan, and organize together, but the only time the battle is quick in the DC universe is if the heroes are fighting solo, which has been their bread and butter so far. For this reason I don't believe the film adaptation of the DC characters in JLA will be as fluid as the chemistry of the Avengers.

4) Marvel has a LOT of on screen characters (too many to list here, see attached pics). DC cannot seem to break away from their 2 main characters on the big screen: Batman and Superman.

5) Marvel is bringing out a larger comic universe by bringing in characters like Ant Man, Dr. Strange, Black Panther, Deadpool, and Guardians of the Galaxy. DC has Aquaman (who just can't be taken seriously), Cyborg, and Flash that have little story build-up.

6) Marvel is more known for it's dynamic HEROES like Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Hulk, Wolverine and the X-men, etc. DC is more known for its VILLAINS like Doomsday, Joker, Bane, Lex Luther, General Zod, and an anti-Justice League.

7) MCU, with support of Disney has become a HUGE financial success with the Iron Man, Captain America, Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy, among others. In addition, FOX and SONY Marvel Movies (with the exception of the new Fantastic 4 reboot) like Wolverine, X-men, Deadpool, and Spider-Man have been big box office draws that DC cannot compete with.

8) There has been MORE HYPE given to the 2016 May release of Captain America: Civil War than to its DC rival Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice. Sadly, I think BOTH were overshadowed by the kick-ass, profane, and vulgar Deadpool.

9) MCU is more friendly toward female viewers because of the romance story of Deadpool and the hero characters like Natasha Romanoff a.k.a. Black Widow, Wanda Maximof a.k.a. Scarlet Witch, Hope Van Dyne a.k.a. the Wasp, and Carol Danvers a.k.a. Ms. Marvel or Captain Marvel. DC pretty much is just a sausage fest and  only has one female lead in Wonder Woman.

10) DC movies have thus-far lacked a cohesive story line, universe, or arc of any kind. Marvel, by contrast, has created an EPIC and MASSIVE comic universe based around the arc of Thanos and the quest for the Infinity Gauntlet and six infinity stones (space, time, mind, reality, power, and soul). Marvel is currently 10 movies deep into this arc.


I've obviously played my cards and have sided with the MCU on this one. Even further I am siding with team Captain America in the Marvel Civil War which compared to DC is loaded with a star studded cast of super-hero bad asses. So let's go ahead and lay it out who's siding with whom over the issue of the mass registration of persons with superpowers.

On a side subject, the reason I am siding with Cap is because I like Captain America and what he stands for and his willingness to fight for what he believes in even if that gets him beat up or unpopular. Like Cap, I too am a military veteran. I've seen firsthand what government intervention has done throughout history and it primarily centers around taking away the rights of others, which always starts with the BEST INTENTIONS as freedom is sacrificed for a false sense of security. I agree with the sentiment of a soldier; that even in a crazy world of violence and danger, it is MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER to preserve basic freedoms for EVERYONE, even at the cost of the occasional war against all enemies foreign and domestic. Freedom isn't free. Maybe I'm an idealist. Off my soapbox and moving on...


Team Captain America siding for the preservation of freedom and not be forced to register their abilities to the government.
Captain America/Steve Rogers
Scarlet Witch/Wanda Maximoff
Ant Man/Scott Lang
Hawkeye/Clint Barton
Falcon/Sam Wilson
Winter Soldier/Bucky Barnes

On the other side of the coin is team Iron Man/Tony Stark who is always looking for the "nuclear deterrent", acting as a personal morality policeman based upon his thoughts about what is (questionably) in the best interest of others ever since the Battle of New York vs. Loki and the Chitauri that left him a little neurotic, as we saw in Iron Man 3. He's a "genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist" who is quite capable of backing up his agenda and is a formidable foe. He is joined in his quest for world peace (despite his failure in the Ultron initiative) by:
Black Widow/ Natasha Romanoff
Vision
War Machine/James Rhodes
Black Panther/T'Challa

As if this movie wasn't bad ass looking enough, then we bring in further characters like Thadeus "Thunderbolt" Ross (from Edward Norton's HULK), Crossbones (who kills Captain America in the comics), nemesis Baron Zemo, and a cameo from your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man.

I realize it should have been just called Avengers 3 since all the characters are there, but I think there is some sentimentality in the MCU for Captain America/Steve Rogers and thus made the movie centered around his struggle in ideologies vs. his friend in arms Tony Stark, a.k.a. Iron Man. Again, this whole process of the Civil War taking place is going to be the catalyst for the expansion of the MCU as the Avengers cross over with the Guardians of the Galaxy and Earth's mightiest heroes will face off against the Mad Titan THANOS, who, as we saw at the end of Age of Ultron, now possesses one of the two Infinity Gauntlets. I'm very eager to see this whole story play out.

I hate to keep bringing it up, but since the reboot of the Fantastic 4 by FOX was a colossal failure, it might perhaps be time for the franchise to be sold its' rights BACK to rightful owners Marvel. I personally think that adding these characters back into the MCU would make for an awesome addition to the Avengers Infinity War. The other 3 are cool, mind you, BUT... imagine the mind of Reed Richards teaming with Tony Stark and Bruce Banner. These 3 are some of the greatest minds of the MCU and when they team up with the Guardians, the Avengers, Dr. Strange, Spider-Man, and (fingers crossed) the Fantastic 4, well... what else needs to be said, but HOLY SHIT SNACKS ;)
That would be one hell of a team to defeat Thanos and save the galaxy from destruction.



Batman v Superman
From the previews, even I must say that it doesn't look bad. The DC studios are doing what they do best in putting their two top franchise players up against one another in a juggernaut battle for the ages. Will it be entertaining? Probably so, but... it is likely to be a one and done kind of movie, in my opinion. There doesn't seem to be very much hype for THIS movie, let alone their follow on movies that are scheduled over the next 4-5 years. I'm not sure if movies like Aquaman or Flash could stand toe to toe with a Thor or Captain Marvel franchise let alone Guardians Vol. 2 or Avengers Infinity War Part 1. Alas, DC will do their best to rival competitor Marvel as they bring out the big guns. In addition to the Dark Knight and the Man of Steel we have been shown Wonder Woman, General Zod being turned into Doomsday, and Lex Luther. We are likely to see possible cameos from Aquaman, Flash, and Cyborg. I'm doubtful on an appearance from the Martian Manhunter or Green Lantern.

There are many more upcoming movies by both movie studios. Here is a pic of some of the upcoming movies. There may be some changes considering the flop of Fantastic 4 reboot by FOX.


DC movies not seen in this picture are Shazam and Green Lantern (reboot, NOT with Ryan Reynolds who is SOOOOO MUCH BETTER AS DEADPOOL!!!!)

Well, that about wraps it up for me. It'll be interesting to see the whole thing as it plays out on a cinema screen near you. Me, I plan to see most of these flicks at the Cinetopia where there is a 21 and over section. There are a few I will take the kids to see, like Civil War and Dr. Strange. But they sure are NOT going to see Suicide Squad or Batman v Superman. Well, maybe... I try to be a good dad, which is why I must give this warning about the most kick ass, violent, vulgar, sexual beast in the Marvel Comic Universe: DEADPOOL


As you may have heard from your friends or you may have read on the internet, Deadpool is rated R. I've seen this movie. I have children. I don't want them to see this until they are several years older, and that's okay... it's NOT FOR THEM. This movie was made with a R rating ON PURPOSE, so let's as adults enjoy something that was clearly made for US, NOT for kids. Remember parents, TRIX are for kids, NOT Deadpool. In agreement with the above pic, I would hate for FOX to ban future sequels to this kick ass flick because some dumb shit brought their kids and had to ruin it for everyone else.

This has been the one and only Quiet Mouse. Until next time and I'll see YOU at the movies.

Best Valentine's Day Gift EVER

Thank you to all my friends, family, and fellow knowledge seekers to another posting for the Quiet Mouse Strikes Back. Today I briefly want to discuss Valentine's day and the possible gifts to get your loved one.

Can we be honest and say that V-day is primarily a holiday for women in this modern age? It started out as an ancient tradition when blood letting to appease the gods was a common practice. Young women and virgins were ceremonially beaten until they bled during these times. It was believed then that this blood sacrifice in the late winter (similar to the groundhog tradition) would lead to an early spring and a productive sowing of the seeds.

Moving forward a thousand years the modern celebration of Valentine's day is more about consumerism as it feels like a contest to prove our love to others through the purchasing of gifts, primarily in the shape of conjoined hearts. Other gifts common for this holiday are chocolates, flowers, and jewelry.
I want to suggest an alternative gift for this day of love and togetherness. Give oral sex. Lick your girlfriend or wife's pussy if you're a dude. Suck your boyfriend or husband's cock if you're a woman. You don't have to go all "Lonely Island" and wrap your junk in a box, but a bow may be nice.
In lieu of the topic, I highly suggest washing yourself properly if you want your partner to go down on you. As I have posted in other blogs, don't be shy about trimming your pubes since no one wants those in their mouth either.
The most important thing to remember about Valentine's Day is to show your loved ones how much you care. You don't have to spend a fortune on expensive gifts, dinner, AND a movie (if you DO, go see Deadpool). It's the thought that counts for most people, so a home cooked dinner, Netflix, and some dedicated, long-lasting head might just curl those toes the right way. And what better way to show your love than to give your partner an orgasm?!?

Thank you for your time today. Please go back and read some of my other blogs totaling nearly 300 now. Be good to your loved ones in a positive, meaningful way. It doesn't matter how, when, why, how or who you love, as long as you are showing love. 

Homeless People Deserve Respect Too

Welcome back my friends, family, and fellow knowledge seekers to another posting for the Quiet Mouse Strikes Back. Today I briefly want to discuss a social issue that is bothering the shit out of me.

I live in a small quiet town in Washington state away from the chaos of the large urban areas just south of where I live. This town is known for its money and affluence. A lot of the children of this town are spoiled rotten brats, obsessed with triviality and self identified by their PARENTS money rather than their own self worth or accomplishments.
The parents with the money, well, most have moved away from the city to live in our little podunk town to escape the cruel fate of inner city life. What I find awful is that prejudice and hate are LEARNED BEHAVIORS. Somehow, it seems, that MOST of the people I have met in my lifetime that either come from money or work up to middle class lifestyles have a skewed negative bias toward those less fortunate and in need.
In my town we have ONE homeless man who is a military veteran. He minds his own business, stays out of trouble, but just so happens to sleep under the bridge coming into town.
I want to puke when I think of all the negative comments I've seen on Facebook and heard from locals about this man.
Our socio-economic system has human beings all fucked up in the head. I am outraged at my fellow humans for the way we treat one another, especially along class lines, money, religion, and skin color. Poor treatment of other human beings, selfishness, and bigotry are strictly LEARNED behaviors that these yuppie fucks are teaching their children and they should be ashamed.
I am not necessarily pro socialism, because we can see what happens with that from the past like in nazi Germany, however I DO think that we need to WAKE THE FUCK UP as a species.
We have a duty to help one another in times of need. If a person is capable then we should be concerned enough to find ways to intigrate him or her back into a productive member of society. The real tragedy is the social disconnect that allows some people to justify their own mistreatment of others with less money or social status. We, as a culture, in the United States allow our government to spend billions upon billions on endless wars, illegal spy networks, and a global police state, but where is the accountability to pay for and take care of our citizens, ESPECIALLY veterans who have made the ultimate sacrifice for their country; to preserve the rights of those fucktard yuppies that are so high on their horse to judge others.

Just in... it took me a couple days to write this blog cause I went out of town for a convention. While gone, it has been confirmed that the homeless veteran has indeed been run out of town by the yuppies.
My family and I will continue our efforts to assist in helping to feed and clothe the homeless. We are also going to continue to fight against oppression and hatred toward the homeless.

Presidential Politics

Welcome to the Quiet Mouse Strikes Back. It's been a whole since I've written a new blog, so thanks for joining me, my friends, family, and fellow knowledge seekers.

If you look at the news today, I'm sure it's riddled with political ideology and articles about the current candidates for the November election for President of the United States  (POTUS). Here's a few things you NEED to know...

1) Nearly all of the candidates for this election are career politicians.
2) All of the candidates, Democrats or Republicans, have been bought and paid for by the SAME corporations and no longer represent the will of the average American.
3) All of the candidates are millionaires and are out of touch with the needs of the middle class and poor who they (the career politicians) all swore an oath to serve and protect.
4) You may think with a two party system that voting is fair, but it is NOT. No matter who you cast your ballot for, the corporate military industrial complex that REALLY runs the country WINS, while the people and the planet LOSE, cause no matter who wins, the next day is business as usual. This is why we keep losing as a nation... a Democrat is in office, he fucks up the country, so we vote in a Republican, he fucks up the country, so we vote another Democrat and the cycle goes on and on and on. They win, we lose.
5) NONE of the candidates have the testicular fortitude to stand up against the global corporations, corrupt leadership, and banking cartels like the Federal Reserve, IMF, or world bank let alone England's monarchy or the United Nations (U.N.)

Really when it comes down to it good candidates and representatives are difficult to find. It is easy to be swayed to the dark side because in America money is king. I'm sure it's justified because it's just one vote here or there they got paid off for, BUT, the cumulative effect of hundreds of corrupt politicians repeatedly acting in the best interest of corporations, special interest groups, and PAC's (political action committees) instead of "We the people", the result is catastrophic. And here we are one again faced with the displeasing choice between "the lesser of two evils". Again, let's be honest it's probably going to be Trump and Clinton in the final two.
Trump comes off as a misogynistic racist that will get us as a nation into World War 3, except it will probably be the world against US with him running his mouth and pissing the world off.
Clinton doesn't really seem like a great candidate either. A lot of people think she was running the country when Bill was president, but I'm not convinced she's a real leader when she has all the characteristics of a puppet politician. I'm sure she would love to represent her special interest groups like the CFR and U.N. agendas. I am POSITIVE that if she is elected it will be the same agenda as we have now under the leadership of Obama.

Things could be worse, for sure, but they could also be better. A good way to do that would be to have MORE than just two bad choices that the elite have chosen to represent THEM before us. There are other political parties than just Democrat and Republican and there are good people out there that would love to genuinely HELP the nation and it's citizens within. I don't think, however, that anyone besides the two major political parties gets a fair chance. With the media owned by the elite, they really only broadcast and write about the candidates THEY want to enforce THEIR agendas.

Also, something to think about when researching a candidate to vote for is...
What are the REAL issues you as a citizen SHOULD be concerned with?
1) Is your candidate part of the globalist agenda that desires wars for profit and biased laws that support for profit incarceration of non violent offenders like marijuana?
2) Is your candidate going to support the interests of the citizens or the corporations that slip money into his/her back pocket?
3) What is your candidate going to do about the Federal Reserve and the continued interest rate hikes and devaluation of the dollar? Is your candidate in favor of auditing the Fed and forcing them to have accountability for trillions of dollars of mismanaged money?
4) What is your candidate going to do about getting us off this toxic petroleum and fossil fuel based economy and into renewable energy sources like solar, wind, and hydro?
5) What is your candidate going to do about companies that poison rivers, destroy forests, and generally fuck up our planet with pollution of industrial wastes?
6) Is your candidate going to be a force of POSITIVE change? Or is it going to be the same old bullshit?
7) Is your candidate going to be for or against the legalization of marijuana, hemp, and the plethora of products that can be made by a highly versatile plant?
8) What is your candidates views on HEALTH care (as opposed to the horrid SICK care we have now that profits off the suffering and illness of people who often cannot afford proper medical treatment when there ARE cures available, just NOT here in the US) which includes preventative medicine, holistic approaches to illness, and weaning the public off of the pharmaceutical pills that cause more deaths than ALL OTHER ILLEGAL DRUGS COMBINED!?!
9) What is your candidate going to do about the war on drugs? Are we going to take responsibility as a culture of sex, drugs, and violence to help our fellow men and women by treating this issue with empathy, medical treatment, and compassion? Or are we just going to turn another generation of young people into tomorrow's prison planet by wrongfully incarcerating non violent minor offenders?
10) Last, what is your candidate going to do about our welfare society? Are we going to find jobs for people? Are we going to we going to embrace our citizens and keep jobs here instead of shipping therm over to China, Korea, and other Asian countries?

There is a lot to think about for sure, but I urge you to vote for the BEST candidate. Please don't just vote along party lines or because your religion endorses a particular candidate or because your family or someone else told you so. Don't believe most of what you hear on t.v. as the network has it's own biases and the candidates have their own agenda that usually changes based upon the audience they are taking to. I'm sure you have to talk to New Yorkers differently than someone from Texas or California...
Do some research and you might find that a green party candidate fits more with a better direction for our nation. I for one do NOT want the USA to be another third world nation as peasants to the elite globalist agendas.

Opiate Addiction

Namaste and thank you for joining me today for this short blog. Welcome to all my friends, family, and fellow knowledge seekers. Today I want to talk briefly about opiate addiction.

I know that things like this are often a difficult subject to discuss for many people. The horrific thoughts and images associated with drug addiction are painful, destroying lives and families. Drug addiction is one of the worst things an individual can go through in his or her lifetime. Chronic mental or physical pain that drives a person over the edge and into the hands of a potentially life ending drug is unimaginable for most people. It all starts simple enough with an injury or chronic pain that won't seem to go away. The doctors don't know what to do with you but prescribe you narcotics like Oxycontin and Vicodin. Soon the pills aren't enough to take the pain away, or the all too familiar prospect of not being able to afford the expensive pills.
Pain is entirely subjective and is difficult to look at in an objective manner. It is nearly impossible for one person to accurately be able to describe and understand the pain of another. We all have different tolerances to pain and unfortunately the tolerance of some is low. We all have different levels of tolerance to drug addiction. It can happen to the best of us. What sufferers need is empathy and understanding rather than the typical responses of fear and judgement.
So pain can drive a person right into the open arms of addiction to the street drug market and for the sake of this discussion we are talking about opiate pills leading to the use of street heroin. Heroin is cheaper and more available than over the counter prescription pills. I am in NO WAY glamorizing or an any way saying that ANY part of this drug is okay. It is NOT. However, as a former drug addict who was addicted to methamphetamines, I can look at it and see; truly understand the pathology and psychology of addiction. IT'S A MOTHER FUCKER. It takes strength and courage like most people would not understand to quit.

Okay, I got a little off topic there. The overall point is that opiate addiction hasn't been taken seriously enough. There isn't a lot of talk about it in the media. They just bury the junkie bodies and pretend like it's business as usual. The only time they seem to take it seriously is when a fake "celebrity" or athlete is caught using. THEN it becomes a big deal!!! Opiate pills lead to heroin use. What's the real gateway drug? It could very well be the pills in your medicine cabinet. Big Pharma is the big drug dealer, creating addicts from their product to which they show no remorse. Big Pharma is only concerned with making a profit, even if that means turning their customers into drug addicts. Then we have the military industrial complex that is STILL to this day in Afghanistan using American troops to guard fields of poppy that are used to make opiates INCLUDING heroin that since the war on terror has flooded the illegal drug markets in the USA making it cheap and easy to get.
But why would you want to go through this? I'll tell you. Chronic pain makes a LOT of people desperate for relief. Desperation is step one in making a addict who then becomes a junkie. A good movie that shows the effects of heroin addiction and the fucked up shit it does to the body is "Trainspotting"; also "Requiem for a Dream". Both of these movies show the darker side of addiction and even though they are sensationalized for a Hollywood movie, the effects ARE REAL.

So to get down to brass tacks of the subject, addiction is a bitch. If you know anyone who suffers from this addiction it is good to know that there IS help out there for those in need. No one should have to suffer alone. If you or anyone you know is smacked out on heroin, please urge them to stop now before they become just another overdose statistic that ruins lives and families.
This has been the one and only Quiet Mouse.
Peace. Love. Respect. Empathy.