May Update

My surgery is scheduled for Monday, so I'll put pictures from the last few months at theme parks.

Fright Walk, Santa Cruz

Taxi Jam, Great America

Drop Tower, Great America

As you enter Quicksilver Express's queue, be sure to look behind and above you. These animatronic raccoons are also visible from the Sky Trail Monorail (Which wasn't running when we went). 

Quicksilver Express, Gilroy Gardens

Musical Market Show, Gilroy Gardens's own version of Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room or Country Bear Jamboree.

Ghost Blasters, Santa Cruz

Cave Train, Santa Cruz

Wish me luck during my surgery! I'll see ya real soon!

Batman Film Series-Part 3

UPDATE- My surgery has been postponed indefinitely due to a nurse's strike at my hospital.
Here's the last part of this Batman flashback. But first, here are the plots of the first 4 movies:
Batman- The Dark Knight of Gotham City begins his war on crime with his first major enemy being the clownishly homicidal Joker.
Batman Returns-When a corrupt businessman and the grotesque Penguin plot to take control of Gotham City, only Batman can stop them, while the Catwoman has her own agenda.
Batman Forever-Batman must battle Two-Face and The Riddler with help of an amourous psychologist and a young circus acrobat who becomes his sidekick, Robin.
Batman & Robin-Batman & Robin try to keep their relationship together even as they must stop Mr. Freeze and Poison Ivy from freezing Gotham City.
Although Batman & Robin surpassed its budget at the box office worldwide, Joel Schumacher felt it wasn't enough to continue, so plans for a fith film, Batman Triumphant were cancelled. The main villain was meant to be Steve Buscemi, Ewan McGregor, or Geff Goldblum as The Scarecrow. Jack Nicholson as The Joker would return in Batman's mind as a result of the Scarecrow's Fear toxins. Finally, Madonna would be The Joker's daughter, Harley Quinn, trying to avenge Batman for her father's death.

 Anyway, the torch was passed to the current Batman director, Christopher Nolan. To be Honest, I don't care about his films, but the way the villains are played DEFINITELY make them films to watch again and again. 

  

Movie Plots

Batman Begins-Bruce Wayne has watched his home, Gotham City, turn into a crime infested abyss throughout his entire life, so he decides to become the hero Gotham needs- Batman.

The Dark Knight-Batman, Gordon and Harvey Dent are forced to deal with the chaos unleashed by an anarchist mastermind known only as the Joker, as he drives each of them to their limits.

Nolan's next film, The Dark Knight Rises, will be released on July 20, 2012. It will feature Anne Hathaway as Catwoman and Tom Hardy as Bane. I was at first concerned about Bane because a friend of mine, Chuck, claimed he was the cheesiest movie villain ever after his performance by Jeep Swenson in Batman & Robin. However after hearing Aaron Eckhart's portrayal of Two-Face was better than Tommy Lee Jones's, I have higher hopes for Bane, though I enjoy the villains in EVERY Batman film, no matter how cheesy their dialogue sounds. I'm definitely making plans to see this. 

Batman Film Series-Part 2

The first 2 were made by Tim Burton. I loved Danny Elfman's Music. Oh, and the villains were played to perfection.
  
Batman Returns received complaints about attracting kids to theaters and eventually terrifying them! It was blamed on Batman toys served in McDonald's Happy Meals. 2 things were done in response:
1. McDonald's withdrew its toys.
2. Warner Bros. kicked out Burton and replaced him with Joel Schumacher.
  
Joel Schumacher did major changes to the world of Gotham such as putting in more slapstick comedy and color. There are 2 things he did that I didn't like.
1. He made the films sexy, which is why they were PG-13- rated despite being made for kids
2. More conversation scenes than action scenes.
Other than that, they were fine. In fact, my father saw Batman & Robin in theaters and loved it!

To wrap this up soon, I'll talk about Nolan's films.

Batman Film Series- Part 1

An Update- My surgery is now scheduled for tuesday, May 3rd. Also, I've decided to do an entry that's NOT ABOUT THEME PARKS. So here goes.

My favorite superhero is Batman.



I loved him as a kid, but I lost interest in him until i played....


That's when I got a renewed interest in him. My favorite villains were the featured ones in the game:
The Riddler,

The Penguin,

And The Joker.

I decided to watch the movies based on Batman. The first 4 will be reviewed next.

Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk

Well, it's a brand new year, but I have an important announcement to make: On Wednesday, April 13, I need to have back surgery. I won't be able to ride roller coasters for 9 months.

With that announcement aside on to the photos:

Giant Dipper-Our first ride of the season!

Ghost Blasters-One of my favorite rides here.

Sea Serpent

Convoy

The highlight was when mom got to see the new Haunted Castle

The 100-year old Merry-Go-Round

And a Hurricane photo to wrap things up for now. See you next month

Disneyland Resort-Part 2

I have plenty more Disney photos. Here they are

Indiana Jones Adventure

Disneyland Monorail

Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage- sister in foreground; brother in background

Sleeping Beauty Castle Walkthrough

Snow White's Scary Adventures-with lights on!

Check back next month for photos from Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk.

Disneyland-part 1/Update

The weather didn't ruin our vacation to Disneyland, so we had a great time. I have 2 announcements to make.
1. Due to a busy schedule, we won't be able to go to Gilroy Gardens Holiday Lights.
2. I got my 1st ever season pass to Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk.
On to the photos.

I got a birthday call from Goofy here.

Haunted Mansion Holiday

It's a Small World Holiday

Pirates of the Caribbean

Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters

Mr. Toad's Wild Ride

Check back soon for more pictures!