THE BLACK PANTHER IS READY FOR YOU!!!!

Hey my fellow Blerds and Blerdettes it's your friendly neighborhood Black Chivalrous Nerd Denzel Lamar once again and do i have news for you. Marvel hosted an event at Disney’s El Capitan Theater in Hollywood today where they were talking about Phase 3 of the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe) which starts with Avengers 2: Age of Ultron which is followed by Ant-Man starring Paul Rudd and Michael Douglas that comes out in 2015. After those two movies come out in 2015 the following movies are set to come out:

2016:

 May 6: Captain America 3

 November 4: Doctor Strange

2017:

 May 5: Guardians of the Galaxy 2

 July 28: Thor: Ragnarok

 November 3: Black Panther

2018:

 May 4: The Avengers: Infinity War, Part One

 July 6: Captain Marvel

 November 2: Inhumans

2019:

 May 3: The Avengers: Infinity War, Part Two

Now while I'm excited for all of these movies, the one movie I and other fans of this hero is ultimately excited for is the one that comes out on November 3rd, 2017. The movie I'm talking about is Black Panther.

For years fans of the Black Panther have been crying and screaming and begging Marvel to make a movie for this awesome Character. Fans have been predicting on if Marvel did a Black Panther movie, who would portray the role of the King of Wakanda and we've heard names like Denzel Washington, Jamie Foxx, Wesley Snipes (He wanted to portray Black Panther WAY before he did the Blade Movies), Idris Elba, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Peter Mensah and even Djimon Hounsou (He was Black Panther in the short lived Animated Series) was predicted to be T'Challa. Now as awesome and impressive as those names are, the man who will be representing Wakanda in Movie form is none other than Chadwick Boseman

Yes Chadwick Boseman, the man who has portrayed James Brown and Jackie Robinson will be portraying the King of Wakanda in the upcoming Black Panther movie in November of 2017 and I can't wait. Now with this news breaking, fans have now been wondering and guessing on who would be his supporting cast and we don't know but a lot of fans have been saying that if Princess Shuri is in this movie that Lupita would be perfect for that role.

Now the image above is only a prediction but I can actually see Lupita as Princess Shuri, not to mention that she would also be awesome as the Black Panther when that time comes. Now there are some people that believe that she would be the perfect Storm and I totally agree but I honestly see her as Shuri before she becomes Storm. The reason I say that is because she's already doing a Disney movie with Star Wars Episode 7 and the upcoming Jungle Book movie, so I could see her staying within the Disney family and going to be in the Black Panther Movie.

Also I think Djimon Hounsou would be great as T'Chaka, Father of T'Challa or as T'Challa's Uncle who was the Black Panther before T'Challa. The reason why I say Djimon should be casted is because he was T'Challa in the Animated Motion Series that came out a while back, even though BET failed to make it work, but I believe that it would be great to see him in this movie as a way of passing the throne and Wakanda to Chadwick Boseman.

I'm EXTREMELY excited for this project along with every other fan of this Hero. This is the movie that we've all been waiting for because this is the very first black superhero in the history of mainstream comics plus it's a Black Super Hero who is King of a country in Africa that's so advanced technology wise and intelligent wise that they had blu-ray DVD's, Smartphones and the cure for every disease in the world while everyone else in the world was wearing tye dye shirts and going to Woodstock and I think I speak for all of the fans of Black Panther and Wakanda when I say Thank You Marvel.

Now the real question is, are you ready for The Black Panther? Because, to quote Djimon Hounsou in the Black Panther Animated series, "THE BLACK PANTHER IS READY FOR YOU!!!!!!"

Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to watch the Black Panther Motion Movie or listen to the theme of that show or just do those two while reading Black Panther Graphic Novels lol. Alright guys that's all the time I have for today but be sure to check out the other posts on this blog. Until next time my lovely Blerd and Blerdettes, this is the Black Chivalrous Nerd Denzel Lamar saying Love Peace and Bacon Grease Smoke Bombs out while Chanting "BLACK PANTHER, BLACK PANTHER"

The Backstory

Dragon Sage Backstory

Isaiah Miller AKA Dragon Sage was just a normal 24 year old black man from Media, Pa until that day in August that changed his life and everything around him just as well, so let's get to the beginning of how he became the Quantum Super Hero known as Dragon Sage.  Born November 18th in 1988, Isaiah Miller is the youngest of eight children courtesy of Barry and Denise Miller, who have brought four girls and three boys into the world prior to Isaiah being born.  Growing up, Isaiah was always into comic books, pro wrestling, martial arts, anime, manga and video games.  He was considered the odd one out of the guys in his family because unlike his older brothers and father, he wasn't a hardcore fan of football and basketball so he couldn't relate to them whenever they would talk about those two sports which was when he would turn to comics and read up on the adventures of Batman, Nightwing, Robin, Black Panther and many other comics.

When He was 7 years old, he became interested into martial arts so his parents enrolled him in the local Ryu-Kyu Kempo School in their town but Isaiah wanted to learn more so they also enrolled him in Tai Kwan Do, Ninjitsu and Capoeira.  Isaiah was so focused and dedicated to all four of the arts that when he turned 14 years old, he received his black belt in all of them and was still craving more of a challenge.  So with his parents’ permission, they let him begin training with weapons such as the Bo Staff (Long Staff), Escrimas (Dual Sticks), Single Katana (One handed Sword), Double Katana (Dual Wielding), Daggers/Knives (Hand to hand combat and throwing them).  By the time he turned 16 Years Old, he became a master in all of those weapons and he also became a 6th degree black belt in all four of his Martial Arts Techniques.  Despite his Martial Arts Studies, Isaiah didn't let his academics fall behind either and in 12th grade he had graduated with a 3.0 GPA with A-'s and B+'s along with an occasional A here and there.

As stated earlier, Isaiah was the odd one in his family and the only person that he could actually relate to and talk to and feel like himself was his Paternal Grandfather.  Growing up, everytime Isaiah’s grandfather came to town it was always a great time between the two. Little did Isaiah know, his grandfather was hiding a long time secret from him and the rest of Isaiah's siblings.  Little did they know, their grandfather was born with superpowers and he went to fight crime as Phantom Hawk.  Evil Doers would tremble if they heard that Phantom Hawk was after them.  Whether it was his powers of flight, shadow manipulation and telekinesis or his intimidating physique, 85% of the criminals would give up without question while the other 15% would try their luck against him and end up in a jail cell licking their wounds.

The only people that knew of this secret was Isaiah's dad and his dad's two siblings and their mother.  No one else knew of this secret because they believed that if no one knew of it, then there could finally be a sense of peace within the family.  Well they thought there would be peace until that fateful day when the secret decided to expose itself but on it's own terms. 

On August 27, 2013, Isaiah's entire world came crashing down because his grandfather, the man who was once known as Phantom Hawk, had lost the ultimate fight with life as he passed away due to cancer.  Heartbroken and distraught, Isaiah left the house to get some fresh air and while he was just walking the streets of Media, he was crossing the street when he heard a car speeding towards him.  Isaiah puts his hands up and yells at the driver to stop, when suddenly the car starts moving in slow motion while everything else surrounding Isaiah and the car is still moving around in normal time.


Shocked and in awe, Isaiah kept his left hand up and when he snapped his fingers towards the car, the car snapped back to normal but this time, it was still running but it was frozen in one spot.  The driver of the car along with Isaiah was in shock of what had just happened so the driver stopped the car ironically and took the key out of the ignition and got out of the car.  Speechless and scared, Isaiah quickly ran from the scene and headed home.  While he was running, he saw some trash lying around in his way so he jumped over them and as he jumped, he proceeded to levitate off of the ground uncontrollably and he kept on going higher and higher into the air.

Suddenly he landed onto the ground abruptly and he stops and looks back and examines himself wondering how in the world did he do that.  Seconds later he proceeded to run home and while he is running home he runs into a couple of pedestrians and accidentally knocks one of them over.  After the pedestrian fell over, he tried to get up but he couldn't because when Isaiah ran into him, his gravity was changed so that the stranger couldn't get up.  Seeing this, Isaiah raised his right hand up into the air just to see what would happen and the pedestrian's gravity was changed back to normal.  Isaiah apologized to the couple and continued to run home and it is when he gets home and tells his parents about what had happened is when his dad tells him about the family Secret.

"To Be Continued.........."


Sorry guys but I'm going to end this post with a cliffhanger.  If you would like to read more then you have to stay tuned.  Until next time, this is the Black Chivalrous Nerd saying Love, Peace and Bacon Grease *Smoke Bombs Out*

Opinion on "Batman and ?" Story

Hey guys it's the Black Chivalrous Nerd Denzel Lamar once again with another post for you guys, but this time it's about the current run of my favorite duo Batman and Robin.  Okay so as we all know Damian Wayne, the current Robin, died earlier this year in Batman Incorporated Vol.2 Issue 8 and everyone in the Bat-family felt the affects of it.  But no one felt it more than Batman and some Bat-fans might say that the death of Damian affected Bruce far more than when Jason Todd died back in Death in the Family, and in my opinion Batman had every right to be affected more from Damian's death than Jason's death.  I'm not saying that Bruce doesn't love Jason as much as he loves Damian, but Damian was Bruce's seed so there's that biological father-son bond/connection between Damian and Bruce so of course his death would hurt more than Jason's but I digress.  The past few months have been a wild and crazy ride for the New 52's run on Batman and Robin after the death of Robin and the first stop is Batman and Robin issue 18.

Batman And Robin #18 features something that I haven't seen in the history of me reading comic books and that is that the entire book has no words being said from anyone.  Instead you just see Bruce walking around Wayne Manor going from room Damian's room and looking at his drawings, to the family room and sees Alfred crying while looking at an unfinished family portrait of Bruce, Alfred, Dick, Tim, and an incomplete Damian where you only see that the painter got to do Damian's face and shoulders and that was it.  Then Bruce comes into the room, sees the painting, covers it up and puts it away so no one can see it ever again. Then Bruce enters the Batcave by sliding down the poles and he envisions Damian sliding down with him and as he gets to the bottom, he notices that there's blood running down his pole but he pays it no mind and continues to suit up for night patrol.

As he's swinging through Gotham he envisions Damian swinging with him but he turns to his right and he only sees his reflection in the glass of the buildings.  Fast forward a little bit and Batman has rounded up almost most of all the criminals and leaves them on top of the police station for Gordon, Bullock and the other officers to clean up.  Then he goes back to the Batcave, washes up and as he's putting the Batsuit away he sees a note hanging on Damian's Locker, and this is where I teared up while reading it.  It was the note that Damian left Bruce as Damian rushed into battle to face Leviathan which led to Damian's death and in the note, Damian tells Bruce that "Mother may have given me life, but you taught me how to live.  Love and Respect, Your Son Damian".  Upon reading this Batman goes berserk and he starts smashing lockers, punching lockers, throwing shit around, Titus the dog is hiding in a corner cause he's scared as shit, costumes are flying everywhere.  Then the last panel/picture you see is Bruce on the floor of the Batcave, crying and clutching Damian's Robin outfit while the shoes, gloves, Robin Shurikens and even the Robin R symbol is on the floor around him.  Thus ending the issue and you would think that this would be it and that the next issue would be him swinging through Gotham with one of the former Robins by his side fighting crime, but you would be sorely wrong because the next issue was CRAZY.

Now in issue 19, it started the Batman And ? arc that featured Batman and a member of the Bat-family and the first one was the third Robin, Tim Drake AKA Red Robin.  This issue also features the introduction of Carrie Kelley, the girl who donned the Robin title during Frank Miller's 1986 Batman Classic The Dark Knight Returns.  In the New 52 universe, Carrie Kelley is a college freshman who is hired by Bruce to be a theatre tutor for Damian and in this issue we see that it's been a few weeks since his death and no one has told Carrie.  Next you see Bruce knocking on someone's door and the door opens up and it's Carrie Kelley in the Robin costume that she wore during The Dark Knight Returns.  Bruce hands her something and goes to leave and as he gets into the car, Carrie screams out to him about where Damian is and Alfred drives off per order of Bruce.  Fast forward to Batman capturing Frakenstein from S.H.A.D.E. organization, taking him to Castle Frankenstein up North and there Batman tells Frakenstein that Batman will use certain parts of Frankenstein to resurrect Damian.

Now let's pause for a minute because I know I miss certain people that are in my life and I would love to see them walk this Earth again, but I would NEVER do some Operation, create a Frankenstein like creature of that person to bring them back.  Plus, didn't it cross Batman's mind that he can sneak into Ra's Al Ghul's temple and go to the Lazarus Pit and revive Damian there?  Apparently that didn't cross his mind but I digress, as Batman proceeds to dissect and disassemble Frankenstein, Tim Drake comes through a window and then him and Bruce go at it as Tim tries to stop Bruce from doing this and tries to talk sense into him while Bruce is ignoring Tim and pushes Tim back and tries to keep going.  Then finally Tim causes an explosion and destroys the machines that Bruce had planned to use to resurrect Damian, Bruce gives Tim a mean look and then disappears.  Then the ending scene of the issue is Carrie and her roommate talking about Damian and how he stopped coming by and how she might need a new student and then the last panel you see is a check written to Carrie from Bruce Wayne for 10 G's and that ends issue 19.

In issue 20, Bruce is in the Batcave and running surveillance via the computer to see what is going in Ethiopia when Alfred radios in and says that Bruce has a visitor in Miss Carrie Kelley that wants to see him.  Bruce tells her that Damian hasn't been around because he's going to be learning and studying abroad for several years and that the 10,000 dollars was for the lessons and for the future lessons that he will miss but Carrie tells him that he sent Damian away because Damian was cramping Bruce's Bachelor lifestyle and says that she only took 1,000 from the 10,000 because she can't be paid for future lessons that hasn't happened.  After this altercation, Jason Todd is getting ready to leave when Batman tells him that he needs Jason help on a mission in Ethiopia and when Jason asks "why me?', Bruce says that it's because he's seeing red.

So in Ethiopia it turns out that the guys that Batman were spying on were actually guys who tried to get paid half a billion dollars from Talia if they killed off Damian, so now Batman wants them to pay for their crimes.  After blinding and dazing them with a few Flash Bang Missiles, Batman and Red Hood jump out of a car that was launched out of the Batwing and they exit out guns blazing and ready to disarm guys.  Batman grabs a snipers wrists and uses new tech to damage the shooters nerves beyond repair and then after all of the shooters have been taken care of, Batman take Red Hood on a little detour.  After about an hour or two of driving in the desert, they arrive to their destination and where they're at is the Magdala Valley, the place where Jason Todd originally died.

Bruce's plan was to bring Jason here to the place where he died and how he was brought back to life so that Batman could apply it to bringing Damian back to life.  The fact that Jason is back here to where he died just made Jason mad and him and Bruce proceed to fight and argue and the two of them are scrapping in the middle of the desert and then Jason starts wailing on Bruce's face then takes the car and leaves Batman alone.  After that scene, the next scene we see is of a person in a room and then they flip a coin, it bounces across the floor and then it lands on heads and he says "No" thus bringing an end to issue 20.  So now we know that Two-Face is going to be in the New 52 but we don't know how and when but he's here.

In issue 21, Batgirl is trying to find the strength to talk to Batman about everything including Damian, The Joker and the broken trust between Bruce and the rest of the gang.  Also, Batgirl is in uniform but the yellow bat symbol on her chest has been ripped off and we don't know whether it was her doing or it was ripped off while in battle.  During a fight in the docks, Batman notices the symbol is missing on Batgirl's outfit and tells her "I guess it's official then, Good Bye" and then leaves the docks.  Later that night, Barbara is on the ledge on the outside of her father's office and is having this father/daughter moment with Jim where you don't know if he hears her or not but Babs is going on and pouring out her heart to her father and then pulls out the grappling gun and leaves.  A day or two later, a hostage situation goes down and Batman says that the thugs should let the hostages go and they should have Batman as their hostage.  

After the thugs agree, Batman proceeds to beat the living bat guano out of them and while all of this is going on, Batgirl is recording this via her optical recording mechanism from her cowl.  Then when Bullock tries to calm Batman down, Batman turns around, cold clocks Bullock and then throws a smoke pellet down and tell Bullock to never touch him again and then Batman leaves.  The next scene we see is Batgirl and Batman in the Batcave and Batgirl tries to talk some sense into Bruce and then shows him the footage of the beat down that happened and he destroyed the screen and then she continued to try to talk to Bruce but he ultimately kicked her out of the Batcave that left him standing there by himself thus ending issue 21.

In issue 22, we see the continuation of Carrie Kelley dealing with Bruce and company but this time she has been hired by Alfred to keep and eye on Titus three times a week.  She is still asking to hear from Damian and is persistent about it so much to the point that she has made a deal with Bruce that she will give him Damian's student interview and a movie that she made about Titus in exchange to hear from Damian because Damian was like the little brother that she never had.  After Carrie leaves, Bruce takes the flash drive that contains Damian's interview, splices it and creates a voice mail message and sends it to Carrie's voicemail.

Meanwhile in another part of Gotham, Catwoman is out doing what she does best when she's not participating in JLA missions and that's being a cat burglar(duh!) when she gets a call from Colonel Trevor about a mission that requires her particular.... talents.  Later that night, she shines the Cat symbol to get Batman's attention and then when he gets to her, she tells him about a mission to rescue a spy that's being tortured and when she told Batman that she was in the JLA, he didn't believe her and when she asked him about his Justice League partners?  He tells her that they're not partners but associates and then they go towards the Chinese Embassy, beat down guards and then they reach the target but only to see that it's actually a rescue mission for a little girl.  After beating down the armored guards, there's a man cowardly behind the little girl and threatens to shoot her but Batman tells her to think again and then he lets her go.

After that Batman and Catwoman proceed to take the little girl back to her parents and for the first since the events that led to Damian's death, Batman is smiling along with Catwoman and the little girl.  Soon after that, Catwoman goes back to her penthouse where Batman has left her a gift of a brand new helmet and she looks verrrrrrrrrrry amused by this.  After that we go to Carrie's house where she listens to the voicemail that she believes is from Damian but in reality it's the created voicemail that Bruce made for Carrie and in the message, Damian tells Carrie that due to the time differences that they should stay in touch via e-mail. The next scene that we see is Two-Face, in a restaurant, flipping the coin as everyone in the restaurant and then when the coin shows the clean side, he says "No" again and then he leaves the restaurant without hurting anyone, thus ending this issue.  

OKAY!!!!!!! I know this post is long and I apologize but I believe that this is better than multiple posts plus, it helps to just knock this post out in one shot anyway.

Okay guys here it is.  The final issue of the Batman and ? arc and of course Peter Tomasi and company saved the best for last(No disrespect to the others, but Nightwing's the shit) this issue was the original Dynamic Duo, Bruce and Dick side by side once again in this issue that was entitled Second Chance and one would think that with that title that Bruce finally found a way to save Damian and all is right with the world right? Well sit back relax and let me tell you about it because this issue is definitely one that will have you sitting on the edge of your seat and biting your fingernails like in the cartoons.  The issue opens up with Batman in a box with his hands and ankles cuffed while having Talia talk to him from outside of the box.

As Batman is in this box, water is filling up and he is trying to escape from it just like Houdini.  Now when I first saw this i was WHAT THE HAM AND EGGS IS GOING ON?  And then you see that it's a simulation that Bruce Wayne has made in a way to see what would happen if he had made it to save Damian on that dreadful day.  Time and time again he has failed the simulation and while this is going on, Dick Grayson and Alfred are sitting at the monitors and watching him do this.  After a while, Dick Grayson grabs a pair of simulation goggles and then the action begins because as soon as Damian is facing his clone and calls for Bruce, Bruce and Dick come crashing into the window ready to join in on the fight against this fake that was wrecking havoc on the Batman Incorporated building.  

Throughout the fight, all three heroes are giving everything they got to defeat this Damian clone but he is too powerful for them.  Then just as the clone is about to deliver the finishing blow to Damian, the picture is to a beaten down Batman and you see the sound effect of "SHUNK!!!" and then you look and Nightwing has stabbed and killed the Damian clone.  Then next thing you see is Damian saying that now that the clone was taken care of, now they can go get Talia and then as Damian continues to talk he starts to fade away as the simulation starts to come to a close.  Then the next thing you see is Bruce and Dick in the Batcave talking and Dick tells Bruce to not let Damian's death swallow him into despair but use it as a strength just like how he used the death of his parents to become Batman.

Bruce and Dick walk away from the Simulation and go to another room and Alfred is left alone with the simulation and he goes to it, puts on the goggles and says begin simulation.  The next scene you see is Alfred and Damian in the Batcave looking at the carnage that was going down in that issue of Batman Incorporated and we see Damian suit and get ready to go out.  Alfred walks up to Damian and taps Damian on his neck and then next thing you know, you see Damian begins to get dizzy, he says,"fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me." and falls out because Alfred used a tranquilizing pin that looked like it could've been one of Jokers' pin.  I thought it was a nice little one up on Damian because earlier in the Batman and Robin New 52 run, Alfred tried to stealthily put a tracker on Damian's bike as he was heading out one night but Damian found it.  Then after Damian passed out, Alfred carries him into his bed and places him there all while telling Damian that along with Bruce, Alfred is mighty proud of him and they only want what's best for him.

While this is going on, Bruce is back in the Batcave, sees Alfred in the simulation and then Alfred wakes up and he starts to cry and Bruce apologizes because he was too selfish to see that Alfred was hurting just as well.  Bruce was also selfish to realize that they both lost a son and then after Alfred asks for the machine to be turned off, Bruce obliges and turns off the simulator altogether.  

Alright guys that's the Batman and ? in a nutshell and in my honest opinion I like how they did it.  I like how when it came to people trying to talk some sense into Bruce, they went from the most recent Robin alive being Tim Drake to the very first Robin in Dick Grayson with Dick being the one that really talks some sense into Batman and he actually listens.  I love how they used this arc to introduce us to Carrie Kelley in the New 52 and I wonder if they will make her the new Robin now that she's involved in a way with Wayne Manor.  I also love how within this little arc, they are preparing us for another story arc that deals with Two-Face and I can't wait to see what comes out from this.

Alright guys that's all the time for now.  Don't forget to comment, like, share, +1, Retweet and donate just as well.  Every little bit helps and every little bit counts so please chip in.  This is the Black Chivalrous Nerd saying until next time.. LOVE, PEACE AND BACON GREASE *SMOKE BOMBS OUT*

Dedicated to Damian Wayne... R.I.P. TO THE GREATEST AND DEADLIEST ROBIN EVER

Saints Row 4 Review

Hey what's going on you guys it's your friendly neighborhood Black Chivalrous Nerd Denzel Lamar and I'm here with a brand new review and this time it's for Volition's Multimillion cash cow video game about everyone's favorite Street Gang that rocks more Purple than Barney.  The game I'm talking about is entitled Saint's Row 4.  Not only is this the fourth installment of the series but it's the first one done by Deep Silver which was the company that picked up the Saint's Row series after THQ went under and in my opinion, I believe that Deep Silver did not disappoint the fans of the 3rd Street Saint's by keeping everything that makes the Saint's just as over the top and awesome that they are.

The story behind Saints Row 4 is quite simple, your character has gone from being the mute gangster that rolled through Stillwater shooting up Vice Kings, Ballers, LC's, etc. and having an old run down Chapel as HQ to becoming the President of the United States.  The ultimate story of Starting from nothing and making something out of nothing and going further than what anyone expected you to go.  Another thing about the story of this game is that Planet Earth is invaded by aliens and everyone is abducted and entered into pods, but we'll get to that soon because I will be talking about other things about the game so if you're on the fence of buying this, you might buy it after reading this.  

The game starts with your character, Shaundi and Pierce in a chopper flying over a desert on a mission and the music playing as you are flying to your destination is none other than Long Tall Sally by Little Richard just like in the 1st Helicopter mission of Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon and just like in the Predator movie.  Then you meet a friend of Saints member/ muscleman Oleg and former KGB agent Asha and the four of you go on an mission to stop a missile that is aiming to destroy the world that reminded me of a Metal Gear Solid mission.  Then at the end of the mission your character is climbing the missile that you were trying to stop as it is ascending into the sky, and as you're climbing the missile to disarm it, the music playing in the background is Don't want to miss a thing by Aerosmith.  After you disarm and jump off the missile as it explodes in the sky, you crash land into the president's chair in the oval office, prop your feet up onto the desk, put your arms behind your head and relax, THUS beginning the game as the president of the United States.

After that you can choose between a few premade protagonists OR you can use one of the creations that you created using the Inauguration Station(Demo of Saints Row 4) and then the next cut scene you see is your character, Pierce and Ben King (Yes the former leader of SR1's Vice Kings) walking down a long hallway with people chilling in the hallways drinking 40's and smoking weed while there are Strippers galore on so many stripper poles that you would think that it was a Stripper convention going on in DC at that moment.  While talking to those two, your character grabs an apple, turns a corner and gives it to an uncaged Tiger, yes you heard me right when i said a TIGER,  then your character enters another hallway as you proceed towards the Conference room where all of the press is at asking Kinzie questions about you The President.  Then as you walk down the hallway you hear a voice and a figure appear and it's Keith David as the Vice President and he has two bills that needs your viewing but but only one can go through.  

One of the bills is the Cure of Cancer and the other is the bill to finally put an end to world hunger and you have to choose which one.  After that you continue to walk down the hallway and you get encountered by a person who starts to berate you and say that you are a horrible president, which cues up another multi choice of either choosing the High road which is you punching him in the face OR you can choose the Low road which means you punch him in the nuts and honestly, who doesn't like seeing a funny ass nut shot lol.  After that you run into Josh Birk who wants to hang out with the Prez and you have to decide whether to hang out with him and turn him down quietly.  After that, you enter the conference room where Shaundi tells you about how a bunch of people including Asha, Matt Miller(Former Leader of the Deckers and now an agent for MI6) and Kinzie believe we are about to be invaded by aliens and as your character starts to deny and blow off these claims, a huge alien invasion begins Thus we get introduced to the Antagonist named Zinyak who is the leader of the Alien race called the Zin.  

Zinyak and his army begins to abduct members of your cabinet as well as normal citizens just as well and you start shooting up Zin as you fight your way through the White House.  After you get outside, you activate a defense system that is ultimately a combination of every kind of fire arm in the world that it looked like Tony Stark created it for the President.  After that you fire down multiple Zin ships and then you crash land into Zinyak's ship and proceed to "try" to stop him but fail and become a prisoner to him and his fleet.  I'm going to stop the the walkthrough because I don't want to spoil anymore of the story for you but all I'm going to say is there is so much more crazy shit that happens in the game that you have got to get it.  This game has so much fun, over the top things in this game that you will always have a fun time playing this game.

The gameplay in this game is fluid and very easy to comprehend and understand, the graphics on this game looks just like the graphics from SR3, only it's a little more cleaned up.  My one gripe that I have with the game is the music that the radio plays when you go around Steelport.  It seems like they only have two or three songs per radio station but they are all good songs.  I wish that they added more songs to each radio station because there are some missions in the game where you would need a car and have more than two songs on the radio would be a great idea, but then again that's just me.  

Now I'm going to talk about one aspects of the game that I was excited for since the last game and that's the introduction of your character having Super Powers.  Back when SR3 was out, there was suppose to be a DLC coming out that allows your character to have Super Powers and they can use them throughout Steelport to help you in the game.  Then THQ got financial problems, went under and the Super Power DLC was never released for Saints Row 3 until Deep Silver picked up SR and made that DLC the key part of Saints Row 4.  The Super powers that you get are Super Jump, Super Speed, Force Field, Death From Above, Blast, Telekenesis, Stomp and Buff and each power has it's own branch of powers within itself so you can customize your powers however you want.  But some powers have their limits and you need to give them time to recharge.  To upgrade your powers you have to collect clusters which are scattered all over Steelport and these can be used to lengthen certain powers and strengthen them up just as well.

Of course super powers aren't the only things in the game that is able to be upgraded, you can customize your weapons, vehicles, and even your character can be upgraded and customized from health to damage resistance to whether they can wield dual guns or not.  Another aspect that I love in this game is that Deep Silver knows that the Saints Row series is meant to be over the top, and is basically a parody of gang like video games.  Another thing that i love about it is that in this game they also parody off of other games.  For Example, your character and crew are on a space ship and you can talk or romance them just like in the Mass Effect games.  Also, just like in Mass Effect, you can perform missions with Crew members that after the mission you gain their loyalty and you earn their trust even more.  Another example of SR 4 parodying other video games is in one level you get to play through the level just like it was levels from Streets of Rage and it is packed with the Streets of Rage like music and it even has the muffled voice over talking throughout the level.  The last example I will talk about is the mission that you do when you are trying to rescue Asha and in this mission it plays just like a Metal Gear Solid video game, to the point where if you die or mess up, it's game over and you hear Kinzie going, "Boss? Boss? BOSS?" just like in the MGS video games.  Also in that mission they have the MGS like noise that happens when stuff happens that catches the attention of the enemy but instead of question marks and exclamation points, you will see "OMG" and "wtf?" over their head and it is very enjoyable.

Now I will talk about a few things that I really enjoyed about the game that I'm really glad that they did what they did.  The first thing that I enjoyed was bringing Keith David back for this game because apparently this game was suppose to be the last game and I believe that if this game is the last game that it's only fair that they include Keith David in the game and I love the little tongue in cheek jabs that every character makes at about Keith in that he sounds and looks just like Julius(The character that Keith David voiced during SR1 and SR2).  The second thing that I like about the game is how they explained in detail in the game about Johnny Gat coming back and how he didn't die in the Third game but was abducted by Zinyak because Zinyak thought that Johnny Gat was the one human being that could defeat him.  The third and final thing that I thought was awesome, cool and sweet at the same time was the Ben King character and the voices behind him.  Now everyone that played the first Saints Row game knows that the original voice of Ben was the Late Michael Clark Duncan, but since he died the people of Volition and Deep Silver reached out to Terry Crews(The Old Spice Muscle guy) and had him portray the voice but what I love about that is that during the credits, they have Michael's name credited as one of the voices and next to his name is the "RIP" in parenthesis.  Then the other thing that I thought was sweet was during the credits you hear the voice actors singing Biz Markie's Just a friend and as everyone fades out, the last voice you hear is Michael's voice and I thought that was a nice little surprise that they put in there.

Overall I am thoroughly and extremely satisfied with Saints Row 4, I give the game a 9.5 and I highly recommend people to go buy it.  The game is $60 or you can wait until the price drops to get it and it is for the 360 and PS3. Okay guys that's all the time I have for today so don't forget to comment, Like, plus 1, share and Donate to the website.  Some big things are being planned for Black Chivalrous Nerd but I can't do it without your help.  Until next time, LOVE PEACE AND BACON GREASE and Saints 4 Life *Smoke Bombs Out*

Naruto Chapter 641 Review

Hey what's going on my fellow Shinobis it's your friendly neighborhood Black Chivalrous Nerd Denzel Lamar with another update and review for our favorite Blonde Haired Blue Eyed Shinobi Genin Naruto. Okay so last time we talked, Obito Uchiha had stuck a bomb onto the Fourth Hokage and it was about to explode with Minato and the gang in its sights. Just before it exploded, the Second Hokage appears out of no where, grabs the bomb and goes back to Obito and returns it to him. There we learn that the Fourth's "Instant Transmission" like Justsu was originally done and mastered by the Second Hokage, who would've thunk it huh?

Meanwhile, as that fight is going on, Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju continue their fight and show the bystanders why they are the two most powerful and dangerous shinobi's in history. During the fight, Madara uses his Full Powered Susano'o and Hashirama uses a Wood Style Dragon summon and those two creatures are wrecking havoc while fighting each other.

As the bystanders look at the fight they ponder whether they should join in or just stay back and watch so they won't get in the way. While they are pondering this, Shikamaru talks to the members of the Shinobi Alliance while having Ino use her transfer jutsu to let everyone hear his thoughts.

He goes on to tell them that even if their efforts may seem little, even a little bit of power and effort could help change the future so don't give up and stay on your toes and not let the moment slip by because of fear. After hearing that, Temari tells Shikamaru through her thoughts that he could become a good Hokage with the leadership that he is showing right now. She goes on to say that having the ability to change peoples hearts is one of the basic conditions to become a Kage. Meanwhile back at the fight between Obito Uchiha vs. Minato, Naruto, Sasuke and Tobirama, Obito was quick to block the bomb blast which makes Tobirama and company rethink about their next move.

Minato says that he'll create an opening with his Rasen-Senkou-Chourinbu-Kousan-Shiki (Yes that is the name of the technique and I'm still trying to figure out what in the bluest of blue hells it means) and the Second basically tells Minato that the technique name is utterly ridiculous and he would normally laugh at that name, but no laughing shall ensue at the moment. While Tobirama and Minato are strategizing, Sasuke and Naruto rush towards Obito with Sasuke. Naruto and Sasuke tells Minato that they will create the opening and leave the main part of the plan to Minato and Tobirama. While Sasuke and Naruto rush towards Obito, Sasuke unleashes his Amaterasu and aims it at Obito but Obito was waiting for it.

As Naruto and Sasuke are in full charge towards Obito, Minato and Tobirama come up with their plan and decide that they are going to use the Hiraishin Mawashi (Instant Transmission Like Jutsu) on each other. Meanwhile, Sasuke and Naruto come up with another plan to attack Obito with in which Sasuke is going to use his Sharingan in order to adjust to Naruto's Chakra Percentage. Then Naruto uses his Wind Style: Rasenshuriken and combines it with Sasuke's Blaze Style: Flame control to create one giant Flaming Shuriken (NERDGASM!!!!!!)

Naruto and Sasuke combine their Jutsu's, Tobirama appears behind Obito and just as Naruto and Sasuke are about to release the jutsu onto Obito, Minato comes from out of no where and stands in front of Naruto and Sasuke. Minato tells the boys that they are the Main Stars, Tobirama places his hand onto Obito's back and attaches a Hirashin Seal onto him and then the two Hokages release the Hiraishin Goshun Mawashi No Jutsu (Translation: Swap At The Same Moment Technique) and then next thing you see is Sasuke and Naruto Drilling Obito with the Fire Rasenshuriken. With Minato encouraging them to keep going, they put everything into the jutsu and blast him away with Obito thinking about how they got the upper hand on him while the black flames are still burning his chest. Then finally, the last picture you see in this chapter is Naruto and Sasuke both smiling as they feel like they have finally defeated Obito.

Overall, I enjoyed this very much and now I'm really excited about the upcoming chapter Next week. Of course I hope that next week's chapter focus more on the fight between Madara and Hashirama since this week's chapter was all about the fight against Obito. Only time will tell i guess and we'll have to find out what Kishimoto and his team come up with Next week.

Alright guess that's all the time I have for today so don't forget to stay tuned because some big things will be happening sooner than later. This is the Black Chivalrous Nerd Signing off saying Love, Peace and Bacon Grease.

Smoke Bombs out into the shadows of the Night

Playing Catch Up With Naruto

Hey Guys its the Black Chivalrous Nerd and I know that it's been a while since i posted something but I'm back and I'm about to catch you guys up with what's going with the Fourth Great Ninja War. So last time we talked, I was talking about how Sasuke made the statement of "burn it down" while he had a stale, blank look on his place. But after that happened, as the war was going on, Orochimaru arrived where the five Kages were and there Katsuyu was trying to heal the Kages but because of the low chakra that Tsunade had because she was near death after being torn in half from Madara Uchiha before he left to join Obito in the fight, the healing was taking a real slow long time. So Orochimaru told Karin Uzumaki to let Tsunade heal herself by letting Tsunade bite Karin's arm.

After Lady Tsunade healed herself via Karin, her chakra came back and her and the other kages were healed via Katsuyu and they were on their way back to the fight. Now let's talk about Obito and Kakashi going at it. Now last time I saw those two, they were transported via the Kamui jutsu that both Kakashi and Obito know via the Sharingan. But anyway, as they are fighting, Kakashi is trying to talk reason into Obito and tell him that instead of causing havoc with this war, he should return back to the Leaf but then Obito tells Kakashi that he has no heart and shows him that there is no heart in his chest.

after that, Madara summoned Obito back to the battle field and was about to use the Jutsu that Nagato was suppose to use for him when he used it for the Leaf after Pein destroyed the Leaf. But while Madara was using his Jutsu on Obito, Obito started connecting with the Juubi (Ten Tails) and then while Naruto and company were fighting, Obito became the Jinchuriki of the Ten Tails. After Obito and the Juubi connect,Obito's power get even greater to the point that he is more powerful than Madara Uchiha and anyone that know's what I mean by that knows that if you're Powerful than Madara Uchiha or Hashirama Senju then your opponents are pretty much screwed.

In order to help control and contain Obito, the first and second Hokage start to do a combined jutsu but then Obito attacks them and rips them in half, but because they are alive via the Edo Tensei they don't die but it'll take them a long time to heal up after that attack. But as Naruto and Sasuke try to prepare themselves to attack Obito while he is going on an attack barrage, Obito beats them to the punch and grabs both of them and get ready to attack.

Now that I've said all of that, it's time to talk about the latest chapter of Naruto that has just came out today at 1:30 AM EST. Yes I stayed up at 1:30 AM EST to read it and it is now 3:30 AM EST to post this lol so don't judge me alright? Anyway, when Chapter 640 starts, Obito has the faces of Naruto and Sasuke in his hands and the Fourth Hokage with a look of shock on his face. As Obito was starting to perform another jutsu and demolish Naruto and Sauke, Minato while he is still in Second Stage tailed beast controlled Mode, grabs Sasuke and Naruto from harms way. As the three fallback and try to figure out their next move, Obito is still going through some changes with the Juubi and during the changes, he is able to unleash a tailed beast bomb but misses Naruto and company.

After that miss, Obito can't control the Juubi and then it seems like the Juubi is going to take control of Obito's body. During this transition, Minato prepares to do a Jutsu to try and attack/subdue Obito while leaving Obito no time to react and give Naruto and Sasuke room to move in on the attack. While Minato is preparing Said attack, Obito goes through a Seemingly painful transformation with the Juubi to the point that the Juubi is tearing Obito up on the inside while Obito is screaming in pain. As he's going through this process, Minato tells Obito that he's coming to help Obito but then Obito asks Minato Who he is. Then right when he's about to be torn completely apart, he activates his Sharingan and then he starts to put himself back together again.

After he activates the Sharingan, he finishes his transformation and gathers his consciousness and has a new look.

That's right fam, the painful transformation that Obito went through turned him into the new Sage of Six Paths. After he reappeared, he and Minato started to fight once again and Obito's Staff and Minato's Kunai clashes and the staff breaks the Kunai and then he cuts off one of Minato's arms. Then Obito starts to use another jutsu onto Minato but Minato uses his Hiraishin to avoid the attack but to his dismay, Obito stuck the attack onto Minato and before Minato and company could do anything. Obito unleashes the bomb that he calls Scattering Despair and it starts to explode while Naruto, Sasuke, Minato and Gamakichi is in it's sights, thus ending this weeks chapter.

Whew!!!!!! did you guys get all of that? I hope you guys didn't get lost but if you did? I apologize but i tried to catch you up as fast as possible. But that's all the time I have for now so don't forget to share, comment, show love and stay tuned for more Naruto talk. Also, Stay Tuned because I'm going to be starting my very own Super Hero Story and I promise you that you do not want to miss this.

 I'm the Black Chivalrous Nerd Denzel Lamar signing off and like I always say, "Love, Peace and Bacon Grease" See you guys on the flipside

Smokes Bombs Out into the Night

Checking Needs To Stop

Okay so there has been something that I have been wanting to talk about for a while but didn't know how to put it in words, until now.  Let me just say that this post will not be like the others because this is a post that comes from the heart and the topic is near and dear to me so if this is not what you want to see on my website then oh well tough luck.

So there has been something that has been bothering me for a minute and it's something that is absolutely stupid and needs to stop but.  What I'm talking about is "Checking People" and for those that don't know what that is is basically questioning someone else's status on certain topics, issues, racial background and social backgrounds.  Two types of checking that are stupid are Race Checking and Nerd Checking and I'm going to start with Nerd Checking.

Nerd Checking is absolutely pointless and people that do Nerd Check are the ones that have no life what so ever.  Just because a fellow nerd is not into the things you're into doesn't make them less of a nerd so why try to make a big deal or try to derank someone because of it.  I don't understand Astro Physics, Bio Enginering, or Rocket Science so does that mean I'm not a nerd and that i need to hand in my "Nerd Card" and go hang out with the non-nerds of society?  A nerd is a nerd because the "Normal People" don't want to hang out with them so they turn to comics, video games, Mangas, anime, TV and movies and the other outsiders that the "Norms" don't want to be around.  Even that isn't enough because like I said before, Nerds checking other nerds regardless of race, sexual orientation or gender is still around and about.  One example is this idea that only guys can be nerds and women aren't real nerds they're only acting like one for attention which makes me say WTF?

Women can be nerds and there are plenty of them out there in the world, you just have to move out of your circle of nerds to find them.  For example there is Nerdgasm Noire Network which is ran and overseen by five beautiful women of color who happen to be nerds and talk about Nerd Shit and then there's Black Girl Nerds who also happen to be women of color who also happen to be the biggest group of nerds that i know.  Another item of "Nerd Checking" that I hate is the "Nerd Checklist" and if you haven't done some of the items on the checklist then you're not considered a actual nerd which once again makes me stop and go "Insecure Bitter Cynical Asshole Says What?"

Prime example of this is this internet show that we'll call "IR" and the shows host that we'll call "Mr. Fuckit" just for the hell of it.  So Mr. Fuckit went on his show one time and ran down a list of things he considered Nerdy and said that if you haven't done some to most of the things then you're not a real nerd.  The list consisted of things such as:

• You're not a real nerd if you haven't gone to a Midnight Release event for games other than Call of Duty and Madden.
• You're not a real nerd if you haven't played Dungeon and Dragons for most of you're life.
• You're not a real nerd if you haven't played any of the Final Fantasy games from FF X and below.
• You're not a real nerd if you don't own any pieces of clothing that has images of characters from Comics, Video Games, Mangas, Anime, Cartoons, Movies or TV shows.
• You're not a real nerd if you didn't play any card games (Pokemon, Yugioh, Magic, etc.) AND STILL HAVE THE CARDS EVEN THOUGH NO ONE PLAYS ANYMORE

Those are just a few of the items that were on Mr. Fuckit's Nerd Checklist during that episode and it seriously made my head hurt and I turned that shit off quicker than Daigo beating a n00b in Super Streetfighter IV.  Who are you to tell people that if they have or haven't done some to most of those things on your made up checklist that they're not real nerds?   And another thing that Mr. Fuckit said on that episode that made my head hurt was him saying that people that call themselves nerds aren't real nerds and that real nerds don't want to be involved with the "label" and that people shouldn't embrace the word.  To that I say bullshit because there are other "labels" in the world that people tend to embrace and is okay with it.

For example, according to Mr. Fuckit, if you accept and embrace the label nerd then you're not a nerd so does that mean that people that are labeled gay and are called gay and then embrace the label does that mean that they're not gay?  I guess I'm not at the level of being a bitter cynical angry coat tail riding person like him but i know reasonable people don't think like this person.

Okay, now that that's taken care of, I'm going to talk about another form of checking that I think is absolutely ridiculous and has been going on for far too long which is of course the infamous "Black Checking"

Thinking back to the infamous dispute that the House Slave wasn't like the Field Slave back in Slavery, Black Checking has always been an issue in the world for Black People and still continues to be an issue.  The example of Rob Parker from ESPN's First Take Black Checking Washington Redskin's QB and NFL's 2013 Rookie Of The Year recipient Robert Griffin III because RG3 said he didn't want to be seen as a black QB but as a QB struck a nerve to Parker which led to Parker's infamous rant on RG3 asking is RG3 a "Brother" or a "Cornball Brother" that led to a one month suspension but as most people believe should've been a longer suspension with no pay.  This is an example that it doesn't matter what you're status in life is, Black Checking can happen and will happen but there are other examples of black checking that black people use against each other and how people of other races use against black people.  Which leads me to two more examples and I'm going to use myself as an example.

The first example I'm going to use is me.  I grew up in Media, PA which the suburban city that is 15 minutes away from South Philly, my parents grew up in a small inner city called Chester, PA which also 10 minutes away from Philly.  So growing up I got Black Checked on both sides of the coin because I got checked from classmates whether it was in elementary, middle school, or even High School because the blacks from my school were from Chester so in their eyes i wasn't black because I didn't speak or carry myself as if i didn't have any manners or home training.  And then in the Summer time growing up my parents would drop me off at the Boys Club in Chester and I would get black checked there because i was different than the rest of the kids there.  But the checking doesn't stop after High School because even now to this day I'm still being black checked and have come to terms that I will always be black checked no matter where I'm at in my life.

The constant remark of hearing that someone from a different race is blacker than you is utterly despicable because you can't be blacker than me because unlike you, I'm always being looked at like a suspect.  The fact that I'm a black man in America is already crazy enough as it is but i don't need you lowering my blackness because I don't talk like a thug, live in the projects, have a criminal record or have a few baby mothers in the city doesn't mean that you can deblack me because i have more problems than you will ever have.

Overall I believe that Checking, whether it's black checking or nerd checking, is ridiculous and doesn't need to be and it needs a lot more people to stand up and use their voice to say that we will not take this shit anymore.  Alright guys that's all for now and don't forget to check out the two sites I linked during this post and don't forget to share, share, share, and please Donate to the website and the Show because i have some ideas but i can only go so much and i would like it if you guys could chip in every now and then by donating what ever you can because it takes a village.

Till Next Time... LOVE, PEACE AND BACON GREASE