Thursday, February 15, 2007
Ghost Rider.
Just got back from Summit awhile ago. Watched 'Ghost Rider'.Freaking ridiculously cool show wei.You really gotta check out the show.Though i hate Nicholas Cage playing Johnny Blaze coz he's too darn old but what the heck.He did a great job.
I'm not gonna spoil the fun for you guys but i'm just gonna give a lil' background info on the comic version of GR.
There are basically 3 GRs all in all that are still alive:
Johnny Blaze
Daniel Ketch
and Michael Baldino
I'm just gonna give a lil' background on Johnny Blaze as he's the GR that's in the movie. Johnny Blaze is a stunt motorcyclist/daredevil.He is the son of Barton Blaze and Naomi Kale.He is the second hero in the marvel universe to use the name Ghost Rider. Please note that the first hero was called the Phantom Rider and does not have a flaming skull and a motorbike.Anyway, more info on that later. Johnny and his family were stars in a stunt show alongside with Craig "Crash" Simpson.When Johnny's father Barton dies in a stunt accident, Johnny was then adopted by Crash and his wife, Mona Simpson.The Simpsons helped Blaze by fabricating his past with the hope that it would be less painful than the truth.Now believing that his real mother was Clara Blaze, who had passed away, Blaze became an enthusiastic member of the Simpson clan, growing closer to their daughter, Roxanne. Crash had become a real father figure in Blaze's eyes , and on learning of Crash's life-threatening cancer, Blaze turned to the occult, in search of answers.His studies led him to a spell which supposedly could summon Satan himself. Unaware that he had in fact summoned Mephisto, he sold his soul to Mephisto in return for Crash's cancer to be cured.Mephisto did cure Crash, though Crash died soon after in a stunt trying to jump over 22 cars. Blaze, still at the mercy of Mephisto, believed he would lose his soul to Mephisto until he was saved by Roxanne. Roxanne proclaimed her love for Blaze, and drove Mephisto away with the purity of her emotion. Blaze was unaware that Mephisto had bonded him with the demon Zarathos as an act of revenge for not being able to obtain Johnny's soul. Johnny was transformed into a Ghost Rider, a leather-clothed skeleton, his head cloaked in a sheath of flame, the night after Crash's death. Now u will find that this info of Ghost Rider is VERY different from the one acted in the movie, but hey, since when has a movie ever follow exactly from the book or comics of the story.Still, it is a freaking nice show to catch and has many special effects. So what are u guys waiting, shut down your coms and head to the nearest cinema and WATCH GHOST RIDER!!!!
as the flaming skeleton said: "Look into my eyes!"
Posted by JZ

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