Tuesday, 8 August 2017

UKIP Leader Candidate To Oppose 'Militant Transgender Activism'



David Kurten, one of the candidates to take over from Paul Nuttall as leader of the UK Independence Party, and one of only two of the parties elected members of the London Assembly, has said that he will oppose the transgender community if he becomes the party leader.

The party has had a long history of opposing LGBT+ rights, and despite forming their own 'LGBT in UKIP' group still speak out against the LGBT+ community on many occasions. The party even has a number of known, public homophobes within their party standing for election.

Kurten, however, has taken this stance a step further by vowing to boost the party's opposition to the transgender community, to stand against transgender rights, and to fight against LGBT-inclusive sex education in schools.

Speaking in an interview with Buzzfeed, Kurten has said that he wants UKIP to take advantage of the Conservative Party making steps to 'start pushing gender queer theory on primary schools'.

'People don't want their children to be confused by this kind of thing.' He said. 'I will take UKIP in the direction of standing against the militant transgender activism that's happening at the moment.'

Kurten has a history of opposing LGBT+ sex education, having previously stated that the government should ban the teaching of 'non-reproductive sexual acts' within schools, which would effectively ban any education on same sex relationships.

'We must protect our children from damaging and confusing fringe ideologies which sexualise children at an early age and confuse their natural development as boys and girls - both primary, secondary and even pre-school.

'No one would have thought 10 years ago that it would ever be politically incorrect to call children boys and girls, to call parents mothers or fathers, or if you say that there are two biological sexes determined by your chromosomes rather than 40 or 50 or 60 different genders then this is on the way to being considered a hate crime. Of course it isn't. It's science.'

David Kurten is currently running against several candidates for leadership of the party, including Jonathan Rees-Evans, who claimed that a gay donkey raped his horse.


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Texas Chainsaw Massacre Prequel Film Leatherface Trailer Released



A brand new theatrical trailer for the upcoming Texas Chainsaw Massacre prequel film Leatherface has been released.


The new film takes a different approach to the character from the previous attempt to revamp the franchise, one that appears to be exploring the mind of the young killer and what made him become a killer.

'In Texas, years before the events of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre, in the early days of the infamous Sawyer family, the youngest child is sentenced to a mental hospital after a suspicious incident leaves the sheriffs' daughter dead. Ten years later, he kidnaps a young nurse and escapes with three other inmates. Pursued by authorities including the deranged sheriff out to avenge his daughter's death, the young Sawyer teen goes on a violent road trip from hell, moulding him into the monster known as Leatherface.'

 Leatherface is directed by Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo, and stars Lili Taylor, Sam Coleman, Sam Strike, James Bloor, and Stephen Dorff. The film is set for release on October 20th.


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Monday, 7 August 2017

Godzilla Actor Haruo Nakajima Dies Aged 88



Haruo Nakajima, the behind the icon that is Godzilla, has died today at the age of 88.

Nakajima began his acting career as a stuntman, appearing in several samurai films, most notably Akira Kurosawa's The Seven Samuari. During his work on the war film Eagle of the Pacific Nakajima caught the attention Ishiro Honda, who would go on to direct Godzilla.

 Honda offered Nakajima the role of the titular monster, a role that he would go on to play over a total of 12 films, including King Kong vs. Godzilla, Mothra vs. Godzilla, Ghidorah: the Three-Headed Monster, and Destroy All Monsters.

 In a recent interview Nakajima spoke of his work on the original film and his career as Godzilla, a role that was said to have been very dear to his heart.


As well as portraying Godzilla, Nakajima would also go on to do suit work as Mothra and King Kong, along with both human and monster roles in the television series Ultraman.

 Nakajima made appearances at a number of Japanese monster themed conventions around the world, and produced an autobiography, Monster Life: Haruo Nakajima, the Original Godzilla Actor.


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T-Shirt Company Promotes LGBT+ Swastika Clothing



Clothing company Teespring has faced a massive backlash after releasing a range of clothing that tried to use the swastika to promote the LGBT+ community.

The designer of the shirts, KA Design, stated that they wanted to remove the negative connotations that became associated with the swastika when it was used as a symbol by the Nazi party.

'They took the swastika, rotated it by 45 degrees, and turned it into hatred, and turned it into fear, and turned it into war, and turned it into racism, and turned it into power. They stigmatised the swastika forever.

'The swastika is coming back, together with peace, together with love, together with respect, together with freedom. Introducing the new swastika.'

A spokesperson for Teespring stated that they wanted to 'share the beauty' of the swastika. 'We really like the symbol in its shape and aesthetics, and we would love to share the beauty of this symbol detached from the hatred associated with it.'

After the initial backlash Teesping has removed the shirts from sale.

'This morning it came to our attention that a user created a number of designs on Teespring that included a swastika, a hate symbol that we do not allow on Teespring.' They said in a statement following the removal. 'As soon as the design was discovered, it was removed from the site.'

The chair of the Anti-Defamation Commission, Dr Dvir Abramovich, has spoken out about the matter to the media, condemning both the clothing line and the company for selling it.

'I'm outraged and shocked that any company would seek to profit from selling such reprehensible items. The swastika does not represent the LGBTI community, whose members were the victims of Hitler's evil regime. And no, it cannot be rebranded as a symbol of peace.

'KA's naive, and in many ways, selfish attitude shows a staggering lack of concern for the feelings of those who survived the Holocaust and those who lost relatives to the monstrous deeds of the Third Reich.'

Whilst the vast majority of those killed during the Holocaust were Jewish, the LGBT+ community were amongst several minority groups targeted by the Nazis, with thousands imprisoned and killed in concentration camps. Many of those who were liberated from Nazi facilities were later re-arrested and imprisoned by the Allied Nations based upon evidence of their homosexuality kept by the Nazis.


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Sunday, 6 August 2017

New Lycanroc Form Revealed For Pokemon Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon



The Pokemon Company have just revealed a brand new form of Lycanroc for the upcoming Pokemon Ultra Sun and Pokemon Ultra Moon games, after much fan speculation that a new evolution would be featured in the anime series.

The new form has been called the Dusk Form, and marks the third possible evolution of Rockruff, with both Midday and Midnight forms being available in Pokemon Sun and Pokemon Moon respectively.


The new form of Lycanroc appears to be a combination of the previous two forms, with the basic shape of the Midday Form but some of the shaggier fur of the Midnight Form. The colour of the Pokemon is also a midpoint between the light shades of the Midday Form and the deep reds of the Midnight Form.

The Pokemon Company have also said that you can't obtain the new Dusk Form by discovering it in the wild, but have yet to clarify how to obtain the new Pokemon. No information has also been released as to the typing of the new Lycanroc, or any signature Abilities.

Whilst nothing has yet been confirmed fans are still speculating that a possible fourth form may be revealed, a Dawn Form, that will share more physical traits with the Midnight Form.

Pokemon Ultra Sun & Pokemon Ultra Moon will be released on October 17th.


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Saturday, 5 August 2017

Puttie Character Released For Power Rangers: Legacy Wars



The Putties are making their way to popular mobile game Power Rangers: Legacy Wars. The new combattants are based upon the design of the Putties from the recent Power Rangers motion picture, rather than their original Mighty Morphin Power Rangers incarnation, which is slightly unfortunate as the original Putties were wonderfully ridiculous.


The Puttie leader is a Defender class, and has the special abilities Debris Toss and Boulder Barrage, with the primary abilities Seismic Quake and Rumble Rouser. There is also an assist version of the character being released at the same time as the leader.

'Rita Repulsa, the space witch, has infected the Morphin Grid, creating virtual monsters and Ranger clones programmed to fight on her behalf. Fight back with your own curated team of legendary Power Rangers and villains from the multiverse! Unlock new Rangers, upgrade your best warriors and create the best team to defeat Rita, and save the Morphin Grid.'
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Sydelle Noel To Join Arrow Season Six



Sydelle Noel, star of Netflix series Glow and the upcoming Black Panther, has been cast in a recurring role in season six of Arrow.

 Noel will be playing FBI Agent Samanda Watson, who has come to Star City to investigate the possible connection between Mayor Oliver Queen and Green Arrow. Her character has been described as 'intelligent and poised with a no nonsense attitude'.

Following season five's mission statement of wanting to bring the show back to basics, with a bigger focus on crime within Star City and a more grounded villain, the addition of a character actively investigating the Green Arrow certainly helps to recapture some of the feel of the early seasons.

Mar Guggenheim, Executive Producer on Arrow, has said that the series is trying to make a concerted effort to bring more female characters into the show, and the Arrowverse on a whole. This season will also see the return of Katie Cassidy to the cast, and the promotion of Juliana Harkavy to series regular.

Season six of Arrow is scheduled for release October 12th.


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Retro Review: Power Rangers 'Day of the Dumpster'



Mighty Morphin Power Rangers 
Season One 
Episode One - 'Day of the Dumpster'


Plot Summary: On another planet within our solar system a pair of astronauts discover a strange metal object, similar to a dumpster. When the astronauts accidentally open the object they're knocked to the ground as strange magical energies are released from within.


The evil aliens Goldar, Finster, Squat, and Baboo are freed from their prison, shortly followed by their leader, the evil space sorceress Rita Repulsa. The astronauts are chased away by Rita's magic before she announces her plan to conquer Earth after her 10,000 year imprisonment.

In the city of Angel Grove five teenagers are hanging out at their local youth centre, Jason, Zack, Trini, Kimberly, and Billy. When Rita launches her attack on Angel Grove from her new palace on the moon the youth centre is hit by an earthquake. Before the five teens can make their way to safety they're swept up in beam of light and teleported away.

They find themselves within the Command Centre of Zordon, an ancient intergalactic warrior trapped in a time warp, and his robotic assistant Alpha-5. Zordon reveals to the teens the existence of Rita, and her plans to conquer the Earth. He tells the group that they have been chosen to become the planets defenders, the Power Rangers.

Zordon gives them their power morphers, devices that will allow them to access enhanced powers and abilities. Unfortunately, the group aren't convinced by Zord and leave the command centre.

Whilst making their way through the desert to Angel Grove the group are attacked by the Putties, Rita's footsoldiers. Despite trying their best to defeat the Putties they're soon overwhelmed and use their power mophers to transform themselves into the Power Rangers for the first time.


After mophing the Rangers are able to overcome the Putties thanks to their enhanced speed, strength, and armoured costumes. Their victory is short lived as they're teleported back to Angel Grove where Rita's lieutenant Goldar is attacking the city with more Putties.

The Rangers defeat the Putties and are about to fight Goldar when Rita uses her magic to make him grow to gigantic proportions. The Rangers summon their Zords to help them fight the now gigantic foe, five robotic vehicles based upon a Tyrannosaurus, a Pterodactyl, a Triceratops, a Sabretooth Tiger, and a Mastodon.

The powerful Zords combine together to form the mighty Mega-Zord, allowing the Rangers to overpower Goldar. Goldar flees the battlefield before the Rangers are able to destroy him. With Angel Grove safe the Rangers return to the Command Centre, where they accept their mission to protect the Earth as the Power Rangers.


Analysis: Power Rangers is definitely a strange show at the beginning of its life, with much of that being evident even here in the first of over 150 episodes. Much of this comes from the mashing together of Japanese and American footage, and whilst in the future this does work a lot better, it's really obvious in this pilot episode where these two meet. The plot suffers as a result of this, and will do for much of the first season, yet still strangely works to provide an effective first episode.

The first episode manages to set up the basics of the characters in its short runtime. It shows us that Jason is the brave leader of the group, that Zach is the joker, Kimberly is the typical 90's valley-girl, Trini is the caring heart of the group, and Billy is the nerdy outcast.


Whilst the characters do go on to have growth and develop as time goes on 'Day of the Dumpster' establishes a strong foundation for them all.

It also establishes Goldar as the intimidating right hand to Rita that will go on to torment the Rangers for years to come. Yes, he runs away at the end of the fight (which he will do a lot), but he's easily the most intimidating of Rita's forces.

Yes, the dialogue is cheesy, the combination of footage shoddy at times and the leaps in logic and plot are all over the place, but there's a massive sense of fun to the show that makes it easy to look past these flaws and see them as something that adds to the charm of the show.

'Day of the Dumpster' is a good introduction to the show, one that sets up a strong foundation for a franchise that is still going strong over two decades later.


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Caitlyn Jenner Sports Pro-Trump Hat After Condemning Trans Ban



Transgender Olympian and reality television personality Caitlyn Jenner has been photographed wearing a pro-Trump 'Make America Great Again' hat just days after making a statement condemning the President's transgender military ban.

Jenner openly supported Trump during his presidential campaign in 2016, even stating that she believed him to be the best ally for the LGBT+ community to have in the White House.

Following announced plans by the President to ban transgender servicepeople from serving in the military, calling them a 'burden', Jenner made a public statement to condemn the decision.

'There are 15,000 patriotic transgender Americans in the US military fighting for all of us. What happened to your promise to fight for them?' She tweeted soon after the announcement.


She went on to release a longer statement on her personal website;

'I believe that every American should be outraged by the disrespect shown to those people wearing our country's uniform. Furthermore, this half-baked idea puts all of our service members in harm's way. Does President Trump just intend to pull 15,000 people out of every critical position to which they are currently assigned? That would disrupt core military missions around the world and needlessly endanger our troops.'

Despite this Jenner has shown that she does still support Trump by wearing his merchandise in public. Unfortunately, this is not the first time that Jenner's actions have been seen to be problematic within the LGBT+ community, having previously stood against marriage equality, and tweeting transphobic jokes.

Whilst Jenner may make public statements condemning Trumps actions, it's clear that this is simply an attempt to carner popularity whilst still being a staunch pro-Trump Republican at heart.


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Tegan Croft Cast As Raven In Warner Bros Teen Titans Series



Australian newcomer Tegan Croft has been cast as Raven in the upcoming live-action Teen Titans series, coming to Warner Bros digital service in 2018.

The 13-year-old has recently received praise for her role in the feature film The Osiris Child.

The new series, named Titans, will written by Akiva Goldman (Star Trek: Discovery), DC Entertainment president and chief creative officer Geoff Johns (The Flash, Arrow), and Greg Berlanti (Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl, Legends of Tomorrow).

The series will follow a group of young teens that are recruited from around the DC Universe to become heroes. Croft's version of Raven has been described as 'the daughter of a demon, is a powerful empath who must keep her emotions in check or risk unleashing her demonic side.'

It has also been reported that the series will feature a team similar to the classic Marv Wolfman and George Perez run, including Dick Grayson and Starfire.
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