Top 10 Batman Bat-Suits

Hello and welcome back to my blog now please remove your shoes as we enter the Bat cave to look at my 10 fave Batman costumes and not all of them are Bruce's.....

10) 1st Batsuit

This is where it all started sharp looking cowl and cape and some purple gloves for some reason this was the Bats first suit he debut in comics. 75 years of The Batman has come with some changes but this one i put in 10th place for it being the first and it was drawn really nice like the style on it. Why the purple gloves? No idea. 

9) Arkham Knight bat suit

One of the most recent Bat games and suits see's this uniquely armoured outing with Batman what i like most about the suit is the logo which is disconnected at parts and when suitting up it all connects and locks together and its so versatile batman can literally do anything with no restrictions from the armoured plates. 

8) Batwing

Batwing is the Batman of Africa, a super-hero operating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In his civilian identity he is a police officer fighting against corruption in the department. Using an arsenal of advanced technology supplied by Batman, his Batwing Suit is a powerful exo-skeleton. With his manservant Matu Ba, he wages a one-man war against evil to protect the city of Tinasha. He has been a member of Batman Incorporated, the Batman Family, the Kollektiv and Justice League International. His successor is Luke Fox, the son of Lucius Fox, who operates in Gotham City. Batwing was created by Grant Morrison and Chris Burnham, first appearing in Batman Incorporated #5. (2011)

7) Hellbat

The Hellbat was an armor forged together by the Justice League and designed and built by Batman to help him fight in battles beyond his strength level. To this end it allows Batman to have increased physical abilities, but drains his metabolism, and can kill him if used too much. The armour itself was composed of a shifting nano kinetic metallic composition which could be shed and re-adorned to his person on command via voice activated computer A.I, with a built-in cloaking feature giving him total invisibility. It's such a badass suit! 

6) New 52 Batsuit

New 52 Batman is the current ongoing batman suit in the dc continuity as to when this blog was written. It's much sleeker and features a new logo and some little patterns on it which makes it unique i think and i like it and the new 52. 

5) Batman Beyond

I love BOTF aka BB and Terry Mcguinnes as Batman the show was top notch honestly if you have not seen the show go and watch it please it holds up well, is dark and entertaining much like the animated series and it does feature an aged Bruce who will still throwdown if you anger him. This suit of course is futuristic and it's features and gadgets are spectacular and make this suit so special. 

4) AzBat

The fight for who should next be the bat got a bit crazy at times and one guy who liked batman a lot who was crazy but had morales decided he should do it and basically went out made his on and started doing Batmans job when he was unable to. Azbat's justice delivery system came with loss of life. After Bruce Wayne was defeated and crippled by Bane, he nominated Jean-Paul Valley to take up the mantle of Batman while he recovered. While initially wearing Bruce Wayne’s uniform, Jean-Paul would eventually begin to succumb to his “programming”, becoming more and more corrupted by the crime he was fighting, and replaced the suit with his own tailor-made armour with razor disks, blades and hidden weapons, becoming a more aggressive and unstable Batman, known among comic-fans as the “Azbat” ("Azrael-Batman"). 

3) Thomas Wayne Flashpoint Suit

In the Flashpoint reality, Thomas Wayne - rather than Bruce - appears as Batman. Thomas is shown to have Joe Chill's gun in the Batcave's trophy display, from when he killed Chill in a brutal beating due to the latter killing his son Bruce in cold blood. Thomas is more violent than Bruce and willing to kill to achieve his goals, as shown when he throws a young villain named Yo-Yo off a rooftop after she refuses to cooperate with him to stop the Joker. So to be a harsher revenge driven Batman it requires the suit get altered so red piercing eyes and guns holstered to it in a dark black and grey colour scheme means, no jail time for criminals only death. 

2) Neil Adams Batsuit

This and number 1 on my list are the suits i was most exposed to as i grew up with their comics and tv shows i seen them the most. Famously drawn by the likes of Neal Adams and Jim Aparo, he eventually created a unique fire-retardant and chemical-resistant triple-weave Kevlar thread for the suit. The material had carbon nanotube fibers that imparted it with a unique sheen and made it heavily resistant to tearing. This material would go into the creation of all following batsuits and other suits in the Bat Family. The most notable traits of this evolution was the incorporation of the yellow ellipse around the bat emblem as well as the capsule utility belt. 

1) The Animated Series Suit

In Batman: The Animated Series (1992–1995) the Batsuit is based on the "New Look" costume. The cape, cowl, gloves, briefs and boots are dark blue, as indicated by the highlight. Occasionally the cape and cowl are also shown to be one piece and when he's not fighting, the cape sometimes resembles a cloak, draped over Batman's body. The costume lacks any armor qualities, instead being merely a body suit with no apparent special features and it often becomes torn in serious fights. It is occasionally seen packed in Bruce Wayne's luggage or in his vehicles, and it is made clear that he has numerous spares. My fave as its from one of my fave animated shows and takes on Batman on tv. 

Where's the movie suits? They will be covered in another list! 

Do you prefer Batman with long ears or short ones?

Honourable Suit Mentions

The Batman suit (2004), Dick Grayson's Batsuit, Injustice 1 and 2 suits, Zur-En-Arrh Batsuit, Troika Batsuit, Justice League Batman Metal Suits, Movie suits and all Lantern suits. 

Alright keep your eyes on Gotham and remember who to call if anyone steps out of line for we shall deliver justice swiftly to them! 

CHECK THIS LIST OF MY FAVE BATMAN VILLAINS - http://1stmetalgodsblog.blogspot.com/2017/09/top-10-batman-villains.html

Thanks for reading, stay shiny! 

Top 10 Batman Villains

Hello and welcome to the asylum, where deranged run freely now you have entered the darkest place of Gotham! 

So without further ado let's take a look at a list i compiled of 10 of my favourite Batman villains!

10) Harley Quinn

Before her puddin' corrupted her, she was a smart girl but following Mister J's madness she has also gone down the rabbit hole and come out loopy however she is very agile and that has always stuck with her. She made her debut in the animated series of Batman in the 90s. She has been on both sides of Batman but mostly due to her puddin she sticks by his side and her puddin being the number one spot on the list....

9) Poison Ivy

Smart and immune to virus, toxins and bacteria all while making new plants and plant chemicals and controlling plants Ivy is not one to mess with. She cares about the environment and all plant life so taking her down for batman has been both easy and a challenge and the two have been on the same page a few times over the years but is she really that trustworthy? Who knows what tricks shes up to in new 52 continuity. 

8) Ra's Al Ghoul

The head of a demon is not to be taken lightly, not only did he train Batman and a whole army which he also commands but he is very skilled in combat and weaponry, he's smart and partially immortal and i say partially as he has been killed and brought back and he can live for a long time with usage of the Lazarus pit but he can and has been beat.

7) Penguin

Cobblepot is one of Batsy's oldest foes he is smart, tricksy and skilled not one to be taken lightly even if he is one to be easily shaken down. 

6) The Riddler

What an enigma it is to be here on the list in this spot huh? Ed is Batman's smartest foe i would argue. He may seem playful at first but Riddler is a much darker smart villain of Batman's rogues. 

5) Two-Face

From friend to foe, Harvey was a great ally to Batman til Maroni threw Acid into Harveys face which ruined his good looks and deteriorated his mental state however he still has his smarts left in his Harvey side it's just his other side you need to stay away from. 

4) Scarecrow

Ah Crane how scary can he get oh well if he gets you with his fear toxin the answer will shock you! He is skilled and smart after all he is in the psychology business. He can take you down without landing a punch if he wants to it's all in his fear gas and he has been able to transform into a scarebeast as he called it which ups all his stats and makes him disfigured and horrifying to face and makes his fear toxin more potent. Not one to ever take lightly.

3) Mr.Freeze

He started his Bat life in the comics and on tv portrayed as a gimmick silly character full of cold jokes and tactics until TAS came along and made him bad ass and one of bat's deadly respected and smart villain. He has been on both side of Batman but most often or not he is on the side of evil. He is not evil for the sake of it what he does is out of the love he has for his wife and to support her and keep her alive if he can. Batman has sympathy for Freeze and respect for him it's why they have often teamed up. Freeze is one of my fave villains just thought he should be in this spot.

2) Bane

Batman's toughest opponent obviously this masked convict is here in the high spot after all he was the one who broke the Bat! Super strong and smart to boot Bane does cause great stress to Batman.

1) Joker

Could there be any one else in the top spot? The clown prince of crime who only had one bad day to send him to lunacy, this is the most iconic villain in comic history. Everyone knows the Joker and a few or all of these villains so i aimed to have kept all these tid bits short to the point. 

Honourable mentions

Clayface,Deathstroke,Hush, Jason Todd, Black Mask, Killer Croc, Deadshot, Falcone, Hugo Strange, Phantasm, Joe Chill, Man-Bat, Court Of Owls, Talia Al Ghoul and Catwoman. (Did not want to put Catwoman or Todd on the list due to them mostly being allied with Batsy)

BONUS BATMAN BEYOND VILLAIN MENTIONS

Inque, Blight, Royal Flush Gang, Dee Dee Twins, Woof, Ghoul, Tim Drake Joker, Shriek and Spellbinder. (BTW Blight is my fave BB villain.)

Hope you enjoyed reading this list. Comment and or message me your thoughts and any lists you want me to cover. 

For now thanks for visiting an reading, stay shiny!

Top 5 Clint Eastwood (Acted) Films

NO this list is not about Clint's wonderful directed films but the films he has been the star in. Now this is just my personal opinion and i have not seen all the films with Clint in. 

If you wish to see the list i done on Clint's BEST DIRECTED films then click here - https://1stmetalgodsblog.blogspot.co.uk/2017/06/top-3-clint-eastwood-directed-films.html

If you seen that list or if you have not well let's carry on reading this list! 

5) Dirty Harry - The only Harry Callahan film i have seen it's a good film with the iconic Punk speech in so you know not to fool around here and i so wish we had the Dirty Harry game oh well. This role was supposedly for Frank Sinatra. 

4) A Fistful Of Dollars - This is a hard-hitting item, ably directed, splendidly lensed, neatly acted, which has all the ingredients wanted by action fans and then some. The first of the GBU trilogy. 

3) A Few Dollars More - A significant step forward from A Fistful of Dollars, with the usual terrific compositions, Morricone score and a tremendously good sequel, on top of being a tremendously good movie in and of itself - surely the best Italian Western at the time of its release.

2) Gran Torino - Seeing the new inclusive Clint shows an old dog can learn new tricks. But like Walt himself, I can't help but prefer Dirty Harry to Caring Clint any day. Still a great film overall and like any on my list a must see. 

1) The Good, The Bad & The Ugly - A film i have seen 6 times in total of my whole life it's so gripping and it's musical score is just amazing like its out of this world so good and this film,music and cast are all iconic. Watch it if you have not! It's one of the best films ever made!

Honourable Mentions. 

I have seen all these films but i thought it would be odd to make a list called "Top 8 Clint Films" so i narrowed it down to 5 to make it more rounded and grounded....and i am an Outlaw now ya dig punk?

Unforgiven - Now i didn't particularly like this one as much as i should of i think it's Clint's weakest western i have seen and i know "Oh but you've not seen them all" yeah well from the ones i have seen this is weak. 

Hang Em High - I have not seen this in a while but it is good revenge flick that is a good watch so watch it buster!

Space Cowboys - Another film I have not seen this in a good few years but i remember enjoying it very much with it's great cast blasting this film into my list's honourable mentions you know its good!

Films i have not seen with Clint in, that i plan to watch are as follows; The Outlaw Josey Wales, Million Dollar Baby, Sudden Impact, The Enforcer, The Deadpool and Magnum Force. 

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Top 10 Boxing Movies!

We're gonna fly now! Because we have raging bull's, steel fighters, hurricanes and four sided rings with big leather fists a flying around it.

What follows is a list based off my opinion of my favourite boxing movies in a top 10 format and this list is not definitive as it may be changed and updated later down the line. 

10) Raging Bull - First of all let' have a moment of silence for the recently passed Jake LaMotte the boxer who's life story is based on the film raging bull....This film is really good it's one of DeNiro's best films and one of the best boxing films. This boxing drama is a fascinating character study centred on an aggressive, insecure man overcome by intense jealousy and paranoia. While shooting "The Godfather Part II", Robert DeNiro found himself reading the book "Raging Bull: My Story", based on the life of 1950's middleweight boxer Jake LaMotta. It was a story he felt very passionate about bringing to the screen. 

9) Ali - Ali had a truly remarkable life and he was an out of this world character who wreaked of charisma and this film is soaked full of charisma and entertainment from the quick witted and well acted Will Smith. I enjoyed this film. 

8) The Fighter - What happens when you watch a boxing film with two of your fave actors in the lead role? You enjoy it! The film works best in the moments that feel very real and often have a great, realistic sense of humour. Only the last act follows the traditional sports drama path a bit too predictably. Overall the result is still highly entertaining and engaging, mostly thanks to the good writing and the stellar performances.

7) The Hurricane - I had heard the song of "Here's the story of Hurricane, The man the authorities came to blame, For somethin’ that he never done, Put in a prison cell, but one time he could-a been, The champion of the world!" i know and love this Bob Dylan song before i heard or seen the film so when i did see the film i was entertained and gripped. There's no denying it's powerful stuff, which, for want of a better phrase, really packs a punch which is carried so well by Denzil. 

6) Southpaw - A powerful different kind of boxing film which starts out really tough to watch it's devastating but the last half was a bit rushed however i still really enjoyed this film and Jake's performance is top notch. 

5) Real Steel - Now i love this film and have seen it a handful of times and the last fight always gets me pumped up and it's a shame the result of the last fight did not go the way i wanted it to but still i'd love to see more Real Steel. All actors and cgi and robots were amazing. 

4) Creed - The most recent entry to the list but one thing you can not fault about the Rocky film series is that the fights are always nail biting, even if some of the results will feel like bs but Creed was great. 

3) Rocky - Meet the man who refuses to duck and dodge in his first outing on the big screen. As a kid anything before the fight use to send me to sleep ahaha but overall it's a underdog story done well and went on to be a huge success and the behind the scenes story is as interesting as the films story. 

2) Rocky 3 - Hulk Hogan and Mr.T and Rocky in the same film together?! Waaaaat? Yes this is a fun film i thought i have not seen this in years mind you so i may or may not think differently but right now from my memory i liked this one for the crazy bad guys Rocky faced who are also familar faces and the fights were good too. 

1) Rocky 4 - Admittedly this was the first Rocky film i seen and it was on Tv and prior to the film i had heard a lot of "THE BEST FILM EVER!" "MUST SEE" this and that and well god damn it lived up to that hype. Ivan was a proper bastard and to see him kill Apollo even the first time when i did not see the other Rocky's it had me like "Jesus christ this is nuts, what a dickhead Ivan is!" and the fight was really fucking good between Rocky and Ivan and it had me on the edge of my seat just shouting at my tv like it was happening live "GO ON ROCKY KICK HIS ASS!" "FUCK HIM UP ROCKY FUCK HIM UP!" etc yeah i was so into the fight and it was not just the boxing it was the drama and how gripping the film was and i have to add THE MUSIC. The music within the rocky films as a whole are amazing some really great iconic tracks there.

That about wraps my list up for you this time, what do you think?

Let me know your list and any suggestions by commenting or messaging me anytime :)

Thanks for reading, see you soon, stay shiny!

Top 10 00's Songs

So here is the second decade i have lived through and the final list on Top 10 Decade songs.

The 2000's a lot went on. 9/11, Y2K fails, Metallica faught Napster, Sasha Baron Cohen became a global star, Little Britain and the rise of Lucas and Walliams as global stars, Youtube was born, Dr.Who returned, Guitar Hero was launched, Katrina wrecked homes, Top Of The Pops finished, Pavirotti died, Michael Jackson died, Facebook launched so did twitter and bunch of other social media sites, London bombings, the xmas tsunami, the Zidane headbutt, Pluto no longer becomes a planet, Saddam executed, Britney shaves her head, Jade Goody controversy, Iphone launches, Smoking ban kicks off, Large Hadron Collider starts, We get our first black president and that's about all i can think of in the history of the world besides my own news and firsts like starting secondary school and joining youtube and social media.

2000-2009 is the song limit of this list. One song per band or artist. Any genre's are allowed. I will be picking songs i like and have memories with. This list is not definitive i change my order of fave songs all the time. 

10) Wheatus - Teenage Dirtbag - "Teenage Dirtbag" is a song and debut single by American pop rock group Wheatus. It was released in July 2000 as the lead single from their eponymous debut album. The song was written by lead singer Brendan B. Brown and was inspired by a childhood experience of his and it got platinum in the UK. This song is a classic and so darn catchy just the tune of it makes me sing it. "Her name is Noelle, I have a dream about her she rings my bell" and so on because i'm just a teenage dirtbag baby so will you come with me Friday and don't say maybe to see Iron Maiden? I would!

9) Avril Lavigne - Sk8er Boi - I was a boy and she was a girl could i make this any more obvious because i did have a crush on Avril for many years....what? Don't give me that look. The song is a power pop and pop punk track, which lyrically, tells a story told from the singer's viewpoint about her rocker boyfriend and a girl he knew in high school who rejected him because he was a skateboarder and she was a snob. The song received critical appreciation, with most commending its hook, calling the song "funny" and "clever". It also received a Grammy nomination for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance at the 2003 edition. Commercially, "Sk8er Boi" was a success. 

8) Bowling For Soup - Girl All The Bad Guy's Want - 8 o Clock Monday night and i'm writing about a song about a girl all the bad guy's want who wears a two-way....interesting. "Girl All the Bad Guys Want" is a single by American rock band Bowling for Soup, from their 2002 album, Drunk Enough to Dance. The song reached #8 on the UK Singles Chart and #64 on the US Hot 100, and was nominated for a 2003 Grammy Award for "Best Pop Performance by a Group or Duo". The song came after a dry spell for the band and was followed by the popular album A Hangover You Don't Deserve, leading frontman Jaret Reddick to refer to it as "the career-saving song" on MTV. 

7) Fountains Of Wayne - Stacy's Mom - I always wondered what Stacy's mom had going on until i seen the video and then i wanted her mom too, oh god what's going on here? This song funny enough some think the previous entry band wrote it and they cover it at concerts for shits and giggles. Its subject matter was inspired by a friend of Schlesinger's when he was young who had a crush on his grandmother. A power pop song, the group hoped to emulate the sound of the Cars with the track. So Stacy's Grandmom makes the song disturbing now. The song was accompanied with a music video in which model Rachel Hunter plays the titular role. "Stacy's Mom" was the only mainstream hit by Fountains of Wayne. So now we know who the "Mom" in the video is i guess you all can do your incognito thing. ;) 

6) Busted - Year 3000 - This classic tune though it's just that....class! The song makes references to the Back to the Future trilogy, including lines about the flux capacitor and the fact that the time machine mentioned is "like the one in a film I've seen"."Year 3000" reached number two on the UK Singles Chart and became the 34th biggest seller of the year with 165,000 units. The single was also a success in Europe, reaching number two on the Irish Singles Chart, while reaching the Top 10 in Belgium and the Netherlands.

5) Usher - Yeah! - This platinum foot mover is at number 5, the beat gets me going 60% of the time everytime. "Yeah" won a Best Rap/Sung Collaboration at the 47th Grammy Awards, while being nominated for Record of the Year.

4) Black Eyed Peas - Where Is The Love? - There's always going to be a soft spot in my heart for this true tune. It was released in June 2003 as the lead single from their third album, Elephunk. The song was written by will.i.am, apl.de.ap, Taboo, Justin Timberlake, Printz Board, Michael Fratantuno and George Pajon. The track features vocals from Timberlake, although he is not officially credited on the single release. It was the band's first song to feature singer Fergie as an official member. The remake of the song was shell less it lacked life and dedication and raw realness within it. 

3) Eminem - Lose Yourself - Before Mom's Spaghetti covered our faces from memes this one was an instant classic from the moment of it's release, i thought it was anyway because i loved it and everyone i know loved it and still loves it. "Lose Yourself" received acclaim from music critics, with many critics praising the song's aggressive themes and describing it as Eminem's best work to date. Eminem's rapping ability, the lyrics and the production were also praised. In many retrospective reviews and lists, critics have cited the song among Eminem's finest, as well as one of the best hip hop songs of all time. "Lose Yourself" was a commercial success, peaking atop of the charts in eighteen countries, including the United Kingdom and Australia. In the United States, "Lose Yourself" reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the first of five Eminem singles to top the Hot 100.  "Lose Yourself" won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 2003, making it the first ever rap song to have received this accolade, and also won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Song and Best Rap Solo Performance in 2004. In 2004, it was one of only three hip hop songs from the 21st century to have been included on Rolling Stone's list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time", and was also the highest ranking, at number 166. Rolling Stone also ranked it one of the top 50 hip hop songs of all time. The song was certified quintuple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America and as of October 2015, it has 6.7 million downloads in the United States alone. It was ranked number 93 on AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs list. In October 2011, NME placed it at number 57 on its list "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years".

2) Evanescence - Bring Me To Life - An overplayed song these day's but still a beautiful classic track. The track was written by group members Amy Lee, Ben Moody, and David Hodges and produced by Dave Fortman. It also features uncredited guest vocals from Paul McCoy of the band 12 Stones. "Bring Me to Life" is a nu metal, gothic metal and rap rock song. According to Lee, "Bring Me to Life" has several meanings and inspirations; its subjects are an incident in a restaurant, open-mindedness, and waking up to the things which are missing in the protagonist's life. Lee later revealed that the song was inspired by her long-time friend and husband Josh Hartzler. Critical response to the song was mostly positive, with critics praising the melody of the song, Lee's vocals and their accompaniment by McCoy. Following the inclusion of "Bring Me to Life" on the Daredevil soundtrack the song became a commercial and critical success. 

1) Gorillaz - Clint Eastwood - Number one is this classic it's such a great addictive catchy fun song. "Clint Eastwood" is a song by British virtual band Gorillaz, released as the first single from their self-titled debut album in March 2001. The song is named after the actor of the same name due to its similarity to the theme music of The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. The song is a mix of electronic music, dub, hip hop and rock. The verses are rapped by Del the Funky Homosapien, portrayed as a blue phantom in the video, while the chorus is sung by Damon Albarn (2D in the video). It peaked at number four on the UK Singles Chart and number 57 on the US Billboard Hot 100. The single has sold 480,000 copies in the UK according to the Official Charts Company. Rolling Stone ranked it number 38 on its 100 best songs of the 2000s. In October 2011, NME placed it at number 141 on its list "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years". The magazine also ranked it at number 347 on their list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time".

It's been a fun but hard list to compile but i hope you have enjoyed this list and all the songs featured. If you have a suggestion for a list do let me know.

That's all from me, have a shiny day!

Top 10 90's Songs

So here is the first decade i lived through in the second of three decade top 10 list of my favourite songs. 

What happened in the 90's? Beside the obviousness of my birth, Spice Girls took over the world (sadly they just missed out on my list even though i was a spice boy back in the day), Titanic film released, many great gaming consoles emerged!, the macarena, the lion was king in the lion king, Mandela was free, a gulf war, OJ trial, Diana died, Harry Potter came out and i am sure i am forgetting more but this will do for now!

1990-1999 is the song limit of this list. One song per band or artist. Any genre's are allowed. I will be picking songs i like and have memories with. This list is not definitive i change my order of fave songs all the time. 

10) Foo Fighters - Learn To Fly - My first time hearing Foo Fighters was with this song and it's one of my faves of theirs, comedic video and catchy great tune to boot. The music video for the song was directed by Jesse Peretz and won the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video. The music video features the Foo and Tenacious D and it's a parody of Airplane basically so what could go wrong?

9) Backstreet Boys - Everybody - ALRIGHT! Yes i did enjoy Backstreet Boys back in the day they had some bangers, just because metal is in the blog does not mean everything here is going to be metal and its a tune so stop giving me the people's eyebrow! Zomba chairman Clive Calder suggested the song as a single, but Jive president Barry Weiss thought it would be weird to have a song called "Backstreet's Back" on the band's first US album. The band suggested it could just mean that they were back home. After Canadian markets began playing the song, US markets near the border began picking the song up. The band met with Weiss and asked that the song be added to the US album after the first million units had already been produced. Written and produced by Max Martin and Denniz PoP, "Everybody" is one of the Backstreet Boys' most successful singles to date, reaching #4 in the US Billboard Hot 100, running 22 weeks, and #3 in the UK Singles Chart. It is certified platinum in the United States with 2.1 million sales. There are two versions of the song. The international album features the album or 7" version, which is the standard recording. The US album features the extended version of the song which includes an extended breakdown section, but cuts the bridge. The music video for the song was cut to both versions of the song, with the extended video released to the US market, and the standard video released everywhere else.

8) Ricky Martin - Livin Da Vida Loca - I used to utterly love this song and i will say it's still a classic, great catchy tune. It was released on March 23, 1999 from Martin's self-titled debut English album (he had previously released several albums in Spanish). The song was composed by Desmond Child and Draco Rosa and topped the charts during 1999. La vida loca is Spanish for "the crazy life." "Livin' la Vida Loca" is generally seen as the song that began the Latin pop explosion of 1999 and made the transition of other Spanish-speaking artists (first Enrique Iglesias and Marc Anthony and then later Shakira, Thalía, and Paulina Rubio) into the English-speaking market easier. "Livin' la Vida Loca" sold over 8 million copies, making it one of the best selling singles of all time. The song received various Grammy Awards nominations and Ricky Martin obtain enormous success inside the United States and worldwide. In 2007, the song was ranked at number 28 on the list of 100 Greatest Songs of the 90's by VH1. It is Martin's signature song and still maintains a cult following.

7) Blink 182 - What's My Age Again? - Now there will be people like "OMG Y NOT ALL THE SMALL THINGS?!" The answer to that is i consider it overplayed garbage and i can't stand it so i will not include it and this might sound petty to you but i love this track and I miss you more from Blink and that's it then. It was released in April 1999 as the lead single from the group's third studio album, Enema of the State (1999). The song, written primarily by bassist and vocalist Mark Hoppus, lyrically revolves around the onset of age and maturity, and the failure to implement changes in behavior. A mid-tempo pop punk song, it was written by Hoppus based on personal experience. It was originally titled "Peter Pan Complex", an allusion to the pop-psychology concept, but MCA Records forced the band to retitle the song, as the label found it too obscure a reference. It was the first Blink-182 single to feature drummer Travis Barker. It became Blink-182’s second hit single, peaking at number two on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart for ten weeks. The song hit number three in Italy and number 17 in the United Kingdom. Primarily an airplay hit, the song was the band's first to cross over to pop radio, hitting number 58 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song's signature music video famously features the band running nude on the streets of Los Angeles. It received heavy rotation on MTV and other music video channels. As a result of this exposure, it gave the band an unwanted reputation for nudity, which would lead them to take more creative control of the group's image later in its career. The song received positive reviews and has been called a classic pop punk track; NME placed it at number 117 on its list "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years" in 2012.

6) Aqua - Barbie Girl - Ah what a tune, i use to sing and dance to this as a kid and listen to it on cassette and shhheeet let me just brush my hair. "Barbie Girl" is a song by the Danish-Norwegian dance-pop group Aqua. It was released in May 1997 as their third single overall, and the first United Kingdom release, it is included on the album Aquarium. It was written after Rasted saw an exhibit on kitsch culture in Denmark which featured Barbie dolls. The song topped the charts worldwide, particularly in European countries such as the UK, where it was a number-one hit for three weeks. It was also on top of the charts in Australia for the same length of time, and debuted and peaked at No. 7 on the US Billboard Hot 100 on 6 September 1997 and it remains Aqua's biggest hit single in the US to date, and their only one to reach the top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100. It is Aqua's most popular work. The song became the subject of the controversial lawsuit Mattel v. MCA Records.

5) Puff Daddy - I'll Be Missing You - Just when you think an original you love could not be topped....it can because this mix is utterly incredible i still love it. "I'll Be Missing You" is a song recorded by American rapper Puff Daddy and American singer Faith Evans, featuring R&B group 112, in memory of fellow Bad Boy Records artist Christopher "The Notorious B.I.G." Wallace, who was murdered on March 9, 1997. Released as the second single from Puff Daddy and the Family's No Way Out album, "I'll Be Missing You" samples The Police's 1983 hit song "Every Breath You Take", with an interpolated chorus sung by Evans. The track also features a spoken intro over a choral version of Samuel Barber's "Adagio for Strings". In 1998, the song won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group. The single spent 11 weeks on top of the Billboard Hot 100 during the summer of 1997. With worldwide sales likely over 8 million, including shipments of 3 million copies in the United States and over 1 million in both Germany and the United Kingdom, the song has become one of the best-selling singles of all time. As of February 2016, it is rated the 99th biggest song of all time in the US, according to Billboard.

4) Steps - Tragedy - I know this one very well even the moves and now i cringe as i admitted that urgh please dont ask me to perform it for you hahaha. The video for "Tragedy", originally a hit by the Bee Gees, contained the dance step of putting both hands parallel to the sides of the head in time with the word 'Tragedy', which became a trademark of the group. The single hit the number one spot in the UK Singles Chart after eight weeks on that chart. 

3) Eiffel 65 - Blue - YO LISTEN UP! Catchy as hell and a classic smash hit what's more to be said other than im a de ima die....or however you spell that bit....i'm blue ok! "Blue (Da Ba Dee)" is a song by the Italian music group Eiffel 65. It was released on 15 January 1999 as the lead single from their debut album Europop. The song is the group's most popular single, reaching number one in many countries such as Ireland, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, France, Sweden, Switzerland, New Zealand, Finland, Norway, Australia, and Germany, as well as reaching number six on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States. In the United Kingdom, the song originally entered the top 40 purely on import sales. It was only the third single to do this. The song also received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Dance Recording at the 2001 Grammy Awards.

2) Vengaboys - Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom - A song that as a child you think of nothing other than it being catchy and fun but when you become an adult and listen back OH BOY is this sexual ahaha. "Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!" is a song by the Dutch Eurodance group Vengaboys. It was released in June 1999 and re-released in June 2017 as a single. It reached number one on the UK Singles Chart on 21 June 1999.

1) Haddaway - What Is Love - A classic a cult classic a pop culture monster track that still kicks butt for its catchy infectious tones today! "What Is Love" is a song recorded by Trinidadian-German Eurodance artist Haddaway for his debut album, The Album. It was written and produced by Dee Dee Halligan (Dieter Lünstedt a.k.a. Tony Hendrik) and Junior Torello (Karin Hartmann-Eisenblätter a.k.a. Karin van Haaren) of Coconut Records in Cologne. The song is recognizable by its refrain "What is love? Baby don't hurt me, don't hurt me...no more." "What Is Love" peaked at number two in the United Kingdom and Germany and hit number one in 13 other countries. Debuting at number 87 on 28 August 1993, the song reached number 11 on the Hot 100 in the United States. The song also peaked at number 12 in Australia. By March 1994, worldwide sales of "What Is Love" had already reached 2.6 million. 

It's been a fun but hard list to compile but i hope you have enjoyed this list and all the songs featured. If you have a suggestion for a list do let me know.

That's all from me, have a shiny day!

Top 10 80's Songs

The first in a three part decades list of some of my favourite songs from three different era's. Even though i was not born in the 80's i really appreciate the music from that decade and all that decade has done for films, tv,music and all other media's moving forward to today.

What went down in the groovy 80's? Mt St Helen's erupted, a dingo took a baby, Lennon dies, Pac Man was born, mtv was born, do they know it's Christmas was released, titanic wreck discovered, Chernobyl reactor explosion, Simpsons debut, bye Berlin wall, we had so many great movies, TV shows and music and i will leave it there.

1980-1989 is the song limit for this list. One song per band or artist. Any genre's are allowed. I will be picking songs i like and have memories with. This list is not definitive i change my order of fave songs all the time.

10) The Bangels - Walk Like An Egyptian - Kicking off my list we must go further back in time to ancient Egypt to walk like an Egyptian. This is very fun and catchy and i remember doing the dance and whistling along to this song many times as a kid and i still do it every now and then today. It was a million-selling single and became Billboard's number-one song of 1987. Music producer Liam Sternberg wrote the song after seeing people on a ferry walking awkwardly to keep their balance. Their poses reminded him of figures in some Ancient Egyptian paintings. 

9) Cyndi Lauper - Girl's Just Want To Have Fun - A lot of songs on my lists are guilty pleasure ones i enjoy them as i heard them as a kid and they were fun and catchy and just lively so yeah i enjoy this. It was the first major single released by Lauper as a solo artist and the lead single from her debut studio album She's So Unusual (1983). Lauper’s version gained recognition as a feminist anthem and was promoted by a Grammy-winning music video. It has been covered, either as a studio recording or in a live performance, by over 30 other artists. The single was Lauper's breakthrough hit, reaching number two on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and becoming a worldwide hit throughout late 1983 and early 1984. It remains one of Lauper's signature songs and was a widely popular song during the era of its release, the 1980s. The "Rolling Stone & MTV: '100 Greatest Pop Songs': 1-50", "Rolling Stone: "The 100 Top Music Videos"" and the "VH1: 100 Greatest Videos" lists ranked the song at No. 22, No. 39 and No. 45, respectively. The song was written by Robert Hazard, who recorded only a demo of it in 1979. He wrote it from a male point of view which was later changed by Lauper. 

8) Paul Simon - You Can Call Me Al - This hit is a smash and a favourite of mine and many of my friends. Written by Simon, its lyrics follow an individual seemingly experiencing a midlife crisis. Its lyrics were partially inspired by Simon's trip to South Africa and experience with its culture. Released in September 1986, "You Can Call Me Al" became Simon's biggest solo hit, reaching the top five in seven countries. The names in the song came from an incident at a party that Simon went to with his then-wife Peggy Harper. French composer and conductor Pierre Boulez, who was attending the same party, mistakenly referred to Paul as "Al" and to Peggy as "Betty", inspiring Simon to write a song. 

7) Matthew Wilder - Break My Stride - This song makes me feel so happy it's a cheery confidence boosting track i feel and catchy and just great. Included on his 1983 album, I Don't Speak the Language, the single went to number five on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number four in the UK in January/February 1984. On the US Cash Box chart, Wilder's single reached the number two position, where it remained for two weeks in early February. A remix version reached the top 20 on the dance chart, and the song additionally hit the Billboard Hot Black Singles chart, staying there for four weeks. Though "Break My Stride" was Matthew Wilder's only UK hit, he also reached the US pop chart with his next two singles, "The Kid's American" (#33) and "Bouncing Off the Walls" (#52), before turning to behind-the-scenes work on other artists' recordings.

6) The B-52's - Love Shack - Released in 1989 from their album Cosmic Thing, the single was the band's biggest hit song and first million-copy seller. The song's inspiration was "a cabin around Athens, Georgia", complete with tin roof, where the band conceived "Rock Lobster", a single from their first album; it is often said to have been located off "the Atlanta Highway", as the first verse implies. B-52's singer Kate Pierson lived in the cabin in the 1970s, and the cabin existed until 2004, when it burned down. "Tin roof...rusted," wailed by lead singer Cindy Wilson, was originally an outtake added to the track, and is perhaps the song's most memorable line. Fred Schneider also provides some memorable lines, including his notable boast of having "a Chrysler as big as a whale" and "seats about twenty". It has come to mean many things to different listeners.

5) Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up - NO YOU HAVE NOT BEEN RICK ROLL'D! It's a great classic track that never gives you up. The song was a worldwide number-one hit, initially in the singer's native United Kingdom in 1987, where it stayed at the top of the chart for five weeks and was the best-selling single of that year. It eventually topped the charts in 25 countries. The music video for the song has become the basis for the "Rickrolling" Internet meme. In 2008, Rick Astley won the MTV Europe Music Award for Best Act Ever with the song, as a result of collective voting from thousands of people on the internet, due to the popular phenomenon of Rickrolling. It was also featured as a downloadable track for the Rock Band series.

4) The Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star - I first heard this song on GTA Vice City and it got me hooked i love it. The track was recorded and mixed in 1979, released as their debut single on 7 September 1979 by Island Records, and included on their first album The Age of Plastic. The backing track was recorded at Virgin's Town House in West London, and mixing and vocal recording would later take place at Sarm East Studios. Like all the other tracks from the LP, "Video"'s theme was promotion of technology while worrying about its effects. This song relates to concerns about mixed attitudes towards 20th-century inventions and machines for the media arts. Musically, the song performs like an extended jingle and the composition plays in the key of D-flat major in common time at a tempo of 132 beats per minute. The track has been positively received, with reviewers praising its unusual musical pop elements. Although the song includes several common pop characteristics and six basic chords are used in its structure, Downes and writer Timothy Warner described the piece as musically complicated, due to its use of suspended and minor ninth chords for enhancement that gave the song a "slightly different feel." Commercially, "Video Killed the Radio Star" was also a success.

3) A-ha - Take On Me - An absolute classic! Thatt's all i can say besides do you want to do the Halo/Dark Souls dance? "Take On Me" is a song by Norwegian synthpop band A-ha. The self-composed original version was produced by Tony Mansfield, and remixed by John Ratcliff. The second version was produced by Alan Tarney for the group's debut studio album Hunting High and Low (1985). The song combines synthpop with a varied instrumentation that includes acoustic guitars, keyboards and drums. The original "Take On Me" was recorded in 1984 and it took two versions and three releases to finally chart in the United Kingdom, reaching number two on the UK Singles Chart in October 1985. In the United States in October 1985, the song became the only A-ha song to reach the top position of the Billboard Hot 100, due in no small part to the wide exposure on MTV of its innovative music video, directed by Steve Barron. The video features the band in a pencil-sketch animation method called rotoscoping, combined with live action. The video won six awards and was nominated for two others at the 1986 MTV Video Music Awards.

2) Men At Work - Down Under - Classic song just the tune of the bottles being hit let alone will trigger me to sing and grove to it. The early version of "Down Under" has a slightly different tempo and arrangement from the later Columbia release. The most well known version was then released on Columbia in October 1981 as the third single from their debut album Business as Usual (1981). The hit song went to number one in their home country of Australia in December 1981, and then topped the New Zealand charts in February 1982. Released in North America in mid-1982, the song topped the Canadian charts in October. In the United States, the song debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 on 6 November 1982 at No. 79, and reached No. 1 in January 1983 where it spent four non-consecutive weeks. It eventually sold over two million copies in the US alone. Billboard ranked it at No. 4 for 1983. In the UK, the song topped the charts in January and February 1983, and is the only Men at Work song to make the UK top 20. 

1) Micheal Jackson - Beat It - It was so hard to pick just one Jacko song and he just had to be on the list and here he is at number one with Beat It. I think this was the first song i ever heard from him and i was like "omg this is amazing!" and i was hooked and i heard thriller and billy jean and all his other classics that would be on this list too but i limit it for one artist/band for a good reason to make sure i have variety in the list. The song is also notable for its famous video, which featured Jackson bringing two gangs together through the power of music and dance. "Beat It" received the 1984 Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Best Male Rock Vocal Performance, as well as two American Music Awards. It was inducted into the Music Video Producers Hall of Fame. The single, along with its music video, helped propel Thriller into becoming the best-selling album of all time. The single was certified platinum in the United States in 1989. Rolling Stone placed "Beat It" on the 344th spot of its list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". The song was also ranked number 81 on Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time".

It's been a fun but hard list to compile but i hope you have enjoyed this list and all the songs featured. If you have a suggestion for a list do let me know.

That's all from me, have a shiny day!

Mother! - Film Review

Slow, Interesting, Complex, Disturbing & Horrifying!

Mother!

It's lovely in style and in it's cast and the brave direction and writing but I'm disturbed I even sat through this. Well my hands were scratching my head and just holding my face as I was utterly shocked by what I was watching so it got me reacting and had me thinking a lot about what is occurring. 

The first half was interesting and my mind was running around investigating trying to piece the film together and figure out what sinister thing is hiding underneath the bright colours onscreen.

The second half just fought back against my detective mind and threw it against the wall and stood on it and jumped on it repeatedly as the film played out to its conclusion.

It's 18 for it's strong violence but it should have also added strong disturbing scenes to it's content advisory. I seen the trailers before hand and I was really interested because it had great actors and there was Aronofsky attached so I knew it was going to be interesting and good.

The film is not bad by anymeans as I appreciate it's style and just being original and doing things I've not seen in a film before and that's brave!

Mother! 

Gets a 5/10 from me.

The film to me is disturbing and horrible in the nature of the content in the last act but it's also complex and interesting even if it is a bit slow to begin with. If you suffer from any post traumatic stress don't watch this film. If you do decide to watch it, please be aware of its violent nature.

If you were intrigued by the trailer or from my review then see it. Please remember it is graphic and disturbing and that I warned you, as this is not a film for everyone. 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WITH POTENTIAL SPOILERS!

After seeing the film and going home to write this i decided to watch some behind the scenes and interviews with Aronofsky. It is a deep film which is biblical and about life it's self or so i believe. I now understand a lot more and the idea Aronofsky went with and it's a good point and it's really interesting to bring it to life in this way through this film.

FUN FACT: Darren Aronofsky said it took him 5 day's to write this film script!

That's all from me on Mother! What did you think of the film? Let me know.

Thanks for reading, see you next time, stay shiny. :)

Travel Diaries: London.

So here we are back on this random ramblin welshman's blog and a new segment perhaps is launching in which i document my travels? Oh i don't know about that i rarely go anywhere exciting and i have never left the UK for a holiday in my life. Some will find that fact a real shocker but you shouldn't as it is severely rare to see me sunburned. It has only happened twice maybe three times to me. Might go into that bit later but that's not what this topic of travel is about.

This one is about the three times i have been to London. So i hope you enjoy and to break it up for you, i will be adding some pictures so enjoy and comment and like and all that good stuff at the end of your visit to this post. Bit of a head's up also all views are my own.

LONDON!

A city i have been to three times, the city full of rich history both dark and lovely and the capital of the UK. London is home to the Queen, Olympics, Prime Minister, Big Ben, The London Eye, The Shard, Tower Bridge, The dungeons, Madame Toussauds and The Houses Of Parliament to name just a few famous places and people. 

I'd say London is the city where people have no patience for the busyness of the city life. Everyone is in a hurry and if they get slowed down, well they tend to kick off and this is only from observations of people i have made in my travels to the big city and it does not reflect on anyone or everyone in or from London. I will say again as ever these are my opinions and thoughts and they don't reflect everything or everyone just my own opinions and thoughts as i said. 

THE FIRST TIME

The first time i went to London was back in mid July 2014 for London Film & Comic Con with 5 of my friends. It was a great first experience my first trip over the Severn bridge into England so i was taking in all the sights on a 4 hour taxi trip. The main point of the trip or rather, the point which inspired us to take the trip was the fact it was Stan Lee's last UK convention and we all wanted to meet him. Did we get to meet Stan Lee? Nope. Why? The queues there were utterly insane! I had photo ops with a bunch of guests there and they all conflicted at the same time so the entire time of the con i was running around like a headless chicken trying to make it to an area with a celebrity guest to have a photo against a blank canvas behind us. There was many guests there besides Stan Lee i wanted to meet so despite not meeting Stan i did meet everyone else i wanted to meet and had a nice day and experience. I met Tyler Mane, Al Snow, Jeremy Borash, Magnus, James Storm, Lita, Casper Van Dien, Paul Freeman, David Yost, Jason Narvy and Paul Schrier. I will add this was a hot busy Saturday we went and it was held in Earls Court. Traffic was so terrible. 

My un-photogenic self with David Yost aka Billy Cranston MMPR Blue.

THE SECOND TIME

The second time i went to London was also for a comic con run by Showmasters and this was again mid July but 2015 and it was held in The Olympia and it was just me and James who went and it was Friday i believe. It was a lot less busy this time and it was a lot more relaxed and enjoyable we both met everyone we wanted to and bought what we wanted. Our main point in going was just to meet Jason David Frank and we did it. It was a great day out not as hot either as the past one and this was one of my fave comic cons maybe my second maybe third favourite overall. Celebrity guests i met were; Jason David Frank, Steve Cardenas, Jason Faunt and Erin Cahill. 

Myself and Jason David Frank aka Tommy of Power Rangers.

THE THIRD TIME

Flash forward to my third trip to London which was 4th September it was just a day out with my work colleagues and it was a lovely trip. Let's have a run down of the day shall we? I had 3 hours sleep woke up 4am to get ready and then went to my work place to meet with everyone to get down to Cardiff to get the 7am bus to London and now being a tall person it for me was cramped as i do require more legroom but it's fine i stick this stuff out and moan about it when i stand up later haha.

Took 4 hours to get to London we got to Victoria station and from the outside i was like "This looks small." we get in the building and it's like a shopping centre like ones in Cardiff so i was not out of my comfort zone but i was very nervous for days leading up to the London trip. I was still nervous in London before we got on the tube because that part was scaring me the most. Why was i so nervous of the tube? It's due to all the stories i have heard or seen of it being very fast and cramped and of any incidents and bad things happening but eh it was fine but back to the bit before the tube. Go past some shops and then go down some escalators and then oh my god the place was huge! We queued for 10 mins or so for day travel tickets. Then after we had our tickets the dash to get the train to Madame Toussauds kicked off. 

Soon as we got underground it blew me away and took my breath from me because it was so damn hot even the air was but it was a quick adjustment. There's so many escalators about on the underground and they caught me off guard the first lot because they are a tad faster than the ones i have been on in Cardiff or anywhere in Wales to be honest. On the tube now it was not as bad as i had imagined or anything made it out to be or maybe we went at quiet times who knows. Got on the train and waited and few seconds after i boarded i was stood up holding onto the rails and the doors closed and vwoosh off it went i was like holding on it was pretty darn fast compared to anything i been on before. I was looking out the window and all i could see is darkness speeding past and the noise of the train and the speed of it was like we were going to time travel you know i jokingly said "i feel like we are about to go back in time like back to the future now" to me it was that fast. It was a weird experience and we were all running about going back and forth to all the stations, changing over to get a different train and so on anyway i got used to it and its speed and the escalators and their speed and all went fine. 

To Madame Toussauds now and i'll be completely honest i have been wanting to go to Toussauds for years and i found it a bit disappointing as i expected it to be more spaced out and less cramped than it was and to have individual themed rooms through different doors you walk into but it was just a bunch of stair climbing and there everything is. 

It's a walking tour. There was a ride there also everyone had to get on and it was moving cabs taking you through a history of London and it started nicely and then it went dark like real fast! There was a Grim Reaper behind a child and there was like holograms of children running around with ring a ring a rosies playing that was creepy as fuck! The ride was alright i was more confident of the ride before the bar lowered onto me but of course that was purely for safety purposes and it's cool so now i don't know why i wrote this line but eh it's all documented from my brain and now pasted onto text in this blog post. We did the Alien Experience which was a quick walk or run through a dark area in alien inspired ship from Covenant and having loud noises and an Xenomorph pop out with some guy by the exit hiding in the dark jumping out at people was not as scary as the atmosphere made it out to be. 

The Marvel 4D experience was amazing, i loved it so much it was so bizarre but a good bizarre if you get me. The wax works at Madame Toussauds are incredible so life like i applaud them for their fantastic work and besides feeling a little disappointed it was a great experience. We then had two hours to kill before we could make our food booking at Planet Hollywood. So we all split up and some went to Self-fridges, some to Forbidden Planet and the group i was with well......we went to Weather spoons. Some of our group after finding out my group went to spoons had said "You came all the way to London and your going to spoons? Why!?" and my response was "Hey it's cheap and reliable and we are guaranteed a place inside to sit and chill out and have a pint." Good response or not? YOU DECIDE! So after that chill in spoons we raced and got to Planet Hollywood which is a great restaurant like the food is lovely! The film props inside the place are so fascinating and amazing sights to see, just in the entrance to the restaurant is the screen used Red MMPR costume and i geeked the hell out when i seen it.

After our lovely meal we went to M&M world which i thought was a cool and very colourful shop but to have it that big and with 3 floors filled of the same stuff is just ridiculous.

After that we visited Vue West End which is really massive and posh and then basically headed for the bus home. The travel home from London to me always feels longer than the journey to London, it's weird. Anyway 4 hour bus trip home and yeah basically that was it, a lovely day full of great new experiences with so many amazing people and if any of them are reading this i just want to thank you, so thank you very much for a great day. 

And that being said and done it is the end of this blog post. Thank you for stopping by and reading this. 

Photo credits to - Me, Daniel O'Sullivan, Harri Gibbs, Google Images, Showmasters and Madame Toussauds Photographers