Moon Prism Power

As promised, this here's about the Sailor Moon tokusatsu.  For those of you who can't remember (or haven't bothered reading posts of the past) a tokusatsu is essentially a live action anime.  Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon was made in 2003, but I didn't discover it until 2008.  When I heard about it, the words "O.K. then".  Go to 2009, and I had ridiculous amounts of spare time.  With nothing better to do, I went looking for it on YouTube.  After the first episode, I was stuck at that "O.K.", but continued watching.  By about the fourth, I was hooked.  There were a few things that did make consider not watching.  The first was a crap reason, my only memories of Sailor Moon were the poor English dub/edit of the anime.  But it was the first anime I saw, and I was going through that horrible nostalgia thing.  The second was that they decided to make Luna a stuffed toy cat, with the occasional CGI to have her walk around.  But I quickly came to my senses, remembering that effects don't affect quality.  Although there is another sort of problem, the show gets you into J-Pop.  There's one particular song, C'est la vie, that's featured in a few episodes, and as a result, it gets stuck in your head.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6AmJ-KBQKY  I double dog dare you.
I would make the suggestion that you wait until the end to watch Act 0, because if you start with this prequel, you probably won't want to continue.  Also, if the first episode doesn't quite take your fancy, try fast forwarding to episodes 21 to 28 for the Dark Mercury saga.  This little story was unique to the tokusatsu, and one of the best arcs in the series.
If you want even more footage, this time set to Go, Go Power Rangers, here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwGtr1tbq28

This is the 21st century, right?

Had I been born a girl, I would have been named Deanna.  It would appear I'm becoming Deanna.  I've been having yoghurt for breakfast (name one yoghurt ad where a bloke even acknowledges its existence), and I quite like Sailor Moon, even watching a live action version (next time).  It seems being a lass is a bad thing, but what bloke hasn't done "The Woman".  The reason I bring up all this is Sucker Punch, a movie that looks to be an epic tale of epicness (nudge nudge, wink wink).  It concerns the tale of a girl sent to an asylum by her evil stepfather.  Her and four other girls enter some kind of fantasy world in order to escape and avoid lobotomies.  The earlier mentioned forum idiots claim this will be a total piece of crap.  Their justification; girls are kicking some serious arse, and the violence isn't "proper" violence.  Unless it's R-rated, it doesn't register.  Tomb Raider has been the only outright female based action movie to truly register at the box office, and even then, you had a set audience from the game and the people who wanted to see a scantily clad Angelina Jolie.  DC's holy trinity consists of Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman.  Those first two have had as many completed movies as Wonder Woman has had in development.  At the same time as Smallville had started, the same people produced Birds Of Prey for the same audience.  One of these shows is currently in its 10th season, one barely got 13 episodes.  In all honesty, I've preferred some of the female spin-offs over their male counterparts.  Hell, having Arnie in Red Sonja to tie it with Conan is my only major criticism.  So, if you're not going to see Sucker Punch, let it be because it didn't take your fancy, not because it doesn't have Stallone pulling someones spine out thier arsehole and bludgeoning them with it.

I'm being a little idle this week

O.K., I can't be stuffed doing a proper post just now, so instead, I've decided to put up some former writings.  In this case, one of those getting to know you email questionnaires.  I don't exactly take them seriously, and neither should you.

WHAT IS YOUR FULL NAME?: Sir Benjamin Darcy Roberts the 1st, Esquire
NICKNAMES?: The Grey Badger, The Zex-Kwivian Warrior of Wonder, He Who Rides The Pale Horse
BIRTHDAY?: Gods don't tend to worry about that, but I was banished from Asgard in1991
ZODIAC SIGN?: Cerberus
AGE?: How old is the universe
HAIR?: No thanks, I've got enough
WHERE DO YOU LIVE?: A cave amongst the Nordic fjords.
WHAT COLOUR UNDERWEAR ARE YOU WEARING RIGHT NOW?: Which pair?
WHAT ARE YOU DOING RIGHT NOW?: Preparing for Ragnarok
WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU DID?: Wrestled a Bear
WHAT IS RIGHT NEXT TO YOU: The Bear's carcass.
WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU ATE OUT WITH?: Azrael.
IF U WERE A TOY, WHAT WOULD YOU BE?: A Nerf Vortex. 
WHERE WOULD YOU WANT TO GO ON YOUR HONEYMOON?: I'd like to return to Asgard.
WHO WOULD YOU WANT TO SPEND THE REST OF YOUR LIFE WITH?: Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger
HOWS THE WEATHER RIGHT NOW?: Snowing.
LAST PERSON YOU SPOKE TO ON THE PHONE?: The Valkyries, They're helping me get back.
LAST PERSON WHO TEXTED YOU: Anubis.
LAST PERSON YOU TEXT: Shazam.
DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU?: Occasionally
WHAT DO YOU THINK A TOBLERONE IS?: The best thing since Ambrosia
WHAT'RE YOU WEARING RIGHT NOW?: The skin of a different bear.  maybe I should install a door on the cave.
DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS?: Never!.
WHO DO YOU CONSIDER YOUR CLOSEST/BESTEST FRIEND?: J'onn J'onzz.
WHAT WAS THE BEST ADVICE EVER GIVEN TO YOU?: Don't steal Mjollnir.  I wish I'd listened.
DO U OWN A VEHICLE?: Does a tiger-drawn chariot count?.
HAVE YOU EVER WON A SPECIAL AWARD?: Many a time.
WHAT ARE YOUR FUTURE PLANS?: Survive Ragnarok, return to Asgard and have one day that doesn't involve bear wrestling.
FAVOURITE FOOD?: Turkish Delight 
FAVOURITE FILM: Sergio Leone's "Dollars" Trilogy.
LAST FILM YOU SAW AT CINEMA?: Unknown, that's the name by the way

IF YOU COULD CHANGE YOUR NAME TO ANYTHING, WHAT WOULD IT BE?: Darcy Llewellyn Roberts

WHAT IS THE MOST STUPID THING YOU HAVE EVER DONE?: Used Mjollnir as a croquet mallet.
CHRISTMAS OR EASTER?: Friday.
KISSES OR HUGS?:Hugs 
WHAT COLOUR ARE YOUR PYJAMAS: Bear colour.
WHAT COLOUR'S YOUR TOOTHBRUSH?: Blue.
WHO IS THE MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND?: Hermes.
WHO IS THE LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND?: The bears.
FAVE PART OF THE OPPOSITE SEX?: Their smile.
WHATS THE FIRST THING YOU THINK OF WHEN YOU WAKE UP?: Must get a door.
ROLLER COASTER, SCARY OR WICKED??: If you can get me on one, I shall give you an answer.
IF YOU COULD MEET ONE PERSON, DEAD OR ALIVE, WHO WOULD IT BE?: Sailor Jupiter 
IF YOU COULD HAVE ANY JOB IN THE WORLD WHAT WOULD IT BE: Professional haggler
IS THE GLASS HALF EMPTY OR HALF FULL?: Both, and yet neither
WHATS YOUR FAVE NUMBER?: 37


So, copy and paste this, put in your own answers and send them over.  If you can't be bothered looking into my profile, the correct address is zxqyv37@gmail.com

Expletive Deleted

Remember back in January, I mentioned I'd be going to Armageddon Expo.  Well, turns out I won't be.  Had my first week at Uni and they already want me to do stuff, I've got to participate in Clean Up Australia Day tomorrow.  So if there's anyone out there who wants keep me from doing something I'll regret (more so than watching Final Destination) I'm doing some of that good ol' cleaning around the McDonald's at Smithfield between 9 and 11 am.  Anot'er bad t'ing about Uni is t'at it 'as reminded me just 'ow 'orrible my 'andwriting is.  As you can see, it's so bad, the letter H wants nothing to do with that last sentence.  But at least it gets me out of the bleedin' house.  Seriously, if you thought just hanging about all day watching cartoons would be living the dream, it stops being a novelty a week in.
I'll see you when I see you

The first step is admitting

I have something to tell you.  I'm addicted to reading Internet forums and comments pages.  I know it's an addiction, because I keep doing it despite the pain I know it causes.  Sure not all commenters and posters are idiots, such as the bearded god of sexy manliness you're currently reading, but they do exist.  For instance, looking at the discussion pages for Hop, I came across a discussion of someone telling me that it is my moral duty to boycott.  This person had discovered that one of the three writers spends some of his time writing a "pornographic" web cartoon called Angry Naked Pat.  I looked into it, and can safely say it isn't porn.  It's just the oddball adventures of an angry man who happens to be naked.  It's got a similar style of humor as Family Guy, minus the cutaways.  And what do you know, Seth MacFarlane also wrote episodes of Dexter's Laboratory and Johnny Bravo, so I guess I can't watch those either.
Another idiot wants to know why Matthew Vaughn makes different movies.  Sure, he started as a producer behind the likes of Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels, as well as Snatch and Mean Machine, with the similar Layer Cake as his directorial debut.  But then he made the Neil Gaiman fantasy Stardust., followed by costumed vigilante Kick-Ass.  Now he's making a character-driven superhero movie in the form of X-Men: First Class.  Why can't this man just stick to a single genre, it's so confusing.
But, the thing I hate the most is people's undying love of a particular actor.  Look at any dreamcasting for a slightly out there or eccentric character, and if you haven't seen the name Johnny Depp by the 10th comment, don't read the 11th.

Pair-o'-ducks

This morning I got round to watching the Aquaman pilot from 2007.  Not a bad show, shame it didn't get made though.  It was a sort of spin-off of Smallville with Justin Hartley as A.C.  Hang on a second, doesn't he play Oliver Queen in Smallville.  Man the torpedoes, war has been declared.  (We're moving into the rant now, but check out that pilot.)
There seems to be quite a few people Chicken Little on just because Ryan Reynolds and Chris Evans are playing multiple heroes.  Ryan Reynolds is actually working on them fairly close together as Green Lantern and Deadpool.  Although, for some reason few people mention his role in Blade: Trinity.  As for Chris Evans, he's going to be  Captain America when he was already The Human Torch in Fantastic 4.  Oh, and he was Casey Jones in TMNT and Lucas Lee in Scott Pilgrim vs. The World.  But what do you know, they were all different characters.  Mind you, I'd like to know why no one mentions Jon Favreau was Foggy Nelson in Daredevil and Happy Hogan in Iron Man.  As I mentioned in an earlier post, actors pretend to be different people.  Believe it or not Hugh Jackman is actually a 40 year old Australian, not a 100 year old Canadian with bone claws.

I've finally lost it

I've now lost all sense of internet anonymity, I've joined facebook.  Apparently it's a good idea to do so if you plan on being a journo.  Mind you, I've still got some level of anonymity.  You won't find me under my own name, instead I am Raoul Thompkins.  This alias is due to the fact that people who used to know you tend to want to be friends, even if they were ones who'd push you in the shrubbery.  Hell, most people will have to find me through this thing, and I only promote to those I give a damn about.  If there is a Raoul Thompkins out there, I do apologise for stealing your name.

Yet another series speculation

This week I was overcome with an urge to watch all four Final Destination movies.  Now you may have heard that there's a fifth one on it's way.  I hear you say "Hang on, wasn't the fourth called The Final Destination".  Oh, you poor, naive fool.  If a horror movie describes itself as the final chapter, it very rarely is.  Hell there were two 'Final' Friday The 13th movies.  Any way, Tony Todd will be returning as Bludworth, the creepy mortician from the first two, who has some idea of Death's design.  I better warn you that I'll be getting into some spoileriffic musings, so if you haven't seen all four, you may want to wait awhile before reading.

Let's start with some genuine straw clutching first.  Tony also appeared in the third as the voice of the "Devil", the rollercoaster mascot.  Now was that just so they could have him in there, or are the two connected.  With that out of the way, we can move onto something with more to it.  There seems to be some speculation as to which sucked more; the 3rd or 4th.  Personally, I'd say no. 4 sucked harder than a Hoover in a black hole, especially when it didn't really add anything new, aside from 3-D.  It was just filled with so many references to the predecessors that it seemed more like a bad fanfic then a continuation.  It was set in the same town as no. 3, yet there's no actual mention of those events.  People seem to harp on about how great the ending was, how maybe Deaths whole plan was to have them at the restaurant in the first place.  The first ended the same way. So let's just pretend that one doesn't exist.

Now just what were the new additions for 3.  Well, we had the main hints in the form of photos, taken before the disaster.  So, maybe Death's plan was for them to skip the coaster.  Plus, Wendy's photo suggested that Ian would be responsible for her Death, rather than the usual freak accident.  So not only does the order of the list have little significance, but the "survivors" are actually Death's pawns.

Let the speculation commence.  Bludworth's return must mean we're getting some answers to the great mysteries.  Who is Bludworth and how does he know so much?  Who's behind the visions?  How are the "clairvoyant" and the survivors chosen?  And for the Lostees out there, what's the significance of 180?  Tony Todd has been informed, and revealed that if 5 is a success, 6&7 will be made, back-to-back.  Is there to be a trilogy that answers these, or are they just money hungry?  Here's hoping it's the former.

I have returned at last.

Sorry about the long wait.  I haven't forgotten about you, I just found something shiny... and wobbly.  Upon closer inspection it appeared to Hot Gossip.  After several cold showers I'm now able to string together a coherent sentence.  First off, I am both shocked and outraged at Finland.  They're the second best Metal country, behind Germany, and few years back they won Eurovision with the help of Lordi.  Well, this year Stala & SO, a glam rock band fronted by Lordi's former drummer, were in the running to represent.  Instead, some hippy with an acoustic guitar will be representing them on the world stage.  On a note with much more happy, the trailer for X-Men: First Class has been released.  This movie is going to be awesome-on-a-stick.  I particularly like how it isn't really having much to do with previous films, instead being its film, which was the one problem with Superman Returns.  I'm also a fan of the way they're giving it a real world setting, firmly placing events around the Cuban Missile Crisis.  As opposed to Christopher Nolan's "Fantasy World, Real Abilities" approach.

Look, Up in the sky. It's...

As you may have heard, Henry Cavill has been cast as Superman in the upcoming Superman: The Man Of Steel.  Now, ignoring the fact that this guy's only 6 foot 1, which is far too short for Superman, is making this movie really worth it.  Warner Bros. are only doing it because after 2012, they'll have to actually start paying the creators of Superman.  In other words, they're only making it to get a little extra from the rights.  The last time someone did this was in 1994, when Roger Corman made a Fantastic Four movie, without intending to be released.  Thanks to the glorious box of magic known as the Internet, it has since been bootlegged for all to enjoy.
What I'm really getting at here is, DC Comics have two Supes knock-offs.  The more similar of the two is Captain Marvel, or Shazam.  He was so similar to Superman, DC sued Fawcett Comics and DC owns the character.  Except, about all they do with him is get him to fight Superman in hero wars.  His story is that 12 year-old Billy Batson is handpicked by the wizard Shazam as a champion of justice, so that when Billy calls the wizards name, he turns into Captain Marvel.  And to think Josh Baskin wanted to be Big.  Captain Marvel once got the screen treatment in the 40's as a serial, this was even the first superhero.  Going back to the point, this serial was made because the writers couldn't do a Superman serial.
As for the other guy, that would be Martian Manhunter a.k.a. J'onn J'onnz a.k.a. John Jones.  His story comes about when he was at home in Mars, doing Mars stuff, when this old scientist teleports him Earth and inconveniently dies before he can reverse the process, damn old people.  Deciding that if he's stuck on another planet, he might as well live on it, shape-shifts into a human form, and becomes a plainclothes detective.  At first he solved people crimes, keeping his abilities, until there got to be a few alien invasion type things.  J'onn stopped being John and went out of hiding and became a hero.
Now Superman got his sense of right and wrong from an actual upbringing so that he didn't muck about with his godlike powers.  Billy's a freaking 12 year-old and J'onn got his knowledge of human culture from TV.  So, if you want a darker take, these two would be better than the Big Blue Boy Scout.

Put the blame where it's deserved

Now I'm not saying that Batman & Robin wasn't horrible, but at least it provided 2 hours of entertainment, in one way or another.  A guilty pleasure, if you will.  Thing is, Joel Schumacher seems to get all the blame for the failure.  After Batman Returns, Warner Bros. wanted to do more Bat films, Tim Burton didn't (he didn't even want to make a second).  Burton needed to be replaced, so the Bros. picked someone less likely to rebel, so they went for Schumacher, whose only other major credits were St. Elmo's Fire, an INXS video, and The Lost Boys (Fright Night's better).  In other words, he was chosen because he was fairly new to the game and could be pushed around.  The main thing he gets blamed or are the Bat Nipples.  He had nothing to do with costume design, that was the job of Ingrid Ferrin and Robert Turturice.  That's right, there were two people who thought it would be a good idea.  Of course, I find the writing to be the most blameworthy aspect, and what do you know, that wasn't Schumacher either, but Akiva Goldsman, who has escaped all blame.  This man decided to destroy the fine work of Batman: The Animated Series by reverting Mr. Freeze back into a nutter armed with a freeze ray and those awful, awful puns.  To leave you with a horrifying thought, Mr Goldsman is adapting the Dark Tower series.

It's not the end of the world

In 2012, there will be two reboots/remakes/reimaginings, that seem to have the whole world in hysterics.  First up is Buffy The Vampire Slayer.  All comments on this seem to revolve around the usual "Hollywood is raping my childhood" variety, and comments about how much it will suck because Joss Whedon isn't involved.  Thing is, it's actually a remake of the movie that started it all.  This movie simply developed from Joss thinking about a stereotypical horror blonde kicking monster arse.  That's about all the movie was before he perfected the idea for the series.  If you didn't know there was a Buffy movie, there is kind of a reason, it isn't Joss's best work, especially seeing as everyone kind of mucked about with it.  Joss did a runner and pretends it never happened, so of course he's not going to be involved in another attempt.  So there is no replacing Sarah Michelle Gellar, but Kristy Swanson.  There is no replacing Giles, Xander, Willow or Angel, because they don't exist yet.  Now the other one is Spider-Man, which also mentions Hollywood's devious relationship with individuals, honestly can't people think of something else to say.  Anyway, Spider-Man, people also say we had one ten years ago, why are they starting over.  These people have clearly never read a comic before.  Retcons (Retroactive Continuity) and reboots happen in those every five to ten years.  Just as an example, there was a storyline known as the Clone Saga, it was supposed to be a short one, but it became popular.  Naturally, the story went further, two years further.  At the end, after things got ridiculous, they wiped the slate clean so that it never happened, and to this day the Clone Saga is mentioned in hushed tones.  Now after Spider-Man 3 they've got three choices; acknowledge the existence of the third film, pretend it never happened, or reboot.  They chose the lesser evil.  So quit you're whinging.  The more you whinge, the more we realise you're going to see it anyway.
See You Whenever.

I'm back

It's been a bit of a while between drinks, but I have returned. basically, the scheduled posts are getting to be a bit of a chore, so instead, I'll be chatting with you whenever I damn well feel like it.  Mind you, how do I even know you're out there.  You could just be a figment of my imagination.  Those two followers could just be Tyler Durdens.
With the announcement of the villains in The Dark Knight Rises, I'm curious as to which is which.  The first two films had a puppet villain (Scarecrow/Two-Face) and someone to pull the strings (Ra's al Ghul/Joker).  The fact that Anne Hathaway has only been announced as Selina Kyle would suggest their keeping Catwoman under wrap, making her the master to Bane's puppet.  Or perhaps, They'll go with the breaking of the Bat, with Catwoman in place of Azrael.  What with Selina Kyle being classed as a love interest, perhaps we can get some Mask of the Phantasm action (The real best Batman movie in the history of ever).  Let me know what you think you undigested beef, mustard blobs and cheese crumbs.

Let the happy dance commence

In case you didn't hear my time-space piercing squeals of joy, so powerful that caused my own conception, I have been accepted into university.  Pretty damn soon, I'll be starting a double degree in Journalism and Creative Writing, which'll keep me busy for the next four years.  But don't panic, I'll still popping in on my usual visits to push you closer to the edge of unsanity.

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Somewhere within the 36 hours I shall discover whether or not I've made into university.  Hopefully it will be the top choice that is a success.
In other potentially great news, on the 5th of March, I'll be going to my first comic convention; The Armageddon Expo.  Sure it isn't Comic-Con (one day) but you've got to start somewhere.  What makes it better is Robert Rankin will also be there, which ensures a lift from Dad.
That's about all for now.  Expect a high pitched girlish scream of success on Friday Morning.

Life is exceedingly unfair

Have you ever found a song you find so freakin' sweet, that you just have to see if there are any other variations and see if they're just as awesome.  I've got three.  They are Go, Go Power Rangers, the Doctor Theme, and the Mortal Kombat theme.  The weird thing about that last one is, I'm not really a fan of the games.  I've seen both movies for a laugh, but I never got into the games, probably because I'm pretty crap at fighting games where they expect you to use combos.  It might also be the misspelling for the sake of misspelling.  but that theme tune is epic on toast.  The other day, when looking for the MK theme on YouTube, I came across a few violin versions which led me to sori1004jy, properly known as JiYoun Kim.  She is a brilliant violinist who really deserves to be released to the world, rather than sitting around on the internet.  Especially considering most "musicians" who get a big break after someone sees them on the internet.  I'm talking about that poncy little git with the record for most usage of the word baby in a song.  If you'd like to check out Miss Kim, you may want to look over here:
http://www.youtube.com/user/caecilius192

Success

It took me four days, but I was able to clean my room before the deadline.  On the first day I came close to throttling Mum.  I'd just spent about three hours getting rid of ancient paperwork, the main source of mess, and asked her opinion of my progress.  All she could see was that my bookshelf had been moved six inches to the left.  That happened at least six months ago.  Unfortunately, I found out this morning that Dad would be the one checking, so I'd have to wait until he got home to see if it was most definitely clean, despite Mum's seal of approval.  When he did get home, he had lunch and has been caught in a nana nap for a while now.  But, like I said, I've got Mum's approval, so it doesn't matter.  See you on Monday, when I'll return to my usual posting schedule.

The Ben Ultimatum

Happy belated new year.  If you're wondering how I spent New Year's Eve, I was partying like I really like I couldn't care less.  I stayed up 'til quarter past midnight watching Veronica Mars.  I'm sure the holiday once held meaning, but now it's a special occasion in which you can stay up to an unbelievable hour, getting extremely pished.
My mum has discovered a new way to make me do things.  I've got until the middle of Friday to clean my room. to her standards.  If I meet this goal, I don't have to pay board.  If you're wondering why I haven't started yet, I'm working out how likely it is she'll make up a new standard at 11:59 am.  I wouldn't put it past her.  That, and there is a lot of paperwork that needs shredding, and we've only got a manual shredder, so I'm working up arm strength.
See you on Wednesday.

Does anyone even care about the title

I'm going to be incredibly lazy today and just go for a sort of year in review.  I've managed to get a personal best in theatrically viewed films.  Usually I only see three, in a good year.  Last year, I only got one in, on the 28th of December.  Mind you Zombieland was well worth the wait.  This year I saw;Lucky Luke (making it my first foreign film at the cinema), Scott Pilgrim vs The World, The Sorcerer's Apprentice, Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole, Buried, Let Me In, The Secret Of Moonacre, Red, Megamind, and Tron: Legacy.  I reckon I can beat that next year.
An obvious discovery for 2010, is the very thing you're looking at.  I find that the most difficult part of blogging isn't so much keeping to my schedule or working out some kind of a topic, but instead, it's coming up with a name for each post.  Makes me wonder how the Smallville writers cope with the one word titles (Absolute Justice was planned as two episodes, so that doesn't count).  For every minute spent constructing a sentence, there's another five working out what to name the blasted thing.
I'm also inching ever closer to the working world.  I made the mistake of giving high school priority, so I haven't even asked anyone if they want fries.  I'm now stuck in a horrible Catch-22 of work and experience.  With any luck, my time at university will lead to a proper job.
See you all next year, don't do anything Gemini would.

How to end it all

Last night, I finished watching the fifth season of Dexter.  Now, according to that fountain of knowledge known as Wikipedia, a sixth season has been given the thumbs up.  It also states that this won't be the last, leaving room for a seventh, which probably will be the last.  So, with a possible end date in sight, let the speculation begin.  I had an idea going where he'd be in yet another game of cat and cat-like mouse, this time with Astor.  Unfortunately, that doesn't look quite as likely now.  The obvious solutions would be to either kill him off or have him pardoned for his aid to society.  There is a third option of him losing all ties to "normality" in Miami and finally does that runner he keeps trying.  Of course, I'm rather partial to an ambiguous ending like Angel (I don't count After The Fall, although I follow Buffy Season Eight) or The Sopranos (I don't care what you say, that was a great ending).  Let's make this interactive and you tell me your theories.