One Dark Knight to Rule Them All

The Dark Knight is expected to be 2008's Movie Event of the Year

The sequel to Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, due to hit the big screens on July this year, has been singled out as the potential winner to the prolific Keongomaniac Movie Event of the Year (2008).

The Keongomaniac Movie Event of the Year was won by Dreamgirls last year, beating favourites like Transformers (which nonetheless won the Keongomaniac DVD of the Year, and Female of the Year for Megan Fox's role).

The "manner in which (the movie) is watched" is said to be a sheer consideration for the award, which caused Transformers's defeat in the nomination. Should that be the case, it is extremely crucial for The Dark Knight to be a 'movie event' in order to secure the recognition. The Keongomaniac Movie Event of the Year is considered to be the most prestigious award in the Movies category.

The Batman-Joker Showdown

The Dark Knight is already considered to be the "most highly-anticipated movie of the year". This is due to the huge success of the inaugural Batman Begins, and the dramatic performance of the reinterpreted Joker. Furthermore the untimely death of Sir Heath Ledger gives an added hype to the already eagerly-waited sequel. Sir Heath's critically acclaimed role, according to The Keongomaniac, has made it "more or less confirmed" that The Joker is the winner of the Keongomaniac Villain of the Year, won by Lord Voldemort in 2007. Even more ground shaterring, Batman is set to challenge the throne of Superman in Haz Wayne's World by being a sole 2008's Keongomaniac Hero of the Year.

The Heath Factor

Should The Dark Knight manages all 3 recognitions in the Keongomania Awards, it would be a worthy rival to Mariah Carey's expected big win. 2008 could then be either The Year of Mariah Carey, or more interestingly, The Year of The Dark Knight. The late Sir Heath Ledger has already been knighted the Sword and Shield of High King Peter of Narnia, the highest recognition in Haz Wayne's World with the Keongomaniac Lifetime Achievement Award. This could jolly well tip the scales to The Dark Knight's favour.

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THEATRICAL TRAILER:

http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/thedarkknight/trailer2/

Queen Mariah VS Queen Natalie

Up-and-coming Queens Battle it out for Female of the Year (2008)

The great race to be 2008's Keongomaniac Female (Artiste) of the Year is on! The babelicious contenders are none other than the reigning queens in Haz Wayne's World - singer songwriter Mariah Carey and American-Jewish Hollywood actress Natalie Portman.

Both are long-time favourites of The Keongomaniac, and this year looks set to bestow one of them as the prestigious title Female of the Year, won by actress Megan Fox last year in her role in Transformers.

The Battle of the Queens came upon Mariah's achievement in beating rock'n'roll legend Elvis Presley in the American Billboard charts with 18 number 1 singles. Her new album E=MC2 has also been acknowledged as a worthy winner to be Keongomaniac Album of the Year. Beating the King has already made speculation of Mariah being the next Queen - Queen of R&B-Pop, equivalent to Michael Jackson's title King of Pop. Mariah's many accolates in Haz Wayne's World have had observers predicting that she could unsurprisingly win the most number of Keongomaniac Recognitions in this year's Keongomania Awards, thus making 2008 "The Year of Mariah Carey", just as 2007 was The Year of Harry Potter.

Natalie Portman on the other hand, dubbed as "the only Jew the Keongomaniac really loves, apart from Superman", is a shoo-in with her dramatic portrayal of Anne Boleyn (who became Queen of England) in The Other Boleyn Girl, the only movie to be awarded with Fivestars since the inception of the Keongomaniac Khronicles blog. The Keongomaniac is said to be "itching" to place Natalie in a formally recognised position in Haz Wayne's World, given her past excellence in Star Wars (where she is Queen of Naboo for a time) and especially V For Vendetta.

For now the royal rumble shall continue till a clear winner appears in the course of the year. But till then, let the Queen-bees fight it out, and may the best female wins!

Why Heroes Fall

The artwork above depicts the legendary fight of Superman against the creature known as Doomsday, which eventually led to Superman's death (in The Death of Superman comic story arc, which is the best selling graphic novel of all time.) Superman dying was, needless to say, the unthinkable that happened and it became a touchstone moment in comic history.
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Why is it necessary for us to know that even heroes do fall, or even die? Simply for a fact that they do. Heroes may be seen as the all-perfect, infallible figure of truth and justice, but everyone has their Achilles' Heel. Weaknesses make us human, and being human we were never designed to be perfect, though how much we strive for perfection. We are the grand product of God's creation and we do remember that the Original Sin made Adam and Eve descend to earth. We do fall. But from there we live, and let live.

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Falling into despair is similar to feeling the comings of doom. The road of no-return is a fear undertaken by even the strongest of us. The Man of Steel and the Man of Tomorrow is no exception. Heroes perhaps expect the world out of themselves, meaning not only they take on the weight of the world on their shoulders, they would not even give in to their faults for fear of failing others or especially their own self.

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Why then do we still look up to our heroes, or still wear the trappings of one for some? If heroes can fall just as much as any of us, then why bother with them? It is because heroes are not mere figures. They are sheer ideals. They sre a symbol of our dire need to know there is Good out there, and that bad times would come to pass. As Superman's father rightfully put it,

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"They can be a great people, Kal-El, they wish to be. They only lack the Light to show them the way... For this reason above all, I've sent them you"

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There must be a hero in and within every one of us. It is a beacon of light as we find our way out of the dark passage of despair. It is the undying symbol of hope. And knowing that it can fall and die like any of us just makes us able to relate to it even more, understanding that the Hero and the Self are not that different after all. They are an inseparable entity. And when it becomes one, we are invincible.

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As such we always do remember, that even heroes have the right to dream. And that even heroes have every damn right to bleed. Especially to bleed.