Temperature: "SubZero"

(Opening begins at the 0:36-end mark from the theme from the final season of American Gladiators original run play the camera pulls back to see James and everyone else on top of a slab with the words “The Last Of The Americans” on it before cutting to James in his office)

TLOTA:
I'm James Faraci The Last Of The Americans and the views that I'm about to express are that of my own and some of yours. We're all aware of the amazing animated Batman classic that is "Batman: Mask Of The Phantasm" (Cut to opening credits of "Batman: Mask Of The Phantasm" before cutting to clips of "Batman: Mask Of The Phantasm" as James does a voiceover)

TLOTA (Voiceover):
And it is well deserved of that recognition. While I do agree with SFDebris that the Small Stakes is what makes this movie, I wholly disagree with him on this not being epic. It's Epic in scope, it's epic in the storytelling, it's an epic in all the right places. There is a reason I watch it every February 14th. It's a reminder that above all else that for the Dark Knight like the rest of us finding and holding onto the one love we have will be as uphill a battle as trying to stop any monster who wants to destroy Gotham. (Cut to James physically)

TLOTA:
However by the mid 1990's after a few years on Fox Kids, Warner Brothers not only had their own network but decided to join in the Weekday/Saturday Morning Kids Programming block known as "Kids WB" and they wanted Batman on their Programming Block and to help Warner Brothers decided to make a straight to video animated movie which would be somewhat of a bridge from the time on Fox Kids to "Kids WB". That movie was "Batman/Mr. Freeze: SubZero" (Show opening credit of "Subzero" before cutting to Clips of "Batman/Mr. Freeze: Subzero" as James does a voiceover)

TLOTA (Voiceover):
And for many Batman fans this movie should be considered worthy of the same praise "Phantasm" but like "Mystery Of The Batwoman" and some others in this same Batman universe. But why is that? To me it's just as good "Mask Of The Phantasm" but people don't talk about this one. Why is that? What could've kept this one from succeeding?(Show "Batman & Robin" poster with the losing horns from "The Price Is Right" playing before cutting to James physically)

TLOTA:
Well after that movie came out, no wonder every Big Batman Project was DOA for a while.  (Cut to clips of "Batman/Mr. Freeze: Subzero" as James does a voiceover)

TLOTA (Voiceover):
Yeah coming out around the same time as what many still call one of the worst Batman movies didn't do this movie any justice but is it good? Well let's find out and if you have a copy feel free to join in and if you haven't seen it, there are spoilers you have been warned. First off we start off with the plot, Mr. Freeze voiced by Michael Ansara is enjoying a quiet life working on finding a cure for the Disease his wife Nora has that is until a surfacing Submarine shatters Nora's Cryogenic chamber. In an act of desperation he contacts an associate named Dr. Gregory Belson voiced by George Dzundza and Dr. Belson believes the only course of action is a transplant surgery, The only one who matches Nora's rare blood type is Barbara Gordon AKA Batgirl voiced by the late Mary Kay Bergman. So it's a dueling race. The first one being that of Batman racing to Stop Mr. Freeze and Dr. Belson from killing Barbara Gordon to save Nora Fries and of course the other race is to save Nora Fries from dying. Can Batman & Robin save Barbara Gordon? Will Nora Live? Well if you've seen the movie then you know what happens. But what about the animation style does it hold up? I will say and defend 2-D Animation and it looks so amazing. The 3D Computer generated animation surprisingly good as well, though unlike when they used it in just the opening to show the depth of darkness in Gotham, it's used very sparsely in shots you may not have thought were there but it is in this movie. (Cut to James physically)

TLOTA:
But are the characters better here in comparison to "Batman & Robin"? Yes! a hundred deca-quadrillion to the Tri-quadrillionth power times, Yes!

(Cut to clips of "Batman/Mr. Freeze: Subzero" as James does a voiceover)

TLOTA (Voiceover):

One of the best things about this animated movie is that Mr. Freeze ACTUALLY sounds the way he should, emotionally cold even when he's smiling and happy. Michael Ansara's inflections and tone fits Mr. Freeze like the freeze ray in Freeze's hands a lot more than (Cut to EVERY single Ice Pun out of Arnold Schwarzenegger's Mr. Freeze then to James saying "Him!" before returning to the clips of the movie as James does a voiceover) Then of course the immortal voice of Kevin Conroy's Batman. Everyone who reads a Batman Comic reads Batman in Kevin's voice for a reason because he embodies all the aspects of Batman and Bruce Wayne. Now for Loren Lester's Robin, A LOT of people's reaction to Robin is and always has been somewhat negative. But believe me when I say yes, there are a lot of people who find Robin annoying, I'm not one of them. Loren's portrayal is definitely different from that of Burt Ward's portrayal of The Boy Wonder and it shows. He does have moments where he can be whiney but those moments are few and far between. Loren's Robin will disagree with Batman with few repercussions but still a lot of people still dislike Robin. Me personally I liked him. Then there's Barbara Gordon aka Batgirl played by played by the late Mary Kay Bergman. She did amazing as both. Playing Batgirl as badass as the character should've been and showing the depth of caring Barbara has. (Cut to James physically)

TLOTA:
But how does it stack up in comparison to "Mask Of The Phantasm" or for that matter the Batman Animated Series that we all know and love?

(Cut to clips of "Batman/Mr. Freeze: Subzero" as James does a voiceover)

TLOTA (Voiceover):

I will say that the movie does have the quality animation like the show and "Mask Of The Phantasm" and the voice acting is on-par with all that has come from the series thanks in no part to legendary voice director Andrea Romano and the story while is no "Mask Of The Phantasm" it does hold it's own and doesn't drag, it also allowed until the New Batman Animated Series and Batman Beyond a sense of closure to Mr. Freeze's Character Arc. I also have to applaud Shirley Walker for her musical contribution and the use of the Danny Elfman Batman opening theme. I really did feel a sense of gladness knowing that Nora would survive even if the world believed her husband had died. Overall I did truly enjoy this film, It should be considered as worthy as "Mask Of The Phantasm" and I do recommend this movie. You can find it on Blu-Ray & DVD and Digital Download. Give it a watch and see a Batman & Mr. Freeze that truly is Cool! (Cut to James physically)

TLOTA:
I'm James Faraci The Last Of The Americans and I'm gonna take it easy by going on vacation for my sixth anniversary! (James puts on a Fez and walks away before cutting to James in his living room)

James Faraci:
Hey everyone, I wanted to once again promote Rob's Recovery GoFundMe because the goal is $10,000.00 and sadly things have gone stagnant. I am going to make a video talking about it but for now click on the link above take a look at the photo below and see what you can do to help. Thank you

Live To Win in the "Endgame"

(Scene begins A Hand pulling a card designed by Stevie Swigart with the statistics of James Faraci The Last Of The Americans while putting it into the Robo Knight Robo Morpher and punching in the code 428 then cut to James jumping down a cliff from the 0:00-0:03 mark from the theme from the final season of American Gladiators original run. 0:04 mark from the theme from the final season of American Gladiators shows James Faraci landing and fully morphing into James Faraci The Last Of The Americans basic mode with his Long sleeve Tee-Shirt with the American flag design on it, Blue cargo Jeans and Black Work boots until 0:07 mark from the theme from the final season of American Gladiators original run as scene cuts to James fighting alongside the 2017 Power Rangers, 2016 Ghostbusters and warriors of Wakonda from “Avengers: Infinity War” at the 0:13 mark from the theme from the final season of American Gladiators original run. 0:14-0:17 show Rebecca Yaun as Wonder Woman  and Nick Yaun as Steve Trevor charging the screen before cutting to John and Mike Santos peeling out in The DeLorean From “Back To The Future” before cutting to the 0:17-0:19 mark as it shows Paulo & Brenda Fonseca taking a joyride in KITT from “Knight Rider” in Super Pursuit Mode before cutting to the 0:20-0:28 mark as we see Eric Kurtzke, Ed Champion and Andrew Beach flying the USS Enterprise from “Star Trek” (2009) and Olivia Horvath flying The Orville as it cuts to the 0:28 mark from the theme from the final season of American Gladiators shows when James stands on top of his Time and Space device and tosses his sonic screwdriver then cuts over to multiple clips from “The Last Of The Americans” reviews moments of 2018 as the Sonic Screwdriver flips end over end as the 0:36 mark from the theme from the final season of American Gladiators original run plays when James grabs it while on top of a slab while doing a heroic pose with Paulo & Brenda Fonseca, John & Mike Santos, Eric Kurtzke, Olivia Horvath on his right and Rebecca & Nick Yaun, Renee Miller, Andrew Beach & Ed Champion on his left doing their own heroic poses on a black background the 0:36-end mark from the theme from the final season of American Gladiators original run play the camera pulls back to see James and everyone else on top of a slab with the words “The Last Of The Americans” on it before cutting to James in a formal suit)

TLOTA:
I’m James Faraci The Last Of The Americans and the views that I’m about to express are that of my own and some of yours. Yeah, there’s a reason why I’m dressed like this. (Show everyone carrying a casket with the words “EVERY SINGLE DC PROPERTY” on it as “Amazing Grace” plays in the foreground and The Blockbuster Buster hosts the funeral ceremony and as the casket is lowered into the ground everyone shovels dirt before cutting to James back in his usual clothing)

TLOTA:
Why did we bury EVERY DC movie, Live Action Series, Animated Series, Video Game AND comic book ever made? Well we have Marvel and its affiliation with the Mouse Eared Reich have killed everything DC has done and ever will do in the future. (Cut to stills of every single DC Project as James does a voiceover)

TLOTA (Voiceover):
And as a DC Fan it PAINS me so much because I grew up watching their movies and TV Shows, I loved playing their games, watching their cartoons and live action shows. Their comics were a part of my childhood. (Cut to James physically)

TLOTA:
Then 11 years ago, Marvel introduced the idea of a cinematic universe for all of it’s characters and when that happened it was starting to make DC Scramble to Keep up with the Joneses which failed in the most spectacular of ways and now with the latest MCU movie, It’s safe to say that DC needs to stop everything and just go to the corner and be forgotten.

  (Show poster of “Avengers: Endgame” before cutting to recreated clips of “Avengers: Endgame” as James does a voiceover)

TLOTA (Voiceover):
“Avengers: Endgame” has done an impossible task, it has not only buried everything DC has done or ever will do but it also has made enough to make James Cameron’s Epic Movies sit in a corner and cry themselves to obscurity. But is it worth the praise or is the movie so overhyped that there was a moratorium on anyone saying and or spoiling the end of the movie? (Cut to James physically)

TLOTA:
And even though that moratorium will have LONG since passed by the time this review is out, I am going to go ahead as a man of my word and I am not going to spoil the movie’s ending! (Sounds of audible gasps are heard) Trust me I know and the only person I know who would spoil it is a bald headed dick with a goatee, wears a red tie which is actually longer and overcompensating for a lack of something in the pants AND has lost every ounce of credibility YET SOMEHOW he gets a better studio and his former compatriots are broke and barely making ends meet. No wonder they’ll never file a suit or pressing legal charges. YOU, YOUR BROTHER AND THAT OTHER BALD ASSHOLE BROKE THEM AND YOU FORCED THEM INTO COWARDICE! (Sighs) Now that I got that out of my system, let’s get to what maybe the movie of the year, this is… “Avengers: Endgame”

(Cut to clips from the recreated movie as James does a voiceover)

TLOTA (Voiceover):
The movie opens shortly after the end of Infinity War as Nebula played by Karen Gillan and of course Tony Stark aka Iron Man are trapped on a ship slowly going nowhere and Tony thinking maybe he was being an asshole and hopes on making amends if he makes it back and exact justice on Thanos for what he did when Captain Marvel played by Brie Larson brings Tony and Nebula to earth.

Tony Stark (Played by Chad Narducci):
Thanks there uh…

Captain Marvel (Played by Olivia Horvath):
Captain Marvel and by the by I heard what you said, you better make good on it!

Tony Stark (Played by Chad Narducci):
As long as you appear for the final battle we’re good!

TLOTA (Voiceover):
After making his way back to earth, he reunites with the remaining Avengers to get Thanos.

F.R.I.D.A.Y (Voiced by Julia Alexa Miller):
Boss, I’ve got a lock onto Thanos’ location.

Tony Stark (Played by Chad Narducci):
All right then, Steve, go for it!

Captain Steve Rogers (Played by Doug Yaun):
What? What am I supposed to say? (Cut to James)

TLOTA:
Quick moment to break the recreation and explain why Diego isn’t a part of this one. Simply put, he wasn’t available, so I asked my friend Doug Yaun and he agreed and Doug, I mean “Steve” what you’re supposed to say is… (Cut to Chad and Doug)

Doug Yaun:
Doesn’t or shouldn’t he be saying that in the… (Cut to James)

TLOTA:
We’re not gonna talk about the ending, I am NOT going to spoil “Avengers: Endgame” (Cut to Chad and Doug)

Chad Narducci:
But Ja… (Cut to James with his ears plugged and going “LA-LA-LA! NOT SPOILING ENDGAME!” repeatedly before cutting to Chad and Doug who quickly get angry and shouting “FINE JAMES! WE WON’T TALK ABOUT THE ENDING!” before cutting to James again)

TLOTA:
Thanks and sorry for being immature about not spoiling “Endgame” but I am adamant about it and soon enough I’ll tell you why. (Cut to clips from the recreated movie as James does a voiceover)

TLOTA (Voiceover):
Everyone left finds Thanos where he landed at the end of “Infinity War” when he lets them in on the bad news about reversing what he did.

Thanos (Played by Eric Kurtzke):
Yeah, I destroyed the stones, You guys are stuck with the world the way it is!

TLOTA (Voiceover):
Yeah that admission doesn’t make our heroes feel better (Show everyone beating and killing Thanos including Rocket Racoon grabbing Thanos’ pancreas and beating the daylights out of him before seeing “The Avengers” A insignia zoom past) Fast forward to about five years after the snap that killed half of the universe as Ant Man Scott Lang played by Paul Rudd finds that the world looks a lot less full of people as he finds Steve Rogers and Natasha Romanoff at Avengers headquarters in Upstate New York and Scott tells them about the quantum realm.

Scott Lang (Played by John Santos):
I think I know how I got here, I went into the quantum realm for Hank Pym to pick up some Pym Particles and next thing I know boom, I’m here and my daughter is just about a teenager and from what I’ve heard half the galaxy bit the dust.

Steve Rogers (Played by Doug Yaun):
So you used these particles to travel to here?

Scott Lang (Played by John Santos):
Yeah, why?

Steve Rogers:
I think you just handed us the Deus Ex Machina to bring everyone back!

TLOTA (Voiceover):
Steve goes to Tony Stark with the idea however he’s apprehensive…

Tony Stark (Played by Chad Narducci):
I have a daughter, I have moved on with my life, I’d give my life to bring everyone back, but I don’t want to lose what I have now! 

TLOTA (Voiceover):
Contemplating what to do, Tony asks both Pepper Potts-Stark and the only person smarter than himself, His daughter Morgan. (Audience Awws)

Morgan Stark (Played by Vivian Lee Faraci):
Do what you can to save Uncle Pete, just make sure you make it back too.

Tony Stark (Played by Chad Narducci):
I love you, kiddo.

Morgan Stark (Played by Vivian Lee Faraci):
I love you three thousand! (Cut to James physically as he begins to cry)

TLOTA:
Is anyone here cutting onions? You know what, YES AS A MAN I AM CRYING! I AM CRYING! ESPECIALLY WITH THE ENDING I CAN’T SPOIL JUST BECAUSE OF THAT MOMENT! I need to step away! We’ll be back! 

(James walks away as sounds of James crying is heard in the foreground before fading to the 0:36-end mark from the theme from the final season of American Gladiators original run play the camera moves back to see James on top of the slab with the words “The Last Of The Americans” on it act as the commercial break intro as it cuts to James in his living room)

James Faraci:

Hey everyone, I wouldn’t normally be doing this but this is important because the kids who played the teenage Cassie Lang and her friend are my twin nieces Madison and Mallory and their little sister who is Morgan Stark is my youngest niece and the photo below shows them with their mom and dad. Their dad being my oldest brother, Around Palm Sunday while on Vacation my brother suffered a severe stroke. He was hospitalized for a month in Orlando and he quickly stabilized and got better quickly and as of this moment is in an upstate New York PT/Rehab facility and because of what happened financially he’s in a bind. However there is a GoFundMe page that was started by a member of the family and there is a link as well as certain events that I hope you all can come to, I will post when they are and if you can come to help that would be as awesome as well. But for now, click on the link and see if you can help. Thank you for all your help.

Rob's GoFundMe

(James fades to black before fading to the 0:36-end mark from the theme from the final season of American Gladiators original run play the camera moves back to see James on top of the slab with the words “The Last Of The Americans” on it before fade cutting to James as he composes himself.)

TLOTA:
Yeah, it was tough to sit through that moment but worth it. (Cut to clips from the recreated movie as James does a voiceover)

TLOTA (Voiceover):
So after that shot to the guts, Stark and Banner work on getting the time machine up and running while Natasha finds Clint Barton now calling himself Ronin after his family went bye-bye from Thanos’ snap and while Stark is working on the mechanics of the device Banner and Rocket find Thor in New Asgard as YOWZA! (Cut to James physically)

TLOTA:
From the God Of Thunder to the God of Gluttony, I guess Thor handled the loss from Thanos’ snap badly (Show clip of Thor played by Nick Yaun letting out a thunderous belch after downing a bottle of Mead! Before cutting to James physically as the studio shakes) REALLY BADLY HANDLED THE LOSS I SEE AND FELT! (Cut to clips from the recreated movie as James does a voiceover)

TLOTA (Voiceover):
Anyway they get everyone together to get the stones first and hopefully reverse the damage Thanos did. Banner, Lang, Rogers and Stark grab the Time Stone from the Sanctum Santorum and the Ancient one and The Mind Stone however thanks to both Stark and Lang allowing Loki to get their hands on the tesseract AKA the Space Stone.

Scott Lang (Played by John Santos) & Tony Stark (Played by Chad Narducci) (In Unison to each other):
GOOD ONE!

Scott Lang (Played by John Santos):
I guess we bring back the stones we have, hotwire this thing to go about 88 Miles Per Hour and see if we can get it at an earlier point in time.

Tony Stark (Played by Chad Narducci):
Well, I hope we go back to a point where I can interact with my father and let him know I love him and all that and grab the Space Stone from S.H.I.E.L.D. and you grab more of those Pym Particles to activate the Flux Capacitor and…

Scott Lang (Played by John Santos):
Yeah! I made the reference to my favorite movie series.

TLOTA (Voiceover):
Rocket & Thor extract the Reality Stone from Jane Foster and Mjolnir from Asgard, Nebula and Rhodes get the Power Stone before Peter Quill can.

Peter Quill (Played by Paulo Fonseca):
Where’s the stone? 

TLOTA (Voiceover):
However Thanos grabs the Nebula who’d been traveling with Rhodes and places the Nebula he knows with the one loyal to Thanos after extracting what he needed from The Future Nebula that is and decides…

Thanos (Played by Eric Kurtzke):
Hold her prisoner!

TLOTA (Voiceover):
Because clearly that won’t come back to bite him in the tuchus! Meanwhile on Vormir the Red Skull gives the same spiel he did in “Infinity War” that it causes an argument with Natasha winning (Natasha Romanoff played by Taylor Huff jumps off a cliff before meeting a falling Wile E. Coyote carrying a sign saying “Excuse Me, I’m in the middle of falling myself would you please let me go ahead”)

Natasha Romanoff (Played by Taylor Huff):
My apologies Mr. Coyote, I didn’t mean to impede on the events of natural process. (Show clip of Wile E. Coyote falling as Natasha follows suit and the Soul Stone flies up.)

Clint Barton (Played by Ed Champion):
Thank You Nat, your sacrifice will not be in vain!

TLOTA (Voiceover):
Meanwhile, The Avengers Nebula convinces past Gamora to betray Thanos before he does something wrong to Gamora. After that moment after creating his own Gauntlet. The Avengers brings back everyone as Thanos’ spy reveals herself.

Nebula (Played by Marcella DiPasqualle):
Yeah, I’m not the weaker version of the Nebula you know. OH THANOS! COME AND GET ‘EM! (Cut to the outside of the Upstate New York Avengers Facility as a whistling sound us heard and The Avengers say in unity “YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!” as the building goes Kaboom and The Avengers A Logo goes flying before cutting to James as he hears a whistling sound)

TLOTA:
OH NO YOU DON’T! OH NO YOU DON’T! (James runs off and comes back carrying a sledgehammer and continue to shout, “OH NO YOU DON’T!” repeatedly as he demolishes his desk then toss the sledgehammer) HA! HA! You’d have to get up early in the morning to best James Fara… (The Avengers “A” Logo lands in front of James with a loud KA-THUD!) GOD DAMN IT! 

(Cut to clips from the recreated movie as James does a voiceover)

TLOTA (Voiceover):
Thanos has arrived in full force and with a new plan, but he didn’t count on Tony’s Plan working because they succeed in bringing everyone back but also opening universes full of heroes and guess who’s leading them.

Captain America (Played by Doug Yaun):
AVENGERS! AAAAAAAAASSEMBLE! (Show both sides of the battle coming together as James shouts “HOLD IT!” before cutting to James physically)

TLOTA:
Listen, you guys can fight it out, you can kick each other’s asses from now until the cows come home, and you can recreate the final battle, but I am NOT gonna show it or talk about it. I will not spoil “Avengers: Endgame” (Cut to everyone getting angry and shouting to James before cutting to James) SHUT UP! There’s a reason why I’m not talking about the ending. The reason being is that is so amazing that even talking about it would ruin everything about “Avengers: Endgame” and everything that led up to this battle. (Cut to stills from past M.C.U. movies as James does a voiceover)

TLOTA (Voiceover):
The reason the ending is so perfect is because I’m willing to believe that Marvel had this planned from the first two Iron Man movies, The Incredible Hulk’s only Solo outing, The First Thor Movie and “Captain America: The First Avenger”.  The way the characters story arcs began in those movies, it was almost fated for the characters to have this story and this ending where we say goodbye to them was meant to be the way they did in this movie. For me to see myself right on how it ends does surprise me. That’s why for all that is good and right and fair, I will NOT spoil how Endgame ends. (Cut to the recreated movie as Deadpool pops in)

Deadpool (Played by Cambell Dodson):
But we can still open centuries’ old kegs of Whoop-Ass on each other, can’t we? (Cut to James physically)

TLOTA:
Oh Hell yeah! (Cut to the recreated movie)

Deadpool (Played by Cambell Dodson):
Awesome, all right you Barney and Grimace’s Goonies fuck child! Let’s Dance! And by dance… I MEAN LET’S TRY TO FUCKING KILL EACH OTHER! (Everyone runs towards each other as it cuts to James physically)

TLOTA:
So without spoiling the ending to “Avengers Endgame” is it worth your time to see it? Hell yeah! (Cut to the recreated battle without giving away the ending as James does a voiceover.)

TLOTA (Voiceover):
I know that this is the movie of the year, Nothing and I mean NOTHING will top this movie and while I’m sure Marvel will have more hits, they will never ever top this movie and maybe it’s for the best they don’t and there’s really nothing I can say that everyone hasn’t said. The acting is extraordinary, the story, writing, direction and production is perfect. Is it worth seeing it in movie theaters, Blu-Ray, DVD & Digital Download? Absolutely! Can anything best it? Don’t bet on it. (Cut to James as a bright light flash.)

TLOTA:
I’m James Faraci The Last Of The Americans and… (Phone buzzes as James pulls it out as a message from Julia Alexa Miller is seen and James goes to his computer and on the screen it is shown that those still associated to Channel Awesome, The Walker Brothers, Mike Michaud and ProJared have bit the dust.) Well I guess things are starting to look up for the rest of the year.