BS/OD #327
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What exactly will the rabbit’s mirror show Hondo? Tune in next time to find out!
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So, Fred (Megatokyo) and Hawk (Applegeeks) have been bouncing around a few jests about shoveling snow. In the spirit of things, I decided to do a bit of artwork of how I see the situation and here it is. Oh, you can click on the image for a larger version.
Hawk Getting Ready To Bail Out The City
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Kate and I finally decided to see Avatar this past weekend at Tysons Corner. Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you have at least heard about this movie. When describing the movie, Kate made a very keen observation. She said, “Avatar: A fun film, sort of Pocahontas meets Ferngully meets The Matrix, with a dash of BattleTech thrown in for spice.” Yeah, I think that sums it up quite well and you can read her full review here.
Being a 3D graphic artist myself, I’m always interested to see technology pushed to new heights. There really aren’t many movies in my memory that have mixed live actors with character generated creations. While the natives in the film, the Na’vi, look to be about twice as tall as a human, it never seemed out of place when the new races stood next to each other. In my opinion, that is the sign of a job well done.
While we did see the movie in all it’s glorious 3d, I’m not exactly sure that a film like this needed it. Honestly, 3D films are nothing more than a gimmick to me. They’re fine for some of those short films at Disney World but I really don’t feel that I need to see a full length film that way. Avatar had enough visual eye candy going on that it could have easily done without it.
Now that 3D televisions are starting to come out in Japan, it seems that some of their broadcast programs are going to be done in 3D. There’s already a station in Korea that’s putting out 3D content. Will it catch on? More importantly, will it catch on here in the States? I just can’t see it as being the future of visual media considering the fact that the technology has been around for so long. You think it would have caught on by now if it was ever going to grow that popular. Personally, I’m waiting for movies to go hologram!
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Kate and I were talking about different cartoons that we watched as kids the other night. I admit that I have quite a few fond memories of a number of shows that were on. Some of them held up as the years went by but others make me cringe. So, I thought I’d share a little list of these with everyone. They’re not in any particular order.
Top 5 Best Cartoons From My Childhood
1. Dungeons and Dragons – This was one show that I waited for every Saturday and I was quite sad when it was canceled since a true final episode never aired. The D&D cartoon was one of my major early fantasy influences and I still think of it quite highly despite it being a little on the cheesy side. Then again, I really love cheesy things.
2. Battle of the Planets – Battle of the Planets was my introduction to anime when I was about four years old. I remember coming home from school, sitting in front of the TV with a giant box of Legos and watching this show. Looking back on it, the dubbing was quite bad but I don’t care. I still love it.
3. Scooby Doo – I can honestly say that I most likely watched this cartoon more than any other. Hell, it’s where my nickname ‘Shaggy’ comes from. I loved everything about this show and I still feel that I can enjoy watching it.
4. G.I. Joe – I had just about as many G.I. Joe stuff as I did Star Wars. I was part of the fan club. I even dressed up as Snake Eyes for Halloween one year. I mean, who else would you dress up as? He was the coolest character on the show and he never spoke a damn word. These days you can still be amused by G.I. Joe and rightfuly so!
5. Transformers – What kid didn’t love this show? Robots that change into vehicles and other stuff is about the coolest thing I can think of. Enough said.
Honorable Mentions – Here are a few shows that didn’t make the top five but I still rank them quite high: Pirates of Dark Water, TMNT, Voltron, M.A.S.K., The Real Ghostbusters, Jem (yes, I watched it), He-man and The Smurfs.
Top 5 Worst Cartoons From My Childhood
1. Rubik the Amazing Cube – Okay, who thought it was a good idea to design a cartoon after a puzzle toy? I mean really. This was a even stretch for my then childhood mind.
2. Thunder Cats – I admit that I watched this a lot as a kid but looking back on it now, I’m not sure what I was thinking. Yes, I thought Cheetara was hot. I think just about every boy going through puberty thought so. Thunder Cats did, though, manage to produce one of the most annoying characters in cartoon history. I hated Snarf then and I still hate him.
3. Silverhawks – The Silverhawks ranks up there with Thunder Cats. It’s just bad. The idea was kind of cool but the execution just didn’t cut the mustard.
4. Q*Bert – Just about every popular video game was made into a cartoon during the 80’s and this was probably one of the worst. I mean, what kind of plot could you pull from that game?
5. The Ghostbusters – What a rip off! I remember being quite angry when I originally thought this was a cartoon inspired by the popular movie. Not only was it a knock off but it was a horrible one.
Honorable Mentions – Here are a few more crappy shows that didn’t make my top five: Laser Tag Academy, Gobots, The Ewoks, Legend of Zelda (Excuse me, princess!) and The Snorks.
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