| Holy Crap, Mrs. Crapperson! It's the Strong Bad Videro Game! |
[May. 5th, 2008|11:50 pm] |
Riddle: What do you get when you combine the geniuses behind Sam & Max with the geniuses of Homestarrunner.com? Well, aside from a major release of every bodily fluid imaginable directly into your shorts, you'll also get Strong Bad's Cool Game or Attractive People!
Yes, so it seems that even hold-outs like me finally have an excuse to buy a Wii (other than Virtual Console, of course).
More awesomeness: http://homestarrunner.com/sbcg4ap.html |
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| Drawing Female Tutorial |
[Apr. 25th, 2008|08:45 am] |
This is actually a pretty neat tutorial in which Steve shares with us his theory for drawing women, which isn't a whole lot different from most other males. Personally, I usually draw the head first, but to each his own.
Actually, the reason I posted this has pretty much nothing to do with art. See, for years, Jen and I have been at odds over "proper" art supplies and what constitutes as the "right way" to illustrate. Jen not only teases me for pretty much using cheap paper anyone can buy at the grocery store; she lambasts me every time she sees me using a No 2 pencil and pink eraser. I don't see what the big deal is. The final product is going to be converted to digital anyway. The initial line art is essentially thrown away.
So, I boot up this video this morning, and I notice immediately that here we have a professional artist, showing us his tricks of the trade, and what does he have in his hand? A No. 2 pencil with a standard pink eraser.
Har-har, Jen! I win. |
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| The Family Dog |
[Mar. 17th, 2008|08:00 pm] |
Brad Bird, writer and director of The Iron Giant and The Incredibles, first wowwed us with this kickass episode of Amazing Stories. Note that this is not from the subsequent TV series. The TV series rather sucked and had no involvement from Brad Bird.
Anyhoo, for those of you who've never seen this classic gem, enjoy The Family Dog.
And here’s a bonus cartoon. It’s Larry And Steve, the Seth McFarlane cartoon that predated Family Guy. ...As if you couldn't tell!
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| YA TA! POWAH AHP! |
[Jan. 30th, 2008|06:30 am] |
This... I can't believe... I mean... Wait, WHAT?! This is real?! Yes, Virginia, there is a Powerpuff Girls anime. And I've never heard of it before. Thus far, the series has only aired in Japan under the name Demashita! Powerpuff Girls Z, but look out, because it's coming worldwide!
Well, that was disturbing. I just saw several instances of sexualized Powerpuff Girls. I'm going to go scrub my eyeballs now with an SOS pad.
Actually, the best part of that was Princess Morbucks doing the Naga laugh. Oh man, is that ever NOT funny?
And now that I think about it, I know that one of you guys who reads this actually has Powerpuff Girl Z LJ avatars, but I guess I just never put it together that it was an actual show. |
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| Transformers The Movie: Attack On The Shuttle (alt version) |
[Jan. 7th, 2008|03:45 am] |
Check this out. Someone took the original score that Vince DiCola composed for this scene and dubbed it in. It's actually a pretty good job, all things considered. I honestly don't know how they extracted the dialogue out of that messy mix in the movie, what with the screaming vocals and all.
My only criticism is that the action begins before the music picks up tempo. They didn't really cut the music to match the action, as the piece itself is actually about a thirty seconds longer than the scene itself. Instead, they let it play out until Megatron shoots Ironhide in the face, at which point they attempt to hide the edit that brings the music to an abrupt close.
In my own intended commentary track for the film, I actually cut my own version of the audio, which I think matches the action a bit better. Of course, I don't have that ready yet, because I haven't found the time to record the actual commentary.
Plus I've been thinking about getting my friends, Mike from Desolate Sky and Yangus the human laugh track, to sit through the movie with me, as I don't think I could sustain it by myself and make it interesting. The internet is filled with lame do-it-yourself commentaries, and I don't want to be yet another. |
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| Soooo... Transformers: Animated |
[Dec. 29th, 2007|11:00 pm] |
Okay, so I watched Transformers: Animated. It wasn't entirely awful. I've seen worse. At least it wasn't Transformers Cybertron. Still, fans of the original series are going to be rather disappointed with this new show.
So here's the overview. The "movie" that Cartoon Network showed was clearly just three episodes strung together. Granted, they were all tied together, but they had three very distinct plots.
( And so we begin... ) |
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| Transformers: ANIMATED! |
[Dec. 26th, 2007|06:00 pm] |
Transformers Animated is set to premiere in about an hour. Believe it or not, I'm actually pumped about the new show. Even though it has the Teen Titans look and he Autobots are aligned with a little girl (what is it with the Autobots hanging out with kids?!), I think it ought to be a good show.
Every promotional piece I've seen has indicated to me that care has been taken to revisit the charm of the original show without totally aping it. If you've seen any clip with Starscream, you'll know why Transfans are talking about this. I can't believe they found someone who sounds like Chris Latta.
And speaking of original cast members, two original cast members are returning as both Susan Blu and John Moschitta will be reprising Arcee and Blurr. Sadly, Greg Burger won't be reprising his role as Grimlock, but that's okay.
I hope they borrow some of the story ideas from Simon Furman. His comicbook adaptations were always far and away the best of the franchise. Furman's rendition of the Transformers mythos had the Transformers protecting and safeguarding Cybertron (and Primus) for Unicron's eventual return. You may recognize certain aspects of this storyline being used by the Japanese writers, particularly in Transformers: Cybertron. Too bad that show sucked.
So it starts an hour from now. Fire up your DVR, Tivo, VCR or whatever, because they're kicking off the series with a three-part episode, just like the original series.
Hopefully, it doesn't end with a Rebirth-like episode.
What we do know thus far is that the series takes place in a futuristic metropolis known as New Detroit. (Hmm... Sounds like a Robocop crossover waiting to happen!) The series seems to be a mixture of themes from the original series and the new movie. While the Allspark is the McGuffin for this tale, I'm pleased to see that the robots are not the ugly messes they were in Michael Bay's theatrical abortion.
It's a little on the cartoony side, but the characters are recogniziable to any old school fans. And unlike the movie, the faces are able to emote and resemble actual expressions.
My expectations are pretty high. Let's hope it lives up! |
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