Sunday, February 01, 2004
I believe that laughing at the West can begin again.
See, this is my weather. And this is the weather in Edmonton. Calgary's a bit better, but still below the -10C mark. But enough talk about the weather, for I have purchased new balls from Mrs. Tiggy Winkle!
When you've all finished laughing, I will explain. They are juggling balls, not unlike these ones, except mine are more like rubber-wrapped hacky-sacks that are packed pretty tight. They're a decent alternative to my Kooshes that I have been using so far, except not as spaghetti-stringy.
Comic Book: The Movie!
Some of you may already have seen this from my posting over at the Force Monkeys forum, but I'm reiterating here. This movie rocks. Not only is it like the very definition of mockumentary (it's like Spinal Tap for comics), but it's literally a Who's Who of the comics world. Before I go on though, if you don't like comics or cartoons or Mark Hamill, then don't watch this movie. It is not for you. This movie is really by fans, for fans, and it stars a whole schwack of people you probably have already heard, but never seen. It's because the cast of this movie is mainly voice-actors that have come out from behind the camera. Trust me when I say READ THE BIOS on the DVD, since you will (if you follow cartoons) be saying "he voiced THAT character?" or "they were in THAT show?" the whole time.
Like I said, this is basically the Mark Hamill show. The guy conceived of the idea, directed it, co-produced it and starred in it, so if he's on your "HATE HATE HATE DIE DIE DIE" list, I'd say to avoid this one. Otherwise, it's quite a funny movie even if you don't get a whole lot of the in-jokes (like Kevin Smith leaving the Commander Courage movie project for reasons of "giant spider in the 3rd act") and are simply watching it because some nutty friend is making you. If you do follow comics though, this movie is steeped beyond belief in the whole industry's aromatic flavour by being filmed largely at the San Diego Comic-con. At any rate, the thing's a riot and highly recommended, especially with all the extras.
Yes, for a movie that looks like it could have been filmed with a budget slightly less than most people spend buying a car, this disc is packed. They've got deleted scenes, (including a really good one with Jim Cummings, voice of Winnie the Pooh, Tigger and Darkwing Duck) a cameo index, (because there are TONS) extended interviews, commentary track, featurettes... the works, people. The works. Well worth the investment. (at least I think so, since I actually made said investment...)
I also just finished pirating an album called Talkie Walkie by a French group called Air. Turns out it's not that bad. Very ethereal, very... well, airy kind of sound. Again, not for everyone, but if you like very mellow, ambient music that is almost guaranteed to not give you a headache (like some rock music does to certain people) then this is for you. Similar to Dido, or some Sarah McLachlan (sp?), I guess.
Yay, housework. Grumble.
Shorter post today, since it's getting somewhat late-ish and I really need to clean my apartment. It's getting rather dirty, even for my standards (which, in my defense, are probably a lot higher than you'd think). Some linkness for y'alls.
If you ever decide to do a movie review site, please let me know if it's done all in rap. Because if it is, I'll have to come and beat you with a bag full of weasels or something equally humiliating.
Hooray for Marxism! What better way to indoctrinate your children into the ways of communism and socialism than by telling them bedtime stories centered around Marxist doctrine? Also, what better way to spread the message than by recording said stories for posterity and putting them online? It's a win-win situation for all! (Note, that was all to be read rather sardonically)
Now a lot of you may have heard of the rampant piracy in the music business, but what about the porn business? Who will stand up for these poor artists being robbed of their rightful earnings? Personally, I think it would be very interesting to see if someone did step up to the plate and tried to defend this noble industry. Would make for some interesting headlines at least.
Finally, this is a lovely little bit of satire that shows us what the world might be like if the mobile phone and PDA companies ever started thinking like certain governments, what with all the terror alert and inquisitions that have been going on in the past few years. Something to think about when you decide to push for more and more security features in our electronics.
Now if you'll excuse me, I have rugs to beat and floors to sweep. ¶ 12:30 p.m.
See, this is my weather. And this is the weather in Edmonton. Calgary's a bit better, but still below the -10C mark. But enough talk about the weather, for I have purchased new balls from Mrs. Tiggy Winkle!
When you've all finished laughing, I will explain. They are juggling balls, not unlike these ones, except mine are more like rubber-wrapped hacky-sacks that are packed pretty tight. They're a decent alternative to my Kooshes that I have been using so far, except not as spaghetti-stringy.
Comic Book: The Movie!
Some of you may already have seen this from my posting over at the Force Monkeys forum, but I'm reiterating here. This movie rocks. Not only is it like the very definition of mockumentary (it's like Spinal Tap for comics), but it's literally a Who's Who of the comics world. Before I go on though, if you don't like comics or cartoons or Mark Hamill, then don't watch this movie. It is not for you. This movie is really by fans, for fans, and it stars a whole schwack of people you probably have already heard, but never seen. It's because the cast of this movie is mainly voice-actors that have come out from behind the camera. Trust me when I say READ THE BIOS on the DVD, since you will (if you follow cartoons) be saying "he voiced THAT character?" or "they were in THAT show?" the whole time.
Like I said, this is basically the Mark Hamill show. The guy conceived of the idea, directed it, co-produced it and starred in it, so if he's on your "HATE HATE HATE DIE DIE DIE" list, I'd say to avoid this one. Otherwise, it's quite a funny movie even if you don't get a whole lot of the in-jokes (like Kevin Smith leaving the Commander Courage movie project for reasons of "giant spider in the 3rd act") and are simply watching it because some nutty friend is making you. If you do follow comics though, this movie is steeped beyond belief in the whole industry's aromatic flavour by being filmed largely at the San Diego Comic-con. At any rate, the thing's a riot and highly recommended, especially with all the extras.
Yes, for a movie that looks like it could have been filmed with a budget slightly less than most people spend buying a car, this disc is packed. They've got deleted scenes, (including a really good one with Jim Cummings, voice of Winnie the Pooh, Tigger and Darkwing Duck) a cameo index, (because there are TONS) extended interviews, commentary track, featurettes... the works, people. The works. Well worth the investment. (at least I think so, since I actually made said investment...)
I also just finished pirating an album called Talkie Walkie by a French group called Air. Turns out it's not that bad. Very ethereal, very... well, airy kind of sound. Again, not for everyone, but if you like very mellow, ambient music that is almost guaranteed to not give you a headache (like some rock music does to certain people) then this is for you. Similar to Dido, or some Sarah McLachlan (sp?), I guess.
Yay, housework. Grumble.
Shorter post today, since it's getting somewhat late-ish and I really need to clean my apartment. It's getting rather dirty, even for my standards (which, in my defense, are probably a lot higher than you'd think). Some linkness for y'alls.
If you ever decide to do a movie review site, please let me know if it's done all in rap. Because if it is, I'll have to come and beat you with a bag full of weasels or something equally humiliating.
Hooray for Marxism! What better way to indoctrinate your children into the ways of communism and socialism than by telling them bedtime stories centered around Marxist doctrine? Also, what better way to spread the message than by recording said stories for posterity and putting them online? It's a win-win situation for all! (Note, that was all to be read rather sardonically)
Now a lot of you may have heard of the rampant piracy in the music business, but what about the porn business? Who will stand up for these poor artists being robbed of their rightful earnings? Personally, I think it would be very interesting to see if someone did step up to the plate and tried to defend this noble industry. Would make for some interesting headlines at least.
Finally, this is a lovely little bit of satire that shows us what the world might be like if the mobile phone and PDA companies ever started thinking like certain governments, what with all the terror alert and inquisitions that have been going on in the past few years. Something to think about when you decide to push for more and more security features in our electronics.
Now if you'll excuse me, I have rugs to beat and floors to sweep. ¶ 12:30 p.m.
