So I just saw Transformers off of Tvlinks and I gotta say I'm a little disappointed. I told myself I would just watch it until I see Optimus Prime transform, but by that point I was already half way through the film and decided to see it through. Its fatal flaw is that of a lot of action movies these days, the good stuff is at the end. Now I know they have to save the best fight for last, but they kind of take it to an extreme when Megatron, the main badguy, doesn't even un-freeze until theres only like 20 minutes left.
Plus I don't like it when a whole sub-plot ends up being unnecessary in a movie. Like the glasses apparently had a map to the All Spark imprinted on them, which is why the decepticons and autobots wanted them so badly. But then apparently they didn't need them because the government had the All Spark the whole time, and in the same building as Megatron.
My last gripe was that really none of the transformers got as much time as they should of, except like Bumblebee and the police car decepticon really. Starscream only had maybe 2 lines in the whole movie, while Jazz apparently died and I almost missed it because it happened so quickly.
anyway, overall it was still vary enjoyable, but some definite changes should be made if they plan on doing more.
Thursday, July 12, 2007
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
some art
These are some things I did on the Graffiti application on facebook. I like them so i thought I'd post 'em here. 
This one I did on Sean's wall as an apology for not noticing the invitation to a party until last night. I liked it and decided to do more.
This is the first of the stick figure type drawings I did. I like how it turned out, 1/3 simple 2/3 adorable.
This is my green lantern one. I was watching Justice League on Tvlinks at the time i drew these. I like it in concept but am disappointed with the head and the text, so I might try it again later.
This one is my favorite out of all of them. Its mostly from 2 sources, the first being Adam Strange and the second one being I am a rocket builder. I like how it turned out the best, both in concept and artistic skippidy do. I really like the stick figure/floating arm thing going on, and I think I might experiment more with it to try and use it in my web-comic. I know its been done before, and better, but I still like it and might try to utilize it. I would change the flag if I did it again though, something more like the American flag but with the planet Earth where the stars go.
This is the next one of the I AM a space explorer series. I don't like this one as much just due to some of the sloppy parts in it, but I think its still good all things considered. I would probably put something else where the I do what others cannot text is next time, I'm not sure if that would make it too crowded though.
This one I did on Sean's wall as an apology for not noticing the invitation to a party until last night. I liked it and decided to do more.
This is the first of the stick figure type drawings I did. I like how it turned out, 1/3 simple 2/3 adorable.
This is my green lantern one. I was watching Justice League on Tvlinks at the time i drew these. I like it in concept but am disappointed with the head and the text, so I might try it again later.
This one is my favorite out of all of them. Its mostly from 2 sources, the first being Adam Strange and the second one being I am a rocket builder. I like how it turned out the best, both in concept and artistic skippidy do. I really like the stick figure/floating arm thing going on, and I think I might experiment more with it to try and use it in my web-comic. I know its been done before, and better, but I still like it and might try to utilize it. I would change the flag if I did it again though, something more like the American flag but with the planet Earth where the stars go.
This is the next one of the I AM a space explorer series. I don't like this one as much just due to some of the sloppy parts in it, but I think its still good all things considered. I would probably put something else where the I do what others cannot text is next time, I'm not sure if that would make it too crowded though.
Monday, July 9, 2007
My Memo Book
OK, so a few days ago I bought a memo pad to keep in my pocket for when I have ideas for sketches or jokes. I've started to fill it up and I think I'll post a few here to see if anyone who does read this likes it.
Sketch idea #1: a long series of gags all tied together.
It starts out with some guy at work, he makes a mistake and mimes Seppuku, immediately after hitting the ground a woman in a kimono rushes to the body and begins to cry over the body. The manager who told him of the mistake mentions that this must of been a lot of work for such a small gag. The camera then cuts to the woman without the makeup on getting a phonecall from the guy who would latter start the gag. She rings a gong and out pop ninja/stylists. One of the ninjas is black and says something stereotypically sassy and a jingle plays along the lines of "its shaniqua! shes black!" to indicate a type of sitcom. The Camera then zooms out to show it was all on a television being presented by these two guys to a focus group of only black people who all press the red button in front of them. Two security guards come in and one of the group members says "take 'em out back" where they are beaten up as someone films from some ways away saying "i'm puttin' this shit on youtube!" where it then cuts to us watching the clip as someone says "ok, this is just getting out of hand, are we even in the sketch anymore?" to which someone else replies "I'm not sure" and then it ends.
its long, but thats the point, I might change the punchline to "what is this? MADtv?"
its also a work in progress
Ok this next one I like better because its simpler and involves superheroes. This would go one of two ways, but both offer the same basic plot/joke.
version 1) Lex Luther is sitting there, when his henchman, Rocco, comes up and asks what the new plan to kill Superman is today. Lex replies that he's burned out, and just for kicks wants Rocco to come up with a plan. Rocco says he will, but needs time to think. Rocco then goes to watch some TV and some of his favorite cartoons are on and he watches The Road Runner and gets an idea. He asks Lex for a piece of kryptonite and puts it in a bowl of M&Ms labeled "For Superman" and leaves it on the roof of the daily planet. The Camera then shows a newspaper that reads "SUPERMAN FOUND DEAD ON DAILY PLANET ROOF" and Lex reading it in utter disbelief.
Version 2) The Joker dreams something like a roadrunner cartoon with him being wily coyote, wakes up and says "nah, that would never work...well...maybe" and it cuts to the newspaper where batman died, same basic idea only its the joker because he might actually try that, but batman would never fall for it. Just an alternate version of the same joke really.
Version 3) Same as version one but instead of watching the cartoon and everything, Rocco just starts out asking for the kryptonite piece, wrapping it in foil and handing it to superman who says "ooo, I love candy" and eats it, only to die right there. This one is quicker and more to the point, but then we also need someone to play Superman.
This last one is just a joke for a stand up routine. Basically it goes like this: So I was in wal-mart the other day and I noticed a type of body wash called Bodycology. With a name like that, doesn't that imply that someone out there is a bodycologist? That just sounds like a bad pick-up line, like "hey baby, I'm a bodicologist, let me tell you something I could write my thesis on you" *cheesy finger snap and point*
Sketch idea #1: a long series of gags all tied together.
It starts out with some guy at work, he makes a mistake and mimes Seppuku, immediately after hitting the ground a woman in a kimono rushes to the body and begins to cry over the body. The manager who told him of the mistake mentions that this must of been a lot of work for such a small gag. The camera then cuts to the woman without the makeup on getting a phonecall from the guy who would latter start the gag. She rings a gong and out pop ninja/stylists. One of the ninjas is black and says something stereotypically sassy and a jingle plays along the lines of "its shaniqua! shes black!" to indicate a type of sitcom. The Camera then zooms out to show it was all on a television being presented by these two guys to a focus group of only black people who all press the red button in front of them. Two security guards come in and one of the group members says "take 'em out back" where they are beaten up as someone films from some ways away saying "i'm puttin' this shit on youtube!" where it then cuts to us watching the clip as someone says "ok, this is just getting out of hand, are we even in the sketch anymore?" to which someone else replies "I'm not sure" and then it ends.
its long, but thats the point, I might change the punchline to "what is this? MADtv?"
its also a work in progress
Ok this next one I like better because its simpler and involves superheroes. This would go one of two ways, but both offer the same basic plot/joke.
version 1) Lex Luther is sitting there, when his henchman, Rocco, comes up and asks what the new plan to kill Superman is today. Lex replies that he's burned out, and just for kicks wants Rocco to come up with a plan. Rocco says he will, but needs time to think. Rocco then goes to watch some TV and some of his favorite cartoons are on and he watches The Road Runner and gets an idea. He asks Lex for a piece of kryptonite and puts it in a bowl of M&Ms labeled "For Superman" and leaves it on the roof of the daily planet. The Camera then shows a newspaper that reads "SUPERMAN FOUND DEAD ON DAILY PLANET ROOF" and Lex reading it in utter disbelief.
Version 2) The Joker dreams something like a roadrunner cartoon with him being wily coyote, wakes up and says "nah, that would never work...well...maybe" and it cuts to the newspaper where batman died, same basic idea only its the joker because he might actually try that, but batman would never fall for it. Just an alternate version of the same joke really.
Version 3) Same as version one but instead of watching the cartoon and everything, Rocco just starts out asking for the kryptonite piece, wrapping it in foil and handing it to superman who says "ooo, I love candy" and eats it, only to die right there. This one is quicker and more to the point, but then we also need someone to play Superman.
This last one is just a joke for a stand up routine. Basically it goes like this: So I was in wal-mart the other day and I noticed a type of body wash called Bodycology. With a name like that, doesn't that imply that someone out there is a bodycologist? That just sounds like a bad pick-up line, like "hey baby, I'm a bodicologist, let me tell you something I could write my thesis on you" *cheesy finger snap and point*
Friday, July 6, 2007
I am the cog that keeps this machine running
I haven't showered in like 3 days. I woke up early on wednsday to go to April's house, woke up early thursday AT april's house, and went to sleep at around 8 am today all without taking a shower. I really really should before I go to my job where I move boxes for approximately 8 hours.
So the Transformers movie is out and I've only heard good things about it from those lucky few who have seen it. While at April's I had the misfortune of listening to one of her friends 2nd hand criticize it for not having a plot for the second half. This made me just roll my eyes because 1) This girl listens to Bjerk and thinks I'm a typical college dude who likes the strokes, thus I roll my eyes at everything this "if anyone else likes it, I hate it" yuppie and 2) ITS TRANSFORMERS who cares if it doesn't have a plot? I don't think anyone has ever seen an episode of Transformers and come out of it a changed man because the plot was just that deep. If you're going into the film expecting to get a commentary on the war in Iraq where the Decepticons are symbolic for terrorists and the autobots are the coalition of the willing, you're probably going to be disappointed. God I hate yuppies.
Anyway, April is leaving in a few days to go to Germany in a few days for a whole month, she'll miss her and my birthday while over there, then when she comes back she'll have to play host to a German girl for a month. This is going to be weird for me, mostly because I'll have one less person/city to worry about on my days off and I wonder what I'll do for the rest of the summer. I'll have my days off on Tuesday and Wednesday, which is cool since I don't think I'll take another summer class, so my days off will actually be days off. One plan of mine is to go down to Ennis, where there is a drive in movie theater and see Transformers in my car, which will be known as "sidewinder" for that day.
The fallowing is a list of things I plan on getting when I get my first paycheck
1) Caught up on my comic books. I haven't gone comic book shopping in like a year.
2) one of those really long pillows, they look so comfortable
3) Membership for the NAACP, for two reasons, 1) To stick it to the man 2) Just feels right
anyway, thats all. I think i'm gunna take a 20 minute nap, grab a shower the go to work. Huzzah!
So the Transformers movie is out and I've only heard good things about it from those lucky few who have seen it. While at April's I had the misfortune of listening to one of her friends 2nd hand criticize it for not having a plot for the second half. This made me just roll my eyes because 1) This girl listens to Bjerk and thinks I'm a typical college dude who likes the strokes, thus I roll my eyes at everything this "if anyone else likes it, I hate it" yuppie and 2) ITS TRANSFORMERS who cares if it doesn't have a plot? I don't think anyone has ever seen an episode of Transformers and come out of it a changed man because the plot was just that deep. If you're going into the film expecting to get a commentary on the war in Iraq where the Decepticons are symbolic for terrorists and the autobots are the coalition of the willing, you're probably going to be disappointed. God I hate yuppies.
Anyway, April is leaving in a few days to go to Germany in a few days for a whole month, she'll miss her and my birthday while over there, then when she comes back she'll have to play host to a German girl for a month. This is going to be weird for me, mostly because I'll have one less person/city to worry about on my days off and I wonder what I'll do for the rest of the summer. I'll have my days off on Tuesday and Wednesday, which is cool since I don't think I'll take another summer class, so my days off will actually be days off. One plan of mine is to go down to Ennis, where there is a drive in movie theater and see Transformers in my car, which will be known as "sidewinder" for that day.
The fallowing is a list of things I plan on getting when I get my first paycheck
1) Caught up on my comic books. I haven't gone comic book shopping in like a year.
2) one of those really long pillows, they look so comfortable
3) Membership for the NAACP, for two reasons, 1) To stick it to the man 2) Just feels right
anyway, thats all. I think i'm gunna take a 20 minute nap, grab a shower the go to work. Huzzah!
Tuesday, July 3, 2007
quick news-a-ma-goo
Couple things happening around here I feel are worth mentioning:
1) Wife of US soldier allowed to stay in country after husbands probable death. This story made me incredibly happy to hear about as it really makes me feel like theres still compassion and reason in our country. When shit like this happens I feel proud to be in America.
2) Going to Houston in like t-minus 3 or so hours. I hate the drive from here to there because it always makes me think its not going to take long, but then does. The drive from San Marcos to there is probably my favorite, except for the town that smells like sulfur.
3) I've started to loath my job, but I think its mostly because I'm in a section I don't like, and I haven't gotten actually paid yet. I got my first paycheck for my one day of orientation, but am now due my actual "you worked for us for 40 hours a week for two weeks, have some money" paycheck. I don't know what I'm going to do, if I should save it all up for something really nice (new computer, desktop this time) or save it and not get anything, so in the event I can't balance school and job this fall I'll still be able to get some hot coca at Epoch and take April out to dinner from time to time
4) I'm late for my Final exam in a class I'm making an A in. I really liked this class, its probably been my favorite class like ever in college just because the teacher is sooooo good. He really makes me interested in history, something i've never been REALLY interested in, and puts it all in perspective.
anyway, i'm off to go write about the 60s and its effects on modern America.
1) Wife of US soldier allowed to stay in country after husbands probable death. This story made me incredibly happy to hear about as it really makes me feel like theres still compassion and reason in our country. When shit like this happens I feel proud to be in America.
2) Going to Houston in like t-minus 3 or so hours. I hate the drive from here to there because it always makes me think its not going to take long, but then does. The drive from San Marcos to there is probably my favorite, except for the town that smells like sulfur.
3) I've started to loath my job, but I think its mostly because I'm in a section I don't like, and I haven't gotten actually paid yet. I got my first paycheck for my one day of orientation, but am now due my actual "you worked for us for 40 hours a week for two weeks, have some money" paycheck. I don't know what I'm going to do, if I should save it all up for something really nice (new computer, desktop this time) or save it and not get anything, so in the event I can't balance school and job this fall I'll still be able to get some hot coca at Epoch and take April out to dinner from time to time
4) I'm late for my Final exam in a class I'm making an A in. I really liked this class, its probably been my favorite class like ever in college just because the teacher is sooooo good. He really makes me interested in history, something i've never been REALLY interested in, and puts it all in perspective.
anyway, i'm off to go write about the 60s and its effects on modern America.
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