Is a breath of fresh flowing red hair!
I recently found out that a teaser trailer for Pixar's next film Brave was released with Cars 2. I stumbled upon a bad bootleg copy of the teaser on the Internet and saw what Princess Merida would look like as a moving, breathing character. Needless to say, the bootleg kept me from fully appreciating her character, but when I saw that an official version was up on Youtube, I became excited!
I have to say that although only a teaser, I am already interested, engaged, enamored with Merida! Yeah, I said it! Enamored!!!!
It's the red hair, I tell you! They have a name for it, I think it's called a "Ginger!" I didn't even know that? People refer to redheads as gingers? All that curly flowing red hair just speaks to me! Yeah, I know, it's weird, crazy but I like it - right next to, dare I say it, blonds? Honestly, sometimes a little added color to a straight blond or brunette does catch my attention. Add some color and style to that hair!!! Oh, and those cheeks!
Where did it come from? I have no idea. The only other red head characters I can think of off the top of my head that interested me were Noriko from Heavenly Sword, Red Monica from Battle Chasers for more then her hair, female Ranma from Ranma 1/2, Shanna from Shakugan no Shanna and there are some other ones, but I can't think of them right now. Wow, that's quite a few!
Okay, let me stop before I begin to sound creepy.
Back to what I was talking about! Oh yeah, Brave, the teaser trailer for Pixar's next film. I'm excited and very much looking forward to this!! So, no more talking and check out the teaser below and make up your own minds.
Monday, June 27, 2011
Saturday, June 18, 2011
The Green Lantern with Good Friends
So,
I went to see Green Lantern last night and I must say that it was fun! I never really followed the comic series, so I was completely oblivious to the superheroes' origins or history. Yet, even without that lack of background knowledge, I was pleasantly surprised by how entertaining it was. The characters were nicely and adequately fleshed out for the purposes of this film.
Yeah, I know, in the past, movies based on comic book superheroes tended to be very bad, but during the last few years, comic book movies have had a very successful impact! Perfect examples: Chris Nolan's Batman series, which has one more installment coming, and Jon Favreau's Ironman films. To be honest, comic book movies are really starting to take a more serious, dramatic and honest place in the film industry. They are just not hokey or poorly filmed adaptations that remind you of that uncle you want to forget ever existed.
Anyway, back to the Green Lantern!
Well, in a nut shell, the film is about Hal Jordan who is entrusted, or chosen to replace a fallen Lantern member. Hal has to adjust himself to his new responsibilities while dealing with a cosmic threat and his own human shortcomings. I'm being very vague with this plot, but it pretty much tells you what you are in for without spoiling any surprises or the story. Visually the film was pretty and it captured the large scale of an immense universe of cosmic energies and contrasted it to how a single character takes the responsibility of one form of that energy and defines himself through it. Whew! That felt like a lot to describe, but believe me when I say that it was well presented and visualized!
What made the evening most enjoyable was being with good friends, meeting new ones, and recapping moments from the movie afterward while touching base with what was comic canon and film modification. It's always cool to talk about what shined and what sucked after, even if you didn't follow the source material. However, I must say that the real fun began a few hours before we headed out to the theater. Catching up with old friends I had not seen in a bit and playing a few rounds of whatever fighting game we had available brought laughs from trash talking and hilarious YouTube videos.
Seriously, Jay, you are going to have to forward that Beastie Boys battle video to me, Ha! Man, I'm still laughing about that!
To summarize, the night was young and we were out and about walking through the streets, under the bright lights of downtown without a single care except to be at the theater on time to catch a late showing of the film! This is only the second time I saw a movie on opening night and it has it ups and downs. Damn, like that woman who brought her kid that wouldn't stop crying throughout the entire film. I mean JEEZ!! That turned into an interesting shouting match at least three times. The good stuff I tell ya!
Well, it was fun, the company was cool, and the film was entertaining! I would've written this last night, but I got home after two in the morning and I just hit the hay. But, I got my two cents in now so I hope you enjoyed.
I went to see Green Lantern last night and I must say that it was fun! I never really followed the comic series, so I was completely oblivious to the superheroes' origins or history. Yet, even without that lack of background knowledge, I was pleasantly surprised by how entertaining it was. The characters were nicely and adequately fleshed out for the purposes of this film.
Yeah, I know, in the past, movies based on comic book superheroes tended to be very bad, but during the last few years, comic book movies have had a very successful impact! Perfect examples: Chris Nolan's Batman series, which has one more installment coming, and Jon Favreau's Ironman films. To be honest, comic book movies are really starting to take a more serious, dramatic and honest place in the film industry. They are just not hokey or poorly filmed adaptations that remind you of that uncle you want to forget ever existed.
Anyway, back to the Green Lantern!
Well, in a nut shell, the film is about Hal Jordan who is entrusted, or chosen to replace a fallen Lantern member. Hal has to adjust himself to his new responsibilities while dealing with a cosmic threat and his own human shortcomings. I'm being very vague with this plot, but it pretty much tells you what you are in for without spoiling any surprises or the story. Visually the film was pretty and it captured the large scale of an immense universe of cosmic energies and contrasted it to how a single character takes the responsibility of one form of that energy and defines himself through it. Whew! That felt like a lot to describe, but believe me when I say that it was well presented and visualized!
What made the evening most enjoyable was being with good friends, meeting new ones, and recapping moments from the movie afterward while touching base with what was comic canon and film modification. It's always cool to talk about what shined and what sucked after, even if you didn't follow the source material. However, I must say that the real fun began a few hours before we headed out to the theater. Catching up with old friends I had not seen in a bit and playing a few rounds of whatever fighting game we had available brought laughs from trash talking and hilarious YouTube videos.
Seriously, Jay, you are going to have to forward that Beastie Boys battle video to me, Ha! Man, I'm still laughing about that!
To summarize, the night was young and we were out and about walking through the streets, under the bright lights of downtown without a single care except to be at the theater on time to catch a late showing of the film! This is only the second time I saw a movie on opening night and it has it ups and downs. Damn, like that woman who brought her kid that wouldn't stop crying throughout the entire film. I mean JEEZ!! That turned into an interesting shouting match at least three times. The good stuff I tell ya!
Well, it was fun, the company was cool, and the film was entertaining! I would've written this last night, but I got home after two in the morning and I just hit the hay. But, I got my two cents in now so I hope you enjoyed.
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Yeah!
Been a long time, I know.
I got lazy, then forgot I had this blog, and ignored it at some point too! Well, about two months since my last post, I'm back but who knows how often I'll post. Can't make any promises.
Well, let me start by saying that my third semester of grad school came to an end, and my semester project wrapped up beautifully, so I'm glad for that. I put a lot of work into it and it paid off in the end. Who knew Japanese manga could be so fascinating and rich in history, culture and also provide a very tangible pedagogical resource through the understanding of visual media as a interpretative form of prose.
Yeah, it sounds like WTF? but it was worth the invested research and time. Even with what I did manage to include into the final paper, there was so much more to include, but in the end I just wanted to finish. I still felt proud with what I had accomplished and my mentor had been a great help and such a supportive drive to reaching my goal.
And speaking of Japanese. I started my second 3-month course of Japanese instruction at the Japan Society. I started in June and continue until August. It still a lot of fun, but the material is getting harder this time. It's a follow up course, picking up from the last course I took, so many particles and sentence structure elements are slightly being tweaked with additional usage and meaning. Miyashita sensei is still my instructor, and she continues to be a hoot, ha!
It's really intense at times because she wants us to become comfortable with fluency and drills us every class with rapid fire repetition. Of course, she'll also calls on us individually at random to repeat phrases. So we are all on edge at times, but it's still fun and everyone enjoys the experience. I'm actually pretty good with pronunciation and/or articulation, but remembering grammar structures and appropriate particle usage still hinders me, a bit. I just need more practice.
Well, that's it for now. More stuff coming soon, but not sure when.
Peace, ja ne!
I got lazy, then forgot I had this blog, and ignored it at some point too! Well, about two months since my last post, I'm back but who knows how often I'll post. Can't make any promises.
Well, let me start by saying that my third semester of grad school came to an end, and my semester project wrapped up beautifully, so I'm glad for that. I put a lot of work into it and it paid off in the end. Who knew Japanese manga could be so fascinating and rich in history, culture and also provide a very tangible pedagogical resource through the understanding of visual media as a interpretative form of prose.
Yeah, it sounds like WTF? but it was worth the invested research and time. Even with what I did manage to include into the final paper, there was so much more to include, but in the end I just wanted to finish. I still felt proud with what I had accomplished and my mentor had been a great help and such a supportive drive to reaching my goal.
And speaking of Japanese. I started my second 3-month course of Japanese instruction at the Japan Society. I started in June and continue until August. It still a lot of fun, but the material is getting harder this time. It's a follow up course, picking up from the last course I took, so many particles and sentence structure elements are slightly being tweaked with additional usage and meaning. Miyashita sensei is still my instructor, and she continues to be a hoot, ha!
It's really intense at times because she wants us to become comfortable with fluency and drills us every class with rapid fire repetition. Of course, she'll also calls on us individually at random to repeat phrases. So we are all on edge at times, but it's still fun and everyone enjoys the experience. I'm actually pretty good with pronunciation and/or articulation, but remembering grammar structures and appropriate particle usage still hinders me, a bit. I just need more practice.
Well, that's it for now. More stuff coming soon, but not sure when.
Peace, ja ne!
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