Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
Saturday, August 17, 2013
Friday, August 16, 2013
Thursday, August 08, 2013
Tuesday, August 06, 2013
Sunday, August 04, 2013
Monday, July 15, 2013
The Geek Virus is taking hold! Bwahahaha!
Hey Internet Planet!
So here's the deal, a few milestones in the whole Cameron thing.
Milestone 1: "I want to watch Star Wars" - He came to me and asked, not prompted, he's never shown interest.
Milestone 2: "No more adventure, I'm not going that way" - First Star Wars Quote. He seems to really like C-3P0.
Milestone 3: Wanted to start Empire right after Star Wars."More Star Wars, more outer space!"
Milestone 4: First Star Wars fan art. (it's the Sand Crawler on Tatooine, I'll post later).
So the plan is the shield him from the prequels, like they never happened. The true Star Wars experience is to fall in love with the originals, and in about 15 years I will introduce Episode 1-3.
And on that dark day, he will know what it truly is to be a fan. Bwahahahaha!
It'll be good for him. All idols must crash and burn. It's part of growing up.
sd
So here's the deal, a few milestones in the whole Cameron thing.
Milestone 1: "I want to watch Star Wars" - He came to me and asked, not prompted, he's never shown interest.
Milestone 2: "No more adventure, I'm not going that way" - First Star Wars Quote. He seems to really like C-3P0.
Milestone 3: Wanted to start Empire right after Star Wars."More Star Wars, more outer space!"
Milestone 4: First Star Wars fan art. (it's the Sand Crawler on Tatooine, I'll post later).
So the plan is the shield him from the prequels, like they never happened. The true Star Wars experience is to fall in love with the originals, and in about 15 years I will introduce Episode 1-3.
And on that dark day, he will know what it truly is to be a fan. Bwahahahaha!
It'll be good for him. All idols must crash and burn. It's part of growing up.
sd
Unicorn Diary is a Gooooo!
- things I want to remember about the weekend.
- took kids to White Water. They had a great time. It took me a while to warm up. I felt like a microbe in a petri dish. But then something happened. As I was watching people all crammed into the lazy river and the wave pool, all desperate to have a little fun, I though about how sad and beautiful and ridiculous the human race is. Here we are, on the downward spiral to oblivion, yet we still go out of our way to squeeze a moments levity out of life. I am really a fun guy to be around, if you haven't guessed. Seriously, White Water is like being in a bath house for ex cons.
-people having fun, just the contrived ridiculousness of theme parks gives me hope for humanity
-Great American Adventures was a mini Six Flags made for kids that closed down a few years ago. The park is still there, right next to White Water, so I loved being able to see some abandoned theme park stuff.
-Cameron did not want to share something over the weekend, he was pretending to be a spy and did not want Sarah to also pretend to be a spy, so he tried to block her into a corner with some Rubbermaid stuff, that she skipped right around and it upset him. I said,"You are going to let Sarah be a spy too, do you understand, say you understand!" Cameron said, "I understand that I am going to lock Sarah in the pantry."
-Cam is autistic, and seeing Sarah his sister work with him at White Water, staying with him on the playground and holding his hand and taking him on the slides made me very proud. She is an awesome sister and kid. I get choked up on everything these days. Fatherhood has made me maudlin.
-Lots of really bad tattoos out there. Saw them at White Water. It was like a carnival mixed with a terrible art gallery. I don't have any, but I agree with friends that if you want one, you should research the artist and think about what you are doing before marking yourself up. This was the first time going to White Water since I was a little kid, and people look so different now than they did in the 80s. Everyone had tattoos. It was like hepatitis planet. The world is becoming more and more like a carnival everyday. Anyway, I saw a lot off really terrible tattoos, my kids draw better than some of the junk I saw. The worst was the lady with song lyrics written all over her ribs. Second place was the grim reaper on this guy's back that looked like something an 8th grader would have scribbled while daydreaming in Algebra class. I'm judgmental!
- South Atlanta Comic Con. I got cornered by a dude in a walker, and we started talking the new superman movie, and he quickly brought up how there were no red underoos this time and that the darker suit made the crotch stand out too much. That's why I go to conventions. Awesome conversations. I did speak with some cool folks making their own comixs, talked some shop and found a cheap cheap place that prints comics that look amazing. Note to self.
- I got a cool print for buying an artist some Wendy's.
- Mike Pedrotti is selling toys at conventions now. I brought him some comics to sell. I am getting rid of stuff, liquidating assets for a rainy day. We are looking at working a Day of the Dead booth next year.
- hanging out and watching movies with my niece Kay. That was cool, we watched a zombie movie called Warm Bodies.
- Cameron loves angry birds, he loves showing me how to win the levels. He also loves laughing when I mess up.
- Sarah and I love Adventure Time. We all laid in bed and watched our favorite episode last night, the one where they create Neptr, the pie throwing robot.
- Abbie now will run up and hit you when she wants to be picked up. She will hit me and grab my shirt and then start trying to jump, more like bouncing on her feet. She says a loot of words now, and is very huggy.
- Stephanie bought me some sharpies and composition books and set them in the car for me this morning, just because. Love that Woman!
- Mike Jackson and I are gearing up to sell some mini comixs at the next South Side convention.
- Clown Versus Monkey, gotta get back on it. Part 4. I just don't have a deadline pushing me this month.
SD
- took kids to White Water. They had a great time. It took me a while to warm up. I felt like a microbe in a petri dish. But then something happened. As I was watching people all crammed into the lazy river and the wave pool, all desperate to have a little fun, I though about how sad and beautiful and ridiculous the human race is. Here we are, on the downward spiral to oblivion, yet we still go out of our way to squeeze a moments levity out of life. I am really a fun guy to be around, if you haven't guessed. Seriously, White Water is like being in a bath house for ex cons.
-people having fun, just the contrived ridiculousness of theme parks gives me hope for humanity
-Great American Adventures was a mini Six Flags made for kids that closed down a few years ago. The park is still there, right next to White Water, so I loved being able to see some abandoned theme park stuff.
-Cameron did not want to share something over the weekend, he was pretending to be a spy and did not want Sarah to also pretend to be a spy, so he tried to block her into a corner with some Rubbermaid stuff, that she skipped right around and it upset him. I said,"You are going to let Sarah be a spy too, do you understand, say you understand!" Cameron said, "I understand that I am going to lock Sarah in the pantry."
-Cam is autistic, and seeing Sarah his sister work with him at White Water, staying with him on the playground and holding his hand and taking him on the slides made me very proud. She is an awesome sister and kid. I get choked up on everything these days. Fatherhood has made me maudlin.
-Lots of really bad tattoos out there. Saw them at White Water. It was like a carnival mixed with a terrible art gallery. I don't have any, but I agree with friends that if you want one, you should research the artist and think about what you are doing before marking yourself up. This was the first time going to White Water since I was a little kid, and people look so different now than they did in the 80s. Everyone had tattoos. It was like hepatitis planet. The world is becoming more and more like a carnival everyday. Anyway, I saw a lot off really terrible tattoos, my kids draw better than some of the junk I saw. The worst was the lady with song lyrics written all over her ribs. Second place was the grim reaper on this guy's back that looked like something an 8th grader would have scribbled while daydreaming in Algebra class. I'm judgmental!
- South Atlanta Comic Con. I got cornered by a dude in a walker, and we started talking the new superman movie, and he quickly brought up how there were no red underoos this time and that the darker suit made the crotch stand out too much. That's why I go to conventions. Awesome conversations. I did speak with some cool folks making their own comixs, talked some shop and found a cheap cheap place that prints comics that look amazing. Note to self.
- I got a cool print for buying an artist some Wendy's.
- Mike Pedrotti is selling toys at conventions now. I brought him some comics to sell. I am getting rid of stuff, liquidating assets for a rainy day. We are looking at working a Day of the Dead booth next year.
- hanging out and watching movies with my niece Kay. That was cool, we watched a zombie movie called Warm Bodies.
- Cameron loves angry birds, he loves showing me how to win the levels. He also loves laughing when I mess up.
- Sarah and I love Adventure Time. We all laid in bed and watched our favorite episode last night, the one where they create Neptr, the pie throwing robot.
- Abbie now will run up and hit you when she wants to be picked up. She will hit me and grab my shirt and then start trying to jump, more like bouncing on her feet. She says a loot of words now, and is very huggy.
- Stephanie bought me some sharpies and composition books and set them in the car for me this morning, just because. Love that Woman!
- Mike Jackson and I are gearing up to sell some mini comixs at the next South Side convention.
- Clown Versus Monkey, gotta get back on it. Part 4. I just don't have a deadline pushing me this month.
SD
Sunday, July 14, 2013
South Atlanta Comic Con
Really had a great ime checking out the booths today, and got a great deal on this Chucky print. One day I will have a Geek Layer in which to hang it!
sd
Friday, June 28, 2013
Ten Random Ramblings: Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters
Mood Disclaimer: it's Friday, I'm off, had a sandwich, my one year old sleeping in my arm crook, pretty good mood i must say.
1. Gemma Arterton as Gretel gives a great performance. Renner was on "check please" mode
2. Famke Janssen makes a great evil witch.
3. This is a movie about make up effects and fight choreography.
4. Edward the Troll was a great throwback rubber monster.
5. The gathering of the witches had some neat witch designs. Best part of the movie really, a lot of theme witches.
6. I liked the recreation of the old fairy tale at the beginning. Especially the design of the candy house.
7. Tommy Wirkola, the director who did Dead Snow, is a total geek, making geek bait. He is out having a good time and makes "wouldn't it be gnarly if..." movies.
8. Peter Stormare is in this being a jerk, that's reason enough to check it out.
9. Blood and guts, especially when Edward Troll attacks. Serious unrated Lord of the Rings shenanigans.
10. The witches fly around on limbs, and it is great. It brings fond memories of speeder bikes.
SHOWSTOPPER - Blessing the weapons.
How are the credits - total awesome, a three dimensional look into old woodcut medieval artwork. The end credits has nice witchy goth rock on top of blood and guts mixed with freaky witch hunting weaponry.
Final: Don't want to oversell this, it is just fun stuff, not going to hit your top ten of all time, bit it is what every sci-fi original strives to be.
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Sunday, June 23, 2013
Friday, June 14, 2013
Ten Ramblings on MAN OF STEEL!
1. Let me just get this out of the way. Your eyes are going to blow up. Krypton! I am so used to seeing the big snow globe from ‘79 ! I was not prepared for the imagination overdrive on display during the opening of this movie. Where else is there to go now that you just got three movies worth of awesome in thirty minutes? Well, Man of Steel is just getting warmed up. You still have two more incredible hours coming. Do not leave your chair. You will miss something great. Sure, it is all CG overload , but at its highest level. When people say CG is ruining movies, they prob mean stuff like this, but I was enamored by the big big hugeness going on all over the screen. I mean, who doesn't like a parade sometimes?
2. Pacing! This big epic movie pulls you in then straps you down then whips you around at warp speed all over the theater. It is 2.5 hours but it felt 30 minutes long.
3. Product placement. They must have said, yes we will put your product in the movie, but it will be crushed, smushed, burned, and pulverized. Thanks for the check.
4. This is all the stuff you love about the past Super Movies all blended together and distilled into one concentrated bullet to your head. We have Part 1’s origin, and Part 2’s bad guys, and the good scene from Returns. We just needed the Robo-Hag from 3 and maybe a John Cryer cameo. This is the best of them, but all built on the foundation that Donner put down. Take Part 1 and Part 2 and then crank them up on nuclear powered steroids, then set them on fire and push them off a cliff into a pit of poisonous vipers. That is what this movie is all about.
5. I walked in just hoping it wouldn't be about real estate again. As my friend pointed out, it is, but you will not be disappointed.
6. Costner is great, a bit of a stickler for his “don’t let anyone see Clark use his powers” rule, but we all know Movie-Costner never backs down on principle.
7. I love Michael Shannon, lisp of evil and all. You don’t want Zod mad at you. He is all forehead and bulging veins.
8. The guy playing Superman is a mannequin. Not terrible, just, I felt for him because of all the great origin scenes and great actors reacting to him. He did project a decent farmboy trying to do the right thing vibe. Reeve’s performance felt more relatable, like Superman was a real guy Three dimensional. Whatever, it was still cool.
9. Snyder is pretty awesome, he is also as subtle as a jackhammer on rollerskates. He is the master of overkill. He does everything with such enthusiasm you don’t really care that he is pushing your head under the water. He’s like what Stephen Sommers would be is Stephen Sommer’s wasn't a robot. There is some unintentional humor here due to Snyder’s insistence that everything has to be underlined, highlighted, and circled. Not complaining, he is a great director, it’s just his nature. I laughed, cried, and cheered and was totally with this movie all the way. Saying that a Superman movie directed by Zack Snyder for a big summer release was not a subtle piece of filmmaking is like, well, did you hear that water is wet? I’ll shut up now.
10. For a while now we have been living in post Noland Batman world. But let's be real, Avengers was a game changer and the transcendent glow it gave me was like childhood's second chance. I look forward to summer movies again because of Avengers. Now, with that out in the open, Man of Steel gave me the first total immersion I've had since. This will be the summer movie to beat. It will make all the money. We will see sequels and spin offs and maybe a decent Justice League movie come out of this. The audience gave wild applause when the credits hit. I was with them. I will see this at least two more times. Once to catch it in 3D IMAX, and later just to wallow in its grandeur.
Show Stopper - Evil. Space. Woman.
How are the credits?- nothing to report, white on black titles, and no stinger at the end. The audience that stuck around all groaned when the lights went up. Marvel movies have spoiled us. I was thinking how mad I would be to have worked on this and to have blown the audience's mind for two and a half hours only to have them whine because I didn’t toss in a thirty second villain cameo at the end.
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Saturday, June 08, 2013
Cam Walk 01
Cameron and I want for a walk and I told him to take cool pics. I then casio'd the heck out of them on pixlr.
But I like'm.
But I like'm.
Tuesday, June 04, 2013
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Top Ten Directors from 2000 on up plus one!
Is there anyone out there that I think is awesome today? Someone who didn't make a name for themselves making 1970s horror films. Here's what I came up with....
1. Chan-wook Park - This guy can do no wrong, he is a super freak.
2. Ryûhei Kitamura - Give me a Versus, Godzilla: Final Wars, Midnight Meat Train triple feature any day of the week. This man is a rock star!
3. Alexander Payne - Election and About Schmidt are awesome. I feel jealous when I watch his movies.
4. Edgar Wright - One of those super geniuses, hate him.
5. Joss Whedon - Didn't really care until last year. Buffy never got me. Firefly got me interested. Avengers blew my mind.
6. Hayao Miyazaki - The imagination rampage in this dude's movies is insane. It's an insult to call it anime.
7. Michel Gondry - Man, I hate this guy. Eternal Sunshine just made me too mad to think.
8. Paul Thomas Anderson - Sure, I couldn't make it through The Master, but if Punch Drunk Love was playing on an endless loop on my TV, that'd be okay.
9. Brad Anderson - he's had some recent missteps, maybe going too mainstream. But Session 9 is wonderful, and Transiberian i watched then watched it again right after. He's a tie with Scott Derrickson, who makes really pretty movies.
10. Neil Marshall - Doomsday was the best time at the movies. The Descent (original cut) is the ultimate. This man is the mega mega. I will follow him to HELL!
11. Jim Mickle - He makes quiet textured little movies. They have strong characters and powerful scares. Mulberrry Street had me up and cheering, and that doesn't happen too often.
1. Chan-wook Park - This guy can do no wrong, he is a super freak.
2. Ryûhei Kitamura - Give me a Versus, Godzilla: Final Wars, Midnight Meat Train triple feature any day of the week. This man is a rock star!
3. Alexander Payne - Election and About Schmidt are awesome. I feel jealous when I watch his movies.
4. Edgar Wright - One of those super geniuses, hate him.
5. Joss Whedon - Didn't really care until last year. Buffy never got me. Firefly got me interested. Avengers blew my mind.
6. Hayao Miyazaki - The imagination rampage in this dude's movies is insane. It's an insult to call it anime.
7. Michel Gondry - Man, I hate this guy. Eternal Sunshine just made me too mad to think.
8. Paul Thomas Anderson - Sure, I couldn't make it through The Master, but if Punch Drunk Love was playing on an endless loop on my TV, that'd be okay.
9. Brad Anderson - he's had some recent missteps, maybe going too mainstream. But Session 9 is wonderful, and Transiberian i watched then watched it again right after. He's a tie with Scott Derrickson, who makes really pretty movies.
10. Neil Marshall - Doomsday was the best time at the movies. The Descent (original cut) is the ultimate. This man is the mega mega. I will follow him to HELL!
11. Jim Mickle - He makes quiet textured little movies. They have strong characters and powerful scares. Mulberrry Street had me up and cheering, and that doesn't happen too often.
Monday, May 20, 2013
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