April 14, 2010 : Troy McClure In All His Glory
While I have soured to newer Simpsons’ episodes, it’s always fun to see cool sites devoted to the show. Simpson Crazy has compiled numerous lists, including:
- Troy McClure’s Movies and TV Series
- Grampa Simpson’s Rambling Stories
- Gay Hints From Smithers
- Episodes Of Recycled Animation
Most of these are references to the older (and in my opinion) better episodes. Plus, anything with Troy McClure rocks – I overlook his fish fetish and remember him for playing The Human in The Planet Of The Apes (the musical, not the planet).
In unrelated news, apparently Trigun will see new toys coming out via Revoltech. It looks like the figures will be just of Vash and Wolfwood, but they look bad-ass. The link has numerous pics.
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March 26, 2010 : Bugs Bunny, Meet Ichigo… Ichigo, Bugs Bunny
Apparently Warner Bros. is in the process of securing movie rights to “Bleach”. Peter Segal might produce (but not direct) the live-action movie about Ichigo and the Soul Society.
The article also states that the studio is already developing an adaptation to “Akira” – that one, I’m indifferent about.
However, the Bleach project could be worthwhile. Skeptics might be worried with Segal’s involvement – particularly since his resume includes such non-genre-related films as Tommy Boy, Nutty Professor II, and 50 First Dates.
I will remain optimistic, hoping that Segal is trying to grow as a filmmaker. After all, Jon Favreau didn’t do many action films before Iron Man.
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March 14, 2010 : Happy PI Day!!!
Everybody’s favorite day has arrived. That’s right, Pi Day.
So to everyone – may you have a nerdy Pi Day.
As a reminder, IE6 and IE7 might have issues playing files from Vimeo. Therefore, it is recommended you use a different browser (I suggest Mozilla).
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March 12, 2010 : Trigun: Badlands Rumble
Trigun: Badlands Rumble opens up in Japan on April 24. Not sure when it will reach the United States, but the trailer looks promising (even if it is in Japanese).
It looks like it will be similar to the Cowboy Bebop movie in that it will take place during the middle of the series – and that means probably no Knives or Legato – but it does have Wolfwood so it can’t be all that bad.
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March 5, 2010 : Peanut Butter Adventure Time!
Adventure Time With Jake and Penn, premieres next month on Cartoon Network. This is the first show on the network that I have been pretty stoked about that hasn’t been Adult Swim or D.C. Comics related in quite some time. The cast also has some familiar names – including John DiMaggio (Bender from Futurama), Dee Bradley Baker (Klaus from American Dad), Tom Kenny (from so many animated shows), and Mark Hamill (you know who he is).
Adventure Time is based on the short created by Pendleton Ward for Frederator Studios’ Random! Cartoons, and it was hilarious. Some Cartoon Network shows are clearly aimed at younger audiences. However, there are the occasional shows that come around and appeal to an older crowd, while still remaining viewable to kids (Power Puff Girls, Courage the Cowardly Dog, and Samurai Jack come to mind).
If the short is any indication, this could be one of them. It’s random, bizarre humor is right up my alley, and I am looking forward to its premiere.
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February 23, 2010 : FX Renews Archer, My Faith In Network Executives
Filing it under “News That Made My Day”, FX has renewed Archer for a second season. The new season should kick off in 2011.
Archer was created by Adam Reed and is executive produced by him and Matt Thompson. These guys are most known for creating Adult Swim’s Sealab 2021 and Frisky Dingo, and the animation is similar to the latter. The writing for Archer has been much more impressive than the aforementioned AS shows, and the cast is pretty solid.
The renewal was far from a sure thing. The ratings for Archer has dropped significantly since its premiere. However, the airing on 2/25 did see a slight ratings increase (while it was up against the Olympics nonetheless). Some have attributed this uptick to FX airing repeats of the show on Hulu in order to increase the show’s exposure, and this might have given the network a little more confidence to stick with it for another year.
This show definitely has the potential to do well, especially if it can be paired up with another comedy that already has an audience (It’s Always Sunny or The League comes to mind). As a side note, FX will not air a new episode this week of Archer. Instead, they will air a four episode mini-marathon. Hey… if it will attract more viewers, then I’m all for it.
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February 9, 2010 : Did I Catch A Niner In There?
I finally got around to see Nine, and it was a pretty entertaining movie.
The film was based off of director Shane Acker’s computer animated short, and it’s worth a viewing. The themes are slightly more adult oriented than most animated movies; and while it didn’t pull off Pixar or Dreamworks like numbers, it still turned a profit.
Also, the Super Bowl had it’s fair share of horrendous commercials (you did again, Taco Bell!), but the trailer for The Last Airbender looked pretty sweet.
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January 29, 2010 : Missing The Boat
I heard about Nickelodeon’s Avatar: The Last Airbender when it first came out, and it definitely looked interesting. It was really successful for the network (both critically and commercially), and it has even lead to an upcoming film trilogy.
The first film is due out this summer, and the poster looks pretty bad ass.
Plus, M. Night Shyamalan is writing and directing, which I am optimistically taking as a good thing – as long as the main character doesn’t turn out to be dead the whole time.
But despite how cool everything looks, I have yet to watch a single episode of the series. There has been no good reason for this besides laziness. So with the movie coming out this summer and looking promising, I want to at least give the series a try.
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January 19, 2010 : Wordle Weekend
Between being bored this weekend and thinking more about my previous post, which had a visual representation of what is often discussed on this blog, I decided to make a quick short using the images obtained from Wordle.
If you look closely (or pause the video frequently), a lot of funny phrases show up that were randomly present in the original Wordle image.
The link to the video is here. By the way, IE6 and/or IE7 might have issues playing this file – it is recommended to use a different browser.
Also, the primary software used was After Effects.
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January 16, 2010 : What Do I Talk About?
Wordle is a cool site that provides a graphic representation of words based upon their frequency of use. You can type in your own set of words or link to a web page to see which words are used commonly.
Below is the result for this page:
The site is also fun in that a lot of the settings are adjustable – including font, word orientation, and color scheme.
Plus, you get a cool representation of what you talk about most.
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