New Astro Boy Trailer!

So, yesterday a new trailer for Astro Boy came out. I'm so excited for this movie! I swear I'm like one of the only people I know that likes Astro Boy. People are kinda like 'Oh, I don't wanna watch that, its OLD! Mehh! Give me shiny and newwww!' But its Tezuka!! I liked it even without knowing this and not knowing Osamu Tezuka's and Astro Boy's significance. It makes me sad when people dismiss it 'cause its black & white or how old it is. Its such a great story regardless. Hopefully this new and improved version will garner more fans and give old school Astro Boy a boost. The animation looks amazing! This new trailer shows off a little bit more of the movie than the other one did-more robots, Dr. Tenma, more voices (Nathan Lane!!). October should be here now!

So, in case you haven't heard, Disney bought Marvel

Or is buying it rather. Whatever. This is blowin up the internet yo. I first heard about it either when someone I follow tweeted about it or on yahoo uk . Then Supercon-a comics/anime/animation/gaming convention-asked peeps how they felt about the merger. A lot of people weren't happy.
Honestly, at first I was like 'WTF?!?! Disney's buying Marvel? Why exactly? o.O' Then I was like 'NOOOOOOOO!!!!' But me and the House of Mouse have a hot/cold relationship. I mean when you think of Disney you think of kiddy shite and princesses, not superheroes. But that's exactly why they want Marvel. The Yahoo article mentions that they're looking to appeal more to and draw in boys since Disney tends to be more girl friendly. I think its more kid friendly than anything but I can't deny the abundance of princesses & girl power and the like. The article also mentions that Disney's not looking to rebrand Marvel but to build off of the good thing they've already got going. As long as they stick to that, which I don't see why they wouldn't, then I think I'm good. I do wonder a bit what's going to happen to Disney parks and the Marvel Heroes Island at Islands of Adventure (best part of that park! Until Hogwarts opens). Also, if they're planning on using their theme park prowess to build & expand with Marvel parks, might I suggest a Kingdom Hearts theme park or at least a ride or SOMETHING!!!! That my imagination can't wait for! As a matter of fact, do some KH before ya Marvel it up, k Disney?! There's already a Marvel something at a theme park. (Oh, and do something major and NOT cheesy with ninjas! Ya already got pirates, now its ninja time! Be neutral in the battle of pirates & ninjas. Pinja for life!)

Anyway, in the meantime people have been having...fun? with the news of Disney/Marvel mashup merger funtime. Comics Alliance has some links to Disney/Marvel mashup art . I'll help out one of their mentions, Craig Yoe's I.T.C.H blog just got up & running I assume with this as a first post & a reason to bust out some art from his book 'The Art of Mickey Mouse' which features some Disney superhero clashes.


In the meantime...this is going to be interesting. And maybe I need to buy stock in Marvel? Maybe Disney as well? Once they start making some Marvel money it'll probably be nice? What do you think about it all-nay or hooray?

New Favorite Piece of the Internet: Anywhere Pogo Is!

Pogo tracks & videos are what you need in your life! This guy uses clips from movies, adds a little extra fun stuff, and its exciting and fun! The music has an ambient/chill sound and are awesome on their own but paired with the visual of spliced scenes from the movie they're amazing. There's a sense of beauty and magic while you're listening and watching. Its fun to see the timing of events, movements, beats, and sounds in their synchronicities. Granted it is a bit repetitive its not a repetition that you mind, I actually forgot about it. I became entranced!! I watched the Hook one 3 times in a row! Then I proceeded to follow and click on every link that lead to him and I had an account on xD Someone said he was reminiscent of Moby and I'll add Susumu Hirasawa to the mix 'cause that's what I thought of off rip.
Its like another way to experience your childhood! He's done movies such as Alice in Wonderland, Hook, Harry Potter, and Mary Poppins. Once you listen-and watch the vids especially-your childhood will thank you.



And now I introduce to you a few of my faves for your enjoyment



Alice seems to be the most popular and the one that started it all





This one started it all for me and is the most exciting & magical in my opinion!





There's a Harry Potter one so of course I had to add it! I love that it uses the spell Ron attempted to turn Scabbers yellow. AND it has the Richard Harris Dumbledore xD





Mary Poppins! This makes the children seem sweeter and Mary even MORE fun!





This one makes me wish the candy store in the mall was just as bangin! I'd be there everyday





This vid's a little different than the others in that it doesn't use a movie, but Vader's got some pretty pimp dance moves. You know you gon' try 'em next time you in the club!







Want more?
Pogo on youtube
Pogo on myspace
Pogo on last.fm


Enjoy ;D

My Name Is ___, and I'm a Lexical Neophiliac

So, I love words to ridiculousness! I know I'm supposed to be catching you up on my adventures at AFO and my Incubus concert (and I will, but still), but in my incessant internetery haunting I found a lovely and fun article about word attraction and why, and I was really excited! Apparently there was one written a week prior about word aversion which I will have to check out as well just for the sake of knowing what types of words people don't like and why. Probably for negative connotations and the like. Though I beg to differ with the author about syphilis-I do find it fun to say though I would never want to get it.
Anyway, I enjoyed the article because it was nice and fun to gain insight into what types of words people like. Its almost like a guilty pleasure of sorts (haha, imagine word porn!). It was also great to see some words that other people are making up and peddling to...whoever reads or hears them and is fascinated by them, such as myself. I love discovering and making up new words-whether they're actually real or not. Once I've made it up its just as real as anything in the dictionary. Hey, muggle made it in there-prior to JK Rowling and Harry Potter it didn't exist! Shakespeare made up words too that are still in the English language to this day!!
Also, as much as it kinda pains me, I think defriend was up for inclusion in the dictionary (I read it somewhere but I don't remember exactly where soo, don't quote me on that? I could look it, but I'm not). So, you never know!

For your entertainment here are a few of my favorite words. In general I like big words or those that are hard to pronounce or that only a dictionary could love. I also have a list longer than I can remember so here's whatever pops in my head:

*Czechoslovakia-my 5th grade class hated me for this when we made our own spelling lists
*tovarish-I'm not even sure if that's the right way to spell it, which makes me sad, but I heard it on Trinity Blood and liked it
*bicicleta
*randomosity
*majide
*entity
*shite
*nepenthe
*codswallop
*dodecahedron
*cacophony
*schizophrenia
*iliopsoas
*idiosyncratic
*somnambulance
*pseudo
*superfluous
*labyrinth
*onomatopoeia
*doppelganger
*Thonotosassa


I'm gonna come out of my trance and stop now =D
But here's a few more lists I came across
100 funniest words in English
100 most beautiful words in English

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince...in 15 minutes

I know this movie's been out for a few weeks now (and I know I've an AFO post that is past due...it will come). I like Harry Potter a lot, so I was super excited, even though I did have a few reservations about it. I mean, I really liked Order of the Phoenix...the book. I knew something was gonna be wrong when I saw promotional stuff where Harry had less hair when his hair is TOTALLY messy and unruly (hello?!). Then I saw the movie and was a bit disappointed-especially the showdown at the Ministry of Magic and when Sirius died! (Silence?! Wtf, are you kidding me?! And what was that 'falling through the curtain' junk?!?) But I digress. Anyway, David Yates did that one and he did this one as well. Needless to say...I was once again DISAPPOINTED, probably worse than before. Maybe it'll grow on me like OOtP did (eventually).
Anyway, I was going along, lamenting the atrocity, when one of my other HP friends put Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince in 15 minutes in my life! OMG so freaking hilarious! This is HBP done justice and given its due! I wish they could remake the movie right now and use that as the script. Or maybe a skecth group can use this for an abridged version. SOMEBODY please do SOMETHING with it lol! This came from the Movies in Fifteen Minutes community on livejournal. The chick who posted this asked peeps not to copy it so...read it and enjoy, and check out some of the other stuff if you'd like?

I've a bunch of favorite parts, but my favorite-the 'Draco Malfoy, Bringing Sexy Back Since: Now' section! I'm not even really a huge Draco Malfoy fan, but I gotta admit that everything there is true and its enough to make me take a second look at that GQMF (best comment on that post!)


Thumbs up bitches!

Favorite Piece of the Internet: Crank Dat Harry Potter

I will warn you now, I can be fickle about my favorite piece of the internet. I can be easily amused and amazed sometimes so who knows how soon it will or won't change. Now I present to you my current favorite piece *flourish*-Crank Dat Harry Potter

This was too, too funny to me! I like corny stuff like this. Two geektastics present Harry Potter meets Soulja Boy! My cousin told me about this yesterday, and even though I was getting ready to go to sleep for work I was gonna get out of bed for this yo. I watched it like 5 times and cracked up laughing! If they played this in the club I'd totally dance and go more often-it'd make things more interesting lol

Thumbs up bitches!

Sam Raimi's directing World of Warcraft Movie!!

I know I'm like a day or two late but...freakin Sam Raimi is directing the World of Warcraft movie! I knew there were talks about it but hadn't been up on my WoW movie tip. Then I see this today whilst scoopin around on the internets! I'm excited for various reasons.



1) Its freakin Sam Raimi. Had I seen this and not gone to Supercon last month this would not be as significant. But I did! Ted Raimi was there (and so was Bruce Campbell; also lucky for me-my friend that I went with has seen a lot of zombie movies). I'm a total geek in the learning sense so I took in a lot while I was there. Needless to say I learned that Ted & Sam were brothers. So now I find myself tuning in a bit more when either Raimi bro is mentioned. Aside from that though, Spiderman's one of my favorite superheroes and I loved the first Spiderman movie especially(and soundtrack), though I do need to get around to watching the other 2-especially since 4 is being worked on.
2) Its World of freakin Warcraft! I played for like 2 seconds about 2 years ago-its hard when you have to fight your bro and his friends and a busy work schedule. Oh and when your bro keeps doin shite to get his account banned. I do see why its so popular that its taking over everybody in the world and they mama. Its an amazing and fun game and it has such a great story and history (Yes, I read the history stuff in the strategy guide. And?!).

That was a lot of reasons lol

Anyway, at least Sam Raimi is a great director. I trust that he won't mess it up and that Blizzard made a smart move. I'm not a huge gamer or watcher of video game movies but, I like to know things. I know enough to be grateful that its not Uwe Boll, I (unfortunately) saw BloodRayne. I can't wait to see more developments on this and for 2010 to get here!

Here's the article on Variety:
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118006299.html?categoryid=13&cs=1&nid=2562

And one on a WoW blog site
http://wow.blogs2k.com/2009/07/22/sam-raimi-to-direct-wow-movie-world-of-warcraft/