It suddenly occurs to me that Transformers The Movie could have and probably should have been broken down into a trilogy of movies following the Original Star Wars story.
But if Optimus Prime is Obi Wan Kenobi... then who would the "Luke" character be?
Hmmmm
Oh yeah, in other news, I STILL FUNCTION. Thanks for asking.
http://www.onemanga.com/Bakuman/ The team behind Death Note tell the story of how drawing comics will make a man out of one Percival K Smith.
http://www.onemanga.com/Soul_Eater/ Think Harry Potter meets Guilty Gear. OK, so like, the Grim Reaper has a technical school in Death Valley, USA. Kids go there to learn how to turn "Weapons" (other students) into Death Scythes for Shinigami. Also: there's a nifty anime series too. http://www.souleaterfan.com/
After dicking around off and on with the first couple issues of Shonen Jump US and a handful of 4Kids and Funimation episodes scattered throughout the series, I've finally decided to sit down and read through all Five Hundred and Fourteen chapters of Eiichiro Oda's One Piece last Sunday.
As of this writing, I'm only still in the Water Seven story arc.
I remember about this time last year there were the beginnings of a whisper on the internet about a new Transformers animated series to coincide with the hotly anticipated (or dreaded, as was the case then) release of Michael Bay's Transformers Motion Picture. I recall that first promotional image of a new very angular and comically proportioned Optimus Prime with the CN logo. I must confess, I had my doubts just as many other Transformers fans did.
It is the year 2008.
Transformers Animated has since plowed through nearly two whole seasons worth of episodes on Cartoon Network. Spoilers have been leaking all over the internet featuring images and video clips of the remaining season 2 episodes and finale. Including a major revelation regarding the series' primary human protagonist...
A decent show. Very well executed. Put together by the people behind Teen Titans, Transformers Animated excels in every area Teen Titans lacked. Well... all except music. The soundtrack is still just as unmemorable and indistinct as it's predecessor. In fact, I'd go as far to say that it's a notch below that of Teen Titans, as Titans had an amazingly catchy original theme song by Puffy Ami Yumi, whereas TF:Animated's tired downbeat rehash of the original Transformers' theme is best Tivo'd out.
But in the end, the true brilliance of Transformers Animated is not the cartoon at all.
Faithful in their shared design with their animated counterparts to an until now unprecedented degree, These toys are amazing. The link above features a series of pictures taken of the TF: Animated Prowl figure. All of the poses you see the figures in were captured without the need of additional support for the figures.
They kneel. They handstand. They high kick on one leg. All under their own balance.
Well, I'm pretty sure I'm preaching to the choir here by writing this little love letter to Hasbro/Cartoon Network and all the artists and designers responsible for this product line here on my little Livejournal for all of my friends to see... but it had to be said.
I love you, Transformers Animated.
<3
Please, don't fizzle and die with a billion unresolved plotlines like Teen Titans did. Also, please don't go on a year long sabbatical between mid-season "movie events" like Avatar: The Last Airbender does, either.
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We selected 20 of the best submissions and after a week-long online poll the sunglasses-dragon has emerged as the overwhelming favourite, with 55 per cent of the vote.
The Norwegian designer, who wishes to remain anonymous, said he intended the flag to represent the union of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland in a modern, cool light.
>"It represents shouting "UNION!" and joining together; kicking reason to the curb and doing the impossible; fighting the power, and piercing the heavens," he said
Many years ago, on the 18th day of this month, SOMETHING AMAZING HAPPENED. SO AMAZING in fact, the details of this have been lost to the dust of recorded history's oblivion HOWEVER, THIS YEAR will be an EXCEPTION.
THIS YEAR, APRIL will be a time of AWESOME and LEGEND as we CELEBRATE this CRYPTIC and OFT-OVERLOOKED 18th day of INFAMY.
Proof positve that EVERY IDEA has been done before... So, just give up. XD ( Also )
I will do the very best I can to make April as AWESOME as possible... but I can't do it alone!
So for the scant few of you out there that, in years gone by, have ever said to me "Aw man, I WOULD HAVE, but you NEVER TOLD ME"... You're now on notice! XD
So I'm sitting here reading Paul Pope's blog for the first time (never really considered his work for any significant period before this) and I find myself making a realization about myself. I suck at communication.
Seriously. I'm sitting here absorbing the language this guy utilizes... it's all so very... cosmopolitan.
He was one of those ghoulish guys with dirty elbows who is always at a Kinkos late at night, xeroxing a mountainous stack of newspaper clippings as if God Himself issued the urgent task of preparing some sort of cosmic ledger detailing the endless evidence of mankind's inhumanity to other men, and the animal kingdom too, for the Day of Judgement. These guys always need a bath and a pack of dental floss and a book with a title like "Rhetoric: The gentle art of persuasive speech."
Bwuh?
But I also notice that many of his entries are excerpts from other equally lavishly wordy quips and quotes from other historically notable individuals. So, I guess it's just a natural extension...? Reading makes you wordy? Hmmm... On second thought, I guess this journal was kinda pointless. I guess.
We all just reflect the sum of our influences? Perhaps I've just not compiled enough life experiences of my own to develop my own refined "voice"? Is there really such a thing? Perhaps the the fact that I have to ask so many questions is evidence to the... to the um...
Do you know the internet has a dozen words synonymous with "contrary", but not a single antonym? Wordsmyth, how can you fail me in my hour of need??
*Sigh* Oh the woefully unglamorous life of being everyday people.
Heh. I'm actually still deciding what to do with this picture... Whether or not I will shade it at all or keep it flat... whether I'll stick with the "Alternate Character Outfit" color scheme above or try a more "Traditional" version.
Special notes for the above: - Leaf Shield - Castlevania II: Simon's Quest - Palutena (For those that might've found the coloring to be a little "questionable" :P)
Just... how many channels and times in a week does HEROES air on, anyway?? This weekend I've seen it once on Friday (Sci-Fi), a marathon on Sunday (NBC), and now twice on Monday's on BOTH NBC and Sci-Fi... and I hear it plays on another network too??
Granted, pockyman's character on the show is awesome and all, but srsly... wtf?
For those of you that might not know this, my website died a few months ago. ^^; Yeah, the server hosting it got attacked by faggortz. Hard death. Irretrievable damage. It was fun while it lasted, eh? As a result, this means that this makes http://rsj.deviantart.com my primary home. I suppose I neglected to mention this sooner because, after all, my webpage was closed for maybe a year anyway before this, so who would notice, right? ^^; However, if you've been wondering why I don't post new art on "x,y or z" forum(s) anymore, that's more or less the reason.
Anywho, that's all ancient history from over 100 years ago... I COME BARING LULZ.
For those of you who haven't seen me on AIM lately... Well, it's because I don't want to be seen. XD Nah, but seriously... my chatty-cathy time is not as it used to be. I've pretty much limited my AIM usage to family, travel and activity buddies and work related contacts. Please don't take it personally, I still loev u guyz. :3
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Man, I wish I had a webspace. T___T Ah well. Laters y'all
Second. There are less than 3 weeks before Otakon.
I need a COLORIST.
The guy I was working with says he might have to bail in favor of work that actually pays MONEY. Have you ever HEARD of such a thing?? XD
Well anyway, good luck to him. Paying work is always a priority. No doubt...
But that still leaves me in a bind. I've got this image that needs the touch of a more talented colorist than myself. .... If anyone is available or interested, you're going to have to let me know before I can show you what it is... unfortunately, my web-host is down. Therefore, I can't post images of what I'm working on... and I'm not interested in posting this on DeviantART just yet. So please send me a message as soon as you can, thanks!
If any of y'all out there are up to the task, please let me know. ^^ Aside from being heralded as a superhero of coloring... I dunno... I guess I can draw you something, or something? would that be cool? ^^
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