The Dark Knight is fucking intense. GO watch it but leave the kids at home.
The Joker (Heath Ledger) might scare them. If not then Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart) will scare them shitless towards the end.
Just forget you have kids and watch this movie. Leave them in the car or at Grandma’s. You don’t want to be thinking about kids when you are watching The Joker and Batman tear each other apart with the batmobile (more like a tank) and a truck. OR when Harvey Dent goes psycho!
I have a habit of rooting for the villains instead of the hero.
BTW: When did Commissioner Gordon have a son? I thought he only had Barbara (future batgirl!)
Asian Kung Fu-Generation (which I proudly admit am a Fangirl) are bringing Nano-Mugen Fes. back!
Sadly, this only works for the cool kids living in Japan or traveling there. It’s a two day festival (7/20-7/21) with bands from the U.S, Japan, and U.K.
The rad line up is:
Asaian Kung Fu-Geneartion (duh)
Ash (who are also co hosting the festival)
Playing July 20th:
Phantom Planet
Stereophonics
The Young Punx!
STRAIGHTENER
ANALOGFISH
9mm Parabellum Bullet
Shugo Tokumaru
Playing July 21st:
HELLOGOODBYE
Third Eye Blind
ELLEGARDEN
Space Cowboy
ART-SCHOOL
SPECIAL OTHERS
8otto
With Hellogoodbye, Ellegarden and Space Cowboy playing it’s as if they are intentionally trying to break my already fragile heart.
If you check my iPod touch (which I hate btw) it would probably be difficult to recognize half the artists on it. Most of it artists are anarchists bands such as Crass, 80’s new wave bands like New Order and The B-52’s, and of course my favorite-Japanese Rock music (most which have appeared as theme songs for popular anime shows). So what’s the deal with De Novo Dahl? Well for starters, I’ve been on their MySpace page for the past three days, which has been taking up all my Japanese Rock music listening time. Their songs make me wanna shimmy in my underwear when no one’s home.
Also, Serai Zaffiro (the only female in the group and a cutie too!) plays the omnichord. WTF is an omnichord? I had no idea but after checking my favorite site Wikipedia I so want to play it. Yea, instead of getting a Keytar (AND THAT IS NOT LAME!) I’m going to get an omnichord. I’ll look so fucking awesome with and omnichord besides how often do you get say, “I play the omnichord”? It sounds better then “I play the Keytar. Hey, stop laughing! It’s a very serious musical instrument!”
Yea very difficult to work with that one.
If you see the music video for the song Shout it makes you go ‘aww’ no deep hidden meaning in this music video. It’s cute and simple and you want to jump in and dance against that colorful balloon covered wall. Heartbreaker (which is on my BFF’s MySpace page) is another good song. A notable lyric “I accept the challenge that you’re sending with your smile” reminds me of the dances you see in old 80’s and 70’s movies where the boys are one side of the gym and the girls on the other. Then the cute nerdy girl smiles at the cute nerdy boy. Sorry got carried away there. Heartbreaker inspired a script I’m working on. The melody and lyrics just make you want to sing along with lead singer Joel while walking outside to get your mail. For some reason every song reminds me of two cute nerds falling in love in computer tech class.
My favorite song by De Novo Dahl has to be Be Your Man. Reminds me of a harder version of surfer rock meets electronic. If they make a music video for this song, it should take place on a beach with a bunch of 50’s girls raving. Strange thing I notice is that every song sounds different to me. Well obviously, it’s supposed to sound different but it seems like every song is suppose to be in a different genre of music. Shout sounds like an indie pop song. Heartbreaker sounds like a dancing ballad and the beginning of Shakedown sounds like a 70’s disco song. Perhaps that’s the genius of De Novo Dahl? Make every song sound so different but keeps you dancing.
So kudos to De Novo Dahl. They go on the Coolness wall. The only wall in my room where it’s difficult to get your picture on. So far the only members are Lita Ford, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Hot Hot Heat, Motley Crue and Woody Allen. I so need to take a picture of that wall.
Congrats, De Novo Dahl for making music that stops Josie from listening to Japanese Rock. That’s pretty powerful since Josie loves her Japanese Rock.
Anyone want to give me money so I can buy the album? Never mind I’ll just borrow it from Amanda. If she lets me that is.
Apparently the rumors where true. Dragonball is going live action.
Okay I’ve seen the first Death Note movie in Live Action and it was pretty good. I wouldn’t have cared if the live action movie sucked or not. But I grew up watching Dragonball Z (I didn’t watch Dragonball until I was 13). I remember how I would run home after school just to catch it on Toonami (and Sailor Moon). This show stole my childhood. I could have been playing outside getting some exercise or studying for my future. Instead I was inside watching Goku go head to head against Freeza. Watching Gohan training to be a Super Saiyan. I even felt sympathy for Android #18 when she was absorb by Cell and how Kuririn was in love with her. So you can understand how attached I am to this anime right? If anyone was to ask me what I can remember the most from my childhood is television. Every show I watched, every fad I was into (pogs, pokemon, digimon, gameboy color, fresh prince, spice girls, hell even Britney Spears was my idol) I was into it. Dragonball Z was just a good portion of it.
Just so we’re clear the movie isn’t based on Dragonball Z but on Dragonball the first anime. DBZ is the sequel and Dragonball GT is the third series (but I think it sucked).Now that we got that covered let’s move on to the actors.So it worries me that Justin Chatwin (Weeds, War of the Worlds, The Invisible) is playing Goku and James Marsters (Smallville, P.S. I love You) is playing Piccolo. Emmy Rossum(Phantom of the Opera) will be playing Bulma, but I’m not so worried about her. I think she would look cute with blue hair and hopefully nail Bulma’s personality. Jamie Chung will play Chi-Chi Goku’s future wife and future mother of Gohan and Goten. I can’t really form an opinion of her acting skills since i have never seen her act in any of her guest appearances on television shows (Veronica Mars, Days of our Lives, CSI:NY) but she is from the Real World. I never watched the Real World (I don’t enjoy reality shows) but she must be good if she’s landing acting jobs (even if they are small roles).
It’s not that I have a problem with Chatwin and Marsters playing the two main characters in the movie it’s just well…I was expecting the movie to be in Japanese and played by Asian actors. I only assumed since it was an anime that Japanese studios would handle making the movie and the U.S. would be lucky to have it subbed and released on DVD. Well I was wrong and in August (if they don’t change the date) when I watch the movie I’ll give a full review.
I’ll let you form your own opinion on these actors and the outcome of this movie.In the mean time I’m going to take a nap, just knowing that Dragonball is being made into live action is giving me a headache.
Enjoy this fan made video. And just pretend you know Japanese.
So it is well known that I am in love with Hot Hot Heat. Though I would cry if they ever broke up (knock on wood) the solo side project of the guitarist Luke Paquinis very good. Even if he were to pursue a solo career not sure the heat would break up after all he isn’t the original guitarist. He replaced guitarist Dante DeCaro back in 2005. I have been a fan since the whole Luke Paquin age so I’m not sure how I would feel about that. No matters at least great music would come from it. Luke Paquin’s music is freestyle / acoustic / folk. It’s great which is for the most part the only thing you need to know about it.
Plus side: Great music.
Down side: EP has been “In Progress” for a good while now.
Check his myspace to listen to the song “Anna Lee” that song is my personal favorite.
This Sunday I saw Sweeney Todd: Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Here’s my two cents on it.
We open up with a hot guy singing then BOOM Johnny Depp with his crazy hairstyle (which I’m a little jealous of) joins in. So we get a flashback on Benjamin Barker’s former life and Todd goes “That man is dead” to Anthony. Then we meet Helena Bonham Carter’s character Mrs.Lovett. She starts off singing in a high pitch and when she actually speaks her voice was so low it threw me off track. Another thing that kept bothering me was that I was never sure if Mrs.Lovett’s hair was black, chestnut brown or red. I know it had to do with the lighting and everything but at one point when Mrs. Lovett and Todd are in the marketplace her hair changes from black to brown then black then back to brown. Maybe I was just seeing things but it was really pissing me off. Also during her daydream scene her dresses where very beautiful and unique. This defiantly fuels my desire for a Victorian wardrobe. Okay back to the movie: Well when Anthony first sang it sounded as if it was the wrong melody. Also the film was very bloody. One of my worst fears is getting my neck cut open or my ankles (thanks Hostel) so I kept getting chills. Unless you’re a fan of Kill Bill and all of Terrintino’s movies you should be okay. Overall the film was great it had romance, blood, humor oh and that guy from Borat is in it too. Yea this was a movie that I would defiantly buy the DVD when it comes out.
Lita Ford the Chinchilla gives this move a “Tail up” rating
Other notable actors: Alan Rickman (Dogma and Harry Potter), Timothy Spall (Harry Potter, Lemony Snickets, Rockstar), Sacha Baron Cohan (Borat, Ricky Bobby, Ali G) and Jamie Bower the cute guy who played Anthony Hope.
In case you didn’t know I’m an anime junkie. Oh yes my life revolves around anime to the point where I don’t leave my house Saturday nights just so I can watch both runs of Adultswim’s action block. Well with the new lineup (and hopefully it will last!)
11PM – Bleach [New Episodes begin March 1st]
11.5PM – Death Note
12AM – FullMetal Alchemist
12.5AM – Blood+ [Ends March 22nd]
1AM – Samurai Champloo 1.5AM – Big O —-REpeat
5AM – InuYasha
5.5AM – Astro Boy
Of course I’m very excited to see this great show return to the airwaves and am surprised by [as] new lineup. Here’s a summary from Wikipedia.
Forty years prior to the events of the series, disaster struck.[2] The world was turned into a vast desert wasteland and the survivors were left without memories. The story takes place in Paradigm City, a corporate police state run by the ParadigmCorporation.[3] The town is recognized for its geodesic domes, a giant structure that houses the richer citizens and segregates the poor to living outside the domes.
The Big O deals with the nature of memories. A memory is a record stored in the brain of an organism, but in Paradigm City memories can mean so much more.[4] “Memories” (メモリー,Memorī?) embody the lost knowledge of its residents, and can take the form of records from before the Event,[5] forgotten artifacts from the previous era or manifest themselves as recollection, hallucinations and recurring dreams.[6]
The first half of the series is episodic. Each Act revolves around different citizens of Paradigm dealing with the resurgence of lost Memories and how they manage to go on living without knowledge of what did or did not happen. The final episodes introduce elements that come into play during season two like the existence of people outside of Paradigm City, the nature of the Cataclysm that destroyed the world and the “Power of God wielded by the hand of man.”
The second season takes an arc-based approach. Instead of self-contained stories like in season one, season two features a continuous storyline. This season makes Alex Rosewater, CEO of the Paradigm Corporation, a direct antagonist to The Negotiator and introduces The Union, agents of a foreign power working within Paradigm.
The animation is fantastic also. Lita Ford gives this a big “Tail up”. Don’t miss out on it. Also just for the purpose of nostalgia here’s the original Adultswim promos.
Yes I know this blog is a bit prolonged since the new year was earlier in the week but I thought I would still post it. As I rang in the new year I decided to leave a comment on the profile of my favorite band Hot Hot Heat. After I finished the comment I went back to their page for no real reason. The song “My Best Fiend” began to play. I sat there and listened to that song I thought what a great band to start off the new year with. “My Best Fiend” is off their new studio album Happiness Ltd. It is a really good album that I think everyone should listen to. It was released September 11th 2007.
They also have a digital EP titled Happiness Ltd. - EP that was released on itunes December 18,2007. It was released on other music sites January 1, 2008. On this EP there is three new songs as well as acoustic covers of a couple of songs from the Happiness Ltd album. I would highly recommend it plus the cover is nice to look at.
If you have a chance you should really see them in concert, they put on a great show. If all is right I will see them for the fifth time February 9th. They are that good that I want to see them way more than once.
So with all the hype of Juno this little korean film is finally getting notice. I watched it a year ago and loved it and still do. Don’t worry it’s not like Juno where the pregnant teenager gives up the baby. No this is where two 15 year old kids stick it together and try to keep the pregnancy a secret.
The Good: Jenny and Juno’s love is so innocent and pure even if they did the dirty deed. Jenny’s actress (Park Min-ji) is great as a pregnant woman while Juno’s actor (Kim Hye-sung) is the boy most girls would kill to have. Mainly the movie centers around their love and their decision to keep the baby.
The Bad: Jenny never looks pregnant! Not once. In one scene her girl friends from school take off her night gown revealing her stomach. At this point one can assume she’s at least six or seven months pregnant and she has the stomach of a belly dancer!!
Overall: I enjoyed it and sometimes it lagged a bit but my favorite scene would have to be when Jenny and Juno were playing a some nursery rhyme (the tadpole turns into a frog) with little kids in yellow sweaters. A great movie to watch on a Tuesday night.
