Welcome back to my countdown. Sorry it took so long, I had a few school things to do and sort out. In other words, do the stuff that I find important and dump the other stuff that I don't think is important. So let's skip the intro and cut to the chase.
3. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee.
Now most of us know this book. Some of us have seen the film other than read the novel. It's in the views of a little girl nicknamed Scout who is the daughter of a lawyer who is trying to defend an African-American who was framed for raping a white woman. Now we know about this; rascism is bad but the novel is different because it's in the views of a little girl, someone who doesn't fully understand rascism. Which is actually a pretty good idea. The part in the book I really wanted to read was the trial. I wanted to see the evidence that the African-American was innocent. Now I liked Scout and I did like her other advetures she experienced. Even though they were technically fillers, it was still pretty interesting. Like the time she meets the new teacher who doesn't want her to read and write very well, the new old woman who is snobbish and she and her brother finding things in a tree. Now I'm not sure about the film. The only difference I noticed so far was the father Atticus was the main character not his daughter. I'm not sure if I want to watch it; I loved the book and everyone loves the film. I just don't want to watch dramas on TV, reading books is different even though there both dramas. I don't know, I can't figure out why I don't want to see the film, I know the ending is good. Oh well, I change my mind and might watch it, but don't worry I won't make a comparison between the film and the book. I'll just talk about the ones that's completly different from each other.
2. Kensuke's Kingdom - Michael Morpurgo.
Michael Morpurgo is one of the greatest children's authors in the world. I remembered in Primary school the teacher read the story "The Butterfly lion". Yes another drama book but it's also an adventure. Kensuke's Kingdom is a wonderful book about a boy called Michael who got washed out of his parents boat and he and his pet dog find themselves in another island. A modernish Robinson Crusoe but when Michael starts getting hungry, the next morning he sees food and water. He starts to learn that an old Japanese man called Kensuke is stranded on the island as well. Kensuke no bits of English and has some kind of friendship with orangutans. Michael and Kensuke start to become friends; working together to survive, Kensuke teaching Michael a bit of Japanese and other things. Kensuke starts explaining more about his past and how he became friends with the orangutans. But what is great about this book is the climax. We now that Michael misses his parents but it is hard since he made great friends with Kensuke and later on Kensuke admits Michael is like a son to him. Not much to give away but the ending is lovely, sad but lovely. Try and read this book, it's quite a surpise if you never heard of Michael Morpurgo or read his books before.
And the number 1 favourite book is...
Unhooking the moon - Gregory Hughes.
This is a beautiful book, believe me it is. It's a classic road trip book about two prairie kids who are now orphans and are on there way to New York and find their uncle and live with him. Their mother died along time ago and their father died after a school play he wasn't at at the time. The chief was thinking of sending the kids to a home so they could get foster parents but they didn't want to. Now I know it's stupid that these kids don't want foster parents even though they are basically parents. But remember they're kids, they don't know a lot of things, they just don't want foster parents because...they just don't want any. They want to be raised by their uncle even though they were told he was a drug dealer. Wow. So yeah it's just a basic road trip adventure but the surprise is the main character, Marie-Claire Debillier or as she is nicknamed The Rat. She is addressed as The Rat from her brother Bob (the narrator) because of her ratty features like her pointed ears. She is awesome! She's obsessed with soccer (football), rapping and skateboarding. Yeah most girl book characters are like that but The Rat does good impressions and she always has these feelings like knowing is something bad is going to happen and who is good or bad. She has a strange insight in death; When her father dies she doesn't kneel next to him and weep uncontrolably like her brother but just rushes to the phone and calls the chief and doesn't even shed a tear. She's like that because she knows her father is up in heaven with his wife. She was sad but she was happy that he was in heaven. She has these spontaneous spasm attacks which pass by at times. Her father was always there to comfort her and bring her back from her spasms but since he was dead I wanted to see how Bob dealed with it. Bob is only 12 and is more mild-mannered than his little sister, but he isn't always strong and followed his sister everywhere. Their father is incredibly nice. He is always having fun with his daughter, always waking them up early when it's not a school day, a Frank Sinatra lover and is always great drunk or sober. And he does have good parenting skills, when The Rat has a nightmare of a Native American monster about to attack her, her father warns her that there are monsters in real life called paedophiles which The Rat calls "goddamn paedophiles". And that's a good idea; parents should warn their children about paedophiles, it really does explain why they must never to talk to strangers. The kids make friends on the way: A cigar smuggler, a hustler and a famous rapper. Yeah, those are weird friends but The Rat knows whose good and who isn't. But the book has a lot of heart, she sometimes has a vision in her spasms and says she is in a white room all alone which some people asume it's not the home. Bob says that even if she is in the craziest part of an asylum, he is still proud to be her brother. That...is beautiful. But what is great is the ending which we needn't go into, all I'm going to say is it is bitter sweet, that's it. Go and read this book; its a wonderful adventure with a lot of heart and a ending that comes out of nowhere.
And that's the countdown, I know that's a lot to talk about for the number 1 spot but that's because it was so good. I know it's strange that "Catcher in the Rye" and "To kill a Mockingbird" is not in the number 1 spot since they're big hits, but it's my countdown. Plus "Unhooking the moon" is brilliant, go and rent it or buy it from a library. If they don't have it make a order. If the order doesn't arrive, use Amazon.com.
09/03/2011
01/03/2011
Top 7 favourite books. Part 1.
I love books! I really do, I used to care more about films and got bored just reading the first couple of pages from books. here were times I did read through and entire book but I didn't feel quite that over whelmed when I finished it. Even if it had a good ending I didn't care about it. So what made me a book-lover? Well a long time ago, during the holidays, I saw a trailer on the TV and it was called "Percy Jackson and the Lightning thief". I was so hyped up to see it. It had monsters, action, Greek myths and a race against time. I wanted to see it, but my mum found out it was based on a book, so bought that for me. I didn't care since I wasn't a book fan then, but I decided to give it a try and see what it's like. And I found myself reading on and on, non-stop. It seemed much cooler, it felt more like a 12 year old actually did write it. I thought it was good because you get confused at the beginning and you want to know what's going on. It wasn't just that book that brought me into the book series and made me interested in Greek myths, but other books. I read quite alot of books now, so I decided to type a blog about my top 7 favourite books, aside from Percy Jackson. So let's dive in.
7. The seven fabulous wonders, book 4. The Mausoleum Murder - written by Katherine Roberts.
OK, technically it's cheating that it's from a series, so I should include the other books. But the book are usually different. It's based on the 7 fabulous wonders so the books always set in another country with different characters, different beliefs and different magic. The Mausoleum murder is about a Greek boy called Alexis born in Halicarnassus during the war between Halicarnassus and Macedonia. Alexis has the gift to turn statues (with gold in side or coating it) into real people. He really summons a lost soul and sends the soul into the statue. His friend and stepmother were statues before and they can stay still very well and are incredibly strong. His stepmother is always wanting him to erase his powers by asking help from the river god. He finds out his long lost father had appeared in the streets was murdered before and he suspects his stepmother to have done it. He befriended the princess but they find out she was kidnapped; her father suggests that it was the Macedonians. So Alexis has to save the princess and proof that his stepmother did kill his father. But as it progresses, we find out more about how Alexis got his powers and who his stepmother really was before. I do like this book mainly because it drawed me in more than the other books, I just didn't like the others, like the book about a girl who is the daughter of a mortal and a sea demon called a telkhine. The problem is, Mausoleum murder and the other books are a bit rushed, like we have to accept the fact that Alexis can do this. But I think it's cool that he can do this; he uses this ability when he msakes a statue of his father and tries to transmit his father's soul into the statue and does the same with a statue of the Chimaera which the princess suggested. But what makes it better is the twist at the end, which we needn't talk about. No clues, you might have to read the book. Don't worry you don't need to read the series to understand what's going on, it's always different, just with magic and unsuspected characters.
6. The road of the dead - written by Kevin Brooks.
This is a mystery book about Ruben and Cole who are half gypsy who find out there sister was murdered. They really want to find out who killed her saw the police finds the culprit and Cole and Ruben and their mother could have a proper burial. Ruben is 14 years old and the narrater. He is quiet and observant and has the ability to "feel" what other people feel. His brother, Cole is a devil angel who doesn't smile alot and always fights with others. He doesn't care if he dies or lives but he loves his little brother. It has an esscence of prejudice since the brothers are half gypsy and quite alot of people hate them especially a small group of gypsies who Cole befriends. It brings you into the book to find out who killed te sister and why was she killed. And it has one of the scariest vilaains. Sean Redman or Red is a slimy creep who acts all nice to the brothers, especially Ruben but when he's angry, man is he scary. He even enjoys it near the end when he starts beating Ruben up. Dude, he's 14, what an a-hole. When I found out the reason for the murder, my heart felt like it just stopped. It's really good, with a good twist. Cole is...insane. He uses a gun quite frequently and doesn't really hesitate to use it, unless the villain has Ruben. The villain, aside from Red, is a greedy land owner who would do anything to get hold of the land. Nothing much to say but, dang that is a creepy baddy.
5. Push - written by Sapphire.
This is a very disturbing book. About 16 year old Claireece Jones or Precious who is pregnant for the second time after being raped by her father, for the second time! That, is so wrong! She can't read nor write and she gets expelled from her school after being pregnant and goes to an alternative school when Precious starts to excape her tormenting life and finally reach to happiness thanks to her kind teacher, Mrs Blue Rain. Her mother, is a bitch! I mean it, anyone who saw the film "Precious" or read the book knows what I'm talking about. Mary Lee Johnston swears at her daughter, beats her up with a frying pan or other things and when she is down, she carries on kicking poor Precious in the face. Sometimes Mary commits incest as well but rarely does it. I don't know what drew me into this book; it was about incest, rape, child abuse, teen pregnancy and AIDs/HIV. But I guess I wanted to know what was going to happen to her. Plus, I watched the trailer and saw a clip of Precious fighting back against her mother, so I wanted to see Precious beat that monster of a mother. Mary Lee Johnston is worse than József Barsi (look him up) I mean she keeps blaming Precious for making her husband leave her. Hello, he raped your daughter, and you're blaming her!? I pray you shall rot in hell you fat arsed bitch. The style of writing shows that Precious really was illiterate before but is learning, she usually involves her own dialect, like "chile" or "nuffin'"and. My opinion, probably read the book, the film might be good, but usually the book is better than the film.
4. The Catcher in the Rye - J.D Salinger.
An adventure of Holden Caulfield who's a 16 year old boy who recently got expelled from 4 schools, but after all that,he decides to run away and decide to live on his own and has adventures in the city. OK, he is a liar who keeps calling himself different names and about his age. But he is a normal guy who acts like most 16 year olds, he's just immature. All in all, he's an OK guy; he befriends people like a few nuns and a little kid. He does some stupid things but he's just a teen and most teens make a lot of mistakes. Adults make a few mistakes but they plan ahead. Though to be honest the stupidest mistake he made was pretending to be an adult (though he looks like one and has half his hair grey) and he was almost about to make out with a prostitute. OK, that was a bad idea for a 16 year old to do, but he doesn't really want to act older and sometimes acts like a 13 year old, sometimes he is hoarsing around. I like him, mainly because he's a nice guy and he isn't afraid to make his own decisions. It's not just about rebellionism but it also has a message on how we should make our decisions. The reason why it's called "Catcher in the Rye" because Holden mistakes the name of a poem a little boy starts humming which he believes is called "If a body catch a body coming through the Rye" though his sister corrected him and told him it was "If a body caught a body coming through the Rye" which was written by Robert Burns. (I just thought it would be nice to explain the title). So all in all, great book, great(ish) character and great premise.
Join in for part 2, because I'm still needing to think about explaining the books without revealing the ending. Plus, I'm still thinking of arranging the other numbers. But I'm still sticking with the number 1 spot, nothing can top that book.
7. The seven fabulous wonders, book 4. The Mausoleum Murder - written by Katherine Roberts.
OK, technically it's cheating that it's from a series, so I should include the other books. But the book are usually different. It's based on the 7 fabulous wonders so the books always set in another country with different characters, different beliefs and different magic. The Mausoleum murder is about a Greek boy called Alexis born in Halicarnassus during the war between Halicarnassus and Macedonia. Alexis has the gift to turn statues (with gold in side or coating it) into real people. He really summons a lost soul and sends the soul into the statue. His friend and stepmother were statues before and they can stay still very well and are incredibly strong. His stepmother is always wanting him to erase his powers by asking help from the river god. He finds out his long lost father had appeared in the streets was murdered before and he suspects his stepmother to have done it. He befriended the princess but they find out she was kidnapped; her father suggests that it was the Macedonians. So Alexis has to save the princess and proof that his stepmother did kill his father. But as it progresses, we find out more about how Alexis got his powers and who his stepmother really was before. I do like this book mainly because it drawed me in more than the other books, I just didn't like the others, like the book about a girl who is the daughter of a mortal and a sea demon called a telkhine. The problem is, Mausoleum murder and the other books are a bit rushed, like we have to accept the fact that Alexis can do this. But I think it's cool that he can do this; he uses this ability when he msakes a statue of his father and tries to transmit his father's soul into the statue and does the same with a statue of the Chimaera which the princess suggested. But what makes it better is the twist at the end, which we needn't talk about. No clues, you might have to read the book. Don't worry you don't need to read the series to understand what's going on, it's always different, just with magic and unsuspected characters.
6. The road of the dead - written by Kevin Brooks.
This is a mystery book about Ruben and Cole who are half gypsy who find out there sister was murdered. They really want to find out who killed her saw the police finds the culprit and Cole and Ruben and their mother could have a proper burial. Ruben is 14 years old and the narrater. He is quiet and observant and has the ability to "feel" what other people feel. His brother, Cole is a devil angel who doesn't smile alot and always fights with others. He doesn't care if he dies or lives but he loves his little brother. It has an esscence of prejudice since the brothers are half gypsy and quite alot of people hate them especially a small group of gypsies who Cole befriends. It brings you into the book to find out who killed te sister and why was she killed. And it has one of the scariest vilaains. Sean Redman or Red is a slimy creep who acts all nice to the brothers, especially Ruben but when he's angry, man is he scary. He even enjoys it near the end when he starts beating Ruben up. Dude, he's 14, what an a-hole. When I found out the reason for the murder, my heart felt like it just stopped. It's really good, with a good twist. Cole is...insane. He uses a gun quite frequently and doesn't really hesitate to use it, unless the villain has Ruben. The villain, aside from Red, is a greedy land owner who would do anything to get hold of the land. Nothing much to say but, dang that is a creepy baddy.
5. Push - written by Sapphire.
This is a very disturbing book. About 16 year old Claireece Jones or Precious who is pregnant for the second time after being raped by her father, for the second time! That, is so wrong! She can't read nor write and she gets expelled from her school after being pregnant and goes to an alternative school when Precious starts to excape her tormenting life and finally reach to happiness thanks to her kind teacher, Mrs Blue Rain. Her mother, is a bitch! I mean it, anyone who saw the film "Precious" or read the book knows what I'm talking about. Mary Lee Johnston swears at her daughter, beats her up with a frying pan or other things and when she is down, she carries on kicking poor Precious in the face. Sometimes Mary commits incest as well but rarely does it. I don't know what drew me into this book; it was about incest, rape, child abuse, teen pregnancy and AIDs/HIV. But I guess I wanted to know what was going to happen to her. Plus, I watched the trailer and saw a clip of Precious fighting back against her mother, so I wanted to see Precious beat that monster of a mother. Mary Lee Johnston is worse than József Barsi (look him up) I mean she keeps blaming Precious for making her husband leave her. Hello, he raped your daughter, and you're blaming her!? I pray you shall rot in hell you fat arsed bitch. The style of writing shows that Precious really was illiterate before but is learning, she usually involves her own dialect, like "chile" or "nuffin'"and. My opinion, probably read the book, the film might be good, but usually the book is better than the film.
4. The Catcher in the Rye - J.D Salinger.
An adventure of Holden Caulfield who's a 16 year old boy who recently got expelled from 4 schools, but after all that,he decides to run away and decide to live on his own and has adventures in the city. OK, he is a liar who keeps calling himself different names and about his age. But he is a normal guy who acts like most 16 year olds, he's just immature. All in all, he's an OK guy; he befriends people like a few nuns and a little kid. He does some stupid things but he's just a teen and most teens make a lot of mistakes. Adults make a few mistakes but they plan ahead. Though to be honest the stupidest mistake he made was pretending to be an adult (though he looks like one and has half his hair grey) and he was almost about to make out with a prostitute. OK, that was a bad idea for a 16 year old to do, but he doesn't really want to act older and sometimes acts like a 13 year old, sometimes he is hoarsing around. I like him, mainly because he's a nice guy and he isn't afraid to make his own decisions. It's not just about rebellionism but it also has a message on how we should make our decisions. The reason why it's called "Catcher in the Rye" because Holden mistakes the name of a poem a little boy starts humming which he believes is called "If a body catch a body coming through the Rye" though his sister corrected him and told him it was "If a body caught a body coming through the Rye" which was written by Robert Burns. (I just thought it would be nice to explain the title). So all in all, great book, great(ish) character and great premise.
Join in for part 2, because I'm still needing to think about explaining the books without revealing the ending. Plus, I'm still thinking of arranging the other numbers. But I'm still sticking with the number 1 spot, nothing can top that book.
25/02/2011
The Land Before Time sequels
"Land before time" was one of the greatest children's films of all time. For the ones who didn't see this film (shame on you) it's a film which sets in the Prehistoric times which has anthropomorphic dinosaurs, the land they live in starts to run out of vegetation so all the dinosaurs migrate to a place called the Great Valley which is said to have lush and vertile land with enough vegetation for all the plant eating dinosaurs. It focuses on a group of young dinosaurs who are separated from their parents by an earthquake so they journey on their own, facing deadly obstacles from tar pits to meat eating dinosaurs. The characters are Littlefoot (voiced by Gabriel Damon) who is called a Longneck (Apatosaurus)who is orphaned since his mother died after she protected her son and his friend from a Sharptooth (T-rex) so all he has is his grandparents. Cera (voiced by Candace Hutson) who is a Three-horn (Triceratops) who is tomboyish, strong and boastful. Ducky (voiced by late Judith Barsi(you don't want to know what happened)) a Big-mouth (Parasaurolophus) who is perky, innocent, sweet and big-hearted. Petrie (voiced by Will Ryan)who is a Flyer (Pteranodon) who was afraid of heights and couldn't fly at first until later on. He is very talkative but speaks in a broken English. Finaly Spike who is a Spike-tail (Stegosaurus)doesn't really talk because Ducky just found him when he hatched from his egg. The film is about prejudice, courage and friendship. We know there is prejudism in it when we hear that dinosaur children aren't aloud to talk to other dinosaur children from other races. It isn't a happy go-lucky film since half way through Littlefoot and Cera fight each other when they arrive to a fork in the path. The fighting scene is very brutal, we see silhouettes most of the times but when we see them actually fighting you just want to turn away. It's no surprise why it's so good; it was made by Don Bluth,Stephen Spielberg and George Lucas who are famous people in film making. The end credits is also beautiful as it is sang by Diana Ross and the title is fiting with this film, "If we hold on together" (check it out on YouTube). And the child voice actors are really good, you rarely get films with children as the main characters, can you? "Land before time" is the most wonderful film in history, there is no denying it. There is no problems in this at all, but there was one problem. The sequels. Gah! This is awful! There's not much to say since sequels always ruin it's predecessor, apart from "The Rescuers 2". But there is mainly 7 sequels for big Blockbuster films, but this film had 12 sequels. 12 SEQUELS!!!! What's wrong with the sequels? Well let's take a look.
The second film,"The Great Valley adventure" introduces a new character. A baby dinosaur,Chomper, who is obviously a baby Shaprtooth takes part in this new series. Now that's not bad, but here's the thing in all the other film. There is songs in it....Yes, this has now become...a musical. NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! Why did you make it a musical!? It was never a musical! Don Bluth are you mad!? But it's worse than that; the sequels aren't written by Don Bluth nor the other 2. I would say that is plagirism, but it's not really since they added songs, changed the characters personality and kept making it look like the dinosaur kids don't like being treated like kids. When they are!!! And the effects are too cartoony; the 1st film was realistic, gritty and dark at times. Oh, and I found out that some of the sequels aren't always exploring and fighting dangerous animals but sometimes it's introducing new characters and is too childish other than serious. But wait, it get's worse, not only the songs are made, but the singing is awful. The father of Cera sings in "The Time of the Great Giving" and he makes Jedward look like great singers. (Oh yes, I went there). But wait, listen to the title of the 11 film. "Invasion of the Tinysaurus"...I really wish I made that up. Tiny dinosaurs start to come out and the Littlefoot and Cera are fighting over a...delicious plant called "Treesweets". *sob sob sob sob* And it gets worse than that, the 13th film (empathise on 13) has a new dinosaur species with bouncing yellow bellies (bouncing bellies, I can't believe this f**k)non of the other dinosaurs knew about. (If you want to know it's realistic name, it Beipiaosaurus). And they are trying to find there way to Berry Valley, so Little foot and his friends help the unintelligent creatures get there. Yes, and there is not many dangers on the way. So it's mostly happy go-lucky...FU...!
*dew to the technilogical problems after Agria Agori smashed the laptop after a tantrum, this might be delayed*
Sorry, I was busy crying and taking therapy after the death of children's classical film after seeing trailers and clips from the other sequels. I mean...It's so bad I can't type this into words. I know this is a massive disappointment because you lot probably want to know what else about the sequels killed the "Land before time". But, I will type up quotes and scenes from the 1st film and it's sequels and put them together back to back and you'll see why.:-
Death of Littlefoot's mother-
M- Dear sweet Littlefoot...do you remember the way to the Great Valley?
L- *sniffing* I guess so. But why do I have to go when you're not going to be with me?
M- I'll be with you...even if you can't see me.
L- What do you mean can't see you? I can always see you.
M- Littlefoot...let your heart guide you...it whispers...*quietly*so listen closely.
*pause*
L- Mother? Mother?
The Great Valley adventure (II)-
*singing*
Group- We're family and you're one of us now! We're family and you're one of us now!
Cera and Littlefoot fight-
L- But it's the wrong way!
C- Who says?
L- My mother!
C- Then she was the stupid Longneck to!
The Mysterious island(V)-
*singing*
Group- Don't want to be friends for dinner. Don't want to be friends, for dinner.
D- We'd rather stick in the mud.
P- Fall out of a tree.
C- Fall like a rock slide into the sea.
Group- One thing we don't want to be is friends for dinner!
"If we hold on together" lyrics (some of it)-
When we are out there in the dark,
We'll dream about the sun,
In the dark we'll feel the light,
Warm our hearts everyone
If we hold on together,
I know are dreams will never die,
Dreams see us through to forever,
As high, as souls can fly,
The clouds roll by for you and I.
Wisdom of friends (XIII)-
*singing*
Doofah- Come on and try!
Loofah- Come on and try!
P- Me no good on the ground need to do better in the sky!
Lo- Ducky?
D- We do not dance.
P- We not like you.
C- You look so silly.
Lo- Thanks! Silly's what we do!
Well *sigh* do they fit together? Do you think they fit together? I don't think it fits together! So it doesn't fit together!!!! SHAME ON THOU SEQUELS! SHAME ON THOU!!! I just can't believe this! Doofah and Loofah? Are you serious? And the worst thing is, Doofah is voiced by Cuba Gooding Jr who was in "A Murder of Crows", "Men of Honour", "Pearl Harbour", and "Radio", and those are serious films! And the voice actress of Loofah is Golden Globe winning acteress Sandra Oh, who was in "The Red violin", "3 Needles", "The Night Listener" and "Sideways" which were also serious films! I know it's OK for actors and actresses to have a sence of humour and take part in children's films, but Cuba Gooding Jr and Sandra Oh are mostly in serious drama films, this is just ruining their image. Come on, there isn't any sad scenes? There are said scenes in "Up" for crying out loud! It would be better if Littlefoot kept sighing because he's still depressed about the death of his mother! You think it was easy to quote from the sequels? It wasn't; the singing was awful, especially "Wisdom of Friends", you can't believe how bad Petrie's singing was. The child voice actors aren't as good as the ones in the 1st film. Jodith Barsi was really good, she has done a good job when she was in the crying scene. And no, I'm not gonna tell you how she died, it is depressing, look it up on Wikipedia or YouTube. (FYI, you might have to have tissues with you). Bottom line, the sequels suck. The songs, adventures, names, characteristics are awful. My advice, buy the 1st film, it is considered a box office success, buy it and forget that it had sequels. Oh, and don't you think I'm gonna talk about the TV series, the sequels were bad enough!
The second film,"The Great Valley adventure" introduces a new character. A baby dinosaur,Chomper, who is obviously a baby Shaprtooth takes part in this new series. Now that's not bad, but here's the thing in all the other film. There is songs in it....Yes, this has now become...a musical. NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! Why did you make it a musical!? It was never a musical! Don Bluth are you mad!? But it's worse than that; the sequels aren't written by Don Bluth nor the other 2. I would say that is plagirism, but it's not really since they added songs, changed the characters personality and kept making it look like the dinosaur kids don't like being treated like kids. When they are!!! And the effects are too cartoony; the 1st film was realistic, gritty and dark at times. Oh, and I found out that some of the sequels aren't always exploring and fighting dangerous animals but sometimes it's introducing new characters and is too childish other than serious. But wait, it get's worse, not only the songs are made, but the singing is awful. The father of Cera sings in "The Time of the Great Giving" and he makes Jedward look like great singers. (Oh yes, I went there). But wait, listen to the title of the 11 film. "Invasion of the Tinysaurus"...I really wish I made that up. Tiny dinosaurs start to come out and the Littlefoot and Cera are fighting over a...delicious plant called "Treesweets". *sob sob sob sob* And it gets worse than that, the 13th film (empathise on 13) has a new dinosaur species with bouncing yellow bellies (bouncing bellies, I can't believe this f**k)non of the other dinosaurs knew about. (If you want to know it's realistic name, it Beipiaosaurus). And they are trying to find there way to Berry Valley, so Little foot and his friends help the unintelligent creatures get there. Yes, and there is not many dangers on the way. So it's mostly happy go-lucky...FU...!
*dew to the technilogical problems after Agria Agori smashed the laptop after a tantrum, this might be delayed*
Sorry, I was busy crying and taking therapy after the death of children's classical film after seeing trailers and clips from the other sequels. I mean...It's so bad I can't type this into words. I know this is a massive disappointment because you lot probably want to know what else about the sequels killed the "Land before time". But, I will type up quotes and scenes from the 1st film and it's sequels and put them together back to back and you'll see why.:-
Death of Littlefoot's mother-
M- Dear sweet Littlefoot...do you remember the way to the Great Valley?
L- *sniffing* I guess so. But why do I have to go when you're not going to be with me?
M- I'll be with you...even if you can't see me.
L- What do you mean can't see you? I can always see you.
M- Littlefoot...let your heart guide you...it whispers...*quietly*so listen closely.
*pause*
L- Mother? Mother?
The Great Valley adventure (II)-
*singing*
Group- We're family and you're one of us now! We're family and you're one of us now!
Cera and Littlefoot fight-
L- But it's the wrong way!
C- Who says?
L- My mother!
C- Then she was the stupid Longneck to!
The Mysterious island(V)-
*singing*
Group- Don't want to be friends for dinner. Don't want to be friends, for dinner.
D- We'd rather stick in the mud.
P- Fall out of a tree.
C- Fall like a rock slide into the sea.
Group- One thing we don't want to be is friends for dinner!
"If we hold on together" lyrics (some of it)-
When we are out there in the dark,
We'll dream about the sun,
In the dark we'll feel the light,
Warm our hearts everyone
If we hold on together,
I know are dreams will never die,
Dreams see us through to forever,
As high, as souls can fly,
The clouds roll by for you and I.
Wisdom of friends (XIII)-
*singing*
Doofah- Come on and try!
Loofah- Come on and try!
P- Me no good on the ground need to do better in the sky!
Lo- Ducky?
D- We do not dance.
P- We not like you.
C- You look so silly.
Lo- Thanks! Silly's what we do!
Well *sigh* do they fit together? Do you think they fit together? I don't think it fits together! So it doesn't fit together!!!! SHAME ON THOU SEQUELS! SHAME ON THOU!!! I just can't believe this! Doofah and Loofah? Are you serious? And the worst thing is, Doofah is voiced by Cuba Gooding Jr who was in "A Murder of Crows", "Men of Honour", "Pearl Harbour", and "Radio", and those are serious films! And the voice actress of Loofah is Golden Globe winning acteress Sandra Oh, who was in "The Red violin", "3 Needles", "The Night Listener" and "Sideways" which were also serious films! I know it's OK for actors and actresses to have a sence of humour and take part in children's films, but Cuba Gooding Jr and Sandra Oh are mostly in serious drama films, this is just ruining their image. Come on, there isn't any sad scenes? There are said scenes in "Up" for crying out loud! It would be better if Littlefoot kept sighing because he's still depressed about the death of his mother! You think it was easy to quote from the sequels? It wasn't; the singing was awful, especially "Wisdom of Friends", you can't believe how bad Petrie's singing was. The child voice actors aren't as good as the ones in the 1st film. Jodith Barsi was really good, she has done a good job when she was in the crying scene. And no, I'm not gonna tell you how she died, it is depressing, look it up on Wikipedia or YouTube. (FYI, you might have to have tissues with you). Bottom line, the sequels suck. The songs, adventures, names, characteristics are awful. My advice, buy the 1st film, it is considered a box office success, buy it and forget that it had sequels. Oh, and don't you think I'm gonna talk about the TV series, the sequels were bad enough!
23/02/2011
Response to Future 5 comics
I promise this will be the last blog about comics and the last blog about something someone else criticised. But the reason why I do this is because the Batman: Fortunate son was just stupid, Brain Drain was horrendously stupid but this one I'm typing about is very offensive. Future 5 is supposed to be an educational comic book series about a group of college educated adults fighting against a guy called Dr Know who is trying to take over the world. Sound simple enough? Well Dr Know's method is trying to stop people to go to college so he'll be smarter than anyone else in the world, thus making him rich and powerful. And there is a message in the comic book series; they're saying that if you don't go to college, you will ruin you life forever and regret it. No! That is just offensive! You do need college for a job but a college degree does not guarantee success and all that. OK, I'm choosing to go to college to be a researcher for the media but here me out; I really want to be an author, the researcher part is my second job. I already have plans for my book series, in fact I'm writing a book already and I'm still in High School, and I don't even have this "precious college education". OK, I know college is a useful thing in life and I do need a higher English education to complete that dream. But, the thing is, in my theory, you don't just need good grammar, you need a good inspiration and have to make sure the story makes sense. It doesn't have to be something original, if you make the book something people wouldn't want to put down, you life will be a success. And if you make it a first person view and the character is a kid, it doesn't matter what the words are like, it's OK because it looks like an actual kid wrote it. (Which is why all my books (if possible) are going to have the main character as kids or teens). Look at Sapphire's book "Push", some of the words are misspelled but that looks like it really was written by someone learning to write, but I digress.
So, yeah, the writer of Future 5 thinks that people without college education are going to be complete failures. Oh thanks a lot! That would make more people fell upset and offended. Now don't get me wrong, if you want to take college, fine I don't care, I'm just saying that this is offensive. And the writer did make a good list of famous people and what they succeeded at. Here is a list of some of them I looked up :-
Barack Obama Tom Hanks
Donald Trump J. Craig Ventor(scientist)
Tiger Woods Oprah Winfrey
Maya Lin(architect) Brad Pitt
Martin Luther King Jr Harry Hill
Rita Mae Brown(astronaut) Michael McIntyre
Yeah that's a good list of people but there is a little problem, I done some research and found out even more famous people were successful when some of them didn't go to college or dropped out of college. Here is the list of people who didn't get their college degrees:-
Walt Disney Sean Connery
Simon Cowell John D. Rockefeller(oil magnate)
Wolfgang Puck(chef) Halle Berry(actress) Michael J. Fox(actor) Johnny Depp
Here is the people who dropped out of high school/college:-
Stephen Spielberg Michael Dell Bill Gates Christina Aguilera Woody Allen Louis Armstrong Boy George Jim Carrey
Robert De Nero(Oscar-winning actor) Snoop Dog Joe DiMaggio(baseball player) Zac Efron Eminem
And here is my favourite, the 9 presidents who didn't go to college, see if you recognize some of them:-
Abraham Lincoln George Washington Andrew Jackson Martina Van Buren Zachary Taylor Millord Filmore
So, yeah I bet you didn't expect that, did you?
Now I have to repeat this, I'm not against college, it's your choice, go to college if you want to, I'm just saying people who don't go to college aren't immediate failures. This comic book series is just bringing people down, thinking they are ruining their lives. Now, my sister is taking college and I don't care(much), she chose it, it's OK, it's her life. Oh, and if this comic couldn't get any more offensive, it's suggesting people who work in a fast-food restaurants like McDonalds, are beneath college graduates. Do you know what "inconsiderate" means you brainless eejits!?
So, yeah, the writer of Future 5 thinks that people without college education are going to be complete failures. Oh thanks a lot! That would make more people fell upset and offended. Now don't get me wrong, if you want to take college, fine I don't care, I'm just saying that this is offensive. And the writer did make a good list of famous people and what they succeeded at. Here is a list of some of them I looked up :-
Barack Obama Tom Hanks
Donald Trump J. Craig Ventor(scientist)
Tiger Woods Oprah Winfrey
Maya Lin(architect) Brad Pitt
Martin Luther King Jr Harry Hill
Rita Mae Brown(astronaut) Michael McIntyre
Yeah that's a good list of people but there is a little problem, I done some research and found out even more famous people were successful when some of them didn't go to college or dropped out of college. Here is the list of people who didn't get their college degrees:-
Walt Disney Sean Connery
Simon Cowell John D. Rockefeller(oil magnate)
Wolfgang Puck(chef) Halle Berry(actress) Michael J. Fox(actor) Johnny Depp
Here is the people who dropped out of high school/college:-
Stephen Spielberg Michael Dell Bill Gates Christina Aguilera Woody Allen Louis Armstrong Boy George Jim Carrey
Robert De Nero(Oscar-winning actor) Snoop Dog Joe DiMaggio(baseball player) Zac Efron Eminem
And here is my favourite, the 9 presidents who didn't go to college, see if you recognize some of them:-
Abraham Lincoln George Washington Andrew Jackson Martina Van Buren Zachary Taylor Millord Filmore
So, yeah I bet you didn't expect that, did you?
Now I have to repeat this, I'm not against college, it's your choice, go to college if you want to, I'm just saying people who don't go to college aren't immediate failures. This comic book series is just bringing people down, thinking they are ruining their lives. Now, my sister is taking college and I don't care(much), she chose it, it's OK, it's her life. Oh, and if this comic couldn't get any more offensive, it's suggesting people who work in a fast-food restaurants like McDonalds, are beneath college graduates. Do you know what "inconsiderate" means you brainless eejits!?
22/02/2011
Response to Spider man and the Fantastic 4 in...Brain drain
OMG, THIS IS THE WORST THING I EVER HEARD OF!!!!! I'm dead serious, I was mad with Batman: Fortunate son, but this comic is the stupidest, worst f**king thing I ever had the misfortune of hearing! It's going to be so bad since you're gonna see me have a lot of censored swears, and I don't wanta swear a lot in my blogs, but we can do anything in these blogs. Again Linkara criticised this but there are points that I thought of and he didn't think of! (OK, he probably thought of this and mentioned the first one, but the rest he didn't mention) So, what's wrong with this comic? What's wrong with it!? I'll tell you what's f**king wrong with this comic!
Aparently, the smartest students are getting there brain erased so they forget everything what they have learned from their teachers. Reed suspects that Dr Doom is behind it since Spidey saw a Doombot. And the teachers are trying to help the Fantastic 4, I mean they our their students after all. Speaking (or typing) of which, why the teachers? I know the parents would blame them but I think the parents would be concerned as well. Oh, and Susan actually says that they could tag along. WHAT!? There just normal teachers! What could they do!? Anyway, Reed is thinking of tracking Doom with some tracking device since the robots are functioning with wireless technology. OK, that sounds OK, but the stupidest thing is this comic is advertising for a shop that sells items for school work, and (I'm not kidding here) the teachers suggest to use the supplies from the shop to track down Doom....WHAAAAAAATTTT?! They used school supplies to track down Doom when Reeds could have used his technology or I dunno, go to Latveria. You know, the country Doom is the monarch of! And if that's not stupid enough, they were actually able to find Doom with compasses, maps, calculators, pencils, paper et cetera. How the heck were they able to track the signal with things I would have used for Maths and Geography!? It's impossible! Reed is a bloomin' physicist who fought Doom and actually travelled to other dimensions! He would have found Doom without using a damn map!
And there is the stupidest plan Doom has ever came up with. He wanted to make kids stupid because since people say the students are the future leaders of the world, Doom didn't want that to happen since he wanted to take over the world. Err, sorry to mention this Doomsie but when the kids grow older, you'd be an old man or possibly dead! How would they possibly become future world leaders!? Yes, there are some students in the world that might possibly be politicians or presidents. But not all of them! Some students actually want to leave school and the rest want to get other jobs. Scientists, teachers, policemen, journalists, engineers et cetera. How would they be a threat to you? They could get other jobs than become world leaders! Take me for example, I want to be an author and write fantasy, adventure and possibly drama books/book series/novels. Does that make me sound like a threat to a powerful monarch? I THINK NOT!!!
Aside from those two (yes, it's that bad it makes the other points look minor than major) they actually...make the teachers...look like the super...heroes....ARE YOU F**KING KIDDING ME!!!!??? THEY'RE JUST PEOPLE WHO F**KING TEACH OTHER STUDENTS ABOUT STUFF THEY SHOULD F**KING KNOW!!!! AND THEY ARE THE ONES WHO DEFEAT DOOM!!?? BULLSH*T!!!THAT JUST PROOVES THAT DOOM IS THE SH*TIEST AND WIMPIEST SUPER VILLAIN IN COMIC BOOK HISTORY,EVAH!!!!Yes, teachers can be useful to help students, BUT NOT STOP A SUPER VILLAIN/MONARCH!!!! And just to make this even more worse, when they do defeat Doom (*groan*) they find out there is no way to reverse the effects of the brain drain (the name of machine(love the creativity there)) so when they return to the Baxter building, Reed theorises that the teachers should re-teach the students....ISN'T THAT THE F**KING POINT OF TEACHING!!!???TO TEACH STUDENTS AGAIN AND AGAIN FOR IMPORTANT REASONS!!?? WHY DIDN'T THE DAMN TEACHERS THINK OF THAT IN THE FIRST PLACE!!!??...I...I don't get this. THERE WAS NO F**KING POINT ON TRACKING DOOM, MUCH LESS FIGHTING HIM, WHEN THEY COULD HAVE JUST RE-TAUGHT THE STUDENTS!!!??WHY DID THEY CREATE THIS!? WHY DID THEY PUBLISH THIS!? WHERE DID THEY GET THIS IDEA!? WHAT MADE THEM THINK THIS WAS A GOOD PSE COMIC!? WHY THE HELL AM I TELLING YOU THIS!? SOMEBODY KILL ME!!! GAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ooookay, I think I've calmed down now...a little. Though I think I should take a month of therapy. Thank you, the writer...whoever you are. I think it's annoying that the writer thinks the Thing enjoys being inhuman and creepy looking when the Thing hates being the Thing. Who is this writer anyway?...Tom Defalco? The guy who is the former editer and chief of Marvel comics?..................GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!!
Aparently, the smartest students are getting there brain erased so they forget everything what they have learned from their teachers. Reed suspects that Dr Doom is behind it since Spidey saw a Doombot. And the teachers are trying to help the Fantastic 4, I mean they our their students after all. Speaking (or typing) of which, why the teachers? I know the parents would blame them but I think the parents would be concerned as well. Oh, and Susan actually says that they could tag along. WHAT!? There just normal teachers! What could they do!? Anyway, Reed is thinking of tracking Doom with some tracking device since the robots are functioning with wireless technology. OK, that sounds OK, but the stupidest thing is this comic is advertising for a shop that sells items for school work, and (I'm not kidding here) the teachers suggest to use the supplies from the shop to track down Doom....WHAAAAAAATTTT?! They used school supplies to track down Doom when Reeds could have used his technology or I dunno, go to Latveria. You know, the country Doom is the monarch of! And if that's not stupid enough, they were actually able to find Doom with compasses, maps, calculators, pencils, paper et cetera. How the heck were they able to track the signal with things I would have used for Maths and Geography!? It's impossible! Reed is a bloomin' physicist who fought Doom and actually travelled to other dimensions! He would have found Doom without using a damn map!
And there is the stupidest plan Doom has ever came up with. He wanted to make kids stupid because since people say the students are the future leaders of the world, Doom didn't want that to happen since he wanted to take over the world. Err, sorry to mention this Doomsie but when the kids grow older, you'd be an old man or possibly dead! How would they possibly become future world leaders!? Yes, there are some students in the world that might possibly be politicians or presidents. But not all of them! Some students actually want to leave school and the rest want to get other jobs. Scientists, teachers, policemen, journalists, engineers et cetera. How would they be a threat to you? They could get other jobs than become world leaders! Take me for example, I want to be an author and write fantasy, adventure and possibly drama books/book series/novels. Does that make me sound like a threat to a powerful monarch? I THINK NOT!!!
Aside from those two (yes, it's that bad it makes the other points look minor than major) they actually...make the teachers...look like the super...heroes....ARE YOU F**KING KIDDING ME!!!!??? THEY'RE JUST PEOPLE WHO F**KING TEACH OTHER STUDENTS ABOUT STUFF THEY SHOULD F**KING KNOW!!!! AND THEY ARE THE ONES WHO DEFEAT DOOM!!?? BULLSH*T!!!THAT JUST PROOVES THAT DOOM IS THE SH*TIEST AND WIMPIEST SUPER VILLAIN IN COMIC BOOK HISTORY,EVAH!!!!Yes, teachers can be useful to help students, BUT NOT STOP A SUPER VILLAIN/MONARCH!!!! And just to make this even more worse, when they do defeat Doom (*groan*) they find out there is no way to reverse the effects of the brain drain (the name of machine(love the creativity there)) so when they return to the Baxter building, Reed theorises that the teachers should re-teach the students....ISN'T THAT THE F**KING POINT OF TEACHING!!!???TO TEACH STUDENTS AGAIN AND AGAIN FOR IMPORTANT REASONS!!?? WHY DIDN'T THE DAMN TEACHERS THINK OF THAT IN THE FIRST PLACE!!!??...I...I don't get this. THERE WAS NO F**KING POINT ON TRACKING DOOM, MUCH LESS FIGHTING HIM, WHEN THEY COULD HAVE JUST RE-TAUGHT THE STUDENTS!!!??WHY DID THEY CREATE THIS!? WHY DID THEY PUBLISH THIS!? WHERE DID THEY GET THIS IDEA!? WHAT MADE THEM THINK THIS WAS A GOOD PSE COMIC!? WHY THE HELL AM I TELLING YOU THIS!? SOMEBODY KILL ME!!! GAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ooookay, I think I've calmed down now...a little. Though I think I should take a month of therapy. Thank you, the writer...whoever you are. I think it's annoying that the writer thinks the Thing enjoys being inhuman and creepy looking when the Thing hates being the Thing. Who is this writer anyway?...Tom Defalco? The guy who is the former editer and chief of Marvel comics?..................GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!!
09/02/2011
Top 5 stupidest villain moments.
Villains always are creepy, devious and at times goofy, like the villain from 'Dungeons and dragons' or the Joker from most of the Batman cartoons. But sometimes the villains do some of the most stupidest scenes, they sometimes chew the scenery who doesn't really intimidate us except annoy us. (I'm looking at you Terl from 'Battlefield Earth'!)So here is the countdown of the top 5 stupidest moments of villans in film and TV history.
5. White witch's persuasion with Edmund from the the 1988 BBC TV series 'Chronicles of Narnia'.
Don't get me wrong, Barbara Kellerman's acting for the white witch was OK, by OK I mean over the top. I know she's the villainess and she has to act all snotty since she thinks she is a queen, but if you look for the scene of her meeting Edmund in the first place, she is just ruining it. She's supposed to gain Edmund's trust, admittedly she does the gainig trust thing pretty well, she just acts more high and mighty at times. In the 2005 film, the actress acts all comforting and gentle towards Edmund (bad touch alert) and she acts all nonchalantly and smiling sometimes being all mother-like. That is how a villain/villainess is supposed to gain the hero's trust, they need to be kinder and gentle, not act more high and mighty, its more likely to make the hero not trust the villain. Plus, what the white witch looks like in the 1988 TV series is just pathetic, her crown is far to large and ridiculous, in the 2005 film, she looks pretty so that also makes the hero trust the villain some more. So all in all, Barbara Kellerman is an OK actress, not so good characteristics.
4. Prometheus's name.
OK, so not a villain moment nor a film or TV series villain but a comic book villain, I just want to mention this. Prometheus is supposed to be an anti-Batman except Batman is a intelligent detective, Prometheus is smart because of a helmet he designed which enables him to plan ahead. What I find to be a problem is that his name doesn't make sense. I know in myth Prometheus is the titan of forethought therefore meaning planning ahead. But, most people know Prometheus was the one who stole fire from the gods and gave it to mankind. Also, Prometheus was the one who taught mankind, he helped mankind, HE LOVED MANKIND, WHY WOULD A VILLAIN CHOOSE A NAME OF A DEITY WHO LOVED MANKIND!? In 'JLA cry for justice' they said he is the enemy of justice itself. Er...how? I already mentioned he loved mankind so he really can't be against justice. It's like a hero being the son of the devil...oh wait Hellboy. Well maybe a heroine with some abilities of sorcery and has a name of a deadly hag who follows the devil...wait Scarlet witch. Well maybe a hero turning into a villain. Wait, Green Lantern, Scarlet witch, the Atom...forget it.
3. Two face from 'Batman forever'.
Yeah this was pretty obvious. The villains in 'Batman forever' was weird. The Riddler made sense because he is also one of Batman's crazy villains, but Two face in the comics and cartoon is serious, sinister and scary, in 'Batman forever' he is insane, flamboyant and...insane. And the funny thing is the actor, Tommy Lee Jones is the one who played Agent K from 'Men in Black' and some other serious films like 'No country for old men', 'The missing', 'JFK' and 'The fugitive'. And he is the one who plays this pathetic excuse of a intimidating villain? My gosh he was hilarious though, but I still think he was better from the Batman cartoons.
2. Hades from the 'Percy Jackson and the lightning thief' film.
Even though I admitted that I didn't watch the film, but I saw it on the big screen in HMV, even though I couldn't hear it, I could see what the characters were like, like from a black'n'white silent film. And I saw a clip of him from YouTube. And you know what, he was stupid! In the book, he was sinister and was actually scary in the first place, he only smiles in the last book, the last book! He despised Percy when he entered the underworld and he literally radiated power. In the film, he was...flamboyant like Two face, but that is not how I imagined the ruler of the underworld, even the ones who didn't read the book would know that the characteristics for Hades was pathetic. And the form was pathetic,he had black robes that was weaved with the souls of the damned for cryin' out loud in the book! That is what I think of a ruler of the underworld, sinister and I also think he should be quiet and stealthy. Not flamboyant!
And the number 1 stupidest villain moments is...
Thulsa Doom persuading Conan from 'Conan the barbarian'.
Arnold Schwarzenegar plays a barbaric warrior who tries to fight the evil tyrant, Thulsa Doom. (Seriously, they have to call him Doom to empathise he's a villain?)When Conan finally comes to Thulsa and was trying to kill, Thulsa actually tries to persuade Conan that he was doing good things to the world. OK, he did allow Conan to live as a child so that does mean he can persuade him easily. But there's one problem with your persuasion Thulsa, what's that problem excactly?...Oh yeah, YOU KILLED HIS MOTHER WHEN HE WAS LITTLE, WHY SHOULD HE LISTEN TO YOU!? I know villains can persuade heroes but the villain needs to be comforting and gentle, like I mentioned in the number 5 spot, but they also have to know the hero's back story, their weak spots and desires. That is the best way for the villain to persuade the hero. I kind of do like those types of villains, I don't know why, I like the way they use words instead of force on the hero. But Thulsa was the one who killed Conan's mother, that doesn't mean the hero will trust you, if the mother was evil like the mother from 'Push' (the novel not the film) then the hero will trust you, not when she is kind like most mothers are.
And that's the countdown, and maybe I might do the stupidest hero moments, just to level the countdowns.
5. White witch's persuasion with Edmund from the the 1988 BBC TV series 'Chronicles of Narnia'.
Don't get me wrong, Barbara Kellerman's acting for the white witch was OK, by OK I mean over the top. I know she's the villainess and she has to act all snotty since she thinks she is a queen, but if you look for the scene of her meeting Edmund in the first place, she is just ruining it. She's supposed to gain Edmund's trust, admittedly she does the gainig trust thing pretty well, she just acts more high and mighty at times. In the 2005 film, the actress acts all comforting and gentle towards Edmund (bad touch alert) and she acts all nonchalantly and smiling sometimes being all mother-like. That is how a villain/villainess is supposed to gain the hero's trust, they need to be kinder and gentle, not act more high and mighty, its more likely to make the hero not trust the villain. Plus, what the white witch looks like in the 1988 TV series is just pathetic, her crown is far to large and ridiculous, in the 2005 film, she looks pretty so that also makes the hero trust the villain some more. So all in all, Barbara Kellerman is an OK actress, not so good characteristics.
4. Prometheus's name.
OK, so not a villain moment nor a film or TV series villain but a comic book villain, I just want to mention this. Prometheus is supposed to be an anti-Batman except Batman is a intelligent detective, Prometheus is smart because of a helmet he designed which enables him to plan ahead. What I find to be a problem is that his name doesn't make sense. I know in myth Prometheus is the titan of forethought therefore meaning planning ahead. But, most people know Prometheus was the one who stole fire from the gods and gave it to mankind. Also, Prometheus was the one who taught mankind, he helped mankind, HE LOVED MANKIND, WHY WOULD A VILLAIN CHOOSE A NAME OF A DEITY WHO LOVED MANKIND!? In 'JLA cry for justice' they said he is the enemy of justice itself. Er...how? I already mentioned he loved mankind so he really can't be against justice. It's like a hero being the son of the devil...oh wait Hellboy. Well maybe a heroine with some abilities of sorcery and has a name of a deadly hag who follows the devil...wait Scarlet witch. Well maybe a hero turning into a villain. Wait, Green Lantern, Scarlet witch, the Atom...forget it.
3. Two face from 'Batman forever'.
Yeah this was pretty obvious. The villains in 'Batman forever' was weird. The Riddler made sense because he is also one of Batman's crazy villains, but Two face in the comics and cartoon is serious, sinister and scary, in 'Batman forever' he is insane, flamboyant and...insane. And the funny thing is the actor, Tommy Lee Jones is the one who played Agent K from 'Men in Black' and some other serious films like 'No country for old men', 'The missing', 'JFK' and 'The fugitive'. And he is the one who plays this pathetic excuse of a intimidating villain? My gosh he was hilarious though, but I still think he was better from the Batman cartoons.
2. Hades from the 'Percy Jackson and the lightning thief' film.
Even though I admitted that I didn't watch the film, but I saw it on the big screen in HMV, even though I couldn't hear it, I could see what the characters were like, like from a black'n'white silent film. And I saw a clip of him from YouTube. And you know what, he was stupid! In the book, he was sinister and was actually scary in the first place, he only smiles in the last book, the last book! He despised Percy when he entered the underworld and he literally radiated power. In the film, he was...flamboyant like Two face, but that is not how I imagined the ruler of the underworld, even the ones who didn't read the book would know that the characteristics for Hades was pathetic. And the form was pathetic,he had black robes that was weaved with the souls of the damned for cryin' out loud in the book! That is what I think of a ruler of the underworld, sinister and I also think he should be quiet and stealthy. Not flamboyant!
And the number 1 stupidest villain moments is...
Thulsa Doom persuading Conan from 'Conan the barbarian'.
Arnold Schwarzenegar plays a barbaric warrior who tries to fight the evil tyrant, Thulsa Doom. (Seriously, they have to call him Doom to empathise he's a villain?)When Conan finally comes to Thulsa and was trying to kill, Thulsa actually tries to persuade Conan that he was doing good things to the world. OK, he did allow Conan to live as a child so that does mean he can persuade him easily. But there's one problem with your persuasion Thulsa, what's that problem excactly?...Oh yeah, YOU KILLED HIS MOTHER WHEN HE WAS LITTLE, WHY SHOULD HE LISTEN TO YOU!? I know villains can persuade heroes but the villain needs to be comforting and gentle, like I mentioned in the number 5 spot, but they also have to know the hero's back story, their weak spots and desires. That is the best way for the villain to persuade the hero. I kind of do like those types of villains, I don't know why, I like the way they use words instead of force on the hero. But Thulsa was the one who killed Conan's mother, that doesn't mean the hero will trust you, if the mother was evil like the mother from 'Push' (the novel not the film) then the hero will trust you, not when she is kind like most mothers are.
And that's the countdown, and maybe I might do the stupidest hero moments, just to level the countdowns.
07/02/2011
Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory
I DON'T HATE THIS FILM!! I remember this to be a childhood classic, I enjoyed it when I was little. But I did read the book after a couple years after I saw it. I didn't really see the problems and didn't know if there were any problems turning books into films. I know everyone saw this and loved it, but apparently Roald Dahl didn't like it. But since I'm older, I know the problems and I prefer books over films, not all the time but I prefer the books other than the film that was based upon the book. So I'm more likely to talk about the problems I learned. Don't get me wrong, some other critics made a good point that Charlie in the film seemed more like a kid while in the book he's just gets the factory because he didn't touch anything. So the Charlie in the film wins a point. Anyway, here's the problems with the film.
1. The title.
This is a bit of a minor thing. In the book it was 'Charlie and the chocolate factory'. What ruins it is the that the people would think it's focused on Wonka, not Charlie. I know in the film we find out it isn't, but it's about how you address the film. If you use Wonka's name, people would take it the wrong way.
2. The story of Prince Pondicherry isn't mentioned.
I know the part in the book about Pondicherry is technically a waste of paper so it would be filler in the film. But, the story of Pondicherry also explains how wonderful Wonka is, he was able to make a palace out of chocolate, so they should have mentioned or shown this in the film. I wish they did show this in the film, so I'm glad they did show us this in the remake.
3. The geese.
In the book it was squirrels that choose which is the good nut and used in the chocolate bar (the nuts, not the squirrels)but instead of squirels, it's geese. OK, so it has a bit of an excuse, I mean I don't think it would be possible to train squirrels to attack a girl and shove down the garbage chute. (Boy that was something I didn't expect to type) it can only be done by computer animation so it has an excuse to use geese instead.
4. The visuals.
It's weak. We do see the basics of the factory, the TV room, the entrance, the inventing room et cetera. But in the book, it mentions more about the wonderous features in the factories. The square sweets that look round (which I admit in the book it's a surprise what they meant) isn't mentioned or much less seen. I wanted to see more about the factory, don't just mention them. And the visuals of the oompa loompas were weird. I know they're supposed to be weird creatures but in the book, they were just normal people who looked smaller, nothing needs to be changed. I know its interesting how they invisioned the oompa loompas but Roald Dahl imagined them to look like people, so they should look like people.
5. The songs.
All the songs actually turn this into a musical. I know there's nothing wrong with musicals, but in the book the only songs there is, is when the oompa loompas start singing, that's it, you don't have to add any songs. And even though they do make the oompa loompas sing, it completely different from the lyrics in the book! All they do is use the chorus "Oompa loompa doopidy doo' (wow, the creativity of the lyrics is outstanding) and add other lyrics to the songs in different scenes but that's it. In the book they're also explaining a story in the songs, in the film it's completely different. I know the songs are classical but that is not how Roald Dahl wrote it.
6. Slugworth.
This is a major mistake in the film. Slugworth was only mentioned in the book, for one page! We just know Slugworth used the stolen recipe from Wonka and made bubblegum that can make the largest bubbles but that's it! We never see Slugworth at all in the book, just mentioned. And for some reason in the film he is like some kind of antagonist who was apparenlty used as some part of Wonka's plan to make sure who to choose to take control of the factory. WHY!? I know it seems to be an interesting part in the film but they shouldn't have done that! Roald Dahl only mentioned him so they shoudln't expand the character. They should follow on how the book goes but that's it. OK they can do a few changes but no major changes.
7. Charlie and Grandpa Joe get in trouble.
In the film, after the group leaves the fizzy drink room, Charlie and Grandpa Joe are fascinated by the drink which makes people float. But unfortunetly they start to float too high when they drink and nearly cut to shreds because of the massive fan in the ceiling. Thankfully they were able to float down safely by burping. They decided to join the group afterwards. WHERE DID THEY GET THE IDEA FROM!? It never happened in the gosh-darn book. This is a major change to the plot and technically filler, so don't add a new scene when there was no chapter about it!
8. The outburst at the end.
This is a scene I truly didn't like, I don't like yelling, especially in children's films. Wonka finds out that Grandpa Joe and Charlie drink the fizzy drink and is angered by this. In the book (including the part that didn't happen in the book at number 6) he actually is pleased that Charlie didn't touch any of the products and explains why he wanted children to take control the factory. Why did they avoid that? OK, he does explain but it didn't go the same way it was mentioned in the book!
9. Wonka.
This is another major point that's wrong. In the film I do like how he seems mysterious and looks like he has things planned out. But when the children take the products he doesn't even care what happens. I know the kids were annoying and greedy but it could have been because of bad parenting skills. Have you seen the father of Veruca Salt? Seriously he needs to act more like the head of the household. Even though the consequences didn't seem so bad for Mike Teavee and Violet Beauregarde but it definetly was for Veruca Salt and Augustus Gloop. But in the book he was actually worried on what happened to the kids. In the book, he is a flamboyant character and he is telling Violet to stop chewing the gum and is anxious for her to stop. In the film however, he let's her, even though he tell her to stop, it dosen't work since he says it nonchalantly. She is going to have side effects, stop her! I know it doesn't sound that bad swelling up with blueberry juice, but it makes a heck of an embarrassment. He should worry, the parents can sue, he should have stopped them. In the book he wasn't able to but he was concerned about the children's safety.
And that's the list. And I'm not sure if Roald Dahl would like the remake, and I'm not sure either; it was almost there but just went a bit wrong, especially the fact when we get to see more about Wonka rather than Charlie. Now I might make some more comparisons between books and the films that was based on the book, I'm not sure. I might do Percy Jackson and the Lightning thief, but I read the book, but didn't see the film. Though I did see the plot in Wikipedia and some of the images so I know it's just rubbish. In do time people, in do time.
1. The title.
This is a bit of a minor thing. In the book it was 'Charlie and the chocolate factory'. What ruins it is the that the people would think it's focused on Wonka, not Charlie. I know in the film we find out it isn't, but it's about how you address the film. If you use Wonka's name, people would take it the wrong way.
2. The story of Prince Pondicherry isn't mentioned.
I know the part in the book about Pondicherry is technically a waste of paper so it would be filler in the film. But, the story of Pondicherry also explains how wonderful Wonka is, he was able to make a palace out of chocolate, so they should have mentioned or shown this in the film. I wish they did show this in the film, so I'm glad they did show us this in the remake.
3. The geese.
In the book it was squirrels that choose which is the good nut and used in the chocolate bar (the nuts, not the squirrels)but instead of squirels, it's geese. OK, so it has a bit of an excuse, I mean I don't think it would be possible to train squirrels to attack a girl and shove down the garbage chute. (Boy that was something I didn't expect to type) it can only be done by computer animation so it has an excuse to use geese instead.
4. The visuals.
It's weak. We do see the basics of the factory, the TV room, the entrance, the inventing room et cetera. But in the book, it mentions more about the wonderous features in the factories. The square sweets that look round (which I admit in the book it's a surprise what they meant) isn't mentioned or much less seen. I wanted to see more about the factory, don't just mention them. And the visuals of the oompa loompas were weird. I know they're supposed to be weird creatures but in the book, they were just normal people who looked smaller, nothing needs to be changed. I know its interesting how they invisioned the oompa loompas but Roald Dahl imagined them to look like people, so they should look like people.
5. The songs.
All the songs actually turn this into a musical. I know there's nothing wrong with musicals, but in the book the only songs there is, is when the oompa loompas start singing, that's it, you don't have to add any songs. And even though they do make the oompa loompas sing, it completely different from the lyrics in the book! All they do is use the chorus "Oompa loompa doopidy doo' (wow, the creativity of the lyrics is outstanding) and add other lyrics to the songs in different scenes but that's it. In the book they're also explaining a story in the songs, in the film it's completely different. I know the songs are classical but that is not how Roald Dahl wrote it.
6. Slugworth.
This is a major mistake in the film. Slugworth was only mentioned in the book, for one page! We just know Slugworth used the stolen recipe from Wonka and made bubblegum that can make the largest bubbles but that's it! We never see Slugworth at all in the book, just mentioned. And for some reason in the film he is like some kind of antagonist who was apparenlty used as some part of Wonka's plan to make sure who to choose to take control of the factory. WHY!? I know it seems to be an interesting part in the film but they shouldn't have done that! Roald Dahl only mentioned him so they shoudln't expand the character. They should follow on how the book goes but that's it. OK they can do a few changes but no major changes.
7. Charlie and Grandpa Joe get in trouble.
In the film, after the group leaves the fizzy drink room, Charlie and Grandpa Joe are fascinated by the drink which makes people float. But unfortunetly they start to float too high when they drink and nearly cut to shreds because of the massive fan in the ceiling. Thankfully they were able to float down safely by burping. They decided to join the group afterwards. WHERE DID THEY GET THE IDEA FROM!? It never happened in the gosh-darn book. This is a major change to the plot and technically filler, so don't add a new scene when there was no chapter about it!
8. The outburst at the end.
This is a scene I truly didn't like, I don't like yelling, especially in children's films. Wonka finds out that Grandpa Joe and Charlie drink the fizzy drink and is angered by this. In the book (including the part that didn't happen in the book at number 6) he actually is pleased that Charlie didn't touch any of the products and explains why he wanted children to take control the factory. Why did they avoid that? OK, he does explain but it didn't go the same way it was mentioned in the book!
9. Wonka.
This is another major point that's wrong. In the film I do like how he seems mysterious and looks like he has things planned out. But when the children take the products he doesn't even care what happens. I know the kids were annoying and greedy but it could have been because of bad parenting skills. Have you seen the father of Veruca Salt? Seriously he needs to act more like the head of the household. Even though the consequences didn't seem so bad for Mike Teavee and Violet Beauregarde but it definetly was for Veruca Salt and Augustus Gloop. But in the book he was actually worried on what happened to the kids. In the book, he is a flamboyant character and he is telling Violet to stop chewing the gum and is anxious for her to stop. In the film however, he let's her, even though he tell her to stop, it dosen't work since he says it nonchalantly. She is going to have side effects, stop her! I know it doesn't sound that bad swelling up with blueberry juice, but it makes a heck of an embarrassment. He should worry, the parents can sue, he should have stopped them. In the book he wasn't able to but he was concerned about the children's safety.
And that's the list. And I'm not sure if Roald Dahl would like the remake, and I'm not sure either; it was almost there but just went a bit wrong, especially the fact when we get to see more about Wonka rather than Charlie. Now I might make some more comparisons between books and the films that was based on the book, I'm not sure. I might do Percy Jackson and the Lightning thief, but I read the book, but didn't see the film. Though I did see the plot in Wikipedia and some of the images so I know it's just rubbish. In do time people, in do time.
03/02/2011
Top 11 children's TV shows in my past. Part 2.
If you haven't read part 1, read it now before you move on. So let's skip the intro and get it over with.
6. That's so Raven.
OK, this is a pathetic show. The acting is sometimes rubbish, the jokes aren't always good and sometimes there is a stupid scene. But have you heard the phrase "it's so bad, it's so good"? It is just a very stupid show but somehow it's strangely addicting. It does have a good premise to it. A teenage girl who has psychic abilities to see into the future and sometimes the future is bad so she has to use stupid acts to prevent it happening. I always found it funny on how she finds out the future isn't going to go as she saw it, so she pretty much makes herself look like a fool. And it's also a nicely colourful show and even though the acting is rubbish, you can tell that they were trying their best just to do it, and you can tell the actors/actresses were enjoying their roles in the show. It does have a stupid last episode though. Raven thinks her brother Cory is smoking, though ironically he isn't, that's the last episode. Someone on YouTube suggested that Raven reveals she's psychic to the world. I think it would be a good ending, you just wonder what will happen afterwards. But my favourite episode is "True colours" when Raven tries to get a job at a shop, she doesn't get the job because she was black. I like it because it shows that racism is still around which is a good lesson for kids to know (in my opinion so they can face the real world), and I like the way Raven tries to get revenge, by disguises of course. All in all the show is pathetically good.
5. Sabrina the teenage witch.
It's also an addicting show, but doesn't have rubbish acting. There is nothing much to talk about since most people already knows this show. Just in case, it's a show about a teenage girl who's half mortal who has to train her magic which is a problem when teenagers have so many problems. Sabrina (played by Melissa Joan Hart) makes pun after pun after pun, and it's just deliciously entertaining the puns. If only in real life there was someone who made so many puns. And I don't mean annoying puns like Captain Planet's but more thought out puns. It wasn't just Sabrina I liked but also her cat Salem who was a witch/wizard turned into a cat after trying to take over the wizard world. They both make good puns but Sabrina's come out non stop. OK it's not non stop but it seems that way after several episodes. The problem is the show started to go down hill after season 5. My best advice, watch the seasons before Sabrina goes to college.
4. Fairly Odd parents.
The show is about a 10 year old boy called Timmy with fairies, Wanda and Cosmo, who grant him his every wish which always have dastardly consequences. He has many enemies for a litle boy, Vicki the evil babysitter, Crocker the evil fairy catching teacher and Francis the bully. The entire show is based on the phrase "becareful what you wish for" and the show empathises it so well. Like the episode when Timmy wishes for his imaginary friend to come to life, but after being ignored as if he was Timmy's old toys, he starts to hate Timmy and turn against him. The show is a little cheesy but like That's so Raven, it's perfect. with some of the best lines in children's shows history. My favourite line has to be from "Boys in the band" when Vicki kidnaps a singer she likes called Chip Skylark (thanks to Timmy's wishing) is:-
W: Well you know we can't use are magic to break true love?
T: So?
V: Hello my love, my true love from all the love from my heart. LOOOOVVVEEE!
T: Oh.
I was spliting my sides with laughter from that! So watch the show. Oh, and just so you're wondering, about the upcoming Fairly odd parents movie with real actors in it instead of cartoons...FAIL!!!!!!!!
3. Digimon. (But only season 1 and 2)
This is a weird show based on a strange anime. 7 random kids from a camp are suddenly taken away from some strange flood and taken to another world. They don't find out why there is strange creatures who seem to have been waiting for them. They don't find out anything about the world they're in but as the show progresses, they start to understand more about the world and how computer data was able to form a world and life. Wow, I heard of scientists trying to play God but wow. The show has great atmosphere and I like how they don't explain anything at first but soon start to find out why the creatures were waiting for them. Season 2 was a prequel with same great plot and lines but with different characters and the leader is so annoying you just want to scream "WE WANT TAI!". The 3 season was pathetic, instead of continuing the series, in that world Digimon was a fictional world. The next season, Digimon frontier was stupid. What, humans are actually able to change themselves into digimon are you high? The final one was stupid, there is some FBI type of agency that tries to keep digimon from the digital world to keep away, because for some reason digimon start to have some kind of war between humans. Man, it was lame. Like Sabrina, the show started to go down hill after a while. So watch season 1 and 2 on YouTube.
2. X-men evolution.
To be honest, when I was watching the old X-men series because it didn't seem so thriving. X-men evoloution empathises prejudicism against mutants more than the original. The effects seems more realistic and the way they make the mutants use their powers looks more real. They do have good character developments (except Jean Grey) but sometimes the characters are stupid. Mainly some of the students doing things like taking the X jet. The episode I did like was the one when we first see Wanda Maximoff aka the Scarlet witch who starts to plan against her father Magneto after he puts her in the asylum after her powers got out of control. Man Magneto is evil, I know he was sort representing for the mutants' rights but putting her in the asylum is not going to make mutants trust him. Aside from the monster of a father, I did like the episodes and I liked the scenes when the mutants fight against other mutants.
And the number 1 children's show of my past is...Shoebox Zoo.
Aside from all the child friendly and cheesy animated shows I mentioned, this one is dark and serious at times. Marnie is an American girl who moves to Scotland and after buying some animal figures from an antique store, everything goes weird. After playing about and saying "I command you to awake" the wooden wolf, stone bear, metal eagle and a cynical adder actually come to life! Well that's friggin' cool. She starts to find out sooner in each episode that the animals used to be students to some magical school trained under the great Michael Scott the wizard. They were transformed because they stole a book called the Book of Forbidden knowledge, and it turns out some villain is trying to find it as well. We start to find out more about why they stole the book and what the forbidden knowledge was. Believe me, either find it on YouTube or find it in a video store. Though it will be impossible, I tried it and couldn't find squatt.
So that's the Top 11, stay tuned for next time for my next blog.
6. That's so Raven.
OK, this is a pathetic show. The acting is sometimes rubbish, the jokes aren't always good and sometimes there is a stupid scene. But have you heard the phrase "it's so bad, it's so good"? It is just a very stupid show but somehow it's strangely addicting. It does have a good premise to it. A teenage girl who has psychic abilities to see into the future and sometimes the future is bad so she has to use stupid acts to prevent it happening. I always found it funny on how she finds out the future isn't going to go as she saw it, so she pretty much makes herself look like a fool. And it's also a nicely colourful show and even though the acting is rubbish, you can tell that they were trying their best just to do it, and you can tell the actors/actresses were enjoying their roles in the show. It does have a stupid last episode though. Raven thinks her brother Cory is smoking, though ironically he isn't, that's the last episode. Someone on YouTube suggested that Raven reveals she's psychic to the world. I think it would be a good ending, you just wonder what will happen afterwards. But my favourite episode is "True colours" when Raven tries to get a job at a shop, she doesn't get the job because she was black. I like it because it shows that racism is still around which is a good lesson for kids to know (in my opinion so they can face the real world), and I like the way Raven tries to get revenge, by disguises of course. All in all the show is pathetically good.
5. Sabrina the teenage witch.
It's also an addicting show, but doesn't have rubbish acting. There is nothing much to talk about since most people already knows this show. Just in case, it's a show about a teenage girl who's half mortal who has to train her magic which is a problem when teenagers have so many problems. Sabrina (played by Melissa Joan Hart) makes pun after pun after pun, and it's just deliciously entertaining the puns. If only in real life there was someone who made so many puns. And I don't mean annoying puns like Captain Planet's but more thought out puns. It wasn't just Sabrina I liked but also her cat Salem who was a witch/wizard turned into a cat after trying to take over the wizard world. They both make good puns but Sabrina's come out non stop. OK it's not non stop but it seems that way after several episodes. The problem is the show started to go down hill after season 5. My best advice, watch the seasons before Sabrina goes to college.
4. Fairly Odd parents.
The show is about a 10 year old boy called Timmy with fairies, Wanda and Cosmo, who grant him his every wish which always have dastardly consequences. He has many enemies for a litle boy, Vicki the evil babysitter, Crocker the evil fairy catching teacher and Francis the bully. The entire show is based on the phrase "becareful what you wish for" and the show empathises it so well. Like the episode when Timmy wishes for his imaginary friend to come to life, but after being ignored as if he was Timmy's old toys, he starts to hate Timmy and turn against him. The show is a little cheesy but like That's so Raven, it's perfect. with some of the best lines in children's shows history. My favourite line has to be from "Boys in the band" when Vicki kidnaps a singer she likes called Chip Skylark (thanks to Timmy's wishing) is:-
W: Well you know we can't use are magic to break true love?
T: So?
V: Hello my love, my true love from all the love from my heart. LOOOOVVVEEE!
T: Oh.
I was spliting my sides with laughter from that! So watch the show. Oh, and just so you're wondering, about the upcoming Fairly odd parents movie with real actors in it instead of cartoons...FAIL!!!!!!!!
3. Digimon. (But only season 1 and 2)
This is a weird show based on a strange anime. 7 random kids from a camp are suddenly taken away from some strange flood and taken to another world. They don't find out why there is strange creatures who seem to have been waiting for them. They don't find out anything about the world they're in but as the show progresses, they start to understand more about the world and how computer data was able to form a world and life. Wow, I heard of scientists trying to play God but wow. The show has great atmosphere and I like how they don't explain anything at first but soon start to find out why the creatures were waiting for them. Season 2 was a prequel with same great plot and lines but with different characters and the leader is so annoying you just want to scream "WE WANT TAI!". The 3 season was pathetic, instead of continuing the series, in that world Digimon was a fictional world. The next season, Digimon frontier was stupid. What, humans are actually able to change themselves into digimon are you high? The final one was stupid, there is some FBI type of agency that tries to keep digimon from the digital world to keep away, because for some reason digimon start to have some kind of war between humans. Man, it was lame. Like Sabrina, the show started to go down hill after a while. So watch season 1 and 2 on YouTube.
2. X-men evolution.
To be honest, when I was watching the old X-men series because it didn't seem so thriving. X-men evoloution empathises prejudicism against mutants more than the original. The effects seems more realistic and the way they make the mutants use their powers looks more real. They do have good character developments (except Jean Grey) but sometimes the characters are stupid. Mainly some of the students doing things like taking the X jet. The episode I did like was the one when we first see Wanda Maximoff aka the Scarlet witch who starts to plan against her father Magneto after he puts her in the asylum after her powers got out of control. Man Magneto is evil, I know he was sort representing for the mutants' rights but putting her in the asylum is not going to make mutants trust him. Aside from the monster of a father, I did like the episodes and I liked the scenes when the mutants fight against other mutants.
And the number 1 children's show of my past is...Shoebox Zoo.
Aside from all the child friendly and cheesy animated shows I mentioned, this one is dark and serious at times. Marnie is an American girl who moves to Scotland and after buying some animal figures from an antique store, everything goes weird. After playing about and saying "I command you to awake" the wooden wolf, stone bear, metal eagle and a cynical adder actually come to life! Well that's friggin' cool. She starts to find out sooner in each episode that the animals used to be students to some magical school trained under the great Michael Scott the wizard. They were transformed because they stole a book called the Book of Forbidden knowledge, and it turns out some villain is trying to find it as well. We start to find out more about why they stole the book and what the forbidden knowledge was. Believe me, either find it on YouTube or find it in a video store. Though it will be impossible, I tried it and couldn't find squatt.
So that's the Top 11, stay tuned for next time for my next blog.
30/01/2011
Top 11 children's TV shows in my past. Part 1.
TV children's shows aren't good as they used to be. I know they made a remake of an old classic TV show called 'Pinky and Perky' but the remake looks stupid. The computer graphics is not a good idea and the plot seems a little different from the orginal idea, admittedly I haven't seen an episode but the trailer says it all. And they made a remake of 'Dennis the menace' based on the cartoon based on the popular comic strip from the popular comic the Beano, but the voice for Dennis was rubbish, it was so obvioulsy a woman doing the voice. But I still remember the warm glow from classic children's shows, you can't make children's shows like that anymore. So I'm counting down the best children's shows I remembered growing up as a kid, and I'm doing it now while I'm still a teenager before I forget the plots of the shows.
11. Mona the Vampire.
This is a very strange show. It's about a little girl called Mona Parker who has a very active (and creepy) imagination. She dresses up as her alter ego, Mona the vampire, along with her friends Charlie Bones (Zapman) and Lily Duncan (Princess Giant) fighting against supernatural creatures whether they be alien or magical. The funny thing is that we also get to see the reality of the monsters. When Mona thought her mother was being hypnotised by a lizard-like creature, it turns out the creature was actually a very popular singer of a band called 'The Lizzards', it was just hilarious to watch. I put this low on the list because it was kind of disturbing that a 10 year old imagined creepy monsters and ghouls, am I the only one who finds that disturbing? But another reason why it's in this spot is because in an episode when Mona gets a new classmate, she thinks he's an alien, because he had a English accent. I mean, I know she's only 10 and she wouldn't know anything else about foreign places, but the script for the new classmate was just stereotypical. I mean everytime he talks, he says 'pip' in the sentence. English people don't say 'pip' all the time, they might have along time ago but not anymore. Also, when Mona's mum (or mom since she's Canadian)invited the classmate for dinner, he looks at the salad and says "Ewww, what's this?" to the lettuce, she tells him it's lettuce and he says he never had that from where he came from. Yes you do, every country has lettuce, I can't think of any country without lettuce, except for Incas in anicent Peru but I degress. But aside from that, this was an OK cartoon, I clearly recommend it to all of those people with a crazy imagination.
10. Arthur.
It's a Canadian educational cartoon, helping kids learn how to face their problems, boost their self-esteem and trying to help them to learn from their mistakes, using talking animals! The cartoon is filled with anthropomorphic animals instead of humans. What are they trying to say, animals have problems that children have to? Aside from that, it is a good show. Some of the episodes is showing problems, and if you put your minds to it, some of these problems happened to us as well. My favourite episode is when a character gets some barbie doll for a present, but it turns out she already had that present. She enjoyed her party but noticed that her friend Francine wasn't enjoying it, turns out Francine was the person who sent her the second gift of the same gift, and she had to do a lot of work just to get money to buy the doll. That is something a kid would hate; they do a lot of tough work to get money to buy a gift but finds out the gift was already bought and given. To show how popular this cartoon was, they got a lot of celebrity guest stars though some kids don't really know who they are. Here is a quick list:-
Yo-yo Ma - Cellist.
Koko Taylor - Blues singer.
Taj Mahal - Blues musician.
Frank Gehry - Architect.
Neil Gaiman - Novellist and comic book writer.
The Backstreet boys.
Joshua Redman - Saxophonist.
By celebrity guest star do you mean, you kidnapped them? I'm just think it's weird that celebrities volunteered to take part in a cartoon, with their cartoon counter parts with bunny ears or cats ears. Even though the animal theme was weird, it is a good show for children with problems.
9. Power Rangers.
I can't believe I'm typing this up, but I have to be honest, when I was young, I really did like Power Rangers. I liked it cheesy martial arts moves, awesome theme songs and at times, intense storylines. I think the first Power Rangers series I watched might have been Wild Force but I'm just saying that because I can't remember the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. I did watch some Power Ranger episodes on YouTube but after finding out about ThatGuyWithTheGlasses, I don't any more. When I was young I always had a fantasy world when I'm always a superhero and I'm better than everyone else. Yeah, I was very arrogant when I was little. Now I kind of have a reality-fantasy world, as in real-life-events-that-I-don't-think-would-happen-to-me world, but I don't imagine myself as a little superhero (not a lot I mean) and I owe all the credit to Power Rangers. I was an adventure seeker, and Power Rangers was the reason for all that. I put this in the number 9 spot because I don't fully remember the episodes, much less the 15 (nearly 16) series, but I do remember some seasons, and it is a little lame at times, but you can feel that the cast enjoyed playing the big (nearly) superheroes.
8. Jackie Chan adventures.
Jackie Chan plays an archeologist (who coincidently knows martial arts) who somehow got into some mythological adventure corresponding with Chinese and sometimes Japanese mythology. It's kind of weird to be honest, his uncle (who's just called Uncle for some reason)knows about magic and such and his niece keeps coming along with him on his adventures. It's funny because he always tells his niece, Jade, to stay behind but she always comes along with him. The show has 5 seasons. The 1st one was when he had to travel around the world to retrieve talismans with the symbols of the Chinese zodiac, each having its own magical power. The 2nd one was when this demon called Shendu is going to unleash his demon brothers and sisters, each with it's own portal but can be defeated by objects that was used by the 7 immortals. The 3rd season was similar to the 1st one but instead of talismans, it was in animals based from the Chinese zodiac. 4th season was Japanese, when they have to collect masks of demon generals called Oni, whoever wears the mask can summon and control different entities called shadowkhan. The final season was almost close to the 2nd one but instead of releasing the demons, the immortal's objects still had essence of the demons they defeated, and whoever had the items start to become more and more like the demons. It was a complete mess, but I liked the fighing moves and the season had very good plot and backstories. But it wasn't just Chinese and Japanese legends, they included Santa Claus (yes, I'm dead serious about that) and Spring-heeled Jack. It was kind of weird, but it's magic, it doesn't really need much explanation on how it happens.
7. Kids Next Door.
It's quite a strange show, about some secret spy organisation entirelly runned by kids (seriously?) who start to fight against bad guys and monsters based upon every kids nightmares and worst enemies. I like the creativity of the villains; the bad guys are teachers, dentists, bullies, doctors and even parents. I didn't understand the major villain, Father. I guess he was supposed to be the embodiement of fathers who force their children to do what the father approves of and not what the kids wanted to do. The monsters are sometimes creepy, like the kids were attacked by large lice that eat hair, nerd-zombies and were-dogs. I think the were-dogs were supposed to be based upon the phrase "My dog ate my homework", ingenious. But what this show had a problem which was Number 1's dad. His dad was English, and as 'Mona the Vampire' failed at, the script was stereotypical. He kept talking like he was an old Victorian, and when he and Number 1 went to England for a visit, all the dialogue from the English characters was terrible, they keep speaking in old cockney accents, when cockney isn't around, and all the phrases that was used along time ago is mentioned. OK, rant time, I know people from England, they don't use phrases like what the characters used, I've been to London, and I never heard those phrases used, WHY ARE THE CARTOONS TALKING LIKE THAT!!?? Anyway, the cartoon was a pretty good show, and in the cartoon movie, Zero, it had a good plot twist in the movie and I highly recommend it to people to watch.
And that's Part 1 over and done with, stay tuned next time to find out what my number 1 children's show is.
11. Mona the Vampire.
This is a very strange show. It's about a little girl called Mona Parker who has a very active (and creepy) imagination. She dresses up as her alter ego, Mona the vampire, along with her friends Charlie Bones (Zapman) and Lily Duncan (Princess Giant) fighting against supernatural creatures whether they be alien or magical. The funny thing is that we also get to see the reality of the monsters. When Mona thought her mother was being hypnotised by a lizard-like creature, it turns out the creature was actually a very popular singer of a band called 'The Lizzards', it was just hilarious to watch. I put this low on the list because it was kind of disturbing that a 10 year old imagined creepy monsters and ghouls, am I the only one who finds that disturbing? But another reason why it's in this spot is because in an episode when Mona gets a new classmate, she thinks he's an alien, because he had a English accent. I mean, I know she's only 10 and she wouldn't know anything else about foreign places, but the script for the new classmate was just stereotypical. I mean everytime he talks, he says 'pip' in the sentence. English people don't say 'pip' all the time, they might have along time ago but not anymore. Also, when Mona's mum (or mom since she's Canadian)invited the classmate for dinner, he looks at the salad and says "Ewww, what's this?" to the lettuce, she tells him it's lettuce and he says he never had that from where he came from. Yes you do, every country has lettuce, I can't think of any country without lettuce, except for Incas in anicent Peru but I degress. But aside from that, this was an OK cartoon, I clearly recommend it to all of those people with a crazy imagination.
10. Arthur.
It's a Canadian educational cartoon, helping kids learn how to face their problems, boost their self-esteem and trying to help them to learn from their mistakes, using talking animals! The cartoon is filled with anthropomorphic animals instead of humans. What are they trying to say, animals have problems that children have to? Aside from that, it is a good show. Some of the episodes is showing problems, and if you put your minds to it, some of these problems happened to us as well. My favourite episode is when a character gets some barbie doll for a present, but it turns out she already had that present. She enjoyed her party but noticed that her friend Francine wasn't enjoying it, turns out Francine was the person who sent her the second gift of the same gift, and she had to do a lot of work just to get money to buy the doll. That is something a kid would hate; they do a lot of tough work to get money to buy a gift but finds out the gift was already bought and given. To show how popular this cartoon was, they got a lot of celebrity guest stars though some kids don't really know who they are. Here is a quick list:-
Yo-yo Ma - Cellist.
Koko Taylor - Blues singer.
Taj Mahal - Blues musician.
Frank Gehry - Architect.
Neil Gaiman - Novellist and comic book writer.
The Backstreet boys.
Joshua Redman - Saxophonist.
By celebrity guest star do you mean, you kidnapped them? I'm just think it's weird that celebrities volunteered to take part in a cartoon, with their cartoon counter parts with bunny ears or cats ears. Even though the animal theme was weird, it is a good show for children with problems.
9. Power Rangers.
I can't believe I'm typing this up, but I have to be honest, when I was young, I really did like Power Rangers. I liked it cheesy martial arts moves, awesome theme songs and at times, intense storylines. I think the first Power Rangers series I watched might have been Wild Force but I'm just saying that because I can't remember the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. I did watch some Power Ranger episodes on YouTube but after finding out about ThatGuyWithTheGlasses, I don't any more. When I was young I always had a fantasy world when I'm always a superhero and I'm better than everyone else. Yeah, I was very arrogant when I was little. Now I kind of have a reality-fantasy world, as in real-life-events-that-I-don't-think-would-happen-to-me world, but I don't imagine myself as a little superhero (not a lot I mean) and I owe all the credit to Power Rangers. I was an adventure seeker, and Power Rangers was the reason for all that. I put this in the number 9 spot because I don't fully remember the episodes, much less the 15 (nearly 16) series, but I do remember some seasons, and it is a little lame at times, but you can feel that the cast enjoyed playing the big (nearly) superheroes.
8. Jackie Chan adventures.
Jackie Chan plays an archeologist (who coincidently knows martial arts) who somehow got into some mythological adventure corresponding with Chinese and sometimes Japanese mythology. It's kind of weird to be honest, his uncle (who's just called Uncle for some reason)knows about magic and such and his niece keeps coming along with him on his adventures. It's funny because he always tells his niece, Jade, to stay behind but she always comes along with him. The show has 5 seasons. The 1st one was when he had to travel around the world to retrieve talismans with the symbols of the Chinese zodiac, each having its own magical power. The 2nd one was when this demon called Shendu is going to unleash his demon brothers and sisters, each with it's own portal but can be defeated by objects that was used by the 7 immortals. The 3rd season was similar to the 1st one but instead of talismans, it was in animals based from the Chinese zodiac. 4th season was Japanese, when they have to collect masks of demon generals called Oni, whoever wears the mask can summon and control different entities called shadowkhan. The final season was almost close to the 2nd one but instead of releasing the demons, the immortal's objects still had essence of the demons they defeated, and whoever had the items start to become more and more like the demons. It was a complete mess, but I liked the fighing moves and the season had very good plot and backstories. But it wasn't just Chinese and Japanese legends, they included Santa Claus (yes, I'm dead serious about that) and Spring-heeled Jack. It was kind of weird, but it's magic, it doesn't really need much explanation on how it happens.
7. Kids Next Door.
It's quite a strange show, about some secret spy organisation entirelly runned by kids (seriously?) who start to fight against bad guys and monsters based upon every kids nightmares and worst enemies. I like the creativity of the villains; the bad guys are teachers, dentists, bullies, doctors and even parents. I didn't understand the major villain, Father. I guess he was supposed to be the embodiement of fathers who force their children to do what the father approves of and not what the kids wanted to do. The monsters are sometimes creepy, like the kids were attacked by large lice that eat hair, nerd-zombies and were-dogs. I think the were-dogs were supposed to be based upon the phrase "My dog ate my homework", ingenious. But what this show had a problem which was Number 1's dad. His dad was English, and as 'Mona the Vampire' failed at, the script was stereotypical. He kept talking like he was an old Victorian, and when he and Number 1 went to England for a visit, all the dialogue from the English characters was terrible, they keep speaking in old cockney accents, when cockney isn't around, and all the phrases that was used along time ago is mentioned. OK, rant time, I know people from England, they don't use phrases like what the characters used, I've been to London, and I never heard those phrases used, WHY ARE THE CARTOONS TALKING LIKE THAT!!?? Anyway, the cartoon was a pretty good show, and in the cartoon movie, Zero, it had a good plot twist in the movie and I highly recommend it to people to watch.
And that's Part 1 over and done with, stay tuned next time to find out what my number 1 children's show is.
29/01/2011
Response to Batman: Fortunate son
(This is going to be a brief blog, I just thought of it after some video).
Fortunate son is a Batman comic book about Batman believing that rock 'n' roll and other forms of music is (and I'm quoting here) "Is about death...and crime...and the rage of the beast". If anyone knows about Atop the 4th wall, they probably know that Linkara already reviewed this comic, I'm just trying to empathise Linkara's view of this comic. Music is NOT evil or anything demonic. True, singers in bands take drugs and go carried away just to get more popular in the charts, and even in 1983, heavy metal bands Metallica and Judas Priest had subliminal pro-suicide messages hiden in there songs (I'm not sure if that's true but I never heard their songs so I wouldn't notice). Plus, singers get really crazy like Lady Gaga, I'm mean have you seen her fashion? But what I don't understand is, why? Batman said that before he saw a punk singer who turns out to have killed his girlfriend (the singer's I mean) but that doesn't mean that other music genres are evil!
The singer Izaak Crowe (yes that's his real name)is mad! He keeps complaining that everything should be free! No it shouldn't, as Linkara said, money makes the world go round and yes I agree and it's OK if some things should be free, but not everything in the friggin' world! And also,he thinks that if someone disagrees with you, it's OK to ruin their property and stuff. Yeah...um what if the person who was disagreeing with you was a Prime Minister or a wrestler? And he starts hallucinating and destroys this music studio that was trying to make a music video. What's wrong with music videos? Music videos are used to empathise the singers songs and express there meaning, what the heck is wrong with that!?
But ignoring all that, this line...this one friggin' line really makes me irate. It shows how bad this comic book is by just one line. "Insanity...reverberates in every chord of this music you love..." :0
You can't be serious...you are suggesting that every note and lyric is entirely (and adding the quote in the beggining of this blog)is insane and evil...YOU ARE AN IDIOT!!!!!!! It isn't! Music is like poetry, to express the singers feelings and theories...and you're suggesting it isn't? No, wait, Batman is fictional, it's not the characters opinion, it's the writer's opinion. Well, Gerald Jones (the writer) IT ISN'T!!!! I mean...here is a list of some of the songs from various artists and tell me is these songs insane and evil.
'I am (I'm me)' and 'We're not gonna take it' from Twisted Sister is telling the younger generation to choose their own destiny and not what the parents chose for them.
Pink's new album 'F**king perfect' is telling us it doesn't matter what you look like, whether you are fat or ugly,or you're a freak, you're perfect the way you are.
'Ain't got no...I got life' from Nina Simone is about that if you don't have anything, you still have life and that's more important.
'Firework' from Katy Perry is expressing people to explode from their lonely shell and show their true colours.
WHERE IN THAT LIST DO YOU THINK EVIL IS IN IT!? SO YOU THINK MUSIC IS EVIL GERALD? GET A LIFE DUDE! IT ISN'T, IT'S ENTERTAINMENT AND AT THE SAME TIME EXPRESSES MORAL AND MEANING!!! YOU ARE AN IDIOT!!!!!! Oh, and what about Christian rock, I mean is Gerald also thinking that Christian rock is being reverberated by insanity and crime?
And if my quick list doesn't empathise my (and Linkara's) perspective, here is another list without my explanation to the songs.
'Heaven is a place on Earth' from Belinda Carisle.
'Enough is enough' from Donna Summer.
'It's my time' from Scorcher.
'Don't stop believing' from Journey.
'Dear Mr President' from P!nk.
'Ay Haiti' from various Spanish artists (You might need google translate).
'Ghetto gospel' from 2pac.
'Hallelujah' from Leonard Cohen.
'My mamma said' from Aqua.
'High school never ends' from Bowling for soup.
'Lose yourself' from Eminem.
'Brick by boring brick' from Paramore.
'I wish I was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair' from Sandi Thom.
'Worthy is the lamb' from Hillsongs.
Fortunate son is a Batman comic book about Batman believing that rock 'n' roll and other forms of music is (and I'm quoting here) "Is about death...and crime...and the rage of the beast". If anyone knows about Atop the 4th wall, they probably know that Linkara already reviewed this comic, I'm just trying to empathise Linkara's view of this comic. Music is NOT evil or anything demonic. True, singers in bands take drugs and go carried away just to get more popular in the charts, and even in 1983, heavy metal bands Metallica and Judas Priest had subliminal pro-suicide messages hiden in there songs (I'm not sure if that's true but I never heard their songs so I wouldn't notice). Plus, singers get really crazy like Lady Gaga, I'm mean have you seen her fashion? But what I don't understand is, why? Batman said that before he saw a punk singer who turns out to have killed his girlfriend (the singer's I mean) but that doesn't mean that other music genres are evil!
The singer Izaak Crowe (yes that's his real name)is mad! He keeps complaining that everything should be free! No it shouldn't, as Linkara said, money makes the world go round and yes I agree and it's OK if some things should be free, but not everything in the friggin' world! And also,he thinks that if someone disagrees with you, it's OK to ruin their property and stuff. Yeah...um what if the person who was disagreeing with you was a Prime Minister or a wrestler? And he starts hallucinating and destroys this music studio that was trying to make a music video. What's wrong with music videos? Music videos are used to empathise the singers songs and express there meaning, what the heck is wrong with that!?
But ignoring all that, this line...this one friggin' line really makes me irate. It shows how bad this comic book is by just one line. "Insanity...reverberates in every chord of this music you love..." :0
You can't be serious...you are suggesting that every note and lyric is entirely (and adding the quote in the beggining of this blog)is insane and evil...YOU ARE AN IDIOT!!!!!!! It isn't! Music is like poetry, to express the singers feelings and theories...and you're suggesting it isn't? No, wait, Batman is fictional, it's not the characters opinion, it's the writer's opinion. Well, Gerald Jones (the writer) IT ISN'T!!!! I mean...here is a list of some of the songs from various artists and tell me is these songs insane and evil.
'I am (I'm me)' and 'We're not gonna take it' from Twisted Sister is telling the younger generation to choose their own destiny and not what the parents chose for them.
Pink's new album 'F**king perfect' is telling us it doesn't matter what you look like, whether you are fat or ugly,or you're a freak, you're perfect the way you are.
'Ain't got no...I got life' from Nina Simone is about that if you don't have anything, you still have life and that's more important.
'Firework' from Katy Perry is expressing people to explode from their lonely shell and show their true colours.
WHERE IN THAT LIST DO YOU THINK EVIL IS IN IT!? SO YOU THINK MUSIC IS EVIL GERALD? GET A LIFE DUDE! IT ISN'T, IT'S ENTERTAINMENT AND AT THE SAME TIME EXPRESSES MORAL AND MEANING!!! YOU ARE AN IDIOT!!!!!! Oh, and what about Christian rock, I mean is Gerald also thinking that Christian rock is being reverberated by insanity and crime?
And if my quick list doesn't empathise my (and Linkara's) perspective, here is another list without my explanation to the songs.
'Heaven is a place on Earth' from Belinda Carisle.
'Enough is enough' from Donna Summer.
'It's my time' from Scorcher.
'Don't stop believing' from Journey.
'Dear Mr President' from P!nk.
'Ay Haiti' from various Spanish artists (You might need google translate).
'Ghetto gospel' from 2pac.
'Hallelujah' from Leonard Cohen.
'My mamma said' from Aqua.
'High school never ends' from Bowling for soup.
'Lose yourself' from Eminem.
'Brick by boring brick' from Paramore.
'I wish I was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair' from Sandi Thom.
'Worthy is the lamb' from Hillsongs.
24/01/2011
Captain Planet
Captain Planet is an American children's TV show which is supposed to inspire kids to care more for the environment. To be honest, the plot isn't half bad. I like the idea of kids with powers beyond belief and use it to fight bad guys. The animation seems pretty standard, I like the idea all the characters are from the centre and the 4 corners of the Earth (how the characters know each others dialect, I have no idea). Now, anyone who knows this show might be thinking that I might be criticising the power of Heart for Ma-ti, but the power to read people's minds and control animals sounds pretty awesome so I won't criticise it so much. OK, I'm being to optimistic for this show, time for my pessimistic side. So, here's the points that annoyed and confussed me.
1. Captain Planet (the character).
The character is the main focus of the show. Combining the powers of earth, wind, water, fire and heart creates some entity with powers of the rings. He is fun-loving, childish and energetic. But he's unbelievably annoying and obnoxious. He makes so many annoying puns that most people would know. And obviously his weakness is pollution (ie oil, smoke and green house gases) which is stupid since stuff like that can be found easily. And I'm glad that it is found easily because you have no idea HOW annoying he is!
2. The Fire ring.
This makes no sense. Everyone (OK most people) know that fire is not a element but a chemical reaction. I know some foreign cultures does mention fire is an element but really, it's not an element. Plus, the ring just shots a stream of fire, if the writer (Ted Turner)wanted to improve it, he should make the Fire ring allow the wielder able to control and conjour fire, rather than shoots streams of fire.
3. How the charcters use the rings.
As we see in the intro, Kwami the leader can make pillars of earth blast out under the enemies. Linka has the power of wind and can conjour twisters and blasts of wind. Gi can can makes water come out from pipes, fire extinguishers, fire hydrants and other things that contain water. WHY CAN'T THEY USE MORE TECHNIQUES FROM THE RINGS?! Think about it! The Earth itself is Kwami's weapon! He can make mountains, earthquakes and volcanoes, that is some power! Gi has water, she has control over oceans which covers 3 quarters of the Earth! She can conjour tsunamis and floods and possibly cause deluges and snowstorms since snow is water. (Speaking of which, since there is water in the air, can't she create water in the air?) And Linka can fly in the air and can make vortexes which sucks away oxygen she can use it to knock the enemies unconcious. YOU HAVE CONTROL OVER THE EARTH, USE THOSE DARN POWERS!!!!
4. Gaia.
Gaia is a protogenoi (primordial god) and is basically the Earth itself, WHY CAN'T SHE KILL THE BAD GUYS HERSELF? She can create earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides, avalances, she can defeat the enemies in a snap, but noooo, she will risk the lives of 5 teenagers instead of do it herself. And, I didn't like the design for Gaia. She looks more like Philyra, the goddess of paper and perfume (yes I'm dead serious). When I think of an Earth goddess, I think of a woman with a dress that looks like it is made of soil or grass, not a woman who wears a purplish-pink dress. I just didn't like the idea. Plus, the plot hole is, if she is a Greek goddess, wouldn't that mean all the other Greek gods exist? I mean where is Pan, Demeter, all the other Earthly and agricultural gods? And, the characteristics of her is completly reversed. Gaia is not a kind goddess, she's the one who gave the sickle to her son, Kronos, and told him to cut his father who was also her husband to death. She was the one who gave birth to the Giants and told them to kill the Olympians. Yeah, I would clearly serve her!!
So thats the points that I didn't like much about this show, OK there are other points of the show I really hate, mainly the AIDs episode when this was for young children, but these ones I really didn't like the points I don't really like about. And I hope know one will decide to make any more annoying Enviromentalist TV show.
1. Captain Planet (the character).
The character is the main focus of the show. Combining the powers of earth, wind, water, fire and heart creates some entity with powers of the rings. He is fun-loving, childish and energetic. But he's unbelievably annoying and obnoxious. He makes so many annoying puns that most people would know. And obviously his weakness is pollution (ie oil, smoke and green house gases) which is stupid since stuff like that can be found easily. And I'm glad that it is found easily because you have no idea HOW annoying he is!
2. The Fire ring.
This makes no sense. Everyone (OK most people) know that fire is not a element but a chemical reaction. I know some foreign cultures does mention fire is an element but really, it's not an element. Plus, the ring just shots a stream of fire, if the writer (Ted Turner)wanted to improve it, he should make the Fire ring allow the wielder able to control and conjour fire, rather than shoots streams of fire.
3. How the charcters use the rings.
As we see in the intro, Kwami the leader can make pillars of earth blast out under the enemies. Linka has the power of wind and can conjour twisters and blasts of wind. Gi can can makes water come out from pipes, fire extinguishers, fire hydrants and other things that contain water. WHY CAN'T THEY USE MORE TECHNIQUES FROM THE RINGS?! Think about it! The Earth itself is Kwami's weapon! He can make mountains, earthquakes and volcanoes, that is some power! Gi has water, she has control over oceans which covers 3 quarters of the Earth! She can conjour tsunamis and floods and possibly cause deluges and snowstorms since snow is water. (Speaking of which, since there is water in the air, can't she create water in the air?) And Linka can fly in the air and can make vortexes which sucks away oxygen she can use it to knock the enemies unconcious. YOU HAVE CONTROL OVER THE EARTH, USE THOSE DARN POWERS!!!!
4. Gaia.
Gaia is a protogenoi (primordial god) and is basically the Earth itself, WHY CAN'T SHE KILL THE BAD GUYS HERSELF? She can create earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides, avalances, she can defeat the enemies in a snap, but noooo, she will risk the lives of 5 teenagers instead of do it herself. And, I didn't like the design for Gaia. She looks more like Philyra, the goddess of paper and perfume (yes I'm dead serious). When I think of an Earth goddess, I think of a woman with a dress that looks like it is made of soil or grass, not a woman who wears a purplish-pink dress. I just didn't like the idea. Plus, the plot hole is, if she is a Greek goddess, wouldn't that mean all the other Greek gods exist? I mean where is Pan, Demeter, all the other Earthly and agricultural gods? And, the characteristics of her is completly reversed. Gaia is not a kind goddess, she's the one who gave the sickle to her son, Kronos, and told him to cut his father who was also her husband to death. She was the one who gave birth to the Giants and told them to kill the Olympians. Yeah, I would clearly serve her!!
So thats the points that I didn't like much about this show, OK there are other points of the show I really hate, mainly the AIDs episode when this was for young children, but these ones I really didn't like the points I don't really like about. And I hope know one will decide to make any more annoying Enviromentalist TV show.
20/01/2011
Top 5 saddest P!nk songs
Now I have to admit it, I friggin' love P!nk. She is one of the most awesome female singers of all time. Her style, her looks, her music is just unbelievable. She can sometimes be serious, sometimes be upbeat but this top list is about all her saddest songs. Believe me, when she writes a song about sad experiences, she can really emote her songs very well. And don't worry, I'm not going to to mention 'I don't believe you', I know that is a very sad song,in fact, P!nk herself said this about this song.
"The first thing that comes to my mind with I Don't Believe You is me standing in the vocal booth listening... Actually in the control room listening to this song, tears running down my face, just like 'f**k, really?' It's the vulnerable weak side of me that I don't let out very often. And it's [sighs], yeah it's that song. And I love it, I love it. I just love it, it's very near and dear to me."
But that would make the number 1 spot very very obvious. I mean that is a really heart throbbing song. So, here is the list.
5. It's all you're fault.
This song has sad lyrics, my sister really thinks this is a very sad song. And I agree. The lyrics can bring tears to your eyes at times. The chorus is one of the lines that do make me feel sad.
It's all your fault, you called me beautiful
You turned me out and now I can't turn back
I hold my breath 'cause you were perfect
But I'm running out of air and it's not fair
So you might be thinking that if this song has sad lyrics, why is it at the bottom of the list? Well, the rhythm makes you want to dance. It has a wild beat to it. Don't get me wrong, it is a sad song, but the way the music goes makes it sound enjoyable. So, it has a strange mix. But, hey, that's on my opinion.
4. Long way to happy.
This song sounds like a break up song. The song has a very sad rhythm to it. It has depressing lyrics to it which does hurt my heart. Which is another reason why I like p!nk. Her lyrics are always realistic, and she does a lot of effort to make her lyrics rhyme, not using random words. The chorus makes the music go more epic as it progresses.
It's gonna take a long time to love, it's gonna take a lot to hold on
It's gonna be a long way to happy, yeah
Left in the pieces that you broke me into
Torn apart but now I've got to, keep on rolling like a stone
'Cause it's gonna be a long, long way to happy
Wow. That is just sad. This is better than any break up songs. OK, songs in 2006 which was the date when it was realeased. So, if you haven't heard this song, my suggestion is play the music loud. Believe me, the music is amazing.
3. Nobody knows.
This song is about P!nk explaining that she is really lonely when she is not performing her songs. The music is slow and steady, but when it goes to the chorus and near the end, the music burst with great pace and rhythm. Now don't try to pay attention to the music but pay more attention to the lyrics. She expresses her loneliness very well, the video is also good. Shows that she is really lonely. So in future, when you hear this song, you will start to figure that she is not always happy.
2. Family portrait.
Another song that my sister (and probably other people) can't stand. And I really agree, the song is about family matters, and no I don't mean the American sitcom from the 90s, I mean problems about parents arguing and leading to divorce. The video starts of with P!nk playing her mother and a little girl lip syncing to P!nk's recording. The annoying thing is I don't know who the girl is playing young P!nk is, she is a good actress when she starts pretending to cry. This song is a very depressing song, and it hurts my heart every time. The song keeps you glued to the video so that's why it's near the number 1 spot.
And the number 1 top saddest P!nk song is...
WHO KNEW.
This song is about a death of P!nks best friend when she was 14. He died by an overdose of drugs, which also explains why we should not make drugs at all! It is a depressing song, and after reading the Percy Jackson series, it is very sad. (OK, in the adventure, a girl called Annabeth befriended a guy called Luke when she was 8, and Luke turns evil, which leaves Annabeth obviously devastated.) The chorus is different at times, the first and last chorus was,
If someone said three years from now
You'd be long gone
I'd stand up and punch them out
'Cause they're all wrong
I know better
'Cause you said forever
And ever, who knew?
but for some reason the chorus in the middle is,
When someone said count your blessings now
For they're long gone
I guess I just didn't know how
I was all wrong
But they knew better
Still you said forever and ever
Who knew?
I don't quite know why she added a different chorus in the middle, but I don't care. The song is heart throbbing from beggining to end, if you know it's backstory or if you read and was a fan of the entire Percy Jackson series.Plus, don't listen to the video, yes it is also sad that video but the live one is better because she actualy emotes the lyrics with great effort. Who knew, the saddest song apart from I don't believe you.
And that's the countdown, I hope you enjoyed it and I promise to make more blogs, preferably longer ones with more effort.
"The first thing that comes to my mind with I Don't Believe You is me standing in the vocal booth listening... Actually in the control room listening to this song, tears running down my face, just like 'f**k, really?' It's the vulnerable weak side of me that I don't let out very often. And it's [sighs], yeah it's that song. And I love it, I love it. I just love it, it's very near and dear to me."
But that would make the number 1 spot very very obvious. I mean that is a really heart throbbing song. So, here is the list.
5. It's all you're fault.
This song has sad lyrics, my sister really thinks this is a very sad song. And I agree. The lyrics can bring tears to your eyes at times. The chorus is one of the lines that do make me feel sad.
It's all your fault, you called me beautiful
You turned me out and now I can't turn back
I hold my breath 'cause you were perfect
But I'm running out of air and it's not fair
So you might be thinking that if this song has sad lyrics, why is it at the bottom of the list? Well, the rhythm makes you want to dance. It has a wild beat to it. Don't get me wrong, it is a sad song, but the way the music goes makes it sound enjoyable. So, it has a strange mix. But, hey, that's on my opinion.
4. Long way to happy.
This song sounds like a break up song. The song has a very sad rhythm to it. It has depressing lyrics to it which does hurt my heart. Which is another reason why I like p!nk. Her lyrics are always realistic, and she does a lot of effort to make her lyrics rhyme, not using random words. The chorus makes the music go more epic as it progresses.
It's gonna take a long time to love, it's gonna take a lot to hold on
It's gonna be a long way to happy, yeah
Left in the pieces that you broke me into
Torn apart but now I've got to, keep on rolling like a stone
'Cause it's gonna be a long, long way to happy
Wow. That is just sad. This is better than any break up songs. OK, songs in 2006 which was the date when it was realeased. So, if you haven't heard this song, my suggestion is play the music loud. Believe me, the music is amazing.
3. Nobody knows.
This song is about P!nk explaining that she is really lonely when she is not performing her songs. The music is slow and steady, but when it goes to the chorus and near the end, the music burst with great pace and rhythm. Now don't try to pay attention to the music but pay more attention to the lyrics. She expresses her loneliness very well, the video is also good. Shows that she is really lonely. So in future, when you hear this song, you will start to figure that she is not always happy.
2. Family portrait.
Another song that my sister (and probably other people) can't stand. And I really agree, the song is about family matters, and no I don't mean the American sitcom from the 90s, I mean problems about parents arguing and leading to divorce. The video starts of with P!nk playing her mother and a little girl lip syncing to P!nk's recording. The annoying thing is I don't know who the girl is playing young P!nk is, she is a good actress when she starts pretending to cry. This song is a very depressing song, and it hurts my heart every time. The song keeps you glued to the video so that's why it's near the number 1 spot.
And the number 1 top saddest P!nk song is...
WHO KNEW.
This song is about a death of P!nks best friend when she was 14. He died by an overdose of drugs, which also explains why we should not make drugs at all! It is a depressing song, and after reading the Percy Jackson series, it is very sad. (OK, in the adventure, a girl called Annabeth befriended a guy called Luke when she was 8, and Luke turns evil, which leaves Annabeth obviously devastated.) The chorus is different at times, the first and last chorus was,
If someone said three years from now
You'd be long gone
I'd stand up and punch them out
'Cause they're all wrong
I know better
'Cause you said forever
And ever, who knew?
but for some reason the chorus in the middle is,
When someone said count your blessings now
For they're long gone
I guess I just didn't know how
I was all wrong
But they knew better
Still you said forever and ever
Who knew?
I don't quite know why she added a different chorus in the middle, but I don't care. The song is heart throbbing from beggining to end, if you know it's backstory or if you read and was a fan of the entire Percy Jackson series.Plus, don't listen to the video, yes it is also sad that video but the live one is better because she actualy emotes the lyrics with great effort. Who knew, the saddest song apart from I don't believe you.
And that's the countdown, I hope you enjoyed it and I promise to make more blogs, preferably longer ones with more effort.
19/01/2011
Hercules
Yes I know, everyone loves this film, and I like it to. The animations is beautiful and it's vastly entertaining and I like the way they say and outcast can achieve something.. But it's the completely different from the myth of Hercules (or Heracles since that's what he's really called)so I'm going to type the bad points of this film. Boy I'm going to get a lot of bad commentary.
1. Hercules isn't the son of Zeus and Hera. (Or Jupiter and Juno since Hercules is Roman)
This is the big mistake. Zeus was Hercules' father but his mother was a mortal called Alcmene. He was born a demigod. And everyone says Hera tried to kill him several times, so I guess they are trying to avoid the fact his step mother tried to kill him several times, but now they are saying his MOTHER tried to kill him several times.
2. There was thirty-four titans.
In the film they said there was four titans, but there were more than four. Prometheus, Atlas, Kronos, Epimetheus, Metis, Rhea, Krios, guess which one of the titans are mentioned in this film. NONE OF THEM! They decided to make up titans who were the embodiements of lava, volcanoes, ice and tornadoes. None of the titans in actual myth was representing any of those georaphical catastrophies.
3. Megara wasn't a servant of Hades.
In the film, Megara was a woman who selled her soul to Hades to bring back her lover, but her lover was smitten by someone else, so now Megara is forever in Hades' grasp. That's an interesting story guys, but uh, there's a problem with that, what's that problem? Ah yes, THAT NEVER HAPPENED! She was a Theban princess who was given to Hercules because he helpt the Thebans fight against the Orchomenus. He married her because she was a gift. Not a servant to the god of the underworld and precious metals. (Yeah, no one else knows about that for some reason).
4. Philoctetes was not a trainer of heroes.
In the film Philoctetes is a satyr who trained heroes like Odysseus, Achilles, Jason, Perseus and Theseus. Now all the heroes are true mythological characters, but there is another problem. PHILOCTETES IS MADE UP. Yes I know eveyone else in this movie is made up but I mean like a film based on a video game has new characters nobody recognises. Philoctetes in actual myth was a famed archer in the Trojan war. He was mortal! The trainer of the gods was a centaur called Chiron, who was also the son of Kronos. What is Philoctetes doing in this film? Go away Phil!
5. The monsters aren't the ones Hercules fought.
In a cartoon montage, Hercules fights Medusa,a minotaur and a centaur. Er, Medusa was slayed by Perseus, not Hercules. Plus, why was the centaur evil? There friendly creatures, what's the producers' problem with centaurs?
6. The titans weren't released.
Hades meets 3 hags (who for some reason are a cross between the fates and the graeae). They predict that the titans will come back when the planets align. That didn't happen. The titans were trapped in Tartarus were there is no escape. How does the alignment of the planet release the titans any way.
7. Hercules didn't destroy the titans.
This is impossible. How can one demi-god, I repeat, ONE demi-god destroy the titans when in the war between the gods and titans (the titanomachy) was only able to destroy three titans? The gods were able to make punishments but that was all, if it was an army of demi-gods along with mythical creatures defeated the titans that would be believable, but just one!? And it wasn't the titans Hercules defeated, it was the Thracian giants, and it was the demi-gods working along with the gods who defeated the Thracian giants, not just one. He a demi-god, his immortal strength is limited.
So thats the problem (though there is a few more but this is my first blog and I don't want to much complaints). And I know everone hates me because I made a review against Disney's greatest animated film, but aparently, Greece was offended by this film. A Greek news article said "another case of foreigners distorting our history and culture just to suit their commercial interests" so I kind of understand why they are offended. Okay, so you probably hate me but I'm sorry, that's what I think of this film.
1. Hercules isn't the son of Zeus and Hera. (Or Jupiter and Juno since Hercules is Roman)
This is the big mistake. Zeus was Hercules' father but his mother was a mortal called Alcmene. He was born a demigod. And everyone says Hera tried to kill him several times, so I guess they are trying to avoid the fact his step mother tried to kill him several times, but now they are saying his MOTHER tried to kill him several times.
2. There was thirty-four titans.
In the film they said there was four titans, but there were more than four. Prometheus, Atlas, Kronos, Epimetheus, Metis, Rhea, Krios, guess which one of the titans are mentioned in this film. NONE OF THEM! They decided to make up titans who were the embodiements of lava, volcanoes, ice and tornadoes. None of the titans in actual myth was representing any of those georaphical catastrophies.
3. Megara wasn't a servant of Hades.
In the film, Megara was a woman who selled her soul to Hades to bring back her lover, but her lover was smitten by someone else, so now Megara is forever in Hades' grasp. That's an interesting story guys, but uh, there's a problem with that, what's that problem? Ah yes, THAT NEVER HAPPENED! She was a Theban princess who was given to Hercules because he helpt the Thebans fight against the Orchomenus. He married her because she was a gift. Not a servant to the god of the underworld and precious metals. (Yeah, no one else knows about that for some reason).
4. Philoctetes was not a trainer of heroes.
In the film Philoctetes is a satyr who trained heroes like Odysseus, Achilles, Jason, Perseus and Theseus. Now all the heroes are true mythological characters, but there is another problem. PHILOCTETES IS MADE UP. Yes I know eveyone else in this movie is made up but I mean like a film based on a video game has new characters nobody recognises. Philoctetes in actual myth was a famed archer in the Trojan war. He was mortal! The trainer of the gods was a centaur called Chiron, who was also the son of Kronos. What is Philoctetes doing in this film? Go away Phil!
5. The monsters aren't the ones Hercules fought.
In a cartoon montage, Hercules fights Medusa,a minotaur and a centaur. Er, Medusa was slayed by Perseus, not Hercules. Plus, why was the centaur evil? There friendly creatures, what's the producers' problem with centaurs?
6. The titans weren't released.
Hades meets 3 hags (who for some reason are a cross between the fates and the graeae). They predict that the titans will come back when the planets align. That didn't happen. The titans were trapped in Tartarus were there is no escape. How does the alignment of the planet release the titans any way.
7. Hercules didn't destroy the titans.
This is impossible. How can one demi-god, I repeat, ONE demi-god destroy the titans when in the war between the gods and titans (the titanomachy) was only able to destroy three titans? The gods were able to make punishments but that was all, if it was an army of demi-gods along with mythical creatures defeated the titans that would be believable, but just one!? And it wasn't the titans Hercules defeated, it was the Thracian giants, and it was the demi-gods working along with the gods who defeated the Thracian giants, not just one. He a demi-god, his immortal strength is limited.
So thats the problem (though there is a few more but this is my first blog and I don't want to much complaints). And I know everone hates me because I made a review against Disney's greatest animated film, but aparently, Greece was offended by this film. A Greek news article said "another case of foreigners distorting our history and culture just to suit their commercial interests" so I kind of understand why they are offended. Okay, so you probably hate me but I'm sorry, that's what I think of this film.
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