tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34638522011-08-27T15:38:58.608-04:00Just random stuff I like.Aaron Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10340558907505375985noreply@blogger.comBlogger601100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463852.post-1169973060279984252007-01-28T03:21:00.000-05:002007-07-03T01:26:29.971-04:00

I first came across Prozzäk in late 2003, when a friend edited a Fake anime music video using the song Infatuation. Later down the road, he, a friend of his, and I were at Anime Mid-Atlantic 2004. We went out and got lost looking for a Wendy's of something, and we rocked out to Prozzäk the entire time. I don't remember which album it was, all I can remember was that it was catchy. Three years

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World War Z is a fictional novel by Max Brooks that details a world wide zombie crisis in a convincingly realistic fasion. The book is structured as a series of interviews that detail the progression of the zombie war, which gives it a very non-fiction feel, as if this sort of event had occured in real life. The author, Brooks, is also known as the author of the Zombie Survival Guide. While

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Not really. But seriously, what's up with that? And why is Jack Thompson such a fucking killjoy?I saw today's Penny Arcade comic entitled "I See What You Did There", and it just tore open old angers towards this stupid shit about video games being the reason behind violence. Nevermind the fact that violence has been present in the world since before ordered society even existed. Let's also ignore

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I love DVD. I really do. It's amazing being able to go back and revisit television shows I was addicted to when they were on the air. I was really into The Pretender back when I was in high school. I got into it around the second season, and I eventually fell out of it, mostly due to the fact that I ended up missing the show a lot because of school and work. But now that it's on DVD I've

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When I saw the first episode back in October of 2004, I was taken aback by it. I had really liked the first Gunbuster, and Diebuster looked like a perversion at first. I watched the second episode, and it seemed like a bit of an improvement, and I can't remember if I even took the time to watch the third episode. I downloaded the episodes as they came out with the intention of watching the

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Man, I wish they had Legos this cool when I was a kid. It's almost like someone decided to take three of my favorite things (Legos, anime, and Exosquad) and toss them into a blender of awesome and win. I mean, what non-self-respecting adult wouldn't want to play with these things? They light up and shoot missiles and all kinds of crazy stuff like that. To be honest, I'm surprised it took them

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I think I just found my next favorite TV show. I had been hearing some buzz about the show Heroes at Anime Society, so I decided to look into it, and see what it was all about. As I came to learn, Heroes is a primetime NBC drama about superheroes, a subject not seen much in primetime, so naturally my interest was peaked. I've watched the first three episodes so far, and I'm really liking what

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Earlier this evening I attended an advance screening of The Prestige, a film that I had been looking forward to seeing since first seeing the trailer for it. I must say that the wait was well worth it. The film did not dissapoint one bit. The Prestige may be the best film about magicians ever. Okay, so that's not saying much. But the film is still quite a ride. You have a rivalry between

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Sometimes I find myself on Apple Trailers, looking at movie trailers, almost at random, looking for something to latch onto, something to look forward to, for however many months is necessary to wait in order to see a particular film. From the very first cut of film footage in this trailer for 300, I was engaged. Combined with the melodic and haunting piano from Nine Inch Nails' "Just Like You

Aaron Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10340558907505375985noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463852.post-1160187013030608602006-10-06T21:58:00.000-04:002007-04-19T08:43:31.952-04:00

I'm not sure whether or not I like where this new season of Lost is going. Much like the first episode of season 2, the first episode of this season truly flipped everything on its head. However, with season 2, I was still intrigued by where the story was going. With the season 3 premiere, I'm just kind of like "What...?". I quite honestly don't know what to think. But then again, usually

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I just started watching Avatar: The Last Airbender. And so far, I'm pleasantly surprised. I generally lament the death of American cartoons. And while you may think that American cartoons never died, I suggest you ask yourself something. Whatever happened to cartoons like Transformers, Ninja Turtles, X-Men, and Exosquad, amongst many others.8 Most cartoons these days are aimed at a very

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Just for the hell of it, I thought I would also post David Lehre's widely received MySpace: The Movie. This was the first of David Lehre's films that I saw, and it served as an excellent gateway to the rest of his work. I'm not a big fan of MySpace, primarily because I think it's one of the worst sites on the net in terms of actual visual and functional design. Other sites like Facebook really

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Continuing with low budget film making, I present a survivor spoof by David Lehre called Disease Island. As everyone should know, I hate reality tv. I hate it so much. So when someone comes along and just completely tears into it, I have to shout praise. So, imagine now, if someone were to take Survior and instead of perfectly normal (relatively) people, you put a bunch of people with

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I was pleased with the way the film Atheist presented its information. I personally don't believe in a god myself. I'm sometimes inclined to say that I believe in some degree of order or dogma, though nothing like fate or pre-destination, just a loose belief that things happen for a reason. But, that wavers on occasion, and largely depends on my current view of the world. More to the point,

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I love student work. I love to see what people do with what little resources they have to work with. I also like to see student work the revolves around fringe subjects such as video games and anime. Brendan Jamieson, who I've known through the Evangelion community and his site Eva Otaku, produced Anime In Love, a short anime documentary at the tail end of his film studies at Columbia. I've

Aaron Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10340558907505375985noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463852.post-1155412115961019282006-08-12T15:45:00.000-04:002007-04-19T08:37:25.318-04:00

What's better than music by your favorite artist? More music by your favorite artist. I got into Guster about two years back thanks to some anime music videos by Studio Echo. Since then, I just can't stop listening to them. Their music just doesn't get old to me. Not to mention that it's hard to find a bad song on their cds. Well, to be fair, their first album Parachute kind of sucks, but

Aaron Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10340558907505375985noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463852.post-1154549932774036142006-08-02T16:11:00.000-04:002007-06-14T17:05:19.948-04:00

Ninjas are cool, and don't you deny it. But the problem is that no one knows where the hell those guys hang out. Nor do we really know very much about them, aside from the fact that they're cool, wear black, and they kill people. Ask a Ninja fields all your questions and queries regarding the practicioners of Ninjitsu in the most amusing way possible, not forgetting to inform you of course

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For the art or sociology fan, I submit to you: Drawball. Drawball is a large circular flash based painting system not unlike the oekaki board. But unlike the oekaki system, the Drawball is one singular canvas that everyone can paint on. Whereas Wikipedia is an encyclopedia that anyone can edit, Drawball is a canvas anyone can edit. This is both good and bad, as multiple artists can team up to

Aaron Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10340558907505375985noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463852.post-1153799627221071302006-07-24T23:23:00.000-04:002007-06-14T17:05:35.667-04:00

Like most boys my age during the late eighties and early nineties, I had the Ninja Turtles bug. And while I don't really keep up on the Turtles universe much these days, I still like to see new installments and developments pop up on the radar, and give me a fuzzy feeling. While it is certainly not the same as it was back during the days of the original cartoon and the trilogy of movies, it is

Aaron Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10340558907505375985noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463852.post-1153157678680707732006-07-17T13:20:00.000-04:002007-04-19T08:37:25.318-04:00

I have no introduction for this. So I'll just tell you what it is. Basshunter is a Swedish Musician/DJ. He has a song called Boten Anna. Boten Anna is a song about Basshunter mistaking a girl named Anna for a bot in IRC. It really doesn't need any more explanation than that. It's ridiculous. It's European. It's cheesy. And you should give it a look at some point. And if you think the

Aaron Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10340558907505375985noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463852.post-1151639302249865892006-06-29T23:45:00.000-04:002007-06-14T16:58:16.032-04:00

I can recall with a certain amount of fondness reading Calvin and Hobbes as a kid. And in the past ten years since Bill Watterson ended the cartoon, very little has changed in my opinion of it. I still find it to be amusing, intelligent, heart-warming, and an enduring work of art. I was amazed to see that a huge hardcover collection of all the comics was published recently. I'm not surprised

Aaron Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10340558907505375985noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463852.post-1151463581668774552006-06-27T22:49:00.000-04:002007-04-19T08:38:20.372-04:00

When you learn more about an artform, you tend to be more cognizant of works that lack a degree of artistry, and you find them less appealing than you would have if you were less sophisticated. It's not often that it happens in reverse, when you see something of such skill and precision, making it all the more amazing to experience. I had such an occurance today, while watching Vanilla Sky. It

Aaron Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10340558907505375985noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463852.post-1151189604261029512006-06-24T18:41:00.000-04:002007-06-14T17:05:52.826-04:00

I've been having a good laugh at Red vs. Blue lately. I may not like Halo, and I may think it's over-rated and populated by too many individuals that I refer to as "meat-heads", but I recognize creativity and good comedy when I see it. Red vs. Blue uses the in-game engine from Halo to create the visuals for an on-going series of shorts that are a parody of the FPS genre. It was even warmly

Aaron Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10340558907505375985noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463852.post-1150786727784563632006-06-20T02:50:00.000-04:002007-04-19T08:38:20.383-04:00

I went and saw The Davinci Code the other day, and I must say I was very pleased with it. As a film, it was very well crafted. It maintained an artistic and cinematic feel, and didn't devolve into any of the nonsense that typically hovers around mainstream big-budget films. As an adaptation of a book, I cannot comment, as I have not read it, but from what I understand, it is very much faithful

Aaron Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10340558907505375985noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463852.post-1150324404509228872006-06-14T18:22:00.000-04:002007-04-19T08:43:31.953-04:00

The Mac versus PC debate will rage for eternity, but I just can't condone the way in which PCs are lobbed together into some sort of amorphous and backward blob of unreliability. Yeah, Macs are ok. I personally can't stand using them for my typical computer use minus editing in Final Cut, which I adore. But I've noticed a trend of advertisement that plays on the worst aspects of PCs. It's so

Aaron Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10340558907505375985noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463852.post-1148356007177278992006-05-22T23:45:00.000-04:002007-06-14T17:10:25.622-04:00

There have been numerous releases of Evangelion over the years, and almost all of the releases outside of Japan have boasted very poor extras. While it is not necessary, the rise of DVD culture practically mandates that distributors do everything they can to give you your money's worth. Companies such as ADV Films and Manga Entertainment have produced minimal, almost insultingly unsubstinate

Aaron Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10340558907505375985noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463852.post-1147577100812593702006-05-13T23:22:00.000-04:002007-06-14T16:57:08.460-04:00

I haven't been very supportive of the fledgling YouTube. I've generally despised it for making it easier for people to be idiots on the internet. Not to mention that it makes it easier for people to claim the work of others as their own, or to simply repost without permission. YouTube takes a stance of not being responsible for the content which its users post, which I feel is flagrantly immoral

Aaron Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10340558907505375985noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463852.post-1147130164746182922006-04-28T00:00:00.000-04:002007-06-14T17:10:36.342-04:00

I watched this video of a panel from Tekkoshocon, and I'm surprised to say that the word on the Live Action Evangelion Project seems pretty good. I've had severe hesitations, and have on more than one occasion acted as a sort of harbinger of doom in regards to the project, convinced that there is no way in hell that the project would amount in anything of significance or worth. Based upon some of

Aaron Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10340558907505375985noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463852.post-1145395393947260892006-04-18T17:19:00.000-04:002007-06-14T17:06:28.889-04:00

I dug up a little gem from a couple years back called Audiopad. Not as new as the Multi-Touch Interaction I wrote about in February, but equally as cool. This project was developped by two students at MIT and utilizes sensors on a surface to mix synthetic and recorded music in a dynamic and tactile fasion. Videos on the site demostrate the Audiopad in action better than I could explain. It's the

Aaron Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10340558907505375985noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463852.post-1144803376241463982006-04-11T20:54:00.000-04:002007-06-14T16:57:55.381-04:00

I love the internet. It's a sort of playground for the minds of depraved individuals that's always there, always waiting. But as much as I love it, there are times when I hate it with the outmost contempt. It's probably because there's a minority that we unlovingly refer to as "n00bs" that just ruin it for the rest of us. I can't count the number of times someone has asked some incredibly

Aaron Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10340558907505375985noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463852.post-1144711483331893782006-04-10T19:22:00.000-04:002007-06-14T17:06:43.483-04:00

When I saw the teaser trailer for the Simpsons Movie, I wasn't too terribly surprised. I did however find it a bit ridiculous that after 17 years, they finally decided to do a movie. It would have made more sense to have released a full length movie at the height of the show's popularity. Lately, it seems like the show has been in a rut, and a lot of people have lost interest. I also find it

Aaron Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10340558907505375985noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463852.post-1144539632647411132006-04-08T19:25:00.000-04:002007-06-14T17:06:56.439-04:00

A couple of months back, my girlfriend came across this site with instructions on how to make and place replica Mario Question Blocks in public spaces as public art. As both a geek and an art major, I love to see this sort of fringe art. I'm still interested in doing it here at UMBC, despite the fact that five high school girls are facing criminal charges for doing this in a small Ohio town.

Aaron Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10340558907505375985noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463852.post-1144375057332712432006-04-06T21:48:00.000-04:002007-06-14T17:07:13.786-04:00

As I've said before, X-Men 3 has got me into a bit of a phase, which is unusual, as I often don't have these periods of obession with a particular interest. Generally, it's just a long drawn out thing, like with Eva, Lost, and previously Alias. So I've spent some time reading into the history of Marvel, The X-Men, and characters like Wolverine, Apocalypse, and more. I also found a torrent of the

Aaron Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10340558907505375985noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463852.post-1144211310821102412006-04-05T00:09:00.000-04:002007-06-14T16:56:39.375-04:00

There's something fascinating about the art of Gustav Klimt. As I understand it, there's not that much known about him, and a good bit of his art was lost. But from what is surviving, you can tell that he truly was unique in his visual style. It's almost indescribable the way his paintings look. They have a very uniquely developed style, utilizing these patterns and symbols that call to mind

Aaron Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10340558907505375985noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463852.post-1144043963694130862006-04-03T01:50:00.000-04:002007-06-14T17:10:48.620-04:00

I think when it comes to manga, Evangelion is kind of ridiculous. Not as ridiculous as it is with merchandise, but certainly more ridiculous than some other aspects. The official iteration by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto is still going after a decade, and there's not one, but two spinoffs. The Girlfiend of Steel 2 manga by Fumino Hayashi started up in 2003 in loose association with the Renewal of

Aaron Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10340558907505375985noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463852.post-1143948064476796952006-04-01T22:17:00.000-05:002007-06-14T17:07:25.712-04:00

Have you ever noticed how there are never any injured stormtroopers in Star Wars? They only seem to get mortally wounded and die. They seems so delicate that you could breathe on them the wrong way and they would crumble like the Declaration of Independance. That being said, there is this amusing little fan film called The Injured Stormtrooper that pokes fun at the frailty of your average

Aaron Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10340558907505375985noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463852.post-1143839112614830272006-03-31T15:48:00.000-05:002007-06-14T17:07:40.486-04:00

There's something about people like Alejandro Cordova, aka Vinnie Veritas, that makes me incredibly envious. He's an amateur cartoonist and flash animator, and he has a raw talent that I wish I had. If I were to have stuck with drawing, and my early aspirations to be an animator, I would only hope I were as talented as him now. His flash, such as Rush 2 and Hoy te amo, are what really drew me to

Aaron Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10340558907505375985noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463852.post-1143701891243580412006-03-30T01:55:00.000-05:002007-06-14T17:08:09.267-04:00

There's nothing I love more than simple pleasures in life like The Supamonks. This short 3D animation pits some unsuspecting Christian monks against a horde of invading mongols. Fortunately for the monks, there is one amongst them who is brave enough to stand tall, and kick some serious mongol ass. The animation of the characters' facial expressions and body language is just excellent, and is

Aaron Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10340558907505375985noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463852.post-1143657618463226312006-03-29T13:36:00.000-05:002007-06-14T17:08:51.718-04:00

I think it's kind of funny that anyone would make a big deal over Jay Maynard, "The Tron Guy" when there are tons of people that do this stuff all the time. Anime geeks, comic book geeks, fantasy geeks, and Star Wars geeks dress up for conventions and events, but for some reason, Jay Maynard stands out somehow. Maybe for the fact that his costume is a form fitting body suit that lights up?

Aaron Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10340558907505375985noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463852.post-1143594901764108232006-03-28T20:14:00.000-05:002007-04-19T08:38:20.384-04:00

While drooling over X-Men 3, I stumbed across this Chinese movie called The Promise, although I'm banking on its original title being something completely different. It looks quite impressive, and according to what I read, it is the most expensive movie to be produced in China, costing more than the previous production of Hero. I read that it was a huge flop in China, and I'm curious to see if

Aaron Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10340558907505375985noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463852.post-1142202089493019332006-03-12T17:20:00.000-05:002007-04-19T08:41:31.037-04:00

It's quite astonishing, the legacy Mary Shelly's "Frankenstein" left. After almost two hundred years, the book is still as captivating and compelling as it was when it was first published. The book is considered by some to be one of the first works of science fiction. And top it all off, Shelly seems to anticipate Freud and Jung's theories of the unconcious mind. It's a book I would recommend to

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The third installment in the X-Men series of movies is now entitled The Last Stand. From the look of the teaser and theatrical trailer, it looks to be one hell of a movie. The cast looks to have increased dramatically over the previous installments. Returning characters include the obvious, such as Magneto, Xavier, Wolverine, Rogue, Storm, Cyclops, Jean Grey, as well as a number of cameo

Aaron Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10340558907505375985noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463852.post-1141440678593696172006-03-03T21:45:00.000-05:002007-04-19T08:38:20.384-04:00

I had no idea that Kamikaze Girls was finally out on DVD. I became aware of this film sometime this past fall, and was immediately attracted to it. Originally titled "Shimotsuma Story", after the novel by Novala Takemoto, Kamikaze Girls is directed by Tetsuya Nakashima. Kamikaze Girls is the story of the gothic lolita Momoko, and the yankee girl Ichigo, as their respective fasion styles and

Aaron Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10340558907505375985noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463852.post-1140983235489426542006-02-26T14:45:00.000-05:002006-02-26T15:13:33.016-05:00

Here's something silly, China has banned foreign shows and movies that blend live action and animation together. So apparently stuff like Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, Space Jam, Teletubbies, and Blues Clues are axed from being shown on television. The punishable ban is said to be in order to prevent foreign culture from affecting children, and to promote local animation buisness. This seems kind of

Aaron Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10340558907505375985noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3463852.post-1140928882277248032006-02-25T23:41:00.000-05:002007-04-19T08:43:31.954-04:00

This morning Power Rangers Mystic Force premiered. I must say, I have no idea how to take it. It's an adaptation of last year's Mahou Sentai Magiranger, and I would really like to speak positively of it, because I've never been one to snub something simply because it's not the same as the original. But I think I can say for certain that Mystic Force is far from a quality adaptation. Let's face it

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I expressed the interest in making an AMV to my suitemate, and he passed me a CD of music by VNV Nation. I'm fairly adventurous when it comes to music, so I gave it a whirl, and now I'm hooked on this album called "Empires". VNV (Victory Not Vengence) Nation is a two man industrial group from London. Their music is a fusion of industrial with electronic and synthetic elements which they refer to

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I'm curious if it's possible to convey through words how mind bogglingly good Casshern is. Shot in extreme widescreen, high contrast photography, with a frenetic array of effects of all sorts, Casshern is just an absolute joy to watch. It's amazing just how good this movie is for an adaptation, but what boggles my mind most is the fact that it is Kazuaki Kiriya's film directorial debut. Sure,

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I came across this little flash cartoon called The Ultimate Showdown over the winter, and I thought I would like to share it. Imagine if you will that some bizarre rift in time and space agravated by a large dose of Quantum Magic (TM) culminated in a world where numerous cultural icons fought to the death with one another for no apparent reason whatsoever. You would have something like this

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While I didn't spend any money at Katsucon, I did have some fun playing with one a Force FX Lightsaber. These have become somewhat popular, and for good reason. Aside from being unable to cut someone in half, they provide a rather authentic feel. The light extends from the hilt to the tip like the real thing, and they even make the sounds from the movies. The five sounds are activated by power up

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This year's Katsucon turned out to be a somewhat unsatsifying occasion for me. Although it was much more collected and organized than the previous year, it left a lot to be desired. The convention took place in the Omni Shoreham in Washinton DC, a ridiculously nice hotel that left me wondering if the hotel's staff knew what they were getting into. It was crowded. Add people trying to take

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I think people are a bit unfair with their evalutations of The Sprits Within. While not by any stretch one of the greatest movies, it's certainly a very competent and impressive visual work. The CG animation has dated a little bit in the last five years, but it is still quite good. Final Flight of the Osiris and Advent Children really perfected what was done with this movie, accomplishing things

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I was eager to give Kakurenbo a watch, as it appeared to have very strong substance and experimental animation, but in the end I was fairly dissapointed by it. It plays like a half hour tech demo. As far as I'm aware, this is one of the only entirely 3D anime titles to look like really nice 2D animation. The frame rate, coloring, and outlining just worked perfectly for imitating the 2D look. But

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After some delay and difficulty, Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children has finally gotten a release date in America. Due out on DVD and UMD on April 25th, the DVD release will be a 2 disc set including English audio and a number of extras. Of those extras, what is of interest to me will be deleted scenes and a making of featurette.I had read that the delay in release was attributed to desire for a

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For Valentine's day, I thought it would only be appropriate to spread some love for everybody's least favorite movie director, Uwe Boll. In case you're not familiar with him, he's responsible for a number of video game to movie adaptations, particularly House of the Dead, Alone in the Dark, and the recent Blood Rayne. The thing you should know, if you're lucky enough to have them, they are some

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I am absolutely astonished at the rate at which Yoshiyuki Sadamoto works. I'm uncertain as to precisely when the manga version of Evangelion first began to appear in serialization, simply that it was some point in 1994. This means that Sadamoto has been working on the manga for 11 years now. I don't know what the expectations of him are, but typically, you expect a stage each month. But with

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I've never been much of a computer geek. Sure, I use the computer a lot, but I consider myself more of an internet geek. I like gadgets, though I don't know the technical expertise that goes into them. So when I see something like this Multi-Touch Interaction Research I simply stare in wonder, with no real grasp of what went into it, just in awe of what it does, and that it looks really cool.

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All I want for my birthday is a Hideaki Anno action figure. Behold! You can have your very own Hideaki Anno to pose and admire in all his articulated glory. This figure depicts the renowned director as Ultraman from Daicon Film's 1983 production "The Return of Ultraman". Never before has plastic been able to capture such amazingness as with this glorious action figure. You just might sell your

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January 2007World War ZMoral KombatDecember 2006The PretenderAim for the Top 2: DiebusterNovember 2006Exo-Force LegosHeroesOctober 2006The Prestige300Lost: Season 3September 2006Avatar: The Last AirbenderAugust 2006MySpace: The MovieDisease IslandAtheistAnime In LoveGuster: Ganging Up On The SunAsk a NinjaJuly 2006DrawballTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles CGI MovieBasshunterJune 2006Calvin and

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MoviesMoral Kombat300MySpace: The MovieDisease IslandAtheistAnime In LoveTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles CGI MovieThe Davinci CodeThe Simpsons MovieThe Injured StormtrooperThe PrestigeThe PromiseX-Men 3: The Last StandKamikaze GirlsCasshernFinal Fantasy: The Spirits WithinUwe Boll Is a Bad ManAnime & MangaAim for the Top 2: DiebusterEvangelion: Instrumental ExtrasMatt Greenfield at TekkoshoconShinji

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I've been using Blogger for a number of years now. I've used it for a personal journal, as well as on site projects where I've needed some sort of news/updates system. Many of the blogs I have created over the years are now defunct, with only Eva Monkey and my personal journal remaining active. My personal journal is just that, personal, and as such, isn't fit for writing about various topics of

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