2010 Feb 11
These voice-overs are so funny.
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PermalinkI love The Cars. Benjamin Orr’s vocals were always so good. 2009 Dec 14
One of my favorite movies of all time. Really a classic. 2009 Nov 13
Some hilariously awful video game voice acting. 2009 Oct 26
Hot on the heels of my last revelation, this morning I figured out that Gnip Gnop’s name is Ping Pong spelled backwards. It only took 30 years to come to that realization. Another step closer to enlightenment, I guess. 2009 Oct 14
Elwood: I bet these cops got SCMODS.
(Thanks, Lopan, for conjuring up that good memory from The Blues Brothers) 2009 Oct 13
For the past week my skin has been really itchy, and there are small red dots appearing on my thighs and arms. The kind of look like flea bites, but only become bothersome and distracting in the evening. I thought I was having an allergic reaction to something I ate, but my diet has been pretty typical since the onset of this. I am hoping it goes away soon, because sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night and end up scratching my legs and then I force myself to stop, but then it feels like my legs are on fire. Today I put some Walsporin (Walgreens flavor of Neosporin) on my right arm, and it really helped. I’d rather not use medicine, but if it doesn’t go away soon, it looks like a trip to the doc is in order. Ok, that’s it for this TMI post! 2009 Sep 24
These interviews are killing me. Funniest stuff I’ve seen in a while. 2009 Aug 31
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PermalinkWe finally went to the theater to see the new Studio Ghibli film, “Ponyo” and it was wonderful! It’s so fun to see a new release from Hayao Miyazaki because you are sure to see quality artwork and a great story, set to a terrific musical score. Ponyo has all of these elements, but the artwork was what truly stood out for me. You could see so much detail in even the most basic areas of the scene. For instance, the colored-pencil shading was made up of so many different colors as opposed to many other animated films or cartoons, you’d just see a flat grey. Near the beginning of the movie, Sosuke is running down the hill from his house to the water, and the grass alongside the path was amazing. I really can’t wait to get this movie on disc so I can pause different scenes just to check out the quality of the artwork. The English voice-acting was pretty good, and it was cool that they used all the Japanese names for the characters. And it was pretty neat to see a Ghibli movie set in Japan again. I like the movies that are set in other places, but the Japanese ones seem the best to me. Totoro and Spirited Away are examples. I guess it’s because I think Japan is such a neat place, and it just seems natural for a Miyazaki movie. To me, it’s a little strange to hear Kiki or Porco Rosso speaking in Japanese while the setting is in a Western country. (Yes, I prefer to have Japanese audio/English subtitles) Ponyo has a lot of really Japanese elements to it, like the mother’s micro-car, the Kindergarten, and even the mother cracking open a big beer! (looked like a Sapporo to me). Another thing I love about Ghibli movies is that you find yourself expected to take these fantastic and unexpected things as being normal. For instance, this strange fish with a human face and hair is seen as just a goldfish to everyone. And the towering waves that were chasing a car were so crazy, but the mother just remarked casually something like “what’s with the waves today?”. That kind of thing really opens up your mind and you think that anything is possible in that world. I’m not sure how much longer Ponyo will be in theaters here in the U.S., but if you haven’t seen it yet, you should! |