Bendin' in the wind

[secondlina]

 

Well, lots of stuff happened this week. I've been pretty offline thanks to my job so I didn't post much. Over the course of the weekend, I saw family which was awesome. I also saw my friends Fauve, Melissa and Fauve's fiancé as well as my friend the Other Isa. I managed to start my spring cleaning, which feels really good. I,m even going thru my boxes of drawings to put them away in my brand new filing cabinet. My parents gave me a filing cabinet for my birthday. It's not my birthday yet, but they gave it to me in advance for practical reasons. They also got me a bike O_O I haven't had a bike in 7 years!! They were really generous this year. And I love my bike so much. I went biking this morning just for kicks. hehehe.

I also saw two movies this weekend - Dragonball Evolution and Milk. Milk was an excellent movie about the life and times of a gay right's activist in the 70's. Dragonball was... Well, we pretty much just went to see it for the LOL factor. I have to admit though, for the first 30 minutes, I had hope. The first 30 minutes aren't bad. The guy in the movie is certainly not Goku, but he's fun enough to be accepted as a new character. Then, for the 20 minutes after that, the hope starts to disapear but you think that maybe, just maybe, they might be able to bring it back. And then, forget it. Past the first 50 minutes, this movie turns into a giant LAME martial moves and LAME CGI feature. THOSE AREN'T EVEN REAL MOVES!!! AND OH GOD SHENRON? WHY? Giant plot holes towards the end. Giant. 

Oh well.

Speaking of martial arts move, I think I like Avatar: the last airbender. The characters are fun, the animation is pretty good for a tv series and I like how the "bending" (aka elemental magic) is based on real martial art stylings. My dad kinda likes it too. He likes animatyion and he used to be in several martial arts, so he knows his mojo. However, my only bad thing about Avatar is that it shows that it's a kid's show. I mean, seeing the gang escape fire nation prisons and fire nation armies kinda reminds me of the smurfs evading Gargamel. It seems a little easy. Oh well. I really wonder why this show is second to Harry Potter for the "Crazy insane internet fandom circles" Awards. It's a good show but man... Tone down the crazy.

Final note - happy birthday Johanne! (I now it's tomorrow, but I gotta work so I drew it tonight.). It's Johanne and Stu, Steampunk style!



-Isa

Comments

[ichiban-victory.livejournal.com]

I did like the first few episodes I got to see of Avatar, I've just never actually decided to go out and buy the DVDs. One of these days... (And yeah, even kids shows that are enjoyed by adults are still kids shows. The Avatar/Smurfs comparison is going to have me giggling! I loved Smurfs when I was a kid.)

I had friends lamenting about the anime movie rights that seem to be coming out left and right. I'm going to keep ignoring them. Movie companies keep forgetting that CGI does NOT replace plot and characters development! Ever!

..and gah, your birthday is already sneaking up. *looks at the hopeless mess that is her sewing table* Depressing. XP

[earthstar-moon.livejournal.com]

Avatar is awesome, but I can't deny it's clear it was a show made for kids, however you see less of this in the later seasons. It gets more mature, that's all I can say about that without spoilers.

Now then *looks at drawing* EEEEEEE!!! That is just awesome! *hugs* THANK YOU! I just love the outfits and the small mechanical bird singing. Heck, maybe someday we can dress as steampunk version of ourselves for con/party/ or something. XD

Again, thank you!!

[the-flowergirl.livejournal.com]

Glad you're enjoying Avatar, and I've totally done that in my living room.





It's my birthday too...

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

*laughs*... I know it's yours too. I didn't manage to finish both drawings. Let's just say the characters in yours weren't very responsive! *pokes them with pencil* So yours comes up tomorrow XD

[the-flowergirl.livejournal.com]

hahah, aww, ok. ^_~


It makes me wonder who you used.

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

Now that I made the smurf/avatar comparison you will ALWAYS see it.

I guess the next part of the *movies adapting books* phase is *movies adapting anime* phase. It's so strange that suddently so many people are into that...

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

I'm still halfway thru season 1, hence the more kiddish mood I suppose. I'm still waiting for toph? She's only a season 2 character? Bah, sucks!

Steampunk cosplay would rock! I already found googles I want on etsy!

[earthstar-moon.livejournal.com]

Toph first appearance is in season two and from that point on she becomes a part of the main cast. They couldn't have her for season 1 because she would blow everyone else out of the water before we got to know their characters. XD

But trust me, after the finale of season one, it doesn't feel as kiddish and then you get into season 3, which is probably the most mature of the three seasons.