Wednesday, March 28, 2012

"Unsupervised" season 1 finale review: "Superbad" in cartoons

     Although it was from the people that brought you the hilarious show Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia, it doesn't have the same comedy charm.
      Like Archer the animation is highly distracting and no comedy. But the story seems to like a Superbad in cartoons.
     So see it if you want I don't care.  

The new Jim Henson animated/puppet show titled "ImaginOcean"

      While we might be waiting a while for the Jim Henson Company to do a Fraggle Rock movie or bring The Muppet Show back to TV, they’ve just signed on to do an animated series. It’s based on a family touring stage production called ImaginOcean, created by John Tartaglia, which follows three fish friends and their underwater sea adventures.
        Deadline broke the news of Henson coming onboard with Jellyfish Jive Prods, which owns the rights to the show.
        ImaginOcean is a glow in the dark touring stage production, which you can buy tickets to at its official site. Here’s a description:
       A one-of-a-kind live black-light puppet show, John Tartaglia’s ImaginOcean is a magical undersea adventure for kids of all ages. Tank, Bubbles and Dorsel and three best friends who just happen to be fish, and they’re about to set out on a remarkable journey of discovery. And it all starts with a treasure map. As they swim off in search of clues, they’ll sing, they’ll dance, and they’ll make new friends, including everyone in the audience. Ultimately they discover the greatest treasure of all: friendship. Jam-packed with music ranging from swing to R&B to Big Band, John Tartaglia’s ImaginOcean is a blast from the first big splash to the last wave goodbye.
          Of course, that’s for the stage show. Henson’s Digital Puppetry Studio will animate the characters and put them into all new adventures if the show gets fully produced and picked up.
          Well if its from Henson then it must be good.

"Hotel Transylvania" teaser trailer

      The first trailer for my anticipated film has come out and looks amazing. I can’t say I love Adam Sandler’s work, but his voice on Dracula is great, but I also don’t find it to be particularly offensive. I do still like quite a few of the small visual touches in the trailer, and I hope to see a lot more of that in the final film.
      You can totally tell the voice of Sandler and Andy Samberg in this trailer.

Monday, March 26, 2012

"Archer" season 3 finale review: "Again Weird"

    The FX animated series has come to an end this season. And good thing too.
    The animation is a bit distracting and as for the humor its also a bit not funny and immature. Doesn't really show any new spy stuff or classical stuff like from a James Bond movie.
    Well check it if you want but you shouldn't.

"The Adventures of Tintin" DVD review: "Rent it"

     This movie was awesome my parents loved it too, my siblings not so much mabie because there sluts (they never read this.....nobody reads this).
      Doesn't really have any good special features, except for a little history on why Steven Spielberg wanted to make this and how he was gonna make it live-action with an animated Snowy. And how Herge, the creator of the Tintin, died while talking to Spielberg to make the movie.
       So rent it the Golden Globe winner and Acadamy Award nominated film even though I bought it because it was half off.    

"Puss in Boots" DVD review: "Buy it"

     This was one of my favorite movies that I had fun in a theater. And my parents and siblings loved it, as they don't like that many movies.
      The DVD requires great bonus features and deleted scene that would of made the story more epic. And the commentaries, which I love watching since it gives you more to the movie. With a new short titled The Three Diablos, so does Puss and Kitty have kids now or what? And that Kitty chick is one hot cartoon.
       So any ways buy it, and I saw a a copy of it at Wal-Mart for $14 so if you live in Klamath then you should buy it. Even though I didnt.

Ty Burrell now in "Mr.Peabody and Sherman"

     Modern Family star Ty Burrell may be best known for playing a doofus on the small screen, but he’ll be voicing a genius on the big one. Burrell has just replaced Robert Downey, Jr. in Mr. Peabody & Sherman, DreamWorks’ 3D, CG film based on characters from Jay Ward‘s Rocky and Bullwinkle cartoons.
      Burrell will voice Peabody, a brilliant dog. Max Charles, who’ll appear as a young Peter Parker in this summer’s The Amazing Spider-Man, will voice Peabody’s “pet boy” Sherman. Rob Minkoff (The Lion King) is directing from a script by Craig Wright, which sees the titular pair trying to set things right after certain changes caused by their time machine threaten to destroy the space-time continuum.
       This sounds good. I mean he's like the best character in the show and like me he is from Oregon.

First "Madagascar 3 Europes Most Wanted": I'm kinda tired of this song

   While the Madagascar franchise has never drawn Pixar levels of respect (what does, really?), for kid-oriented entertainment you could do a lot worse that these films. The series has generally been cute, mildly amusing, and totally inoffensive — which may not sound like glowing praise, but that’s a lot more than I can say for Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked — and the newest entry, Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted seems to be along the same lines.
          Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, and Jada Pinkett Smith are on board once again as a quartet of Central Park Zoo animals just trying to get back to New York. Unfortunately, they wind up in Europe instead, where they’re chased by a ruthless animal control squad led by Capitaine Chantel DuBois (Frances McDormand). In an effort to escape their clutches, they take up with a circus traveling across the continent, meeting new friends like Vitaly the tiger (Bryan Cranston), Gia the jaguar (Jessica Chastain), and Stefano the sea lion (Martin Short) along the way.
            I’ll say this for Madagascar 3: There’s some serious talent involved here. Not only does the movie boast a stellar cast, it also has a screenplay by Noah Baumbach, whose Fantastic Mr. Fox was one of the most lovable all-ages films I’ve seen in years. True, this trailer doesn’t look like anything special, but I choose to be optimistic that the actual film will a cut above the usual kiddie fare.
             And haven't we heard enough of the Sexy and I Know it song with the M&M's commercial?  

Sunday, March 25, 2012

New "Madagascar 3" poster

      This movie still looks not good if you ask me.

"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" co-creator tells fans to give Micheal Bay a chance, and turtles/aliens will be animated insted of dudes in costumes

      Lots of fans were outraged with Transformers director Micheal Bay's comment when he said that the famous turtles are going to be an alien race. Then Bay quickly shot back by advising everyone to “take a breath, and chill,” asserting that he was “working closely with one of the original creators of Ninja Turtles to help expand and give a more complex back story.” Now co-creator Peter Laird has spoken out, and what do you know, he agrees with Bay.
       Laird took to his blog (poor guy) to respond to the “turtles as alien” controversy, advising fans to “wait and see what might come out of this seemingly ill-conceived plan.”
        Laird isn’t offering a wholehearted endorsement of Bay’s idea; actually, he seems pretty ambivalent about it. But he seems more willing than his fans are to give it a shot. Hears what he said-
      A few people — who don’t seem to understand that I am no longer in control of the property — want me to stop this, somehow. Obviously, I can’t do that, even if I wanted to.
      But I would actually encourage TMNT fans to swallow the “chill pill” Mr. Bay recently suggested they take, and wait and see what might come out of this seemingly ill-conceived plan. It’s possible that with enough truly creative brainpower applied to this idea, it might actually work. I’m not saying it’s probable, or even somewhat likely… but it IS possible.
         Laird then goes on to explain that in fact, “I have realized that in one way it IS truly a genius notion.” You see, making the turtles aliens finally offers a good excuse to create the fifth Ninja Turtle he’s been pitched over the years, or at least a better one than “the harebrained ‘there was an extra Turtle in the bowl, etc.’ idea.” “[F]or the first time… someone has come up with a way to have as many freakin’ Turtles as they want,” he notes. “I mean, if the TMNT are actually members of an alien race, there could be a whole PLANET of them! Joy.”
          If you’re a Ninja Turtles lover that’s still upset about Bay’s comments, it’s well worth heading over to read his blog post in full. And lest you think Laird’s simply being facetious, CBM followed up with the TMNT creator to ask whether he was being sarcastic or genuine about the idea being “genius.” His reply: “Both, actually.”
           It can’t be easy for Laird to watch someone else playing with the characters he invented, especially when the filmmakers are changing so much about them. Given that, this is probably about as warm and measured a response as can be expected. And Laird is right that we don’t actually have any idea yet how this change will pan out. It’s doubtful Laird’s statements will kill the fury completely, but perhaps the shouting will give way to grumbling so the Internet can move on to getting mad about the next absurd Hollywood reboot. Like how there gonna make Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn have supernatural elements.
            I am kinda mad at Bay's decision I mean there mutant, they fell in a sewer with radio active ooze and its probably gonna be like the alien ooze in Spider-Man that made him evil. And like Rise of the Planet of the Apes they will be mo-cap instead of the old Turtle movies were it was dudes dressed in costumes. This is like if Peter Parker never got bit by a spider and was just an alien costume.  But I got one word for Bay, f*** you. Oh and what happened to that rat guy that teaches them karate?  

Wes Anderson's directed Sony phone by Laika

  Wes Anderson who directed Fantastic Mr. Fox has made an ad for some kinda phone by Sony. Sure, it’s an ad, but there is a recognizable Anderson impulse at work here. And Laika’s animation, as always, is pretty wonderful. Just like Coraline.
      Its pretty good check it out.

Unused "Akira" storyboards

      Most fans of Katsuhiro Otomo‘s 1988 animated masterpiece Akira never wanted a live action remake to happen. But Warner Bros., the studio who holds the rights, has been pushing the issue for about five years. Almost every single prominent actors in his late-twenties or early-thirties was floated as possibly playing the star of the film, Kaneda, and several directors have been attached too. The most recent being Jaume Collet-Serra who almost got the film in front of cameras – he had even auditioned and cast some roles – before the studio pulled the plug on the film for what feels like the 10th time.
       A live action Akira may still happen but, for now, it just lives in that weird limbo of films that got close but never made it. Which just means, for years to come, we’ll hopefully be rewarded with glimpses at pre-production work hinting at what could have been.
       The first instance of that has now been revealed: unused storyboards from one of the film’s earliest incarnations. They show imagery that’s both directly from the original film (and graphic novels) as well as a few twists that are very unlike the source material. Check them out below-

        I haven't seen this film yet but it does look cool, and making it live-action is kinda ruining the experience.