What other cartoon would inspire this?
Now I’m not a big shoe aficionado , so the design of the show doesn’t vibe with me too much (still pretty cool). BUT that BOX! GENIUS!
Now that’s the true Art of the Cartoon.
Where can I pick these up? DO WANT!
PS: You know what would put these kicks over the top? If they actually transformed!!!
Alisa’s Birthday/ dir. Sergei Seregin/ 2008/ Russia
It has nearly been a month since the 2009 Seattle International Film Festival ended, and I am now finally reviewing the last animated feature I saw at SIFF this year. And I can’t think of a better movie to end my 2009 SIFF experience.
The art style and animation may turn folks off of this film and if you saw the SIFF trailer for Alisa’s Birthday, with its awful English voice-over dub and its campy upbeat tone, you may think its just a bunch of children’s fluff. To be truthful, yes, Alisa’s Birthday is geared more towards younger children, but unlike the other PBS kids’ specials I watched at SIFF, Alisa’s Birthday offered the audience a richer experience with moral dilemmas, contemplative moments, and *gasp* real emotion. All of which eventually led to a pretty decent animated film. Make no mistake, it doesn’t reach the pinnacle of Pixar or Studio Ghibli animated films, but Alisa’s Birthday is entertaining nonetheless. Continue reading
I have been on a mini hiatus from this blog. With school starting up, and work keeping me busy (especially in this economy…yeesh!), it’s hard to keep up with all the animation, cartoons, and comics that come my way. The reviews that I want to write are waaaay backed up (I have about 4-5 animated movies I want to write about). Add to that all the Bootleg Classics, the Set the VCR moments, the film studies, Filipin@s, and all the animated shorts I want to plug, and I’m really backed up (at least I never run out of material to write about).
Anyway, let’s begin again. Here’s an animated music video for “Three Times” by Giacomo out of the UK. I enjoyed the beat, and the paper cut-out stop-motion animation gave this piece a surreal kind of vibe to it.
Giacomo “Three Times” /Plasic Horse Films/ 2009/ UK
What’s up good folks! I’m about to start another exciting term at school, but before I venture out, I thought I would show you my progress from last class. Keep in mind it’s not the greatest animation in the world, in fact, its pretty crappy, but hey I’m learning! Isang Bagsak! One more down!
Yesterday was one of those surreal days. I think mostly everyone will remember the day Michael Jackson died. Combine this with the whirlwind of Farrah Fawcett passing away earlier in the day and Ed McMahon passing 2 days before that, it was just madness. I’m not even sure how they went through with an NBA Draft. Anyway, my dude jabok stated it best over twitter:
the worlds coming to an end. =(
A little overblown, but I think that was the general consensus. Now I know everyone is doing their little tributes and look backs to the “King of Pop” at the moment. It’s amazing really, MTV started to play music videos again… really! I’m going to ignore all the craziness and all the controversy surrounding the last few years of Michael Jackson’s life for the moment, and focus on this one touching moment in television animation history.
Hit the Jump to read more about this Set the VCR moment: Continue reading
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen/ dir. Michael Bay/ 2009
As a huge fan of the Transformers franchise, especially of the original Generation 1, all I really expect from the 2nd live-action Transformers movie is some great Autobots vs. Decepticons fighting complete with guns, explosions, battle damage combined with a bunch of transforming action, and give a nod to the fans, especially those of Generation 1. If you do that, I can pretty much forgive the shortcomings of the film. For example:
Weak Story/ Confusing Plot: That’s fine! Let’s be real, Transformers has never been about story, its been about huge robots that transform and fight each other. And as a veteran of countless animes, I can deal with a confusing plot. Continue reading
Who is going to see the new Transformers tonight? Raise your hand…
(Raises hand)
Yeah, you know I was going to go see the newest live-action Transformers tonight. I mean I started this blog with a post about Transformers! And even though we won’t get near the number of homies attending this showing as the last one, the nostalgia factor is just too strong for me to resist. Look for a review of the Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen hopefully tomorrow. But in the meantime, I would like to re-visit one of my favorite Transformers Generation 1 episode, and yes… it is a bootleg classic.
Transformers “Heavy Metal War” December 15, 1984
Background:
You already know! But just in case… they are those robots that change (transform) into cars, airplanes, etc. C’mon you know… Optimus Prime and the Autobots (aka the good guys) vs. Megatron and the Decipticons (aka the bad guys). You know what!? If you need a background on Transformers why you reading this blog!
The Episode:
Megatron challenges Optimus Prime to an honorable one-on-one gladiator style duel. The loser of the duel must take his respective team and leave Earth forever, thus ending the long bitter war between the Autobots and the Decipticons. However, unbeknownst to Optimus, Megatron cheats by taking the abilities of the other decipticons, giving Megatron a huge advantage in the duel.
(Hit the Jump to find out what makes this a Bootleg Classic) Continue reading
Nak/ dir. Natthapong Rattanachoksirikul/ 2009/ Thailand
Out of all the animated features at SIFF, I was most excited to watch Nak. The big reason for my excitement was that Nak was a Thai animated movie, and I was looking forward to seeing some Southeast Asian animated cinema. (Because from my observations, if the animated feature isn’t from China, Korea, or especially Japan, nobody is really taking notice. ) Plus, the guy who produced Nak, Prachya Pinkaew, was the same dude who produced Ong Bak, and Nak featured Thailand’s most famous ghost, Nak, alongside some other mythical ghosts from Asian lore.
Although Nak is a solid animated effort by director Natthapong Rattanachoksirikul and cast and crew, (and yes, I was thoroughly entertained)I can’t front, after watching Nak I was a little disappointed… Continue reading
Don’t get too excited now…
This is a FAN-MADE Trailer, but nonetheless, it’s awesome. Plus it shows that a Green Lantern movie must be made! Enjoy:
PS: Dear Warner Bros. judging by this trailer, Nathan Fillion seems like a nice fit for Hal Jordan! Make this happen!
