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[Jul. 8th, 2009|02:47 pm] |
Why can't I help but think one of them is going to scream "JOOOOOOOOOOOOONES!!!"
Hell, one of the guys actually looks straight out of Indiana Jones & The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald |
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| As the song asked... Why does Michael Bay get to keep on making movies? |
[Jun. 29th, 2009|03:19 pm] |
Let's take a look at that third trailer...
Did you see it?
"We really don't read too much." WHAT THE FUCK?!?! Okay, let's get over the fact that they both look like ugly, gremlin-esque racial stereotypes, (oversized ears, drooping (lazy, unintelligent) eyes, the speech patterns, and the only robots with an INABILITY TO READ.
Okay... that's bad enough... but seriously... according to the first film, the Transfromers learned t speak "through the internet"... there's no way that information could be processed without knowing how to "read". Computer language itself is "reading" math! And if they did learn to speak via the internet, they'd not only know multiple languages, but they'd be more than likely speaking all of them in LOLCat! (Oh noes, teh Ravage is runnin' cross the dessert!). He'll they'd probably be racists anyways, calling each other "noobFag" and "retard" and telling each other to "GTFO" and making Arcee "make me a sammich". And it'd probably be less annoying than what's on screen right now.
While Bay Avoids the question and makes weak excuses, saying that they're "for the kids" (Mind you, this is pretty much what Lucas said about Jar Jar Binks, another incredibly annoying character accused of being a racial stereotype.). He also blames the voice actors, the writers, in fact, the buck apparently stops everywhere but the actual person who's supposed to be in charge of this cinematic hunkajunk!
Some of the more 'naive' denizens of teh intarwebs think it's not racist at all. Choice quote from this f***wit fanboy?
"With that being said by the so called critic, I do not remember any racial tension with Jar Jar, in fact he was played by a Ahmed Best who in fact is a African American. If it was such a huge problem why wasn't this discussed and addressed back then? "
Reply: It was, moron. It was a huge backlash in the media, and was the tip of the iceberg in the mundane's complaints about the series, aside from the fanboy reaction. Jar Jar was referred to as the "digital Steppin' Fetchit", the trade federation was accused of being negative asian stereotypes speaking in "ching-cong chinese" and Watto was alternatively accused of being a negative portrayal of either Arabs or Jews. (Of course, I always thought that those were the reserved for the Tuskin Raiders and Jawas, respectively... or lack thereof.)
Oh, and another note, jman1977: Having Dave Chapell be your favorite comedian doesn't make you any less of a racist. Not hearing about people complaining about stereotypical humor against white people doesn't mean that it's not racist, it means your head is so far up your @$$ that you've never heard any of it, or read anything outside of Aint-it-Wizard fanwank sites.
As for the voice actors, yes, one is the voice of Spongebob Squarepants. The other, Reno Wilson, also happens to be the voice actor behind this amusing 'character'....
This, BTW, from GamesRadar's Unfunniest Games of March article. |
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| More PitW gifs... |
[Jun. 28th, 2009|12:13 pm] |
Feel free to put one on your own site. ^_^ |
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| They can't all be The Doctor... |
[Jun. 27th, 2009|08:33 pm] |
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I'm watching Primeval on BBC America right now... some episode with a knight chasing a "dragon"... man this show is stupid... half-assed writing, even for a "monster of the week" show, and it feels like everyone is holding the Idiot Ball throughout the show. Add some wretched dialogue, and you have that stern reminder that the Brits aren't geniuses in every sci-fi show they do... |
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| Time for a tradtional Otaku song! |
[Jun. 25th, 2009|06:39 am] |
Ho-Row, the Studio,
The Animetion Studio
Ho-Row, the studio
the animetion studio!
There once was a room
a rare room, an anime room
the room in the animetion studio!
(chorus)
And in that room, there was a desk,
a rare desk, animater's desk
and the desk in the room and the room down in the animetion studio
(chorus)
And on that desk, there was a Mac, a rare Mac an Apple Mac!
And the Mac on the desk and the desk in the room and the room down in the studio!
(chorus)
And on that mac, there was an app, a rare app, an adobe app!
And the app on the Mac and the Mac on the desk and the desk in the room and the room down in the studio!
(Chorus)
And in that app there was some paint, some rare paint, some pixel paint!
And the paint in the app and the app on the Mac and the Mac on the desk and the desk in the room and the room down in the studio!
(chorus)
And for to paint, there was a cel, a rare cel an anime cel!
And the cel for the paint and the pain in the app and the app on the Mac and the Mac on the desk and the desk int he room and the room down in the studio!
(chorus)
And on that cel, there was a girl, a rare girl an anime girl!
And the girl on the cel and the cel for the paint and the paint in the app and the app on the Mac and the Mac on the desk and the desk in the room and the room down in the studio!
(chorus)
And on that girl, there were some pants, some rare pants, some underpants! (it was one to them animes...)
And the pants on girl and the girl on the cel and the cel for the paint and the paint in the app and the app on the Mac and the Mac on the desk and the desk in the room and the room down in the Studio!
(chorus)
And on them pants, there was a cat, a rare cat, a "hello" cat!
And the cat on the pants and the pants on the girl and the girl on the cel and the cel for the paint and the pain in the app and the app on the Mac and the Mac on the desk and the desk in the room and the room down in the studio!
(chorus)
And on that cat, there was a bow, a rare bow, a "Kitty" bow!
And the bow on the cat and the cat on the pants and the pants on the girl and the girl on the cel and the cel for the paint and the pain in the app and the app on the Mac and the Mac on the desk and the desk in the room and the room down in the studio!
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And if my terrorist demands aren't met, I threaten to SING THIS! |
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| In other news... |
[Jun. 24th, 2009|03:40 pm] |
Don't fly towards me, Argentina!
You know I'm no Appalachia,
I've been in contact
Constant e-mailing,
now a press conference,
the party's bailing...
And in more important news to me,
THE BLACK EYED PEAS ARE NOW THE BEST BAND, EVER.
Perez Hilton, whose real name is Mario Lavandeira - seriously, he should not exist, how does anyone with lavender in their last name get laid, let alone reproduce to craft such worthless, misbegotten offspring? Got socked in the face outside some Toronto music awards. He accuses the manager of the BEP. I credit my budding powers of telepathy.
Really, my advice to the BEP? Don't hold a press conference. Don't apologize to Perez Hilton, don't give that scum that power. Apologize, if you must, to the kids, for being a "bad role model" in that incident, or something. But frankly? Perez is just a little troll (we can smell our own).
In other news - Empowered #5 is out! Get your damned copy now! |
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| On Never Letting the Story get in the way of a Good Story... |
[Jun. 21st, 2009|06:48 pm] |
Reaching around the world is a story about a proposal from Dan Kildee to essentially, "bulldoze Flint". (Oh, I should probably add a (D) next to Dan's name, and that of his uncle, House Representative Dale Kildee (D), or else you might never find out... At least the Michigan Messenger has it in them.
Clack called the shrinkage push a “political bullet,” adding that she is worried about residents who are low income or senior citizens living in properties that the land bank might have its eyes on being left out of a place to live.
“I don’t believe in removing people,” she said. “In some areas there are one or two abandoned homes on a block that need to be torn down, but we don’t even have the money to tear them down.”
(Clack didn't, however, mention whether or not she thought that having a humorous onomatopoeia will help you during an election...)
Coverage of this story made it to the Rush Limbaugh show, where the following exchange took place. I was actually listening to it at the time, rummaging around in my storage bin.
Now, rather than reporting on the tragic loss of ground in Flint, to the point that government acquisition of land is their only perceivable method for urban renewal. (The reason why the government is doing this is because basically, no business wants to do that for them. They aren't interested in buying up scattershot areas of abandonment. Or maybe just not into the idea of doing business in a blue state. Or they could talk about the possibilities of eminent domain being used to force people out of their homes so that the government can redistrict on a whim. No, the Flint Journal decided to just use it as an opportunity to misrepresent a conversation, attack Rush Limbaugh, and try to score points with the political left.
This isn't just bias, or shoddy work, this is actually a larger case of not bothering to even take notice of the larger story. They Flint Journal was upset that that Rush Limbaugh said something, and not that there's a plan by a local to demolish (according to one early article) nearly 40% of their city! The Flint Journal doesn't care... what that would do... to their... readership. Man, no wonder newspapers are dying.
And of course, El Rushbo's reaction.
Now, I wouldn't have really even commented on this, or brought it up at all, hadn't The Detroit Free Press also thrown an attack at Rush in their "The Needle" section today. A lot of Michiganian's make fun of Flint, but seriously, The Free Press? These are the same guys that won a Pulitzer Last year for the Kilpatrick story. They're (in theory) supposed to be better than this. Oh well, maybe it was a lazy news day. |
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| Moment of Lol- |
[Jun. 21st, 2009|01:49 pm] |
And that's my art of course, as the 2nd and 11th images...
And how about some College Humor?
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| Animated .giffies, part 1 |
[Jun. 21st, 2009|03:53 am] |
So, we're working on what will be an ad campaign for Peter is the Wolf to advertise for our upcoming Graphic Novel. So... I played with completing some simple animated .gif files in photoshop for the first time today.
Of course, the "Skyscraper" ad was the first one I experimented with
Wonder if I should try figuring out how to add music to one? Make a helluva large file though... |
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| Random Thoughts - |
[Jun. 18th, 2009|06:39 am] |
I'm past the midway point of Flashman in the Great Game. And damn me if I'm not going to start referring to being tired as "fagged out" or somesuch. I have a weird habit of picking up language from books I'm reading, the worst I'll remember is when I read Huckleberry Finn in high school, we'd read passages in class, and I'd spend the next few hours sounding like a deep-south hillbilly. Of course, my natural inclination for gutteral language doesn't help.
Like in my webcomic. You ever notice Peter's habit of dropping "G"s at the end of a lot of words? Or mayhaps the occasional "alot" instead of "a lot", often edited out on Overstreet's insistence? That's because Peter is like how I sound most of the time, only moreso. You wouldn't hear it online, the way I type in general, but I sound like a roughneck straight from the ghetto at most conventions out of state; in Michigan's Detroit area, thankfully, I can hardly notice it. Of course, south of the Mason-Dixon line, you can rest assured that I'll get odd looks from anyone in earshot of my request for a "pop".
And while I'm on the subject of utterly random thoughts, and a roguish main character, what hero would you expect from a work, be it novel, movie, album, or video game titled "For Bling and Country"? |
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| Poll: Ever Wonder... |
[Jun. 16th, 2009|08:07 pm] |
Poll #1416776 Ever Wonder...
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: AllWhat the bottom of an Avatar's shoe looks like?
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| Terrorism? |
[Jun. 9th, 2009|08:15 pm] |
No, not "Baby Killer" Tiller. (You gotta admit, that is a catchy nickname. I can't find anything ominous that rhymes with Rodriguez...) Yeah, it looks like they can't find anyone to run his clinic after that whole "murder" thing... (Really, isn't that just logic now? Not wanting to run what in 10 years will have the legends of some Amityville Horror Hospice? Although it's shocking to find out that this was somehow a 'family practice'.)
No, despite ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) filkertom's Tuesday post, this isn't what I'd call "terrorism" in the classic, or modern sense. If you're looking for that classic, by-the-book Jihadist fun, take a look at the news story that Tommy Boy decided to ignore, that happened the exact same weekend.
Suspect tells AP soldier's killing was justified
Lawyer: Ark. attack suspect 'radicalized' in Yemen
FBI: Alleged killer may have eyed Atlanta
Yeah. So I woke up at the tail end of the A-Kon weekend with Tiller on the front page of USA Today. And the only footage I found of the Arkansas slaying was literally less than a minute on CNN Headline News, a "blink and you'll miss it" bit shuffled between GM's slide into becoming British Leyland and Tiller-vision and blaming Bill O'Reilly. (I touch down, and the majority of his show was about Tiller, and of course, Bill O'Reilly. This ain't titled "The Tiller Factor", dammit.)
Really, it was an example of yet another story that forced its' way into the news, thanks to the blogosphere commenting about how the majority of the news media wasn't commenting on it.
But on the lighter side, WLP Comics is carrying Tom Smith's music, moreso than ever, carrying the albums "Homecoming to Marcon" and the "iTom" series. Well worth the having... well... okay, iTom 2.0 was kinda bland, given that Tom seemed to be still feeling his way through 'Band in a box" or whatever he was using, and 3.0 I just call the "Tom Smith NEEDS TO GET LAID Album". But by 4.0 it's a lot of really great stuff. All of them are worth having, for the price he's asking.
Both these @$$holes, both the Killer Tiller and the Weekend Warrior Jihadist should be up for the death penalty. In fact, according to Death Pentaly Info.org, Kansas has yet to snuff anyone since reinstating their death penalty in '94... Senator McGinn? I believe I have a candidate for you...
And for those of you worried that you won't be able to get your access to the Ronco Baby Blender, or that guys might be deprived of their careers, don't worry! Detroit's still the Pioneer in Falcon Punch technology.
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| Con-wrap up! |
[Jun. 8th, 2009|04:22 pm] |
Ugh.. Okay, not including FCN and PenguiCon, which were local-I-don't-gotta-work cons, Anime Central, Motor City Comic Con, Anime North and Project: A-Kon meant that I did an entire month of conventions on my feet, back-to-back, driving long distances to them.
So let's play the Convention "Image is worth a thousand words" Round-Rp!
A-Cen, Robble Robble.
Motor City Comic Con Where a guy was selling DVDs-roms with emulated games burned to them.
Spot the Bootlegger is still one of my favorite games.
Anime North
Project: A-Kon
Peter is the Wolf Cosplayers! |
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| Wisdom from A-Kon |
[May. 31st, 2009|09:13 pm] |
Because you're far too overdue for an update.
A) Apples to Apples is the only time you'll ever hear anyone say "Thank God it's Hitler!"
The Books of the Bible for the 1337:
Joshua - LEEEEROY JENKINS!
The battle of Jericho:
What was that?
Someone tumble us down the walls!
Main screen turn on.
It's Jew!
Leviticus
God: SQUICK. Post that again and I permaban U.
Old Testament - New Testament:
God: I wanna play a White Mage!
Lazarus: Rez Plz.
/Mark, Matthew, Luke, and John have posted fanfics! |
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