F-Minus by Tony Carrillo
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Monday, August 3, 2009
Comic-Con, Day 1
Thursday, July 23
Thursday was a fun day and it's the day that my brother-in-law Cameron came along with us for his first Comic-Con. Here's a breakdown of the events that we went to:
11-12:30 Disney 3D Panel
This was a pretty good panel. Like so good that it was in the biggest room at the SDCC and I waited in line 2.5 hours to get in to see it while Amanda was getting a big free bag and Cameron was getting his badge to get in. Fun stuff, eh? Anyways, this was where we saw:
-various clips from A Christmas Carol with Jim Carrey (no, he wasn't there) but Robert Zemekis was (he's the director) and it was really fun to see the clips.
-Alice in Wonderland was great. We saw the preview before anyone else (although it was on Yahoo! by the end of the day) and Tim Burton was there to talk about the movie and at the end...Tim Burton said that his imaginary friend was there and that if he concentrated hard enough, then he might appear...so when he did, Johnny Depp walked onto the stage. That was pretty cool and the room (which sat 6,500 people) went crazy. It was a lot of fun and the movie looks amazing!! I can't wait for it. Watch the trailer here.
-the last part was new scenes from Tron: Legacy and some cool collectabiles that came along with it. There were various cast and crew members from the movie.
2-3 Sony Animation
This was a cool panel which we were very excited to go to. It was the Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs panel and had the two directors of the film, Anna Faris, and (drumroll) Andy Samberg! The movie looks really good and Andy and Anna were hilarious. This was a really fun panel and we really enjoyed it. Here's a clip...taped by me...
4:30-5:30 Halo Franchise: What's Next?
This was highly anticipated by Cameron, and highly disappointing to all! The purpose of this wholle panel was to announce that Halo will be mage into an Anime series of seven short films. They didn't directly announce it, they just kind of showed a clip and inferred what they were doing without ever directly saying it. As soon as people realized what was going on there was a max exodus from the room, including us. The Halo games were all about high quality graphics and a violent shooter with a compelling story. They then came out with books and graphic novels to enhance the story and fill in gaps, but they were true to form. Then this? A highly simplified anime cartoon where the characters and monster-horde aliens don't look anything like the ones from the game? Really? It looked soooo stupid. Here's the clip that they showed if you have time to waste.
In between all this fun we wandered around the exhibition hall, Cameron played Halo 3:ODST (which hasn't been released yet) and he won the group that he was playing against (pretty impressive considering we were at a nerd-fest and the booth was crowded). We had a lot of fun but I think that Cameron was dissappointed 1) because of Halo and 2) because he couldn't find the comic book he was looking for. Overall a great day though.
Thursday was a fun day and it's the day that my brother-in-law Cameron came along with us for his first Comic-Con. Here's a breakdown of the events that we went to:11-12:30 Disney 3D Panel
This was a pretty good panel. Like so good that it was in the biggest room at the SDCC and I waited in line 2.5 hours to get in to see it while Amanda was getting a big free bag and Cameron was getting his badge to get in. Fun stuff, eh? Anyways, this was where we saw:
-various clips from A Christmas Carol with Jim Carrey (no, he wasn't there) but Robert Zemekis was (he's the director) and it was really fun to see the clips.
-Alice in Wonderland was great. We saw the preview before anyone else (although it was on Yahoo! by the end of the day) and Tim Burton was there to talk about the movie and at the end...Tim Burton said that his imaginary friend was there and that if he concentrated hard enough, then he might appear...so when he did, Johnny Depp walked onto the stage. That was pretty cool and the room (which sat 6,500 people) went crazy. It was a lot of fun and the movie looks amazing!! I can't wait for it. Watch the trailer here.
-the last part was new scenes from Tron: Legacy and some cool collectabiles that came along with it. There were various cast and crew members from the movie.
2-3 Sony Animation
This was a cool panel which we were very excited to go to. It was the Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs panel and had the two directors of the film, Anna Faris, and (drumroll) Andy Samberg! The movie looks really good and Andy and Anna were hilarious. This was a really fun panel and we really enjoyed it. Here's a clip...taped by me...
4:30-5:30 Halo Franchise: What's Next?
This was highly anticipated by Cameron, and highly disappointing to all! The purpose of this wholle panel was to announce that Halo will be mage into an Anime series of seven short films. They didn't directly announce it, they just kind of showed a clip and inferred what they were doing without ever directly saying it. As soon as people realized what was going on there was a max exodus from the room, including us. The Halo games were all about high quality graphics and a violent shooter with a compelling story. They then came out with books and graphic novels to enhance the story and fill in gaps, but they were true to form. Then this? A highly simplified anime cartoon where the characters and monster-horde aliens don't look anything like the ones from the game? Really? It looked soooo stupid. Here's the clip that they showed if you have time to waste.
In between all this fun we wandered around the exhibition hall, Cameron played Halo 3:ODST (which hasn't been released yet) and he won the group that he was playing against (pretty impressive considering we were at a nerd-fest and the booth was crowded). We had a lot of fun but I think that Cameron was dissappointed 1) because of Halo and 2) because he couldn't find the comic book he was looking for. Overall a great day though.
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Comic-Con, Preview Night
PREVIEW NIGHT, Wednesday July 22
So preview night is a big event on Wednesday night that you only get to go to if you have the pass for the entire Comic-Con event, which we did. So we got to go to preview night which is exactly what is sounds like. We watched two entire episodes of new TV shows coming out this fall and then we went down to the exhibition hall to check out where stuff is and what there was to see.
"Human Target" -- This is a new show coming out in January that is based on a DC comic book about a man who is contracted to find out who is trying to kill his clients. He literally does this by becoming the target himself or using the client as bait to draw out the hitman. It was a really cool show and we enjoyed episode 1. Come January it will be a show that Amanda and I will watch.
"V" -- Some have already heard about this show or seen the preview for it. It is a remake of an 80's TV show and the premise is that aliens show up (V is for "visitors") in the name of peace. They say that they are trying to get home and need water and minerals and are willing to share their technological advances as a trade mechanism to get them. Not everything is what it seems though and by the end of episode 1 you get a feel of where the lines are going to be drawn. Definitely a GREAT TV show and I will be tuning in weekly to catch the latest. The creator makes the viewer sincerely care about what's going to happen and you get caught up in the story as it progresses. Loved it!
After watching these previews they had episode 1 for a new TV show that's ripping off the Twilight series, naturally many people walked out before the episode started, including us. So we went down to the exhibition hall and checked out what would be going on throughout the week. We still missed some of the stuff that happened (like getting a free R.A. Salvatore book from TOR, sad) but all-in-all I'd say we did pretty well throughout the week and extremely enjoyed ourselves. Preview night is also when we got 3 free District-9 shirts.
Total counts of free stuff (throughout the week)
-T-shirts: 15!
-Books: 3 (Eragon/Eldest Omnibus; The Maze Runner [which doesn't come out until October, we have the entire book, thanks Random House]; and The Last Days of Krypton by Kevin J. Anderson)
-Radio show CD's: 9 total, the entire 6 seasons of The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd, which I have no idea what it is, but I plan on listening and enjoying the seasons so they got a new fan.
-TPB's (Trade Paperbacks): 2 (not very good ones, but hey, they were free)
-Comics: who the heck knows! we got so many free comics that I don't know how many.
-Posters: see answer for comics
-Tribble's: 2 (you know, the furry balls from the original Star Trek? We got some!)
-Hand Puppets: 2 (from Adult Swim, in the form of Snakes)
-Transformers Seat Cushions: 2
-Star Trek "Live Long & Prosper" foam fingers: 1
Anything else I remember will be added but that's the bulk of the free stuff.
More to come!!!
So preview night is a big event on Wednesday night that you only get to go to if you have the pass for the entire Comic-Con event, which we did. So we got to go to preview night which is exactly what is sounds like. We watched two entire episodes of new TV shows coming out this fall and then we went down to the exhibition hall to check out where stuff is and what there was to see.
"Human Target" -- This is a new show coming out in January that is based on a DC comic book about a man who is contracted to find out who is trying to kill his clients. He literally does this by becoming the target himself or using the client as bait to draw out the hitman. It was a really cool show and we enjoyed episode 1. Come January it will be a show that Amanda and I will watch.
"V" -- Some have already heard about this show or seen the preview for it. It is a remake of an 80's TV show and the premise is that aliens show up (V is for "visitors") in the name of peace. They say that they are trying to get home and need water and minerals and are willing to share their technological advances as a trade mechanism to get them. Not everything is what it seems though and by the end of episode 1 you get a feel of where the lines are going to be drawn. Definitely a GREAT TV show and I will be tuning in weekly to catch the latest. The creator makes the viewer sincerely care about what's going to happen and you get caught up in the story as it progresses. Loved it!
After watching these previews they had episode 1 for a new TV show that's ripping off the Twilight series, naturally many people walked out before the episode started, including us. So we went down to the exhibition hall and checked out what would be going on throughout the week. We still missed some of the stuff that happened (like getting a free R.A. Salvatore book from TOR, sad) but all-in-all I'd say we did pretty well throughout the week and extremely enjoyed ourselves. Preview night is also when we got 3 free District-9 shirts.
Total counts of free stuff (throughout the week)
-T-shirts: 15!
-Books: 3 (Eragon/Eldest Omnibus; The Maze Runner [which doesn't come out until October, we have the entire book, thanks Random House]; and The Last Days of Krypton by Kevin J. Anderson)
-Radio show CD's: 9 total, the entire 6 seasons of The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd, which I have no idea what it is, but I plan on listening and enjoying the seasons so they got a new fan.
-TPB's (Trade Paperbacks): 2 (not very good ones, but hey, they were free)
-Comics: who the heck knows! we got so many free comics that I don't know how many.
-Posters: see answer for comics
-Tribble's: 2 (you know, the furry balls from the original Star Trek? We got some!)
-Hand Puppets: 2 (from Adult Swim, in the form of Snakes)
-Transformers Seat Cushions: 2
-Star Trek "Live Long & Prosper" foam fingers: 1
Anything else I remember will be added but that's the bulk of the free stuff.
More to come!!!
Friday, July 24, 2009
Comic-Con update
I still have slow internet, so the pics will be few. But in short, we saw a lot of cool people...I bought 13 graphic novels, Amanda bought a book, and so far we have received 7 free t-shirts, 3 free books, a bunch of posters, and I bought some Todd Lockwood art...
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
House Update/Off to Comic-Con
Here's the progress on the Townhouse and we're off to Comic-Con today!
Monday, July 13, 2009
Ray Bradbury, Something Wicked This Way Comes
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray BradburyMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Bradbury did it again with this amazing dark fantasy mystery book. I thought that Fahrenheit 451 was my favorite book he wrote, until I was about 30 pages into this one. The prose is beautiful and this will definitely be an oft read book in my collection.
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