Today's Movie Of The Day...

...PUMPING IRON!

 Pumping Iron is a surprisingly inspirational 1970's documentary on the subject of body building starring none other than a young and cocky Arnold Schwarzenegger in his prime and the Hulk himself, a young undiscovered Lou Ferrigno!

 The doc is pretty dated with enough 70's lol material to keep your attention, but beyond that, it's filled with entertaining and sometimes amazing dialogue from the future superstar and governor, Mr. Schwarzenegger, which makes this totally worth watching. By the end of it, like me, you'll believe that Arnold is the most confident and focused man on the planet.

Today's Movie Of The Day...

So my pick for Woman Crush Wed.

got me thinking about what Salma Hayek films I haven't seen and care to see. 1st let me say that if Salma's in it, most likely I'll want to see it. Especially if she has a prominent roll and not just a walk on character. So today's film of choice is: I'm ashamed to say I haven't seen this one yet, but I'm making up for lost time now. Besides, I'm sure Salma will forgive me.

Monty Oum Monday

While on a break from editing a short ninja turtle parody, my curiosity grew as I thought about what the status of Monty's current series "RWBY" is. It led me on a short hunt through numerous online forums seeking the answer to this question and here's what I found at this link:

http://roosterteeth.com/podcast/episode.php?id=309

I tried several times to embed it but for whatever reason the code won't copy. Anyway the link leads to a podcast addressing his passing, his properties, and (as far as I know since I'm listening to it now) what's next for "RWBY". Here's all four trailers for his series RWBY. The trailers act as a prologue to the series showcasing a taste of the story and visual style to expect. I won't lie to you, the animation is an acquired taste, but it is a specific style. An artistic choice. Art is about being different and presenting something fresh and unseen to the viewer (imo). If you can open your mind and enjoy the story and accept the visual art style, and music, you will be treated to an excellent action series. I think the series is awesome and I admire anyone who's able to achieve such a feat.

Anyway, I'll post the 1st episode on the next Monty Oum Monday. Enjoy RWBY's prologue episodes!

HORROR in Games

I hate IGN (now). Everyone at IGN come off as pretentious, snarky, G4 wannabes, but from time to time they do offer quality updates and news, when they're not trying to dictate what's "cool". Like this vid for instance getting into THE EVIL WITHIN and RESIDENT EVIL REVELATIONS 2 and the differences between the two.

 and speaking about horror games, BLOODBORNE drops this week...

Bloodborne
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It's a good time to be a gamer.

Film Fact... er, Saturday??

Even though I spotted a few of these on my own, it was cool to hear about all the references made to "Evil Dead" in Sam Raimi's "Drag Me To Hell"

 

Monty Oum Monday

Today on Monty Oum Monday in our never ending search for kick-back entertainment we have a versus match between the two kick-ass armored warriors! Samus Aran of Metroid faces of against the one and only Master Chief. Yeah this is a few years old, and it shows, but it's still a very awesome sequence to watch. R.I.P. Monty

 

In Memory Of Monty Oum

I'm sad to say that another one of my inspirations has passed. Monty Oum, the 33 year old creator of Dead Fantasy, Haloid, and my personal favorite RWBY has tragically passed away a few weeks ago. I could write about what made him so good, why he's my inspiration, but I'd rather like to honor him as well as my other fallen heroes with a day of dedication for each, showcasing my personal favs that feed my artistry. It's Monday (still is at the present time in L.A.) and I'd like to honor Monty today on my 1st Monty Oum Monday. On tonight's menu...

Dead Fantasy is a series of shorts about the characters from Dead Or Alive in an all out battle to the finish against the characters of Final Fantasy! Just to give you an idea of the timeline, I watched Dead Fantasy part 1 sometime around 2006. Almost 10 years and I still think it's awesome!

The Fantasy That's Stealing My Life

So many distractions, but none worse or more pleasant than that of Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn.



I originally bought the game about a year ago under the false pretense that it was a regular multiplayer RPG (Role Playing Game), but to my dismay, I learned that it is the last of a dying breed of pay to play (p2p) games.  Tried to return it the very next day and was rejected by the very same Gamestop that sold me the title.  Reason why, the game hardcodes somehow to what ever system that boots it up.  Long and the short of it, once it's opened they can't trust that the game wasn't used.

So I signed up for the service, got a 30 day free trial and tested the waters.  It was cool, but something was missing.  Fast forward a year later and my close friend Anthon, picks up a PS4 and a copy of FFXIV to play with me, so I paid the fourteen bucks for a month of play and jumped back into the world of ARR and to my surprise I know what was missing.  The investment of a friend with the experience.  I cared about missions, upgrading, storylines, knitting (yes, for complete immersion, knitting must be achieved!), and I'm hooked.

The cinematics are mind blowing.  Even the video I posted above is missing the smooth clarity that only the ps4 with an amazing flat screen can present.

In turn, I have completed absolutely nothing this week.  It's like knowing that I paid fourteen bucks has motivated me to play everyday, or that's my excuse.  In one week I've played more videogames than I've played in one year and I truly understand how WoW (World Of Warcraft) players lose everything in their lives to a videogame.  I'm in so much trouble and I've got three more weeks left (o_O)

Film Influence Fridays

So I've been digging through my movies looking for my favorites in order to rekindle my inspiration. I've got a handful of story ideas that I need to get out of my mind and onto paper/the computer screen/WHATEVER, and at times like this I love to revisit my favorite flicks. Today it's
JOHN CARPENTER'S BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA!

Not gonna hype this up, because this is just an awesome film to watch at any time!

Enjoy!

Can You See What I See?

I've started drawing again. It's been about 15-20 years.  Maybe more, and it shows.  It'll take some time and practice, but I'll get sharper at it.  What I'd eventually love to do is start incorporating my drawing skills into making better storyboards for the films I'd like to shoot.

(Sketch 1)
 


(Sketch 2)

At first I didn't care for the style I was drawing.  By the second sketch which was about a week later I realized that it was more or less my own style that I'm seeing.  Still hasn't quite grown on me, because I know that I've done different in the past, but I do like it.  I'll post some more in the future so that I can track my progress.