Well hello there blogsphere,
It's approximately 11:24pm here as I write this, watching Koyaanisqatsi incidentally, and I feel compelled to say something about tomorrow. Of course, tomorrow is inauguration day, the beginning of the 44th president's term in office.
I state these things to say, I didn't do anything for Obama.
I did vote for him. I did support him. But ultimately, I did nothing to actually help with the progression of his campaign. Although the weight of my inaction does weigh heavily upon me, it also helped me to realize something. Obama won because people wanted him to win. People put time and effort into making sure that he was the one who got in office. Many, many people.
Obama is nothing short of an inspiration, and I think he's succeeded in opening people's eyes to the potential of individuals beyond stereotyping (at least I should hope he has...). He's someone to aspire to be, but we can't just simply rely upon him to change the world. Yeah, that's been said before I'd bet, but I'd like to add my two cents in on it anyway.
I don't know what you think, but I'd say the odds were stacked against this guy. After I heard what he was about, yes, I wanted to vote for him, but I didn't think he'd win. Either way, he's not the point. What this nation did as a whole, is. I'm certain that Obama is going to be a great president, but will people ever get together like that again? Will people be able to perceive what should be, as opposed to what shouldn't be that clearly again?
Granted, voting is essentially very easy to perceive, and even easier to act on. Obama is going to be great, but he's not going to fix the world by himself. Maybe I'm doubting him too much, maybe he can singlehandedly do so, others have. All I'm saying is that I see a great potential in my fellow man now; the potential to come and move forward on one accord together. There are bigger problems facing our nation besides the level of comfort we're able to enjoy in our country.
I think that Obama should be used as an example, or even a rally point to actually right the wrongs we have in our society. I'm not going to give examples because I think that if you're alive, and over the age of 16 I'm sure that you can see problems with things around us. We don't need to stop by just voting another president into office; we need to move forward with the same fervor and clarity about the world around us, and change it for the better. It's possible.
I've seen what can happen when people move together, I just hope that we can continue to as a nation, and eventually as a world. Granted, it's very hypocritical for a person of my stature to make such statements, I was just thinking out loud. Don't hold it against me. Next time I'll put up a movie review or bit of my comic, I promise.
Oh yeah, Koyaanisqatsi is great by the way. If you like art, you should take time out to see it.
Monday, January 19, 2009
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Fashionable Nonsense character sheets
Hi blogsphere,
Since I can't get my friend's photoshop to turn the first few pages of the comic into jpeg, here are some character sheets instead! Done by Jason Dube circa 2007. Enjoy ^-^
Since I can't get my friend's photoshop to turn the first few pages of the comic into jpeg, here are some character sheets instead! Done by Jason Dube circa 2007. Enjoy ^-^
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
things about my finished comic...
Hello again blogsphere,
My comic blog has more about my obsessive movie watching, than comic endeavors. I've got some work on hand, but I don't actually have the tech to post it, namely since I don't own my own computer -_-
The book I've got coming out is called Fashionable Nonsense, and like most titles I think, it's about exactly that. While it's mostly pretentious of myself to actually call the book "fashionable", when I'm the farthest from such, it is very much about nonsense.
The story focuses on a protagonist named Emery Bowen, who basically has given up on his dreams and such. Of course, simply impossible circumstances occur when he's hit by a car, which sends him to the lair of the Dammed Director, in which he strikes a deal to find some fun/inspiration in his life again (against his will, and with a price of course). So he wakes up in the house of a one Mona, and her strange roommates, and suddenly his life is lots more interesting.
While I don't know if the book is interesting or not, it's my intention to actually craft some kind of story worth reading out of this setup. It's a work in progress, what can I say? All I know is that it's full of my own little observations from pop culture, and that I'm straining to make it as funny as possible. I've got plans for the puppy, but they require lots more support than a blog I write at work ^o^
Anywhoos, I should have some work to show by this weekend I'd hope, but we'll see. Till then, I guess it'll be hanging around in orbit...
My comic blog has more about my obsessive movie watching, than comic endeavors. I've got some work on hand, but I don't actually have the tech to post it, namely since I don't own my own computer -_-
The book I've got coming out is called Fashionable Nonsense, and like most titles I think, it's about exactly that. While it's mostly pretentious of myself to actually call the book "fashionable", when I'm the farthest from such, it is very much about nonsense.
The story focuses on a protagonist named Emery Bowen, who basically has given up on his dreams and such. Of course, simply impossible circumstances occur when he's hit by a car, which sends him to the lair of the Dammed Director, in which he strikes a deal to find some fun/inspiration in his life again (against his will, and with a price of course). So he wakes up in the house of a one Mona, and her strange roommates, and suddenly his life is lots more interesting.
While I don't know if the book is interesting or not, it's my intention to actually craft some kind of story worth reading out of this setup. It's a work in progress, what can I say? All I know is that it's full of my own little observations from pop culture, and that I'm straining to make it as funny as possible. I've got plans for the puppy, but they require lots more support than a blog I write at work ^o^
Anywhoos, I should have some work to show by this weekend I'd hope, but we'll see. Till then, I guess it'll be hanging around in orbit...
Monday, January 12, 2009
reviews: Chanbara Beauty & Tokyo Gore Police
Good evening blogsphere,
I've got another review tonight of two movies I've been meaning to watch for awhile now: Tokyo Gore Police, and Chanbara Beauty. Before you start thinking it, yeah this is supposed to be a blog about me and my comic work, but what can I say: I don't own a computer of my own at the moment. So since I've got the time on my hands, I might as well write about something I'm doing right?
So yeah, I'm a big fan of J-movies and all things asian in general (Isn't it weird that I want to be a comic writer, and watch japanese movies? :p), and I've been waiting to see Tokyo Gore Police for awhile now. Chanbara Beauty was sort of a "why not", as it's based on a video game series over there, but strangely enough the movie is tolerable in the bounds of such (fancy that America? then again Silent Hill wasn't bad was it...oh wait, that was supervised by the Japanese too ^-^).
So Chanbara Beauty, a zombie flick based on a video game series. If you're watching movies to be cultured and such, stay very, very far away from this one; not that you can't see it coming a mile away. I can understand being misled by the title; but if you see the box art with the girl in a cowboy hat and bikini brandishing a katana with glamour lighting, and still expect this to be a thoughtful romance, do the world a favor and drown in a cup.
Overall this isn't all that great. The main character Aya is a daughter of some assassin clan, who's out for revenge against her little sister Saya for killing their dad. That and helping some crazy doctor overrun the entire world with zombies. Oddly enough this movie takes itself seriously, so you really have to watch it for action's sakes, or be a weirdo and laugh at the carnage (guilty as charged -_-) It's got some cool fight scenes, but the movie is entirely humorless, and for something like this you just can't afford to be.
Onward!
Tokyo Gore Police! Once again, if you watch this looking for a sensitive drama about a police woman and her aging father, just bury your head somewhere till you can't breath anymore (last joke like that I promise).
The story is that the Tokyo Police have been privatized to take on these crazy monster psychos called engineers. These guys have some serious body mods, as their wounds turn into weapons; (no seriously, a guy gets his face scratched and sprouts gun eyes after tearing off half his head from the teenie wound!) impervious to normal weapons (it seems at least, there's some discrepancy with that...), the only thing that can kill these guys is sheer badass, in the form of Ruka, a katana carrying cutter who takes no prisoners. She hunts the engineers in honor of her late police father (who's fate we see unfold/explode at the beginning), who's killer remains a mystery...
So this movie is pure awesomeness, very much like the Machine Girl last year (they both came out at the same time, so why do we get this one so late?), gore out the yin yang, and violence so ridiculous you can't help but laugh. It's the best parts of a Troma flick with a dash of Paul Verhoven's Robocop; meaning that it knows it's a b flick and embraces it, while entertaining the hell out of you.
Also, for the j-inclined, this was done by the same guy that did Meatball Machine, so you'll see more than a few actresses, props and characters from his works. Meatball Machine wasn't his best though...
All in all it's been a good night for movies on my end, hopefully I'll have time to watch more stuff like this later. For now it's adieu.
p.s. - If anyone knows where I can find Happy Negative Chainsaw Edge streaming, please let me know ^^
I've got another review tonight of two movies I've been meaning to watch for awhile now: Tokyo Gore Police, and Chanbara Beauty. Before you start thinking it, yeah this is supposed to be a blog about me and my comic work, but what can I say: I don't own a computer of my own at the moment. So since I've got the time on my hands, I might as well write about something I'm doing right?
So yeah, I'm a big fan of J-movies and all things asian in general (Isn't it weird that I want to be a comic writer, and watch japanese movies? :p), and I've been waiting to see Tokyo Gore Police for awhile now. Chanbara Beauty was sort of a "why not", as it's based on a video game series over there, but strangely enough the movie is tolerable in the bounds of such (fancy that America? then again Silent Hill wasn't bad was it...oh wait, that was supervised by the Japanese too ^-^).
So Chanbara Beauty, a zombie flick based on a video game series. If you're watching movies to be cultured and such, stay very, very far away from this one; not that you can't see it coming a mile away. I can understand being misled by the title; but if you see the box art with the girl in a cowboy hat and bikini brandishing a katana with glamour lighting, and still expect this to be a thoughtful romance, do the world a favor and drown in a cup.
Overall this isn't all that great. The main character Aya is a daughter of some assassin clan, who's out for revenge against her little sister Saya for killing their dad. That and helping some crazy doctor overrun the entire world with zombies. Oddly enough this movie takes itself seriously, so you really have to watch it for action's sakes, or be a weirdo and laugh at the carnage (guilty as charged -_-) It's got some cool fight scenes, but the movie is entirely humorless, and for something like this you just can't afford to be.
Onward!
Tokyo Gore Police! Once again, if you watch this looking for a sensitive drama about a police woman and her aging father, just bury your head somewhere till you can't breath anymore (last joke like that I promise).
The story is that the Tokyo Police have been privatized to take on these crazy monster psychos called engineers. These guys have some serious body mods, as their wounds turn into weapons; (no seriously, a guy gets his face scratched and sprouts gun eyes after tearing off half his head from the teenie wound!) impervious to normal weapons (it seems at least, there's some discrepancy with that...), the only thing that can kill these guys is sheer badass, in the form of Ruka, a katana carrying cutter who takes no prisoners. She hunts the engineers in honor of her late police father (who's fate we see unfold/explode at the beginning), who's killer remains a mystery...
So this movie is pure awesomeness, very much like the Machine Girl last year (they both came out at the same time, so why do we get this one so late?), gore out the yin yang, and violence so ridiculous you can't help but laugh. It's the best parts of a Troma flick with a dash of Paul Verhoven's Robocop; meaning that it knows it's a b flick and embraces it, while entertaining the hell out of you.
Also, for the j-inclined, this was done by the same guy that did Meatball Machine, so you'll see more than a few actresses, props and characters from his works. Meatball Machine wasn't his best though...
All in all it's been a good night for movies on my end, hopefully I'll have time to watch more stuff like this later. For now it's adieu.
p.s. - If anyone knows where I can find Happy Negative Chainsaw Edge streaming, please let me know ^^
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
The Wrestler, and I Spit on Your Grave
Alright...my first movie reviews...scary...
-sigh- Well here goes. Alright, the Wrestler is a great movie. A great film that I didn't like, but a great film nonetheless.
The setup is that Randy the Ram is an aging professional wrestler, and while you may take that lightly, it's not a joke. I'll say this much, I never really thought much of pro wrestlers, but after seeing this I'd like to support them more. It really tackles some issues in life that I love to see addressed, and I really think that people can take a lot away from the movie. If I tell you any more about it, it'll be ruined for you though. Like I said, it's a great movie, but I didn't like it. Not because of it's quality, but because it's what I expect from Darren Aronofsky.
Don't get me wrong, he's made some of my favorite films, but for those of you who have seen Requiem for a Dream or The Fountain, won't be surprised by this movie's content. Once again, I have to drive the point home here, this is a great movie to watch, but I found it predictable considering the director. Kind of makes me fear for the Robocop remake...a little at least.
I Spit on Your Grave on the other hand, I've got no problem expounding upon. This movie is pretty vile I've got to say, and I'm not very squeamish. I was recommended it by a friend of mine, but I was expecting something different.
Honestly, I can see the merit in it's creation, but it was poorly executed. This movie prides itself on it's lengthy rape scene, which in a sick way delivers on its promise. It did make me feel disgusted, and made me feel disgusting actually sitting there to take it in.
I don't recommend this movie in any way, shape or form, unless you really need to get some horror history under your belt. And unless you're a complete freak like myself, you don't need that much horror history.
Oh yeah, I'm not going to give anything scaled ratings, I think that sort of defeats the purpose of reading anything. Well, that's my review virginity. Maybe I'll take this down after I realize how bad I am at this ^^
-sigh- Well here goes. Alright, the Wrestler is a great movie. A great film that I didn't like, but a great film nonetheless.
The setup is that Randy the Ram is an aging professional wrestler, and while you may take that lightly, it's not a joke. I'll say this much, I never really thought much of pro wrestlers, but after seeing this I'd like to support them more. It really tackles some issues in life that I love to see addressed, and I really think that people can take a lot away from the movie. If I tell you any more about it, it'll be ruined for you though. Like I said, it's a great movie, but I didn't like it. Not because of it's quality, but because it's what I expect from Darren Aronofsky.
Don't get me wrong, he's made some of my favorite films, but for those of you who have seen Requiem for a Dream or The Fountain, won't be surprised by this movie's content. Once again, I have to drive the point home here, this is a great movie to watch, but I found it predictable considering the director. Kind of makes me fear for the Robocop remake...a little at least.
I Spit on Your Grave on the other hand, I've got no problem expounding upon. This movie is pretty vile I've got to say, and I'm not very squeamish. I was recommended it by a friend of mine, but I was expecting something different.
Honestly, I can see the merit in it's creation, but it was poorly executed. This movie prides itself on it's lengthy rape scene, which in a sick way delivers on its promise. It did make me feel disgusted, and made me feel disgusting actually sitting there to take it in.
I don't recommend this movie in any way, shape or form, unless you really need to get some horror history under your belt. And unless you're a complete freak like myself, you don't need that much horror history.
Oh yeah, I'm not going to give anything scaled ratings, I think that sort of defeats the purpose of reading anything. Well, that's my review virginity. Maybe I'll take this down after I realize how bad I am at this ^^
film reviews GO!
Hello Blogsphere,
Tonight I just realized that I now have a blog page, in which I can pretty much put up whatever I want. Granted it's only been a day since I made one, I had a thought: I watch a lot of movies. So many that I actually have trouble remembering what exactly I have, and haven't seen.
Ergo, I'm going to do reviews. Betcha, didn't see that coming.
I probably won't stop at just film reviews, but for now I've got quite a few under my belt, so I might as well keep track of such. I don't have time to do one now, but I will. Tonight I'm watching The Wrestler, which I'm thoroughly enjoying. I'll probably review it tomorrow night though, since I'm not done watching yet...
Tonight I just realized that I now have a blog page, in which I can pretty much put up whatever I want. Granted it's only been a day since I made one, I had a thought: I watch a lot of movies. So many that I actually have trouble remembering what exactly I have, and haven't seen.
Ergo, I'm going to do reviews. Betcha, didn't see that coming.
I probably won't stop at just film reviews, but for now I've got quite a few under my belt, so I might as well keep track of such. I don't have time to do one now, but I will. Tonight I'm watching The Wrestler, which I'm thoroughly enjoying. I'll probably review it tomorrow night though, since I'm not done watching yet...
Saturday, January 3, 2009
Blog GO!
Well good evening blogsphere,
Hehe, I actually used the word "blogsphere", and spell check actually accepts it. Only on the internet...no wait there it went. So ok, I'm P. Smith (aka, K. Smith), and apparently I've been killed by invisible bullets. No, I'm not crazy, I'm just writing a blog with a co-worker of mine in the background. I tried to kill him back, but I'm dead, and cant' fire soul bullets because I don't have a soul. This is my intellectual discourse verbatim, by the by.
Alright, alright, I'll stop with the superfluous b.s. So I pretend to be a comic book writer, and this is where I'll be talking about the stuff I write. I don't know if you can tell or not, but I'm just a little skeptical about what I like to do. This blog is half chronology, half...amazing!? It's my little satellite in the orbit of the blogsphere, hence the boy in it and such. Clever, no?
It might just languish here forever until I forget the password and no longer think about it, or it might actually get noticed and I'll feel obligated to work at it. We'll see what happens.
I'm pretty all over the place with my writing. I don't write anything but fiction, but I don't actually stick to a particular genre. I'd like to do everything if I could, but I'm sure time won't allow me that option. Once again, what I do and don't do is something that's going to have to materialize. I'm not making any resolutions, or taking any oaths. What I will do, is what I'll do; and what I do, is what you'll see.
Alright. I think that's a nice enough introduction. Now... I'm going to find a way to fix this blog thingie...'s wagon. -chortle-
Hehe, I actually used the word "blogsphere", and spell check actually accepts it. Only on the internet...no wait there it went. So ok, I'm P. Smith (aka, K. Smith), and apparently I've been killed by invisible bullets. No, I'm not crazy, I'm just writing a blog with a co-worker of mine in the background. I tried to kill him back, but I'm dead, and cant' fire soul bullets because I don't have a soul. This is my intellectual discourse verbatim, by the by.
Alright, alright, I'll stop with the superfluous b.s. So I pretend to be a comic book writer, and this is where I'll be talking about the stuff I write. I don't know if you can tell or not, but I'm just a little skeptical about what I like to do. This blog is half chronology, half...amazing!? It's my little satellite in the orbit of the blogsphere, hence the boy in it and such. Clever, no?
It might just languish here forever until I forget the password and no longer think about it, or it might actually get noticed and I'll feel obligated to work at it. We'll see what happens.
I'm pretty all over the place with my writing. I don't write anything but fiction, but I don't actually stick to a particular genre. I'd like to do everything if I could, but I'm sure time won't allow me that option. Once again, what I do and don't do is something that's going to have to materialize. I'm not making any resolutions, or taking any oaths. What I will do, is what I'll do; and what I do, is what you'll see.
Alright. I think that's a nice enough introduction. Now... I'm going to find a way to fix this blog thingie...'s wagon. -chortle-
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