Category: Geekitude

My brother treated the family to one of the first screenings of the Star Wars. I will say the clampdown on details was a damned good thing, because it let the plot twists and turns hit with even more emotional punch. One of these nearly got my family killed as we were leaving the theater (I posted that over on the Book of Face, but I’ll probably do a quick post here later).

I will say this: in lesser hands, this movie would have just been a tribute film to the first Star Wars. We have all the elements – hero’s journey, lovable scamps, omnipresent evil force, awesome space battles. Except it wasn’t just a tribute. It was the melding of all we loved about the original with new themes and characters that make Episode VII more than the sum of its parts. 

I look forward to seeing it again. And again. And again.

If you want to hear about probably my favorite cartoon series, here’s a damn good podcast episode.

The brother sent me a link for a gallery of pictures based on the idea of what if popular movies were made in different decades. I loved the Dune one:

  
And there are four more of them if you really want to lose some time. 

Waste three minutes on this.

From Rejected Princesses comes this story about a girl who designed her prom dress after “The Arrow.”

Personally, I think this is freaking awesome.

Unfortunately, I can see Disney doing this before doing something like Tie Fighter Wars.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=AZ3n_D1zBrg

This is just flipping awesome.

http://youtu.be/PN_CP4SuoTU

For some reason, it reminds me of the early Aeon Flux cartoons. Not the style of animation, but the storytelling style.