Classics Redone

This is a post worth posting. Why? Becuase, you can see it happening! Classics being redone. Let's elaborate. One of the best examples of this happening is the series of live action Transformers films. Transformers was an 80's cartoon, and now a hugely successful movie franchise. But you also have to keep in mind that it was also a hugely successful cartoon series. That's just one example, there are many more before I get to the big boys. Like the new Smurfs movie! That was a classic show, now film-ized. And that's a good thing. People are trying to bring back the classics. Some are doing a good job. Some... aren't. Take Speed Racer. This was a great show back in the day, great! There was an adequate live action adaptation that was okay, it wasn't really a revival. And then there was the attempt at the new TV series. It was titled "Speed Racer: The Next Generation." It tried to take what Speed Racer had been and modernize it, but it failed greatley. The blend of 3D and 2D style animation looked wrong for that kind of show. In all, a failure of a revival. And now to get to the two new revivals to look forward to. (One's already here, but just live with it) First is THUNDERCATS! That's right, the eighties cartoon is getting a serious revamp on Cartoon Network! Not only does the animation look sleek and beautiful, but the characters look great and less... creepy. The premire is Friday the 29th, so don't miss it. Next is the revistitation of VOLTRON!!! Voltron Force (As it is called because just naming it Voltron WOULDN'T be cool? Whatever, the new name is pretty cool) is a direct sequal to the awesome series Voltron (duh). Now, there is one thing I'm not fond of, and that's the attempt at fusion of 3D and 2D, just like Speed Racer. However, it's not AS bad as S.R. and Voltron actually looks really cool entierly redone in 3D. The show is great, really, and you should give it a try for fans of the series. There's a lot of negativity, but it's really great. And there you go, that's my Classics Redone for now. Maybe more later. Don't get your hopes up.

Ghost Hunting! (Kinda)

Well, I've finally made another video, this time with my good friend Greyson (Snailmail27). We go on a pretend ghost hunting expedition into the unknown. Thumbs up for starman music!

Childhood

It's hard to come up with scentances to start blog posts with for me. Usually I just wanna type "and now it's time for yet another new post" but I know that would be lame. This one's working out, though. Now, onto the subject of this post, childhood. The picture above may just look like a brown robot dancing in a chasm to some, but other will recognize it. I'll hopefully explain. The whole idea for a post about childhood came from my forums. We started a topic about childhood, and it's pretty interesting to see what happened. You can see the thread http//cyber3forums.yolasite.com/#/20110709/childhood-711310/ at the url you just read and maybe clicked on. Childhood for me was my years of five to eight, and then I kinda got over it and entered preteen stuff which is really weird, but no teenage weird. When I was five was when I got into just about everything I would cherish later. Well, some I wouldn't, but I still enjoyed them then. The first thing I discovered that was cool when I was five was Power Rangers. Yeah, I know. But I was five, and the low production value and horrible special effects went directly over my head. It was awesome. And I mean, what could have been cooler than three average teens who could "morph" into super heros? Nothing. At least at age five. The only seasons I ever watched were the Ninja, Dinosaur, and some of the SPD. What could have been possibly cooler? ENTER: BIONICLE. Mom actually thought that BIONICLE looked dark and creepy, so she prevented me from getting one. Dad, on the other hand, saw their cool potential and got me my first BIONICLE. Needless to say, it was love at first sight, spawning a lifetime love of all thing BIONICLE. There were also a lot of cartoons in my life like Danny Phantom, The Fairly Odd Parents, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, That Cartoon that had Something to do with Timon and Pumba but I can't Remember the Exact Name, and Spongebob. Those were my shows. It was at the end of my five-year-old run that I recieved a PlayStation 2, one of the greatest gaming consoles of all time. And what was my first game? Kingdom Hearts! I played that game nonstop for many years. The first one's the best (the second one isn't bad, but the DS games make me a little sad). And there you have it. My childhood. In post form

Come on Guys! Let's Free Heroica!

"What in the good name of Voltron is this?" You may ask (because most people shamelessly Voltron's name in vain). This is what I scraped twenty bucks together to buy from Target and thought I needed to share with you. LEGO's new action/adventure board game HEROICA! That's right! HEROICA is a buildabe game in which you try to defeat evil monsters and accomplish one (or more) of many various goals. Is it fun? Why YES, it is. HEROICA is one of LEGO's coolest things on the market now, a truly enjoyable game. You actually have four different games to choose from. Each is fun within itself, but you can also combine them to form ONE SUPER GIGANTIC AWESOME GAME! Yes, it's a little nerdy, and a little DND, (don't ask) but hey, it's super fun for fans of LEGO. If you're looking for a good board game, buy thiss'n!

Middle School: The Worst Years of my Life (ChuckBlog Platinum Award)

Now, don't think of me like I'm some sort of guy who just hates Middle School. (Truth be told, there are a few places I'd rather be...) It's fine. But when I heard that James Patterson would be writing a book like this, I had to read it. I half expected it to be full of mutants, aliens, and paranormal witch-children (which I totally dig). But this book was someting else entirely. A good something else. Now, I would have initially thrown this into the genre of Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Big Nate, and any of those spin-off books like, I dunno, The Dweeb Diaries (No, calm down, it's not real. I actually think there is a series called The Dork Diaries, come to think of it). But this book seems to be in a class of it's own. Trust me, that's a good thing. It's all about this kid named Rafe (I know, let's name him Joe! No, people will make fun of him for that, why not Rafe? Actually, his name comes into play in the story's plot, I just had to do that.) who enters MIDDLE SCHOOL. Anyway, he and his imaginary friend Leo embark on an epic quest to break every single rule in the school. And THAT is what gives this book platinum status. That's a concept I just love! However, ask my mom and you'll get a very different answer. The book is perfect for kids in middle school, kids who were in middle school, and kids who are yet to be in middle school. So just about everyone. Trust me, this is a good read. So I give it...

THE CHUCKBLOG PLATINUM AWARD

FOR

BEST WORK OF DISTINGUISHED LITERATURE