Floozy Speak!

A few rants before I get down to ramblin. Have you noticed that just about every flick that comes out these days is THUMBS UP? Remember when "thumbs up" actually meant something? Nowadays, everything is thumbs up! The whole debate over movies, the tug of war over differences died with Siskel. Ebert is just a sell out, everything is thumbs up! Thumbs Up used to be awarded, it was medal of cinematic honor, well for those that valued the critics that bestowed those values, in any case to me, its all thumbs up!

I like the current time were in. SciFi and reality are catching up, every day Gizmodo tells me of yet another tale turned reality. Invention keeps on inventing. But the movies and such, the distance isnt as vast as it used to be. Movies arent that far into the future, well we need Aliens back maybe but all these "this computer took over that computer and took over the world......" ya know thats just not far away from reality. Sure aspects of it are, but the core concept isnt. Maybe thats why games like Call of Duty and B1942 etc sell so well, sure we're in the age of smart bombs but ya still gotta go toe to toe with people to press yer agenda. Hence the situation we got now in Iraq. We came, we conqured, and we're losing every day. I'm sure we had a good idea going in, we had solid propaganda, gotta get those weapons of mass destruction, sure we cant find them but they were bad! Well theres the ramble for ya... Dancing on present reality works, maybe cause no matter how in tune we are with our creations, were never close enough cause it all keeps changing. The hammer, we figured that out, no more mysteries there, but this computer thing, limitless it seems. And good stories perhaps leap off the cliff of plasuable reality, that could be possible so I get into more vs Aliens vs Predator? Get outa town! Sure to be good match up though. Maybe i'm tired of pseudo reality scifi adventures that arent so far off... maybe i need a fresh taste of scifi. Granted I love the material of computer assisted reality gone bad. I just expect more from hollywood and its 65 million dollar adventures. I dont need more dazzlement in the way of effects, i need more wonder in the way of story and character development.

So what is fresh for me? Jason, the Rat in houston used to talk of Fresh all the time as if it was a state of mind. Stay Fresh! That's Fresh! Where's my source of Fresh? Not in my fridge thats for sure. Mike you need to come over and eat my ginger things in the fridge.. im saving them for you. Fresh for me, and its never failed me is Obey Giant. Sure one of many reliable sources of ultimate freshness. Its relaxing to me, I see the order in it, I see the simple propaganda artistic freedom of it. Creating yer own posse for the sheer hell of it, I like that. Its like Dark Kitty, its new, its reborn, it keeps going.

New Ghost in The Shell 2 trailer. Personally, I'm a fan of obvious 3d animation techinques, that is animation traits that tell the user, "hey im 3d" vs the lets hope no one figures it out effect. Cause it just doesn't work as well for me, especially in japanese animation. Some shows do it really well, Voice of a Distant Star, Vandread.

Well Designed is a site I like mainly just to suck template and layout ideas from. I did actually buy a site design from them, and I got the whole newyorker hit squad kinda response. Least every time i hear that newyorker accent on the phone i instantly think I'm getting screwed. I dunno, just shifty I say, shifty. So anyways I need to put it up. Still the site is a good place to visit and go "ya.. that look!" Nina, see here.

TShirtHell is a new site I stumbled upon the other day, some great t-shirt concepts in here, ready to order as well. Pick some up! I like EAST COAST LAWNMOWERS the best so far...

I watched an 60min segment today on G4 about Metal Arms, a new game coming out for the consoles. This game looks like a ton of fun. You TIVO addicts out there with G4, watch, er tivo the segment, its really good.

Not that anyone I know would do it, but Savage does come with an editor... And this little tutorial helps a bit in making your own maps.

Mood Light is cool, I want more mood-light enabled things, anything, vases, floor panels, wall panels, lamps, chairs, anything.. I like it!

We're all connected.. but would we use it?

Nice tech blog and i'm not sure you'd want to use it.. but hey heres a good JPEG to ASCII converter.

Know your movie fonts! Wait a sec who on here will really use those? Clint maybe? Nik? ELLLLOO NIK!

Magic Pony is takin on Kid Robot...

Here's a nice collection of inspirational material.. that is if you think like me.. if not.. sok still some good sites on here, fonts, graphics, designs, etc.

Designer Info is a site worth checking out for you creative types.. I'm a review hound, i'm always on the hunt for a review.. this site gives out pretty decent reviews.

Say Amiga fans, did ya ever use TVPaint? Well it got bought by Newtek long ago and turned into Aura, which is now Mirage. Weeeee