My college course is coming to an end and I struggling to work out what I'm going to do with myself, for the past 2 years I've been studying media.
I had an idea of what I wanted to do before I started the course but now I'm not sure what I'm gonna be doing.
I decided against university because I feel university is only really worth while if you intend to be a doctor or a teacher or something that you need to prove you have intelligence but I don't intend to teach anyone anything because honestly I would make a terrible teacher, I'd rather not waste my money and time doing something if I don't necessarily need it. (If I do ever go to uni it would be because I absolutely need to because I'm stubborn and tight fisted.)
In my last year of school I had a few ideas of potential jobs I could see myself doing, my mum seriously thought I choose to work with animals and I do like animals and I love having pets but I couldn't do it as a job, I'd just kill them (accidentally obviously) but I myself never thought about doing that myself, I liked the idea of being a florist because I've always liked flowers too and I seriously considered this until I went to buy some flowers for my mum for mothers day.
The flowers were beautiful and everything but I couldn't help but notice the florists hands.
Her hands were in a horrible state, they were green and all cut up and the skin on her finger tips were thick and hard and it really put me off, I saw a brief glimpse of my future as a florist and it was glum, it's not like I even have nice hands any way so I'd have short thick green fingers I decided not to do that.
I then thought about I illustrating, that sounded fun although I wouldn't get paid an awful lot because I love drawing and it would be cool to make money and seeing my drawings being published then I a friend reminded me of the job I wanted to do when I was little which was animating.
You see I've been watching tv and playing video games pretty much since I was born (which is probably why I write this blog and is probably the reason why I do and like all the things I like and do.) when I was 3 or 4 I was so blown away by tv shows like pokemon and the countless amount of disney films I used to watch that I wanted to make cartoons for a job, (I also wanted to own a hotel or be a dog walker but I'll just forget about those job ideas.) I used to draw so much, I still do really but cartoons had encouraged me to draw and think up stories and things in the first place so it seemed like the perfect job for me.
So I went to college to become an animator but after 2 years of studying I don't know what to do any more, I think I to work in TV and film Pre-Production, the part before the it is filmed/animated where the script is written, Ideas are made and story boards and designs are drawn up because I obviously still watch too much tv, I still like drawing and I like thinking up stories.
I think I will look for pre-production tv and film related jobs and/or work experience using the grades I get from college and the ones I got from school, I also want to keep up this blog and try writing some of the stories I think up down some where (I might as well try any way) and I'll probably do this for a year and if I'm still jobless I will see what has stopped me from getting the jobs like I need to know a certain program or I need a certain qualification I will apply to university or do another college course.
Monday, 17 June 2013
Thursday, 13 June 2013
The 3DS games that I'm looking forward to
I'm the owner of a 3DS and I'm not ashamed of it, Nintendo consoles are dubbed "babies consoles" but I stand by the fact that Nintendo has some great titles and I was the person who pre-ordered my 3DS for my 17th birthday (my birthday is in February and I waited a month to get my birthday present, sad I know ands the worst part was that I didn't get a 3D game I liked the look of for a good year after that but enough of that.)
Animal Crossing new leaf is coming out soon in the uk (really soon, so I apologise if the game comes out before I publish this post) I love animal crossing and I've probably been waiting for this since it was announced in 2010 but I can't remember so I'll just say I've been waiting for this for a few years now, the coolest part for me is:
1.you can swim, the water always looked so nice and it seemed weird that there was so much water and you couldn't swim, I don't suppose you get to swim an awful lot but it still sounds cool.
2. you can wear and change you're trousers, it may not seem like much but for people who have worn shorts and dresses all year round for years is a good improment, the DS game saw the addition of changing you're hair and the Wii version let you change you're socks and shoes so to beable to change you're bottom half is a logical progression.
3. It's animal crossing, there will be tons of cool and quirky things to discover, animal crossing is like cuter, kookier Sims, Sims tried to be cuter with my Sims but honestly it didn't compare to animal crossing.
but despite this I don't know if I'll go out and buy it straight away, I might wait for the reviews because I'm not sure about the "you are the mayor" thing, I preferred working my way up but I will buy it eventually, just maybe I'll buy it later when it's cheaper.
Professor Layton Azran legacies looks awesome, Professor Layton is one of those game series that is so addictive, it's more like a film than a game.
The stories are well written with great plot twists and the cut-scenes are beautiful and the puzzles are some times so hard I have to cheat, unfortunately because its more like a film its hard to put down and I end up finishing the story within a few days, but still worth it.
I always spoil the endings, it's like I have to know no matter what and my curiosity gets the better of me, I spoilt unwound future after I played Pandora's box and almost ruined the whole thing, I ruined the mask of miracles half way through and now I've just ruined Azran legacies too (why do I do this!?) I don't want to ruin any thing for everyone else but I learnt Emmy's secret and descole's identity and it ruined everything. (my advice, don't spoil the ending to a professor Layton game. ever)
Any way I will be buying next Professor Layton game and this one is meant to be last game with Hershel layton as the protagonist, I don't think this is the end of the Layton universe, I think the next games will be more focused on Luke but there was a game for IOS about Layton's son so maybe we will find out more about him (seeing as currently the Professor doesn't have a family so maybe after the events of the unwound future he can settle down? who knows but I'm sure we haven't seen the last of Hershel Layton)
There is another game I'm looking forward to is Pokemon x and y, everyone seems to either hate it or love it, The new fairy type seems a little pointless to me but it's super effective against dragons so maybe its not all that bad.
(The pokemon I hate the most is Kingdra, it's dragon/water so ice isn't as effective so the only move you can use that deals damage is a dragon type move! But, kingdra is also dragon type so it can also hit your dragon type with super effective dragon moves and because its part water it can learn ice type moves!so unless you have a pokemon immune to everything that can use dragon type moves or alternatively a Kingdra you will lose- if you have a Kingdra too the two of you will be slugging it out to see who has the best Kingdra. Really anything that I can use to beat that pokemon will be cherished forever.)
The coolest thing about this game (other than riding around town on a Gogoat) is that the player character can be customized a little bit, as sad as that sounds it is a great relief to finally be able to make a character that actually resembles you (a little bit) I'm not even that racially diverse and there still hasn't been a character that looks like me because all the player characters have been dark haired whilst I'm blonde so imagine what must it must be like to African or Indian for example so the ability to change hair colour and skin tone of your player is a welcomed feature.
And lastly I'm waiting for the mew Smash Bros game, It will probably be much better on WiiU than it will on 3DS, but I'm still excited and if I were to get a WiiU this game would be on my wish list, the game comes in 2014 so maybe I will get a WiiU by then, who knows.
So far MegaMan, the Animal Crossing player character and the WiiFit instructor have all been revealed as fighters (although I secretly hope the WiiFit Instructor is a joke.)
Everyone is pretty hyped up about MegaMan and I know he has been on some people wish lists but the Animal Crossing fighter intrigues me the most, as a 12 year old I mused to joke/wish that there would be an animal crossing fighter and would laugh about how he could attack with his shovel and nets and what ever and thought it would be hilarious and would never happen and now that it has it makes me feel weird.
Is it weird that I'm more excited about the villager and the Wii fit trainer more than MegaMan (probably because MegaMan is an Obvious choice for a fighter and the other two are not.)
From watching the trailer the animal crossing boy is a fierce and merciless opponent, if it weren't for the fact he is so cute you would be terrified but I'm glad he made the cut and I wan't sure about the WiiFit Trainer but the trailer changed my mind, thinking about who would make a better fighter than a fitness instructor.
I hope that professor Layton at least gets a stage as I think it would be a good idea it could be like the warioware stage in brawl where you have to answer puzzles and not to mention the Layton universe would make a pretty stage, The professor would make a good fighter too, I also hope some of the new Pokemon could become fighters too like they did with Lucario in brawl, obvious choices there would be Zoroark or mewtwo and it's new forms but I still would like to see what they will do and who else has made it to the rooster.
Animal Crossing new leaf is coming out soon in the uk (really soon, so I apologise if the game comes out before I publish this post) I love animal crossing and I've probably been waiting for this since it was announced in 2010 but I can't remember so I'll just say I've been waiting for this for a few years now, the coolest part for me is:
1.you can swim, the water always looked so nice and it seemed weird that there was so much water and you couldn't swim, I don't suppose you get to swim an awful lot but it still sounds cool.
2. you can wear and change you're trousers, it may not seem like much but for people who have worn shorts and dresses all year round for years is a good improment, the DS game saw the addition of changing you're hair and the Wii version let you change you're socks and shoes so to beable to change you're bottom half is a logical progression.
3. It's animal crossing, there will be tons of cool and quirky things to discover, animal crossing is like cuter, kookier Sims, Sims tried to be cuter with my Sims but honestly it didn't compare to animal crossing.
but despite this I don't know if I'll go out and buy it straight away, I might wait for the reviews because I'm not sure about the "you are the mayor" thing, I preferred working my way up but I will buy it eventually, just maybe I'll buy it later when it's cheaper.
Professor Layton Azran legacies looks awesome, Professor Layton is one of those game series that is so addictive, it's more like a film than a game.
The stories are well written with great plot twists and the cut-scenes are beautiful and the puzzles are some times so hard I have to cheat, unfortunately because its more like a film its hard to put down and I end up finishing the story within a few days, but still worth it.
I always spoil the endings, it's like I have to know no matter what and my curiosity gets the better of me, I spoilt unwound future after I played Pandora's box and almost ruined the whole thing, I ruined the mask of miracles half way through and now I've just ruined Azran legacies too (why do I do this!?) I don't want to ruin any thing for everyone else but I learnt Emmy's secret and descole's identity and it ruined everything. (my advice, don't spoil the ending to a professor Layton game. ever)
Any way I will be buying next Professor Layton game and this one is meant to be last game with Hershel layton as the protagonist, I don't think this is the end of the Layton universe, I think the next games will be more focused on Luke but there was a game for IOS about Layton's son so maybe we will find out more about him (seeing as currently the Professor doesn't have a family so maybe after the events of the unwound future he can settle down? who knows but I'm sure we haven't seen the last of Hershel Layton)
There is another game I'm looking forward to is Pokemon x and y, everyone seems to either hate it or love it, The new fairy type seems a little pointless to me but it's super effective against dragons so maybe its not all that bad.
(The pokemon I hate the most is Kingdra, it's dragon/water so ice isn't as effective so the only move you can use that deals damage is a dragon type move! But, kingdra is also dragon type so it can also hit your dragon type with super effective dragon moves and because its part water it can learn ice type moves!so unless you have a pokemon immune to everything that can use dragon type moves or alternatively a Kingdra you will lose- if you have a Kingdra too the two of you will be slugging it out to see who has the best Kingdra. Really anything that I can use to beat that pokemon will be cherished forever.)
The coolest thing about this game (other than riding around town on a Gogoat) is that the player character can be customized a little bit, as sad as that sounds it is a great relief to finally be able to make a character that actually resembles you (a little bit) I'm not even that racially diverse and there still hasn't been a character that looks like me because all the player characters have been dark haired whilst I'm blonde so imagine what must it must be like to African or Indian for example so the ability to change hair colour and skin tone of your player is a welcomed feature.
And lastly I'm waiting for the mew Smash Bros game, It will probably be much better on WiiU than it will on 3DS, but I'm still excited and if I were to get a WiiU this game would be on my wish list, the game comes in 2014 so maybe I will get a WiiU by then, who knows.
So far MegaMan, the Animal Crossing player character and the WiiFit instructor have all been revealed as fighters (although I secretly hope the WiiFit Instructor is a joke.)
Everyone is pretty hyped up about MegaMan and I know he has been on some people wish lists but the Animal Crossing fighter intrigues me the most, as a 12 year old I mused to joke/wish that there would be an animal crossing fighter and would laugh about how he could attack with his shovel and nets and what ever and thought it would be hilarious and would never happen and now that it has it makes me feel weird.
Is it weird that I'm more excited about the villager and the Wii fit trainer more than MegaMan (probably because MegaMan is an Obvious choice for a fighter and the other two are not.)
I hope that professor Layton at least gets a stage as I think it would be a good idea it could be like the warioware stage in brawl where you have to answer puzzles and not to mention the Layton universe would make a pretty stage, The professor would make a good fighter too, I also hope some of the new Pokemon could become fighters too like they did with Lucario in brawl, obvious choices there would be Zoroark or mewtwo and it's new forms but I still would like to see what they will do and who else has made it to the rooster.
Tuesday, 4 June 2013
Counting Stars- OneRepublic
I'm a really big OneRepublic fan and I was over joyed when they announced on twitter that their next single from the new album native was counting stars and that they were making a video and it didn't disappoint.
I have to admit I think I prefer this to the "feel again" and "if i lose myself" videos, it was just edgier than the other two (however Brent Kutzle the bassist dancing in "if i lose myself" was just too cute.)
This Video features a OneRepublic, crocodile and a mass religious- esque healing dance.
I guess the mass healing ritual what ever it is represents how music "heals" everything, maybe heal is the wrong word more like "makes you feel better", music can effect larger groups of people because obviously people have accesses to music where ever they are in the world and it doesn't make any difference who they are, everyone has their own music tastes.
I'm not too sure what the crocodile is doing, maybe he represents fear because they are seen as dangerous animals and because the croc is walking around maybe he represents the anticipation of fear, like its searching for something, he will eventually find someone and scare them but until then it's just walking around.
I really wanted to share this video because I think this song, band and video deserve more attention.
This Video features a OneRepublic, crocodile and a mass religious- esque healing dance.
I guess the mass healing ritual what ever it is represents how music "heals" everything, maybe heal is the wrong word more like "makes you feel better", music can effect larger groups of people because obviously people have accesses to music where ever they are in the world and it doesn't make any difference who they are, everyone has their own music tastes.
I'm not too sure what the crocodile is doing, maybe he represents fear because they are seen as dangerous animals and because the croc is walking around maybe he represents the anticipation of fear, like its searching for something, he will eventually find someone and scare them but until then it's just walking around.
I really wanted to share this video because I think this song, band and video deserve more attention.
Soul Eater
I have now joined the Soul Eater Bandwagon.
Over one weekend I have watched over half of all the soul eater episodes (I would have watched them all if it weren't for me feeling bad about ignoring my family, so I watched it for 3 hours at a time then took a break for an hour and a bit before watching it for another 3 hours, I did this on Saturday night, Sunday morning and evening then again Monday morning and evening.)
I decided to watch Soul Eater when i was scrolling through memes and finding a picture of Death the kid (I'd seen him before but never really cared enough to look it up.) But The meme/picture what ever it was criticized his symmetry which clearly intrigued me to the point of looking him up.
At first I watched it with subtitles (I was sort of skeptical of the dubbed version, personally I find that dubbed anime isn't as good as subbed, its just I never like the voices and things get lost in translation and what not.) so I watched them subbed up until 34-ish then saw the first episode dubbed and loved it so much i went back and watched my favorite ones in English and then continued where I left off.
I have now gotten to the point whilst doing other things I'm thinking about Soul Eater and hoping/wishing that Soul and Makka end up together. it's horrible, its like I'm losing my willpower and I need to know what happens next (I haven't had this since reading the hunger games, yes its that bad and yes I'm that sad.)
Thankfully there are only 51 episodes so by the time I've finally seen them all I should be fine but Soul eater has a manga with more chapters and it's still on going!
I'll probably end up reading that when I've finished with the anime and if the Soul Eater Manga is anything like the Onepiece manga I'll probably be reading it for ever.
My favorite character is soul then Death The Kid then Makka, like I said before I really liked the dubbed version, I was expecting Makka to sound whiny but thankfully she wasn't (for some reason girls in anime are slightly whiny)so that was a nice surprise, I had higher hopes for Kids voice, his Japanese voice seemed to be slightly better, he sounded more regal and I was expecting him to sound English but his voice fit his character well and I do like it, it's just not what I had in mind, even Black Star's voice was okay (I was dreading his dubbed voice the most because he his the "shouty anime boy" character and I find their voices annoying when they get dubbed into English, no offence.) but even Black Star sounded good.
Over one weekend I have watched over half of all the soul eater episodes (I would have watched them all if it weren't for me feeling bad about ignoring my family, so I watched it for 3 hours at a time then took a break for an hour and a bit before watching it for another 3 hours, I did this on Saturday night, Sunday morning and evening then again Monday morning and evening.)
I decided to watch Soul Eater when i was scrolling through memes and finding a picture of Death the kid (I'd seen him before but never really cared enough to look it up.) But The meme/picture what ever it was criticized his symmetry which clearly intrigued me to the point of looking him up.
At first I watched it with subtitles (I was sort of skeptical of the dubbed version, personally I find that dubbed anime isn't as good as subbed, its just I never like the voices and things get lost in translation and what not.) so I watched them subbed up until 34-ish then saw the first episode dubbed and loved it so much i went back and watched my favorite ones in English and then continued where I left off.
I have now gotten to the point whilst doing other things I'm thinking about Soul Eater and hoping/wishing that Soul and Makka end up together. it's horrible, its like I'm losing my willpower and I need to know what happens next (I haven't had this since reading the hunger games, yes its that bad and yes I'm that sad.)
Thankfully there are only 51 episodes so by the time I've finally seen them all I should be fine but Soul eater has a manga with more chapters and it's still on going!
I'll probably end up reading that when I've finished with the anime and if the Soul Eater Manga is anything like the Onepiece manga I'll probably be reading it for ever.
My favorite character is soul then Death The Kid then Makka, like I said before I really liked the dubbed version, I was expecting Makka to sound whiny but thankfully she wasn't (for some reason girls in anime are slightly whiny)so that was a nice surprise, I had higher hopes for Kids voice, his Japanese voice seemed to be slightly better, he sounded more regal and I was expecting him to sound English but his voice fit his character well and I do like it, it's just not what I had in mind, even Black Star's voice was okay (I was dreading his dubbed voice the most because he his the "shouty anime boy" character and I find their voices annoying when they get dubbed into English, no offence.) but even Black Star sounded good.
Monday, 20 May 2013
Fall Out Boy Young Blood Chronicles.
So The Coolest thing about Fall Out Boys new album Save rock and roll is the videos, the video's tell a story, so far there are 3, I presumed that there would only be about 4 or 5 videos as usually only a hand full of tracks from music albums get released as singles and the story of the videos are titled "The Young Blood Chronicles , I was going to do this when the last video is released but Fall Out Boy are releasing videos for all 11 tracks on the album so I decided not to wait for the last video to be released before beginning this post.
This post is related to an earlier post check out my previous Fall Out Boy post.
This post contains spoilers so I suggest you watch the video's before reading.
So far in the Young Blood Chronicles Fall Out Boy met up and hand cuffed a mysterious case to lead singer Patrick Stumps wrist at the beginning of "The Phoenix" video.
(The Video for "My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark" takes place after The Phoenix and young volcanoes and will most likely not be concluded for a while.)
One by one they all get captured by women and they cut off Patrick's hand, now Patrick stump has a stump.
The women presumably have the case and, There is a bit of a pulp fiction reference with not showing the audience what is inside the case but i'm guessing they'll probably show us by the end, my first guess is that it is music or it represents creativity, success or something and they are desperate to keep it safe... and they failed.
I love this video, there was this creepy kid who stalks Patrick, Pete does a spot of falconry which I admit I don't really understand.
(maybe Pete used the bird as a warning or to send a message to the rest of Fall Out Boy or something but they all got captured any way, maybe Pete's bird will return, it might bring help, who knows.
The creepy kid disappears half way through of the video after distracting Patrick while he was being kidnapped, he then hangs a carrier bag with Patrick's hand inside on Pets front door, maybe he will return later on, maybe he won't.)
I love this video because it is pretty much the first time I've seen Fall Out Boy together for a few years.("my songs know what you did in the dark" was released first but you can't really see their faces, I'll get to that later.) The biggest shock was seeing how they've all changed, all 4 of them look different some how.
For a good minute I thought Patrick had been replaced I really didn't recognize him which I personally think is a good thing, he looks a healthy weight now, he's not over or under weight and he seems so much more confident than before.
People seem to be either happy or unhappy about his change in appearance, some people praise Patrick for improving his appearance, some people criticise him for it and some people criticise other people for taking a sudden interest in Fall Out Boy.
I admit, I find him much more attractive now then I did before but I don't think it's really down to weight loss, he also cut his hair and shaved off his side burns, it's more of a confidence thing, I'm one of those people whilst never being sad or rebellious I was still guilty of sporting a long emo side fringe from about 13 to 15 then got a full fringe before growing it back out from 16 to 18 when I got a full fringe again and sadly I'll probably go back to the emo fringe.
Being an insecure person I end up looking down at my feet and I hide behind my fringe when its long so I had a hair cut , I think this is the same principle with Pat and I can relate to that , along with the weight loss, hair cut ect he feels more confident which makes him more attractive and because of this Patrick seems to be the focus of the videos where as before he seemed to take a back seat.
The next video in the story so far is Young Volcanoes, the video is explicit as it makes reference to drugs and there is nudity.
So far this is the coolest video, this follows up where the band has been kidnapped and Pat's hand was amputated.
The end of the phoenix video has a brief blink-and-you'll-miss-it shot from this video.
Firstly this song is very upbeat and happy and despite the video being dark and creepy the song fits the video perfectly.
The video starts before the music starts with the kidnappers transporting (what I guess must be Patrick Stump) in a lift while flashing back to scenes of Patrick being cut up, the music kicks in with a happily drugged up Stump tied to a chair sitting at a table while the kidnappers drag the rest of Fall Out Boy kicking and screaming to the dining table, the rest of the band are distressed (which is understandable really).
All though everyone but Patrick is screaming at this point in the video it doesn't seem too horrific, you would think that seeing people freaking out and being tied up would expect to feel slightly more uncomfortable.
I think this happens not only because the music is happy and upbeat thus lifting the viewers mood but because Patrick looks so happy you kind of ignore the rest of the band screaming in the background.
Everyone is fixed up to a drip, the women pour drinks down their throats and put coloured powder up the boys noses until they are happy enough to not want to run away.
They all end up eating what are clearly Patrick's organs, which begs the question; how is he still alive?
When everybody is out of their skulls drunk/drugged they are untied, everybody dances around and a lady gets topless (the topless lady is obviously the reason why the video is Explicit, I doubt youtube would have a problem with implied drugs and alcohol because censorship is funny like that.)
Fall Out Boy end up passing out back in their seats and the video ends.
Right now I'm still waiting for the next video/videos in the story so I'll probably continue this when more come out.
So far the latest video in the story is the first video "my songs know what you did in the dark"
This was the first video from Fall Out Boy since 2009 which was exciting even if you couldn't see their faces.
I think the absence of faces made it more interesting and secretive, I was dubious at first whether it really was Fall Out Boy ( like there was some kind of joke or mistake or something) which made made it funnier/ more worrying when they showed the band tied up in a van about to be set alight by 2 chainz.
The video is pretty much just women burning instruments, music albums, magazines ect.
As the video goes on it becomes clearer and clearer that they are burning Fall Out Boy specific items and then it looks like they are about to burn fall out boy.
There was this stupid discussion/war type thing in the youtube comments about Fall Out Boy hating on rap or rap being better than rock and there was this argument, I don't think they meant to cause a rap/rock war because obviously 2chainz wouldn't agree to be in a video if it was meant to imply that rock was better than rap and I'm sure Fall Out Boy don't hate rap, hip hop, RnB and urban music seeing as they work with artists from that genre, the new album features Big Sean.
I predict that by the end Elton John will save Fall Out Boy from 2chainz and the kidnappers because that would be funny to watch and would be a fitting ending to the young blood chronicles and a fitting video for the save rock and roll single, at some point I presume Courtney Love, Big Sean, Foxes and Elton John will be making appearances in the videos or at least I hope so and I look forward to the rest of the videos and sharing my thoughts of the next three with the internet.
This post is related to an earlier post check out my previous Fall Out Boy post.
This post contains spoilers so I suggest you watch the video's before reading.
So far in the Young Blood Chronicles Fall Out Boy met up and hand cuffed a mysterious case to lead singer Patrick Stumps wrist at the beginning of "The Phoenix" video.
(The Video for "My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark" takes place after The Phoenix and young volcanoes and will most likely not be concluded for a while.)
The women presumably have the case and, There is a bit of a pulp fiction reference with not showing the audience what is inside the case but i'm guessing they'll probably show us by the end, my first guess is that it is music or it represents creativity, success or something and they are desperate to keep it safe... and they failed.
I love this video, there was this creepy kid who stalks Patrick, Pete does a spot of falconry which I admit I don't really understand.
(maybe Pete used the bird as a warning or to send a message to the rest of Fall Out Boy or something but they all got captured any way, maybe Pete's bird will return, it might bring help, who knows.
The creepy kid disappears half way through of the video after distracting Patrick while he was being kidnapped, he then hangs a carrier bag with Patrick's hand inside on Pets front door, maybe he will return later on, maybe he won't.)
I love this video because it is pretty much the first time I've seen Fall Out Boy together for a few years.("my songs know what you did in the dark" was released first but you can't really see their faces, I'll get to that later.) The biggest shock was seeing how they've all changed, all 4 of them look different some how.
For a good minute I thought Patrick had been replaced I really didn't recognize him which I personally think is a good thing, he looks a healthy weight now, he's not over or under weight and he seems so much more confident than before.
People seem to be either happy or unhappy about his change in appearance, some people praise Patrick for improving his appearance, some people criticise him for it and some people criticise other people for taking a sudden interest in Fall Out Boy.
I admit, I find him much more attractive now then I did before but I don't think it's really down to weight loss, he also cut his hair and shaved off his side burns, it's more of a confidence thing, I'm one of those people whilst never being sad or rebellious I was still guilty of sporting a long emo side fringe from about 13 to 15 then got a full fringe before growing it back out from 16 to 18 when I got a full fringe again and sadly I'll probably go back to the emo fringe.
Being an insecure person I end up looking down at my feet and I hide behind my fringe when its long so I had a hair cut , I think this is the same principle with Pat and I can relate to that , along with the weight loss, hair cut ect he feels more confident which makes him more attractive and because of this Patrick seems to be the focus of the videos where as before he seemed to take a back seat.
The next video in the story so far is Young Volcanoes, the video is explicit as it makes reference to drugs and there is nudity.
The end of the phoenix video has a brief blink-and-you'll-miss-it shot from this video.
Firstly this song is very upbeat and happy and despite the video being dark and creepy the song fits the video perfectly.
The video starts before the music starts with the kidnappers transporting (what I guess must be Patrick Stump) in a lift while flashing back to scenes of Patrick being cut up, the music kicks in with a happily drugged up Stump tied to a chair sitting at a table while the kidnappers drag the rest of Fall Out Boy kicking and screaming to the dining table, the rest of the band are distressed (which is understandable really).
All though everyone but Patrick is screaming at this point in the video it doesn't seem too horrific, you would think that seeing people freaking out and being tied up would expect to feel slightly more uncomfortable.
I think this happens not only because the music is happy and upbeat thus lifting the viewers mood but because Patrick looks so happy you kind of ignore the rest of the band screaming in the background.
Everyone is fixed up to a drip, the women pour drinks down their throats and put coloured powder up the boys noses until they are happy enough to not want to run away.
They all end up eating what are clearly Patrick's organs, which begs the question; how is he still alive?
When everybody is out of their skulls drunk/drugged they are untied, everybody dances around and a lady gets topless (the topless lady is obviously the reason why the video is Explicit, I doubt youtube would have a problem with implied drugs and alcohol because censorship is funny like that.)
Fall Out Boy end up passing out back in their seats and the video ends.
Right now I'm still waiting for the next video/videos in the story so I'll probably continue this when more come out.
So far the latest video in the story is the first video "my songs know what you did in the dark"
I think the absence of faces made it more interesting and secretive, I was dubious at first whether it really was Fall Out Boy ( like there was some kind of joke or mistake or something) which made made it funnier/ more worrying when they showed the band tied up in a van about to be set alight by 2 chainz.
The video is pretty much just women burning instruments, music albums, magazines ect.
As the video goes on it becomes clearer and clearer that they are burning Fall Out Boy specific items and then it looks like they are about to burn fall out boy.
There was this stupid discussion/war type thing in the youtube comments about Fall Out Boy hating on rap or rap being better than rock and there was this argument, I don't think they meant to cause a rap/rock war because obviously 2chainz wouldn't agree to be in a video if it was meant to imply that rock was better than rap and I'm sure Fall Out Boy don't hate rap, hip hop, RnB and urban music seeing as they work with artists from that genre, the new album features Big Sean.
I predict that by the end Elton John will save Fall Out Boy from 2chainz and the kidnappers because that would be funny to watch and would be a fitting ending to the young blood chronicles and a fitting video for the save rock and roll single, at some point I presume Courtney Love, Big Sean, Foxes and Elton John will be making appearances in the videos or at least I hope so and I look forward to the rest of the videos and sharing my thoughts of the next three with the internet.
Thursday, 9 May 2013
Young Justice
I've mentioned Young Justice so many times in blog entries but I haven't really spoken about it properly yet and feel it's about time I did.
Young Justice was a cartoon on Cartoon Network, it was about the sidekicks and teen heroes from the DC universe and was a part of the DC nation block on a Saturday morning.
The producers Greg wiseman and Brandon Vietti changed the line up from the comics to feature characters like Dick Grayson and Wally West for example (Wally and Dick were a part of the Teen Titans not young justice but they were chosen over later sidekicks as people were more familiar with those characters) and a brand new Aqualad called Kaldur was created (possibly to create more racial diversity, the original aqualad Garth made an appearance and later became tempest.) along with that many of the ages were changed and Artemis's family tree was changed from that of the comics to include Asian heritage and having Cheshire as her sister (Artemis was a kind of obscure female villain/anti hero in the comic books.)
The series was really well written and dark at places, the characters were really well developed and I loved Kidflash/Wally West and Aretmis in season 1 and I loved Impulse/Bart Allen and Bluebeetle/Jamie Reyes in Season 2, I loved the way that drama and action fitted together, the relationships really pushed the series and not just the romantic ones, Miss martian and beast boys brother/sister relationship was really sweet and the Robin/ Kidflash bromance was cool to see.
Unfortunately as I've said a billion times on this blog Young justice (along with Green Lantern Animated Sereis ) was cancelled, the ending was spectacular and I wept when a certain someone died and didn't recover for a good ten minutes after the episode ended.
The ending was more like a cliff hanger than I had hoped because there isn't much worse than an unresolved cliff hanger but the ending did the series justice and maybe they will be able to continue the story some day, the crew seem to want to any way.
Sadly I think maybe the series was too dark and mature for kids to appreciate which might have been why merchandise didn't sell as well and that could have been why it had been cancelled.
Now voice actors, possibly the most high profile voice actor on the show was Jesse McCartney who voiced Robin/Nightwing/Dick Grayson but my favorite was Jason Spisak the voice of Kidflash, unfortunately for him he was also the voice of the villain Razor in Green Lantern Animated Series which also got cancelled.
I like this voice actor the most for the videos he makes on youtube where he puts on Kidflash and razor's voice to read Dr. Suess and Shakespeare and weird stuff like that which is pretty cool, it's nice for the fans too.
On a side note I found Kaldur in Teen Titans Go the other week, apparently he is a DJ now...
Monday, 29 April 2013
Fall Out Boy Save rock and Roll.
Recently Fall Out Boy have come out of hiatus and released an album having worked on the album in secret which is pretty much the best ways to come back from a break as the second you announced you're back together you already have a whole album, there is less pressure and it's much nicer for your fans not having to wait, plus it would be pretty awkward if you announce that you are getting back together and you all fall out putting the album together so I have so much respect for Fall Out Boy for doing this in secret.
What happened to Fall Out Boy during the hiatus is rather sad, the band took a break because they simply didn't enjoy it anymore, people weren't liking the new tracks and they couldn't so it any more.
They all ventured on solo careers which sadly ultimately failed, the lead singer Patrick Stump wrote, produced and performed a solo album, married his girlfriend and lost a lot of weight, his solo career flopped and in a blog entry he revealed how "fans" would throw abuse at him on his solo tour with comments like "We liked you better fat" which is horrible considering the work that he put into his solo career and weight loss.
Bassist Pete Wentz began abusing prescription drugs and split from wife Ashlee Simpson, wrote a novel and hosted a reality competition about tattoos.
Drummer Andy Hurley and guitarist Joe Trohman formed a heavy metal outfit " the dammed things" with Scott Ian and Rob Caggiano of "anthrax" and Keith Buckley of "Every time I die".
The album came about when Stump wrote Wentz a letter about how he felt like he was in a dark place and wanted an outlet for creativity and the two began writing together.
The whole back story really depresses me, I just feel horrible that they got to a point of feeling like that and I'm quite angry that people treated them like that to begin with, it's sad to think that happened and people (like me) had no idea that happend a just brought the new album as if nothing happened.
The nice part is that "Save rock and roll" has achieved so much popularity without everyone hearing the sad back story and pitying the band, Instead they just made a great album and reinvented them selves.
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What happened to Fall Out Boy during the hiatus is rather sad, the band took a break because they simply didn't enjoy it anymore, people weren't liking the new tracks and they couldn't so it any more.
They all ventured on solo careers which sadly ultimately failed, the lead singer Patrick Stump wrote, produced and performed a solo album, married his girlfriend and lost a lot of weight, his solo career flopped and in a blog entry he revealed how "fans" would throw abuse at him on his solo tour with comments like "We liked you better fat" which is horrible considering the work that he put into his solo career and weight loss.
Bassist Pete Wentz began abusing prescription drugs and split from wife Ashlee Simpson, wrote a novel and hosted a reality competition about tattoos.
Drummer Andy Hurley and guitarist Joe Trohman formed a heavy metal outfit " the dammed things" with Scott Ian and Rob Caggiano of "anthrax" and Keith Buckley of "Every time I die".
The album came about when Stump wrote Wentz a letter about how he felt like he was in a dark place and wanted an outlet for creativity and the two began writing together.
The whole back story really depresses me, I just feel horrible that they got to a point of feeling like that and I'm quite angry that people treated them like that to begin with, it's sad to think that happened and people (like me) had no idea that happend a just brought the new album as if nothing happened.
The nice part is that "Save rock and roll" has achieved so much popularity without everyone hearing the sad back story and pitying the band, Instead they just made a great album and reinvented them selves.
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Sunday, 21 April 2013
My Relationship with Midsomer murders.
I pretty much love all Tv and I usually like Mystery Dramas but something Midsomer murders makes me want to hate it but in reality I end up compelled to watch the whole episode.
Midsomer murders is a British murder mystery Drama that takes place around an area called Midsomers (a small fictional county) the series has been running since 1997 and new episodes air a few times a year, the episodes are usually aired before the watershed and has given plenty of kids (including me) nightmares over the years.
I think most of my hate for the series comes from that time I saw a couple having a picnic then the next time we saw them they were dead in a field and ever since then til about the age of 8 I would cry uncontrollably every time an episode would air.
now I hate/Love it because the plots are really weird, usually in mystery dramas like Law and order or Lewis etc, a person will kill someone for reason then they might go on to kill other people to cover up something but Midsomer murders has the craziest motives.
If you though CSI or it's many spin off's had weird murders you haven't seen anything yet, Midsomers is like film HotFuzz expect i'm not sure whether Midsomers is meant to be funny or not.
Each episode seems to have a theme, like one episode all the deaths were golf related, I.E the murder killed his victims with golf items, the whole episode was set around a golf course.
another was set around a miniature model village and it opened up with a dead man pinned to the floor like Gulliver.
The most recent Episode was cheese themed, the man killed people with cheese related items because they no longer wanted to make cheese in the traditional way, he killed about 4 people, it was hilarious.
I do respect the series, because it has had such a long and I honestly do find it funny which I love and I would like to think it's meant to funny or sarcastic or something.
I also like how British this is, only in Britain would this ever make sense which is nice, you can easily air other British mystery drama's in america but for some reason I don't think any one else would understand.
Midsomer murders is a British murder mystery Drama that takes place around an area called Midsomers (a small fictional county) the series has been running since 1997 and new episodes air a few times a year, the episodes are usually aired before the watershed and has given plenty of kids (including me) nightmares over the years.
I think most of my hate for the series comes from that time I saw a couple having a picnic then the next time we saw them they were dead in a field and ever since then til about the age of 8 I would cry uncontrollably every time an episode would air.
now I hate/Love it because the plots are really weird, usually in mystery dramas like Law and order or Lewis etc, a person will kill someone for reason then they might go on to kill other people to cover up something but Midsomer murders has the craziest motives.
If you though CSI or it's many spin off's had weird murders you haven't seen anything yet, Midsomers is like film HotFuzz expect i'm not sure whether Midsomers is meant to be funny or not.
Each episode seems to have a theme, like one episode all the deaths were golf related, I.E the murder killed his victims with golf items, the whole episode was set around a golf course.
another was set around a miniature model village and it opened up with a dead man pinned to the floor like Gulliver.
The most recent Episode was cheese themed, the man killed people with cheese related items because they no longer wanted to make cheese in the traditional way, he killed about 4 people, it was hilarious.
I do respect the series, because it has had such a long and I honestly do find it funny which I love and I would like to think it's meant to funny or sarcastic or something.
I also like how British this is, only in Britain would this ever make sense which is nice, you can easily air other British mystery drama's in america but for some reason I don't think any one else would understand.
Lego Marvel Super Heroes (the video game)
I love the Lego video games, there is something really exciting about playing as Lego versions of your favorite Film or comic book characters.
Me and my friend are often making Lego video game wishlists I think the hunger games could be a cool Lego game but i won't be holding my breath.
Any way since me and my friend saw the avengers we agreed that would make an awesome Lego game,well travelers tales has gone one up and made a "Marvel" Lego game, it will include characters from The Avengers, The X-Men and even Spider-man and Deadpool are going to be playable characters.
What I like about the Lego games is that they are funny and nothing gets much cuter than Lego people (or maybe that's just my opinion) but what really sells this game is that they appeal to pretty much anyone, my Brother loves it, my Dad loves it, I love it.
It is easy to drop in and out of the game so if my Mum calls anyone way from the game the other player doesn't have to quit or wait and then the person can come back after and play again also the films/comic books are usually the kind of films/comics that both parents and their kids know and love.
The only problem I have with the games is my Brothers video game rage, if you don't do what he wants you to do he will yell at you but that isn't the games fault, I wished you could play with more players because in my house we argue about who's going to play, other people must have this problem too so I wished more people can play at the same time, or maybe not.
I would hate to have 3 brothers yelling at me for doing something wrong, that would be terrible and so much worse.
Me and my friend are often making Lego video game wishlists I think the hunger games could be a cool Lego game but i won't be holding my breath.
Any way since me and my friend saw the avengers we agreed that would make an awesome Lego game,well travelers tales has gone one up and made a "Marvel" Lego game, it will include characters from The Avengers, The X-Men and even Spider-man and Deadpool are going to be playable characters.
It is easy to drop in and out of the game so if my Mum calls anyone way from the game the other player doesn't have to quit or wait and then the person can come back after and play again also the films/comic books are usually the kind of films/comics that both parents and their kids know and love.
The only problem I have with the games is my Brothers video game rage, if you don't do what he wants you to do he will yell at you but that isn't the games fault, I wished you could play with more players because in my house we argue about who's going to play, other people must have this problem too so I wished more people can play at the same time, or maybe not.
I would hate to have 3 brothers yelling at me for doing something wrong, that would be terrible and so much worse.
Wednesday, 17 April 2013
Me verses my Brother
Me and my Brother argue about everything but nothing infuriates both of us more than each others taste in media.
almost everything I watch, listen to and play he will hate and pretty much everything he watches, listens to and plays I hate.
It is actually really weird that two children who were raised in the same house by the same people can disagree that much on what we think we is cool however we do have something in common, we both get passionate about what we like and every now and again one of us will be watching/listening/playing something and the other finds interesting and would join them or ask them questions like "what are you listening to?" or " can you start the video from the beginning?", we do sometimes like the same things but that is really rare or it is something really hard to hate.
I can't really say who I think has better tastes in media because I'm obviously going to say me but I shall elaborate the difference in our tastes.
Music:
I like:
Bands like OneRepublic, The Fray and Keane the most because I like the lyrics and Instruments.
My Brother likes:
DJ's like David Guetta and Swedish House Mafia, apparently he likes the beats, I think he also likes the artists that feature in thoses songs (because DJ's don't sing) unless he is Ryan Tedder from OneRepublic which he will hate regardless, I do like DJ's too but I like my brother it depends who's singing.
We Both like:
Bastille
Video games:
I like:
Lots of games but I play some video games he doesn't like/doesn't like anymore, like professor layton and pokemon.
My brother likes:
He likes first person shooters and FIFA the most and hogs the PS3.
We Both like:
Smash Bros and most first person shooters.
Films:
I like:
most films, I prefer fast paced action to slow, I like animated films the best, It annoys my whole family if I watch anime. I like fantasy and sci-fi.
My Brother likes:
My Brother also likes action, he hates gore and horror , he likes some animated films and likes sci-fi.
We Both like:
Okay, our film taste is pretty similar.
We both like the film "17 again"
Tv:
I like:
I watch too many cartoons, I like super hero cartoons a lot, sitcoms, dramas and mystery dramas are cool.
My Brother likes:
In all honesty he spends more time playing video games, but he likes game shows more than me, he hates superhero cartoons, the sitcoms I watch and most of the other stuff I like too.
We Both like:
Soap Operas.
It is really nice when we find things we both like because it doesn't happen too often and we have more fun when we both enjoy something.
almost everything I watch, listen to and play he will hate and pretty much everything he watches, listens to and plays I hate.
It is actually really weird that two children who were raised in the same house by the same people can disagree that much on what we think we is cool however we do have something in common, we both get passionate about what we like and every now and again one of us will be watching/listening/playing something and the other finds interesting and would join them or ask them questions like "what are you listening to?" or " can you start the video from the beginning?", we do sometimes like the same things but that is really rare or it is something really hard to hate.
I can't really say who I think has better tastes in media because I'm obviously going to say me but I shall elaborate the difference in our tastes.
Music:
I like:
Bands like OneRepublic, The Fray and Keane the most because I like the lyrics and Instruments.
My Brother likes:
DJ's like David Guetta and Swedish House Mafia, apparently he likes the beats, I think he also likes the artists that feature in thoses songs (because DJ's don't sing) unless he is Ryan Tedder from OneRepublic which he will hate regardless, I do like DJ's too but I like my brother it depends who's singing.
We Both like:
Bastille
Video games:
I like:
Lots of games but I play some video games he doesn't like/doesn't like anymore, like professor layton and pokemon.
My brother likes:
He likes first person shooters and FIFA the most and hogs the PS3.
We Both like:
Smash Bros and most first person shooters.
Films:
I like:
most films, I prefer fast paced action to slow, I like animated films the best, It annoys my whole family if I watch anime. I like fantasy and sci-fi.
My Brother likes:
My Brother also likes action, he hates gore and horror , he likes some animated films and likes sci-fi.
We Both like:
Okay, our film taste is pretty similar.
We both like the film "17 again"
Tv:
I like:
I watch too many cartoons, I like super hero cartoons a lot, sitcoms, dramas and mystery dramas are cool.
My Brother likes:
In all honesty he spends more time playing video games, but he likes game shows more than me, he hates superhero cartoons, the sitcoms I watch and most of the other stuff I like too.
We Both like:
Soap Operas.
It is really nice when we find things we both like because it doesn't happen too often and we have more fun when we both enjoy something.
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