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- (and join his Group)
- Visit Tom at MySpace
- Host Tom in a House Concert
- Demand Tom at Eventful
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- Dec. 11: House Concert
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- Jan. 15-17: MarsCon (Williamsburg, VA)
- Jan: 22-24: ConFusion (Troy, MI)
- Jan. 29-31: ConFlikt (Seattle, WA)
- Feb. 5-7: What The Hell?! Con (Greensboro, NC)
- Feb. 11-14: CapriCon (Wheeling, IL)
- Mar: 5-7,: CoastCon (Biloxi, MS)
- Mar. 19-21: private function
- Apr. 9-11: House Concert
- Apr. 30-May 2: PenguiCon (Troy, MI)
- May 28-30: MarCon (Columbus, OH)
- Jun. 18-20: DucKon (Naperville, IL)
- Jun. 24-27: AnthroCon (Pittsburgh, PA) (tentative)
- July 2-4: InConJunction (Indianapolis, IN)
- Aug. 5-8: GenCon Indy (Indianapolis, IN) (tentative)
- Sept. 3-6: DragonCon (Atlanta, GA) (tentative)
- Sept. 17-19: FenCon (Dallax, TX)
- ... with more to come!
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Anne points out that it's ridiculous to say you're into "anime"; it's like saying you're into books. Anime runs the gamut, from kiddie-cute to ultra-violent to steamy-sexual to philosophical to quasi-historical to satirical to you get the idea. I have always been a casual fan of Japanese animation. But the right ones are getting me into it more. (Many of these links are to the Wikipedia pages for the original manga; they give information about the anime. Spoilers abound, so be careful.) - Last year, of course, Anne made sure I watched Death Note, which was way, way cool, although definitely not to everyone's tastes. You can watch it online here.
- I also ended up watching Black Butler (Kuroshitsuji), which had fantastic characters except for the inexplicably doofus ones and went wildly out of control as far as plot sometime after Ep 6. You can watch it online here.
- There's the utterly adorable Chi's Sweet Home, the episodes of which are pretty much less than three minutes each, so it's easy to get into. Here's one of several playlists at YouTube.
- Anne and I are 1/7 of the way through Samurai 7, an authorized steampunk retelling of Kurosawa's The Seven Samurai. You can watch it online here. Somewhere, Toshiro Mifune is looking down and thinking, "My character is a GIANT ROBOT!? COOL!"
- I have to check out Romeo x Juliet, the preview of which will kick your ass. (At least it did mine.) You can watch it online here.
- But the one I've been following lately is the fabulous Hikaru No Go, about a 12-year-old boy who picks up the wrong, or right, Go board and finds himself in the company of Fujiwara-no-Sai, a ghost who was a famous Go player hundreds of years ago. It quickly becomes an intricate tale of dedication, obsession, friendship, and finding yourself, with superb characters and even Go lessons at the end of each episode. You can watch it online here.
Obviously, there are many, many others. If you're an anime fan, which ones would you recommend to newbies? And, if you're not familiar with much anime, what kind of stories are you looking for, so we can help you find them?
I don't know when I'm going to see it, although it will certainly be by Monday. Could be later today. Talk amongst yourselves.
So, Anne and I finally saw Pixar's Up last night. She thought it was very well done, lots of fun, but you could see it all coming and it wasn't emotionally engaging, or at least she wasn't emotionally engaged. I agree with the first three points, but the dang film got me where I lived and I cried a lot, especially during the first ten minutes, and think it's in my top 3 Pixar films (I'll have to rewatch Finding Nemo [shucky-darn] to see if it still affects me as strongly). Thoughts?
(h/t Anne) ETA: Apparently, the same guy also did X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Even if you haven't seen it -- perhaps especially if you haven't seen it -- you need to watch this.
Top Ten Lines Never Before Said In A Star Trek film, read by Leonard Nimoy. (h/t ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) hughcasey) Consider this a Star Trek spoiler thread. Or maybe we should crank it to Red Alert:
ETA: Just saw it.
huskiebear said it best: "Now THIS is the way to reboot a franchise!"
One of the best space adventures -- and one of the most MST-able films -- I've seen in a long, long time.
Ohhhhhhh, we gonna have a par-tay with this one.
Very, VERY cool. Great supporting cast. Go wild.
I have not seen it. I have, in fact, only seen the pilot and the first few episodes. I'll be catching up this spring (I have 'em all on DVD, just haven't taken the time to watch). But I figure at least half of you did watch, or will hear about it, so go wild.
Sat, Mar. 7th, 2009, 05:29 pm
Happy, Not Happy (Watchmen Spoilers In Comments)
JoCo and Paul & Storm was a great concert night. Especially Paul & Storm, who really kick up the energy on stage. Unfortunately, it was very crowded, so I couldn't go over and talk to them -- I had no idea where they were after the show, actually. Watchmen was pretty cool, and jayzus god faithful. I literally could only think of two lines (an exchange of dialogue) I wish had been there that weren't. A few quibbles with acting, direction, and pacing, but it was very nice to have "whether or not the adaptation was good enough" taken off the table. Unfortunately, my current primary external hard drive seems to have gone belly-up. Yes, yes, I'm doing all the stuff I need to to fix it. It ain't workin'. I'll likely leave the recovery program running overnight (it's 500 GB) in the hope that I can save the files, and go get a new external to transfer everything to. Thank Cthulhu there are some on sale at Best Buy. How's your weekend going so far?
Yes, I know I'm late on this one. I was working. Just saw Coraline. Very good, very beautiful, very creepy. Henry Selick's script and direction are tight, the vocal work is excellent, fabulous music, the effects and the visualization of the world are gorgeous, and it's not necessarily a movie to take the kids to -- only a few very minor cat-scares, but a good deal of stuff that'll slip into your dreams for a few weeks. Thoughts from you guys? I've been specifically avoiding most of the conversation, as I haven't read the book.
The torrent for this week's episode hasn't been uploaded yet, and I've got a LOT of stuff to do this morning before heading off to ChattaCon. So I likely won't even see this episode until tomorrow at the earliest. So, I cheated, and read Toyouke's recap. ( Wowzah. )
Wed, Nov. 19th, 2008, 04:30 pm
Brand Who Day
jetpack_monkey's been busy again: (WARNING: VERY SPOILERY for Doctor Who Season 4 Episodes 12 & 13)
You'll like this one, I think -- HP art from the excellent seviet. DH spoilery, work safe. Thanks to Anne for the heads-up.
Let's just get this over with now, shall we? Depending on where you are, the book is either already out, or will be within twenty-four hours. (I'll be getting my copy tomorrow morning.) If you read the comments of this thread, assume there will be spoilers. If you want to put up fake funny spoilers, that's cool; just label them as such. If you link to any of the scans or .PDFs that have been floating around, I will nuke your comment. Remember that, in the grand scheme of things, this is just a book, just a series of stories. It's supposed to be fun. And we're all supposed to be friends here. Don't pee in the punch bowl. Have at it.
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