Posts Tagged ‘Transformers’

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All Points Bulletin: The Technocracy Unleashed, An Underground Expose

January 27, 2013

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Hisui’s picks:

  • Gemini Sunrise News Update
    Lo and behold the talk about Project X Zone being ported over to North American was not merely hot air. They have one guaranteed sale from me. If you need to know if you should be interested in the game I think the opening it the best sales pitch your ever going to get. I’m just happy to get more Sakura Wars even if it is in a diluted form. Now if I could just get more Galaxy Angel in cross over games.
  • All I Ask is Someone in Tokyo Do a Write Up in English
    There is a wonderful Kunihiko Ikuhara exhibit in Ikebukuro from March 20th through 25th. It will be filled with Revolutionary Girl Utena and Penguindrum material and therefore is instantly awesome. But I am serious when I say someone needs to go there and do a serious report on what they see.
  • The Resurrection of the Technocracy
    I forgot to mentioned the planned release of a Mage: the Ascension 20th Anniversary book. I eagerly look forward to that as the person who last borrowed my 2nd edition Mage: the Ascension never gave that back. I’m curious to see what they cherry pick from previous version to place in this book.
  • And You Though Vietnam Was a Quagmire
    The Veef Show tackles on of the trickiest and most loaded subjects that anyone one into robot cartoons could ever touch upon: Transformers and their toys. It is an interesting look into a fandom that I only know by its … checkered reputation.
  • If You Believed They Put a Man on the Moon
    A very informative little video by an expert on video editing that proves that the technology to fake the moon landing did not exists at the time. It is funny to think it was easier to go into space than it was to fake it.

Narutaki’s picks:

  • Star Wars VII is Like REALLY HAPPENING
    Sure Disney said they were doing this, but with a director on board it feels like much more of a reality! J. J. Abrams sounds like a solid choice to me.
  • HD Wind Waker
    We aren’t totally sure about the details yet, but it still sounds amazing! And now I’m wondering if they’ll be releasing HD versions of others in the back catalog, could be pretty cool. I’m not much a current gamer so it is unclear if I’ll invest in WiiU despite this cool news.
  • Sundance Screens Unauthorized Movie Filmed at Disney World
    From the reports of the film, I don’t think I’d actually like it but the unauthorized production makes me curious about it. Though it sounds like it may never be released, ever, outside film festivals.
  • The Good Ole Disney Renaissance
    This is a good read though I don’t agree with his final conclusions about Disney animation. His complaints about live action remakes of fairy tales isn’t wrong, but he overlooks The Princess and the Frog as well as the upcoming animated version of Frozen. And Disney is still a leader in creating animation techniques from the hair in Rapunzel to the combination of hand drawn over top CG in Paperman, they are creating plenty of modern magic.

 

DEAR MY FUTURE
DEAR YOUR FUTURE

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All Points Bulletin: Trans-Am Grimlock

October 7, 2012

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Narutaki’s picks:

  • SimCity Will Steal My Life
    With the release of the first gameplay footage for the new SimCity in development, I’m becoming more sure I’ll be obsessed with it.
  • Is Etsy Full of Awesome Shoes?
    I feel like most of what I come across that impresses me is shoe related! These Game of Thrones customs are pretty cool.
  • “Hoodies, Roll Out!”
    Why do these Optimus Prime and Grimlock hoodies say “costume,” I’d wear them anytime!

Hisui’s picks:

Dinorobots are the best!


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Free Comic Book Day: Mighty Heroes, Politicized Robots, and Boring Hookers

May 7, 2012

I have to admit that Free Comic Book Day kind of slipped my mind this time around and so I didn’t really have a plan as in previous years. New York City being New York City has quite a lot of festivities dedicated to the day, but instead of that I participated in a much purer essence and went to my most local comic book store in Brooklyn.

There was a three comic per person limit so it took a while to decide what to take a chance on. That also means we all strategically plotted out who would get what so as to have the biggest spread of stories to read. And in the spirit of the day I also bought some comic trades.

Free Comic Book Day’s main goal is to help entice new comic readers while at the same time giving current comic fans a sample of titles they might have otherwise ignored. It is also a good way of helping people back into comics if they have been away from the hobby for a while. For me it is usually an interesting, all be it limited, look at what is going on in the American comic industry. It is a regular smorgasbord of mainstream and independent comics. Theoretically everyone is putting their best foot forward in an effort to attract new readers so it is a good time to see what everyone is offering for the year. Sometimes comic publishers will have their B-teams work on the material for Free Comic Book Day but there is nothing I can do about that. I can only judge the comics on what I see. So any over positive or negative receptions might be merely based on the small sample I got here. But like so many other people this is often the most critical impression publishers can give me so I make judgements without reservation.

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All Points Bulletin: Reinhard D. Lohengramm

March 25, 2012

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Hisui’s picks:

Narutaki’s picks:

  • Delicious Design
    Do you know Pantone chips? Do you want to eat them? Well, now your dreams have come true. While these aren’t chip flavors, they still fit the bill quite well.
  • Why One Piece is a Hit Time and Again
    One Piece’s unwavering loyalty to its roots keeps it great for the long haul. The observation of Luffy not having an inner monologue is also a excellent point.
  • Brave: New or Old?
    Two articles discussing whether Pixar’s upcoming Brave trods new ground or not are just one more thing I’m thinking about before the film comes out. I disagree with Otaku-kun and him lumping all females in Disney in the same camp. I think Mulan took a nice step forward where her purpose was not romance based at all, but she fell in love along the way. At the same time, Erik takes the opposite almost too far. Afterall, in the latest trailer we do see that Merida’s parents are trying to have her hand won in a tournament. Still, I agree that Brave doesn’t look to have romance at its forefront and may not tackle it all. If it wasn’t already obvious, I’m looking forward to this film most of all this summer.
  • Gameboys . . . ROLL OUT!

Without Noboru Ishiguro would the Legend of the Galactic Heroes anime been the same?

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