The City Burns
Just an update with some art. Something I painted a couple nights ago. An image that got stuck in my head, not sure what it means. I had a dream back in 2007 with this sight in it but the wolf was not there that time, it was me watching a city being destroyed. Very disturbing to me. This last time the image came to me while I was awake and doodling around, but this time was with the wolf. The wolf represents pain, darkness, anger/hate, and fear.
Alpha and Omega
(Finally got around to writing this! I saw it last month, just time has escaped me. XD)
It’s not amazing but it’s not terrible either. It had a ton of potential but didn’t quite meet that potential. It was ok for a brainless cartoon. I did enjoy the pretty pictures and the 3D. Though most of the time I think it would have been just fine in regular 2D. Only a few scenes really stood out.
The story is typical, you can figure it out in the first five minutes. Though I do have to give it credit for limiting horrible pop culture jokes and stupid side kicks. The side characters did hold a bit of intelligence unlike most kiddie flicks.
The acting is fine, the only part that really made me grit my teeth was when they started “howling”. They had the actors wail er… “sing” kind of. With a bunch of “oooooooooh”. I cringed every time. Bleq. I knock 10% off the film just for the howling, that’s how much it annoyed me. Thankfully though none of the woofies broke out into an obnoxious song, and the howling didn’t last more than maybe a minute at a time.
Anyways, aside from that, the animation was pretty good. Some of it was WAY over exaggerated, which is ok, but I think they should have made them act more like wolves. Too many kiddie movies make the characters act more human unlike classic animations like Lion King, or Jungle Book. They did have human qualities but you didn’t see them doing Kung Fu moves.
Hummmm I seem to find more negative than positive, oh snap! Guess I should say something good about it. WELL! What kept it from crashing was the part in the middle where they are shipped off to Idaho. They have some pretty good comedic moments there and the two bird characters they introduce are pretty funny too. The beginning is kinda ho hum and the ending is typical.
Overall, like I said, it’s not a horrible movie, but it’s not a really great one either. It missed it’s potential big time, but it would keep the kids entertained. Unless you’re an animation enthusiast I wouldn’t recommend it for anyone over 12.
New Animation
I have finally completed my flash animation, and yes I’m aware it goes outside my layout I just didn’t feel like shrinking it. ![]()
http://www.mithmeoi.net/2009/02/new-animation/wolfscene1/
Lemme know what you all think of it.
Another Friday Five cause otherwise this post is too short!
1. If you owned a restaurant, what kind of food would you serve?
Hmmm Chinese, Italian, and all American! Just because I could.
2. What is your favorite restaurant and why?
Favorite restaurant is a hard one really. I like quite a few mom and pop type places…I cannot say really. XD
3. What is your favorite fast food place?
Burger King, Quiznos and Panda Express. Maybe Arby’s and Dairy Queen in there too…
4. If you had to choose only one type of food to eat for a year, what would it be?
Oh geez… one type of food, like veggies and fruits? Or just one food total. Well if it were a kind of food…maybe…veggies since they although kind of suck sometimes can be cooked in such ways that they aren’t so nasty and they are healthy for you and they never made me sick. XD Cept maybe peppers but we won’t talk about them… >.>
Though I do really love bread there isn’t much variety there.
5. What is your favorite cereal?
Cookie Crips! Or Honey Combs… Yeah that’d be about right. :B

