Well, it's safe to say I'm busy, and I managed to do nearly nothing art/animation wise last week thanks to my untimely birthday. What's worse, I have Spore fever now and that eats up the rest of my free time. Still, I did manage to do a quick little something for a friend's birthday.

So a couple of quick thoughts:

Shoot 'Em Up- starring Clive Owen, and Paul Giamatti. It's a classic B movie with A-list actors with an inch-thick plot and some clever action scenes. Sadly, King Arthur and John Adams are part f some sick script with barely likeable characters with weird and awkward dialogue in an anti-gun gun-fest that falls flat on its face. It was uninspiring despite the well-planned action sequences and it completely misses the concept of having characters people can care about and be interested in. I looked at the animatics for the action sequences, and somehow I feel the director should have just cut the "story" and made the entire thing into a series of animated action scenes. (That would have been worth the dollar I spent to rent the DVD.)

On a more animated note, I’ve begun watching this really weird series on cartoon network. Total Drama Island, from the Canadian makers of 6teen. (The animated sitcom), is an animated reality TV show that proudly wears the “parent advisory warning” on daytime children’s television. The series makes use of mild teen drama, childish slapstick/potty humor, and total character caricature to make a very original cartoon that strays gently away from many of the norms when it comes to youth entertainment. Like any good reality TV show, the writers go out of their way to embellish on the many flaws of human personalities. Of course the charm of the show is in it’s writing with such nuggets of brilliance as:

“You’ve got so much junk in that trunk, you need a trash compactor”
And
“I loved, I lost, and I say Boobies. What more can a man ask for?”

Do I smell a Gemini award?
So right, I’m not entirely sure who is the target audience of this show so I don’t know who should be watching it but I suggest watching it in general. The show has reached its halfway point in America, and apparently it’s been renewed for a second season on Teletoon.