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Truth be told, I haven't really be obsessive lately - I KNOW! RIGHT!? - anyway, I just haven't really in the mood to do just about anything... so I'm actually working on a lot of little things...
1) I am attempting to put together a webcomic, but I'm not very good at drawing, so everything is on the computer. I didn't have the money for Photoshop and/or Illustrator, so I downloaded a free vector-drawing program (kind of like a free Adobe Illustrator). The program is called InkScape and even though it helps me accomplish what I need, it's not terribly user friendly. And since I had spent a semester of college doing computer graphic design through Illustrator, I'm frustrated at the shortcomings of InkScape. I know, you get what you pay for and yada-yada, but it's still annoying to think out "ok, I just do this, this, and this" but then not be able to do ANY of that because the layout of InkScape doesn't allow it... so then I have the fun of trying to figure out how to do it in InkScape and get the same results. Quite annoying... Regardless, once I start working on sketching something out I tend to not stop until a)something else (like hunger) stops me, or b) I get too frustrated with the program.
2) I read multiple webcomics - one of which gave me the inspiration to start my own. So when I need to kill time I tend to catch up on them. I'm all caught up with the one that inspired me, Game Destroyers. It has a forum attached with a small community involved. I tend to take the 3 minutes or so to read the comic - which is updated daily, but WHEN each day is the trick... - and then head over to the forum, but since the author went on a hiatus back in May the forum has kind-of died... TT_TT. The second one I mainly read is Order of the Stick. But again, I'm all caught up and the author of THAT one doesn't seem to update at even the remotest of schedules. It's usually a 2-second look to see IF he updated, and then another 3 minutes or so to read the comic. It saddens me that he updates so infrequently since it's my favorite comic that I read. The third one I spend a lot of time on is 8-Bit Theater. I started reading this one after watching the Flash animations a fan did to help promote the comic. However, I lost track of the comic and only picked it up again earlier this year. So now I still have like 5 years worth of comics to catch up on (just finished 2004 - booya!) so this is the one I just sit and read (usually in month intervals). Other comics that I read, but only on rare occasions are: Sluggy Freelance (one of Remy's favorites aside from Game Destroyers), DM of the Rings (Dungeons & Dragons meets Lord of the Rings - literally, it's screenshots of the movies and scripted like a D&D campaign...), Lackadaisy (honestly, I've never read it, but it was recommended reading and the illustration is nice), A Modest Destiny (a great comic that I'm all caught up on and the author seemed to have abandoned... so I'm just waiting out it's return...), Zombie Grammar (introduced to me by one of my friends, very amusing - and instructional - and also showed me the site I base my comic characters off of).
3) I play an online game called Ikariam, however it is a VERY slow-paced strategy game, and so I just do this, that, and the other thing (which usually takes all of like 5 minutes to do) and I'm basically done for the day... If you want to play with I'm on Theta with the name Lycorinea (kinda a Greekified version of LycoRogue... right?)
4) Remy's one friend Jake recently got Diablo II (well the whole battlepack), and so he got back into the game and tried to drag me along. I actually really like both Diablo and Diablo II, but I'm not much for those games. I like RPGs that require puzzle solving along with them. Plus I never know which equipment to keep and to sell and how to build my character... I'm kind of like Jack Skellington: It confuses me, but I love it... ^_^ Remy and I used to play Fiesta, but we haven't done that in a few months now. I kind of want to jump back on again...
5) I was going to write about my Fall Line-up obsessions, but it got too long, so that will be the next post...
6) My biggest obsession right now, especially after watching "The Hero of Time" (see last post), is playing Ocarina of Time again. I'm maybe 1/2 way through the game (only like a 1/3 if I try to finish all the side quests....). I'm a HUGE Legend of Zelda fan (duh), and so I play quite often (actually was almost late for work yesterday because of it...). However, it's just not as much fun on the computer as it is with the actual controller in your hand, so *shrug* Perhaps I'll con someone into getting me an N64 emulator controller for x-mas....
Well, there you have it, the little obsessions that fill the void that is the non-work/non-sleep portions of my day ^_^
Showing posts with label Hero of Time. Show all posts
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Thursday, October 1, 2009
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
The Hero of Time - Link's Adventure Through NYC
OK, so I already fail at Blogging... it's been two weeks since I last posted. :-P
Anyway, I've been debating how I will talk about the LoZ Fanfilm "The Hero of Time". If I were to give a full review it would ridiculously long... so I decided to go ahead and just link to my long-winded review that I posted on Legend's Place. Oh, and if you want a Spoiler-free review... This one was just posted. Here I will talk about the day itself. ^_^
I was so beyond gitty about the whole experience for multiple reasons. One - cuz it was a LoZ movie, duh! Two - I would meet at least part of the cast and crew (so this was the closest I'd be to a "con"). And three - although going to NYC may not be a huge deal for most mid-20-year-olds, I pretty much don't go ANYWHERE, so it was big.
As bad as this is about to sound, September 11th was like Christmas Eve. You remember, when you just COULDN'T get to sleep because you were too excited about the next day? I don't think I actually fell asleep until about 4am. And then the next morning I was up at about 9am even though we didn't need to go anywhere until about 2pm. I spent my time sorting everything out, making sure my sister's boyfriend Peter would be here on time... generally freaking myself out and worrying that we'd miss our bus or something. Really shouldn't have worried since the bus was actually about 20 minutes late. :-P
Our driver was INSANE I tell you! He would randomly jump onto his mic; which he held too close to his mouth and made him sound like a fast-food attendant talking through those drive-thru order speakers.... Anyway, he's on his mic and explaining the "rules" of the bus and Celia and I just look at each other and chuckle at the fact that we already broke about 3 of them... No eating on the bus, no non-water drinks, and don't take up more than one seat (I had my Link doll sitting cozy on the chair next to me). Well, getting back to the INSANE driver... Just as we were heading into NJ the driver starts yelling about someone's headphones. "If I can hear your music you not only have your headphones up too loud for the other passengers, but you might blow out your own hearing and I bet you can't even hear me tell you this." Well, since the three of us were in the very back of the bus we didn't hear this supposed music, and apparently none of the other passengers did either. The driver yelled a couple more times via PA about lowering the music on the headphones. Finally, he pulled off to the side of the highway and actually stood up and scanned the passengers. NO ONE had on headphones! And no one seemed to hear any music! The driver looked confused, but eventually sat back down and continued on his way. The rest of the drive went smoothly. I have a cute picture of Link snuggled up to Celia and Peter as they slept on the bus; you'll have to imagine my guerrilla tactics ^_^
Once in NYC we went to find a place to eat (and somewhere Peter can use the restrooms :-P). After much indecisiveness on Peter's part, Celia and I gave up and just randomly pointed out places on 7th Ave. We ended up eating at this weird Chinese place. It was kind of like a fast-food restaurant, sort of like Panda Express, but instead of all of the food pre-prepared and sitting out for the customer to point to, this one was more like a McDonalds, where you order, they prepare in the back, and taadaa! you have food... I actually liked it, but apparently it didn't sit too well with Celia. Peter tells us later that he knew it wouldn't sit well with her, but we seemed excited about it and he really needed to pee, so he held his tongue. Gee, thanx Pete! :-P
After our meal, we wandered over to Time Square. I embarrassed my sister by pulling out my Link doll and took a picture so it appeared like he was standing in Time Square. I quickly rebuttaled that NYC and Tokyo are probably the two places on the planet where you could do something like this and not a single person would take notice. ^_^ We then followed Celia to the Broadway Store where she was in true heaven. I had another cute picture of Link nestled in with the stuffed animals underneath the Broadway songbooks. However, that, the Time Square pic, and later the Ladder 8 and Madison Square Garden pics all didn't save or got corrupted or whatever, so I don't have them T_T
After our Broadway wanderings, we headed back to where our bus to Tribeca would be. Could not find it for the life of us - the map of bus stops I printed off the internet was lame! We went into this one fancy boutique, thinking maybe someone would notice where the bus picked up, since it was supposed to be right outside their store… The guy we found was VERY posh (and a little effeminate). His response was “Oh, honey. I don’t TAKE the bus…” That’s when I realized that probably 90% of those who DO take the bus are out-of-towners, so asking “natives” might not be helpful. We then went into the Subway station (as in trains, not sandwiches) on the other side of the boutique and asked there. Apparently we were at exactly the right spot (the bus picked up at the Red Lobster right outside the doors). Er, go me? However, it’s a good thing we needed to check, because even though we all had cash on us – exact change in fact – the buses only accept COINS! No bills!? At all!? WTF!? So I bought a metro card with 3 rides on it – one for each of us. We can refill down in Tribeca…
We then waited a LONG time for the bus (another one like 15 min late!? WTF Buses!?). In the meantime we were amused by the fact that it was apparently unofficial–Swedes-visit-NYC day. Seriously! They weren’t all in one large touring group. They were in groups of like 3 and 4 and we would randomly run into these groups all over Manhattan. Anyway, Red Lobster was having some weird promotion (or some weird promotion group decided to sit outside Red Lobster since a tour-bus stopped there…), and anyway, there were two people in (really bad) Mickey and Minnie Mouse costumes. A group of three Swedish women (I’m talking like 40+ year-olds) were all taking pictures with Mickey and giggling like children. It was amusing to see. I had Link take a picture (well, I had Mickey in the background…).
Just as we thought we had somehow missed the bus, here it comes - late - and trucking it down 8th Ave. We get on and start off as the only riders. Well, I’m not entirely sure WHEN they got on (the next stop maybe?) but three people came on, two men and one woman. They were all about middle-aged, but the two men seemed mentally challenged and perhaps the woman was “in charge” of them – like their social worker or something. Well, the skinny man of the trio was fairly quiet the whole time, but the overweight one was VERY boisterous. And also he was apparently VERY gay as well. He would talk about trying to get the skinny man into bed with him; asking how he could seduce him. He’d then talk about this gay-only ball they were going to and how he’d ditch the skinny guy and find… well… it’s not appropriate to write that down. >_< Then there were some comments about tying ropes to genitals, and then the man started to strip! I turned to talk to Celia about the man and then I noticed him pulling off his shirt. I quickly turned and apparently Peter noticed him dropping his pants at least down to his knees before his bills slid off the seat and the three of them scrambled to pick them all up. The woman then had the larger man keep his pants on and put a new shirt on. A local woman who must take this bus frequently just talked to the other passengers about how he’s the “crazy bus guy” and to try to ignore him. Meanwhile, he’s in the back singing some show-tune whose melody I didn’t pick up on, but he re-wrote the lyrics to be about being gay. It was a few miles before the trio got off the bus. A very interesting experience.
We FINALLY made it to Tribeca, but I got nervous when I didn’t see the street sign for the road we wanted. We got off what appeared to be about 3 blocks away via the bus-route map I printed. Should have known it was off :-P We met up with a man and two boys who, we all quickly deduced, were going to the movie as well. So we all accompanied each other and talked about our excitement. We also passed by the famous Hook & Ladder 8 in Tribeca (the Ghostbuster’s firehouse for those who don’t know), but I yet again lost the shot TT_TT.
We got into the theatre at about 7pm (show started at 7:15). We were SUPPOSED to be there at 6:45 at the latest if the bus was actually on time. *pout* I still managed to talk to three cast/crew members. Two of the producers of BMB, Joel Musch and David Blane, were in the lobby welcoming people. Joel was not only the producer, but sort of the every-thing-man. He was the cameraman, editor, special effects, and a character that is supposedly loosely based on The Great Mido (in Ocarina of Time). David played Link, as well as produced, helped Joel edit, and worked with George Powell on the musical score. I talked to them both briefly and asked them to sign my shirt. I had previously (like 2 days before) purchased a new LoZ shirt and fabric pen (which turned out to be a GLITTER pen, so once it dried there was no actual ink, just condensed glitter…). Before heading out that morning I wrote on the top of the shirt, by my shoulder blades: BMB Finishes, Tribeca Cinemas, 9/12/09, 7:15pm, The Hero of Time. Well, when David went to sign my back he noticed all of the info I had already written on and he started laughing and ordered Joel to sign while he (David) took a picture. David then told me that he also orders Hannah Fierman (who played Zelda) to sign my shirt and that I need to find her in the theatre. Instead of sticking around and talking to the boys more, I went ahead in to the theatre, hoping to catch Hannah before the room got too packed… too late. There were some die-hards from a lot further away than me who already took up about ½ the seats. Celia, Peter, and I just snuggled in to the back corner of the theatre, while some 20-something man in front of us started talking me up about the movie. He freaked Celia out a bit because he seemed to have a bit of a 14-yr-old-uber-geek mentality to him. *shrug* Zelda fan is a Zelda fan. I’m sure I seemed a bit odd to others as well… Anyway, I didn’t see Hannah, and contrary to David’s instructions, I wasn’t going to just call out “Hannah!” in a ½ filled room. Well, Joel eventually came in and started talking to a woman I could only assume was Hannah, so I walked up to her and told her that David ordered her to sign my shirt. Well, there was a rather large man at the end of the row, and he didn’t seem to be willing to move, so the two of us attempted to find an alternative manner of having Hannah reach my shirt. I ended up sneaking into the row behind her. There was a woman and her pre-teen son in that row, and the son actually had the youth version of my shirt on. The three of us started talking about my shirt and my idea to have the cast/crew sign the shirt. I also told them about my Link pictures throughout the day. I could tell that Celia was glad to be still tucked in the back, away from her freaky sister. ^_^
Well, it was now time for the movie, so I snuggled back into my corner seat. Joel and David came out and thanked everyone for coming and talked a little about the film. Then Joel left (if the video of the Premiere is any indication, he filmed the screening). David had a little of a contest, trying to see who came the farthest. The winner was the large man by Hannah, who came from Nebraska! There were others from Quebec, Baltimore, Buffalo, etc.
After David handed the winner his autographed movie poster, the movie started. Again, see my review if you’re curious. For a Play-by-Play, check out the start of the thread, written by Macadameane.
After the movie concluded I talked to Joel and David for another moment, but unfortunately we had busses to catch, so we couldn’t stay longer than a short “you guys are my heroes.” What really upset me was that Joel, David, and Hannah were having an after-party after the 2nd showing (so party started at 11pm). I wish I could have went! Gar!
Well, here we are, outside the theatre, and needing more money put on our metro card… and no Subway station to do so! Crud! I should have put on 6 rides! Well, none of us had the COINS (stupid buses) to pay for the trip, so we sucked it up and hiked the 2.8 miles back to the Port Authority! We ended up missing the 9:30 bus, and apparently there wasn’t a 10:30 bus, so we had to wait for the 11:30 bus ride home (which happened to be the last one home that night! Holy!). Well, aside from our thighs burning and being a bit out of breath (because Celia and I are out of shape), we enjoyed our speed-walking hike back to the Port Authority. We walked by Madison Square Garden, but as previously mentioned, the picture didn’t take! I think I ended the day with 5 or 6 pictures that didn’t save/got corrupted/whatever… T_T
Well, we got back to the Port Authority a little over an hour before that last bus, so we chilled at a place called Pizza Villa. Nice place, food looked good, but I wasn’t particularly hungry. I had just realized that I hadn’t had anything to drink the WHOLE DAY, and so I just stuck with a bottle of apple juice to re-hydrate.
The bus-ride home wasn’t nearly as interesting as the one up; this driver actually seemed sane. Amusing little side-note: the bus to NYC (with the crazy driver) had seatbelts on every seat, whereas the one home (with the non-crazy driver) had the traditional non-seatbelted seats… just some food for thought ^_^
And thus ends my telling of September 12th, 2009 – the journey to the Legend of Zelda fanfilm “The Hero of Time” and also ends my telling of the Week of Win, September 2009.
Anyway, I've been debating how I will talk about the LoZ Fanfilm "The Hero of Time". If I were to give a full review it would ridiculously long... so I decided to go ahead and just link to my long-winded review that I posted on Legend's Place. Oh, and if you want a Spoiler-free review... This one was just posted. Here I will talk about the day itself. ^_^
I was so beyond gitty about the whole experience for multiple reasons. One - cuz it was a LoZ movie, duh! Two - I would meet at least part of the cast and crew (so this was the closest I'd be to a "con"). And three - although going to NYC may not be a huge deal for most mid-20-year-olds, I pretty much don't go ANYWHERE, so it was big.
As bad as this is about to sound, September 11th was like Christmas Eve. You remember, when you just COULDN'T get to sleep because you were too excited about the next day? I don't think I actually fell asleep until about 4am. And then the next morning I was up at about 9am even though we didn't need to go anywhere until about 2pm. I spent my time sorting everything out, making sure my sister's boyfriend Peter would be here on time... generally freaking myself out and worrying that we'd miss our bus or something. Really shouldn't have worried since the bus was actually about 20 minutes late. :-P
Our driver was INSANE I tell you! He would randomly jump onto his mic; which he held too close to his mouth and made him sound like a fast-food attendant talking through those drive-thru order speakers.... Anyway, he's on his mic and explaining the "rules" of the bus and Celia and I just look at each other and chuckle at the fact that we already broke about 3 of them... No eating on the bus, no non-water drinks, and don't take up more than one seat (I had my Link doll sitting cozy on the chair next to me). Well, getting back to the INSANE driver... Just as we were heading into NJ the driver starts yelling about someone's headphones. "If I can hear your music you not only have your headphones up too loud for the other passengers, but you might blow out your own hearing and I bet you can't even hear me tell you this." Well, since the three of us were in the very back of the bus we didn't hear this supposed music, and apparently none of the other passengers did either. The driver yelled a couple more times via PA about lowering the music on the headphones. Finally, he pulled off to the side of the highway and actually stood up and scanned the passengers. NO ONE had on headphones! And no one seemed to hear any music! The driver looked confused, but eventually sat back down and continued on his way. The rest of the drive went smoothly. I have a cute picture of Link snuggled up to Celia and Peter as they slept on the bus; you'll have to imagine my guerrilla tactics ^_^
Once in NYC we went to find a place to eat (and somewhere Peter can use the restrooms :-P). After much indecisiveness on Peter's part, Celia and I gave up and just randomly pointed out places on 7th Ave. We ended up eating at this weird Chinese place. It was kind of like a fast-food restaurant, sort of like Panda Express, but instead of all of the food pre-prepared and sitting out for the customer to point to, this one was more like a McDonalds, where you order, they prepare in the back, and taadaa! you have food... I actually liked it, but apparently it didn't sit too well with Celia. Peter tells us later that he knew it wouldn't sit well with her, but we seemed excited about it and he really needed to pee, so he held his tongue. Gee, thanx Pete! :-P
After our meal, we wandered over to Time Square. I embarrassed my sister by pulling out my Link doll and took a picture so it appeared like he was standing in Time Square. I quickly rebuttaled that NYC and Tokyo are probably the two places on the planet where you could do something like this and not a single person would take notice. ^_^ We then followed Celia to the Broadway Store where she was in true heaven. I had another cute picture of Link nestled in with the stuffed animals underneath the Broadway songbooks. However, that, the Time Square pic, and later the Ladder 8 and Madison Square Garden pics all didn't save or got corrupted or whatever, so I don't have them T_T
After our Broadway wanderings, we headed back to where our bus to Tribeca would be. Could not find it for the life of us - the map of bus stops I printed off the internet was lame! We went into this one fancy boutique, thinking maybe someone would notice where the bus picked up, since it was supposed to be right outside their store… The guy we found was VERY posh (and a little effeminate). His response was “Oh, honey. I don’t TAKE the bus…” That’s when I realized that probably 90% of those who DO take the bus are out-of-towners, so asking “natives” might not be helpful. We then went into the Subway station (as in trains, not sandwiches) on the other side of the boutique and asked there. Apparently we were at exactly the right spot (the bus picked up at the Red Lobster right outside the doors). Er, go me? However, it’s a good thing we needed to check, because even though we all had cash on us – exact change in fact – the buses only accept COINS! No bills!? At all!? WTF!? So I bought a metro card with 3 rides on it – one for each of us. We can refill down in Tribeca…
We then waited a LONG time for the bus (another one like 15 min late!? WTF Buses!?). In the meantime we were amused by the fact that it was apparently unofficial–Swedes-visit-NYC day. Seriously! They weren’t all in one large touring group. They were in groups of like 3 and 4 and we would randomly run into these groups all over Manhattan. Anyway, Red Lobster was having some weird promotion (or some weird promotion group decided to sit outside Red Lobster since a tour-bus stopped there…), and anyway, there were two people in (really bad) Mickey and Minnie Mouse costumes. A group of three Swedish women (I’m talking like 40+ year-olds) were all taking pictures with Mickey and giggling like children. It was amusing to see. I had Link take a picture (well, I had Mickey in the background…).
Just as we thought we had somehow missed the bus, here it comes - late - and trucking it down 8th Ave. We get on and start off as the only riders. Well, I’m not entirely sure WHEN they got on (the next stop maybe?) but three people came on, two men and one woman. They were all about middle-aged, but the two men seemed mentally challenged and perhaps the woman was “in charge” of them – like their social worker or something. Well, the skinny man of the trio was fairly quiet the whole time, but the overweight one was VERY boisterous. And also he was apparently VERY gay as well. He would talk about trying to get the skinny man into bed with him; asking how he could seduce him. He’d then talk about this gay-only ball they were going to and how he’d ditch the skinny guy and find… well… it’s not appropriate to write that down. >_< Then there were some comments about tying ropes to genitals, and then the man started to strip! I turned to talk to Celia about the man and then I noticed him pulling off his shirt. I quickly turned and apparently Peter noticed him dropping his pants at least down to his knees before his bills slid off the seat and the three of them scrambled to pick them all up. The woman then had the larger man keep his pants on and put a new shirt on. A local woman who must take this bus frequently just talked to the other passengers about how he’s the “crazy bus guy” and to try to ignore him. Meanwhile, he’s in the back singing some show-tune whose melody I didn’t pick up on, but he re-wrote the lyrics to be about being gay. It was a few miles before the trio got off the bus. A very interesting experience.
We FINALLY made it to Tribeca, but I got nervous when I didn’t see the street sign for the road we wanted. We got off what appeared to be about 3 blocks away via the bus-route map I printed. Should have known it was off :-P We met up with a man and two boys who, we all quickly deduced, were going to the movie as well. So we all accompanied each other and talked about our excitement. We also passed by the famous Hook & Ladder 8 in Tribeca (the Ghostbuster’s firehouse for those who don’t know), but I yet again lost the shot TT_TT.
We got into the theatre at about 7pm (show started at 7:15). We were SUPPOSED to be there at 6:45 at the latest if the bus was actually on time. *pout* I still managed to talk to three cast/crew members. Two of the producers of BMB, Joel Musch and David Blane, were in the lobby welcoming people. Joel was not only the producer, but sort of the every-thing-man. He was the cameraman, editor, special effects, and a character that is supposedly loosely based on The Great Mido (in Ocarina of Time). David played Link, as well as produced, helped Joel edit, and worked with George Powell on the musical score. I talked to them both briefly and asked them to sign my shirt. I had previously (like 2 days before) purchased a new LoZ shirt and fabric pen (which turned out to be a GLITTER pen, so once it dried there was no actual ink, just condensed glitter…). Before heading out that morning I wrote on the top of the shirt, by my shoulder blades: BMB Finishes, Tribeca Cinemas, 9/12/09, 7:15pm, The Hero of Time. Well, when David went to sign my back he noticed all of the info I had already written on and he started laughing and ordered Joel to sign while he (David) took a picture. David then told me that he also orders Hannah Fierman (who played Zelda) to sign my shirt and that I need to find her in the theatre. Instead of sticking around and talking to the boys more, I went ahead in to the theatre, hoping to catch Hannah before the room got too packed… too late. There were some die-hards from a lot further away than me who already took up about ½ the seats. Celia, Peter, and I just snuggled in to the back corner of the theatre, while some 20-something man in front of us started talking me up about the movie. He freaked Celia out a bit because he seemed to have a bit of a 14-yr-old-uber-geek mentality to him. *shrug* Zelda fan is a Zelda fan. I’m sure I seemed a bit odd to others as well… Anyway, I didn’t see Hannah, and contrary to David’s instructions, I wasn’t going to just call out “Hannah!” in a ½ filled room. Well, Joel eventually came in and started talking to a woman I could only assume was Hannah, so I walked up to her and told her that David ordered her to sign my shirt. Well, there was a rather large man at the end of the row, and he didn’t seem to be willing to move, so the two of us attempted to find an alternative manner of having Hannah reach my shirt. I ended up sneaking into the row behind her. There was a woman and her pre-teen son in that row, and the son actually had the youth version of my shirt on. The three of us started talking about my shirt and my idea to have the cast/crew sign the shirt. I also told them about my Link pictures throughout the day. I could tell that Celia was glad to be still tucked in the back, away from her freaky sister. ^_^
Well, it was now time for the movie, so I snuggled back into my corner seat. Joel and David came out and thanked everyone for coming and talked a little about the film. Then Joel left (if the video of the Premiere is any indication, he filmed the screening). David had a little of a contest, trying to see who came the farthest. The winner was the large man by Hannah, who came from Nebraska! There were others from Quebec, Baltimore, Buffalo, etc.
After David handed the winner his autographed movie poster, the movie started. Again, see my review if you’re curious. For a Play-by-Play, check out the start of the thread, written by Macadameane.
After the movie concluded I talked to Joel and David for another moment, but unfortunately we had busses to catch, so we couldn’t stay longer than a short “you guys are my heroes.” What really upset me was that Joel, David, and Hannah were having an after-party after the 2nd showing (so party started at 11pm). I wish I could have went! Gar!
Well, here we are, outside the theatre, and needing more money put on our metro card… and no Subway station to do so! Crud! I should have put on 6 rides! Well, none of us had the COINS (stupid buses) to pay for the trip, so we sucked it up and hiked the 2.8 miles back to the Port Authority! We ended up missing the 9:30 bus, and apparently there wasn’t a 10:30 bus, so we had to wait for the 11:30 bus ride home (which happened to be the last one home that night! Holy!). Well, aside from our thighs burning and being a bit out of breath (because Celia and I are out of shape), we enjoyed our speed-walking hike back to the Port Authority. We walked by Madison Square Garden, but as previously mentioned, the picture didn’t take! I think I ended the day with 5 or 6 pictures that didn’t save/got corrupted/whatever… T_T
Well, we got back to the Port Authority a little over an hour before that last bus, so we chilled at a place called Pizza Villa. Nice place, food looked good, but I wasn’t particularly hungry. I had just realized that I hadn’t had anything to drink the WHOLE DAY, and so I just stuck with a bottle of apple juice to re-hydrate.
The bus-ride home wasn’t nearly as interesting as the one up; this driver actually seemed sane. Amusing little side-note: the bus to NYC (with the crazy driver) had seatbelts on every seat, whereas the one home (with the non-crazy driver) had the traditional non-seatbelted seats… just some food for thought ^_^
And thus ends my telling of September 12th, 2009 – the journey to the Legend of Zelda fanfilm “The Hero of Time” and also ends my telling of the Week of Win, September 2009.
UPDATE! PICTURES!
Link sitting in his bus seat.
Link enjoying the ride into NYC!
Link got bored quickly. Good thing he had his DS. Playing Phantom Hourglass, FYI...
Even the rain couldn't stop Link's excitement about being in Manhattan.
Link finished all of his Chinese Food lunch. Too bad we couldn't find a Japanese Cuisine nearby to really make him feel at home... (psst... the joke is that LoZ is developed in Japan...)
Link and the scary-looking Mickey-Mouse-Wanna-Be outside Red Lobster.
GASP! The Hero of Time movie poster! We're here!
A better look at the movie poster itself. Yay!
Link's enjoying his arrival at the cinema to see his movie!
Link working his way to his seat in the Tribeca Cinema.
LINK! SIT DOWN! I CAN'T SEE PAST YOU!
Much better... Link finally settled in.
Link making his way back to the Bus Authority after the movie.
Link outside a HUGE comic book store... it's like, what? Three? Four stories?
Link finally rehydrating after a long day.
Poor Link fell asleep on the bus ride home...
David Blane and Joel Musch of BMB Finishes, and Hannah Fierman (Zelda) signed my shirt.
Better look at the shirt and signatures! YAYs!
UPDATE NUMBER TWO!
BMB Finishes updated their Q&A/Next Screening posts. And my question was the only one answered! YAY! Too bad Karla can't pronounce LycoRogue... >_<>
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Week of Win!
OK, so this week's obsession consists of massive awesomeness in my life (I don't get out much...). First up, I got to see Jeff Dunham live on Sunday! Don't know who Jeff Dunham is!? Here's a link for ya! (please excuse the F-bomb dropped at 2:42) Not one of my favorite puppets, but Bubba J here is key to this post. Soooo anyway! The show was awesome. One of my favorite parts was about 1/2 way through when Jeff brought out his tour-mate "Guitar Guy" (I'm sure there's a link off of one of Jeff's YouTube videos....). So Jeff has his puppet Ahkmed the Dead Terrorist start picking on Guitar Guy and this turned into a ten-minute tangent that only ended when Jeff couldn't keep a straight face anymore. This part was only eclipsed by Jeff's encore performance.
The show was at a city by my hometown which, although was technically a "city", it was still a little bit on the hick-side of things. Well, to show our hick-sided-ness, apparently a great many of those in attendance had written Jeff and requested that he brings Bubba J (who hasn't been used in a performance for a few years). So Jeff comes out with Bubba J as his encore, and the audience went insane! Being that the show itself was at a state fair, Bubba J comes out screaming "I'm Home!" Well, Jeff explained how everyone requested Bubba J's appearance and that he's sorry, but he'll have to use a cheat-sheet because he doesn't remember the Bubba J skit too well anymore. To which Bubba J (the puppet, remember) replied "I know all my lines."
Well, now it was time for the audience to amuse Jeff, because when he got to the bit about Bubba J's wife (4:15 into the above linked clip) the entire audience called back Bubba J's lines. The skit was funny enough as it is, being AT a state fair, but hearing HUNDREDS (thousands?) of people calling back Bubba J's lines with him was just too much. About 1/2 way through the skit Bubba J turned to Jeff and said "They know my lines better than you do!" And then Bubba J said "It's like having 2500 voices in my head!" Now keep in mind that the audience is shouting back the ENTIRE PARAGRAPH about Bubba J meeting his wife! The part that made me laugh the hardest was for the line "And then she smiled... what a tooth!" Jeff got to about "And then she-" before he stopped and the audience finished off Bubba J's line! He leaned against the trunk he keeps his puppets in and just stared at us. His look was PRICELESS. He then said that by far this was one of the strangest shows he'd performed ^_^
Ok, second thing for the Week of Win - the movie "9". This is a feature-length version of Shane Acker's 10-minute, 2004 (2005?) Oscar-nominated, short. Here is the movie preview complete with the song "Welcome Home" by Coheed and Cambria (which makes everything epic). There are mixed reviews for this movie - some are uber excited (like me) and others see "Stitchpunk dolls" animated with bits of human souls and think "lame!" Well, if the short film appealed to you than you should DEFINATELY go see the feature film. Granted, it may not be worth the $10 you spend for a movie that is only about 80 minutes long (if that), but I greatly enjoyed the experience and cannot wait for it to come out on video. It is very action packed with one antagonist and three "henchmen" (if you want to call them that). Also, aside from a few key changes, the feature really is a lengthening of the short and I was amused by the elements from the short that managed to work into the feature. Contrary to the jaded idiots on YouTube who think they can review a movie, I was super excited for "9" coming out on 9-9-09, and I'm glad I went to the first showing today (if you ignore the midnight showing they had last night). It's not a RAVE review... but here is one that I feel was fairly just. My only complaint is that I didn't find the ending as abrupt as they did, but that's because I was expecting it after watching the 10-min short.
The last thing I'm UBER excited about is this upcoming Saturday. I am a HUGE Legend of Zelda fan and have been saying for a little while that I would LOVE for there to be a movie (ignoring, of course, that just about ALL movies based on video games suck major ass). I was greatly distraught by the IGN.com April Fools 2008 "Legend of Zelda" movie prank (which, to my defense I didn't see until April SECOND so it didn't even occur to me it was a prank...). Anyway, further research brought me to BMB Finishes who really was making a LoZ movie - but completely out-of-pocket since it wasn't approved by Nintendo. After a 5-year process, the movie was finally completed and premiered in Atlanta in June 2009. Here is the preview for the movie - keep in mind it is an INDEPENDENT film with NO BUDGET and actors/crew donating their time (so think of it as a student movie). Here is the original Teaser Trailer - which got me excited in the first place. Here is another promo for the movie, which is a parody of one of the most famous NES Zelda game Japanese promos. So that is the end of the videos I'm posting (I think....)
Now, you might be wondering what all of this has to do with Saturday, since it already premiered in Atlanta. Well, my friends, BMB Finishes is using its own money once again in order to tour the country (world? They have a showing in Germany...), and their next showing is at Tribeca Cinemas in NYC on September 12th. Yup, that would be THIS Saturday. For more information, and to list your home town as a HoT Spot (get it? Hot spot... HoT spot... Hero Of Time spot? Got it yet? Clever, right?), go to BMB Finishes' website for the movie. And if you're going to the movie, don't forget to register with them at the website to reserve a seat. Since this isn't licensed by Nintendo the movie should be free, but I'm sure they wouldn't mind some compensation for the money they already spent... *shrug*.
AAAAAANYWAY, I'm now done watching "9" so my next obsession is getting to and from NYC on Saturday for the showing of "Hero Of Time" as well as deciding on if I want to make a trip to Hot Topic this week to get a LoZ something or other for BMB Finishes to sign...
Well, this concludes at least a portion of this obsessive impulse. The true conclusion will be on Sunday when I post about the movie. Taataa!!!!
The show was at a city by my hometown which, although was technically a "city", it was still a little bit on the hick-side of things. Well, to show our hick-sided-ness, apparently a great many of those in attendance had written Jeff and requested that he brings Bubba J (who hasn't been used in a performance for a few years). So Jeff comes out with Bubba J as his encore, and the audience went insane! Being that the show itself was at a state fair, Bubba J comes out screaming "I'm Home!" Well, Jeff explained how everyone requested Bubba J's appearance and that he's sorry, but he'll have to use a cheat-sheet because he doesn't remember the Bubba J skit too well anymore. To which Bubba J (the puppet, remember) replied "I know all my lines."
Well, now it was time for the audience to amuse Jeff, because when he got to the bit about Bubba J's wife (4:15 into the above linked clip) the entire audience called back Bubba J's lines. The skit was funny enough as it is, being AT a state fair, but hearing HUNDREDS (thousands?) of people calling back Bubba J's lines with him was just too much. About 1/2 way through the skit Bubba J turned to Jeff and said "They know my lines better than you do!" And then Bubba J said "It's like having 2500 voices in my head!" Now keep in mind that the audience is shouting back the ENTIRE PARAGRAPH about Bubba J meeting his wife! The part that made me laugh the hardest was for the line "And then she smiled... what a tooth!" Jeff got to about "And then she-" before he stopped and the audience finished off Bubba J's line! He leaned against the trunk he keeps his puppets in and just stared at us. His look was PRICELESS. He then said that by far this was one of the strangest shows he'd performed ^_^
Ok, second thing for the Week of Win - the movie "9". This is a feature-length version of Shane Acker's 10-minute, 2004 (2005?) Oscar-nominated, short. Here is the movie preview complete with the song "Welcome Home" by Coheed and Cambria (which makes everything epic). There are mixed reviews for this movie - some are uber excited (like me) and others see "Stitchpunk dolls" animated with bits of human souls and think "lame!" Well, if the short film appealed to you than you should DEFINATELY go see the feature film. Granted, it may not be worth the $10 you spend for a movie that is only about 80 minutes long (if that), but I greatly enjoyed the experience and cannot wait for it to come out on video. It is very action packed with one antagonist and three "henchmen" (if you want to call them that). Also, aside from a few key changes, the feature really is a lengthening of the short and I was amused by the elements from the short that managed to work into the feature. Contrary to the jaded idiots on YouTube who think they can review a movie, I was super excited for "9" coming out on 9-9-09, and I'm glad I went to the first showing today (if you ignore the midnight showing they had last night). It's not a RAVE review... but here is one that I feel was fairly just. My only complaint is that I didn't find the ending as abrupt as they did, but that's because I was expecting it after watching the 10-min short.
The last thing I'm UBER excited about is this upcoming Saturday. I am a HUGE Legend of Zelda fan and have been saying for a little while that I would LOVE for there to be a movie (ignoring, of course, that just about ALL movies based on video games suck major ass). I was greatly distraught by the IGN.com April Fools 2008 "Legend of Zelda" movie prank (which, to my defense I didn't see until April SECOND so it didn't even occur to me it was a prank...). Anyway, further research brought me to BMB Finishes who really was making a LoZ movie - but completely out-of-pocket since it wasn't approved by Nintendo. After a 5-year process, the movie was finally completed and premiered in Atlanta in June 2009. Here is the preview for the movie - keep in mind it is an INDEPENDENT film with NO BUDGET and actors/crew donating their time (so think of it as a student movie). Here is the original Teaser Trailer - which got me excited in the first place. Here is another promo for the movie, which is a parody of one of the most famous NES Zelda game Japanese promos. So that is the end of the videos I'm posting (I think....)
Now, you might be wondering what all of this has to do with Saturday, since it already premiered in Atlanta. Well, my friends, BMB Finishes is using its own money once again in order to tour the country (world? They have a showing in Germany...), and their next showing is at Tribeca Cinemas in NYC on September 12th. Yup, that would be THIS Saturday. For more information, and to list your home town as a HoT Spot (get it? Hot spot... HoT spot... Hero Of Time spot? Got it yet? Clever, right?), go to BMB Finishes' website for the movie. And if you're going to the movie, don't forget to register with them at the website to reserve a seat. Since this isn't licensed by Nintendo the movie should be free, but I'm sure they wouldn't mind some compensation for the money they already spent... *shrug*.
AAAAAANYWAY, I'm now done watching "9" so my next obsession is getting to and from NYC on Saturday for the showing of "Hero Of Time" as well as deciding on if I want to make a trip to Hot Topic this week to get a LoZ something or other for BMB Finishes to sign...
Well, this concludes at least a portion of this obsessive impulse. The true conclusion will be on Sunday when I post about the movie. Taataa!!!!
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