So much for that slice... but no surprise.
In my last post I mentioned Jumpcon. A sci-fi convention that Edward James Olmos was scheduled to be at. Three days before it began it was offiicaly announced canceled for Boston . But honestly I wasn't surprised(which is why I hadn't yet bought tickets). I was wary of this convention after looking at some of the forums and people complaining that they would buy tickets (like the expensive $1,000 ones not to mention plane trips to get there.) and the show gets canceled or the star they came to see doesn't show up. It's a common trend for conventions especially small and new companies running them lately. So if you want to go to Jumpcon and it is coming to a town near you, don't order tickets until the very last minute. This wasn't the first convention they have canceled this year. It's better then being in an insanely long waiting list to get a refund.
I used to go to this comic book convention called Supermegafest that was held in Framingham, MA. And the last two years have been a bit of a disappointment. In 2006 I actually wasn't going to go at all, until a few months before the convention The Ghost Hunters were scheduled to be there, they didn't show up. In 2007 some of the Ghost Hunters underlings (not the main two guys like the year before) were suppose to show up, they also blew off the Megafest. So far I haven't seen or heard any news of a SuperMegaFest 2008. And in those two years a large amount of guests stars were suppose to show up and half didn't. I don't think it was the guests I honestly think there was trouble with scheduling these people or paying them to come. If anyone who did show up at the 2007 show wanted the most money it was Adam West he was at the 2007 show wanting $50 an autograph. (Everyone else including people like Darth Maul, and Mini-Me wanted the normal $20-$25)
I love The Ghost Hunters, their brand of skeptical hunting is something refreshing in paranormal research shows. If you don't watch a lot of paranormal ghost shows like I do there are three ways you can do a ghost hunting type show. You can go into a house make reenactments of what hat family told you what paranormal things happened and then bring in a medium to talk to the spirits (they always find a ghost). You can go into a haunted place with cameras and a medium (no reenactments) and again they always seem to find something. Or what The Ghost Hunters do is get a call, they come to your house for free, and try to prove to you that there are no ghosts in your house, instead of "I heard a noise this place is haunted!" But lately even they have been finding ghosts or something paranormal every time...and that's what I liked about the show, they didn't always find something it was more believable. If they didn't find something they would say: "We didn't find anything, it doesn't mean you're crazy but if you have any more trouble call us again."
Also last night I saw WALL-E and it was visually pretty and the overall story was good and it made you think but I did have an issue.... the beginning of the film held onto a single idea (I won't ruin it) and that single concept went on for so long that it bored me. I'd say it was at least the first 30 minutes of the movie because around that time I considered leaving. My BF yelled at me for bashing WALL-E like I did. He is more of a 3D animator and I lean to 2D animation more in my work and he was focusing on the technical achievements of the film and not so much of the story. But story always overtakes visuals in films. At least I think it should. Anyone can throw up a bunch of pretty textured models. It's what you do with them that makes it interesting. Anyway, It was visually pretty, funny and very enjoyable it made you think and overall it was a good movie. It was a social commentary wrapped in a cliché robot story if anything. But Kung-Fu Panda was better. (and I'm not just saying that because I'm DreamWorks fan.) KFP had the pretty look, complicated animation, and visuals AND a good story that would entertain children AND adults for the duration.
I used to go to this comic book convention called Supermegafest that was held in Framingham, MA. And the last two years have been a bit of a disappointment. In 2006 I actually wasn't going to go at all, until a few months before the convention The Ghost Hunters were scheduled to be there, they didn't show up. In 2007 some of the Ghost Hunters underlings (not the main two guys like the year before) were suppose to show up, they also blew off the Megafest. So far I haven't seen or heard any news of a SuperMegaFest 2008. And in those two years a large amount of guests stars were suppose to show up and half didn't. I don't think it was the guests I honestly think there was trouble with scheduling these people or paying them to come. If anyone who did show up at the 2007 show wanted the most money it was Adam West he was at the 2007 show wanting $50 an autograph. (Everyone else including people like Darth Maul, and Mini-Me wanted the normal $20-$25)
I love The Ghost Hunters, their brand of skeptical hunting is something refreshing in paranormal research shows. If you don't watch a lot of paranormal ghost shows like I do there are three ways you can do a ghost hunting type show. You can go into a house make reenactments of what hat family told you what paranormal things happened and then bring in a medium to talk to the spirits (they always find a ghost). You can go into a haunted place with cameras and a medium (no reenactments) and again they always seem to find something. Or what The Ghost Hunters do is get a call, they come to your house for free, and try to prove to you that there are no ghosts in your house, instead of "I heard a noise this place is haunted!" But lately even they have been finding ghosts or something paranormal every time...and that's what I liked about the show, they didn't always find something it was more believable. If they didn't find something they would say: "We didn't find anything, it doesn't mean you're crazy but if you have any more trouble call us again."
Also last night I saw WALL-E and it was visually pretty and the overall story was good and it made you think but I did have an issue.... the beginning of the film held onto a single idea (I won't ruin it) and that single concept went on for so long that it bored me. I'd say it was at least the first 30 minutes of the movie because around that time I considered leaving. My BF yelled at me for bashing WALL-E like I did. He is more of a 3D animator and I lean to 2D animation more in my work and he was focusing on the technical achievements of the film and not so much of the story. But story always overtakes visuals in films. At least I think it should. Anyone can throw up a bunch of pretty textured models. It's what you do with them that makes it interesting. Anyway, It was visually pretty, funny and very enjoyable it made you think and overall it was a good movie. It was a social commentary wrapped in a cliché robot story if anything. But Kung-Fu Panda was better. (and I'm not just saying that because I'm DreamWorks fan.) KFP had the pretty look, complicated animation, and visuals AND a good story that would entertain children AND adults for the duration.