Two plane trips later... [Generator Rex Review/Spirit Bound Nerding]
And, ohay, guess where I am? Sitting in my bedroom at my Grandma's house, on Oahu. Teehee.
Actually, my plan to starve myself of sleep worked out wonderfully. I slept through almost my entire flight! Ah, the bliss of being able to ignore screaming children and fat, white tourists eating KFC in the row next to me.
It also kind of helps that, after I came home, I passed out for three hours. Yay, sleep!
Anyways! I'm almost done with Spirit Bound! I literally have about 12 pages left. But I'm not going to get into that tonight. You know why? BECAUSE, HOLY SHITBRICKS BATMAN, DIMITRI. And also, oh yeah, Rose and Tatiana. Whoopsie.
But more importantly. I totally didn't expect Dimitri to be un-Strigoi-ified so early in the book. I thought that I was going to have to sit through 300 pages of Deathly Hollows Camping-esque scenes followed by unadulterated Rose/Dimitri fluff.
But alas! Dimitri is (understandably) having a bit of a crisis. Hey, I would too after loosing it like that. And pulling that shut with Rose. Everything that happened between them in Blood Promise was crazy. I mean, he kind of locked her up and used her as a blood/sex slave for a good 100 pages, and then creeped on her with those letters.
I mean, locking her up is one thing. A character like Rose is completely capable of overcoming something like that and moving on. But constantly reminding her of her failures and hopeless love through those weekly letters? Talk about emotional blackmail. I'm not sure I'd want to face Rose after that either.
But the way Dimitri protected her in the cafe was kiiiiiiiind of adorable.
Gosh, can't we all have hot, ass kicking Russian boyfriends?
Wow, okay, I sill kind of got into that. I guess I'll do a formal review tomorrow.
Right now, however, I want to talk about Generator Rex.
Yes, I realize it's a cartoon aimed at kids half my age, but haven't we been through this before?
Anyways, GR is a new Cartoon Network series that set in a world where an explosion resulted in nanobots called nanites infesting every living being (and some dirt) in the world. These nanites are pretty awesome. In some cases, the people effected will manifest abilities that they can control. Usually, though, these effected people/plants/animals are unable to control their nanites. That's when the secret organization Providence comes in.
Enter Rex, an amnesiatic teenage agent of Providence under the supervision of Six (literally, the sixth deadliest man in the world) and the lovely Dr. Holiday. Rex is special. Because of the nanites, Rex have gained technopathic and technomorphic superpowers, in addition to the ability to cure other people of their nanite-issues. Badassery ensues.
In short, there are a lot of aspects of this cartoon that are aimed at a younger crowd. There are monster-of-the-week specials and a pretty solid legion of baddies. On the other hand, there are a lot of more complex aspects as well. For example, there's the budding romance between Rex and Circe, an agent of The Pack (bad guys) who can separate her belief in Van Kleiss' plans and her feelings for Rex. There's also a very adult take on working for a government organization, in addition to a complex plot and supplementary backstories for supporting characters. There's even loads of UST and Significant Looks between Holiday and Six! And a racially diverse cast!
Generator Rex is a unique cartoon in the sense that it follows in the steps of cartoons like Justice League, Teen Titans and A:TLAB such that, even though it's geared toward kids, the complex characters, situations and plot give it appeal to older audiences.
If you'r still not sold, keep this in mind: Rex's sidekick is a talking, gambling, gun-toting BAMF of a chimp named Bobo Haha. Who's voiced by John DiMaggio. Don't know who that is? Think Bender from Futurama. Yeah.
Well, that's all I've got for tonight. I'm freaking tired and jetlagged. Night!
Actually, my plan to starve myself of sleep worked out wonderfully. I slept through almost my entire flight! Ah, the bliss of being able to ignore screaming children and fat, white tourists eating KFC in the row next to me.
It also kind of helps that, after I came home, I passed out for three hours. Yay, sleep!
Anyways! I'm almost done with Spirit Bound! I literally have about 12 pages left. But I'm not going to get into that tonight. You know why? BECAUSE, HOLY SHITBRICKS BATMAN, DIMITRI. And also, oh yeah, Rose and Tatiana. Whoopsie.
But more importantly. I totally didn't expect Dimitri to be un-Strigoi-ified so early in the book. I thought that I was going to have to sit through 300 pages of Deathly Hollows Camping-esque scenes followed by unadulterated Rose/Dimitri fluff.
But alas! Dimitri is (understandably) having a bit of a crisis. Hey, I would too after loosing it like that. And pulling that shut with Rose. Everything that happened between them in Blood Promise was crazy. I mean, he kind of locked her up and used her as a blood/sex slave for a good 100 pages, and then creeped on her with those letters.
I mean, locking her up is one thing. A character like Rose is completely capable of overcoming something like that and moving on. But constantly reminding her of her failures and hopeless love through those weekly letters? Talk about emotional blackmail. I'm not sure I'd want to face Rose after that either.
But the way Dimitri protected her in the cafe was kiiiiiiiind of adorable.
Gosh, can't we all have hot, ass kicking Russian boyfriends?
Wow, okay, I sill kind of got into that. I guess I'll do a formal review tomorrow.
Right now, however, I want to talk about Generator Rex.
Yes, I realize it's a cartoon aimed at kids half my age, but haven't we been through this before?
Anyways, GR is a new Cartoon Network series that set in a world where an explosion resulted in nanobots called nanites infesting every living being (and some dirt) in the world. These nanites are pretty awesome. In some cases, the people effected will manifest abilities that they can control. Usually, though, these effected people/plants/animals are unable to control their nanites. That's when the secret organization Providence comes in.
Enter Rex, an amnesiatic teenage agent of Providence under the supervision of Six (literally, the sixth deadliest man in the world) and the lovely Dr. Holiday. Rex is special. Because of the nanites, Rex have gained technopathic and technomorphic superpowers, in addition to the ability to cure other people of their nanite-issues. Badassery ensues.
In short, there are a lot of aspects of this cartoon that are aimed at a younger crowd. There are monster-of-the-week specials and a pretty solid legion of baddies. On the other hand, there are a lot of more complex aspects as well. For example, there's the budding romance between Rex and Circe, an agent of The Pack (bad guys) who can separate her belief in Van Kleiss' plans and her feelings for Rex. There's also a very adult take on working for a government organization, in addition to a complex plot and supplementary backstories for supporting characters. There's even loads of UST and Significant Looks between Holiday and Six! And a racially diverse cast!
Generator Rex is a unique cartoon in the sense that it follows in the steps of cartoons like Justice League, Teen Titans and A:TLAB such that, even though it's geared toward kids, the complex characters, situations and plot give it appeal to older audiences.
If you'r still not sold, keep this in mind: Rex's sidekick is a talking, gambling, gun-toting BAMF of a chimp named Bobo Haha. Who's voiced by John DiMaggio. Don't know who that is? Think Bender from Futurama. Yeah.
Well, that's all I've got for tonight. I'm freaking tired and jetlagged. Night!