Macross Frontier

broderic on August 18, 2008

Watch it! Watch it now.

If you don’t like my suggestions for anime because they lean too much towards romantic comedies for guys, and you are more interested in mecha, then watch Macross Frontier. It’s that good.

The story is extremely similar to the original. A young brash kid joins up with the military to fly a veritech fighter. He’s caught in a love triangle with the older lady and the young singing ingenue. He’s got the Skull Squadron leader giving him hell. He’s got two buddies who back him up wherever he goes.

But the mecha. It rocks. I want one of those VF-25, but as a transformable figure. With the armor on it.

Link of the Day [8.17.08]

broderic on August 17, 2008

Warning! Beware of imitators! There are fakes out there!

When you start collecting anime figures, you just want to buy everything you see which is hard because you can only get them from overseas. So you search. You can get the more renowned figures from Amazon.com or other specialty retailers such as KidNemo.com or BigBadToyStore.com. One of the more dangerous places to get them from is ebay. Most of the time they’re from some Hong Kong dude. And (I’m just conjecturing) they may be selling you a fake copy. That’s fine if you want to save money, but the build quality is even less perfect.

Today’s site directs you to Good Smile Company’s informational page on spotting the phony. It’s of Mikuru-chan. I only highlight it today, because I recently got that Mikuru Asahina nendoroid (she’s so kawaii! >.< ) and I hope its real. Oh, I may have a phony in my toy collection. O_o; http://www.goodsmile.info/info/imitation/imitation_03.html

Link of the Day [8.16.08]

broderic on August 16, 2008

The weather’s here. Wish you were beautiful.

The seed and the rest of the gang are out there in paradise and enjoying life. Partying and having fun. While I’m here, thinking things through. You probably saw the seed’s series of posts taunting us. Here’s to him. That funny guy.

http://www.kauaidiscovery.com/

Quote of the Day [8.15.08]

broderic on August 15, 2008

“I don’t care about what anything was DESIGNED to do, I care about what it CAN do.”

Gene Kranz (Ed Harris), “Apollo 13”

Tropic Thunder

broderic on August 15, 2008

Tropic Thunder is being described by other reviewers as a satire on Hollywood. It is that, but funny. Ben Stiller directs another scathing movie just like The Cable Guy.

I liked it. Once again funny. Especially, Tom Cruise doing his Kruschev impression, “I will bury you!!!!” Hilarious. As well as Matthew McConaughey and his adopted son. Hilarious. Danny McBride and his bombastic pyro guy. Nick Nolte as Four Leaf. And that young asian warlord. Funny. Booty sweat.

4 of 5 stars.

The Olympic Cyclist

broderic on August 14, 2008

Follow one of the US cyclists as he journeys around Beijing on a bike.

The most poignant moment is at the end as he mentions that you, on your bike, with several hundred people, must socialize and interact to make the flow of people perfect. Must be fun to ride to work.