Quote of the Day [9.09.08]
"Wile E. Coyote, Super genius. I like the way it rolls out. Wile E.
Coyote, Sup-er gen-i-us."Wile. E Coyote, super genius, "Operation: Rabbit"
“You can’t let Mr. James take away Matthew. He’s not his little puppet for his amusement. He has a very important role here.”
I just signed up for Nico Video. It’s some kind of Japanese site. I have no idea what it’s about. I think they are producing video and putting it up there. I just joined to watch Penguin Musume. No idea what it’s about. There’s even no fansub. Just yet. But I laughed at the first episode.
So how did I register? They have a spanish version of the site. I had to use the rudimentary spanish I know to register for a Japanese site. Some kind of weirdness is that.
“Dave, if by some incredible miracle Bill does come back, don’t tell him I put his coffee mug in my pants.”
Link of the Day [9.09.08]
That’s one crazy link, hunh? I know that it is better web etiquette to put an actual descriptive phrase for the link enclosed in those anchor tags, but I’m just continuing on with the grand tradition of the raw URL, because it’s the way it looks if I post via email. Keep it the same for both web-based or email-based posts and you don’t have to worry about the format. You do have to worry about the length of the line, because iPhone wraps it weird;.
Anywhoo, today’s link is to OtakuUSA magazine’s article on “Gateway Anime.” That’s anime that leads you to becoming a life long fan. It’s similar to how cigarettes or pot can lead you to harder drugs like crystal meth or special K. I know my gateway anime is Robotech. I did watch a few episodes of StarBlazers, but it was usually on crappy UHF and hard to get good reception, so it was tough to watch. And I did love watching Speed Racer and Kimba, the White Lion, but being so young at the time, I didn’t think about them being “Japanese Animation.” They were just some cartoon.
Robotech was different. You couldn’t wait for it to come on, so you’d hurry home to watch it or set the VCR to tape it. Then you’d watch it over and over. And not too long afterwards, you buy your first Valkyrie fighter. And it was cool. Next came the models. And finally, you’d get that first crush on a 2D girl. Oh, Lisa Hayes (Misa Hiyase in the original Macross), forget that lame Rick Hunter…
Hunh? Where was I?
Oh, yeah, Robotech was my gateway anime that started me down the anime fandom road. Not to mention School Rumble.
“Joe, Matthew is making me see Vietnam in the foyer!”
If the rumors are true, then Lance Armstrong might race in Le Tour next year. This is the perfect way to destroy our memories of his complete dominance by coming out of a three year retirement and trying to win at one of the toughest endurance trials known to man.
It’s as if Rocky Balboa tried to make a come back… Err… It’s as if Jim Palmer tried to make a come back… Umm… Or Brett Favre… Oh.
Well, it would be a disappointment to see him in anything but the maillot jaune.
Quote of the Day [9.08.08]
"Come with me, if you want to live."Cameron Phillips (Summer Glau), Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles"
“Well, these may not be those, but that is not too shabby. “
Link of the Day [9.08.08]
When NewsRadio Quote Month started, the DVD for the show hadn’t been released. I had to scour the interwebs for NewsRadio quotes. Fast forward a few years later, and you can get the entire five seasons on DVD. Thank you megacorp.
When you finally watch them you see the brilliance of the show. I will be happy to put NewsRadio up against any other sitcom ever produced as the greatest comedy. Evah. It starts strong from the pilot episode through the death of Bill McNeal (Phil Hartman), and although uneven and lacking the finer wit of the previous four, it’s fifth season grows and grows on you.
Here’s a fan writing for The Onion’s AV Club wherein she watches the first two seasons on DVD in the first box set. All her synopsis of those episodes are a great reads and brings back fond memories of each show. It’s also a font of NewsRadio quotes that I haven’t used yet. Heh. Heh.
Where’s my discs?
Quote of the Day [9.07.08]
You know its been a long long road
Since I packed up and left on my own
And I can carry a heavy load
Just try’n get back to her heart
Starship, “Find Your Way Back”
“Britches?”
Link of the Day [9.07.08]
For all you car junkies out there. Top Gear does plenty of testing of cars. Nice fast cars, and they’re not afraid to push the limit. In with a British feel.
Quote of the Day [9.06.08]
“In 1972, a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn’t commit. They promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune.
If you have a problem, if no-one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire the A-Team.”
Opening monologue to the 80s action show, “The A-Team”
“They use a word that rhymes with ‘gritches’ that starts with a B.”
Link of the Day [9.06.08]
Liking anime means that sometimes you end up immersing yourself in that otaku culture. You like what the crowd like (Macross Frontier, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya). You do what the crowd does (wish to go to Japan or Akihibara). You buy things the crowd buys. Anime figures.
Good Smile Company makes very nice figures of characters from anime. They’re mainly the girls, because nothing gets the otaku heart pumping like 2D girls rendered in 3D. Finally, Good Smile Company is recognizing that the otaku culture is no longer contained on the shores of Japan, and with the globalization of anime, it can be found all over the world. They’re creating an English version of the site run by Danny Choo to get all information about their line figures to those who have money to burn. Now I don’t have to learn Japanese.