3-D!

Ok, so I know it's the "in thing" right now but the 3D movie fad has now gotten entirely too old. Seeing a 3D movie used to mean something to me- when you go to places like Disney World/Land and Universal Studios they're 3D movies truly immerse you in the movie- characters literally leap off the screen, effects happen to your seats and around the theater, and the whole experience is simply mind-blowing. However, now Hollywood has it's hands on "3D" technology, which consists of making the movie appear to be off of the screen because you're wearing silly looking glasses that you paid 3-4 bucks extra for. There's nothing immersive at all. The filmmakers simply add a layer to the film to make it seem "different" but if you take the glasses off you simply see the 2D version those smart movie-goers saw who paid 3 dollars less than you. That's another thing- you shouldn't be able to do that if it's truly 3D. Go to Disney World and watch Mickey's Philharmagic and take your 3D glasses off- you can't focus and everything is distorted. The glasses take you to the world of the movie. The 3D movies that come out in every movie theater across the globe take you to the concession stand to buy some popcorn because you're bored of the lack of 3D effects. It's a ploy to make money and now everyone's doing it- Disney is re-releasing both Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King in 3D later this year because of the fad. This is a disgrace, and a sure sign the 3D fad has gone too far...

Avatar, Part 3 (A.K.A. Yet Another Rant on James Cameron)

Ok so James Cameron has officially made me angry! Ok, so many people will agree he has done this before now but now it has gone too far- yet again! Avatar 3D is STILL in theatres, but the movie has been on DVD for a month. WHY?!?!?!?! The movie is not so spectacular that it just needs to always be in theatres. That's ridiculous. Especially now that we can all buy it so we can watch it whenever we want...why should we go pay $12 to go see it in 3D when it's not all that more spectacular in 3D. Oh and also a commercial for a special type of TV came on today boasting that James Cameron's Avatar was a movie that broke ground for several types of film-making...this my friends is actually incorrect. The same technology was used in ALL 3 of the Lord of the Rings movies- and the thing is the LOTR movies looked more believable than Avatar- the mix of CGI in the LOTR looked stunning but Avatar's mix of CGI and humans just looked fake. Everything was supposed to be flawlessly mixed, but it wasn't. Now the movie itself is not horrible, just not perfect like everyone makes it out to be. James Cameron- quit now, please?

Public Restrooms

Ok so this is a post I really should not have to make but obviously here at EKU I do... Men's restrooms- a place for men to take care of their business, clean it, and get out. It is NOT a place to take care of your business and allow everyone else to observe it. I seriously went into a restroom today and found every single urinal full of that ever-so-lovable bodily fluid. I went through and flushed them all...was it that hard? No! If we all took two more seconds in the restroom to do what our father's taught us at age three then the restroom's not only would be more pleasant to look at, but they wouldn't smell like pee either- which is just disgusting to have blasted in your face as you open the door to relieve yourself. Let's grow up, boys...please?

Disney Deaths

So far us Disney Dorks have been hit really hard with 3 tragic deaths of three iconic Disney legends since the May of last year. On May 18th last year Wayne Allwine- a.k.a. the voice of Mickey Mouse- passed away. Speculations have of course risen that Disney has already begun looking for a replacement (of course released like the next day) but so far I have heard nothing. Mickey is still silent for the time being. Of course the second death was slightly more tragic- Walt's nephew, the famous, Roy Disney passed away on December 16th. Of course one of the main names left in the Disney family this was an incredibly depressing thing to hear, though everything stayed basically the same as far as Disney's staff, so that's good. Finally the third Disney Death in recent times is Mr. Eddie Carroll passed away April 6th. Carroll of course being the voice of Jiminy Cricket since 1973 will dearly be missed, especially in the theme parks where he tended to reign more prominent. There has been a lot of tragedy in Disney of late and I hope everything will work out. And things are indeed looking up because June 11th is the premiere of Disneyland's World of Color show at California Adventure, so be on the look out for more info on that coming soon.

Harry Potter World

Ok, so I have really mixed feelings about this upcoming section of Unversal Orlando's Islands of Adventure Park. Near the back of The Lost Continent section of the park, they are set to open Harry Potter World this summer. Now honestly my feelings about this are mostly negative unfortunetly- does Harry Potter really deserve his own mini-theme park? I think not. He's got 7 books and 8 movies and about a million video game counter-parts and even multiple book spin-offs...he does not need a theme park. A lot of people's response to this would be: what about Mickey Mouse? He has all that crap, why does he have his own park- my answer is this: he doesn't. He is a character at a Disney theme park, just because he happens to be the main emphasis does not mean he has his own theme park. Now I admit I enjoyed Harry Potter for a while, but then his books got so damn boring I quit reading them and I haven't bothered to see the last couple movies because the books were so boring I saw no point in paying money to see them acted out. My other main negative thing is they are tearing down the park's iconic roller-coaster in order to build a Harry Potter related one. That's right coaster maniacs- Dueling Dragons is going to be no longer- they're getting rid of it to theme it to Harry Potter dragons and are starting from scratch. This you just don't f***ing do my friends- that coaster was world-renouned for it's amazing-ness and they are just tearing it down for Harry F***ing Potter. WOOO! NOT! Now the good thing (only one of them!) is the technology that's going into the exploring Hogwarts ride is phenomenal- it's a robotic arm that can flip you, twist you, shake you, and essentially make you fly without an airplane and that is pretty awesome- so that's one (count it- ONE) thing I'm looking forward to with this "world." I'm not sure how J.K. Rowling got the Harry Potter theme park contract but it's not really something I'm looking forward to a whole lot...

Relationships and Love

Not a very dorky subject, but one that is going though my mind nonetheless. Why do we have them? If someone you love just leaves after two years you're crushed and they move on. Why do we allow ourselves to do that? I'm not sure but I think that it should be simpler. I'm also not sure how to make it simpler. It just has to be hard I guess, and that's not fair. We get into these relationships, knowing it'll probably end, but then we get so in love and so sure it'll last forever and then it's gone and our original thought comes true, and it hurts bad. All I can say is "love songs suck and fairy-tales aren't true" -thanks to Bowling For Soup!!

Movies on TV

So riddle me this: why does watching a movie on TV take 45 minutes to an hour longer than simply watching the DVD? Commercials. That's why. But why are they so many commercials? Why do TV channels find it necesary to play 45 minutes of 30 second long advertisements? I know it's technically to "make money" but if they're really that hard-pressed for money, should they even be trying to play that movie? Should they even have a TV channel at all?! Snow White and the Seven Dwarves came on TV tonight...it is 83 minutes long; the TV version was 120. Lord of the Rings 3 is 3 and a half hours long by itself...the TV version was 5 hours!! WTF WHY?!? I guess it's just how life works and I'll probably never understand...

Avatar, Part 2

OK WTF PEOPLE?!? I just heard tell that James Cameron not only is planning the sequal to Avatar (as I mentioned in the last Avatar post) but now is writing a novel that is going to be the prequel to the movie. Seriously what the f*** is there to tell? "um...it's the future...my brother died...now I'm on a new planet..." That's like a one paragraph prequel...AND IT WAS IN THE MOVIE! Ok I didn't really have all that much of a problem with this movie until now, it has gone way too far.