The outer machinations of my mind

Sir Bouff-A-Lot

2011-04-22T16:33:00.002-04:00

So I did some previous posts on this magnificent being.

The peak of evolution.

And now it has spawned into a force of its own.
Initially it was only this.

Then I had my epiphany.

And now I (with the help of Aris) have created ALL of this:

So as I (we) think of more, then I'll keep you posted.

Happy April 21st

2011-04-21T15:47:00.000-04:00

So apa-logies for the absence....haven't been in the mood. And about the comic....I just did it and posted it on tumblr, but then realized I could make it the Sunday Comic, but by the time I realized it, someone reblogged it, so I wasn't going to delete it.

Today is a special day. No, nothing signifcant happened on this day. The most significant thing is probably Charlotte Brontë's birthday (she is the author of Jane Eyre).

What is significant is the day that precedes it and the one that follows. The two main reasons for the significance of the other days: April 20th is Hitler's birthday and April 22nd is Lenin's.

I was going to do a post just about Hitler on his birthday, but I thought people might take it the wrong way.

So Hitler (he turned 122 this year). Known to many (almost all Americans) as the most evil man to have ever lived. Some will disagree. Personally I view Stalin as more despicable, but there is some biased there, since Estonia was more oppressed by him than Adolf. Even as one of the most evil men in history, Hitler has become the subject of many a joke. Some are quite vicious., so I won't post them here in fear of insulting peoples.

Also, apparently Hitler is into the hippity-hoppity music. You think the SS stands for Schutzstaffel, but no; it stand for super smooth. A little known fact about the Führer, also dope on the mic.

He has also appeared in many movies. Recently, he was busy getting shot in the face repeatedly in Inglorious Basterds.

Another really good film with him is Der Untergang [The Downfall] (2004). It showed the final days of Hitler as Berlin was being shelled by the Allied forces. I don't really remember what was so great about the film about. All I know is that it's good. Very well acted, and very parodied.

Oh! If possible, check out Roald Dahl's short story about Hitler called "Genesis and Catastrophe" . It is great!

Well, so Hitler's birthday is on the 20th. Does that really make it an ~~awesome~~ ~~cool~~ epic day? By itself, not really. Close though. But with a little help, it can go over the top.

And help is recieved from-

Crispen Glover who you may remember from Back To The Future as Michael J. Fox's father.

And Andy Serkis who is the voice of Gollum.

Not the greatest actors, but cool enough. They have the "honor" of sharing their birthday with lil' ol' Adolph.

Oh, also. The Columbine massacre. Yap, that happaned on Hitler's 110th birthday. Aren't coincidences fascinating?

So the 21st.

Highlight of the day is Lenin. I guess he is pretty evil, but I don't despise him as I do other such men. It's probably that he looks cool.

Hitler and Stalin had "epic" mustaches, but a sirius lack of beards. So Lenin wins that battle with a moustache and a goatee type thingy. Win.

Also, with a name like Vladimir, which is basically влади мир (read vladi mir), which translates to "rule the world." So with a badass name like that, how could he be anything else than the father of the Soviet Union.

He just looks badass...somewhat like Satan, and has a badass name. So awesome in my book. Also, he didn't get around to doing that whole genocidal thing like the others. And probably because of that people (Americans) don't know what he really did, hence less jokes involving him.

Lenin is holding cat. Your argument is invalid.

Also, super badassness: He hasnt been buried. He was embalmed and now his corpse is just chillin in the Red Square in Moscow in some glass box or something. So when you end up going to Moscow never, go check it out.

So there better be support for Lenin on this day, to make it so the 21st doesn't become all about Hitler like always. Well, he does have very strong support indeed.

In the celebrity bin, the 21st has

Jack Nicholson. One the greatest actors of all time. I really like him. I could go on and on, but I'll just leave at this:

Best psychopath evar!

Also, The joker

Also Ryan Stiles. One of the funniest guys around. Whose Line is basically back. YAY! OOOOH YEAH!

So is there something on the scale of the Columbine massacre? Yes, I guess. There was some explosion in Mexico where 252 people were killed. But that isn;t something people really know. So I am going to ignore it. Instead, the destructiveness of this day is helped by another man.

None other than

::drumroll::

Julius Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atom bomb!

So there you have it, so any ~~awesome~~ ~~cool~~ epic events in such close proximity. Why not celebrate/mourn April 21st?

Sunday Comic (almost)

2011-04-21T01:25:00.001-04:00

So I have been missing for a week...whatever. I'll get to that later. The Sunday Comic will be shelved for a while (due to issues with no one able/willing to draw them). So until that gets sorted out you get NUSSSSSING! Except this.

Concept: Chris Reintal

Picture: Aphrodite and Eros by Giovanni Pellagrini, head from artwork by Ken Sugimori

Edited together by Chris Reintal

Another fantastic work by me with Microsoft Paint. So after my other genius work, I thought to myself who else has an afro, so I can edit Bouffalant's head on it? And then it hit me- Aphrodite, Greek goddess of love (Roman equivalent is Venus) sounds like Afrodite. And a google image search led me to this picture and BOOM! Comic genius.

So this was just a spur of the moment. I made it and posted it.

Pokemans

2011-04-13T14:12:00.001-04:00

Am I finally going to talk about Poekmon Black version?

No.

But don't worry.

Before I review it, I want to rant about the new Pokemans themselves.

Initially I didn't really like them. I am resistant to change. So introducing pokemans that are 5th overall in HP; 3rd, 5th, 7th, and 10th in attack, 2nd fastest; 1st, 2nd and 5th in Sp. Attack ... It seems a bit too much. So many new sweepers in the competitive department.

Also their appearances were very meh initially. But playing through the games, there are some cool ones.

But this rant is about something else. So many missed opportunities this Gen (and previous ones) with regards to evolutions.

Three that stuck out to me immediatly:

Luvdisc -> Alomomola

Why isn't this a thing?! Luvdisc is soooooooo useless. Sure, wild ones hold heart scales, a semi-useful item. But it is an awful Pokemon stats wise. Alomomola is not. It is actually quite good with the 5th highest base HP out of all pokemans. This would make people actually care a bit about Luvdisc..... But no such luck.

Tauros -> Bouffalant

Another obvious one. Tauros isn't much worse/better than the new one. He is faster but has a slightly less HP and Attack. But who the hell is going to use Tauros when afro-bull 9000 is available.

Cacnea -> Cacturne (top) or Maractus (bottom)

A bit more complicated than the last ones. But it is a parallel to two others. Initally Snorunt only evolved into Glalie, and Ralts only into Gardevoir. But in 4th gen a female Snorunt can evolve into Forslass with a shiny stone. And a male Ralts can evolve into a Gallade via shiny stone. So why not this family too?! WHY! I know there is like a billion different fish and butterflies, but does there need to be more than one cactus family?

Natu -> Xatu -> Sigilyph

This one is a stretch. But I kinda associate them. Xatu is like a totem pole kinda thingy. Sigilyph is sorta in the same style. Just seems to fit for me.

Here are some that aren't associated with 5th gen.

These first few aren't my own. Got them off the internets.

The Magikarp vs Dratini one is cool. But I have other ideas about Magikarp.

There is no need for two similarly looking stupid ugly fish that evolve into sth cool(ish).

Also Shuckle needs an evolution, so I can equip him with an eviolite.

Spongebob! XX: Well I'm hooked. And Spongebob's a superhero

2011-04-11T18:29:00.001-04:00

It's the final episodes of the season.

*not a very strong finish....awwwwww

Episode 20a: Hooky

I don't like this episode. But looking back on it, it does have some great moments.

Apparently there are fisherman in the ocean. Mr. Krabs warn that the hooks are back. Spongebob goes to play with them, with motivation from Patrick.

Spongebob is like, those things are dangerous

And Patrick is like:

And I'm like, yes. Very.

Squidward and Mr. Krabs have some pretty great lines.

I just like that scene, well what Squid says. And ~~people~~ fish are just jerks apparently.

And a continuation of that scene.

*Also, Squidward has taken breaks before and after. Another proof in my belief that all episodes are cannon, but the episodes aren't in order.

I don't like the ending, so I am not going to talk about it.

Also, this joke has done similarly before, but it's still funny:

Also words of wisdom from Patrick Star: How can they be dangerous. They're covered in free cheese!

Episode 20b: Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy II

Le sigh. More Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy. There has only been one good one. And that is.... IV? I think. So let's get this over with.

Spongebob wins some memorabelia of the heros in a contest. It bothers those eldery spandex wearing fools. So they make a deal. Spongebob gets to hang with them for a day. Best moments of the episode:

And thats it.

A lackluster finish to the season.

Season one has been conquered!

I made some compilations and stuff, but I want to make a title screen and stuff, so I'll try to do that on Friday before I move on to season two.

In the mean time I leave you with

THIS

and

THAT

Epicness is epic.

Sunday Comic

2011-04-10T18:39:00.000-04:00

Concept: Chris Reintal & Aris Bionat

Picture: Screenshot from Pulp Fiction, heads from artwork by Ken Sugimori

Edited together by Chris Reintal

Bouffalant has a giant afro. Who else has an awesome 'fro: Samuel L. Jackson from Pulp Fiction...well he doesn't actually have a big afro, but still. And you can't have one Pokemon face and leave the other human. Tauros was an easy selection since he is also a bovine. Obviously this isn't drawn, because our usual artist was busy. I wanted to keep the release of comics consistent for as long as possible, but I can't draw. So a while fidgeting around with MS paint, this is the result. Also, I think it actually looks better like this than it would have drawn.

Spongebob! IXX: Spongebob is a god.... April Fools!

2011-04-08T16:04:00.001-04:00

Episode 19a: Fools in April

It's been a week since April 1st, so now its only appropriate to do the April Fools episode. Spongebob loves this holiday apparently. He is soooooooo amazing at doing pranks /sarcasm.

Basically all his jokes are lame like that. So it isn't surprising Squidward gets seriously pissed off. So he pulls his own prank. Though what he does isn't really a prank but rather some cruel trap. At least Spongebob's tricks were in the April spirit, even if they were really lame.

Warning: Those feint of heart shouldn't watch horror movies, but this clip should be fine.

How he had time to secretly set that up is beyond me.

Squidward thought it was funny. Really, really funny.

No one else did. So the rest of his episode is him trying to unsuccessfully apologize.

Kind of a meh episode. Though the ice cube thing is hilarious.

Episode 19b: Neptune's Spatula

Ah, a good old classic.

Patrick and Spongebob visit the fry cook museum. Greatest museum idea ever. Underwater is a fun place: glove-themed amusement park, jellyfishing conventions, fry cook museums.

King Arthur style Spongebob pulls out a sacred spatula from some grease. Which would mean that he would be the royal fry cook to Neptune, king of the sea (Neptune is the roman god of the sea for those who dont' know). But Spongebob is well..... a sponge. King Neptune is unsatisfied and they, Neptune and the sponge, compete.

The rules are: the first to make 1000 patties wins. Neptune uses his magic to easily win, while Spongebob is able to create one. BUT Neptune's patties suck, while Spongebob's is delicious.

So delicious in fact:

Moral of the story: Perfect patties are made with love not magic.

So a little lesson for you.

Patrick has a bunch of good lines in this episode:

And the best motivational speech evar, well second after one from the second season which we'll get too soon.

A very good episode.

Oh Bliss! Bliss and heaven!

2011-04-07T11:48:00.083-04:00

I listen to Gamespot's weekly show The Hotspot. It helps me keep up with video game news and its funny. They often go off on vaguely related tangents and make jokes and stuff. Very entertaining. Towards the end, they have segments where they read listener emails and phone calls. There is also a weekly homework assignment for listeners. The best ones are read on the show (which is cool, because they give credit to people, so usually people write their username and/or their name and location on the bottom. For example I write "Chris from Estonia", since "Chris from New York" is kinda booooooring), and a winner is picked, who gets an emblem for their Gamespot account. I do the homework too, not for the emblem, thought I do have one.

I won it for surprisingly. The homework assignment was "worst prequel titles/ideas". I won for Left 4 Dead prequel, Left 3 Dead. It really is the worst. But I am surprised, since if multiple people have the same entry, it gets disqualified.

ANYWAYS, the reason I am giving you this information. On this weekly episode, involved with one of the tangents, as part of a sort of running gag 'if you're from like Estonia, please write in' (the joke usually just involves asking people from obscure places to write in on some issue) and the host of the show in response said: "Chris from Estonia has written in numerous times. You know he exists."

I totally got randomly mentioned. This is how happy it made me:

Anyways

So remember when I used to review stuff that wasn't Spongebob? Me neither. But apparently I did that, so here is a review of something.

Since I mentioned video games already, might as well review an awesome game that everybody knows and loves

For the DS

IT is really unique

No, it's not Pokemon: Black/White you silly. It's

Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors

(I've decided to join the Amazon referral program thingy. So if something I talk about seems interesting to you and you would like it as well, be it game, movie, etc, and you use Amazon, please use the links I provide, because that would be superspecialawesome.)

*Quick comment before I continue. This title is so long and annoying to search for. Also, after playing the game it is very misleading. Now to the review.

It's less of a game and more of an interactive novel. This means that there is a lot of reading. A LOT. Which I am cool with, since some of my favorite games, which I mention time and time again, are the Ace Attorney and Fire Emblem series which also advance the plot through text. But this goes far beyond the other games.

Blah, blah, blah

I don't want to explain the plot too much, since I still hold the opinion, the less one knows beforehand the better the experience will be. BUT I have to say something as this is a very plot heavy game. You play the game as one of the persons mentioned in the title. It is from his perspective, but the narration of the plot is in 3rd person. It is a ubiquitous narrator, so it says what the main character is thinking. This is a bad comparison, but it is similar to Saw II, which is not a good movie, so let me elaborate. You and eight other people are put in a life-death game. There is possibility of escape, but the group must work together.

This plot offers great opportunity for the exploration of the human psyche and how it reacts to great pressure. Unfortunately it doesn't go in that direction as much as I would have liked, though the characters go through suspicions of maybe one being the villain in disguise and other such paranoia.

The characters are all very well fleshed out. The all have backstory and different personalities. Not to spoil a lot, one may come to a realization at one point that not all of you can escape [I wont go to details as to why], so it got me to wondering who I would leave behind. But the characters are all generally so sympathetic that it would be a very difficult decision. Not all characters are saints though, some characters say/act a but suspicious.

So gameplay. It is a point and click puzzle game, like Myst (which is an awesome game btw). You are stuck in a room and have to find a way out. And that's basically it. Some puzzles were pretty challenging, but not so difficult that I became stuck/frustrated and had to look up the answer. This could be due to my incredible genius though

There are six different endings, depending on some choice you make along the way. I prefer the bad endings. Coincidentally, I got them first. It probably helped that I was playing at night in the dark, but those left me with a truly chilling feeling. When I was reading the final scene of the ending, I was like "NO! That can't be how it ends." Those endings are very impactful. I don't like horror films. At all. But horror games seem cool. The interactivity makes it much more suspenseful. Playing the game, when the scene changes, I wondered what bad is going to happen now!

Game has some eye-candy, too

The true ending, which is supposed to be the correct one, was somewhat disappointing. It got too hocus-pocus-y.

What is the hocus pocus of the end?

Magic? Dinosaurs? Time-travel? Aliens?

Play the game to find out.

Oh, some negatives too:

Could have been more choices along the way and more puzzles. More is always good. As I said, the true ending and most of the game ignored the human psychological examination aspect the premise provides.

If you are a fan of Phoenix Wright or other such Japanese games, definitely play this. For those who don't mind reading and enjoy a good plot, give it a try. If you are illiterate, then how are you even reading my review?!

9/10

Gamespot: 8.5/10 (Critic average: 8.4/10 [out of 11 reviews])

(It came out last year actually, so it won't be on this years top games of the year, but it would have taken a high place on last years)

Well that was lengthy as hell. If only I could put this much effort into my school papers.

Spongebob! XVIII: Sandy and a sandy beach

2011-04-04T20:29:00.002-04:00

Episode 18a: Texas

You know Sandy, the squirrel who lives in a dome under the sea? Well, she's from Texas. She gets homesick and decides to go back. Spongebob is like NO! and throws together a surprise party thingy for her. But is unable to stop her from leaving. Then Patrick comes to save the day:

How dare they insult the "great" state of Texas! So the two buffoons are quick to realize that they can use Sandy's strong sense of pride. So they continue with the insults, the best being:

And then she chases them, end up in the Kursty Krab and Sandy realizes that Bikini Bottom is her new home now.

Blah blah blah.

Aired a lot, so maybe I am harder on it than other episodes. Decent, but not great.

Episode 18b: Walking Small

YAY! A Plankton episode.

So the evil mastermind wants to close the underwater beach, Goo Lagoon, and make a new restaurant. But he is small and people are in the way. He needs to recruit someone to get rid of the people. The way that he lures Spongebob in is one of my favorite scenes/lines of all-time.

So so tragic. Plankton eventually teaches Spongebob to be assertive, aka a jerk. But then Spongebob is like, that's mean, and brings them back to the beach with epic kindness. What a bitch!

Good episode, well for atleast that one scene. Though the montage of trying to make Spongebob mean is quite hilarious as well.

Sunday Comic

2011-04-03T10:46:00.002-04:00

Hey, consistency anyone?

Writing: Chris Reintal & Aris Bionat

Illustration: Kathy Tieu

Pretty straightforward this one. Crustle is awesome (the one with giant ass rock on his back); one of my favorite generation V pokemans. The reason they are talking about Genesect is well, they are both bug types, as is Genesect. And Genesect is a legendary pokemon, hence it is strong, considerably better than those two (though I love both of them).

Also, alternate version. Can you spot the difference?

Fails of some period of time

2011-04-02T16:50:00.001-04:00

There was a Pokemon thing going on, but I was like fuck it. It's kinda hard to explain why some pokes are awesome. So instead I'll post some random pictures that I have taken myself. Original content, homeboy!

I just visited a Gamestop where they had this epic sale:

When you see it...

And for those of you slower viewers:

This looks like a normal US map puzzle right? Teaches kids geography, yay!

WRONG! Upon closer inspection there are two grave errors.

Firstly,

No state capitol for YOU!

And maybe you can find the second thing. (Click the map if you are having trouble. Then you can zoom in 'n such)

My photo collection isn't only of epic fails. But it also includes a win.

In the greatest game of Bananagrams ever played. I won with this as my final standing.

Notice the long-ass word it based on. And who cares that juxtaposition isn't a verb (juxtapose is) and that technically juxtapositioned isn't a word. At that point it doesn't matter. (To fix the problem, move quote to the O at the right of it [U left over] and move the ED and everything attached to it to the end of quack and place the U above the S in juxtaposition, so with very minimal change it is valid).

And for those of you not good at I Spy, here is the second error in the USA puzzle.

Spongebob! XVII: Fake treasure and advanced darkness

2011-04-01T18:03:00.003-04:00

Episode 17a: Arrgh!

A lot of classic lines in this one.
Spongebob and Patrick are playing a board game where they hunt for treasure. Krabs joins in, gets obsessed. Spongebob doesn't want to play with him anymore, so Mr. Krabs takes the two buffoons on an actually search for treasure as pirates.

Not the best crew to have:

But at least they are very very loyal

But Krabs is a tyrant. Makes them sleep outside. Also, he lied!

Mr. Krabs gets his comeuppance at the end. So all's well that ends with the jerks being punished.

There is also a sort of running gag in this episode of Mr. Krabs being sweaty.

Great episode with many great moments.

Episode 17b: Rock Bottom

One of the nominees for the best evar. It doesn't have as many laugh out loud moments as other episodes. It's sort of hard to explain, but as an overall story and as a whole it is one of my favorite episodes. Nothing that specific that I can highlight though, so here is the whole thing

Or would be, if blogspot wasn't being mean to me.

So I'm sorry that these moments aren't amazing, but with this episode, as I said previously, it's the whole, overall episode, not moment to moment.

So Spongebob and Patrick, coming back from Glove Word (an amusement park) miss their stop and end up in Rock Bottom.

They don't like it there.

So Spongebob is abandoned. Most of the episode is him trying to get on a bus. It's great, but I can't make a "clip" of it. It's too long.

Anyways, he gets pissed at not being able to get on a bus, goes to the depot.

And this is where the horror factor starts to come in.

Will he escape?! Or be trapped there and be eaten alive!??!!!

Or will he go insane?!

No, he gets back to Bikini Bottom safely.

Spongebob XVI: Love, Anger, Desperation, and Sorrow

2011-03-28T19:10:00.002-04:00

Episode 16a: Valentine's Day

Many people consider Spongebob and Patrick to be toooooootally gay for each other. This sorta episode might feed into those theories. Spongebob is into Valentine's Day and gets Patrick the greatest gift evar: A chocolate hot air balloon in the shape of a heart. BUT, in Estonia Valentine's Day is sõbrapäev which translates to Friend's Day. And that's what they are: really, really good friends.

This is a very emotional episode for Patrick.

First, we see him having some talent and skill which quickly escalates to confusion and panic as per usual.

Then he gets crazy happy, because of Spongebob's promised epicness.

Spongebob had an elaborate scheme planned out. But it goes slightly array, and in a feat of desperation:

So, Patrick is not amused, but at least I can take some enjoyment in his siriusness.

Then, he rages. And boy, when Patrick rages, he really rages.

VIDEO

Quotables:

"Patrick need love too!"

"I defy you, heart-man!"

And I'll leave you with that epic cliffhanger.

Does Patrick brutally murder everyone else and defile their corpses? Or does some miracle from the sky solve the problem?

Watch the full episode somehow to find out!

Also, Spongebob is apparently a troll.

If I had editing skills, I'd try to put the proper face over his, but I think Sponge's expression is close enough.

Problem?

Good episode.

E16b: The Paper

Similar to the Idiot Box episode which comes in a later season, this episode involves the fact the Spongebob has epic imagination while Squidward lacks said skill. I bring up the other episode, because it has the more well known line that I wanted to mention:

So In this episode it is not a box, but rather a piece of paper. Squidward throws it out and Spongebob wants it. He won't stop pestering Squidward about it, so Squid does the rookie mistake in movies saying "not matter how much I beg or plead or etc, don't give it back, let me out, etc."

Then Spongebob does some epic stuff with the paper. Which is basically the entire episode. So I wont show everything. My two favorite ones are when Squidward tries to disprove the papers awesomeness, but fails miserably:

Too great.

And:

Which reminds me of an older episode where Spongebob is unable to play music with a napkin. I guess he practiced in the meantime.... or maybe regular paper and tissue paper are just too different.

Anyway, Squidward trades all his belongings for the paper, and then realizes what an idiot he is.

The good that comes out of it is, this episode answers the age old question: What would Spongebob look like wearing Squidward's shirt?

And there is your answer.

Great episode. Unfortunate it didn't air as often, as it is paired with the Valentine's Day one, which airs only at...well around Valentine's Day.

Sunday Comic

2011-03-27T18:54:00.002-04:00

Apparently I am starting a web-comic with some people. Initially most of our ideas are Pokemon-centric, due to the fact it has consumed a lot of focus recently. Hopefully it'll expand later. For now, I'll post them in this blog, but once it gets going, then I'll make a separate thing for it. But for now, you can just filter the blog with the "comic" label.

And here it is:

Writing: Chris Reintal & Aris Bionat

Illustration: Kathy Tieu

It always sort of irked me that one could use HMs outside of battle even if the pokemon was fainted. From a gameplay standpoint it makes sense, logically not. So this shows how using HMs like that should turn out.

For those who don't know, that is a picture of the Hindenburg disaster (1937). The pokemon is Drifblim, a balloon, ergo the parallel.

Spongebob XV: Dr. Patrick in Inception. BRAAAAWWWWWRRRRMMM

2011-03-25T19:06:00.000-04:00

So ya,

BRAAAAAAAAAAAWRMMMM!

Episode 15a: Sleepy Time

So before there was Inception, there was Spongebob invading peoples dreams. He flies out of his dream and goes into other main characters' dreams: Gary, Patrick, Sandy, Mr. Krabs, Plankton, and Pearl.

He even tried to put an idea into someone else's brain- Inception. BRAAAAAAAWRMMM. He was however unsuccessful, because for it to work the target has to have a brain in the first place.

So as great as Patrick's dream is. I prefer Squidward's. Such wonderful mjuuzik.

The voice of an angel.

In Spongebob's own dream he gets a drivers license.

Some interesting info there- apparently he lives on Conch street. Date of birth is July 14th, 1986. That makes him 25. So that settles the issue of his age he is. Though I have a theory that the episodes aren't necessarily in the proper order in the timeline (this eliminates most contradictions between episodes). Also apparently Spongebob is 4 inches tall and weighs 1 oz. Which means Sandy should be a lot bigger than Sponge...but then again so should Squidward.

Also, Mr. Krabs' license is seen. Which has more interesting info

Born in 1942. Man is he OOOOOOOOOOOOld. And apparently twice as tall as Spongebob. Green eyes? Also Krabs' hair is N/A, but for Spongebob is says yellow? Something to think aboot.

This episode also features the greatest limerick. The floor is yours Gary:

A decent episode. It is like mini-episodes in each dream. Some are better than others. More important, lots of interesting info aboot Krabs and Sponge.

Episode 15b: Suds

Spongebob leaves his fridge door open all night which freezes his house(Ignore the fact that leaving the fridge door open would heat the house). SO he gets the sponge equivalent of the cold. Patrick stops Spongebob from going to the doctors and becomes

DOCTOR PATRICK!

Greatest montage evar. Well doctor montage atleast.

Patrick is also surprisingly clever.

Sandy takes Spongebob to the doctors, he gets treated. And Patrick gets his comeuppance, and that's it.

This episode aired a lot. I used to not really like it, but looking back on it it's actually quite good.

Spongebob! XIV: Kah-rah-té in THE FUTURE!

2011-03-21T13:30:00.000-04:00

Episode 14a: SB-129

This is the 4th episode which will be nominated from the 1st season for the best episode evar thing I'll do....eventually

So here is the whole thing. Or at least there would be, but blogspot is being a jerk.

So here goes.

Spongebob and Patrick want to go jellyfishing with Squidward. All Squid wants to do is play the clarinet.

SO he runs away and hides. But gets trapped in the Krusty Krab freezer for 2000 years.

THIS is the future of undersea life:

Shiny isn't it?

In the future he meets Spongtron and apparently there are 486 clones, one for each letter of the alphabet.

So he tries to go back with a time machine and ends up in prehistoric times. Has to escape from there, ends up in...well.... nowhere.

Then he makes it back to Bikini Bottem where some brutal time-traveling irony awaits him.

If that's a bit complicated, I'll let Squidward explain it himself

...That.... didn't help at all.

FF (fun fact): There is a calendar visible in the future showing the date March 6, 4017

Episode 14b: Karate Choppers

Apparently Spongebob and Sandy like karate. In this episode Spongebob is actually decent, though usually he gets the crap beat out of him and is overall physically very weak.

Spongebob gets paranoid about Sandy coming to fight him it affects him at his job. So Mr. Krabs hastily fires him. And Sponge's world is crushed:

Well, he does get his job back, but no karate. But the two friendos couldn't resit and things get out of hand.

I just love the line, it's like the Krusty Krab on crack from "Employee of the Month". Say some not very intense line very intensely.

Anyway, I don't feel like explaining too much, but in the end its all good. And Squid has another great line. He is just too awesome. Never change!

A very good episode.

And I love this face. Not his best, but still really good.

So I'm actually doing it

2011-03-19T15:01:00.003-04:00

Round One, Game One: Tyranitar vs Dragonair

It is unfortunate I can't do this in two columns side by side, but it is still doable.

So Tyranitar is one of the pre-tourney favorites, which is unfortunate, because I really like Dragonair. Well see how I close it is with the criterium I presented.

Name:

Tyranitar- Name is derived from tyrant and Tyrannosaurus, the second coolest dinosaur (the first being Ankylosaurus obviously). And Tyranitar sorta does have a dinosaur vibe to it.

Dragonair- Dragon, duh! Also, one theory is that it originated from the word debonair meaning graceful and sophisticated. I know Dragonair doesn't look like a dragon, but I'll get to that later.

Dinosaurs > Dragons. Dinosaurs actually existed and they are ridonculous.

Classification:
Tyranitar- The armor pokemon. Really? That's it. Tyranitar deserves better. I mean if he was an Ankylosaurus it would make more sense.... Also, apparently Donphan also is the armor pokemon. Comparing one of the greats to Donphan is inexcusable.

Dragonair- The dragon pokemon. Simple. Good.

Dragon > Armor

More pictures!

Pokedex entries:
So another new one I decided to use. I won't read out all the entries, but it'll be sorta a summary of the best points. Also, the pokedex entry for Magikarp wins Black and White (for now, since I haven't seen all of them yet).

Tyranitar- He can take down mountains and maps must be redrawn after he rampages. And apparently it can't be harmed by any attacks. Love how pokedex entries exaggerate. Also, Tyrannitar is only 6'7". How is it going to take down a mountain. But ignoring the extremes of the pokedex, its entry is badass. Way badass.

Dragonair- It can change the weather at will and fly without wings. Now that is even more badass than moving mountains. The weather! Sirius shit right there.

Appearance

Two polar opposites I guess.

Tyrannitar is badass looking. Like a Boss. The only flaw is probably that his arms are a bit on the short side (which makes a bit of sense if he is based somewhat on T-Rex.).
While Dragonair is elegant and regal. Such a simple design and beauty is achieved.

Tough to compare the too, but I think I am going to go with badassness.

Shiny:

Tyrannitar is a boring beige and the blue part turns purple. Very meh.

Dragonair is an elegant pink. Pink and Blue, very appropriate.

Pokepeople:

I guess with theses it is mostly what the person looks like. With some there is also cool composition. This one goes to Tyrannitar, the Dragonair lady is sorta boring as not elegant enough to do justice to the poke.

Other Evolutions:
Both are three stage pokes, easy to compare

Tyranitar-
First stage is Larvitar which is like a mini-Tyranitar:

All good.
But then the 2nd stage is Pupitar. It just looks dumb. Well not all that dumb, it's got a cool spiky head.

Dragonair-
1st stage is Dratini, which is like a mini-Dragonair.

Solid.

And then the 3rd stage (Dragonair is the 2nd stage. With some it isn't the final form that's the coolest. It happens, especially with the 5th gen it seems. I prefer the first stages with many pokes) explains the name origin- Dragonite which actually looks like a dragon. Why they made him orange is beyond me. But he is awesome. More awesome than Pupitar atleast.

Funny how both these evolutionary tracks have one stage that is vastly different.

Competitive:

Well, Tyranitar wins this by default, since Dragonair isn't a final stage. In comparison with Dragonite it is actually pretty interesting. They both have the same overall stats (600 total base stats) which is tied for 2nd best out of all the non-legendary pokemon (Slaking is first). The main difference is that Tyranitar has more HP and Defense while Dragonite has Speed (and Sp. Atk, but that doesn't really matter).

Type wise Dragonite is a bit better. They both have a 4x weakness- Dragonite with ice and Tyranitar with fighting. Fighting is much more common competitively. Also Tyranitar is weak to earthquake while Dragonite is immune.

They are both standard Sweepers (high attack, try to kill everything with strong moves). Move-sets aren't very interesting.

The deciding factor is that Dragonite is inferior to Salamance who has the same type combo of Dragon Flying. Salamance lacks Defense but has higher speed, making it a better sweeper. Tyranitar has a very good ability which causes (almost) permanent sandstorm. One other pokemon has this ability, but Tyranitar is much better. So competitively Tyranitar is vastly...well maybe not vastly, but superior.

Nostaliga factor:

Well, I didn't get to use either of them on my team of 6 against the Elite Four which is unfortunate. Though I am correcting that mistake with Tyranitar in Black when I face the Elite Four again.

A special little thing that only Dragonair gets:
My first Pokemon trading card.

I still have it in a separate plastic case.

So to recap:
Name:                Tyranitar
Classification:     Dragonair
Pokedex:           Dragonair
                         Dragonair

Appearance:      Tyranitar
Shiny:                Dragonair
Pokepeople:      Tyranitar
Evolutions:         Dragonair
                         Tyranitar

Competitive:      Tyranitar

Nostalgia:          Dragonair gets a point
It's actually a 6 v 3 for Dragonair, but not all of them are worth the same. Shiny and evolutions sort of go together. Hence why there are sub-divisions and those group winners.

Overall winnar is:

Somewhat unfortunate Dragonair had to lose in the first round, but thus is life. In the end I'll give my top 5 or 10 in a non-specific order in case some of my favs go up against each other early.

Next round will be Wednesday.

Superspecialawesome Battle of the Ultimate Challange: Round 1

2011-03-16T18:54:00.000-04:00

is delayed.

Today I was going to do the first match-up in best pokemon evar bracket, but I found out some horrible news. Also I am lazy.

Today one of the greatest voices of recent times died.

Nate Dogg

He didn't really have any great hits on his own, but he was featured on a lot of amazing songs. He usually just sang in the chorus and how glorious those choruses were. He has such a unique voice, seems almost auto-tuned.

To those that say rappers aren't singers, I say yes, but Nate Dogg ~~has~~ had the voice of an Angel. Every hip-hop/rap song should have featured him somewhere. He was only 41 which is very unfortunate. Also unfortunate that I am unfamiliar with his solo work

Here is some of his work with other artists where he takes the back seat, but still rocks it like a boss:

Soooooo amazing. The voice!

Also some changes to the pokemon thing.

I'll be doing it twice a week: Wednesday and Saturday.

Also, more criteria, so the deciding factors:

Name

Classification

Appearance

Shiny

Appearance of Other evolutions

Concept art- there is this one set of almost all the pokemon, where they are with a person who looks/is dressed similar. I call the set pokepeople.

Compettive usefulness

Uniqueness of movesets

Winner of head-to-head

So there, Round 1 will be Saturday

Spongebob! XIII: The horror. THE HORROR!

2011-03-14T21:24:00.002-04:00

Aparently I forgot to upload this. I really did do it on Monday, but idk what happaned. So here. Better late than never.

Episode 13a: Scaredy Pants

Spongebob is scared of a lot of things, which makes Halloween a difficult time for him. So he tries to make a scary costume.

Redudant, but- the horror! THE HORROR!

He is unsuccessful though.

Spongebob "figures" out what the problem is; Patrick has a harder time using his "brain".

Sorta meh episode. But it is the first appearance of The Flying Dutchman. He is mentioned earlier, but this is the first time he says and does something.

Also, apparently Patrick is a woodsmith

And trees grow in Spongebob's closet.

Episode 13b: I Was A Teenage Gary

Ugh, a very unfunny episode. It has a few moments, but it is very miss.

Squidward is supposed to take care of Gary, Spongebob's snail, because Spongebob leaves for the weekend. He forgets, and Gary is dying. A doctor is called, gives them snail plasma. Squid accidentally pricks Sponge, who turns into a snail.

The initial transformation is pretty cool

Also Squid screams. A lot....... A lot.

Spongebob! XII: Spongebob works hard and goes to the prom*

2011-03-11T22:04:00.000-05:00

*Not in that order

But before I get to the episodes, I thought about when doing the best episode evar at the end. I mentioned I'd limit it to 5 per season, but I only picked two 1st season episodes. That's not fair, so I decided to include two episode I already talked about:

E02b: Ripped Pants

E10b: F.U.N.

And for those who don't remember E05a: Pizza Delivery is also in, and the last two are later in the season.

Episode 12a: The Chaperon

I remember seeing this episode a lot. Too many times. Did not really like it. Hence why I only have one clip and it is just a song.... which is decent I guess.

Ugggghh.... the plot is that Pearl doesn't have a date for the prom, Spongebob goes, ruins everything. Pearl ends up having a decent time. Also, there is something about a dummy, idk.

But at least the following episode which is attached to this is good.

Episode 12b: Employee of the Month

Spongebob has been employee of the month consistently for a while. Squidward sees it for the sham that it really is- it is to make Spongebob work harder. Sponge however keeps constantly mocking Squidward, up to a point where the latter decides he'll usurp Spongebob.

They have an epic battle trying to prevent the other from getting to work on time. But when they do get to work, they go crazy. And as I like to call it

The Krusty Krab on crack (though I guess it is called Charlie Sheen nowadays)

A great episode, which may not be apparent by the fact I only have one clip, though it is hilarious.

March Madness

2011-03-10T11:44:00.001-05:00

So apparently there is a college basketball tournament or bracket or sth. It has to do with sports, so why would I know?

And I also found my picture collection that I thought forever lost.

Alos Pokemon Black and White came out recently which I am picking up this weekend.

So in combination of those two facts, I made a bracket of the best pokemon evar!
So to make it even sorta, I picked 8 out of each of the 4 generations (being unfamiliar with the 5th). It is somewhat unfair, because 2nd gen > 1st gen > 3rd gen > 4th gen (maybe 4th > 3rd gen, but I am not as attached to the newer pokemans), so giving them each 8 sort of skews it. But whatever.

So to decide the winner in a match-up I will use 5 categories:

Name- Does it sound cool? How is it derived (like Blastoise- blast + tortoise)?

Classification- Like Blastoise is the turtle pokemon, Mightyena is the bite pokemon (wtf is that?!)

Appearance- Badass, cool, wtf?, and cute (though there isn't any of that in the top 32).
Compare different sprites where they both exist in the same generation. and also very important (for some) is the Shiny.

Evolutions- How cool do the evolutions/pre-evolutions/associated evolutions look.
Good evolutions > no evolutions > bad looking evolutions

Competitive battling- usefulness and uniqueness. Not necessarily which one is the best, being a hipster I don't usually like using the OU (overused) pokemon, so my teams consist of the not best pokemon.

Also, with the help of random numbers, I made up the bracket. I won't show it yet, so the pokemon involved can be a surprise, but after the 1st round, then I can post what it looks like to show that I am not cheating or sth.

So I'll do 1 match-up a week starting next week.

Spongebob! XI: Muscular Ghosts

2011-03-07T15:01:00.000-05:00

Before we get to the main event, I have some original content to present:

::drum roll::

I think some explanation is required. Starcraft II (and Starcraft) has a unit called the Zealot, whose body is seen in the picture above. In the main game, one can only use the regular zealot, but in custom games there is more variety, including dark zealots and zealot outcasts. I couldn't find a decent picture of a zealot outcast, so I just used a regular zealot; it works well enough. And the heads attached to the bodies are those of Andre 3000 and Big Boi, the two members of the hip-hop group Outkast.

SO there you go- zealot outkast. I. Am. Hilarious.

And now, back to the show:

Episode 11a: MuscleBob BuffPants

Spongebob is weak. Very weak. Very, very weak (most of the time; some episodes break this continuity).

So he sees this commercial:

To the careful examiner, it is apparent that these muscles do not make one strong. So the plot continues, that everyone is impressed by his muscles and Sandy enters him into the anchor throwing contest.

I remember seeing this episode a lot in my childhood and not really liking it. I continue to not like it.

Episode 10b: Squidward, the Unfriendly Ghost

Luckily, this episode starts off strong with the greatest game ever:

Also, the rest of the episode stays quite strong. Squidward makes a wax statue of himself, S&B break it and believe that they killed Squidward. He then comes out of the shower in a robe with steam following behind, so S&B realize the obvious, that it is the ghost of Squidward.

Squid takes advantage, making his neighbors obey his every word.

Like:

That is interesting, because Spongebob is able to play fantastic music with a piece of paper. Is a tissue really so different?

My favorite moment is one that is sooooooo not suited for the target audience:

Did you get it? Toulouse-Lautrec was a French artist in the late 19th century, which is something that young children obviously know. I applaud the writers for including this joke. Kudos!

Great episode.

Spongebob! X: A FUN talent show

2011-03-04T18:11:00.002-05:00

Episode 10: Culture Shock

Squidward puts on a talent show at the Krusty Krab. People do things, some do well, some not so much. And for the moment they've all been waiting for..... Well, I'll let Squidward do it:

So, apparently besides being a great clarinet player, Squid is also an excellent dancer. BUT the audience doesn't think so. They much rather prefer Spongebob and his talent: mopping up after the show.

I guess people just hate Squidward and love Spongebob.

A decent episode.

Episode 10b: F.U.N.

One of the most loved episode of all time. It's a Plankton-centric episode. He devises a plan to befriend Spongebob. And they sing this very well-known song:

Eventhough that is the most famous part of the episode, it has other great moments:

And then one of the most "dramatic" moments in all of the seasons:

An excellent episode.

Movies of 2010

2011-03-02T15:06:00.002-05:00

So now, that it is March, I can recap my favorite films of the previous year. I could say this is because February is full of crap releases and now I can finally look forward in the year, but it is more to do aboot laziness. I finally watched all the "good" movies and now I can do a proper list.

Do some of the Oscar nominees and winners make it into my list?!

The Oscars 2011

2011-03-01T15:42:00.000-05:00

So that happened. I didn't watch it, but I did check out the winners and I am glad that Inception got more Oscar's than The Social Network. There were plenty of no-duh's and a few surprises.

The performance awards were the same as anywhere else:

Leading actor Colin Firth because he is really good at stammering.

Leading actress Natalie Portman (w00t!), because she danced ballet

Supporting actor Christian Bale (w00t again!) because he did a lot of crack

Supporting actress Melissa Leo, because she played Bale's mother and is even more unlikable than that crackhead

Though with the last one, not to say Leo didn't deserve it, maybe it should have gone to Hailee Steinfeld for True Grit, but that's not a big deal.

Best Director- the dude for King's Speech. BOO! Give it to Aronofsky, damnit!

Creepy mustache or creepiest mustache?

On the topic of facial hair, Christian Bale wins

Matching hair and beard color is sooooo mainstream!

He looks like a lumberjack ax-murderer. A great role for him, considering his previous experience:

Most up-beat murder I know of

Best original screenplay- The King's Speech. BOOOOOOOOOO! That movie is all about the acting, the script is booooring. Have the lead played sub-par'ly and you have a giant piece of crap. Give the Oscar to Inception, because even with meh acting it was still a fantastic movie.

Sound editing, mixing n stuff- Inception of course. It had the most memorable score, and there for got the Oscar for best original score, owaitsocialnetworkgotitinsteadwtf!?

I mean, how can you not give original score to Inception as well?

Has the Academy forgotten the BRAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWRRRMMMMM

That should have also been nominated for best original song. Not the whole song, just that one note.

uhhh...

Best animated- Toy Story 3 obviously

hmmmmm....

Now, I am not an expert on movie editing, but even I can see that Scott Pilgrim had some amazing editing. The best by far. And I'm not saying that because I love the movie anyway. But apparently it wasn't good enough to get nominated. Le shame.

And best picture. Glad The Social Network didn't win, but also unfortunate that The King's Speech did. Didn't really like either.

Who should have won?

Toy Story 3 of course. That is a silly question. But if I were to choose the most Oscar-y movie that should have won, I would have gone with The Fighter. And on that note, here is my personal order of favorites and a bit about why.

1. Toy Story 3- The plot is more complex and with more ups and downs emotionally than the first one (which is #17 on my all-time best list for those of you who don't remember). But I like the first one more, mostly due to nostalgia. Also, the fact that the other toys still don't listen to Woody is ridiculous.

10/10

2. Black Swan- Psychological thrillers are awesome. I haven't seen too many, but I did see two last year which were both great Shutter Island and this. I've always liked Portman and she was great in this. Mila Kunis did her role of sexy free-spirit really well also. The ending, like in most thrillers is very important, and The Black Swan's was a little bit too "huh?" I understood what happened, but I was also like how! why?

Also, the whole "that would be great if I was only casting the white swan, but I am not. I am also casting the black swan," was uttered waaaaaaaaaaaaay too many times. I think it was said about....hmmm....75000 times, though I am bad with estimation.

And why I wouldn't say it is the best picture over The Fighter, is that it doesn't have substance, any deep drama. It's just one person going crazy, which is awesome.

9/10

3. Inception- BRAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWRRRMMMMM!

Also, the plot is complex, though not as much as people suggest. DiCaprio is awesome, Joseph Gordon Lewitt is as well. And Ellen Page. Everyone has seen it by now, so I won't go into detail. BUT the plot is a bit convoluted at times (really 10 years?!, when you did it in like an hour.....wouldn't there have been a good middle ground, like a month or something?) and the ending could have been a bit more open-ended, though I liked what he tried to do. Chrisopher Nolan is my favorite director doing original shit, yo!

9/10

4. The Fighter- Compelling drama. Getting to be a bit old boxer is in a bad situation. Brother's a dug deal, mother's also a terrible person who cares more about the older brother. Mark Wahlberg doesn't say much throughout the film, but when he does, he delivers his lines well. The supporting characters are all great, hence why they all got nominated. The ending is a very Hollywood-esque fairy tale one, but since it is based on a true story, its not something you can deduct for.

9/10

5. The Kid's Are All Right- Already posted about this. Just reference that.

8/10

6. 127 Hours- Very well done, considering it is just a dude trapped for 127 hours. James Franco does unusually well, so good for him. The hand severing was pretty gruesome. But knowing that he does cut off his arm and escape alive sorta ruins the movie. There is very little tension because of that knowledge, which is unfortunate.

7/10

7. True Grit- I love the Coen brothers' films, I really do. And this is not their greatest work. They proved they can do sirius things with Best Picture No Country For Old Men. Unfortunately, this movie left me underwhelmed. Even with it's lack of tension, 127 Hours, still left me whelmed.

The acting is still great. But the plot had its issues. The confrontation with the man the group is hunting is soooooo anti-climactic as is the ending. The journey there was great, but in the ended I felt a bit cheated.

7/10

8. The Social Network- I felt terrible for using facebook after watching this. If the film is accurate, then Mark Zuckerberg is the worst human being ever, besides murderers and rapists of course. But I seem to be the only one to really feel this way. Other people don't seem to have stolen the facebook idea. It is pretty straightforward that he did. And he stabbed his best friend in the back, which was terrible. The movie following this terrible person and trying at times to make him feel sympathetic just bothered me. The last line "you're not an asshole, you're just trying to hard to be one." I was just shaking my head after that- no, he is an asshole. He was really smart/witty in how he answered the lawyers, but he was still a jerk. Can't root for someone like that.

The biggest thing I got out of this movie is that Justin Timberlake is a surprisingly good actor. He's been in multiple other things, but he hasn't stood out in those. In this one he did great.

7/10

9. The King's Speech- Colin Firth is amazing. Stammers really well. Geoffrey Rush was also very good. But it is still just about a king getting over a speech impediment. At least the main character is likable and you root for him. But the stakes just don't seem all that high. I am amazed they made it as interesting to watch as they did.

7/10

10. Winter's Bone- Didn't care enough to see it.

So there you have it.