If things were the way they should be, all I would have to say in this post would be “IT’S MOTHERF*CKIN’ MASS EFFECT 2, BITCHES!” To which all of you would reply, “HELLZ YEAH!!” and that would be the end of it. Unfortunetely, we don’t live in that world, so I have to spell it out for some of you with the above trailer.
I should have lots of new content next week, so I hope you will bear with me this week as I proceed to get my ME2 on. On some related notes, I just want to say that if you haven’t already purchased the Collector’s Edition, good luck to you. I couldn’t find it anywhere locally and I’m really pissed at Gamestop right now for not even taking preorders for it (or not taking enough orders for it…I keep hearing conflicting stories) =-_-X= Secondly, if you plan to buy the game, DO IT NOW! The first run of the game comes with a free code for the Cerberus Network which will be a source of free in-game content from BioWare. If you don’t get a copy with the free code, you will have to purchase it on Xbox Live for $15.
I’ve never been very secretive about my love of “The Legend of Black Heaven” anime. The hard rock opening theme for the series, “Cautionary Warning” by John Sykes, is as distinctive and memoriable today as it was when I first heard it nearly a decade ago. The AMV I chose to use for the series and the song plays out similiar to an episode of VH1’s “Behind the Music.” It has a few minor spoilers if you know what to look for, but nothing you should really worry yourself about. Hope you find yourself rocking out to it as much I did. =^_^=
Oh, and if you’ve never seen Black Heaven before and you are a fan of music oriented anime like Beck, do yourself a favor and go track down the DVDs. The animation is a little dubious at times, but the story of a beaten down musician turned salaryman who rediscovers his dreams after years of neglect while fighting aliens with just the power of his hard rock music is simply wonderful. With the demise of Geneon the series is currently out of print, but trust me, it’s well worth the effort to track down this series on DVD.
The Canadian born Patrick Boivin describes himself as an autodidactic director, which basically means that he’s completely self taught. While some might consider his lack of a formal education to be a major drawback to his work, one look at his portfolio will quickly change your mind. Whether it’s his bizarre live action shorts or hilariously unique stop-motion animation, all of his film work sports an air of polish that is hard to believe when you discover that he’s practically a one man show. In addition to his role as director, Boivin usually does the scripting, filming, lighting, special effects and editing on all his films. When asked about this, he was once quoted as saying, “Since I didn’t go to film school, nobody told me I wasn’t supposed to do everything.”
Got a copy of the FUNimation newsletter the other day. Not suprisingly, they decided to take the time to remind everybody of all the new shows and movies they’ve acquired recently. Overall, there’s a lot of variety to be found among the new releases, which contains everything from re-releases of older fan favorite anime shows like FLCL on Blu-ray to the newest anime series from “Fullmetal Alchemist” creator, Hiromu Arakawa. In addition to all the new anime releases, Funimation hasn’t left fans of live-action martial arts films out in the cold either with titles like Robo-Geisha and Kamui.
For a full breakdown of all the new acquisitions, hit the jump.
I’m not usually one for heavy handed hippy videos that choose to beat the viewer over the head with thier enviromentalist propaganda, but I must say this particular music video isn’t half bad. Much of the premise for the video seems to have been lifted from the Disney short film “Firebird” at the end of the Fantasia 2000, except movie now sports an anti-oil enviromentalist message in place of the original’s much simplier one about the changing of one season to the next.
Mostly, I just like the video for the song that’s used in it. I’d never heard of Axelle Renoir before, but I fell in the love with her song “Evergreen” as soon as I heard it. Hope you like too! =^_^=
