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Hey BZP! Tell me what's the worst set of the year? The set you just absolutely hate and never want to see more of. Because I will buy said set and then review it!* MUHAHAHAHA *Okay, no I won't.
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Okay, so this idea actually came to me in my sleep last night, and I wrote it down when I woke up... but it's such a cool idea that I have to blog about it. Okay, volcano-jargon time. Anybody ever see a volcano erupting and a big cloud comes rolling down the mountain side and everybody tried to run from it? (There's a good movie of them doing so in Japan, and the cameraman got lucky because it didn't reach him) Basically, a pyroclastic flow is a mix of hot gases and rocks that are erupted from a volcano and race down its slopes, obliterating everything in its path. Like, seriously, everything. While these aren't the only dangers of a volcano, they are FRICKIN deadly things. And they can move fast... Wikipedia says a top speed of 450mph, but it depends. Point is, you can't outrun this thing, and most likely you can't out drive it either. Pierce Brosnan did it in the Dantes Peak movie in a truck with stripped tires, but that's bogus. (They couldn't just go, hey, let's incinerate the main stars of the movie) No one can escape a pyroclastic flow if it's coming towards them. Unless they could go 88 miles per hour. Do you see where I'm going with this? Somehow, this scene must be done. Marty and Doc are at the base of a volcano with the Delorean, and it erupts, and a pyroclastic flows moves towards them. They get in the Delorean and start driving, but as mentioned earlier, the flow is VERY fast and soon is about to catch up to them. But just before the pyroclastic flow overtakes them, they hit 88 MPH and time travel, escaping just in time!! You cannot deny the epicness of this scene. It must be done somehow!
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I just saw the movie last night, and I thought it was good. Granted, I didn't see it in 3D: I had a couple of movie passes I got over two years ago, and they don't cover new 3D movies. Plus, I was a little late getting to the theater (stupid buses) so I didn't get a great seat. But whatev. The main plot wasn't too stellar. It's a classic storyline: outcast becomes friends with a creature that others initially dislike but learn to get along with. But there were the upsides: namely, the dragons. The "dragon training" exercises were fun to watch, and the cast of "trainee" characters were cool. There was a good mix of people there (plus, with the brother / sister group, that made two girls in the trainee cast, with the sister and main female lead Astrid. Which is a relief over the usual 1 girl 5 guys grouping *coughBioniclecough*) And the others had good lines, especially the one tough guys, "I'll chop off the legs of every dragon I fight: with my face." However, the two adult male roles, Stoick and Gober, sounded too similiar. I thought it was the same actor doing both of them at first. On, and Hiccup was a cool dude too. (As in like a dude who is cool, duh) But the best part of this movie was the dragons. The different varieties were great, and the flying scenes were amazing. In fact, I liked some of them better than Avatar, they were that good. I wish I had seen it in 3D, just to see what those flying scenes would've looked like. And the finale... amazing. The rest of the animation was clear and everything, but the flying is what made the movie great. Now I want my own dragon to go fly with. So yeah, it's a great movie to go out and see. (Some critic said it was a little scary for kids, but I think it was great even for a PG movie. Not all movies have to have the gore and stuff, y'know.) I might even go out and see a 3D matinee if I have the chance. It's a movie worth watching and then maybe rewatching.
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I could give some of the usual excuses. I watched the second and third season of Lost, but then I *ahem* lost interest in the show. Maybe it was because I went to school and didn't have time to keep up. (Yeah right, I have Hulu) Maybe its because I got tired of watching episodes where there was no progression at all in the plot, but rather a lot of useless characterization (or really not much anyway... tons of characters still remained mysterious even after so many episodes) It was turning out to be a big time waster. But I can pinpoint exactly where I lost interest: When they killed Charlie. He was my favorite character, and his death was one of the better ones in the series's third season (some of them were like, whoops, we're firing the actress, so lets just kill the character off too). But you can't go and kill off a Hobbit and get away with it. :angry: So yeah, I've heard "its a great show, excelent stuff is happening, you should watch it" but I also heard this during the second season and it got me to watch for a while but then I got turned off. So all you Lostie fans, enjoy watching the finale (finally) but I gave up that show a long time ago. And I really don't have anything better to write about.
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Yes, it is hard to find a needle in a haystack, but let's deal with some of the other issues here. Who put the needle in the haystack? A haystack is not a good place to store a needle. Try a pin cushion or a sowing box. But a haystack is just not a good place to put the needle. It could take a farmer hours to find it, because the needle is so similiar to the strands of hay. But it will be found eventually by the horse, who is eating the hay. And how will the horse feel when it tries to bite down on some hay and then finds that there was a needle in his haystack. He'll feel pretty bad, because he'll be eating a pointy needle. So let this be a lesson to you. Don't put needles in haystacks, because the horses will find them and eat them. Think of the animals!
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From Journey's End, Chapter 8. » Click to show Spoiler - click again to hide... «“I stopped caring about consequences long ago,” Makuta answered. “Those sorts of worries are for the weak, and I am strong, Mata Nui. By right of power, I claimed your universe – and now I claim this one, starting here and now!” This has the same epic feel of some of Makuta's earlier quotes, from 01 and such. Maybe I also like it because it sounds like something I'd write.
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You know how people have complained about how the Ignika supposedly traveled so far through space but really just went from the moon Aqua Magna to the planet Bara Magna? Like the travel time but distances don't match up? Well, they're not thinking about space travel. For the most part, things don't travel in straight lines in space, but rather move in orbital circles or something. Sure, you could probably move at relatively straight vectors if you have enough power to resist gravity from nearby bodies, but while Mata Nui's body may have that power, the Ignika didn't. So, now, my findings. This "highly scientific" image shows how the Ignika could've been shot off into space by Makuta, but was recaptured by Bara Magna's gravity and thus pulled back in, giving it ample time to travel through space as seen in the Legend Reborn opening footage. Makuta could've even have tried to shoot it out of the system, but with just not enough force, and then it got pulled back in and reentered the system. And you know this is accurate because I spent a long time working on it. Probably five whole minutes from coming up with the idea to saving the file. I'm sure this explanation will be canonized any day now, and all shall bask in my glory.
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We all knew there was some super villian who said, "First I will destroy BIONICLE, and then THE WORLD!!" That's why everybody's panicky. Those who aren't are already working for him.
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I wrote "If the choices are either leaving or dying, then I know which option I'll pick." GrammarCheck suggested that I change "or" to "and." And thus completely change the structure of that statement. FAIL
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Apparently my review has brought the apocalypse upon BZPower. I did not think I held that kind of sway here, but I guess that's the power of a review. Glad some people liked it, tho.
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I might've blogged about this before, I dunno, but I doubt any of you remember it anyway. So anyway, a while back I bought this song by some artist named Natalie Imbruglia. Never heard of her before, don't like her other music very much, but her one hit "Torn" is pretty good. But that's not the first place I ever heard that music... Back in 1998, when the Internet was young (and I was too) I was viewing some sites on dolphins. (Yes, I like dolphins) Mostly I was working on an art project (ON POWERPOINT!!) and I wanted some cool dolphin pictures. Well, some sites I visited had music playing in the background... and this was a big thing for me back then! Better yet, some of them had the actual file or something on the screen, so you could right click and say "Save As" and you'd get the media file. (I forget what it was back then, since this was before mpegs) One of the files I downloaded was called "Torn." It was instrumental, but it had a nice melody and it eventually became my favorite (out of like three songs I had found. This was before online music, videe sites, iTunes... heck, it was before I even had a CD player! I was listening to cassette tapes on my parent's stereo) Now fast forward to now-ish (give or take a year) I had long ago lost the music file in various computer crashes, and I was listening to the radio, probably something like "Hits of the 90s" and then I hear the same music play again, except now some girl's singing to it. So, after a while, I look up the song (oh, its called Torn, I remember that) and buy it off iTunes, and now I can listen to it whenever I want... again. The point... the Internet has changed. Back in 98, I could download a song just by right click and "save as." Does this make me old yet?
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iDon'tWant. Touch screen? Seriously, I don't see the benefit of these. You'll touch the screen and it'll get all mucky and full of finger prints. My laptop screen is like that, and I try very hard not to touch it too much. No, touch screens don't appeal to me. More features? Meh, I do have a laptop. And it sounds alot like their earlier products... only this time, bigger. Really, am I the only person who likes having different devices that do different things? I have a phone for talking on. I have a camera for taking pictures. I have a laptop for surfing the web. I have an iPod nano for music and some video. I wear a watch so I can easily check the time. I like having different things that do different things, and do those things well. I don't need an iSomething that does it all. (Unless they seriously introduce the ones with the time travel and teleportation apps) Plus, with the exception of an iPod that was given to me as a gift, I am a Microsoft person.
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Is it okay to write the prequel before I'm even done with the original? Aw, why do I care, it's not like anybody here will read it.
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I was talking with Swert last night (BTW Swert, I blame you for making me sleepy in class today. ) And we were comparing sets we got, and somehow we got onto the topic of Lego Soccer, and how fun it would be to play tournaments. And we came up with this idea. Next BrickCon: Lego Soccer Tournament. Bring your own custom minifig team, and play off against other attendees. It would be best if a few people brought in their sets (I have the first big field set they released, but they've since come up with improvements on the goals and such) so we can make a massive field. Why I have not heard of something like this before I do not know.
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I like three in the morning. Four is pushing it, especially if you have something to do the next day (aka daylight hours). If you stay up till five or six, you're looking at watching a sunrise. (Unless, of course, you're an early bird who wakes up that early anyway) However, as much as fun as one and two in the morning are, they're too popular. You've got to be dedicated to stay up this late, and there's still a tiny glimmer of hope that you'll be operating the next day, so it's all good. I, however, lucked out this quarter, since I have mostly afternoon classes. Plus, right now its weekend time, I have the house living room to myself (I left my room 'cause my roommate is sleeping... this wouldn't be unusual if he wasn't also sleeping when I got home and took a nap at 8 PM.) SO stay up til 3! Be cool, be rad, and also expect to be sleepy if you have to wake up early the next day. It's the weekend, so I'm expecting some good sleeping time later, but now its time to get productive! (Yes, that means HW and school stuff, and then Lego Batman!)
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Excelent movie. It may not have perfectly followed the books (too actiony, if you get my meaning) but it combined enough good old fashion detective work with some interesting 1800s England action, as well as plenty of references to the books, and intriguing mysteries as well. A thoroughly enjoyable movie. A fun thing to do on the evening of Christmas Day and all...
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I think I'll go for a controversial topic this time around... ... So I was thinking about buying a Ben 10 set...
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I was just rereading my old epic Time Disruption, which has probably been my biggest hit on BZPower, even though most of the people who read it are long gone. I've been rereading some of my older work lately, and have been quite horrified at some of the diction I used. Man, and I thought I could write back then? And yet today, while my sentenses get more creative (in word use, ext) I keep having trouble recapturing the basic joys I had when I first started writing. It's a pain. And then I started to reread Time Disruption again. (As a way to procrastinate from studying. As I type this, I am one hour away from a final) Okay, while some of the earlier chapters still seem a little bland diction-wise, and while I keep sighting alot of spelling errors (I wonder when I learned to write "since" correctly, rather than always using "sense") But still,I felt the story was still really good. As I read it, I can easily remember the feelings I had while writing it, from the clashes with the Bohrok and various Rahkshi to the characters interactions with each other and their personal growth. So the point of this blog is... I used to be a really good writer, so why can't I come up with anything like that anymore? ... oh, and I remembered plans for sub-stories and a sequel, which I never got around to posting back when my current audience still existed. But considering nobody reads my stuff lately anyway, why bother asking if somebody would be interested, right?
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Face it, everybody's been complaining about the sets recently. (Well, maybe not everybody, but lots of older members) If Bionicle went on in sets, they would probably continue to stick with the basic Inika build for the canisters and Agori for the smaller sets. Hopefully this will give the new line a chance to start off using new designs, although I doubt there'll be too many new molds... (Any maybe they'll move away from the strictly Metru color scheme and bring... dare I say it... Mata Green back!) And look, we're getting the story still! This feels rather exceptional... I mean, there are plenty of reasons for them to kill the thing now and never look back, or bring some hasty ending like "Roof collapses, everybody dies." Sure, it probably won't have the great depth of years like 2004 or 2006, but this year was kind of sparse on story updates anyway. Anyway, I don't know why most of you are complaining. In about six months time, my job is going to get alot harder.
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...on Monday, by Duran Duran. Shake up the picture The lizard mixture With your dance on the eventide You got me coming Up with answers All of which I deny I said it again Could I please rephrase it Maybe I can catch a ride I couldn't really put it much plainer But I'll wait till you decide Send me your warning siren As if I could ever hide Last time La Luna I light my torch and wave it for the New moon on Monday And a firedance through the night I stayed the cold day With a lonely satellite New moon on Monday And a firedance through the night I stayed the cold day With a lonely satellite Breaking away with the beast of both worlds A smile that you can't disguise Every minute I keep finding Clues that you leave behind Save me from these reminders As if I'd forget tonight This time La Luna I light my torch and wave it for the New moon on Monday And a firedance through the night I stayed the cold day With a lonely satellite New moon on Monday And a firedance through the night I stayed the cold day With a lonely satellite I light my torch and wave it for the New moon on Monday And a firedance through the night I stayed the cold day With a lonely satellite New moon on Monday And a firedance through the night I stayed the cold day With a lonely satellite (I light my torch and wave it for the) New moon on Monday... Why, what did you think this was about?
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You know what, I totally wouldn't mind if Lego started using Mata Green pins and rods in their sets. They use blue and red and sometimes even yellow... why not green?
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I've probably brought this up before, but I'll bring it up again. Okay, so one of my stories introduced powered talisman partway through, based on powers seen in Bionicle, as well as that old Jackie Chan Adventures cartoon. Some of the powers are classics, like speed and strength. Some are a little more unique (or Bioniclisque) like ghosting or visions. But there's this one power that I can't quite name properly. I originally called it gravity. The main idea was it would let you lift things up or push them down; altering their gravity. However, when using it in the story, I started pushing things sideways... something that's not necessarily a gravitational movement. In many ways, I'd prefer the term of telekinesis for the powers, except for one thing; the powers are supposed to work on the user too, and everybody knows that the 1st Law of Telekinetic states that one cannot use his or her telekinetic powers on themselves. If you want that kind of movement, you'd have to use a power like levitation. But with the power of levitation (at least in Bionicle) you can only move yourself, thus losing the capability to move other things up or down or sideways. But... in the Jackie Chan cartoon, the levitation talisman seemed to grant telekinetic-like powers to the user anyway... So when I rewrite this portion of the story, what name should I use for the talisman's power, gravity or levitation? (Telekinesis, for reasons stated above, is already out) Or should I stick more limitations on the power and be forced to change future scenes with it. (Like, in one, he combines it with the speed talisman for quick-flight) Opinions?
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Gee, I hope I look alright *if I were a camper, a cheerleader I would be* ... Um, yeah, not sure why that came to mind, but I guess Boy Scout Summer camps can wear on you. (Mind you, I assume it's a regular skit, because I saw it done by two different troops at two different camps...) ... Anyway, back on topic. I was thinking of big fight-action scenes I've written about in the past, and for fun, I'd thought I'd list a few I've done and a few I've thought of that I wouldn't mind choreographing in text... (Oh, and for convenience, none of the examples are from or pertain to Bionicle stories. Those are a whole different genre for me) Fights in the forest: Oohh, so original. But making use of trees and fallen branches and (in one case) mud puddles during a fight is cool.Car chases: I've done a ton of these, some pretty good, some not-so-much. A common thing between them seems to involve jumping draw bridges and totally wrecking the car at the end.Kitchen Fight: I've written two of these, and the most fun is using random kitchen utensils as weapons. Highway Fight: I've imagined a ton of these, but only written out a few. Basically, it involved people jumping from car roof to car roof on a busy freeway. (Although a slow moving freeway, under the assumption that the more cars, the more traffic, thus the slower the average speed) Making them work out realistically is kind of a pain, but they're really fun to come up with!Boat Fight: I have a good one where somebody jumps from motor boat to motor boat beating up baddies... in their defense, I made it so they were all fresh recruits... Aerial Battles: Most of them take place between the protagonist in a jetpack against flying robots, but a few have involved helicopters and/or jet planes. 3D movement in battle is alot more fun in the air... to imagine, I guess, because it can become less exciting in my head. But if I were able to film a high quality scene with an air battle... Sword Fights: When I give my main character swords for no good reason, I'd better give the villains swords for no good reason too, and have them spare off. (Sometimes I actually use good reasons!) And some stuff I wouldn't mind doing in the future. Train Fights: Despite having imagined a few, I have yet to write any down. The big cinema one that comes to mind is Jackie Chan's Police Story III, where the final action sequence takes place on a train. I have a few ideas, and actually have a loose story I could fit one into, I just need to get around to writing it...Ferry Boat Scene: Specifically a Washington State Ferry. Having ridden them for years, I saw a clip showing one in a rough storm, with giant waves hitting the cars and all, and I naturally thought of what would happen if the boat tipped over. (Naturally, I had these thoughts while on one of the boats, so I could imagine where the protagonist would fall and what he'd grab.) If I were to include it in a story, it naturally wouldn't be filled with the public, just the heroes and arch-bad-guy. Hey, sinking that ship wouldn't be that bad... and in the busy Puget Sound? There'd probably be rescue boats at the sides before it was even fully submerged! (And the ones I've been on are generally within sight of the shore...) ~ I'll just leave that alone now.Fight on the Space Needle: why not? (Oh yeah, I did post that sketch here once...)Fight on a bus: Presumably an empty one. Hey, all those bars for holding yourself steady as a bus drives around, those would be useful for martial arts. (Although, to be fair, I have seen this done with the Transporter, and probably other movies. And by this I don't mean "Oh, there's a bomb on the bus, if it stops, we all die." I mean actual punches/kicks ON the bus... if its moving, all the better. )On a Gondola: Who wouldn't?Involving a Kayak: Okay, that would take a bit more imagination...In a Volcano: Okay, so technically, I have made volcanoes the settings for a couple of major fights, but now that I'm taking a Volcano logy class, I gotta rewrite all of them to make them more realistic. Edit: And I so totally had a feeling of De-ja-vu as I finished this up... weird...
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I just want to say that I think macadamia nuts are real yummy. I wish I could eat some right now, but I don't have any and I'm too lazy to walk to the store. As for other related discussions, like the one written out here... I will remain neutral. That is, until I see Exo get run over by a tank while protesting... then I'll switch to the winning side.
