Good bye and good riddance to 2017

I'm spending the last couple of hours of 2017 doing what I did at the end of 2016; social media. Yeah, social media is frivolous, but after the year I've had, I just want a bit of enjoyment. Perhaps I will go into length as to what happened this year. Perhaps not. All I know for sure is I'm more than ready to put the year behind me. And I hope that 2018 will be a much happier and more productive year, because the alternative is catastrophic.

Hopes for Hal-Con 2018

1, See more friends and acquaintances.
2, Eat more sushi.
3, Find more deals.
4, Not get sick again.
5, Not spend too too much.
6, Meet more celebs.
 7, Have at least two cosplays.

Nerdy Questions for 2018

·        Will we get a new Skylanders game? 

·        If so, will the Imaginators be compatible?

·        Will the Infinity-inspired Disney Toybox figures continue?

·        What will the new Gravity Falls graphic novel be about?

·        Will "Rise of the Ninja Turtles" be good?

·        What will the first Nintendo Direct bring us?

·        Will we get a game where all amiibo are usable? 

·        Who will the guest character be in Soul Calibur 6?

·        Will WWE and NJPW clash?

·        Will “Woken” Matt Hardy be any bit as fun as #BROKEN Matt Hardy?

·        Will we finally get some answers as to what's going on in the Cloverfield universe?

·        How will Avengers: Infinity War balance such a large cast?

·        Will Godzilla get any bloody bigger? (Like, seriously, 2016 Godzilla is over three hundred feet tall and only comes up to 2017 Godzilla's knee!)

·        Will toylines like the Grossery Gang Putrid Power action figures or the Mega Construx Heroes line ever actually reach my local Wal-Mart?

·        Will we find out what happened to the 02 kids at the end of Digimon tri? 

·        Will Marina get an amiibo figure? (Oh, and Pearl too I guess.)

·        How will the Ninja Turtles play in Injustice 2?

·        Will I finally get Primal Rage 2 working on my PC?

·        How will Them's Fightin' Herds play?

·        How will Indie Pogo play?

·        Will more Beast Wars characters get the Masterpiece treatment?

·        Is there truth to the rumour of a Beast Wars revival?

·        Will we get more Bucky O' Hare content?

·        Will more old franchises return?

·        How amazing will Mega Man 11 be? 

·        Will more Ocean voice actors be brought in for Funimation's Dragon Ball Super dub?

·        Will the winner of the Royal Rumble be as predictable as recent years?

·        Will Alita: Battle Angel help the Gunnm series finally become mainstream? 

·        Will the eventual Battle Angel Funko Pop figures be from the movie or from the manga? 

·        Will we hear anything about the Bone movie?

·        If Contra gets another console game, will we get to play as that polar bear character from the Chinese mobile game?

·        What is the story behind My Hero Academia's upcoming movie? 

Thoughts on Alita: Battle Angel

Full disclosure; I own (and have read) all nine volumes of the original Battle Angel Alita manga. I have seen both episodes of the OVA. I've only got a couple volumes of Last Order, and have not followed the series for quite some time. To illustrate to you just much time I've spent away from this franchise, Mars Chronicle was completely new to me.

We've known that James Cameron was interested in adapting Battle Angel Alita for a long time now, early '90s I think.

I didn't really get interested in the series until 2008-9. I ordered volume 1 at the local bookstore, and I was hooked. The art, the detail, the story. It all pulled me in and kept me there for eight more volumes. I started losing interest in Last Order, I kind of forgotten about Alita.

If I Wrote A Sixth Season of the 2012 TMNT

Despite the news that Eric Bauza will be portraying Master Splinter and Rob Paulsen will be taking over as voice director, I still have reservations about Rise of the TMNT, the new series debuting in 2018. (Raph ain't no leader.)

As much as I complained about the 2012 series, I feel like it wasn't beyond saving.


So, if you'll indulge me and my fanboyism and poor grammar, here is what I would do if Nickelodeon had said to me "Hey. Write us a season."

Captains

A commissioned work, an encounter between Captain Absolutely and Captain Hero, two superheroes who have little in common, besides their voice actor, one Jess Harnell.






Sorry for the lack of updates. It's been a long couple of months...

Cloverfield review (2008)

When Transformers premiered in theatres in July of 2007, movie-goers got a surprise with the debut of a new movie trailer. It started off with footage of a surprise party for a man named Rob, who has just taken a job in Japan. But as time passes, the lights go out and the earth trembles, as a nightmarish howl pierces through the night. The confused and frightened party-goers do what comes naturally in this situation; head to the rooftop of the building to see just what’s going on. The man behind the camera comments to Rob that he probably should have left earlier, just as a huge explosion emanates from the harbour, sending flaming debris falling onto the buildings. Rob and company then run to the streets below just in time to run for cover as a large metal object crashes into a building, then drops to the streets below as the panicked people run for their lives. The large metal object is the head of the Statue of Liberty.

EMBEREDGE second chapter

CHAPTER 2;

          It was later that morning when Henry and Tom loaded their gear into Henry’s personal mini-carrier arrived at the front gates of the legendary Warriors of Avalonia Academy, the massive complex building at the center of Yar Yu City, the largest city in the country.

          Tom didn’t grow up in a cityscape, so for him it was somewhat of a treat to be able to spend time within the city was somewhat of a treat for him. In the country, Tom never had much a chance growing up to explore the vastness of the city

          For Henry, being in a city was nothing new. He had grown to personally found the countryside much more visually pleasing than the stone and metal buildings he had been around the majority of his life. To him, tranquility was found in nature.

EMBEREDGE first chapter

 CHAPTER ONE;

          Moonlight broke through the clouds this night, casting shadows throughout Yar Yu City. A lone figure moved swiftly across the cityscape. Jumping from roof to roof, the figure found its target outside of the magnificent structures as he reached the border between Avalonia and the Ancient Forest. The figure sees a solitary transport carrier traversing the back roads of the Forest. The city was normally quiet at night, but the rumble of the massive vehicle’s tires could be heard for miles.       

          The sound was so intense it rattled the men’s insides. It crunched the already beaten down gravel under its wheels as it backed in to the dock of the Hornetblade Industries equipment factory. Two security guards were on hand this fateful night.

crab girl character

I honestly forgot I drew her.