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TV/movie Blogging
Mar. 8th, 2005 07:30 pmI am somewhat behind in recent things. So, I have four items I will bring to your attention.
Mew Mew Power Fox Network is a new-to-the-US anime show that debuted two Saturdays ago. The premise: scientists trying to save the world from some unbalancing menacing forces that threaten to destroy endangered species and, of course, the rest of the world, need to find people whose DNA will allow them to become heroes to save humanity. They know there are five people who have the potential. In the first episode they find their first one and mutate her DNA. Now she is a part-time catgirl.
This show is aimed toward pre-teen to early-teen girls, and it shows. This seems to be part of a move to get more young girls to watch Saturday Morning Cartoons by Fox; this airs right before Winx Club, another girl-oriented animated series. After watching two episodes I'm going to give it a miss for myself. I'm sure my wife will say, with mock-amazement, "Wow! Anime Wolf won't watch!"
Zatch Bell Cartoon Network just aired its premiere episode on Saturday Night. Take one junior-high supergenius with a bad attitude. For his birthday he has a surprise visitor come to, and completely blow out, his window: Zatch Bell, pint-size powerpal with amazing optimism and strange magical powers, not to mention cute little horns buried in his thick blond hair. Zatch carried a book that he handed over to his new friend, filled with strange writings, that seems to contain a variety of spells. And then watch the world go weird.
The protagonist makes me want to shake his shoulders, hard. That said, so far I'm cautiously optimistic about this one.
Clerks - yes, the film by Kevin Smith. I finally got to watch it yesterday. The black-and-white makes it unusual in modern cinema. The movie is NOT for kids and is a non-medicinal depressant. It has its twisted moments, it has its despair, but for some reason I like it. Again, NOT for kids! NO Kevin Smith film is aimed at kids. Now I can wait with even greater anticipation for The Passion of the Clerks.
Fiddler on the Roof - I have watched this film several times in my life, but I haven't watched it as an adult until this week. I didn't see all of it - I missed the beginning and the end - but the film is very good and does hold up very well over time. This is due to it being a period piece. It's not set in the modern world and shouldn't be juxtaposed here. And yet, the human problems still come through over time, essentially unchanged from where they came from. I would recommend this film for a somewhat more mature audience only because the plot is fairly complex. If you have a savvy young'un, this film is fine for them.
Mew Mew Power Fox Network is a new-to-the-US anime show that debuted two Saturdays ago. The premise: scientists trying to save the world from some unbalancing menacing forces that threaten to destroy endangered species and, of course, the rest of the world, need to find people whose DNA will allow them to become heroes to save humanity. They know there are five people who have the potential. In the first episode they find their first one and mutate her DNA. Now she is a part-time catgirl.
This show is aimed toward pre-teen to early-teen girls, and it shows. This seems to be part of a move to get more young girls to watch Saturday Morning Cartoons by Fox; this airs right before Winx Club, another girl-oriented animated series. After watching two episodes I'm going to give it a miss for myself. I'm sure my wife will say, with mock-amazement, "Wow! Anime Wolf won't watch!"
Zatch Bell Cartoon Network just aired its premiere episode on Saturday Night. Take one junior-high supergenius with a bad attitude. For his birthday he has a surprise visitor come to, and completely blow out, his window: Zatch Bell, pint-size powerpal with amazing optimism and strange magical powers, not to mention cute little horns buried in his thick blond hair. Zatch carried a book that he handed over to his new friend, filled with strange writings, that seems to contain a variety of spells. And then watch the world go weird.
The protagonist makes me want to shake his shoulders, hard. That said, so far I'm cautiously optimistic about this one.
Clerks - yes, the film by Kevin Smith. I finally got to watch it yesterday. The black-and-white makes it unusual in modern cinema. The movie is NOT for kids and is a non-medicinal depressant. It has its twisted moments, it has its despair, but for some reason I like it. Again, NOT for kids! NO Kevin Smith film is aimed at kids. Now I can wait with even greater anticipation for The Passion of the Clerks.
Fiddler on the Roof - I have watched this film several times in my life, but I haven't watched it as an adult until this week. I didn't see all of it - I missed the beginning and the end - but the film is very good and does hold up very well over time. This is due to it being a period piece. It's not set in the modern world and shouldn't be juxtaposed here. And yet, the human problems still come through over time, essentially unchanged from where they came from. I would recommend this film for a somewhat more mature audience only because the plot is fairly complex. If you have a savvy young'un, this film is fine for them.
