From The View Of The Onlooker- 3d

Wadup my radical dudester! Catch you on the flip side!

Okay, enough with early 90’s phrases. Here is the nineteenth entry (almost 20 FTW… after about 7 months >.>), but first, let me take a moment to share with you, a most cherished feature of my blog. Something that Im sure equals the saying that ‘love makes the world go around’… responding to comments.

Arrmand- Nice… that’s exactly what I like hearing, so thanx ^^

I’ve seen your blog when I get free moments, and it too is good. Better I’d say, so all I can really say is keep on doing yo thang (and my amount of respect has dropped to an all-time low… fail)

Abby Lever- Hmm…. your probably right about the pictures, so… I fail at taking camera shots. But in my defence, I did only write that unofficial entry on the night that we got back, AND the day I released it, so there’s bound to be more than one error… as Oliver Smith has pointed out to before… whatever

Anyway, nao that that’s done with, its time for an always lovable anger rant, delivered by your angst-ish Onlooker. With this one… Im sorry, but to me, there’s actually barely nothing that can possibly redeem this topic… this, is my opinion, on 3d



Your probably now thinking (I imagine)

‘How the hell can you not like 3d. Are you serious’

Theres a very good (and obviously lengthy) reason… well reasons. I suppose I’ll start with my lesser reasons and just get them out of the way first

FIRST FREAKING REASON

Why are there two types of 3d?

You know what I mean. There’s this type of 3d



In videogames, where its generally awesome and is almost required for most games today. Then… there’s this



That… other kind of 3d. The usually cr***ier version that’s exciting for one minute, and then fails the next. Yeah… I think you get it

Why the hell are they both called 3d. I mean… why can’t they be distinguished verbally. Seriously, while it usually doesn’t cause a problem as to what you’re referring to in my life, I still hope for a name change. There’s always bound to be that type of problem come up in somebody’s life, and sure there are other completely different things that have the same name (I actually don’t like that… I want unique names, damnit), but I think this is actually one of those issues that needs to be taken care of. In fact… just for the sake of this entry, Im going to change the name of movie 3d, into 4d. I mean… why not. I don’t think 4d has been taken yet. And if Im wrong, may god stri-

……….

Hmm…um, okay sorry peoplez. Turns out that God did in fact strike me down, only to tell me that 4d is actually 3d movie graphics combined with physical effects like smoke. While this has caused me to become even more confused and psychologically wasted, he did in fact send me back down to Earth. I think every part of me is here, let me check…

Yeah, everything is the same… except I’ve got a mouth growing on my back that’s telling me to resurrect Hitler… nothing surgery can’t fix (I hope…). But Bt3

Anyway… so 3d is taken, I guess. Then… how about 3.5d. Being that it isn’t exactly as good as 3d, but can’t retain copyright over 4d. There, will that please you, my lordy lord

I’m waiting…

Okay… it must be good… phew. Anyway… it still does p*** me off that I have to refer to both things through the same name, because I really just don’t want to. I… really really REALLY don’t… but I guess I have to if I want to make sense.

SECOND FREAKING REASON

It isn’t that impressive

Now, this one I can successfully argued against, but I do have a point

I think I can fairly say that most films cannot take full advantage of 3.5d (okay, I’ll use it for this review). Sure, they’re free to use it, and I have no grudge against people who do, but quite honestly, I don’t give a damn to a film that uses it to little effect. Its like… this



5 seconds later



That’s what my general reaction is to films like that. Fortunately, there are some films that have used it exceptionally (Beowulf and Avatar… to an extent), but for the most part, its generally not exciting, nor boosting in any way. This leads me onto

THIRD FREAKING REASON
It ruins films

I mean this in the sense that, if not worn with 3d glasses, it can make the film look smudgy and mis-coloured. This is obvious, but many times I’ve found myself watching a 3d film, only to take my 3d glasses off because they don’t seem to do anything, and then seeing the film for what it is… putrid, non cinematic s***.

I mean… this is 2010. They’ve improved 3d glasses, adapted cinemas for the sole purpose of 3d, EVEN MADE 3D TVS… and yet they all seem to be missing the initial point, that 3d screens just look like multi-coloured vomit… what masochist decided to tell everyone that

‘We need to develop 3d to the best of our ability… but that effect you get without glasses… nah, lets just skip that till later’

Whoever did must be laughing pretty hard right now… and yet I’ve been struck down by God… I think the concept of logic has been destroyed 0.0

But let me get to my final point, because I haven’t done angry yet. This is it

FOURTH FREAKING REASON

What is with the popularity of 3d itself

You probably don’t understand, so let me ease you into it. Think of how big 3d is today, and then think when it was last popular… lets say for a brief period (lol… I should be above laughing at that) in 2005. Before that… 2000 or so, and it keeps going on

Just like how 3d happens in the cinema, this extends to its popularity. One minute, its really ‘new’ and amazing, the next… no one cares in the least.

WTH

Whats with this consistency. It shouldn’t be popular on and off, that doesn’t make sense. Well at least not at this rate, because it is just stupid. SERIOUSLY… this shouldn’t happen

Arrgh… dammit… that’s it, RANDOM ANGER SPAZ OUT ATTACK

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(5 hours later… and 3 people dead)

Okay… *breathes*… okay, Im calm, Im cool. I won’t do that again… phew… alright then

So those are my major reasons for my dislike, and feel free to prove me wrong on some of them (its not like people haven’t tried in the past), but I guess I do have to mention the good points about 3.5d… or else this would just be another biased anger topic for me

For starters, I have a great fondness for those classic, blue and red lensed cardboard glasses (like my logo suggests… that will actually become a big plot point in the not far off future)



They just look… awesome. Screw these new versions, when I go watching a 3d film… I take the old versions. Any day…

And like I mentioned before, there are films that use 3d extraordinarily. Usually, they’re made for 3.5d, which helps I suppose, but certain scenes can stand out as just perfect when combined with 3.5d (like that scene with that deformed monster fighting guys in the dark in Beowulf… I mean, the film was s***, but that was a pretty cool scene)

And to be fair, it does make the whole experience of watching a film completely change, which I think can go either way, but it does have a chance of making a bad film have at least one merit.

And that’s… all I can think of to say about now. Like always, please leave comments for everybody’s viewing pleasure (okay mine… it lets me know you all haven’t died from one of my attacks), and if you have a Facebook profile, join my official fanpage for updates and more in the future

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I’ll probably make a part 2 in the future, but lets leave that till’ later. Anyway… only one more entry till a super, ultra awesome surprise. Some of you already know it, but others don’t, so… lets keep it mellow, shall we

And if you don’t… then you are NO FANMINION OF MINE

From The View Of The Onlooker- Ed Edd N' Eddy

HELLOOO!!!!!!

My computer obsessed, patriotic fans, here is the Eighteenth entry. But firstly, let me go over the comments and see the delightfully brisk comments you have left

JackoDarth- Lol… I knew you’d agree with me. Even though I use it, it doesn’t prevent me becoming a hypocrite… as much as I hate that

Abby Lever- Sure facebook is addictive… but I’ve learned that compared to other addictive things (not drugs, people… Im being a rightful Samaritan, in that I distrust drugs, but support copyright infringement… :D…except my own…you filthy b**terds), it actually becomes pretty minor… so it can be controlled to an extent

Oliver Smith- Hmm… exactly what doesn’t make sense? I went to London, took some pictures, and wrote an entry about it. What in that is confusing…

Sure, when I look over it, I did make some mistakes, but bearing in mind, I only worked on it on the evening I got back, AND the day I released it, so there’s bound to be of couple mistakes that I overlook.

But still… I feel that what you’ve said is a little… strong. It wasn’t that bad

Oh, and BTW… I have played God Of War (every game in the series except GOF 3 and some mobile game)

Louisah Hillman- Its fair to agree, but… I actually took pictures just because I thought you’d like em’

Granted, it is true that many people do like Starbucks, and that all this attention has obviously ruined it, but… seriously, don’t I get a smile… or a laugh. That would have been much appreciated

Anywaaaay… now to the entry, and introducing yet another new theme to my show (okay… it’s a blog… I just like calling it a show, though), appropriately called ‘Shows From Our Childhoods’



This is where I review a show that generally most people my aged watched until, say, 10 years old. Yep… those good ol’ shows, and what better way to start than by reviewing virtually the first show I ever watched, Ed Edd n’ Eddy



This show… kicks your a** till’ you develop a** cancer. Honestly, this was the first real show that I remember liking (sorry, but a show with trains with faces that don’t eat people… I ain’t buying the DVD), and for good reason, as you’ll see in a minute. But first, a little backstory

Ed Edd n’ Eddy was created around in 1999, back when an overhaul in animation was taking place. Shows like Animaniacs, Batman the animated series and a whole bunch of 80’s shows (not like the actual show which I will probably never watch) were being seen as too stereotypically ‘old’, and new animation genius’s needed to be brought in to connect with a new era of audiences… if only they knew they’d turn out chavs… hmm, I need a terminator.

But anyway, Ed Edd n’ Eddy were a result of this revamp in childrens shows, and it seems to me that they all appealed to different audiences. Think-

Powerpuff girls for girls

Dexters Laboratory for unpopular, nerdy kids

And Iam Weasel for the mentally unstable kids… didn’t stop me watching it :D

And as you can imagine, Ed Edd n’ Eddy was meant to appeal to boys, and it did a great job in the fact of how imaginatively insane it could get. Comparably, it was like shows like Ren and Stimpy… but less gross and more directional. Now lets take a look at the show itself

The shows takes place in an neighbourhood ‘cul-de-sac’ with a bunch of kids that are eternally on Summer vacation with no appearances from parents… for up to four seasons, in fact. In this group, there are our 3 main characters, the Ed’s…



…Who are all named for some variation of the name, but seem to manage anyway. Firstly, is just Ed


(Don't Worry... Ed isn't a Nazi... Nazis FTL)

This is the guy who never bathes nor does he possess any visible intelligence… though he does have so much strength that it would probably put the hulk to shame…so as you can imagine, he can sometimes be taken advantage of. You’d think this make him a somewhat stereotypical dumb*** who’s coincidently also strong… but throw in an obsession with buttered toast, gravy and aliens, and you have yourself a likeable character. Next, is Edd… yet everyone calls him double d… yet pronounce it as debble d… they’ve been off school long enough



This guy is the exact opposite of Ed, being a neat freak who possess an annoying amount of intelligence who just likes things perfect...oh, and his parents communicate to him from yellow sticky notes only…maybe his parents are computers hooked up to other machines, but its never explained. He too is also sometimes taken advantage of, but you’ll see how in a minute. He counters of Ed perfectly, and boosting that, they’re really good friends. Oh…but one thing I wanna mention… why does he wear a black sock on his head. In the show, people say its from a dodgeball incident, and most fans think he’s just bald, but… how does a dodgeball mean baldness?

Obviously, he must have been playing dodgeball, but then, someone throws one, and it collides with all sorts till it hits a… plane (it got out through the window), which then crashes because planes are vulnerable to balls (lol), and falls on the area he was playing on. He ends up in hospital, with some manageable injuries, and after 3 weeks, he gets out… still with hair…only to go to the barber the next day, WHO coincidently is just a pair of scissors, and ends up cutting off a portion of his scalp, yet just enough to survive, yet never grow hair again

Um…hmm… no, that’s stupid…

Anyway, finally is the dwarf of the group, Eddy



This is the guy who controls both of his friends for scams, so they can get money out of the other kids to buy Jawbreakers, which just about everybody in the show like, and are about the size of Jonathon Ross’s head in a couple of years of being as big-headed as he is now.

Eddy is a schemer who is half behind most of the insanity that stems from this show, and while he can get easily angry and annoying, he is still quite likeable, and though he treats his friends with little respect, he still does like them, so the show can still have its ‘together’ moments… as subtle as they are :)

There are also other kids in this show, as you can see below



But they’re not really a major focus within the show alone, and besides that, they represent the main stereotypes within… children, I suppose. Like-



Kevin being a ‘cool’ jock who easily hates the Ed’s... stupid douche



Nazz as the ‘girl next door’ (perhaps literally in this case) who people want to get with… and she will most likely turn into either a slut or a… actual intelligent person who is hot, but most likely doesn’t realize it



And Jimmy being the always 'likeable' camp and complete and total pussy wimp kid who I SWEAR is out to be hated. He’s just… irritating


But with characters, you always need a story, so as you can figure out, the general theme for episodes are usually scams that the Ed’s have made… only for it to fail EPICALLY. Which I forgot to mention… very rarely does a scam work in this show, and even if it does, the Ed’s usually lose the ‘cash’ made and somehow and end up getting beat up… which happens a s**t load of times

Good god’, these kids are showing the first signs of being terrorists… I wouldn’t be surprised if that’s what they grow up into… except Nazz… sluts can’t be terrorists :/

Yet in near all these scam related episodes, there are some that to everyone shine out as they’re favourites… such as one of my favourites, a glass of warm ed (which I forgot to mention again, that all the episodes are titled after a life phrase, and then inserted with the word Ed… not bad, but not awesome, I think)

In it, The Ed’s discover that ‘regular Ed’ is not only a sleepwalker… but a

Sleep-brake into peoples houses and eat the food out of their refrigerator-er

That’s… awesome. If I had to sleepwalk, then I’d definitely also be a sleep- whatever. It’d be nice, to say the least

Anyway, Eddy and Edd discover this after Ed eats their food (and Edd’s cactus ‘Jim’… this guy needs a girlfriend), and decide to chase him down and stop him, yet at every turn, he manages to evade them. Eventually, they do catch him and wake him up, but decide to be on guard just in case he starts doing such awesome deeds again… which he does. Finally, Eddy and Edd decide to lure Ed away from his sleep- whatever-ing with the smell of his own shoe (…I don’t get it… at all, but who cares in all seriousness). They succeed in getting him to his home, and… well’ watch the ending for yourself. Its actually somewhat horrifyingly funny, and you should definitely watch it from the link below

Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LnrVwt8vck

Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gC9icZU76y0

Part 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lEZP4RvYLo&NR=1

Ah, such good memories. And speaking about episodes, I gotta mention how…weird, the music is. Its just either completely sounds, whistling, or some… weird instrument that I have no idea what it is (It could be some type of sound effect, I haven’t had a clue for years). If you’ve just seen the episode just now, you’ll know what I mean, the music’s just unique… but I don’t think anybody knows what makes them. Maybe the writers made a deal with Satan… or the banker…I dunno, they’re both made out to be the same thing. Or maybe… they made a deal with business satan!



Only he would ship out sounds directly recorded from the second layer of Hades :)… it pays to be in the music industry

However, your probably thinking ‘who is the mad-man who came up with the idea for this crazy c**p’. Well, we owe all that to the great mad-man himself, Danny Antonucci



Seeing as this guy made Ed Edd N’ Eddy, he is automatically awesome

The guy came from Canada perhaps that inserts some of the Canadian jokes into the mix like-

‘Canadians are weird’
Ed
Know it all Ed
27/9/99

Oh, and a jokey slight distrust I have over Canadian people… this show caused it though >:3)

Anyway, the guy came from Canada, though he was descended from Italian parents, which he always claimed were an inspiration for his little group of self-made cartoons. Until Ed Edd N’ Eddy, he did work on shows like The Smurfs and Scooby Doo (I hate that show… I always have), and also had some involvement with MTV, however, he never exactly made a name for himself, and by the time he made Ed Edd N’ Eddy, he’d became determined to make a cartoon similar to something 1940’s-ish, and that he’d reportedly became frustrated and ‘edgy’ by his previous experiences. First pitching the idea to Nickelodeon (back when they were using an orange blob monster that was probably s**t out by the great mighty poo… groan), they liked it, however, they wanted full creative control, and seeing as Antonucci went through the experiences he did, he pulled out of the deal straight away (thank god too. If Nickelodeon had it, they’d probably make it about a homosexual sponge that lives in the sea with a bunch of other hideous monsters, and have every story seem like forgettable filler

Oh wait… they already did that ^^)

Anyway, after such an incident, Antonucci pitched his idea to the ‘then-new’ Cartoon Network, and seeing as they were just starting out… they said yes, and with that, we given over 5 seasons, 134 episodes and 10 years of dedicated episodes.

And if you’re thinking now, ‘how the hell is it popular’, then judge this for yourself… Ed Edd N’ Eddy is the longest running original CN series as of 2009, as all the other shows died out

Well… except Powerpuff Girls… that’s an manga now, I think

Either way, that must prove how great this show was, because if we didn’t like it, it would have ended before 50 episodes by now. No… it DOES prove it. If you don’t agree…

…Then you’re not human >:(

On the subject of its seasons, well… the first 4 seasons were basically set in the cul-de-sac on summer vacation. All the same, however, the final episode of s4 was kinda set to be the final one… as it deals with Eddy having an epiphany about his future…so yeah. We all thought it was going to be the final one, but no, we eventually got a new season after a long hiatus

This newest season finally moved to…well new seasons… as in like, the weather. Season 5 was set in autumn as the kids went back to school (finally…), and to be fair, it did inject some much needed refreshness into the show, and it made it slightly closer to when it was in its prime. The plots tended to include some more school related things, yet… we we’re still given the same characters, so…yeah, it’s hard to make it REALLY updated, in this sense.

Anyway, this season was made doubly long by the fact there was supposed to be a season 6, however, it was all bowled into one, where the ending of the season took place in winter.

You’d be thinking that the producers (and other… people) are basically giving us the long one… but it was worth it, sorta, as we were given a movie :D (But I’ll probably go over that as a review in the future)

And that basically wrapped up all those years of watching the Ed’s get into all sorts of shenanigans and eventually getting beat up… awesome :(

Looking back at this show and re-watching all these episodes… it’s an nice experience, and just to say it now… but I have a couple more SFOC planned for the VLOG I’m hoping to release in the future, including one in particular, that… well I’ll say it’ll be best if its out in July ;)

To wrap up this entry, I just wanna say that (even though I’ve already got across my message >.>) this show has had a part in making me who I’am, and that if you don’t like it… leave a comment or some criticism. Or… if all you’re going to do is send hate mail… then Business Satan who rape and eat you

He does it to hookers on Thursdays anyway ^^

The Onlooker's Antiquated, Yet Fantastical Journey To London

Hey everybody, its me again. However, this is one of those unofficial entries, so you can ki-

NO DON’T LEAVE

Its good…trust me…because as you can draw from the title, it’s a journey…to London…

HAZZAH FTW!

How about we get right to it…face it, you cant leave until you’ve seen all the pictures, or YOUR SOUL IS MINE >:(

However, I must apologize for the quality of some pictures. They were all taken with my Nintendo DSi, which, while making me look like an s**z in front of everyone, was also relatively safe to take around. Wish they were better, so my apologies again


It began at 7:20 pm on the 23rd March. I was going with a couple people from my School, and somewhat unfortunately, I was the first person there…or at least first student there…one of them was already there… fail

While waiting for everyone, I decided to take a picture of the front of the station I was at



Yeah, it was the Wigan North western… pretty c**p outside… but that’s just me

Eventually, most of us made it (minus 2 people who later went to Liverpool, but there you go), and with that, it was just the matter of getting on the train



…Too bad it wasn’t there. It was originally supposed to have arrived for 8:09 PM, but it only did arrive at 20 past instead. During that, I was listening to my Ipod while my friends messed around with a gun app of an Ipod touch, and all the time we were all enjoying the brisk coldness that accompanying mornings

Fun >.>

Here is the actual train (or at least the side of it)



And we finally set off for a 2 hour journey…on a train…which was as hectic as could be. For at least 20 minutes, most of us were stood up trying to look for seats, which honestly p**sed me off. However, I did eventually get to sit down, and as a plus, I did get some pictures of the train going




Moar speedyness...FTW



Nice…so, I finally made it to London for the first time. You should have been there… the polluted stench of London sure is a memorable smell… didn’t say it was good, though

After paying a toll and getting some tickets to use at those gate booths (I got stuck on one… oh joy), we made our way across to Trafalgar Square (I think…my memory compared to a goldfish’s… it’d make me look like a sin against nature). Nice place…pretty big, as you can see below









Our group decided to split off to go get something to eat, some people to McDonalds…and others to a Tesco Express. I went to the Tesco express, which personally I think is better in this case (more options  ), and bought some nice Jamaican beer (ginger beer, folks…I don’t drink… at least not yet ;) ) and split a giant bag of Doritos with a friend. But, as most people know, that’s not enough to satisfy me. No, there is only one place where Iam satisfied

SUBWAY!!!

Yeah, I went there and got a sub with two other friends. Twas nice, actually :)

Following on from such a venture, we were all rounded up and went to the

NATIONAL GALLERY!

Unfortunately, I wasn’t allowed to take pictures within the gallery (I don’t exactly understand that, but okay >.>) so I can’t exactly show the amazing scenes within the gallery. However, quite notably I did see the original version of Van Gogh’s Sunflowers, which I must say is much brighter in person.

After a long, yet good stroll through the gallery, we got out and headed for Covent gardens from the tube, which, when we got there… looked incredibly fancy… they’d easily make other buildings look like c**p piled on top of eachother. See-





But still, we did come here for a reason… to visit another gallery, and one that still didn’t allow pictures…woo

It was, as some of you can imagine, the Tate art Gallery. It wasn’t as good as the National Gallery in all honesty, but for what art it had, it was definitely worth a look. It also featured a café that… quite frankly was a stereotype of Londons expensive-ness (It cost about £2-£3 for a glass bottle of Pepsi… not that bad, but it could stand to be cheaper)

After such a venture, now was the time for shopping :D. Now, seeing as we had to stay as a group, we couldn’t exactly go to individual shops, however… I did manage to go into a couple of places


Starbucks FTW





And following from that, I also managed to sly away from the group and go into a HMV with a friend






God Of War 3 FTW… kick*** game trilogy, that’s certain



After such a long and tiring day, it was unfortunately decided that we should go back to the train station from whence we came, and return home… or at least it should have been, because the trains we’re delayed for at least an hour…all because of a strike or some power-cut

>.>… that’s bulls***




Heres a picture of the return journey… dark, ain’t it

And after a 2 hour journey home, plus an entire day of just walking through London… I got a cup of coffee, and started to write up this entry

And that wraps it up…just a quick mention though. The worst has happened… something I dreaded for a while now. (Breathes deeply)… I got Facebook. Turns out that, to me, a couple of weeks translates to a couple of days… me and my brilliant logic >.>

Anywaaaaay… while I wont be handing out my profile (Even though you can find it… again, my logic is f**ked up), I have created an Official Fan page, where you can basically discuss anything to do with my entries… or not, just as long as it doesn’t turn into some kind of flame war

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Official-From-The-View-Of-The-Onlooker-Fan-Page/104440739594430?ref=mf

Hope you use it the best you can, my devious little fan-minions (God’, you know what… an official FTVOTO fan is now called a Fan-Minion… kinda like Trekker or something equally nerdy)


And I know its off topic but, the 1st episode of Matt Smith’s series as the doctor is released today, and… IM EXCITED AS HELL :D. What about you?