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Monday, May 21st, 2007
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11:25 pm - Heroes Marathon
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I just finished watching the first season of Heroes. I spent the weekend doing a Heroes marathon since Sci-Fi was replaying all the episodes in preparation for tonight's season finale. I had never seen an episode before, but some guys at school had said it was good, so I decided to give it a shot.
What an awesome show! The basic rundown is that there is a doctor who through the human genome project discovered that there are people with genetic mutations. These people can do all sorts of things, from flying, to mind-reading, to walking through walls, all the usual stuff. Then of course there's a bad guy and all the 'special' people have to band together to save the world.
Three things I really love about the show:
1) the artwork. One of the specials is a guy who can paint the future. These paintings are AMAZING. Gorgeous! Here's just a taste of it:
2) The international aspect. Most american tv shows and most Japanese tv shows are centric to their own countries - either america or japan saves the world, without having much interaction with any other part of the world. This show combines america and japan, working together. Two of the main characters are japanese, there are scenes set in japan, dialogue in japanese, and just extremely funny (to those people who know the idiosyncrasies of japanese culture) scenes that make fun of young, hip japanese trends. Now of course, america and japan working together is a far cry from being an international thriller - europe as a whole seems to be missing from the planet, and africa, too (although there is an intriguing Haitian character, so there is some afro-carribean participation), not to mention south america. But I can't tell you how many times I burst out laughing from the japanese parts - they must have had a japanese writer on the job because there's no WAY an american could write things so typically japanese - at least, not without spending a significant amount of time in japan. (They even had scenes where the company was doing exercises in their suits before work - my dad used to talk about that!!)
3) Well, I can't really think of a third. Except that most of the characters were great (except for the fact that they're all a little too melodramatic) and I think the cast had a good proportion of good-looking people, which is always a must for me. The Haitian man was BEAUTIFUL - ohhh, talk about prime example of what the species should look like. And his French accent was really nice.
Here's a picture of the Haitian:
Well, that's about it. My final decision: it's an excellent show, I plan on buying the DVD once it comes out, and I can't wait for the next season to start.
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| Monday, February 26th, 2007
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12:46 am
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I went to the Legion of Honour on Thursday and had a chance to look at some of their paper collection in the Auchenbach Centre. The most amazing drawing of the bunch was one that was made of charcoal and chalk, of a nude figure. It was incredibly beautiful, the best rendering of almost any drawing we had seen that day, and we had seen many, by famous people and others. I found out later that this drawing was done by a man with no arms. He did the drawing with his feet.
I can't stop thinking about it.
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| Tuesday, November 28th, 2006
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3:01 pm
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I'm still debating whether or not to go to Taco Tuesday. I had decided not to go this morning, but you know what may have persuaded me now to go? The fact that I can see the Fat Cat. He really does make me happy. I can't even explain it, I just get all excited when I know that I'm going to see him.
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