Affejungen's Toyetic Universe: 2009

Thursday, April 23, 2009

Double Prizes!

('cause I didn't update yesterday)

Edited to add that it should be "McCullen" not "McClellan" and "Avengers" plural. That's what I get for trying to get these things done in a rush 'afore m' stories come on!

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

And I'm Pretty Sure The Baroness Is Molotov C*cktease!

So Adult Swim has finally gotten around to airing (or at least showing on their website) the mini-episodes of GI Joe Resolute (Written by comic book scribe Warren Ellis!). On it's own, it's a pretty cool show, but as a fan of GI Joe, it's extra especially interesting as it represents a sort of "missing link" between the old cartoon and the new upcoming live action movie. (Sort of the way the first Star Trek film was kind of a hybrid between the original cast and Roddenberry's Next Generation sensibilities) Sadly, apart from the ways in which the Marvel Comics influenced the movie, there aren't a lot of shout-outs for the Larry Hama fans.

On the original show, Dial Tone was a key player in one of my favorite episodes (Duke, Hawk and all the other ranking officers are away on assignments, so Cobra hacks the Joe's computers to promote the three Joes calculated to create the most problems while in a position of command.) while on the new show, she - voiced by Grey DeLisle - is basically kind of a Redshirt type, who's gotten a bit more face time than the others so far. Actually, she's almost coming off as an annoying Wesley Crusher Deus Ex Machina type.

And thus it all come back to Star Trek.

Sunday, April 19, 2009

Old Spock Is Like Old Spice, Only He Smells More Like "Old" Than "Spice."

First of all, again, I apologize for the sudden lack of regular updates. A few of you know I'm going through some pretty rough stuff right now, and while I'd like to say it's finally clearing up, it's not.

But, on the plus side, I have a follower! Woot! Now I know how Cobra Commander feels... except for not being a mutant freak whose head is all covered in eyeballs.

Sigh.

Maybe someday!

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Nobody Told Me Moloch Was Being Played By Max Headroom!!!

About my only major fanboy nitpick is that I would have preferred Bernard the Elder tried to shield Bernard the Younger, rather than hug him.

On the whole, thought it was fantastic. I could watch the opening credit sequence over and over again.

Monday, March 9, 2009

In My Day, We Didn't Have No Fancypants "Computers!"

We had a box. Sometimes there was a snake in it, and sometimes there was a puppy. And ya never knew fer sure until ya opened it up and one or t'other popped out atcha!

Life was a carnival!

Friday, March 6, 2009

Appy-Poly-Woggies!

Sorry I've fallen behind a bit in posting. Some personal stuff came up and while I'd tried to build up a backlog of material to cover it, things have dragged out longer than I had anticipated, and at the exact same time, my router croaked, effectively knocking me offline for a week.

On the plus side, I finally got me filthy mitts on a Wreck-Gar! Yay! Expect a flood of marginally amusing Weird Al related material in the weeks to come!