So yesterday I traded in my XBOX and all of my games/accessories. It totaled up to enough to justify a purchase of a new nintendo DS lite. I could have waited 2 weeks and picked up a black one to match my ipod, but I’ve never been known to be a patient one.
SCI FI Wire | The News Service of the SCI FI Channel got a rare peek (no pics though) at the production of director Michael Bays upcoming Transformers movie in downtown Los Angeles on Aug. 26, including the first up-close look at the disguised versions of four key Autobots: the chartreuse search-and-rescue vehicle Ratchet, the giant black GMC 4×4 Ironhide, the sleek silver Pontiac Solstice sports car that is Jazz and the muscle-y yellow-and-black Chevy Camaro that is the new Bumblebee—so new that the car in the movie is a prototype for a vehicle that hasnt even gone into production yet. Ironhide had an Autobot logo on his tailgate; Ratchet featured a fire department seal on its doors with the same logo in the design…
The movie will use a mix of computer animation and large-scale puppetry to depict the giant robots. Megatron will appear as a plane, not a giant gun, as he did in early versions of the franchise.
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I ended up seeing Idlewild twice this weekend, once with my Krystal and again with a buddy of mine. It was just as enjoyable the second time through. I’ve been doing a lot of multiple viewing this summer, but I digress…There are a few minor spoilers below. Nothing serious, but the whiners have been warned.
plot & story
Set in the 1930s, the theme of the film isn’t anything new. We’re presented with two childhood friends who grow into an extremely introverted mortician/musician (Percy) and an extroverted entertainer (Rooster) One of them inherits a nightclub, called Church, and a large debt to greedy gangster. Chaos ensues. Rooster struggles to keep the club afloat while balancing his family life and player lifestyle. Meanwhile, Percy who’s being trained by his father to take over the family business, a mortuary, finds confidence in his music and love in a young songstress who comes to Idlewild to perform.
