Links

I know I know. It's been more than a week, and I said I would finish up my SW Concert review and I still haven't. The thing is, I'd have to sit down and spend time writting down a well thought out post, which I don't feel like doing right now. So the conclusion of the SW Concert review will be delayed until I have time to kill.

In the meantime, I highly recommend the following links:

http://www.kimdutoit.com/ee/index.php/rant/single/moron_of_the_year/

http://www.entertainment.news.com.au/story/0,10221,15912361-7485,00.html

http://www.eskimo.com/~spban/bread.html

http://www.nata2.info/humor/flash/bowman.swf
http://nata2.info/?path=humor


And I figure I should throw in an actual interesting link in here as well:

http://www.numberspiral.com/

Batman Begins

Susan got back from Miami on Saturday which means I get to go to movies again, among other things. So we saw Batman Begins.

I have to admit that most of my Batman knowledge comes from watching Batman: The Animated Series when I was a kid. I loved that show! So I was pleasantly suprised to find Dr. Crane as one of the characters in the movie.

The car chase scene was enjoyable, but this is all I could think about while watching it! :P

Also, what's the deal with Liam Neeson playing all these mentor/father roles lately??

I could have done without the whole love thing with Rachel. It didn't really bring anything to the movie, but I guess you have to expect that of Holywood.

Overall, it was a good movie. he best the franchise has yet to offer in my opinion.

Star Wars Concert Review - Part I

The show was pretty good! There's nothing quite like Stars Wars music being performed by an orchestra of 50+ musicians accompanied by a choir of at least 40 people.

The lights go out. To everyone's delight, the orchestra starts off by playing the Fox Fanfare. I have to say I would have been disappointed had they not. There's just something nostalgic about it. It gives me shivers almost every time I hear it.

Anthony Daniels then walks in, talks about Star Wars. We chuckle at his C-3P0 impressions. You have to wonder what the man is thinking. Does he think: "Man I hate my life, but hey, it pays the bills". Or does he do it because he enjoys it. I'm guessing it's the latter but who knows. Anthony's normal voice doesn't sound much like C-3P0's. To play the droid, he makes his voice higher. It's also modulated in the movies.

The remainder of the show consists of Anthony Daniels narrating the Star Wars movies from Episode 1 through Episode 6. At certain points in the story he will stop his narration to let the orchestra play. The narration is very general since it's only a two hour show, most of which is taken up by the orchestra. That being said, you still get a good feel for the story for all six movies

Lighting effects were also effectively used. The stage would be splashed in a specific colour, depending on the theme of the song. E.G., Tatooine = Yellow, Yoda = Green, etc. Nothing really flashy, but it really adds to the atmosphere

The orchestra was conducted by Erich Kunzel. He will also be conducting a repeat of the Star Wars concert in Cincinnati next week. I have to say that the Cincinnati version looks a lot more fun with lightsaber battles and aerial stunts. Although there's a bit of trade-off with the narrator I guess. Instead of Anthony Daniels they have Daniel Logan who plays the young Boba Fett in Episode II.

Next time on Star Wars Concert Review: An overview of the songs that were played.

RIP Google Theme

Well it was a neat theme at first, but got old fast.
I'm changing over to this for a little while.
RIP Google Theme.

Star Wars Concert Review - The Preshow

The concert was held at the Roy Thompson Hall in Toronto. I guess this is usually where they usually hold these type of concerts. The building is pretty neat. It's a huge circular building. The lobby basically forms a ring around the actual auditorium. It's great to keep things from becoming too crowded during intermissions as people don't tend to pool in any particular place.

There were lots of people dressed up. I think most of them were part of the event but there were some fans too. The costumes were really good. I felt like I was at a Star Wars convention.

We had lots of Storm Troopers, Clone Troopers, and TIE Fighter pilots. Someone was dressed as Jek Porkins. Well ok, it could have been any Rebel Pilot, but his physique suggested this is what he was going for :P. There were some Imperial Officers and of course there was Darth Vader himself. They even had Artoo rolling about, beeping about and chasing kids. I think that was the coolest of the characters.

I've got to say I'm pretty proud of myself. I kept my composure and the SW nerd in me under control. I could feel it though. I know it's just people in costumes, but I couldn't help but being excited being surrounded by all these characters from the movies. It's a good thing I didn't have my camera I guess, I would have ended up with many embarrasing pictures.