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Liliy is a Fangirl #16

Hey! Back from vacation and ready and rarin’ to go! Long one today! :D Though I really need to find a better way to organize some of these…I might try using lists or something. We’ll see–but for now, the usual:

Movies

Once Upon a Brother’s Grimm:

Dean Jones and Paul Sand Singing

Dean Jones singing makes me ridiculously happy.

If you haven’t heard of this movie, it came out in 1977 and stars Dean Jones & Paul Sand. When I was little, I ate this movie up. You don’t even understand. So, during a WaM ustream, the topic of fairy tales came up and then Grimm stories and this movie came back to the front of my mind like smack to the face.  So I checked Amazon and realized it had a DVD release. Joy came.

Teri Garr as the Frog Princess

Teri Garr as the Frog Princess (One of my Dad's favorite actresses!)

I watched it twice in a row. There’s just something amazing about a cheesy, funny musical. It makes me laugh and even the old special effects have their own charm. I forgot how much fun that little fuzzy line around obvious blue screen effects could be.

Why do I really love it, though? Easy. Jones & Sand are hysterical. The rest of the cast is hysterical (even better–my mother walked in during the movie and recognized all the actors, since they were all big stars when she was in high school). The songs are ridiculously catchy and the costume design is fabulous (No, seriously–I’ve remembered the costumes from this movie even from when I was little watching on my recorded VHS tapes–they’re amazing). I even have a love for the very obvious stage sets.

The movie’s charming and I love it. If you can get a copy of the DVD I highly recommend it. :D

South Park: Yeah, so I’m really, really behind the curve- but I finally saw South Park: Bigger, Longer & UnCut. Loved it. That is all.

Cartoons

South Park: I’ve been on a South Park Binge lately. Not denying it. I love Kyle, Stan & Kenny. That is all…again.

Comics

So, trying to sit down and sort out my comics spending. So I might actually start dropping and picking up series depending how much I want to read them. I caught up today with the ones I cared about…and I finally get to start listing issue numbers since…I’m behind on a few series. Yay!

Aquaman #3: Mera & Arthur are still one of the greatest super hero power couples ever. Even when they’re just sitting around listening to someone talk about a creature from beneath the deep. Winning line of the issue? “He lives in a lighthouse.”

Dick and Bruce Quip

Why do I love you in every comic but your own, Dick? WHY?

Batman #4: Still by far one of the best series of the new DC 52. The art is fantastic and the Owl themed villain is getting more and more interesting. I wasn’t all that interested in Talon at first, but he’s starting to grow on me.

I also happen to love how Dick Grayson has been portrayed in this series. He always gets a chuckle from me.

The best part of this issue though (aside from the riddle at the end), was the flash back to young Bruce. Seriously man, Bitty!Bruce was hardcore. Such a little dedicated cutie. XD

Catwoman #4: The last page won me over. The issue was a little slow, mostly background and catching up–but the last few pages introducing a new Meta antagonist and well… Selina sums it up with “Crap.”

Flash #3: The artwork continues to be the highlight of this series. Love it. Little too much going on in this issue though, I found myself skimming a bit. Though, it does kind of makes sense considering Flash himself has a million things going on at once. So, it sort of works.

Justice League Dark #3: I have no idea who most of these people are save for Zatana and Deadman due to his connection to Dove. Makes for fun reading. XD

Roy and Jason in a Bar

I love them. So much. They may replace Tim & Conner as my favorite DC Bromance.

Red Hood and the Outlaws #4: Okay. This series is still rocking my world. Love it. Love it. Love it. Roy and Jason are totally ruling their bromance all over the place and I love it. (Have I mentioned I love this series?) Roy Harper is still stealing the show though. His little intro about being an alcoholic and Jason being his only friend were endearing and made me love him more. Jason is still being a total bad ass & Starfire? She’s still awesome. Starfire vs Crux was fun and I’m looking forward for them to continue.

The winning moment of the issue had to be Roy’s latest nickname for Jason: “Jaybird” That is win. So much win. <3

Supergirl and Mr. Tycho

I love you Mr. Tycho. I hope you and Supergirl clash for many issues to come.

Supergirl #4: This series is the only one competing with Hawk & Dove and Red Hood. I love it. I’ve never been this big of a fan of Supergirl in my life.

And Mr. Tycho is definitely one of the best villains to come into the DC. If he existed before, I will need to look him up.

But no, Kara was kicking some butt all over the place and there was a heartfelt moment here or there with Tycho’s mooks. I really can’t wait for the next issue and to see if Kara gets back together with Superman. Favorite line? It’s in the image to your left: “…that’s gonna be expensive.”

Teen Titans #3 & #4: I was going to stay a week behind on this series, but it’s so tied in with  Superboy I felt like I needed to catch up.

Awesome. These two issues were way better than the first two–way more action was happening that was interesting. I loved Bart’s two page spread of his speeding around, as well as Tim doing some great undercover work. The group’s finally an item and we’re treated to some awesome Young Justice (the 90’s series, not the new one) bickering. It’s great.

And we’ve finally got the last new member: Miguel aka Bunker. He is so much fun. XD

Miguel and Tim

Miguel and Tim -- Gotta' love the happy ones...even if he probably is scaring Tim.

I have a feeling I’m going to love Miguel. He’s well…he’s happy–which is something this group needs. Plus, I have serious weakness for gratuitous Spanish. Actually, I’m liking all of the new guys: Skitter is fun now that she’s talking & Solstice is spunky.

Plus, Bart and Tim are back together. Finally. Bart and Tim bickering was great. When Bart steals Tim’s clothing at the end of issue #4 I was dying of laughter.

All we need now is Superboy on board and I’ll get my power trio back. Young Justice made me adore the Conner/Tim/Bart trio and it needs to going again. *waits patiently for Superboy vs Wondergirl to come to a close*

And I think that wraps things up. I’m sure you’ve noticed I’ve dropped Superman & Nightwing…I’ll get back to them…Eventually.

Liliy is a Fangirl #9

I should seriously just start doing these on Wed. when new comics come out. XD

Movies

Finally saw the first Planet of the Apes Film (With Heston) & rewatched the Burton film. I still like the Burton version more. Leo x Ari. Yes. <3

Books

Just read my goodreads page. XD I put everything there.

Anime

Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi (World’s Greatest First Love) – This is a Boy’s Love series by the same team that did Junjou Romantica – and it shows. It’s not often you find a full series Boy’s Love that has quality animation, is genuinely hilarious, and has such a great cast. <3 I’m loving Season 2!

And I really need to catch up with Blue Exorcist. XD

Comics

Bliss

Aquaman: Mera is awesome~ I think the best part about Aquaman is his wife – and the fact they’re a superhero tag team. Ha ha. Though, they’re still going on with the ‘Aquaman is a loser’ jokes, and now it’s “AquaWoman” or whatever they’re calling Mera. XD Anyway, good issue – lots of action and Aquaman is still adorable.  He sort of reminds me of a down home, county sherriff.

Superman: Redeemed itself from last issue. The invisible monster fight was great~ And it had a great twist at the end that got Jimmy and Lois into the action. This saved it from the drop pile. XD

Flash: Another good issue. Not quite as good as the first one, but still up there. :)

I will ship them out of spite.

Teen Titans: They  need to back off the Tim x Cassie – like a lot. It is way too early for that. I know they’re just hinting at it, and I know that they dated, but still. (I won’t deny, this is the hardcore Superboy x Wonder Girl shipper in me talking.) But enough of that. They’re still introducing new people and it’s…well, this is always my least favorite part of a series. So I’m working through it.

Also, a little bothered that Bart is reminding me more and more of Wally West from the new Young Justice TV Series than he is Bart Allen. He just doesn’t seem to have that same innocent idiocy going for him…hmm.

At least Skitter is cool. <3

 

Liliy is a Fangirl #5

Yeah, so #5 in the series and I’ve already started posting late. Heh. Yeah, Friday’s update didn’t happen b/c work was annoying and I spent all afternoon on:

Games

Minecraft.

Seriously, I’ve been in such a lousy mood all week all I did when I got home was play Minecraft from 6pm to 1am.

I made a bridge and started construction on an underwater base….the non-smart way. Heh. Let’s just say clearing soil with running water is difficult and I really should have thought that through. *cough*

Here’s some shots:

As you can see….I should have done some more dirt clearing around it. *cough* But that’s okay, b/c I have a heard of sheep:

Moving on.

Comics!

This was the last week of the new DC 52 #1’s! Here’s what I thought:

Flash: Loved it. The artwork was amazing, the humor genuine in a different way than Red Hood, Barry Allen is adorable and I love stories that involve fighting friends. Plus, I get to see the Barry x Iris relationship from the start. Eeeee. (They’re cute.) Patty’s pretty cute too, so I’m looking forward to that little Betty & Veronica fun.

Superman: I couldn’t read this the first time through. It’s really, really text heavy. And it’s descriptive text and speeches. I sat down with it later and tried again with more success. Eh. I think this is the first title I’m just going to wait for the price drop to read the rest of… (So, 1 month behind.) We’ll stick with Action Comics for now.

Teen Titans: Yay!! My Tim is finally back. *hugs* And he’s kinda’ power crazy now. o_0 They definitely went straight with crazy!Red Robin Tim for this one. He’s now definitely a mini-Batman with (A reviewer said this and I can’t get it out of my head) that Ozymandias (Watchman) flair. He’s even got Ozy’s hair now. *cough* Anyway, he’s power crazy and takin’ down evil organizations by himself and realizing….he needs a team. Cue hunting down Wonder Girl (Darn it, Cassie! Accept your name!) and a fun little brawl with helicopters. Yay. Next week should be fun and we’re looming ever closer to Superboy vs Wonder Girl in Issue #3. :D

Aquaman: This was the shocker of the week. I grabbed it on a whim b/c I had heard good things about it and man, was it good. The “Aquaman Sucks” jokes may have gone on one page too long, but the adorableness of Aquaman just trying to order Lunch and having flashbacks of his dad made it all worth it. Plus, you know, his wife Mera. She rocks. And I love they took him back to before the beard and hook that…I don’t know. Aquaman just never felt right for me, but now that he’s young, responsible, and clean shaved again – I think we’re going to have a good long run together.

I also picked up a few other comics this week, Black Cat which I talked about in a separate post, and these two:

Detective Comics #843, Opening Night & 844, Curtains: This was sort of a random drive by pick-up. It’s basically the introduction of the new Ventriloquist, Peyton Riley. I’m going to clarify that I loved Arnold Wesker, so when I heard he died in the comics I was a little miffed. But, I wasn’t ready comics at that time so I still had the cartoons to keep me happy. I picked this up when I noticed that Paul Dini wrote it and that Zatanna was in it.

Loved all of it. Peyton’s story is moving, I loved seeing Scarface again, and Zatanna hitting on Batman/Bruce was great. <3

Movies

Batman: Under the Red Hood. I watched it again. Loved it again. Why haven’t you seen this movie yet?

One of these days I’ll list Finding Nemo properly considering Iv’e watched it an unhealthy number of times.