http://browse.deviantart.com/journals/?order=5&q=by%3AStriderSyd deviantART RSS for in:journals sort:time by:StriderSyd en-us Copyright 2013, deviantART.com Sat, 25 May 2013 19:05:33 PDT deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://st.deviantart.net/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://stridersyd.deviantart.com/journal/Darling-Darling-300971536 http://stridersyd.deviantart.com/journal/Darling-Darling-300971536 Wed, 09 May 2012 01:35:14 PDT Darling! Darling! nonadult journals/personal StriderSyd http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/s/t/stridersyd.png Copyright 2012-2013 *StriderSyd I then remembered the soundtrack to an old movie called "Streets Of Fire",
and decided to look up some of the tracks.

The movie is self described as a "Rock & Roll Fable",
and is set in "another time, another place".
If there was ever a (good) movie based on Double Dragon, or Final Fight,
then this would be it.
If you've never seen Streets Of Fire,
then check it out kids if you can, it's a great film.

ANYWAY....
One of the several movie song tracks I found,
(Nowhere Fast)
was set to the visual eye-candy of an anime film called "Redline"
I had only heard of th ]]> http://stridersyd.deviantart.com/journal/Commissions-269045438 http://stridersyd.deviantart.com/journal/Commissions-269045438 Mon, 14 Nov 2011 12:47:02 PST Commissions nonadult journals/personal StriderSyd http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/s/t/stridersyd.png Copyright 2011-2013 *StriderSyd I need to earn some income.
So I'm offering too do some pics to whom it may concern.
This is kind of new to me so I want to start off slow.

B/W and Color Sketch Commissions

I reserve the right to refuse any art request.

MATERIAL
-9x12 white Bristol cardstock paper.
-Pencil.
-Ink.
-Watercolor paint.
-Markers.
-Colored pencils.

REQUESTS
-Send me a note here on DA.
-Please provide communication info you'd like me to use for you
(DA notes are fine with me)
-Please provide a deadline that you would like, and I'll try to meet it.

CONTENT
-No yaoi/yuri please.
-Please keep request PG13-rated and below.
*I'm not ]]> http://stridersyd.deviantart.com/journal/Devious-Journal-Entry-245196671 http://stridersyd.deviantart.com/journal/Devious-Journal-Entry-245196671 Thu, 28 Jul 2011 18:46:47 PDT Devious Journal Entry nonadult journals/personal StriderSyd http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/s/t/stridersyd.png Copyright 2011-2013 *StriderSyd
Found this funny video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0do-QPoNh0&feature=related

"They make me laugh Rocky....eh heh". ]]> http://stridersyd.deviantart.com/journal/Devious-Journal-Entry-244261960 http://stridersyd.deviantart.com/journal/Devious-Journal-Entry-244261960 Sat, 23 Jul 2011 15:46:33 PDT Devious Journal Entry nonadult journals/personal StriderSyd http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/s/t/stridersyd.png Copyright 2011-2013 *StriderSyd It was good.
And there was an Avengers preview at the VERY end too.
Stick around and see it.

There was also a preview to the new SpiderMan flick,
but it kind of left me scratching my head.

1st off, I really wish they didn't do a reboot.
I'd like to see a single movie continuity kind of like the Harry Potter series,
or the 007 movies that have been going since the 50's
(somebody correct me on that).
I dislike how a franchise will have to redo the origin every 3rd flick.
But I suppose this is done because of the modern short attention span of modern movie goers.
The producers probably thought it ha ]]> http://stridersyd.deviantart.com/journal/Devious-Journal-Entry-243785064 http://stridersyd.deviantart.com/journal/Devious-Journal-Entry-243785064 Wed, 20 Jul 2011 20:41:30 PDT Devious Journal Entry nonadult journals/personal StriderSyd http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/s/t/stridersyd.png Copyright 2011-2013 *StriderSyd
Just thought I'd share some s'more unimportant news I heard.
To whom it may concern:

Some bad news 1st.
Megaman Ledgends 3 for the 3DS has been cancelled.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8d5l-90Z_k&feature=related
Now I never played the MML series except for "The Misadventures Of TronBonne".
But it's always bad to hear cancellation news, and I did like Tron's game.
I understand that the 2nd MML game story ended on kind of a cliffhanger 'ala The Empire Strikes Back.
So I guess it will still remained unresolved.
(Hey, maybe somebody will make some UCC for LittleBigPlanet MML3 equivalent or something).

But some great news t ]]> http://stridersyd.deviantart.com/journal/Devious-Journal-Entry-217759549 http://stridersyd.deviantart.com/journal/Devious-Journal-Entry-217759549 Sun, 10 Jul 2011 17:45:14 PDT Devious Journal Entry nonadult journals/personal StriderSyd http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/s/t/stridersyd.png Copyright 2011-2013 *StriderSyd (is it ever?)
but I was told of this funny video featuring MLP.

Basically, it's just a fake movie preview.
It takes the audio track of the 2005 film "Serenity" movie preview,
and replaces all the video with clips of the current MLP:FIM TV show.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-P3HHpf-fZY

Really funny.
The lip-sync on this is really good too!
All the Serenity audio dialogue is tight and really spot-on with the MLP footage. ]]> http://stridersyd.deviantart.com/journal/Devious-Journal-Entry-220974617 http://stridersyd.deviantart.com/journal/Devious-Journal-Entry-220974617 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 11:45:29 PST Devious Journal Entry nonadult journals/personal StriderSyd http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/s/t/stridersyd.png Copyright 2011-2013 *StriderSyd Who Needs their own Animated show?
http://kizer180.deviantart.com/journal/38438497/

I think that I'd have separate these into 2 catagories:
-"All ages" and/or "Young"
-"Adult" and/or "Mature"....(I don't mean this to mean "porn").

ALL AGES:
-Darkhawk (Marvel)
 Not well known far and wide, but well known enough.
 Because so little has been done with this character, there's not a lot of mythos to adapt.
 It leaves him pretty much wide open to be made into more.
 Although he is a cool looking character.....
 he might be considered too much of a gamble for any productio ]]> http://stridersyd.deviantart.com/journal/The-Last-Airbender-Take-2-225474606 http://stridersyd.deviantart.com/journal/The-Last-Airbender-Take-2-225474606 Thu, 08 Jul 2010 21:08:19 PDT The Last Airbender...Take 2 nonadult journals/personal StriderSyd http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/s/t/stridersyd.png Copyright 2010-2013 *StriderSyd
You all may have read my scathing review the TLA in my previous journal.
If you didn't and are interested, look here:
http://stridersyd.deviantart.com/journal/33238724/

Basically I gave it a thumbs down, but I was not TOTALLY displeased with it, and I actually went to see it a 2nd time.
.....

I SAID I WENT TO SEE IT A 2ND TIME...NOW SHADDAP!!

Granted the only reason I did go see it again was because some friends were in from out of town and they wanted to see the film despite all the negative reviews, including my own.
So I took them to go see it,
(it was actually cheaper than taking them out to lunch or dinner thanx to t ]]> http://stridersyd.deviantart.com/journal/The-Last-Airbender-225619095 http://stridersyd.deviantart.com/journal/The-Last-Airbender-225619095 Thu, 01 Jul 2010 05:17:17 PDT The Last Airbender nonadult journals/personal StriderSyd http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/s/t/stridersyd.png Copyright 2010-2013 *StriderSyd
Bottomline on top:
"Bah".

If interested, keep reading.

OK the movie was not totally totally bad, but I still give it a thumbs down.
Too many child actors that needed more acting practice,
but I really won't hold this against the film because I was expecting that anyway.
I have always disliked kid actors in movies....with only a few exceptions.
(GOONIES never say die!)
Anyway, almost everything about the film comes off as boring and kind of bland.
No doubt because fans like myself who are familiar with the TV show pretty much remember everything in it.
And too ]]> http://stridersyd.deviantart.com/journal/GAIKING-226319420 http://stridersyd.deviantart.com/journal/GAIKING-226319420 Sun, 23 May 2010 02:17:53 PDT GAIKING nonadult journals/personal StriderSyd http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/s/t/stridersyd.png Copyright 2010-2013 *StriderSyd As a longtime fan of the "Super-Robot" anime genre this filled me with excitement.

Now before you all groan in disgust let me say that there have been a few live action anime movies that were good.
Deathnote, Blood, and even Speed Racer, I thought were all good and entertaining.
(No, not Dragonball Evolution).
Personally, I would prefer that no anime ever be made into ANY live action movie at all....I just love cartoons.

This may be old news, but check this out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qS6E-Nu3xsg

In terms of design, they did not veer off ]]> http://stridersyd.deviantart.com/journal/The-Boondocks-Jenny-dance-226428785 http://stridersyd.deviantart.com/journal/The-Boondocks-Jenny-dance-226428785 Mon, 17 May 2010 01:29:36 PDT The Boondocks Jenny dance nonadult journals/personal StriderSyd http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/s/t/stridersyd.png Copyright 2010-2013 *StriderSyd
The episode was about a kickball game between China and the USA played out like Stephen Chow's Shaolin Soccer.
(If you've never seen this movie, then may a weird holyman tie you to a love-crazed camel).
Anyway...
What I found most memorable about this episode is regarding a throw away character (OC made specifically for this 1 episode) named "Jennifer".

In the story, Huey believed that he had crippled her in a previous kickball game a year earlier.
As it turns out, it was shown that "Jennifer" was never actually crippled by Huey in the 1st place, but that the whole incident ]]> http://stridersyd.deviantart.com/journal/HTTYD-227464319 http://stridersyd.deviantart.com/journal/HTTYD-227464319 Fri, 26 Mar 2010 13:14:38 PDT HTTYD nonadult journals/personal StriderSyd http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/s/t/stridersyd.png Copyright 2010-2013 *StriderSyd
I just saw How to Train Your Dragon earlier today.
I won't spoil anything, but this is a GREAT movie.
It didn't have any tearjerking moments like Toy Story 2 or UP, (yes I'm a full grown man who is moved to tears by some movies and/or music)......except maybe at the end when the hero wakes up in bed after the last climactic battle, but the scence wasn't emotion evoking to me.
Really love the score in this one too.
Gotta go out and buy the soundtrack.

I advise EVERYBODY in the universe to go see it. ]]> http://stridersyd.deviantart.com/journal/I-finally-watched-WATCHMEN-233081007 http://stridersyd.deviantart.com/journal/I-finally-watched-WATCHMEN-233081007 Sat, 04 Apr 2009 05:38:31 PDT I finally watched WATCHMEN nonadult journals/personal StriderSyd http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/s/t/stridersyd.png Copyright 2009-2013 *StriderSyd I liked it, but I had more fun watching the Street Fighter movie.

I will say this though......after seeing this movie, I can't wait for Alan Moore's LOST GIRLS to be made into a movie. ]]> http://stridersyd.deviantart.com/journal/SF-The-Legend-of-Chun-Li-233472313 http://stridersyd.deviantart.com/journal/SF-The-Legend-of-Chun-Li-233472313 Thu, 05 Mar 2009 06:55:46 PST SF: The Legend of Chun Li nonadult journals/personal StriderSyd http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/s/t/stridersyd.png Copyright 2009-2013 *StriderSyd (I'm well aware of the Balrog/M.Bison/Vega name switcharoo's, but for the simplicities sake, I'm just gonna stick with the American names).
I freely admit that I am very longwinded, and this will probably the one of the driest reads ever, but the internet has long since taught us all that a thousand monkeys at a thousand typewriters will not produce Shakespeare.

Bottom Line on top if you don't want read on:
I LIKED IT, I THOUGHT IT WAS GOOD.

By now many of you have heard or read somewhere that this movie is CRAP, but everybody has their opinions, and I di ]]> http://stridersyd.deviantart.com/journal/TDK-236186883 http://stridersyd.deviantart.com/journal/TDK-236186883 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 00:07:15 PDT TDK nonadult journals/personal StriderSyd http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/s/t/stridersyd.png Copyright 2008-2013 *StriderSyd
It was a great movie, the best that has come out this year.
And I don't just mean a great comicbook movie....I mean one of the best movies period. ]]> http://stridersyd.deviantart.com/journal/CGI-Traditional-animation-236562663 http://stridersyd.deviantart.com/journal/CGI-Traditional-animation-236562663 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:22:50 PDT CGI/Traditional animation nonadult journals/personal StriderSyd http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/s/t/stridersyd.png Copyright 2008-2013 *StriderSyd
But let's face it, Studios have to make a profit, and they just can't bank on traditional animation.
I hope I can say this without being misunderstood, but I look at CGI animation/traditional animation like the light and dark sides of the Force.
Where CGI is the darkside because it is "quicker, easier".
Of course traditional animation can look bad much easier than CGI (consult the many works of Hanna-Barberra for this)

With deadlines for production in existence, CGI is more practical, and great films, shows, and shorts can and are made.
I love watching traditional animated T ]]> http://stridersyd.deviantart.com/journal/WALL-E-236619296 http://stridersyd.deviantart.com/journal/WALL-E-236619296 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:29:31 PDT WALL-E nonadult journals/personal StriderSyd http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/s/t/stridersyd.png Copyright 2008-2013 *StriderSyd
This is a great film mostly about (robot) love and compassion....and a little social commentary on apathy.

To it's credit, this movie does focus more on robot action and "romance" (what else can you call it?)  all throughout.....something that I really wish the Transformers film, and Battlestar Galactica TV show would have done.
For all it's cartoonyness (live action sequences not withstanding) the robots are all fairly believable and fun to watch.
I got a chuckle out of how the Macintosh/Apple boot-up sound played whenever the robots activate/start up.
The film didn't make me cry like the Iron Giant did (I am older no ]]> http://stridersyd.deviantart.com/journal/Orphan-Works-Bill-237505043 http://stridersyd.deviantart.com/journal/Orphan-Works-Bill-237505043 Sat, 12 Apr 2008 16:24:05 PDT Orphan Works Bill nonadult journals/personal StriderSyd http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/s/t/stridersyd.png Copyright 2008-2013 *StriderSyd Hey Kids!

I've never done a Journal here before, but I feel this is something that should be shared.

READ THIS AND SHARE IT!

http://mag.awn.com/index.php?ltype=Columns&column=MindBiz&article_no=3605

As artists, it is up to us to do something about this, and I'm certain even the general public is appalled by this.

4/14/08
Additional Orphan Works info

READ THIS AND SHARE IT TOO!

http://maradydd.livejournal.com/374886.html.

I'd like to thank UDON and company for setting my mind at ease.
They're not just another bowl of noodles. ]]>