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Wednesday, July 28. 2010

Inception Review

Despite rumors to the contrary, Inception is not a terribly confusing movie. It is, however, a terribly intricate movie, and requires the audience to pay attention more than usual. But if you're willing to put in the time, you will be rewarded with some of the best performances in one of the smartest movies to hit theaters in quite a while. (WARNING: MILD SPOILERS)

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Tuesday, July 27. 2010

The Sorcerer's Apprentice Review

The Sorcerer's Apprentice was a perfect example of how the telling of a story can be more important than the story itself. On paper, the story seems like a laundry list of clichés: we have the reluctant hero who's gifts make him an outcast (Jay Baruchel as Dave Stutler), the wise mentor who lost everything (Nicolas Cage as Balthazar Blake), the dastardly villain who threatens the world with an allegiance to a more powerful evil (Alfred Molina as Maxim Horvath), we have the beautiful heroine who sees the potential within the hero (Teresa Palmer as Becky Barnes), and so on. It really doesn't get much more by-the-numbers than that. But Apprentice manages to exceed all expectations, based almost solely on the strength of the characters.

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Sunday, July 25. 2010

Model Update

I had to take out my Bandit Firebird to use as a reference, and as long as it was out I took some new photos of it.

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Saturday, July 24. 2010

Transformers: Prime Trailer

Friday, July 23. 2010

Jenny

Jenny
March 22, 2001 – July 23, 2010

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Wednesday, July 21. 2010

Cleanin' Up the Town

Ectomobile #2 of 5 is now ready for action: The Real Ghostbusters Ecto-1 is online here.

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Monday, July 19. 2010

Peter Fernandez

Peter Fernandez
January 29, 1927 – July 15, 2010

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Friday, July 16. 2010

Nothing Can Stop...The Animal!

Like many kids, I happily welcomed the monster truck craze of the 1980s. Like any cultural phenomenon, those early days saw some of the greatest - and most insane - innovations. Bigfoot received regular tire upgrades until it was finally sporting eight ten-foot oil field rig tires. Aces High set a long-distance wheelie record. Virginia Beach Beast was riding around on a former tank chassis. The tie-in toys followed suit, with different manufacturers trying to outdo each other: Flex had tires that would change diameter when they encountered obstacles, C.L.A.W. had multiple speeds and articulated body for steering, and Monster Masher had no fewer than 18 powered wheels along its length. One of the more famous "gimmick" trucks was The Animal, with tires that featured pop-out claws. I had one of these in my group of monster truck toys, but didn't know that Monogram had made a deal with Galoob to make a model of it until several years later. Now, thanks to the power of the internet, I have a 1/24 version as well!

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You Can Build This, Or You Can Build That

This was a fun (if ridiculous) project: the "That" box from the Kia Soul "Hamstar" commercial. If you're not familiar with it, watch below:

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Friday, July 9. 2010

Machete Trailer

Trailer

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