Alright, this week I am gonna start the lists off with the Top 16 Disney Villains and their Theme Songs. why you ask? Because we all grew up with Disney, it was our discovery source of VILLAINY and plus, their songs were so god damn awesome not to mention catchy.
Sit back, enjoy my rendition of the Top Disney Villains and their Themes.
16- Hades' The Gospel Truth II - Hercules http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaVMxugfJuk
I gave this one the sixteenth spot for a few reasons, first of all it was REALLY short. Second of all, yes it covered the feel that Hades and the Underworld brought to you let alone the feeling that you would feel if you had to sing about Hades (its James Woods for Christ sake) But over all the song was good...for the 45 seconds to a minute you listen to it.
15- Gaston's Mob Song -Beauty and the Beast http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=917Q8dbpRLE
Alright this one is kick ass, the melody/tune just gets you ready with your torch, pitchfork and complete prejudice attitude ready to burn a castle, stab, mutilate and torture some poor soul just because he is different then you ALL in the name of Gaston... the fact that tea cup does his little thing in the middle makes the song a little funny because honestly, I would've burned the house down before leaving to prevent Belle and her crack pot dad from getting out. HELL GASTON SAYS BOOTY in the song, that gives it a spot on my list haha.
14-Madam Mim's...well Madam Mimfrom the Sword and the Stone- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNjkuHQGa2w
Alright, yeah this got on this list for the only reason which I state...and state once- ITS CREEPY! For the example of the fact have you WATCHED Mim's dancing, listened to her voice. God it's like strangling a walrus with a cat because of how creepy Mim gets. I pitied the poor bird boy having to watch all this. Unlike Most villain songs where the villain gets all powerful and evil, she just reminds us that not all villains graduated evil school with the flying colors of psycho and doom bringers. Some just got passed so they'd leave and live alone in the woods to spare us their spookyness.
13- Prince John's- The Phony King of England from Robbin Hood- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37bbj8HbM5I&feature=related
Hehe alright this was not a villain song where the Villain sings it showing off their evil plan but it was the only song where Prince John was actually sung about for more then a few minutes where you felt like the song would forever be repeating in your skull, not to mention the puppet show entertained us all more then the real Prince John could. I don't know why or how, but this song probably reminds me of what I'd do if me and my friends were in that situation, we'd use a puppet show about President George Bush or something or maybe some other creepy figure in our lives but the point is simple, I'd do this too and I encourage ANY one to do this about a authority figure that really is this incompetent.
12-Judge Claude Frollo-Hellfire from Hunchback of Notre Dame- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRO-M4XyAbM
Alright, this song has got to be THE most RISKY song that disney has put forth today. It has and I quote the Nostalgia Critic: half naked women, religious taboo and murder plotting to the degree where it is too spooky. The song is not even sung by the Villain about himself, I mean the guy is feeling horrible because he fell in love with a Gypsy (back then that is worse then murder I figure) so he starts feeling like he has to either destroy the source of his obsession (Esmeralda) or perish in a fire of damnation and pain in Hell. Over all this song makes it to my list because I never liked The Hunchback of Notre Dame but this song rocked my socks and made me want to watch it over and over just because the song was that moving.
11- Cruella De Vil- well again Cruella De Vil http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcdQk7JBPzQ
This had to be my favorite jazzy well not jazzy but still song about a Villain that made you want to sing it about someone you knew in person just to make their life suck. I mean THE WOMAN HAS DEVIL in her name (yes poor joke but oh well) Cruella was wanted for cruelty to animals, dangerous driving, SCARY AS HELL hair/facial appearance WHILE driving dangerously! This woman made you want to pray to God to have a creepy cat lady show up and attack her with a purse because she just screamed "I kill cute puppies for fun." Cruella is probably one of my LEAST favorite villains because she did not even do much of her own dirty work or schemes but she was good for making the mood sour and smell like smoke/cheap cigarettes.
10- Professor Ratigan's The World's Greatest Criminal Mind from The Great Mouse Detective-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTWBgiWtzsc
Come on, Vincent Prince singing as a Rat and discussing his evil plan to overthrow the other mice, become supreme rat...mouse..rodents ^_^, the song screams evil diabolical theme from the beginning till the very end! I don't know about you but this song deserves more credit then it got. I mean I've seen ALOT of disney villain lists and he is NEVER mentioned for this song, I think he deserved more attention this song and movie were excellent and gave us a look at a classic story that now Robert Downey Jr. brought to more life as Sherlock. Over All Ratigan gave us hope in being a London Thug if we could.
9- Radcliffe's Savages from Pocahontas- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1klLTb1rbE
What can I say? Simple lines to learn, heavy drum beat. not to mention torches, rifles, natives getting war paint and all ready for war. This song was the villain song for the white man if I ever saw one. Radcliffe took advantage of the Indians kidnapping Smith and started a war. The song was a great way of showing that something simple can be hugely misinterpreted and start A LOT of problems. I think this proves that the BEST villains are the ones that can pull off doing something "good" for their own evil wants.
8- Rasputin's In the Dark of Night from Anastasia- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1vDqgsbyhQ
Alright I never really watched this whole movie, I only listened to the soundtrack and saw this scene because I felt that I should actually see the whole thing and such. Rasputin played by Christopher Lloyd was trying his best to sing with demons and other hell creatures. The song and feel of this scene for him gave Rasputin's reputation the biggest boost ever I think. Most people already feared and loathed him for the fact that he couldn't die. But with this song, well it goes with out saying, he got a bigger reputation and more points on the awesome scale.
7- Oogie Boogie's Song from The Nightmare Before Christmas- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yw0aoVpFCDw
I'm serious, I'm serious, you can believe your ears. This is the boogie oogie song! This song brought rhyming back to our childhood villains. I don't mean clever rhymes, I mean blunt and obvious beating you over the head obvious rhymes that still are awesome. This is probably the only time that I've seen a sack of bugs sing, dance and make Santa Clause feel awkward. The whole time you watch this you wish that you were on some carnival ride or something that this was based on because of the colors, music, and over all feel that you get watching this. Oogie Boogie definitely makes it this far because of the fact he brings a Jazzy bass voice to the floor and shouts it till we all hear it.
6- Jafar's Prince Ali Reprisal from Aladin- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_FguEpJ3fo
Only time I think that Jafar pulls of the scary psychotic laugh without having to try, not only that but this time bad guy actually gets back at the good guy, succeeds and nearly makes the movie head in the direction of good failing and letting the world to succumb to evil! Not only that but its tune and feel of the music itself makes you feel all cool inside. This would be better if the song was a little more involving Robin Williams but oh well maybe some other time haha.
5- Captain Hook and His Singing Pirates Captain Hook from Peter Pan- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3s0xx_RP84
This only makes it up here because everyone loves a band of singing Pirates, they sing in perfect harmony, and prove that Piracy has benefits, you learn to sing, learn to get along with others, you learn to set goals and follow them till you achieve them (CATCH PETER PAN). Not to mention this song like Ratigan's previously mentioned song is under appreciated and not brought up as much in countdowns so Hook is being mentioned and remembered. This song makes me want to hunt down Peter himself and join the crew of Hook, provided the crocodile does not want to eat me either ^_^
4- Night on Bald Mountain from Fantasia- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8Ca_edg6RE
Oh my god, this song used to scare me, it is not exactly like all the other Villain songs but holy shit did it make you think it was. This song was in Fantasia and this was probably the darkest scene put to music to the date that it came out. This thing had demons, hell fire, spooky happy satanic creature orchestrating all the chaos, apparition like skeletal horse things not to mention whatever else you see that might spook you out. This song HAS to be listed in the Villain's countdown from Disney because this made Disney's happy good fun times drown in the toilet with all the other bull shit that you smile and laugh at before being scared shitless at five years old.
3- The Weasle's Deaths in Who Framed Roger Rabbit- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8iyYjvNgmo
Yeah I know this is not like every Villain song. I mean the weasel song from the live action mr toads wild ride IS a Villain song but this truly makes me feel like the vile humor and sick minded Weasel's true nature is shown. Not to mention when else do we get to see Eddie Vallent get tormented in the name of comedy...and Roger Rabbit and Jessica Rabbit nearly dying all in two minutes. Plus a Weasel gets hit in the balls, that is funny for a Disney villain.
2- Scar's Be Prepared from The Lion King- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0AiN8vrn9Y (English but for the sake of my comments this link is the German version http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKOJ5bEKPLY&feature=related
Alright I have to say this, never never never EVER will you EVER see a Disney Villain sing in a monotone British Accent, start out plotting his brother's demise to three baffling idiots. Then somehow DIVE into the Third Reich. I mean holy shit Scar becomes Hitler and his Hyenas are the Nazi battalions. His monotone singing voice even makes me feel like Hitler's plan was to take over Pride Rock THEN THE WORLD!! I love that even when the song is getting powerful, musically overwhelming and louder, Scar remains quiet, calm, sophisticated and British...it makes me feel that he is going to rule the world than after the deed is done he'll look around and say "alright, the world's mine, I am awesome...how am I getting down from this rock here...? Anybody?"
NUMBER 1 the best Disney song I feel definitely falls to this one here
*Dramatic pause for effect*
1-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyFVG4VfPmg Poor Unfortunate Souls From You guessed it, The little Mermaid
For Christ sake you got to agree, she starts off SOO helpful convincing that she is not as bad as her freaky appearance makes her seem, but not halfway through and as it carries on you realize she is the fishy devil with tentacles (sure sign of evil in cartoons) Never again will you want to meet a singing octopus, if you do swim away, make sure you have a harpoon or something that can kill zombies to make sure she dies when she tries to con you into a deal. This Villain had to be the best one to date so many times have I listened to this song and just reveled in the feeling that Ursala sent through your body and soul. She defined Disney Villain end of story.
Alrighty then this was my top count down of Disney Villains and their theme songs, if you did not agree with them I apologize and tell you that everyone has their own opinions and well oh well too late haha anyway stay watching next week I'll do either another countdown (suggestions welcome) or some other entry that will actually be interesting (again Suggestions are welcome)
Monday, August 30, 2010
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Review of Unwind by Neal Shusterman
First Review so I am giving a heads up, all content in the parenthesis is my own snide sarcastic comments so please read them in a Sarcastic tone. Please and thank you...
Abortion, are you pro life or pro choice? (Hoping you understand this question is Rhetorical, well sort of, I do want to know but that is what comments are for.)
Well anyway that is neither here or there, what this is about mostly is the amazing thought inducing book by Neal Shusterman, Unwind. The book takes place twenty years from the present time we are in now, so for those of you who are wondering, yeah 2012 didn't happen in this world. There was a second world war, 'The Heartland War', which is the war between those for Pro Choice and their ideals about a woman's body being her own to decide with. The Pro Lifers and their crusade to 'protect the sanctity of life' (Mind you they kill and abuse that life of anyone that opposes them.) Now this is going to sound stupid but no it was not a military war to start.
Like in today's society the pro life and pro choice people are divided because they both feel the other side is wrong, it is mostly verbal debates, religious vs logical disputes and occasional demonstrations at abortion clinics to the buildings, or the doctors performing said abortions all the way to pro choice followers boycotting churches or any religious place of worship saying that the people in that building are supporting the idea of a 'man deciding over a woman's body.' Well this book goes into the idea of what happens if that little schism of human nature needing a black/white, right and wrong, us vs them scenario and created a civil war. This war was not fought militarily at first. After a while this war escalated and was fought on three fronts. The Lifers, Choicers and the American Military. The military was brought in to prevent bloodshed and death, sadly eventually even that broke down and parts of the military began to help the two sides giving them death machines, weapons and more advantages then they should have had.
Now that was the past. Now to the book's futuristic present. A boy named Connor, average teenager. Trouble maker, gets into fights, not that quick to think rationally rather go on impulse and instinct, so long story short he is a cliche typical red blooded American Teenage male in the given time period we are focusing on, well at least he isn't some gangsta and trying to thug his way to get respect. Right? Well yeah, his family does not like his attitude, or his trouble seeking ways and decides to well OFF THE LITTLE BASTARD! (Legally too mind you) thanks to the bill of life allowing them to Unwind him one day then take a nice amazing vacation to the Bahamas the following day. (great parents, I wonder what they do for the holidays) Well Connor finds out about this and decides to make ma and pa suffer a bit before being taken away for parts. (I.E-getting mom a bouquet of flowers causing her to ball her eyes out for hours, bringing home good grades and making his dad go all pensive in the easy arm lazy man chair staring holes into the wall, you know, typical teenager vengeance on mom and dad. I think)
Anyway, yes now as I mentioned earlier this book is about the 'Bill of Life' that came out of this Heartland War. The Bill of Life states that a child can NOT be aborted between contraception and thirteen years old. Well after thirteen and until eight-teen, those parents can retroactively 'unwind' their child. Yes unwind, that is the process we call it in the future. That is when the child is laid down on a table, injected with this AMAZING pain killer (this shit is better then a vicodin and neoproxin combined with a bottle of Captain Morgan while being knocked out by a tranq, but I digress) after the pain killer gives them a numbness that laboring mothers would DIE for, a team of twelve doctors in two teams come in and spend three hours to disassemble your unwanted teenage offspring. And no I do not kid, they literally take the kid apart piece by piece, they siphon out of the blood, replacing it until the 'surgery' is over with an oxygen enriched formula, (it is described as a PRETTY emerald green oozy liquid for those curious to know) they take apart the brain and recycle it down to its lobes, sections etc. your limbs, organs, everything, I don't know because they never said but I am guessing that they do NOT keep anything sexual organ related because that contains your DNA make up and shit, and well that would be awkward if somehow someone got your DNA and had a kid and well it didn't look quite like mommy and daddy.
BACK on track to the next character in this dramatic tale. Risa, the Orphan girl (ironic that the token female character is an orphan, I feel this is gonna be cliche as well.) This girl is the polar opposite of Connor, she is smart cool headed, a classical pianist, an orphan (duh) and quite over all brilliantly well rounded good kid (I wonder why she is an orphan while Connor has a family with all his evil shenanigans lol) Now I must remind you she is another Unwinding child in this story. Her 'accident; was that she screwed up on an extremely difficult to master Chopin Piano piece. She missed 5 notes, two notes and three chords. Well after her concerto, the Ohio State home that she lives in tells her that sadly the heartland war solved the abortion problem but it didn't solve the economy problem on wards of the state. I.E, she is being sent away to the Harvest Camp (a pretty farm with cute baby animals that get unwound, these cute baby animals are human teenagers by the way.) She takes it rather well, leaves the office and gets on the bus to leave, ready to be unwound.
Notice I have not used the word die yet? Yes there is a reason there, in the Bill of Life, all Unwinds can NOT die, all of them must be unwound and recycled but NEVER wasted. (again that makes me wonder due to people's tonsils, appendix, and other NON major organs. how do they really do all this? Eh oh well semantics) Carrying on.
Next major Character. Levi, or Lev for short....(really?! one letter makes a name 'for short?! COME ON!) Well anyway, Levi is this kid with nine siblings and an amazing family. A good natured religious family with a bit of an insane side, I mean it isn't much but they want to TITHE (religiously sacrifice) their child! (you know the whole giving ten percent of EVERYTHING to God) Well lucky Lev drew the lottery on this one, he gets to be unwound as a sacrifice to God and serve a higher purpose because his mommy and daddy want to guarantee a spot in heaven for themselves. (Humble sons of bitches) Now Lev knows and understands his duty for the Lord, but seems to be perfectly fine with this form of suicide which is a bad thing involving the Lord but oh well.
Now I described the characters I should sum up my thought of them, they are pretty cliche in their 'general stereotype' but in the same time some people might not connect with them unless you have at least a few of their circumstances in your own life, I mean I connected with Connor because well I feel like the outsider, I always am paranoid seeing a police car driving slowly by, I myself feel that I am on the run from something. Probably am but I don't know it like Connor does, no I am not saying I am a 'Connor ark type person' I am saying that I connected with him while reading and while I read his parts of the book I was able to get drawn in further with the book, I almost felt like I was next to him running with him, moving with him, as if I was part of him in a sense. Then again that is how I read, I find a character I connect with and get that wrapped into the world the book is presenting me with.
I should point out this book is great for it's worth. It is a mind twister because it makes you question your view on pro life, pro choice or apathy, I feel after REALLY reading this, you'll no longer be apathetic and if you are then maybe you need to read it a few more times and put yourself in the position of the unwind, or maybe a the place of a parent signing the order to unwind a child of yours. After thinking of what it would be like do you still believe that the abortion idea is so bad? hell do you believe that unwinding is better? I know this review is not as conventional as most people would expect but I think that maybe the unconventional is what might draw to wish to read this book. Not to mention I know that my personality will not allow me to keep this train of thought for long before I trail off. I am going to allow you to read this, understand the character ark types that I set up, the world that they live in and just it's basic of simple descriptions that way you know what you'd be getting into when you read but I do it because a REAL review should not tell about the book, then there is no point in reading, a review should just tell if it was a good book, why and then give you the urge to read it.
In short, I think this book was great, I think this book shows you a side of humanity that many shy away from because it is involving a lot of thought, self questioning hell self doubt. Maybe it would even build up your confidence because you yourself were never put in the situation where you'd be unwound or have to unwind a child of yours because you don't want them around anymore. But Long story short, the book is called Unwind, it is by Neal Shusterman and before this is made into a Hollywood movie and probably butchered by the movie makers like Twilight, and every other great book (NOT SAYING twilight was EVER good) please read it, its 336 pages, which is NOT that much for a teenager, young adult or even adult to read in a few days to a week.
This is Orion saying, Unwind was a book to read if you think you understand everything in your life and are completely in control, take that control and throw it out the window if you think it is really yours. Maybe you'll finish reading and feel the same, maybe you won't. But finally this is Orion saying peace ^.^
But one last thing, the question I pose to those who read and I don't want to Troll people but I wish to know just out of human curiousity and need to know more then I should: Are you Pro Choice, Pro Life or Pro Abortion? Reasons? NO wars just answer simply I wish to see different views of it
Abortion, are you pro life or pro choice? (Hoping you understand this question is Rhetorical, well sort of, I do want to know but that is what comments are for.)
Well anyway that is neither here or there, what this is about mostly is the amazing thought inducing book by Neal Shusterman, Unwind. The book takes place twenty years from the present time we are in now, so for those of you who are wondering, yeah 2012 didn't happen in this world. There was a second world war, 'The Heartland War', which is the war between those for Pro Choice and their ideals about a woman's body being her own to decide with. The Pro Lifers and their crusade to 'protect the sanctity of life' (Mind you they kill and abuse that life of anyone that opposes them.) Now this is going to sound stupid but no it was not a military war to start.
Like in today's society the pro life and pro choice people are divided because they both feel the other side is wrong, it is mostly verbal debates, religious vs logical disputes and occasional demonstrations at abortion clinics to the buildings, or the doctors performing said abortions all the way to pro choice followers boycotting churches or any religious place of worship saying that the people in that building are supporting the idea of a 'man deciding over a woman's body.' Well this book goes into the idea of what happens if that little schism of human nature needing a black/white, right and wrong, us vs them scenario and created a civil war. This war was not fought militarily at first. After a while this war escalated and was fought on three fronts. The Lifers, Choicers and the American Military. The military was brought in to prevent bloodshed and death, sadly eventually even that broke down and parts of the military began to help the two sides giving them death machines, weapons and more advantages then they should have had.
Now that was the past. Now to the book's futuristic present. A boy named Connor, average teenager. Trouble maker, gets into fights, not that quick to think rationally rather go on impulse and instinct, so long story short he is a cliche typical red blooded American Teenage male in the given time period we are focusing on, well at least he isn't some gangsta and trying to thug his way to get respect. Right? Well yeah, his family does not like his attitude, or his trouble seeking ways and decides to well OFF THE LITTLE BASTARD! (Legally too mind you) thanks to the bill of life allowing them to Unwind him one day then take a nice amazing vacation to the Bahamas the following day. (great parents, I wonder what they do for the holidays) Well Connor finds out about this and decides to make ma and pa suffer a bit before being taken away for parts. (I.E-getting mom a bouquet of flowers causing her to ball her eyes out for hours, bringing home good grades and making his dad go all pensive in the easy arm lazy man chair staring holes into the wall, you know, typical teenager vengeance on mom and dad. I think)
Anyway, yes now as I mentioned earlier this book is about the 'Bill of Life' that came out of this Heartland War. The Bill of Life states that a child can NOT be aborted between contraception and thirteen years old. Well after thirteen and until eight-teen, those parents can retroactively 'unwind' their child. Yes unwind, that is the process we call it in the future. That is when the child is laid down on a table, injected with this AMAZING pain killer (this shit is better then a vicodin and neoproxin combined with a bottle of Captain Morgan while being knocked out by a tranq, but I digress) after the pain killer gives them a numbness that laboring mothers would DIE for, a team of twelve doctors in two teams come in and spend three hours to disassemble your unwanted teenage offspring. And no I do not kid, they literally take the kid apart piece by piece, they siphon out of the blood, replacing it until the 'surgery' is over with an oxygen enriched formula, (it is described as a PRETTY emerald green oozy liquid for those curious to know) they take apart the brain and recycle it down to its lobes, sections etc. your limbs, organs, everything, I don't know because they never said but I am guessing that they do NOT keep anything sexual organ related because that contains your DNA make up and shit, and well that would be awkward if somehow someone got your DNA and had a kid and well it didn't look quite like mommy and daddy.
BACK on track to the next character in this dramatic tale. Risa, the Orphan girl (ironic that the token female character is an orphan, I feel this is gonna be cliche as well.) This girl is the polar opposite of Connor, she is smart cool headed, a classical pianist, an orphan (duh) and quite over all brilliantly well rounded good kid (I wonder why she is an orphan while Connor has a family with all his evil shenanigans lol) Now I must remind you she is another Unwinding child in this story. Her 'accident; was that she screwed up on an extremely difficult to master Chopin Piano piece. She missed 5 notes, two notes and three chords. Well after her concerto, the Ohio State home that she lives in tells her that sadly the heartland war solved the abortion problem but it didn't solve the economy problem on wards of the state. I.E, she is being sent away to the Harvest Camp (a pretty farm with cute baby animals that get unwound, these cute baby animals are human teenagers by the way.) She takes it rather well, leaves the office and gets on the bus to leave, ready to be unwound.
Notice I have not used the word die yet? Yes there is a reason there, in the Bill of Life, all Unwinds can NOT die, all of them must be unwound and recycled but NEVER wasted. (again that makes me wonder due to people's tonsils, appendix, and other NON major organs. how do they really do all this? Eh oh well semantics) Carrying on.
Next major Character. Levi, or Lev for short....(really?! one letter makes a name 'for short?! COME ON!) Well anyway, Levi is this kid with nine siblings and an amazing family. A good natured religious family with a bit of an insane side, I mean it isn't much but they want to TITHE (religiously sacrifice) their child! (you know the whole giving ten percent of EVERYTHING to God) Well lucky Lev drew the lottery on this one, he gets to be unwound as a sacrifice to God and serve a higher purpose because his mommy and daddy want to guarantee a spot in heaven for themselves. (Humble sons of bitches) Now Lev knows and understands his duty for the Lord, but seems to be perfectly fine with this form of suicide which is a bad thing involving the Lord but oh well.
Now I described the characters I should sum up my thought of them, they are pretty cliche in their 'general stereotype' but in the same time some people might not connect with them unless you have at least a few of their circumstances in your own life, I mean I connected with Connor because well I feel like the outsider, I always am paranoid seeing a police car driving slowly by, I myself feel that I am on the run from something. Probably am but I don't know it like Connor does, no I am not saying I am a 'Connor ark type person' I am saying that I connected with him while reading and while I read his parts of the book I was able to get drawn in further with the book, I almost felt like I was next to him running with him, moving with him, as if I was part of him in a sense. Then again that is how I read, I find a character I connect with and get that wrapped into the world the book is presenting me with.
I should point out this book is great for it's worth. It is a mind twister because it makes you question your view on pro life, pro choice or apathy, I feel after REALLY reading this, you'll no longer be apathetic and if you are then maybe you need to read it a few more times and put yourself in the position of the unwind, or maybe a the place of a parent signing the order to unwind a child of yours. After thinking of what it would be like do you still believe that the abortion idea is so bad? hell do you believe that unwinding is better? I know this review is not as conventional as most people would expect but I think that maybe the unconventional is what might draw to wish to read this book. Not to mention I know that my personality will not allow me to keep this train of thought for long before I trail off. I am going to allow you to read this, understand the character ark types that I set up, the world that they live in and just it's basic of simple descriptions that way you know what you'd be getting into when you read but I do it because a REAL review should not tell about the book, then there is no point in reading, a review should just tell if it was a good book, why and then give you the urge to read it.
In short, I think this book was great, I think this book shows you a side of humanity that many shy away from because it is involving a lot of thought, self questioning hell self doubt. Maybe it would even build up your confidence because you yourself were never put in the situation where you'd be unwound or have to unwind a child of yours because you don't want them around anymore. But Long story short, the book is called Unwind, it is by Neal Shusterman and before this is made into a Hollywood movie and probably butchered by the movie makers like Twilight, and every other great book (NOT SAYING twilight was EVER good) please read it, its 336 pages, which is NOT that much for a teenager, young adult or even adult to read in a few days to a week.
This is Orion saying, Unwind was a book to read if you think you understand everything in your life and are completely in control, take that control and throw it out the window if you think it is really yours. Maybe you'll finish reading and feel the same, maybe you won't. But finally this is Orion saying peace ^.^
But one last thing, the question I pose to those who read and I don't want to Troll people but I wish to know just out of human curiousity and need to know more then I should: Are you Pro Choice, Pro Life or Pro Abortion? Reasons? NO wars just answer simply I wish to see different views of it
Monday, August 16, 2010
A quick one
Alright guys, today is just me saying this:
For a while I am going to dive into the world of reviewing movies/animes/books/ and other things of entertainment (not music because it is too subjective and I am a biased music listener)
And for people who are curious one of my very first reviews of a movie is going to be the SUPPOSEDLY EPIC EPIC OF EPICNESS..Scott Pilgrim vs. The World. I am admitting that I am NOT looking forward to watching a movie focused on Michael Cera for I feel he is a no talent actor along with the rest of the cast that I have read is in it. But I shall review it with my best neutral opinions, rate it on it's merit and quality. I shall review the movie based on the following:
Quality of the Over all Story : Is there a plot that is actually understandable to the viewer or is it SOOO hard to discover that I loose interest halfway through
Acting ability: Does the abilities of the actors/actresses make me want to bash my head against a stone wall because I am reminded of Twilight acting skill?
Originality:Am I going to be shocked and awed by this movies creative level?
Overall rating:any other points that I find in the movie or things I need to point out while I am reviewing
So that is the basic template I'll use when reviewing movies; books and anime I'll give a different template for but I'll disclose that later until my review is complete I bid everyone a farewell and till next time
update--8/20----NOT gonna be reviewing Scott Pilgrim, I realized as I was downloading it, I REALLY don't wanna submit myself to the torture that is Michael Cera plus a cast of horribly cliche' characters fighting over a girl with neon colored hair to a HORRIBLE plot, I shall instead review Twilight Eclipse (which I hate as well but I like it over Michael Cera...at least they TRY to make their murder of a book pass as something decent)
For a while I am going to dive into the world of reviewing movies/animes/books/ and other things of entertainment (not music because it is too subjective and I am a biased music listener)
And for people who are curious one of my very first reviews of a movie is going to be the SUPPOSEDLY EPIC EPIC OF EPICNESS..Scott Pilgrim vs. The World. I am admitting that I am NOT looking forward to watching a movie focused on Michael Cera for I feel he is a no talent actor along with the rest of the cast that I have read is in it. But I shall review it with my best neutral opinions, rate it on it's merit and quality. I shall review the movie based on the following:
Quality of the Over all Story : Is there a plot that is actually understandable to the viewer or is it SOOO hard to discover that I loose interest halfway through
Acting ability: Does the abilities of the actors/actresses make me want to bash my head against a stone wall because I am reminded of Twilight acting skill?
Originality:Am I going to be shocked and awed by this movies creative level?
Overall rating:any other points that I find in the movie or things I need to point out while I am reviewing
So that is the basic template I'll use when reviewing movies; books and anime I'll give a different template for but I'll disclose that later until my review is complete I bid everyone a farewell and till next time
update--8/20----NOT gonna be reviewing Scott Pilgrim, I realized as I was downloading it, I REALLY don't wanna submit myself to the torture that is Michael Cera plus a cast of horribly cliche' characters fighting over a girl with neon colored hair to a HORRIBLE plot, I shall instead review Twilight Eclipse (which I hate as well but I like it over Michael Cera...at least they TRY to make their murder of a book pass as something decent)
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Hello to who ever reads this,
I guess I should start by explaining that as of this word (that one there, the word 'word' NOT THE BIRD) I am still trying to figure out what the hell to even Blog about. I admit this blog was originally going to be a place for me to rant, rave, carry on like a looney tune but sadly I disliked that idea and wiped it clean and am starting over.
I also guess I should introduce myself. I have a few nicknames and a birth name. I go by most of them, but on here I'll use the name I use when I write. Orion Flyheart. But to keep it friendly call me Orion. I am what I like to think is an average random person you'd probably walk by without a second glance on the street if we bumped into each other. I do not really stand out from the normal long haired, dark eyed computer geek, guitarist, anime nerd and writer that I guess I fall into group wise.
I remember when I first signed up to get a blog, I originally thought that I'd some how be as amazing as people like That Guy with the Glasses, the Amazing Atheist, and the rest of the famous vloggers, bloggers and people online who just love to do random shit and get a living out of it. (Even if it started out as a hobby)
So I guess I shall spend this entry thinking of something to Blogg about. Hmmm I could spend time on the fact that I love playing my Fender Starcaster Guitar (or any guitar really but mine more because it is mine, and I got it for my birthday and it is special to me) or that I love the Kingdom Hearts Series of video games that are out for sale everywhere. Then again I could spend this entry talking about how drop dead sexy I might be in real life because I play guitar, have long hair and love the 80's rock music genre and feel like I could probably have lived then and functioned far better then this decade.
But I won't because well that is too cliche, to spend so much time on myself like that. I would ask to talk about you the person reading these typed words assigning in your head a disembodied voice to them unless you know me personally then you hear my voice reading this to you as if I was speaking. Enough of that for now. I digress I shall take this moment to say this random bit of information. I am envious of my cousin Joey who is a guitarist in a signed band and that he is successful on guitar, I love him to death as cousins should but I still envy him ha.
Now onto another topic, hmm, *insert a given time to pause and ponder on something to talk about* Well I guess I could tell you that I like to claim that I am a writer. I have spent the past eight to ten years writing one book series if you would. The story has developed far more then I have in that amount of time. However today as I re read all I have finished till now I feel that it is not going to get any better then I have it now.(If your mind gets curious you can ask for me to give the link to check it out on Deviant Art or you can just ask or something to talk about it in a later blog or something.)
Well, I guess I shall stop this before I over draw the random thoughts I am putting here. I shall probably do another entry at some point and try figuring out something to make this blog over all about, I mean I'll do random blog entries like this here and there but I feel a general topic is needed.
I guess I should start by explaining that as of this word (that one there, the word 'word' NOT THE BIRD) I am still trying to figure out what the hell to even Blog about. I admit this blog was originally going to be a place for me to rant, rave, carry on like a looney tune but sadly I disliked that idea and wiped it clean and am starting over.
I also guess I should introduce myself. I have a few nicknames and a birth name. I go by most of them, but on here I'll use the name I use when I write. Orion Flyheart. But to keep it friendly call me Orion. I am what I like to think is an average random person you'd probably walk by without a second glance on the street if we bumped into each other. I do not really stand out from the normal long haired, dark eyed computer geek, guitarist, anime nerd and writer that I guess I fall into group wise.
I remember when I first signed up to get a blog, I originally thought that I'd some how be as amazing as people like That Guy with the Glasses, the Amazing Atheist, and the rest of the famous vloggers, bloggers and people online who just love to do random shit and get a living out of it. (Even if it started out as a hobby)
So I guess I shall spend this entry thinking of something to Blogg about. Hmmm I could spend time on the fact that I love playing my Fender Starcaster Guitar (or any guitar really but mine more because it is mine, and I got it for my birthday and it is special to me) or that I love the Kingdom Hearts Series of video games that are out for sale everywhere. Then again I could spend this entry talking about how drop dead sexy I might be in real life because I play guitar, have long hair and love the 80's rock music genre and feel like I could probably have lived then and functioned far better then this decade.
But I won't because well that is too cliche, to spend so much time on myself like that. I would ask to talk about you the person reading these typed words assigning in your head a disembodied voice to them unless you know me personally then you hear my voice reading this to you as if I was speaking. Enough of that for now. I digress I shall take this moment to say this random bit of information. I am envious of my cousin Joey who is a guitarist in a signed band and that he is successful on guitar, I love him to death as cousins should but I still envy him ha.
Now onto another topic, hmm, *insert a given time to pause and ponder on something to talk about* Well I guess I could tell you that I like to claim that I am a writer. I have spent the past eight to ten years writing one book series if you would. The story has developed far more then I have in that amount of time. However today as I re read all I have finished till now I feel that it is not going to get any better then I have it now.(If your mind gets curious you can ask for me to give the link to check it out on Deviant Art or you can just ask or something to talk about it in a later blog or something.)
Well, I guess I shall stop this before I over draw the random thoughts I am putting here. I shall probably do another entry at some point and try figuring out something to make this blog over all about, I mean I'll do random blog entries like this here and there but I feel a general topic is needed.
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