Star Blecch from MAD TV

Cool! Continuing MAD's tradition of satirising all the Trek films, only animated! This is the MAD parody of JJ Abrams' 2009 version of "Star Trek". Thanks Youtube, and Robert Bruns for the heads-up.


Star Blecch

It was a dark and foggy night...

Walking back home from seeing the animated movie, "Cars 2", last night, Penrith was becoming blanketed in an eerie fog.

By the way, the best things about "Cars 2" were the hilarious "Toy Story" vacation short that ran before the movie (Barbie and Ken are such dorks), and the closing credits. Not a good sign for "Cars 2".

Third time's the charm?

I'm ready for checking out "Toy Story 3" in 3D tomorrow! Welcome to Lotso, Peas in a Pod, Mr Pricklepants and Buttercup!


"Lotso, Buzz and Woody in "Toy Story 3".

Xtra Normal for extraordinary animations!

Wow! I literally spent only about 20 minutes on the above animation, using a free site called Xtra Normal.

The possibilities are... endless!

Feeling UP

Making sure I didn't feel too down on a lonely Friday night, I went to see "Up", the new Pixar animated film which finally started its Australian release recently. The trailers had not really revealed much about the storyline, so I was curious. (This was the movie that knocked Star Trek off its perch in the US, IRC, but it's arrived here much later.)

I added a note to Facebook re my intentions with my iPhone - and before I arrived at the cinema I had several brief incoming reviews and recommendations from friends! The immediacy of the Internet!

Yeah, it was okay, but not a world-beater. The 3D is quite stunning - make sure you see it in 3D; not every screening is being done that way! Some wonderfully animated sequences, and I really loved the Pixar pre-feature short about clouds and storks.