“‘It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,’ message Spock?” After bringing back Star Trek with the rather cerebral (V’ger) Star Trek the Motion Picture, and beginning the belief that we do not speak of the odd numbered movies, they were able to create a film that to me is a masterpiece that all Star Trek (and many sequels) have to live up to. What they did right: New uniforms, soundtrack, tying it back to the original series, having a more character driven story… I could go on. This is the film that introduced us to the Kobayashi Maru test which was an amazing way to start off. It is so iconic that for a second film in the reboot they had to bring back Khan, to show how this alternate universe is different. If they hadn’t put Khan in “Into the Darkness” there would be speculation on every film as to when Khan would show up. So do what everyone expects, and now you can move on. Which I hope they do. I’ll stop gushing over how much I like “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan” Let’s just say it makes it on my top films to rewatch… even with the bagpipes.
Category: Blogposts
Posts not connected to a comic… sometimes information, sometimes just ranting, it’s a bit of a gamble when you read these.
A Year in MINIons- MINIon #5160
I grew up watching the Flintstones in syndication, this just seemed appropriate.
A Year in MINIons- MINIon #0039
You’ve got red on you. I remember walking through London and seeing posters for this film “A love story with zombies” I wasn’t into zombie films, but it looked interesting. I knew I wouldn’t use my limited time in England to sit in a movie theater, so I figured I would just skip it. Lucky for me it ended up coming across the pond. While others have tried to make a zombie romantic comedy I really think the only one to succeed was Shaun of the Dead.
A Year in MINIons- MINIon #6981
Yes, It’s kinda a minifig. I was looking around my studio for inspiration and I saw my LEGO Club magazine. I know I’ve already done one MINIon based on The LEGO Movie but thought Emmett would be AWESOME.
A Year in MINIons- MINIon #0068
Good bye! What am you looking at? Me am Bizarrook #1…
I think I better give up talking in Bizarro talk, it’s harder than it looks. We all know Cecil cloned himself a few times (hence all the MINIons), we also might remember that he had a few failed attempts (Mongo aka Failed Cloning Experiment # 6). So taking one of the many origins of Bizarro Superman (failed clone by Lex Luthor) I ended up here. I have been reading the recent Bizarro mini-series and think it’s great and something people should try out. Me hope you hate it.
A Year in MINIons- MINIon #0048
OK If you aren’t a Marvel comics fan, or at least aa reader of the now defunct Fantastic Four, you might not recognize this guy. As far as villains go, he’s probably the ultimate bad guy. You see this guy eats planets. He’s tried to eat Earth a couple times and ends up being thwarted (villains hate to be thwarted) by those meddling kids and their dumb dog… or the maybe it was the Avengers, Fantastic Four, or X-Men. You name a group they’ve probably gone up against him. Most recently Squirrel Girl had her chance to thwart him. Yes, Squirrel Girl… it’s actually a rather good comic, I recommend it.
A Year in MINIons- MINIon #6789
Why was six afraid of seven? Because seven eight nine! Happy National Tell an Old Joke Day! “Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, you’ve been a wonderful audience. I’ll be here all week. Try the veal. And don’t forget to tip your servers”
A Year in MINIons- MINIon #∑
Yesterday I returned from what has been called my annual Teacher Summer Camp. Three days at Indiana State University in Terre Haute. The Extending Teacher Creativity Workshop is a way for Lilly Fellows to socialize, get ready for the new school year, and learn something new. Over the years it has evolved. I first attended in 2002, which makes me old. Cecil attends with me (his first appearance was in 2008) and usually gets the royal treatment, that includes multiple kidnapping attempts. What happens when you put a bunch of very creative people together? Ungodly horrors that mankind was never meant to experience and creme brûlée French toast. We actually get a chance to take some time and learn a new skill, practice an old one, or prepare for school. So today’s MINIon is in honor of Jim McClain, creator of Solution Squad, friend, and Lilly Fellow, who had to go through the hazing in Tier One. For those of you who don’t know Solution Squad, it’s a comic book in which a team of young heroes keep the world safe by using Math based super powers (Jim’s a middle school Math teacher). So while I was learning how to better use colored pencils I took a break and drew this MINIon- Sigma and that about sums it up.
A Year in MINIons- MINIon #1995
Umm… working in an elementary school it’s interesting how you can keep track of the fads going around. Usually anything that you hear a school banning must mean it is really popular, popular enough to “disrupt the educational environment.” Huh? So let me get this straight. If kids are really into something, we forbid it at school? Wouldn’t it be better to ride the wave and use it to get kids hooked on learning? I’ll admit, I never understood the appeal of Pokemon, but I didn’t tell my students that they couldn’t bring in cards and I even tried to figure it out. Go Magikarp! When Beanie Babies were all the rage, my class conducted a census at the school to determine how many there actually were. then how long of a line they would make, how much of a classroom would they fill, you get the idea. The students were engaged and learning math concepts! Other fads have come and gone, right now it’s Minecraft, (banned or at least blocked at most schools) educators are finally figuring out how to jump on the bandwagon and hopefully help kids see that what they are learning ties back into something they love. Oh, and when I went to an education session at a recent conference, the presenter was still talking about Pokemon as a hook, guess I better hunt down my old deck and my Gameboy.
A Year in MINIons- MINIon #1972
Yes, I grew up in 80’s. As I have said to many of my musically inclined friends, “I don’t know much, but I know what know, if you know what I mean.” So if you asked me what music I like- I really can’t say. It’s a weird mix. If you ask me my favorite band, I don’t know. I hear something and I like it. Puccini’s Nessun Dorma from Turandot, can bring tears to my eyes. I can sing along (poorly) to all the stuff I grew up with which ends up being a lot of Peter, Paul, and Mary. As for most other music, I just know what I like. When MINI asked me to do the comic for MTTS 2010, they mentioned a song that they were using and if I could tie that in… I had to google the song.