Art whoring!

Just showing off some of my art work...I do doodle.  I mean that is that I do do doodles.

anyway yeah just taking up the blog as a soap box to show off me stuff

Bowser King of Koopas

 

Air brush of Harly Quinn I did after seeing Dark Knight

Betty Paige Vampire Sorceress

The Martian Manhunter

And I'll end with some good blasphemy

Mysticism in Science

My SO and I saw 9 a week or two ago.  It as an enjoyable movie, had some fun elements, but was weak in some areas.  The SO mentioned an anti-science bias message she noticed that troubled her a bit (feel free to beat me if I misrepresent you, babe).  We sort of waved it away and accepted the movie as a mixed bag, visuals alone worth seeing, but that sort of puts it in the level of impressive experimental film or proof of concept rather than a truly great animated masterpiece like Up.  We still loved 9 as an alternate time line alchemy story, but I have to admit I was disappointed that the twist revelation was 'the soul' and 'alchemy' over something more unique.  It's not like the harder sci-fi hasn't presented more than enough actual technological stand ins for the soul or magic that you couldn't have made something surprising.  I can't help compare it to The Secret of NIHM which added mystical elements to the story but wasn't virulently anti-science when it came to it (least not as I can remember), or Full Metal Alchemist where the story setting is a place where the magic of alchemy works as if it was scientific (ie has set rules and principles stated or at least implied). 

 He Fried for Your Sins

Anyway I thought I'd link to this article sort of bitching about the ascience in it as well.  I'm not really knee jerky about this sort of thing, it doesn't bother me too much as I can accept fully psionics and the soul showing up in Babylon 5 or the force in Starwars, but for some reason the message of 'science is bad' keeps seeming to regurgitate back into my craw when I think about 9.  Not NEARLy as much as it did in the Bones premiere but...still.  I want to know what do you think?  Did 9 have a strong "SCIENCE BAD" message?  Can you think of any other kid movies that did?  What's the line between soft sci-fi and pro-mysticism propaganda?

Hey!  Glen Beck's in this movie!

Mysticism in Sci-fi?

Out of Context Quote of the Week: 1

Starting a new trend, out of context quotes I find....so here we go

"He brought several of the novelty noses for his crew mates, and has also said he will tickle them as they sleep."

try to guess the context and leave your guess in the comments page.  No peaking now!

Religion does NOT make you good pt1

Ok I promise this'll be the last Beck post until he does somthing really stupid, but I had to share this.






Wow, Beck must be REALLY poor now.  Beck falls into a major misconception I see in people.  The notion that if you're an asshole and a jerk and a junkie that if you stop doing drugs and go to church you'll be a good person.  Nope.  Beck you're as big an asshole and jerk as you were on the drugs.  The drugs were not your problem.  The drugs were a symptom.  The problem is that you're an ogre.  You're career has been Hobbian "Nasty, Brutish, and (God willing) Short".  The only difference now is that you have people SAYING you're good for being a douche in the name of Joseph Smith/God.  Suck my pouch Beck.  You're a horrible horrible man and if our society was sane we would shun you for your hatred and vileness. 

On a side note....does Beck sound a bit like The Joker from Dark Knight?






Just saying.

Morality is it's own Reward.

Back to what this Blog is and should be about. Wanking philisophical using kiddish media to illustrate. And what could be more kiddish than stick figures!?

The Order of the Stick is a web and print comic created, written and drawn by Rich Burlew.  Burlew is a writer and game designer type person for some of the various D&D related products, he is also an artist though most people fail to realize that from his chosen style.  OOTS is a comic set in a world where D&D game mechanics form the law of physics.  Burlew has a great understanding of both the letter and spirit of the rules, and utilizes that to both demonstrate good technique and satire the silliness in general.  Fortunately the series is fun enough that not being a gamer should be no determent to anyone (I actually picked up a lot of my fandom of D&D and knowledge of it's rules from reading the game so...yeah).

The story is about a group of adventurers, Roy Greenhilt the human genius bruiser fighter, V the genderly ambiguous Elf wizard, Haley the beautiful human rogue and theif, Belkar Bitterleaf the sociopathic and psychopathic chaotic evil halfling (yes like a Hobbit...it's Bilbo Baggins on crack), Elan, the ditzy but loveable human bard and Durrkon the wise yet foolish dwarf cleric as the party seeks to stop a team of evil lead by Xykon the camp evil Litch and his Lt. The Goblin rights activist Redcloak from unleashing untold destruction on their silly satirical world.

Sure, it's both funny and epic envoking pathos and laughter.  To quote my one friend "the fucker made me shed tears over a goddamn stick figure".  So yeah this is all well and good, but why do I bring it up?

Well because, Burlew puts some insightful social and philisophical commentary in the work.  One notable arc in particular I think demonstrates the usefulness and benefits of a minimum of morality (ie at least following the bare minimum.) more than any other work.  People often wonder why folks who don't believe in God don't go around murdering, stealing, rapeing, etc...well this arc answers it.

First we have to start off with Belkar who..um goes around murdering stealing etc (Chaotic Evil and all that).  Now back story is that due to his dickishness, a King had a Mark of Justice put on him, basically until it is removed evil acts trigger him to become sick beyond all belief.  As one might imagine it didn't last too long before the curse was triggered.

Thus in a fever dream while pinned down by enemies, the spirit of said King appears to Belkar's delirious mind...

click for larger versions. 

King Shojo speaks great wisdom there.  You have to be able to at least live with other people if you want them to well, let you live.  Belkar want's to continue being a selfish little prick, but here realizes he can't do that unless he becomes a team player.  Unless he tones back his destructiveness to a level where people can tolerate him he's going to be SOL.  So Belkar becomes more co-operative, gets the curse removed and helps out his team mates.  What's his reward?

SANDWICHES AND SEX WITH A HOT CHICK!!!!  Ahhhhhhhhhh morality indeed has it's perks.

OOTS is owned by Rich Burlew, check out his site Giant in the Playground for more awesome comics and cool merchandise. 

~ON THE RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIISE!~

Hey, remember that guy who played that kid as a kid who was smart and stuff and was on the tv as a doctor and then wasn't and now is on the tv as an adult playing that guy who likes the sex with the girls which is kinda ironic cause in real life he's a guy that likes guys!?

 BAD HORSE!

So remember when he recently played that guy who was a supervillian mad scientist that sang?....and got his ass kicked by Mal from firefly!?

The hammer is his penis

Well he did a guest voice for the cartoon Brave and the Bold.  Brave and the Bold is a call back to the more silver age 1960s like Batman and comic...only it's still kinda good in a good camp sort of way.  Anyway here's the footage!  It is indeed fabulous!

Health Care Video.

My favoritest chanel on youtube has done a video explaining the Health Care public option....so simple a caveman could understand!

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