Media Blog #9

Dr. Tran, a so called "action star that can do anything". Here's a cartoon from the creators of the "Happy Tree Friends" series. it is about a little oriental boy named Tran who is being mistaking for being an action movie star. He is constantly be "harassed" by the voice over person. He is usually put into situations where he is trying to do something and the voice over man starts to bother him. He has a catch praise "I have to do chores " that he uses to try and get rid of the voice.

Media Blog #8

I'm On A Boat (feat. T-Pain)- The Lonely Island

This is a song that a friend of mine showed to me on youtube. I just thought of it as hilarious and i think some people would feel the same. This song just shows that with the right beat anything sounds good no matter what the person or people are singing about. Hope you enjoy it.

Blink-182 is born to be...

The second documentary was on another musical artist. They are Blink-182. The documentary was a show called "Born To Be". It cover the band history right up to their 2005 "indefinite hiatus". 

The history of the band started in 1992 when the bassist Mark Hoppus met Tom Delonge the future guitarist of Blink-182. The two became good friends and formed a band called "Ducktape" along with a friend Scott Raynor. Then later changed it to "blink" but due to a threat of legal action had to change it again but this time to blink-182. The 182 standing for the number of times Al Pacino said the F word in movie Scarface. 

Then in 1998 drummer Scott Raynor left the band and Travis Barker took the position. That's pretty much been the line-up ever since. Since Travis joined, the band has made three very successful albums Enema Of The State, Take Off Your Pants and Jacket, and the self-titled album. Each spawning single such as All The Small Things, What's My Age Again, The Rock Show, and I Miss You.

But shortly after their latest album Blink-182 called it quits because of some internal band argument over the future direction of the band. Then this year at the 51st Annual Grammies the band announced that they were getting back together and were going on tour this summer. 

So all's well that ends well.

The Real Gorillaz...

The first documentary that I watched was actually a mockumentary called "The Charts Of Darkness". It basically was a inside look at the people behind the Gorillaz. The Gorillaz is an animated rap/rock band from the U.K. They have seen commercial sucess all around the world and mainly in the U.S. with hits like Clint Eastwood, Tomorrow Comes Today, and most recently Feel Good Inc. off of their lastest album Demon Days. The "band" consist of fictional characters 2D, Noodle, Russel, and Murdoc. While the actual band consist of two people Damon Albam and Jamie Hewlett, who collabrate with many different artist to help with their songs.

In the documentary there was a man trying to figure out just who exactly were behind the Gorillaz and made it his mission to find out. So throughout the entire mockumentary the man is on a wild goose-chase. Only to find that he just missed them by a couple of days. Along the way he interviews countless people to better understand just who these people are.

While all this is going on Damon is going around and getting things together for their new album. This is where it gets kind of weird because we find out that Damon is living in a false reality and believes that the Gorillaz are really. He is seen booking hotel rooms and doing things for the band as if they were really.

Thats where the man (interviewer) comes to the conclusion that Damon is crazy and that everything is in his head. And That was the documentary on the Gorillaz.

Media Blog #7

Here is the trailer for the upcoming movie "Terminator: Salvation". This kind of a prequel and a continuation to the three movies before. The story starts in the future and goes back to the past. Thats where the story gets confusing , but the story is better if you watch all the movies so i won't spoil it for you people who have never seen a Terminator movie. Happy Watchings...