Videos - What kind of private school would let in these kind of guys?

In the same vein as the Literal Take On Me video.  The singer isn't the greatest, but the lyrics definitely capture the WTF-ery that is the music video for Total Eclipse of the Heart.  Seriously, what's up with half that stuff?

By the same guy, here's the funnier Literal Penny Lane video.  "Let's not ride these horses in the street, we'll get hit by that bus."

The Zany Bishojo Evalana Finally Gets Around to Answering You - Part Two

(image from Carlos Illustration)
Max Jordan asked, "On Sushi Pack, do you think Mochi could be a good guy just as easily as a bad guy?"

The way that Sushi Pack is written, I could easily see most of the villains making a heel face turn.  Mochi in particular, though, I can easily see going either way.  That is, I can see her either being a part of the Pack in her own right, or just pretending to, essentially becoming a mole for the Legion.  But she'd do either one with a smile on her face, so you'd never really know what she's thinking.

He also asked, "Remember that ep when Titanium Chef fired the legion? If that had been real, what do see each member of the legion doing with themselves?"

Well, if they didn't become members of the Sushi Pack (and they probably wouldn't, just on general principle), then they might form their own group, probably still under the name The Legion of Low Tide, that fought crime.  Or committed them.  I mean, really, I doubt they need the Titanium Chef to be evil.  And I don't really see them splitting up or anything.  All they have is each other, really.

That said, here are the totally random things I imagine them doing if they really did split up:

Mochi - A survey lady at the mall

Fugu - Working at Radio Shack

Toro - Masked wrestler!

Uni - Has his own radio show

Unagi - Works at the local science museum giving electricity demonstrations

Hope that answers your questions, Max.

What I Watch - Once Upon a Mattress

I recently got around to watching the 2005 TV-movie version of Once Upon a Mattress (there were TV versions from the 60's and 70's, but I haven't seen those), and while I thought it was okay, a lot of the time it felt like "Mattress Lite" to me.  I mean, I love the Original Broadway Cast album to death (not literally.  My copy is still alive and kicking), so I knew that I wasn't going to be entirely satisfied with it, but so much has been cut out to make it fit into 90 minutes.  And while there are some awesome people in it--Tom Smothers, Edward Hibbert, Zooey Deschanel--they really have very little to do here, with the exceptions of Carol Burnett and Tracey Ullman.  And I don't know if I'll ever get over what they did to "Normandy."  I mean, it's hard to buy it as a song about a honeymoon destination when you know that it was originally a song about where Lady Larkin was planning to run away to avoid showing she was a "maternal bride-to-be."

Of course, there were a few things I liked.  The costumes are ah-mazing!  I have so much love for the costumes, I can't tell you.  The choreography is very good, too.  And I like the idea of casting Dauntless older (like in his forties), since it makes the entire kingdom's desperation so much more palpable.  Since part of the conceit of the show is that no one is allowed to get married until the prince does, you can bet that everyone in this version is pulling for Winifred to pass the test.  And while Tracey Ullman is great in the part of the titular princess, I'm still not sure how I feel about that British accent.  

...Is it truly terrible that the reason I finally got around to watching this is because Matthew Morrison is in it, and I wanted to see more of him after watching the Glee preview?

Late Night Video - My AMV?

And a late night it is.  However, tonight's video is very special because it is one I made.  You see, back when I went ahead and watched Barbie and the Diamond Castle, I got the idea to make an AMV featuring Lydia.  It was actually a completely different song, but then I watched an AMV set to "In the Dark of the Night" from Anastasia, and thinking about it later, I realized that it fit Lydia pretty well, too.  This video, however, is only a small bit of the song, since I found that the song may fit the movie, but the movie itself doesn't have the greatest footage to match the lyrics.  At this point, I'm optimistic that I can figure out the rest of it (except for the beginning.  I have no clue how to do that), but just in case I never do, I wanted to get this up.

The Zany Bishojo Finally Gets Around to Answering You - Part One

Prudence asked, "Your thoughts on the Rainbow Brite remake?"

Frankly, I don't really have any thoughts on it.  The original Rainbow Brite series was slightly before my time, so I don't have the same nostalgic feelings for it that I have for some other series currently making a comeback.  So far it looks like it's going to be a toy-only comeback, and I'm really not that interested in dolls and the like without having some other media to back them up.  I might get more interested once the online content debuts, but Rainbow's new look seems kind of generic to me, so we'll see.  I do like the look of that wand in the first image there, but I probably wouldn't buy a toy of it, though.

Strawberry Shortcake Books

While I continue to fail in my quest to pin down the exact date that the Strawberry Shortcake movie, "Sky's the Limit" will come out (I've heard sometime in July and September 15th), I did make a discovery today that totally made up for it.  A little while ago, Amazon listed three books for the upcoming revamp, but didn't post any cover pictures (not surprising, since the books don't come out until mid-October).  I just happened to check today, and found to my surprise that not only had the covers been posted, but short synopsi as well.

The second is just the same art that was debuted last year, but the first one features the 2D debut of Pupcake and a Berrykin, and the third has Orange Blossom in a different outfit.  But all three make me very happy because while the CGI style looks nice, the 2D style is ten times cuter (which is also my official opinion on AiCaL's styles).

American Idol - Season 8 Finale

Tuesday:

• 20:03 Last of these until next year. If I do it again next year. 
• 20:04 First one I'm doing on my new iPod touch, too. 
• 20:05 Three songs, eh? 
• 20:10 That hat makes Adam look like an elf or something 
• 20:11 He sounds better singing Mad World this time than last. 
• 20:16 I agree with Simon that it was Phantom-like. 
• 20:18 Still not crazy about Kris' pick. 
• 20:22 Have to admit, he *does* have an intimate performance style. 
• 20:27 I never heard of this song, Change is Gonna Come. Why's he screaming it? 
• 20:37 I don't know this song either, but Kris sounds good singing it. 
• 20:40 Whoa! Was Simon wearing that suit earlier? First I've noticed, but it's hot! 
• 20:45 Man, Adam is pitchy. 
• 20:55 The band isn't playing right for Kris, says Mom. 
• 20:56 Kris seems to be putting more into his performance than Adam did.

Wednesday:

• 20:00 Final results show! 
• 20:04 Heh @ the Randy "for me for you" montage. 
• 20:06 The Paula one was good, too, but the other two weren't that great. 
• 20:09 Great to see the girls again. 
• 20:11 Man, did I miss the girls. 
• 20:24 Yeah for Nick/Norman winning Best Outstanding Male 
• 20:25 He doesn't look right without the glasses, though. 
• 20:41 My sister hasn't watched all season so when Anoop showed up on screen, she asked if he was Jason Mraz. 
• 20:43 Little did we know the real Jason Mraz would show up. 
• 20:47 Geh, I hate this song. Always makes me have to pee. 
• 20:54 I figured Bikini Girl would get Best Attitude. 
• 21:07 My sister can't get over the shiny miles. Those are made right here in CT, you know. 
• 21:07 Gokey is sounding good tonight. 
• 21:17 What are those things on Adam's shoulders?! 
• 21:21 He fits on well with Kiss, though. 
• 21:28 Fun times with Santana. 
• 21:32 I totally called Steve Martin. Didn't predict the banjo, though. 
• 21:40 That mustache is not a good look for Anoop. 
• 21:41 Oh, Rod Stewart, you sound terrible. 
• 21:48 Of course, Tatiana got Best Outstanding Female. 
• 22:01 And now, the moment of truth... 
• 22:02 Yaaay for Kris!!!!