New Years

Happy New Year everyone.

I caught Avatar in 3D with my family the other day. It was interesting to see in 3D but I don't know if the 3D as amazing as everyone makes it out to be. I've never been a huge fan of 3D, it can be distracting and it dims the picture so the colors aren't as vibrant. Avatar for the most part uses 3D the way I think it should be used, that it that it adds depth to the picture rather than throwing things out at you from the screen, And yet there are still moments where James Cameron (that's the writer and director of Avatar) seems to not be able to resist throwing something at his audience.
I didn't notice this in the 2D version, but when you have dirt, or grenade clips, flying out you it is distracting and frankly took me out of the movie. Avatar also sometimes suffers from overload of things in the foreground. I didn't notice this in the 2D version, and really most of the time it's not a problem in the 3D version, but there are times that because of the framing and the objects in the foreground that things look a bit funny. After some thought on I think that if you plan on seeing Avatar 2D may be the way to go. I was excited to see it in 3D because a number of the movie critics I read said that the 3D was amazing, and while it's good and you can certainly still enjoy the movie with it, there are moments where it's too distracting. My family seemed to feel the same way, they seemed to enjoy it but commented on how they don't like when weapons and things poke out at you from the screen.

No comic on Monday, I'll be back in Idaho and getting things ready for the upcoming semester, I suspect that I will be back to my regular schedule on the following week though.

No comic today. Check back New Year's Eve. I'm going to try to have something up for New Year's. I had a rather nice Christmas back home with the family. I received a new camera which I am excited about. I'll be able to start taking pictures again. I hope your Christmas was awesome as well.

Merry Christmas

Hope your Christmas is excellent.

Sliced Bread

Check back on Christmas Eve for another Christmas themed comic.

I went Avatar with some friends on opening day. It's good. The special effects are amazing. Probably the best computer animation I've seen, it looks incredibly realistic. The story is fairly predictable. It's similar to some stories that have been done like Dances with Wolves, or Pocahontas, but with a Science Fiction twist. Really though there wasn't a moment in this movie that I did not know where the plot was going, but I have to say I was never bored, always absorbed and this is a nearly three hour long movie. I saw it in 2D, but from what I understand the 3D is amazing and I'll likely see it a second time so I can experience it in 3D.

I also went to see The Box yesterday. The Box is based off an old Twilight Zone episode about a couple who receive a mysterious box with a button on top. The man who delivers it tells them that if they press the button then someone they don't know will die and they'll receive a million dollars. The Twilight Zone episode more or less plays out in first thirty minutes of the movie and after that it goes off in a new direction. There is a lot of strange things in this movie, and I'm sure there's some things that I missed. But it was interested in how it played out. I enjoyed the film over all but I thought the ending was not entirely satisfying. This one may benefit from a second viewing.

http://www.preilly-paul.blogspot.com/ There's a lot going on at my other blog. You'll find my latest news package on a Music Improv. class that was taught here at BYU-I. Also a supplementary video I did that goes over the improv. games used in the class, a improv. tutorial that I found on Youtube, a poll that you can participate in, and a cool widget that helps with writing music.
I also redid the video that I posted before this newest one. You'll find the new version just below the old version.

I didn't get around to recording a new podcast.

Have a great week.

Grant's Tomb

Well, it's been a busy week, but I still managed to get a Christmas themed banner up on the blog and a new comic done. Originally I thought I'd have William go through a list things like he did in this past comic but then I thought that I'd rather not and that I should just get to the point of what the joke is going to come off of. So here you go.

I'm not sure when I'll have updates on my other blogs for sure, but there will be some coming this week. I'll have links posted next week for sure. Currently I'm working on a revision of the last video I posted, as well as a new story and some supplemental material to go with it, and if I manage to find the time, I'll have a new podcast up too. It is finals week this coming week though so whether I'll find the time for the podcast I don't know.

Swings

Well even though in Idaho it's pretty much winter (temperatures here have been having trouble getting above freezing) I wanted this comic to look more like fall. I noticed I hadn't really been showing any sort of seasonal change in my comic so I decided it was about time I did that, especially since I did a Thanksgiving comic. So here we have Amy and William dressed for chilly weather, and William gets a different shirt, putting his shirt count up to two. Though it's really more a sweater, 'cause he's wearing his regular shirt underneath.

http://preilly-paul.blogspot.com/ I'll have my next project finished and up later today. I interviewed my roommate who works as a TA, for a physics lab.

http://preilly-paul.blogspot.com/ My next podcast is up. It's about possible trouble for the planned fourth Jason Bourne movie.