As of late, on Saturday mornings, I've been tuning my tv to our local CW station to catch an hour of the Ninja Turtles cartoon.
Now I didn't like this cartoon when it first came out, because it was so VERY VERY different from the cartoon I grew up with.
But then I discovered that this current cartoon actually followed the darker tone of the original comic (which came before ANY of the cartoons and was in Black & White), to which I was like "There was a COMIC?!" O_O
So I checked it out and read the first issue online, and I was like "Holy CRAP, that's dark... How the hell did the 80s cartoon end up as it did?!"
So I gave the newer cartoon another shot, and now it's actually grown on me. (though I wish they'd show the episodes in some sort of chronological order, even if they ARE reruns. ><

This week, to commemorate the Turtles' 25th anniversary (yes, the franchise is that old) the CW made a movie called "Turtles Forever".
I first saw the commercial for this last week, and it got me really excited. Like GEEKY excited. You wanna know why? I'll tell you why.
The turtles of the current cartoon get to team up with the turtles from the 80s AND the turtles from the original comic to defeat the Shredder and stop him from destroying all the other universes.
And as you all probably know (and if you don't you haven't been paying attention) I'm an absolute SUCKER for crossovers. XD
So it was law that I get up on Saturday morning to catch this movie.

I just finished watching it this morning, and let me tell you, it was absolute HILARITY!!!
I about busted my gut several times seeing these goofy turtles that I grew up with driving the current turtles completely BONKERS with their cartoony antics.
Even the current version of Michelangelo couldn't stand it for very long. XD
Riding on the Turtle Blimp, he said to the 80s turtles "This is the lamest vehicle in the HISTORY of lame vehicles!"

At one part, the eight turtles were beating up on Hun and the Purple Dragons, and somewhere in there Hun says something and 80s Raph turns to the "camera" and says a witty reply (which he had done twice before in this movie).
Hun then picks up Raph and yells "WHY DO YOU KEEP DOING THAT?! WHO ARE YOU TALKING TO?!? THERE'S NO ONE HERE?!?!!!" and then tosses him into a wall. XD

And the Shredder..... Oh dear GOD, the Shredder. I never realized how WHINEY the 80s Shredder was until I saw him next to the current Shredder, who takes no BS from nobody, not even his other-verse counterpart or his supposed minions (Bebop, Rocksteady, and his ROBOTIC foot soldiers) or Krang (LOL Krang, what a joke). XD
And for those of you who follow the newer cartoon and haven't seen the movie, I won't spoil which incarnation of Shredder is the one they use in the movie.

*after-laugh sigh* It was radical, dudes! Cowabunga! XD

And then when they went into the Black and White world of the original comic, now THAT was interesting.
The city was all desolate. No people anywhere. O_O
And when they were fighting, Comic Leo was narrating everything they did, just like in the comic. lol XD
They even used some of the original lines from the first issue.

And the MAJOR contrast in the personalities of the three teams of Turtles was just incredible.
In comparison to the current cartoon's Turtles, the 80s Turtles are thrice as goofy as Mikey (even Raph), and the Comic turtles are thrice as stiff as Raph (even Mikey!).
But at the same time, they were all the same four turtles. Donny was still Donny, Leo was still Leo, Raph was still Raph, and Mikey was still Mikey.
I just about had a nerdgasm watching it all. XD


LOL, I'm such a loser.
I really do need to get a life. XP

I just discovered these two music groups on YouTube and they're both amazing.
Both bands do covers of video game/anime songs.


The first one it called The Red Wings, and they mostly do rock covers.
They don't have a lot up right now, but what they do have up is very pleasing to hear. ^_^
They only to video game music.
[link]


The second group I just discovered today, and they're called The Spoony Bards (yes, like the "spoony bard" line from FF4). [link]

Though they do have their own channel, most of their music can be found on other channels via video from their many many performances.
Such as this one. I'm not sure if this person's actually part of the band or what, but this channel has a LOT of Spoony Bard videos. Much of my playlist comes from this channel as well as the actual Spoony Bards channel.
[link]

They've covered SO many songs from both video games and anime, it's simply amazing. It's sad they don't have any of their works available for download.
They don't even have any actual mp3 quality music readily available to listen to aside from the very few they have up on their MySpace, so making a playlist of their various videos is the closest thing to it. XD

This has probably been up for a LONG time, but I only discovered this a few minutes ago...
Somebody went and uploaded the entire Gargoyles series on YouTube. (Yes, even the *UGH-gag* Goliath Chronicles *pukes*, though this person has it labeled as Season 3, even though it's a separate series altogether and NOT a season)

[link]

So anybody who hasn't watched the series yet (shame on you if you haven't) and doesn't have the first season DVDs on hand can go watch the whole thing there.

So...... GO WATCH IT!!!! Or Goliath will eat your face!!! D=<
OM NOM NOM!!!


P.S. Can you tell I'm not fond of the Goliath Chronicles?

My sis-in-law has gotten me into Facebook games...
And so far, she's one of only two or three people on my friends list that'll play with me on any of them. XD
So, I'm just wondering if any of my awesome watchers here on Deviant has a Facebook and would like to play with me there? =3
It would certainly make my gaming experience more fun if I had more friends to go bug. XD

Now, if you don't already have a Facebook, I'm not gonna go and ask you to make one just for my sake.
I'm well aware that a lot of people aren't really into things like Facebook or MySpace(which also has games, but not as much fun).
But if you like playing sociable games online, then come on over and friend me.