Well the much anticipated release of Dragonlance - Dragons of Autumn Twilight was On Jan 15th. I have finally had a chance to see it. Here is my review of the film (no spoilers).

Casting - The major members of the party are the only ones that I will be rating.

Michael Rosenbaum - Tanthalas ‘Tanis’ Half-Elven (voice) Rating - 3/5
Kiefer Sutherland - Raistlin Majere (voice) - Rating 5/5
Lucy Lawless - Goldmoon (voice) - Rating 4/5
Fred Tatasciore - Flint Fireforge / Fewmaster Toede (voice) Flint Rating 1/5 Fewmaster Rating 4/5
Michelle Trachtenberg - Tika (voice) - Rating 3/5
Rino Romano - Caramon Majere (voice) - Rating 0/5 WTF Someone had a brain fart here.
Jason Marsden - Tasslehoff Burrfoot (voice) - Rating 3/5
Neil Ross - Fizban The Fabulous (voice) - Rating 2/5
Marc Worden - Sturm Brightblade (voice) - Rating 2/5
Phil LaMarr - Riverwind / Gilthanas (voice) - Rating 3/5

The Good

Finally there is a release of a movie based on a book that kept so true to the story. The unfortunate thing with this movie is that the rest of the production did not live up to the potential of the story. Here are the reasons for the previous statement.

The Bad

1. Poor blend of 3D and traditional animation styles. This is a tricky method of producing a film and this one was just not done right. The stylized characters did not match the CG Draconians and Dragons in the film.
2. Awkward animation, very jerky and not fluid. With todays technology including motion-capture and photo realistic rendering It’s disappointing that a story with such potential ended up looking the way this production did. It looked like animation from the 80’s reminiscent of the original LOTR Cartoon.
3. Poor camera work and angles. This stems back to the poor blend of 2D and 3D animation techniques. With 3D techniques there is no limit to the work with the camera. Why this production did not make use of the available technology today is beyond me.
4. Poor selection of music for the score, not much else I can say about that.
5. Acting, with the list of actors in the movie I would have expected better voice acting. It seemed like the actors had no emotional bond with the characters. Very much like reading from a script and not living the part.

Overall I have to fail this movie considering the era of its release. If released in the 80’s this movie might have been acceptable but as an animator and artist myself I am extremely disappointed in the production quality of the film. I was hoping for so much more

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9 Things I Hate About Everyone

1. People who point at their wrist while asking for the time…. I
know where my watch is pal, where the hell is yours? Do I point at
my crotch when I ask where the toilet is?

2. People who are willing to get off their ass to search the
entire room for the T.V. remote because they refuse to walk to the
T.V. and change the channel manually.

3. When people say “Oh you just want to have your cake and eat it
too”. Damn right! What good is cake if you can’t eat it?

4. When people say “it’s always the last place you look”. Of
course it is. Why the hell would you keep looking after you’ve
found it? Do people do this? Who and where are they? Gonna Kick
their asses!

5. When people say while watching a film “did you see that?”. No
Loser, I paid $12 to come to the cinema and stare at the damn
floor.

6. People who ask “Can I ask you a question?”…. Didn’t really
give me a choice there, did ya sunshine?

7. When something is ‘new and improved!’. Which is it? If it’s
new, then there has never been anything before it. If it’s an
improvement, then there must have been something before it,
couldn’t
be new.

8. When people say “life is short”. What the hell?? Life is the
longest damn thing anyone ever does!! What can you do that’s
longer?

9. When you are waiting for the bus and someone asks “Has the bus
come yet?”. If the bus came would I be standing here, dumbass?

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Cornhole, Corn Toss, Bags, Bean Bag Toss, Tumor Toss, Sacks and Holes, or Baggo is a game in which players take turns pitching small bags filled with corn (or sand or beans) at a raised platform with a hole in the far end. These platforms are usually plywood sometimes plastic and either all white or decorated with a team name or any other custom creation. A corn bag in the hole scores 3 points, while one on the platform scores 1 point. Play continues until a player reaches the score of 21. The platforms measure 4 feet (1.2 m)×2 ft (0.6 m). The Cornhole platforms are set 30ft from hole to hole while the player can stand anywhere from no further than the back of the platform but not any closer than the front of the platform.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corn_hole

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EVERYONE NEEDS TO READ ALL OF THIS and HAVE CHILDREN READ IT TOO!
After tossing her books on the sofa, she decided to grab a snack and get on-line. She logged on under her screen name ByAngel213. She checked her Buddy List and saw GoTo123 was on. She sent him an instant message:

ByAngel213:
Hi. I’m glad you are on! I thought someone was following me home today. It was really weird!

GoTo123:
LOL You watch too much TV. Why would someone be following you?
Don’t you live in a safe neighborhood?
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