Suddenly, bananas

100% New Zealand presents… Ziggy!

2010-03-20T18:54:12Z

100% New Zealand invited filmmakers to pitch their ideas for a commercial about New Zealand. You may remember that David DeLatour entered.

One of the five finalist films, Sweet As, includes Milo Cawthorne in a bit part.

Check it out:
http://your-big-break.com/

Jungle Karma Pizza's Latest Merchandise

2010-03-17T04:13:32Z

Just in case there's a podcast out there looking for a new sponsor:

The inspiration:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hcp-qfixbc4

Apparently EVERYONE is the next Zac Efron

2010-03-07T20:33:31Z

Who cares who the next Spiderman is? Who is the next Zac Efron!?

The nominees (in no particular order):

Nolan Gerald Funk
http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2009/02/nolan-gerard-funk-the-next-zac-efron/

Kelly Blatz
http://disnology.com/2010/02/is-kelly-blatz-the-next-zac-efron/

Sterling Knight
http://www.disneydreaming.com/2009/04/23/who-will-be-the-next-zac-efron-sterling-knight/

Adam Lambert
http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/watch_with_kristin/b118988_american_idols_adam_lambert_next_zac.html

Corey Monteith
http://www.tvguide.com/news/glees-cory-monteith-1010112.aspx

Matt Prokop
http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2008/08/matt-prokop-the-next-zac-efron/

Chance Crawford
http://www.disneydreaming.com/2009/03/31/is-chace-crawford-the-next-zac-efron/

Justin Bieber
http://www.gazettedirect.com/the-next-zac-efron-justin-bieber-is-coming-to-australia/

Perhaps even YOU!
http://www.nbcdfw.com/entertainment/celebrity/Are_You_The_Next_Zac_Efron_.html

Personally my money is on the blond twink with the pornstar name.

Aaron Stone Season Two Premiere

2010-02-25T04:44:02Z

The first two episodes of Aaron Stone season two premiered tonight:

My thoughts are summarized under the cut since there are spoilers.

The good:

Adding a social setting that is neither the house or the school is a much needed change.

Giving Charlie a job is a good opportunity to have informal interaction with people his age and introduce new characters his age.

Giving Emma her own workshop is an excellent idea that is long overdue. Having her, Charlie, and Stan sneak things behind mom's back was getting old.

Vas and Ram are now at Hall Industries. Hopefully Mr. Hall will keep them on after the first two episodes. It's been like Mr. Hall has had only two employees and an android!

Of course the new gadgets, what little I saw of them, seem awesome! I'm looking forward to seeing what the bike can do. This combined with the comic book store setting will perhaps draw comparisons to .

The bad:

I'm concerned that with Charlie working at the comic book store we will see much less of his mom and Jason.

The comic book store chic and the redheaded guy. I can't remember their names.

The girl comes across as abrasive, but at least she's spunky. I think she could grow on me.

The redhead guy I hate already. He's every unflattering nerd stereotype ever known. Vas and Ram are nerdy but sort of cool at the same time. This guy is just over-the-top in-your-face NERDY. And he's just not funny. I hope he gets better.

The mutant plot – After seeing and developing The Omega Defiance they are suddenly gone and we're starting with a whole new crop of bad guys. It's kind of hard to take. I liked Powers, Zephyr, and although he was a bit annoying Xero was interesting. Now they are apparently gone.

Charlie's dad – His absence was never explained by the show and I assumed that he was dead. Now it appears that he was captured by The Omega Defiance. It's a cliché and a bit predictable. I already think I know what happened to him. But I will say no more about that.

The overall tone of this episode to me seems that they are trying to be more edgy but it seems like they're trying to hard. To me the first two episodes of season one felt awkward and a bit forced but afterward the show found it's groove. I hope that will happen with season two.

Mark Cameron Wystrach as Cupid!

2010-02-13T16:50:32Z

Skyrunners - Part 3

2010-02-05T05:48:45Z

Skyrunners – Part 3

Nick crashes a party while an alien crashes a play. Nick almost gets to first base but Tyler interferes. Armstrong is not what he seems. The UFO meets “the handyman's secret weapon”. Nick makes a daring rescue attempt and discovers that global warming is really caused by aliens that look like Trogdor the Burninator.

And the Trogdor comes in the NIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT!!!!!!!

Nick arrives at the party at Daryl's place, which is a mansion in contemporary style with a large pool and patio in the back yard. Royalty-free pop music plays as Nick struts alongside the pool. He snatches a pair of cheap sunglasses off of some dude's head and knocks him into the pool. Nick dons the glasses and looks down his nose at a female party-goer's cleavage. He helps himself to some hors d'oeuvres and snatches a towel off a guy's shoulder to sheild himself from the splash from a fat kid and a skinny kid doing cannonballs in the pool. Alright already! We get it! Nick is cooler than Freddie Jackson sippin' a milkshake in a snowstorm! Nick looks over his glasses at Julie who is shocked to see him.

At the school final preparations are being made for the pirate play. The actors are getting into costume and makeup and the set is being tested as well as special effects lightning. Tyler appears in costume and is greeted by Katie who is also in costume. She giggles at him and then chides him for being late. He tells her he was practicing his part. She says he missed the dress rehearsal the night before. He offers an explanation but she tells him not to sweat it. He remembers he needs his sword and snatches a packet of fake blood off a tray. Remember this; it will be important later. Katie proceeds to distribute the rest of the fake blood to the other thespians.

Tyler enters the darkened prop room, lit mostly by the lightning effects from the stage which casts eerie shadows on the various props. He is startled by an alert from his cell phone. He reads the text message which is apparently from his older brother. It basically says: HAVING GRT TIME AT PARTY DOOD! Tyler searches a rack of pirate swords for his own as Katie hollers to the cast that one minute to curtain.

Tyler hurries to the backstage but he stopped in his tracks by the sudden appearance of a slimy green dragon-like alien that looks like Trogdor but without the beefy arm coming out of the back of his neck. After Tyler (and the audience) gets a good look at the alien he runs back to the prop room. He ducks behind a rack of costumes. The alien dragon-man manages to sniff him out (I guess) and he runs out of an emergency exit. Katie enters the prop room searching for Tyler because he's missing his scene. She doesn't see the alien because it's ducked out of sight. Tyler flees for his life from the alien, which chases him around the schoolyard on his short stubby legs. They're big chicken legs, basically.

At Daryl's party, which is decorated with balloons that have Daryl's face and overgrown fro printed on them, Nick is smooth talking Julie. She tells him he's got shit for brains and when Daryl starts making the rounds he's gonna get his ass kicked. He tells her she should admire his courage. She replies that she's not his date she's Daryl's date. He answers that he understands that the most popular girl has to date the most popular guy for show. So, he's saying she's Daryl's beard? He tells her she really wants a man who is unpredictable, unlike this movie. She asks if that means the two of them getting together. He tells her yes it does. She suggests that she might go along with that but she wants to be taken seriously and not be a prize in one of Nick's childish games. He tells her he's as serious as a heart attack in a grocery store. She tells him his answer was predictable, but she likes it that way.

Back at the school Tyler is trying to avoid being burninated by the aliens. He tries to escape through the gate of the chain-link fence that surrounds the school but he finds the gate is chained. Not surprisingly the pirate play needs a captive audience. Speaking of captives, Tyler is staring up at the alien with his back against the fence. The alien threatens to gnaw him to death with his consummate V's for teeth. Then, the UFO swoops down to rescue Tyler. He takes a flying leap and grabs hold of the UFO, which carries him to safety.

At the party Nick tells Julie that she's got a little dab of punch on her lips. She asks him if he's just saying that so he can get her to let him kiss her. He says he was totally going to get her a napkin, but her idea is better. He leans in for the kiss just as Tyler shows up to interrupt them. Nick is all, bad timing much? Tyler tells him when he didn't answer his call he assumed the worst. Nick excuses himself from Julie to talk privately with his little brother. He tells Tyler what's come over him. Tyler gets agitated and says an alien cartoon dragon is after him. Nick covers his brother's mouth with his hand and explains to Julie that his brother's been playing a little too much WOW lately. Or maybe too much Stong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People: Eight-Bit is Enough. Nick tells his brother he's cock blocking him. Julie excuses herself. Tyler tells his brother he used to be cool before he had a chance with the modestly hot chick. Daryl and his posse approach and ask Nick if he's lost or something. Tyler tells his brother fuck you, man! I'll deal with this myself and storms off.

Daryl confronts Nick and says he's got a score to settle. Nick tells him this isn't a good time right now. Daryl tells him that something's going on with him and his little freak of a brother. Nick's gets defensive and tells him that no one calls his brother a freak. Especially not a freak with a bad haircut. Daryl tells him that breaking up with Julie has put him off his game and even made him start seeing things. Nick says he heard about Daryl's close encounter and says he heard that Daryl ran away screaming like a little girl with her hair on fire. So Daryl sucker punches him. Pause, rewind, play, repeat as needed. Daryl tells him to hit the road.

The guys walk away and Julie comes to Nick's aid. She asks him if he's okay and he says he'll live. She says she and he should go somewhere they can be alone. Nick says he'll have to take a rain check on that. As Nick walks off she shouts that she'll see him at graduation, perhaps.

At the abandoned factory Tyler sits in a folding chair next to the UFO waiting. He has changed out of his pirate costume and into his street clothes. Out of the darkness appears Armstrong. He tells Tyler he did the right thing by calling him. He tells Armstrong he had no other option. Armstrong says things will be easier for him now. Tyler shows him the UFO which Armstrong examines closely. Tyler says he wants answers. Armstrong asks him if he's been able to read minds. Tyler says he has. Armstrong asks him if he has become unusually strong. Tyler says he's like Superman without the tights. Unless you count his old sweatpants as tights.

Armstrong explains that when a young person on the brink of pubescence goes into space the exposure to cosmic rays speeds up the maturing process dramatically. He says in addition to that he gains super powers. Tyler asks why no one has ever discovered this before. Armstrong tells him it's because NASA has never had teenage astronauts. Probably because they don't want a kid playing around in a multi-billion dollar space shuttle. He backs Tyler up to a concrete ledge. Tyler says that it might be a good idea. Armstrong tells him he agrees. He gets up in Tyler's face and tells him kids like him are known as “skyrunners”. Tyler moves to a safer position and says that he must be one of those. Armstrong tells him that if this is discovered humans could evolve to become the dominant species in the universe. Tyler is potentially dangerous to aliens. He asks Armstrong if he really believes that there are aliens. Armstrong tells him that not only are there aliens, but that they are among the humans.

Armstrong opens the trunk of the UFO and removes the laser pistol. He then shoots a hole in the side of the UFO. Tyler is upset about this. Armstrong tells him that humans are intriguing. They have a high potential for intelligence but also a high level of ignorance. I blame daytime talk shows for this. Tyler begins to figure out that Armstrong is maybe not human. Armstrong tells him he is the one responsible for climate change. He then shape-shifts into Trogdor. DUN!

Later Nick arrives looking for his brother. He calls but there is no answer. He apologizes for the way he's been treating him lately. Still there is no answer. He looks around and sees the damaged UFO. He then sees Tyler's pirate costume draped over the folding chair. Nick figures out, finally, that something is wrong. He interrogates the UFO for the whereabouts of his brother over-dramatically. Considering that his costar couldn't act his way out of a wet paper bag the director should have had Kelly Blatz take it down a notch or two. Anywho, unlike in Flight of the Navigator (look it up) the UFO can't talk back. It seems that Paul Reubens was unavailable. Thankfully.

He decides that to find his brother he's going to have to repair the UFO himself. He takes the item resembling a flashlight from the trunk compartment of the UFO in order to reference the UFO's user manual. He entreats the UFO not to tell Tyler he's using the instructions. Because instructions are for pussies. Yes, they are. He turns on the flashlight and UFO schematics appear in a hologram. He identifies the problem and reaches his hand into the guts of the spacecraft. Quite literally, as it resembles organs and body fluids. He assures the UFO that he has exactly what he needs to do the job: duct tape. You know I think this is a first for the space-age adhesive material. To my knowledge not even Red Green has ever used duct tape on a UFO.

Nick proceeds with the operation. He reaches both hands into the hole and starts rooting around. For his efforts he gets a blast of green slime in his face. Because his name is Nick! Get it?! Undeterred, he wipes the slime off and continues with the hack repair job.

It's not until the morning that he finally seems to have made progress. He covers the hole in the UFO with strips of duct tape and asks the UFO if that's got it. The UFO responds by raising its transparent canopy allowing Nick to climb aboard. Once inside he orders the ship to take off. The UFO whirs and sputters but does not leave the ground. NEED MOAR ANGST. Nick delivers angst by the truckload. Powered by teen angst, the most irrepressible force in the universe, the UFO closes it's canopy and takes off like a bat out of hell.

Tyler wakes up on the floor of a large dimly-lit cell with a large plexiglass window. He presses his face against the glass and calls out to whoever might be there. One of the aliens lurches out of the darkness, startling him.

Meanwhile Nick braces himself in the seat of the UFO as it races across the Mojave desert and the Grand Canyon. He remarks that this is a helluva ride. He searches for a barf bag as he flies over the Colorado River in a manner that makes riding the rapids seem tame by comparison.

In his cell Tyler shouts at the alien in the darkness, demanding to know what he wants from him. A metal capsule is dropped out of a chute into the cell, which Tyler assumes is food. He examines the contents of capsule, which resemble month-old cat entrails. He slams the lid of the capsule shut and declares that he'd rather die of starvation. Stay in school Joey. I don't see an Academy Award in your future.

Tyler's still in the UFO flying through the skies. He arrives at the mountains near Machu Picchu. The UFO takes him down into a deep cavern.

Tyler becomes agitated and starts banging on the plexiglass window begging to be let out and saying he can't take it anymore. He throws a rock against the plexiglass but it bounces off without even leaving a scratch. Speaking of scratches, he notices long claw marks on the window. He concludes that he is not the first to be imprisoned by the aliens.

Down in the hole the UFO lands and lets it's passenger out. Nick gets out and looks around. The floor of the cavern is littered with metallic debris. He concludes that a ship crashed there. The UFO hums knowingly. He looks up at the entrance of the cavern and concludes that it is an impact crater. Um, no. Your head is an impact crater.

Nick calls out for his brother. The UFO opens it's trunk so that Nick can use the devices. He grabs the laser pistol WHICH ARMSTRONG LEFT BEHIND. So much for intelligent life in outer space. He also grabs the alien suppository and the binoculars. He uses the binoculars to search the cavern. He finds Tyler in locked away in his cell. He scans the cavern and looks into the face of Trogdor, which startles him. He drops the binoculars into a small pool of lava which burninates them.

He wanders into another section of the cavern where he sees a large furnace pumping hot polluted gas out of the cave and into the air outside. Suddenly dozens of aliens pop their head out from behind the rocks like a bunch of turtles. Tyler quietly scampers off.

He finds an alternate route to his brother's holding cell but it's blocked by a large metal door. He points the laser pistol at the door and fires. The blast is deflected back at him, hitting the pistol, but the door unlocks. Unfortunately, the laser pistol is destroyed. Nick declares that instructions are for pussies and tosses the laser pistol aside. He opens the metal door and enters.

Tyler is pacing back and forth in his cell. He recalls what Armstrong said to him about humans becoming the most powerful species in the universe and how Tyler has super powers and whatnot. He sticks his hand into his pocket and feels something. He pulls his hand out of his pocket and with renewed resolve he declares that he's a mutha-fuckin' skyrunner.

He steps back and then with all his might lunges at the plexiglass window. The plexiglass barely flexes but Tyler is knocked flat on his back. Blood trickles down the side of his forehead. An alien Trogdor pulls a lever which raises the plexiglass window so he can check on the prisoner. He appears unconscious at first but when the alien gets close Tyler picks up a rock and bashes the alien on the side of his head. While the alien is dazed Tyler leaps over the alien's S-shaped body and escapes. He pulls the lever bringing the plexiglass window down on the alien's head which splatters like a watermelon at a Gallagher show. YOUR HEAD A SPLODE!

Another alien appears and slaps Tyler to the ground with it's long claw-like fingers. Just as the alien is about to gnaw Tyler to death Nick appears and leaps down from an overhead corridor. He lands straddling the alien's neck. After riding the alien like a slow moving mechanical bull Tyler tosses him a large rock which he uses to bash the alien in the head. After several blows the alien comes down. Nick takes a moment to examine his jeans, which have been ripped by the alien's claws. He moans that his favorite jeans are ruined. The alien starts to revive. Tyler warns him and he bashes in the head again. The alien is knocked out for good.

The brothers reunite with a firm hug. Nick sees the blood on Tyler's forehead and asks what happened to him. Tyler wipes the blood off with his sleeve and remarks that being in a play turned out to be good for something after all. He shows Nick the packet of fake blood. Nick is relieved and scolds his brother for the deception. Maybe Joey Pollari should go into special effects make-up instead of acting.

Nick apologizes for being a dick. Tyler tells him it's all good. Nick won't let Tyler accept the apology yet and proceeds to apologize more emphatically. Because Kelly Blatz is the star of this movie, damn it! Tyler assures his brother that he came through when it really counted as he always does. How about another hug? Okay.

Tyler asks Nick how he found him. Nick explains that the UFO brought him. Tyler says he thought that Armstrong killed it. Nick says he fixed it. Fixed it? You patched it with duct tape like an old vinyl recliner! After congratulating his brother he asks Nick where they are. He tells Tyler they're in an underground cave. No shit!? Next he'll be saying the aliens are trying to destroy the world or something.

He tells Tyler that he will never doubt him again. Tyler tests him by telling him that the aliens are responsible for global warming. Nick says it all makes sense to him now. Skyrunners: Brought to you by the oil and coal companies! Tyler asks his brother how he was so easily persuaded to jump on the climate denier bandwagon. Nick says he's seen the machine that the aliens are using to change the planet's weather by pumping foul-smelling gas into the air. So the brothers go to try to foil the alien's plan.

Tyler tells his brother as they work their way through the tunnel that Armstrong is really an alien and is the one who captured him. He asks Nick if he brought the binoculars. He says that there was a screw-up with the binoculars. He asks Nick about the laser pistol. He says it's FUBAR as well. Tyler suggests that Nick drop the machismo “instructions are for pussies” mantra.

The arrive at the room with the big alien fart machine. Tyler starts to choke on the alien farts. Nick silences his brother's coughing which gets the attention of the aliens who are fueling the fart machine. I guess they have been eating a steady diet of beans and cauliflower. Nick and Tyler hide behind a rock. They try to decide what to do next. Tyler notes that there are are too many aliens for them to defeat. He then starts coughing again. The aliens hear him clearly this time and decide to go after him.

The brothers are about to flee for their lives but Tyler sees that Nick has the alien suppository. Nick says it's not going to do them any good. Tyler tells Mr. “instructions are for pussies” that because he read the instructions he knows what it is. He tosses the alien suppository which is actually a grenade. The grenade explodes and ignites all the explosive fart gas destroying the fart machine and all the farting aliens in the process. The explosion knocks the brothers back about twenty feet.

They get up and run to the UFO as the cave starts to collapse around them. As they board the UFO Tyler comments on Nick's hillbilly handiwork. Nick replies that while not aesthetically pleasing the repair was nonetheless effective. He urges Tyler to hurry as rocks rain down around them. Once they are aboard the canopy closes and UFO takes off. The spacecraft narrowly misses falling rocks as it glides upwards and out of the cavern. The brothers are followed by a pair of aliens in their own spaceships. Nick urges Tyler to step on the gas. Tyler says he doesn't see a gas pedal. Nick forgot that the UFO is powered by teen angst.

Elsewhere a nice outdoor graduation ceremony is about to commence, so to speak. Daryl and T-Rex, who are dressed in full cap and gown, take note of Nick's absence and celebrate with an exploding fist bump. Nick's mom arrives. She doesn't know that Nick flunked out. Yet. Also Julie looks around, presumably for Nick.

Up in the sky the dogfight continues. The alien laughs as he closes in on the brothers. And what a terrible shot this alien is. He's taken a dozen shots at the brothers and missed every time. After about twenty more missed shots Tyler worries that eventually the alien will get lucky. Nick tells him not to give up. Because this alien couldn't hit the broad side of a barn at point blank range.

At the graduation the Principal invites the graduates to come receive their diplomas as their names are called in alphabetical order. Daryl and T-Rex are part of the first group as to receive diplomas.

The alien gets a hit (finally!) and a trail of smoke pours out of the back of the UFO. It's a hit but not a kill. Tyler frets that one more hit will finish them off for good. Nick tells him he needs to go on the offensive. Tyler tells him he'd be glad to if someone would give him a steering wheel. The UFO unexpectedly executes a vertical loop and ends on the tail of the alien's spacecraft. The UFO fires on the alien. Nick congratulates Tyler who denies having anything to do with the maneuver. It turns out that the UFO is not such a good shot either but after about two dozen shots it gets a hit and a kill. The alien ship asplodes. The brothers celebrate their victory. Unfortunately the brothers soon start to lose altitude.

At the graduation T-Rex (Theodore Rexford Anderson) receives his diploma. Next is Daryl Butler. Nick's mom stands up and shouts that they forgot her son who is alphabetically before Daryl. The Principal again calls for Daryl Butler. Mom again tells him he forgot her son Nick Burns. The Principal tells her the omission was not a mistake because he didn't turn in a science project. She mutters son of a bitch under her breath. Not quite, but she was clearly thinking that. When your mom calls you a son of a bitch you know you've done wrong.

Nick and Tyler are about to crash land. Daryl (who is waiting to receive his diploma) sees something approaching in the sky. Julie sees it and calls everyone's attention to it. It's a bird. It's a plane. It's super-dick! The UFO corkscrews through the sky leaving a trail of black smoke behind it. The teachers take cover behind the podium. The brothers brace themselves for impact. The UFO crash lands on the lawn behind the assembly and skids to a halt in the isle leading to the podium.

The brothers gradually realize that they're not dead. The Senior class gawks at the boys and their UFO. Mom calls out to her boys. Katie is there for some reason. The UFO releases it's occupants who emerge triumphantly to the sound of the London Philharmonic Orchestra playing in the background. The brothers slo-mo stride to the podium.

The Principal asks them what the fuck is going on here. Nick announces, with a straight face, GENTLEMEN! BEHOLD! My science project. He tells Mr. Hidelbaum that he repaired it himself. Tyler adds that he also saved the world and that should be worth some bonus points. Nick asks if this can count as his science project. Mr. Hidelbaum shrugs his shoulders and says yeah, why not. Nick cheers and goes up to the Principal to receive his diploma, which he holds up triumphantly.

Nicks mom greets him and Tyler at the podium. Then Julie greets Nick with a kiss. Daryl is outraged that Nick not only graduates but also gets the girl. Oh, come on. While you're working on Wall Street with women lined up around the block he'll be working at a fast food place for the rest of his life. Let him have the high maintenance bitch. Katie approaches Tyler and invites him to a movie Friday night. Good idea. Just don't go see Skyrunners. That movies sucks. JK. Tyler accepts and Katie gives him a peck on the cheek. The Senior class and their families and friends give a standing ovation to the brothers who do a really lame fist bump.

Later that summer the brothers land the UFO in a field after taking it for a joyride. Some cheesy pop tune is playing from inside. I would like to point out that the cheesy music is a song by the little known band Capra whose lead singer is Kelly Blatz. Quite the little media mogul, isn't he. Anywho, the brothers disembark and Nick declares the trial flight a success. Tyler says the sound is not balanced well. Nick disagrees saying the sound system he installed is awesome sauce. It's funny because meta reference. Tyler says that the flight was not very smooth and the landing was a bit rough. Nick says it's good enough and now they have music.

Nick escorts his brother to the beach and tells him that Katie is there waiting. Tyler is caught off guard. Nick says he arranged the whole thing and that Katie is so into him. Tyler admits he's hot for her. Nick encourages his brother to show off his body and tells him that becoming a skyrunner has made him fit. Tyler blushes. Are they all going skinny dipping?

Watching from a distance is Armstrong. With him is Armstrong, Armstrong, and Armstrong. Armstrong asks Armstrong if they should make their move now. Armstrong tells him to wait. Armstrong remarks that the brothers have their guard down because they think they have eliminated them all. Armstrong adds that they're in for a real surprise. A sequel? No. Just… no.

The End.

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A Bit of KRDK News

2010-01-31T21:59:14Z

Kamen Rider Dragon Knight to air in Asia Pacific and India on Cartoon Network:

http://www.kamenconnection.com/news/628/

How much this matters for Adness Entertainment, Kamen Rider Dragon Knight, or possible future Kamen Rider adaptions is not clear.

Skyrunners - Part 2

2010-01-23T21:04:05Z

First a bit of news:

Tonight at 7:00pm (6:00pm central time) Disney XD will air Skyrunners with some behind the scenes features hosted by Kelly Blatz and Joey Pollari. It will air again Sunday at the same time. Now back to the recap.

Skyrunners – Part 2

Tyler grows up too quickly and schools Daryl at dodge ball. Nick faces repeating his senior year if he doesn't turn in a decent science project. We find out that mom is a packrat. The UFO convinces Tyler to skip class and gives him weapons. Next they'll be smoking weed together.

The next morning Tyler is asleep in his bed beneath a mural of the Earth, planets, stars and galaxies. As he dreams electricity courses through his blood stream and his heart rate quickens. The camera pans back on his bed, which is the top of a bunk bed. His heart beats faster as he writhes beneath the bedspread. Suddenly a pair of giant feet emerge from beneath the bedspread. He awakens at the sound of the clock radio which turns on at 8:00 am. The morning DJ blabs on about reports of UFO sigtings being phoned into the station.

Tyler sits up abruptly and bumps his head on the rafters. He turns the radio off and asks his brother if he heard the report. His voice is noticeably deeper than before. Nick slips out from under the bedspread wearing only his boxers. Gratuitous fanservice much? Anyway, Nick's like, oh another one? Tyler insists it must be the same one and bumps his head again. Nick tells him he can't be certain how many UFO's there were as he puts on his jeans.

Tyler examines himself in the mirror and realizes that he's grown almost a foot taller overnight. And kudos to effects and makeup for making Joey Pollari age a year instantly. He calls anxiously for his brother, who finally notices that his voice sounds like a tuba. He tries to tell Nick about his sudden growth of sparse facial hair. Nick asks him if he's caught a cold. Tyler insists that he's become unusually hairy all of a sudden. Nick thinks he's overreacting and teases him about it. Nick decides it's time for the “coming of age” talk that he has to give in the absence of their father. First, he forbids Tyler from using his razor. And that's it.

Tyler takes off his pajama bottoms and tries to put on his jeans. He can barely get them halfway up his legs and suspects his brother sealed them with glue again. Nick tells him he's done nothing to them since the time he bound the leg openings with staples, not glue. Tyler makes his brother help him put on his jeans. Even with his brother's help he cannot pull them up high enough to even partially cover his boxers. How do emo boys get into their jeans?

Nick finally notices that his younger brother is now almost as tall as him. Tyler gets panicky and says he's becoming a freak. When Mr. Rodgers sang, “I think I'll grow twelve inches today” I don't think anyone would ever actually grow twelve inches (taller) in one day. Nick tells his brother to calm down and assures him that he's overreacting.

Mom knocks on the door and tells them if they're late for school they're getting evicted. Tyler asks his brother to hide him so that everything will seem normal to mom. Nick says tells him she won't know anything if he keeps his mouth shut. Tyler is afraid that mom will drag it out of him so Nick gives his brother his jeans. Tyler ducts out of sight just as mom barges through the door.

She sees her oldest son standing before her in his boxers and asks him where the younger son is. He lies that Tyler left early to rehearse for the pirate play. Mom says that she heard him, although I don't think she should have been able to recognize his voice so easily.

Outside the house Tyler is standing on the ledge outside his window in his boxers. His friend Katie walks up the driveway and greets him. Tyler is caught off guard but tries to act like everything is normal.

Meanwhile mom confronts Nick with suspicions of foul play. Not that she's accusing Nick of killing Tyler, but that she thinks they're up to no good. Tyler denies anything of the sort but mom says she knows better. She tells Nick she'll be watching his every move.

Outside Katie asks Tyler why he's standing on the roof in his boxers. He explains that he's not wearing boxers, but “shocksers” which are just shorts that look like boxers. I guess the eighties are back in these days. Although my shocksers were brightly colored or corduroy with pockets. She laughs and says she thinks his brother punk'd him again. As Katie leaves he kicks himself for thinking up such a dumb excuse. Nick gives Tyler the all clear and he comes back inside the room to get dressed.

Back at school Tyler is at gym class. His undersized gym clothes fit him like a leotard. One of his friends notices his sweatpants fit him like breeches. Tyler claims they shrank in the wash. The other kid is concerned that his circulation will get cut off and he won't be able to feel his legs. Oh, I know that feeling!

Suddenly Tyler his hit by a flying dodgeball. It turns out not be be an accident but a ball deliberately thrown at him by Daryl, who is flanked by his posse all armed with dodgeballs. This must be bullying ritual number twenty-three: dodgeball firing squad. Daryl lobs another dodgeball at Tyler and pegs his friend with one also. Tyler is mostly unhurt but his little friend gets the wind knocked out of him. Daryl and his gang proceed to pelt the entire freshman PE class with a torrent of dodgeballs. The freshmen students scamper away like mice leaving Tyler to fend for himself.

Suddenly his heart rate increases again and electricity courses through his veins. He gets a sudden infusion of backbone and balls of steel. He approaches Daryl and tells him to hit the road and to take his insane clown posse with him. Daryl laughs and Katie, who is watching from the doorway, says he's so gonna get it. Daryl tells him he's about as spaced out as Nick is and tells his wingman T-Rex that it's time to get it on.

So T-Rex takes the first shot, which Tyler catches David Carradine style. T-Rex is stunned. He's even more stunned when he catches the same ball in his gut after Tyler returns it. Daryl is surprised but not deterred. He orders a full assault. The dodgeballs go flying but to Tyler they are moving in slow motion. So he does a whole Matrix bullet-time routine to the sound of b-boy music. The freshmen's eyes bug out, Katie's jaw drops, and Daryl is amazed. Tyler returns fire and takes out another member of Daryl's team. Then he shows off by doing flips and acrobatics. They continue the barrage of dodgeballs but Tyler dances around them and sends them flying back, taking Daryl's buddies out one by one. Finally its just Daryl left standing and Tyler all but knock the fro off his head. In slo-mo. The crowd goes wild. Daryl sees that Tyler has run out of balls. He takes a shot at Tyler who ducks out of the way. Instead, he nails the principal who spills hot coffee all over himself. Principal Duddy orders Daryl to get his ass to detention. Daryl mumbles to Tyler that he's not done with him yet as the Principal drags him away.

The coach regains control over the class while Tyler takes a time-out. Katie asks him how he got to be so awesome. Tyler admits he hasn't a clue. He and Katie make googly eyes at each other. Meanwhile Daryl's posse nurse their wounds.

Outside the school Nick asks Julie out for pizza the next night followed by parking at make-out point. She declines, saying she was invited to Daryl's graduation party. Nick offers to come with. She tells him that she is going as Daryl's date. Nick tells her to bring him anyway and he won't mind the competition.

Principal Duddy appears and summons Nick. He asks if he has time to escape and she tells him no. As the Principal drags Nick away by the arm he tells her to call him when she changes her mind. The Principal tells him not to count on it. He says he doesn't know where Nick finds the time to chase girls who won't give him the time of day. Nick tries to get informal with Principal Duddy and address each other by first names. The Principal refuses to do so.

He tells “Mr. Burns” that “Mr. Hidelbaum” reports that his senior science project is overdue. Nick insists that he did. The Principal tells him that forcing his little brother to drink orange soda until he pukes doesn't exactly demonstrate the scientific method. Nick counters that he not only used orange soda but grape and cherry as well. Furthermore, Tyler's projectile vomit was like a rainbow of puke. They share a laugh and then Principal Duddy serious-es. He warns Nick that he has two days to turn in a proper science project or he won't graduate with his class. Nick promises him a science project. The Principal warns him that if he repeats his senior year he will make him as miserable as Nick made him the past four years. Nick remarks to Julie that the Principal has acute halitosis.

In the school courtyard Tyler is hearing voices in his head. Never a good sign. He he hears the private thoughts of other students. One girl is experiencing gas. Another guy thinks he's cool and chicks dig him. Another girl is thinking about how stunning she will look in the little black dress she's wearing to the graduation party. Nick asks his pal from PE class if the remark about the dress came from him. The kid remarks that he hardly has the curves to show off in a dress. Tyler asks him about the voices he's hearing. The kid suggests that Tyler is having a hypoglycemic episode and tells him to eat some pudding before he has a seizure. Tyler politely refuses and his friend leaves so he doesn't have to watch Tyler wiggle helplessly on the ground.

Tyler continues listening to the voices and finally figures out he is hearing other people's thoughts. He replies to “Claire” who is dismayed that no one noticed her new do that he likes her hair. He tells “Heather” who is self-conscious about how her ass looks in her jeans that she's got a tight ghetto booty. T-Rex approaches Tyler thinking about how he's going to haze him next. Tyler tells him he better not if he wants a to know how to get a date for after graduation party. T-Rex is caught off-guard. Tyler tells him he knows that T-Rex is without a date because he's a pathetic loser who picks on little kids. He says that “Claire” has a new hair style and “Heather” has new jeans. He promises T-Rex that if he complements them at least one of them has low enough self-esteem to go out with him. T-Rex reluctantly takes his advice.

Having done his good deed for the day Tyler happily strolls along. Then he is surprised to hear Katie thinking that he would be a good kisser. She giggles as Tyler does a spit-take and his cup spews soda out of the straw. She approaches him as asks him if he is taller. He says that in spite of frequent stretching he isn't an inch taller. She tells him suggestively that she likes tall, dark-haired, pale-skinned guys, who are smart but very shy. Tyler's drink pours suggestively. He tells her he can't. She asks what he means by that. He elaborates that he can't go to the movies with her because it's not a good time for him. She says she didn't ask him out, at least not yet. She asks him if he's psychic. He hesitates for a moment, and then says he's not. The bell rings and Tyler says he has to get to class. Katie says she'll see him that night at the play rehearsal.

At home that afternoon Tyler tries to convince Nick that his changes were caused by the UFO. Nick belittles his brothers theory. Tyler tells Nick that in PE he dodged dodgeballs like Neo dodges bullets. Nick quips that maybe Tyler has been altered. Tyler goes on to say that he even beat Daryl at dodgeball and has athletic abilities he never had before. Nick tosses a baseball at Tyler's head and catches it with high-speed camera effects. Tyler says that time slows down for him allowing him to move and react abnormally fast. Nick continues to mock his brother.

Tyler tells him that he can read people's thoughts. Nick says he's worried about him but Tyler says he just thinks puberty hit him particularly hard. Tyler adds that Nick is trying to come up with a scheme to bamboozle his way through doing a science project so he can graduate. Nick becomes defensive and asks where Tyler heard this. Tyler says no one told him. DUH! He's psychic! He adds that Nick wants to move the UFO before someone finds it in the garage.

Nick says his brother is starting to creep him out a little. Tyler pleads with Nick to listen to him. Nick changes the subject to moving the UFO and says he knows just the place. He tells Tyler he's going to have to drive. Tyler reminds Nick that he still has no license. Nick clarifies that he didn't say which vehicle Tyler would be driving.

Nick drives the truck to an abandoned factory followed by Tyler hovering a few feet off the ground in the UFO. Once inside the UFO touches down and releases it's occupant. Tyler asks his brother how he found the abandoned factory. Although I imagine it would be hard to miss. If this were Detroit an abandoned factory would be like a tree in a forest, so I hear. Nick explains that one Halloween someone dared him to sneak into the abandoned factory at midnight. And probably drove away leaving him there. He searches for a safe place to stow their belongings and warns Tyler about the RoUSes: Rodents of Unusual Size Tyler says he doesn't believe they exist but warns the UFO to be on watch for them nonetheless.

Suddenly the UFO displays the Asian Tsunami on its windscreen followed by footage of Katrina and the Station wildfire. Tyler calls for his brother to come check it out. So Nick sets down his ice chest full of cold ones and goes to take a look. The footage continues showing the Australian drought.

After the commercial Nick shows up just in time to miss everything. Tyler explains that he's just seen a preview for a disaster movie. Nick asks for Tyler to get the UFO to replay it for him. The UFO refuses, perhaps because he's sensitive to criticism, as all movie makers tend to be. Nick tells his brother he's full of it. Tyler insists he saw what he saw. The UFO went to see 2012 and is working on it's own disaster movie. Nick says Tyler is crazy for thinking that the movie going public could stomach another apocalyptic thriller.

Tyler gets pissy and threatens to go to Armstrong with what he knows. Nick pleads with him to think twice because they will lose the UFO and all the fun stuff that they get to do with it. Tyler decides to heed his older brother's advice.

The brothers return home. Nick warns his brother to keep his mouth shut as much as possible. Tyler says that when mom sees him she's going to have to be taken away in a stretcher. Nick tells Tyler not to let mom see him. As mom comes out to meet her sons Tyler ducks behind the truck. Mom asks for the whereabouts of Tyler. Nick's all like, who? Mom tells him he knows who and looks around the other side of the truck. Nick insists that he's not his brother's keeper. Mom looks under the truck because Nick's remark makes her suspect vehicular fratricide. Tyler is clinging to the side of the truck bed holding his feet up so they are out of view. Mom says she knows Nick is hiding something. But whether it's pot or the dead body of his brother she doesn't know yet. She continues searching the truck as Tyler sneaks around to the other side of the truck.

Mom orders her oldest son to make a full confession. Nick says he does have something to tell her. Tyler sneaks in the house and into one of the rooms not crammed with mom's Amway crap. Meanwhile whatever Nick told mom has her peeved. He tells her it's not a big deal and mom says that's for her to decide. Tyler continues searching for an adequate hiding place. He finally finds a door leading to a basement under the stairs or someplace.

The darkened basement is filled with non-Amway junk which Tyler trips over. He turns on a light which illuminates an old bicycle against the wall. He goes over to a school desk and opens it. It's full of memorabilia belonging to his father who was in the military and died in Iraq or something. He pulls out a folded American flag and examines it longingly. He then looks at an old photo of him, Nick, and his dad on a fishing trip when Tyler was seven or eight.

Mom interrupts this touching moment to sneak a photo of Tyler from the doorway. Mom greets him with a hug and a kiss and welcomes him to manhood. Nick makes stupid comment about the word “puberty”. Mom gets all weepy about her little man becoming a big man. Nick tells Tyler that when he came of age mom gathered the extended family around to watch. Mom remarks that Tyler literally grew up overnight in an almost unnatural way. Tyler remarks that that's just the way things go. Mom gets all mushy again at hearing Tyler's now baritone voice. She tells him not to use Nick's razor to shave since she has no idea where it's been. Good point. Mom goes to call aunt Sophia and tell her the news. Funny how a character we won't see gets a name and a main character does not.

Tyler remarks that he now knows which side of the family he gets his intelligence from as Nick dons a Beakman wig and strikes a pose. He reminds Tyler of how they use to dress up and perform for their dad/. I'm sure it's not what it sounds like. Tyler takes out the old photo of them and their dad and asks his brother if he remembers being there. Nick looks at the picture and says he remembers it like yesterday. Tyler says that dad would have listened to him about the aliens. Nick gets defensive and tells his brother not to bring up what dad would have or would not have done. He says that he is concerned about Tyler but he thinks he's jumping to conclusions. He puts on a pair of round Lennon glasses and tells his brother to just go with the flow.

Now that that's settled he asks his brother to help him crash Daryl's party and get Julie away from his clutches. Tyler reminds him that he's got a science project to do but Tyler has already left. So Tyler continues rummaging around the basement.

That night there is a creature hiding outside behind the sheets on the clothesline and looking in the boys window. We get a glimpse of the creature which has long sharp teeth and a fin on the top of it's head. DUN!

The next morning at school Tyler checks his locker before going to class. He is suddenly confronted by Armstrong, who returns his lost cell phone to him. He says that “we” found it in a field where the UFO was seen last. He says that he wants to talk to Tyler, but Tyler says he's got to get to class. Armstrong tells him some bullshit of being a stargazer when he was a kid and asks Tyler if he can relate. Tyler says yeah, sure. Armstrong says that Nick lacks imagination as well as intelligence. Tyler explains that's the reason he's struggling with his science project. Armstrong suggests that maybe he came on too strong before and offers to make Tyler a deal. He says that if Tyler gives him the true story about what happened the night of the crash he can explain the changes that are happing to Tyler's body. He says that his number is in the cell phone and asks him to call at his earliest convenience. He then leaves Tyler to think about it.

In science class the teacher, who is a disciple of Al Gore, explains about man-make global warming as Tyler's friend from PE class picks his nose. He goes on the say that an unexpected side-effect of global warming is the increasing incidence of extreme weather. The teacher shows images from Katrina, the station fire, and the Greensburg Kansas tornado. Tyler's mind starts to wonder because he's figured out a connection to the movie the UFO showed him or he's bored. Either way, the teacher sees him daydreaming and calls on him to tell the class why all these disasters are happening. Tyler says he doesn't know. The teacher says he is correct that no one knows. The teacher says that if things continue as they are the world is doomed. Doomed! Tyler looks at the stock photo now on the wall of the Australian drought and puts two and two together.

The UFO hovers outside the window of the classroom to see what's up with Tyler. He responds by stacking the teacher's science knickknacks in the window under the blind to block the class' view. The teacher asks Tyler what he's doing. He explains that there was a glare coming from the window and he didn't want to be distracted from the teachers global warming propaganda. The teacher carries on with his propaganda. The UFO finds another window to peep through and Tyler tells the teacher he's got the runs and excuses himself. The teacher remarks that happens all the time with Nick.

Outside the school Tyler meets the UFO. He tells it to leave him alone and says that it's disrupting his life. He tells it to go but instead it opens it's cockpit to him. Tyler reluctantly agrees and gets inside. He accidentally drops his hall pass as the UFO takes him away.

Tyler and the UFO end up at the abandoned factory. Nick, who apparently was already cutting class, arrives in the truck. Tyler tells his brother to take a look at the UFO. Nick notes that the UFO is making noises like it has the runs. Tyler tells him the UFO came to school and convinced him to play hookie. Nick is skeptical. Tyler says he thinks the UFO is trying to tell them something. The boys watch and wait.

The UFO opens it's trunk compartment which contains what appear to be weapons. Nick, who likes guns, is delighted. Nick takes the laser gun and Tyler takes the thing that looks like a flashlight. The flashlight turns out to be a holographic instruction manual for the other objects. Nick says they need to read this before they start using the weapons. Tyler instead fires his laser weapon at the side mirror of the truck, which reflects it back at him and almost kills him. Instead it makes a neat hole in a can full of soda. He hates these cans! Tyler warns his brother to stay away from the cans. And the laser weapons. Nick tells his brother that instructions are for pussies. Tyler says he'd rather have a live pussy for a brother than a dead dick.

Nick picks up an egg shaped object and concludes that it's an alien laxative suppository. Tyler says obviously not and takes it away from him before he can shove it where the sun don't shine. Nick then picks up a pair of binoculars and puts them up to his face. He uses them to look up his brother's nose and tells him it's time to clean house, if you know what I mean. Tyler refers to the instructions and says that they can be used to look at entire planets in order to navigate space. So Nick figures that he ought to be able to use them to peek at girls in the swimming pool. And indeed he can. Nick tells his brother that he might need some time alone with the binoculars. He then sees that the girl in the pool is Julie and that Daryl is getting a little too close to her with his towel.

Nick tells his brother that he has to go to the party now. Tyler complains that Nick is supposed to go to see his play. Nick says that Daryl's party is tonight. Tyler reminds him that he wasn't invited. Nick says that invitations are for pussies. Nick apologizes for not going to see Tyler in the play like he promised but he will only graduate once. Tyler suggests Nick may not graduate that often. Nick pleads and Tyler tells him he can go with his blessing.

Dillon lookalike

2010-01-22T00:00:51Z

I've found a Dan Ewing lookalike. Sort of.

If you don't look too closely at the jaw he could be Dan when he was on "Home and Away" before he got all buff. And of course he doesn't have that tattoo on his arm.

I'll post it here, you know, in case anyone's interested.

Skyrunners games

2010-01-18T04:06:05Z

The Disney XD website has added some Skyrunners themed games to all the other games themed to Disney XD original games.

First, there is Skyrunners: Alien Identification in which you must find differences two similar pictures.

Next is Skyrunners: Alien Assault You have to hit alien "targets" on a shooting range.

Finally is Skyrunners: Hyperspeed Assault in which shoot aliens and alien spacecraft from your own ship. Kinda cool, but it reminds me of…

Skyrunners - Part 1

2010-01-10T06:31:15Z

Skyrunners – Part 1

Two teenage brothers find a UFO and take it home. Later they take joyrides in it. When a secret government agent comes looking for spacecraft the brothers keep it hidden.

Starring:

Kelly Blatz: He plays Nick, the elder of two brothers in a single parent family in Aaron Stone plays the elder of two brothers in a single parent family in this movie. Talk about type-casting!

Joey Pollari: Polari was a secret language used by gay men in 50's and 60's England. Joey Pollari is a teenage novice actor who stars in this movie as Nick's little brother Tyler. Because David Lambert wasn't available.

Conrad Coates: From Kyle XY and a recurring character on Degrassi: The Next Generation. He is “Agent Armstrong” who is after the Goa'uld death glider. Apparently Martin Roach was unavailable.

Linda Kash: Canadian actress who plays the single mother because Shauna McDonald was unavailable. I'm starting to see a pattern here…

Nathan Stephenson: He is Daryl, a bully who plagues Nick and Tyler. He was in Degrassi: The Next Generation. You might mistake him for Corbin Bleu because he has the same big frizzy overgrown afro he made famous (or made him famous) in High School Musical but has now gone so out of style that Corbin Bleu himself no longer wears it.

Jaqueline McInnes Wood: She is Julie, Nick's love interest.

Kerry Lai Fatt or Kerry Laifatt: Tori, the local reporter looking for a big UFO story.

Aisha Dee: Katie, a friend and potential love interest of Tyler.

And now, my recap of Skyrunners – Part I…

The movie begins with Nick flirting with Julie. That pretty much sets the tone for this Kelly Blatz vehicle. He gets her to agree to a date when she hears a cry for help, which Nick pointedly ignores. She recognizes it as the voice of Nick's little brother. So they go their separate ways and Nick goes to check on the situation.

He discovers that his brother has been taped to a tree. Curiously masking tape, not duct tape was used. The one responsible is Daryl, who seems proud of himself for doing this to a little kid. Daryl and his friends walk away, as does Nick. He then shows that he's kidding and comes back to help Tyler. He carefully places a stick in his brother's mouth and tells him to bite down so he can remove the strip of tape across the crown of his forehead without him biting his tongue or something. Ouch!

Later that evening Nick is driving his pickup truck down an isolated stretch of road with his brother. A spotlight from the sky follows them. Tyler tells his brother to drive more cautiously. Nick replies that he's in a hurry to get to his date with Julie [modestly hot] Gunn. Tyler remarks that the girl is beyond [modestly hot] she's [almost really hot]. Nick says that Julie is meeting him at midnight so they can make out. Tyler tells him he's full of shit. He offers him his cell phone and tells him he wants pictures of her snatch. Note that it is only the younger brother who is the one responsible enough (supposedly) to have a cell phone.

Case in point, Nick tells Tyler he wants him to drive the truck home by himself. Tyler asks him what he's smoking and reminds him that he's only fourteen. I would say he's ten by the looks of him. Nevertheless, he doesn't have a driver's license, or even a learner's permit, and will surely be pulled over at the nearest checkpoint and hauled off to jail. Nick mocks his little brother's prudence and common sense. Tyler tells him he's heard stories about prison cells; that the beds are uncomfortable and toilets don't have privacy stalls. Imagine how terrified he'd be if he knew more about prison life.

Nick and Tyler are startled by a sudden flash of light shining directly into the truck. Nick hits the brakes and sees a bright object descending from the sky. The object lands on the road ahead and skids toward them, stopping only a few feet in front of the truck. Nick and Tyler compose themselves and then get out of the truck to investigate. Tyler asks what the object might be. Nick responds, over-dramatically, that they've just found themselves a goddamn UFO!

The UFO is smaller than the truck and resembles a Goa'uld death glider. They approach it and discover it to be without a pilot. Tyler uses his cell phone to snap pictures of it while Nick gets closer to it. He places his hand on the UFO and Tyler scolds him, saying it might have radiation. Of course if that were true they would both have already received an unhealthy dose. Nevertheless Tyler shows an abundance of caution while Nick pushes his luck by touching the UFO again not knowing if it can suck his brain out through his hand.

Tyler starts dialing his phone and says he's calling the authorities. Nick snatches the phone away from him and says that the UFO rightfully belongs to them. Tyler objects, comparing the UFO finding to a lost wallet. Nick basically says finders keepers. Tyler warns him that at any second the police, military, and the Men in Black will arrive. Nick urges his brother to help him hide the UFO. Tyler tells him they can't keep it, since they are not even allowed to have a dog. Nick argues that UFO's are like guns; the government should keep their hands off of them. Tyler tells his brother that when they go on trial he's giving witness against him. He drops his phone as he helps Nick lift the craft into the flatbed of the truck. Apparently it only weighs sixty pounds.

Soon they have the ship in the back of the truck tied up and covered with a tarp. Tyler warns his brother to drive like grandma. He wants his brother to swerve all over the road and leave his left turn signal on? They hear the sirens of approaching police cars and quickly get in the truck. Nick floors it as the police vehicles approach from ahead. In fact they are black SUV's with no law enforcement or emergency response markings at all. Nick does a 180 and punches the accelerator. Inside one of the vehicles is a sinister looking black man.

Nick turns down a dirt road and floors it. Tyler laments that after a lifetime of perfect grades in order to get in the college of his choice he's going to die in a fiery crash. Nick steers the truck off the dirt road and into a field. The sinister black man is forced to give up pursuit of the truck as a cow blocks his path. He shines his searchlight into the field. The truck is parked behind the brush just a few feet away from the black SUV. Nick covers his brother's mouth with his hand to keep him quiet until the black SUV leaves.

Later the UFO is unloaded in the garage of the boy's quaint wood frame farmhouse. As soon as they close the garage door they are confronted by their mother who wants to know where they've been all night. Tyler tells her the truck broke down but mom's not buying it. Nick says to Tyler they should come clean. Tyler tells him he's nuts. Nick tells mom that Daryl and the other football jocks taped Tyler to a tree. Instead of being outraged mom is delighted about her youngest son being put through ritual bullying as a rite of passage to becoming a High School freshman. That's fucked up if you ask me. She tells him how proud she is and says for him to come in and try on his pirate costume. Is this part of the rite of passage? Nick gives his younger brother a bit of advice: When all else fails, misdirecting with unrelated facts makes for a convincing deception. Teaching your younger brother how to lie convincingly may not be a rite of passage, but it should be!

Later in the boy's bedroom Tyler gets philosophical about finding the UFO as he tries on the pirate costume. He asks his brother how he got suckered into being in the school's stage adaption of The Pirate Movie. Nick says it's so he and his pet hamsters can make fun of him forever. Yes, he's holding two white hamsters. I guess the store was sold out of Zhu Zhu Pets. Tyler returns to the topic of the UFO and says that it's the discovery of the century and should be studied carefully. Nick agrees as he puts the hamsters in their cage. He agrees so long as it's he and Tyler who do the studying.

That evening the brothers use the emergency jungle zip line (because they have one) to sneak out their bedroom to the garage and check out the UFO. They lift the garage door to discover that the tarp they threw over it is gone. Suddenly the transparent canopy around the UFO's cockpit disappears, inviting the brothers to get inside. The brothers approach cautiously. Nick wonders aloud if he can hook up his iPod. Tyler reminds him that it's not from this world and probably won't recognize mp3 format.

Nick tells the UFO that Tyler wants to have the first ride. Tyler objects but Nick argues that the UFO prefers him for his higher intellect. Tyler is unable to argue with this logic and reluctantly approaches the ship. Once he takes a seat he totally geeks out. Suddenly the transparent canopy encapsulates Tyler trapping him inside. Nick panics as the UFO slowly ascends. Tyler begs his brother to get him out but Nick is helpless and can do nothing but watch. The UFO hovers out of the garage and once it is clear of the roof line it rockets high into the sky.

Tyler hangs on for dear life as he flies through the clouds at the speed of a jet fighter. The UFO takes him over a suburb, and then a large city. After a little sightseeing it then carries him straight up at high speed. Tyler screams for the UFO to stop which it does abruptly. Tyler finds himself in low Earth orbit. He takes a moment to enjoy the amazing view as he hovers high over Caracas. Tyler pleads with the ship to take him home before he pisses his pirate pants. Which it does (presumably preventing pirate pee-pee). The UFO parks itself in the garage and opens it's top to release it's young passenger. Nick is relieved to see his brother is back and unharmed. Tyler tells him he's had the ride of his life. Nick doesn't have to try very hard to convince his brother to keep the UFO now.

The next day at school where kids are fist-bumping each other because that's the hot thing right now Tyler catches up to his big brother and tells him that there's big trouble. Nick thinks Tyler is upset about getting a less than perfect grade in Calculus. Tyler informs him that the cops have arrived and they're interrogating students about the UFO. He tells his big brother that he's feigning illness and going home. Nick assures his brother that the cops have got nothing on them.

Suddenly a young woman appears behind them and tells them that they know some kids found it. She adds that the NSSC is involved. The NSSC!? What's the NSSC? It's an unaccountable government agency that may or may not exist. Tyler says he recognizes the woman. She introduces herself as Tori Lee, a news correspondent from the local news station. Tyler introduces himself and Nick tells her they have to get to class. Tyler wants to know more about the NSSC. She tells him that they are spreading a cover story about a rocket powered unicycle to explain the UFO sighting. Tyler tells her it probably was a unicycle.

Julie pulls up to the school in her shiny new Mustang convertible. Nick rushes to meet her. He flatters her but she tells him to go to hell. He tries to bullshit her which makes her even angrier. Nevertheless he won't back off. Before she can completely tell him off Daryl approaches. She tells him he missed the boat. Daryl tells Nick to take the hint. Tyler speaks on his behalf and says that his brother gets the hint. Daryl then threatens Tyler with more ritualistic rite of passage bullying. Nick points out to Daryl that Julie dumped him. Daryl says, in front of Julie no less, that she'll soon come to her senses. Because once you go black you can't go back. Oh yeah. Nick tells him to leave his brother alone or he'll have to do something about it. Daryl suggests they do something right now. Tyler threatens Daryl with his mad karate skillz. Daryl decides not to beat up a little kid in full view of all the other students and so he takes his woman and leaves. Jesus this show is sexist! Drag her on the ground by her hair why don't you!

Tori approaches Tyler and tells him that if he knows something would he please give her the scoop. She offers him her private phone number which makes Tyler go gaga. He searches for his cell phone which he discovers is missing. Tyler calls for his brother to find out if he has the phone.

After school Tyler tells his brother that if the NSCC finds his phone they're toast because he took pictures. The boys blame each other for losing the phone. Nick tells him if he had been willing to drive the truck they wouldn't be in this mess. Tyler rebuts that he warned him what would happen if they took the UFO. Nick shoots back that Tyler wishes they hadn't kept the UFO. Tyler says that he regrets that he's about to get the third degree from a man in black. Nick tells his brother to relax and that the only thing waiting inside for them is mom and a plate of cookies. He opens the door to discover the sinister black man in dark sunglasses holding a plate of cookies. Well he was half right.

The boys come into the kitchen and mom introduces them to Agent Armstrong of the NSCC and asks if they know why he came. Tyler pleads ignorance. Armstrong states that Tyler was at his pirate play last night and would have been coming home at the time that a plane crash occurred. He adds that the play rehearsal ended at six and they weren't home until after eight. This guy knows a lot about the daily activities and movements of these kids. And yet they can't find Osama Bin Laden. Tyler tells him that he was taped to a tree by some stereotypical bully and his posse. So mom does what moms do and pokes a hole in his cover story by saying even a weakling like him should be able to free himself from masking tape in much less than two hours. Nick volunteers that he went on a date with Julie Gunn. Julie [modestly hot] Gunn, that is. Mom adds that her son has been trying to wear her down for the last twelve years. Armstrong asks if she will corroborate Nick's story. Nick says he wasn't able to meet her because Tyler refused to drive the truck. Mom tells Armstrong that his work here is done. Armstrong whispers to Nick and Tyler that he knows there were two boys in a pickup truck at the UFO crash site. Nick tells him there's no such thing as UFOs and to stop reading the Weekly World News. So Armstrong threatens them as he puts on his glasses like he's Horatio Caine at the start of CSI Miami. Except he's not making any jokes.

The boys head upstairs to their room. Apparently in this large house with only one other occupant they have to share a room. Maybe mom is an Amway distributor and all the other rooms are filled to the ceiling with toilet paper and laundry detergent. Anyway, Tyler is fretting about being sent to Guantanamo or something. Nick on the other hand shows that is mind is in the right place as he immediately calls Julie and leaves her a message begging her to call him back. Tyler tells him he can practically smell the desperation and patheticness. Nick reasons that he only has 48 hours to get her on the rebound and he's running out of time!. No wait, that's 24. Tyler tells him to give up already; she's not that into you. Nick on the other hand doesn't know when to give up. And he has a plan. Tyler objects, saying the UFO is not their personal chauffeur. But Nick is determined.

The boys fly the UFO across the countryside backed by the music of a Foo Fighters sound-alike. They find Julie's shiny new convertible sitting in the parking lot of a local diner. The UFO lands on the roof and lets the boys out. Nick sends Tyler to sabotage Julie's convertible. He pops open the trunk and disconnects a spark plug or something. Nick sees Julie leaving the diner and signals his brother to go hide. He ducks out of sight as Julie gets into the car. She is unable to start the engine and gets out to look at the engine. Nick walks over and offers to help. She tells him to get lost and calls her dad. He doesn't answer so she leaves a message. Nick begs her to let him help. As he examines the car he tells her he left her a few messages. She says he left many messages, all of which she deleted. Nick starts turning on the charm and Julie seems to warm up to him.

Daryl looks out the window and sees Nick standing by Julie's car. He taunts Daryl who swears bloody vengeance. In his haste to exit the diner he crashes into an unsuspecting waitress with a plate of food, splattering it all over them. Outside Nick suggests Julie gives him a ride home before Daryl gets his hands on him. Inside the diner Daryl climbs over a table collides with two customers spilling food all over them. Julie lets Nick into the car and they drive off just as Daryl finally emerges from the diner. He shouts at Nick that he's gonna get him back. Then Daryl turns around and sees the UFO up close. He's so startled that he trips over a curb and falls flat on his ass. The UFO quickly zips away.

Later in the garage Nick finds his brother with the UFO. He thanks Tyler for his help with Julie [modestly hot] Gunn. He tells Nick that Daryl saw the UFO. This means nothing to Nick because he has a date with Julie on Friday. He suggests using the UFO to take her out for pizza in Italy. Tyler suggests taking her to the Moon for cheese instead.

As they leave the garage Tyler remarks that they need to find a better hiding place as soon as possible. They are suddenly greeted by Armstrong and the lights of his black SUV. Tyler calls for mom, who is making her way from the house to the garage accompanied by Tori the reporter bitch. Mom asks them for an explanation. Armstrong demands to see what's in the garage. Nick jokes that there's nothing there but bicycles, the lawn mower, and Nick's tap shoes from when he tried out for Riverdance. Tyler tells his brother it's time for them to fess up.

So with the cameras rolling Tyler says that he saw the UFO. He adds that they brought it home and it's in the garage now. Armstrong orders them to open the garage, which they do. However, he discovers that the garage is empty. Armstrong gets angry and threatens to arrest the boys. Mom, however, ain't having none of that and she threatens to lawyer up. Armstrong warns them that he'll be back when they least expect him. Because no one expects the NSCC. The reporter bitch also wraps things up as the black SUVs pack up and leave.

Nick acts like nothing just happened and asks mom what's for dinner. NO SOUP FOR YOU! Tyler interjects that they did nothing. Mom asks if she never mentioned don't tick off a secret government agent? Nick says he missed that one. Mom tells the boys to get in the house. Tyler says they'll be right there as soon as they gather their things.

The brothers look around the empty garage and Tyler discovers that the garage is not so empty when he bumps his knee into something. He realizes that the UFO is still there only they can't see it. Nick cautiously reaches out and ripples in the shape of the UFO appear briefly. Nick remarks that the ship is really there only it's invisible. Tyler corrects him saying that the ship is just cloaked. Nick is amazed because No ship that small has a cloaking device! He decides that it is more than just a machine; it's alive. And it's all theirs! The UFO reappears to them. The brothers fist-bump. Because that hasn't been over-done yet. They take one last look at the UFO as they close the garage door. The UFO flashes it's headlights and looks around the garage. DUN!

End Part 1

New Year and 100th Post

2010-01-03T21:01:50Z

To celebrate my 100th post here is footage with Milo Cawthorne (Ziggy - PRRPM) at a photo shoot for his new play The History Boys. He appears with his co-stars Nic Sampson (Chip - PRMF), Harry McNaughton (Shortland Street), and others.

ENJOY!

glee flash mob

2010-01-01T01:36:51Z

This happened in Rome of all places and it's awesome!

Happy New Year!

Danger and Destiny - My thoughts

2009-12-27T22:14:20Z

Dillon is somehow able to resist Venjix for a while whereas everyone else can't.

We get the Venjix/Dr. K confrontation we've been hoping for since early in the show.

Trashing the base.

Dillon is a doormat for Venjix. If he were smart he would have trampled him, but no.

The syringe of contrivance. Of course we already knew this would happen. “I have this antidote but I can't give it to you because it's not tested.” Of course he takes it and of course it works and doesn't kill him. So he goes to find Tenaya and cure her.

Gem and Gemma get vented as Scott, Summer and Flynn watch. Instead of “Semper Fi” Gemma quotes Danny from Wild Force; “Never give up!”

Flynn is awesome here. Why wasn't Ari Boyland cast to be red? Just say he was adopted.

5 out of 5

The closet lab comes in handy.

Ziggy has a cute and funny line. I'll miss him.

Flynn gives Tenaya some straight talk. Again, why wasn't he red?

I love how the rangers are fighting unmorphed and how Flynn busts out the pommel horse routine on the grinders. Awesome.

They bust out the rotating tire cuffs and skidding feet again. I know a lot of people disliked this but I liked it. It's something different that didn't happen in previous seasons. It was just used too much in the beginning. Helmetless rangers is another thing I like when used in moderation. Dino Thunder did it about right while Jungle Fury should have done it more. Same with the visor shots.

Also nice to see Ziggy finally use his rotating gear cuffs. Too bad the toys don't do that.

Gem and Gemma are back from the Advent void or the Morphing grid or whatever the hell they're calling it.

Oh, parachutes! How convenient! Also the seat cushions can be used as a flotation device.

They dropped a command center on Venjix! The wicked witch should be coming along soon:

Turning in the morphers: haven't seen this since Wild Force. For the past two or three years the writers have had some sort of fetish for that season.

I loved how Ziggy whispers, “Get in gear”. I bet he loved being a ranger more than anyone else. And he's teaching kids with Dr. K.

I don't care how cute Ziggy/Dr. K is or how inevitable Dillon/Summer is: Dillon/Ziggy is validated.

Dillon watering the flower again, but now it has a wife and kids; foreshadowing Dillon and Summer having aloof brooding boys and emotionally empathetic girls of their own.

And Vejix is in the morpher. DUN!

5 out of 5

Holiday Humor

2009-12-23T19:46:38Z

Kamen Rider Dragon Knight Haters

2009-12-17T22:43:59Z

I am getting rather annoyed by all the schadenfreude being exhibited by all these self-appointed critics of Dragon Knight (they know who they are). I hope you're proud of yourselves.

Clarification: I do not have a problem with those who have criticized Kamen Rider Dragon Knight. I have a problem when the fandom is mocked and ridiculed because someone has decided it's his/her place to judge people who enjoy a show he/she thinks sucks. That is what I'm angry about.

Skyrunners

2009-12-16T05:01:24Z

I intend to recap "Skyrunners" here on my livejournal. I will start working on it next month provided I get an encode or can tape it. I am also going to experiment with a new style which is less in depth and even less literal.

One more thing: If you are bummed about "Kamen Rider Dragon Knight" being abruptly canceled or are just feeling the holiday blues, go to hero_wising and read the most recent recap of "Chuck and Charlie".

Peace

My thoughts on Kamen Rider Dragon Knight

2009-12-12T05:07:51Z

In “Muppets Take Manhattan” Kermit the Frog wanders into an ad agency run by other frogs. They tell him they are struggling to come up with a winning slogan for “Ocean Breeze Soap” and ask him to hear out some of their ideas. One slogan went something like this: “Ocean Breeze Soap. It's like taking an ocean cruise but there's no boat and you don't actually go anywhere.”

Similarly, Kamen Rider Dragon Knight is an adaption but it's not the same story and it doesn't actually go anywhere.

I love that there are good special effects. I love the martial arts used in the show. Matt Mullins and Mike Moh have contributed a lot and work well together. Recently Marc Dacascos has been dazzling. While the acting at times leaves something to be desired in almost all cases the cast is passable. In the case of William O'Leary and Scott Bailey the acting has been quite good. Stephen Lunsford and Michael Cardelle have had their moments and Chris Foley as Drew was a personal favorite of mine (although his alter ego “Chance” is much less interesting). I also like the elaborate costumes and I like to see characters fighting in costumes. It's like ballet. It's an art form.

Unfortunately as a story Kamen Rider Dragon Knight doesn't go anywhere. Scenes drag. The show is filled with pointless scenes of bike riding and dramatic walking. And do I have to mention the recaps at the start of the show that last anywhere from thirty seconds to a minute and a half? And where there is a story it stops without a satisfactory resolution. It's as if the series was written by six or seven different writers who were assigned different parts of the show and didn't talk to each other or read each others scripts.

Nevertheless the future of the show depends on strong ratings and good toy sales. Ratings have consistently been between 1.0 and 0.5, making this show one of the lowest rated shows in the CW4Kids line-up. Of course it didn't help that they changed the time slot twice with short notice. It also didn't help that the show took four month hiatus in the middle of it's run. Nevertheless it aims high to beat out Rollbots in the ratings. I don't know anything about toy sales but given the show's low ratings, the economy, and the high price on the merchandise I can't imagine it's been that lucrative for Bandai.

If there is a silver lining it's that Kamen Rider Dragon Knight has been a success in Brazil so it will hopefully continue to be seen there. If anyone continues the Kamen Rider adaptions they might. And apparently it will be shown in Japan dubbed in Japanese. It ends where it began.

For Ventara and Earth!

I'm Scottish!

2009-12-07T02:37:14Z

Not mine. Created by http://www.youtube.com/user/tokuanimecitvguy

I Make Puns About Dwayne Cameron's New Acting Gig

2009-11-30T01:47:49Z

Dwanyne Cameron (Power Rangers Operation Overdrive) has apparently found regular work on a series starring Latham Gaines (Power Rangers Dino Thunder).

The TV show The Cult has offered Sanctuary for Dwayne's acting career and could prove to be a Revolution for television in general. Hopefully he will flourish like a Wild Flower and acquire many new fans who Love him since he's still such a handsome Lil Devil.

More info about the show here:
http://tvnz.co.nz/thecult

Until next time,

Ciao Baby

Birthday Shout-Out

2009-11-25T23:13:12Z

Happy birthday glo_unit

Sexiest Man Alive Since 1980

2009-11-19T23:35:24Z

People named Johnny Depp the sexiest man alive.

Huh?

I mean he's not awful but the sexiest?

There should be two categories: Under thirty and thirty and up. Maybe even a third for over fifty.

So, here is a second poll that I will leave up:

View Poll: Sexiest man under thirty

Poll: Centerfold

2009-11-14T02:36:12Z

A week from now the world will get to see Levi Johnston's dingaling.
So, who else would you like to see take it all off for Playgirl?

View Poll: Next Playgirl Centerfold

Recommendation – Top Five Live Albums of the Eighties

2009-11-08T21:34:32Z

Last one (I promise). This list is likely to be controversial for what is and is not on it but I am injecting a large amount of personal bias. Listed in order of album release date.

Pat Benatar – Live From Earth (10/1983)

Pat Benatar at her very best. Includes “Fire and Ice”, “Hit Me With Your Best Shot”, “Heartbreaker”, and “Love is a Battlefield”. While this album by itself is not available it was re-released in 2004 as a two-disc package with Wide Awake in Dreamland (which is not a live album).

U2 – Under a Blood Red Sky (11/1983)

Contains live recordings of “Gloria”, “I Will Follow”, “Sunday Bloody Sunday”, “New Year's Day”, and “40”.

Duran Duran – Arena (11/1984)

Contains live recordings of “Hungry Like the Wolf”, “Save a Prayer”, “The Wild Boys”, and “Is There Something I Should Know”. The 2004 re-release also includes “Rio” and “Girls on Film”.

Pink Floyd – Delicate Sound of Thunder (11/1988)

Contains many of their hits including “Learning to Fly”, “Time”, “Wish You Were Here”, “Money”, “Comfortably Numb” and “Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)”.

Depeche Mode – 101 (3/1989)

A two-disc album recorded live at the Rose Bowl. Includes “Behind the Wheel”, “Strangelove”, “Black Celebration”, “People Are People”, “Master and Servant”, and “Just Can't Get Enough”. Re-released in 2003 with a bonus track.

GMC is Pandering to Dragon Knight Fans

2009-11-06T04:40:58Z

The grille on the truck does the Advent deck thing.