Writing by Spencer on Thursday, 4
of February , 2010 at 5:29 pm
Jon Favreau is an actor, screenwriter and director. He may be best known for appearing in films like Rudy and Swingers, but his work behind the camera directing super movies like Elf and Iron Man makes him truly stand apart. He has been working on a sequel to Iron Man as he found himself at with in a position to add another feather to his cap: Voice Actor. Jon has a starring role in last weeks’ episode of The Clone Wars as Pre Vizsla in The Mandalore Plot.
There are a couple of videos of him at StarWars.com here and here. With those big earphones on in the recording studio, he reminds me of another Star Wars character. Thank you Lobot for making those earphones sooooo stylish!
Writing by Spencer on Thursday, 28
of January , 2010 at 2:41 pm
One of the things that makes tv shows so much fun is when the blur the line with reality. I’m not a fan of reality tv shows, but I like television dramas to be believable. Ok, so Lost is not really all that believable, but it sure is clever. :D
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Writing by Spencer on Tuesday, 12
of January , 2010 at 7:41 am
I’m a big fan of the cancelled tv show Firefly. Early in December I was commissioned to create some sketch cards of the cast of the show. My scan of the final color images didn’t turn out so good, so I put together the black and white drawings to give you a feel for the cards. I’d love to do some prints from this show.
Writing by Spencer on Thursday, 12
of November , 2009 at 1:20 pm
In other Internet Radio news, I was asked to join in a round table discussion on the Star Wars Fan Podcast the ForceCast. We were discussing last week’s episode of the Clone Wars titled “Landing at Point Rain”. You can hear this special roundtable podcast as well as the weekly ForceCast and the IndyCast at www.ForceCast.com.
Special thanks go out to Jason Swank and Jimmy Mac for asking me to be on the show as well as our other guest Paul Bateman from Ralph McQuarrie.com.
Writing by Spencer on Friday, 28
of August , 2009 at 12:21 pm
Speaking of animated Star Wars:Clone Wars Lego goodness… Tonight at 9:00 on the Cartoon Network is the Premiere of “Lego Star Wars: The Quest for R2-D2″. In conjunction with this television premiere is a new mini-site and game. They’ve released the first level of the game to promote it’s full launch this month (probably timed with tonight’s premiere). You can play the game here. The video below shows some of the game footage. *note* the video doesn’t have any sound.
Writing by Spencer on Wednesday, 26
of August , 2009 at 9:21 am
It’s kinda fun to see that Lucasfilm and the Cartoon Network can have a little fun with Star Wars. Check out this music video advertisement for the new season of Clone Wars. I believe that it begins on October 2nd.
Along with that silly video, let’s watch the trailer for the new season that’s currently being titled, “Rise of the Bounty Hunters”. :D
Writing by Spencer on Tuesday, 16
of June , 2009 at 4:25 pm
The Science fiction website io9 had an interesting post about which live action shows could make the leap to animated shows. I posted some information about different TV shows that were being cancelled. They went a step further and listed the pros and cons of the cancelled shows living on as an animated show. Here’s two cancelled shows and their take on a possible rebirth
Firefly
Why it’d work: High adventure on the space waves with a band of colorful characters risking life and limb as they try to survive? It’s like Dungeons and Dragons grown up and transplanted into orbit.
Why it may not be the best idea: Would it hurt too much? Perhaps - or maybe we just wouldn’t be interested if we couldn’t see Jewel Staite on a regular basis. But Whedon’s series work in large part because of the actors as much as the writing, and it just wouldn’t be the same without them.
Verdict: Sadly, we’re saying that the Serenity should stay grounded.
The Middleman
Why it’d work: From its origins as a comic book to its broad cartoony comedy as a television show, this is another series that has always felt like a cartoon despite its flesh and blood stars. Plus, as a cartoon, imagine everything it could get away with but couldn’t afford on an ABC Family budget!
Why it may not be the best idea: We have no reasons why. Seriously, this is a no-brainer.
Verdict: Did you miss the part where we called it a no-brainer above?
When I first started drawing sketch cards I looked at them as a way to make my own animated version of the film properties. So which shows would you like to see animated?
Writing by Spencer on Tuesday, 21
of April , 2009 at 4:28 pm
The other day I was listening to a podcast called This Week in Media. One of the reoccurring themes of this media podcast is the conversation about the future of TV. When my family got a VCR I was amazed by the ability to set it up to record a show that I wasn’t around to watch. I could then watch it at my leisure and even fast forward through the commercials. This process is now called time shifting. The TV show is available on MY schedule, and the idea of rushing home to see a show is not quite as relevant as it once was.
Well, now things have gone digital. If you miss a show, there’s a good chance that it’s available for you to watch on the Internet. It seems like all the major networks have an online video service and with the AppleTV and Xbox 360 and Playstation 3, you can now connect your TV to the internet through these consoles. Now with everybody wanting to have an internet presence for their TV shows, it seems like things are getting a bit muddled. It’s always been so easy to just sit in front of the TV and surf the channels, but how do you surf through the World Wide Web to find a show to watch? You go to YouTube.
YouTube seemed to just be a dumping ground for user created video. Now they’re supporting HD content AND they have a section for SHOWS and MOVIES. You can watch all seven seasons of MacGuyver or the first season of The Jackie Chan Adventures cartoon. How about the 1968 film Inspector Clouseau staring Alan Arkin in place of Peter Sellers. Or how about the 1967 film Casio Royale starring David Niven, Peter Sellers, Woody Allen, and a chimpanzee as James Bond.
All this time I thought that the built in inclusion of YouTube on the iPhone and Playstation3 and other media devices was just a waste of time. Now I see that it is all so that we can watch TV where ever and whenever we want to.
Writing by Spencer on Monday, 20
of April , 2009 at 10:21 am
GI Joe was a staple part of my Television diet growing up. I had the action figures and the vehicles, but I don’t think that I ever went overboard with GI Joe. So, true to form there is a new movie coming out this summer called GI JOE the rise of COBRA. I haven’t sought out much information about the film yet, but I did find something else very interesting.
My first exposure to GI Joe was through the cartoon. It would seem that in preparation for this summer’s big-budget movie Hasbro has made a NEW Cartoon mini-series. I find this interesting because it’s a cartoon with the instructions to produce a non-tiny-child-oriented GI Joe, AND it’s taking advantage of the internet distribution model.
The GI Joe: Resolute cartoon was announced as a series of 10 five-minute webisodes to be capped off by a 10-minute finale. The online premiere of the show leads up to its broadcast premiere on Cartoon Network next week, which will show all of the webisodes as well as debut the final 10 minutes of the storyline. So they are going to give away the first 50 minutes of the hour long movie for free online and then show the last 10 minutes on Cartoon Network. This way they can take advantage of the internet and then have their advertisers pay for the cable tv spots and then they’ll sell the DVDs and package them with some toys.
To help sell this new non-tiny-child, more “sophisticated” take on the characters, Hasbro has hired acclaimed comic book writer Warren Ellis. Here’s a bit from Warren’s website, “Sam Register phoned me up and said, we’d really like you to write a GI JOE animation, at a PG-13 rating, aimed at an older viewer. I said, I’ve never seen a GI JOE cartoon in my life…I know nothing about GI JOE. It is meaningless in my world. Excellent, Sam said. Just the guy we need.”
Here is the trailer for the series and episodes 1-2 can be seen here.
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Jon Favreau is an actor, screenwriter and director. He may be best known for appearing in films like Rudy and Swingers, but his work behind the camera directing super movies like Elf and Iron Man makes him truly stand apart. He has been working on a sequel to Iron Man as he found himself at with in a position to add another feather to his cap: Voice Actor. Jon has a starring role in last weeks’ episode of The Clone Wars as Pre Vizsla in The Mandalore Plot.
In other Internet Radio news, I was asked to join in a round table discussion on the Star Wars Fan Podcast the 
