Return of Reboot

I'm pretty sure everyone remembers the cartoon "Reboot" that aired from 1994-2001. Just in case you have no idea what I'm talking about, the show was about a guardian sprite named Bob and his friends that lived inside a computer world called Mainframe. Bob's job was to defend the Mainframe (and the User) from virus attacks. He was helped by Dot and her little brother Enzo. The baddies were, of course, Megabyte and Hexadecimal. It really was an awesome show and the plotlines got really dark toward the end of the series. Rainmaker, the company that currently owns the Reboot property, chose five undiscovered writers to work with the production team to prepare a pitch for a new Reboot storyline. They will be posted on the Zeroes 2 Heroes website on Thursday, July 26, which happens to be the first day of the San Diego Comic-Con International. When you visit the website, you'll be able to work with the production team to refine the ideas. Later, you'll be able to vote for your favorite pitch. From these pitches, we'll get a web-based comic then production will start on a trilogy of feature-length films.

I'm really excited to see where this goes. I loved Reboot back in the day and it would be really awesome if they got a great storyline to run with. I wonder if the "undiscovered writers" Rainmaker found know anything about the Reboot property. Are they going to be able to stay with how the characters were originally written? Are they going to start over at the beginning for the kids of this generation that haven't seen the original series? I hope they don't do anything to ruin the memories of the older Reboot fans.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070723/film_nm/reboot_dc;_ylt=Akpkt4HADv6UqpPqjerWtEBxFb8C

Harry Potter and The Order Of The Phoenix

On Sunday morning, the family went to see the new Harry Potter movie. I haven't read any of the books but my husband has so we tend to walk away from these movies with two completely different opinions. To me, this movie seemed a bit jumbled. There was a lot going on and it didn't seem like anything really truly got explained. Things seemed to happen suddenly then they ended just like that. There were some very good and very entertaining parts (the Weasley twins just need an entire movie dedicated to them) but I'm hoping that this movie sets up a lot of stuff for the next one. I think I'd like it a lot better if I thought of it as a prequel to the next movie instead of a sequel to an already established world.

Movie Stuff

On Sunday, the family went to the movies to see Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. It wasn't an amazing film but it was pretty good. Though I'll admit that I had some problems with Sue's hair being too blonde and her eyes seemed weird too. I know Jessica Alba is wearing contacts but these contacts seemed different from the ones in the first film. The Silver Surfer was awesome. Overall, not a terrible movie. Last night, the husband and I saw Transformers. This movie was amazing. I think a lot of people were expecting too much from it though. The Transformers cartoon was made to sell toys. If you think that there is "more" to them, you are definitely looking for something that isn't there. The live-action movie (since there is a cartoon movie, I'll make the distinction) doesn't have any deep meanings hidden in the plot. Heck, the plot itself is pretty much "Find the cube before the bad guys." It has wonderful graphics, some really good acting and a great soundtrack. Despite what many people think, it's not going to "rape my childhood" and I wish people would stop using that phrase.