Something I Noticed In Mr. Peabody and Sherman | October Writeathon 7/31

I'm back! After a long break from Geekagogue working on my own blog, I'm finally back to writing for this blog. For those of you who don't know me, I'm Arthur, one of the co-creators of Geekagogue. For my homecoming post, I'd like to take a closer look at Mr. Peabody and Sherman, one of the best kids movies in recent times, in my opinion. Mr.Peabody and Sherman is a heartwarming movie about a genius dog (Mr. Peabody) that adopts a kid (Sherman) and builds a time machine in order to educate him.

     

After thinking about the movie for an embarrassing amount of time, I realized a small detail that many people probably overlooked. Oh yeah, look out for spoilers. 

     

Near the beginning of the movie, after Sherman inexplicably bit Penny, Penny and her parents come over to Mr. Peabody's apartment to have dinner. Penny manipulates Sherman into showing her the WABAC, the time machine that Mr. Peabody uses to teach Sherman. They end up in Egypt, in the time of King Tut. 

     

Cut back to Mr. Peabody, who's using his mad bartender skills to entertain Penny's parents. Sherman interrupts, and Peabuddy has to hypnotize her parents and go save her from being killed when King Tut dies. They then participate in the Trojan War, and Mr. Peabody supposedly dies. 

     

Sherman and Penny then both go back to moments before Sherman interrupted, to get Mr. Peabody again. 

     

This is what I noticed. The first Sherman shows up, trying to get Mr. Peabody to go to Egypt, while the second Sherman and Penny try to get him to go save the last Mr. Peabody, who supposedly died. But then the presumed dead Peabody shows up.Both versions of Mr. Peabody and Sherman bind together (quite literally) to save the world, but Penny never meets her past self. So that means a version of Penny was left to die in Egypt with her boyfriend, King Tut. Betcha won't hear the writers talking about that.

Thanks for reading, and if you know of any more plot discrepancies in a film I should cover, let me know in the comments. Arthur out.

    

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An Analisis of Fight Scenes Part 1 | October Writeathon 5/31

Spoiler Warning for

Yuri!!! on Ice

Fight scenes are an essential part of modern fiction, and are particularly effective when used in a visual medium. When used correctly, they're more than just action packed scenes of awe inspiring spectle. In fact, I believe that out of my three part analysis of fight scenes, the visuals are the least important. Over the next couple of days I'm going to go in depth on what makes a fight scene incredible using my three step analysis method. As an example for all of these, I'm gonna use a show you probably don't think of when you think of fight scenes, Yuri!!! on Ice. While the show is a sports anime, all of the same points apply, so I've decided to use it. Today we'll be discussing the most obvious and, in my opinion least important part, the combat itself.

While I believe that the fight it self is the least important part of a good fight scene, I do realize that it is important and can make or break a great of scene. The combat is a menagerie of different things blending together to create their own sort of masterpiece. I've divide it into several different oarts:

1. The Coreography
The most important part of the action is the coreography, how the characters move, and how the action flows across the screen. It's what glues your eyes to the screen during every fight, and if it's done correctly, it's a work of art in it's own right. Our example, Yuri!!! On Ice, is a prefect example of this, as it's elegant skating scenes are incredibly well coreographed, making it feel exciting while retaining elegance abd a good sense of movement.

2. The Cinematography
While the coreography is how the characters move around the scene, the equally important cinematography is how the camera moves around the character. This is another thing YoI does fantastically, as the characters glide around the arena, the camera seems to go with them. Cinematography can make a good scene great, and is responsible for some of the most breathtaking scenes in history.

3. The Animation
Yuri!!! on Ice is a beautifully animated show. Some of that probably stems from the fact that it's animation crew was easily the largest of the 2016 fall anime season, which was when it made it's debut. Each character was drawn by a different artist, giving every skating scene it's own unique feel, even if it was the exact same sequence. Overall, animation should be eye catch and smooth in combat, making the fight aesheticly pleasing.

4. The Music
The final, and probably least important part of the combat is the music. The music can help establish the tone of the fight and can add drama to it, but nobody remembers a scene because it's good music choice. It's just an extra detail to keep in mind.

The combat can be a very memorable part of many shows, but it becomes infinitely better when the fight has wieght. That's what we'll be discussing tomorrow, so make sure to come back then for part 2. Remember, have a very fine day.

The First Green Lantern | October Writeathon 4/31

The Green Lantern's are some of the most powerful being in the entirety of the DC Universe, but today I wanna spread the love for the original Green Lantern, Alan Scott. Alan diest get his immense power from the Guardians of the Universe, instead he uses a ring forged from the Starheart, a meteor composed of all the chaos magic in the universe.
The ring allows him, like normal lanterns, to create energy constructs, his however, are surrounded by a powerful green flame. He can project this flame as an energy blast, and it has enough heat that Hal Jordan was able to feel it through his force field. He is capable of easily taking out powerful Lantern like Half and Kyle Reiner. He is also able to maintain an entire construct city on the moon, inhabited by many of Earth magical creatures.
The ring makes him incredibly fast. In space he is able to travel at hyperspeed, and on Earth he can keep up with Speedsters like Liberty Bell and Jay Garrick, the original Flash. His reflexes are so fast that he managed to form a construct shield in the split second before a nuclear bomb killed him.
As time wears on in his Superhero career, Allen's body is slowly transformed until it's made of the Starhearts energy. This gave him a massive power boost and made him basically immortal. Mr. Terrific has said that Allen has the potential to destroy the entire solar system.
Allen Scott is completely under rated, and I hope we get to see him return in DC's rebirth. If you haven't seen him before, I highly recommend reading a comic with him in it  That's all for today, and remember, have a very fine day.

Giveaway Announcement | October Writeathon 3/31

Hey, today's Writeathon post is really just an announcement, sorry about that I have some very important news. From now until October 31, 2017, you can enter my big giveaway. The prize is two tickets to Star Wars: The Last Jedi, so go check out our Facebook page.
In other news, we have a new author joining the crew, Harlie. She's a very busy person, so she's only gonna post once every two weeks, but we're very excited to have her, so try and give her a worm welcome. That's all for today, sorry about the short announcement post, just wanted to keep you guys updated. Have a very fine day.