Renaissance Festival in Plantersville, TX

This is T, Kiki is still sick and out. Hopefully she will get well soon.
(Later edited by Kiki)

Yesterday, October 26, we went to the Renaissance Festival in Plantersville, TX and it was a blast. We took a three hour bus ride, which is basically three hours down time for whatever. When we got there, we went with our group leader to a meeting spot. Then we were let free to go where ever.

On school days, the Renascence has everything from food to live entertainment, but everything has a price so bring lots of money if you go. The food is great they have Turkey legs, chicken on a stick, alligator on a stick, sausage on a stick, and bottled soda to dink. The food is not that bad and the entertainment is great. They have a joust to watch, three theaters to find shows at. There is a moving duel where anyone can fight anyone (the proprietor just has two Styrofoam sword to use) which is lots of fun. I dominated an eighteen year old and I am only sixteen, but the best thing about the renaissance festival (and there biggest money maker) are their shops.

They have two different types of shops. The one where everything is stuff found in the renaissance era, but are made using today's methods, and the one where everything is made using the methods found in the renaissance era. I prefer the second type, because of the idea that this was hand made like in the renaissance, and it is so awesome. Though, the other shops are good to check out as well, because of what they have, like books related to the era. They have many places that show how glass is blown or how things are made. I even saw a stale with a Gutenberg printing press. To anyone who goes, remember it's fun but expensive.

psyco

Psycho

hey guys and gals this is T hear kiki has been sick lately so she hasn't seen the movie well hears the cast followed by my review and the ever annoying beat sheet and kiki is the one to normally to the spelling and grammar so if its not as good as usual i am sorry

Anthony Perkins	...	Norman Bates
	Vera Miles	...	Lila Crane
	John Gavin	...	Sam Loomis
	Martin Balsam	...	Milton Arbogast
	John McIntire	...	Deputy Sheriff Al Chambers
	Simon Oakland	...	Dr. Fred Richmond
	Vaughn Taylor	...	George Lowery
	Frank Albertson	...	Tom Cassidy
	Lurene Tuttle	...	Mrs. Chambers
	Patricia Hitchcock	...	Caroline (as Pat Hitchcock)
	John Anderson	...	California Charlie
	Mort Mills	...	Highway Patrol Officer
	Janet Leigh	...	Marion Crane

this movie was very disturbing to watch at first its not that bad but in the middle things get freaky Marion Crane steals 40,000 dollars from her employer and runs and so fare its been interesting if not a little bland due to lack of action at the half way point things start to pick up as our main character Marion Crane gets killed by Norman bates and then things get crazy as you learn things about Norman that shouldn't happen this is also the fact that the most parodied scene ever originated hear the scene is were a silhouetted approaches a person in the shower with a knife

beat sheet

PROJECT TITLE: Psycho

GENRE: horror

DATE:10/26/09

1. Opening Image (1): we have Marion and Sam after a bout of sexual intercourse together SAM cheating on his wife in the process

2. Theme Stated (5): when Marion steals the money and flees

3. Set-Up (1-10): the set up is when Marion lets her imagination run away

4. Catalyst (12):the catalyst is when Norman goes to get Marion food from his house

5. Debate (12-25):this is her trying to decide if she should talk to Norman more

6. Break into Two (25):Marion is killed

7. B Story (30):mar ions sister Lila crane goes looking for her

8. Fun and Games (30-55):this is were every one is investigating Norman

9. Midpoint (55):the privet investigator goes missing

10. Bad Guys Close In (55-75): Lila goes and Sam go to investigate at the motel Marion stayed at

11. All Is Lost (75): Lila cant find Normans mother

12. Dark Night of the Soul (75-85):Lila runs into the fruit cellar and finds the grandmother

13. Break into Three (85):the grandmother is just a corps and Norman comes in with a knife

14. Finale (85-110):Sam keeps Norman from killing Lila and incapacitates Norman

15. Final Image (110):we have Sam no longer cheating on his wife

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 4, Episode 10:
by Kiki and T

Kiki-

People on Buffy the Vampire Slayer that we will talk about, but haven't given information on yet:

Tara Maclay (played by Amber Benson) is the amazing new witch that has taken a liking to Willow. She plays the shy character very well. Her and Willow do a pretty cool natural magic scene in this episode. They later decide to hook up. Very wonderful couple if you ask me. She also plays Julia in Act Your Age (2008), Noreen in The Killing Jar (2009), and multiple other movies along with a few shows.

Spike (played by James Marsters) is the bad boy vampire that falls in love with Buffy and decides to make friends, in hopes of hooking up with her. In the long run, they end up using him for information on bad guys they face. He also plays Brainiac in the TV series Smallville, Captain John Hart in a TV show called Torchwood, and in many other shows (guest staring in most).

Rupert Giles (played by Anthony Head) is the close friend, and informant of Buffy and the rest of their little gang. He is the guy that knows all about the monsters they come up against, or has easy access to the information so he can do some over night research. He also played Stephen in a TV show called Free Agents, Uther in a TV show called Merlin, and was in many other TV shows.

Now, as for this episode. I would have to say that this is one of my favorites. It was written so that Joss Whedon could prove that he could make a great show without dialog. For the first 5 minutes, people wont stop talking. Then they lose their voices while they sleep. It is then like a silent movie until the last 5 minutes. When they get their voices back, they don't talk as much as they did before, thus showing that they learned a lesson about arguing so much and interrupting each other all the time.
In the beginning, Willow notices Tara at a wiccan meeting. No one in their group wants to take Willow's spell idea seriously and when Tara tries saying something, supporting Willow, people don't listen. Later in the show, while being chased by the Gentlemen, Willow and Tara realize that together, they have a lot of power. This is where Willow starts to like Tara.

In the beginning with Buffy and Riley (Marc Blucas), they won't stop babbling and just kiss already. Once they lose their voices, they can't babble anymore, so Riley ends up kissing her. At the end, when they are going to talk, they just don't.
With Xander and Anya (Emma Caulfield), they are arguing because Anya doesn't understand how Xander likes her, because this is his first real relationship and he doesn't know how to act. After they lose their voices, Xander walks in with Anya laying on the cough and Spike on his hands and knees by her. When Spike hears Xander walk in, he sits up and their is blood on his mouth. Xander assumes that Spike as killed Anya, so he attacks Spike. Anya then sees that he cares.

The Gentlemen are these guys who take away peoples voices in a whole town and rip out peoples hearts so you wont be able to scream. They are these creepy looking guys but dressed nice and act polite. Where as there jockys wear straight jackes and do all the dirty work.

T-
This episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer is all about communication. It goes without words for most of the movie. After the first five minutes, all characters lose their voice and need to comunicate without talking. The Gentlemen, as this episode's bad guys, know they can't be killed by a man made weapon. Their death is brought by the scream of a living human, not a recording. Buffy and company have to fight them and their dogs until they get their voices back. They are killed by Buffy's scream and their heads blow up.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 2, Episode 6: October 27, 1997:
By Kiki and T

Kiki-
The whole Buffy series is just amazing. It combines romance, humor, and horror all in one action packed TV show. The concept of the show in itself is just amazingly awesome. If you haven't seen a single episode, you must.
The three main people, that were pretty much in the series from beginning to end, are Buffy Summers (played by Sarah Michelle Gellar), Xander Harris (played by Nicholas Brendon), and Willow Rosenberg (played by Alyson Hannigan).

Sarah is an amazing actress and only gets better as she does each episode. She also played Daphne in Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
(2004), Karen in the Grudge (2004) and the Grudge 2 (2006), and multiple other movies. In Buffy the Vampire Slayer, she plays the wicked awesome vampire slayer with a big ego and huge attitude. She started out as a cheerleader and then became the vampire slayer. It took here a little while to adjust, but by this episode, she is starting to realize that she won't be a normal girl.

Nicholas is great actor, I'm just not to fond of his character in this show. He also played Chase in Blood on the Highway (2008), Kevin in multiple episodes of Criminal Minds, and various other Television shows. In this show though, he plays the dorky best friend of Buffy that helps with a lot of the cases and adds some humor into the show.

Alyson is a very beautiful and wonderful actress that seems to really put herself into the character. She isn't the main character but she is my favorite character in the series. She also played Julia in Date Movie (2006), Lily in How I met Your Mother, and a few other movies and shows. In this wonderful TV show, she plays the nerdy best friend of Buffy that is kind of like the girl next door.

David Boreanaz (plays the character Angel) is the vampire with a soul. He later goes and has his own show, called Angel, which he plays Angel, the same one from Buffy. He is a great actor, adds a nice amount of humor and drama in the show. He was also played Booth in the TV show Bones.

Now, in this episode, it is about the high school students taking little kids trick or treating on Halloween. They all buy Halloween costumes in a new story, though they all turn into what they dress up as.
There are many metaphors in this show (much like in all the episodes), yet the one that stuck out to me the most was the one involving Willow. It deals with the main metaphor of the show, yet personalized just for her. Buffy tries getting her to show more skin and look cute for her costume. She doesn't want to so she wears a ghost costume over it. When everyone turns into their costumes, Willow turns into a ghost, showing the little outfit Buffy picked out for her. By the end, Willow comes to terms with how she looks and ditches the ghost costume.

T-
The Buffy series is amazing, I recommend it for any one who likes action, comedy, romance, and lots of drama. This episode starts with Buffy fighting a vampire and killing them. Then going to meet Angle for a date. Upon arrival, she sees Cordillia talking with Angle. It has her doubting that Angle likes her. So Buffy and Willow barrow the "Watchers Diary" without Giles knowing. They then learn about what women looked like when Angle was 16. While at school, Buffy and her friends get roped into signing up to watch little kids trick or treat, so they get costumes. Buffy sees one that looks like the clothes described from the "Watchers Diary" and later while trike or treating, gets turned into a 18th century girl from Angel's time. The guy who sold Buffy the costume makes everyone turn into what they were dressed as. Buffy is then unable to fight at all and is useless until Giles breaks the spell. The main metaphor is, don't try to be what you're not. It wont work out well.

Nosferatu

Nosferatu 1922:
by Kiki and T

Kiki
This movie is amazing! The lead girl, Nina, or Ellen Hutter (played by Greta Schröder) did a pretty good job on her acting and did a good job of over reacting. Her husband, Jonathon Harker, or Hutter (played by Gustav Von Wangenheim) also did a good job with over reacting. Though, I think that he acted a little too happy and crossed the line between realistic acting and over the top overreacting. As for Count Dracula, or Graf Orlok (played by Max Schreck, my new idol), he did over the top creepy. He is what made the movie what it is. Very dedicated in his work, never breaking character. Max didn't even break character when off the set. He would go around hunting people at night and there was even talk of him attacking people on set. Don't be surprised if he pays you a little visit at night after you watch the movie. The movie has been known for engraving his image in your mind, thus making you see him when you wake up in the middle of the night. He doesn't stay long though.

T
Nosferatu is an exallent movie done in 1992. It's done in black and white and the actors don't talk in it. In the theaters, it was shown with a live symphony for the music. The music is now in the movie that you would buy or get online. Most of the messages conceived are done via body language, otherwise there are parts where the screen goes black and white text appears to tell you what they're saying or white with black writing for pages in a book appears. Yet, despite this, the movie is a spine tingling chiller, It's not the type of movie where you jump because something came out of no where, it's the kind that gets under your skin and makes you paranoid for long periods of time. I give it a 9 out of 10 on the awesome 'O' meter. The only reason its not 10 is because the end is anti-climatic as the vampire is killed by normal sun light.

Opening Image: The professor (played by Gustav Botz) was warning Jonathon about Renfield (or Knock, ein Häusemakler played by Alexander Granach), saying that he is crazy and that something bad will happen basically.

Them Stated: When Renfield tells Jonathon to go to Transylvania to meet Count Dracula, and says, "You will have a marvelous journey. And, young as you are, what matter if it costs you some pain - or even a little blood?..."

Set-up: Jonathon shows up at Count Dracula's castle.

Catalyst: Jonathon cuts his finger and Count Dracula licks the blood, freaking out a little. Jonathon gets freaked out by it and backs away from him.

Debate: In the morning, after the first night, Jonathon wakes up and finds bites on his neck. He doesn't want to believe it is from Count Dracula, so he tells himself that it was a spider or large mosquito.

Break into two: When Jonathon reads his vampire book again and then looks out the door, seeing Count Dracula standing at the end of the hall, watching Jonathon creepily.

B story: Where the doctor goes in to see Nina. They discover that Nina has the symptoms of a disease, after she found out about Nosferatu (meaning vampire).

Fun and Games: Renfield is running around through town, being chased by the towns people, cops, and doctors. He talks about his master coming. Then they catch him and throw him back in.

Midpoint: Jonathon is attacked by Count Dracula. He wakes up and sees the coffins full of Transylvanian dirt and rats being taken away to be moved for Count Dracula. He is now starting to believe that Count Dracula is a vampire.

Bad guys close in: Count Dracula kills everyone on the ship.

All is lost: Count Dracula movies across from Jonathon and Nina.

Dark Night of the Soul: Everyone finds out about the Nosferatu being there and they are told to say in their houses. A guy goes around putting crosses on everyone's door in chalk or something of that sort.

Break into Three: Nina reads in Jonathon's vampire book that, "Only a woman can break his frightful spell- a woman pure in heart- who will offer her blood freely to Nosferatu and will keep the vampire by her side until after the cock has crowed." and she decides to do that to save Jonathon.

Finale: Nina keeps Count Dracula at hers and Jonathon's house with her until morning. When the sun rises, Count Dracula dies. Just moments after, Jonathon runs in and Nina dies in his arms. Final Image: The professor ends up being right and something did in fact happen.

The Night of the Living Dead

1968 The Night of the Living Dead:
This is T and Kiki here to tell you about yet another great movie. It was the first zombie movie ever and when it came out, the term "zombie" was non-existent.

Kiki- I haven't seen this movie in 2 or 3 years, but I loved it when I did see it. Though, it wasn't what I was looking for at the time, so I was just a bit disappointed at first. After a few minutes in, I found that I liked it and it isn't bad for an old black and white zombie movie. This is the original zombies, you get to see what they started out as. You should try watching this movie and watching a new zombie film (such as Dawn of the Dead) and compare the two.

So this is T and this is my opinion, The Night of the Living Dead is an excellent movie by my standards. When I consider the fact that it was made in 1968, at the time, this movie was probably a real "gross out" movie because of the blood splatter in one scene. The zombies were mindlessly eating people in another scene. Though, for me it was mildly disturbing, there were parts I found amusing. Such as when the lead actress, Barbra played by Judith O'Dea, was just walking around with a glazed look in her eyes, throughout most of the movie, that could fool anyone into thinking she was a zombie herself. There was also an explosive scene involving a truck, gasoline, and a burning torch. I recommend you see this if you get the time, it gets a solid 5.5 on the awesome 'O' meter.

The Night of the Living Dead

GENRE: Horror

DATE: 1968

By T and edited by Kiki

1. Opening Image (1): Barbra (aka: Judith O'Dea) and her brother, Johnny (aka: Russell Streiner), go to a cemetery to remember their dad and pray for his soul. Then they see a zombie, but they don't recognize him as a zombie.

2. Theme Stated (5): The theme was stated when Johnny said, "They are coming for you Barbra", making fun of her and the dead.

3. Set-Up (1-10): None of the main characters show up, but this would be the time when the zombies start attacking.

4. Catalyst (12): Johnny is killed by the zombie. Then the zombie goes after Barbra and she runs, trying to start her car. The car goes a little ways, then it wrecks and runs into a house.

5. Debate (12-25): Barbra is in the house and Ben (Duane Jones) has shown up and boarded the house up already. Barbra has gone into a mental shock by this point and is not reacting to anything.

6. Break into Two (25): The house is surrounded by zombies and Ben starts to throw flaming furniture at them, scaring them off.

7. B Story (30): More people come out of the basement, which leads to a whole conflict between the basement people and Ben. This is because he won't go down to the basement or let them take anything down to the basement.

8. Fun and Games (30-55): Where all the zombie fighting happens. It is spread out and there are gaps.

9. Midpoint (55): They have had radio for a while and it had Ben telling them to stay inside, but a TV Brod cast says that shelters have been set up and they should try to get to the closest one.

10. Bad Guys Close In (55-75): They try to get to the gas pump and wound up blowing up the truck, killing two of the lesser character.

11. All Is Lost (75): The two dead are getting eaten in a gruesome way by the zombies. Everyone is depressed, because the truck was the only way out and now they can't escape.

12. Dark Night of the Soul (75-85): The zombies start breaking into the house and Harry Cooper (Karl Hardman) steals a gun from Ben. Ben then takes it back and shoots Harry. Harry stumbles down into the basement and dies. Harry's zombiefid daughter starts to eat him. Then Harry's wife goes down to check on him and gets killed by the daughter in a very gruesome way.

13. Break into Three (85): Ben is ran into the basement by zombies, which have broken into the house.

14. Finale (85-110): Down in the basement, Ben is forced to take down the little girl, only for Harry to come back as a zombie once he is dead for good. The wife starts coming back and she is also taken down. He is boarded up, down in the basement, and waits for help,

15. Final Image (110): Help has arrived for Ben. Most of the zombies have dispersed. As all is quite, Ben leaves the basement and creeps around in the living room. Outside, the help mistakes Ben for a zombie and kills him. Now they can't tell the living from the living dead.

Shyder beat sheet for X-Men Oragins

X-Men Oragins: Wolverine 2009:

T here, this is the next thing I had to do for my class. I dissected a movie using the Blake Snyder beat sheet.

THE BLAKE SNYDER BEAT SHEET
PROJECT TITLE: X-Men Origins: Wolverine
GENRE: Action
DATE: 10/5/09

1. Opening Image (1): James (Wolverine) and his half brother Victor (Sabertooth) are in a bed room. James is sick and needs to be taken care of.

2. Theme Stated (5): James and Victor fight in the Civil War, WWI, WWII and Vietnam War. There powers keeping them alive and at their peak.

3. Set-Up (1-10): James has to stop Victor from killing and giving into his blood lust.

4. Catalyst (12): James and Victor getting into to trouble after Victor kills a superior and they have to face a firing squad, only to live and be imprisoned by the army and serve in a special squad.
After serving for a while in the special squad, James decides to leave and quite killing when Stryker is terrorizing an African village for the location of a meteorite.

5. Debate (12-25): Six years later, James is going by his last name Logan. He has to choose whether or not to help Stryker as some one hunts down there old team and he says no. Though, when his wife, Kayla, is killed by Victor, he is all for killing Victor and goes to Stryker.

6. Break into Two (25): Stryker tells Logan to have a procedure done to add the adamantium to his skeleton and he agrees. When he hears Stryker say to wipe his memory, he gets mad and escapes after killing many people there.

7. B Story (30): Logan meets an old Couple who is willing to help him by giving him clothes, food, and a place to rest for a little while.

8. Fun and Games (30-55): This would be the chase scene, as Logan rides a motorcycle being chased by Jeeps, helicopters, and one of his old team mates.

9. Midpoint (55): Logan meets up with a member of his team who could teleport. Then Victor kills him.

10. Bad Guys Close In (55-75): After Wolverine broke into the lab, Victor showed up.

11. All Is Lost (75): Logan finds out that Kayla was just acting so that he would be willing to get the adamantium treatment.

12. Dark Night of the Soul (75-85): Logan hears Kayla scream and he freaks out. He makes his way, only for him to learn that she really does love him but Stryker had threatened her sister's life.

13. Break into Three (85): After hearing how Stryker forced Kayla to fake her death, Logan decides to free all the captured mutants.

14. Finale (85-110): Logan and Victor fight weapon 11 to the death.

15. Final Image (110): Logan is alone again, without his memory this time. Only, he doesn't need to be taken care of, he decides to find his own way off the island instead of leaving on Gambits plane.

Some Random Online Videos

Some Random Online Videos:
By Kiki & T

Zombies in Plain English:
Kiki
This funny, yet educational video teaches you how to be ready for a zombie attack and where you can go to get supplies and shelter. The sound quality is very well and non of it sounds dubbed over. The pictures where clear and the camera was still, so they must have used a tri-pod. I love this video, its not to long and its some what funny. I love the ending where the zombies attack. Even though you don't see it. You just see blood splatter.
T
This video is very amusing and informs many on how to survive a zombie attack. Like, the best places to hide, how to get away, and how you fight back. It was short and the audio quality was very good. It didn't sound dubbed and the person speaking was not to close to the mic. The camera was not shaking, so they probably used a tri-pod or another camera mount. I enjoyed the end the most and on that note BRAINS BRAINS BRAINS!

Blogs in Plain English:
Kiki
This video tells people about blogs and how they should be used and what they have been used for. This video is informative, though not as interesting as they could make it. It sure isn't as good as their video that we previously reviewed (Zombies in Plain English). The sound and camera use was good. The quality was good as well. Just a little boring for my own taste. If you like short educational videos, you might like this one.
T
This video is very informative on how most blogs are used. It also tells how blogers draw inspiration from each other on similar topics. The blogs can become two way chats with comments left from one person to another. It also explains the difference in the news now and in the 20th century.

Back of the Mike (1938):
Kiki
This old black and white video starts with a little boy listening to the radio. They are doing a story on radio and you get to see what it would look like on a tv. Then it goes to what it looks like at the radio studio. It shows you what they do for different sound effects as they do it. Then later it switches back to what it would look like as if you could see it on tv. It is interesting how the sound effects were done and how many people it took just to tell a story. My favorite part would have to be when the guy does the woman's voice. All in all, it is a good video and the quality is good even with how old it is.
T
This video is an insight into how the old radio shows were conducted. Starting with the audience being a little boy, then you see the story as he images. It then shows how all the actors did the sounds. Then it goes back to the boy as he is listening to it, then it shows the end of the conflict. It's in black and white, and the audio is clear all the way through. The story is interesting, my favorite part would be the way they made the horse galloping sounds. The quality is good and again, a good insight on how old radio shows were done.

Great Tasting Americano- Stop Motion Production:
Kiki
This short stop motion video is very well made and pretty funny as well. It starts with the little guy picking out what he wants to look like, and then he goes out to the city and causes trouble. It resembles "Grand Theft Auto". Also, the ending credits are fun and interesting. These people did a very good job with this video.
T
This is a amusing stop motion, based off of the "Grand Theft Auto" game. I find that the main character is funny. It has no educational value at all, but if your bored it kills a good 2 minutes. It is the users only video. The end credits have a very good song, nice and up beat.

Food Fight:
Kiki
This amazing video has very violent food. It is very amazing and very well made. The best war movie I have ever seen and yet it is with food! Each food represents different parts of the world, such as the hamburger represents America. This short 5 minute and 30 second video is a MUST SEE. The quality is great, the music is fun and at a good sound. The music stays at a consistent volume throughout most of the video. The sound effects can be heard through the music as well. And at the end, all the pieces of the war is picked up like it normally is. This, I would have to say, is one of the best videos that I have EVER seen.
T
This is a must see video, it contains very violent food that mimicked all the wars from WWI to now and the violence in Afghanistan. It has a very good quality, the audio is crystal clear, and there are no gaps or stops in the video track. I enjoyed this and if you hit more information where it show the description of the video, it has a link to a cheat sheet of what food represented which groups of people.