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The dictionary defines an animated cartoon as, "a large number of images of drawings or objects with very slight continuous change to give the illusion of movement when played rapidly, a story can be made from this process and music/sounds can be added."
The reason why animation first started to be developed was because the process was relatively easy (if considerably time-consuming). As the technology matured and the process introduced animation cells to reduce the amount of drawing required, smaller companies could create animated cartoons and with Technicolor relinquished from Disney's control the cartoons could be in complete colour. In 1940 the MGM cartoon studio released the animated cartoon Tom and Jerry.

A cat, a mouse and a chase

Tom and Jerry is the tale of a cat called Tom, his ambition in life is to capture the mouse called Jerry. According to Robert Esert in an article he wrote in 3/23/07 Jerry the mouse is subject to both the Cartoon Law IX and Cartoon Law Amendment B that the Hanna-Barbera created to dictate Tom and Jerry. This means that in layman's terms because he is innocent and considered a "cool" character he is protected from harm by opportunity and/or wit. This leads to the focal point of the show, when Tom attempts to capture and/or injure Jerry, he is subject to injury and/or capture till Cartoon Law VIII comes into affect and the chase continues. Each episode is an adaptation of these hard set laws and enjoyment is derived from how Tom is injured by his greediness and how Jerry constantly wins. This show's original audience was for the ages of six to eleven; however, popularity of the show extended to adults due to the fast paced action. Tom and Jerry the characters, were modeled after the silent movie chases found in the Charlie Chaplin movies.

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I was bored so I decided to tell you about my  encounter with the game Sudeki.

 This is not going to be a long story.

I installed the game the other day 'cause a friend of mine gave it to me, because apparently he thought I might enjoy it. Why he thought so I really couldn't tell.

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11.06.08

Yo,

here's another little article I wrote for the campus paper at UCI...that 650 word limit is KILLING me!



Denizens of Orange County couldn’t escape the barrage of yellow lawn signs that littered the landscape these past weeks, demanding a Yes vote on Proposition 8 in the upcoming election. Beneath the picture of a happy stick-figure family was the simple tagline, “protect marriage.” It’s as if the “Yes on 8” camp wanted voters to envision themselves galloping to the rescue of Maiden Marriage, imprisoned in the castle of the godless sodomites, creatures of no morals, content to ravish the modern family in between bouts of drug abuse and deviant sex. An overzealous description, perhaps, but the “Yes on 8” movement succeeded largely due to illustrative rhetoric that glazed over the holes in their logic. “Traditional Marriage” and “Sacred Institution” are the most potent mudslingers in their vocabulary, not directly insulting homosexuals by giving heterosexuals way too much credit, “where not against gay people, we’re just FOR traditional marriage.”



There is no such thing as a “traditional marriage,” like there is no such thing as a “traditional family.” The blanket term given the right way to marry could, and does, include: a beaten wife staying with her husband out of fear, a couple who won their marriage as a prize on a reality show, and a drunken mistake in Las Vegas; as long as the two people are of opposite gender. The outdated-ness of the term is astounding; not only was it used verbatim when interracial marriage was attempting to “destroy the foundation of society,” but “traditional marriage” comes from the nonexistent roots of the nuclear family of 1950s America. The idea of “traditional marriage” back then meant a housewife and a factory-drone husband. If Mom went to work while Dad raised the kids, it was sacrilege. True Marriage, as with everything else involving humans, evolves with time, changing and reflecting shifts in societal advances and ideals. But Traditional Marriage never has to grow out of its archaic values, but it has the two magic words.



“Sacred Institution.” That’s the kneejerk response you’re given when those against gay marriage realize they don’t have any logic to debate with. You can’t argue with the phrase, because it hides behind its haughty religious ties, like a child sticking out its tongue behind its mother’s arms. Never mind that those able to marry don’t treat it sacred; a 60% divorce rating and the ability to get an annulment faster than a pizza doesn’t make a dent in their argument. Want to know why it’s sacred? They’ll tell you. “Every study since the beginning of time...” – because cavemen were equipped with polling data – “…shows that a heterosexual couple is essential to the upbringing of sensible, moral children.” Somehow a penis and vagina are so important after the birth, that they MUST be equally present in every strong household. There is no way to justify this argument without assigning each gender their individual roles and emotions within the household. One parent has to be comforting and sensitive, the other tough but fair. Despite both genders being able to interact with children on either side of the equation, the Traditional Marriage argument dictates that there is something engrained into the DNA of men and women that make them inseparable in child-rearing. What it is, they have no answer. Science kinda requires proof, rather than hot air.



People fell for it. Despite pompous overtones and ridiculous claims, people bought it. Do they hate gays? Do they really care that much about the issue, or their religion for that matter? Of course not, it’s all spin, the easiest trick in the book. The “Yes on 8” camp used their scripts to make something simple into the first step on the path to anarchy. They stroked the egos on heterosexuals and their marriages in order to maintain religious dominance in a world that could give a crap. Love just isn’t a factor in marriage anymore.

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"He's the angriest gamer you ever heard, he's the Angry Nintendo Nerd...He's the Atari-Sega Nerd, he's the Angry Video Game Nerd."

Well, that was enjoyable, wasn't it, folks? These two well-known Internet icons of the reviewing industry have pleased us to no end. And I assume the battle shall come to a close fairly soon. But before that happens, I have constructed this fan viewpoint to explain why we love these dashing figures of pixels that appear on our screen in video format.

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Allright, I think I've calmed down now so I might be able to have an objective view about this most horrible piece of cow shit that has ever been mounted on a cd/dvd-drive.

 Let's start with a  long painful roar. (The subtitles are fun to have on in the cutscenes.)

I actually had no preconceptions of the game when I started playing Halo 2, I had not read any reviews, I didn't know anything about it. I just weren't interested in it until we decided to play the whole series through with my friend. I actually thought that they might have improved some points from the original that I had issues with. Far from it, they had only managed to make the playing experience even worse.  

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Hello every one. Inspired by The Nostalgia Critic, I've decided  I want to start my own reviews of movies. But I didn't want to take nostalgic movies since that is obviously taken. So I've spent the last few weeks trying to think of my own unique movies I could review. And thats when I remembered "hey, I'm an actor!". So I've decided to review musical films! If you have any musicals you would like me to review, lemme know. Films can be old ones, new ones, Disney films, even movies that aren't originally based on a musical but they made one anyways (Across the Universe). So, lets get this underway and start sending me requests! You may send as many as you like. And spread the news to your friends. There's a new critic on the web.

Btw, if someone can help me come up with a good name for my reviews, it would be much appreciated. Thank you :-) 

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First of all I would like to point out a few flaws in the game.

#1 The plot was awful, C-rate sci-fi that was written by a lobotomized chipmunk on crack.

#2 The enemies sucked ass, they made 3 models for enemies and then just changed the colours depending on the difficulty...

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