My Thoughts On Mel Gibson Losing It... Again...

Despite being a goof, I managed to offend some people with this post (sorry :/) and regularly I'd find myself in a discussion about it with people who visit. Partly written out of my distaste for guys hitting dames, I agree there was some strong social commentary and emotion that was not going to be taken well by everyone. Hell I pushed some buttons, so I decided delete most of it for that reason.

In summary:

When something like this happens to Mel Gibson I get pissed off, because it’s like Dude! Your fucking up everything I like about your movies and that I liked about you. And when somebody asks me now do I like Mel Gibson? I have to honestly think. Do I really like the guy? At this point No... Not really, but did I like his work? Yea, I still like his work but now I’m feeling a sense of guilt and the fact that he says this shit. It shows he is just a vile person you would never want to hang out with. Especially now he’s beating up this girl which is lower than low. I mean really Mel? Do you really need to do that?

Toy Story 3 Makes Me Feel 5 Years Old Again!!!

It’s amazing to think Toy Story came out in 1995 when I was just 5 years old. I remember watching in awe as this new 3D technology was like nothing I had ever seen before. So detailed! So, so shiny! O_O THE CLAW!!!!

It’s 2010 now and I’m 20 years of age. I have grown up at the same rate as Andy in the movie, a concept in itself that is really cool but it also means I have this strong emotional connection to the series even as 20 year old. I can't really explain it I just know it hits me hard deep down, like somewhere between the pancreas and the small intestine? To the point of me saying this could arguably be one of the best film trilogies in history!

Take a look at this graph I made which uses incredibly complex science you would never be able to understand. (I looked at ra-view websites yea, and den I put de numbers in da graph usein da Photoshop.) To show you what popular opinion was when some of the most important trilogies where made.

As you already probably know figures, never lie... especially ones that are made up on the spot! And as you can see from my graph Toy Story as a trilogy has consecutively and continuously in successesion been progressively and sequentially... Good. I can't overstate that enough, even though I just did. So let’s move on!

The significance of Toy Story in animation is big, real big. Think of it as a Tsunami that changed the animation world forever. In the end Disney had no choice but to acquire Pixar, to save its animation empire. Yea Disney! You might have heard of them there only the biggest animation pioneers of our parent’s generation.

Steve Jobs with 50% of the Pixar market share was able to kick down the door of Disney, put a gun in the Disney Chairman’s mouth and say "Show me the money or I’m walking BIT*%!!" (Obviously that’s not quite... How it happened I just like the idea that Steve Jobs is a ridiculously violent individual that you wouldn't want to mess with.)

I guess I like Pixar because they have always cared about what they create for example during the production of Toy Story 2 they decided that the sequel just didn’t measure up to the original so they went and remade the movie. Rewriting the entire script! Some of the animators even got repetitive strain injuries just trying to complete it within the 9 month deadline Disney had pushed on them. Now that's dedication and it shows in everything they do.

It’s so much more than the 3D hook that enabled Pixar to succeed. It was the full package of multi dimensional characters, compelling story telling and their ability to cater to both young and old.

Toy Story 3 doesn’t disappoint in these areas, in some respects it has to tell the hardest story of them all. What happens when you outgrow your toys? I’m not going to go into plot specifics because there is no real point. It definitely left me with a warm fuzzy feeling after watching it.

This was supposed to be a review but why review perfection? Just go see it!

Boydee Blog Rating: 5/5 New Infinities and Beyond!

Designing Boydee Blog

Trying to "sell" your blog to someone for the first time can be difficult. What better way to do it than with a picture that speaks louder than words. That way your viewer will hopefully be compelled read further than the first two sentences.

Btw if you’ve gotten this far I’m proud of you. So here’s a video you can watch which describes in absolute no detail the illustration process but has some cool music and shit that almost makes what Im doing look impressive.


Boydee Blog Illustration from Zain Boyd on Vimeo.

Don’t confuse my Adobe Illustrator skills for actual talent because I can’t draw well at all. But if you can draw and want to learn how to digitise your work, kick up enough fuss on the comments and maybe I’ll make a tutorial video if I get enough time.

Not recommended though since I’m not actually very proficient with it. It would prob be a very painful learning process. Not even Van Gough suffered the same kind of pain for his art and he cut his ear off...

The First Post

So a while back I had a blog called Zao Blog which I would try to write long ass epic Blogs every month about my life in general.

However after a long period of time my writing got poorer and my motivation to do better died and I literally got sick of myself. For reasons I don’t want to really go into.

Effectively I gave up despite the constant trickle of blogs I published to try keep it alive. I knew in my heart, I was done.

Fundamentally there were reasons it just didn’t work:

.I constantly narrated my own life

.I could never really talk about general stuff that didn’t somehow involve me in some way. As it would rarely fit the template I had created or a standard of writing I was trying to achieve.

.I was too worried what people thought of my work I could never really be too controversial without the fear of upsetting people.

I’d just like to preface this by saying Zao Blog is not dead. When I’m ready to share my life again I will get back to it, for now Boydee Blog is where my impersonal writing will take place.

Why Boydee Blog was created:

.Constant updates

.General topics

.Most importantly no pressure to write.

Boydee Blog is just a fun quick read with my perspective of the world. So enjoy, follow and comment if you feel like it.

Thanks for reading

Zain Boyd

A.K.A. Mr Boydee