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Movie Review: How To Train Your Dragon
This film follows Hiccup, a teen youth on the viking island of Berk. Hiccup has never fit in to viking society and this is made even worse by being the son of the chief. Hiccup wants nothing more then to be accepted by the rest of the vikings in the village, but every time he tries something disastrous happens. Every viking in Berk knows from a young age that their primary purpose is to fight dragons. Hiccup is no different and tries desperately to kill a dragon, not through brute force as the rest of the vikings do, but through ingenuity and though.
During a dragon raid on the village one night Hiccup manages to ensnare a Night Fury, the most feared of dragons. When he tries to tell his father and the rest of the village of his accomplishment, none believe him. After being escorted home by his father’s best friend Gobber, Hiccup sneaks out a back door to go and find the dragon he brought down. Just as Hiccup is about to give up on his search for the dragon he stumbles upon it. Hiccup tries very hard to build up the courage and convince himself to kill the dragon but cannot. Instead Hiccup sets the dragon free, who menaces Hiccup and then apparently flies away to freedom.
That evening Hiccup’s father, after a conversation with Gobber puts him into dragon training before heading out to try and destroy the dragon’s nest. Hiccup is mocked by his classmates in dragon training and nearly killed by a dragon on his first day, Gobber as teacher saves Hiccup and tells the class that a dragon will always go for the kill. Hiccup then goes out to where he freed the dragon he had downed and asks himself, “So why didn’t you?” The rest of the film follows Hiccup as he learns more and more about dragons, discovering that they are not the vicious monsters the rest of the village believes them to be.
The film culminates with Hiccup’s father freeing the imprisoned dragon Hiccup has befriended and learned to ride. Hiccup and his dragon then proceed to defeat the queen dragon on the dragon’s island, apparently sacrificing their lives in order to spare the others who came to the island to attack the nest. Back home in Berk, Hiccup wakes up in his own home after some nudging from his dragon. Hiccup is surprised to see the dragon in his own home and makes his way outside where the village has embraced dragons as pets. Hiccup’s father too has embraced dragons as more then just a menace.
This film is truly great, the story is excellently written, the voice talent is superb, and the score is masterful. I cannot praise this film enough for the originality and the flow. The story quickly establishes itself and flows seamlessly from beginning to end. I highly recommend this film both to be seen and purchased to own, it is well worth the price you pay for it no matter what price you get it for.
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- Official website
- How to Train Your Dragon at the Internet Movie Database
- How to Train Your Dragon at the Big Cartoon DataBase
- How to Train Your Dragon at Allmovie
- How to Train Your Dragon at Rotten Tomatoes
- How to Train Your Dragon at Metacritic
- How to Train Your Dragon at Box Office Mojo
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Not the Oscar Surprises We Expected…
This morning the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences announced the nominees for the 83rd annual Academy Awards (the “Oscars”), to be presented on Sunday, February 27th. As everyone expected, Disney Pixar’s Golden Globe-winning Toy Story 3 (the biggest world-wide money maker released in 2010) was nominated for Best Picture of the Year (which a lot of people are saying it will not win) and Best Animated Feature (which a lot of people are saying it will win). TS3 was also nominated for awards in the categories of Best Song (by Randy Newman, of course), Best Sound Editing, and… Best Adapted Screenplay?? It seems that the Academy considers a sequel film to be “adapted from a previous existing medium” because it uses previously created characters and settings. Or so we’ve been told. Fine. Dreamworks’ How to Train Your Dragon was also nominated for Best Animated Feature, as well as Best Original Score (by John Powell). Interestingly, the third slot for Best Animated Feature went to The Illusionist from France, whereas the Golden Globe Awards had chosen Sony’s Despicable Me. Other furry-themed pictures to watch include Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland from Disney, which was nominated in the categories of Best Makeup, Best Costume Design, Best Art Direction, and Best Visual Effects. Check out CinemaBlend.com for a complete listing of nominees. Of course, before the Oscars come the Annie Awards for animation on February 5th. It’s always interesting to see how the two groups of awards compare.
Movie Review: Alpha & Omega
Alpha & Omega
This film follows two young wolves, Kate and Humphrey, starting off as childhood friends on the day Kate is set to begin her training as an Alpha female of the wolf pack. Come Spring Kate has finished her Alpha training and is next seen on her first hunt going after Caribou. This hunt is interrupted by another pack of wolves from the East which causes a conflict. Humphrey as an Omega is meant to keep the peace and make others laugh, he quickly defuses the conflict. Kate soon discovers that her father and the Alpha of the eastern pack have made a deal to unite the two packs by marrying Kate and the Eastern packs young male Alpha. That night Kate and Garth are introduced, Kate is very much put off by Garth when he begins to howl at the moon horribly, dropping birds from the sky. After getting away from Garth, Kate runs into Humphrey and begins trying to convince him she’s not running away from Garth. Eventually Kate is hit with a tranquilizer followed shortly by Humphrey. The two wake up after being relocated to Idaho to repopulate wolves at a park there. Kate convinces Humphrey to help her get home and adventure ensues. In the end Garth and Kate are about to be married when Kate backs out. Kate has fallen in love with Humphrey which leads to a battle between to two packs. In the end Kate and Humphrey are together with Humphrey having protected Kate during a stampede of Caribou.
This movie flows well from beginning to end, it keeps you interested from the very beginning to the very end. The best part about this film is the writers actually asked experts about and observed wild wolves in order to understand the pack structure. Toward the end Humphrey is about to do what many Omegas do, take the lone wolf route. This in nature eventually leads to the formation of a new pack, but for the purposes of this film they couldn’t have that happen. All in all an excellent film that does a good job debunking many of the common misconceptions concerning wolf pack structure that were first documented by scientists when they took unrelated wolves from the wild and introduced them to a new pack unlike anything nature would produce. This film is dedicated to the memory of Dennis Hopper, his last film role before his death. I highly recommend this film to adults and children both.
Review by: Marnol – See his Blog HERE
Cast- Justin Long as Humphrey, an omega wolf.
- Hayden Panettiere as Kate, an alpha wolf and daughter of Winston, the alpha-male.
- Dennis Hopper as Tony, the alpha-male of the Eastern pack.
- Danny Glover as Winston, Kate and Lilly’s father and the alpha-male of his pack.
- Larry Miller as Marcel, a golf-playing French-Canadian goose from Idaho.
- Eric Price as Paddy, Marcel’s caddy, a duck, and as Mooch, an overweight omega wolf and one of Humphrey’s friends.
- Vicki Lewis as Eve, Winston’s mate and Kate and Lilly’s mother.
- Chris Carmack as Garth, Tony’s son, an alpha wolf.
- Christina Ricci as Lilly, Kate’s younger sister, an omega wolf.
- Maya Feltheimer as Bear Cub, a small, innocent rascal who plays with Humphrey.
- Kevin Sussman as Shakey
- Brian Donovan as Salty
- Bitsie Tulloch as Sweets
- Paul Nakauchi as Hutch (Uncredited)
- Official website
- Alpha and Omega at the Internet Movie Database
- Alpha and Omega at the Big Cartoon DataBase
- Alpha and Omega at Allmovie
- Alpha and Omega at Rotten Tomatoes
- Alpha and Omega at Metacritic
- Alpha and Omega at Box Office Mojo
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Author: jasper-bear
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Almost a month ago on 31 December 2010, Snoopy007 found a very interesting page on the website of Japanese game company Sankando.
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Furnal Equinox releases January 2011 newsletter
Author: Scani
With only 50 days left to go until its second edition, Furnal Equinox has released its January 2011 newsletter, including details of the new “Wolf’s Den” hospitality lounge for sponsors, an update on the hotel room block, and a call for volunteers, panelists and conbook art.
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Get ShareaholicSouth Afrifur 2010 report
Author: Rakuen Growlithe
Although South Africa has a small number of furs, with just under 200 registered users on the ZAfur forum, it does hold an annual, national furmeet, South Afrifur. As there are so few furs in South Africa the meet is intended to gather as many as possible together, once a year, to get to know one another.
The first South Afrifur meet was held in Cape Town and was organised primarily by Dracius. In 2009 the meet was intended for Johannesburg but was cancelled by the organisers.
The 2010 meet, organised by Nanukk, Electrocat and Cat147, was held in Port Elizabeth from 7–15 January 2011. The meet was hosted by Nanukk and attended by about 14 furs from around South Africa, though that varied from day-to-day.
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Do furries accept ABDL's as much as the other way around?
I have found in different regions of the world that fur's and abdl's get along better and worse in some areas. In Vancouver for example, babyfurs tend to be all but completely shunned, whereas in London they are sort of like cousins.
I'll leave it at that for now. I was just curious on this worldwide forum what the acceptance is in your region and at furcons.
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Fox shoots hunter in Belarus
Author: ringtailedfox
In an ironic twist of fate that seems straight out of fiction, a hunter in the Eastern European country of Belarus was reportedly shot with his own gun by a fox he was hunting.
The “fantastic” fox involved happened to pull the trigger of the hunter’s rifle at the right moment, when the hunter tried to finish it off with the butt of the rifle. The hunter is recovering in a hospital from a gunshot wound to the leg, while the fox, though previously injured in the ordeal, has retreated to the woods.
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Get ShareaholicFA turns six; promises new layout, fixes in May
Author: GreenReaper
Fur Affinity turned six this weekend, offering a preview of a new site template to go live May 21, plus a commission system with integrated ratings.
Site owner Dragoneer has promised that underlying security issues will be fixed too:
Things have been slack in the coding department, and we know that. It’s time for a change, and we’re long overdue. We’re going to fix that. [...] The vulnerabilities will be fixed between now and then, and some of them require complete system re-writes
However, offers to help with these vulnerabilities have been rebuffed for now. It is also not the first time that a new layout has been promised.
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Get ShareaholicFlayrah marks a decade of furry news
Author: GreenReaper
Ten years ago today, Aureth launched Flayrah.com, a service providing “news, commentary, reviews, interviews, and user interactivity.”
A lot has changed since then. Furry conventions have grown four-fold, both in size and number. A multitude of comics, artists and websites have come and gone. Many fans have left the community for good – and many more have joined us and made it their home.
But the need for a good source of furry news remains.
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Get ShareaholicTeaching facial expressions with ‘Lackadaisy’ cats
Author: GreenReaper
Tracy Butler of Lackadaisy has posted a tutorial on depicting facial expressions.
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Get ShareaholicAnthrocon selects charity, guests for 2011
Author: GreenReaper
Anthrocon has announced both its 2011 charity and guests of honor.
Joining attendees will be Peter S. Beagle, author and screenplay writer of The Last Unicorn, and Andy Runton, creator of Owly.
The convention’s charity events will raise money for the ToonSeum, a cartoon art history museum just a block away from the convention.
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Get ShareaholicWhere do furries come from?
Author: Kakurady
Tateru Nino, a Second Life writer, puts forward an often overlooked force in the creation of furries, namely: mainstream culture.
See also WikiFur’s article on the history of the fandom, and contributor Cannon Fodder’s writeup about the fandom that happened before the fandom.
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Get ShareaholicFurBuy back up after ‘massive DDoS attack’
Author: GreenReaper
Furry auction site FurBuy has resumed service after going offline for the best part of a day.
FurBuy went down around 9PM EST Wednesday, due to what site owner Jurann called a “massive DDoS attack that exploited a vulnerability in the DNS hosting”.
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