Mistress of Evil!

I caught the sequel to Maleficent tonight with a friend. It wasn't as good as the first (I had a short nap near the beginning; in my defense, I had little sleep last night), thought the battle scenes were pretty good and I do like the character that Mal morphed into. Much of the same cast was back including a wondrously evil Michelle Pfeiffer and Dakota was as sweet as before. Of course Angelina is delightful.

I picked up a Clear File (as I am wont to do) and this was a set of two.

 

 

There was a display with a couple of photos from the movie.

 And Mal's horns.

After the movie, I treated my friend to a Gatcha of her choice and she chose:

She won the Spider-Light. (When I got one of these ages ago, I won the lamest one, Dr. Strange.)

I tried for the Disney Villains for myself and surprisingly won Maleficent!

A display at the Cinema. Just a couple of clowns. I suspect we'll see plenty of these costumes on Halloween!

On the way home, I picked up an Idol Masters Clear File that comes free with three chocolates.

Today's Eko Eko Azarak is one of the last ones before I run out. Fortunately Tuesday is a holiday so hopefully I can catch up on some movies so I have something to add.

As for a fellow Cryptkeeper, try Into The Cauldron. I'll be back tomorrow...

Magnificent Maleficent!

I've enjoyed most of the live-action remakes of Disney cartoons, I thoroughly enjoyed Maleficent. Mostly due to the magnificent makeup of Rick Baker, the beauty of Angelina Jolie, the sweetness of Elle Fanning, and the excellent rendition of the dragon.

Here are several pics of Mal.

  

Aurora taking a nap.

The squabbling faeries.

C'mon, this is the only dragon pic provided in the pamphlet. Sheesh.

Wonder where the director Robert Stromberg got some of his ideas? Look no further...

Here is a snippet of the 3 faeries, (in Japanese).



I dug through the archives of my past posts and came up with this picture.

I acquired this eye-mask as a gift when I purchased an advanced ticket of the movie.

Here are some of the goods I didn't purchase.

I scored this towel from a flea market a few years back.

Today's Kemono Friend just happens to be セイリュウ (Seiryu), a Goddess with a dragon's tail.

Here is Seiryu in action in the mobile game.



This is the original dragon upon which she is based, the Azure Dragon.

(Scammed from Yokai.com) Seiryū is a large blue-green dragon with a long tongue. His home is in the eastern sky. He spans seven of the twenty-eight Chinese constellations, taking up one quarter of the entire sky. The constellations which make up the horn and neck of the dragon are located in Virgo. The constellation which makes up the chest of the dragon is located in Libra. The constellations which make up his heart, belly, and tail are located in Scorpius. The final constellation makes up his dung, and is located in Sagittarius.

Today's treat is courtesy of a Sweets shop in Kitakami.

Alas, this puppet show is not operative and is only for display. It is very cool!

I'll drop you a link to the host of the Halloween Blogathon, John Rozum, who is worth visiting daily just to see what movies he's watching this month.

Poster Post!

I popped into Movix on the way home from work, not to see a movie, but to see what goodies they might have. I picked up a few advance movie tickets just to get the premiums that come with them.

Of course, I had to get Gojira and the accompanying poster. It's such a nice deal, I got two!

Too bad it opens worldwide in 10 days and I have to avoid spoilers for 10 more weeks because it won't hit Japan until July 25th! Once again, Japan, you have failed me.

As you can see, I also bought a ticket for Pompeii, not so much because I want to see the movie, but because I get a cool box of tissues!

Similarly, I want to go see Maleficent but I should wear this eyemask in case it gets too spooky!

Spoiler alert: a few unreleased scenes here plus a very annoying blonde chick at the 2 minute mark.



 I take the opportunity to smooch Angelina!

I'm a little disappointed that there are no advanced goodies for X-men Future and Past. Here I try to telepathically acquire some hints about the movie.

I did buy another bucket of Spidey-popcorn. This bucket is actually made of metal and holds a heckofa lotta kernels.

Chilling with a Spartan:

My buddy Crayon-Shinchan and I meet Roboto-chan!

I've shown these before (but damned if I can find them on this blog) but these are the "No More" Illegal Download/ Anti-Piracy ads. The one at the 33 second mark is my favourite, that gal is just so cute. Too bad she'll end up behind bars.



The anime version:



The most recent one, this time with English subs.



They've proven so popular (though not necessarily effective) that they're now marketing the characters. But not the cute gal, darn it.