MOVIE REVIEW: Astro Boy

     Most of you have probably not heard of Astro Boy, or Atom, unless you watched 1960's anime. But you just might have seen this movie poster at theaters in 2009. Just maybe. So I, Arista, am hear to review this movie! NOTE: To understand this review, WATCH THE MOVIE. IT WILL MAKE SOOOOO MUCH MORE SENSE. PLUS TO UNDERSTAND MY FANFICTION YOU HAVE TO WATCH THE MOVIE. Thanks and enjoy!

     The movie is about a smart kid named Toby Tenma. As in most movies, tragedy strikes, Toby dies and his father, of course, is devastated. He then spends days working on a secret project: Astro. Astro is a almost identical robot copy of Toby, built in with one of the best defense mechanisms.

   PROS: This was a great movie, both entertaining and exciting (not to mention Astro/Toby looks quite a lot like a certain character that dies in Big Hero 6...). The plot was interesting with many surprising turns. The characters were well thought out and the animation was superb (yes yes yes I just said superb. That word sounds so weird). And there were no bad words in the movie!

   CONS: The creators left a little too many branches that go off the plot. Like they could have gone a LOT of different ways. Some characters were introduced in the movie and then didn't really show up again. Some of the jokes were, I don't know, almost embarrassing.  They probably weren't the best, though.

    All in all, with minor exceptions, this was a wonderful movie. Family-friendly too (mostly)! And there is my first..... MOVIE..... REVIEW!!!!!!! ;D Arista signing off!

   

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Custom Anne Burrell Doll

Hello, everyone! This is Poppy speaking (or typing really) and I am here to show off a doll I made for my mom on Mother's Day.

 This is Anne. 

I made her using a Barbie child doll that a friend had given me. SHE was a 2006 Kelly doll and looked a lot like these dolls below, though none of these are her. 

Before her repaint, she was one of the ugliest dolls I had ever seen. That is precisely why I chose her to be my first face-up redo victim *cough* I mean volunteer. 

 First, I cut off all her hair then rerooted it with the cut hair so it was short and spiky. Next, I died her hair and gelled it in place with creme acrylic paint. I drew in her eyes and lipstick with nail art nail polish. The rest of the makeup was done with stuff I had borrowed from my mom. I made her caplet with felt and colored on the details.   

 The skirt was made from a ring of red material off a pair of old shorts and her red clogs were painted on with nail polish. 

            This was my inspiration for the doll......                           and this is how she turned out.

Overall, my Anne custom is pretty amatuer and by not really all that accurate, but it was my first full doll-overhaul and it made my Mom laugh. I had a lot of fun with her and that's really all that matters in the world of doll customizing. So on that note, this Poppy, proudly signing off!

P.S. Found this really pretty barbie in my search for the Kelly dolls.
 
Isn't she beautiful?!?!?!?!

I'm Slightly Weird... by Arista

BELLO! This is Arista! Now, I wanted to warn you before you start reading my page: I have a slightly odd vocabulary. Let me list my words:

Confused = Confusamacated
Argh = Urghamajigie
Interesting = Intermeresting
Yuck = Ecky Ecky Bleh Bleh
Me = Mesa! (Jar Jar language!)
??? = Oi Vey
Thing = Thingamadoober

I told you I wuz weird.