I wasn't expecting much when I went to see it, but it was actually really good! None of that silly pop culture referencing, no gross out humor, beautiful visuals, and an engaging story with believable characters. Sure, it's pretty easy to swallow, but there are more than a few genuinely serious moments in there and it was refreshing to see that they didn't put childish humor before character and story development.

The thing that got me the most, though was that, as a Kung Fu movie, it was spot on. If you're a fan of the genre, you won't be disappointed.

This is from The Adventures of Mark Twain, a movie from the 1980's. It was meant for kids, but was banned from TV, lol. It's really disturbing, but also fascinating. It made me want to buy the movie. :D

The Blender foundation finally released their newest cartoon! This was made 100% with free and open source software. The 3D program is Blender. Just helping to spread the word!

EDIT: Here's a higher quality version.

This is beyond any insult I know...

I don't really care who wins because I think they're all great flashes, I just love the festive spirit that's taken over Newgrounds. First Pico day, now the awards; It seems like a festival or celebration of some sort.

I'm probably the only one getting all weepy and sentimental though. You guys are all too manly for that, right?

This is, hands down, my favorite episode.

Hurrah! After 4 months of being lazy I finally get something done! Go play it and let me know what you think of it!

Oh, and I changed my display pic too. Gotta show my support for the great Bouguereau!

I'm working on a sequel to Shen Long and I need some feedback: CLICK TO PLAY

Move with the mouse and use your tail to bat the enemies away from the tree. When they turn white, then allow them to go into the tree. The red ones will damage the tree and the white ones will heal it.

Basically I need to know the following:
-Are the controls good? (I got a lot of complaints last time)
-What framerate are you running at? (the number in the top right)
-What would you add? (Powerups, enemies, collectables)

Okay, I got this in a email and thought it was way too funny to pass up. Normally I don't resend this stuff, but...yeah...

*****

The next time someone asks you a dumb question wouldn't you like to respond like this.....

Yesterday I was buying a large bag of Purina dog chow for Athena the Wonder dog at Wal-Mart and was about to check out. A woman behind me asked if I had a dog. What did she think I had, an elephant? So since I'm retired, with little to do, on impulse, I told her that no, I didn't have a dog, and that I was starting the Purina Diet again. Although I probably shouldn't, because I'd ended up in the hospital last time, but that I'd lost 50 pounds before I awakened in an intensive care ward with tubes coming out of most of my orifices and IVs in both arms..

I told her that it was essentially a perfect diet and that the way that it works is to load your pants pockets with Purina nuggets and simply eat one or two every time you feel hungry and that the food is nutritionally complete so I was going to try it again. (I have to mention here that practically everyone in the line was by now enthralled with my story.) Horrified, she asked if I ended up in intensive care because the dog food poisoned me. I told her no; I stepped off a curb to sniff an Irish Setter's ass and a car hit us both.

I thought the guy behind her was going to have a heart attack, he was laughing so hard!

WAL-MART won't let me shop there anymore.

Alright, I made a thread about this, but I think I need to be a bit more specific. I just got Swift 3D recently, and I'm going to try it out with a little short about a dancer in a music box that comes to life. Here's the model I made, but I need a song. Preferably, something that sounds like a music box, but darker. This song would be perfect, but I'm not a fan of the singing that starts up about 40 seconds in...

Any suggestions for the music? I'd like to use something from the Audio Portal, but other suggestions are welcome too...