It is always such a long time in-between when a bunch of us can get together and watch trailers as a group, so this last time we made sure to knock out quite a few ... and since we happened to be up by the mall, we started the night with some warming Starbucks. Yum.

Inception"I don't get it. All I can think of is MC Escher's paintings ... which usually give me headaches." - Oscar

Clash of the Titans
"Ooo a new trailer and this looks even better!" - Oscar

The Expendables
"Probably a little bit of cheesy, but there is going to be so crazy fun action in this one." - Oscar

The A-Team
"Oh yeah. I am ready for this one." - Oscar

The Karate Kid
"I am so not excited for this at all. This is one 80's franchise that I wish they had left alone." - Oscar

The Bounty Hunter
"Ugh. This looks like such ro'co drivel." - Oscar

Kick A**
"Oh, Spring can't come soon enough." - Oscar

The Losers
"Interesting ... I hadn't even heard of this movie before now, but the cast and story look pretty solid." - Oscar

Wall Street 2 - Money Never Sleeps
"I never saw the first WS, but I'm going to have to now because this looks pretty good." - Oscar
"Sometimes when movie trailers have really good music in them, I feel like I have to watch the movie." - Courtney
"Agreed." - Oscar

City Island
"This looks really stupid." - Oscar

The Ghost Writer
"This is will probably have a really big ghost audience ... but I definitely won't be seeing it." - Oscar

Daddy Longlegs
"Daddy ... can we not go see this movie?" - Oscar

Bass Ackwards
"You know how some people look like they would eat you?" - Oscar
"Yeah ... he looks like the cat from Alice in Wonderland." - Jennifer
"He just looks creepy." - Ben
"Oh! That guy looks even weirder." - Oscar

Our Family Wedding
"Ugh. So much garbage." - Oscar

My Name is Khan
"Is this Slumdog Millionaire"? - Courtney
"2?" - Jodie

The Last Song
"Um ... nobody gets into Julliard with their fingers crinkled up like that." - Jodie
"I just don't understand why she has that dumbfounded, stupid look on her face the whole movie!" - Courtney

Repo Men
"Oh that looks really fun ... especially cuz I like Forest Whitaker in action movies a lot."- Oscar

Daybreakers
"This is a definite dollar watch for me." - Oscar

We had a great relaxing day yesterday, hanging out with Tyler, Courtney, and Melissa, playing the new Super Mario Bros, watching 500 Days of Summer (which was fantastic) and pushing forward with yet another disc of the X-Files.

At some point or another, Tyler and I discussed the merit of this motto ... "More Donuts, Less Running". We didn't actually eat any donuts yesterday, but I think I am liking the sound of it. :P

Finally! Courtney and Jodie are back in the loop with me for this big ol' set of movie trailers. I hope you enjoy ... I know I had a much better time playing them back from my MacBook Pro to the TV, thanks to the new QuickTime Player. It now allows for fullscreen playback on the secondary monitor while still allowing keyboard control and application switching on the main monitor.

Oh and I know that there isn't an Iron Man 2 trailer (yet), but I just can't get enough of these great promotional posters and the few photos that have been released so far. With all the fun that has been happening with Fing Fang Foom and War Machine on Iron Man - The Armored Adventures, I am super psyched for this new film. But enough of that ... on to the movie trailers!

Yesterday Was a Lie
"Is it black and white because they couldn't afford color? Because it really doesn't help the story much." - Jodie

A Prophet
"What?" - All

Death At a Funeral
"Wasn't this already a movie ... and not a lame one?" - Jodie

Princess and the Frog
"The only possible reason I would want to see this is because it is Disney back to traditional 2D animation ... but otherwise, it's doing nothing for me." - Oscar

Grown Ups
"That looks HORRIBLE! Just a bunch of wannabe funny people trying way to hard to make you laugh." - Oscar

Did You Hear About the Morgans
"Did you hear about how much this movie is gonna suck?" - Oscar

Youth In Revolt
"This looks like a lot of fun!" - Oscar
"I wish their movies weren't so dirty ..." - Courtney

The Other Side of Paradise
"Nautical star = tough guy. Two nautical stars = straight up thug ... apparently." - Oscar

Fading of the Cries
"I don't know if this is supposed to be funny ... but it sure looks funny. Also, I'm really in the mood to play some Dead Rising." - Oscar
"Yeah, I liked it in the beginning when it looked like a spoof of Twilight." - Jodie

Waiting For Armageddon
"Couldn't I just watch this on the History Channel?!?" - Courtney

The Paranoids
"I wish I had Jessie's girl!" - Courtney
"It's got fun music ..." - Jodie

Brooklyn's Finest
"Is that Wesley Snipes?!? Back from running from the law?" - Oscar
"Yeah ... he's so hardcore ... that crazy tax-evader." - Courtney

To Save a Life
"Does anyone else see the some of the plot from 'Can't Buy Me Love' in here?" - Oscar
"What? You mean like that one line ... at the end?" - Jodie
"Fine ..." - Oscar

The Lovely Bones
"This isn't at all my typical movie, but I love almost all of these actors and Peter Jackson enough to maybe make an exception." - Oscar

Nine
"Why is this called 'Nine'?" - Courtney
"Maybe there are nine leading ladies?" - Jodie
"Maybe you will want to stab yourself in the eyes nine times after seeing this?" - Courtney
"Circle gets the square." - Jodie

Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Too?
"Oh gosh! This is a Tyler Perry movie ... and a sequel??? How do I hold back the vomit?" - Oscar

District 13 - Ultimatum
"Hey isn't that Joey Fatone?" - Oscar
"Parkour ... the internet sensation of 2004." - Jim Halpert

French Gigolo
"With all these prostitutes turning legit ... is there any hope for finding a true street walker anymore?? What are all these roc's doing to our nation's street corners?!" - Oscar

Kick-A**
"That looks really fun!" - Oscar
"Yeah ... if you're a nerd." - Jodie

Leap Year
"I'd roll my eyes again ... but I hear that I can only do that so many times in one night before they get stuck that way." - Oscar

Up In The Air
"Oo! Let's skip this trailer and why not the movie too?" - Oscar

Bran Nue Dae
"No ... this must be what it feels like to go crazy" - Simon Tam

Randomocity
"So ... who decided that movie trailers should stop explaining the movie?" - Courtney
"I don't know what's worse ... the trailer or this song." - Jodie

Remember Me
"Hmmm ... I like Claire from LOST, but I don't plan on seeing this nonsense." - Oscar

De Dana Dan
"Oh look ... another music video made into a movie." - Jodie
"Wait. Why don't their mouths match up with their voices? It's not like it is dubbed." - Oscar

Clash of the Titans
"This is going to be a great time! I love me some Greek mythology" - Oscar

Letters To Juliet
"And why exactly do you 'have to write back'?? Oh right ... so that this movie could happen. Gotcha." - Oscar
"My sister will see it ..." - Courtney

Family Guy: Something Something Something Darkside
"Yeah ... I like Star Wars and all ... but I still can't really stand Family Guy. This will be kinda funny ... but then kinda really not." - Oscar

Beastly
"Who are you! I'm your made-for-tv movie!" - Courtney

The Last Station
"I lost my ponytail again ... oh wait ... there was a movie trailer playing?" - Courtney
"You lost your ponytail?" - Oscar

Wonderful World
"Hmm ... he looks old." - Oscar

Greenberg
"Well doesn't this just froth at the mouth with lameness." - Oscar

The Strip
"Um ... maybe it's just me, but I think someone forgot to turn the vocals and dialogue on for this trailer. All I hear is background music." - Oscar

Percy Jackson and the Olympians - The Lightning Thief
"Hmmm ..." - Oscar and Jodie

Fantastic Mr. Fox
"This looks really fun, but nothing that can't wait for DVD." - Oscar

The Spy Next Door
"Oh gosh ... there is no way this could be anything close to a good thing." - Oscar
"Yeah it's official ... Jackie Chan's career has tanked." - Jodie

Police, Adjective
"Police. Synonym. For Boring." - Oscar

The Road
"I still want to see this, but may have to wait for DVD since it is only playing in limited release." - Oscar

Transylmania
"Yikes ..." - Oscar

The Twilight Saga - New Moon
"So ... much ... pointless ... emo ... drama." - Oscar

Ricky
"Weird." - Jodie

The Sorcerer's Apprentice
"Aaahh. Sadly ... I was in until Nick Cage appeared on the screen. Maybe it's just me and maybe I've said it too many times already ... but I just can't take him seriously anymore." - Oscar

Random Killer Santa Claus movie
"Haha ... this just looks too funny to be true ... then again ..." - Oscar

I love helping people move! Maybe it's the free exercise, the affinity I have for keeping things organized or just the hanging out with friends ... but if you ever need help moving, you know that I will be right there to help. Of course, it doesn't hurt if you have also some yummy pizza and soda for afterwards (thanks Aunt Gale!).

This is one's a quick pencil sketch with a HB lead, inked with the light end of my favorite Le Plume brand marker and just a hint of shading with a dying Prismacolor grey (hopefully I'll get some new greys for Christmas ... eh? eh?).

Nick had asked for this a long while ago, but I finally got some time this weekend to play around with big inks and more of that nice heavy white paper Dad gave me.

This piece is, of course, based on James Montgomery Flagg's iconic "Uncle Sam" recruitment poster and was a lot of fun to ink out in a negative style for the highlights.

I've strayed from it a bit, but I think I am back to using my Staedtler lead holder (with blue lead) and a black Prismacolor marker.

A cute lil dinosaur I drew up for Michelle's pita leftovers the other night. I have been wanting for a while to start a daily comic featuring a dino like this ... maybe soon??

I'm not really sure what it would be about or if it would even work to draw 'em that often, but after years of seeing the great things that Jim Davis(cartoonist) does with Garfield and Charles Shultz with Peanuts ... how could I resist?

How I Got Lost
Jimison - "I just got lost in that trailer"
Oscar - "This movie is like eating at a bad buffet ... it's kinda like food and kinda like a meal, but really, you just don't want to be there."

Law-Abiding Citizen
Jimison - "Gerad Butler as the Joker ... with less makeup."

St. Trinians
Jimison - "I guess St. Trinians is the patron saint of crappy movies"
Jodie - "Straight to VHS!"

Legion
Oscar - "Too bad nobody cast this movie into a dying herd of pigs."

Gentlemen Broncos
Oscar - "That looked a little silly ..."
Jimison - "A little?!?"
Courtney - "I probably wouldn't go see that in the theater ..."
Oscar - "Why not? ... anous"

The Burning Plain
Jimison - "What was that even about?"
Jodie - "Promiscuous women ..."
Oscar - "and their burning plains!" :)

Street Ballers
Courtney - "That looks just like 'White Men Can't Jump' ..."
Oscar - "Yeah ... meets Final Destination."

Whiteout
Oscar - "Liquid paper death, any way you like it! Brush n' bottle, pen .."
Courtney - "Oo! And those roller ones with the little strips!"

Something special I drew just for Kane Miller's birthday. "Kane Smash, indeed!"

Simple pencils covered by some nice detailed Sakura Pigma Micron pens, ranging from 005 - 08 size. I should have some higher-res photos of it up on Flickr soon.

I found some photos of FCC of Boca's week at camp and I couldn't help but miss those wonderful days of summer and fun. Making scrambled eggs for two hundred people, flipping grilled cheese sandwiches like a pro, morning devotions on dewy grass, racing canoes, showering off after crazy mud football, winning n' losing ping pong and carpet ball tourneys, meeting my wife-to-be ... seriously ... I love that place.

If you haven't already, go watch Tracy's video about the support that Gold Coast Christian Camp needs right now to stay open and continue growing South Florida's youth for Christ!

Since we were joking about it during an iChat conversation, I was going to draw Jen getting pushed off her balcony by Courtney because Courtney and I were hungry and Jen wouldn't let her eat or me off the phone so we could eat ... but I think this was a better/less morbid choice. ;)