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I thought this was kinda neat/funny...

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DANNY!

On Friday, June 12, 2009, I had the pleasure of meeting one of my idols, Dan Aykroyd in my hometown of Barrie for the fifth time (more on that later).

I had heard through my good friend Rob that none other than Danny would be signing bottles of his wine at our local LCBO (read: Liquor store) about a block away from my home.

Naturally- I freaked.

So on the day in question, I picked Rob up, and we ventured to the store to meet the man himself.
We got there at 12:50 (the signing was scheduled to start at 1:00 PM), and Dan was late anyway, so the line wasn't that bad, considering the calibre of celebrity that was slated to appear.

Dan arrived around 1:15PM, and by 2:00, I was shaking hands with one of my childhood idols. I got one of his bottles of wine signed, as well as an uber-rare piece of Ghostbusters memorabilia, "Making Ghostbusters".

Take a gander at these photos:





So very cool!

I first met Dan in 1990 in Toronto. I was 18 and just visiting the town with a buddy, and I just *happened* to run into him, whilst crossing the street.
Second time was in 1997, while me and a friend were walking to the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, for the annual Comic Convention.
Third, was later that day, we watched a scene being filmed for "Blues Brothers 2000"
Lastly was in 1998, my wife and I volunteered to help with a charity concert that Dan co-organized in Kingston, ON. Special musical guests were Prairie Oyster.

And here we are.
Hope you enjoyed my story!

UPDATES??

--New posts (including more sketches/etc) coming soon, I promise!

DEADPOOL in "Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2"!!

Deadpool is the coolest. What more is there to say?
And created by Rob Liefeld. Double win!

KISS!!!

Now that I'm 36 years of age, I can only rock n roll all night and PART OF every day.
Be that as it may- enjoy this drawing I scribbled out 11 (!) years ago.

Medieval (Savage) Dragon!

Here's a cool idea I was messin' around with, just having one of my favourite comicbook characters in different time periods.
Here we have him in Medieval times, I guess.
Kinda looks like a refugee from Mike Wieringo's "Tellos", doesn't he?

Comments more than welcome.

"The Mummy: Curse of the Dragon Emperor" review

Well now.

Just under 10 years since the release of the original "Mummy" movie, starring Brendan Fraser and the delicious Rachel Weisz, and the geniuses in Hollywood decided to green light another installment of the Mummy franchise, following a lack lustre sequel in 2001, and a spin off flick, "The Scorpion King" in 2003, starring my man, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.

First off, the lack of Ms Weisz in this movie is felt right from the get go. She's been replaced by Maria Bello, last seen in "World Trade Center", and I give her props for trying to fill Weisz's shoes, but sadly, does not pull it off. A valiant effort, but....no dice.

Brendan Fraser is back as adventurer Rick O'Connell, and he looks weary. Not just the character, but Fraser himself. Fraser's movie choices of late haven't been the strongest (Journey to Centre of the Earth, Looney Tunes: Back in Action, etc), so when Hollywood came knockin' with another "Guaranteed" money maker, he jumped all over it like stink on a monkey.

Newcomer Luke Ford plays an 18-year old Alex O'Connell, and he seems to be channelling Matt Damon with his delivery, albeit stiff and uncoloured.

Asian stars Jet Li and Michelle Yeoh are also in this film, and their performances are just as stiff as everyone elses.

The SFX seem..........dated to me. Almost like they were done in 1998 or something. Case in point? The appearances of the Yetis.

Yes.

YETIS.

Painful. My brain hurts.

All in all, it was kinda refreshing to see the characters back in action, but I feel this was a poor performance all around.

I give this one 4.5 out of 10.

Your mileage may vary.