Another year comes to a close and we had quite a trip this 2016. I went to so many fun places on my own and we also had some great family adventures. Cape Cod, Great Wolf Lodge and many more. It was a great year in that respect. Eva has been doing well in school and also in plays and in dance. She loves dance and works really hard with everything. Andrew has been coming along with Karate and even earned his yellow belt. I hope that he continues with that for a long time to come. He also loves school and has been said to be the friendliest child in the class according to the other parents. He does love hugging his pals. Allison is working in First Grade again and having a good year. Her students love her so much.
Today also marks the last day of a little experiment that I started back on January 1. I said that I would take a video every day for a year. I enjoyed it very much and so I decided that I would continue for another year and beyond. I am also going to start a second set of videos on my second channel called Big Damn Kid. On that Channel I will be posting my video reviews of Transformers comic books and probably toys, too. You can see more in the video below.
I was given access to watch the first two episodes of DreamWorks Trollhunters from filmmaker Guillermo del Toro. The show has an exciting storyline, beautiful visuals and plenty of fun characters. Our main character is a boy of 15 named Jim (voiced by the late Anton Yelchin). Jim finds a magical amulet on the way to school. This amulet grants him a suit of armor and a great sword that he can use to capture bad trolls. Yes, there are good and bad trolls. On the good side are trolls Blinky (voiced by Kelsey Grammer) and AAARRRGGHH!!! (voiced by Fred Tatasciore). On the bad side of the trolls is Bular (voiced by Ron Perlman) a troll that becomes Jim’s nemesis.
Jim is smitten with Claire (Lexi Medrano). He cannot seem to talk to her and is quite awkward around her but you can see that she likes him a bit. Jim’s best friend is Toby (Charlie Saxton). Jim seems an unlikely hero. He’s tall and spindly but he is no stranger to standing up for himself or people in trouble. Jim takes good care of his mother, a doctor working long hours. He is also a bit of a foodie and makes meals for himself, his mom and also Toby.
When Trollhunters launches there will be 26 1/2 hour episodes that follow a full season of adventure. The show was excellent and I look forward to watching an entire season. It will be pretty amazing to see all the designs of the trolls and to see how Jim advances as a character through the season. Continue reading Trollhunters is a Visual Masterpiece and an Epic Story – #StreamTeam→
