Hutchinson Leader - transformers - Comments

B@ss Doctor: This poster

Jorge Sosa — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:44:19 -0600

B@ss Doctor:

This poster came out before the movie and in the movie, you see this script used pretty extensively.

It's even used in the subtitles!

I'll call it Transformer language, for lack of a better term, and it was probably just made up some graphic designer to give geeks like myself something to obsess over.

(Jorge Sosa is a staff writer for the Hutchinson Leader. He can be reached at sosa@hutchinsonleader.com)

Apparently there is no one

B@ssDoctor — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:30:56 -0600

Apparently there is no one smarter than you Jorge.

I work for an international company who has ties in the Asia Pacific. We contacted Tawainese (Mandarin and Chinese languages), Japanese, and Korean. Not one of them could confirm the writing.

With over 30,000 views from an array of cultures, if this was a "real" symbol or writing, I would assume there would have been responses. I will keep digging to see what I can find.

I might have to speak with Optimus himself.

Despite what the old song

Jorge Sosa — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 08:39:46 -0500

Despite what the old song says, if you're going to San Francisco, don't wear flowers in your hair. I've been advised that's a sure way to catch a beating.

However, if you're going in August or September, you might want to check this out. Someone e-mailed me a news release about a comedic prequel to "Citizen Kane" called "Aaah! Rosebud."

The play's tagline is, "Behind every great man, there's an evil sled." This spoof on "Citizen Kane" takes all the familiar elements from the film and adds soul-eating zombies, presumably to comedic effect.

Here's all the info in case you happen to be in the Bay Area:

"Aaah! Rosebud"
Produced by Thunderbird Theatre Company
Presented at New Langton Arts
1246 Folsom St., San Francisco
Thursdays-Mondays, Aug. 23rd - Sept. 22nd
Curtain: 8:00pm

Three East Bay Performances
Julia Morgan Center for the Arts
2640 College Ave., Berkeley
Friday, Sept. 21st, 8:00pm
Saturday, Sept. 22nd at 2:00pm & 8:00pm
Cost for all performances: $20-$25
Tickets & Information:
www.thunderbirdtheatre.com
(415) 289-6766

(Jorge Sosa is a staff writer for the Hutchinson Leader. He can be reached at sosa@hutchinsonleader.com)

Citizen Kane was a great

Matt McMillan — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:54:57 -0500

Citizen Kane was a great movie. I watched a documentary on the battle between Welles and newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst. During this period of yellow journalism, Welles had courage to expose it. I liked his wine commercials, too.