10 Justice League Questions + Suggestions

Here are 10 questions about the Justice League episode that we watched today for Mason and Emily:

1. What was your favorite part of this episode?
2. Who was your favorite character in this episode?
3. Overall, did you enjoy watching this?
4. What was your least favorite part?
5. Were there any parts you didn't understand?
6. Who is your favorite superhero in the Justice League?
7. What is your favorite episode?
8. Why was Ares wanting to cause problems?
9. What part got you hooked onto this episode?
10. Would you watch any more of these episodes?

Bonus: In my opinion, the way how to make this animation better is to make the character personality more rock solid. For example, Ares is supposed to be very bad and not the person to just quite after he gets problems, but that is just what he did in the end.

Jumping Frog Animation Questions.

1. What action script did you use? I used ActionScript 3.0.
2. Why did you choose it? Because it comes bundled with Adobe Flash.
3. How did you trace the frog/toad? Can you include examples of your work in the blog post? I followed the instructions that were designated. 
   
4. Who is the master animator Richard Williams? He is a Canadian American Animator
5. How did you research him or her? Followed the live link to Wikipedia that was on the lift.co site. I also made a quick internet search for him.
6. How large was your stage when you opened it? It was 650px by 400px.
7. Which software did you use and why? I used Adobe Flash because it is a very useful animation software.
8. How many layers did you use? I used 2 layers because that is all I need.
9. Why did you choose your background? So that the jumping frog animation is apparent.
10. Why did we create a frog/toad? (instead of a ball or entire city)  Because it is a good into to animation, movement and animation.
11. How did you export? I went to File>Export>Export As Movie.
12. How many frames did you create? About 25.
    

Wonder Woman vs. Green Lantern

For the previous two Movie Monday , we watched both Green Lantern: The Animated Series and Wonder Woman. They were both very interesting but very different. First of all, there is a major difference in the animations, in Green Lantern the animations are continuous and very cartoony but in  Wonder Woman, they were very realistic. Now, lets move onto the actual protagonists in the animations. In GL, Lantern Alan doesn't operate alone, he is part of a greater network of GLs. WW on the other hand, she works/operates almost alone (even though she gets help from other friends and allies). Another obvious difference is that Green Lantern is big, strong, and a male but Wonder Woman on the other hand is sleek, good looking, and a female. There is something also related to the main protagonists in these animations, Green Lantern is a normal human that only gets his power from his Ring, but Wonder Woman gets all her *powers* from training and hard work. These are the major differences between the two characters.

Three Acts and Logline for Vomer Groner's Story

Logline: A young popular soccer star hangs out with his badminton loving friends (and an educated bookworm) with the impossible goal of making them love soccer.
Act 1 (Setup): This story starts off with a rainy park and an empty bench, then after the rain moves on, a book worm named Jack comes out into the park. Right after that Freddie and Afshine come to the park but Jack scares the living daylight out of Freddie as Freddie is scared of slimy creatures doing out of the mud.
Act 2 (Confrontation): Vomer Groner comes to the park as he is done with his soccer practice. He walks up juggling a soccer ball. He says "Sup" to all of his buddies and says, "Lets Play Ball!". They agree wholeheartedly as they are extremely bored. Vomer doesn't score any goals and passes all the balls he gets to his buddies to let them score and have fun.
Act 3 (Resolution): Vomer and his friends have a very good time and they don't even ask for him to come play some badminton with them. Mission Impossible has succeeded!

Artistic Review - Green Lantern Animation

Green Lantern is a very important character in Animation/Comic culture and he was portrayed in his very best in Green Lantern: The Animated Series from DC Comics. Green Lantern has evolved a lot since he was first unveiled with all the other big-boy superheroes in 1940. This superb computer animation mixes a bit of romance with action, fear, and adventure. In class, we watched the first two episodes and I was bombshells by the passion and animation detail and appeal. The first episode starts off with an action/firefight then the death of a Green Lantern. It also gives some background info and establishes the personalities of the characters (Jordan as romantic, funny, and willing to do stuff for his fellow GLs). The characters were very well balanced and overall, the first two episodes were probably the best "Animated" take on a loved TV series.

"I am not a friend, I am evil, I am vengeance, I am death" These are the words shouted by a Red Lantern at a Green Lantern after a he tries to help him under the false assumption that he is hurt. The Green Lantern then gets into a firefight and tragically killed by the Red Lanterns The reason this quote is very important in this animated short is because it makes the audience (and me!) very infuriated and frustrated at the duplicity of the Red Rangers. These Episodes are very well paced and the transitions between the actions are state-of-the-art. These animations also connect with modern day technologies such as AIs.
"Green Lanterns risk their lives to save the lives of others". This is a quote by Jordan when he is aboard the ship with the new green power technology. He is speaking with an AI called Aya and convinces her to start the space warp even when she says it is not safe as the protocol still hasn't finished calculating. This AI is so advanced it just makes the audience exited, it has feelings, emotions and much more stuff. This animated episode has some unpolished corners although.
There are some parts of these animated shorts that are a bit cheesy and created for the younger audience. It wouldn't hurt to work a bit more on the personalities of some of the characters. 
Overall, these two first episodes were probably the best ever animated take on a loved TV/Comic superhero. These animated episodes are 100% worth your time and money. I was surprised by the detail and passion obviously put into the animations and plots. These animated episodes are appropriate for ALL age groups that love animation, action, and adventure!

Movie Monday Privacy and Vulnerability Homework

1. What is the difference between empathy and sympathy? Empathy is when you put yourself in the other person's shoes and show your feeling for them, going into the dark black hole and telling them, I've been here before, and Ive lived it out, so you could too. Sympathy on the other hand is just peaking into the dark hole  and saying "at least ..." and not really going into their shoes and giving them an emotional reflection.
2. What does Brene Brown mean by "silver lining it?" She means just covering it up, but not actually helping them getting rid of it. The sadness/depression would still be in there but just a bit covered up.
3. What is one tip for writing about a character who is smarter than you? You have to always try to put yourself in he/shes shoes and walk around a bit to try to understand them.
4. Share one internet meme (that is appropriate for this class). I've always wondered about this one!
5. What three surveillance philosophers did Glenn Greenwald discuss during his presentation? Jeremy Bentham,  Michel Foucault, and George Orwell.
6. Why does privacy matter even if you nothing wrong? Because even if you aren't doing anything bad, your privacy doesn't deserve to be exploited.
7. Did Brene Brown originally like being called a story teller? Because when people hear "researcher" they think boring, but story teller sounds fun and good. Also, she actually does tell stories (data with soul) and researches it. 
8. What did Brene Brown's research professor tell her? If you can't measure it, it doesn't exist.
9. According to Brown, what is the difference between courage and bravery? Courage is the willingness to be the first  to do something out of the norms, and bravery is just being brave 
10. Can you selectively numb feelings? No.

Dialog between Spock and Vomer v3

Dialog between Spock and Vomer v3

While in the control room on The Spaceship Enterprise 
*Vomer Comes into the Command Room*
Spock: Greetings, Soccer Star. What brings you here today onto the Enterprise Controll Room?
Vomer: I wanted to check out the soccer scores of my favorite teams.
Spock: I want to ask you a question. 

Vomer: Ok, Fire away.
Spock: What I don't understand is why people love you even though they barely know you. It's in every way illogical because you might not even be a good person. 
Vomer: I think it is because of me being good at soccer. 
Spock: Still, even I don't judge people from how popular they are. I'm friends with you only because I like your personality and how you stand up for your friends.
Vomer: Thanks. But Spock, Just to get something straight, I never started playing soccer trying to become popular, I was just good at soccer, enjoyed it, and started playing professionally. 
Spock: Really? You never wanted to become famous? 
Vomer: Well, obviously I've always wanted to become popular but I didn't start off with the point of getting popular. 
Spock: Interesting, well if you don't mind, I have a lot of work I have to get caught up on some work if you don't mind. 
Vomer: Ok, can I use one of your monitors to check the soccer scores.

Spock: Ok.

Dialog between Spock and Vomer v2

While in the control room on The Spaceship Enterprise
Vomer: Umm...hello Spock.
Spock: Greetings, Vomer.
Vomer: Wow! Spock, how did you know my name?
Spock: I see you play the game called soccer.
Vomer: Oh, cool. So...
*Worker Interrupts Conversation*
Worker: OH MY GOD! ITS VOMER GRONER! I AM TOTALLY YOUR #1 FAN! I LOVE HOW YOU PLAY!
Vomer: *Blushes Slightly* Wow...Thanks Alot...It really means a lot to me.
Worker: I HAVE YOUR JERSEY AND SUPPORT YOU EVEN WHEN YOU FAIL!
Vomer: Nice! You know what, here you go, a signed jersey!
Worker: OMG! *Faints*
*Spock is staring at the worker with a weird look*
Spock: Umm...That was embarrassing. Sorry you've had to see that.
Vomer: Oh its nothing. I always deal with that stuff.
Spock: But what I don't understand is why people love you even though they barely know you.
Vomer: I think it is because of me being good at soccer. 
Spock: Still, even I don't judge people from how popular they are. Im friends with you only because I like your personality.
Vomer: Spock, I never started playing soccer trying to become popular, I was just good at soccer, enjoyed it, and started playing professionally.
Spock: Really? You never wanted to become famous?
Vomer: Well, obviously i've always wanted to become popular but I didn't start off with the point of getting popular.
Spock: Interesting, well if you don't mind, I have a lot of work I have to get caught up on some work if you dont mind.
Vomer: It was great speaking with you!

Dialog between Spock and Vomer

While on The Spaceship Enterprise
Vomer: Hello?
Spock: Hi. How may I be of assistance?
Vomer: Umm...How are you?
Spock: I'm am doing well indeed. How was your day?
Vomer: It was cool, played some soccer and won!
Spock: Soccer? The sport that involves running around in shorts trying to kick a ball with only your feet into a net?
Vomer: Umm...I thing thats the one. You should try it out someday, it gets really fun after learning how to play.
Spock: I have no time for these measly games. If you excuse me I have a lot of work to do.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Vomer: What was that?!
Spock: It was the sound of missiles hitting our engines. We are going down.
Vomer: Noo! I don't want to die!
[Spock types calmly on his computer]
Spock: There is no way that any of us are going to live this out. There is simply no way that The Enterprise is going to not crash. Based on my calculations, no one can survive a crash a big as the on e we are about to experience.
Vomer: Do something!
Spock: Don't you understand, there is no way that could save us. But there is one other choice.

Vomer: What?! Please hurry!
Spock: If you don't want to die in the explosion, I could override the system and schedule a self destruct.

Vomer: What?! No! So you would kill all the innocent crew members on this ship?!
Spock: Well, it is cleaner than exploding on impact with a planet. Also, the residents of that planet won't get hurt or killed from our explosion.

Vomer: No. There must be a way! Im going to try to save the Enterprise and you're coming with me.
Spock: Again, there is no way to survive but ill come with you to see how you do.
Vomer: We'll see about that.
[Vomer and Spock rushes out of control room into the engine room]
Workers: What do you want, cant you see we are busy?! We are in a crisis!
Vomer: Well, I'm here to help!
Workers: Lets see what you can do.
Vomer: Ok Spock, lets do this!
Spock: Again, there is ...
Vomer: SHUT UP! Why don't you have any hope?!
Spock: Hope doesn't change anything.
[Vomer working furiously on engine and engine comes back to life]
Vomer: Yes! It worked.
Spock: Ok, good for you. But if you don't mind, I still have work to do.
[Spock leaves the engine room]
Vomer: Haha, Once Spock, Always Spock.