Friday 6 February 2009

Beyond the ocean (Working title)




This ocean of light, what is beyond, nobody knows but those who have crossed have never returned. One say that there a land, full of joy and hapiness where people never feel the pain anymore but this is just nosenses. Dreamers are the one who tell us about this world and are the reason of all departures toward that unknown world. Does it really exist? Definetly not. My father went to the "Big Trip" when I was ten and let me and my mother on our own. I hate Dreamers and that's why I would give my life to stop this foolishness. My name is Benny Atmolson and I'm the leader of the resistance, our name "The Wispers" for that's the sound our victims heard before being adducted. Why do we do what we do? you may think. Because all of us have lost at least one of his beloved because of this and which I have the conviction that there nothing but the death beyond.
Our world is devasted, water is covering almost 85% of the world so we lived in a island but for how many times? This situation has helped the Dreamers for people have lost their hope.
When we try to convice people about the danger of crossing, they say that we're all gonna die anyway and if there is a hope, he is away beyond the ocean. It's wrong, it must be something that we can do to save us all, we just have to find what.
Who are these Dreamers? Nobody knows. Everybody trust then because they aren't like us, a different species, extraterestian kind or something. Where did they appear on our planet? Probably long time ago, two century before our era. I've tried to question the one we adducted about his people but it's difficult because it seems that they can't be waking up though he was speaking during his sleep. He was talking about this world beyond the ocean, it was like he wanted me to believe him, his voice was sweet and kind he said "Benny, don't be frightened of the ocean, cross it and you'll never be afraid, your father is waiting for you, Benny stop the fight and listen to your heart"but it's a trap though it was really conviced. I understood now why so many people have been cheated by them.
What can we do against us? I don't know but we don't want them to continue to send people to death. Then we will adduct them all even if we have to face the anger of people. They will chase us, try to kill us because they all want to hear there names in a dreamer's dream and set off.
What a fool! They can't understand what is so evident. Whatever they think, We will fight until the end. But How rude I am, I'm almost forgot to introduce my team. Here are my best friends, Marcus Mr genius in charge of fixing the oldies we found, electronics stuff, computer ect... a really good guy, nice and cute like girls say, Anny the rabbit-girl she love carrots but it's not really use in fight but her speed and discretion make her the perfect spy, nobody know that she is one of us as a matter of fact. Zack the mountain man, a big strong fellow, his job helping in mission with his strengh, he is warm-hearted and a good joking-teller. And the last one my dear Shina the Holy Nurse, What could we do without her? I was seriously injured one day, a man stabbed me in the back in a bar and when I woke up, she was there saying "It's okay, I've taken care of your wounds, it's healed now but don't move out of your bed for 3 days", I was bewitched by her kindness and her beauty. Since that day I'm in love without her but she hasn't known yet for I don't want her to know.
Our next mission will be to capture another one in Tansley's temple, the place is watched everyday and well-guarded but it won't be a problem. Anny will go first spying to give us all the informations about the facility, number of guard, the number of room and where is the Dreamer's room. Then Zack will take care of the guards while me and Shina will abduct the target. The rendezvous point will be at our head-quarter for the alarm would probably be set off during the mission. There Marcus will try his new invation, the watching head-phone. Putting on the Dreamer's head, we will be able to watch their dream and understanding how it works.
The time as come for us to go to this dangerous mission. Let's move everybody!


To be continued

Thursday 29 January 2009

Heroic-fantasy

Among all the things that one may know, there something common to all...we all need evasion. From a book, a film, video-game, travel whatever, we all need to get out of our daily which can be boring sometimes to others worlds. The world that I like the most and I think that you have already noticed with this blog is the heroic-fantasy. Those universe whatever the support that is used for telling the story have the same things in common :

The quest : one has something to do to save the world, a woman, his mother, father.....
The characters : a man (woman sometimes) from poor conditions, not yet in manhood, dream about adventure, a wise (wizard, older man), a princess, a vilain, friends...
The universe : middle-age like, present time, futur (depending to the plot)
The background : world in war or close to it
Key elements : magic, magic gear/weapon, cloak, battle, ring....


In the story, the hero is going to grow up from the beginning to the end, understanding the reason of his mission, learning things from his friends, giving his life for them.
He has then to fight the vilain that cause suffer and evilness to set the world free.

More information about on wikipedia : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy

Wednesday 28 January 2009

Hironobu Sakagushi

Let's talk today about video-games with one of my favourite man in the industry, Mr Hironobu Sakagushi. He was born on November 1962 and was the Square Co,Ltd planning head-master.
In 1991, he had a promotion and began the vice president of the company.

But let's back to the beginning, in 1986. Square Co, Ltd was in a crisis and was going to bankrupt when a man had an idea. In Japan a brand new kind of games was coming, the RPG with Dragon Quest from enix which has a big sucess in all the country. Mr Sakagushi then decided to do a game in that kind and called it Final Fantasy as the last hope for the company. The game, released in Japan in 1987, was finally a sucess that saved the company and allowed them to do a second one and a lot more in the future, twelve episode from now on.

Mr Sakagushi worked on many other games Chrono Trigger, Super Mario RPG, Chrono Cross, Vagrant Story and created others famous series like Secret of Mana (Seiken dentsu), Saga Frontier (Romancing Saga), Front Mission, Final Fantasy Tactics, or Kingdom Hearts.

Everything was doing fine for him, most of his games was sucesses and then he wanted to create an animation movie. He used to put what I call cinematic in his games (specially in FF since the seventh) so that did'n't suprised me. He worked for three years on his film called Final Fantasy the spirits within and released it on July 2001. Although he decided to make the film in english, with the voice of famous actor like Alec Baldwin, the movie didn't work in the US neither so much in Japan and Europe.

This failure caused the merge of the company with Enix in April 2003 and Mr Sakagushi due to that was less considered by the new company. He made two games for Squarenix, Final Fantasy X-2 and Final Fantasy Tactics Advance before going and creating his own company Mistwalker in 2004.

Three games had been made by Mr Sakagushi with Mistwalker :Blue Dragon in 2006, Archaic Sealed Heat in 2007 (only in Japan), Lost Odysee in 2008 and Blue Dragon plus.

Since Mr Sakagushi left Squarenix, it seems like a piece of the Final fantasy spirit has gone with him. The serie is taking a new turn more action/rpg . But I remember what Mr Sakagushi used to say, he said that the main thing when you create a game is to tell stories, so I hope then won't forget that.
Good luck Mr Sakagushi and thanks to make us dream.

Sunday 25 January 2009

Alan lee



Today let me introduce you someone who and I'm sure you will agree, is a dream-maker as well as the autor he illustrated for. Alan Lee is not only an illustrator but also a movie conceptual designer .The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, Lavondyss or Merlin Dreams are some of the books among many others that he illustrated.

In the cinema, he worked on the Lord of The Ring as a concept artist and won an Acadamy award for the third episode "The Return of the King".He has also worked on Narnia, King Kong or Eric the Viking.

His works on the Lord of the Rings is available in a book untitled "The Lord of the Rings Sketchbook"

Thursday 22 January 2009

The crazy show

Welcome everybody on Crazy 1. I'm the one, the unic mister crazy man and I'm happy to present you this brand new show THE CRAZY SHOW! For this first time, we have some special guest for your plesure. They will have to answer some questions from who is the father of Radia Datto's baby to Who is the writter of BNL's last book? If they don't know the answer, they will be forfeit with the launch of rotten eggs and others delicious things. My assistant Crazynella will do that bad task even if we all know that it's a real pleasure for her.
Now let me introduce you our guest for tonight:
The singer well-known in Nowhere land Mr Franco Lilianne!
The famous actor known for his two saga Rocko and Ramby Mr Sylver Stellon!
The hilarous comedian from Brice All Mighty or Dumbo and Dumber Mr James Carrier!
Cooking is his departement so be careful of what you say in front of him it's Mr John Paul Kauffman!
Well, Everybody's ready! Let the show begin!!!

Wednesday 21 January 2009

Dialogue

???:Hurry this way!
???:Why are they after me?
???:Because you're the one and they'll be frighted until you'll be dead.
???:The one? I don't understand, who are you anyway?
???:Sorry, I forgot to introduce myself I'm Ridgard the Wizard and you 're in a big danger.
???:I'm sorry but it's really confusing to me. I'm just a farmer. I'm not the one of anything.
Ridgard:We don't really have the time to talk about that now, You'll have to follow me blind. Come on, young Galic, for that is your name.
Galic: How...how do you know my name?
Ridgard : I'm a wizard, it's one of my little trick. Now, let's go to the nothern castle. The lord Mc Flard is a friend of mine. He will hide us till the things goes down.
Galic : But I can't leave my family! What I'm gonna say to them?
Ridgard: Don't worry, they already know the whole truth! I told them a long time ago.
Galic: But...but
Ridgard: No but young man, we have to go quickly or Saldemore's Knight would catch us on the way. By the way, let's take the road to the White Forest, the trees will help us and they won't be able to find us there.
Galic: I don't think I have the choice and I don't really understand
Ridgard: You'll understand soon, let's move

Tuesday 20 January 2009

The news


"I'm the crazy man and here is the latest news from nowehere land news

The spacecraft that was stolen 10 days ago have been found back in the garden of Mr Merky Brandybock. According to him, the machine landed itself without anyone inside. The police of nowhereland didn't believe the poor hobbit and send him to jail for the draw of the spacecraft.
No attorney have been given to him yet however some rumour talk about Mr John Cage, the famous attorney from Fish&Cage.

The Stock-Exchange of Nimportequoi city has closed with a high of 10 whereas Cesquiquila's closed only with a high of 2. It's a good news for our industry in what it seems to be the biggest crisis that nowhere land ever known.

The Big Fight who was attending on Friday 23th have been delayed to an unknown date due to the car accident that affected Mr Jacky Choun. He has been hospitalized at the Moron Hospital, the doctor said that fortunatly he has been slightly damaged with a twist of his left ankle. He'll be on his feet soon for the fight that everybody's waiting for.

Professor Bin from the Fake University is giving free economic course for people who would be intersted by subject. He will start his course on Wednesday 21th at the Fake University. More informations on the university's website.

And it's the end of our journal, have a nice day. It was Mr Crazy man from Nowhere land news"
pix:Nathalie Shau