Flintstones Bara Found in WWE: Stone Age SmackDown!

So the Flintstones are back after 14 years of basically nothing. (If you blinked you would have easily missed the one and only showing of On The Rocks in 2001.)  This time around, they have teamed the characters up with WWE superstars for a decent little movie.  I got some laughs out of it.  It certainly tries to carry the spirit of the series origins.  There's an odd attempt to make the characters look like they did when the series first started. I guess since people are still trying to follow Ren & Stimpy 25 years later, they decided to keep the bizarre characters models found in On The Rocks. This exaggerated, stretchy art style first appeared on merchandise in the 90s and was refined (in a super ugly way) in On The Rocks.  The character designs have been toned down a bit since then, at least in the case of Fred and Barney.  Wilma and Betty don't fare nearly as well.  Personally I never found anything wrong with the designs the series came to find as the standard, but I appreciate the attempt on display here for the most part here. 

 Cenastone and Mysteriopal engage in a flex off.  Freds Reaction is pretty priceless.  Pretty much sums up my reaction to wrestling in general. 

I absolutely HATE the redesigns of Betty and Wilma.  Their eyes are terrible, their bodies too small and those chicken legs have to go. (Not to mention boobs on Betty just looks wrong to me and I am no prude!)

I think my biggest issue is with the voice acting.  Oh, it's not bad, but it doesn't have any of the heart, or charm of the original voice actors, or any that came afterward.  First off, is fucking Tress MacNeille the only voice actress in Hollywood? One note MacNeille knows how to do one side of Wilma Flintstone:  The sarcastic, snarky side.  There's none of the warmth, or kindness that Jean Vander Pyl brought to the character.  

Fred is voice by Jeff Allen Bergman, who has voiced Fred in the past.(Most notably in On The Rocks and Family Guy segments.)  The problem with Bergman's Fred is that he suffers from Homer Simpson Syndrome.  He's a dummy.  Sure Fred isn't the brightest bulb on the tree, but you didn't expect his every other world to DUH when Reed, or Corden voiced him  I can't help but see more Peter Griffin here, then I can see of the true Fred.  Rounding off the cast (There's no reason to mention Betty as she is given next to nothing to do anyway) is Kevin Michael Richardson doing an exaggerated imitation of early Barney.  He does a good job honestly.  The real issue I have is that all I hear is Principle Lewis every time he opens his mouth. 

I should also mention John George O'Hurley doing Mr. Slate.  It just felt so off. I kept waiting for him to call his secratery Elaine Benestone. ugh...Again, are there no other voice actors that can do a funny boss character? -_-  None of this is horrible, it's just very different from the classic show, they are are so desperately trying to convince you they are channeling. 

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As I said, the designs of some of the characters like Hoppy are very stretchy.  When you put Hoppy in the same frame as a wrestler, which is NOT stretchy, it combines together for a very odd visual package.  Some characters wind up looking like they fell out of another cartoon altogether. I think Hoppy must have been animated by the last surviving Kennedy Cartoons artist. :P

 Like On The Rocks, there's a few off color jokes and very unFlintstone like behaviors found in this special.  Kids throw live animals to a hungry T-Rex, in a ball toss game, Barney makes comments about how hot Wilma is. (Okay that one might not be so far from the original series.)  Most uncomfortable of all though is the twincest hug between the two female wrestlers. It'll just leave you feeling icky all over. This soooooo doesn't belong in an official Flintstones product.  

Now even after saying all that, I still can really recommend this little movie. There are some really funny gags.  (Some borrowed from Looney Tunes. I guess they forgot what series they were working on.)  While I am not a wrestling fan, I know enough about it, to at least appreciate and recognize most of the cast.  The plot is nothing special, but at least it doesn't drag on long past it's welcome like some HB movies tended to do in the late 80s and early 90s.  One thing I can say without a doubt is how beautiful the backgrounds are.  The ones of the town especially capture the spirit of the first season of the show.  Fred even takes the Stonehenge highway from the original credits! 

Final Verdict?

Flintstones in the WWE Stone Age Smackdown, is a bit nasty around the edges, but it's also a fun little romp with characters we haven't seen animated in over a decade and may not see again for an even longer time.  Might as well take a trip to Bedrock and enjoy the ride.

Thoughts on Flintstones Bring Back Bedrock App

Hey guys.  On Friday night I came across a Flintstones app store game in the vein of Simpsons Tapped Out and Family Guy Quest For Stuff.  I guess it was only a matter of time before someone made a time sinker using the modern stone-age family.  This one has come out in May with no fanfare whatsoever. Even the developers site only has a support page for it.  I haven't seen any online reviews, or anything for it either.  Since I am a big fan of the show I decided to share my thoughts on it after playing for a couple of days.

The game starts off with this really nice title screen.  The background image is actual in game art, so you can see the quality is really high right from the start.  I wouldn't know that until 4 hours after downloading the game though, as it wouldn't connect to the server and I couldn't play for that long.  Let me state right here and now, that I FUCKING hate any game maker that feels their title needs to be connected to the net constantly. This goes for Family Guy and Simpsons too.  There is no need for this thing to be connected to the net. Everything is self contained in game.  A company named Ludia created this title. One of the first games I got for the ipod was Popeye Slots. It came out in 2012. I can no longer play Popeye, because Ludia has already taken it off their servers.  Not much of a shelf life!  That doesn't bode well for the Flintstones, especially considering no one knows this thing exists at the moment.

 Like all these games, something has to happen to the town to destroy it, so you can start rebuilding.  With the Smurfs it was a devastating attack by Gargamel.  With Family Guy Peter and the Giant Chicken fought way too much once again.  Both of those fit into the theme of the series.  The Flinstones uses the falling of meteors to clear out the town.  (Though one can only imagine the death toll this would actually cause!!)  It fits and gives you something interesting to clean up as well.

Everyone but Fred decides to abandon Bedrock at this point. It's kind of depressing how quickly they all give up hope on their beloved town.  Gotta really admire Freddy here.  Wilma decides to take Pebbles and go live with an old 'friend.'  What a bitch!!! She shows no sympathy towards Fred at all.  I guess I should note that she is the first one to come back, but still!!! BITCH!

 So you start with just Fred, who's ready to take on rebuilding the whole town.  First he gets a message via telepathy from Mr. Slate, who must, be on vacation, cause he has no idea why Fred hasn't shown up for work for 2 weeks. It's also odd that Fred hasn't really done anything for two weeks.  Hmm...anyway, despite the plight of the town, Mr. Slate is still a dick. He hasn't shown up since and I don't see him as an unlockable either. Maybe he went nuts and after two weeks, he used his last lingering bit of sanity to yell at Flintstone.  Yeah I am thinking way too deeply into this, I know. :P

 

 

 So you fix up your cave and you unlock more stuff to place and all that jazz.

 You get money and your maximum wage goes up.  (Whatever that that means.)  All par for the course with these kinds of games.  Can you tell GOLD is the premium currency?  Hoo boy, more on that later.

 Wilma comes running back and demands you build the grocery store.  Good to see we are keeping with the times here Ludia.  Oh well, it fits the shows characters, so I won't complain.  Would be nice if Wilma could get her catering job, or her job as a reporter at the Daily Granite along with the domestic housewife duties.  I doubt the people that made the game even know anything about her past jobs.  

 So you build it and I must say, they have some really well done construction animations.  

For some reason George Jetson, or his early ancestor is running the place. That's just bizarre character designing right there.  Also notice the drop in quality from stock image of Fred to original art of NPC.

 I'll give the game credit in that unlike other titles, most of the stuff you place is interactive with the characters.  Build the table and Fred and Wilma can have a romantic dinner together.  Build the shower and Fred will jump in and scrub-a-dub-dub away!  He even sings a bit. 

The problem?  The voice acting.  While the guys doing Fred and Barney do an admirable job, Wilma is a total loss.  They couldn't get Tress McNiel in on this?  Doesn't that woman do like any job handed to her?  She did a great job in Flinstones on the Rocks.  The woman here isn't even trying to sound like Wilma.  Makes me cringe every time I hear here.  The other thing is, the characters don't really talk to each other during their tasks.  They sputter out mumbo jumbo and baby talk for some reason.  I have no idea why this was done.  Maybe so we wouldn't have to hear the same shit over and over.  It's pretty stupid though. 

They added a ton of animals that perform tasks around the house as well.  Most of those are affordable through in game currency as well.  A nice plus. Like the decorations, many are interactive with the cast.  Those that are not, at least perform a task and have animation and sometimes even dialogue.

The mammoth sprinkler system will water the lawn and get rid of dry patches.  Dry patches often contain premium currency.  

Look out for this mother fucker.  The shysters over at Ludia included this to steal your gold nuggets.  Unlocking this bag will result in you getting crap.  Bastards.  There is a version that  you don't need gold to unlock.  He smiles.  Avoid this frowny fuck completely.  He will appear constantly on your map and in your home.  They really wanted to screw people over with this shit. 

Let's talk about the gold a bit.  I have no problem spending a little cash on a game I like. I have to say, online connection and questionable voice acting aside, the game feels like a lot of effort was put into it. The art is fantastic and the tasks fit the show very well.  But the cost of premium stuff has all but turned me off of this game. Let's face it, the main audience that is gonna be attracted to this game is kids. I am sure a lot of older fans will be playing it too, but I doubt we will make up the majority here.  Well, I mean, I would have thought that till I saw the prices.  Even if you want to buy a couple items, you are looking to spend about $25.  Going through the many menus I found there are already dozens of premium items you can purchase.   No kid is going to have the kind of disposable income capable of purchasing all the stuff on display here. Hell, I don't have that kind of money!  And it get's worse...

 Baby Puss, the only in shop character you can buy costs a whopping 9,001 and one gold.  They just had to add that one at the end?  9000 wasn't enough already?  

To get Baby Puss you would either have to play the game for years, or buy about $100 worth of gold from the store.  Are they out of their rock picking minds?????  Please keep in mind that since the game is tied to an online server, you do not at any time own anything you purchase.  The second the game goes down, all will be lost.  

My conclusion is that, this game has some neat concepts and great animation for these timeless characters, but it's ruined by greedy devs that want to milk you for all you got.   Since it isn't popular I fear they will take the game down while we are still enjoying it.  Just play it without purchasing anything and you should be fine though. 

Next up porn! :P

Keep Your Loved Ones Close This Christmas

Merry Christmas 2012! It's Christmas morning!!! The sun isn't up, but something else certainly is, after making this post! XD I want to present to you guys a very special Christmas card that Leon De Leon worked on for me. It features the theme of bringing loved ones closer during the holidays. Dimata and Holocene our ice age boys know all too well the importance of sharing a some body heat during this time of the year! :D This will mark the third time that Leon has drawn Dimata. He gets bigger and sexier each and every time! This is also the very first time he has drawn Holocene and he looks so fantastic. Holocene has some tight juicy foreskin that shows every curve of his mushroom head below. YA-UM!  Holocene is adorable, with his little red nose.  Dimata and him are going so share some Eskimo kisses very soon.  (Right after they stop rubbing their rock hard nipples together that is!)  A lovely picture I hope you guys will all 'enjoy' this wonderful day!

My original concept sketch! Hee hee.

Oh boy Sandy Clause came to my house! I hope I get a Santa Sonic in my stocking! XD Yeah right! Fat chance.  This little guy went for over $150 on E-bay.  Tales below went for $50.  I didn't see the end price of Dr. Eggman, but I don't doubt it was high! 

 Believe it, or not, this is my stocking! I got it this year on E-bay. Yes I love the Flintstones!

In the link I gave yesterday there was another link to a holiday bundle download.  The bundle includes all the special Christmas images that Class Comics have given out over the years.  Out of the set these two images are my favorites. I would really love to see that Christmas costume work it's way into a Zahn comic one day.  God, he is sexy in it! XD     Gosh, can you imagine the orgy that ensued after the carols were done in the image below?  I bet all the snow melted!  Wouldn't it be nice if Strider was included here too? Hmmmmm.... Maybe that wouldn't be so hard to do...

That three way frot makes me dribble! 
 

UPDATE!!! Look what I did! 
 Strider Joins In The Caroling!!! 
Enjoy guys!

Look out for Squishes in your stocking! I have an ornament that is based on this image.

Looking around the net last night I found this image of what can only be called a 'Christmas Angel.'  He was given the nick name Hot Wings. They are very tiny, like Kid Icarus's! I only found this one image.  I wonder if there is a set?

LOL, I watched this Johnny in the box video before going to sleep last night.  It has a bit of a Christmas theme to it.  The guy gets a doll that magically comes to life when he puts his dick in it's mouth. Oh the magic of precum!  It's actually very nicely done.  What gay guy wouldn't want a sexy doll that comes to life just for sex under their tree?  It starts off in black and white.  Pretty classy and very original. I recommend it.

Going around the net yesterday I came across a lot of hot images. Here are a few I wanted to share with you guys! (I hope the artists don't mind!) 

MioWorks posted this gorgeous chocolate Santa, lovenly sprinkled with coconut flakes. Yum, freaking yum.  Mio, you made a feast that will ease the hunger of the entire gay world this year my friend! NICE!

Check out MiOWorks blog and tell him what you think!

Merry Xmas 2012 MiOWorks

 Gene Lightfoot aka Skyboy16 did a extraordinary amount of hot Christmas related images this year.  Out of his set, this one with the two lovers banging against the window, while the Frosty with the repurposed 'nose' watches was my personal favorite!

To check out all the images check out his December 2012 post:

Art of Gene Lightfoot Christmas 2012 images.

My dear friends Guytoonist and Aneros came up with some wicked images.  Guytoonists one eyed Christmas Pirate is certainly one of the 'ass' variety.  If he holds me up with that candy cane, I may force him to use it... ;D 

Voider/Aneros spoke with me just a few days ago regarding ideas for his holiday themed image.  Rudolph was one of his first ideas and after seeing the completed image, I am overjoyed he stuck with it.  I think it turned out to be a perfect mix of human and animal features. This raindeer is getting me hard just typing about him! He's so fucking fine!  

*fap fap fap fap fap fap* 

Okay now I can continue! XD Joking! Seriously though, he is just so beautiful. What I love the most is how that giant red dick head works on this character.  How many uncut guys have you we all seen out there with red heads that almost gleam in the night?  Pretty genius.  It works on so many levels. :D  

Well guys that's about it for today! I would also like to recommend checking out Icy Hydarias Christmas post.  It's jam backed with great sketches!  

Hydaria Christmas 2012 Blog Post

 And don't forget to check out FallenAngels blogs for a large variety of hot Chirstmas images as well! You can even send your straight buds down the Fallen path! :P

Merry Christmas One and All!