Aidan The Aspie Critic: Pixels

Hello and welcome to another movie review! Today I will be reviewing one of last year's worst reviewed films, Pixels. Is it as bad as everyone says it is? It's a Happy Madison movie. What do you think? Let's just get this over with.

The movie begins with young versions of Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Josh Gad, and Peter Dinklage competing in a video game competition in the 1980s. I know the characters have names, but I don't care! They play the exact characters that they always play, so I'm just going to refer to them as their real names. Anyway, the winner of the competition will be crowned video game champion of the world AND gameplay footage from the competition will be launched into space in a time capsule. 30 years later, all these guys are still losers. Adam Sandler is in a dead-end job, Kevin James is the president of the USA, (I guess anyone's better than Trump.), Josh Gad is a horny pervert, and Peter Dinklage is in jail. However, when aliens from outer space find the time capsule and take it to be a declaration of war, they attack the earth as video game characters from the '80s! The army has no idea how to defeat these aliens, but the 4 losers do! It's just like an old video game, and no one's better at old games than these guys! I guess in this universe Billy Mitchell doesn't exist. Can the nerds defeat the alien invasion? Go see Pixels to find out! Actually, on second thought, DON'T go see Pixels! You'll find out why soon.

This movie is really bad! It's not well written, with a million things that were never explained or don't make any sense, not well acted, the score is completely forgettable (Which is a shame! The score had so much potential, being a movie about video games! There could've been some really cool 8-bit jams, like the Angry Video Game Nerd Movie, Wreck-It Ralph, or Scott Pilgrim VS The World scores, but there are none!), but the special effects look fake, cheesy, and gimmicky, and worst of all, it's BORING!!!!!!!! This movie is NOT FUNNY!!!! It's not even so bad it's good or entertaining, it's so bad it's bad! Now, the first 10 or so minutes if the movie I thought were actually kind of okay, but that quickly goes out the window. This is actually my first real Adam Sandler movie, and after this I don't want to watch any more! It's just a typical boring comedy that just happens to have video game aliens in it. And speaking if video game aliens, isn't this plot almost exactly the same as this one Futurama episode, where the video game characters from the planet Nintenduu 64 invade earth? Anyway, I don't know what I was complaining about when I said Frozen had some unanswered questions. Those unanswered questions are nothing compared to the unanswered questions that this movie has! There are MANY!!! Like, "What is stopping them from using the light cannons to kill Pac Man? Why do they have to play by the rules when the aliens don't even follow them, and they end up breaking the rules anyway later on and the aliens don't have any problem with it?" or "How did Peter Dinklage cheat to win the video game competion in the '80s, and how did he enter a cheat in real life to win at Pac Man and in his car of all places?" or "How is Kevin James the president of the United States when he can't even read (Say what you will about Donald Trump, but at least he's literate!)?" or "Why is Josh Gad's video game ninja lady girlfriend a real person when all the other video game characters are pixelated, and how did Q*Bert turn into her at the end of the movie?" or "HOW DOES ADAM SANDLER STILL HAVE A FILM CAREER????????" etc. Those are just A FEW of the unanswered questions, there are many more. Now, what I'm really confused about is who this movie is made for. There are many '80s references in this movie that kids won't get, so many will assume that this movie is for adults who grew up in the '80s. HOWEVER this movie is so bad and stupid that a fully mentally functional adult couldn't possibly enjoy this movie! It's not for kids, they won't get any of the references and this movie is not appropriate for kids! It's weirdly inappropriate and sexual in places where it really shouldn't even be! If it's not for adults, and it's not for kids, who is this movie for? No one, that's who. The only good thing I can really say about this movie is that the end credits are pretty cool, and the credits mean the movie's finally over (And you get to listen to a pretty cool DMX song.)! Overall, this movie is NOT worth your time, it's pretty bad! It's not even entertaining as a popcorn flick, like Ninja Turtles was. The action is as boring as the rest of the movie! Chris Columbus is a great director, but he is not an action director, and it's obvious that Adam Sandler took over so much that this can barely be considered Chris' movie. Now, is this movie the worst? No. It's not even the worst Adam Sandler movie, but you should still avoid this movie if you can. Instead, just re-watch Wreck-It Ralph. Yeah, I know there aren't as many video game characters of references in Wreck-It Ralph than in Pixels, but do you know what OTHER movie had a lot of recognizable characters and references in it? Foodfight! The worst animated movie ever made! Just stay away from this movie and don't give Mr Sandler your money, so we won't get any more movies like this in the future! Oh, wait, Ghostbusters 2016 is a thing. Crap, that's going to suck hard. Oh, wait, I can't say that. That makes me a sexist, apparently, somehow. Whatever, screw this movie! It gets a 1.5 stars out of 5 rating! Game over!

Have you seen Pixels? What did you think of it? Tell me in the comments!

Aidan The Aspie Critic: The Star Wars Holiday Special

Hello and welcome to this LOST adventure from a galaxy far far away! This is the Star Wars Holiday Special!

The Star Wars Holiday special is perhaps one of the most bizarre parts of Star Wars history. On November 19, 1978, the Star Wars Holiday Special aired once on CBS before disappearing from existence. George Lucas has personally said, and I quote, "If I had the time and a sledgehammer, I would track down every copy of that show and smash it." It has only just recently been released due to bootleg copies on the Internet. Is it really as bad as people say? Let's find out. So, you may be wondering, what happens in this movie? Well, the easier answer is, WHAT DOESN'T HAPPEN IN THIS MOVIE??????? The story is all over the place, almost to the point that there is no story! The basic premise of the movie is Han Solo and Chewbacca travelling to the Wookiee planet, Kazhyyyt, not Kashyyyk, to celebrate Life Day. However, that's pretty much the end of that. Most of the movie is spent with Chewbacca's family; his wife Malla, his father Itchy, and his son Lumpy. And from there it's cross-dressing cooking shows, circus acts, singing VR Diahann Carroll ladies, shopkeeping starring Art Carney, Bea Arthur cantina songs, cartoons starring Boba Fett, Harvey Korman robot instructional videos, Jefferson Starship music videos, and MORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This story can barely even considered a story, it's barely there and all the little detours don't connect to anything! The Phantom Manace had a better story than this!!!!!! The performances are cheesy and worthless. Most of the time is spent with the Wookiees and Art Carney, even though the entire original Star Wars cast is in it, except for Alec Guinness. The special effects are awful as well. It's mostly just recycled stock footage, props, and costumes from A New Hope. The music also sucks. This I can definitely say with out a doubt that this is one of the worst movies I've ever seen. I'm serious, this is up there with The Lorax and The Hobbit: Battle Of Five Armies! I'm not kidding, this movie is so bad, it needs to be seen to be believed. It's hilarious! Watch it on YouTube! I'll put a link here: https://youtu.be/ZX0x-I06Fpc So, in conclusion, I give this movie 5 stars out of 5! This movie is amazing. Go watch it. Now.

Have you seen The Star Wars Holiday Special? What did you think of it? Tell me in the comments!

Aidan The Aspie Critic: Zootopia

Hello party animals! Welcome to another movie review! Put on your Fursona, because I'm reviewing Zootopia! Let's go!

Zootopia is Disney's first 2016 animated offering. The film takes place in an alternate universe where humans do not exist. Instead, animals evolved and developed civilization, and they eventually learned to live all together in peace. The predators don't even eat the prey anymore! However, that doesn't mean that there isn't still social inequality. The movie's main character is a young rabbit named Judy Hopps. She has moved from her family's small carrot farm out in the country to the big city of Zootopia to be a cop in the ZPD, the first ever rabbit to ever accomplish that feat. However, her coworkers and the public still don't really take her seriously, because she's a rabbit. However, when 14 predators across the city mysteriously go missing, Judy is on the case to find them! Along with a con artist fox named Nick Wilde, it's a crazy adventure with sloths, the mafia, and government conspiracy! Will Judy and Nick find the missing animals? Will Judy ever be taken seriously as a cop? Watch Zootopia to find out!

This in an amazing animated film! The animation is gorgeous with some fantastic character and production design! Every aspect of the city of Zootopia was thought out, accounting for animals that live in different habitats, size differences between different animals, and more! The story is very original and engaging, dealing with themes of prejudice and equality. The comedy was also hilarious! Now, there are still quite a few questions I have about the movie that were never addressed. For example, if the predators aren't eating the prey anymore, what ARE they eating? Another one I had was where are all the other animals? We see mammals in this movie, lots of them, but we never see any reptiles, amphibians, birds, insects, arachnids, or any marine creatures at all. Well, I take that back, they DO show flies buzzing around one character's head, and there are references to birds in the lyrics of the song Try Everything by Shakira, but are they intelligent? Do they have their own civilizations too? I don't know! It's never brought up. There are a lot less unanswered questions than in Frozen, but they are very major questions! Oh well. Maybe we'll get some answers in shorts on the DVD or possibly a sequel. However, that's the only negative thing I can say about this movie. This is very close to being a perfect film. It's a modern classic, just like Inside Out. If I could give a reccomendation, it would be kids can watch it, but it really is more of a film for adults. Much like Inside Out, the themes of this movie are really more for adults rather than kids. There are also pop culture references to things like The Godfather and Breaking Bad, and if you let your little kid watch those, frankly, you're a terrible parent. Either that, or you're the coolest parent ever. Anyway, this movie gets 4.9 stars out of 5! An incredible film as well as launching a thousand furries, definitely go see this movie!

Have you seen Zootopia? What did you think of it? Tell me in the comments! 

Aidan The Aspie Critic: Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice

Welcome to the fight of the century! Day vs Night! God vs Man! Light vs Darkness! Son of Krypton vs Bat of Gotham! The red capes are coming! The red capes are coming! This is Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice!

Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice is the second instalment in the DC Cinematic Universe, the first instalment being 2013's Man Of Steel. The third instalment will be this summer's Suicide Squad. Taking place right after Man Of Steel, or rather, DURING the climax of Man Of Steel, Bruce Wayne, billionaire playboy businessman, learns of Superman, faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, and able to leap tall buildings in a single bound. Superman kills General Zod and saves Metropolis, or, rather, destroyed half the city in the process of saving the day. Is Superman really a good thing for the people of earth? Batman doesn't think so, and the 2 end up in a head-to-head battle to the death. Meanwhile, Lex Luthor Jr of Lexcorp, son of Lex Luthor Sr, has created a monster to destroy Superman once and for all, Doomsday. Who will win? Batman or Superman (or Wonder Woman)? Will Superman defeat Doomsday? Watch Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice to find out!

This movie......this movie.......this movie. I don't know what the heck I watched. I liked it, I guess, but this movie is not good! It's a complete mess! However, I'll start with the positives first. Ben Afleck is a great Batman! Definitely up there with Michael Keaton and Kevin Conroy as one of the great Batmen! Gal Gadot was also an awesome Wonder Woman! Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor I didn't like at first, but the character grew on me. He really gives it his all with his performance, even though he seems to be more of a Riddler type character rather than Lex Luthor. I also liked Amy Adams as Lois Lane. Jeremy Irons as Alfred was also very good. The special effects were also great, and this movie is beautifully shot. I could watch Bruce Wayne's parents getting murdered forever, as messed up as that sounds! However, that's pretty much all the good I can say about it. Henry Cavill as Superman is BORING and EMO! He's freaking Superman! Would it kill him to crack a smile now and then? The story makes no sense and is all over the place, and a bunch of things weren't explained well or at all! Doomsday is also portrayed really poorly. This is just as bad as what they did to Bane in Batman And Robin, Deadpool in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, or The Mandarin in Iron Man 3! I, personally, don't know much about Doomsday as a character, but I KNOW he isn't anything like he is portrayed in this movie! His characterization and backstory I know is all wrong! Anyway, this is also a very boring movie. There's a lot of talking and not a whole lot of action. I'm sorry, but when I come to see a superhero movie, I actually want to see superhero action! There's barely any in this movie! I know The Dark Knight movies didn't have a TON of action in them either, but they had good story and characters to keep us invested. This movie doesn't. The musical score was, for the most part, a very generic modern Hans Zimmer score with nothing standing out, except for maybe Junkie XL's awesome theme music for Wonder Woman. It was really cool to see all these DC characters appearing or hinted at appearing sometime in the future, some examples are Aquaman, The Flash, Cyborg, The Joker, Red Hood, The Riddler, Solomon Grundy, Darkseid, and, of course, Wonder Woman! Most of these characters just appear as Easter eggs, but other characters such as Wonder Woman, Cyborg, The Flash, and Aquaman I didn't feel like they were necessary inclusions. They're kinda just there for the sake of being there and don't serve much purpose, aside from showing Lex Luthor's interest in superheroes. Well, that and Wonder Woman helps out during the climax. I think that they should've maybe mentioned or hinted at these characters, but not straight up shown them. Showing takes away a lot of the mystery and excitement for me, but most people seem to disagree with me, so maybe I'm missing something. Overall, this is not a good movie, but it has good elements in it. Do I reccomend seeing it? Only if you are really into superhero movies and don't want to miss a single one. If you are a casual moviegoer, skip this one and wait for Civil War, Suicide Squad, X-Men Apolcalypse, or Doctor Strange for your comic movie fix. Or go see Deadpool again. Heck, even the new Ninja Turtles is probably more entertaining than this. There are much better Batman and Superman movies out there to spend your time on as well. If you still want to see Batman and Superman fight, though, I'd reccomend the animated The Dark Knight Returns movie. It's a much more faithful adaptation of The Dark Knight Returns comic, which is what BvS is loosely based on. Much like BvS, Batman and Superman barely fight in it, but it's an overall better put together film. Overall, I give this movie a score of 2 out of 5 stars. There are good things here, but overall, this movie does not give DC or its fans justice. Pun intended.

Have you seen Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice? What did you think of it? Tell me in the comments!

Aidan The Aspie Critic: Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope

Hello and welcome to a classic story from a galaxy far far away! In honour of Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens coming out, I will be reviewing all 7 (Yes, there are 7.) theatrical, canonical Star Wars movies without any nostalgia goggles, eventually. Unfortunately, this will mean that I will have to review the Special Editions of the original trilogy, but I will try not to let all the stupid changes and bad CG change my opinion on the movie as a whole. I will also be reviewing the movies in order of theatrical release. So, without further ado, let's take a look at Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.

Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, or it's original title, just Star Wars, was a science fiction action film released in 1977 by George Lucas. It is regarded as one of the greatest, most iconic, and influential movies in the history of cinema. How does it hold up? I'll get to that later. Let's start out with the story, but let's face it, you all already know this story! It is a time of civil war in the galaxy! The galactic rebellion is rising up against the evil galactic empire. However, the rebels aren't doing so well. They have managed to capture the plans for an ultimate terror weapon, called the Death Star, a moon-sized battle station with the power to destroy an entire planet. However, nobody knows where these plans are, and rebel leader Princess Leia Organa was captured by Darth Vader, dark lord of the empire. 2 robots escape their spaceship being captured by the empire and land on the desert planet Tatooine, where they meet farm boy Luke Skywalker, smuggling dynamic duo Han Solo and Chewbacca, and wise old Jedi Knight Obi Wan Kenobi. Can the rebels save the princess and destroy the Death Star? I'd tell you to watch Star Wars to find out, but let's face it, you already have.

This movie is absolutely fantastic! However, it does have it's problems. The special effects hold up perfectly, for the most part. There are some lazily costumed creatures, some of the flying scenes aren't perfect, and the CG in the Special Edition, of course, is AWFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The direction and acting can also be pretty weird. The dialogue isn't great, and neither are some of the performances. Alec Guiness, James Earl Jones, Anthony Daniels, and Harrison Ford are all great, but Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher.... not so much. Carrie has this weird fake slightly-British accent and Mark..... well, let's just say that I have no idea why people hate Hayden Christianson as Anakin so much when Mark Hamill wasn't much better as Luke. I don't necessarily blame the actors for this, it was just poor direction. There are also some parts of the story that don't make sense, but other than that, this is a nearly perfect movie! How could it be anything other than that? Yeah, it has problems, but if you don't like this movie, it kinda makes you a bad person. Not liking this movie is like not liking The Wizard Of Oz. The 2 movies are very similar, actually. Sure, they have some problems with the story, characters, and acting and special effects at times, but how can you not like something so simple, so innocent, and so iconic and influential and groundbreaking? So, yes. I love this movie, and everyone else does too! I give this movie a 5 out of 5 stars! Possibly the greatest movie ever made.

Have you seen Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope? What did you think of it? Tell me in the comments! 

Next up, Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back! See you next time!

Aidan The Aspie Critic: Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens

Welcome back to a galaxy far far away after over 30 years! Is this just another Phantom Menace or has balance finally returned to The Force? Jump to lightspeed, Chewie! Let's find out!

Star Wars: The Force Awakens is the long-awaited sequel to the 1983 classic, Star Wars: Episode VI: Return Of The Jedi. Well, technically we've gotten several sequels to Return Of The Jedi in the form of video games, novels, and comics, but that's all non-canon now, so we can finally see what REALLY happened after the destruction of the Death Star II and the Ewok party on Endor! A long time ago in a galaxy far far away, the galaxy is yet again in a time of war (What a shock.). Luke Skywalker, the last of the Jedi, has disappeared! The New Republic's military, the Resitance, has found a piece of a star map that may lead to Luke's location. General Leia Organa has sent her best pilot, Poe Dameron, to retrieve the star map piece, but he runs into the First Order (the remnant of the Galactic Empire) on the way and has to send the star map with his droid, BB8, into the war-torn desert wasteland of the planet Jakku. On the way, BB8 meets a scavenger named Rey, a reformed Stormtrooper named Finn, and an old smuggler with a mysterious past named Han Solo. However, little do our heroes know, the First Order, under the watchful eyes of Supreme Leader Snoke, has created an ultimate terror weapon, Starkiller Base, a planet-sized battle station with enough power to destroy several planets at once! Will the Resistance defeat The First Order? Will our heroes find Luke? And will they escape the evil wrath of Kylo Ren? Watch Star Wars: The Force Awakens to find out!

This movie is amazing! It's everything that fans like me have always wanted in a Star Wars movie! This is most DEFINITELY better than the prequel trilogy! No Jar Jar Binks, no Midi-Chlorians, no emotionless love banter, no CG (No, I'm serious. There is barely any CG in this movie!), and no disappointment....mostly. The reason I say mostly is because...well..do you remember my summary of the story? Does any of it sound familiar? It should, because this movie is almost a COMPLETE carbon(ite) copy of Episode IV: A New Hope! Have you seen A New Hope? Then you've seen this movie and you didn't even know it! You can predict how the story is going to go from beginning to end, which I thought was pretty disappointing, but this movie adds just enough new things and old nostalgic fan service to keep things interesting! I still enjoyed this movie from beginning to end! I'd much rather have something familiar than something new, but boring (I'm looking at you "taxation of the trade routes" and "I don't like sand.."!). The characters are all very likeable and memorable, and the performances from the actors were great! I think I have a crush on Daisy Ridley (She plays Rey. She's brilliant!)! John Boyega is really good as Finn, Oscar Isaac is great as Poe, Adam Driver I thought was fantastic as Kylo Ren, Andy Serkis is his great animated (literally) self as always as Supreme Leader Snoke, and, of course, returning cast members Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, and Mark Hamill steal the show as Han, Leia, and Luke, respectively! The special effects are wonderful in this movie! Like I said, the movie barely uses any CG. They only CG that I could see were the space scenes, the flying scenes, Supreme Leader Snoke, Maz Kanata (The little old lady who owns the cantina.), the Rathtars, and maybe a few other things that I missed. That's it. The rest is all done with physical sets, costumes, puppets, animatronics, and makeup. I loved seeing this. As impressive as the CG in the prequels, admittedly, is, it NEVER looked real. It always just looked like people standing in front of a green screen with animated stuff bouncing around them. This movie definitely looks real! There are also some great plot twists in the story and still lots of mystery and truly powerful and moving scenes. The musical score to this movie is great! It was composed by people like John Williams and Lin-Manuel Miranda, the guy who wrote the music for the new Broadway musical, Hamilton. I don't think any of these songs are Star Wars classics or anything, nothing can beat songs like The Imperial March or Duel Of The Fates, but the score stands on its own very well, bringing us new songs and old favourites. In conclusion, this is not a perfect movie. The story may be predictable and it may have other problems, but this movie is still a blast! I definitely recommend it! I even recommend it to people who aren't Star Wars fans or have never even seen Star Wars! This movie stands on its own very well! I'm impressed with what JJ Abrams and Disney have done with this series, and I can't wait to see what awaits us in Rogue One, Episode VIII, and beyond! I give this movie 4.3 stars out of 5! Truly there has been an awakening, and I have felt it. We all have. Balance has returned to The Force.

Have you seen Star Wars: The Force Awakens? What did you think of it? Tell me in the comments!

Aidan the Aspie Critic: Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes

Welcome to another movie review! This movie takes us back to the very beginning of a classic sci-fi story! Sing it with me now! Oh my god, I was wrong! It was earth all along! This is Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes!

Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes is a prequel to the classic sci-fi film, Planet Of The Apes. This movie is also a retcon of the already existing Planet Of The Apes prequel, Conquest Of The Planet Of The Apes. Since this movie retcons Conquest, most people consider this movie to be a reboot of the entire Planet Of The Apes series. It's definitely a better reboot than Tim Burton's 2001 Planet Of The Apes reboot! Let's just forget that movie ever existed. This movie is the story of a man and his monkey. Well, actually a Chimpanzee, but whatever. The man work at Gen Sys labs, a scientific research facility. Gen Sys has created a drug that patches up disconnected parts of the brain, or in other words, the cure to Alzheimer's. The new drug is being tested on apes and they have significantly grown in intelligence. However, when one of the chimps, Bright Eyes, breaks out of her cage and is then killed, the scientists wonder if there are side effects to the drug. However, it turns out Bright Eyes was only trying to protect her baby, Caesar. The man brings Caesar home and raises him like a son. He is extremely intelligent too, but he was never given the drug! The effects are genetic! The man is convinced that there are no side effects, so he smuggles some of the drug home to give to his father, who is suffering from Alzheimer's. However, the drug's effects on humans eventually ware off, and the man's father steals a car! Caesar comes to the rescue, and bites the finger of the man bullying the father about stealing his car, but Caesar gets taken away by the authorities! The monkey jail is horrible! Caesar and the other apes are bullied every day by the evil owners! Will Caesar and the other apes escape? And does the drug have any other harmful side effects on humans...? Watch Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes to find out!

This movie is awesome! It is intense, emotional, and very interesting! The characters are likeable, the story is engaging, and it can get pretty sad at times! I really liked all the little references and homages to the original Planet Of The Apes, further cementing this movie as a prequel. They are much more clever than in Tim Burton's Planet Of The Apes reboot! I'm sorry, I promise this is going to be the last time I mention that hunk of monkey poo movie. The only thing I can say was not so great is the special effects at times. Much like Jurassic World, the monkeys can look pretty fake sometimes, but the rest of the time the effects are pretty impressive! Andy Serkis, the motion-capture special effects genius actor that brought us Gollum in The Lord Of The Rings and The Hobbit movies played Caeser in this movie, and you really do feel like the monkeys are actually there. Even if the effects don't LOOK convincing at times, they definitely do FEEL convincing, if that makes any sense. The performances are also very good, special shout out to the guy who plays the man's father! So, yeah. That's pretty much all I have to say. If you are a sci-fi nerd or a fan of the other Planet Of The Apes movies (except for the Tim Burton one! Oh, right. I wasn't supposed to mention it again. Sorry!) then you will like this movie! Even if you aren't a fan or a nerd you should still like this movie! Is give it 4 stars out of 5! You've finally made a monkey out of me!

Have you seen Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes? What did you think of it? Tell me in the comments! 

Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes review coming soon!

I Was On The News!

Hi everybody! I hope everyone's having a good summer! I've been really busy for the past week because I was in a play for the Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival! For those who don't know, the Fringe Festival is a national theatre festival all over North America. People from all over the world submit plays for the festival. The plays submitted are chosen at random and even if you don't get picked, you can still be in the festival if you set up and pay for your own theatre venue. There are some good plays, and some bad ones, but overall, the Fringe is my favourite part of the summer! I have been a theatre kid for pretty much all my life, I LOVE watching and performing shows, but this is my first time in a Fringe show and it went great! The show we did was called All I Really Need To Know I Learned By Being In a Bad Play, and I played the lead role, The Narrator. The show is all about the life lessons that can be learned from being in a terrible play. I relate to this show a lot because I have learned and experienced many things that I otherwise would never have learned or experienced if I never got into theatre. The best part of theatre is being an important part of a larger community. As an Aspie, I have a hard time fitting in at school. Unless someone knows me really well, they just think I'm weird. However, in the theatre community, everyone is quirky and they don't care if you're weird because, well, everyone is! The theatre make you feel like you belong. If you are a person who has a hard time fitting in, get into theatre! You will discover your people!

Here is the article and the video: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winnipeg-teen-with-asperger-s-syndrome-shines-in-fringe-play-1.3158325

Special thanks to my directors; Theresa, Emily, and Augusta the Stage Manager! Thanks so much for this awesome experience! Thanks so much for your support and I hope to continue working with you for as long as I can! :)

Aidan the Aspie Critic: Inside Out

Welcome to another review that brings you to a place that we all know but never have explored! This is Inside Out!

Inside Out is PIXAR's first offering for 2015. They are releasing another movie later this year to compensate for not releasing a movie last year. The movie is about a little girl named Riley and her emotions, Joy, Anger, Disgust, Fear, and Sadness. Riley's emotions help her through her life from the control centre in her brain, Headquarters. The emotions record all of Riley's memories and keep them safe. Riley's Core Memories, which shape her personality, are protected specially in Headquarters to power the 4 islands of Riley's personality. Riley is a very happy child and she has a nearly perfect and problem-free life. That is, until she and her family move from Minnesota to San Francisco, leaving behind her entire life. A new Core Memory is created, coloured blue, a sad memory. Joy attempts to get rid of it so Riley can stay happy, but Sadness insists it be added to the Core Memory bank. Joy and Sadness, as well as all of the Core Memories both end up getting sucked through the Memory Tube out of headquarters. Without Joy and Sadness, Riley can't feel sad OR happy. Without the Core Memories, Riley is losing what makes her herself. Can Joy and Sadness get back to Headquarters and set everything right? Or will Riley be doomed to a lifetime of depression? Watch Inside Out to find out!

Wow! This movie is FANTASTIC! This is PIXAR's greatest and most emotional movie since Toy Story 3, and that was 5 years ago! While Monsters University and Brave were good, they weren't quite up to the bar that Toy Story 3 set. Inside Out has set that bar even higher! The concept is incredibly original and creative, the characters are all likeable, the animation is fantastic, and the story is really freaking depressing! The performances given by the cast are excellent and the comedy is spot on! The world of Riley's brain is a very well developed world. The movie shows that there are other characters who work in Riley's brain like Riley's imaginary friend, Bing Bong, and other various workers. I do wish the movie showed more of other people's brains. We only get to see Riley's parent's brains and a random pre-teen boy's brain, and those scenes are hilarious, but really brief. You do get to see other various character's brains during the credits, which are also hilarious, but I think more situations like that needed to be added to the main movie. Also, there are a couple are unanswered questions, like "Why are Riley's Anger and Fear male when Riley is a girl? All the other female or male characters have all female or male emotions, so, why doesn't Riley? Subtle gender identity commentary, or just laziness so the movie can be more marketable?" or "Why do Riley's emotions all look nothing like her when all the other character's emotions look like the character?" or "Does Dream Production get material from The Subconscious, Abstract Thought, Long Term Memory, and Imagination Land as well as Riley's day?" etc etc etc. These unanswered questions are a lot less distracting than in Frozen and they don't take away from the overall quality of the movie, they are only nitpicks, so I guess they aren't too much of a problem. This movie isn't also as kid-friendly as PIXAR's other movies. Sure, kids can watch it, but I don't think they will really understand, and the themes of depression might be a bit much for them. This is more of an adult movie, but the kids should still see it. Overall, this is must-see movie this summer! It's fantastic! It is up there with Toy Story 3, Up, and Cars 2 as one of the greatest and most depressing PIXAR movies! Man, Cars 2 was depressing. It was PIXAR's greatest failure and it was depressing that they sunk to that level.... But it's good to know that they've recovered from the Cars 2 incident! I'd give this movie a 4.9 stars out of 5! It's a great feeling to know that PIXAR can still make a movie this good!

Have you seen Inside Out? What did you think of it? Tell me in the comments!

Aidan the Aspie Critic: Jurassic World

Welcome to another review 65 million years in the making! Because that's how long it takes for me to put out one of these reviews... This is Jurassic World!

Jurassic World is the 4th instalment to the Jurassic Park series and is the true sequel to the original 1993 classic, Jurassic Park. Yeah yeah, I know we also have The Lost World: Jurassic Park and Jurassic Park III, but those movies are awful and, aside from starring some of the same characters, in no way continue the story from the first movie! Jurassic World finally gives the series the true sequel it deserves! Set 20 years after the events of the first Jurassic Park, the movie is about 2 kids who go on vacation to Jurassic World, a Universal Studios/Disney World style theme park featuring living dinosaurs, to see their Aunt who is one of the directors of the park. At first, things are going great! Sure, the kids' parents are getting divorced and their Aunt is too busy to spend any time with them, but who cares?! There's DINOSAURS!!!!!!! However, it turns out that people are tired of seeing live dinosaurs after the park has been open for 10 years. They want something more! The Jurassic World scientists have created that something. A brand new hybrid dinosaur, the Indominus Rex! But, big surprise, the Indominus Rex breaks out and goes on a rampage throughout the island! Can the kids, their Aunt, a Veloceraptor trainer, and the Jurassic World Veloceraptor security system stop the Indominus Rex's rampage? Watch Jurassic World to find out!

This movie was AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This movie is so fun! There are lots of intense, awesome, and very well done dinosaur chases and fights, the story is simple and engaging, and the characters are likeable! What this movie did great was creating the atmosphere of Jurassic World itself. It actually feels like a place that you can actually visit, and it makes you want to go there, even if you do get eaten by a dinosaur! The acting is good, and there are a lot less scenes that go nowhere than in the first movie. There are still things that weren't explained, but it was more subtle and you forget about it. There is also some good comedy, too! The characters seem more genuine, relatable, and likeable than in the first movie, for the most part. There are no stuttering Jeff Goldblums or jerk lawyers or Al from Toy Story 2 in this movie! There were lots of little references and homages to the original Jurassic Park that are really clever, and I won't DARE spoil them here for you, the reveals are too mind blowing! If there is something bad about this movie, it would be that the special effects aren't very convincing. Like, at all. I never actually felt like the dinosaurs were actually there, I never felt like you could reach out and touch them. Maybe I was half convinced they were real at a couple points, but overall, the dinosaurs look really fake. In the original Jurassic Park, the special effects were a mix of puppets, CGI, costumes, and animatronics. In Jurassic World, it seems they only used CGI. Now, that wouldn't be so bad, but here's the thing. At times, the CGI in this movie looks worse than in the original Jurassic Park! In some scenes, I didn't feel like the dinosaurs were as finely polished or as finely integrated into the scene than in the first movie. This is extremely disappointing, but it's all a matter of how much you care about the special effects. They aren't bad in this movie, some dinosaurs, like the Indominus Rex for example, look great, but there is also lots of slightly sub-par special effects in this movie as well. If you are a special effects enthusiast, this movie leaves a little bit to be desired, but if you care about the story and characters more than the special effects, then I think you'll like this movie a lot better. Overall this is a really fun movie to go see this summer! It's not fantastic, none of the Jurassic Park movies are, even the first one, but it is just awesome! I'd give this movie a 3.9 stars out of 5! Clever girl!

Have you seen Jurassic World? What did you think of it? Tell me in the comments!

Aidan the Aspie Critic: Monsters University

Welcome to another movie review! Today I will be reviewing Monsters University. It is 2013's PIXAR movie, and it is a prequel to Monsters Inc, as I said in my review of Brave. I'm a little late on getting around to this one, this was supposed to come out in 2013, but I'm a busy, busy man!

This movie is set a few years prior to Monsters Inc. And, where Monsters Inc. was focusing mainly on Sulley, Monsters U is focusing mainly on Mike. (Voiced by Billy Crystal.) Now Mike never really fit in at school when he was a kid. He thought there was no hope for a Monster like him, until his class went on a field trip to the Scare Factory, where all of Monstropolis' power comes from children's screams. Mike had a dream to become a scarer, so, when he was an adult, he enrolled in Monsters University to learn about scaring. There, he meets a friend, a dork named Randy Boggs, (Randy is short for Randall! Wait a minute, wasn't Randall the bad guy in Monsters Inc?...) and a jerk named Jimmy Sullivan. (Sulley for short. Voiced by John Goodman.) Everybody just assumes that he's a better scarer just because his father is Bill Sullivan, the world famous scarer. Mike is determined to beat Sulley, after all, all Mike does is study and all Sulley does is party. Finally, the day of the scaring finals arrived. Both Sulley and Mike end up getting kicked out of the scaring program  by Dean Hartscrabble for being too rambunctious and not scary. However, Mike and Sulley join a fraternity, Oozma Kappa, to compete in the Scare Games to get back into the scaring program. Only one problem, the Oozma Kappa monsters aren't really scary, so can they win the scare games and get into the scaring program? Watch Monsters University to find out!

As always from PIXAR, this movie was great! It is essentially a parody of '80s college films, but the story still is original! I do admit that the first 2 acts are a little bit predictable, but the 3rd act completely makes up for that! There were a few missed opportunities, like Randy's transition from good to bad, but that's only a small problem. I think there should be a short that could go more in-depth about him, because Randy is a pretty interesting character! The animation did get an upgrade from the original, and that's saying a lot! PIXAR always has great animation, even in their worst movie! *cough* Cars 2! *cough* This is a great movie. Although, coming from PIXAR, I think we've all come to expect that. If you are going to see it, watch Monsters Inc. first, it will help you understand a lot in this movie. I'd give it a 4 out if 5 stars! Going back to school has never been this good!

Have you seen Monsters University? What did you think of it? Tell me in the comments! 

Aidan the Aspie Critic: Frozen

Welcome to another movie review! Today I will be reviewing Disney's Frozen! Based (Extremely loosely!) on the story, "The Snow Queen" by Hans Christian Anderson, the author of The Little Mermaid. It is NOT about the conspiracy theory that Walt Disney is frozen under The Pirates of the Caribbean ride waiting for all the Jews to die! I just wanted to get that out of the way!

It is the story of 2 sisters, Princess Anna and Princess Elsa. Elsa has the magical ability to create snow and ice. Don't ask why or how, it's just Disney magic. Anyway, it is all fine and dandy at first, but when Elsa got older, she accidentally injured Anna because she is losing control of her powers and her powers are getting stronger. She grows up afraid of herself, afraid that she might hurt somebody or herself. Eventually, the King and Queen die and Elsa's coronation as Queen comes. She tries her best to control her powers, but she lets her power loose. Afraid and ashamed, she runs off into the snowy mountains alone. Anna goes into the mountains to find her and meets a ice salesman named Kristoff, a reindeer named Sven, and a snowman named Olaf. Can Anna find her sister and restore peace to the land, or will the kingdom be doomed to endure eternal winter? Watch Frozen to find out!

This is not actually from the movie, just in case if anyone's wondering.

This was a pretty okay movie! I know, everyone's sick and tired of it now, thank you very much Let It Go, but the first time we all saw this movie, we all thought it was pretty good! I wouldn't call it Disney's best, and I certainly don't think it deserves the attention it is currently getting, (SERIOUSLY???? The highest grossing animated film of ALL TIME????? There's no WAY this movie is better than Toy Story 3!!!!), but as a movie, it is just pretty okay! The animation is great, and the songs are pretty good. Not the best songs Disney has to offer, but it is nice to finally have another traditional Disney musical. The comedy was also pretty good. I do think a lot of things weren't explained, leaving quite a few plot holes, which can be distracting at times, like "How can Elsa create life out of snow?" or "Who ruled the land when the King and Queen were dead but Elsa was still isolated?" or "WTF is up with these random rock trolls!?" or "Why is everyone shocked about eternal winter when their main export is ice?" or "Why did Anna choose to be shut inside the castle too? Couldn't she leave at any time if she isn't a threat?" or "How does Elsa have ice powers in the first place!?!?!?!?!?!?" Etc, etc, etc. I do think there were a lot of missed opportunities as well, but I can't say anything because it would ruin the story. Let's just say that the shocking villain reveal near the end of the movie is almost completely pointless. Some scenes in this movie go absolutely nowhere and serve no purpose, which can get annoying, but there aren't a lot of those, so it doesn't really matter. Overall, this is a pretty okay movie. It's no masterpiece, but you should get some enjoyment out of it. I would give it 3.5 stars out of 5. I would give it a -1,000,000,000,000 out of 5, but that would be rating on a level of how sick I am of this darn movie! It's freaking over a year old by now, move on to another thing! I will kill myself if I hear Let It Go one more time or if you ask me if I wanna build a snowman! This movie just makes me so angry!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Anyway, this is a good movie, but remember, anything that is good can become bad if it becomes oversaturated. I'm warning you, Disney. Be wise about this film.

Have you seen Frozen? What did you think of it? Tell me in the comments!

Aidan the Aspie Critic: The Nightmare Before Christmas

Hiya, folks! Welcome to another review! Today I will be reviewing the Christmas classic, Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas! I know it's out of season, but this was supposed to come out 2 years ago! I'm lazy and/or busy, okay? 

It's about a small town called Halloween Town, and, you guessed it, they are in charge of Halloween. The weird and crazy characters in the town are ruled by Jack Skellington, the Pumpkin King, which is weird because he isn't a pumpkin. He looks like a skeleton! I actually kinda think he looks like Slender Man, but with no tie and with a face. Anyway, Jack is getting bored with doing the same old thing year after year, so he takes a walk to clear his head. On his walk, he comes across Christmas Town. He learns all about Christmas and decides that Halloween Town will be doing Christmas this year, for all the world! However, some rogue trick-or-treaters kidnapped Santy Claus so Jack could take his place, and feeds him to the Boogeyman, the Oogie-Boogie! Will Jack and Halloween Town do Christmas successfully without Santa? And will Santa survive the Oogie-Boogie? Watch The Nightmare Before Christmas to find out!

While this movie IS a classic, it has a LOT more flaws than people give it credit for. It is very strange, but the good kind of strange. The character designs are very unique and creative, and the animation and songs are excellent! None of the songs feel unnecessary, which is good, because the movie is mostly in song. The moral was unique as well, it is good to try new things, but don't bite off more than you can chew! What I don't like is that some of the characters are underdeveloped, and the villain, the Oogie Boogie, is pretty weak and doesn't even seem to have a motive to be evil. Don't get me wrong, the Oogie Boogie is still a very fun and entertaining character, and his villain song is one of the best songs and animation sequences the movie has to offer! I think Oogie Boogie had a lot of potential to be an interesting character, but he just couldn't pull it off. Overall, this is a great movie in it's own right. It isn't the kind of good that PIXAR puts out every year (Except for 2011! Cars 2 sucked!), but it is an entirely different style of movie than PIXAR. What it is is a creative, fun, family musical, which is good to watch around Halloween AND Christmas, and it did just that very well. Just take this movie for what it is! I'd give it 4.5 stars out of 5! What an awesome movie!

Have you seen The Nightmare Before Christmas? What did you think of it? Tell me in the comments!

Aidan the Aspie Critic: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Welcome to another movie review! I just finished reading the Hobbit book with my Mom and brother. It only took us a bit over a year! Anyway, since we read the book, we wanted to watch the Hobbit movies. We were going to watch the old animated Hobbit movie, but we couldn't find it in good quality, so we watched the Peter Jackson one instead. This is The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey!

The first movie is about a young Hobbit named Bilbo. One day, a wizard named Gandalf and 13 dwarves come to visit. They tell Bilbo that a big dragon named Smaug took all their gold and the orcs ran them out of their kingdom. They told Bilbo they needed his help to get back the treasure and the Arkenstone to kill Smaug and the orcs and take back their kingdom. Bilbo said yes, because he didn't have anything better to do. This sets them off on an epic adventure! Will Bilbo and his friends survive the journey to the Lonely Mountain? Will they get their treasure back? Will this be worth being split up into 3 films!? Watch The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey to find out!

This movie was awesome, but not great. It doesn't follow the book that well, and it heavily touches upon things in the book that were barely explained in a sentence! There were lots of characters and events in the movie that weren't in the book at all! They were only added in to tie the movie in with The Lord of The Rings films better. The orcs were annoying, obnoxious, and pointless. They were just a bad addition. It was a lot more violent and "epic" than was necessary. However, the special effects and cinematography were great. You can always count on Peter Jackson to give us some amazing visuals! He's a brilliant director! The performances are great as well! Overall, this is a movie that is worth your time, but fans of the book will not like it, and if you are going to watch it, read the book or watch the old animated version first. Not great, but still good! I'd give this movie 3.5 stars out of 5. An awesome adventure that you will not soon forget!

Have you seen The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey? What did you think of it? Tell me in the comments!

Aidan the Aspie Critic: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)

Welcome to another movie review! This one is, sing it with me now, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! Heroes in a halfshell, turtle power!

I'm not even going to explain who the Ninja Turtles are. I'm pretty sure you all already know. Starting out as a small, independent comic book in the '80s, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles became quite a hit, inspiring more comics, action figures, video games, countless TV and movie adaptations, mountains of disgusting junk food, and even a live concert tour. The movie I will be reviewing today is the most recent Ninja Turtles movie called, well, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, produced by Michael Bay. Oh no.

The movie is about April O'Neal, a young reporter in New York. She hates her job because she never gets to do anything exciting. That is, until the evil Foot Clan and their leader The Shredder attack New York. April witnesses one of the attacks, but then spots something even more strange, 4 giant turtles fighting the Foot. April tells people about her encounter, but everyone thinks she's crazy. Undiscouraged, April investigates more, and eventually meets the turtles, 4 giant pizza eating, Kung-Fu fighting, crime stopping, wise cracking brothers named Leonardo, Donatello, Michelangelo, and Raphael. The turtles bring April to the sewers where she meets the turtle's master, a giant rat named Splinter. Splinter explains the great danger the Foot Clan poses and tells of their evil plan to take over New York and the world. Will the TMNT and April defeat the Shredder and stop the Foot Clan's plan? Watch Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to find out.

This movie wasn't especially good, but it wasn't especially bad either. Michael Bay didn't ruin the Ninja Turtles. Everybody thought that the Ninja Turtles were going to be aliens, but those rumours were untrue. He DID change a lot of stuff from the original, but it mostly worked to the movie's advantage. There was only one change I took issue with, they gave Donatello glasses. These huge, taped up, nerd glasses that he wears OVER his mask! Okay, Donnie is a pretty nerdy character, but he didn't need freaking glasses! Why not give him glasses that are actually goggles? That would've been fine, and it would look cool. These giant nerd glasses just look SO STUPID!!! That and Splinter's re-design is pretty ugly. And the Foot Clan's re-design is pretty bad. They don't even look anything like ninjas! The movie changed the turtle's and Splinter's backstories to something that made a LOT more sense than their original backstories. I didn't take any issue with the turtle's re-designs. I think they actually look pretty good, except for maybe the faces. They gave them different body shapes and clothing to tell them apart! This is a lot more cool than only giving them different coloured masks and different weapons. The Shredder is one of the coolest villains EVER in this movie!!!!!! Instead of just making him a samurai Darth Vader/Wolverine rip off, they went all the way and made him one of the most deadly and threatening villains I have ever seen! Instead of just having knives popping out of his hands, he can now shoot knives from anywhere in his body! He also has magnets built into his suit so he can pull the knives back! AWESOME!!!! However, as threatening as Shredder is, his evil plan makes no sense. But then again, Shredder has never had very good evil plans in the past, either. I really liked all the little references and homages to the original Ninja Turtles comic and even the original cartoon. For example, the opening and end credits are done in an Eastman and Laird comic book style and Shredder says that tonight he was going to dine on turtle soup. The humour was okay, but not great. The jokes coming from Will Arnett were not funny at all. I didn't even crack a smile. The humour coming from the turtles always got a giggle, but their humour consists of absolutely nothing but pop cultural references, giving the movie a pretty dated feel. There were lots of important Ninja Turtles characters that didn't appear in this movie, like Casey Jones, Bebop, Rocksteady, and Kraang, but they will probably make appearances in later instalments. There is an obvious setup for a sequel. In conclusion, this movie is bad. The story makes no sense, some of the acting is pretty bad, and it just has Michael Bay written all over it. HOWEVER, this is still an enjoyable movie. It's not high-class entertainment, it's a popcorn flick. It's not that bad at all if you just want a fun movie! It could've been a lot worse, Michael Bay has made much worse movies based on '80s cartoons than this one. *cough*Transformers 2*cough*! Just take this movie for what it is. This movie gets 2.3 stars out of 5. Not a good movie, but you will still enjoy it!

Have you seen Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles? What did you think of it? Tell me in the comments!

Just a Quick Update...

Hey guys!

I know I haven't been posting anything for a long time, but that is because I am busy making posts for all 4 of my blogs. I have a Top 11 list and a review of the Cirque Du Freak movie coming up on my Nostalgia Kid blog, I will begin to review individual episodes of My Little Pony on my Brony blog, I have some video game reviews and Let's Play videos coming up on my gaming blog, and finally, I have some new movie and book reviews coming up on this blog! I still need some time to work on these huge projects, so please be patient. I am still here, and there is some good stuff on the way! So, yeah. That's all I have to say. "Ssssssssssss" Oh no, not again! Gaaaaahhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!! "Heh heh. Ain't I a sssssssstinker?" 

YouTube + Google+ + Aspie Kid Who Isn't Allowed To Go On Social Media = FFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

No! I just went through a lot of trouble during the summer to delete my accidentally created Google+ account without deleting my YouTube account and now I'm FORCED to have Google+ just to post a freaking COMMENT!?!?!?!?!? WTF Google!?!?!?!?!? I'm a kid, who isn't allowed social media, and I love posting videos  and comments on YouTube, and you want to ruin that for me!?!?!??! You are evil!!! Nobody cares about Google+, quit trying to make it a thing!!!!! I am very stressed by this, but I guess I can live with it, maybe. I love posting comments the most, and now you can't even REPLY!?!?!??!? You are so stupid!!!!!! The good thing is, a lot of other people are pretty ticked as well, there are even multiple online petitions, so hopefully Google hears the pleas of the community! YouTube has been working just fine, you don't need to go and change anything!!! Now, I'm usually not one to complain about change, ("Nooooooo! Disney bought Lucasfilm!!!!!!! They're making new Star Wars movies! It's gonna be stupid! Mickey Mouse is gonna be in it and they're gonna add singing! Oh, wah, wah, wah!!!!!") but this is just unacceptable!!!! I hope this petition works, because I'm not looking forward to explaining to my Mom that I need to use Google+!!! She'll kill me! Thank you for listening to my first rant! SCREW YOU GOOGLE!!!!!!!!!

Update: Now that I think about it this isn't so bad. I just need to make some changes. I will not post videos on YouTube anymore, I'll post them right here on my blog! I will only use YouTube for watching videos, I will not post comments anymore, which sucks, but I guess it's a small price to pay. I hope Google reads this because they just lost themselves a user! Until YouTube is changed back, I will just post videos and comments here instead. I hope that you all create your own blogs as a YouTube alternative too so that Google might change things back to normal! Thank you !

Final Update: My Mom read this and set me up with a Google+ page. So, everything is fine now! False alarm! :)

NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! ASPERGERS AND ASPIE NOT FORMS OF AUTISM ANYMORE!?!?!?!?!?

Hey guys!

I just learned that Aspergers Syndrome and Aspie are not terms that explain Autism anymore. Now, it is class 1, 2, and 3 Autism. I am against this and I will say why, I think it is easier to explain to people what I have if I say I have Aspergers or that I am an Aspie than to say I have class 1 Autism. I also think that class 1, 2, and 3 Autism makes it sound more severe than it actually is.

I know what you're thinking, "Is the site's name going to change?" And the answer is no. I am going to be a rebel and keep the old name. I just like the sound of "Aidan the Aspie" compared to "Aidan the Kid With Class 1 Autism". I hope that you will join my Rebel Alliance, and defend the name of Aspergers!

Thank you for your time.

Aidan the Aspie Critic: BOOK EDITION!!!!!! The Strange Case of Origami Yoda

Hello and welcome to my first BOOK REVIEW!!!! Today I will be reviewing one of my favourite books, The Strange Case of Origami Yoda!

The Strange Case of Origami Yoda is part of a series of books, written by a man named Tom Angleberger, about a bunch of crazy kids at a school called McQuarrie Middle School. (Get it? Ralph McQuarrie was one of the people who worked on Star Wars! The entire Origami Yoda series is about Star Wars Origami!) It is a regular sort of school until this kid named Dwight brings an Origami Yoda finger puppet to school. Now, Dwight is WEIRD.(Like me!) He does a lot of weird stuff like sitting in holes all day and talking to squirrels. HOWEVER, Dwight is really, really good at origami. He invents his own models, Origami Yoda just happens to be one of Dwight's own models. Dwight's friends Tommy, Kellen, and Harvey, (THE JERK!!!!!!) thought that this was just typical Dwight nonsense, BUT, Origami Yoda seems to give really good advice, solving everyone's problems in the school. But Dwight is so clueless! How could a puppet controlled by him give such good advice? Tommy, Kellen, and Harvey (THE JERK!!!!!) have a mystery to solve, is Origami Yoda just a puppet, or is he a real Jedi really using the Force? Can they solve the mystery? Read this funny Case File to find out!

When I was first starting to read this book, I thought it would it be dumb, but it was really really good! I'd even put it up there with the Diary if a Wimpy Kid books! Now, this book is part of a series, as I said before. The other books in the Origami Yoda series are Darth Paper Strikes Back, The Secret of the Fortune Wookiee, Art2-D2's Guide to Folding and Doodling, and The Surprise Attack of Jabba the Puppett! I will review them later. Also, there is a new one coming out! It's called, Princess Labelmaker to the Rescue! Anyway, the Origami Yoda series is great! I highly recommend them, they're my favourite! They are the books that got me started with Origami in the first place! Here are some instructions for a RIDICULOUSLY easy Origami Yoda finger puppet. If you can't fold it, then there is something seriously wrong with you.  Just click on the picture to make it bigger!

I'd give The Strange Case of Origami Yoda 4 out of 5 stars! YAY!!!!!!

Pssst, for more Star Wars Origami, get your hands on the book Star Wars Origami by Chris Alexander! He has some AMAZING models! Also, for more stuff on the Origami Yoda series, go to Tom Angleberger's website, http://origamiyoda.wordpress.com/ More book reviews coming soon!

Have you read The Strange Case of Origami Yoda? What did you think of it? Tell me in the comments!

Aidan the Aspie Critic: VIDEO GAME EDITION!!! Skylanders Giants

Hello, and welcome to my first video game review. You know how I posted my review for Jack the Giant Slayer a while ago? Well, I have another Giant adventure that I'm sure you've heard of, SKYLANDERS GIANTS!!!

Skylanders Giants is the sequel to the game Skylanders Spyro's Adventure. Like in Spyro's Adventure, you are a Portal Master, in order to play the game, you need some Skylanders figures and The Portal of Power! You plug the Portal of Power into the USB port of you're gaming station, (Some are wireless, though) and you place a Skylander on the Portal of Power and you play as that Skylander in-game. Now, there are TONS of Skylanders to collect, (Spyro's Adventure figures are compatible.) but, all you really need to complete the game is one Skylander of each element, (Air, Life, Undead, Earth, Fire, Water, Magic, and Tech) one Giant Skylander, (Swarm, Tree Rex, Eye-Brawl, Crusher, Hot Head, Thumpback, Ninjini, or Bouncer) and one fast Skylander (Sonic Boom, Whirlwind, Camo, Stealth Elf, Fright Rider, Cynder, Flashwing, Sunburn, Zap, Spyro, Drobot).

 The game's storyline goes like this, Since the last game, Kaos (The Main Antagonist of Skylanders) has been banished to earth, a realm were Skylanders are frozen. For a reason unexplained, Kaos comes to life on earth and finds the Portal of Power and uses it to get back to Skylands. Kaos, along with his assistant, Glumshanks, find an Arkeyan Robot. The Arkeyan Robots were a race of evil robots that once ruled Skylands with an Iron Fist (Literally!). But soon came a race of heroes that defeated the Arkeyans, The Giants! They destroyed the Iron Fist and brought peace to Skylands, BUT, they were banished to earth, where they have not been seen since. BUT, with Kaos finding the Arkeyan Robot and him looking for the Iron Fist, It's time to bring back the Giants! But, Can the Skylanders and the Giants, along with some other friends, Defeat Kaos and the Arkeyan Robots again? Play Skylanders Giants to find out!

I thought this game was super fun and exciting! Sure, I don't have a Skylander of every element, (I'm missing Earth, Fire, Water, and Magic) which isn't very good because you need Skylanders of a cretain element in order to unlock special bonus areas! There are lots of fun puzzles and the game itself isn't very hard so young children could probably play it. This game has the COOLEST SOUNDTRACK EVER!!!! I'm going to buy it on iTunes if it's available! This game wasn't all good though. This game has voice actors so alot of the characters are REALLY ANNOYING!!!!!! Especially the little Frog thing in the lock puzzles. @#$%! HE IS ANNOYING!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He has got to be one of my most hated video game characters of ALL TIME!!!! Also, I just have to point this out, Kaos sounds and acts EXACTLY like Invader Zim! Voltar from League of Super Evil, too!

They have exactly the same facial expression and pose, too!

Me and my Brother have had a BLAST playing this game! I'd give it 4 out of 5 stars! I just can't wait until Skylanders Swap Force comes out this year! Good Game!

Have you played Skylanders Giants? What did you think of it? Tell me in the comments!!!