VIDEO REVIEW! My Son and I Take on PACIFIC RIM, Guillermo del Toro's 21st Century Kaiju Masterpiece!

Direct from Jack's Movie Town, the movie review blog of my son Skeleton Jack (a.k.a. Wee-Sol), I give to you this very special video review of the film that single-handedly saved the summer of 2013 for me...

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VAULT VLOG Father's Day Edition! B-Sol & Son Review The Sixth Sense...

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Wee-Sol Draws a Kaiju Battle

In the grand tradition of Wee-Sol Draws a Zombie, I bring you my five-year-old son's latest foray into genre-based illustration. This time, he decided it would make his kaiju-lovin' pop happy if he sketched an all-out brawl between Godzilla and his long-time ally/enemy, Mothra, which now hangs majestically in my office:

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The little guy had some issues figuring out how to get the giant tail to lay just right (lower right-hand corner), but in the end I think he mastered it expertly. When he had a little difficulty visualizing, we decided it might be a good idea to pop in our beloved Classic Media DVD release of Godzilla vs. Mothra, which features a gallery of vintage movie posters. Here was the one he picked to use as inspiration:


How about that, Vault dwellers? To quote one of our mutual heroes, not bad for a little furball.

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Wee-Sol Draws a Zombie

My son is only five years old, but man does he love him some zombies. The other day, as we were on the way to the Yale Art Gallery so I could introduce him to Hieronymus Bosch, he sketched this drawing in the backseat of the car:

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As he explained to me, it depicts someone (foreground) getting bitten in the arm by a zombie. You can just make out the zombie's head on the person's left arm. I'm assuming those black squiggles represent an abundance of gore. I have no idea what those blobs are falling from the sky--perhaps it's hailing. Or maybe they're other zombies. In the background is a house.

I'm thinking he was inspired by NOTLD. In any event, because his dad just so happens to run a horror blog, Wee-Sol now enjoys the fortune of having his artwork put out there for the world to appreciate...

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