The Blot still hasn’t seen WALL•E yet, and I don’t see myself watching it anytime soon. Ever since I saw (and was subsequently disappointed by) The Incredibles back in 2004 I have completely fallen off the Pixar Animation/Disney bandwagon. But, critics everywhere are singing the praise of WALL•E and some are even going so far as to say it should be nominated for the Oscar for Best Motion Picture and not just the Oscar for Best Animated Film, which is really saying something.
For all the WALL•E fans out there who actually went to see the movie, Medicom Toy is releasing a brand new two figure WALL•E 100% Be@rbrick set which includes a WALL•E Be@rbrick and an EVE Be@rbrick. I think Medicom did another great Be@rbrick movie tie-in with these figures and I am sure Disney/Pixar fans worldwide will be scrambling to get their hands on these cute little figures.
The WALL•E Be@rbrick two figure set includes one 100% WALL•E Be@rbrick figure and one 100% EVE Be@rbrick figure, and the set will retail for around $25-30. Fans can expect the WALL•E 100% Be@rbrick Set to be released sometime in 2009, but no exact date has been announced yet.
If someone asked The Blot what my television guilty pleasure was the answer would be simple…Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations. The Travel Channel show has become appointment television for me over the past few years because of the eloquent way Chef Tony expresses his unique take on life. Plus, I absolutely love the way Bourdain challenges his viewers’ attitudes on food and how he explores the connection between a people’s culture and the food they create. As it turns out, our economy is not the only thing going global, so too are our taste buds.
Bourdain has helped push me to try all types of new foods I had never even heard of before and each new experience has been better than the last. I now like to think of myself as a FIT (Foodie-in-Training). Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations Season 5 starts this Monday, January 5, 2009 with an episode featuring the sights and sounds of Mexico, and it’s shaping up to be the best season yet. In the coming months Bourdain will be heading to exotic locations such as Venice, Azores, Sri Lanka and Vietnam as well as local U.S. stops to cities like Washington, D.C., Chicago and New York City. To find out more about the upcoming season, check out this sneak peek video clip of Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations Season 5:
As The Blot did last year, I’ll be bringing you sneak peeks and exclusive videos of Bourdain’s travels all season long. So whether you’re a novice eater or a die-hard Bourdanian like myself, keep coming back to The Blot Says… for the latest in all things Anthony Bourdain!
Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations Season 5 premieres on Monday, January 5, 2009 at 10/9c on the Travel Channel.
Today, December 31st, Shepard Fairey will be putting his George Orwell x Obey Giant print set on sale at ObeyGiant.com at some time between the hours of noon and 3 pm PST. A couple of months ago Shepard was approached by Penguin Books (UK) to do his take on the cover art for Orwell’s literary classics 1984 and Animal Farm. Evidently both books were inspirational and personal favorites of Shepard’s, so he jumped at the chance to recreate the covers to these two landmark novels.
For the re-release of the books with their new OBEY covers, Penguin Books did a promotion selling the books with a cover art print set. These prints were only available in the UK…until today! Each offset 1984 and Animal Farm prints are size A2 (about 17" x 24") and come signed and numbered by Shepard with an edition size of 200. The George Orwell x OBEY Giant print set is limited to one set per person/household and will be sold for $140.
If you’re interested in this very cool limited edition print set you’d better act fast and be prepared to hit refresh non-stop for around three hours this afternoon, because if for some reason you aren’t online the second these prints go on sale you’re going to be out of luck.
