Get to Know: DanIsNotOnFire & AmazingPhil

Ah, the love able idiots. Here we go! But first:

A link to Dan's account: https://youtube.com/user/danisnotonfire

A link to Phil's account: https://youtube.com/user/amazingphil

Get To Know Dan:

Dan Howell, better known on the internet as DanIsNotOnFire, is a vlog-style YouTuber who records himself talking about experiences and other things that he knows of, then posts them on YouTube. (In case you didn't know, vlog means video-blog.) He posts an average of one video every two weeks. 

Dan is 23 years old, and currently lives in London with his best friend Phil. He is 6'3, and many hilarious stories ensue because of the his awkward height. He likes lots of video games, including Bioshock and Halo, along with lots of classics. Studio Ghibli also played a big role in his life from a fairly young age.

 

Get To Know Phil:

Phillip Lester, better known on the internet and radio as AmazingPhil, is also a vlogging-style YouTuber. His videos lean more in the innocent/funny direction than Dan's cynical, self-deprecating humor. Phil posts about three to four videos a month, but you can sometimes expect them a few times every couple of weeks! 

Phil Lester is a lovable 28-year-old, who doesn't look anywhere near 28. He loves anime and Studio Ghibli just as much, if not more than, Dan. He and Dan live in a flat in London, England, and share their daily routines with each other. They're absolute best friends. 

Honorable Mentions:

Dan and Phil are part of what many of the British YouTube fandom calls the "fearsome foursome." This includes DanIsNotOnFire, AmazingPhil, Crabstickz, and KickThePJ. 

Crabstickz: https://youtube.com/user/crabstickz

KickThePJ: https://youtube.com/user/kickthepj

Welcome To Night Vale - Pilot

\\\Welcome To Night Vale - Pilot

http://youtu.be/Ujksjzqrhys <-- Pilot Episode

     "Welcome to Night Vale is a podcast about a friendly desert community where the sun is hot, the moon is beautiful, and mysterious lights pass overhead while we all pretend to sleep. Welcome to Night Vale." - Common Place Books

     The podcast is about a fictional desert community called Night Vale, where strange happenings occur. It is narrated by Cecil Palmer, a resident of Night Vale who hosts the city's radio show, in his booth at the Night Vale Community Radio building. It is updated twice-monthly in the form of a radio broadcast, and is currently at episode 61. More are scheduled to be produced soon. 

In the pilot episode, a beautiful Latino scientist comes to town to study the strange happenings that occur there. A new dog park opens that nobody is allowed to enter, save for mayor Pamela Winchell and the City Council. Cecil provides a helpful color guide to helicopters, and what they mean. 

CHARACTERS:

Cecil Palmer: Cecil Gershwin Palmer is the narrator of Night Vale, as well as the city's radio host. He technically has no definite character description, but most of the fan community agrees that he has white hair, an extra purple eye at the center of his forehead, squid tentacle tattoos on his forearms, and glasses. 

Carlos: Carlos has no last name. In the first episode of Night Vale, he comes to the desert town to study the strange happenings, and has no idea when he will leave. Cecil describes him with "dark and delicate skin, a voice like caramel with oaky tones, and a strong square jaw." His hair is black with a "distinguished touch of" gray. 

Hooded Figures: The hooded figures are the things that rome the dog park, and the reason we can't go in. If they take your children, do not resist. Let them. 

     And, as it is and always will be: Goodnight, Night Vale. Goodnight. 

Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys

http://youtu.be/egG7fiE89IU <--- Na Na Na

http://youtu.be/hTgnDLWeeaM <--- SING

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLi8kCzCB1NYSG7UEIDpr0UD9AwjHtbGeU <--- Playlist for Danger Days

Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys is a concept album by my favorite band, My Chemical Romance. It is set in the year 2019,'in post-apocalyptic California, where a company called Better a Living a Industries controls everyone. A group of four legendary outlaws called the Fabulous Killjoys, along with their cohorts Dr. Death Defying and Show Pony, run around the Zones wreaking havoc and causing mayhem. A division of BLI called the S/C/A/R/E/C/R/O/W unit is after them. They're running for their lives. But will they make it? Watch the links above to find out. 

KILLJOYS:

Party Poison: Party Poison is the famed leader of the legendary Fabulous Killjoys. He has red hair and a yellow laser gun. Party keeps the others in line, and does his best to keep them safe. Well, as good as he can, considering the fact that they fight for their lives on a daily basis. He, along with the other outlaws, wants to bring back creativity to the citizens of Battery City and the surrounding Zones. 

Fun Ghoul: Fun Ghoul is the most rebellious rebel you'll ever meet. Best friend and second-in-command of Party Poison, he would kill every Draculoid that BLI could offer. Decked out in black, green, and yellow, he carries a matching laser gun, and often uses Kobra's when the Killjoys are being chased by BLI. 

Kobra Kid: Party Poison's kid brother. Both being originally from the destroyed Zone 6, neither has a home or a family, except for the other rebels and Dr. Death Defying's place. With hair slicked back and clad in red, Kobra Kid is known for his ruthlessness and quick efficiency. 

Jet Star: Jet Star is the peacemaker of the group. He has long brown hair, and often wears aviators from before the crisis that brought BLI into power. His suit is black, and his laser gun is blue. 

ETC.:

Dr. Death Defying: Dr. Death Defying is a companion of the Killjoys. He runs an illegal pirate radio station that plays the Killjoys songs, and often airs the traffic report. He's got long, stringy hair, and sometimes wears sunglasses. 

Show Pony: Companion and assistant of Dr. Death Defying, Show Pony roller-skates around and helps the Killjoys get ready for the day/week/whatever. He wears white leggings and a motorcycle helmet. 

The Girl: A curly-haired child that the Killjoys are trying to protect from BLI for unknown reasons. She is the main reason that they're doing what they're doing. She embodies creativity and youthful innocence. 

And most important of all: 

Incarceron

          Incarceron. A novel by Catherine Fisher set in a dystopian future, and told from two different perspectives. The tag line of the novel is, "INCARCERON. A prison like no other. It gives life. It deals death. It watches all." In the book, a teenage boy named Finn is trapped inside of Incarceron, a vast, living prison that controls the people within it so well, most don't actually believe in Outside. They have only the Legends of Sapphique, the only man ever fabled to have escaped Incarceron. Outside, there is a teenage girl names Claudia, the daughter of the Warden of Incarceron. Only the Warden knows what goes on inside the prison. And Outside, everything has been reverted to the Middle Ages. Years ago, a king decided that technology was a menace, and shut everything down. They now live in a Dark Age, with royals, peasants, beheadings, and much, much worse. Claudia is destined to marry the heir to the throne. There is only one problem. She doesn't love Caspar, who is a whiny, obnoxious shell of a boy, ultimately controlled by his mother, the Queen. When Finn and Claudia make contact through the most unlikely circumstances, they band together to help one another. Both to escape a different kind of prison. Can they free themselves-and each other-before it's too late?

The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones

http://youtu.be/GHlwRsl2uFk <---- Watch the trailer!

City of Bones is the first installment in The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare. It is preluded by it's first companion series, The Infernal Devices. City of Bones follows the story of a fifteen-year-old girl named Clary Fray, who lives in an old brownstone in the borough of Brooklyn, in New York City. She's quite a normal girl. Until, one day when she and her friend Simon Lewis are in Pandemonium, an all-ages club that Clary and he frequent. Something quite horrifying happens: Clary sees three teenagers murder a blue-haired boy. Then, the blue-haired boy disappears. Shaken, Clary returns home. The next day, one of the teenagers, a handsome blonde boy named Jace, visits Clary again. At this time, her mother calls her and tells her not to come home. The call ends abruptly. Her mother has been kidnapped. Clary returns home, and promptly attacked by a Ravener demon. They eat humans, and look similar to the lizard mutts in Mockingjay. Clary discovers she is a member of the Shadow World, and more specifically, a nephilim. They are the descendants of humans and angels, guardians of the mortal world. They kill demons and rogue Downworlders, which include fey, werewolves, vampires, warlocks, etc. Clary must go on a quest with these Shadowhunters to save her mother. And more specifically, the world. 

The Rocky Horror Picture Show! (Characters.)

Truly, there aren't many characters in The Rocky Horror Picture Show. I will detail all of them except for the Transylvanians, and some other minor characters. 

The first two are the major focus of the story. Brad Majors and Janet Weiss, recently engaged and on their way to see the man who was responsible for their meeting. They are stranded in the middle of the night, and forced to approach a castle a few miles from where the car broke down. Inside, they find a strange cast of characters. The story centers around them and their night at the Frankenstein Place. Both Brad and Janet are very wary, curious, and very frustrated. In more ways than one...

These two are part of the strange cast of characters I mentioned earlier. Brad and Janet meet the look on entry of the Frankenstein Place, and are soon introduced to the whimsical and musical ways of the manor. Very mysterious, sending individual. Magenta is loud, and seems rather upset at times. Both of them love to do the Time Warp. Oh, and they are siblings. 

Columbia isn't truly an important character, but she adds a lot to the story. Later, you meet Eddie, whom she fell in love with. That's why everyone calls her a groupie. She also loves Frank, and tap dances very well.

Ah, the show stealing Dr. Frank N. Furter. He truly is the human embodiment of a mad genius. He created Rocky horror, and brought to life. However, Dr. Frank N. Furter is very special. He's a transvestite. In fact, he's a sweet transvestite, from transsexual Transylvania. His character is interesting, and often angry at times.

This is Rocky. He was a creation created by Dr. Frank. His character isn't very well adapted to the world yet. He can't speak very well, but he can sing. Also he's very muscly, and very confused. 

This is Eddie, an ex-delivery boy. He and Frank have a very...intense and violent scene somewhere near the middle of the movie. Eddie is very loud and energetic. He also really enjoys playing the saxophone and riding his motorbike.

This is Dr. Everett Scott. There's not much to his character except that he is Eddie's uncle, German, and affiliated with the Nazi party, as well as the FBI. He will stop at nothing to take Dr. Frank and his whole operation down. And Dr. Scott knows a very big secret that Dr. Frank has been hiding...

Lastly, we have the criminologist. He is the storyteller, and that man has no neck. That's pretty much all there is to him. 

So, there you go. All of the important characters of the Rocky Horror Picture Show. I absolutely adore this movie, and I would recommend it to anybody who can stomach the intensity.

Interstellar: Science Fiction of the Century

www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vxOhd4qlnA <---- Trailer for Interstellar. Watch this first!

     Interstellar is the story of a world overcome by dust storms. With the aid of one man, an ex-astronaut, a corporation launches another mission into space. This time, it's to look for a new planet for humans to live in. The ex-turned-astronaut-again guy's daughter, Murphy, begins working with the organization that launched her dad into space. She remains working on it for the rest of her life. At the end of the movie, she is reunited with her dad. Overall, just go see the movie. I, personally, love space. The final frontier. Seriously. Space is the coolest thing. And deep seas. But I'm getting off topic. Anyways, GO SEE THIS MOVIE. Heartwarming father/daughter, space, hurt/comfort, space, death, SPACE.