Frozen

Even though the year is coming to an end the blog is definitely not! In fact, we'll be back and ready to tell you more about what floats our boats around the time the bell rings in the new year! So without further ado: My last post of 2013.

Looking back it has been a great year. I've collected so many memories that I wouldn't be without and I've just had a great time watching musicals, being with the people I love the most and enjoying life. I've been more spontaneous than usual, I've learned more about myself and ... I could talk about this forever. But the most important thing: I've watched Frozen!

Okay, well, it may not be the most important thing - but it was a fantastic experience!

Frozen is the new animated Disney-movie based on the fairytale The Snow Queen by H.C. Andersen (Denmark! Woop woop!), and it was just incredible. Funny, warm, exciting and magical - just as a Disney-movie should be and definitely something I'd recommend watching!

The movie centers around the two sisters Princess Anna and Princess Elsa, where the latter posses the ability to do ice-magic. Sadly she can't control it even though she wishes to do so, and Anna sets on a quest to find Elsa, who has escaped from the town and her duty as Queen in order to find peace and a place where she cannot harm people.

Ahhhhhhh! Doesn't it just sound exciting!? And do you wanna hear the best part about it??! Almost all of my favorite actors and actresses from the musical-word are voicing the characters! Idina Menzel, Jonathan Groff, Josh Gad and Santino Fontana! Isn't that just amazing!? And they did SUCH a good job - though it was a little bit weird listening to Idina Menzel singing something else than the Wicked soundtrack! It's non the less very good and I'm sure you've heard this song a billion times already, but here you go - Let It Go from the movie:

Anyway, I hope you will consider watching this masterpiece of a new Disney movie (maybe it even has been out for ages in your country ... how should I know - we only just got it in Denmark)! And you'll take care and have a LOVELY NEW YEAR as well!

Thank you so much for reading along this year! :)

The Walking Dead Season 2 - The Game: Episode 1

And I'm back!

[CONTAINS SPOILERS – Do not read any further if you haven’t played the game but plan to do it]

I also warn you about all them feels I’m going to express! I’m usually a bit more objective, but that’s just not possible with this game.

The Walking Dead Season 1 was an amazing experience that I probably won’t ever forget. The game showed me how serious life can be and how hard it is to make the right choices. It is my favorite game for a reason. Now, if you haven’t heard of the game, it is a zombie game, where you have to make decisions that will let you survive the game. Bad decisions will kill you. Good decisions will let you live. It’s as simple as that.

Instead of the usual first person shooter survival game, The Walking Dead created by Telltale focuses on the story more than the gameplay. If you’re looking for a shooter, this game may not be for you, but if you love a good story like I do, you will love this game. There’s not much gameplay in the game. The game is set up much like a movie. What makes this as game though, is the fact that YOU are making the choices of the characters – you decide their story.

Now on to what I was actually going to talk about. The Walking Dead season 2 - Episode 1: All That Remains came out yesterday, and because I had preordered it, I could install it as soon as it came out. When the download had finished, I went right into the game and played the first episode of this season. And boy, what an experience!

I’ve known for a while that Clementine would be the main character this time, but I didn’t really know how to react to the news. I might have felt a little bit split between feeling good or bad. I mean, Clementine has suffered so much and I just couldn’t bear to see her out there alone, but at the same time I liked the fact that I didn’t have to get attached to a whole new character all over again.

After clicking play, it took me about five minutes before I was already crying. I will just leave it at that to not spoil too much – but I’m starting to see the evil in the people who created this game. I don’t think I know any books, movies, etc. which are sadder than this game. And the fact that Clementine is now walking around casually with a gun in her hand really sets me off. That one hit me hard. I don’t know what it is, but seeing a child having to carry a weapon like that is really not something I ever want to experience in real life.

And that’s not even everything. Clementine really has changed. That’s not negative, of course, but she’s become so mature that it’s almost hard to handle. Her values have changed. She’s so young, but finding a big box of toys only makes her throw it away and say: “Mmph. Nothing edible.” I just don’t see much of a child in her anymore.

 

Just when I think the thought that maybe the creators aren’t that heartless after all by letting Clementine have a dog as her friend so she isn’t alone, the freaking dog attacks her and makes her kill it (or I kind of made her kill it – but only because it was suffering!). That friendship was ruined in a time span of about ten minutes. That is what I call evil. Just when you get attached, you have to let go again.

To not only have sad things in this rant of mine, I must admit I love when Clementine uses sarcasm. I caught myself laughing out loud several times over her talking to herself. I actually think one of the things I love the most about these games is the sarcastic comments throughout the game.

Well, that’s all for this time, I apologize for the rant!

Here’s a trailer for you!

 

Shia

Creepy, but awesome Podcasts

And I'm back!

A few days ago, Sofie (Thursday) sent a link to me directing me to The Night Vale Podcast also known as “Welcome to Night Vale”. The podcast is produced by Commonplace Books, and was created by former Something Awful writer Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor. The Podcast was created last year and has become very popular on social networks in the summer of 2013. The podcast is set up as a fictive community radio, where you will listen to local news, commercials and announcements of the town Night Vale.

I haven’t listened to too much of the podcast episodes, because the podcast isn’t exactly my taste, knowing that none of it is actually real. But I still felt like mentioning it here because, first of all, it is incredibly popular, and second of all, it lead me inspire to find other podcasts. And those are the ones I will be talking about the rest of today’s feature.

A podcast that I find very entertaining is the podcast “The Last Podcast on the Left” featured on the website CaveComedyRadio. The podcast consists of three men, Ben Kissel, Henry Zebrowski and Marcus Parks who discusses various topics concerning horror and the like. They talk about a lot of things, including serial killers, ghosts, war crimes, religion, hauntings and creepypastas.

Ever felt like listening to people talking without using too much of your brain to concentrate on difficult subjects,” The Last Podcast to The Left” might be something for you. The guys are happy and outgoing, and while they discuss serious topics, they do it in a funny and entertaining way so you won’t be bored listening to it. Be ready for some bad jokes, swearing and creepy and scary facts, and I hope you will go to the CaveComedyRadio website to check the podcast out.

Another podcast that I found and simply can’t get enough of is “The Nosleep Podcast” featuring stories from the Nosleep forums on Reddit.com. After Reddit.com member Matt Hansen proposed the idea of a podcast introducing different stories from the forums, the idea was accepted in 2011. The host and producer of the podcast is the deep-voiced David Cummings, and the stories are read by all kinds of people and all the episodes have some nice soundtracks which fits the stories well.

As you might already know, I am a sucker for creepypastas, and what better way, for a lazy person like me, is there to find creepypastas than a podcast, where people find the best for you and even read them aloud. You don’t need to research the internet for creepypastas, and you don’t even have to read them yourself. Talk about killing two birds with one stone! Ohh, lazy me!

Well, the podcast is perfect if you’re looking for some really good and really creepy creepypastas, and some might even be so good that you’d want to support some of the authors. After listening to the podcast, I realized that a guy named Dathan AuerBach (also known as 1000Vultures) had written a creepypasta series called “Penpal” featuring six stories on the Nosleep forums. I can’t exactly explain what I love about the stories, but there is definitely something very eerie and maybe a bit epic about the stories that are about a boy (supposedly the author himself) and his life from kindergarten to the teenage years where some really creepy things happened.
I was curious and found out that there had been made a Kickstarter for the series to make it into an actual book, and yesterday I bought the book in paperback, and am now looking very much forward to receiving it next month.


"Penpal" by Dathan Auerbach

That's pretty much all for today! I hope you'll check some of the podcasts out, and as a bonus I will tell you that the last two podcasts are perfect listening to on your way to and from school!

Shia

For the first time I feel extremely and completely WICKED

I could be Elphaba, right?

Hello everyone!

After a long, refreshing and maybe a little bit too filled summerbreak I'm back and ready to share my love for everything musical-ish once again. Are you ready, because I am! My fingers are practially itching to start writing again- if that's not a sign, I don't know what it is!

As I told you in my last post weeks ago I was going to London with my friend to watch musicals. Kind of crazy to think about now that it is actually over (I got home around 2 weeks and a few days ago - cannot believe it), but such an amazing experience just to run around and act like crazy without feeling any judgement. :)

Today, I think I want to tell you about one of my favorite parts of the trip - Thursday, the day where we watched Wicked. I know I told you that I was most excited for Phantom of the Opera, but in the end I think Wicked was the show that totally blew me away and the one where I had blank eyes throughout the whole thing.

Why? Because I had no expectations what so ever. I have heard the songs so many times and I once saw a crappy bootleg of Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth as Elphaba and Glinda, but other than that... my encounter with the musical has only been through music and pictures. I had no idea what to expect from the actual show and w-o-w. I was blown away from start till end and was shaking when I finally stood up to join in for the curtain call-applauding. I still cannot believe I've seen Wicked. Actual WICKED. It has been a dream of mine for 1,5 year - unbelievable! 

And for those wondering what Wicked actually is about:

Wicked tells the incredible untold story of an unlikely but profound friendship between two girls who first meet as sorcery students at Shiz University: the blonde and very popular Glinda and a misunderstood green girl, Elphaba.

Following an encounter with The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, their friendship reaches a crossroads and their lives take very different paths. Glinda's unflinching desire for popularity sees her seduced by power while Elphaba's determination to remain true to herself, and to those around her, will have unexpected and shocking consequences for her future. Their extraordinary adventures in Oz will ultimately see them fulfil their destinies as Glinda The Good and the Wicked Witch of the West.

The show is just so lush and rich of colors with amazing props, beautiful costumes, clever lightning and magical moments. It was also full of humor (one thing I had never really thought about), sadness and love and just thinking about it gives me the chills. Ahhh, can I just go back?

It has everything a good musical is supposed to have. 

Including my love. 

No, but really, if you ever go to London - go watch Wicked! It's fun, clever, beautiful, sad and exciting. I cried, laughed and fell in love throughout the show. So beautiful visuals, such a beautiful story which end I was nowhere prepared for. 

It's safe to say Wicked has a whole new meaning for me now, but that just makes it even better and it's because of that show I'm determined to dance through life as best as I can.

Also, I may have bought a Wicked-t-shirt and met a few of the actors...

Me, my friend and Louise Dearman (Elphaba, SO GOOD)

Me, the amazing Gina Beck (Glinda) and my friend! 

(Will show the shirt among other musical gems I got in London in another post :))

Hope you have a magical Monday! 

Love, Rebecca <3

Vacation!

'Ello everybody!

As you may be able to tell, Funny little features is a bit dead at the moment due to that fact that all of its members are rocking and partying all night long! In other words, we are resting our tiny heads now that we finally are able to do it, because it is our long-awaited summer vacation!
Sadly it is soon over and school will once again get a grip on all of our brains, but at the same time, we will probably start posting again soon!

We hope you can bare with us for a little longer! Love yooou.

Shia

Creepypasta Recommended #3

Hello everyone!

I apologise many times for the four day late post from me on Funny little features. I have been to Norway visiting a friend of mine, and I only just came home yesterday which is the reason for the missing post.
As I haven't actually been able to find some really good stuff to talk about, I will be continuing my Creepypasta list which makes this the second part!

First part is here: Creepypasta Recommended #2

Because of how long the stories were in the last Creepypasta Recommended post, I had some issues which made it impossible to actually read them, and it took me quite a while to fix the problem. Therefore the creepypastas will be shorter in this post so I won't have to do everthing over again as I did last time - and shorter stories means that lazy people can read them too ;)

That's all for today! I hope you enjoyed the creepypastas! I sure did when I read them the first time!

Shia