Dear Helen - The one where i fly birds

Its that time again, Dear Helen post number 2 .. here it goes. 

Bonjour 

Esperons votre profiter du beau temps. (i can speak French me :D ). Hope you have had a good weekend, and i know that your thinking wow she is writing this early. I do have a reason for this, and that is that i had a really good few days and had to write it all before i forgot it. (and you know me that wont take very long :p).  High five back for getting around to writing these :). 

we definitely  need more trips abroad or at least road trips to the seaside haha or a day trip the that London. i will send you a pic of my hair eventually im waiting for it to fade a bit as it looks more black than blue haha. I think dragging Tom and David shopping is a must when we get back (even if they don't want to go haha) and the intimation game is a MUST (Benneditch Cumberbatch)

So where to start well Thursday i went toy shopping in ToysRus and it was AMAZING (im a kid at heart) and they had some really cool avengers stuff and loads of Frozen stuff (Do you wanna build a snowman :p) and the best of all LEGO MOVIE (Can i marry a marshmallow :P). And of course i had to buy the Lego movie :). 

I finally watched Magic Mike this week and i have to say it was very good ( ALEX PETTYFER). And i have made significant progress on my baby cousins pressie :) 

Yesterday i had the best experience ever... i flew a Harris Hawk and i held an eagle owl (it was big and heavy) and i held a cute barn owl. It was such a good day and all of the birds were so cute. I also spent the day in Stratford and bought 3 books (who can resist when in Stratford :p). You, Tom and David would have loved the Time Warp shop that i went in (It had a life size Darlek in the window :o) it was soo cool full of superhero things and Doctor who things. 

Well i think thats enough random rambeling from me i hope you have enjoyed this blog until next time my friend... Afscheid                      

The Tudors (2007)

Hello again everybody. Its that time again, it time for another post (yay!). For this one i am going back to trivia, however i am doing it this week on one of my favourite historical tv dramas. That my friends is The Tudors.

The Tudors is about the years of the rule of one of in my opion the greatest monarchs and dynasty's in history. Within this series it follows all the major events that took place during his reign such as the dissolution of the mositries and the down fall of the catholic church. It is both gripping and dramatic at the same time and the best bit is that we get to see a lot of Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Henry Cavill; and for you people of the male gender well you have Natalie Dormer.















The first interesting fact for you is one that you might already know if you looks at a picture of the Tudors. The T in the logo is three fold, the first stands for Tudor, the second is a cross and the third is a sword pointing downwards.

As you may already know Henry VIII is notorious for having six wives during his 38 years as king of England. One interesting fact about the TV drama is that they spelt all the names of his six wives correctly.

One of the Characters that makes his first appearance due to the change in religion of the country at the time is Thomas Cromwell. He is present mainly during the dissolution of the monasteries and introduced both Boylen and Henry to the fantastic and very new books of the time, one being the obedience of the Christian man. Whilst on the subject of Cromwell, James Farain (who plays him) later went on the play Lord Warwick on the mini series The White Queen (2013), which focuses on Henry's grandmother Elizabeth Woodvillie. He also played a prominent role as the Spanish ambassador in Elizabeth (1998) a movie that chronologically takes place after this series.

The series shows nearly all of the interesting facts that we know about the Tudor dynasty. One such fact is that Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham lays claim to the English crown by being the descendent of Edward II.

During his reign, Henry had many affairs as his main goal was to produce a male heir. One affair that is portrayed perfectly during the TV series is that with Bessie Blount. She was unmarried and had Henry's son Henry Fitzroy. He died in 1536 shortly after Anne Bolyen's execution and he was 17 years old.

So this brings me to the end. I hope that you have enjoyed this post and i hope it has been very informative but not too nerdy (im a little bit of a history geek). So i bid a due and remember as Henry says during the show, You think you know a story, but you only know how it ends. To get to the heart of the story, you have to go back to the beginning.                                        

Dear Helen - The week where i get covered in paint

Hello wonderful people, yes you have guessed it i am starting a new series again (i like to keep things fresh). This idea came to me and my friend whilst sitting in the sun on the lovely island of Crete. We decided as we are uni students that live in different counties and it is now summer will would write to each other on our blogs to keep in contact and share funny stuff, and you guys can come along for the ride. So to follow the story your going to have to go over to my friend Helen's blog at http://helenrosesblog.blogspot.co.uk, we will try our best to be funny and insightful but we are very random so if you enjoy being random this series is definitely for you. So lets get started.

Heloooo

I hoped you liked the introduction to this i thought i should warn people that we are a little bit mad and crazy lol.
So this week has been a little chaotic for me, as my brother has bought as house is moving out (I GET MY ROOM BACK :) ) which means i have been painting, painting, painting ohh and more painting. So if you've got any painting to do im well trained ;) .

The past week i also managed to finally unpack from the holiday, however if i open my wardrobe you may never see me again lol ( i think i am a little addicted to shopping haha ). But then again can a girl ever have too many clothes ;) .

Since we came back holiday i haven't really been up to much, but i have dyed my hair blue, so i can now say that my hair has been every colour which is cool now to start going two toned. i have also perfected some of my cooking skills so you guys will be my guinea pigs when we get back to uni, and at the end of the day what else will make dissertation writing go more smoothly than tasty treats :).

I am enjoying being at home and having my dog, she such a cutie. Although she has a habit of getting me completely soaked when i give her a bath haha.

Well that is about it for this blog, oh next time i see you i have something to tell you that i think you might like ;). Hope your enjoying the weather and the little kids at work are not too much trouble :p ( im sooo nice like that haha ). Would you like a jelly baby :).

This is me signing off, remember if you want to follow the story go over to http://helenrosesblog.blogspot.co.uk/ in the next few days :).. and one more thing always remember that Fez's are cool

Movie Trivia - Lion King

 Yes you have guessed it, its time for a new series on this blog and as you can see by the title its movie trivia. To start off this new series i have decided to write it about one of my favourite Disney films, and as this October it will be the 20th anniversary this post is on the Lion King.

So i guess the best piece of trivia to start with is that it still holds the record for being the highest grossing traditionally animated film in history, still 20 years on it has beaten some of the greats like A bugs life and Pocahontas. It was also the highest grossing movie in 1994 and second in the United States behind Forrest Gump.

The next really interesting fact is that the scene of the wildebeest stampede took Disney's CG department 3 years to animate in total, and i dont know about you guys but i think all the time spent on the scene was well spent. The production team that worked on the Lion King was known as Disney's team B and were given the job to be kept busy while their team A was working on Pocahontas as the production had much higher hopes of doing well, i bet they are regretting that decision now, i think the thing to say here is well done team B you did an amazing job.

many of the song from the Lion King have become very famous and well known Disney songs of all time, and whilst we are on the subject of the songs did you know that during 'Be Prepared' the hyenas marching past Scar on the elevated rock was originally inspired by footage of Nazis marching by Adolf Hitler on a podium during world war 2.

Another cool fact i would like to throw your way is that the Lion King was the first Disney film to be dubbed into Zulu.

The last fact i would like to share with you lovely people is that the story was loosely based on Shakespeare's story of Hamlet. As the story was of a young prince whose uncle takes over the kingdom and marries the queen after killing the prince's father. After being taken away from home for a period of time, these events lead to the prince's plans for revenge. The prince receives some advice from his father's ghost. Also one last little fun fact, when Zazu is singing 'ive got a lovely bunch of coconuts' scar has a skull in his hand (an iconic image of Shakespeare's Hamlet).

Thank you for reading this blog post and hope you all enjoyed the new series. Please feel free to comment below fore suggestions and fell free to share and social network sites. Enjoy the weather ... Au Revior.

Disney Pixar Conspiracy Theory's - Toy Story

Hello everyone. This blog post is the second in my series of conspiracy theories. This post is kind of following on from the Frozen theory, but i am moving to the side and focusing it on a Disney Pixar film. So i am focusing the blog this week on Toy Story.

Search though the web and watching some youtube videos i came across a very interesting theory. This theory is that Andy's mum is Emily, who was Jessie's original owner

So according to this theory it all started with a hat. more precisely the hat that Andy wears throughout the films. If you look at any of the stills from the film you can clearly see that they cowboy hat Andy wears is different to that of Woody's hat. So the question here is why would Andy not wear the same hat as his favourite toy, unless the hat was given to him by somebody like his mum.

I know your thinking at the minute, wait but he could have got the hat from anywhere it doesn't prove anything. However if you then take a closer look at the hat that Jessie wears and the hat Andy wears you will notice to only difference apart from the size obviously it that there is a missing white band on Andy's hat.

Now if we dive into Jessie's story. Jessie was owned by a girl called Emily, and she loved her just like Andy loves woody even have a matching hat. eventually Emily grew up and gave Jessie away meaning she was in storage for a long time. While Jessie is telling her story in toy story 2 we see that Emily's room starts off looking old fashioned and it goes through changes including a flower power/ disco stage which could mean that this was during the 60s/70s meaning that Emily owned her long before Andy was born. Also when we see Emily put Jessie in the donation box the hat is noticeably not there. So this could mean that Emily passed it on the her oldest child (Andy).

Another bit of evidence is that we never get to know what Andy's mum's real name is and we never get to know what Emily's last name is and it and we all know how capable pixar are putting in an underlying story with out being overly overt about it all.

So that brings me to the end of the Toy Story theory. I would really appreciate it if you guys would share this and i would love to interact with some of you and let me know what you think about this series. Also if there is anything you guys would like to read please comment and i will try my best to do all you suggestions. Thank you again for reading.

Disney Conspiracy Theory's - Frozen

Hello everyone, today sees the introduction of a new series to my blog. This new series is conspiracy theories, not just Disney but any film or TV show. For the first one in this series i have chosen to do it on a Disney film that i have come to know inside and out, Frozen.

Okay so the theory in a nutshell is that Frozen, the little mermaid, Tangled and Tarzan are all connected.

The first glimpse of Tangled and Frozen being connected is during the scene where the palace gates open and Anna sings First time in forever; in this scene Anna runs past Rapunzel and Flynn Ryder from Tangled. In this scene Rapunzel has the same hair style as she does at the end of Tangled so from this we can assume that Frozen is in fact set after Tangled. Another fact that solidifies this part of the theory is that 3 years before this scene, Anna's parents die in an ill fated accident at sea on the way to a wedding (Rapunzel and Flynn). Also it is a bit of a coincidence that Frozen was released nearly exactly to the day 3 years after Tangled. The last fact is that the king in Frozen and the Queen in Tangled look very similar which means they could be siblings which means that Rapunzel is Elsa and Anna's cousin.

So now we go further on in the theory. Remember above i said that Elsa and Anna's parents died on a ship at sea. Now cast your mind to the little mermaid, Arial explores a sunken ship that resembles the ship that Anna's parents were on. This theory goes even further to try and solidify this link. Frozen is rumoured to be set in Norway and Tangled is said to be set in Germany. For the parents to get from Norway to Germany you would have to sail past Denmark, which is rumoured to be the place where the little mermaid is set. Another fact to link the two films together is that the story of frozen is based on the the story of The snow queen written by Hans Christian Andersen, and the Little Mermaid was written also by  Hans Christian Andersen and in Copenhagen (his birthplace) there is the Little Mermaid statue.

However to explain how these two films link to Tarzan im going to again throw you off course. I personally don't have much belief in this part of the theory but i am going to present it so you the reader can make up you own mind about it. So Tarzan parents where in a shipwreck off the coast of Africa, which means for them to be Elsa and Anna's parents their ship wouldn't have sailed past Denmark but near the Caribbean islands. This means that the Little Mermaid would have to be set near the Caribbean and not Denmark. One fact to help this theory be plausible is the fact that Sebastian (Arial's lobster friend) speaks with a Jamaican accent. However looking at the pictures of the King and Queen from Frozen and Tarzan's parents there are hardly any similarities.

So that's the end of the theory, i hope you enjoyed reading it and i hope i haven't ruined your childhood, please comment below if you want to add anything or if you think i have missed anything out. I would just like to say this is not my personal theory i just thought it was interesting and wanted to share it. You can also comment below if you would like me to do a post on anything in particular and i will try and do it for you guys. Thanks again for reading.