VALIDATION

Validation is a nifty little independent short starring Bones actor TJ Thyne. The film is about Hugh Newman - an attendant who validates parking tickets and the people who bring them to him by saying compliments and pleasantries.

Hugh becomes a popular figure for making people smile and draws a crowd of interest. There is not one person Hugh hasn’t been able to make smile yet.

That person eventually comes along and is also the girl Hugh falls in love with.

Set against a black and white lifeless backdrop accompanied by a gospel-esque score – Validation is a happy film that is guaranteed to make you smile. Have a view and get yourself Validated

WEDDING

This weekend saw the ending of a great cartoon era. TMNT 2K3 finally drew to a close with the wedding of Casey and April.

Splinter returns after an 11 or so episode absence and just in time. Hooray!

Of course, with any TMNT-verse there is always something going down that would result in some heavy-duty kung-fu action. And with any wedding between crime-fighters featuring Raphael as the best man (err Turtle) and a plethora of heroic family and friends on the guest list, there is bound to be gatecrashers – and lots of them!

Cyber Shredder, Master Khan and a whole crud-load of Foot Ninja are on the scene - ready to try and spoil the proceedings. What went down is an obvious assumption: A final showdown to say the least.

This season 7 and series finale featured the welcome return appearances of many characters, including a few surprises.

It’s been a good and enjoyable run for this recent superior-than-old TMNT series which strayed away from cowabunga and pizza silliness and leaned on a more hard hitting approach.

Thankyou to: Fox, 4Kids and whomever else for providing this great show. Thankyou all for the seasons of great episodes, character designs, and sometimes ballsy approach to a ‘kids toon’. Thankyou for making a decent enough and non-embarrasing TMNT toon that I can brag about and be proud of viewing.

2003-2009 The best TMNT TV series thus far.