Sucker Punch and Babydoll

Sucker Punch the Warner Bros movie opens tomorrow (Friday, March 25, 2011) and it looks freaky fantastic. "Close your eyes. Open your mind. You will be unprepared." Baby Doll (Emily Browning) uses her imagination to try to escape from a mental institution and a planned lobotomy.

See more pictures after the jump.

Sucker Punch was being promoted at both the Hobbystar AnimeCON and Toronto Comic CON and this is where I found these beautiful ladies.

Repo! Shadow Cats

I saw some of the cast of Repo! Shadow Cats for the film Repo! The Genetic Opera and I was intrigued with the thought that this was a lot like going to the Rocky Horror Picture Show - only better (because it was raunchy and had boobs). I liked the costumes as well - this is Kirsten pictured above.

Shadow Casting is when actors provide a re-enactment of the movie while the movie is shown in the background. The film Repo! The Genetic Opera story line is that a biotech company is taking back, or repossessing, the organs planted in people who have defaulted on the payments for the said organs.

Playing at the Toronto Underground Cinema (2nd last Friday of the month @ 9:30pm) everyone is encouraged to participate, join in by dancing and singing and wearing costumes. See more pictures after the jump.

Motorcycle Show

With spring comes motorbikes and thousands of bikers came down to the Toronto International Centre to check out bikes, accessories and fashion at the Spring Motorcycle Show. Not only could you check out new models but they had many old bikes for sale - on hand ready to go.



I think the fashion wear of choice for bikers is the pair of chaps. There were many beautiful biker girls in the crowds looking forward to the freedom of summer and riding a hog. It was a great group of bikers that came pouring into the show, everyone was friendly - and why not? When people ride motorcycles it is a rule that you have to wave to others on a motorcycle. And it isn't that wave the Queen does - it has to be that cool low extension of the hand on the right, more of a palm view than a real wave. Luckily that rule didn't apply in the building or everyone would be black and blue in the tight confines of the International Centre full of bikes and people.







Some of the custom bikes and the paint jobs were fantastic.






I wouldn't mind getting my motor running and taking a little scooter through the streets of Toronto. Keep your mouth closed and watch out for the bugs in your face - happy riding everyone!

CME - Canadian Motorsports Expo

Update: See coverage of the 2011 CME, including some beautiful car models and Hooters girls, at my post here.

The Canadian Motorsports Expo ran during the January 16 to 18th weekend at the Toronto International Centre and I stopped by the event on the Sunday. I missed the star of the show famous race car driver Jacques Villeneuve who was the feature attraction on Saturday. At least I got to see some Hooters girls.

CDN Motorsports Expo - March 2008

The second annual Canadian Motorsports Expo was held at the Toronto Congress Centre on Dixon Road and all that was missing was a lot of drivers - and girls, girls, girls!


I took in and loved the Meet the Media - Fan Forum panel discussion and debate. Some great racing media personnel which included Dean McNulty (Sun), Erik Tomas (Raceline Radio), Joel Robinson (JRA Video), Neal Jones (PRN), Greg MacPherson (Inside Track) and Norris McDonald (Star) discussed many of the pressing issues facing the sport of racing in Ontario and Canada.



Hot topic of the day was the "absorption" of the CHAMP car series into the Indy Racing League (IRL) and the cancellation of the Toronto Grand Prix event in 2008 due to an IRL race conflict. Norris talked about the lack of support from the Municipal Government and stated that the race was "never welcomed with open arms by the City". Dean talked about the lack of corporate sponsorship in racing overall and specifically about the Toronto Grand Prix since Molson quit the race and the latest sponsor - Steelback, had dropped out because of financial reasons.

The ribbed tire of an Indy F1 race car - the CHAMP tire was smooth.

It was noted that the Toronto race has been held for 22 years, it is the 5th largest Indy market and that a sponsor maybe available for 2009. I hope that the race can return to Toronto with it's side benefit of generating fan interest in all other types of motorsports. It was also noted with some irony that for the first time in 22 years the race could officially be known as the Toronto Indy!

Canadian race car legend Ron Fellows was on hand for autographs and pictures. Ron currently runs a Corvette in the American Le Mans Series.



NASCAR Canadian Tire Series (NCATS) driver J.R. Fitzpatrick also attended the event.

Some other participants in the show included the monster ride truck the "Bucking Bronco" and Rallysport Ontario with a car that has had a smashing good time.






It was a good show and I recommend you drop by next year.

Fergus Truck Show 2007

During a visit to the 2007 Fergus Truck Show in Ontario I took some video of some of the matches and have been impressed by the amount of views on Youtube (almost 60 000 at the time of this post). The trucks spew large plumes of dark exhaust fumes as they muscle the load down the gravel course. Downwind of the trucks viewers become engulfed in a cloud of dust and oil.



The Fergus Truck Show is a huge event and well worth the visit.