Jackie Chan is awesomely informative....even in cartoon form!!!

So for my history of Visual Communications class, i have defined 6 whole chapters worth of words from the book "A History of Graphic Design" volume 4 (meggs).

now last night while trying to beast out my WARHORSE of a 3D design project (the project itself is not actually a warhorse-lets not get confused people!!) i was watching JACKIE CHAN ADVENTURES!!!! yeah you remember that show. well all 5 seasons are on Netflix now and i am up to season 4 (i have watched all the seasons already but that was when i was a child).

GOD DAMN WHAT A GREAT SHOW!!!!!!!!!

anyway, so i realized something last night, into this morning. The majority of the words that I defined for my show, spring up in the Jackie Chan adventures.

in the show, Jackie Chan's character plays an archaeologist, and along with his uncle (aptly named uncle), niece jade, and villain turned good guy tohru!! he goes around the world stopping the forces of evil from obtaining old antiquities, from the ancient world, and releasing their magic for bad purposes.

here is the connection i have found. The majority of the words defined (especially in chapters 3 which deals with the first forms of writing in ancient china) have a place throughout the show.

to explain this clearly i will show the 4 main characters

First is Jackie Chan of course

the main character and star of the show. He goes to ancient places like Mesopotamia, and Egypt, looking for artifacts (coffins, ankhs, obelisks, cartouches, etc..) when he finds them he analyzes their marking (ideographs, petroglyphs, phanograms, hieroglyphics, demotic and heretic script). Once analyzed he brings them back to our next character uncle!!!

Uncle Chan-

the wisest, and LOUDEST of the bunch. he is the equivalent of a "scrittori" (the head of a scriptorium in the ancient times- a very well educated scholar) on steroids!!! uncles knowledge never EVER fails!!!

he is more adapt with ancient Chinese forms of writing (chin-wen, hsiao chuan, chen-shu (the first 3 forms of Chinese script),logograms, etc..)
with this knowledge he uses his good magic (he is a good chi wizard) to make sure the forces of evil never get hold of any artifacts that come into play. he receives help from his apprentice and our next character Tohru.

Tohru

 The biggest and most lovable character in the show. He essentially is a "scribe" to uncle, a "scholar in training" if i may. he is just learning about the ancient forms of writing and script but has his own knowledge as well. In season four, Tohru shows how he has his own knowledge of letter types. more importantly, uncials, majuscules, miniscules, ascenders, descenders, etc.. and he puts this knowledge in good use in season 4 when they have to fight the 9 japanese demons of the ogni masks (rulers of the 9 races of shadow-khan!!!!!!!)

he has the sweetest heart of the bunch, and he deeply cares for our final member jade.

shes the annoying one who always put everyone in trouble, but shes always quick to fight in the action.

UM YEAH! thats it about jade!!!



NOW OF COURSE because this is a TV show for kids, there is action, and the villains comprise of dragons, demons, dark chi wizards, shadow ninjas, cursed relics, ancient script and all that jazz. Jackie Chan himself is a kung-fu ,master, so there's kung-fu fighting in every episode, but its very informational, and to be honest...

instead of using my text book to define these words, i probably could have watched all 5 seasons of  Jackie Chan adventures to define my words. But i digress!!!

it is a very very cool show, for those of you who have watched it KUDOS!!!! and for those of you who haven't....you don't deserve to walk this earth!!!!.......nah just kidding......but seriously!!!


oh yeah- and all the images are courtesy of freecartoonwallpapers.net.......so yeah!!! thanks??