Hi K-Zoners! A lot of you are probably on school holidays right now, or don’t have long to go until they start! What are your holiday plans? Let me know in the comments below coz I’d love to hear what cool stuff you have planned!

Speaking of cool plans, fans of slime and music packed into Melbourne’s Margaret Court Arena yesterday for Nickelodeon’s SLIMEFEST!

Even before I was slimed on the set of Nickelodeon’s SLIME CUP, I was a massive fan of all things slime-related, so I think some of the photos from the concert are totally hilare and I had to share them.

The SLIME SQUAD was responsible for all the epic sliming at SLIMEFEST. What a job!

 

Delta Goodrem opened the show with her new song, and slime flew out of her piano when she played! I need one of those… Anyway, it didn’t take long before the SLIME SQUAD dumped massive buckets of green slime all over her! Don’t believe that’s Delta under there?

 

How about now? She made it out from under a little bit of all that slime. Still a lot left though...

 

The boys from In Stereo got in on the slime action too.

But in the end, the awesome audience seemed to get most of the slime on them! How seriously fun does this look!

If you want to experience the slime for yourself, SLIMEFEST is heading to Sydney for two shows on Friday, September 30 at 11am and 6pm!

Or, if you want to sit back on the couch and watch the action totally slime-less, you can catch SLIMEFEST airing exclusively on Nickelodeon on Friday September 30 at 6pm!

Get this – 3000 years ago, the greatest sailors in the world took voyages across the Pacific Ocean, discovering the many islands of Oceania. Suddenly, for a millennium (that’s 1000 years) those epic voyages stopped… and no one knows why.

Sounds pretty mysterious to me – I reckon someone should make a movie about that. Oh wait, they totally have! It’s called Moana, and you should check out the trailer below!

Moana is all about an adventurous teenager who sails out on a daring mission to save her people, and on her journey she meets the demigod Maui – who is voiced by Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson!

 

Image credit: Getty Images

 

The Rock is only one of my absolute favourite human beings in the entire universe, so I am beyond excited to see the character he voices in action on the big screen!

 

Maui helps Moana in her quest to become a master wayfinder, and together they sail across the ocean in a huge adventure! Gigantic monsters and impossible tasks lie ahead for this courageous pair!

 

What do you think of the trailer K-Zoners? Let me know in the comments if you’re keen to watch Moana this December!

I’m breaking the rules again (to quote the great Jyn Erso, “I rebel”) and posting a blog on a Friday! But it’s for a good reason, I promise. I’ve spent all week wondering what I’m going to do over the weekend, and now my question has been answered!

 

There’s an all-new season of Dawn of the Croods premiering today (August 26) on Netflix! Looks like I have the perfect show (and excuse) to sit on the couch and marathon.

 

To celebrate, I’ve got a clip from the episode ‘The First Dance Party’ to show you! The episode is all about how Grug bans dancing (uhh, boooo), then goes undercover with Snoot at Eep’s invite-only underground dance club. Check it out!

 

Catch all the episodes of Dawn of the Croods Season 2 on Netflix, and for more awesome shows, grab the September issue of K-Zone, on sale now, and read the Watch page!

Hi K-Zoners! That’s right, I’m back – did you miss me? I missed writing about everything awesome in my blog the past few weeks. I actually went overseas and had to survive with barely any internet THE WHOLE TIME. It was madness! I couldn’t even play Pokémon GO because it isn’t available in some countries, so I have some serious training to catch up on!

 

I’m amazed I made it back alive, but here I am, and I’ve got something seriously awesome to talk about – Rogue One: A Star Wars Story! 

 

A new trailer was released recently, and if you haven’t seen it what are you doing? Here it is, so you can watch it for the first time, or the hundredth time (like me)!

 

 

I’m going to try really hard not to spoil anything, but how about that ending? Did your brain just explode? Mine did the first time I watched it! Then it kept exploding every time I replayed the trailer.

 

Besides the obviously epic final reveal, this trailer shows us a lot of new details, like the U-Wing taking off, the new desert planet featured in the movie, and the awesome new droid K-2SO. I think K-2 is going to be making me laugh a lot when I finally get to see Rogue One in cinemas!

We have to wait until December 15 to be able to see the film, but if you want more details before then, keep an eye on the Blog of Awesome and new issues of K-Zone in the lead up to the release of Rogue One!

Nickelodeon searched all over Australia and New Zealand to find teams of awesome kids to compete in the craziest, slimiest challenges of all in SLIME CUP!

Episodes of SLIME CUP air every Friday from 5:30pm, so you better keep your eyeballs peeled to watch all 16 teams of BFFs compete for the chance to win! The victorious duo will have the honour of being the Guardians of Slime at SLIMEFEST 2016, just one of the coolest prizes ever!

To make it to the end of SLIME CUP, the competitors will need speed, smarts and stomachs of steel – easy, right? Well, I headed over to the filming of SLIME CUP to take a peek behind the scenes. The best part? I got to represent Team K-Zone and race through the Stage One obstacle course. Major dream come true! Check out the video below!



First was trial by wire! If I hit a single wire, I would set off a colour bomb – it was basically like trying to get through a laser grid in a spy movie, but with more exploding colour powder.

Then, I had to climb over the logs through the pool of slime, all while being sprayed with a super strong slime hose. After the logs, it was up the really slippery nose run to the top of slide, where I had to dig a booger out of the giant nose!

I grabbed a booger, and waited for my teammate Jess to run the course so we could high-five our boogers together at the top of the slide. Once that was done, we ran back to the start to pull the slime crank and stop the clock.

By the end, we were covered in slime and colour bomb powder, and totally freezing. It was awesome!

Want more slime in your life? Tune in to SLIME CUP, Fridays at 5:30pm on Nickelodeon!

Wreck-It Ralph is coming back to the big screen! This time, Ralph and Vanellope von Schweetz, the Sugar Rush racer with the game-winning glitch, are going to be wrecking the internet!
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The sequel doesn’t have a title yet, and the only two characters we know will be in the movie so far are Ralph and Vanellope, but check out that awesome picture! I can’t wait to see those two release chaos on the internet – there are so many possibilities for cool adventures!
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I loved Wreck-It Ralph, so I can’t wait to watch the new movie when it comes out in early March 2018!

Want magic? Adventure? Are you a major Potterhead? J.K. Rowling herself has some secrets to share about Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them, as well as Eddie Redmayne, the actor playing the main character, Newt Scamander! Check out the video below!

I am officially way too excited to watch this movie in November! Are you excited for Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them? Let me know in the comments below, K-Zoners!

When was the last time you saw a trailer that totally surprised you? For me, it was when I watched the trailer for Kubo and the Two Strings. I had never even heard of the movie before, but after I watched the trailer, I was totally hooked! Check it out below!
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Kubo and the Two Strings is an epic action adventure movie all about a boy called Kubo who lives in a fantasy version of Japan. He uses a shamisen (a magical music instrument) to practise magic, but accidentally summons a spirit with an ancient vendetta against him, and must go on the run for his life. Many more crazy events happen along the way, including teaming up with a monkey and a beetle (called Monkey and Beetle), and I can’t wait to see the whole movie on August 18!

Since this is the Blog of Awesome, I thought I'd mention that you should deffo check out the hilare K-Zone TV Episode 15, coz Dan the Editor unboxes the Bag (and Mag) of Awesome, on sale now!

What did you think of the Kubo and the Two Strings trailer K-Zoners? Let me know in the comments below!

Hi K-Zoners! I know, I know, a Blog of Awesome on a Friday? Madness! Monday will actually be a public holiday (for Aussies in NSW, ACT, Vic, Tas, SA, and NT), so I wanted to write a sneaky blog in advance!

I’ve been thinking about all the shows and movies I’m planning to watch over the long weekend, and I thought I’d share some of my faves with you! Best of all, everything is available on Netflix, which makes it super easy to watch! If you check out any of these over the weekend (or ever), you should deffo comment and let me know what you think so we can chat about them!

First up, I absolutely have to give Voltron: Legendary Defender a watch. I have been so excited about this show and cannot wait to check it out! It’s actually a Netflix Original, and is all about five teenagers who get transported from Earth into an intergalactic war and become pilots of five robotic lions. Robotic. LIONS. Plus, the robots can combine to form the mighty warrior Voltron Legendary Defender. It’s the coolest idea for a show ever!

Next, I’m going to need some Pokémon in my life, so Pokémon the Movie: Diancie and the Cocoon of the Destruction is an obviously perfect choice. A princess gets Ash and his friends to help her find the energy-giving Heart Diamond while saving her kingdom from its enemies! Yeww!

 

Finally, it’s time for a fun fact about me – Space Jam is one of my favourite movies of all time, and get this… It’s on Netflix too! What could be better than Michael Jordan teaming up with the Looney Tunes characters for an epic game of basketball against giant aliens who want to take the Looney Tunes crew prisoner? Nothing. Nothing could be better than that. I will be watching it for the millionth time this weekend, and it will be AWESOME!

So K-Zoners, let me know in the comments if you watch any of these, or even recommend other Netflix shows/movies if you want!

Okay K-Zoners, when you see ‘Monster Trucks’ as a movie title, what do you think of? Trust me – this movie is not like whatever you just imagined! Check out the trailer below!

 
Spoilers below, so be warned!

Now that you’ve seen the trailer, how totally insane does this movie look? It’s like everything I’ve ever wanted but never knew I needed in a film – so weird but so great all at once!

The movie will be about a high school kid called Tripp who tries to build a monster truck from scrapped cars and, after an accident at a nearby oil-drilling site, ends ups with a subterranean creature with a taste for speed as his engine!

The big question is, how do I get my own cool crazy BFF creature AND an awesome vehicle? 

What do you think of this new movie K-Zoners? Are you going to see Monster Trucks when it hits cinemas next year?

​Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fans will know that a new movie is headed to the big screen – Out of the Shadows will be in cinemas on June 9! I’m about to talk about the movie, so if you don’t want spoilers, be warned!

I was lucky enough to head to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows premiere in Sydney on Sunday, May 29, to watch an early screening of the epic flick! I walked the green carpet (so cool) and saw two of the stars of the film!

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Stephen Amell, who plays Casey Jones, and Will Arnett, who plays Vern Fenwick (and who is also the voice of LEGO Batman, ahh!), were both in Sydney for the premiere, and were just as awesome in real life as they are on screen! The movie producer, Brad Fuller, also hit the green carpet to talk about making the movie!


Cowabunga, dude!

After the green carpet, I headed into a giant sewer to enter the TMNT Lair, which was full of arcade games and pizza. So. Much. Pizza. In a pizza haze, I headed into the cinema to watch Stephen and Will chat a bit about filming the movie, and then, finally, the moment came. We put on our Ninja Turtle mask style 3D glasses (mine were purple so I was basically Donatello, my fave) and watched Out of the Shadows. I think my mouth was open the whole time! It was epic! So much action, so many gadgets and heaps of funny lines!

My favourite villains, Shredder and Krang (yes, Krang!) were there, as well as the most hilare henchmen ever – Bebop and Rocksteady. Plus, Stephen Amell was a perfect Casey Jones; his hockey moves were so cool! It was everything I wanted from a new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie and I can’t wait to go watch the movie again after June 9!

If you love TMNT, you should definitely check out the June issue of K-Zone, on sale now! Editor Dan even did an awesome ninja style unboxing video, and we had a pizza party at K-Zone HQ to celebrate the issue!

Are you keen to watch TMNT 2? Let me know in the comments below!

Paramount Pictures have officially announced the title of the newest Transformers film – Transformers: The Last Knight! The film will start production next month, which means we’ll be able to see the movie in June 2017!

This spooky teaser was also released, check it out below!

While it is a short teaser and doesn’t reveal much, it shows us Optimus Prime! Yeww! Transformers fans are already wondering if the title of the movie could have anything to do with The Knights’ Temenos, an ancient ship flown by knights (like Optimus perhaps), or even The Knights of Cybertron, characters from the comics that were the first Autobots ever created.

Are you a Transformers fan? What do you think Transformers: The Last Knight will be about? Let me know in the comments below!

Everyone’s favourite smuggler, thief, Millennium Falcon pilot and scruffy nerf herder, Han Solo, is getting his own movie!

That’s right K-Zoners – Lucasfilm and Disney are working on a film set in Han Solo’s younger years, that shows the young scoundrel’s life before meeting Luke Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Mos Eisley cantina in A New Hope. 

The Han Solo movie doesn’t have an official title yet, but Phil Lord and Chris Miller (who also made The LEGO Movie and the Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs films, and are currently working on The LEGO Batman Movie) will direct it. We trust them to make a good Han Solo flick!


Photo: Chris Miller

On May 4th, AKA Star Wars Day, Chris Miller snapped this pic from the set of the Han Solo movie, and captioned it with ‘Can’t wait to get “shooting”!’ Star Wars fans will recognise that blaster as a DL-44, Han’s weapon of choice, missing a barrel-sight so that he can easily do a fast-draw. This picture means filming has officially started, and we’re a few steps closer to seeing the movie in cinemas!

Are you excited about this new movie K-Zoners? Let me know in the comments!

Image: Marvel Studios

That’s right K-Zoners – we made it! Captain America: Civil War has finally exploded into cinemas and I couldn’t be happier! 

I got to see a sneaky advanced screening of the movie on Wednesday, and probably didn’t breathe the entire time I was sitting in the movie theatre. Talk about an intense film! Older K-Zoners will love it. I couldn’t resist taking a photo afterwards with the Marvel crew – I know it probably looks like I’ve taken the side of a certain team, but I promise I wasn’t playing favourites!



I went to see Civil War again on Thursday, once it was officially released, and was just as excited all over again. I noticed a few more details, loved all the battle scenes and pretty much decided I definitely love the movie!

However, never fear, there won’t be any spoilers from me! What I want to know is, have you seen Civil War yet? What did you think? If you haven’t, when will you see it? I was so excited to see new and old Marvel characters in Civil War, but I’d love to know, who are your fave characters? Let me know in the comments below!

Prepare to cast a quick fireworks spell and whip up a celebratory cake in your cauldrons Potterheads – a new Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them trailer has dropped and it’s awesome!



This trailer shows heaps more than the first one – here are the little details I caught that I found most interesting!



Apparently Albus Dumbledore likes and trusts Newt Scamander! Since the movie is set in 1920, Dumbledore would have been a young teacher just starting at Hogwarts, so it sounds like he didn’t have the authority to stop Newt from being expelled, but it is definitely cool to hear Dumbledore mentioned, and to hear his opinion of the star of Fantastic Beasts!



This little magic latch that changes the appearance of Newt’s suitcase is very cool, but I also thought I’d mention that in America, where most of Fantastic Beasts is set, the wizards and witches that live there call people without magic ‘No-Maj’, so we may not see or hear the word ‘Muggles’ used very much!



If that headline is anything to go by, there’s a group of Muggles/No-Maj’s on the hunt for magic users! Also, it’s just really awesome to see a magical newspaper again!



This is Jacob Kowalski. While Harry Potter fans will know that there have been magical characters born to non-magical parents (like Hermione Granger), and non-magical characters born to magical parents (Squibs like Argus Filch), Jacob is the first Muggle/No-Maj character we will ever see in the magical world! He is a factory worker that meets Newt and somehow finds himself in a whole new world. Pretty lucky!



Finally! An actual fantastic beast on screen! Apparently this colourful bird-like creature is called a Swooping Evil, and it looks like Newt has released it to distract the people chasing him!



This scene is weird and pretty intense! Not sure what’s happening here, but it could be some kind of huge, invisible beast rampaging through the party? I’m keen to find out!



I was so excited when I saw this little beast slide across the floor – it has to be a Niffler! We’ve never gotten to see them in the movies but J.K. Rowling has mentioned them in the books – Nifflers are little rodents that love hunting for treasure (which would explain the purse it seems to have grabbed)! It reminds me of a hedgehog, without the spines – but twice the cute!

What was your fave part of the trailer K-Zoners? Let me know in the comments!

How many LEGO fans read the Blog of Awesome? Let me know in the comments below, because I’m wondering how many K-Zoners think this LEGO sculpture is seriously rad!

 

Artist Nathan Sawaya has an incred exhibition called The Art of the Brick: DC Comics which is full of amazing LEGO sculptures! He recently added the above sculpture, called ‘Showdown’, to the exhibition, and it features an epic confrontation between Batman and Superman! Nathan made the sculpture with 30,000 LEGO bricks – we reckon it must have taken ages, but it was obviously totally worth it!

 

For The Art of the Brick: DC Comics, Nathan made over 120 works of art using over one million LEGO bricks, inspired by Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Green Lantern, and heaps more! There is even a life-size Batmobile made of 500, 000 bricks and it will blow your mind!

 

 

I got to check out the exhibition back before it opened, so of course I took a sneaky pic with one of the awesome LEGO sculptures – this huge LEGO recreation of the first ever comic to show Superman was so cool!

 

I had the best time checking out the exhibition, and I reckon any other fans of DC Comics characters, and LEGO, will love it too!

 

Australia is actually the first country to get to see The Art of the Brick: DC Comics, and the exhibition is open at The Powerhouse Museum until May 1, 2016, so get in quick!

As a massive Roald Dahl fan, I’m pretty excited about the new trailer for The BFG! Check it out below!



Also, before you go any further, possible spoilers below! You are entering giant (spoiler) country, so beware!

There was previously a very short trailer released but we never got to see one of the most important parts of the movie – The BFG himself! Now there are plenty of shots of The BFG in action, whether it’s picking up Sophie, running through the English countryside, or walking around his giant home! 

There are heaps of cool little details too – that weird vegetable The BFG is chopping up (which is kind of scary!) is totally a snozzcumber. In the book by Roald Dahl, The BFG eats snozzcumbers, which taste terrible, because he refuses to eat humans like other giants do! I also loved seeing The BFG carrying his trumpet – I won’t mention what magical thing he can do with it, but it’s pretty cool!

Speaking of other giants, that shot at the end is pretty intense! The biggest giant is definitely the Fleshlumpeater – in the books, he likes to torment The BFG, especially since The BFG is the smallest giant around. I can’t even imagine how scared Sophie must be!

What do you think K-Zoners? Have you read The BFG? Are you keen to see it at the movies? Let me know in the comments below!

Hi Aideen, have you heard about The LEGO Batman Movie? The trailer is out now!

From Peter

 

Hi Peter!

Yup, I sure have heard about The LEGO Batman Movie! I’ve been watching the new trailer on repeat all through the long weekend, and I am even more pumped than before to check out the movie when it hits cinemas at the start of 2017!

 

If you haven’t seen the trailer, check it out!

 

 

We get to see Batman chilling at home in the Batcave!

 

 

As well as running around saving the world with his buddies in the Justice League!

 

 

In case anyone didn’t know, The LEGO Batman Movie is a spin-off from the super popular The LEGO Movie – just one of the greatest movies ever. The film is going to star Batman (obviously), Alfred Pennyworth, Batgirl/Barbara Gordon, Robin/Dick Grayson and The Joker!

 

Are you excited for The LEGO Batman Movie? Let me know in the comments!

There are two reasons I wanted to write this blog post about Steve Roger’s greatest feats as Captain America in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). First of all, there’s roughly a month until Captain America: Civil War bursts onto movie screens, and I am really excited.

 

Second, March is actually the 75th anniversary for Captain America! Our fave shield-wielding hero first appeared in Captain America Comics #1 back in March 1941, and has been saving the world ever since! So, I went back through all the movies that include Captain America and chose my top five favourite heroic moments to remind us all how incred Steve Rogers really is!

1. The First Sacrifice

Cast your minds back to Captain America: The First Avenger – before Steve Rogers was injected with a special serum and dosed with vita-rays. Remember the smaller, weaker Steve who was always being rejected from military recruitment? After finally making it into an experimental program, Steve proves he’s a hero when the Colonel drops a grenade. While everyone else runs away, Steve springs into action and covers the deadly weapon with his body to absorb the blast. Little did he know, the grenade was a fake – but in the moment, he had chosen to sacrifice himself to save everyone else. 

2. Frozen Fate

Now, Captain America: The First Avenger is full of Steve’s heroism, but I think his sacrifice towards the end is one of the greatest heroic acts of all time. After Steve defeats Red Skull in the villains huge plane, he realises the vehicle is on an explosive collision course with the U.S.A. When Steve sees he can’t stop the plane, he sacrifices himself to plunge the aircraft into the freezing depths of the ocean, leaving behind his friends, family, and entire life. 

3. “Hey! That’s enough!”

In The Avengers, I always found Steve stepping in while Thor and Iron Man fought over the capture of Loki, to be an incredibly brave act. When he throws his shield to ricochet off Thor’s hammer, Mjolnir, and Tony’s Iron Man suit, Steve intervenes in a battle between a god and a man equipped with the most advanced technology on the planet. He has never interacted with them in a battle scenario before to know if he stands a chance, but to Steve, all that matters is justice and the safety of the citizens of Earth. 

4. Best Friends Forever

Captain America: The Winter Soldier is one of my absolute favourite Marvel movies. When Cap helped stop Hydra’s plans to kill anyone who might ever challenge their evil reign, it was obviously incredible heroic. But Cap’s dedication to saving his childhood best friend Bucky, who was still brainwashed by Hydra, has always felt extra heroic to me. Steve refused to escape the weaponised ship plummeting from the sky without trying to break through to the Bucky he once knew. Even though the ship crashed to the ground, Steve’s commitment to saving Bucky eventually showed a glimmer of hope in The Winter Soldier.

5. Nobody Left Behind

Similarly, when Ultron lifted the nation of Sokovia lifted into the sky in Avengers: Age of Ultron, there was only a small window of time to escape before the country hurtled back towards Earth, causing human extinction. But Cap explained that he (and the rest of the Avengers) would not be leaving until every citizen had been evacuated, proving that he and his friends, were truly Earth’s Mightiest Heroes.

So, K-Zoner’s, what’s your favourite heroic Captain America moment? I’d love to hear it so let me know in the comments below!

Attention everyone, there is a new Captain America: Civil War trailer and it is so incredible it simply MUST be broken down and analysed.

 

If you don’t want spoilers, there could potentially be some below, so you have been warned! If you haven’t seen the trailer or want to watch along, check it out below!

 

 

Let’s do this!

 

 

We see Bucky Barnes – also known as The Winter Soldier – in some kind of weird chamber. I’m wondering whether this is a flashback, because it looks like he is waking up from cryosleep.

 

 

A cool high-tech building emerging from the depths of the ocean? Comic fans, back me up here – this looks and seems like The Raft, a prison for super villains in the Marvel Universe. It seems a lot further out to sea than in the comics, but when we see inside, there are definitely a heap of empty cells waiting for a bunch of new villains.

 

 

More Black Panther in action! Just the prince of Wakanda in a vibranium-laced suit outrunning Captain America on foot, leaping over a moving car and slashing Bucky’s motorbike out from under him in a single swipe! Looks like T’Challa doesn’t like Bucky – maybe the Winter Soldier caused some chaos in Wakanda before Captain America found him?

 

 

Planes are blowing up, Scarlet Witch is using her powers to manipulate Vision, Hawkeye is shooting a quiver of arrows and ANT-MAN IS RIDING AN ARROW ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE SKY TO LAND ON IRON-MAN. Is that possibly the coolest hero team up ever?

 

 

Probably one of the coolest shots to ever be shown in any trailer even in the history of all time – Team Cap and Team Iron Man running/flying towards each other for the battle to end all battles!

 

Just when you think your mind has been completely blown and the movie title plays on the screen, wait! For the epic reveal we’ve all been hoping to see!

 

 

Iron Man gets fed up and calls out “Underoos!”, a strange web hits Cap’s shield and rips it from his arm while sticking his hands together and SPIDER-MAN does a FLIP THROUGH THE AIR while HOLDING CAP’S SHIELD. Then, he looks straight at the camera and says “Hey everyone”. Spider-Man, Peter Parker himself, is in Captain America: Civil War and apparently working with Iron Man.

 

Trailer, done. Minds, destroyed. Excitement, through the roof!

 

So, K-Zoners, did I miss anything? Am I too excited (not a chance) about this trailer and Captain America: Civil War? What was your favourite part of the trailer? What blew your mind the most?