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Category: Animation / Cartoons

Teh Awesome DC Universe Online cinematic I mentioned

The cinematic for the new DC Universe Online  game I mentioned the other day (wherein my phone cleverly described it as “kiss-association” vs. “kick-ass”):

I would so pay for a full-length movie.

I have no idea whether the game will live up to the cinematic, but the idea that they have folks like Geoff Johns and Marv Wolfman writing bible and content is … encouraging from that standpoint.

Anyway, wanted to share.

(Cross-posting to Blog of Heroes later this evening …)

Tweets from 2010-07-25

  • And off for the last day of #SDCC this time with 100 PERCENT more Katherine action. Can't wait to see her First Reaction to the Con. #
  • Badge pickup line extends around building. Welcome to #SDCC Kitten! #
  • Well, kudos to #SDCC org; we walked at speed round the bldg in to register K. Now lined up for Autograph Session raffle for R Riordan. #
  • Well, K got autograph tix, seats at Riordan panel. Me & #Castle panel no joy, unless I'm prepared to create mass murder non-mystery. #SDCC #
  • K didn't get to ask her Q of R Riordan, but got many cool book recommendations. Now queueing up for autograph. #SDCC #
  • Riordan was very nice, signed K's books, asked if she had a question, answered it. Very pleasant. Former teacher w a love of folklore. #SDCC #
  • Caught tail end of #SDCC Cartoon Network's Tower Prep / Firebreather panel. Both coming this fall. Sound worth trying. #
  • Last panel of the day/Con: Phineas & Fern. Love this cartoon. #SDCC #
  • Me: So what do you think? Kay: I LIKE this place! #SDCC #
  • And that's a wrap for #SDCC 2010. Much fun, fair sum of money, plenty of swag, good company. Oh, yeah, and we bought some Art. #
  • Mad props to the #SDCC hat people at UCC Distributing (booth 120) for safekeeping the lost bag with K's Riordan books. Made the girl HAPPY. #

Movie Review: “The Last Airbender” (2010)

Let me start off by saying how much I love Nick’s Avatar: The Last Airbender cartoon series.  I’ve watched it — mostly with Katherine, usually with Margie — probably three to four times through, and other sections even more often.  It’s charming, witty, silly, profound, well-animated, well-scored, well-written, and, while having some weaknesses, is some of the better storytelling I’ve been pleased to share with Kay during her childhood.

This movie, however, is none of these things.  It is leaden, stilted, overly self-conscious, shallow, poorly scored, abominably written, and will, alas, not sink into the mire of forgotten cinema, but will instead, based on the reviews of this first weekend, serve both as an exemplar of bad adaptations and as a final nail in the coffin of M. Night Shyamalan.

And none of it had to be that way.

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The Last Airbender (2010)

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Adaptations/remakes tend to fail because the creative leader behind them because either (a) doesn’t care about the material and is simply in it for a buck, (b) either cares or doesn’t care for the material, but is out to make his or her new thing on its back.

They succeed when the creative leader really loves the material, respects it, and wants to build from it, taking advantage of the new talent, technology, and medium to make things even better.  And, of course, when the creative leader has the wherewithal to do this sort of thing.

So take Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy.  Almost everyone has something to criticize about it. But nobody question’s Jackson’s desire to do well by the material, to adapt it for the screen (something so many people, brilliant and otherwise, said could not be done), and his ability to actually do so.  The complaints tend to be, mostly, quibbles (coughArwencough), and I think nearly anyone out there (certainly anyone likely to be reading this) will agree it was a remarkable achievement, flaws and all.

M. Night Shyamalan (MNS from here on out) is not Peter Jackson.

There’s no question in my mind that MNS loves the source material.  He’s made that clear in interview after interview — his kids were real fans, and he picked up on that and really wanted to do this movie, a departure from his usual fare.

He loved unwisely and not well.

More details (and spoilerishness) below the cut.

Continue reading “Movie Review: “The Last Airbender” (2010)”

Unblogged Bits (Tue. 4-May-10 2000)

Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries ….

  1. Jim Hill : “The Art of How to Train Your Dragon” reveals the film that DreamWorks Animation almost made – Fascinating look at the creative changes that went into the movie (which is excellent).
  2. A Miracle! – SMBC May 04, 2010 – And thus the course of religion and mythology were changed forever …
  3. The True Facts about Bottled Water that Science doesn’t want you to know | – Is it evil of me that I want to see this widely distributed?
  4. The Impact and Consequence of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell | Gay Rights | Change.org – The idea that our own troops are less disciplined, less flexible, and less willing to stand by their comrades in arms than the Israelis or the Brits should be offensive to anyone who supports the US military.
  5. How Capt. Kirk Changed the World – NASA Science – I’d feel better if the quote used as a photo caption weren’t from the World’s Worst Star Trek Episode Ever.
  6. Police barred from penis enlargement | Reuters – For that, you have to hire private dicks …
  7. Disparate Trends in Permissiveness: Homosexuality and Prostitution: lisa
  8. Around The Interwebs – Pop-O-Matic Kitteh!!!!
  9. Terry Pratchett: Doctor Who isn’t science fiction – Classic Doctor Who was, at best, space opera of the sophistication, physics, and often special effects of the old Buck Rogers serials. Current Doctor Who is, honestly, fantasy with (usually) SF trappings (space ships, time travel, robots). That’s not necessarily a bad thing — in fact, it’s damned entertaining. It’s not SF in terms of “speculative fiction” — the Doctor demonstrates that sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
  10. Matt Gertz: Fox hammers White House for not insulting Jewish Americans – Fox continues to totter on the verge of self-parody. What a bunch of maroons.
  11. ‘Teabaggers’ discover political correctness – Ha!
  12. CWA Pre-Emptively Declares They Cannot Support Obama’s SCOTUS Nomination – Money graf: “So CWA urged President Bush to ignore any requests that he consult with anyone before making any nomination, because they were just going to oppose the nominee anyway and the president has the constitutional power to name any candidate he chooses … and now CWA is writing to President Obama, demanding that he listen to them and put forth a nominee that they can support, threatening that if he doesn’t, they will be left with no option but to oppose his choice?”
  13. FRC Founding Board Member Discovered Traveling With “Rent Boy” – Reading about the virulently anti-gay pol or religious leader (or both) who turns out to be gay (and covertly and actively so) is almost becoming cliche. If I weren’t so angry about their hateful and harmful hypocrisy, I’d feel very sorry for their clear self-loathing and fear.
  14. Health Supplement Guru Nearly Dies After Ingesting Own Product – HA!
  15. Color Survey Results – This is really interesting stuff, looking at how people (including some gender differences) refer to colors.
  16. Could a Mini Horse Be Bred Small Enough to Fit in Your Palm? – I have an uncomfortable feeling about breeding animals to such extremes (yes, I feel the same about, say, dogs), but … it is cute.

Tweets from 2010-05-01

  • "How to Train Your Dragon" was faboo. 3D was a nice add, mostly, but not critical. Just a good story, well-told for kids & adults. #
  • Followed up with pancakes and a Robert Downey Jr home marathon: Sherlock Holmes & Iron Man. Both of us enjoyed both. Oh, and ice cream! #
  • This morning introduced K to "Labyrinthe". Wow. Had forgotten how much I don't love that movie. #
  • "Losers" was modestly bloody fun, nicely faithful to the spirit and chars of the comic, which I now want to read again. B+ #
  • RT @doycet: "If only more women were willing to run though 1.25 miles of mud for free roses." #thingsnottosaywhileyourwifewatchesthederby #
  • Alas, no Stupid Evil Bastard podcast tonight, unless folks want to hear Les drone on and on about his knee surgery. (Feel better, SEB!) #

Movie trailer mania!

movie-theatersSeeing two very different movies in the theater this weekend, I had a chance to see an array of trailers.  First, for ones that were before How to Train Your Dragon:

  • Prince of Persia – Looks like parkour is, appropriately, highly emphasized in this movie.  Looks fun.
  • Karate Kid – I was not wowed by the idea of this remake.  I’m still not, but except for the window dressing changes, it looks like they’re making a pretty faithful remake of the original.  That begs the issue of why you’d want to, though watching the original is a bit … painful these days.
  • The Last Airbender – On the down side, an older trailer than some of the ones I’ve seen online lately.  On the up side, big screen and no caching issues! Woot!
  • Megamind – An animated film about a super-villain. Meh.
  • Legend of the Guardians – Kay is definitely on the wait list for this one.  Talking Owls! Magical Adventures and Quests! It’s got her name written all over it.
  • Despicable Me – Another animated film about a super-villain … but this one looks funny.
  • Shrek – An intriguing reboot (magically) of the franchise, which may actually give it a bit of freshness again.
  • Toy Story 3 – It looks as good the first two … which begs the issue, again, of why.

And before Losers:

  • Sex & the City 2 – I am so glad I never watched this show. Or the first movie.  Or … anything about it. Bleah.
  • Step Up 3 – I would much rather watch the impressive dance numbers than the second-rate Fame soap opera. That they are doing this in 3-D is … an interesting idea.  For the dancing, at least.
  • Takers – Gritty urban crime caper thing, full of guys trying to demonstrate they are bad-asses. Um, not feeling the interest in this trailer.
  • MacGruber – A spoof of the action-spy genre sounds like a great idea.  This movies does not.
  • Lottery Ticket – Black kid in the ‘hood wins the Lottery, but can’t turn in the ticket (for some improbable reason) for three  days.  Hilarity, sex, and violence ensue.
  • Splice – They created it in a lab! It got loose! And it’s DEADLY! (Yawns)

It’s Awesome. It’s Horrible. It’s Awesomely Horrible!

Doctor Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog (Act 1) … as an 8-bit Nintento video game.

This is so incredibly wonderful (if you happen to live in the Venn Diagram intersection of “Whedon” and “Retro Video Games”) that it defies description. You can actually purchase the soundtrack (and support future efforts) at Doctor Octoroc’s site.

(via Topless Robot)

Unblogged Bits for Wed, 3 Mar 2010, 7:00PM

Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries ….

  1. Amarillo’s Army of God: Kyle
  2. Bachmann To Vote For Resolution Promoting Census After Leading Campaign To Smear It: Guest Blogger
  3. Stars make search more personal – This sounds like a good, useful idea.
  4. The freest and most democratic nation? – I love this country. But driving a drumpbeat of exceptionalism only blinds us to the areas where we fall far short of our ideals.
  5. Judging Books by Their Covers: U.S. Vs. U.K. – I always love comparing book covers between editions, publishers, countries for the same book. Some interesting design choices here.
  6. Days Get Shorter Because of Chilean Earthquake [Science] – I plan on taking advantage of this to catch up on my sleep.
  7. Leverage DVD news: Press Release for Leverage – The 2nd Season | TVShowsOnDVD.com – Glee!
  8. 10 Modern Cartoons That Are Making Children Dumber – Man, it’s hard to argue much with this list. Thank heavens there’s nothing here that Kay insists on watching.
  9. Isildur’s Bane – I’m seriously disappointed by the Obama Adminstration’s actions regarding homeland security and this sort of thing. But it seems a sad truism that, once granted a power, governments never let go of it, and, in fact, use it to argue that they are justified in asking for more.
  10. Working the ref – And, once again, if you can’t win on the facts, try smears instead. (The side note about the GOP firing parliamentarians they felt weren’t being open enough to their own reconciliation efforts is just frosting on the cake.)
  11. The blockade is gone, but it’s not forgotten – Heh. “After all, if the rules let Jim Bunning hold up unemployment benefits for 200,000 Americans just because he feels like it, maybe voters won’t get so outraged when the GOP talks about how important the filibuster is.”
  12. D.C.’s Catholic Charities Dumps Family Insurance So They Don’t Have To Cover Same-Sex Partners – I can understand their logic, as much as I disagree with their reasoning. But I can also understand how that will make them that much less attractive of an employer, and rightfully so.
  13. Virgin America dumps Flash over lack of iPhone support – Good for them. Flash is grotesquely over-used and unfriendly for the web ecosystem.
  14. NC congressman wants Ronald Reagan put on $50 bill – Ronald Reagan – Salon.com – Grant is no jewel I can think of a dozen (or three) other presidents I’d rather see before Reagan.
  15. 17 More Images You Won’t Believe Aren’t Photoshopped | Cracked.com – Fun.
  16. Google Wave Gets a Smarter API – I think Wave needs better/clearer integration with other Google tools. It also needs some success stories in major companies to show how its power can be leveraged and to overcome the critical mass of users problem.
  17. Let’s Do It – That makes me feel much better.
  18. Why DRM doesn’t work… – The core problem with DRM is that it’s intended to keep people away from the product, with an exception to be reluctantly (and partially) made for folks who pay for the privilege. There is little to no incentive for companies to make DRM easier to navigate or less onerous (the idea that their business depends on it is counteracted by their intense fear that online access will destroy their business regardless).
  19. Media Matters staff: Breitbart now calls ACORN tapes “less about ‘criminality’ than facility with which employees all knew how to work system” – Sounds like a top-flight lobbying firm to me …
  20. Todd Gregory: No, right-wing bloggers, the Brooklyn DA is not a “member” of the Working Families Party – Because, of course, when you lose on the facts, the next thing to do is try for a win on the smear.

***Dave Does the Videos

So I don’t watch videos people link to very often. At work, I don’t want to trigger the YouTube alerts with the network folks. At home, I don’t have much opportunity (or opportunity to throw the headphones on).

Here are a number I’d flagged when I ran across them or had them recommended to me. They run the gamut from serious to silly, from cheesy to exquisite, from escapist to educational.

Cool.

First off, just to be political, John Oliver follows up on those tales of out-of-touch Obama and his exotic un-American vacations in the hoity-toity richville of Hawaii.

The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon – Thurs 11p / 10c
RNC Meeting in Hawaii
www.thedailyshow.com
Daily Show
Full Episodes		Political HumorHealth Care Crisis

Because when I think of Marvel’s Thor, I always think of him with … a sword?

Hey, remember that gal who had the horrific reaction to a flu shot — spasms, slurred speech, but she was okay when she walked backward? Um .. maybe not so much. But she has some exciting new symptoms, thanks to her alternative medicine practitioner. Kudos to Inside Edition for running this story. A pity it will get fraction the coverage of the original ‘FLU SHOTS ARE SCARY EVIL GOVERNMENT BAD MOJO!” stories.

In the following, it’s … disturbing how realistic all these faked exteriors look. That it’s become this easy to do — or at least this cheaper to do than to shoot on a real location — is remarkable.

Speaking of SFX, what’s remarkable about this is entry is not the writing or the acting, but that they could put together all the SFX using home hardware and software (plus a clip of the Wilhelm Scream). Nice.

Speaking of Star Trek, here a bit of remix fun from one of my favorite TOS episodes.

For a variety of reasons, I am very unlikely to ever play Mass Effect 2. But this trailer for it is pretty damned cool.

A very nice video from the DNC on the recession, job loss, and what’s changed in the last year. Too long for a commercial, but I’d love to see this get more circulation.

This ad was put out by Planned Parenthood leading up the Super Bowl and the Focus on the Family Tebow commercial. It’s calm, passionate, and very good. I have no doubt ABC would have refused to run it, even assuming PP had decided it was worth blowing a million or two dollars on the placement.

From the sublime to the ridiculous, I may have to gouge my eyes out after this 1978 commercial for Japanese “sea chicken” (tuna).

It’s better on human feet to run barefoot than with those multi-hundred-dollar Nikes? Say it ain’t so!

The 100 Cheesiest Movie Lines of All Time? While at times it seems like a race between Schwarzenegger, Stallone, and Cage (and while I might question some of the entries, as most people will), it does probably include the Cheesiest Line of All Time that Margie Adores.

Tweets from 2010-02-03

  • If birthdays seem to come faster with age, 6 month dental checkups seem to come twice as fast. Yeesh. #
  • The pina colada-flavored tooth polish at dentist is not as awful as one might think. #
  • Another good dental check-up. I may have awful skin and dodgy eyes, but I have great teeth, by gum! #
  • "G-Force" is no "Citizen Kane,": but I've seen a lot of movies released of late, kid / teens / adults, that were more stupid and less fun. #
  • Wineries should have to flag which bottles have plastic corks, so I can avoid getting them. They tend to mess up my corkscrew. #
  • I love, *love*, "Phineas & Ferb." #

Unblogged Bits for Saturday, 30 January 2010

Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries ….

Tweets from 2010-01-22

  • Started watching my Farscape collection. Much frelling spiffiness. #
  • Note: The coffee maker works much better (and cleaner) if you actually put the coffee pot back into the damn thing before pressing "start." #
  • RT @DaphneUn, @quotesnack: Anyone who writes *down* to children is simply wasting his time. You have to write up, not down. -EB White [Yup!] #
  • RT @lesjenkins, @allanbrocka: If Mass. speaks for all of America, I'd like my public health insurance and marriage equality now, thanks. #
  • At Mac Grill, family tablecloth drawings fr Dr Horrible, Doctor Who, Farscape, Avatar, Phineas, LotR, Pokemon, Girl Genius, Batman, Tick … #

Satanchu, I choose YOU!

Just in case you had any doubts — yes, Pokemon are EVIL.  I know, because this Minister of the Bible tells me so!

Yup, it’s “Dungeons & Masters” all over again.

Not dead yet!

Actually, I am still alive.

I was knocked out the past several days by “flu-like symptoms” — H1N1 or Just Normal Seasonal Flu is unknown, though the health care presumption these days is H1N1 (oink!).

The bottom line being, I spent the the past week sleeping 12+ hours/night, with some congestion and coughing, some very sore throat, fever (and associated chills and aches), and absolutely no desire to do anything else. Truly the most annoying thing about most illnesses is that all those things you wish you could take days off to do? No desire to do them. 

Which means, aside from one, lone sickly Tweet the other day, I’ve been offline with all my personal stuff.

For the record (make of it what you will), I wiled away the hours watching:

  • Doctor Who: The Next Doctor.
  • Doctor Who: Planet of Death.
  • Torchwood: Children of Earth.
  • Cadfael (multiple episodes).
  • Justice League Unlimited (multiple episodes).
  • Neverwhere.

Reviews (where new) to follow eventually.

I’m feeling about 75% back up to speed, which is a Good Thing. The fever seems under control, and my energy is in fact perking back up. Still taking it easy, though I worked half-day yesterday and today.

So, now to catch up with a week of missed/unread email, RSS feeds, tweets, blog comments, etc. Oh, and, of course, getting ready for NaNoWriMo starting Sunday.

Hrm. Sounds exhausting.

Gorey Goodness

If Edward Gorey, Tim Burton, and Neil Gaiman decided to create an animated short for UCLA, it would likely resemble this effort by Giles Timms.

 

Marvel + Disney = Hilarity

All sorts of fun on Twitter today about the Disney acquisition of Marvel. A variety of folks weighed in with various mash-ups (mostly tagged with #disneymarvel and #disneymarvelcrossovers — the following is a small sample, and several of the ideas below were independently arrived at by other people as well).

theblairbutler: Escape from Scarlet Witch Mountain. Song of the South Coast Avengers. Lady Bullseye and the Tramp.
jimmyjaquino: Honey, I Blew Up the Rawhide Kid
the_afterlight: “Who is the monster and who is the man?” sing the bells of Xavier’s School for Gifted Youth!
Earth_2_Comics: Finding Zemo
DanxMcGowan: Pirates of the Caribbean : Iron Man’s Chest.
theblairbutler: The Nutty Professor X.
Grimloche: Snow White Queen and the 7 X-Men
Grimloche: Finding Namor
khaosworks: “Behold… MODUCK!”
chrisu: After lots of Disney/Marvel jokes, I still think @mattraub’s “Herb-E”, “Deadpooh” and “Finding Namor” are the best so far.
Polisurgist: Don’t forget the one they’ll keep under wraps: Song of the Skrulls
k: Other ideas: Mick Fury, Lilo and Snikt.
scrubninja: “Dances with Wolverine”
braingoblin: Honey, I transported the kids to the Negative Zone
Unmature: That’s So Kraven
openczun: Since Disney owns ABC, how about “Jean Grey’s Anatomy”…. hmmm
onimonkii: Beauty and Beast. That would actually work, Belle and Hank seem like a great pair.
MackReed: This is probably the best of all (from my friend Sam Whedon): Spider Pan
SeattleOtaku: Escape to Wundagore Mountain, Wasp the Love Bug, and She-Hulk Origins: The Green D.A.
Positron_CoH: High School Musical 4: Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters.

Brian Bendis weighed in.

BRIANMBENDIS: bravo to @BrianReed for: “Face it Tigger, you just hit the jackpot!” now everyone can stop.
BRIANMBENDIS: no, i did not kill the wasp to make way for tinkerbell. but she would be a kick ass avenger
BRIANMBENDIS: RT @shurwitt: I’m looking forward to the @BRIANMBENDIS “House of Mouse” series. (Wanda: “No more ducks.”)
BRIANMBENDIS: THIS MAN, THIS HEFALUMP
BRIANMBENDIS: congrats to bambi’s mother on joining the cast of marvel zombies

And of course, there was Warren Ellis’ contribution:

warrenellis: Hm. Have been instructed to make Bambi a member of the X-Men.
warrenellis: I’m sure my new corporate overlords will enjoy the forthcoming graphic novel ASTONISHING X-MEN: DOE-EYED MEAT GEYSER.

And for my own contribution?

  • Emma Frost: The Snow White Queen
  • Incredibles Hulk: Jack-Jack Gamma Attack!
  • 101 Mutations

  • Fantasia Four

  • Alicia in Thingerland
  • Mutants, Inc.

Good night, everybody!

 

 

Disney buys … Marvel?! What the –?

Blinks … stares … 

I had to check my calendar to make sure it wasn’t April Fools when the news of The Walt Disney Company’s latest acquisition rolled across my screen. Disney is now the proud owner of Marvel Entertainment at a cost of a cool $4 billion. That quickly adds 5000 new characters to Disney’s cast including some of the most famous and hot properties in the market today – Iron Man, Spiderman, Thor, Captain America, and the X-men.

With Stan Lee, the creator of much of Marvel’s super hero cast, working closely with Disney for about a year now. I guess he’s had plenty of time to sow Bob Iger’s ear with how valuable a product this would be for Disney. At $4 Billion it is practically a steal compared to Pixar and Pixar has turned out to be a good buy for the Mouse House. Frankly, many analysts wondered why Disney just didn’t acquire Marvel at the same time it acquired Lee’s POW entertainment. No sense making up new superheroes when those with strong existing brands are there for the taking. Plus this might put Stan Lee back in a position of power at Marvel, which is where he belongs.

I’m …

Hrmph.

Okay, I’m just not sure there’s a fit here, content-wise, except in an at-arm’s-length Touchstone sort of way. I really cannot imagine any of the Marvel properties showing up at the Disney resorts, for example (though it makes for some interesting thoughts regarding some Marvel properties at Universal Studios in Orlando). I don’t see any cross-overs in Marvel comics with Disney characters, either. The two worlds are just too jarring.

On the other hand, it gives Disney an entree into the comics world that is unmatched by anyone but Warner Brothers, with the potential to get some of their material out under a Marvel label rather than a number of independents. Ditto their new access to some valuable movie franchise possibilities. And it gives Marvel some deep pockets in that regard, too, as well as a owner that’s not simply out to strip it like a West Virginia mountaintop. And there’s the whole ABC thing …

It’s going to be a very interesting ride to watch.

 

Doctor Dora

Odd conversations one has on Twitter …

DaphneUn: The Little One has moved on from The Wiggles to Dora The Explorer. I think Dora’s backpack uses TARDIS technology.

Three_Star_Dave: @DaphneUn Wait until you see the ep where Boots stares too long into the heart of the Backpack …

DaphneUn: @Three_Star_Dave And then Swiper becomes an immortal fox. An immortal bisexual fox who time travels. Good times, good times…

doycet: The Dora the Explorer/Dr. Who semi-slash fanfic being storyboarded by @daphneun and @Three_Star_Dave is breaking my brain.

Three_Star_Dave: @DaphneUn “I’m the Grumpy Old Dalek / Who lives under the bridge!”

Three_Star_Dave: @DaphneUn And, wait — who does that make Diego? Another incarnation? The Master? Never mind – still chuckling over Capn Swiper.

My mind now wanders thinking about casting and plot analogs. The little Mariachi trio playing the Grainer / Derbyshire Doctor theme … graffiti that says “BAD FOX” all over the place … Tico the Squirrel … Benny the Bull …

The Map … “If there’s a time you wanna go / Anywhere in history’s flow / I’m the Map! / Pretty planets far and near near / Are there Daleks lurking here? / I’m the Map!”

And that’s not even getting into the Torchwood crew. Or UNIT. Or Sarah Jane. Or the Slitheen. Or Cat Nuns.  Or the sonic screwdriver. Or Jelly Babies.

*sigh*

“Tale as old as time …”

I have a special fondness for Disney’s Beauty and the Beast.

First off, it was one of the first Disney flicks I actually went and saw as an adult.

Second, it features a protagonist who walks around with a book in her hand. I have a small figurine in my office of Belle doing this. Since I do it at lunch all the time, that means a lot to me.

Thirdly, I very much relate to the Beast. A fearful, awkward, not-quite-human creature, laboring under a curse, redeemed through love by a wonderful, intelligent, caring woman. My marriage to Margie feels very much like that, thank you.

So, yeah, as we were watching the movie tonight with Katherine, I got rather weepy at various points … Belle reft from her father … the painful argument through the door … the rescue from the wolves … the Beast releasing Belle from her captivity … the Beast’s death and resurrection … the final ballroom dance …

So, okay, I’m a sentimental romantic. And Beauty and the Beast is one of my favorite Disney flicks. 

The Last Air-Bender trailer

Man, I so want this to be well done … and am so worried that it will not be … and this trailer doesn’t make me any more confident …

 

(via Brian Bendis)