HORSE NOSTRIL FOREVER
I want an episode of Misfits in which the Misfits' powers are all somehow swapped around. This is largely because I want to see how Simon would cope with Kelly's power of reading thoughts. It would be horrible for him, poor thing. Alisha should get Simon's power of invisibility; that would be interesting. No idea about the other three, though; I especially don't know what to do with Alisha's power. Maybe Nathan should get it; the idea of Nathan Young with the power of irresistible sexual desirability is terrifying and awful, frankly, but Misfits has never shied away from terrifying and awful things.
Speaking of Misfits, something almost entirely unlike Misfits: I watched Tangled recently with reipan and yuffie_starfish! I adored it. Executed correctly, a Disney film can have me on the verge of tears within ten minutes, and the execution of Tangled was absolutely correct.
Also, Rapunzel is adorable. It's a little odd; the promotional materials - the trailer, the pre-release images - all made Rapunzel look very smirky and badass and asskicking, when in fact she's a very sweet, innocent girl. I like sweet and innocent girls (nothing at all against badassness, but I tend to become more attached to the character who beats an intruder up with a frying pan despite being terrified than to the character who beats an intruder up with a frying pan without breaking a sweat), so it was a pleasant surprise, but I'm wondering why it needed to be a surprise. What with the misrepresentation of Rapunzel's character and the film's name-change from Rapunzel to Tangled, the entire marketing campaign has a desperate air of WE HAVE TO TRICK PEOPLE INTO WATCHING THIS FILM hanging about it. Which is a shame, because it's a delightful film and really shouldn't require deception.
I could be incredibly fond of Flynn/Rapunzel, but I'd have liked to see a bit more of their relationship developing. That's what fanfiction is for, I suppose. Perhaps I should write some?
Finally, I have been playing Ōkamiden, the DS sequel to Ōkami! The original Ōkami is probably my favourite videogame of all time, so I was a little worried about how Ōkamiden would match up, but I'm really enjoying it. The graphics aren't quite as good, but that's only because the DS is more graphically limited than the PS2 as a console; they're still stunning for a DS game. Also, it makes up for the graphical limitations with adorable baby animals. You play as a tiny wolf cub! You learn new brush techniques from baby mice and baby boars and all sorts! (And of course the DS is brilliantly suited for use of the Celestial Brush.)
It features an unsuccessful demonic bone-merchant saying 'I chalk it up to the economic downturn' in its demonic voice. What more do you need? MAYBE A DEMONIC BOUNCER SAYING 'I DON'T LIKE YOUR FACE'? BECAUSE, GUESS WHAT, IT HAS THAT TOO.
Ōkamiden doesn't appear to be available in shops in the UK, weirdly; you have to order it online. Honestly, Ōkami series, do you even want to be successful? The games are excellent, but your marketing is absolutely terrible.
Speaking of Misfits, something almost entirely unlike Misfits: I watched Tangled recently with reipan and yuffie_starfish! I adored it. Executed correctly, a Disney film can have me on the verge of tears within ten minutes, and the execution of Tangled was absolutely correct.
Also, Rapunzel is adorable. It's a little odd; the promotional materials - the trailer, the pre-release images - all made Rapunzel look very smirky and badass and asskicking, when in fact she's a very sweet, innocent girl. I like sweet and innocent girls (nothing at all against badassness, but I tend to become more attached to the character who beats an intruder up with a frying pan despite being terrified than to the character who beats an intruder up with a frying pan without breaking a sweat), so it was a pleasant surprise, but I'm wondering why it needed to be a surprise. What with the misrepresentation of Rapunzel's character and the film's name-change from Rapunzel to Tangled, the entire marketing campaign has a desperate air of WE HAVE TO TRICK PEOPLE INTO WATCHING THIS FILM hanging about it. Which is a shame, because it's a delightful film and really shouldn't require deception.
I could be incredibly fond of Flynn/Rapunzel, but I'd have liked to see a bit more of their relationship developing. That's what fanfiction is for, I suppose. Perhaps I should write some?
Finally, I have been playing Ōkamiden, the DS sequel to Ōkami! The original Ōkami is probably my favourite videogame of all time, so I was a little worried about how Ōkamiden would match up, but I'm really enjoying it. The graphics aren't quite as good, but that's only because the DS is more graphically limited than the PS2 as a console; they're still stunning for a DS game. Also, it makes up for the graphical limitations with adorable baby animals. You play as a tiny wolf cub! You learn new brush techniques from baby mice and baby boars and all sorts! (And of course the DS is brilliantly suited for use of the Celestial Brush.)
It features an unsuccessful demonic bone-merchant saying 'I chalk it up to the economic downturn' in its demonic voice. What more do you need? MAYBE A DEMONIC BOUNCER SAYING 'I DON'T LIKE YOUR FACE'? BECAUSE, GUESS WHAT, IT HAS THAT TOO.
Ōkamiden doesn't appear to be available in shops in the UK, weirdly; you have to order it online. Honestly, Ōkami series, do you even want to be successful? The games are excellent, but your marketing is absolutely terrible.