It's like I've left the raking up from the past three falls out on my lawn, isn't it?

[ps238principal]

Comments

Re: "Budgiesaurus vs. Sparrowdactyl"

[droolfangrrl]

I would pay good money to see that.

Re: "Budgiesaurus vs. Sparrowdactyl"

[ps238principal]

I want action figures, too. And pet costumes based on the creatures.

[myrystyr]

I'd like to be excited that they mentioned Dark Angel in the data-encoded-bacteria article, only when I try to file this in the "for gaming use" section of my brain I get sudden visions of the game session being derailed by conspiracy theory discussions about what else "they" might already have encoded and secretly released...

Now that I've seen the finale to this year's Doctor Who, I fear that, if next season doesn't give us less story arc and more standalone adventures, I may have to downgrade my defence of the Moffat/Smith era from Lost Done Properly to At Least It Isnt Another Heroes Season 3 Trainwreck.

[ps238principal]

I think the show often rides on the strength of the characters responding to the ridiculous or making, in essence, winks and nods at the viewers. It's good theater, quite quotable, and they often rescue very silly plots with dramatics between favorite characters, but I admit I'm ready for a more meaty story to go along with it that doesn't involve a "fooled ya" or "deus ex machina" ending.

I keep thinking of "The Key to Time," but I have to say I've not seen it in a while so my memories might be biased. It did have Tom Baker, the ultimate reason to stick with a script that didn't thrill, and one of the shows was written by Douglas Adams, so...

[myrystyr]

Lately I've been wondering if such silliness is what's needed to keep the new fans and casual viewers watching... or if (like how the sillier set and costumes of Blake's 7 were often in stark contrast to the grim plots) there's a faction within the BBC that sees Doctor Who as "only" a kids show...

So far as story arcs go, The Key To Time is one of the better ones :)

[valmiras]

Wow, B&N, way to cut off your nose to spite your face. DC may suffer some from this, but so will you and your customers, whom you are alienating.

[miyaa99]

And still getting steamrolled by Amazon regardless what Barnes & Noble can do. Did they learn nothing from Border's?

[ps238principal]

They're probably just proud of themselves for making an e-reader when Borders didn't. I think they're going to release a new Nook this Christmas (not a hard prediction), so I guess the reader-wars will continue.

[uncacreamy]

Dammit, most of those prints are sold out. I hope more will be made. That site makes me deeply happy.

[zenfrodo]

Um, using actors to animate from goes back farther than Alice in Wonderland. Disney did it for Snow White and Cinderella, too, if memory serves.

[ps238principal]

True, but I think this was more for the voice actors being used (I think Disney used a lot of models and film to do things like animate dance routines and so on, like how Pixar brings animals into their studio if they need to observe, say, a giant bird for "Up"). It was also kind of unusual in that the acting footage's voice track was used in the final cut rather than a separate voice recording, as the acting version was deemed better.

It's been a LOOONG time since I watched "Snow White." I might have to grit my teeth over the voice actress (the high-pitched voice just bugs me for some reason) and revisit the classics.