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About me:
I suppose I'm getting older, but I don't feel it. I am old enough to have seen 'Yellow Submarine' and 'The Jungle Book' when they came out (my mum worked at a theatre (cinema)). When I was about 9 I remember being thrilled by excerpts I saw from 'Fritz the Cat'. At that stage I considered myself 'beyond Disney' (in my defence, the 70's were hardly Disney's golden years).
I'm a musician, rather crippled now by severe tinnitus, and published writer (fiction, non-fiction, cartoons, poetry). I'm a democratic socialist (I know Americans will misunderstand what that means), and I'm inclined to speak my mind. Back when I could travel, I visited the USA between 5 and 10 times, depending how you calculate it. I like Americans, though I am spooked by their nationalism.
I live in Tasmania, which I prefer to think of as an island between Australia and New Zealand, rather than part of Australia.
I wrote, directed and peformed in 5 radio serials. I went to bed (deleted). I'm 6'4" and I don't like basketball. I gave up on my 6th radio serial, but it was going to be a musical comedy about the Kennedy assassination, sung by Jack Ruby's dog, who was a CIA agent. I did write one good song for it, though.
Interests:
I love wolves. A wolf changed my life. That would be enough reason to move to the USA or Canada (poutine might tilt it in Canada's favour). I have an encyclopedic knowledge of rock music (and to a lesser extent, classical). I collect old pulp magazines like 'Astounding' and 'Adventure'. I have a lot of plush animals - the first I bought at age 22. He's the Dog from 'Footrot Flats', of which I was a fanatic back in the 80's. I like silly old bw movies. I'm sometimes sarcastic. I have a very dry, rather surreal sense of humour, and don't like jokes. But I laugh at absurdity, which other people don't find funny. I suppose I have a 'Rocko's Modern Life' sense of humour.
I'm a socialist masculist animist (i.e. I believe that life adheres to everything, including inanimate obects and places.)
Animation that I love:
The Secret of NIMH
Balto
Bambi
Rocko's Modern Life
Street of Crocodiles
Tale of Tales
The Critic
Mary and Max
Nearly anything by Jan Svankmeyer.
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posted: May 23, 2010
It's a long way from being great, but considering the genre it's tackling, it manages to be mildly engaging, and seldom dreadful. Considering I'm in my 40's, I can imagine this going down well with a 12 year-old audience.
Nothing special, but nothing toxic. Parents need not worry.
posted: Apr 14, 2010
But how about this: 'fleeing his abusive adopted family, arrives in a small fishing town in Maine'? Now that's funny!!
Pete's Dragon was a live/animation mix, when this was still a rarity (let's face it: it still is, despite 'Roger Rabbit' and in spite of 'Cool World' and 'Bedknobs').
Not a catstrophe, but a long way from memorable. Came out in the 'clutching at straws' period of feature animation.
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posted: Feb 26, 2010
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posted: Feb 26, 2010
Dismal, depressing and run of the milltripe, written just before the late 80's renaissance. The comic was better, and somewhat groundbreaking, but as for the TV series, set fire to your kids before their brains are corrupted by this (luckily this is unlikely to happen, nearly 25 years on.)
The first time I ever saw a squirrel it was running up a tree in New Hampshire, in a town I was told was the hometown of the creator(s) of TNMT. I was fascinated by the squirrel, which is more than I can say for the show.
Loop
posted: Feb 19, 2010
That's a cartoon by the lare great B.Kliban, but sums up my feelings about this whole franchise. I was in my teens when started, and other than being forced to eat cat poo, it was probably the most surefire way to get me to throw up.
OK, it's much later, but:
'When Minty accidentally breaks the Here Comes Christmas Candy Cane, which apparently guides Santa to Ponyville, she tries to take on the role of Santa and gives each one of her friends one of her prized socks.' - oh, be still mine beating heart!
Elsewhere, a reviewer who claims to actually be an original MLP fan says 'What, may I ask, is wrong with Hasbro? [...] What happened to the days when the little ponies actually did things OTHER than worry about their hair and worry themselves sick over Christmas presents and birthday parties?
Recommended for first trimester embryos.
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