I miss the days gone by when this blog would get venomous, vicious, angry, hate-filled comments simply because I dared to post a watercolor of a moose. It made blogging worthwhile.
But, like so many novelties, the thrill seems to have worn off.
As for me, I would probably post something every day if I had the time. Random thoughts that I long to share with the world invade my brain constantly... but there just aren't enough hours in the day. The fact that I actually have a free moment to crap out this little rant is nothing short of miraculous.
Anyway... I DO, in fact, have some fairly fun cartoony-related announcements coming up... but, as is so often the case, I have to wait until ink has dried and whatnot before making any proclamations. I'm sure you'll be able to endure the suspense.
One thing I CAN tell you about is that Leigh and I just completed our third and final installment to 'the water trilogy' for the next issue of HOT MEXICAN LOVE COMICS. Stay tuned for updates.
Okay... here's the part where I make rapidfire snotty judgements on things and stuff:
'CLOVERFIELD' - What a horrible waste of time. Don't avoid it because you get motion sickness... avoid it because it's just a really awful movie.
'THE VENTURE BROTHERS' - I feel like an ass for getting in on this one so late - but my GOD what a great show.
'HALO 3' - Call me a sucker, but I can't get enough of this crap.
'PORTAL' - Easily one of the most challenging and entertainingly cerebral and creepy games I've ever played. THE CAKE IS A LIE!!!
'HALF LIFE 2' - Hey! Wow! What a fun game! I see now what all the fuss was about. Until it decided to COMPLETELY FREEZE UP ON ME!!! I don't mean it crashed, I mean it FROZE! I can't move forward in the game because it's stuck in some sort of weird 'Matrix'-esque frigging bug. SCREW YOU, 'HALF LIFE 2'!!! I HATE YOU WITH ALL THE FIRES OF HELL!!!
'FIDO' - If you love zombies, go rent this one. it's genius.
'GUNBUSTER 2' - Gainax continues to amaze me. The fact that they can continue to make shows that - narratively - make absolutely NO SENSE WHATSOEVER to me (maybe I'm dumb) yet still entrance, delight and entertain me to my core is simply amazing. They must be tapping into a part of my brain that is extremely abstract. I dunno. It's a mystery but I love it.
'AMERICAN IDOL' - A request to you people who try out for it by dressing up in goofy shit just so you can be on TV and let the judges mock you for 30 seconds: Stop it. You're pathetic. But let's be clear, you're not pathetic because you're a guy dressed as Princess Leia, you're pathetic because you have nothing better to do than go wait in some line for days on end just to be on TV.
Look, I know 'IDOL' is a dippy show... but it's pop-culture candy and I like it. I have enough 'serious media' in my life... I need something brainless like 'IDOL' to let me feel lobotomized for a little while and when you doucheholes show up with your feathered boas and tube tops it just awakens the endlessly irritated beast that lives in my head all over again.
'DEXTER' - The only show on television that NEVER, EVER disappoints me.
THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION - Please let it be over soon...
Okay... enough of that for now...
I hate posting without an illustration of some sort... so, for no particular reason, here is a zombie. Zombies are always fun to look at, right?
The missus and I love our horror movies... those of the zombie variety are of particular interest to us. In Leigh's case I think it's just that she likes watching people being eaten... but time and time again what fascinates me about zombie movies is the SURVIVAL aspect of it and watching the non-zombie characters improvise in order to survive. I love seeing people in a hopeless situation make weapons out of everyday objects and figuring out ways to hide, feed themselves and generally stay alive in a zombie apocalypse.
I think what intrigues me about the survivalism in zombie flicks is my existing preconception that, for the most part, we who live in the U.S. and other highly developed nations, have lost a lot of our 'pioneer spirit' for lack of a better phrase.
We're so used to having all of our creature comforts readily available, it makes me wonder what we would do and how we would act if they were completely taken away from us... no home, no electricity, no government to protect us.
The fact that a handful of people always seem to survive on their wits in zombie movies actually gives me a sense of optimism and hope that maybe we're not as completely lacking in self-preservation instincts as we sometimes seem to be.
Obviously I would never want any kind of apocalypse to occur, but if it did I like to fantasize about how I would get by (especially since I'm just as spoiled as the next guy if not significantly moreso). This is probably why I also love 'LOST' and why I used to really dig 'SURVIVOR'. The problem with 'SURVIVOR' is that it has always basically just been a game show. Sure, those people encounter hardships and dangers, but they're not really out in the wilderness on their own... there's camera crews and stuff everywhere. No one's really facing death.
Anyway... that's it for now. I'll try to update more, but 'life' gets priority.
THE CAKE IS A LIE!!!
1 comment:
I can't even tell you the last time I watched a TV show. Honestly. I think it was a rerun of Scrubs with a Canadian Gas chaser.
But boas and tube tops? Really? On occasion I'd watch Idol but the music was too trendy and I couldn't stand anymore too-cute boys with hair better than mine. Yes, I'm the jealous type!
It's good to hear from you, again, and may you get all the venomous rants you deserve!
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