Random Thoughts

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Am I the only person on earth who didn't put 2 and 2 together until 5 minutes ago!
Dr Smith was gay the whole time! Fuck me! (not literally!)

Who is Dr Smith?

'Lost In Space', the 1960s abomination.

Boru

[Fireball]

Who is Dr Smith?

'Lost In Space', the 1960s abomination.

Boru

He was gay? I'll be damned.

[The Valkyrie]

'Lost In Space', the 1960s abomination.

Boru

He was gay? I'll be damned.

So will he.

Sinner!

[no one]

No not gay. Heterosexually challenged.

[The Valkyrie]

So, last week NZ celebrated Waitangi Day, the day in which, in 1840, the Maori chiefs signed a teeaty with the British crown (basically think of a long term rental agreement where the new tenants steal and weeck your stuff).

Now some people don't want to call it Waitangi Day any longer, instead calling it New Zealand Day to be more inclusive.

Apparently my suggestion of "Ha-Ha We Nicked Your Country Day" was "insulting", "highly inappropriate", and "put the knife down, Beccs!"

Bloody liberals!

[Rev. Rye]

Been watching Defunctland, and now that I've seen all the episodes so far, now I'm on the podcasts. Not only have I never been to a Disney park, but I've never even been in the same state as one. I'm not normally even an amusement parks person, but somehow, I find Kevin Perjurer talking about the story of the rise, decline, and fall of these amusement park attractions fascinating. Case in point: Journey into Imagination. The Decline and Fall isn't included in this video (Yesterworld, another YouTuber covers it in his own video), but it looks interesting:



A major attraction at Epcot teaches kids about the power of imagination, creating an attraction that's an instant hit (even with its new characters becoming a recognisable figure even before the park opens), and then, after tensions with their sponsor Kodak reach critical mass, they decide to create a low-rent reboot that nobody likes. And listening to the podcast, you really get to appreciate the love they put into it.



And even I start to wish that the Dreamfinder would come back into the picture. I even start to think that, of all the Disney nostalgia reboots, I think a movie about the Dreamfinder could actually be a welcome addition. That said, I think I'd make some changes to the Dreamfinder, starting with changing that doddering old man voice, and maybe adding a bit of an edge to him; after all, a movie about the importance of imagination can seem pretty kiddie. Then again, I think there are two models for how one could rectify that: Willy Wonka, who needs no introduction, and this one, which almost certainly will:



The Seven Faces of Doctor Lao is probably one of those movies that needs a bigger audience, especially given how insane it can be and the fact that Tony Randall plays eight different characters, and, yellowface aside, I think it can be a very interesting model for how a more edgy Dreamfinder could work.

And, of course, even on the off chance Disney okays it, they will likely focus-group the shit out of it and water it down.

[ignoramus]

So, last week NZ celebrated Waitangi Day, the day in which, in 1840, the Maori chiefs signed a teeaty with the British crown (basically think of a long term rental agreement where the new tenants steal and weeck your stuff).

Now some people don't want to call it Waitangi Day any longer, instead calling it New Zealand Day to be more inclusive.

Apparently my suggestion of "Ha-Ha We Nicked Your Country Day" was "insulting", "highly inappropriate", and "put the knife down, Beccs!"

Bloody liberals!

Yeah, some people, I don't know, the Indians, Maoris, Aborigines, etc, get all funny when you take their land and cultures from them!
Can't they take a joke! It's not we killed anybody! sheesh....

[onlinebiker]

In Darwin's theory, inherited traits that are beneficial to the species tend to become dominant.
It makes one wonder what the survival benefit is, of stupidity.

[ignoramus]

^

You get to live forever in the kingdom of heaven! Everyone knows that!

[Rev. Rye]

That awkward moment you look at Criterion’s Coming Soon listings and briefly forget that Funny Games is not a movie to be cheered over.