Random Saturday afternoon stuff

[yendi]

Elayna and I watched Atlantis 2: Milo's Return, which was not my top choice, but after vetoing her other suggestions (trust me, you don't want to know), it was one I had a car-wreck interest in seeing.

Surprisingly, I enjoyed it.

Mind you, it was nowhere near as good as the first one (which is one of my all-time favorite Disney movies, and very under-appreciated). As far as I can tell, Mike Mignola had nothing to do with it, so the visuals are a notch down. Ditto the cast (what, you expected Michael J Fox to be back?). But they had a few returnees (Cree Summer, Don Novello), and everyone did a decent job.

The "movie" was actually the first few episodes of the never-released tv show, cobbled together into one larger plot. And based on that, I'd have loved to have seen the show continue. There's a surprisingly amount of dark stuff here (the bad guys in two of the three plotlines are permanently disposed of), and an interesting meta view of world religion, with all religions being sprung from the Atlantean one (and while the ones mentioned explicitly are Southwestern Native American and Norse, the implication that Judeo-Christian-Islam beliefs spring from there certainly hangs in the air). Not something I'd suggest anyone waste time buying, but worthwhile

As for the rest of the weekend without shadesong (who's at Arisia and still having fun, last I heard), I've managed to keep Miss Kid entertained and mostly out of trouble. I've also been enjoying the chance to cook a bit. Made some brownies that are ugly but tasty last night, turkey hash and scrambled eggs this morning, and broiled catfish tonight. The last one set off the smoke alarm, but was tasty enough to be worth it. :-)

Since I managed to catch a decent nap this afternoon, I'm rested, and plan to stay up late to enjoy the movie I bought used and cheap at Blockbuster: Miner's Massacre. Yeah, I know. It sounds bad, even by horror movie standards. But the cast is practically a B-movie all-star roster: Jeff Conaway, Karen Black, Richard Lynch, John Phillip Law, etc. And it's directed by F/X guru, John Carl Buechler, who, aside from being a good F/X guy, also directed one of the better Friday the Thirteenth Movies (part 7). So yeah, it'll suck, but I expect to enjoy it.

Oh, and has anyone over at King of Chaos (join my army here, help my allies here) noticed that they've got a cute little applet to pass the time over here? Kinda nifty.

Off to shoo the kid into the bath.

Crap, just did some quick web-browsing before standing up, and discovered that Dave Cockrum (whose name you should know if you've ever read comics) is in the hospital with pneumonia. That sucks. :-(

No, really off to shoo the kid into the bath.

Comments

[malinaldarose.livejournal.com]

I loved the line in Atlantis 2 about needing oregano to make a good bomb -- since oregano is a staple spice in our household, the line gets used quite a bit.

[stratfordbabe.livejournal.com]

And here I thought I was the only one who liked the Atlantis movie. (Actually, I haven't hated much of the recent Disney animation as much as many people did -- I liked Treasure Planet, too.)

I hadn't considered Atlantis 2, though. I will have to check it out.

[dslartoo.livejournal.com]

You aren't. I think it's a tremendous achievement and one of the best films the House of Mouse has ever released. Top-notch animation and computer graphics blending, first-rate voice acting and a tightly written script. It is also not plagued by the cutesy critters and ubiquitous songs that have plagued many of the company's recent releases. I love it.

cheers,
Phil

[tablesaw]

Oh man, I know D. Cockrum's son.

[sff-corgi.livejournal.com]

I liked how the first movie looked, of course; it was mildly nifty. But what kept whacking me upside the head during most of it was the fact that the script came off like a third-generation xerox of the Stargate movie script....

Anyway, best wishes to Dave Cockrum, if tablesaw can/wants to pass them on somehow. I got into LSH during his tenure.

[terracinque.livejournal.com]

Shit! Dave Cockrum must have strayed too close to Infectious Lass.

You made brownies and didn't invite me over? What's up with that?

[unwilly.livejournal.com]

Bummer about Cockrum.

Glad you and Miss Kid are doing fine.