Thursday randomness

[yendi]

The video for Eminem's "Mosh." Wow. A much better use of politically-themed animation than, say, last night's season premiere of South Park.

Weak as SP was, the debut of Drawn Together, the "reality show" featuring cartoon characters, was a great start. Ling Ling (Pokemon meets Bun-Bun) is my favorite character by far. Some damned fine voicework -- Tara Strong's Princess sounds almost like Hynden Walch's Starfire (to the point where I assumed Hynden did the voice until I saw the credits), Cree Summer continues to impress me (she's still the only pop singer I know of to cite Elfquest as an influence), and even Adam Corrola (the one stunt casting choice) does a fine job (as a sexist pig, go figure). Yeah, I take my 'toons seriously.

I also take my baseball seriously, which is why I have mixed feelings about the BoSox winning the World Series. On the one hand, they've been fighting this "curse" for ages. On the other, their ability to snatch defeat out of the jaws of victory had transcended "bad luck" and become tradition. And when it comes to sports, I'm a traditionalist, dammit.

Still, this is a team that deserved to win, and which won two in St. Louis, in spite of Terry Francona's preemptive whining about not being able to use the DH (which struck me as similar to "Cowboy" Bob Orton complaining that he wasn't allowed to hit other wrestlers with his "cast"). They just dominated from the first moment to the last.

Now, of course, we turn our attention to the Cubs. . .

Over in justpopemotion (a community in which folks create music mixes for characters/shows), someone created a mix for my all-time favorite DC hero! Woot!

Last night's Mythbusters had an appearance by Ricky Jay! Woohoo! They also sorta busted the Bullseye killing-with-a-playing-card myth, although since they were able to get a card up to 1/4 of an inch into ballistics gel, I could see using a card to shred someone's throat. I've enjoyed the cast expansion this year -- Adam and Jamie are still the focus, but the build team is important. And Kari is hella cute.

Guilty admission: I really want to see the Spongebob Squarepants movie.

Off to a meeting.

Comments

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

"Who are you?"
"I'm David Hasselhoff."
"Yay!"

[tablesaw]

See, I thought that community would be animated GIFs of John Paul II. How come there's not a community for that?

[tefkas.livejournal.com]

I can only second this enquiry.

[ninjakitten]

Heh. I too read it as just pope motion.

[yendi]

Dude. They can barely get animated footage of him from real-life filming. Who has that much time to create icons of him?

Then again, such a community would also allow for animated gifs of other popes, including Alexander the Sixth, who may well be amongst the Walking Dead.

[aki-dreaming.livejournal.com]

Did you catch Drawn Together? I think I'm still in shock. The only reason I saw any of South Park was Drawn Together. I did like that little song at the end. I've felt like that most of my life.

Spongebob scares me, but you go have fun.

[yendi]

http://www.heavy.com/viral/drawnTogether/ -- the music video from last night. :-)

[aki-dreaming.livejournal.com]

You are bad! Thank you!

[yendi]

Glad to help out! :-)

[unwilly.livejournal.com]

I forgot Drawn Together was on. Dang.

Hah, to your BoSox rumination.

SPonge Bob has finally grown on me, and now I want to see the movie. I confess that the orginal ad campaign swayed me enough to go.

[yendi]

Comedy Central has a corporate policy of rebroadcasting shows 354 times a week. You'll get to see it.

The ad campaign is what's convinced me as well.

[boutell.livejournal.com]

I don't have to admit to wanting to see it, because thanks to my daughter I will "have" to see it. Yup. That's my story etc.

[yendi]

Heh. Yeah, that's my backup story.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_cinnamongirl_/]

thanks for the link, i've been wanting to see what the fuss was all about. (what'd Em do this time?) have to say, i thoroughly enjoyed it.

i have kind of a crush on Mythbuster's Adam.

[yendi]

Adam's my hero (aside from just the name). Gotta love the underdog, after all. And he has all the best lines.

[tfcocs.livejournal.com]

I want to see that movie too. When I saw David Hasselhoff in the ads, I was hooked!

[yendi]

*nod* Just a brilliant moment.

[zitronenhai.livejournal.com]

As a die-hard baseball fan at the west end of a particular stretch of I-70 in an AL city, I am honorbound to despise the Cardinals. But I totally see what you mean... Baseball is romantic to me, still, and represents one of the few traditions I can logically claim in some slant way. So, yeah.

[yendi]

Heh. My Cardinals hatred stems from when they shared a division with the Mets (and the mid-'80s rivalry). I really enjoyed the '85 series, nearly as much as the '86 one.

The '85 Series!

[zitronenhai.livejournal.com]

Ah! My favorite! Of course, I grew up in KC...

That series found me sitting before my television wearing a Royals shirt, blue suede boots, holding my mini-bat and burning blue candles. Please don't tell anyone. ;)

Yes, I know the Royals suck and are a joke, but they're the home team, so I will always feel some love, there...

Re: The '85 Series!

[yendi]

No shame at all! That was a hell of a team, actually.

[shannon-elaine.livejournal.com]

I was so disappointed in SP last night.

[yendi]

*nod* such a sea-change from their take on elections in 2000. We'll see where the season progresses -- every show is allowed to blow it once in a while.