I'm Back! With my Random Two Cents...

[Anthonynotes]

Hello, all. Haven't posted on here for a week, mostly due to being busy with various things. First thing was going back to my hometown for my brother's high school commencement. Was OK, nice to see family again/eat homecooked meals, but noticed how the principal of the high school managed to mangle badly a multitude of names (esp. anything Polish or Asian Indian)...

Also while at home, I watched cable TV for the first time in awhile...things I noticed:
- Watched the Iron Chef/Emeril for the first time....very peculiar shows. Competitive food-preparation :-)

- Saw on Cartoon Network a few "Flintstones" episodes, noting their use of the show's original first opening title sequence from its original 60's run (the opening where Fred's driving around town, picking up dry cleaning, etc., before plopping down in front of the TV at home). Also nice to see the clip-from-the-about-to-air-episode before the show started showing what the episode would be about. Interesting to see CN put that much effort into restoring, of all things, "Flintstones" reruns... (also saw the opening bumper with Mr. Slate firing various people/the CN logo and the "2001/Dawn of Time" bumpers where the various monkes are all going beserk at a CN-logo-monolith...heh...)

- Also noticed the continued heavy Scooby Doo promotion/airings.

- Didn't see the PPG, but did see finally (for the first time) "Space Ghost: Coast to Coast". Amusing program (Zorak calling SG a "jerk" repeatedly for an audience consisting of members of his own alien race)...

- Also seen an episode of the "Jetsons", trying to figure out how dated said program already looks/how much stuff it's shown has already been invented/has real-world analogues :-) (One such ep I recall had a joke revolving around what was essentially a CD-ROM Judy almost forgot...basically the notion of squeezing a whole encyclopaedia down to the size of a disk. Who'd have thunk it?! :-)

Other big development of mine is finally at long last getting a new computer! Actually, a used computer bought off of eBay (an older Power Mac) for a decent rate, yet still light-years above my old machine, plus actually being more Internet-capable to boot (or will be as soon as I get my new external 56k modem in the mail)...thus, one reason I haven't been here in awhile (trying to set this thing up/acclimed to my computing tastes and all :-)

Note the lukewarm reviews for "Atlantis" (a local weekly paper thought it was pretty by-the-book and not too imaginative), and the continued success of "Shrek"...

The new "Smallville" series is scheduled to run right after "Gilmore Girls" on the WB this fall, and up against "Roswell" IIRC. Great scheduling, WB....I'm sure this will keep the follow-up audience from "Gilmore"/compete pretty well against an established show with a similar sci-fi theme and established following (sarcasm off; though it does beat Friday/Sat. nights I guess). Maybe if they guest-starred a certain trio of lab mice... :-)

Also noticed that (possibly to Caps' delight) in "Entertainment Weekly" that "Knight Rider" might go back into production for a new TV series...

Finally, looks like Sharklady's right: Alpa is coming back to MiB, and we get a two-part series finale to boot. Beats "Static Shaq"... ;-)

-B.

[robert]

>Beats "Static Shaq"... ;-)

Tell me about it, though I didn't watch it, I just used that as an excuse to say at least whatever kind of baddies Shaq fought, at least they were elbowed to death for a few fight scenes and not a little over one week like some local athletes I could name, yeesh.

And that was used as an excuse to introduce my being the first{that's a first}to welcome you back! Don't worry, I'll also be the first to say you didn't miss a lot.

[Anthonynotes]

>>>Beats "Static Shaq"... ;-)

>Tell me about it, though I didn't watch it, I just used that as an excuse to say at least whatever kind of baddies Shaq fought,

I'm guessing "Static Shaq" waged battle against the now-(in)famous Recycled Stock Footage, as per the status quo of such KWB promos... ;-)

>>at least they were elbowed to death for a few fight scenes and not a little over one week like some local athletes I could name, yeesh.

Well, at least a certain Philly b-ball team didn't get to the finals by sheer luck, unlike a certain Indianapolis-based sports team named after a third-rate 70's automobile that faced the Lakers *last* year... ;-)


>>And that was used as an excuse to introduce my being the first{that's a first}to welcome you back! Don't worry, I'll also be the first to say you didn't miss a lot.

Um, OK :-)

-B.

[Nftnat]

Originally posted by Brainatra
[B]Hello, all. Haven't posted on here for a week, mostly due to being busy with various things. First thing was going back to my hometown for my brother's high school commencement. Was OK, nice to see family again/eat homecooked meals, but noticed how the principal of the high school managed to mangle badly a multitude of names (esp. anything Polish or Asian Indian)...[B]

Well, the obvious solition would've been to've asked them how their names were supposed to've been pronounced, in the 1st month @ the most.

[B]Also while at home, I watched cable TV for the first time in awhile...things I noticed:
- Watched the Iron Chef/Emeril for the first time....very peculiar shows. Competitive food-preparation :-)[B]

Never really watched that channel myself. I did watch some Frugal Gourmet & Yan Can Cook on PBS back in the '80's; what can I say, I was bored @ the time.

[B]- Saw on Cartoon Network a few "Flintstones" episodes, noting their use of the show's original first opening title sequence from its original 60's run (the opening where Fred's driving around town, picking up dry cleaning, etc., before plopping down in front of the TV at home). Also nice to see the clip-from-the-about-to-air-episode before the show started showing what the episode would be about. Interesting to see CN put that much effort into restoring, of all things, "Flintstones" reruns... (also saw the opening bumper with Mr. Slate firing various people/the CN logo and the "2001/Dawn of Time" bumpers where the various monkeys are all going beserk at a CN-logo-monolith...heh...)[B]

As the lead-in to Cartoon Theater, usually. On the ng there's been complaints about those 1st season credits that one set of credits were slapped on the entire season. People have been poking holes in maychups with individual credits; eg, "Foster didn't write that ep", etc.

[B]- Also noticed the continued heavy Scooby Doo promotion/airings.[B]

I don't anymore; they're part of the woodwork. I guess I've been desensitized. I still don't like Scooby-Doo, tho.

[B]- Didn't see the PPG,[B]

Pity. Especially if Super Zeroes was on that week. You'd've loved it I think. I recall when it originally aired I asked for your comment about Blossom retitling herself Liberty Belle (All-Star Squadron, etc.)

[B] but did see finally (for the first time) "Space Ghost: Coast to Coast". Amusing program (Zorak calling SG a "jerk" repeatedly for an audience consisting of members of his own alien race)...[B]

...titled, appropriately enough, "Jerk"

[B]- Also seen an episode of the "Jetsons", trying to figure out how dated said program already looks/how much stuff it's shown has already been invented/has real-world analogues :-) (One such ep I recall had a joke revolving around what was essentially a CD-ROM Judy almost forgot...basically the notion of squeezing a whole encyclopaedia down to the size of a disk. Who'd have thunk it?! :-)[B]

Well, just shows you need to be careful how far in the future you forecast something as being if you're going to do so. From the original Star Trek we get medical monitors, computer disks, flip phones, etc. Some of that stuff seemed cheesy back in the '90's (by which time Earth was supposed to've been embroiled in the WWIII aka The Eugenics War). I wonder how they're gonna portray Enterpeise as being in our future, yet not as advanced as the original. But I digress.

[B]The new "Smallville" series is scheduled to run right after "Gilmore Girls" on the WB this fall, and up against "Roswell" IIRC. Great scheduling, WB....I'm sure this will keep the follow-up audience from "Gilmore"/compete pretty well against an established show with a similar sci-fi theme and established following (sarcasm off; though it does beat Friday/Sat. nights I guess). Maybe if they guest-starred a certain trio of lab mice... :-)[B]

Now why does that sound familiar? Seriously, I'm looking forward to it. But then, I loved Lois & Clark. Talk that Smallville might get the Dawson's Creek treatment gives me bad vibes, tho.

[B]Also noticed that (possibly to Caps' delight) in "Entertainment Weekly" that "Knight Rider" might go back into production for a new TV series...[B]

Possibly? And not just to his; I loved all those type of shows from the '80's: Automan, Blue Thunder, Street Hawk, etc. And I even watched all the sequels, even an ep or 2 of Team Knight Rider (with Michael Knight's supposed daughter).

Finally, looks like Sharklady's right: Alpa is coming back to MiB, and we get a two-part series finale to boot. Beats "Static Shaq"... ;-)

-B.

Well, I'm looking forward to it. And let me be the 2nd to welcome you back, Brainatra.

[Leaping Larry Jojo]

Originally posted by Brainatra
>>at least they were elbowed to death for a few fight scenes and not a little over one week like some local athletes I could name, yeesh.

Well, at least a certain Philly b-ball team didn't get to the finals by sheer luck, unlike a certain Indianapolis-based sports team named after a third-rate 70's automobile that faced the Lakers *last* year... ;-)

-B. [/B]

What's up with the ";-)?" You use these a lot, but I can't tell if it's meant to be sarcastic or just a smile!

Anyway, I would hate to have been a certain Defensive Player of the Year. My jaw already has enough exercise eating, thank you very much.

BTW: My condolences, robert. I was rooting for your team, even though they beat mine (Raptors). We had probably the best duel of the playoffs, eh?

[Anthonynotes]

Guess I could cut back on the use of the smilies ( ;-) is supposed to be a "smile and a wink", i.e. being either sly or sarcastic....). Just wanted some means of expressing sarcasm/to show that I'm kidding (IRL I come off to most people as being very stoic...).

-B.
Not quite as bad as Brain's e-mail-writing habits at least (see "Plan Brain From Outer Space")...

[Nftnat]

Originally posted by Brainatra
Not quite as bad as Brain's e-mail-writing habits at least (see "Plan Brain From Outer Space")...

I don't think you have anything to worry about there, even if you-know-whom tires of Dick Cavett.

[Craig Marinaro]

Nftnat speaketh thus:

I don't think you have anything to worry about there, even if you-know-whom tires of Dick Cavett.

Well, Dick Cavett is currently narrating Rocky Horror on Broadway. So I would assume Zalgar has already done his worst to him.

Whether or not Brainatra is next, only time will tell. I'd imagine that, intellectual that he is, he can't be too far down on Zalgar's list. There just ain't that many smart people on Earth these days...

-C
One of the masses, thank heaven.

[DR. BELCH]

The highest intellect recorded is actually that of a woman: Marilyn Mach vos Savant-Jarvik. She comes with an amazing pedigree (for lack of a better word): her grandfather is Ernest Mach, creator of the Mach scale, and her husband is Robert Jarvik, inventor of the first artificial heart.
It seems she'd provide a nice meal for Zalgar, though whether he's too much of a gentleman to eat a woman or too sexist to bother trying is anyone's guess....
Uh-oh! Zalgar's struck again!

[Sharklady]

Come to think of it, there's a certain Bad Monkey on PPG who'd do well to be on his guard against Zalgar. Not only does Mojo Jojo have a much-smarter-than-average brain, it's also an abnormally accessible one.

Interesting Question: if Zalgar ever did get hold of Mojo, would the PPG's come to the simian's rescue?
He's their prime nemesis, but the girls do owe Mojo, twice over, for their very existence. And they're probably aware that their show wouldn't be nearly as good without him.

[Nftnat]

Of course they would. Super heroes have some sort of a code thingy; they have to stop villains, even if they're attacking other villains.

[Sharklady]

You're probably right; the girls would rescue Mojo. But first they'd spend a little while debating the pros and cons of it.


BUBBLES: Oh, poor Mojo! We've got to save him!

BUTTERCUP: Whadaya mean 'poor Mojo'? He's a Supervillain! Our sworn enemy! The evilest scumbucket in all of Townsville!

BLOSSOM: That's true. None the less: as Super heros, we're obligated to help those in need! Even bad monkeys!


That could make an interesting episode. Prehaps I shall write it up in a fanfic- I can title it 'The Mojo Dilemma.'