Gremlins Fan Film

Remember the scene in Gremlins 2 in which the green guys take over the film medium itself. This is a French fan film that takes the idea even further with a personal Video Recorder version.

Little Red Riding Hood

Been enjoying re-reading Angela Carter's wonderful 'The Bloody Chamber' lately and the brilliant 'Company Of Wolves' got me thinking about illustrating Little Red Riding Hood.
It's obviously a story saturated in cocktail of psychological and cultural meanings - not all of which are 'suitable' for children and consequently there seems to be a wide range of stylistic interpretations of Red and her (sometimes fatal) adventures.

I've been toying with the thought of just how many 'versions' I could come up with and so to that end I'm going to create a new RED for each day during this September and put the results up on this blog daily. I'm planning on scraping together anything I can from illustration, words, paint, photography, CGI, papier-mache etc to try and hit my target and I'm sure some will work better than others but, just as with Red traversing the forest, I might just find out more about myself than I expected.

Jedi Mind trick redux 4

Stormtrooper: Let me see your identification.
Obi-Wan: [with a small wave of his hand] You don't need to see his identification.
Stormtrooper: We don't need to see his identification.
Obi-Wan: These aren't the droids you're looking for.
Stormtrooper: These aren't the droids we're looking for.
Obi-Wan: He can go about his business.
Stormtrooper: You can go about your business.
Obi-Wan: Move along.
Stormtrooper: Move along... move along.
Obi-Wan and Luke move off
Stormtrooper to 2nd trooper: What you looking at me like that for?

Jedi Mind Trick Redux

Stormtrooper: Let me see your identification.
Obi-Wan: [with a small wave of his hand] You don't need to see his identification.
Stormtrooper: We don't need to see his identification.
Obi-Wan: These aren't the droids you're looking for.
Stormtrooper: What?
Obi-Wan: These aren't the Droids you're looking for.
Stormtrooper: Fucking what?
Obi-Wan: These aren't the Droids you're looking for.
Stormtrooper: You trying to tell me my job??
Obi-Wan: [sadly] Shit - I've lost it...I've lost it.
Stormtrooper: I don't have time for this, move along... move along.
Obi-Wan and Luke move off

Come again?

A lovely new layout for your delictation. Hmm - much better. A nice new heading strap too! Oooooo!
Oh dear - I think I've just had a spontaneous emission.

Jedi Mind Trick (redux) 2

Stormtrooper: Let me see your identification.
Obi-Wan: [with a small wave of his hand] You don't need to see his identification.
Stormtrooper: We don't need to see his identification.
Obi-Wan: These aren't the toys you're looking for.
Stormtrooper: These aren't the what we're looking for?
Obi-Wan: These aren't the Droids you're looking for.
Stormtrooper: You said 'Toys'
Obi-Wan: I said Droids.
Stormtrooper: 'Toys' dude
Obi-Wan: I can assure you I said Droids.
Stormtrooper waits a moment then: Hey, you British?
Obi-Wan: [with a angry wave of his hand] Move along!
Stormtrooper: Move along... move along.
Obi-Wan and Luke move off
Stormtrooper to 2nd trooper: Did he sound British to you?

Jedi Mind Trick (redux)

Stormtrooper: Let me see your identification.
Obi-Wan: [with a small wave of his hand] You don't need to see his identification.
Stormtrooper: We don't need to see his identification.
Obi-Wan: These aren't the droids you're looking for.
Stormtrooper: These aren't the droids we're looking for.
Obi-Wan: He can go about his business.
Stormtrooper: You can go about your business.
Obi-Wan: Move along.
Stormtrooper: Move along... move along.
Obi-Wan and Luke move off
Stormtrooper to 2nd trooper: What the fuck happened then?

I want, I'd settle for, I got...

I want the Alien Queen
I'd settle for the creature from 'The Thing'
I'd get 'Alf'

Now there's an alien you want to smack in the mouth.

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Devon Video

2 minutes of lovely Devon courtesy of Wide Eye Communications www.wideeyecom.com

THE URBAN JEDI

It's very satisfying to hummmm gently with a slight pulsating cadence. Thereby creating a soft 'light sabre' effect that you can enjoy in the office, on the train or bus or (if you're feeling mischievous) during important meetings.

I highly recommend it as it not only sooths the soul, it summons The Force, confuses radar, mystifies friends and colleagues and, best of all, provides a subtle internal massage.

My time here is not wasted.

Deeply Moving Story

A friend sent me this moving and heart warming story the other day.....


In 1986, Dan Harrison ( left ) was on holiday inKenya after graduating from Northwestern University

On a hike through the bush, he came across a young bull elephant standing with one leg raised in the air. The elephant seemed distressed, so Dan approached it very carefully.

He got down on one knee and inspected the elephant's foot and found a large piece of wood deeply embedded in it.

As carefully and as gently as he could, Dan worked the wood out with his hunting knife, after which the elephant gingerly put down its foot.

The elephant turned to face the man, and with a rather curious look on its face, stared at him for several tense moments.

Dan stood frozen, thinking of nothing else but being trampled. Eventually the elephant trumpeted loudly, turned, and walked away.

Dan never forgot that elephant or the events of that day.

Twenty years later, Dan was walking through the Chicago Zoo with his teenaged son.

As they approached the elephant enclosure, one of the creatures turned and walked over to near where Dan and his son Dan Jr. were standing..

The large bull elephant stared at Dan, lifted its front foot off the ground, and then put it down. The elephant did that several times then trumpeted loudly, all the while staring at the man.

Remembering the encounter in 1986, Dan couldn't help wondering if this was the same elephant.

Dan summoned up his courage, climbed over the railing and made his way into the enclosure.
He walked right up to the elephant and stared back in wonder.
The elephant trumpeted again, wrapped its trunk around one of Dan's legs and slammed him against the railing, killing him instantly.
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Probably wasn't the same elephant.

Great quotes to ponder

Courtesy of Becca Tame's delightful Facebook page:

"If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you" Oscar Wilde.

"Lemons are the poor mans orange" Ian Bennett

"Touch your inner child at Womb World" Ian Bennett

"Crunchy Nut Cornflakes are just Frosties for wankers" Peep Show

"Maybe I am a big lesbo!!Think not tho cos I love willies!!" Tamsin Pengelly

"I can only take Dick for 45 minutes" Vic Raine

"You never know, cucumbers might have feelings too" Pip Clarke

"You're an aquired taste. Not for general consumption" Ben Tame

"Your default setting is evil" Sue Tame

"Peas. Sent from Jesus to please us" Meryl Reeves

Family Guy

I'm having strange feelings about Lois Griffin.

But then again I've been having those feelings about Trisha Takenawa for some time.

Do you think there may be a term for 'inappropriate feelings for cartoon characters'?
I'm hoping to hear some suggestions.

Will be back with some thoughts shortly :))))) Yabadabadoooooo!