tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19553225.post6087263055522152452..comments2024-03-08T08:56:00.470-05:00Comments on BLARG!: dream jobs part 1tomfowlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08712021416453838869noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19553225.post-3994466719156370012008-03-04T18:17:00.000-05:002008-03-04T18:17:00.000-05:00i actually liked that it was live action. i think...i actually liked that it was live action. i think the material benefits from being routed in some kind of reality. it helps make the weirdness weirder. and, yes, i recognize the irony of me saying that after posting about how i'd like to draw it as a comic. you'll note the people type characters were drawn "realistically"-- (as close as i come anyway...)<BR/><BR/>my worry about an animated version would be that it would give the producers a chance to gear it even further towards kids, which it largely already was (i'm still looking at you kirkpatrick). not to say animation is for kids, but, well... you wouldn't know it if you'd seen an animated feature in the last 50 years...tomfowlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08712021416453838869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19553225.post-68159748373139163192008-03-02T23:07:00.000-05:002008-03-02T23:07:00.000-05:00and it should be done in animation, not life actio...and it should be done in animation, not life actionTobias Schwarzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17589833519940913006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19553225.post-66347041781966494232008-02-28T10:50:00.000-05:002008-02-28T10:50:00.000-05:00thanks, george.i was just a your site last night, ...thanks, george.<BR/><BR/>i was just a your site last night, it's all full of extra nifty...tomfowlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08712021416453838869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19553225.post-70738009507747395722008-02-28T02:05:00.000-05:002008-02-28T02:05:00.000-05:00incredible,incredible,George Cwirko-Godyckihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12194624138229179166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19553225.post-42796654061929190552008-01-28T16:40:00.000-05:002008-01-28T16:40:00.000-05:00that's fair, but remember, by the time they get to...that's fair, but remember, by the time they get to "milliways" (which is only episode 4 in the original series) marvin's had to get there the hard way: waiting a few billion years in the parking lot. at which point he is arguably <I>half</I> as old as the universe itself!<BR/><BR/>... there's also a bit where he goes on about a mouse that crawled <I>into</I> him farily early in his life and died there.<BR/><BR/>... and by the end (<I>his end</I>)in "so long, and thanks for all the fish", he gives that beautiful and actually quite touching soliloqui on how much everyone else sucks, where he reveals that because of everybody's mucking about with time and leaving him places he's now something like 7 (possibly more)times <I>older</I> than the universe.<BR/><BR/>but you are totally right. i'm sure he probably came off the assembly line whining about something.<BR/><BR/>i think that's why i identify with him so well...tomfowlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08712021416453838869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19553225.post-26741948158214876582008-01-28T11:54:00.000-05:002008-01-28T11:54:00.000-05:00Y'know, I've always pictured Marvin as being in ab...Y'know, I've always pictured Marvin as being in absolute perfect condition (or at least starting out that way) because I never imagined him having an actual <I>good</I> reason to whine so much. Interesting.Christine Salterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04843320957662848091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19553225.post-57674887856358997332008-01-24T15:10:00.000-05:002008-01-24T15:10:00.000-05:00only if you weren't being sexy....and i didn't hea...only if you weren't being sexy.<BR/><BR/><I>...and i didn't hear a "no"...</I>tomfowlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08712021416453838869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19553225.post-60138198994014511392008-01-24T15:00:00.000-05:002008-01-24T15:00:00.000-05:00You're such a goddamn pessimist.You're such a goddamn pessimist.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09358762927935063792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19553225.post-56526305832098009442008-01-24T14:06:00.000-05:002008-01-24T14:06:00.000-05:00maybe you should read the "why no one will ever le...maybe you should read the "why no one will ever let me do it" part again, edith...<BR/><BR/>or were you being sexy?tomfowlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08712021416453838869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19553225.post-8347143462914032562008-01-24T13:58:00.000-05:002008-01-24T13:58:00.000-05:00Hot damn!I'M IN!Love,Chip!Hot damn!<BR/>I'M IN!<BR/>Love,<BR/>Chip!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09358762927935063792noreply@blogger.com