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Scholarly-Cimmerian


A guy who loves movies, comic books, video games, as well as stories with colorful talking ponies in them.

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  • 6 days
    I Am Back

    Hey everyone. I'm sorry for being so quiet these past few days, but Internet connections were pretty crappy at both the hotel and at the convention, so I figured I'd just save the big response for when I finally got home and unpacked.

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  • 1 week
    My First Convention

    I'd been meaning to put this up earlier, but well, better late than never.

    Tomorrow and through Sunday, I'll be out of town - my dad and I are going to a convention over in Beckley. Dad's going to be vending a table there to try and sell some books.

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  • 2 weeks
    Thoughts on Harakiri (1962)

    Wow. This was a masterclass in buildup and tension. I knew about Masaki Kobayashi's movie before - a scathing indictment of the samurai and the honor code that they profess to live by - but all the same, watching the movie had me hooked from start to finish. :scootangel:

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  • 2 weeks
    Some More Thoughts on Godzilla x Kong

    This is more of a full-fledged review with some extra observations that sprang to mind, thinking about the movie. For anyone who's interested.

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  • 2 weeks
    Thoughts on Galaxy Quest

    Finally getting around to writing up my thoughts on this one. I had heard plenty of good things about it from my parents, though I had yet to see it. Finally, we rung in the new year by watching "Galaxy Quest" with dinner.

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Dec
25th
2021

Happy Christmas, Everybody · 2:03am Dec 25th, 2021

Just wanted to say that, and let some of my watchers know that I'm still alive.

This has been a busy month for me, but I must admit, it's nice to know that the 25th is almost here. :pinkiesmile:

And as a little mark of celebrating, here - have one of the Christmas specials I used to watch as a kid. :twilightsmile:

"A Garfield Christmas" was on a VHS tape my parents recorded off of a Christmas marathon on CBS when my sister and I were kids. On that old tape were also airings of Frosty the Snowman, and the iconic Chuck Jones version of "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" The Garfield special was the last one on the recording, but it always made for a nice finish in my opinion. For a character who's so known for his laziness and cynicism, the fat orange cat honestly has a very nice display of heart in this particular holiday special. At least in my opinion anyway :scootangel:

Enjoy the cartoon, anybody who chooses to watch it. And Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, to everyone, alright? :twilightsmile:

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Eeee. Merry Christmas, silly! :twilightsmile:

That one is a favorite of mine as well, along with "A Muppet Family Christmas". Both, thankfully, are online if you know where to look.

Now if only I could track down that old VHS copy I have of "The Muppets' Christmas Carol"...

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Merry Christmas, Four. :twilightsmile:


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Nice. :yay:

Yeah, I hear that. We had to get rid of our VHS tapes a while back, and there are definitely quite a few that I really miss. I managed to luck out back in 2019 and find Muppet Christmas Carol on DVD (and a version that had "The Love We Found" as well!) but all the same, there's still something kinda special about those old tapes.

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You lucky soul! I can only hope that the song is on the version available on Disney+ as assorted websites claim, the movie is so much better with it.

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Tell me about it. I was stunned at the time.
And I can only hope so as well. Really, I don't get what some people had against the song in the first place. :rainbowderp: Proof, I suppose, that taste is well and truly subjective.

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From what I understand, the executives wanted it cut from the theatrical version because they felt the little kiddies would be bored.

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Sounds like an executive decision, all right. :pinkiecrazy:

Merry Christmas, my guy.

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Thanks, Shadow. You as well, yeah? :pinkiesmile:

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