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Wednesday, July 11, 2007
How Can We Bring Back Cartoony Cartoons?
It's not trying to compete with live action on its own terms.It uses what cartoons do best-funny magic.
Fun to look at pictures that do crazy things.
Characters with funny personalities and distinct funny voices. (Listen to the voices in that Ratatouille clip! Is there anything remotely distinct about them?)
This whole blog is dedicated to bringing back real cartoons. There are still many real cartoonists alive today who could do this really fun type of animation but there is no studio that will take advantage of them.
It's also hard to learn how to be cartoony, when nothing in the media is anymore and there are no schools that teach it. That's why it's great that there are so many blogs that are making a whole new generation of cartoonists aware that drawing can actually be really fun.
Wouldn't it be great to look look forward to coming to work every day and be able to actually use your imagination and think up ways to make people really laugh and pleasure their senses?
The reason I put up modern animation styles and make fun of them is to contrast them to this fun stuff. To really show how hugely different the philosophies are.
I'm not against having other types of animation on the planet, I would just like to have a reasonable % of cartoons doing what they do best.
The Pixars and Dreamworks and Disneys could exist if they wanna make the same films over and over again. If they want to abandon all cartoon tradition, fine.
But some smart studio oughta make room for real cartoons and really funny cartoonists and let them loose to actually use their imaginations.
If someone put 10% of the money that they spend on animated features or prime time animated shows into an unashamed cartoon studio, that studio would clean up. I think it would largely kill at least all the Pixar and Simpsons imitators.
Maybe the next generation of cartoonists will see all these possibilities on the blogs and then do what's so obviously fun and right.
BTW, if you click the label "cartoony" below it will take you to other posts about particularly cartoony cartoonists.
Isn't it crazy that we have to add an adjective to cartoons so that you will recognize the ones who actually draw cartoony?
I'll put up the clips from these scenes this weekend so you can see how much the animation is.
66 comments:
- katzenjammer studios said...
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- katzenjammer studios said...
Thank John for the post, it was a nice and inspiring way to start my day working on a non-cartoony show. The Mighty B seems like it is in the right direction but what do I have to do to change the culture? Would pitching to Random Cartoons who take more of a risk on first time creators help. Or do you just have to do it independently to save your sanity? I've found that most people here just see their work as a job and dont care about revitalizing cartoons. They dont draw at lunch or even watch cartoons as much as I can tell. I won't let them extinguish my spark but what does it take to reignite theirs? I dont want this job to turn me bitter. What do I do?
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- JohnK said...
Hi Katzenjammer
where do you work?
- Ryan G. said...
>But some smart studio oughta make room for real cartoons and really funny cartoonists and let them loose to actually use their imaginations.<
You are that smart studio John..
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- peldma3 said...
wow this sums it all up nicely with-out being mean to anybody!
Great post,... I think will see some good NEW cartoons soon!
here's my theory:
the reason for non-cartoony cartoons nowadays because most of the really popular cartoons like Simpsons, South Park, Family Guy are all for "adults" and they don't think that cartoony-type gags will be liked by adults. Looney Toons and Ren & Stimpy are probably the most successful cartoony cartoons, and they were both considered children's shows. Whereas shows like the Flintstones were more like sitcoms, and were watched by adults as well.
the theory then trickles down into cartoons that actually are for kids, they don't want to come off as too young, because kids today want to be little adults and have cellphones and ipods instead of toys of cartoon doggies.
what do you think?
- Sean Worsham said...
I'm sorry Katzenjammer :(
Maybe you should work on videogames,
the schedules aren't too tight and you get to go home and do your own thing. I like making my own cartoons (no one can tell me what's good as most peoples opinions suck and has no relation to cartoons but LIVE ACTION!) and then I like to show my cartoons online where people who appreciate it can watch it regardless. C'mon Katz you can do it! I know how you feel.
- JohnK said...
How does that explain animated features?
- peldma3 said...
to Katzenjammer-
I draw baby cartoons for sesame street and other boring stuff like that that's been done a hundred times, for what reason they need to do the owl and the pussycat AGAIN I don't understand ? .... But, I can't wait for a spare second where I can work on my own stuff!... I draw at work and come home and draw some more...I pitched a bunch of shows to the networks unsolicited , "I'm working on one now "... They kindly rejected them and even told me what they WERE looking for. , But it doesn't stop me!
I think if you want to make something happen , and nobodies doing it ... try it yourself.. the worst that can happen is ... nothing.
If you want to work on your own stuff , you won't stop !
- Kali Fontecchio said...
Sure we'll bring back cartoony cartoons.....really sloooooowly.
Popeye has to be the most uninuqe character, well besides Olive Oyl!
I think animated features somewhat suffer from wanting to be more adult too, but because they want to appeal to adults as well. for features they ALWAYS mention, "Hey this is the cartoon the whole family can enjoy!" the kids will love it and there's some sexual innuendo jokes in there for mom and dad too that Jr. won't understand!
The second part of the theory on movies, is the damn 3d modeling. its too technical, anyone can't pick it up like drawing with a pencil, from what I know of the process, (I've had a class in Maya and Cinema 4D, which I hated both) it seems to me like more of a tool for creating realistic concepts of a building or automobiles, than to make good cartoons with. I'm sure there are some skilled people out there that could force the medium to do cartoony things, but they don't seem to be working for the movie industry, if at all.
and because you have to learn such an amazingly complex program to even start modeling, it probably ends up being a bunch of computer nerds doing it who aren't that artistic. (I have another theory that great programmers aren't often great designers as well and vice versa).
The holy grail of 3d animation seems to be, how realistic can you get your stuff to look. Look at the backgrounds in that new Ratatouille trailer posted on here earlier, it looks like cartoon mice running around in REAL backgrounds. And people always try to post their models of humans online that look completely real but WHAT! ITS A 3D MODEL?!?! WOW!!!
To me, we already have real people and real cars and buildings, why do we need to build and animate fakes ones? Yet for some reason, this is what impresses people at the movies currently.
- Peter F. Bernard, Jr. said...
Slightly off-topic, but I was looking at public domain cartoons on americafree.tv last night and half the cartoons they showed were done by Tytla and Germanetti. Famous Studios stuff, very different style, but some hot chicks in the cartoons here and there that were cool.
- Peter Welsiack said...
Hi John!
That close-up you just posted from Date to Skate is George Germanetti's animation without a doubt! I heard from a friend that Bob Jaques had identified the animator of the scene.
Your #1 Fan,
Peter Welsiack
- Shawn said...
>>The Pixars and Dreamworks and Disneys could exist if they wanna make the same films over and over again. If they want to abandon all cartoon tradition, fine. But some smart studio oughta make room for real cartoons and really funny cartoonists and let them loose to actually use their imaginations.<<
THANK YOU!!! That's exactly how I feel! If people like the Disney and Dreamworks stuff they are doing now (and I don't know why anyone would), then that's just fine...but whattabout people like me who like cartoony stuff? I have NOTHING to enjoy anymore. Why does there ONLY have to be one way of doing features now, and why the Hell does EVERY friggin' movie have to be CG from now until the end of time? At least if they mixed it up a little, then the people who don't dig that style might have SOMETHING to look foreward to.
Thank God some of the cartoons from the 30's and 40's are being released on DVD, so I can at least enjoy something. If it wasn't for that, I'd probably just assume I hate cartoons.
- Jeremy said...
I get allot of info from your blog but it seems like sometimes I have to take things with a grain of salt.
It seems like you're really against the way things are run in nowadays in the cartoon world. And would love to see things how they used to be.
do you think cartoons should always look like they did in the 30, 40 and 50s?
do you think all characters should look, act and animate like the examples you give on this blog?
should they all be funny and entertaining?
I'm not trying to come off rude or anything.
I read your blog everyday and sometimes I think that animation should really carry a vibe of something special instead of just a pie in the face.
maybe if it means something to the animator then it will mean something to the public.
.. or maybe I'm talking out of my butt.
- JohnK said...
Hi Jeremy,
Thanks for your comment, but I have to say I'm baffled that anyone would defend blandness.
>>do you think cartoons should always look like they did in the 30, 40 and 50s?<<
That would be a lot more variety than we have now.
I'm tired of seeing the same thing over and over again and crave some creativity.
Do my cartoons look like the 30s to you? They were a new "style" but I followed the tradition of using the medium that most animators did back then. That's not restrictive. What we have today is extremely restrictive.
should they all be funny and entertaining?<<
Heavens no, they should be bland and boring.
>>I doubt any of that formula stuff means anything to the animators besides a regular paycheck. It probably means something to the tasteless executives who rework it to death.
Thanks again. George Germanetti's the man then!
- Charles said...
It would be much easier to make a cartoony or edgy TV show than a major studio movie. All of those cost so much to make that they won't put anything in there that people haven't seen before. There might be cartoony gags in a couple of these movies but they'll be gags everybody is familiar with. There hasn't been a hugely successful animated picture for adults except for spin-offs of TV shows.
It's a shame that there's never been a cartoony animated movie, except for a few independent ones. The mind boggles to think what Clampett would have done if he'd had an hour and a half instead of seven minutes. If he'd made a movie things would be a lot different.
- JohnK said...
>>There might be cartoony gags in a couple of these movies but they'll be gags everybody is familiar with.<<
and then they'll stage them with the wrong angle. Some Spielberg live action angle that kills the gag.
>>All of those cost so much to make that they won't put anything in there that people haven't seen before.<<
That doesn't assure their success. Look at all the bombs. They might as well make them entertaining and increase the chances of success.
- Jeremy said...
>>should they all be funny and entertaining?<<
.. yeah that sounds weird, what I meant was should they all be slapstick and stuff?
would you appreciate a cartoon that isn't funny?
- JohnK said...
>>would you appreciate a cartoon that isn't funny?<<
I haven't yet.
I like lots of live action that is "serious". But it's entertaining.
It's boring I hate. Not unfunny.
Slapstick is not the only kind of funny cartoon. Good funny drawings does not equal merely slapstick.
- PCUnfunny said...
Katzenjammer: You pour soul.
- BrianMORANTE said...
You make some really good points here, John. Something I've wondered over the last few years, where is the next generation of funny cartoonists going to come from? I learned by watching looney tunes, hanna barbara, popeye, and eventually ren and stimpy. A lot of those shows were on tv every day or every week for me but now (unless you have super deluxe cable, or buy $50 dvds)they are nearly non exsistent for kids. Every kid I meet today that draws cartoons is either drawing yu-gi-oh or drawing in "butch hartman style".
With all the technology we have access to and a world wide distributor the best way to bring back cartoony cartoons is everyones gotta start makin' them yourselves. Thats what I'm doin', but as Kali said above, "rreaaallly slooowwly".
- PCUnfunny said...
EVAN: A need for animated features trying to be adult isn't the reason why they suck. There were plently of adult jokes in the old cartoons.They reason why these animated features suck is because they are artistically bankrupt.
- Kris said...
I think the big problem here is money. They spend so much making kind of dull but moderately successful CG movies that they're reluctant to put money into anything else.
I hope Disney's 2D animation unit starts doing well again. If it does, maybe more studios would be open to 2D shorts or features, and someone might be willing to bankroll funny cartoons.
And I think Ratatouille looks like a cute movie. I'm sure it won't be very funny and it won't have an ingenious plot or acting, but it will be cute. Bad trailer, though.
- peldma3 said...
it would be cool if a bunch of like minded anitmators or small studios would put together a modern fantasia like cartoony cartoon.
each team would make their own short and put them together into a film.
- Ryan G. said...
>its too technical, anyone can't pick it up like drawing with a pencil, from what I know of the process, (I've had a class in Maya and Cinema 4D, which I hated both) it seems to me like more of a tool for creating realistic concepts of a building or automobiles, than to make good cartoons with.<
Its a skill. It takes awile to get good at modeling. Taking one class of Maya probably was frustrating for you, as it is for most. If you took one drawing class you would be ready to make 2d cartoons? Being able to model extremely well might take 3-4 years..while drawing extremely well definitly takes longer.(a life time for some) Maya is great for organic cartoony stuff..3D Studio Max for architecture and hard edge stuff.. You can make whatever you want in either program.
>it probably ends up being a bunch of computer nerds doing it who aren't that artistic.<
You would kill to have a fraction of the talent some of these 3D animator have. Its the same principles of 2D.
Its either sitting in front of a computer all day or sitting in front of a drawing desk.. We are all nerds with things we are passionate about.
The thing is, 3d still cant do everything 2D can..I do agree, alot of 3d needs improvement, but its not all crap.
- Thom said...
Hi John,
I'm all for bringing back real cartoon shorts, but I don't think it would work very well in feature length films, because in order to capture our attention for that long we need a little more than funny drawings and slapstick (to be overly simplistic). We have to care about the characters and that's hard to do without some pathos. I'm in agreement that the character designs were generally more interesting in the past, and that we've overdone the "realistic" style of animation. Looking at the extended clip from Ratatouille really brings this in sharp relief. You're absolutely right -- we can't compete with live actors, so why try so hard? Having worked in feature animation for years, I can attest that it takes at least 10 times as long to animate this way than in the classic cartoon way. It gets quite dull to polish, polish, polish those f-curves all day long. So, yeah, I'm all for using the animated medium to its fullest extent, which means to me having lots of variety and going beyond verisimilitude of reality.
In a cartoon you can do anything! So why do we limit ourselves so much?
- Marcelo Souza said...
I think that all boils down to human insecurity. Most people in this business don't know what they are talking about and can't see "real" quality if hits them in the face. They are waiting form someone else's opinion to form their "own". I had directors who loved my stuff in private just to trash it a few minutes later when the show's creator didn't like it for some particular reason. The boss's ass kissing that you have to hear everyday is vomit inducing. People tend to be competitive and mean also and they will use anything to put you down, so young cartoonists out there, don't be discouraged! Just wait and see when a truly good cartoony show breaks trough everyone is going to jump on the bandwagon, just like what happened with R & S.
- JohnK said...
>>because in order to capture our attention for that long we need a little more than funny drawings and slapstick (to be overly simplistic).<<
Hi Thom
I can't believe how many times I have to answer this.
These movies have LESS character and depth than old shorts.
They are BORING. If an audience has to sit through a long period of time you should make things more exciting and fun than a short, not less.
How do people actually justify the argument that because features are longer they have to be less interesting?
Filler is filler.
I have never argued to make everything the same way. Quite the opposite.
What we get now is everything the same way.
- I.D.R.C. said...
We have to care about the characters and that's hard to do without some pathos.
I care about Bugs and Daffy. I root for them on a subconscious level, as my alter-egos. Bambi's mother got killed and I didn't care one bit.
cartoony cartoons are what made me as a kid, want to become a cartoonist/animator. i tend to be of the opinion that kids don't know what funny cartoons are because they don't get to see them anymore. my daughter loves to watch looney tunes, felix, flintstones, and especially anything made by Tex Avery. she always laughs her butt off. she doesn't understand why other kids would rather watch two "cartoon" characters fighting each other endlessly instead of watching Foghorn Leghorn spank a dog with a stick.
- Paul B said...
John, if one of these days you make a feature, it would be a completely new experience for all! a movie without filling, just fun.
i hope that i be still alive to see it
- Mr. Semaj said...
Has anyone noticed in the first Popeye image has has NO teeth? :-/
The better question would be "How Can We Make Cartoons FUN Again?" I've seen a lot of current cartoons, whether or not they're "cartoony", that have great concepts, but the hosting companies make them boring (The Wild Thornberrys, Juniper Lee) or annoying as hell (The Proud Family).
- DTN said...
Thanks for posting these great Popeye stills and clips , John.
Weird how the Fleischer films were generally looked down upon by many of the West Coast animators . A comment made by Bob McKimson in an interview comes to mind :
"we tried to learn from Disney... but we would never look up to anything like Terrytoons or what Fleischer was doing. Popeye cartoons are terrible. They look like a child drew them."
-Robert McKimson, 1977
- Matt Greenwood said...
All of those cost so much to make that they won't put anything in there that people haven't seen before.
I agree. I think a lot of this is due to cost. The bigger the industry, the more money they're dealing with, the more people working on something, the more the studio is gambling with, the less risks they'll take. I doubt Dreamworks can afford to take any risks and offend the massive group of idiots that are going to see what they loved about the first two movies.
It's the same with films. Blockbusters are rarely as good as lower budget films because the studios will take less interest in interfering because they're not risking as much money. And all of these Disney movies and CGI movies must cost loads to make because the result is totally playing it safe.
Dispite whether people think doing it the right way will make more money, it's hard to deny that a big budget will end up watering down a cartoon because executives who don't want to take any risks.
- Roberto González said...
Well, that's more I like it.;)
Now, I really like you mentioned the voices, that whole famous actor thing has gone too far. Classic cartoons or even some TV cartoons have distinct voices and they really add a lot to the characters. I won't like Homer more if , I don't know, Bobby De Niro or someone would make the voice...if Bobby De Niro can make a distinct voice then fine, but probably there is someone who is not well known that can provide a more unusual voice.
Looney Tunes look totally great but it wasn't until I started watching them in english that I fully understood the characters. The spanish dubbing was ok-ish, but Mel Blanc WAS everyone of those characters, it was amazing, it is really surprising how different is Daffy's from Sylvester's character with a so similar voice.
Mr. K I love you blog as it keeps me in high hopes that my son wont live in world without cartoons that are happy being toons like when I was growing up. How can I work for you? You share the same ideas and philosophies that I feel are true in cartoons and I couldnt think of anything better than to work for you. I'm a doodler and have a lot of drawings and can submit you art if you'd like. PLEASE let me know how I can work for you or a cartoon company like yours. Thank you so much. I am willing to move to work for you and my wife supports me 1000%
- Bob Flynn said...
You hit the nail on the head. Animation should be fun and imaginative. I'm an illustrator, but i get a lot of my inspiration from cartoony cartoons of the 20s and 30s. And I hack my way as a Flash animator. The reason why I animate is to bring absurd drawings and ideas to life.
- Rodrigo said...
Hey JK,
I've posted one of ten interstitials on my blog. Take a gander if you wish.
- Andy J. Latham said...
Hi John, what do you think about Disney going back to animated shorts? I realise that their style isn't the same as the Popeye one you used in this post, but it's got to be a good move for animation hasn't it?
- Oliver_A said...
In my opinion, Disney should not continue to make hand animated films. I think they screwed up very badly in the 90's and 00's and I personally hold them responsible that animated feature films are said to be boring, bland and unexciting. And it won't get better considering the story of "The Frog Princess". The same shit as usual.
You know what animation also can do? It also can have a very poetic side. I'm not talking about Disney. Disney is unimaginative, dishonest and full of clichees.
No, I am talking about people like Hayao Miyazaki, whose animated features, IMHO, stomp every modern Disney production deeply into the ground. The artwork is beautiful in those movies, and he manages to create a serious, exciting, animated universe, making you dream. Spirited Away and Howls's Moving Castle blow every animated western feature of the 21st century away, including all this CGI crap.
John, what is your opion about Miyazaki? Can animation be fascinating and beautiful while remaining "serious", non cartoony?
- Gabriel said...
You would kill to have a fraction of the talent some of these 3D animator have. Its the same principles of 2D.
That's a big stretch. I've modeled a lot, mostly in 3d studio max, before getting fed up with cg. Whenever I miss 3d, you know what i go back to? CLAY! There's no comparison, there's nothing artistic in worrying about vertices and vectors, that part should be invisible to the modeler. The technical side of cg is still a big obstacle to many artistically oriented individuals. It prevents them from doing their best andit scares them away altoghether. I happen to like computers and have no problem memorizing hundreds of keyboard shortcuts, but many people are not like that. Many people who kick ass in "real" sculpture are not like that, and i have yet to see a software that makes it easy and intuitive to them. Z-brush is a little better, but there's still a lot of room for improvement.
- Ramon said...
Hi John,
From my own recent experience with CGI and Maya, doing cartoony characters is QUITE complicated.
With a pencil, you don't have other phisical constraint other than the screen borders. Models in 3D have serious constraints in terms of squashing and stretching. deformation abilities. I can tell, because I tried, and it was horrible.
So it is with other kinds of animation. Stop-motion or cut-out.
So far, the nearest-to-cartoon production I've seen was Madagascar (and wasn't that good, either).
Have you seen anything in CGI that you could tell "this is *near* what I'd like"?
- Roberto González said...
>>Blockbusters are rarely as good as lower budget films because the studios will take less interest in interfering because they're not risking as much money. And all of these Disney movies and CGI movies must cost loads to make because the result is totally playing it safe.
Dispite whether people think doing it the right way will make more money, it's hard to deny that a big budget will end up watering down a cartoon because executives who don't want to take any risks.>>
Definitely. That's entirely the problem. We need more animated movies without a blockbuster philosophy, but good enough to make money. It's funny how in the old days of cinema they could both do a commercial movie that was also a masterpiece, and now they usually won't, though there is some movies tagged as "independent" that finally make pretty good in box office.
I think it should not be "independent" films or "blockbusters", only good and bad films, all movies should be more or less equal in advertising (or at least the differences should not be so big) and we won't give a shit about how much they have spent in the making. But apparently it's too idealistic to think like that.
- Tibby said...
I really wish I could be in a studio and lend my talents to the pool. I am brimming with good ideas and have the talent to boot. But for some reason nobody hires me. And there aren't any jobs or studios where I live. Most are in Canada or in CA where you are Mr. K.
I am an extrordinarily talented cartoonist - always learning how to improve my techniques. And I can animate traditionaly - on paper, with pencil and ink, not a computer. Well - the computer assembles the animation for me ... but other than that - I try to avoid the Flash tween formula.
I would really give my spleen, liver, intestines ... anything to be able to work with someone like you Mr. K. And work on cartoons. But ... Like I said - no jobs and I always get passed up for someone else. It's a fiercly competitive market - and I really don't know what to do about it anymore. :(
At least you keep the spirit alive!
- Tibby said...
Hmmm - some of the problem I think with the feature films (like Shrek and Ratatuolle- can't spell)
Is that the marketing department rules - not the animators or cartoonists. And that they put a huge chunk of money into getting semi-famous actors to do the voices. You know - from the sound aspect (and sound has a lot to do with cartoons), there are some just as talented , lesser known voice actors out there that can voice a character just as well as a "famous actor, A-List celebrity" type. BUT - the producer thinks that an A-List celebrity is what draws ppl to the film - not the art. It's a very bad case of mis-understanding of everything on their parts.
CG is not the downfall of cartoons. It is merely a different medium to work with. Anyone with enough drive can learn how to adapt 2D to 3D and do it well. There is a division between 2D artists and 3D artists - and they don't get along very well. But - if they did, their artwork qualities would greatly improve all around. Don't blame technology or CGI because it is not the culprit. The computer is merely a tool - like a pencil or a paintbrush, no matter what dimension you use with it. I can create both mediums - although I prefer 2D. But I use 3D lessons and a stage in my head in 3dimensions when I make a 2D cartoon. Sculpting is something every 2D artist should try - it really helps with perspective and depth.
Not all cartoons have to be wacky old style WB from the 30s. You can make more serious epics in animation. Anime' does it all the time, Akira is the best example of making a serious storyline. It is how one uses their talent and applies it that makes the show compelling.
- Thom said...
JohnK said:
"These movies have LESS character and depth than old shorts.
They are BORING. If an audience has to sit through a long period of time you should make things more exciting and fun than a short, not less."
I emphatically agree with you, with the only exception being the Pixar films, which for all their faults, still manage to be fun to watch (at least for nearly all my non-animator friends -- I'm somewhat jaded myself). I agree that these could be much better by following the advise you give here.
All I was clumsily trying to get at in my post was that a feature length Road Runner cartoon, for instance, would lose most people's interest after 30 minutes or so. I don't think this is what you're advocating, so maybe my point is moot.
Anyways, I encourage you to keep offering an alternative to the current animation rut we're in. We can do much, much better.
- Ryan G. said...
>>The technical side of cg is still a big obstacle to many artistically oriented individuals. It prevents them from doing their best andit scares them away altoghether.<<
I dont see the argument here...So if something is hard to learn then really talented people just give up? Thats BS. It seems like to me, really talented artistiic people go out of their way to learn what needs to be learned in order to better themselves at whatever medium they are working with. Unfortunatly, 3D software isnt something you can pickup overnight, like you can with drawing, or painting, or sculpting, or Photoshop or FLash, or Painter right?
Learning 3D will improve your drawing skills, just like sculpting with clay. If you animate with it, it will improve your 2D animation skills as well. Animating in 3D stresses pose to pose (keyframing), working with arcs, squash and stretch, follow through, secondary actions, timing, etc..
- Eddie Fitzgerald said...
RyanG: In my opinion the industry rushed to computers too fast. They're the future of animation no doubt, but current programs are clunky, expensive and labor-intensive.
I pity the poor kid in Kansas who wants to draw at his kitchen table. Cartooning used to be a kind of grass-roots art of the people. Now it's the art of kids who can afford high-powered computers, expensive programs, $1500 cintiques, extensive courses, etc.
Imagine how far Impressionism would have gotten if tubes of paint had been $500 apiece.
I'm glad to hear that your drawing skill actually improved by using 3D programs but I know a number of people who were harmed by it. Thanks to 3D, drawing skills are considered obsolete in some circles.
John - I agree a 100% that a "cartoony" studio would kick butt. Working at Cartoon Network on Fosters with Pringle has allowed us to push Flash in a more cartoony direction, but nowhere near the classics.
I find it odd that when Roger Rabbit exploded on the box office and Ren and Stimpy redefined tv cartoons that there was a quick abandonment to that sensibilty.
You have the power to make the change. You should finish your curriculum, have students pay you for your training by having them work on scenes for your feature. Find a way of segmenting those into shorts, get a sponsor to buy screen time at arthouse theatres to put their logo and intro to your short. get audiences excited about cartoons again, get the feature done and get it distributed. You have revenue from students and sponsors to make your feature, then you exploit it an own the rights and rake in the cash.
Students benefit with real training and credit on an animated feature plus those same sponsors could have creative product placement in the feature. If I had your standing and following - that's what I'd do.
- Jay said...
Ryan G,
It scares them away from 3d because they have to focus on all this technical crap that has absolutely nothing to do with ART!
Why should I have to learn how to paint weight maps just so the arm will bend the way I want it to? And THEN I have to create corrective blend shapes, because the weight map alone makes the bend in the arm look unnatural?
Why should I bother with all that technical b.s. when I can simply draw it correctly from the get go?
If I want to do something 3d, I'll go with stopmotion. A wire armature will bend the latex puppet right from the get go.
With 3d I'm more focused on topology, weight maps, texture maps, rigging, scripting, all the fake gi, radiosity, lighting tricks. It's ridiculous! It's months before you can even begin to start animating, and even once you get to that point, you're limited! You can't do anything you want with your character! You're dependant on the rig you made. If you want to do something else that the rig won't support, you have to program another one! And you may have to create a whole new mesh, and weight maps, and blend shapes.
Tell me how all that technical stuff would be enjoyable to an artist?
3d was the first animation I got into, and now, it's the last type I would ever touch. It helped me appreciate how straight forward basically ALL OTHER FORMS of animation are. Other forms allow me to focus on the art, none of these technical steps that are required for someone working with 3d.
- Thomas said...
Popeye and Olive should have reproduced. You can bet the result would NOT resemble anything like Swee' Pea -- it would make the baby in "Eraserhead" look cute. This fine commercial hook is exactly what King Features should condone onscreen to bring those characters back.
- Tibby said...
I learned a smidgen of 3D in art school, and it was mostly geared to modeling for computer games. The 3D programs are full of complex math, vector points, and angles. But so is the real world. I'm also a hobbyist sculptor and can make a product from a drafting program like a simple Logo Keychain. If you play a lot of MMORPGs like Warcraft, you can get a feel for this. I know many game designers, and they know "simple triganomarty". My signifigant other is a Mechanical Test Engineer. It is not hard to start to learn a new trade or a gain a new perspective. It just takes effort and the willingness to adapt.
Mr. K, you wrote the single most important line in cartoon/entertainment history:
"If you want to survive, you have got to adapt". Muddy Mudskipper.
I forced myself to learn how to animate in Flash. I read thru the tutorials and developed a process that works for me. For animators who want to make Flash cartoons, but cannot get used to the interface of the program. I suggest TOON BOOM. It is a Flash program that is geared more towards the traditional animator's workspace. Using traditional animation terms and dope-sheet style planning. Some of the older traditionalists might find that program more to their liking. There is no mystery to it. And you can "ghetto" it and get along just fine without a $1500 Cintique. I Ghetto my animation with just my scanner and my tablet.
It all comes down to how much effort one applies. Not what tool you use. 3D artists have got a lot of usefull ideas to share. And they would like to learn some 2D ideas too.
btw That Fosters Friends cartoon on CN absolutely sucks. I hate the geometric, tweened, flat, typicaly Flash toon style. I was bored to death trying to watch 1 episode. It represents all that is bad with Flash cartoonism. It gives Flash toons a bad representation of what they could be.
Sorry Im so harsh , I suppose that hurts me - but I'm thru with namby-pambying around the opinion. I'm surprised that MY traditional art skills are thrown in the trash over the style of something like that Fosters Friends cartoon. It makes me ill, physicaly ill, like a blow to the gut.
I shall be ducking now - I am about to get punched ;)
- Roberto González said...
I actually love Foster's cartoon. It has great dialogue and entertaining stories. Everything is based on the characters and feels very natural. It's equally entertaining for adults and kids. Best cartoon on tv right now IMO.
Visually it's a little in the limit of being too rigid and geometrical, and it can even have some (little) resemblances to South Park, but they use fun and exaggerated expressions in context every now and then and the colors are beautiful.
It is clearly not using all the range of expressions they could use and they eventually forget rules like the line of action in some characters cause they don't move so much. But the designs are good, it's only that some characters just don't change their posture very much. Though when they actually do you can see the people working on the show knows how to draw good and funny expressions.
- Ryan G. said...
Gabriel, Eddie and Jay:
Hey guys, I agree with all the technical mumbo jumbo that goes on with 3D programs. Its very time consuming and not always artistically rewarding. No one gets into the industry wanting to be a rigger or paint weights for a living, but thats where you start off. I think we may be going off on a tangent here anyway.. Im not trying to defend 3D to the death or anything, I really like animating in 2D better. Learning to model could help some understand 3 dimentional form better and animating in 3D will help them become a better 2D animators. The fact is though, that we are all going to have to learn new programs like Flash, Photoshop, ToonBoom, After Effects, or 3D programs. Having an extensive knowledge of programs will only better you, and allow you to do more with your cartoons and animations.
- I.D.R.C. said...
I find Foster's unwatchable. Whatever might be good about it I can't stay long enough to find out.
The motion is so boring, it sucks the life right outta me.
- Mr. Semaj said...
I just completed one urban planning course where we were given projects involving the use of Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and Macromedia Flash.
All of those programs, particularly Photoshop, are complicated, and it seems to depend of what the actual project is as to whether or not it's worth trying. So far, the best one would be InDesign.
- Jim Rockford said...
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- Jim Rockford said...
John,you hit the nail on the head,what we have NOW is rigid and confining!
there is very little being done creativly now,everthing is very formulaic,a rehash,just do the same thing that sold the last time over and over just change the names and locations,this is true of not just cartoons,but in the entire entertainment industy,and product design fields as well,to the excutives this is just a bussiness,and as long as the public keeps eating the same dog food they keep dishing out,they dont see any need to be creative.
Take cars for example,back in the 50's and 60's (the late 50's especially) the designer was king,you could tell each car and model apart from the others.creativity was important back then.look at how stunning and dramatic Virgil Exners Forward Look cars are! nowadays the cars all look alike,the only difference is the name badge they slap on them.
Everything is very formula driven,uninspired and boring,yet we have people out there that still blindy think we have progressed just because they dont have the abilty to descriminate between daring and fun,and boring bland but modern.
They're plugging the hell out of the new shrek movie on tv,and if what theyve shown to entice us into going to the theatres in the commercials actually works it proves how this formula works.
- Jim Rockford said...
<"the reason for non-cartoony cartoons nowadays because most of the really popular cartoons like Simpsons, South Park, Family Guy are all for "adults" and they don't think that cartoony-type gags will be liked by adults. Looney Toons and Ren & Stimpy are probably the most successful cartoony cartoons, and they were both considered children's shows. Whereas shows like the Flintstones were more like sitcoms, and were watched by adults as well.">
That show is nothing but one fart joke and pop culture reference after the other! All Seth MacFarlane did was attempt to one up the Simpsons by being more offensive than them.
that show has really set a new low even for Fox.
why is it that crude humor,pointless pop culture references and the use of profanity ever few seconds for shock value is all it seems it takes to have a hit show now.
everyone is doing the same damn thing!
I personally dont think most intelligent adults think real "cartoony" cartoons are for children,
Ren and Stimpy was fantastic and funny,it was slightly subversive and it appealed to both adults and children,much like soupy sales and the three stooges do.
What about cartoons like "red hot riding hood" they could be both cartoony and "adult" at the same time?
Shows like South Park,The Simpsons,Family Guy and its clone American Dad are lazy cartoons for todays jaded "I gotta hear something offensive every minute" generation,they simply appeal to the lowest common denominator and bring nothing creative or original to animation.
they are written like present day sitcoms,they just toss out cynical, ironic ,foul mouthed, in your face remarks about society and spout pop culture references every minute or so in an attempt to seem "hip".
they are blunt and offensive rather than being inventive to be funny.
I would think the publics enchantment with this crap would be have worn off by now.
20 years from now those shows are going to fall apart.
The kind of people who would dismiss real cartoons as kiddie entertainment are the same morons who refuse to watch a show because it's black and white and doesnt have a hip-hop soundtrack,or has a plot that requires them to have an attention span of greater than 2 seconds.
I am sick of attitude and sarcasm everywhere I look,everyones doing the same show!lets make some cartoons that are funny and fun to watch again!!
I am so sick and tired of this present trend,even the commercials are all sarcastic and smart assed,nobody even pays attetion to them anymore.
"the reason for non-cartoony cartoons nowadays because most of the really popular cartoons like Simpsons, South Park, Family Guy are all for "adults" and they don't think that cartoony-type gags will be liked by adults."
Uhh... no other show on TV right now has "cartoonier gags" than South Park, and that's a fact. Even if you hate it, they do things on that show that can't happen in real life.
A woman goes into rehab. The rehab is shown as a literal revolving door, with people in a huge line going in at the same time people are coming out in perpetual motion.
A family with butts for faces.
Someone blows up a building by putting marshmallow peeps in the microwave on Easter. "PEEEPS!!!"
A talking, dancing, and singing poo. And his family.
Cartman sits on a two humped camel, or so it seems. When he gets off it reforms into a one humped came. Cartman was just really, really fat.
Cartman kisses Osama Bin Laden on the mouth and smashes him with a giant hammer.
Cartman dresses up like a beautiful arabian princess to seduce OSama, and Osama falls in love, his eyeballs pop out of his heads, and his 7 foot long tongue unrolls out on the floor and rolls up like window blinds. He then kisses his love: THE CAMEL!!
After being blown up, Osama's teeth fall out to the tune of "America the Beautiful"
Need anymore evidence? Adults love cartoony gags.
- Roberto González said...
Jim, The Simpsons have some flaws and John K. has already pointed some of them before, but this criticism can't be applied; cheap offensive stuff for the sake of having it has never been the philosophy of the show, not even in its worst episodes. Despite all the Bart Simpson fever during the early 90's, they don't try to be "hip" either, they usually avoid doing episodes about things that won't be remembered in the future.
In fact, one could argue that Ren and Stimpy APC was more offensive than The Simpsons and even Family Guy. The difference is that in APC you didn't know how things were going to turn out, while FG is all about boring and predictable gags, the most offensive part of the joke is how unimaginative it is.
- VertMB said...
hehehe Popeye with boobs!


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The ASM Undergraduate Research Fellowship (URF) is aimed at highly competitive students who wish to pursue graduate careers (Ph.D. or MD/Ph.D) in microbiology. Students will have the opportunity to conduct full time research at their home institutions with an ASM member and present research results at the ASM General Meeting the following year.
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As the Miami Marlins unveiled their gauche new ballpark last winter, proud team president David Samson oddly pointed out that the outside portion of the place did not have any right angles.
"That's the way (owner) Jeffrey Loria wanted it," Samson said.
A short time later the Marlins learned that they had not made any of the right moves in an effort to revamp the moribund franchise.
That's what led to the firing of manager Ozzie Guillen after one season as well as the latest Marlins' roster purge Tuesday night. Among others, the Marlins traded shortstop Jose Reyes and star pitchers Josh Johnson and Mark Buehrle to the Toronto Blue Jays.
They were moves that mystified Miami's remaining veterans and assured that the Marlins will stink again in 2013.
"Alright, I'm pissed off!!! Plain & Simple," outfielder Giancarlo Stanton tweeted.
All of this should come as great news to the Phillies.
Without making any major moves this offseason, the Phillies' chances of returning to the postseason in 2013 should have already improved considerably.
As Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. continues to ponder ways to upgrade his roster, he already has a team that should be able to put at least five more games in the win column.
The Phillies went 10-8 against the Marlins in 2012 and 8-10 against the Mets. Their record against the N.L. East was 33-39. Given how bad the Marlins are going to be next season and how terrible the Phillies played against the Mets, they should pick up at least five games in the standings by consistently beating those two teams.
It's true that the rest of the division is also going to have the opportunity to beat up on the wretched Marlins, but the two wild-card system put in place last year gives an advantage to the teams that have the league's worst team in their division.
At this point, the three best teams in the N.L. East are the Phillies, Washington and Atlanta and that does not figure to change regardless of what the Mets do this offseason. It's conceivable the Marlins could go 12-42 against the Phillies, Nats and Braves, giving them all an advantage over the other National League teams.
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The Astros, of course, provide a cautionary tale for the Phillies about any given day. On the other hand, the fact that St. Louis was 11-4 against Houston last season and 10-5 the year before provides proof that having a terrible team in your division when the schedule is unbalanced is a distinct advantage.
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happy Monday, xoxo, AM & MA
(Yarn= Koigu / Pattern= my own, but just simple knit & purl tube with ribbed edges)
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Don't look now, but Kobe Bryant might have just revived and extended his career.
Don't look now, but Kobe Bryant might have just revived and extended his career.
The five-time World Champion, who hit the 30,000 point mark earlier this season, was starting to look a bit tired.
It seemed as though, Bryant would always be the lone scoring option for the L.A. Lakers, and, further, that it would take near Herculean efforts to create space for those shots.
The team would always count on Bryant to ice games with clutch baskets as the clock wound down. They would pretty much count on him always—in every situation.
And with the Lakers sliding sideways and backing up, in terms of season record, it seemed that the only solution to the team's woes was going to be another heaping helping of shots by No. 24.
Bryant changed that formula with the help of his teammates in a recent win over the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Instead of looking to score, Bryant looked to assist, and his teammates responded. Bryant still scored well, but he added 14 assists. Against New Orleans on Tuesday, the trend continued, as Bryant hit for 11 assists.
Keep in mind, the Lakers star was averaging less than five assists per game. He still is, despite the two-game infusion of 25 assists.
No one could really blame Bryant for holding on to the ball. Through most of his post Shaquille O'Neal career, Bryant has repeatedly tried to set up teammates for scoring chances, only to watch shots miss. And, eventually, he would have to take over the action again.
Why not hold onto the ball? Skip the ill fated attempts at assists.
With new talent on the court, and without much time to gel, the Lakers were struggling. Bryant was tiring. And the team was getting frustrated.
Dwight Howard and Steve Nash were supposed to ignite the Lakers back toward championship play. They were not doing that, in part because Bryant found it hard to change his "only scoring option" mentality.
When Bryant began to dish assists against Oklahoma City, players displayed a readiness to score.
Bryant broke his bad habit and the Lakers are hoping he'll have no reason to revert to hanging onto the ball.
No doubt, after three straight wins, the Lakers' players are feeling less frustrated. Maybe this squad is starting to develop some chemistry.
No one is saying the team will make a big push into the playoffs. It's possible that the Lakers will be on the outside looking in when the postseason arrives.
But the latest Laker developments bode well for the future. And that's what this was all about anyway.
The Miami Heat had to go through this process two years ago when LeBron James and Chris Bosh joined Dwyane Wade to form what many thought would be a "Super Team."
How would the team play together? They had to answer that question. And they suffered through a rough year.
A year later, they claimed the NBA title.
The Lakers could end up on a similar course.
There's just too much talent for the Lakers not to succeed. And Bryant's move toward assisting looks to be the answer to the Lakers' pre-championship question.
The burden will be less shouldered by Bryant, which means the Laker star will be fresher later in games.
And with the ball moving around, it's bound to find Bryant's hands at the game's most critical moment. Bryant will be even more deadly then.
And as the seasons roll by, Bryant might be able to keep his career going.
At the previous rate, it seemed that Bryant was grinding to a halt. Retirement seemed just around the corner.
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The Lakers are feeling better.
Championships should follow.
And as for that all-time scoring record, don't get too comfortable Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Bryant's chances of catching you just went way up.


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The young, sharp-dressed Mormon missionaries — Elder Taylor Allred and Elder Kyle Gemmell — eventually turned, walked away from the home and made their way to the house next door to try again.
"That happens a lot," Allred said. "Only about three out of every 10 houses actually open the door for us, even when they are obviously home."
According to mormon.org, there are more than 50,000 Mormon missionaries serving across the world today.
The missionaries are required to be at least 19 years of age and voluntarily put aside school, work and dating for about two years in order to serve the Lord at their own expense.
"That's the hardest part," Gemmell said. "Letting go of everything."
Since becoming a missionary, Allred and Gemmell are no longer referred to by their first name. The name they go by, elder, symbolizes their role.
"We are set apart as missionaries, and we set everything aside to become a missionary," Gemmell said. "With dropping everything, we take the title of elder."
On a recent Tuesday, Allred, 19, and Gemmell, 20, walked through a neighborhood off Union Street with the Book of Mormon clutched against their chests. Other literature and tracts were tucked away inside the pockets of their blazers, ready to be given out.
However, as they went door to door, only one house out of five opened up.
It was a man who told the two missionaries to get off his property and never knock on his door again.
"I don't come to your house and bother you — you don't bother me," the man said before he shut the door in their faces.
Gemmell and Allred, despite the harsh words, wished the man a great day before walking away.
That's a common occurrence too, Allred said, referring to people closing a door on them or making rude comments.
He's said he's even experienced times when residents grab weapons such as guns and threaten to shoot.
But "failure isn't getting a door slammed in your face," Allred adds. "Failure is quitting" after it happens.
Despite working in the Bible Belt, an area where Mormon followers comprise a small portion of the population, the men don't quit.
In fact, that may even motivate them to work harder.
The two men, who share an apartment with two other missionaries, wake up every morning at 6 a.m., study scripture and then get dressed. From 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., seven days a week, they are out on the streets of Spartanburg spreading the word about their faith.
They do it all without pay and without a car.
"It's a huge commitment and takes perfect discipline," said Gemmell, who has been a missionary for three months. "You definitely have to be dedicated."
Barry Keller, a high counselor for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Upstate/Spartanburg, says the level of dedication is worth it.
He encourages all Mormons to take up mission work sometime during their life.
"I believe in Jesus Christ, and I believe the most important thing we can do in our lives is to share his gospel with other people," he said. "You are challenged on what you believe every day. It's challenging everywhere. You have to find out for yourself if you truly believe."
Allred and Gemmell travel by bike everywhere they go, often while dressed in a suit and tie. The bike saves money on gas, they say. The suit is worn because it helps them "better represent the Church of Jesus Christ," they say.
Sometimes, they are met by dogs who give chase as they pedal through neighborhoods. Sometimes, biking presents an opportunity.
On Tuesday, while biking three miles from their apartment on Country Club Road to a neighborhood off Dogwood Club Road, Gemmell and Allred saw two older men sitting outside their apartment building.
They seized the opportunity.
"That's what is great about biking," Gemmell said. "We get to talk to people who are outside. We couldn't do that as easily if we drove."
They approached the men with the greeting: "We are here to share the love of Jesus Christ."
They spoke for a while and invited the men to the Church of Jesus Christ Latter-day Saints, which has two chapels in Spartanburg County. The men, seated in plastic lawn chairs, said they might come.
Keller said the 10 Mormon congregations in the Upstate receive about 50 new members each year.
"We are growing," he said.
Overall, 1,266 people in Spartanburg, out of a population of more than 37,000, identify themselves as Mormon.
In the state, there are 37,687 Mormons out of a population of 4,480,000, according to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 2013 Church Almanac.
Allred, who is from Utah, and Gemmell, a native of San Diego, said they have wanted to be missionaries since they were children.
"I grew up in the church," Allred said. "It was something I've always wanted to be a part of."
When they came of age, they filled out the paperwork and submitted their applications.
Those who wish to be missionaries apply online, with recommendations from church leaders. The applications are then sent to the church head in Salt Lake City for review. A few weeks later, after meeting with local and state leaders, the applicants are told where they will serve.
Gemmell said he worked three jobs to raise enough money before he started.
When they found out they would serve in Spartanburg, they said they were initially concerned about the challenges it could pose.
"We knew it wouldn't be easy," Gemmell said. "We knew we'd see a lot of opposition. But one of the first things we are taught as missionaries is not to bash people. Always be friendly."
Their job is just to share a message, they say.
Keller said many people in this area have misconceptions about the Mormon faith.
Here are some untrue statements he and missionaries often hear:
-- Mormons believe in a different Jesus.
-- Mormons don't believe the Bible.
"I love the Bible," Keller said. "I read it and study it every day. In our sermons, we preach from it."
-- Mormons belong to a cult.
Keller, seated inside in a chapel on a recent Monday, beneath a portrait of Jesus, said he has even heard people in the South refer to Mormons as "devil worshippers."
He adds that one goal of the Mormon church is to build bridges between other churches of different faiths.
"We do not wish to tear down anyone's faith, we are simply here to build one another's faith in Jesus Christ," he said. "I want people to understand this religion and break down some of the barriers."


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Each year thousands of individuals in Africa die from hookworms because they do not own a pair of shoes. Each year millions of shoes in our closets end up in landfills. What can you do? Partner with us as we plant the seeds of change in our community.
For the last two years, the Earth Day festival in Oak Ridge has collected more than 15,000 pairs of shoes for Soles4Souls, a shoe charity based in Nashville. With the help of area schools, businesses, churches and individuals we have made a difference in the lives of those without footwear, and in our communities.
Our festival is not only offering opportunities to young and old alike, but providing them with the tools to be an agent of change.
We will once again be partnering with the Oak Ridge schools and the Tennessee Coordinated Health program to bring the Green Mile Race for Kids. Our friends at the Anderson County Health Department and the Knoxville Regional Transportation Bike program will be hosting a bike rodeo to educate young riders how to have fun, but be safe. Anderson County Solid Waste Management and the Environmental Quality Advisory Board (EQAB) will be offering citizens a chance to recycle a variety of items. The Smoky Mountain Dock Dogs Diving competition will be held on site that weekend bringing in more than 75 competitors nationwide.
As for kids, we have Global Guy taking them through the site encouraging them to learn more about their environment and ways to reduce their impact. The Children's Museum of Oak Ridge will be hosting the Trashformation Exhibit, as well as creating an alley full of interactive hands on art using nature as the medium. In addition, we will have more than 100 exhibitors/vendors sharing their knowledge and gifts.
The folks at Earth Day strive to keep the festival fresh and this year is no different! We are hosting a benefit concert for Soles4Souls to offset the costs of cleaning and shipping the shoes we collect for them. The concert will feature local talent, as well as showcase the winner from the Oak Ridge Youth Advisory Board's teenage Battle of the Bands.
One of our main goals is to get individuals outside enjoying nature. Our young kids now spend more time in a technological playground then they do enjoying nature's playground. We will be hosting a geocaching treasure hunt on the greenway trails in and around Oak Ridge. We will offer prizes and badges to those who attempt to locate the clues.
So you see, your involvement in our event allows us to make all this happen. Without you those shoes would never reach the shores of Africa, that child would never run the race, get a free bicycle helmet, learn ways to reduce or recycle their waste. Without you, none of this is possible! We know times are hard and budgets are tight, but never underestimate the power of one — whether it be one dollar, one donated item or one person donating their time.
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Some people may not make it home for Christmas after United flights from Denver International Airport into Durango were delayed three to six hours or canceled.
The first flight from Denver scheduled to leave at 8:10 a.m. Monday was delayed for more than three hours. The 9:59 a.m. flight from Denver was delayed for 6½ hours awaiting inbound aircraft, and it was canceled about 2:30 p.m. Monday, according to the United website.
Meanwhile, the North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD, showed Santa and his reindeer flying right on time Monday afternoon, last spotted in Budapest, Hungary, and just a few minutes from Bratislava, Slovakia. The website was reporting more than 3 billion gifts had already been delivered and the tally was rising rapidly.
But, in Colorado, the United Twitter account was reporting some issues. A winter storm could affect travel to and from ski towns in Colorado and Wyoming, but DIA spokeswoman Laura Coale said the airport did not expect a significant amount of delays or cancellations stemming from the weather.
The airport was expecting light or dry snow that would be easily swept off the runways between 6 p.m. Monday and 8 a.m. today, she said.
Coale said she did not have information regarding the United flights, but she has noticed airlines consolidating flights if one isnt completely full and moving passengers from one flight to another, which could account for cancellations.
The airport also was expecting about 20,000 fewer passengers than normal on Christmas Eve.
United could not be reached for comment.
Most of the snow was expected to fall late Monday.
Christmas should be clear and sunny with a high temperature in the mid-to-upper 20s, said Travis Booth, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Grand Junction.
Another storm is expected to roll in Wednesday and continue Thursday morning.
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The Shape of Water, published in Italy in 1994 and translated into English in 2002, is Andrea Camilleris first in a number of Sicilian crime novels featuring the fractious Inspector Salvo Montalbano an Inspector Jacques Clouseau before the unfortunate dementia.
This isnt where you have to start. None of Camilleris books are sequels, but after you read one Camilleri book youll want to read another, and you might as well start at the beginning. These are bedtime stories. Theyre sweet, sublimely humorous, soothing and relaxing in the unique way Sicilians relax.
Montalbano alone is such superb characterization having been faithfully drawn by Camilleri in 19 books he is lovable. You want to have him to your dinner parties, introduce him to your father but not your mother or sister. He is at once brilliant and charming, spirited and coy and devious. Flirtatious by nature, but easily overstimulated and flustered at the sight of beautiful women, who just happen to cling to him with a variety of intentions.
Montalbano is the mustachioed chief inspector of the police department of the third-tier fictional seaside town of Vigata. If Sicily is like its reputation, and the way Camilleri portrays it, graft is endemic in everyday life for everybody. Being a chief police inspector in Sicily is dicey business. Montalbano knows the rules: throw the little fish back, dont sweat the small corruptions and revenge killings, get down with the homeys and let the big sharks set their own nets in which to get caught.
Were first introduced to Salvo Montalbano after the unfortunate and fatal heart attack of a prominent engineer and politico, found in a most undistinguished state in his luxury car at the infamous pasture, with his pants down to his ankles. That he should be with a woman other than his wife can be overlooked, but to die in flagrante of such lowly circumstances is scandalous. While natural causes is the official and politically correct decree, this is too mortifying not to look further into the messy circumstances. Quite a mystery ensues and is adroitly solved in between meals never missed and fully described.
Camilleris latest Montalbano mystery, The Dance of the Seagull, will be released this month. It is rumored that the 85-year-old novelist, poet, playwright and esteemed literary character will write one more book about the adventures of Inspector Salvo Montalbano. The plot of this new nugget is beside the point; Camilleri weaves another precious Sicilian mystery. Montalbano and the precinct asylum are as confounding as usual, and another evening or two is spent luxuriating in a Sicily painted vivid by a blunt No. 2 pencil from behind the ear of a crafty old man. I own all of Camilleris books in paperback, unfortunately how they arrived in translation and if my house burned, I would save other books first but mourn the loss of Inspector Salvo Montalbano and the poetic writing of Andrea Camilleri and, maybe most of all, the erudite translation of Stephen Sartarelli.
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oh no, monster of the week is: CICADA.
yay - the person who can potentially CRUSH the time-line gets to stay. <yawn>
Dave and his jacket of Darkness +3. And Amanda shuold have gone home - it was supposed to be a sphere NOT an egg.
Does anyone know how this show is? The names are pretty much like in Vikings.... is it similar? Can anyone say if good to watch?
great epsiode
s11 e9 http://vshare.eu/su0hljfhcme9.htm
Bruh I thought the links come at 9:00 but now it's 9:30 tf is happening.
This comment has nothing to do with Magnum P.I. Can one of the uploaders please upload this drama? It's called The Bureau. It looks really good and I'm not keen on subtitles but will watch it. Thank you in advance.
Needs links
No working links. :(
Probably not the last, but the producer said that these flashfoward scene will be there until the show end. I don't know if it's true but i read that somewhere
2) What is with all the "future" scenes? Is this the last season?
1) What is the tatoo on Laurel's Left hand?
yeah my bad...to soon hahaha
Why? It hasn't even aired yet*
Why it hasn't even aired yet
links plz :)
give up a Residency? Are you frikin NUTS?
Is a different actress playing Michone? I ask because she looks younger, and different. Everyone else has aged 6+ years, but not her.
Episode needs working links
The first part of this literally had me crying and shaking. I dismissed all the stuff that happened to me as a kid as maybe I was just very mentally ill back then, but after seeing that other people have had the EXACT, IN DETAIL, experience I had I know know I was right and that those things did happen to me. Now I'm just stuck wondering what they wanted from me.
No links for this episode
Really love how they turned the show around again :) with Rick and Maggie gone and us not knowing why Michonne has a problem with the others it is interesting again and not that predictable anymore. Thumbs up
What is this show about? The description doesn't tell us anything except the names of two chicks that are in it. That's not useful. lol I know it has an 8.3 rating, but is this series worth watching?
One more great Youtube Original, well written story line, that keeps you wanting more each episode, even if you are not a Sci-fi Fan, this Original brings enough to the table to make everyone happy.
links plz :)
I have to say, at this point in time it seems they have totally destroyed the character of Manchester Black. Right now, the only thing they have right is that he is an Englishman. Hopefully that will change in the future, he is a very interesting character in the comics and the movie Superman and the Elite.
s17 e7 http://vshare.eu/t3u5w9n2rkk1.htm
Can we have links here pls???
Does anyone have links for this episode? Not sure if it has dropped yet or not.
I got two words for you: BACHMANITY INSANITY! lol!
Mac pro. Never had a virus!
Kricuphix, I must have missed it. Good episode.
omfg....what the eff is wrong with people?! What has to happen to a man for him to WANT to have his dick cut off?! But then to go even further in to the sickness of mutilation and mental illness by wanting to EAT IT!??!?!?!? WHAT....THE...FFFFFUUUUUUU.............. I'm in shock! I love how much more direct this show is this season, but this one episode....Wow. I bet there's people like that out there! Can you imagine?! Getting married to and building a life with a man who wants to cut his own dick off and eat it!?!? And really? Cannibalism with consent isn't illegal?! "That CAN'T be real," I thought, so I looked it up. According the Cornell Law's website, it IS in fact legal to consume the flesh of another person, provided it is with consent and that the other person does not dies as a result. WHAT WORLD ARE WE FREAKING LIVING IN?!?!?!? Am I in Hell and just don't know it?!? I'm on, like, full scale panic now! What if my neighbor wants to eat me? What if I go to the grocery store and get kidnapped, held hostage, tortured in to giving consent and then some f*cked up freakshow decides to keep me for weeks or even MONTHS, slowly slicing off and eating pieces of me sauteed in a nice garlic, butter, and white wine reduction?!?!? Or in a souffle?! Or a stew! Or Leg-of-ME, barbecued! Omg...I'm just picturing all the ways I could be cooked. Wtf. I'm never sleeping or leaving my house again. *double checks every single lock on every door and window in my whole house and dumps the whole seasoning rack* lol jk
I dunno who keeps low-rating this show, but you obviously haven't watched it. This show is WAY better than the extremely poor ratings you are giving it. I think maybe you haven't read enough about the show prior to watching it. Look the show up and read what it is about and not in the super short description given here; I mean an actual news article about the show. Read that before watching and rating, otherwise your rating is ill-informed.
s2 e15 http://vshare.eu/89n0sbnwc8vc.htm
Really i didn't know this is the link that i put in the comment,,
Here is a link for non-sub version. http://openload.co/f/1sT6bcIVlF0/Titans.S01E06.WEBRip.x264-ION10.mp4
Added Links not the subbed version
one of you uploader should upload the link that i put in the comment
Well I found one but not on this web site http://oload.fun/f/1sT6bcIVlF0/Titans.S01E06.WEBRip.x264-ION10.mp4#
COMON a day passed and still no good HD links wtf Can we have good HD links PLEASE
This was added on the schedule but there are no links for it.
197 links. You want MORE?
that ending.
I'll wait... so i dont have to watch Titans with chincky wonky tonkky writing all over it.
This was THE best Sci-fi series to come out since Stargate! I'm having chest pains with anxiety bc of how the season ended and how breathless I am for next season to hurry up and drop! lol! Omg, if ya'll haven't watched ORIGIN then you are hardcore missing out!
says the uploader name to the right of watch now hun x
PonderThis thanks, mate, but those links are infected with trojan virus. I'm willing to believe you didn't know about them, but just in case: DON'T TOUCH THOSE LINKS PEOPLE.
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In the epic tale, the coastal town of Bristol Cove, known for its legend of once being home to mermaids, is turned upside down when a mysterious girl appears and begins wreaking havoc upon the small fishing town.
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From 1998, the Badia Fiorentina of which the Cloister is part was entrusted to a young religious community named 'Fraternità Monastiche di Gerusalemme'.
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