Meh.

sound on

But for now it's still

The Odyssey is everywhere now, due to the upcoming -- and IMO horrendous --- movie. So I want to share this. Created by playwright and composer Jay Herrans.

For all the bad-mouthing the Internet gets, the one wonderful upside is it gives original, unknown creators platforms where they can share their work. They don't have to wait for traditional studios to notice them, or beg for representation from agents who won't touch "unproven" talent. They can attract and build their own fanbases.

I've said all I can about Project Hail Mary.

I'll close this blog, for now anyway, with this.

Sound on.

Sound on.

Love her smile and head tilt in reaction to Rocky. And raising her forefinger in acknowledgement of Grace. Stratt uses the Eridian goodbye . She never got to say goodbye to him. She knows she'll be dead before any message from Earth about receiving the beetles and him being a hero ever reaches Erid.

PHM NOVEL SPOILER:

This scene isn't in the book. In the novel we don't know what became of Stratt. We only know that Earth received the beetles because the Erdian scientists tell Grace Earth's sun is back to full illumination.

I never heard about the Warner Brothers 2023-2024 anime-imitation series My Adventures with Superman until today. I stumbled across one scene, in which Clark Kent first transforms into Superman.

Watching it all I could think was

Here's the most important part of the scene, in which Clark has entered the spaceship from Krypton buried in his adoptive parents' corn field:

Recognize it? If you know anything about Disney animation of the 1990s, you should.

Compare:

Superman even used the same shade of blue.

I mean, did the show's creators SERIOUSLY think no one who would see the similarity?

Would they say it's an homage to Disney's Atlantis?

Sound on.

Sound definitely on.

I fucking love that, as a teacher, Grace defers to the kids' parents and says, "I'm not sure it should come from me."

This is in STARK and delightful contrast to what is currently happening in K-12 schools today. Where teachers ignore what parents want completely, in fact if they're told not to teach children something they go behind the parents' backs. Public schools teachers these days try to room kids in their own beliefs and kinks, telling kids to keep it "secret." When I worked in a children's library connected to a public school we told kids that any adult to told them to keep secrets from their parents were dangerous and needed to be reported. Because that's what pedophiles do.

So here's Dr. Grace, respecting that these kids aren't his kids, and wanting to inform them and hopefully alleviate their anxiety, but not usurp the parents' authority.

I love him more and more.

Sound on.

Sound on.

Sound on.

Yeah, he'll go die in space, no problem. Life is shit and then you die. But he wants the ship stuffed with tons of booze, drugs, and porn so horrible it's illegal in most of the world.

And I'm including Sinners.

Sound on.