The Radical Observer

I never expect that Cartoon Network airs "Mr. Bean: The Animated Series" during prime time in our country. I happened to see that because I don't like to watch TV drama anthology show and switched to watching cartoons instead.

A certain "Jane Eyre" fan I knew of shared an image of a page containing few promo photos of 1983 TV version from the abridged children's edition of the novel. This one is from the scene where Jane and Mr. Rochester riding on horse together. The scene was said included when the adaptation was initially aired on TV but it was cut in home video versions for some reason.

Mia Wasikowska (Jane) and Michael Fassbender (Mr. Rochester) in "Jane Eyre" 2011 version.

Source: News of releasing "Frankenstein" 2025 version on Criterion.

Watching some cartoons on Cartoon Network and having lunch alone for the day is great. I've been watching "The Amazing World of Gumball" for the past few days and I find it interesting. I never expected to like it.

I have watched "Wuthering Heights" 1939 version and it's fairly good. Obviously it romanticize the relationship between Cathy and Heathcliff but it didn't forget they're both unbearable. It has some creative liberties which is a mixed bag but it doesn't mess up the coherence of the story. It's entertaining to watch if you're interested in looking for "Wuthering Heights" adaptations.

"Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope" is fun to watch.

Raww's human form is like some boy who hates to go to school and prefers to play basketball barefooted, swims in the flood and hangs out with some of his friends on the streets.

The movie and the game happens to be in Lucasfilms with the latter is in games division called Lucasfilm Games. It's not unusual that "Monkey Island" games has a lot of references from "Star Wars".

The monolith suddenly shows up near the ending gave me creeps. It might have good intentions by helping a dying old man who turned out to be a lone astronaut who survived from HAL 9000's destruction but it feels unsettling it shows up out of nowhere. Why the monolith chose that astronaut? Does it want to save him as an apology for trapping him at a strange place for the rest of life? Are the aliens the ones who put that monolith there? Like I said I was confused but the movie is somehow still good.

It's a relief I never saw the scene from "Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope" where the Death Star is used and how powerful it is before watching the movie. When I saw it for the first time, I was shocked.

I watched "Star Wars Episode IV - A New Hope" few days ago and it's fantastic. Even if the early parts of the movie is slow, it managed to be engaging and has some suprises in store. The characters are great in general. It's special effects are incredible too at that time. I'm glad I got a chance to see that movie.

I have watched the first "Godzilla" movie and it was fairly good. The part where the titular monster destroys Tokyo is the most memorable scene I saw there. It managed to be terrifying and it showed the abilities it has. The visuals were groundbreaking and suited how the situation in the scene is traumatic.

It's fascinating that "2001: A Space Odyssey" predicted the idea of watching shows on handheld gadgets as shown in the scene where two astronauts are eating meals and watching news on their tablets at the same time. It was probably inspired from TV dinner which was a trend around 1950s where people eat meals while watching TV. It was ahead of its time.

I don't deny the visuals of "2001: A Space Odyssey" are beautiful and ahead of its time but the pacing is chore to watch leading me to forget the story. I get the setting in space is slow and bleak but no way I have to watch some characters serving food, fixing stuff or using space pod for several minutes. Not to mention the symbolism is out of place in some parts and left more questions in the end. I have a hunch the movie seems meant to present the cinema's capability to present high definition graphics or to use it on TVs displayed on appliance stores only at that time. Apart from the "antagonist" HAL 9000 and the surviving astronaut, the rest of characters have little impact to get attached to them. It's certainly not a terrible film but it's not the best either in my opinion. I wish I would want to like it but I guess I'm not fit enough to understand what's going on there.

I can't believe the chemistry between a lone astronaut and a living space rock is nice. Glad to see that there are some movies like this turned out to be enjoyable.