The Robot Monster

For most people, and I’m one of those. My rent has gone up, my alternator in the car has died (I can’t even focus on that yet, sigh), and this has been on a chain of setbacks and illnesses both with myself and my family. Energy and food prices… it all piles up.

On top of this, my depression (and covid fog probably) has been extra rough, keeping my freelance work slow.

Anyhow, I could use help and any is appreciated. I need $300 to make rent by the 5th and basic expenses beyond that. 

My Ongoing Gofundme

My paypal.me

My DrivehtruRPG shore. (d20 and royalty-free fantasy and sci-fi stock art)

I’ve since moved in with my mom to help her keep her place, and while we’ve hit mortgage and such for this month, we’re still about $300 short of utilities and other bills. Now its not just me, but my mom, sister, and two dogs.

Meanwhile, I’ve been pretty much incapacitated by joint pain for the past week. Even typing has been painful.

New sarracenia brooches! (sold out)

A tiny larva is tucked inside the pitcher– saying “hello”… or “help!”?

For most people, and I’m one of those. My rent has gone up, my alternator in the car has died (I can’t even focus on that yet, sigh), and this has been on a chain of setbacks and illnesses both with myself and my family. Energy and food prices… it all piles up.

On top of this, my depression (and covid fog probably) has been extra rough, keeping my freelance work slow.

Anyhow, I could use help and any is appreciated. I need $300 to make rent by the 5th and basic expenses beyond that. 

My Ongoing Gofundme

My paypal.me

My DrivehtruRPG shore. (d20 and royalty-free fantasy and sci-fi stock art)

I’ve since moved in with my mom to help her keep her place, and while we’ve hit mortgage and such for this month, we’re still about $300 short of utilities and other bills. Now its not just me, but my mom, sister, and two dogs.

Meanwhile, I’ve been pretty much incapacitated by joint pain for the past week. Even typing has been painful.

And it’s the 8th, and the SNAP is already used.

Candied Dinosaur Eggs (Uncanon Valley Museum)

For most people, and I’m one of those. My rent has gone up, my alternator in the car has died (I can’t even focus on that yet, sigh), and this has been on a chain of setbacks and illnesses both with myself and my family. Energy and food prices… it all piles up.

On top of this, my depression (and covid fog probably) has been extra rough, keeping my freelance work slow.

Anyhow, I could use help and any is appreciated. I need $300 to make rent by the 5th and basic expenses beyond that. 

My Ongoing Gofundme

My paypal.me

My DrivehtruRPG shore. (d20 and royalty-free fantasy and sci-fi stock art)

I’ve since moved in with my mom to help her keep her place, and while we’ve hit mortgage and such for this month, we’re still about $300 short of utilities and other bills. Now its not just me, but my mom, sister, and two dogs.

Meanwhile, I’ve been pretty much incapacitated by joint pain for the past week. Even typing has been painful.

And it's the 8th, and the SNAP is already used.

Kindly direct me to the pulled pork sandwiches.

TyrannoMax

Real name: Tyrannodus Maximus (translation) Known Aliases: Ty Maxon, the Dinoman of Wisconsin, Shellbreaker Occupation: Champion of Core City, adventurer Identity: Public Legal status: Citizen of Core City. Legal resident of the United States with a criminal record (pardoned), escaped felon in Ultramerica. Species: Dinoid Tyrannosaurus Rex Place of Hatching: Core City Martial Status: Single, betrothed. Known Relatives: TyrannoLucian (father), MegaloDiana (mother), TyrannoMaxine (grandmother, deceased), TyrannoCass (brother), TyrannoJulia (sister), Lady StegoJune (fiance), DeinoSteve (blood brother), Tyler Wrex (second cousin). Known affiliations: Warriors of the Core (member, current), Sevenfold Guardians (member, reserve), Wally Manmoth (ally), Johannes Factotum (ally), WoMinotaur (ally), Dr. Underfang (nemesis), Department of Inhuman Affairs (contractor). Base of operations: Soapstone, Wisconsin, Core City in the Fossilized World. First appearance: Tyrannomax #1 (1975)

From the Coctus Catalog, it's TyrannoMax!

His power/ability box is under the fold.

Or any of the other stuff I hurl into the void to baffle and amuse whether through here, Melinoë Labs or DeepDreamNights, money is never not-tight, and tips/gifts are welcome.

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Thank you for enjoying, and remember:

TyrannoMax Theme Song (Season 1)

TyrannoMax and the Warriors of the Core (or TyrannoMax and the Heroes of the Core if you're from the UK) from Buzby-Spurlock Animation is a forgotten 80s gem, based on the comics from Cocytus Comics.

The cartoon emphasized Dr. Underfang as a primary antagonist, re-contextualizing most of the side-villains as his minions or creations directly. The 'Fossilized Time' origin was simplified into a hollow earth accessed via portals, and a lot was obviously softened for kids TV, particularly DeinoSteve.

It also where a lot of the iconic aspects of the film came from. The Dinoid society already had high-tech devices when the toon starts, where in the comics TriceraBruce invented their gadgets by reverse-engineering human and Ultramerican tech. Wally is in high school instead of being college age and Bobby is a regular member of the cast along with Max's show-original little cousin Wrexy.

The scads of toy-based characters go without saying.

Like most Buzby-Spurlock productions, TyrannoMax is largely lost media. This comes down mainly to the company's legal troubles in the 90s preventing official release. Here's hoping the new buyout means re-release.

"Warriors of the Core, lets hear that roar!"

-to help you help yourself.

Or at least this missive would indicate that. If you are a human being trapped in or around Site 741-45, and you have not seen Venus, maybe you can help.

In terms of cuts-per-minute, this is probably the most editing I've done to a single piece of video, with the possible exception of the video to Are You Prepared?

This is for several reasons, not the least of which was T.O.B.O.R.

To get TOBOR to lip-synch to the song, I had to generate shots of them saying the lines, then take those clips, and using stretching and speeding up, I match the waveform to the original song's.

I generated the talking heads with green backgrounds so I could greenscreen them over the backdrop videos, which 1) kept the speed-adjustments for lip-synch from messing with the background motion 2) allow for stutters and avatar-swaps to occur over a single unbroken background 3) save trouble getting the system to render a talking person and a non-involved background graphic at the same time.

TOBOR's self-image, or at least their aspirations, can be shown in said avatars, and who they're based on (The Professor and Ginger), along with the media diet he's been getting (similar to my own as a kid).

The VHS and film overlays were done the same way and for similar reasons.

The other thing I tried out here was starting with a square aspect ratio, editing the video initially that way and then adapting to horizontal and vertical versions.

Since we gotta do that now.