1. Poisoning Pigeons in the Park – Tom Lehrer
2. Annie Waits – Ben Folds Five
3. No Pigeons – Sporty Thievz
4. Pigeon Song – Patrick Wolf
5. Doin the Pigeon – Bert
{ 0 comments }
December 7, 2012
{ 0 comments }
December 3, 2012My initial reaction to the announcement that Oxford Dictionaries US had chosen gif as a verb as its 2012 word of the year was one of underwhelmtion. Previous winners of the American Dialect Society’s WOTY have been occupy, app, and tweet, which seem to encapsulate the trends of a whole year more completely than gif does, which I initially felt only represented a small corner of the internet.
…but then I thought about it.
2012 is the first year that I’ve ever been in a gif. I’ve been giffed! I was roped into this gif, peer pressured by the enthusiasm of 4 ladies with dialects different from my own. Oh the foreign lifestyle! Being swayed by someone’s argument based solely on their vowels… So yeah basically I’m in this dumb gif where we’re trying to have attitude and be sassy with snapping, but just looks silly. I don’t know how they got me to be in the front of the group, but there I am.
{ 0 comments }
November 28, 2012This isn’t about a particular episode, and these screenshots are from two separate stories. The point of this post is to talk about how I’ve never really thought about Gotham being set in a particular point in time, other than the 20th century. Gothamites have electricity, and TV news, and experiments that turn people into Bane and Poison Ivy. Freeze makes an underwater city in one episode, and that takes some serious hydro-engineering. How do you bring in air? How do you take out trash? Sidetracked.
In the first of these two shots, Bruce Wayne holds a comically large cellphone.
Batman: The Animated Series ran from 1992-1995, and during that time, cell phones were big. It’s funny to see them in 2012, but that’s fine. The realization that I’m having is that Gotham exists in several points in history all at once, and we can choose to focus on whichever era is convenient to the storyline.
{ 0 comments }
November 28, 2012
{ 0 comments }
November 26, 2012
Batman: The Animated Series: Season 1: Episode 48: The Mechanic
What’s the episode about? Batman needs a new Batmobile, but with the Penguin finds out who is making it, he forces the poor mechanic to screw up the car. Poor mechanic.
When does this frame happen? Near the end, when Batman and Robin are stuck in the car, they go whizzing past this sign on the freeway. I think. I watched this a while ago.
Why are you sharing it? Las Vegas is Sin City, the Entertainment Capitol of the World, and Glitter Gulch. Santa Clara is known as The Heart of Silicon Valley. I didn’t know Gotham had a nickname, and I don’t know why it would be America’s Playground. On my new favorite Wikipedia page, I learned that Plymouth is America’s Hometown and Detroit is America’s Comeback City. I know Bruce Wayne is rich, and villains tend to crash big charity balls all the time, but Gotham feels more like Crime City, America’s Dark Alley, or maybe Empire City if you wanted to steal a New York nickname. Atlantic City’s nickname is America’s Playground, and I guess in some way, Gotham is a hybrid of New York City and Atlantic City. Since Batmantown is already called Gotham, it needs another name. I just wouldn’t want to play on that playground.
{ 0 comments }
November 21, 20121. Winter Wonderland – Leftover Cuties (cover)
2. Your Body Is A Wonderland – John Mayer
3. Wonderland – Natalia Kills
4. Wondaland – Janelle Monáe
{ 0 comments }
November 21, 2012
{ 0 comments }
November 19, 2012
Batman: The Animated Series: Season 1: Episode 31: The Cape and Cowl Conspiracy
What’s the episode about? Wormwood is like the Riddler but without a costume. I find him effeminate and also I keep thinking about the Deep Throat people but actually that’s Woodward (and Bernstein). Wormwood and Batman keep trying to out-clever each other all episode. There’s a melting wax trap I don’t understand, they swordfight with barbells, and Batman finally wins when he disguises himself as a man half his height and looks perfect… it’s pretty ridiculous all around and this episode will come up again.
When does this frame happen? In the end, Woodward (sic, not intentional) is jailed without successfully taking Batman’s costume or learning his identity. Wormwood receives this package in his Arkham cell with an awful poem on cheesy Batman stationary. He opens it up, and it’s the titular cape and cowl.
Why are you sharing it? Batman is vengeance. He is the night. I know he acts like a dumb playboy millionaire for the public but… why can’t Batman craft more biting verse for a defeated foe? But beyond that — ALL EPISODE THEY ARE FIGHTING FOR POSSESSION OF THE CAPE AND COWL — and then Batman just gives it willingly in the end?!
And another thing… if a criminal actually wore the cape and cowl for warmth in prison, other prisoners would beat him up in a symbolic cathartic victory over the Bat. Is it supposed to associate him with Batman so that the others will think he’s undercover working for Batman? It’s SORT of a nice gift. but it’s also not very practical. I am confused. Maybe I should watch this episode again.
{ 0 comments }
November 14, 2012
