Xenorama
the blog of heroes and monsters
Friday, July 26, 2024
Thursday, July 25, 2024
Mr. Magoo from 1949 has done it again
From Wiki- J. Quincy Magoo, better known as Mr. Magoo, is a fictional cartoon character created at the UPA animation studio in 1949. Voiced by Jim Backus,
Mr. Magoo is an elderly, wealthy, short-statured retiree who gets into a
series of comical situations as a result of his extreme near-sightedness,
compounded by his stubborn refusal to admit the problem. However,
through uncanny streaks of luck, the situation always seems to work
itself out for him, leaving him no worse than before. Bystanders
consequently tend to think that he is a lunatic,
rather than just being near-sighted. In later cartoons, he is also an
actor, and generally a competent one, except for his visual impairment. Back to me:
Wednesday, July 24, 2024
HOTW- Super Bwoing
From Wiki- Super Bwoing: Noted for his rather unremarkable physique, extreme
clumsiness, and his winged red helmet, echoing the helmet worn by the
Greco-Roman deity Mercury.
His preferred mode of transportation is to fly through the air on his
guitar (the "Super Bwoinger"), using the strings like reins on a horse.
His primary superpower is the ability to emit a super "laser beam" from
his eyes, although he has superhuman strength as well. Due to his being
an apprentice hero, in addition to being the clumsiest of the Super
Service heroes, he seems to only get jobs if the others were busy or on
holidays; in essence, he is the last choice and, in any case, better
than nothing. Despite his bumbling, however, he almost always manages to
catch his villains. His voice is a caricature of Jimmy Stewart's. Now more from me:
Tuesday, July 23, 2024
Monday, July 22, 2024
Sunday, July 21, 2024
Dracula 1931 remarks
Sven aired this last night, and since I did a review about two years ago I thought I would offer some new thoughts about it. I was really impressed with how menacing Bela made the Count. I know the movie itself so well, having seen it for literally five decades of my life. I never thought it was very scary, but watching a movie on a Sunday afternoon can have that effect. The movie moves quickly, though it is rather stagey, since it was based on the play. The actors are quite good, but kind of static, for the most part, though I love Renfield these days. He is hilarious and sad. It is hard to believe how much movie they could pack into 70 minutes back then. The sets were great as well, all those cobwebs in the castle, and just the whole look of the movie.
Saturday, July 20, 2024
Triceratops tattoo
This is my most recent tattoo. I got it on Thursday, October 12, 2023. It was done by Sage (picked in part because Emerald's middle name is Sage) at the then ID Underground Tattoo in Cheyenne, Wyoming. She did a great job. At first we had talked about a skull, but I am very pleased with this. The colors are great and it fits in well with the other two tattoos there. The Triceratops horridus is the state dinosaur of Wyoming, so thought that was very fitting. I kind of want to get state dinosaur/fossils from every state I visit now. That probably won't happen, since many states have neither, or their fossils are fish. So those won't have a place on me, I'll tell you what.
Friday, July 19, 2024
Thursday, July 18, 2024
The Mark of Zorro (1940)
From Wiki- Don Diego Vega is urgently called home by his father. To all outward appearances, he is the foppish son of a wealthy ranchero, the former alcalde Don Alejandro Vega, having returned to Alta California after his military education in Spain. Don Diego is horrified at the way the common people are now
mistreated by the corrupt new alcalde, Luis Quintero. Don Diego quickly
adopts the guise of El Zorro ("The Fox"), a masked outlaw dressed
entirely in black, who becomes the defender of the common people and a
champion for justice against the uncaring Quintero and his garrison of
brutish soldiers. Back to me again:
Wednesday, July 17, 2024
HOTW- The Invisible Woman
From Wiki- Sue Storm received her powers by being exposed to a cosmic storm, and was known as Invisible Woman. She possesses two powers: invisibility and force fields. Her invisibility power deals with bending light waves and allows her to render herself and other objects invisible. She can also project powerful fields of invisible psionic, hyperspace-based energy that she uses for a variety of offensive and defensive effects, including shields, blasts, explosions, and levitation. Sue plays a central role in the lives of her hot-headed younger brother Johnny Storm, her brilliant husband Reed Richards, her close friend Ben Grimm, and her children (Franklin and Valeria). Back to me now:
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