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oldloves: Bill Murray on Gilda Radner: “Gilda got married and...

Wed, 15 May 2013 23:12:52 -0400

Bill Murray on Gilda Radner:

“Gilda got married and went away. None of us saw her anymore. There was one good thing: Laraine had a party one night, a great party at her house. And I ended up being the disk jockey. She just had forty-fives, and not that many, so you really had to work the music end of it. There was a collection of like the funniest people in the world at this party. Somehow Sam Kinison sticks in my brain. The whole Monty Python group was there, most of us from the show, a lot of other funny people, and Gilda. Gilda showed up and she’d already had cancer and gone into remission and then had it again, I guess. Anyway she was slim. We hadn’t seen her in a long time. And she started doing, “I’ve got to go,” and she was just going to leave, and I was like, “Going to leave?” It felt like she was going to really leave forever.

So we started carrying her around, in a way that we could only do with her. We carried her up and down the stairs, around the house, repeatedly, for a long time, until I was exhausted. Then Danny did it for a while. Then I did it again. We just kept carrying her; we did it in teams. We kept carrying her around, but like upside down, every which way—over your shoulder and under your arm, carrying her like luggage. And that went on for more than an hour—maybe an hour and a half—just carrying her around and saying, “She’s leaving! This could be it! Now come on, this could be the last time we see her. Gilda’s leaving, and remember that she was very sick—hello?”

We worked all aspects of it, but it started with just, “She’s leaving, I don’t know if you’ve said good-bye to her.” And we said good-bye to the same people ten, twenty times, you know.

And because these people were really funny, every person we’d drag her up to would just do like five minutes on her, with Gilda upside down in this sort of tortured position, which she absolutely loved. She was laughing so hard we could have lost her right then and there.

It was just one of the best parties I’ve ever been to in my life. I’ll always remember it. It was the last time I saw her.”

- from Live from New York: an Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live

2headedsnake: The Phenakistocope was invented by Joseph Plateau...

Wed, 08 May 2013 21:29:09 -0400

2headedsnake:

The Phenakistocope was invented by Joseph Plateau in 1841.

I couldn’t help but imagine something like this! Happy...

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 22:05:51 -0400

I couldn’t help but imagine something like this! Happy 75th Anniversary, Spirou. :)

This was drawn today in Flash (over an animation project I did for fun), and signed in Photoshop.

Two of the most famous comic-book characters in the world, born...

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 02:57:12 -0400

Two of the most famous comic-book characters in the world, born just 3 days apart, and what better way to celebrate than have both appear together! :)

Here is the first traditional American costumed superhero, Superman (created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster), carrying with him one of French Belgium’s most beloved bande dessinée (French term for comic-book or comic-strip) characters, the adventurous bellboy Spirou (created by Robert “Rob-Vel” Velter)! The characters debuted on Action Comics #1 (National Allied Publications, now DC Comics; April 18, 1938) and Le Journal de Spirou #1 (Dupuis Publishing; April 21, 1938), respectively. I started on this on the evening of April 17, finished after midnight (April 18), just in time for Superman’s Anniversary. Done on tablet in Photoshop, and in a slightly higher resolution than what I’ve worked with lately!

BTW, I apologize if Superman looks disproportionate. (It’s difficult to draw from scratch with my Bamboo tablet!) LOL! Still, this is the first time in years that I drew the traditional Superman, and I like how it came out, in spite of the flaws. (And this is the first time I actually drew Spirou!)

A promotional King Ghidorah mask! Neat, huh? :)

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 20:23:07 -0400

A promotional King Ghidorah mask! Neat, huh? :)

kinks3: 蜘蛛男仮面ライダー The Shocker Spider-Man (Kumo-Otoko) as he...

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 12:20:31 -0400

kinks3:

蜘蛛男

仮面ライダー

The Shocker Spider-Man (Kumo-Otoko) as he appears in the first episode (“The Strange Spider-Man”) of Masked Rider (Toei; 1971)!

kinks3: 新サイクロン号 The upgraded Masked Rider (now Masked Rider 1)...

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 12:12:13 -0400

kinks3:

新サイクロン号

The upgraded Masked Rider (now Masked Rider 1) on his new & improved Cyclone motorcycle! From Episode 53 onward of Masked Rider (Toei; 1971), when star Hiroshi Fujioka returned to the series for good after his accident (after which he was not allowed to wear the Rider costume again; that was left strictly to his JAC and Oono Kenyuukai stunt doubles).

deantrippe: Script: Eric M. Esquivel...

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 11:57:50 -0400

deantrippe:

Script: Eric M. Esquivel (www.Facebook.com/ericMesquivelFanPage)
Art: Scott Godlewski (http://scottgodlewski.com/)
Colors: Ryan Cody (http://super75comics.wordpress.com/)
Letters: Henry Barajas (http://henrybarajas.wordpress.com/)

via WarrenEllis.com

Beautiful and profound.

yacopu: ビッグダイエックスの真実 Rare behind-the-scenes pic of the...

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 05:10:52 -0400

yacopu:

ビッグダイエックスの真実

Rare behind-the-scenes pic of the suitmation actor for Big Dai-X from Gou Nagai’s X-Bomber!

kinks3: Xボンバー２ The Gelma Empire, the villains of Gou...

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 04:52:58 -0400

kinks3:

Xボンバー２

The Gelma Empire, the villains of Gou Nagai’s X-Bomber! From left to right: right-hand man Kozlo, the main villain Demon Lord Gelma, and field commander Bloody Mary (whose left eye is a face talking in a demonic male voice).

kinks3: Xボンバー The heroes of Gou Nagai’s tokusatsu puppet...

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 04:47:00 -0400

kinks3:

Xボンバー

The heroes of Gou Nagai’s tokusatsu puppet show, X Bomber (Jin/Cosmo; 1980)! From left to right: Doctor Ben, Kilara, Bongo Heracles, Princess Lamia (who plays the most important part of the story), Bigman Lee, the little robot PP Adamsky, and the protagonist Shiro Ginga.

The heroes travel in a huge X-Wing style cruiser ship called X Bomber to protect the Earth from the invading Gelma Empire. Shiro, Bongo, and Bigman ride three smaller fighter components launched from X Bomber to form the giant robot Big Dai-X!

The show broadcast on Fuji TV from October 11, 1980 to March 28, 1981, with a total of 25 episodes (the first episode is a really neat preview/behind-the-scenes “pilot” episode). Nagai was highly influenced by Star Wars and wanted to create a puppet show (inspired by the works of Gerry Anderson, obviously) in that style, as well as infuse his trademark giant robot staple into the mix (although Big Dai-X is more similar to a Super Sentai robot than the average Nagai Super-Robot). The story is notable for having a continuous arc (with a climactic finish, naturally), as opposed to the episodic format of most tokusatsu shows at the time. The puppets were elaborate and beautiful rod puppets with articulation devices similar to Anderson’s “Supermarionation” technique (called “Supermariorama” for this series), only the characters’ skins were a thin rubber covering (which occasionally got frayed and damaged when too close to pyrotechnic FX, and had to be replaced). There’s also suitmation involved, especially with the robot Big Dai-X and the occasional giant robot menace sent by the Gelma Empire. The Darth Vader-like ultimate villain, Demon Lord Gelma, is a suitmation character as well.

The series’ music & theme is done by Japanese hard rock/heavy metal group Bow Wow, and gets my vote for the best rock score ever, in tokusatsu or anime (especially the still out of print LP soundtrack that cries for a CD release)! Members from Japanese music groups Bach Revolution and Adballoon also collaborated with Bow Wow’s frontman, Kyouji Yamamoto, on the underscore.

The show was seen in, among other countries, France, Italy, and most notably, the UK, where the show was retitled Star Fleet. The characters’/mecha names are mostly changed, and the show was given a new music soundtrack, with a new theme composed by Paul Bliss (which would be covered by Queen’s Brian May and Van Halen guitarist Eddie Van Halen for an album called Star Fleet Project). That said, the series got a respectable treatment in the UK (despite neither Gou Nagai nor any of the other Japanese staff getting any credit; conversely, they get credit in the French dub, Bomber X), although only a couple of episodes were omitted (they were mostly recap episodes). There were also two compilation films made: The Thalian Space Wars and Space Quest for F-01. The series, in its Star Fleet version, was only shown on video in the US (in 8 volumes).

kinks3: 仮面ライダー1号と蜘蛛男 The titular superhero of Masked Rider...

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 04:05:00 -0400

kinks3:

仮面ライダー1号と蜘蛛男

The titular superhero of Masked Rider (Toei; 1971) grapples with his first weekly foe, the Shocker Spider-Man (Kumo-Otoko) in the first episode, “The Strange Spider-Man!”

kinks3: 蝙蝠男仮面ライダー Here’s the Shocker Bat-Man...

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 04:01:00 -0400

kinks3:

蝙蝠男

仮面ライダー

Here’s the Shocker Bat-Man (Koumori-Otoko), the weekly creepy from Episode 2 (“The Terrifying Bat-Man”) of the original Masked Rider (Toei; 1971)!

masa4649m: Char wan wan…… Chien Aznable? :)

Sun, 07 Apr 2013 01:09:12 -0400

masa4649m:

Char wan wan……

Chien Aznable? :)

I have vented my frustration on the topic before, and feel that...

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 04:29:00 -0400

I have vented my frustration on the topic before, and feel that it must be addressed. (I plan to do a few more later on.) :)

As I’m one third Irish (I’m also German and Puerto...

Sun, 17 Mar 2013 16:06:52 -0400

As I’m one third Irish (I’m also German and Puerto Rican, BTW), I’ve always wanted to do a St. Patrick’s Day-themed doodle! But at the same time, 40 years ago today, one of my all-time favorite films was released in Japan: Godzilla Vs. Megalon (Toho; 1973)! Besides being my personal favorite Godzilla film, it was also the first film I was ever taken to see in theaters.

So why not do a crossover art? Here’s Lily Merriweather, dressed in green, and wearing a 4-leaf clover brooch in place of her regular flower brooch. She’s riding piggyback on Dengeking, as Rekira watches in interest. This is basically a reenactment of the closing scene of the aforementioned film. :)

The line at the right, incidentally, says, “Don’t cry, we’ll try harder, too!” (My translation of the closing sentence, “Naku na, bokura mo ganbarou!”, in “With Godzilla And Jet Jaguar, Punch, Punch, Punch!” - the closing theme song for Godzilla Vs. Megalon, sung by my all-time favorite Japanese singer, Masato Shimon.)

kaijusaurus: Weekly Film Focus: A fan-made diagram of the...

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 05:02:18 -0500

kaijusaurus:

Weekly Film Focus: A fan-made diagram of the inner-workings of Dr. Serizawa’s Oxygen Destroyer from GODZILLA (1954).

(Apologies, I cannot source the artist, otherwise they’d be credited).

I’m glad Serizawa’s not alive to see the secrets of his Oxygen Destroyer made public. ;)

willisadork: Cool old Japanese coloring book One of the...

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 04:51:07 -0500

willisadork:

Cool old Japanese coloring book

One of the coolest bits of Japanese merchandise for Gerry Anderson’s UFO (Century 21; 1970)!

sqetches: If you haven’t seen it, check out my student film -...

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 04:19:48 -0500

sqetches:

If you haven’t seen it, check out my student film - Death Buy Lemonade (2010)

I saw this a few years back! Really cute movie. :)

ktshy: sherbeeee: tastysynapse: Korra Harlem Shake by...

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 04:07:42 -0500

ktshy:

sherbeeee:

tastysynapse:

Korra Harlem Shake by Sherbeeee

SCREAMS

What.

This is probably the best thing I’ve seen in my life. :)

RYUSEI WORKS on Tumblr

oldloves: Bill Murray on Gilda Radner: “Gilda got married and...

2headedsnake: The Phenakistocope was invented by Joseph Plateau...

I couldn’t help but imagine something like this! Happy...

Two of the most famous comic-book characters in the world, born...

A promotional King Ghidorah mask! Neat, huh? :)

kinks3: 蜘蛛男 仮面ライダー The Shocker Spider-Man (Kumo-Otoko) as he...

kinks3: 新サイクロン号 The upgraded Masked Rider (now Masked Rider 1)...

deantrippe: Script: Eric M. Esquivel...

yacopu: ビッグダイエックスの真実 Rare behind-the-scenes pic of the...

kinks3: Xボンバー２ The Gelma Empire, the villains of Gou...

kinks3: Xボンバー The heroes of Gou Nagai’s tokusatsu puppet...

kinks3: 仮面ライダー1号と蜘蛛男 The titular superhero of Masked Rider...

kinks3: 蝙蝠男 仮面ライダー Here’s the Shocker Bat-Man...

masa4649m: Char wan wan…… Chien Aznable? :)

I have vented my frustration on the topic before, and feel that...

As I’m one third Irish (I’m also German and Puerto...

kaijusaurus: Weekly Film Focus: A fan-made diagram of the...

willisadork: Cool old Japanese coloring book One of the...

sqetches: If you haven’t seen it, check out my student film -...

ktshy: sherbeeee: tastysynapse: Korra Harlem Shake by...

kinks3: 蜘蛛男仮面ライダー The Shocker Spider-Man (Kumo-Otoko) as he...

kinks3: 蝙蝠男仮面ライダー Here’s the Shocker Bat-Man...