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The Golden Compass: Official Trailer and Featurette on Daemons

Posted by Ocelopotamus on October 12th, 2007 at 6:18 pm

The official/final trailer for The Golden Compass is out, and the more I see of this film the better it looks. I am somewhere between guardedly optimistic and completely geeked out.

 
Also, here’s a nice little featurette called “Defining Daemons,” which looks at the animal companion-spirits that accompany the characters on their journeys.

 
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The Bright Side of Death

Posted by Ocelopotamus on September 15th, 2007 at 11:49 pm

This week’s smash-hit viral video is a cheery little mash-up in which a Monty Python classic gets its peanut butter in the chocolate of the modern-day healthcare crisis.

 
… and here’s the handy action link.
If William Jennings Bryan were alive today, he might say something about not crucifying mankind upon a Cross of Blue.
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Tags: Politics · Culture · Comedy · Activism · Health · History · Human Rights · Video · Healthcare Crisis · The Economy, Stupid · Animation

Or We Could Just Go with a Picture of the Comic Book Guy

Posted by Ocelopotamus on June 30th, 2007 at 6:30 pm

Okay, since I always like to follow the lead of the RubberNun, I took my best shot at recreating myself as a Simpsons character (courtesy of the avatar builder at the Simpsons Movie site).
Of course, being the multi-faceted Gemini Rising type that I am, I had to do four different versions.

Figure A: The current version, […]

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