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May. 11th, 2008 07:54 pmNew post about whatever happened to a remake of an old anime show, at Let's Anime!
http://letsanime.blogspot.com/
Also, fans of the parody dubbing scene of the '90s will be intrigued as Sherbert Productions returns to set the record straight in the comments of my Livejournal from last January!
http://davemerrill.livejournal.com/475053.html
And what have we been up to this weekend? Saturday was the pulp show down at the Toronto Public Library, so we trotted on over there and checked it out. I got some old pulps for cheap, had my sense of outrage given a good workout at some of the prices - Item: Set of 8, mass market paperbacks circa 1981, the Family D'Lambert series by Stephen Goldin based on manuscripts or notes or grocery lists of E.E. "Doc" Smith - price, $100. That's right, a hundred smackers for fake "Doc" Smith paperbacks from the 80s, seen in the Goodwill for fifty cents each. Most of the dealers were cranky, no-change-havin' motherscratchers who were more than willing to try and sell me Ace doubles for seventeen bucks. Not today, pal. The pulps I did get weren't in great shape, but they have nutty illustrations, which is all I'm buying them for. I also got a late 70s kook paperback entitled BEYOND STAR WARS, a ersatz Velikovsky trying to shoehorn myths and legends into scientific fact, bookended with references to The Force in order to tie it into the popular film. Essential for your fake Star Wars collection AND fills in those holes in your UFO kook-book shelf! Later that evening we saw SPEED RACER, which I enjoyed very much, probably more than I should have. The Scotiabank was just about empty; their debit/credit card machines weren't working so every transaction was CASH ONLY. It's like going back to the stone age! Bad for them but I like seeing movies in non-crowded theaters.
Today we went drapes shopping, saw some awesome fabric printed with 40s teen characters emoting badly translated English (hint: to denote "love", don't use the heart that has a knife through it), got some Italian for an early dinner, and now it's laundry time. Kind of rainy out there today.
Next week I have to drop some discs off at City TV, got to get a haircut, buy some cel paint, get ready for Anime North - it's coming down fast!
http://letsanime.blogspot.com/
Also, fans of the parody dubbing scene of the '90s will be intrigued as Sherbert Productions returns to set the record straight in the comments of my Livejournal from last January!
http://davemerrill.livejournal.com/475053.html
And what have we been up to this weekend? Saturday was the pulp show down at the Toronto Public Library, so we trotted on over there and checked it out. I got some old pulps for cheap, had my sense of outrage given a good workout at some of the prices - Item: Set of 8, mass market paperbacks circa 1981, the Family D'Lambert series by Stephen Goldin based on manuscripts or notes or grocery lists of E.E. "Doc" Smith - price, $100. That's right, a hundred smackers for fake "Doc" Smith paperbacks from the 80s, seen in the Goodwill for fifty cents each. Most of the dealers were cranky, no-change-havin' motherscratchers who were more than willing to try and sell me Ace doubles for seventeen bucks. Not today, pal. The pulps I did get weren't in great shape, but they have nutty illustrations, which is all I'm buying them for. I also got a late 70s kook paperback entitled BEYOND STAR WARS, a ersatz Velikovsky trying to shoehorn myths and legends into scientific fact, bookended with references to The Force in order to tie it into the popular film. Essential for your fake Star Wars collection AND fills in those holes in your UFO kook-book shelf! Later that evening we saw SPEED RACER, which I enjoyed very much, probably more than I should have. The Scotiabank was just about empty; their debit/credit card machines weren't working so every transaction was CASH ONLY. It's like going back to the stone age! Bad for them but I like seeing movies in non-crowded theaters.
Today we went drapes shopping, saw some awesome fabric printed with 40s teen characters emoting badly translated English (hint: to denote "love", don't use the heart that has a knife through it), got some Italian for an early dinner, and now it's laundry time. Kind of rainy out there today.
Next week I have to drop some discs off at City TV, got to get a haircut, buy some cel paint, get ready for Anime North - it's coming down fast!
