I've Just Got Something In My Eye
Boy, is it ever true. It seems that ever since I became a father I am SUPER sensitive now to kids in peril and parental shortcomings in movies, TV and books. Gee, what set me off now that didn't before?
The aforementioned things in the comic strip.
The frozen baby in Titanic as they looked over the bodies for survivors.
Happyness starring Will Smith.
The Deep Space Nine episode called "The Visitor". (Jake as a grown up is about to see his father for the last time)
The book The Road by Cormac McCarthy.
My Life with Michael Keaton.
Of course, I've been enough of a bastard to get my wife hooked on Black Adder without telling her about the final episode (from the WWI timeline) and the cartoon Garfield: His 9 Lives, where aside from his other wacky lives, his sixth was poignant and very sad. Or as Garfield himself put it "Six must be my lucky number, because that was the life when I fell in love with music. I also fell in love with the girl who played the piano just for me."
I know just reading that line will make my wife tear up.
Hey, fair is fair! She brought up Jurassic Bark!
[edit] Oh! I almost forgot to mention. The Webcomic Coach (formerly Comic Coach) section of the site is up and running again. I've re-posted some of the older articles and need to revamp the "resources" section as well as post a new "behind the scenes" workflow. And with all this great new video technology, I hope to eventually post some tutorials.
Keep an eye on it!
[edit] Comic note: As I was reading the strip to my wife (over the phone) last night after I finished it, I got to the "Jurassic Bark" line in the second pannel she actually said "That didn't even deal with kids."
Do I know my wife or what?
The aforementioned things in the comic strip.
The frozen baby in Titanic as they looked over the bodies for survivors.
Happyness starring Will Smith.
The Deep Space Nine episode called "The Visitor". (Jake as a grown up is about to see his father for the last time)
The book The Road by Cormac McCarthy.
My Life with Michael Keaton.
Of course, I've been enough of a bastard to get my wife hooked on Black Adder without telling her about the final episode (from the WWI timeline) and the cartoon Garfield: His 9 Lives, where aside from his other wacky lives, his sixth was poignant and very sad. Or as Garfield himself put it "Six must be my lucky number, because that was the life when I fell in love with music. I also fell in love with the girl who played the piano just for me."
I know just reading that line will make my wife tear up.
Hey, fair is fair! She brought up Jurassic Bark!
[edit] Oh! I almost forgot to mention. The Webcomic Coach (formerly Comic Coach) section of the site is up and running again. I've re-posted some of the older articles and need to revamp the "resources" section as well as post a new "behind the scenes" workflow. And with all this great new video technology, I hope to eventually post some tutorials.
Keep an eye on it!
[edit] Comic note: As I was reading the strip to my wife (over the phone) last night after I finished it, I got to the "Jurassic Bark" line in the second pannel she actually said "That didn't even deal with kids."
Do I know my wife or what?
posted by InkTank at
12:58 AM
7 Comments:
To be honest, that Futurama Episode did make me well up a tiny tiny bit also.
I'm not proud of it, bit it did.
Actually, Jurassic Bark's ending is made not so sad by Futurama: Bender's Big Score.
Watch it and see.
Oh, I totally cried at the end of Jurassic Bark. It takes a heartless person not to feel for that doggie.
Yea, I heard something about Bender's Big Score. But my wife has actually sworn off futurama because of that episode, and that's from when it ORIGINALLY aired!
Speaking of feeling for dogs... I am legend..... =(
as to the kids in peril thing, do you think they would have filmed any of the stuff in the first part of the old movie version of annie with the kids all over the place hanging from fans, and rails and all that, if they were doing it today. man they used to let kids do tons of stuff and people turned out ok
I can only suggest that you go ahead and watch Bender's Big Score. If that episode has haunted you, Bender's Big Score will help exorcise that demon.
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