Quote of the Day

[bloodyrosemccoy]

The Date to Create
Happiness Happens
Sneak Some Zucchini Onto Your Neighbors' Porch Night
Farmers Day (Tanzania)
Festival of Hungry Ghosts (China) (Amelia sez: This has to be the best name for a festival EVER.)

 

“Where do you get henchmen anyway? Can you just pick up 12-packs of them at Costco?”

 

Todays quote brought to you by The Incredibles. I love the way they have things in there that obviously drove all of these animators and directors—who are all impressively geeky—crazy about other superheroes. There is a presence of annoying insects in the jungle, the grunts with the visors have matching raccoon tans, they explain how heroes get their super suits, capes actually are a liability in this universe, and I think Frozone’s old suit fades. And the simple, day-to-day affairs make a wonderful impression in this movie, too. Frozone’s wife misplaces his super suit, Helen checks her messages after the epic battle to see how the babysitter is doing, the heroes argue about how to get to the financial district where the gigantic killer robot is. And, of course, the entire final battle is a family fighting over a remote control. I also love how much they make fun of the Secret Identity business.

 

I also have always thought it's interesting which powers each character has. The young hyper boy has super speed, the mother of the family can stretch herself very thin, the father is tough and strong and invulnerable, the junior high girl can turn invisible and make force fields to protect herself, and the baby has a stunning lineup of potential. I could write a whole commentary on that, but for now I’ll leave it at that.

 

Partly that’s because the next few weeks look painfully busy. I’ve got several long shifts of work and then I’m off to the Empire of Denver to dump the Dude at his school and maybe visit Josh while I’m there.  So I may be scarce for a little while, but fear not! I’ll be back and going strong soon enough.