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I’m a tad late for this one, but better late than never! I decided to have some fun with it and use character generators to insert myself into my answers. I included the links (an ad blocker is recommended…Wut? Did I just sneeze? 😉 ). Without further ado, ANIMATION!
9th August – Animation
There are so many different types of animation out there now and each of us have our own favourites and memories associated to them. This week we’re picking your brain about the animated world.
What is your favourite Disney movie?
This takes me back! Wayyyyy back!
The Lion King – My best friend and I were obsessed with it! We’d spend hours playing our own version of it in the cul de sac–good times and great memories!
South Park – I watched my S1 dvds over and over again, and I wore my VHS copy of South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut within a few months. I remember when my mother took me to see it in theatres. I’ll never forget the fact that I lost it right out of the gate and couldn’t stop laughing the entire time.
I honestly don’t know. There are just so many that I’ve connected with or admired over the years. And then there’s ones that make me laugh like Cartman and Homer Simpson.
What is your favourite piece of music from animation?
This post is long overdue. To say that I am disappointed about the Emmy nominations announcement on July 28th is an understatement. I’m going to sound like a bitter old bat of a fan, but I sincerely feel like everyone involved with Amazon’s The Man in the High Castle deserved a well earned nomination. Sometimes I wonder if High Castle is the red-headed stepchild in the eyes of the powers that be–Take the opinion of a die-hard High Castle fan with a grain of salt, for I am heavily biased in this matter 😉
It’s such an original concept; nothing like it has ever been done before. So much creativity and hard work was put into creating such a unique world. It felt real at times.
I could go on, but I’ll stop myself; there’s no point in dragging this out. 2020 has enough negativity as it is.
To the cast, crew, and everyone who was a part of Amazon’s The Man in the High Castle: you are all winners in my book.
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This week was so much fun (don’t I say that about every week?). There is a lot of High Castle in this one!
2nd August – Supporting Roles
Up until now we’ve talked about all sorts of characters and this week we’re giving some love to the supporting roles in fandoms, the minor characters, the NPCs and the sidekicks. The smaller parts that are necessary for the whole thing to work.
Who is your favourite sidekick?
This is a tough one. As I close my eyes and make a mental note of all my favorite superheroes, I find that most of the time, their sidekicks are regulated to annoying catch phrases or stupidity. After much thought (and sifting through a bunch irritating characters), I remembered The Witcher!
Jaskier, the traveling bard who follows Geralt around. He is hilarious without annoying me (trust me when I say, that in itself, is no small feat!). And need I say more:
He was loyal to Smith without question. He was one of the few people that Smith actually cared about, which shows how important he was. He risked his life (while suffering from multiple gunshot wounds) to give Smith his gun, which ended up saving Smith’s life.
I’ll never forget the scene when Smith says in his low, husky voice, “There’s something I need you to do for me” in Season 2. He was entrusted to plan and stage Thomas Smith’s kidnapping so that Smith’s son could live out the rest of his life somewhere else.
Raeder and Smith just before they are ambushed in Season 2
I was CRUSHED when he died in Season 3. I wanted to see more of his backstory. How did he grow to be so loyal to Smith?
Which minor character do you wish had more ‘screen’ time?
Every character I listed in the previous question, but I’ll name another one that I’d like to have seen more of.
Major Klemm from The Man in the High Castle
He was Erich’s temporary replacement in Season 1 while Erich was in the hospital. I wanted to see more of him. I was hoping we’d get to see him in Season 3 spying on Rockwell under Smith’s bidding (or assassinating him in NYC in a suspenseful side plot…This sounds like a good idea for a fan fic!).
Smith (left) and Klemm (right) after the ambush in Season 2
What is your favourite scene with a minor character?
The scene in High Castle Season 4 when Chief Inspector Kido had a beer with his son while watching a baseball game. It was great to see that side of the stoic Kido, but the focus here is minor characters, so I’ll talk about his son. The poor man was obviously suffering from a mixture PTSD and guilt. I truly loved that bonding moment with his father.
Kido with his son enjoying a beer and ball game.
What has been your favourite cameo role?
It will always be the time when Tom Hiddleston appeared as Loki at SDCC 2013.
Always.
Loki surprising the crowd with an appearance at SDCC 2013
If you could have someone play a cameo role in anything what would it be?
I was tagged by the awesome @Winst0lf to embark on a perilous journey through my unpopular opinions, and dude, they are unpopular, so consider yourself warned!
A Popular Series You Don’t Like
The Big Bang Theory. I’m sorry, but I just don’t like it, and please don’t hate me! 😉 I find the laughing track to be overkill and obnoxious.
Every time someone asks me if I’ve seen this show, I pretend I haven’t because it’s so beloved, and I just don’t want to deal with it, ha ha!
A Popular Film/Show Everyone Else Hates But You Love
Battle: Los Angeles
Battlefield Earth – I thought it was interesting, and I liked the depiction of a future an eternity from now where aliens have conquered Earth. I don’t think it deserves to be called the worst film of all time.
Battle: Los Angeles– I loved the action, the story, and the overall theme of helping others. This film doesn’t deserve all the hate it gets.
A Love Triangle Where The Person Ended Up With The Person You Didn’t Like
Where do I start with this one? There are so many that I just can’t stand, and those ones always seem to be the One True Pairing of the fandom, so I’ll narrow it down to a few!
Delenn and Sheridan from Babylon 5 – She deserved so much better than an overbearing alpha male (more like the alpha of all alpha males). I wish she would have ended up with Sinclair or Neroon. I feel that either of those two would have complemented her strengths, and the pair would have become a power couple without trampling over each other.
Every single pairing at the end of the Harry Potter series.
Every.Single.One—–Including Snape not getting over a crush from high school.
Most sitcoms from 2010 onward – I hate laughing tracks, and they tend to have every trope I utterly hate to the point of overkill. I just don’t enjoy most of them.
A Beloved Character That You Don’t Like
Brace yourselves. Trust me. Odds are you will not enjoy what I have to say about a certain Jim from The Office–You might want to just scroll past this one.
Jim Halpert – He is my least favorite character on The Office because he is a self-centered narcissistic individual.
Narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) is a personality disorder characterized by a long-term pattern of exaggerated feelings of self-importance, an excessive need for admiration, and a lack of empathy toward other people.[2][3] People with NPD often spend much time thinking about achieving power and success, or on their appearance.[3] Typically, they also take advantage of the people around them.[3] Such narcissistic behavior typically begins by early adulthood, and occurs across a broad range of situations.[3]
Everything has to revolve around him. If it doesn’t, he either interrupts whatever is going on to make himself the center of attention or mistreats someone until he gets his way or the reaction he wants.
He only cares about himself and about the proverbial prizes (namely Pam) he *has* to have. He kept going after someone who was in a relationship (Pam). He ditched Karen the second it suited him (he literally ditched her in NYC after she moved to Scranton just to be with him).
When he couldn’t eat his cake and have it too (ie, work in Philly and reap all the benefits from not having to deal with an infant and toddler while working full time. Pam had to do all of that all by herself), he treated Pam like garbage the second she said or did something he didn’t like; when she accidentally messed up the recording of their daughter’s recital comes to mind. Pam had every right to lose her temper and initiate marriage counseling.
His one saving grace is the time when the pretty temp tried to sleep with him and he enlisted Dwight’s help to get rid of her.
A Popular Show/Series You Can’t Get Into
The Americans – I watched the first season, and there are just no likable characters. I hated the way the spy couple treated their new boss, and I got the feeling that they wrote it that way because the boss wasn’t a young supermodel.
A Popular Trope You’re Tired of Seeing
Female characters getting pregnant in the final season of a show because there’s some weird, outdated assumption that pregnancy is the only gateway to happiness.
A Popular Show or Film You Have No Interest in Seeing
This one is probably going to get me into trouble more so than my dislike for Jim, ha ha!
Star Trek: Lower Decks
Not a fan of that animation style or the current trend with cartoons to have characters exclaim everything in the loudest, most hyper active voice possible. I’m also not a fan of the CBS All Access delivery model.
Granted, this is based off of a trailer, but still; I can tell that it’s not my cup of coffee.
A Movie Show Or Adaption You Prefer More Than The Book
The Man in the High Castle – I love the book, but the show added so much more depth to it by adding characters and creating such a vivid world for the eye to see. I was completely immersed in it, and that’s something you can’t get from a book.
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When I saw today’s prompt, I laughed (in a good way!) because I have a different perspective on conventions than most people would have. A huge part of my job is working at them! For anonymity’s sake, I’m not going to say which conference(s). I will say this: nothing huge like SDCC or NYCC.
Headed somewhere. The amount of wing photos I have is astronomical!
There is so much that goes into planning conferences before they come to life: logistics, event registration apps, badges (including designing every last color and word), organizing the sessions/panels, and much more. It takes a small army to accomplish this, and I am happy to be a part of it.
Without further adieu, here is my unique perspective on today’s questions!
July 26th – Conventions
It was supposed to be San Diego Comic-Con weekend this weekend. So many conventions have been cancelled this year so we’re living vicariously this week as by talking all things conventions.
Have you been to a convention and if so, how many?
Due to my unique perspective, I’ve lost count!
Because I’ve lost count, I’ll use this opportunity to give you some advice.
Be kind to the person at Registration. Be kind to the person directing you to a certain area. Be kind to anyone with a Staff badge–There is a ton of work that goes on behind the scenes, we’re working long hours, and we don’t have any control over the prices or rules. <3
Club High Castle Con 2020 (can this be A Thing?)
Always complete the feedback surveys emailed after the event. Always! That is your chance to make suggestions! We take those surveys seriously.
What was the last convention you went to?
In February (when you see me posting travel pictures; 99 percent of the time, it means I’m working at a conference). February revisited one of my favorite venues (the hotel LOVES us, and I love them because they don’t blast the AC–yes, this is a problem in the winter at most hotels). I love them for other reasons too, but I always look forward to them because I know I won’t be shivering under my jacket as I check people in, ha ha!
I love it when we get lucky and have some free time to explore the city!
Horsing around on the Sky Deck in the Willis Tower
What is your favourite convention memory?
There are so many of them! I can’t just name one, so I’ll name a few.
One of our attendees pranking me (I just about jumped 10 feet in the air, and burst out laughing!)
There was a time when I saw an attendee posing a stuffed animal near one of our signs. I watched them snap a picture of it, and I had a certain hunch. I waved them over and asked if they’d like me a badge for their stuffed animal. I’ll never forget the sheer excitement on their face as they exclaimed,
“Yes! I really wanted to ask for one but was so afraid!” I made a badge for it, and gave them pointers on taking selfies with it and where the best signs were, ha ha!
Getting to see Smith’s building in Vancouver
High Castle filming location, seen in S1: EP2
I dress in rockabilly vintage style dresses, sometimes with bright, outlandish colors. There was this one panelist who was in this fabulously bright vintage suit, and we laughed and complemented each other on our outfits. It turns out we both dressed in brightly colored vintage style clothing all the time.
Walking around Denver when it was 12 F (-11 C) outside and getting lost multiple times trying to find the Mint with a coworker. When we finally found it, it was closed because it was a banker’s holiday. It was one of those things that we just laughed at.
After walking around Denver in 12 F weather on a quest, only to find the Mint closed.
The entire crazy final evening in Philly one time…man, where do I start with that one? It was like an episode right out of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. I might have to come back to this one in another post because I’d have to tell the entire story. Just know there was chaos, laughter, and ???.
Which convention would you love to go to?
I’ve always wanted to go to SDCC or NYCC because the High Castle cast would always be there; now that the show is over, I’d still like to go to one and dress up!
Who are you hoping to see at a convention next?
The regulars. I always look out for them. Some of them have no idea I exist (unless they’ve been in my line), but their faces are so familiar that I keep an eye out for them.
Oh look, Purple Tie Guy is here! * * Not an actual attendee.
This sounds strange, but it’s always good to see them. The regulars I talk to (including the prankster), are always a riot! I even decorate my station with fun stuff because I know Prankster and others love it.
What is your favourite purchase from a convention?
Do I go with life saving or fun? Why not both!
How I got it in my head that Denver was warm, I will never know. I did not pack the right jacket (a mistake I will never make again), so I ended up getting a Broncos hoodie from one of the local shops, and man. That thing has kept me warm for a few winters! I always take it with me now.
I like collecting miniature statues, keychains, and patches from my travels, so they are another favorite item!
I decided to start collecting travel patches in 2019
