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I've finally started watching Boardwalk Empire (and I'm totally loving it) and I just dig how it's like watching a movie every week. And there's all these other shows on that are like movies too, limited and ongoing, and that's pretty neat too. But the problem is: they're all mature, R-rated and usually dramas. (I was making a tongue-in-cheek list in my head of "HBO" qualities of shows-- movie stars, no cold open, supporting female characters get naked often, lots of curse words, etc...)
My issue is-- where's the stuff for the non-mature audience?
Yeah, kids are lucky because they're more open and accepting of strange ideas, so they've always gotten experimental stuff first, and there's usually some crossover success with things like Avatar the Last Airbender and Adventure Time, and I LOVE that there's a series of "How To Train Your Dragon" that looks just like the movie. That's brilliant.
But all of those-- they're series for kids that adults can enjoy.
What about the family stuff? The stuff that the family can all sit down and watch together and know this is for all of them equally. Not stuff that adults would dig that's watered down and not stuff intended for kids that's dirtied up. And not stuff diluted and castrated for a mass audience (and nevermind that "keeping it clean for kids" -- kids are much more sophisticated than they're ever given credit for). Quality stuff meant for them.
Modern Family is all I can think of, and that's in renegotiations (and while I don't know shit about that sort of thing, if ModFam had some strong competition, that might make a good bargaining chip for the cast). Although to be fair, I rarely watch broadcast TV so maybe there's others, but I can't name them off the top of my head.
Where is the Boardwalk Empire/Mad Men/Breaking Bad-quality content for the family to watch together?
I dunno.
And don't think this is me being some kind of prude, I'm really not, it's more that I want variety, and without variety all this stuff is going to start getting derivative and boring really quick.
I guess the place to start looking would be books-- everything is adapted or remade these days-- so let me open this question up to all of you: what books do you think would be good for a long-form quality television adaptation suitable for family viewing?
My issue is-- where's the stuff for the non-mature audience?
Yeah, kids are lucky because they're more open and accepting of strange ideas, so they've always gotten experimental stuff first, and there's usually some crossover success with things like Avatar the Last Airbender and Adventure Time, and I LOVE that there's a series of "How To Train Your Dragon" that looks just like the movie. That's brilliant.
But all of those-- they're series for kids that adults can enjoy.
What about the family stuff? The stuff that the family can all sit down and watch together and know this is for all of them equally. Not stuff that adults would dig that's watered down and not stuff intended for kids that's dirtied up. And not stuff diluted and castrated for a mass audience (and nevermind that "keeping it clean for kids" -- kids are much more sophisticated than they're ever given credit for). Quality stuff meant for them.
Modern Family is all I can think of, and that's in renegotiations (and while I don't know shit about that sort of thing, if ModFam had some strong competition, that might make a good bargaining chip for the cast). Although to be fair, I rarely watch broadcast TV so maybe there's others, but I can't name them off the top of my head.
Where is the Boardwalk Empire/Mad Men/Breaking Bad-quality content for the family to watch together?
I dunno.
And don't think this is me being some kind of prude, I'm really not, it's more that I want variety, and without variety all this stuff is going to start getting derivative and boring really quick.
I guess the place to start looking would be books-- everything is adapted or remade these days-- so let me open this question up to all of you: what books do you think would be good for a long-form quality television adaptation suitable for family viewing?
A Quick Dip In The Archives
So I went through the nine years worth of uploads on this page and started pruning... I removed more of the older stuff than the current ones, and I tried to avoid deleting ones that had a lot of page views or faves, though there aren't many of those.
Obviously you would expect me to be nostalgic about it, "oh look how my style has changed, how I've grown as an artist" la da dee da da, but the biggest change is how little I share now, and how little I feel the need to share. Back then, probably because I was still in the mindset of wanting to be a professional artist and wanted to share anything presentable and cool, and I wanted heft, but
Homebrew my iPod!
I love my iPod Classic. Use it every day. I've had it since... well, I don't know when. I'm amazed it's still working, but I know one day it won't. I managed to find a replacement (at a considerable mark-up since it's discontinued), but I know one day it will go, too.
The big problem with the death of the iPod Classic is that there's no suitable alternative for it. Apple doesn't sell enough of them to be profitable, and they corner the market so no one's bothered to make a killer for it. Now the companies are focusing on always-connected phones and apps because that's where the money is. And that's fine for them, I understand. But wh
Based on...
The first teaser for Peanuts came out today and I thought it was cute. But the talkback it generated (especially about why it's in 3D) reminded me of some thoughts I'd had recently.
First, the movie's in stereo 3D because every animated flick is rendered in 3D, the stereo always looks good, and they appeal to families so that's more tickets sold (parent and child to whole families as opposed to individual moviegoer), and it helps justify the expense of buying those 3D projectors in all those theaters, which I doubt have actually been paid off fully. I'm not 1000% sure of the timeline, but the last American animated movie done in 2D was Win
The future of movie art
(I wrote this in response to a thread on io9, particularly the comment "I hate Photoshop," during a discussion about the poster work of Drew Struzan).
I love Photoshop. I hate that it's become an excuse for lazy work. Now whoever was talking about the VHS covers, a lot of those were... well, not lazy work, but they weren't the works of masters, but even back then you needed a bit of skill to put those things together and pay attention to all the little details, so even the rushed work has that effort as part of it's soul (effort becomes embedded in the analogue, I feel).
The real problem with DVD covers and posters these days are that they'
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