A mysterious and beautiful short film by Mark Caballero and Seamus Walsh of Screen Novelties. An old man who lives on a hill is visited by goblins each night who torment him for their own amusement.
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Monster Safari: Short Halloween Animation
Here’s a short Halloween clip from a longer piece animated by Screen Novelties.
That’s How a Pumpkin Grows: Kids Halloween Animation
Here’s a kids Halloween animation with a nice song by Brian Vogan. The animation is by Fashionbuddha Studio with illustrations by Alberto Cerriteño.
Is Occupy Wall Street Encouraging Bigotry?
Does anyone pay attention to what is being said when this ‘1%’ thing is thrown around?
Here’s a direct quote from the OccupyWallSt.org About page and must therefore be the definitive statement of the movement’s intentions:
‘The movement is inspired by popular uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia, and aims to expose how the richest 1% of people are writing the rules of an unfair global economy that is foreclosing on our future.’
If you replace ‘richest 1% of people’ with different words like ‘Muslims’ or ‘Jews’ or ‘Whites’ or ‘Blacks’ or ‘Poor People,’ wouldn’t you have a serious problem?
Why is it that Occupy Wall Street can define a 1% minority out of a population and engage in open hostility and bigotry toward them? Bigotry against a part of a population is bigotry no matter what the rationale for it happens to be. Occupy Wall Street is not talking about corrupt rich people. It is not talking about criminals. It is talking about ALL rich people. It is equating wealth with villainy.
It should be obvious that not all of the richest people are in fact helping to write unfair rules. Michael Moore is rich. Is he writing some of the unfair rules?
Why is Occupy Wall Street unable to confine its hostility to actual policy?
In Germany, during the buildup of Nazism, people grew increasingly angry toward the wealthy and then turned that anger toward Jewish people. Angry crowds, encouraged to chant mantras and direct hostility toward groups that they define as evil become extremely dangerous when exposed to a charismatic leader who is willing to exploit them.
I do not oppose constructive change of policy to make the economic situation more fair and to prevent the corporate control of government. But I do oppose the fundamental and defining aspect of Occupy Wall Street which is to associate a particular group of people with a generic and unspecified evil.
Halloween Action Game: Vampire Hunter
Defend the house against the vampires coming in through the window! Use your crossbow and silver-tipped arrows to destroy the undead vermin before they can hypnotize you with their mind control powers.
Hints: Shoot the bats and flying mist for points. For more points, wait for the bats and mist to turn into the vampire. Then shoot him in the chest. But you only have a second to get him before he stuns you with his mind control.
Reload your crossbow by pressing the spacebar.
Batman and Robin: Amazingly Awful 1949 Columbia Pictures Serial
Batman and Robin was a Columbia Pictures serial of 1949. It starred Robert Lowery as the batman and a rather stolid little fellow named Johnny Duncan. It’s a totally awkward, cheesy and humorless affair that very perfectly captures the true spirit of the comic book. But shockingly there’s no batmobile! The caped crime-fighting duo drive around in an old Mercury convertible as if they’re married and looking for a gas station.
Look, if Christopher Nolan wants to try to convince us all that he can make gritty realistic films about Batman, go ahead and let him. He’s wasting his own time. Batman is an absurdity and should be filmed as such. Enjoy this horrendous bit of movie serial history and don’t try to figure out all the machines and criminal plots. None of it makes any sense at all!