Growing up, being the geek that I am, I was enthralled with the DragonLance series of books. I have, for the most part, kept my love for the book series up to the War of Souls. A few years ago at GenCon, before they filed bankruptcy and had the slew of legal problems they are now facing with Lucasfilm, they had a showing of Dragons of Autumn Twilight. That is the first book of the Chronicles Trilogy which launched the series to the prominence in the fantasy genre it enjoys today. Now this was an animated film, but still, I had high hopes.
So when I found out it was out on DVD, well I ordered it right away… on Tuesday to be exact. Thanks to Amazon I got it today, and was able to pop it in and get ready for its awesomeness…
It sucked.
In fact, I was so disappointed, I’m seriously thinking about reselling it. The animation is reminiscent of Saturday morning cartoons… and then when the Dragons and Draconians show up, they are miraculously CGI. I hate that. I hated it in the Battletech/MechWarrior cartoon too. While they stayed pretty true to the storyline… but trying to cram 400 pages into 90 minutes is a mistake. Additionally… one of the greatest running mysteries of the books… “Who is Fizban?” gets answered before the end of the movie. I found that to be quite troublesome. I really just wish that some movie studio would option it, and make it right!
Have you ever so looked forward to something and been SO disappointed?
Yesterday was a crap day.
Totally a crappy day.
When I have such crappy days I usually look to the city food establishments to comfort me. I’m a comfort foodaholic. I can admit this… and I think that’s the first step in some 12-Step program on the road to no longer being a comfort foodaholic. Still… I like being a foodaholic.
Unfortunately today I was unable to indulge in my addiction.
So I’m doing the next best thing.
Now I know Miss Britt is a master at them.
Still, the one I come closest to imitating is Avitable. What can I say? He has good taste in topics… and I am feeling extremely unoriginal.
So… without further ado… I give you the lunch I wish I had eaten yesterday…
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The Magic is back…
… at least for today.
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I have a deep post within me. I don’t think I can pull it out tonight though… so instead… here’s what walking in the city means about me…
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What Your City Walk Means |
 You are thoughtful and contemplative. You enjoy spending time alone with your thoughts. You are generally confident and friendly with strangers. You are well mannered and sociable. Money is not important to you at all. In fact, you tend to reject material concerns. You are curious about ideas. If you had the means, you’d like to explore the whole world. |
… of course this assumes I would ACTUALLY walk.
Heh.
Not likely.
So it’s just another rainy crapola day in the city. Ontop of it, I’m not feeling too great after a shady hearty McDonald’s breakfast. So here I am relegated to drinking a Jamba Juice Peach Pleasure while trying to figure out which trash receptacle I could puke in without scaring or pissing off too many people. So while I make this all important decision, here’s a few thins for you to contemplate…
⊕Radical Christians will protest anything like a Starbucks logo. Here’s a clue, a mermaid’s lower half is that of a fish. They don’t have legs to spread. Duh.
⊕It’s gonna get harder to hit a strike… and to respond to a Friday night riot which those lanes were always good for.
⊕With postage rates going up, environmentalists are now saying we need to stop mailing letters. That’s exactly what we need… more people on the unemployment line as the U.S. Postal Service will start laying people off. Anyone ever see The Postman? Yeah… you’ll never look at your mailcarrier the same way again.
⊕If you haven’t watched BattleStar Galactica last week, you missed the most intriguing look at the Cylons yet. Those Basestars… they are alive…
⊕Miss Britt has announced BrittCon to be held right here in New York City. Someone suggested walking through Harlem. I love you Britt… but you’re on your own there.
Yeah… I feel better… not.
