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https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/7154b6b7-99f6-47ae-8e82-3613180f4794/vlcsnap-2022-02-01-15h28m30s841.png Blog - Graduating from the Class of Professor Monroe - Make it stand out The Tree People are into these phat beats, and start making a commotion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/437d0ab7-2bb7-4f28-b3a5-312e5a3053d0/vlcsnap-2022-02-19-14h52m54s381.png Blog - Graduating from the Class of Professor Monroe - Make it stand out The Yacumo tribespeople are herded into the huts and burned alive by the crew. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/e2d98a16-9c75-4c53-9197-aaf04c55af9a/vlcsnap-2022-02-19-13h21m47s307.png Blog - Graduating from the Class of Professor Monroe - Make it stand out Faye checks her watch and informs us it’s a Saturday in the jungle, a brief respite before hell. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/f0daedda-a0f0-4db8-a564-c0a4174a48b7/vlcsnap-2022-02-17-19h53m12s212.png Blog - Graduating from the Class of Professor Monroe - Make it stand out “God have mercy on his soul, he was one ruthless son of a bitch!” says a former co-worker. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/00d65e7a-c9c7-45c9-a866-635eae69b8eb/vlcsnap-2022-02-01-18h31m37s225.png Blog - Graduating from the Class of Professor Monroe - Make it stand out We then cut to the hanging film canisters, which the documentary crew left behind in death. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1b796a0a-ff7b-4a6c-ae52-b99be8227030/vlcsnap-2022-01-21-19h27m00s622.png Blog - Graduating from the Class of Professor Monroe - Make it stand out The Adulteress’ Punishment scene is shot voyeuristic and sinister, accompanied by Riz Ortolani’s track of the same name. It reminds me of the similar scene from Mad Max 2 where the Gyro Captain watches a rape of a woman by raiders through a telescope. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/e2b5b142-8743-40c2-a3f7-d1b90653bd5b/vlcsnap-2022-02-19-16h47m42s537.png Blog - Graduating from the Class of Professor Monroe - Make it stand out The TV executives and Professor Monroe file into the theatre screening room for the climax. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1155a46f-3da5-49db-844e-2f35481df6bb/Robert+Kerman+Senpai+Noticed+Me+copy.jpg Blog - Graduating from the Class of Professor Monroe - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/c2055758-29b9-45c7-bcba-9b9d5c95614b/vlcsnap-2022-02-19-14h59m31s656.png Blog - Graduating from the Class of Professor Monroe - Make it stand out Alan Yates has sex with his fiancee Faye after slaughtering some cannibals, hot stuff! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/27265f4c-8b48-446b-aaca-98b16a7e1bf0/vlcsnap-2022-01-21-22h35m49s748.png Blog - Graduating from the Class of Professor Monroe - Make it stand out It’s ambiguous whether or not the tribe killed this girl, or Alan Yates killed her and stuck her on a pike for the sake of his sensationalist “documentary” in scare quotes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/296afc65-dd57-4a78-be68-bb8522be7ac0/vlcsnap-2022-01-22-16h00m59s738.png Blog - Graduating from the Class of Professor Monroe - Make it stand out Before we get to the Kerminator, we’re introduced to the exposition by this news reporter who calls the missing camera crew “children of the space age”, whatever the hell that means. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/02149e33-8638-4016-9e99-80a67616b179/vlcsnap-2022-01-28-15h23m55s678.png Blog - Graduating from the Class of Professor Monroe - Make it stand out Professor Monroe gets a briefing for his expedition into the jungle from paramilitary dudes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/a1ada626-bbe5-433e-b467-7dd8e5561ab4/BeingSociological.jpg Blog - Graduating from the Class of Professor Monroe - Make it stand out I couldn’t find my Personal Interest Project (PIP) in the garage, but I found this old textbook as evidence of my academic curiosity instead. I didn’t even get this tome from high school, I was so hungry for knowledge about sociology, that I took it from a university clearance giveaway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/84f15530-50bf-4309-94f4-fefdf0553719/vlcsnap-2022-02-17-19h57m37s779.png Blog - Graduating from the Class of Professor Monroe - Make it stand out You know it’s the early eighties because in times of stress, everyone hits the tobacco. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/3acdc814-9218-4c14-98f1-31d957b5fe7d/vlcsnap-2022-01-21-19h15m03s506.png Blog - Graduating from the Class of Professor Monroe - Make it stand out Professor Monroe arrives by plane, landing on water and giving his greeting party a wave. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/c7e4b9dc-9f27-4b57-b7bd-972ccae50031/vlcsnap-2022-02-02-15h09m40s272.png Blog - Graduating from the Class of Professor Monroe - Make it stand out You’d think this is the start of a pleasant jungle documentary, but it’s not. It’s really not. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/c508ae38-dc38-4201-bb9e-ecd3e60db61c/vlcsnap-2022-02-19-15h03m30s014.png Blog - Graduating from the Class of Professor Monroe - Make it stand out Professor Monroe sits on a bench and lays the thematic core of Cannibal Holocaust down. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/d6dbb82f-1c79-4324-8b66-86c1d28c05fb/vlcsnap-2022-01-28-15h39m41s479.png Blog - Graduating from the Class of Professor Monroe - Make it stand out The crew member demonstrates his bravery by stripping naked, allowing the tribesmen to shoot darts at his feet in the mud. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/f7db604c-4ae9-43aa-8c6f-004c1bb1d5d3/vlcsnap-2022-02-01-15h26m54s346.png Blog - Graduating from the Class of Professor Monroe - Make it stand out Then he goes for the tape player, playing a recording of tribal songs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/74ca955c-8c28-4730-9e03-951cd00b94cb/vlcsnap-2022-02-19-14h00m08s935.png Blog - Graduating from the Class of Professor Monroe - Make it stand out Faye films the turtle scene, which again I will not show because I might get in trouble. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/d94ee36e-836f-4d72-9408-80f54a45426d/vlcsnap-2022-02-19-15h02m06s299.png Blog - Graduating from the Class of Professor Monroe - Make it stand out The Yacumo tribespeople in the background are probably sitting there and judging them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/fcbb8541-290b-4676-a8a7-dc0a8cb888f5/vlcsnap-2022-02-01-18h33m52s538.png Blog - Graduating from the Class of Professor Monroe - Make it stand out Professor Monroe is back in New York, explaining how he got the film canisters back. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/e8f46f41-69bf-4241-8fcf-79e1bc002bba/vlcsnap-2022-02-02-14h29m05s904.png Blog - Graduating from the Class of Professor Monroe - Make it stand out The assortment of TV executives at the network try to convince Professor Monroe to be the host of The Green Inferno documentary when it airs, which might not be the best idea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/03d155cf-04f0-437e-afcf-fd7f482d504e/vlcsnap-2022-02-19-14h04m12s725.png Blog - Graduating from the Class of Professor Monroe - Make it stand out The actor portraying this character is probably considering firing his agent after this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/38e5b7ce-d2cb-4e5a-9af6-c49d787e3a99/vlcsnap-2022-01-21-18h55m01s843.png Blog - Graduating from the Class of Professor Monroe - Make it stand out Chaco seems to have escaped from the 1983 Scarface central casting agency, given the way he talks and conducts himself. I do like him as a character despite his stereotypical accent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/8f6981e6-9947-4f8a-8148-0e2bb767d83b/vlcsnap-2022-02-02-15h10m00s166.png Blog - Graduating from the Class of Professor Monroe - Make it stand out What’s sad is that Faye is the most “likeable” of this horrible group, soon she won’t be smiling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1fb785a7-47cd-419c-9174-20521db532ef/vlcsnap-2022-02-02-14h36m53s956.png Blog - Graduating from the Class of Professor Monroe - Make it stand out The editors prepare to show Professor Monroe footage from The Last Road To Hell. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/4f15cfba-953c-4e75-a73a-cf2af17a722d/vlcsnap-2022-01-21-22h26m53s555.png Blog - Graduating from the Class of Professor Monroe - Make it stand out The last shred of found footage starts a tradition amongst filmmakers with tight budgets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/332508b7-f255-4768-9e8a-11ec2552aeac/vlcsnap-2022-01-22-16h26m36s584.png Blog - Graduating from the Class of Professor Monroe - Make it stand out The actors in Cannibal Holocaust are all smiles now, but they won’t be grinning when an Italian tyrant with a camera holds them hostage deep in the rainforest working for mere pesos a day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/82cf120f-5bde-43ce-9507-db73878a7e46/vlcsnap-2022-02-19-14h06m50s059.png Blog - Graduating from the Class of Professor Monroe - Make it stand out Even Faye is digging into that turtle meat, which supports Ruggero Deodato’s “justification” for the animal cruelty being necessary because they ate the animals as food afterwards. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/5bbd0ba9-c4fb-4749-8339-761ae553ec80/vlcsnap-2022-02-01-15h23m31s376.png Blog - Graduating from the Class of Professor Monroe - Make it stand out Smoke ‘em if you got ‘em, blaze it for one of the realest adult stars in the game. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/446b2888-b25c-4cf0-bd3c-eef4af0eab3e/vlcsnap-2022-01-22-13h02m29s578.png Blog - Graduating from the Class of Professor Monroe - Make it stand out I never noticed the villager behind Faye until I watched Cannibal Holocaust again for this piece, it’s appropriate that Faye objects to the raping when we know they’re being watched. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/6d2abdcf-e7d2-48db-b9d0-f68b75b3539d/vlcsnap-2022-02-19-14h12m17s445.png Blog - Graduating from the Class of Professor Monroe - Make it stand out Or this snake which also gets chopped in half, after it bites Felipe the guide. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/6f95b740-dd6d-4822-86cd-e5c506d7df7e/vlcsnap-2022-02-19-14h55m03s322.png Blog - Graduating from the Class of Professor Monroe - Make it stand out The grinning face of white imperialism as the village burns to ashes around him. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/22246cd9-0cbf-4fe1-95ef-dba3aa452a99/vlcsnap-2022-02-19-16h16m42s197.png Blog - Graduating from the Class of Professor Monroe - Make it stand out One of the cameramen dismantles his equipment for potential repairs or upkeep. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/75baf77d-03f3-4a69-9586-e8cf0bf2cf35/vlcsnap-2022-02-19-14h58m34s698.png Blog - Graduating from the Class of Professor Monroe - Make it stand out This might be supposed to be a dead body burning to a crisp, but I can’t really tell. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/e3f2846b-1740-4ec6-8495-7e49813170c0/vlcsnap-2022-02-19-15h47m42s634.png Blog - Graduating from the Class of Professor Monroe - Make it stand out Alan Yates’ crew never waste an opportunity to exploit the misery of other human beings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/f4a472a1-6a2f-4fe6-b1b2-627ab2b194d2/vlcsnap-2022-02-19-16h04m53s763.png Blog - Graduating from the Class of Professor Monroe - Make it stand out The ritualised abortion scene, which doesn’t get as talked about because of YouTube censorship making it difficult to edit around the graphicness of the image shown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/f3107164-0de9-45b1-866b-2a0e46ad40d6/vlcsnap-2022-02-19-14h15m30s813.png Blog - Graduating from the Class of Professor Monroe - Make it stand out Filipe’s dead body is covered in leaves and buried in the jungle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/81dbbc7d-bb8e-4a34-870f-39e7f0b89ee4/vlcsnap-2022-01-22-01h06m24s479.png Blog - Graduating from the Class of Professor Monroe - Make it stand out The melancholy track titled Crucified Woman plays over the discovery of the impaled girl. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/a305e3f9-231a-4414-9d58-fcf186236eb0/vlcsnap-2022-01-22-12h52m56s314.png Blog - Graduating from the Class of Professor Monroe - Make it stand out A spear whizzes over Faye’s head as the tribesmen attack, in the camera crew’s last stand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/12f03f74-0ee6-438f-ba7d-03ad92850b02/vlcsnap-2022-01-28-16h30m46s834.png Blog - Graduating from the Class of Professor Monroe - Make it stand out The expedition crew are gifted a wrist-watch, which is presumed to belong to the missing filmmakers. Not a good sign for bringing these white people home alive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/329c212b-fdad-4ed4-a1f9-7df9636d09ff/vlcsnap-2022-01-21-18h01m14s137.png Blog - Graduating from the Class of Professor Monroe - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/4c0f619f-0cfa-4bd6-90e0-aceabbbc017f/vlcsnap-2022-01-28-16h22m34s500.png Blog - Graduating from the Class of Professor Monroe - Make it stand out The expedition crew violate the Star Trek Prime Directive and interrupt a turf war. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/e5510b1c-09b5-4d69-a723-1946d162ffd4/vlcsnap-2022-02-19-14h10m22s937.png Blog - Graduating from the Class of Professor Monroe - Make it stand out The same cannot be said for the tarantula on Faye’s arm that gets machete’d. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/2a7d9737-cd2d-4774-90ed-347059fd64a0/vlcsnap-2022-01-28-16h27m36s679.png Blog - Graduating from the Class of Professor Monroe - Make it stand out The Tree People watch on in silent suspicion, despite the gratitude shown by their tribe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/8e6379c1-7f5e-4d5e-b107-d4a009cb3854/vlcsnap-2022-02-19-14h42m09s860.png Blog - Graduating from the Class of Professor Monroe - Make it stand out Alan Yates justifies his cruelty with a speech about the “daily violence” in the jungle where it’s survival of the fittest and all about the strong overcoming the weak. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/e49dd68c-0d60-485b-9caa-aede6984dce3/vlcsnap-2022-01-28-15h54m45s649.png Blog - Graduating from the Class of Professor Monroe - Make it stand out One of the presumable tribal elders demonstrates the switchblade to much rejoicing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1b90b057-c549-4799-be48-7759195273cd/vlcsnap-2022-02-19-14h33m42s449.png Blog - Graduating from the Class of Professor Monroe - Make it stand out The Alan Yates crew storm the village with guns and camera equipment, hollering loud. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/7d90129e-d52c-4730-b718-618a61f86d40/vlcsnap-2022-02-17-19h45m01s280.png Blog - Graduating from the Class of Professor Monroe - Make it stand out The men of the group disrespect Faye by yanking her towel away from her nude torso. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/b713063a-47ca-41eb-831a-887048cde2c9/vlcsnap-2022-02-19-15h08m32s142.png Blog - Graduating from the Class of Professor Monroe - Make it stand out I admit this isn’t the most subtle piece of symbolism, but it is effective at what it’s saying. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/ff49e74f-4832-4262-93ed-c7c01cf4b3fe/vlcsnap-2022-02-01-15h41m05s413.png Blog - Graduating from the Class of Professor Monroe - Make it stand out Professor Monroe bites into the flesh of what we can assume is human meat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/50190149-ba0f-4316-9790-6ebd44d778bf/vlcsnap-2022-02-19-14h06m27s624.png Blog - Graduating from the Class of Professor Monroe - Make it stand out The Alan Yates crew gather around the campfire and eat the turtle together. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/01b91159-3fd3-4b35-a9fe-acbaf76f10c7/vlcsnap-2022-01-28-16h42m41s622.png Blog - Graduating from the Class of Professor Monroe - Make it stand out First, he fires the gun, and throws it onto the ground when he’s out of bullets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/0f71a6ae-0c4a-480e-a49d-3b177377f8d1/vlcsnap-2022-01-28-15h59m07s749.png Blog - Graduating from the Class of Professor Monroe - Make it stand out The expedition crew are rewarded with a wholesome, non-cannibal dinner for their gift. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/85bb85d5-9288-4839-9185-b48e67299890/vlcsnap-2022-01-28-16h37m45s755.png Blog - Graduating from the Class of Professor Monroe - Make it stand out After putting on his pants, Professor Monroe is led by the women to the grisly discovery of the missing film-crew’s skeletal remains and their camera equipment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/9279154e-53e1-4697-93ca-044c311f72ec/vlcsnap-2022-02-01-15h38m58s296.png Blog - Graduating from the Class of Professor Monroe - Make it stand out The tribal shaman, tape recorder in hand, prepares to offer Professor Monroe food. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/dc02a5cc-711e-45e3-8732-bab2d0cefaec/vlcsnap-2022-02-19-14h31m04s667.png Blog - Graduating from the Class of Professor Monroe - Make it stand out The Alan Yates crew shoot a Yacumo tribesman in the leg so they can follow him. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/ca56128b-6f74-4c26-84b0-9e5c4da2dc2d/vlcsnap-2022-02-17-19h49m22s086.png Blog - Graduating from the Class of Professor Monroe - Make it stand out This character, named Jack, films the frat-boy shenanigans on camera to Faye’s chagrin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/284cf126-0ec8-4b50-a753-0b45aa4824c0/vlcsnap-2022-02-19-14h34m01s842.png Blog - Graduating from the Class of Professor Monroe - Make it stand out A native woman tends to the bullet wound inflicted by the Alan Yates crew. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/fd0273e6-ae54-48af-b0fb-7dea2c05c905/vlcsnap-2022-01-28-15h47m25s668.png Blog - Graduating from the Class of Professor Monroe - Make it stand out When the expedition crew arrives at the village, it becomes clear that the cameramen left a mess. behind for Professor Monroe and company to deal with. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/c5cb22ea-2b3a-4596-bccd-b29b9f96be01/vlcsnap-2022-02-18-14h47m27s025.png Blog - Graduating from the Class of Professor Monroe - Make it stand out This post-Vatican II nun reveals Faye’s real name was Tina, and she wanted to be an actress. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1da172f3-08fc-40cf-b2b4-37a9b79bf178/vlcsnap-2022-01-28-15h34m09s500.png Blog - Graduating from the Class of Professor Monroe - Make it stand out The expedition crew bunker down as they try to negotiate with the natives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1429e881-f2df-49fb-96fa-87d77a2813c8/vlcsnap-2022-02-02-14h29m43s828.png Blog - Graduating from the Class of Professor Monroe - Make it stand out Professor Monroe is rather suspicious of the motives of these executives eager to air this footage. a cynicism which only grows stronger the more he gets involved with the execs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/cb0e6fcc-b952-411c-a035-f4938829acfb/vlcsnap-2022-02-18-14h56m14s462.png Blog - Graduating from the Class of Professor Monroe - Make it stand out Mr Tomasso says “MY SON? MY SON IS NO GOOD!” and doesn’t want to be questioned further. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/aec7d39c-3871-46b7-af7f-f35c0b3ca696/vlcsnap-2022-01-21-18h50m23s218.png Blog - Graduating from the Class of Professor Monroe - Make it stand out If I had proper image editing software I’d make this into a macro meme of Monroe saying “Perhaps I haven’t made myself clear, I refuse to have anything to do with this material!” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/c4728f83-2302-4951-8373-a75f0e84bc32/vlcsnap-2022-02-19-14h54m41s765.png Blog - Graduating from the Class of Professor Monroe - Make it stand out Burning down the house, accompanied by beautiful Riz Ortolani music that’s disturbing here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/311c7480-93a5-4f67-ab16-83e364665bc3/vlcsnap-2022-01-28-15h50m53s474.png Blog - Graduating from the Class of Professor Monroe - Make it stand out An expedition member pulls out a switch blade not to intimidate, but to teach. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/797847c1-0ebd-4ca7-8169-14e7156d2a47/vlcsnap-2022-01-28-16h32m05s007.png Blog - Graduating from the Class of Professor Monroe - Make it stand out In order to gain the trust of the tribe, Professor Monroe swims with the women naked as Adam. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/7832c140-922c-4e23-846f-3efe0aaf7595/vlcsnap-2022-02-18-14h52m22s043.png Blog - Graduating from the Class of Professor Monroe - Make it stand out Elizabeth Anders says about her husband Jack that he was with her for four months of a two year marriage, and she tends to what we can assume is her child she’s left to raise on her own. https://jadecryptofwonders.com/blog/mad-monster-party-the-rankin-bass-halloween-special-time-forgot monthly 0.5 2021-10-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1632984244326-044LMWPLENTCOLYM2NT9/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-16h43m06s088.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out The Mummy climbs out of its coffin, for a jolly good scare. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1632996682721-2WPA7OUFNZH8FQDIOYAR/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-20h10m59s231.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out “There’s a tradition to uphold!” says Baron Boris, accompanying his sales pitch with creepy paintings on the wall. “You may not like it at first, but after you’ve worked at it a while, I’m sure you’re going to love it as I have!” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1632982094628-C6XOUFG1P4QX9SVCN28Y/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-16h02m04s049.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out The S.S. Herring docks into the harbour, ready to take the Monsters to the Isle of Evil. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1632995591334-YTG0GH55Z31H85B7X7H2/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-19h52m44s576.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out “Being a man of science, you can understand…” says Baron Boris to his dear nephew. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1633070582463-MNE0DMLGWK7JLPACDT2J/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-16h41m52s703.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out Yetch doesn’t understand no means no, and he’s got Francesca captive in the worst way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1632991723425-EUCFE8N0TK08GSM3T2R7/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-18h48m16s626.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out Yelch gets a pig’s head put on top of his neck instead of a real one in the food fight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1633066758603-1YKX89DLTKELRMKBGA5K/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-15h38m44s826.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out Phyllis Diller looks like she’s having lots of fun as the Monster’s Mate, laughing it up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1633069785629-0ENCDVXRNS9S90L4JNXC/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-16h29m16s269.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out It looms behind Felix as It begins to run amok, and Felix continues to wuss out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1632997900286-4PN8HFZUFQPWO5RSTT06/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-20h31m11s223.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out Francesca escapes through a convenient trap-door, and lives to fight another day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1632987687998-ICEAKQ56KHWEXKCQ60F2/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-17h40m35s273.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out Finally the Creature from the Black Lagoon appears, with a rad Rankin-Bass design. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1632990898793-1BWA8NP3SOW42K2ETFCS/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-18h34m28s682.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out Francesca finds the Monster’s Mate hiding behind the drapes, and they have a cat-fight complete with cat yowling sound effects, which is just as sexist as that implies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1632990105039-XWS0D8O0FPH710OPDK42/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-18h21m11s934.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out Dracula and Francesca on the balcony ready to plot and scheme together. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1632994469968-DVIAZSC6U7NEYT9YA8HN/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-19h34m04s380.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out The Mummy tries to ambush Felix as well, but to no avail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1633072945466-O7S0M4AIGPAPX2LODHBE/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-17h21m30s509.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out Baron Boris Von Frankenstein gloats at his latest achievement, a WMD. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1632988278721-3GJXGMDNODZBZIPZHC27/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-17h50m53s188.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out Yelch gets strangled by the octopus soup, and Chef Machiavelli has to intervene. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1633072098240-2W1VHSGNTCRUHJXZJL9P/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-17h07m53s183.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out Baron Von Frankenstein has his WMD ready to use, and he sacrifices himself for his nephew. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1632987202273-3449BCQ6WLUAESHJIKE7/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-17h32m53s216.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out Quasimodo brings the Mummy down the stairs to meet and greet the crew. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1632994093720-U7BGZJTAAW33NN3Y5IQK/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-19h27m45s324.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out Francesca plans the ambush on her map with Dracula, who is in cahoots with her now. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1632986473936-IC8C34RHGMR6UIHYBK7V/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-17h20m47s344.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out Count Dracula arrives in good form, transforming from a bat to his usual self. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1632998278441-XSZ98JEJPIG0VJ9G99EG/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-20h34m58s201.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out Francesca writes a note which will reveal the truth to Baron Boris about the betrayal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1632999863362-1ELNLADC6QT05912BUCG/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-21h03m54s051.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out Francesca searches for the secret formula amongst Baron Boris’s papers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1632984910458-UYG2SL31UECTHEQPR3XT/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-16h52m02s964.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out The zombie ushers, all gathered in a row on the Isle of Evil. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1633067838488-XBK33M7BZCTWKUQXCK6F/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-15h55m20s341.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out Dracula bangs his gavel on a spare human skull as he calls the other monsters to a meeting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1632977234285-7F6X5RC2HBKWLOM5Y3H7/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-13h45m36s218.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out I really like this image of Mr. Hyde, they did a good cartoony design job on him. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1632976975367-OV1MXA6NYLMCN16XKGDD/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-14h06m54s017.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out An endearing dance sequence between the Monster’s Mate and “Fang”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1632987072702-1FR55YO6LISIH8WKY3O0/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-17h30m00s566.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out The Invisible Man shows up after the Monster’s Mate questions “How can you tell?”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1632993758514-W5GFVL11RK5EJU7ZJKSG/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-19h21m43s091.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out Now they’re all bundled together in a dragon boat headed to the castle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1632993911038-P9NVEXZYE9Z7G2KOTYTG/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-19h24m43s177.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out Francesca schemes some more with Dracula, who has to stealth away from prying eyes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1633067163974-K8E26P3N69V6VSKAE9ZN/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-15h44m04s965.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out Rankin-Bass has a certain aesthetic with their stop motion productions which is distinctive to say the least, everything’s hand-made from fabric and plastic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1632995439824-X25O3QHEB1KL4AVPH79S/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-19h46m40s133.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out I like this bit where the backstory of the airplanes and Felix’s uncles gets delivered. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1633000057616-ODTLC9GFJCSVK4HHDPO9/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-21h07m10s480.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out The other monsters spring on her through the trap door, planning a coup. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1633070140756-WCBFDH8L43QW7NC5EOMM/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-16h35m13s143.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out It falls in love with a picture of Francesca, which is going precisely where you think it’s going. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1633071974521-6TJ7X2K40TS0G8VGFTM1/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-17h05m49s757.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out The Baron flies across the sea to perform his final mission. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1632984435406-6BODBLP62AE930K6DLWG/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-16h46m05s588.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out I love the expression Rankin-Bass gave to this crewman when he’s frightened. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1632992334290-RLMW0XSAHOZ6F2UN2H5Y/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-18h58m24s272.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out Felix is back in the picture, after annoying us in the first act, he’s skating on thin ice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1632999714704-5JHFINEKOW85CIEI4P42/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-21h00m48s522.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out Count Dracula plans on packing his coffin to get out of this situation ASAP. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1632995936491-86QI9ELQJAAT2W8HMNY8/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-19h58m25s692.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out Felix says he may have the blood for the job, but he sure doesn’t have the stomach for it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1632982801545-NT8PUHZ29L8ZE0AYT5PB/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-16h18m42s201.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out Felix runs into the Wolf-Man as he boards his vessel bound for the Isle of Evil. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1632991788018-C138D6LYL47JOJ8XB26Y/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-18h47m46s784.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out And Count Dracula ends up being drenched in the punch-bowl. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1632986315019-LPL4RNVHIZH6ZJ767MDG/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-17h17m53s916.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out The Monster’s Mate and “Fang” dress to impress for the occasion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1632991974183-B5UD6PLJXX58I7LQ3C25/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-18h52m33s050.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out After Dr. Jekyll fights with the Creature for spitting water on him whilst he was trying to sleep, we find out most of the monsters like the Wolf-Man and The Invisible Man are still napping. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1633072248528-BI497YBCOQMEPCEVBMG4/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-17h09m46s416.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out The Isle of Evil is nuked by Baron Boris Von Frankenstein, and the film comes near to its close. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1632992184824-0KTGZ0P59MOJHAL3PYV5/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-18h56m01s356.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out The Mummy is snoring, so Quasimodo wraps his bandages around his head to block the noise. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1633070903559-9NRMK1QU6USF7X0N5KS2/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-16h48m02s499.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out Baron Boris returns with a vial of the formula to destroy matter, preventing Felix’s suicide. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1632994352610-WWSQUQ1SY3O70PS4XEZ8/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-19h32m12s698.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out All of a sudden, Wolf-Man attacks, but Felix is still trying to be friendly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1632987337367-S7OIN3UV6AK5UD5DXH3K/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-17h35m12s576.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out Dr. Jekyll makes an appearance at the party, saving a drink of Mr. Hyde for the main event. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1632977131342-CUUNTHT58U9NRNW916A6/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-13h46m37s215.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out Felix Flanken, the nephew of Baron Boris, picking up yet another of his accidents. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1632994939801-G5R0RDIQ0LX8I0S7Z63W/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-19h41m55s163.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out Dracula does the long distance run like an Olympic athlete… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1632996504051-60CVBAJYLX6SY5FTVDN7/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-20h07m59s410.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out “Remember, this is a family business” is pretty much “Join me, and we will rule the galaxy together!” in non-Star Wars lingo. Baron Boris is getting sinister now. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1632988884913-BN6GD64FU405WV9FJI3U/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-18h00m52s264.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out The actual Worldwide Organisation of Monsters festivities are about to begin! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1632993358411-7736I6AFPHAEYPPEEIZ4/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-19h15m31s381.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out Felix looks back at the ship and wonders why the captain acted funny the whole trip. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1632993573218-D6C2J9VEPBUMVRCKE8PO/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-19h19m06s596.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out Baron Boris and Francesca wave Felix down on the shore, waiting to take him in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1632986803518-ADB50T3TM4AX3D1XYCOV/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-17h24m57s905.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out The Wolf-Man makes his appearance, howling on the balcony. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1633071374516-E14NTJKLGE52ZL1ZGF3P/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-16h55m51s712.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out Baron Boris Von Frankenstein leads the charge of the air cavalry, will he defeat It? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1633072470156-R3HCAIWXEXFASO3MW28O/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-17h14m08s345.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out As you can see, the formula to destroy matter has disintegrated the entire island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1632999061946-DLCGDBE7QL9IGXI3VEBN/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-20h50m32s187.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out “Fly my lovely…” says Francesca as she delivers her note by bat freight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1632995052759-97Y2J2T3QLT0D5VNKDEC/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-19h43m41s308.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out Only to get his fangs embedded in the tree-bark when he lands… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1632988440664-WOFHR18WO2KB7Q6SA9LP/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-17h53m32s781.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out Yelch says there’s something missing from Chef Machiavelli’s hyena casserole, and gets knifed for his culinary criticism. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1632975797879-HXNYO5CMN7OIF1OVK29T/mad-monster-party-1967-everett.jpeg Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out It’s a Halloween themed hullabaloo with all your favourite monsters! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1632994203649-AYUB33IHVNMHO5S0R33L/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-19h29m31s182.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out Felix is being shown around the jungle by Francesca, hopefully to his doom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1632996343272-CCQT3TKU9QIYRUA59JAR/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-20h05m16s684.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out Stay One Step Ahead isn’t necessarily what I’d call a banger, but it is a nice song. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1632982387328-84T96230A4K0DSJO3OA4/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-16h12m44s367.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out Count Dracula appears at the docks for boarding, but he’s a bit skint when it comes to his wallet for the fare, so he turns into a bat and opts for flying instead. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1632991311872-PGKFISOZJLQ9TQ8FGMUA/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-18h40m35s849.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out Mr. Hyde attacks Yelch, succeeding at ripping his head off from behind as Dracula crashes onto the table across the dining room cutlery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1633072624289-XRXIVKHFT4SIU84E1RBI/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-17h16m43s807.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out Felix proposes marriage, but Francesca just cries as she tells him the truth, she’s a robot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1632997535923-E70LYFY51Z3DMRDWLOP2/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-20h24m41s543.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out “Francesca! What’s she doing here! We had an appointment!” scolds the Monster’s Mate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1633068492012-54NLTAV0XM33FSQ134MP/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-16h04m57s346.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out This is getting to The Nutty Professor levels of sixties nerd cliche tropes, get it together Felix! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1632997240362-CACRLFGKIO4E30D76SGX/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-20h20m11s451.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out “Three chances! Three!” argues Francesca as she rouses on Dracula. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1632991537005-IJOFIBGAZCRSU3Z1DI6W/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-18h44m33s388.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out The Creature gets a pie in the face and The Invisible Man pours liquid on him. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1632989832279-7UEABQRFDWLF63QFN8O9/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-18h15m53s831.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out The Monster’s Mate and the Mummy dancing, because this movie needs to get a groove on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1632999504284-UW34U6XTC37D2E5LEDMX/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-20h58m00s845.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out Of course a mouthful of fish prevents the Creature from attacking poor Felix. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1632985404228-DXUL5KNB603ESL3I7ACM/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-17h02m26s523.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out One of the zombie henchmen ready to fly the aeroplanes to patrol the island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1633000847157-FDGGE8U5GAVIBTFD4OPY/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-21h16m33s738.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out Looking like a James Bond opening credits sequence, Francesca is. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1632997787723-COJA78FI8Z1FX5YWCTC9/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-20h29m15s225.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out Francesca is backed into a corner by the other monsters, it’s a treacherous situation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1633000276011-DJ4C2IK605FA15840K9F/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-21h10m37s297.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out Francesca’s not going down without a fight, and she’s got a torch to burn with. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1632994724579-N8H4H5QBAP7LW6PAGWSB/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-19h38m15s436.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out Felix tries to choose a sandwich for his picnic, but Dracula again leans in for the throat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1632987492690-00QLX5LONPOWY7709NMI/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-17h37m44s293.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out Francesca is still having none of Yelch’s advances, somebody gonna get cancelled. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1632989572286-MDJ764J8WEECA648G7E1/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-18h09m25s576.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out Of course there’s a skeleton band to provide the evening’s entertainment! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1632989439429-TW5OOA96NBD3RPXXPIUZ/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-18h08m39s976.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out Count Dracula and the Wolf-Man start scheming for the formula and succession to the top. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1633069655576-P0DXH3DFYSY2M2V748HO/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-16h27m03s669.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out Felix has the formula to destroy matter in his hand, but will he prevail? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1633071752888-WL34S64T021M0MA2EULF/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-17h02m11s721.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out Felix finds the motor boat to make an escape in this exciting climax! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1632981539465-RBIB9Y95TM4E4LC96IJZ/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-15h50m14s503.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out Francesca enjoys a spot of tea with Baron Boris. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1632986093295-OH0DB6M6KSDF5QJFCFDZ/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-17h14m16s792.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out Baron Boris is playing the organ all creepy yet funky, and Francesca soon joins him. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1632998919367-OU2T549XO7EWE312TX3G/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-20h48m06s016.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out “We must stop her before she tells the Baron! He’ll turn us into erector sets!” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1633068935052-BAWKXJJ7XBFJARX113XJ/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-16h14m41s474.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out Dracula is going full Vietnam running through the jungle, where’s the Creedence? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1632982268365-G579B334IRHNTKJ8YXL4/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-16h10m32s848.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out Quasimodo is among the first monsters to arrive for boarding. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1632989018747-W7HATH6VWYMNQIAUH6YM/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-18h03m14s634.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out Baron Boris gathers all the monsters to announce the discovery of his WMD. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1633071575472-EPDNIO2SO491E87KQPTL/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-16h59m05s918.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out It puts Francesca down, and proceeds to fight the airmen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1632995755863-W1H9PVF0WKK19A6FMHRX/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-19h55m22s743.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out This thing looks like one of the soot creatures from Spirited Away. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1633071276225-7L1MBE5AA71CYFJ49SYK/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-16h53m28s383.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out In comes the airforce of zombie bellhops, twas beauty that killed the beast? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1633068646996-GJARA7AGIBOYN851I4FM/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-16h09m49s853.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out Now Francesca gets attacked by a carnivorous Venus Fly Trap, Felix throws pills at it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1632987897898-M9QHK3W2OLIPRHPOPXH1/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-17h44m22s154.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out Chef Machiavelli is working with zombies to prepare all this food for the party. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1632994586651-5CZYEK0E05NZZSN49Y8C/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-19h36m02s635.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out Now Dracula tries to go for the kill, but he’s defeated by insect repellant. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1632975936690-WIIEIL7Z9CNGV897IVFT/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-13h21m16s325.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out Baron Boris Von Frankenstein in his sinister lab on the Isle of Evil. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1632999240241-DGGZO9P49A9XKKM2TD2W/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-20h53m12s608.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out Meanwhile Felix has gone fishing, thinking about turning down Uncle Boris’ offer, whilst the Creature from the Black Lagoon is behind him. Gasp! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1632985173231-IJHIMIMNRPFN6OIRHI4V/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-16h57m26s358.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out Francesca not appreciating the bad touch from Yelch, somebody call Ronan Farrow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1633070774845-8L14I5OVVJGMOPG1JWIJ/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-16h45m53s609.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out Now It has Francesca in its clutches, resulting in the King Kong climax we expected. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1633001186354-1PV3INVJFO788RYT1GXM/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-21h25m40s093.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out Felix retrieves Francesca from the lagoon in his fishing boat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1633069934588-8ESM30S5ROQKOUZR4BVE/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-16h31m26s226.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out It makes its way towards the castle, in a very King Kong sort of way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1633071878687-GPGC0YH5TAHXMKCWY5UF/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-17h04m02s242.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out Francesca swims to the safety of her weak male lead as they abandon the Isle of Evil. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1632991130559-TON0YIIK688ORUWQGN9K/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-18h38m18s711.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out Frankenstein’s Monster accosts Dracula, with the Wolf-Man nipping at his heels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1633071664091-O3QBZGPXO1NJ5D7IPDHI/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-17h00m42s780.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out The sorrowful ape It expresses its emotions through felt and puppetry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1632996079991-MG754QHKB7QP9B8NGZFI/vlcsnap-2021-09-30-20h00m46s531.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out And then there’s another song when all these yokai looking creatures show up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1633069205192-7Y37LMC7H926WDUCVCD9/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-16h18m42s558.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out Felix resorts to fisticuffs with the Wolf-Man in the heart of the Isle of Evil jungle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1633071063014-JNQIIEXOX5QBPITJ2XRM/vlcsnap-2021-10-01-16h50m39s002.png Blog - Mad Monster Party: The Rankin-Bass Halloween Special Time Forgot - Make it stand out Apparently It has grabbed not just Francesca, but several of the other monsters. https://jadecryptofwonders.com/blog/the-pagemaster-an-overlooked-relic-of-the-90s-which-encourages-reading monthly 0.5 2021-06-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622795663540-1T6P7XM8ABHPD9E4BU7W/vlcsnap-2021-06-04-18h29m04s297.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out Now we get a shot of Captain Ahab poking his harpoon at Moby Dick. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622794603970-AH77MKS9YAQA9V5SQHKF/vlcsnap-2021-06-04-18h16m15s712.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out Mr. Dewey tells Richard that if he gets lost, all he has to do is go towards the EXIT sign. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622884648806-M5APZG3RPEK08FXGZN1L/vlcsnap-2021-06-05-19h16m09s396.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out Dr. Jekyll is played by Leonard Nimoy, who confronts the group with a lantern. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622984690884-AX435EPBKFDB1EV0HFG2/vlcsnap-2021-06-06-23h04m20s259.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out There’s a scene where Adventure is mean to Horror, whose attempts at imitating him annoys him, and Horror sulks off on the beach alone and it’s rather sad. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622890455245-VNECFL1JE81L7G26HUFD/vlcsnap-2021-06-05-20h53m27s260.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out The pirates are spooked by a skeleton in the sand, but Long John Silver isn’t having it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622788193255-KOOMR1AVWQU11HEZKPQB/vlcsnap-2021-06-04-16h27m40s157.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out You’ve gotta love the wisps of cloud with that font, which begins the movie proper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622984834737-O8NFVAXZZRUJ1BP4NOES/vlcsnap-2021-06-06-23h06m38s645.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out TRULY ADVENTURE IS THE REAL MONSTER, WE STAN HORROR ON THIS WEBSITE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622890955426-R5LL6W04A9PMWPR1XAB5/vlcsnap-2021-06-05-21h01m45s645.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out After a scene of slapstick where Horror and Fantasy are reunited with Richard Tyler, Culkin faces off against Long John Silver with a nearby sword. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622987180028-7H10THU2FML0B48MWUSX/vlcsnap-2021-06-06-23h45m27s221.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out Twinkling fairies up ahead of Richard Tyler, illuminating the sky, Fantasy calls them “my little babies”, which is interesting to say the least because it implies books can adopt kids. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622994605752-Z4GD6Y2HI4UWWXRSG99R/vlcsnap-2021-06-07-01h49m32s361.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out This shot where Christopher Lloyd’s face is merged with the Pagemaster’s is something films like this never get credit for, setting up the implication that they’re one and the same. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622792662028-B61PW3Q7JIS37RME0JSU/vlcsnap-2021-06-04-17h42m42s925.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out This is the first glimpse we get of Christopher Lloyd, heralded by thunder-claps. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622985593493-T5R24BBP6WGV99ECBU53/vlcsnap-2021-06-06-23h19m01s362.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out At least Fantasy calls out Adventure for being mean-spirited to Horror, who he has insulted. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622988445148-OQR717DIKJRWQNTASAOV/vlcsnap-2021-06-07-00h06m43s706.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out Adventure whacks his sword on the ceiling of the cave, waking the dragon up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622875227115-V777DE6X68W45CVTG1VK/vlcsnap-2021-06-05-16h18m38s195.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out “Where a boy’s courage is a wind that moves him to discovery!” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622990463954-6HG5E04XPJTFMLX93VV0/vlcsnap-2021-06-07-00h40m03s322.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out “C’mon guys! The EXIT!” yells Richard Tyler, rushing towards the finish. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622788745402-I7JWWDU10G3WHKMAZKYB/vlcsnap-2021-06-04-16h34m57s635.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out Richard Tyler’s frustrated parents having a chat about their anxiety-prone son. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622988826924-NQ9BFVUAN77IIDK57ZYR/vlcsnap-2021-06-07-00h13m12s264.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out Fantasy tears out one of her pages labelled Arabian Nights and summons a magic carpet, which is one of the rare instances in this movie that non-Western fantasy is referenced. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622987276748-X6P65JGDGHVOFXSYGDWA/vlcsnap-2021-06-06-23h45m56s493.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out One of the fairies prances about on Richard Tyler’s hand, its skeleton is electric I guess? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622884240474-KGCQNS5CA3EPIUI18KRN/vlcsnap-2021-06-05-19h08m16s320.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out Horror in all his misshapen glory, apologising to Richard Tyler for scaring him. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622992384205-V6882UYGXXJQHF62J98K/vlcsnap-2021-06-07-01h12m32s219.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out He opens Jack and the Beanstalk and makes a break through it on the growing plant. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622880303873-74OS6U4SL2H7EFJK0NVF/vlcsnap-2021-06-05-18h04m26s895.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out Richard Tyler has to jump for his life, and grabs hold of Fantasy by the spine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622889913797-R4WFX84VD7JJNMOC36AL/vlcsnap-2021-06-05-20h44m43s618.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out Adventure and Richard Tyler are searched for hidden treasure, and Long John Silver throws away Culkin’s library card which Adventure needs to get checked out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622794924074-4HFHM1XZ3U8HOFP1YBLX/vlcsnap-2021-06-04-18h19m59s752.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out He looks up at the ceiling, and finds this beautiful painting foreshadowing future events. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622985201033-B4QEMF5ZZUWPDT2PCZ5Q/vlcsnap-2021-06-06-23h12m47s841.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out Although Culkin is moping about how he’ll never get home because he lost his library card, Fantasy telling him sometimes you have to fight to make a wish come true is a good message. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622995238468-SI6U0QY4CU6CVWBE34DE/vlcsnap-2021-06-07-01h59m54s978.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out I admire the craftsmanship that went into the book props as Culkin takes them away. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622992098431-YB4ETNEUK2LBA6A8OUSX/vlcsnap-2021-06-07-01h07m52s021.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out The Pagemaster’s disembodied voice advises Culkin to look to the books, but he opens Alice In Wonderland and the Queen of Hearts yells “OFF WITH HIS HEAD!” at him. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622993275966-BPF7FHHII3MRAP6FG5II/vlcsnap-2021-06-07-01h27m27s398.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out The Pagemaster is all whimsical like “TELL ME!”, unaware that Culkin is gonna have strong words after his opener of “Do you have any idea what I’ve been through?” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622996237452-Z53V9UM73XCGR5AU31E2/vlcsnap-2021-06-07-02h15m58s740.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out Richard is sleeping in the treehouse tonight, and his parents tuck him in before leaving. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622887691565-OPC2OXX10A1RUB4NJ1ZY/vlcsnap-2021-06-05-19h59m03s280.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out A beautiful sunset to transition from Horror to Adventure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622884950809-2WD5PRRHAX8JAIWF31TS/vlcsnap-2021-06-05-19h22m01s286.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out Horror shoves Adventure, and the spilled cocktail burns a hole through the floor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622887626268-5OFZ1XNUZ68KIUGRC2CK/vlcsnap-2021-06-05-20h00m06s737.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out You can see a book staircase as part of the scenery here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622994946099-6A1Q1TQYTT4C2QX5F5RP/vlcsnap-2021-06-07-01h55m16s107.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out Culkin shows Mr. Dewey his library card, mentioning how he forgot his books, and Mr. Dewey says “You can only check out two.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622884142454-WZ6MQSX5PNLLU0SKXBK3/vlcsnap-2021-06-05-19h07m31s365.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde? Must be a duplex…” quips Fantasy, examining the entrance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622885941606-U8XZPIKC4W7KJ37QB5D9/vlcsnap-2021-06-05-19h37m44s167.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out Horror pleads “SANCTUARY” as his fallen chandelier is dragged down into the pit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622889359982-ZKBIWZQQ5GB362VG1MMD/vlcsnap-2021-06-05-20h34m06s630.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out The massive pirate ship emerges out of the distance towards the small dingy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622984976845-H9WVW3ZC25L46YTAFIGK/vlcsnap-2021-06-06-23h09m07s983.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out After being a dick to Horror, Adventure finds Richard Tyler’s lost library card on his peg-leg. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622995653506-7TB1FH8VQNIODS92RN6R/vlcsnap-2021-06-07-02h07m05s657.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out His character arc is completed by a sweet bike jump because it’s the nineties! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622886537904-DXNMN9JUPC3GVSAULS6E/vlcsnap-2021-06-05-19h48m31s369.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out Fantasy rescues Horror from certain death with her wand’s blowtorch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622792479194-BS9FKOGTHUVLQOB48HZE/vlcsnap-2021-06-04-17h40m37s637.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out The lightning effects make the library look like a spooky place to be, kinda off-message. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622885558145-L1V8JKCC2DHKBG191YVA/vlcsnap-2021-06-05-19h31m08s482.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out The team of books and the boy watches astonished in terror. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622883037426-PPALP2R5LVFI5HQ6J0FE/vlcsnap-2021-06-05-18h50m10s962.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out Culkin catches Horror in his hands, a bit freaked out by the sight of him. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622986086090-PG11LZGCC44ETYTAON4L/vlcsnap-2021-06-06-23h27m29s379.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out Fantasy’s wand begins to blink, which means it’s time to head to the Fantasy section. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622880524504-SAUQLL2AJU7VJV8B194C/vlcsnap-2021-06-05-18h08m01s532.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out Culkin is told off by Whoopi Goldberg’s wrath, notice she’s wearing glass fairy tale slippers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622881223928-QW38JUB4X8GMA8S3WD95/vlcsnap-2021-06-05-18h15m26s366.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out Richard Tyler is attacked once again by literacy, as the Hound of the Baskervilles barks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622994112558-6B6GR8KRJ1UORPZFP7FF/vlcsnap-2021-06-07-01h41m27s900.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out Culkin collides with his cartoon soul, and each of the three books plop on the ground with him. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622995952696-Q7F52WNAHQN0C764ZLDL/vlcsnap-2021-06-07-02h11m48s480.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out Richard Tyler’s parents worry about where he is and contemplate calling the police, but his bike signifies that he’s home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622885057281-TUAYM2A9QJYTZ6UKRB2D/vlcsnap-2021-06-05-19h23m49s656.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out Dr. Jekyll throws his glass into the fireplace, producing green flame. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622793188724-DOTVT75R6M33TUZBGW62/vlcsnap-2021-06-04-17h51m07s977.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out Mr. Dewey, invading Richard Tyler’s personal space to an uncomfortable extent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622988076335-0YKPOKWRVZEGTK5A94V3/vlcsnap-2021-06-07-00h00m23s409.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out Adventure enters the cave with trepidation, and Fantasy teases him about it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622990964024-MR9R9OWI3EKVFUEJ99C8/vlcsnap-2021-06-07-00h48m51s276.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out “How would you like to curl up with a good book?” says Adventure before he’s booted out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622989990881-GOA0HLUQ8NWLGWNWQDOM/vlcsnap-2021-06-07-00h32m41s187.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out The dragon scorches the magic carpet, which sends them hurtling towards the tower. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622989858032-06DGYV46GJXZ05R4TBBT/vlcsnap-2021-06-07-00h30m30s587.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out Fantasy’s wand is knocked to the ground by Horror’s fumbling, which means trouble. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622890608465-0Y4PVUGBSTKSPJCY98P7/vlcsnap-2021-06-05-20h56m15s744.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out The pirates stage a mutiny against Long John Silver because the treasure chest is empty. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622984393352-5RCAHPZIUCPY9YNJD0W0/vlcsnap-2021-06-06-22h59m03s001.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out Richard Tyler succeeds at intimidating Long John Silver, who sings Dead Man’s Chest as he rows away, leaving Culkin and the books to plan their next stop on their journey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622792283313-ZS5BLZVXTBSPN6OJUCDN/vlcsnap-2021-06-04-17h36m29s571.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out Y’know what, I don’t think Culkin’s gonna make it to the hardware store today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622794037049-KDRT90RAIXG706LG88XY/vlcsnap-2021-06-04-18h06m42s493.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out I like how Christopher Lloyd just whips out a library card like a magician’s trick. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622990372614-FX576JYP7CABBXJKJO3M/vlcsnap-2021-06-07-00h39m04s714.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out Culkin climbs to the top, only to find he’s left his book friend behind enemy lines. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622791947827-DXLUDTFQXEK1MI4X4HO2/vlcsnap-2021-06-04-17h32m00s880.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out Richard Tyler is confronted by an (in his mind) spooky tunnel whilst fleeing his mockery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622995330409-FNELPU2P3T22U2998E31/vlcsnap-2021-06-07-02h01m42s958.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out Man, Christopher Lloyd is selling that whimsical children’s movie grin, you can’t hate it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622886339558-78UKN649HT383DW3WKR8/vlcsnap-2021-06-05-19h44m31s467.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out The urgency of Horror increases, repeating “SANCTUARY!” in desperation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622871301387-160TZT0ZV57SFJYWMGQJ/vlcsnap-2021-06-05-15h29m32s699.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out Richard Tyler cowers from the paint in the middle of a compass, indicating his journey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622881753647-WAF0A1R65KPGJUU4XNYX/vlcsnap-2021-06-05-18h27m04s900.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out Point me to the sky above, I can’t get there on my own, walk me to the graveyard, dig up her bones… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622996194323-7ZN9G8KJC33MK3C6SUC4/vlcsnap-2021-06-07-02h15m50s215.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out Richard’s mother spots that there’s a light on in the treehouse. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622991835803-66FON9WN1T4C4H7BQ4WC/vlcsnap-2021-06-07-01h03m21s281.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out Culkin is now in the belly of the beast, and it seems there is no hope left for him. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622875777558-AX5ZHIRO5DN50AH8G2GC/vlcsnap-2021-06-05-16h49m04s346.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out The Pagemaster fades away into the aether once he’s nudged Richard Tyler on his quest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622992659241-F5DF9HOIJCVZ1HQWENUA/vlcsnap-2021-06-07-01h17m07s153.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out Of course there’s a magic door that says Look To The Books on it, why wouldn’t there be? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622890276010-NMASEDIA72KSRBSYTIO0/vlcsnap-2021-06-05-20h50m49s220.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out The pirates land and they start their trek towards the digging site. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622884840435-L154M069OO9JE2CWV4AO/vlcsnap-2021-06-05-19h20m17s018.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out Dr. Jekyll offers them a drink, which appears sinister and creepy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622885345308-X549GCJWAOE0JD9H1SV3/vlcsnap-2021-06-05-19h28m43s966.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out Dr. Jekyll drinks his infamous potion in front of Richard Tyler who begs him not to. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622873365596-08QEW434TBFE1NYOD5AN/vlcsnap-2021-06-05-15h53m34s992.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out “I am the Pagemaster, keeper of the books, guardian of the written word!” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622991424841-1D98AGUWWA4A9UYHLIMY/vlcsnap-2021-06-07-00h56m32s728.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out Adventure’s bravado is rewarded by being scorched by the dragon, and he falls over. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1623060937152-RO4S7O4XP7DIMJ94NJZ3/vlcsnap-2021-06-07-20h12m32s452.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out The silhouettes of Richard’s three book friends can be seen on the treehouse wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622990647113-8N9VJ06TY1PNNDEGIR4C/vlcsnap-2021-06-07-00h43m35s662.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out Then the dragon breathes fire again and the library books have to retreat into a cave. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622987843321-4SIYL4EPXBMVY14E3S4D/vlcsnap-2021-06-06-23h56m57s328.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out Two of the fairies steal Richard Tyler’s glasses, also, here’s Humpty Dumpty. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622994348776-39L9RRB0KOG0VW0XO014/vlcsnap-2021-06-07-01h45m02s473.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out The rotunda returns to its non-goopy form, with the Pagemaster staring down at Culkin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622791493064-O48MFMD255H3FSFG820A/vlcsnap-2021-06-04-17h21m29s779.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out Check out the nerd-mobile this kid is driving, even my dad doesn’t wear that much high-vis when he takes his electric bike off to the shops. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622988220867-DKTEO09Q78Z9ZIJZI4VR/vlcsnap-2021-06-07-00h03m06s066.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out Richard Tyler finds the EXIT sign at the top of this mountain, which looks ominous. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622887992520-NHY0EU1S1XP84HSJD8CN/vlcsnap-2021-06-05-20h12m31s743.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out Add this to One Less Than Perfect Shot on Twitter, the innuendo speaks for itself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622986833984-GXC32KFL9NKHWRGXB65F/vlcsnap-2021-06-06-23h38m38s569.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out We zoom through this spiderweb on our way to the world of Fantasy, enchantment awaits! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622991972286-DMA0LRO0NEO7N1QIATZX/vlcsnap-2021-06-07-01h05m50s316.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out The dragon also swallowed Fantasy’s wand, in case I didn’t make that clearer earlier. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622993037457-7U1Y4H93VUSIY20EY052/vlcsnap-2021-06-07-01h20m37s619.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out I like how the books are all reverent of the Pagemaster but Culkin is ready to cuss him out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622871178595-EX1DGV5UAGKSHJUJCU06/vlcsnap-2021-06-05-15h27m57s353.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out I like this dragon hiding in the paint, foreshadowing the later encounter with the beast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622888269252-1C26YVTL6WKOZQ08RQQX/vlcsnap-2021-06-05-20h17m05s480.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out Captain Ahab is bathed in red light, like it’s a Rob Zombie video all of a sudden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622792823677-37SMFXDAFDED7XDLZ4TA/vlcsnap-2021-06-04-17h46m38s239.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out That’s a look on a man’s face that says: “I’m going to chew the hell out of this scenery!” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622991267410-4R9W199Q0VAXYTWOTNE3/vlcsnap-2021-06-07-00h53m54s552.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out Richard Tyler steals the sword, shield and helmet off the fallen knight who crumbles to dust. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622875588242-447E5OZMK1NMQL2W7HSK/vlcsnap-2021-06-05-16h43m13s417.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out He crashes into the telephone he was trying to call his parents on, informed by a prompt message that the phone lines are cut due to the storm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622881310676-R8MV84TPT3BZWLQ4HVFB/vlcsnap-2021-06-05-18h21m20s837.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out Richard Tyler, Adventure and Fantasy are chased down the corridor by the Hound. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622886858411-G81UQ2E7DF5KWSBBEK1D/vlcsnap-2021-06-05-19h52m28s545.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out If the goal of this film is to encourage children to read, why spook them with books? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622881929435-JUWZY6ZXG9Q21LR9KBLL/vlcsnap-2021-06-05-18h31m39s499.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out This library must be massive if it has expansive cemeteries in the Horror section. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622993576349-J2ITPQWL0HG6E937BC3N/vlcsnap-2021-06-07-01h32m21s086.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out “And yet you stand before me.” says the Pagemaster. “Think, boy, what kind of adventure would you have had if I had brought you here with the turn of a page?” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622794262397-2CL6L4HOC3VO880DQ7RB/vlcsnap-2021-06-04-18h10m28s942.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out “Is there a phone where I can call my parents?” asks Rich. “Through THERE!” answers Dewey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622795728427-LKPHCCASE83NL2D33LO1/vlcsnap-2021-06-04-18h29m18s534.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out Next, we get Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, representing the Horror section of the library. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622793553079-7E3899OI9SELFUPJNOOP/vlcsnap-2021-06-04-17h58m00s909.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out “Ah, Horror!” - Christopher Lloyd is putting his all into freaking out this ten-year old boy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622791840119-4OYQ5LNJLXOB4EJW5O0A/vlcsnap-2021-06-04-17h30m12s431.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out Then lightning strikes behind him and suddenly the tunnel route doesn’t seem so bad. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622795592552-BUP443MXFBGB122Z2RRW/vlcsnap-2021-06-04-18h28m50s931.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out Then a closer look at the pirates, who are showing off their pistols. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622871799911-F6CGY78LHVMFKJYH4S42/vlcsnap-2021-06-05-15h29m55s534.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out Richard Tyler examines his cartoon self, looking at his fingers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622987043822-HGMDVFDHP6K4KUD46WDE/vlcsnap-2021-06-06-23h43m32s547.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out Mother Goose flies overhead as Richard Tyler and the books duck for cover. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1623060799067-DR3WUDOPYADNCRFSBESG/vlcsnap-2021-06-07-20h12m15s224.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out Fantasy switches the lantern back on with magic after Richard’s parents turn it off. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622988708459-5X4R496VNK2DVUFUKYOS/vlcsnap-2021-06-07-00h11m12s993.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out Richard Tyler clings to the nose-horn of the dragon, screaming his lungs out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622995507507-82A77757NS16RNMC6GMC/vlcsnap-2021-06-07-02h04m32s163.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out Now Richard Tyler rides home unburdened by cumbersome safety equipment which probably caused his bike crash rather than prevent it. Nice character beat here! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622996018660-M6FD8UKEAYYEH8CFH8QL/vlcsnap-2021-06-07-02h13m03s165.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out He rides away saying “Good, that was definitely good.” when he’s been saying “Not good.” half of the film, and the streetlights make a magic pixie dust sound when they turn on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622885683809-J34O87775LH8QXDBYPXY/vlcsnap-2021-06-05-19h34m23s674.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out The terrible visage of Mr. Hyde, which isn’t really that scary as an adult. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622993703572-M05O05FT208CJ20JDSG4/vlcsnap-2021-06-07-01h34m37s284.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out I really like this mythic shot of the portal even if it’s accompanying the Pagemaster’s BS. There are accompanying visions of each of the villains Richard Tyler has faced on his quest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622889285680-OXBOYMRBFJN8AU84HLQJ/vlcsnap-2021-06-05-20h33m33s209.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out The pirates laugh it up in Richard Tyler and Adventure’s faces. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622791413300-RGFEH2O2RN54FV4FBWSP/vlcsnap-2021-06-04-17h19m38s298.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out Refusing the call to adventure is all part of the Hero’s Journey, or hack screenwriting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622989524885-5SANQLANGG5U25ZX0CG6/vlcsnap-2021-06-07-00h24m46s126.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out Richard Tyler and his company of books fly away towards the EXIT on the magic carpet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622989697156-YXAH7EU4E1I8MKTCPP7R/vlcsnap-2021-06-07-00h27m47s886.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out Richard Tyler makes a quick dodge of the dragon’s fire as the beast chases them down. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622994499842-6EC77J1FT3VQ90V02FSS/vlcsnap-2021-06-07-01h47m53s880.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out Richard Tyler’s library card floats down to the ground, like a Hogwarts Acceptance letter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622990191707-LK1SGLTVLUZOCCTMZ6VC/vlcsnap-2021-06-07-00h36m01s518.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out As Culkin climbs out, let me remind you The Pagemaster has an Atlas Shrugged joke. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622875672684-XC2HHOE8653N2KVB0LUD/vlcsnap-2021-06-05-16h47m17s283.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out The Pagemaster sends Culkin on a library cart ride through the bookshelves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622993875390-XXCCW7XWT0LBM1URIWE8/vlcsnap-2021-06-07-01h37m32s306.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out Richard Tyler looks down at the non-animated Culkin, waiting to return home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622887559473-X6Q71EHW9JRVFWW9DF0P/vlcsnap-2021-06-05-20h00m46s362.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out Adventure gets soaked in sea-spray, and Horror laughs at his expense. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622885202963-B0K987J2W4XEVSWYZ5WR/vlcsnap-2021-06-05-19h26m13s927.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out Richard Tyler and company explore the laboratory with test tubes and stuff. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622990541219-9THLMSO5RP09LM1I836V/vlcsnap-2021-06-07-00h41m55s185.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out The library book crew is tired out by their ordeal, unenthusiastic about further struggle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622887007891-J5QBMQFO3SKEIYEXXHWQ/vlcsnap-2021-06-05-19h56m02s531.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out Richard Tyler just can’t catch a break, climbing down from the haunted house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622991080943-HTYSOEAP6EL5KCBZ8SD2/vlcsnap-2021-06-07-00h50m35s052.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out Adventure plans to fight the dragon himself so Richard Tyler can get away. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622992928294-GGH5J2NKMEOGBZUVAE3E/vlcsnap-2021-06-07-01h21m38s119.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out The Pagemaster rears his head again, after several scenes where his disembodied voice appears like Obi-Wan telling Luke Skywalker to turn off his targeting computer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622992867476-COIF90KNFRBVM3ULHR4J/vlcsnap-2021-06-07-01h19m49s892.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out They get to a weird portal as the orchestral theme swells, signalling the conclusion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622795397000-5AK6416GVXBWHJP8MO4N/vlcsnap-2021-06-04-18h28m32s829.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out As Richard Tyler looks up, we get a closer look at the fire breathing dragon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622880085009-I4JMPM4CU0VI4AMS1X1O/vlcsnap-2021-06-05-18h00m56s068.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out This is one of the more memorable set-pieces from the film I can recall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622876066251-PAE0W175NA2322MNQ400/vlcsnap-2021-06-05-16h51m06s084.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out A flurry of loose paper flitters into the air as Culkin whooshes past. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622987948185-8PYSED58DAJVIJSR8KWK/vlcsnap-2021-06-06-23h58m31s127.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out The Yellow Brick Road is a possible Oz reference, the boy and his books head to the cave. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622889815173-3DKJNLY62U40IH0YBLXR/vlcsnap-2021-06-05-20h42m50s031.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out Of course the skull-ish Treasure Island is made out of stone books. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622988991801-6YSDI0ZPGAXZPAWAR64C/vlcsnap-2021-06-07-00h16m05s709.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out Richard Tyler makes a narrow escape on the carpet from being Kentucky Fried Culkin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622879871154-45XZXYD0TOYR8NWYZBGI/vlcsnap-2021-06-05-17h57m19s125.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out Richard Tyler shows Adventure his library card, to prove he’s not a book. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622791651348-D9XWLT11ZV00TU40D65H/vlcsnap-2021-06-04-17h26m53s714.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out The cooler kids mock Richard Tyler’s get-up as they ride their bikes on the dangerous ramp care-free, I’m not sure they count as nineties movie bullies but they’re close. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622882861922-6F0D4JEQ31UC8JB135MG/vlcsnap-2021-06-05-18h47m11s406.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out Of course the EXIT sign is above a giant haunted house, where evil lurks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622886773396-G5X5KD7XU1HUX1S7UXQL/vlcsnap-2021-06-05-19h52m12s921.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out And so begins the assault by ghost stories, do they have Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622991725312-FZHFI0XDJQ67SHU2QSBR/vlcsnap-2021-06-07-01h01m35s694.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out The dragon curls its tail around Culkin, removing his armour and eating him. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622875996867-TLW4MDY3GVAZNCSVUUFY/vlcsnap-2021-06-05-16h50m49s288.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out Check out the vast hallways Culkin is careening down. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622871964505-IUP9R56724EBABRVOTJ3/vlcsnap-2021-06-05-15h45m30s052.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out Our first glimpse of the titular Pagemaster, who explains that Richard Tyler is an illustration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622990087514-0GVW0WIBJ64E2A7TYAIW/vlcsnap-2021-06-07-00h33m54s457.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out The EXIT sign is so close, yet so far away, and the gang is downed by the dragon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622879277209-ID2XZJBWZO7INMKLGGZN/vlcsnap-2021-06-05-17h47m23s649.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out The first themed book emerges from the pile, Adventure, angry with Richard Tyler. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622889037970-ON1U47DR4SY46KKC26XO/vlcsnap-2021-06-05-20h30m13s896.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out Richard Tyler and Adventure are rescued from sharks by the Treasure Island pirates. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622986940125-DGTKJO327RAW2YSWC9YR/vlcsnap-2021-06-06-23h41m49s961.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out There’s a faun playing a pan pipe on a rock near some dandelions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622994012825-L8YHP5TSPZMWNC004Z1O/vlcsnap-2021-06-07-01h39m44s491.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out The Pagemaster sends Culkin and the books through the weird portal back to the library. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622889455092-O5PJA9TNL5FPVJRS56PL/vlcsnap-2021-06-05-20h34m16s699.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out And the ship flies the Jolly Roger, as the orchestra declares its menace. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622995083349-TC2ML9WJKIICPUQND2CF/vlcsnap-2021-06-07-01h57m30s174.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out Culkin pleads with Mr. Dewey “Just this once…” and Mr Dewey allows it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622993404147-ITE6Y9ZZLNIM8J3OTLUP/vlcsnap-2021-06-07-01h29m32s056.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out “I was nearly torn apart by a crazy doctor, then I was made a slave by some mangy pirates, and eaten, GOT THAT… EATEN, by a fire-breathing dragon! Not to mention being tossed, squashed, and scared practically to death!” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622794378905-PD03YR9JVZRP4ZKAL7WC/vlcsnap-2021-06-04-18h10m06s585.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out Say what you will about the quality of The Pagemaster as a film, it has wonderful shots of this old library set, it makes me want to renew my library card and borrow some books. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622882688182-4N2ALPQF103UTMUQGS84/vlcsnap-2021-06-05-18h44m16s513.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out Richard Tyler tries to make a break for the EXIT sign, but we all know it’s not time yet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622889595202-JHNYQY3E7N23TEE0JEI0/vlcsnap-2021-06-05-20h39m25s231.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out Long John Silver captures Richard Tyler and Adventure, taking a good look at him. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622876158584-YX5MMLXCN109L0JWW3EY/vlcsnap-2021-06-05-16h51m26s852.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out The background detail as Culkin rushes by adds to the sense of scale about the magic library. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622881675252-3QI9H5Y40AVWC8RVALQ7/vlcsnap-2021-06-05-18h26m49s077.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out The gang escape being chewed up by a devil dog, exhausted by their pursuit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622886494285-ZIESJRRE8IGOUQ1UGW6G/vlcsnap-2021-06-05-19h47m46s610.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out It’s neat that a book called Ghost Stories is incorporeal, but my eyes spy far more adult horror fiction on the walls like The Exorcist and The Haunting on the walls. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622885890791-I4IQI0LVO8PI4IBD5ZYO/vlcsnap-2021-06-05-19h36m46s900.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out I reckon Hyde looks way creepier here in shadowed candlelight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622876114775-4JCEV4PVOC59Y1RTN3CQ/vlcsnap-2021-06-05-16h51m18s054.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out Subtle use of CGI blended with 2D animation is neat here as the perspective shifts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622888828703-SO7VLRLBV4S91C23BRDG/vlcsnap-2021-06-05-20h26m03s570.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out Moby Dick, the White Whale, chomps on the main characters’ boat and leaves them stranded. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622988584378-RG54MKXOXJIGGE54XJ4B/vlcsnap-2021-06-07-00h08m47s744.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out The dragon belches fire as Adventure flees the scene, this needs Ronnie James Dio music. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622788781477-SZKHP9GQ2A8JTVUVC5DE/vlcsnap-2021-06-04-16h36m07s266.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out Richard Tyler, played by Macaulay Culkin, lurking with his flashlight outside their room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622795519742-9EBQX80JHSG2ZE1VEYGQ/vlcsnap-2021-06-04-18h31m33s644.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out We cut back to Richard Tyler examining the rotunda’s beautiful artwork. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622871129797-OA4ZWVVGPQYMCR98D173/vlcsnap-2021-06-05-15h28m17s973.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out As you can see, shelves hit by the paint turn animated in this sequence, a nice touch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622789777099-JMVFBIZOT7OK60WZI14T/vlcsnap-2021-06-04-16h55m40s262.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out The ominous treehouse in a tree Richard refuses to climb, sign-posted by thunderclap. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622794843948-YVJPK9GETCIQ5N8EVB0W/vlcsnap-2021-06-04-18h19m44s240.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out I love this shot where Richard Tyler walks into this part of the library and finds the rotunda. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622795862868-2I72QK197ENUPH06Q6OS/vlcsnap-2021-06-04-18h37m07s284.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out Last of all, we get a close-up of the yet un-named Pagemaster, who resembles Christopher Lloyd. No prizes for guessing there must be a connection between the two. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622879664277-HS7HBH8XGSOEM3R6JB35/vlcsnap-2021-06-05-17h52m06s509.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out Richard Tyler has had a nasty crash, now this pirate captain book is mad at him as well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622888358146-JJS2SKK5YPA8J26FL2BD/vlcsnap-2021-06-05-20h16m37s872.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out The crew of books and their boy sail out into the choppy waters, greeted by Ahab. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622990840490-0RH97GREV7TTC6VJD9CP/vlcsnap-2021-06-07-00h45m57s666.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out Whilst hiding in a cranny from dragon danger, Adventure makes out with Fantasy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622992549094-FYWLCJQUO8ZA0FBI3LFS/vlcsnap-2021-06-07-01h15m12s655.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out Culkin saves the books from the dragon and gives Fantasy her wand back. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622985706387-G4ZRSNVAEBQQAC0RW0LI/vlcsnap-2021-06-06-23h21m14s194.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out Horror has been captured by the Lilliputians from Gulliver’s Travels, as Adventure discovers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622874935487-7Z6QNGVWC9HMK1OND4FS/vlcsnap-2021-06-05-16h12m23s593.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out “Fiction! A-Z, where all is possible! Where a boy’s imagination can take root, and grow to incredible heights!” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622880985906-P0LN21JNBP2DWS4QAKFR/vlcsnap-2021-06-05-18h14m53s447.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out Adventure finds a copy of The Hound of the Baskervilles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622985954359-R4PGYIY6T3ZVI7SCDKXB/vlcsnap-2021-06-06-23h25m25s490.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out I like how Adventure is drawn with regret in his eyes as he frees Horror from bondage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622991643773-9IM36JFKHYEFNUJJ3JQC/vlcsnap-2021-06-07-00h59m27s126.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out Culkin faces off against the dragon, sword and shield in hand, but alas this doesn’t last. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1622994807889-EVH96AFXDRB9B7YAT249/vlcsnap-2021-06-07-01h52m48s447.png Blog - The Pagemaster: An Overlooked Relic of the 90’s Which Encourages Reading - Make it stand out Richard sees the EXIT sign and runs for it, but Mr. Dewey warns him “Careful, you’ll slip again!” https://jadecryptofwonders.com/blog/puppy-shoes-never-worn monthly 0.5 2021-05-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1621678680151-OU1DMN2ARLQIB989P4JD/s7kpxlcova071.jpg Blog - Puppy Shoes, Never Worn - Make it stand out This is partially about Kentaro Miura’s passing, I promise. But it’s about other stuff too, and I haven’t updated the blog in a while so I have to keep you up to date. https://jadecryptofwonders.com/blog/the-enchanting-existential-dread-of-aussie-theme-parks-detour-review-exposed-the-ghost-train-fire monthly 0.5 2021-05-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1617874222270-2X1QH80GOPDELXPIRYXE/imagev1fbaba8d0bf37355b3960a977f28e0acc-nlvexb2dyfe06meldq2_t1880.jpg Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks - Exposed: The Ghost Train Fire In Exposed: The Ghost Train Fire we see footage of this guy dancing with the Folkloric Festival parade, whilst this guy was “never seen again”, you can chalk that up to the corrupt cops not wanting to look too deep into the cause of the fire in the first place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1617180700995-P1W86DY35PKJG8OMWDH2/vlcsnap-2021-03-31-19h50m35s775.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks - Exposed: The Ghost Train Fire ABC gets a sure-fire true crime hit with this three-part documentary series. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1619922299564-Q6TJ25FH0LYH3ZIA3OPC/Slayer_-_Reign+in+blood+-+back+%5BUS%5D.jpg Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks - Exposed: The Ghost Train Fire Slayer’s original lineup, captured in the Reign In Blood era during better times. https://jadecryptofwonders.com/blog/the-tao-is-silent-raymond-smullyans-introduction-to-lao-tzu monthly 0.5 2021-04-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1612600332777-QLPOQV8EMOB23YIMOESZ/The+Tao+Is+Silent.jpg Blog - The Tao Is Silent: Raymond Smullyan’s Introduction to Lao Tzu https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1613356902198-CZVM2O6FBO0QFU7ERJGF/Bad-Anon.jpg Blog - The Tao Is Silent: Raymond Smullyan’s Introduction to Lao Tzu I like to think of Taoism’s paranormal rehab like Bad-Anon from Wreck-It Ralph. https://jadecryptofwonders.com/blog/reading-anne-franks-the-diary-of-a-young-girl-in-2021 monthly 0.5 2021-01-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1610940155588-7C8QYKUP0CUSYTN26J53/AnneFrankTheDiaryOfAYoungGirl.jpg Blog - Reading Anne Frank’s The Diary of a Young Girl in 2021 https://jadecryptofwonders.com/blog/reviewing-the-best-and-worst-christmas-albums-on-spotify monthly 0.5 2020-12-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1608191513611-8FE8W66NFJWHIF96S2DB/OnlySantaKnowsDelta.jpg Blog - Streaming The Best, Worst and Weirdest Christmas Albums on Spotify https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1608171031042-SOKA1QX1HDYSPILITT7K/ChristmasInTheDogghouse.jpg Blog - Streaming The Best, Worst and Weirdest Christmas Albums on Spotify https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1607563950404-9841SV74O0T4PBJT42FT/BobDylanChristmasInTheHeart.jpg Blog - Streaming The Best, Worst and Weirdest Christmas Albums on Spotify https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1608283300176-LJU0VPWL1IHYUUQFTP1I/Christmas_SongsBadReligion.jpg Blog - Streaming The Best, Worst and Weirdest Christmas Albums on Spotify https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1608172458821-WXKADQDS6B5C4QYU72GY/DeathMetalChristmas.jpg Blog - Streaming The Best, Worst and Weirdest Christmas Albums on Spotify https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1607058722360-ST2SRXLBRM4HNE47JU4G/robhalford_celestial.jpg Blog - Streaming The Best, Worst and Weirdest Christmas Albums on Spotify Celestial (Rob Halford) I went to see Judas Priest live at Download 2019, and Rob Halford came out on stage riding a big motorcycle, which might be one of my favourite concert moments of all time. Rob Halford’s voice is still carrying its usual shriek in his old age, and if you go into Celestial expecting Judas Priest’s front-man doing Christmas carols, you’re going to be in for a fun ride. It’s one of the less abrasive Christmas metal albums you can find, I loved the track Donner and Blitzen as well as God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen reinterpreted from the grandmaster of the Heavy Metal Parking Lot, it’s good fun and belongs on the metal Christmas list with Christopher Lee’s two holiday themed singles I used to own on iTunes. Away In A Manger and O Little Town Of Bethlehem are a little bit slower than I expected with a gentler guitar shred than his take on Deck The Halls, Morning Star is a standout track which provides Rob Halford an opportunity to perform without a row of Marshall stacks blowing out your speakers for a change. If you want a headbanger’s alternative to the saccharine Christmas music playlist from your Mariah Careys or your Michael Bubles I recommend you give this LP a listen for curiosity’s sake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1608284232324-R2NR9MM5DVPOMLHLF8M4/WilliamHungHungForTheHolidays.jpg Blog - Streaming The Best, Worst and Weirdest Christmas Albums on Spotify https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1607397385024-5BVR8I9AS65D1JU15QA7/AColt45ChristmasAfroman.jpg Blog - Streaming The Best, Worst and Weirdest Christmas Albums on Spotify A Colt 45 Christmas (Afroman) We’ve truly reached the bottom of the barrel when it comes to Christmas albums, from the artiste who gave us Because I Got High is this wretched collection of songs parodying Christmas classics with juvenile humour and dated homophobia on Frosty, this relic from 2006 encapsulates the worst elements of hip-hop flavoured Christmas recordings from yesteryear. It may or may not be worse than Easy-E’s contribution to Christmas music, Merry Muthafuckin’ Christmas, but I can assure you of the album’s bad taste. When Weird Al Yankovic parodies a song by an artist, there is mutual respect given between the two parties, but there is no such dignity here on A Colt 45 Christmas. Subjecting my ears to Afroman’s sleazy, sexual humour on Deck My Balls left an almost immediate bad aftertaste, Police Blow My Wad parodies Feliz Navidad poorly, 12 J’s of Christmas parodies the Twelve Days of Christmas with more anti-cop sentiments as expected from Afroman’s stoner aesthetic. Afroman Is Coming To Town features Afroman threatening to slap your grandma’s dentures out, and even more complaining about cops who take issue with drugs at his shows, which is understandable. Jobe Bells is a ghetto parody of Jingle Bells, boasting about having sex without a condom and anticipating he’ll be a baby-daddy in June, Let Her Blow is a parody of Let It Snow, which is about opting for oral sex when a woman is on her period. A Strainj Poem is a mess of a track with an assortment of vulgarity, I Wish You Would Roll A New Blunt parodies We Wish You A Merry Christmas with mediocre results - this album is mercifully short at twenty-six minutes and the final two tracks O Chronic Tree and Violent Night aren’t much better than the songs that proceeded it. Afroman trades in stoner cliches and worn out ghetto “satire” (in scare quotes) and if you decide to listen to this train wreck you should proceed with caution. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1608285279638-7726F6IFJWXZACQY90EO/AVerySpideyChristmas.jpg Blog - Streaming The Best, Worst and Weirdest Christmas Albums on Spotify https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1607567350089-O73UNF5W1T22AAHN32RY/ChristmasInTheStars.jpg Blog - Streaming The Best, Worst and Weirdest Christmas Albums on Spotify Christmas In The Stars (credited to Meco) Considered one of the worst Christmas albums of all time by reputation, I’ve never sat down and listened to it from start to finish until now. Featuring the voice of Anthony Daniels as C-3PO and the first professional debut of Bon Jovi, it has a bit of star power behind it considering what this is as an LP. Scouring the dregs of Spotify sometimes yields so-bad-it’s-good treasures, but I’m not sure it’s truly as bad as people make it out to be. In a world of mediocre Christmas albums that don’t stand out due to how saccharine and overproduced they are, the slight disco tinged presentation of this Christmas In The Stars album gives this LP an identify entirely its own. Star Wars and Christmas collide in this baffling relic from the early eighties, back when The Empire Strikes Back was yet to blow everyone’s mind by revealing Darth Vader was Luke’s father. Christmas In The Stars and Bells, Bells, Bells open up the album and Anthony Daniels does a decent job singing on these tracks. The best known novelty song from this album is of course What Do You Get A Wookie For Christmas - When He Already Owns A Comb? which is the album’s signature single and one of the wacky highlights of this album. C-3PO mentioning things from Earth like Albert Einstein and the Magna Carta is weird to say the least, The Odds Against Christmas is a cheesy treat where he questions the statistics of Christmas happening at all. R2-D2 We Wish You A Merry Christmas is an original song and not a cover of We Wish You A Merry Christmas like I expected, it’s sappy but it’s fun and dripping with Christmas imagery like snow and sitting by the fire. This weird little album has been overshadowed by other bizarre Star Wars ephemera like The Star Wars Holiday Special which is more infamous due to George Lucas’ attempts to suppress it from being seen, whereas this thing is pretty well preserved by streaming services. I’m not sure I’d ever buy it on vinyl but its take on Sleigh Bells was pretty enjoyable. Merry, Merry Christmas follows on from What Would You Get A Wookie For Christmas by suggesting additional items for gift ideas, A Christmas Sighting - T’was The Night Before Christmas features a Star Wars themed reinterpretation of the famous poem read by C-3PO where he sees Santa Claus, and The Meaning Of Christmas closes out the album on a treacly sentimental note singing about peace and love. Now that I’ve heard the full album for myself, Christmas In The Stars is far from bottom of the barrel like Afroman’s A Colt 45 Christmas was for me, and it deserves a place in the Christmas canon due to sheer curiosity’s sake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1607562947567-XDQNCLZCP6MJ0876VKDU/TwistedSisterATwistedChristmas.jpg Blog - Streaming The Best, Worst and Weirdest Christmas Albums on Spotify https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1606981874231-K5I8FC8A3PDC96N6YFJV/MichaelBubleChristmas.jpg Blog - Streaming The Best, Worst and Weirdest Christmas Albums on Spotify https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1607392630741-Y6PM7LONRF3GHTHAXGOK/JohnFarnhamAndOliviaNewtownJohn.jpg Blog - Streaming The Best, Worst and Weirdest Christmas Albums on Spotify Friends for Christmas (John Farnham and Olivia Newton John) I was first exposed to Olivia Newton John’s music career when I snatched up her Physical album up on vinyl for two dollars at Vinnies, so I know some of her deep cuts like The Dolphin Song, meanwhile I’m out of the loop regarding Australian mega-star John Farnham who I mainly remember from a false advertising controversy surrounding his The Last Time tour not marking his retirement. A Christmas album by these two juggernauts of Australian celebrity should be a slam dunk, and however incongruous it is to hear Australian accents singing about snow (the only frightful weather outside would be a heat wave, and in that case the fire would be far from delightful), this album fits comfortably into the retiree zeitgeist and there’s a good chance your mum or dad owns it on CD. The track-list contains Christmas songs you’ve heard a billion times before, and I was uncertain I wanted a version of Baby, It’s Cold Outside performed by John Farnham, I did need a break from two metal themed Christmas albums in a row and Olivia/John’s voices are pleasant to listen to. It’s one of the more basic bitch recordings you could have in your collection, but why fix what isn’t broken? Olivia and John have great chemistry on this LP. Inoffensive and cheerful, it’s a delight from a dynamic duo who’ve been cornerstones of the Australian music industry for decades. Serves its purpose well, and gives the people what they want here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1606981661154-L18HYAKF6NGYAFCNN0IB/DollyPartonAHollyDollyChristmas.jpg Blog - Streaming The Best, Worst and Weirdest Christmas Albums on Spotify https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1606961613455-RE4NDD61F0QI59E3IKQQ/ChristmasOnDeathRow.jpg Blog - Streaming The Best, Worst and Weirdest Christmas Albums on Spotify Christmas On Death Row (Various Artists) This album is a fascinating slice of hip-hop Christmas cheer, in which rappers attempt to bring their genre’s urban gangsta flavour to the holiday. You’d expect from the opening track Santa Claus Goes Straight To The Ghetto that this is gonna be a thugged out Christmas LP, but in truth most of it has a pleasant R&B mood instead of the NWA-tier aggression I was expecting from this recording. I don’t have much to say about this one except that songs like I Wish combine chilled out raps with seasons greetings in a successful fusion. It’s enjoyable to listen to and presents a different style to numerous Christmas standards. Peaceful Christmas is the last thing I expected from an album titled Christmas On Death Row, but there remains a darker undertone just under the surface of the struggle in black communities peppered throughout the record which you wouldn’t find on a John Legend Christmas album for instance. There is mention of prayer on Peaceful Christmas, and a thankfulness for God sending his son Jesus, and on the track Christmas In The Ghetto there is a constant refrain of being thankful for what you’ve got when you don’t have much. The production on this album is clearly early nineties, but it holds up after so many years since its release. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1607391404723-6JYBGF7O74PRW324GN0N/metal-xmas.jpg Blog - Streaming The Best, Worst and Weirdest Christmas Albums on Spotify We Wish You A Metal Xmas And A Headbanging New Year (Various Artists) This Christmas album can be seen as the metal equivalent to what Christmas On Death Row was to hip-hop, it’s notable for Ronnie James Dio singing God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen and Alice Cooper on Santa Claws Is Coming To Town is sinister fun. I’m not sure it’s as good as Rob Halford’s Celestial as a cohesive vision for a Christmas record, but its guest-list featuring metal icons like Lemmy Kilmister who are no longer with us makes it worth listening to at least once. Lemmy and Dave Grohl perform Run, Rudolph Run together and it’s charming. We Wish You A Metal Xmas also has vintage metal acts like the female fronted Girlschool performing Auld Lang Syne, I’m not sure I’d ever listen to this record which features a metal cover of Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer on it with my family in the living room as we exchange Christmas gifts but it is a unique collection of tracks reinterpreted through the metal lens for a Krampus edge. It’s not the worst thing I’ve ever heard, especially when it comes to Christmas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1607995930084-66Z5NNR63LX5U5V4VDL6/SethMcFarlaneHolidayForSwing.jpg Blog - Streaming The Best, Worst and Weirdest Christmas Albums on Spotify https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1607400336835-EEGVZLQCN8EN4SJCIRAH/Spotify.png Blog - Streaming The Best, Worst and Weirdest Christmas Albums on Spotify An embarrassment of riches for Christmas albums, poverty for the artists. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1608100853541-3AHHJGDWDBMT2ONU3A0B/MeghanTrainorCHristmas.jpg Blog - Streaming The Best, Worst and Weirdest Christmas Albums on Spotify A Very Trainor Christmas (Meghan Trainor) From the woman who inflicted All About That Bass and Dear Future Husband upon the world, Meghan Trainor sings Christmas songs in a calculated career move to conquer the Billboard Hot 100. This LP has pop-starlet vibes all over it, and it’s weird to find a collaboration with both Earth, Wind and Fire plus Seth MacFarlane on here. One of the most recent Christmas albums on this list, released in 2020, A Very Trainor Christmas contains some originals like My Kind Of Present and I Believe In Santa as well as worn-out standards everyone’s sick of due to overexposure. Her version of Last Christmas by George Michael is enjoyable, although I’ll always prefer the Pudding Mix original. This album isn’t as awful as I expected, however it fits right into the Christmas mall-core that plays incessant over the speakers at shopping centres. Whether or not you are capable of tolerating that type of music is up to you, but at least Meghan Trainor doesn’t cover Santa Baby and miss the point like the Leonard Cohen Jazz Police fugitive Michael Buble did. This record goes for fifty-four minutes, and that’s a lot to deal with when you’re dealing with Christmas songs especially if you’re mainlining Christmas albums for review purposes. Holidays is the Earth, Wind and Fire featured track which has their funky beat behind it even if it feels a bit processed, overexposed songs you expect to be here like Winter Wonderland (with ukulele instrumentation!) and White Christmas (where Seth MacFarlane rears his head) are here of course, but then you get Meghan Trainor originals like Christmas Party (which name drops an Amazon gift card), Christmas Got Me Blue, and Naughty List which aren’t classics on par with Mariah Carey’s iconic All I Want For Christmas Is You but are inoffensive and disposable. Meghan Trainor’s singing voice is suited for this project, even if this one doesn’t have me in its target demographic. I didn’t hate it, but I doubt I’ll remember any of it passing through my ears after I’ve listened to it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1607055554121-3W9JO5C6OWST1R91BKJL/NanowarOfSteelValhalleluja.jpg Blog - Streaming The Best, Worst and Weirdest Christmas Albums on Spotify Valhalleluja (Nanowar Of Steel) An honourable mention as it is not an album proper, but a seven-inch single by Nanowar of Steel and Gloryhammer. Have you ever wanted a more pagan interpretation of the Christmas season, without worrying whether you’re giving money to Nordic fascists like Varg Vikernes? Well Nanowar of Steel have the holiday hit for you with Valhalleluja - a song which manages to blaspheme against multiple world religions at once (guess which ones!). Featuring Odin himself declaring he’s a gentle-god of IKEA furniture building because times have changed, it’s a hilarious gospel tinged viking Christmas classic with an even more ridiculous music video accompanying its release from Napalm Records. Apparently Nanowar of Steel is an Italian band who started out taking the piss out of fellow Italian metal act Rhapsody of Fire, and their back catalogue is full of silliness like this such as Barbie MILF Princess Of The Twilight and The Call Of Cthulhu off their album Stairway To Valhalla. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1606962652399-IS4K6PTV6NF4ZAQI4NUW/quad-city-DJs-christmas-collage.jpg Blog - Streaming The Best, Worst and Weirdest Christmas Albums on Spotify All Star Christmas (Quad City DJs) On the other side of the spectrum from Christmas On Death Row is All Star Christmas, which brings an aggressive and exhausting jock jams approach to the holiday season. The group responsible for this… thing… is Quad City DJs who my generation remembers as the composers of the Space Jam theme as well as their big hit C’Mon Ride The Train. This one is under-discussed in the canon of niche Christmas music, its lack of easy availability on CD has confined it to the dregs of iTunes or Spotify. The Intro presents us a scenario where Santa Claus has to take a gassed up convertible to deliver gifts because Rudolph is sick, and Mrs. Claus has left a cassette tape for Santa to bump in his ride on Christmas Eve. What You Want For Christmas is a fine opening for the album, however the next track Where Dey At Yo! chides men in the ghetto over not being decent fathers and providers to the children and women in their lives. Christmas songs from an African-American perspective often address themes of poverty and social commentary about living conditions in that community. Quad City DJs are definitely bringing those themes to the forefront here, Whatchugot4Xmas is a cheery relief from this type of heaviness where the singers list what gifts they got on December 25th. Alone is about a woman left all alone on Christmas, presumably by her baby-daddy, White Xmas is an R&B rendition of the classic standard, with a seductive edge in its reinterpretation, the latter half of the album is full of Christmas themed jock jams like Da Jam and the remix of The Little Drummer Boy called Lil Bass Boi. Lil Bass Boi is about a DJ dropping beats instead of drums. Christmas Time is another R&B flavoured number by Big Dave, and it fits right in with the rest of this album reconciling the hood with the holiday. It sounds like something you’d expect from Mariah Carey’s Merry Christmas album or a track from a hypothetical Destiny’s Child holiday release. Worth listening to once just for the novelty of it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1608099694071-HCYZW018ZAO14039XDVU/Idina+Menzel+Holiday+Wishes.jpg Blog - Streaming The Best, Worst and Weirdest Christmas Albums on Spotify Holiday Wishes (Idina Menzel) If you want the voice of Elsa from Disney’s Frozen lending her talents to holiday cheer, this is the album for you, with distinct Snow Queen-ish covers of classics like Do You Hear What I Hear? and Baby It’s Cold Outside (with my nemesis Michael Buble contributing to the awkwardness of this particular song showing up here), this album doesn’t reinvent the wheel and Broadway icon Idina Menzel is well-suited to Christmas songs which are beaten into the ground by their constant ubiquity. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas is done justice here, for some reason When You Wish Upon A Star from Disney’s Pinocchio rears its head in a track list filled with stuff like All I Want For Christmas Is You - confirming Menzel’s gradual transformation from Elphaba to Elsa under Mickey Mouse’s thumb is now complete. December Prayer is a stand out track only Adele Dazeem herself could nail, allowing her to belt her heart out, which she also does on Silent Night and River.. If you’re obsessed with the minute details of Broadway divas’ careers and side projects, I suspect you’ll get a kick out of this one, meanwhile I’m still waiting for Patti LuPone to drop a Christmas album. https://jadecryptofwonders.com/blog/the-enchanting-existential-dread-of-aussie-theme-parks-chapter-seven-the-also-rans-of-australia monthly 0.5 2023-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1605422924563-1REIDYCBPJL7P18RL8D0/vlcsnap-2020-11-15-17h48m22s026.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Seven - The Also-Rans of Australia Ride-through footage of the All-Terrain Vehicle ride at Wobbies World. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1605244521694-4L4LQ51J83SCUPO9KOVS/vlcsnap-2020-11-13-16h14m51s792.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Seven - The Also-Rans of Australia I like how the mini-golf is advertised as “NEW GOLF” as if it’s a whole new thing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1605424421683-WCE3CCHVW3J485XS0SEF/leylandbros2-1-640x363.jpg Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Seven - The Also-Rans of Australia Before The Crocodile Hunter, there were these two blokes entertaining us. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1599805125102-GYPB8NOCXVWBAB21MMVR/10060502-16x9-xlarge.jpg Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Seven - The Also-Rans of Australia The burnt out husk of what was once The Rock Roadhouse, in 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1605421302277-74HAAET5UXOVW3N65NJJ/vlcsnap-2020-11-15-17h21m16s628.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Seven - The Also-Rans of Australia Some adult visitors try the slippery-dip at Wobbies World. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1605244600107-CCCP67HSVTL4PIWZ7G4Q/vlcsnap-2020-11-13-16h16m20s602.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Seven - The Also-Rans of Australia The circular paddle boats available to ride at Magic Kingdom, Lansvale. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1605244245181-IG00WJYLZ7ZGC4O7YU11/vlcsnap-2020-11-13-16h10m09s809.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Seven - The Also-Rans of Australia A rare glimpse of the stage shows that went on at Magic Kingdom, Lansvale. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1605244153673-AW5SHFQ1AY07S1VSYW47/vlcsnap-2020-11-13-16h08m48s709.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Seven - The Also-Rans of Australia An alien looking “character” accompanying children on a trampoline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1605244965510-2BVQ1FIRRJML3PEC4CE1/vlcsnap-2020-11-13-16h22m22s727.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Seven - The Also-Rans of Australia Magic Kingdom really pushed their barbecues and picnics to their audience. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1599730806920-ZQ12DICFMMDBALOXNGT6/vlcsnap-2020-09-10-18h31m37s656.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Seven - The Also-Rans of Australia The Rock Roadhouse as I remember it from the early 2000s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1605244416425-I32Z4SWLR2SRTF9UIHLP/vlcsnap-2020-11-13-16h13m16s029.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Seven - The Also-Rans of Australia Another shot of the “characters” which look like extras from The Wicker Man. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1605421186390-78YHA8FNOPFUSSCHVB1N/vlcsnap-2020-11-15-17h19m22s381.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Seven - The Also-Rans of Australia Footage of the tram terminus at Wobbies World, see how rusted it is? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1605423290710-TVONBIXXA00RM8FOL9MK/vlcsnap-2020-11-15-17h54m20s117.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Seven - The Also-Rans of Australia A portion of the All-Terrain Vehicle track combining water with electricity. (Above panels source: tressteleg1) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1605423863373-WNQMNM0VVY9DXIVEKC7S/vlcsnap-2020-11-15-18h04m04s856.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Seven - The Also-Rans of Australia Footage of the Swan Carousel ride at Wobbies World. (Source: Jen H) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1605422192331-HT6893L1JILPDI9W4S7I/vlcsnap-2020-11-15-17h36m03s431.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Seven - The Also-Rans of Australia Whirly-Bird helicopter monorail stopped at the docking bay for passenger exit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1605243449770-BQE8ENN65LBDL9S0W2PV/vlcsnap-2020-11-13-15h57m01s155.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Seven - The Also-Rans of Australia Video evidence of the waterslides in Magic Kingdom’s prime, the late eighties. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1605243529435-7YI7PC38VQSH2QJ9Q9IA/vlcsnap-2020-11-13-15h58m22s958.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Seven - The Also-Rans of Australia The Astrospin touted by Magic Kingdom, Lansvale’s advertising blitz. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1605421631756-FEJD6Y1A80MDFYAY7MT4/vlcsnap-2020-11-15-17h26m46s560.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Seven - The Also-Rans of Australia The ride-through footage demonstrates how rattly and unsafe the Whirly-Bird was. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1599730680357-ONX6894HOSTKAV1X7UNV/vlcsnap-2020-09-10-18h18m47s703.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Seven - The Also-Rans of Australia Leyland Brothers World in its operational prime, with Bush Railway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1605421510075-81JARHFY5PK3PRLBZ4V6/vlcsnap-2020-11-15-17h24m41s048.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Seven - The Also-Rans of Australia Another Whirly-Bird helicopter monorail vehicle, in better shape than the other one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1605243365284-NLAXSMFSU75AOYM4YAA0/vlcsnap-2020-11-13-15h55m36s201.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Seven - The Also-Rans of Australia The infamous ad for Magic Kingdom, Lansvale which played on Australian TV. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1599730772683-UPCKJJ3QXEYJN20XU7PV/vlcsnap-2020-09-10-18h20m36s400.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Seven - The Also-Rans of Australia The interior of Leyland Brothers World was intended to resemble a country town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1605243967212-CK39DVCNQ7K2XERBVLA4/vlcsnap-2020-11-13-16h04m18s708.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Seven - The Also-Rans of Australia The train rides which were part of the main attraction at Magic Kingdom, Lansvale. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1599730712907-BMXT4Q86ZFRRJ6QON6ER/vlcsnap-2020-09-10-18h19m07s608.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Seven - The Also-Rans of Australia Tne entrance to Leyland Brothers World, leading inside The Rock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1605421033276-VVDWW1G5Q2X6HNBHY5VU/vlcsnap-2020-11-15-17h16m45s573.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Seven - The Also-Rans of Australia Ride-through footage of the Vermont Tram at Wobbies World. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1605422349494-MMYJJLPDGKZ0YRP3IXSI/vlcsnap-2020-11-15-17h38m37s865.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Seven - The Also-Rans of Australia Footage of the Bobcat ride at Wobbies World, one of the “better” attractions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1605244673780-8C4ZY602RJ523159BX06/vlcsnap-2020-11-13-16h17m29s776.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Seven - The Also-Rans of Australia More paddle boats and a low, low price for entry at only six Australian dollars. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1605421899205-HR1L8IJULG7M6DVRBOBB/vlcsnap-2020-11-15-17h31m06s105.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Seven - The Also-Rans of Australia You can see the Vickers Viscount plane as well as the red fire truck from here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1605421387465-UDJZ1AJKADCEKAJ80VNB/vlcsnap-2020-11-15-17h22m39s591.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Seven - The Also-Rans of Australia The infamous Whirly-Bird helicopter monorail ride, captured at its rattliest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1605420915155-IQKBAK8G3UT8Y9B22JPO/vlcsnap-2020-11-15-17h14m51s717.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Seven - The Also-Rans of Australia The Vermont Tram backing into position at Wobbies World. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1605422503290-LYBRXLYP34QXQLFR84LU/vlcsnap-2020-11-15-17h41m01s083.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Seven - The Also-Rans of Australia Footage of the pump-car ride at Wobbies World, this dude is into it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1599730741455-G4CFFOZOXKOM32U53I7L/vlcsnap-2020-09-10-18h20m17s587.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Seven - The Also-Rans of Australia Leyland Brothers World park mascots on display. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1599730865934-CI48RBCOCDU34WNN2KWP/vlcsnap-2020-09-10-18h41m10s475.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Seven - The Also-Rans of Australia The Mike and Mel Movie Museum, above panels courtesy of Australian Story. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1605244756416-Z8GWVD1FGCYQVTR6E5WX/vlcsnap-2020-11-13-16h18m52s399.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Seven - The Also-Rans of Australia Oh, but of course the race cars and pony rides cost extra, there’s always a catch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1599730841814-1RYVKAD90XO65J36UQOR/vlcsnap-2020-09-10-18h32m28s218.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Seven - 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The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Seven - The Also-Rans of Australia Lots of people paddling in their canoes at Magic Kingdom, Lansvale. (Above panels courtesy of Robert Pugsley) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1605422741366-PAJNXMWPSWH0G9WIRHX6/vlcsnap-2020-11-15-17h45m16s103.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Seven - The Also-Rans of Australia Footage of the All-Terrain Vehicle ride at Wobbies World, launching off. https://jadecryptofwonders.com/blog/the-last-days-of-civic-video monthly 0.5 2020-10-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602657751598-9ZYA7D5HHI4JZ5IYQGFC/airconditioningcivic.jpg Blog - The Last Days of Civic Video Oh jeez, they’re flogging off the air conditioning units too? Drag. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602657562879-6XHNSGSJTV6HLB0YUV2Q/faxmachinestudydesk.jpg Blog - The Last Days of Civic Video Is it the fax machine, the chords, or the “study desks $20” sign tucked into that drawer what completes this magnificent depressing image? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602658369331-24P4YIR6SJLKPLGAR717/civicnightcall.jpg Blog - The Last Days of Civic Video I would’ve been listening to Cliff Martinez’s Drive soundtrack whilst I documented all this if I didn’t have my hands full, I suffer for my art. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602816517594-8LSQEVG0M8978IRRJIZ2/civicvideoresistdownstairs.jpg Blog - The Last Days of Civic Video Resist Records is so underground, I couldn’t find their shop entrance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602660994812-OMO260KWANAZHCPX0FOW/brotherhoodcivic.jpg Blog - The Last Days of Civic Video Adam & Steve, Bent, Boystown, plus most of the Brotherhood movies. This shelf’s triggery-buzzkill-to-uplifting ratio was way more balanced. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602653549671-VU4WNG691O21RGLO3FC1/phatmovestvsforsale.jpg Blog - The Last Days of Civic Video Phat Moves could be yours, tear our television off the wall, grab a deal! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602660441906-7WCBG81VKXMCRZWZM979/warcivic.jpg Blog - The Last Days of Civic Video WAR! HGGN! GOOD GOD YA’LL, WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR? ABSOLUTELY NOTHIN’, SING IT AGAIN, YEAH! WAR! HGGN! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602816246492-0BML2SRUVYS615R5HAWD/fantanotforsale.jpg Blog - The Last Days of Civic Video The frown emoticon on this Fanta Icy Whirl™ machine is adorable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602815987900-MBXI722G3O8PUJPZBZT7/scratchremovalisherecivic.jpg Blog - The Last Days of Civic Video Scratch Removal Is Here! (at the Candy Bar, with confectionery less expired than that sign, plus some non-banned Kinder Surprise eggs) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602814053069-ZJ2R31C4RN9WNQIFN14K/queerduckthemoviecivic.jpg Blog - The Last Days of Civic Video Queer Duck: The Movie might be the most circulated LGBT DVD in existence, I’ve seen this cartoon rear its head in retailers nationwide. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602813934422-CBK4UZQ6L7H6KOIJM5IF/gaybysexinthe70s.jpg Blog - The Last Days of Civic Video Gayby is a cute title for an LGBT comedy, Gay Sex in the 70’s sure is some gay sex in the seventies. That ass will be penetrated. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602813846525-1E90N244YZ2PT0JK5Q25/samesexparents.jpg Blog - The Last Days of Civic Video “I know writers who use subtext, they’re all cowards.” - Garth Marenghi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602653932495-X831I3K3212UEEEG5PSR/monitorbincivic.jpg Blog - The Last Days of Civic Video This place has been pillaged beyond recognition, this keyboard’s past it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602658580966-HLLKZGYL5UEG54O1NRAM/tvseriesnewreleasecivic.jpg Blog - The Last Days of Civic Video Jesus Christ, they’re selling individual discs instead of complete sets, like organ harvesters who steal your kidneys and leave you in an ice bath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602816360589-ZE3LSTO4QP1DHSQAAEPL/newreleasespressplay.jpg Blog - The Last Days of Civic Video New Releases, which won’t get to become Old Releases, farewell Civic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602660748124-P87SIL9H45BFLRHIFVSG/gaylesbiansection.jpg Blog - The Last Days of Civic Video Gay/Lesbian, with a dash of pink and neon blue for A E S T H E T I C. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602815510215-4BSB6VIDV39WRYNFYS40/storkumbrellareissue.jpg Blog - The Last Days of Civic Video For comparison’s sake, here’s Umbrella Entertainment’s alternate Stork cover art, doesn’t that communicate the narrative with ease? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602659173883-PLMYNEHZVHZXED2HHHW3/boganpridecivic.jpg Blog - The Last Days of Civic Video The Bogan Hunters and Bogan Pride are next to Dumb and Dumberer, I’m not even bothered that Dumb and Dumberer doesn’t belong in TV series, that’s just perfect accidental social commentary. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602814160798-YFGPEXF6C2EMSP1LG1YQ/eatingoutsidestory3.jpg Blog - The Last Days of Civic Video I can skip both Eating Out 1 and 2, because Eating Out 3: All You Can Eat will answer all my questions about this cinematic universe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602815256993-DSOH7X00LRGL9966MYEC/endplaytimburstall.jpg Blog - The Last Days of Civic Video Umbrella Entertainment’s alternative design for End Play uses a striking red backdrop, and an updated OFLC rating which is more legible. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602661182367-ZHK0ZKE8I7V6ES8C8IJZ/gayromanticcomediescivic.jpg Blog - The Last Days of Civic Video Patrik, Age 1.5 seems like a gay Happy Madison flick on the surface, but as it turns out, is a provocative Swedish comedy about same-sex adoption. Pucchini for Beginners has adorable opera loving lesbians. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602658054730-JBCR03N0FJRIJ91AQ2WL/bluepinkneonalley.jpg Blog - The Last Days of Civic Video Blue neon and hot pink staffroom looks barren and bare tonight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602652935320-YK46WGRX7YDNH3OXM3HD/civicvideonameinlights.jpg Blog - The Last Days of Civic Video It’s strange seeing neon signage that doesn’t advertise Eat at Joe’s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602813539728-G2OKK25RVYEMN72D4US7/hunkboathardpill.jpg Blog - The Last Days of Civic Video Hunk Boat Volumes 1 & 2? Rated MA-15+ for its frequent nudity. Hard Pill contains “strong sex scenes”, I hope so! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602660576879-6JGTFJYRWKDPYES6SC41/westerncivic.jpg Blog - The Last Days of Civic Video The Old West was brought to an end by the railroads, Civic Video on the other hand was ended by Netflix. What’s Hitler’s SS doing there? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602815789199-JPUP551TO6I669726R8W/i-was-a-male-war-bride.jpg Blog - The Last Days of Civic Video Cary Grant and Ann Sheridan in I Was A Male War Bride, rated G! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602814656391-5FUN2NZTB3ZTMDB4HN7D/jakeholdingrainbowflag.jpg Blog - The Last Days of Civic Video Carrying the rainbow flag into Oxford St. - whilst listening to Judas Priest’s British Steel album with Bose noise-cancelling headphones. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602652132089-MXNVVRSYHRQC6671WSAZ/civicvideoneon.jpg Blog - The Last Days of Civic Video It’s a humble Civic Video sign, but it’s lit like Cinema Paradiso to me, can’t believe it’s taken twenty years for me to notice its logo’s VHS-shaped. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602653790640-ML2AC5BS4V23B0XBRP2L/nolongerrentingmms.jpg Blog - The Last Days of Civic Video The M&Ms are always the first to know, doomsday’s coming mid-August. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602659585645-DZ9SU3F7P9V1VUAROZ2A/horrorshelfcivic.jpg Blog - The Last Days of Civic Video Horror section looks pretty Spartan, although I’ve never heard of 7 Mummies, which got awarded a whopping 2.5 stars on iMDB. Yikes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602652568634-OVI1S77I9KZOBXZGEHJR/thepagemastervhstapeoz.jpg Blog - The Last Days of Civic Video Macaulay Culkin is surfing on a book, sword-fighting a dragon, holding this 1996 video-cassette in my hands again comforted me a great deal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602816126136-MBTKPB958M0HH9F2TNMA/getprepaidherecivic.jpg Blog - The Last Days of Civic Video Wanna feel old? This is what mobile phones used to look like when Civic Video was still relevant, Snake was Nokia’s best game. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602654199560-IXVOS3PNF7S0N0NYOPP0/rapidactionvhsrewinder.jpg Blog - The Last Days of Civic Video A rapid-action VHS rewinder, captured in the wild, an endangered species seldom found in the wild due to climate change. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602653048648-JWFR8UKGNFK5XZR5ATRT/canswater1.jpg Blog - The Last Days of Civic Video Cans of assorted bottles of water only a dollar each, that could help quench Newtown’s homeless beggars quench their thirst cheap. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602659038286-P1ITVVASJLCV1CPS4MN5/recommendedviewingcivic.jpg Blog - The Last Days of Civic Video I apologise for the blurred snapshot, this wasn’t for artistic effect, I was trying to run the jewels and get as many photos as I could before my battery went kaput. Recommended Viewing shelves have been raided. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602659473342-R1KNVSYHHHDJSIWWJAUK/documentarycivic.jpg Blog - The Last Days of Civic Video Nothing rare or revelatory worth scavenging on the Documentary shelves, ex-rental DVDs are scuffed beyond repair by this stage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602813715272-UPTTMY1W6BQILKT6A91E/fabulousstoryofqueercinema.jpg Blog - The Last Days of Civic Video Psst, I think this movie has a gay agenda about marriage equality, film canisters forming same-sex wedding cakes might fly over naive heads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602654047250-Y2KTOU9EOA988WXEQO16/cases10ceach.jpg Blog - The Last Days of Civic Video Step right up folks, it’s the cheapest trash in town! Ten cents is the bleakest price tag you can slap on any landfill-bound clearance bin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602660828950-G4TBZNT9ID9SL2N3L7KR/latterdayscivic.jpg Blog - The Last Days of Civic Video Latter Days? Wasn’t that the quirky Mormon romantic comedy which turns into a stone-cold bummer by the end? Better leave this alone… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602815115458-3B3CPJJK772BGIE1KC95/endplaycivic.jpg Blog - The Last Days of Civic Video You don’t need to over-emphasise how Australian and seventies End Play is, Civic Video, you can kinda tell just by looking at this picture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602653408452-MPHFT8YYJPVBMDXCB5J8/videogamepilecivc.jpg Blog - The Last Days of Civic Video The full extent of Civic Video’s collapse began as I turned the corner, entering its abattoir where ex-rental video game copies come to die. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602815401696-3Q136NSTWDBDKS6O8IYV/storkcivicvideo.jpg Blog - The Last Days of Civic Video Stork starring Bruce Spence (the Gyro-Captain from Mad Max 2) was presented by the Hexagon Tribute Collection in seventies-piss-yellow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602816623217-WSEX631NGYYUF2N9ALFN/jakedave.jpg Blog - The Last Days of Civic Video The boys are back in town, ready for our reunion tour in 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602814407458-RXJMNJ8865IJIGG2WKCO/jakebrothersofmetalprotest.jpg Blog - The Last Days of Civic Video Representing the Rob Halford metalheads with this Manowar themed placard. “And if we all were not brothers of metal, would we fall? NO!” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602652692369-DA70IYLL6XL3L29IF5S4/civicisclosingdowneverythingmustgo.jpg Blog - The Last Days of Civic Video The literal writing’s on the wall, like a red cross painted upon a door warning villagers of bubonic plague, late capitalism strikes again. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602652071037-8YTSW1QZD330TDUA8QQG/dr-what-video-bondi-junction.jpg Blog - The Last Days of Civic Video Dr. What! deserved to be mourned by Aussies as an independent video shop, ghetto signage concealed an outstanding commitment to cinema. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602815639064-DCRKQ1I5YNKTT3KC87XP/madmaxbeyondthunderdome_onesheet-1-500x748.jpg Blog - The Last Days of Civic Video Richard Amsel really captures Tina Turner’s Aunty Entity hair on paper, I saw some child wielding a crossbow just like hers on the subway once. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602814278489-PH7QAVOXK0N90MOR7SZD/onebigrortjakeprotest.jpg Blog - The Last Days of Civic Video Holding an issue of REDFLAG, a socialist newspaper publication, I love its left-wing equivalent to a Rupert Murdoch Daily Telegraph headline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602653660276-PZQRQ7XBS2T8QOYUCBOC/popvinylallmemberswelcome.jpg Blog - The Last Days of Civic Video All members welcome to the Funko Pop! Vinyl bandwagon, ride or die Civic Video customers from Five Dock can pay their last respects here. https://jadecryptofwonders.com/blog/the-unexpected-bakshi-buyout-of-the-disney20th-century-fox-merger monthly 0.5 2020-10-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602656919040-TLIP65BN85MS8YPU12TR/bakshicosplsyershd.jpg Blog - The Unexpected Bakshi Buyout of the Disney/20th Century Fox Merger If Anaheim won’t welcome you, Elinore, the cosplay circuit will crown you queen. Even Ralph Bakshi has more fans than Rupert Murdoch! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602656654796-KOPUJ1W94E335FX24W1K/fritzthecatmickeymaus.jpg Blog - The Unexpected Bakshi Buyout of the Disney/20th Century Fox Merger Perhaps the director of Fritz the Cat might have a bone to pick? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602656817876-W8TT5KZV82H2VWSYTUEY/wizardselinore.jpg Blog - The Unexpected Bakshi Buyout of the Disney/20th Century Fox Merger Princess Elinore from Wizards, in all her PG rated, animated glory. https://jadecryptofwonders.com/blog/qbpnw8il5j5eyx3tffxgcgmq5ivgox monthly 0.5 2020-10-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602655517791-CU6ZI6KHPH18O39JRIOU/bikewithmeifyouwanttolive.jpg Blog - The Sacrament of AKIRA Me and my brother at Universal Studios, riding the Terminator 2 bike. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602655178764-SIQMOB32NQTR2INA5R9G/akira-movie-poster-2016-1024x768.jpg Blog - The Sacrament of AKIRA Only when you see AKIRA in Dolby Surround do you recognise that tag-line’s truth in advertising, Neo-Tokyo explodes at peak volume. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602655400689-2FOSTCM21CXDETQ16SS1/biker-dad.jpg Blog - The Sacrament of AKIRA Weird how my father who looks this cool on a motorcycle didn’t live up to the deadbeat dad stereotype, his questionable parenting lay elsewhere. https://jadecryptofwonders.com/blog/196xx7glw7hp4qqbcj6p1ljkzpwtw1 monthly 0.5 2020-10-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602654690553-3JPND818NP2MEIC7BP80/neoyokioposternetflix.jpg Blog - Netflix Cringe-Watch: Neo-Yokio and Big Mouth We may never get a second season of Neo-Yokio, but it found its audience online, who are devoted to this weird little oddity show. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602654524802-XQHQ4JYI3HUQ08WQB05D/ideservethistobleronejakeneoyokio.jpg Blog - Netflix Cringe-Watch: Neo-Yokio and Big Mouth I deserved this Toblerone, because looking sad on a shopping mall bench while taking selfies is harder than Jaden Smith made it seem. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602654886391-ZQY83WZNPQ0P9QIK3AUX/bigmouthrectangularposter.jpg Blog - Netflix Cringe-Watch: Neo-Yokio and Big Mouth Netflix renewed Big Mouth for a second season, but I took advantage of its thumbs-down button so my binge-watch wasn’t an endorsement. https://jadecryptofwonders.com/blog/mt9ncu73hhnagr9d8egz30sl8ddwgn monthly 0.5 2020-10-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602301546048-EX4EVZZ7CFTBPTZVNDIV/UsborneHauntedWorldTravelTalesCurse+copy.png Blog - The Usborne Book of the Haunted World: An Underrated Spooky Gem from the Nineties The page with the Titanic sinking tells of people cancelling their ticket after seeing it sink in their dreams, which is a little spooky, not as spooky as most of this book. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602132867883-DP7O1F1WUO92P1CEV0R8/UsborneHauntedWorldMap2+copy.png Blog - The Usborne Book of the Haunted World: An Underrated Spooky Gem from the Nineties The rest of the non-Eurocentric world countries get representation here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602209948566-FQNUOGIDMZB2MWZ4NPVO/UsborneHauntedWorldEgyptHandDoom+copy.jpg Blog - The Usborne Book of the Haunted World: An Underrated Spooky Gem from the Nineties Until I could visit Egypt firsthand, I had to get my fix through books like this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602305034730-CC06F9B1BPO5L9OPMAB7/UsborneHauntedWorldSettlersGhosts+copy.png Blog - The Usborne Book of the Haunted World: An Underrated Spooky Gem from the Nineties Four panels of Australian farmer horror greet you at the bottom of this page. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602306624084-1F2ANKFJ5XSYERM9NM5K/UsborneHauntedWorldMovieMonsters+copy.png Blog - The Usborne Book of the Haunted World: An Underrated Spooky Gem from the Nineties This reminds me, I still have to watch Poltergeist all the way through. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602209868576-A21OZC76X3L9J7BKBUVA/UsborneHauntedWorldPyramidsPharoahs+copy.png Blog - The Usborne Book of the Haunted World: An Underrated Spooky Gem from the Nineties https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602304289621-8ZABDSBG7O9MFKLKFKRE/UsbornesHauntedWorldAustraliaNewZealand+copy.png Blog - The Usborne Book of the Haunted World: An Underrated Spooky Gem from the Nineties That hairy-man illustration really holds up as one of the books subtler scares. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602303306088-G6WE8WGH815PCET8X2PU/UsborneHauntedWorldDinosaurs+copy.png Blog - The Usborne Book of the Haunted World: An Underrated Spooky Gem from the Nineties Whoever illustrated this long-necked dinosaur decided to give it fangs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602204957012-WLNJOY9Z17WD9I8DWMD7/UsborneHauntedWorldBermudaTriangle+copy.jpg Blog - The Usborne Book of the Haunted World: An Underrated Spooky Gem from the Nineties This page covers the Bermuda Triangle, but I’m here for the illustration of the boat covered in ghosts in the right corner, which stuck with me as a kid reading it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602134516179-1TD3UIXTK00050R3YOKZ/UsborneHauntedWorldPhantomAnimals+copy.png Blog - The Usborne Book of the Haunted World: An Underrated Spooky Gem from the Nineties Phantom in the photograph was one of my favourite stories in this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602208260089-C2OUU7SMNRAJPCSPQXVW/UsborneHauntedWorldFightingSpirit+copy.jpg Blog - The Usborne Book of the Haunted World: An Underrated Spooky Gem from the Nineties I like the determined expression on the soldier’s face as he fights the Nagual. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602133027967-QGGZWKPUJPUZGXUAZKGJ/UsborneHauntedWorldWhatIsSupernatural+copy.png Blog - The Usborne Book of the Haunted World: An Underrated Spooky Gem from the Nineties The first of a double page spread which encapsulates the Haunted World. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602136604775-YGHIW81NOZKLEDSRQ5PL/UsborneHauntedWorldNorthAmerica+copy.png Blog - The Usborne Book of the Haunted World: An Underrated Spooky Gem from the Nineties https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602139067097-ZQLF3CYA7JQIYQG50L9L/UsborneHauntedWorldLadyInBlackGaucho+copy.png Blog - The Usborne Book of the Haunted World: An Underrated Spooky Gem from the Nineties Smaller details like the weeping woman among the cactuses are appreciated. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602302007954-TYMLLPJHOM8ME20L2FB5/UsborneHauntedWorldTravelTalesMap+copy.png Blog - The Usborne Book of the Haunted World: An Underrated Spooky Gem from the Nineties I love the skeletons behind the map playing with trains and aeroplanes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602208712490-HFNH1B90CD72AGVQNXRP/UsborneHauntedWorldTheMysteriousEast+copy.png Blog - The Usborne Book of the Haunted World: An Underrated Spooky Gem from the Nineties Check out the guy’s scream reflected in the dagger, that’s great illustration! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602209174180-4IE5CY3D57B4PE7DJHTK/UsborneHauntedWorldWestMeetsEast+copy.png Blog - The Usborne Book of the Haunted World: An Underrated Spooky Gem from the Nineties This is one of the busiest pages in the book, with a lot of story packed into it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602208115825-EYUJQ9U808O9NU9MQ294/UsborneHauntedWorldBattleGhosts+copy.jpg Blog - The Usborne Book of the Haunted World: An Underrated Spooky Gem from the Nineties https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602130806569-VKCVI47JGHGNLDWM7AHT/UsborneBookOfTheHauntedWorldCover+copy.png Blog - The Usborne Book of the Haunted World: An Underrated Spooky Gem from the Nineties Looks like it’s party time at King Diamond’s house! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602136382206-CTL41NX6VYUW968TMJGW/UsborneHauntedWorldWinchester+copy.png Blog - The Usborne Book of the Haunted World: An Underrated Spooky Gem from the Nineties The tale of the infamous Winchester house is rendered in exquisite detail here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602302155401-EB0UK2GIBK8YZX8Y82DA/UsborneHauntedWorldTalesFromTheNorth+copy.png Blog - The Usborne Book of the Haunted World: An Underrated Spooky Gem from the Nineties I like the rad disco attire of the Mystery guest story and the skulls emerging from the tape recorder, I am a simple man with simple taste in the paranormal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602133746737-CVVUKG2LD8NVRG26AUNV/UsborneHauntedWorldHauntedHouses+copy.png Blog - The Usborne Book of the Haunted World: An Underrated Spooky Gem from the Nineties Seriously, those ape-spirits in the window creeped me out as a kid. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602138715276-3VXIY2SCNLAAH3S138BI/UsborneHauntedWorldSpiritsSouthAmerica+copy.png Blog - The Usborne Book of the Haunted World: An Underrated Spooky Gem from the Nineties https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602302296665-OL3FLJUJ946PLLRCMMHX/UsborneHauntedWorldRasputin+copy.png Blog - The Usborne Book of the Haunted World: An Underrated Spooky Gem from the Nineties https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602306951877-6L5V55074CFGZI3IDHK9/UsbornesHauntedWorldTalkingToGhosts+copy.png Blog - The Usborne Book of the Haunted World: An Underrated Spooky Gem from the Nineties This reminds me of that excellent seance scene from The Changeling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602131977806-1HGFKNT1B65LQDI6JFZD/UsborneHauntedWorldContentsPage+copy.png Blog - The Usborne Book of the Haunted World: An Underrated Spooky Gem from the Nineties Stephen Wright did a terrific job designing this publishing marvel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602204693027-YD08SIA2VLDMQELTJ5TD/UsborneHauntedWorldHauntedEurope+copy.png Blog - The Usborne Book of the Haunted World: An Underrated Spooky Gem from the Nineties I like the skeleton in the bottom left corner, he’s like a @dasharezone resident. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602141393576-ZZ7KRA3I8GR27XQLXZY0/UsborneHauntedWorldVladTheImpaler+copy.png Blog - The Usborne Book of the Haunted World: An Underrated Spooky Gem from the Nineties Vlad the Impaler is illustrated to perfection here, probably my fave picture of him. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602206361986-V2W3JL64CV8RVIJKWL2N/UsborneHauntedWorldChina%26Japan+copy.png Blog - The Usborne Book of the Haunted World: An Underrated Spooky Gem from the Nineties This story in the bottom of the page is a rare male onryo story in media. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602135536029-VF5M2UX5EN0TSSPZ9I4M/UsborneHauntedWorldBansheeMurder+copy.png Blog - The Usborne Book of the Haunted World: An Underrated Spooky Gem from the Nineties The Haunted isles section of the book has a great banshee illustration on the right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602303193550-L06QZJV9OQE5O1434PNQ/UsborneHauntedWorldSpiritsOfAfricaArab+copy.png Blog - The Usborne Book of the Haunted World: An Underrated Spooky Gem from the Nineties https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602141598581-98TG6N9T5YGS17X9BS9G/UsborneHauntedWorldHeadlessTeacher+copy.png Blog - The Usborne Book of the Haunted World: An Underrated Spooky Gem from the Nineties I always liked the details on these maps like the skeleton hand and the bat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602305477520-4694F11S1PHE1DJQAPJ1/UsbornesHauntedWorldRuleOfBlood+copy+2.png Blog - The Usborne Book of the Haunted World: An Underrated Spooky Gem from the Nineties The picture of ghosts hurtling out of a round globe is a bit silly to my adult eyes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602134093906-BY7N0REH0JT6XKELZLW2/UsborneHauntedWorldMoreHouses+copy.png Blog - The Usborne Book of the Haunted World: An Underrated Spooky Gem from the Nineties The Usborne Book of the Haunted World likes using maps for effect. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602137965336-YIENPIOO2TALTRYDF0FC/UsborneHauntedWorldVictimOfTerror+copy.png Blog - The Usborne Book of the Haunted World: An Underrated Spooky Gem from the Nineties This two page spread perfectly complements each side of its contents, I like it! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602137503595-7F5A2CUHE8X7UNQ051TT/UsborneHauntedWorldWerewolvesMap+copy.png Blog - The Usborne Book of the Haunted World: An Underrated Spooky Gem from the Nineties World map of lycanthropy tells short stories about were-animals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602205616605-P8054RTRMV9XPRZNVN0Y/UsborneHauntedWorldMoreSeaGhosts+copy.png Blog - The Usborne Book of the Haunted World: An Underrated Spooky Gem from the Nineties I adored this illustration in the bottom left of a sailor frozen solid on his ship. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602206088738-UWULN3GK62N73AF3ZL7M/UsborneHauntedWorldChiangSchich+copy.png Blog - The Usborne Book of the Haunted World: An Underrated Spooky Gem from the Nineties This thing, the Ch’iang Schich, horrified me with just an illustration of its shadow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1602204805210-FSE99POADTKH49N2L79Z/UsborneHauntedWorldHauntedSeas+copy.png Blog - The Usborne Book of the Haunted World: An Underrated Spooky Gem from the Nineties This section of the book covers ghost ships like the Flying Dutchman. https://jadecryptofwonders.com/blog/the-enchanting-existential-dread-of-aussie-theme-parks-chapter-six-history-comes-alive monthly 0.5 2023-12-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1599810136851-7XLB2BK9X9877PS023WP/vlcsnap-2020-09-11-17h40m12s810.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Six - History Comes Alive Street musicians encourage dancing among the guests. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1599810776421-OOB6Q1UY54NSTLXITTZJ/vlcsnap-2020-09-11-17h51m51s887.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Six - History Comes Alive Inside the Old Sydney Town observatory, with interaction from guests. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1599808723838-TLFF806Z0D663AS5XXVZ/vlcsnap-2020-09-11-17h18m26s191.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Six - History Comes Alive A neer-do-well, shot by the redcoats for stealing shingles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1599810934822-OP4I2NYA8ODLZWUF6U2I/vlcsnap-2020-09-11-17h55m19s905.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Six - History Comes Alive A quadrant, used for taking star altitude readings at Old Sydney Town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1599810727300-1Q6HGN1SWN1G8XA2UPDL/vlcsnap-2020-09-11-17h51m34s135.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Six - History Comes Alive A replica of an observatory at Old Sydney Town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1599811283456-AQ2QUDQ4CTVSBLCH9LW6/vlcsnap-2020-09-11-18h00m04s456.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Six - History Comes Alive More street musicians playing a tune, above panels courtesy of Viewlorium. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1599728021630-OT5745SGSVJJRC17Y3UR/vlcsnap-2020-09-10-18h52m14s083.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Six - History Comes Alive The gloomy entrance to Old Sydney Town, featured in Ask The Leyland Brothers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1599808100740-VB36EZ4IO55QMCLPJVZE/vlcsnap-2020-09-11-17h08m01s579.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Six - History Comes Alive Redcoats on the march at Old Sydney Town, with police wagon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1599728213938-FV9P3JTSMA5TFY11YGRM/vlcsnap-2020-09-10-18h56m40s841.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Six - History Comes Alive Thatched cottages were constructed with building materials of the time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1599810315055-LYUXVAXXKFOQUA5O1I9M/vlcsnap-2020-09-11-17h44m56s140.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Six - History Comes Alive A grandmother takes a snapshot of the action with her camera. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1599808000380-TV0GDYW7WN2BG8OKCC3V/vlcsnap-2020-09-11-17h06m20s846.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Six - History Comes Alive Redcoats arresting a troublemaker at Old Sydney Town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1599810420834-BZQZ5PIPHWA29RMXXD0U/vlcsnap-2020-09-11-17h46m42s381.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Six - History Comes Alive All aboard the shipyard, carrying supplies from Britain to the isolated colonies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/5ca54d0f-7e00-46fd-b86e-cccd064cca66/Reviewtyme+Convict+Comment.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Six - History Comes Alive - Make it stand out If this comment posted underneath the Reviewtyme YouTube video is true, I feel worried about the impact Old Sydney Town had on bodies of its grunt workers who got frequent whippings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1599808987419-6NSLF3JT2FFBMFKB650K/vlcsnap-2020-09-11-17h22m48s874.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Six - History Comes Alive The audience, full of perplexed children, watch on at the courtroom drama. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1599809313266-5HCFHRZG20O6OVMK0Y50/vlcsnap-2020-09-11-17h28m13s894.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Six - History Comes Alive A prisoner is flogged in front of hundreds of spectators, just like the olden days. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1599811398544-SJQ14V5HVJCAMEG29AZD/vlcsnap-2020-09-11-17h59m00s556.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Six - History Comes Alive The roof of the observatory rotates with cannonball-bearings to stargaze. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1599727963604-NDOBAM918EZO2999V3K5/vlcsnap-2020-09-10-18h51m39s488.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Six - History Comes Alive Ask The Leyland Brothers always provided a helpful map of their locations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1599809474213-MYB556ICL79JCY0KL8GB/vlcsnap-2020-09-11-17h30m38s324.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Six - History Comes Alive Each of the buildings house a type of character who works at the park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1599810050177-6A6M9B4Y12HXP06XCTAC/vlcsnap-2020-09-11-17h39m25s315.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Six - History Comes Alive The tin-smith makes wares that are then sold to tourists at Old Sydney Town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1599722805816-XMC2YY52PY6W14C2FUBD/OldSydneyTownPostCard.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Six - History Comes Alive Postcard from Old Sydney Town, in its prime. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1599728107169-ISNQHHYL9N5R9RTYV7JX/vlcsnap-2020-09-10-18h54m48s827.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Six - History Comes Alive Old Sydney Town with its cottages and stagecoach caravans. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1599808870268-BVFYH7DEFSPICFJUCRPV/vlcsnap-2020-09-11-17h20m53s615.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Six - History Comes Alive A kangaroo court hearing at Old Sydney Town, complete with wigs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1599728310361-XAZDE3C8EQFNB65VTSRA/vlcsnap-2020-09-10-18h58m16s038.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Six - History Comes Alive A vendor of lucky horseshoes wanders the streets of Old Sydney Town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1599807824812-BLB6GJLCY33K607IK42V/vlcsnap-2020-09-11-17h03m17s715.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Six - History Comes Alive The candlemaker demonstrates her process for the park guests. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1599810518746-NXD7KY2YQ81AX8C6WD0C/vlcsnap-2020-09-11-17h48m17s594.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Six - History Comes Alive Somebody pick-sawing large pieces of wood for the entertainment of guests. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1599811219888-NX79ZJSRCVKB2XUNWY73/vlcsnap-2020-09-11-17h59m42s440.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Six - History Comes Alive The cemetery of Old Sydney Town, a grim reminder of death in the colonies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1599809154591-IFZ571FMLLNWNYDQ25IO/vlcsnap-2020-09-11-17h25m45s142.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Six - History Comes Alive The accused pleads their case in front of the court in the stand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1599810609088-FPRG3ZP4K9845DZBOA2G/vlcsnap-2020-09-11-17h49m55s041.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Six - History Comes Alive The underdog, pulling the downward stroke of the pick-saw. https://jadecryptofwonders.com/blog/the-enchanting-existential-dread-of-aussie-theme-parks-chapter-five-its-scary-but-nobody-cares monthly 0.5 2023-12-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1599464044202-LQVGZB12VSNITGMZIOHZ/vlcsnap-2020-09-07-17h30m54s736.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Five - It’s Scary, But Nobody Cares A dolphin jumping at the aquatic animal show at African Lion Safari. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1599464864203-2MBWOBTW65OAA6HCWRCW/vlcsnap-2020-09-07-17h41m30s314.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Five - It’s Scary, But Nobody Cares The African Lion Safari train line, featured with pride in the adverts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1599467265605-TK6MCG2S8JSDVSD1MIW5/vlcsnap-2020-09-07-18h27m30s837.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Five - It’s Scary, But Nobody Cares “Take a helicopter joy-ride!” - only available on Sundays and public holidays. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1599462760589-MT87ZMJCYCQO62IOOM8Y/7858108-3x2-xlarge.jpg Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Five - It’s Scary, But Nobody Cares The pipe through which the pregnant lioness escaped. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1598349464850-SSG6NP19E5K01UH4KF4L/12369392-3x2-xlarge.jpg Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Five - It’s Scary, But Nobody Cares Ron Prendergast among his collection of animal specimens. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1599468396849-1BS7CHI42Q4OUWMDP86Y/vlcsnap-2020-09-07-18h46m20s957.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Five - It’s Scary, But Nobody Cares A tiger roaming the road at African Lion Safari, from the advert. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1598344410236-PXVMH1U4DJWKGKJBO7JC/lion.jpg Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Five - It’s Scary, But Nobody Cares A car amongst the lions at African Lion Safari. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1599463597059-GPQ5XG9GBYZV00LEQWRZ/vlcsnap-2020-09-07-17h26m16s935.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Five - It’s Scary, But Nobody Cares Aerial shot from the African Lion Safari ad with dolphinarium visible. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1599463929959-9QZIDOBEF0YQOYKI4XP9/vlcsnap-2020-09-07-17h30m16s916.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Five - It’s Scary, But Nobody Cares More playground equipment at African Lion Safari, from the advert. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1598349846215-V58YPDIYZWEN9Q1C1KD4/12369518-3x2-xlarge.jpg Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Five - It’s Scary, But Nobody Cares Ron Prendergast cozying up to a tiger at Bacchus Marsh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1599463522529-UYEUSR9UVQ1S29W7WKS2/vlcsnap-2020-09-07-17h24m57s475.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Five - It’s Scary, But Nobody Cares Water feature at African Lion Safari, excerpted from the advert. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1599463301038-Q2EUUDHB1CK0XE0VNA3Y/vlcsnap-2020-09-07-17h19m06s423.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Five - It’s Scary, But Nobody Cares A dolphin being fed its meal at African Lion Safari. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1599468558340-2L4TXNYGLM14F3TE76CF/vlcsnap-2020-09-07-18h45m32s945.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Five - It’s Scary, But Nobody Cares The final shot of the African Lion Safari advert. Footage courtesy of GrubcoTV3. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1599463230078-0PFSPK8GJ6IM12JOEE19/vlcsnap-2020-09-07-17h18m53s204.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Five - It’s Scary, But Nobody Cares A parrot pushing a lever at African Lion Safari in its advertisement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1599464625255-YU1YWU77JAAN3XLC4IN0/vlcsnap-2020-09-07-17h36m43s209.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Five - It’s Scary, But Nobody Cares Seals balancing a ball at the African Lion Safari aquatic animal show https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1598350360326-5KV2B30PEH2EH7COJVQS/12369298-3x2-xlarge.jpg Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Five - It’s Scary, But Nobody Cares Ron Pendergast at age 17, caring for jungle creatures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1599463446192-5CVC6HW8F4ZY5REPTEBE/vlcsnap-2020-09-07-17h19m45s442.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Five - It’s Scary, But Nobody Cares Playground equipment featured at African Lion Safari in adverts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1599467389938-R3APVTILIFBZH3TVG2M4/vlcsnap-2020-09-07-18h29m03s612.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Five - It’s Scary, But Nobody Cares Picnic area with self serve cafe and restaurants, at African Lion Safari. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1599464146314-WCLH6S9H9R5QQY9WNT0S/vlcsnap-2020-09-07-17h35m28s443.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Five - It’s Scary, But Nobody Cares Slippery dip at African Lion Safari, from the advert. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1598350633767-W1AWWTA30QNI0PBA87IY/12369352-3x2-xlarge.jpg Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Five - It’s Scary, But Nobody Cares One of the Bacchus Marsh tigers feeding on their meal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1598345114959-74UT2ZWFZU00OME7723C/7858142-3x2-940x627.jpg Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Five - It’s Scary, But Nobody Cares A snapshot from African Lion Safari, stating “Trespassers Will Be EATEN”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1598347173411-7ZGMNAZLUF1M6HU1OUSS/1158610_Large.jpg Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Five - It’s Scary, But Nobody Cares Photographer captured at the top of his jeep hiding from a curious lion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1599463998841-G5HG1C52W5J1DW53M1CD/vlcsnap-2020-09-07-17h30m34s931.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Five - It’s Scary, But Nobody Cares Monkey bars at the African Lion Safari park, from the advert. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1599464820785-FYAUV3EGO970INI7IWKB/vlcsnap-2020-09-07-17h41m19s740.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Five - It’s Scary, But Nobody Cares Cockatoo riding a scooter at African Lion Safari, from the advert. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1599463366931-SWPI9L301BFFOYC02ZMF/vlcsnap-2020-09-07-17h19m21s285.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Five - It’s Scary, But Nobody Cares Lions walking on the pathway at African Lion Safari in the advert. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1599463736676-TC13POW8D1TIXXYPC6YM/vlcsnap-2020-09-07-17h28m14s540.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Five - It’s Scary, But Nobody Cares Blurry shot of a bear at African Lion Safari from the advert. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1599715055792-31WPUS757GHRGSMIRQ12/x00g03123-450x343.jpg.pagespeed.ic.lEwmdyX8_E.jpg Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Five - It’s Scary, But Nobody Cares Bondi Aquarium, courtesy of the Powerhouse Museum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1598343918078-FH7OOBHWSXCWJL9QRTK2/1ecac3939b367e11db1d7644be7f35c5.jpg Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Five - It’s Scary, But Nobody Cares Alleged picture of the Airem Scareum attraction at Wonderland City. (Source: Pinterest) https://jadecryptofwonders.com/blog/the-enchanting-existential-dread-of-aussie-theme-parks-chapter-four-wouldnt-it-be-wonderful monthly 0.5 2020-08-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1598263770400-B36NFRGA6K1SFUDCPWLJ/vlcsnap-2020-08-24-20h09m11s717.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Four - Wouldn’t It Be Wonderful David Wardfear in a rare interview about the construction of Space Probe 7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1598265126036-NYI7Q5STLZFLLIE11FVK/r0_376_4032_2741_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Four - Wouldn’t It Be Wonderful Londonderry’s junkyard retains the Wonderland Sydney Marvel signage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1598262652120-SJCWQKV8YFTD91GIC7JN/sub-buzz-28250-1505178255-6.jpg Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Four - Wouldn’t It Be Wonderful The Bush Beast as it stood in all its wooden glory, circa 2000. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1596268288913-H6QG20XGZFB7GRV24X8I/8f632c88d9367031288295bef178de61_-new-south-wales-city-of-blacktown-eastern-creek-wonderland-sydneyhtml.jpg Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Four - Wouldn’t It Be Wonderful The notorious Demon rollercoaster, with its double loops in Transylvania. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1596268456585-GWDXP67TPYTRKZO254DZ/1470808750656.jpg Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Four - Wouldn’t It Be Wonderful The gate to the Demon rollercoaster in its nineties splendour. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1596363107982-8DBMVLEE5ISKRQA9PJCK/32b7b9e9d7d12043d33af98cb56d738a.jpg Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Four - Wouldn’t It Be Wonderful The mighty Space Probe 7 pictured next to the Demon coaster. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1598263333581-P7AWDUK4584WP9RXU30P/vlcsnap-2020-08-24-20h01m31s013.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Four - Wouldn’t It Be Wonderful The TV special based on the making of Space Probe 7’s commercial. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1598263498172-T8BLFZARXJH64CG8GC3H/vlcsnap-2020-08-24-20h04m29s571.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Four - Wouldn’t It Be Wonderful Cheeta and Commando greet lifestyle TV presenters at Wonderland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1598264049118-PU7JQGS0717RI83522PW/vlcsnap-2020-08-24-20h13m52s029.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Four - Wouldn’t It Be Wonderful Colin Timms explains the sound design aspect for the viewers at home. (Above six panels, courtesy of ellyandjools) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1596363904067-64234FXMJW6OM5WLELWH/36c8dce7854a0dfdcbaaa2fc427fec86.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Four - Wouldn’t It Be Wonderful The iconic Bounty’s Revenge swinging pirate ship attraction. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1598264934888-01D0T8V603AOFRR3HYAC/3610272482_d5538e05f0_b.jpg Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Four - Wouldn’t It Be Wonderful The Zodiac ride in Hanna-Barbera Land, long may it twirl in our memories. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1595496084010-C4RTUNP7J504HKFLHXSP/1*19uBhBlh0tDreK4JU30a1Q.jpg Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Four - Wouldn’t It Be Wonderful Wouldn’t it be wonderful, for every boy, girl, woman and man? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1596364915961-7K6BTZ15FPSYT8KSK02H/hqdefault.jpg Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Four - Wouldn’t It Be Wonderful The loud whirr of the Wizard’s Fury ride kept us spinning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1596268195347-BXWOPPEOL3UFOGDMKTZW/be2ce41f477476cdefa918bd96e97649.jpg Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Four - Wouldn’t It Be Wonderful The rainbow gateway to Hanna-Barbera Land at Wonderland Sydney. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1598263928215-HIA266778ZQHZA4GV454/vlcsnap-2020-08-24-20h11m42s745.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Four - Wouldn’t It Be Wonderful Roger Cammeron dishes on the special effects that created Space Probe 7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1598264552556-RGE7Y0HU61KIGJBBH2BZ/maxresdefault.jpg Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Four - Wouldn’t It Be Wonderful The pumpkin-y entrance to Transylvania, the horror themed Wonderland zone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1595496617938-63S2J5BTH318FC5I60MW/unnamed.jpg Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Four - Wouldn’t It Be Wonderful The Hanna-Barbera gang’s all here at Wonderland Sydney. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1598263590212-1OAFW3G4M92V6GA4BFET/vlcsnap-2020-08-24-20h06m08s292.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Four - Wouldn’t It Be Wonderful The Australian Gladiators decide to ride the Demon before tackling Space Probe 7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1598265774092-IXZ2ZKD0LP7GITFF28H3/f03ba6dc03f0678c39d3f04651187a54.jpg Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Four - Wouldn’t It Be Wonderful Fred Flintstone’s Splashdown operating in its prime at Wonderland. https://jadecryptofwonders.com/blog/mi6746o4gsp9spwqqx6hviygucdup9 monthly 0.5 2020-08-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1597395255511-3Q9GI5RSE755LVWPZ79E/iStock_61948836_XLARGE-30c432a.jpg Blog - The Regrettable Death of Hype Lobster He was an anomaly both ahead of and behind his time, dressed in a snapback hat and jeans centuries before that was in fashion. Hype Lobster embodied the party animal of the Chinese nobility but also the college frat pledge of the modern era, a Taoist sorcerer educated in the classics of longevity with a taste for fine wine and elixir lean which would become his downfall. Hype Lobster came from the Dragon Skulls lineage of magicians in ancient China, he had been around at the beginning of the Complete Reality School’s founding and had heard Zhuangzi speak in person. He had mastered his control of the breath and meditation for hours at a time, opening the Dragon Gate with his occult knowledge when he was only sixteen. He had watched emperors grow old and die as he remained youthful and stupid as the day he took his alchemical pill in secret. With his practitioners sword he drew a circle in the sand of the temple and conjured a drink which he became addicted to, and it is said you were only meant to sip this beverage once in a lifetime. He attained the rank of Grandmaster Hype Lobster, the great sorcerer of the Dragon Skulls lineage when he turned a hundred years old, amassing wealth and wisdom along the way which he shared with his dozens of students. His yearning for partying rivalled that of contemporary rock musician Andrew W.K. long before that man was even born, his sigil was a lobster with a yin-yang hexagram drawn onto its shell. The I-Ching came as naturally to him as a fish to water, yet even Hype Lobster couldn’t see his excess would bring his immortality to an early grave. Many rock-eating alchemists had died trying to achieve what Hype Lobster accomplished, however he couldn’t let well enough alone, continuing to sip his elixir lean with the other hype-beasts of the community. One of the key ingredients was said to be mercury, and whilst we now know that to be a toxic chemical, the sorcerers of old were driven to madness with their obsession with the liquid. Internal alchemy was all the rage when Hype Lobster was two hundred years young, partying with thousands of maidens and noblemen in the Imperial High Court to the detriment of the taxpayer. Far was this way of life from the simplicity of Lao Tzu’s teachings or the Analects, utterly lacking frugality and sincerity. He had a pet tiger imported from India, becoming the Joe Exotic of his day amassing underfed and unhappy jungle animals in his garden of delights, he had no reason to stop because he felt in his heart because he had taken the alchemical pill in its liquid form that he was invincible. Immortal, yes. Invincible? No. The mess left by his partying and orgies left a wake of trash behind Hype Lobster that he was loathe to pick up after himself. Travelling to Rome at the height of its empire purely for partying reasons, he helped Caligula ruin the GDP of Italy as well, all this money for partying had to come from somewhere, and the gold stolen from Africa and other places paid in full for this egregious lifestyle. Hype Lobster was now a man of the world, backpacking to the richest bohemian salons and falling out with donors whose girlfriends he helped cheat on them kept betraying their lovers for his unique philosophy of the boudoir. His pet tigers ate a cuckolded spouse chasing after him and the evidence was thrown into a meat grinder to prevent suspicion. His magic allowed him to conjure a device from the future called an iPhone, which he filled with tracks from the douche-baggiest artists of the modern epoch, such as Chris Brown and Lil Wayne, these hoes ain’t loyal was tattooed onto his chest as a mantra. In immortality, he had ceased to care whose feelings he hurt in the process of getting that next buzz of endorphins, and like Rasputin learned once he entered the weird mystic game, being outrageous and drunk all the time could earn you a few enemies. Hype Lobster’s past was bound to catch up with him, as infidelity to his own polyamorous partners earned him a reputation as a proto-Casanova within the circles of high society. His pet elephants lay neglected in a filthy private zoo where he underpaid the maidens in charge of tending to the creatures in his menagerie, having no fear of retribution in his afterlife had transformed him into a swaggering douche without a portrait of Dorian Gray to hold him accountable. In Germany he had caught wind of a new philosophy antithetical to his Taoism spoken of by Nietzche called nihilism, which interested him since he felt dead inside ever since the fifteenth century. He read De Sade and other such noblemen of naughtiness, depraving himself as any future casualty of the #MeToo movement would do if he thought he was untouchable. Elixir lean and booze flowed through his veins faster than his blood could, and one day he heard a song which moved his tortured soul: Can’t Stop Partying by Weezer and Lil Wayne. This song which also had a heartbreaking acoustic version shook him to the core, reminding him of the possibility of partying so hard that death could claim him in his ignorance. He made the song his ringtone as a morbid memento mori gesture. There were certain parties he now avoided, such as the ones at Jeffrey Epstein’s house, which was probably for the best. Hollywood in its moral emptiness shocked Hype Lobster as he wandered the streets in search of a younger generation of partygoer, he was the eternal old guy at the club and it was his own fault for making himself immortal. All of a sudden, he was far too old to be picking up chicks at the bar, and the music the youths listened to was too loud and alienated him with its EDM doof-doof. Hype Lobster spent the final chapters of his long life trying to make himself feel less alone. Addicted to various drugs like heroin and cocaine, unable to die from the krokodil and bath salts and meth he had tried to see the appeal of, he wandered the earth as a mystery to those around him, eventually he grew tired of the allure of fame or celebrity and just wanted to feel the buzz which elixir lean used to give him. Combining elixir lean with various contemporary drugs seemed to stimulate him like before, then the charm wore off and he was numb again. He would have to experiment with darker magic to feel that rush of youth he yearned for, drinking in demons and witches brews seemed to work. Chaos magicians such as Grant Morrison taught him that everything was permitted, and nothing was true. He was old enough now to believe in such things, wise enough to know this dangerous new path might lead him astray in a meaningful rather than empty way. At 3am he stumbled through the bodegas in search of elephant juice to make some elixir lean, all of the shops were closed, but the covens on the beaches were wide open. Witchcraft had become in vogue again with the current generation, although the pretty teenage witches were wary of an older man trying to hang out with them late at night. “Ew, he’s three thousand year old!” protested Myrtle, the hedge-witch who hung out in the Hot Topic. “He looks gross and fuckboy-ish.” - they weren’t wrong, he had indeed been like this since he met Caligula, and the welcome was wearing itself out. The women of today professed a newer philosophy he neglected to research, called feminism, wherein young women refused to be treated like objects. Compared to these young maidens casting hexes in the light of the moon, Hype Lobster was old hat. The teenage girls at the beach wanted nothing to do with him, and shooed him away from their cauldron citing reasons of “necessary shadow work”. He was a decrepit ruin of a man, a coelacanth living fossil who didn’t belong. Hype Lobster wandered off to the pier to do some more heroin which he could brew in his magical spoon, only to be spotted by LA cops who arrested him on drugs charges. He was in the slammer for fifteen years, getting buff in jail and left prison with more tattoos. In America, he wasn’t allowed to vote as a felon, but he was too high on elixir lean to care. Conjuring King Paimon on his camel mount, he asked for a draught of elixir lean which would make the gods themselves crunk as Lil Jon. King Paimon granted the request and brewed him an amount of elixir lean mixed with cough syrup which would kill a mortal man. Taking up the challenge, he drank his lean to the last drop and felt the buzz of demon seed down his throat. Hype Lobster was hyped about something for the first time in decades, now he was out of jail he was free to travel the world looking for new trouble to get himself into. King Paimon warned Hype Lobster that this new recipe for elixir lean was best enjoyed in moderation, however it had such a potent effect on him that Paimon’s pleas were ignored. Hype Lobster travelled to Paris, France for the first time in an eternity, sipping his elixir lean on the steps of Notre Dame cathedral. He went to the club to get turnt up and was confronted with the French house music which boomed in his brain at a volume which gave him heart palpitations. To his error, Hype Lobster decided to drink some more of the Paimon elixir lean as the bass boomed on the dance floor. He felt his heart attack strike him in agony, though that did not kill him, he continued to dance until the break of dawn although the pain wracked his entire body. His soul was starting to disintegrate, and all the demons he was drinking down spilt out of his gullet as his mortal coil ceased to be. There would be no promise of an afterlife for Hype Lobster, only oblivion due to his foolishness. The funeral was held in China, after what was left of him was shipped to Shanghai, to have a Buddhist funeral like Taoist scoundrels who die in disgrace are known to do. It was a humble, simple ceremony, devoid of the excesses of his life, no funeral strippers or expensive caskets wheeled through the streets in a hearse. Perhaps oblivion was a kinder fate to Hype Lobster than to face the various Chinese hells, his soul was broken into a billion pieces by his meddling in dark sorcery for a quick buzz of feeling. Twenty mourners dressed in white chanted sutras as his body was laid to rest, cremated to ashes and interred at the Dragon Skulls catacombs in the Jade Crypt of Wonders where the dead magicians were buried. The regrettable death of Hype Lobster wasn’t supposed to happen at all, but his ridiculous life lived to excess was lived at compound interest. His name was whispered as a warning to younger adepts, who shitposted quasi-ironic tributes like “mourn ya till I join ya” online as Hype Lobster would’ve wanted. There would never be another sorcerer like him, for good reason. Copyright © Jacob Martin 2020, All Rights Reserved. https://jadecryptofwonders.com/blog/the-enchanting-existential-dread-of-aussie-theme-parks-chapter-three-the-hedgehog-came-down-to-sydney monthly 0.5 2020-07-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1594630460316-CIQMMM8RANQ8FHI3ILWZ/GhostHuntersEntranceSegaWORLD.jpeg Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Three - The Hedgehog Came Down To Sydney Ghost Hunters entrance with the green ghoul on top. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1594364423678-AP5L21ZEU9Q6GYNQNOTD/segaworld_map.jpg Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Three - The Hedgehog Came Down To Sydney You would go into the park through the Time Tunnel, into realms of Past, Present and Future. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1594632789370-8CRR6J8552U4SOSRG5WY/vlcsnap-2020-07-13-19h30m49s138.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Three - The Hedgehog Came Down To Sydney Contents of the unlimited rides pass offered Free Sonic Bag. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1594707838006-6CRIBQDP8974GYQVDHVB/SegaWorldArcadeCard1.jpeg Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Three - The Hedgehog Came Down To Sydney One of the Sega World Sydney entry passes, courtesy of Sega World Sydney Memoriam. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1594366678320-3P9OY7VFVQ8CUMXUXN66/AS-1+machine+Sega+World.jpeg Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Three - The Hedgehog Came Down To Sydney The AS-1 machine at its new home in Luna Park, Melbourne. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1594369434265-RO2IXRRDO2QGSAI71BUH/SonicLivePuppetShowSegaWorld.jpeg Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Three - The Hedgehog Came Down To Sydney A rare photograph of the Sonic Live puppet show at Sega World Sydney. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1594364916832-47FAU58L6FF3U446ATTQ/AccessToDarlingHarbourSegaWorldSydney.jpg Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Three - The Hedgehog Came Down To Sydney The defunct monorail sign guiding you to the nineties Sydney childhood landmarks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1594707955496-LDMDMLNCTHV8X5IMA62V/SonicArcadeCard2.jpeg Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Three - The Hedgehog Came Down To Sydney This right here is why the park failed, complicated micro-transactions with a Sonics cryptocurrency. Is it any wonder that our parents/accompanying adult guardians told us an emphatic “NO!” when we asked if we could play the games? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1594632929978-E8EQPZLQBSEGAKSVLL6L/vlcsnap-2020-07-13-19h31m53s184.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Three - The Hedgehog Came Down To Sydney Ghost Hunters augmented reality footage (Source for above five panels: Zampakid) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1594630836399-F7BHPDNLIU5RA86GM5W8/vlcsnap-2020-07-13-19h00m12s982.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Three - The Hedgehog Came Down To Sydney People riding Mad Bazooka in its prime. (Source for above two panels: Zampakid) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1594627079789-4899MGU4D45JM4P4QUL5/vlcsnap-2020-07-13-17h57m38s899.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Three - The Hedgehog Came Down To Sydney The trauma cocoons that continue to haunt my imagination. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1594365475530-10MKEOM8J4LZQJ1G0PF3/SegaWorldCommemorativePassScan.jpg Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Three - The Hedgehog Came Down To Sydney A scanned brochure map of Sega World Sydney, courtesy of SEGA super-fan, Cameron Hons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1594369224910-EAKFPNI9ZP4HRZQ62I8R/RailChaseHaailandMoneyShot.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Three - The Hedgehog Came Down To Sydney Rail Chase at Haailand theme park in India, never thought I’d see you again. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1594367984387-5JT4I5LZFTJ90M364DRF/AquaNovaSegaWorld.jpeg Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Three - The Hedgehog Came Down To Sydney Entrance to Aqua Nova, which I preferred to Rail Chase. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1594366961481-QEEBRLXH15PHRVDH6FB6/SegaWorldSydneySonicDisplay1.jpg Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Three - The Hedgehog Came Down To Sydney When you went inside the Blue Cone, an image of a sporty kid flying with Sonic was on the wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1594626986164-9QGA3J1AGCCWXHCNGA02/vlcsnap-2020-07-13-17h56m07s181.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Three - The Hedgehog Came Down To Sydney Ernie Dingo riding Rail Chase with the gun turrets clearly visible. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1594630754237-E3CNZUV019UQ0LAF2OV7/vlcsnap-2020-07-13-18h57m57s054.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Three - The Hedgehog Came Down To Sydney The horribly dated CGI Aqua Nova squid monster. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1594366902053-WZMYXJVCCQJZCDE3T603/SegaWorldSydneyFrontEntrance.jpeg Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Three - The Hedgehog Came Down To Sydney The entrance to Sega World Sydney, as many a Sydney resident passed through in 1998. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1594463621551-9PPW7VDVRRHJTWRI3O7T/CameronHonsSEGA-WorldYear2000.jpg Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Three - The Hedgehog Came Down To Sydney The beautiful Darling Harbour scenery circa 2000 with McDonald’s restaurant. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1594365118121-BXH5UMP15GYZLY6OSNS4/SegaWorldNewspaperAd23Sept1999.jpg Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Three - The Hedgehog Came Down To Sydney Newspaper ad for Sega World Sydney, courtesy of Sega World Sydney Memoriam on Twitter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1594462689179-OY8RWMK95CYW0HARA4WN/SegaWorldSydneyIbis.jpg Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Three - The Hedgehog Came Down To Sydney The ibis basking under the shadow of the colossal wreck that was Sega World Sydney. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1594366227206-WONIL7Q7ID3E38UC5Y5X/MadBazookaEntranceSegaWorld.jpeg Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Three - The Hedgehog Came Down To Sydney The entrance to Mad Bazooka, courtesy of Sega World Sydney Memorium. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1594632890981-1ZUSR5GMXXXTKN80V8QN/vlcsnap-2020-07-13-19h31m40s781.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Three - The Hedgehog Came Down To Sydney Mad Bazooka CGI promotional shot, probably from pre-show area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1594369657214-4W0LIZAEVE98D7EA5HPI/SonicAndSallyJunkyardStatue.jpg Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Three - The Hedgehog Came Down To Sydney Not since the days of Howard Carter has such an exciting discovery been made by archaeologists. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1594365698030-5HWZY0PR0K2U9RUGR92Q/SegaWorldTimeTunnelPhotoshop.jpeg Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Three - The Hedgehog Came Down To Sydney Sonic The Hedgehog (2020) photoshopped into the Sega World Sydney Time Tunnel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1594627462103-MCJD7VP327GBH8CKXLKR/vlcsnap-2020-07-13-18h03m57s443.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Three - The Hedgehog Came Down To Sydney Entrance to Magic Motion Theatre (Source for above four panels: Rlan3) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1594632830225-NLHSD0MVRY18T5BAC3YD/vlcsnap-2020-07-13-19h31m05s478.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Three - The Hedgehog Came Down To Sydney Roaring Skull is from Ghost Hunters, according to my friend Josh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1593064678734-PZXCAB4GZOJTAAG4FJS4/WIR-Super+Nintendo+Sega+Genesis.jpg Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Three - The Hedgehog Came Down To Sydney Wreck-It Ralph makes me guaranteed to cry every time, because Vanellope and I had the same struggle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1594626875938-5UPGD8KCKG711KFJZ4EP/vlcsnap-2020-07-13-17h53m38s898.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Three - The Hedgehog Came Down To Sydney Ernie Dingo saying “My mate Sonic the Hedgehog” broke my brain a bit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1594632747359-NWZVZ8JXJ98IJT8I4KNN/vlcsnap-2020-07-13-19h30m38s945.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Three - The Hedgehog Came Down To Sydney Free Sonic bag with an unlimited rides pass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1594636627115-1CV6VAKKDRMTH0G4QWLM/VR-1+attraction.jpeg Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Three - The Hedgehog Came Down To Sydney The VR-1 attraction at Sega World Sydney. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1594020153399-8AKTCXOCVT1ST292Q9L3/GhostHuntersRailChaseHallway.jpg Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Three - The Hedgehog Came Down To Sydney The corridor of my nightmares, preserved as a photograph. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1594627550195-OK33GHIF1EIDG40NW1D8/RailChaseRockyHorrorLipsReconstruction.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Three - The Hedgehog Came Down To Sydney Reconstruction of the Rocky Horror lips from Rail Chase pre-show monitors. https://jadecryptofwonders.com/blog/the-enchanting-existential-dread-of-aussie-theme-parks-chapter-two-hollywood-on-the-gold-coast monthly 0.5 2020-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1592882224652-B2NXEN7MX72BO6VBW67H/vlcsnap-2020-06-23-13h16m56s205.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Two - Hollywood On The Gold Coast Some kind of snake-monster in the prop dock, I’m not sure what this is from. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1593059011067-0P99B1TR3V8XZIJZAWSM/vlcsnap-2020-06-25-14h23m09s361.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Two - Hollywood On The Gold Coast There’s Scooby-Doo again! (Source for above panels: Theme Park Review) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1593052312268-4ET7CUW7U5ILY2CLSYMN/vlcsnap-2020-06-25-12h29m12s628.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Two - Hollywood On The Gold Coast Going through the icicle tunnel with the flight simulator. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1593052840130-R0TPVCIONLY3MYH4NT13/vlcsnap-2020-06-25-12h39m55s763.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Two - Hollywood On The Gold Coast The carts going into the Scooby Doo Spooky Coaster attraction. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1592882301549-BBFOU5XZDYUTPVPG8BLV/vlcsnap-2020-06-23-13h18m09s735.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Two - Hollywood On The Gold Coast A police car with blaring siren crashes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1592886977873-LJ4LZN1LGWEZCEZ0P0CW/vlcsnap-2020-06-23-14h35m21s394.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Two - Hollywood On The Gold Coast The Batmobile viewed from behind, approaching Gotham. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1593057853834-NVPL3DVL5TLTRVMS4ZYJ/vlcsnap-2020-06-25-14h03m58s676.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Two - Hollywood On The Gold Coast This guy appears to be doing the Thriller dance pose as he pops up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1592463179170-EM58VG5QW171J1IESLPX/vlcsnap-2020-06-18-15h58m40s781.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Two - Hollywood On The Gold Coast A mogwai hangs from one of the lights. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1593057611792-6H39YGQYMSJZPE2MAAWT/vlcsnap-2020-06-25-13h59m50s137.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Two - Hollywood On The Gold Coast More monsters in the spooky dungeon, or are they crooks in disguise? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1593058366541-5B33D343SBZ4HB5PS0JU/vlcsnap-2020-06-25-14h12m31s250.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Two - Hollywood On The Gold Coast A good quality shot of the Wild Mouse Coaster track Scooby Doo: Spooky Coaster uses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1593052499945-0B73KW2UD2EPE3CKMJRC/vlcsnap-2020-06-25-12h34m45s143.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Two - Hollywood On The Gold Coast Explosions! (Source: Sunny Lin) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1593057290882-9O9024HMTR90NQKPWQ7H/vlcsnap-2020-06-25-13h54m36s758.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Two - Hollywood On The Gold Coast Monster lunging at you from above the ceiling as you speed past below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1592881949424-NXAUV0PLJ0FD95ALIZX4/vlcsnap-2020-06-23-13h12m25s844.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Two - Hollywood On The Gold Coast A mogwai spinning to and fro in a booth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1593059694097-0024JCCAT7ELI1CFW41W/WildWestFalls.jpg Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Two - Hollywood On The Gold Coast The Wild West Falls ride is fairly basic when it comes to its theming, so I won’t cover it in detail like I did with Scooby Doo: Spooky Coaster, because like Storm Coaster at Sea World Nara Resort it’s a pretty simple attraction. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1593057363027-MHKRZRDOAO2OHX4WJTUJ/vlcsnap-2020-06-25-13h55m35s271.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Two - Hollywood On The Gold Coast Skeleton locked in a gibbet cage in the spooky dungeon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1592881721803-KYVNE9V9NUCJD44MNLS9/vlcsnap-2020-06-23-13h08m36s183.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Two - Hollywood On The Gold Coast A larger mogwai watching television. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1593058893962-UAHZEE9UAOLFWVAJK98C/vlcsnap-2020-06-25-14h21m13s773.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Two - Hollywood On The Gold Coast All I know about the two live-action Scooby Doo movies is that one of them takes place on a tropical island, hence this scenery evocative of the film it’s from. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1592883488074-7IQ1W545NYPF8ML20P2F/vlcsnap-2020-06-23-13h37m54s529.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Two - Hollywood On The Gold Coast One of the Batcave tunnels that you go through. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1593057694328-79LX9R30OU7126HZSIUL/vlcsnap-2020-06-25-14h01m21s149.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Two - Hollywood On The Gold Coast Another spooky monster in the spooky dungeon that leaps out at you. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1592469110359-NX40H9RLUE5OEUZVFQ1U/vlcsnap-2020-06-18-18h29m36s052.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Two - Hollywood On The Gold Coast Elmer Fudd shooting his now-controversial gun at targets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1592463347327-ERSD31EVDMHHPYJHUEX1/vlcsnap-2020-06-18-16h01m22s624.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Two - Hollywood On The Gold Coast Surprise appearance from Beetlejuice! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1593057763720-P3BTIPGSN5LUEJ0EH4EI/vlcsnap-2020-06-25-14h02m23s029.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Two - Hollywood On The Gold Coast Some Edgar Allan Poe tier bladed pendulums swiping down at your vehicle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1593059986425-17QVPEYXKYQPKV22Z5X7/WarnerBrosMovieWorldGates.jpeg Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Two - Hollywood On The Gold Coast The Looney Tunes lineup outside Warner Bros. Movie World, in character costume. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1592727369654-PL4O1QOYEKJM3D609I0A/LEGOLAND-Movie-4D.jpg Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Two - Hollywood On The Gold Coast The LEGO Movie stars mesmerised by Risky Business, Lord Business’ brother. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1592881528031-H0770YCUCEO538FVRM4N/vlcsnap-2020-06-23-13h05m15s954.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Two - Hollywood On The Gold Coast Another mogwai hanging from a lamp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1593052277459-8FODHIK3V04WSZPFUATV/vlcsnap-2020-06-25-12h28m51s233.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Two - Hollywood On The Gold Coast Lots of sparks and explosions going on here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1592473137611-X17QWXBW19CU6VLNYS2W/vlcsnap-2020-06-18-19h37m17s202.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Two - Hollywood On The Gold Coast Porky Pig and Pepe Le Pew going fishing together. (Source for above five panels: Sunny Lin) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1592883563847-DW3UZ6P43XO11L205UAT/vlcsnap-2020-06-23-13h39m16s622.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Two - Hollywood On The Gold Coast You can tell this is based on the two Tim Burton Batman films because of the trees and ice and snow, like it’s Edward Scissorhands. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1592881794597-DNL6JZLOBKS7UCTCTKAF/vlcsnap-2020-06-23-13h09m48s757.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Two - Hollywood On The Gold Coast More mogwai causing mayhem in the editor suite. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1592882852370-CVMLIYWCQGGV1IAZTGLP/vlcsnap-2020-06-23-13h27m17s365.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Two - Hollywood On The Gold Coast The electrical wiring is malfunctioning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1592468743592-8S5XBJTOJP3R9ACM9WZ0/vlcsnap-2020-06-18-18h22m26s511.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Two - Hollywood On The Gold Coast Elmer Fudd on the camera crew for this film set. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1592882912263-F6HO6ZPPMKUPAY8FJDI7/vlcsnap-2020-06-23-13h28m16s377.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Two - Hollywood On The Gold Coast End of the ride! (Source for above panels: Stellos Christakis) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1592883074597-RTMUJ1PE85E728ZIOS7P/WarnerBrosMovieWorldGremlinsRide.jpg Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Two - Hollywood On The Gold Coast A better view of one of the mogwai animatronics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1592881672466-8LOTMX7KJHFT7IOX9AZY/vlcsnap-2020-06-23-13h07m44s331.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Two - Hollywood On The Gold Coast A bunch of mogwai just hanging out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1592882497676-NZIRZDL7217J7HTZX7MA/vlcsnap-2020-06-23-13h21m25s874.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Two - Hollywood On The Gold Coast Laughing mogwai huddled in trash pile. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1593052239975-QL4OQUNZ3P3SLFQT47FT/vlcsnap-2020-06-25-12h28m36s447.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Two - Hollywood On The Gold Coast An Oswalt Cobblepot Mayor sign! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1592882384625-Q3S7XN9DVJMFX92UMDUP/vlcsnap-2020-06-23-13h19m17s848.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Two - Hollywood On The Gold Coast Hey look! It’s Gizmo! Ain’t he adorable? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1592882032753-PD6H8N7QPOWN8T9SI133/vlcsnap-2020-06-23-13h13m39s065.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Two - Hollywood On The Gold Coast Entering the prop dock through the ride. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1592388790568-2NG3P094TJ0U0XXHTK8P/lethal-weapon-ride.jpg Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Two - Hollywood On The Gold Coast I’ve always loved the Chinatown Lethal Weapon entrance theming, Arkham Asylum isn’t as cool. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1592882107237-T5UCEN56JRR5DYVTLWTP/vlcsnap-2020-06-23-13h14m40s460.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Two - Hollywood On The Gold Coast I think this was supposed to be a hang-glider mogwai, but the 320p footage is too blurry to tell. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1592883317673-ERGT45E7K34B57TVZ72Z/vlcsnap-2020-06-23-13h33m06s165.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Two - Hollywood On The Gold Coast This is from the Warner Bros. Movie World souvenir video. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1592881478355-J0DMF4CVF0ETC6681J25/vlcsnap-2020-06-23-13h04m32s151.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Two - Hollywood On The Gold Coast The Horror Movies Film Vault. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1593057238509-V79E7GDATKOXUBY6F37N/vlcsnap-2020-06-25-13h53m35s687.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Two - Hollywood On The Gold Coast Random skeleton sitting on the floor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1593057929826-OTAO30G9T48KH7OUM2HU/vlcsnap-2020-06-25-14h05m03s312.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Two - Hollywood On The Gold Coast Hey kids! It’s Scooby-doobie-doo! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1593052200232-Z2EJUHFOA9T9SLAWNHUO/vlcsnap-2020-06-25-12h28m02s442.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Two - Hollywood On The Gold Coast A duck-copter thingy flying into the distance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1592886929707-SU2R4DRID71JSES3X0WM/vlcsnap-2020-06-23-14h35m01s584.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Two - Hollywood On The Gold Coast A random snowplow appears to the left. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1593052956681-K918UDMCSQZEN23I0SKJ/vlcsnap-2020-06-25-12h42m07s032.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Two - Hollywood On The Gold Coast Knights guarding the entrance to another chamber of horrors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1592881415297-QNG1N20BT8X4ATP6432B/vlcsnap-2020-06-23-13h00m50s375.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Two - Hollywood On The Gold Coast A wall of film reels teetering toward ruin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1592468857325-KP4P208CCRVENNFWY2DT/image-asset.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Two - Hollywood On The Gold Coast Bugs Bunny retreating from a hungry crocodile. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1592882600976-MDU6A5HWSEXSWMODPOYP/vlcsnap-2020-06-23-13h22m33s276.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Two - Hollywood On The Gold Coast Another mogwai tangled in film equipment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1593058777783-IUG08LPCY2RZ5UB0SZ4Y/vlcsnap-2020-06-25-14h18m50s258.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Two - Hollywood On The Gold Coast What is it with Wild Mouse Coasters and spiders? Between this and Rail Chase I mean. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1592469038380-C8IIW2AWEC9R1A8GO682/vlcsnap-2020-06-18-18h29m55s851.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Two - Hollywood On The Gold Coast Foghorn Leghorn cutting down a tree by the river. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1593052429977-J0MJTVY8CQOW7S59ADF9/vlcsnap-2020-06-25-12h33m31s660.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Two - Hollywood On The Gold Coast The Batwing vehicle flies ahead as the duck plane zooms. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1592882634866-O952IVSLQCK5QP3QPLJ9/vlcsnap-2020-06-23-13h22m52s878.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Two - Hollywood On The Gold Coast Mogwai tinkering with the plumbing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1592883425297-D90EYBABM9SVA8VM6OIB/vlcsnap-2020-06-23-13h36m59s681.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Two - Hollywood On The Gold Coast Inside the Batcave, whooshing past at a fast pace. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1592463267170-D23PZX64JVTJDPY2PRFM/vlcsnap-2020-06-18-15h54m48s359.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Two - Hollywood On The Gold Coast The mogwai tear up the projection booth in the pre-show area of the Gremlins ride. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1592881872183-69UJ6AXT4Y0Z1C1KLC90/vlcsnap-2020-06-23-13h11m02s189.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter Two - Hollywood On The Gold Coast A mogwai wearing a jacket/hat combo. https://jadecryptofwonders.com/blog/the-enchanting-existential-dread-of-aussie-theme-parks-chapter-one-mount-tamborine-heaven monthly 0.5 2020-06-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1592370303338-D2SIYB3LESF1OYV7XKJK/vlcsnap-2020-06-17-15h03m56s920.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter One - Mount Tamborine Heaven The captive humans have been segregated by gender, with women to the left. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1592378235316-E2XZN2C1H3725IZ1R07Q/ripleys_believe_it_or_not_banner-1-1380x500-c-default.jpg Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter One - Mount Tamborine Heaven I’d love to go back to Ripley’s at Surfer’s Paradise someday, but I’m stymied by low funds and lack of a willing entourage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1592372304086-LV4TD8ZHPJMP75C59DXN/vlcsnap-2020-06-17-15h35m48s277.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter One - Mount Tamborine Heaven As you can see, it was a boat ride through what should’ve been a mine cart ride at any other park, but Sea World had to stick to its maritime theming somehow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1592368770805-AOU2D6X18ZSTB46FWN87/vlcsnap-2020-06-17-14h39m18s447.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter One - Mount Tamborine Heaven Now somebody’s slapped a Balinese mask’s teeth on Mesoamerican architecture! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1592370489800-QMOHB7HMNL5C5B7JAPB7/vlcsnap-2020-06-17-15h07m49s783.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter One - Mount Tamborine Heaven Tesla coils and lightning bolts encapsulated in these weird devices. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1592374378133-HYXS5GGFGLNM9QMXZN00/WetAndWildGoldcoast.jpg Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter One - Mount Tamborine Heaven I don’t have much to say about the Wet N’ Wild Water Park at the Gold Coast, except that the Double Screamer waterslide was steep and scary and amazing when I was twelve years old. The other water slides like White Water Mountain kinda blur together in a damp haze of nostalgia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1592368637480-WS7YUU4AMVEZ1L96ZLSJ/vlcsnap-2020-06-17-14h37m00s940.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter One - Mount Tamborine Heaven One of the aliens atop an aircraft vessel, tinkering with the machinery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1592370717974-A4M2C8N9WS3YSL2NBQON/vlcsnap-2020-06-17-15h11m06s364.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter One - Mount Tamborine Heaven The volcano is erupting! What will happen to our alien invaders now? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1592373175439-NMTEANABB1BF8KNFIF1T/vlcsnap-2020-06-17-15h52m29s465.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter One - Mount Tamborine Heaven Here’s the animatronic cow being lifted up into a steel bucket from disaster. (Source for above four panels: JozParks) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1592364855925-QP0YCOQJE191E73TOCUZ/mt-tamborine-800x600.jpg Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter One - Mount Tamborine Heaven “I’M THE MAN ON THE SILVER MOUNTAIN!” - Ronnie James Dio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1592370587942-WVSPGOFNA7OYGP260ZSA/vlcsnap-2020-06-17-15h09m24s786.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter One - Mount Tamborine Heaven Another alien beside a tribal mask with lightning in its eyes, spooky! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1592369196159-660Y2XJJ3D0X79CGEQO9/vlcsnap-2020-06-17-14h46m14s964.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter One - Mount Tamborine Heaven A row of aliens attending to monitor screens, back in the CRT 4:3 days. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1592366820414-UJMIIPV5SVPGYTKT6SBK/Seaworld+New+Atlantis.jpeg Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter One - Mount Tamborine Heaven The new Leviathan rollercoaster in all of its wooden glory. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1592368488559-KQG4B64C42MYT4DMFWFY/vlcsnap-2020-06-17-14h34m04s714.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter One - Mount Tamborine Heaven Some of the captured-by-aliens aircraft that have gone missing in the Triangle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1592370387782-9CTO4O5AFKCUZ7ZSEJM0/vlcsnap-2020-06-17-15h06m00s688.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter One - Mount Tamborine Heaven Flying saucers and volcanoes, together at last! No Scientology vibes at all. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1592372217545-BWXHOWTYT8DSIKM5XRQ1/vlcsnap-2020-06-17-15h35m35s135.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter One - Mount Tamborine Heaven What little remains on YouTube of Lassiter’s Lost Mine isn’t much, but it’s interesting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1592372409165-WINVYVDDQWELTD8LRKSI/vlcsnap-2020-06-17-15h39m39s783.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter One - Mount Tamborine Heaven One of the animatronics on Lassiter’s Lost Mine, covered in mist for the ads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1592370841723-QUIZDTU01GVTHBM3DJB0/vlcsnap-2020-06-17-15h13m40s849.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter One - Mount Tamborine Heaven The flooding of the ionic columns! The aliens are going to drown at this rate! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1592371300275-86857VPNR1D21KYBGP88/vlcsnap-2020-06-17-15h21m00s943.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter One - Mount Tamborine Heaven The disappearing UFO trick, now you see it, now you don’t! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1592378075950-CTHIK8HRH8PZPET8TPRD/RipleysBelieveItOrNot.jpg Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter One - Mount Tamborine Heaven Here’s the Catherine Wheel from the Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Odditorium, just as tacky as I remember it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1592375394822-P2Z65K84PC9Y5AB6RJPN/vlcsnap-2020-06-17-16h29m03s949.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter One - Mount Tamborine Heaven I’m as surprised as anyone else that the fireplace lasted until at least circa 2006. (Source for above three panels: Charlton Hawkins) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1592367888398-XLHQVWBL70G4YXZS87R3/vlcsnap-2020-06-17-14h21m13s725.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter One - Mount Tamborine Heaven There’s smatterings of Oceanic inspired carvings throughout the ride to balance out the Mesoamerican influences, such as this figure here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1592377540938-VSCHD3UQEPS07EDYCYF7/vlcsnap-2020-06-17-17h04m52s454.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter One - Mount Tamborine Heaven Ancient Aliens draws this handy diagram of the Triangle itself, which is in better resolution than most Bermuda Triangle ads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1592374218153-O9Y40WZKXRKYH96PDJXL/6317466751_a4c8482807_b.jpg Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter One - Mount Tamborine Heaven …for reasons like this waterfall grotto in the Mount Tamborine area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1592368994655-R6XBRR72ZV2MFG2G39MD/vlcsnap-2020-06-17-14h42m30s248.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter One - Mount Tamborine Heaven Aliens have captured people from different time periods in capsules! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1592371370037-46STUYJAOOYWSJLZFV7M/vlcsnap-2020-06-17-15h21m16s198.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter One - Mount Tamborine Heaven I still don’t know how the disappearing UFO trick was done, probably with holograms. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1592374704651-EKQOWBD2A98E5CC3BK2G/SydneyIsNotTHeSame.jpg Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter One - Mount Tamborine Heaven Even Sydney airport admits that my current city of residence sucks, all we have left is Luna Park and dreadful parking lots. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1592371638639-150QGF4XJYX448JER61J/Original__9139149_AS85_Witches_Falls_NP_uztfo7c.jpg Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter One - Mount Tamborine Heaven Witches Falls was a popular destination for locals and tourists alike… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1592365781778-XMDIZITGPUFVT2SJHC26/BermudaTriangleLogs.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter One - Mount Tamborine Heaven Evidence of the lost Bermuda Triangle logs which descended from above. (Source: Charlton Hawkins) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1592368266455-2WGSGFAPXW2U9937TXFO/vlcsnap-2020-06-17-14h30m02s786.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter One - Mount Tamborine Heaven Fifteen minutes into Bermuda Triangle and chill and he gives you this look. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ed8ce9864cc4e434bba0408/1592370973002-SWPH8T8JEJVRLBCIZD5L/vlcsnap-2020-06-17-15h15m57s684.png Blog - The Enchanting Existential Dread of Aussie Theme Parks: Chapter One - Mount Tamborine Heaven You can see the coils where the hellfire-place used to be, I promise you it was massive. 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