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A Theology of Cheap Beer

(One thing I don’t like about Cat and Girl is that doesn’t provide permalinks until a new comic is up, so I’ll have to remember to come back and fix this link tomorrow. ETA: Whew, I remembered.)

It’s so fucking true, though. They did start remaking My Little Pony and Carebears and Strawberry Shortcake (although the new version’s hat totally sucks), but they’re remaking them AS children’s toys, not in the kitschy/trendy mode that boys’ toys get rereleased in. He-Man and Thundercats now have multiple seasons out on DVD, but I haven’t seen any Rainbow Brite or Gem anywhere, and I somehow doubt that people are primarily buying Thundercats for kids.*

Admittedly, the former shows figure larger in my personal childhood than the latter, but man, what I wouldn’t give for a CD of the music from Rainbow Brite for the purposes of ironic rocking out. I do own the soundtrack to The Chipmunk Adventure, you know, and if it came out on DVD I would snap it up in a HEARTBEAT.

You do get a little Carebear and Rainbow Brite stuff at places like Hot Topic, but it seems like it doesn’t stay out very long. I still regret not buying a Rainbow Brite hoodie at Ragstock like two years ago, because I haven’t seen one since.

Just to be a little hypocritical here, the new Transformers trailer IS totally fucking awesome. God, I can’t wait. Optimus Prime, my first love, now in LIVE ACTION.

And in another vein altogether: We have a history: a web card

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*So far, the only thing that has stopped me from buying Thundercats on DVD is a) it is super freaking expensive and b) I know, I KNOW that I would not really enjoy watching it as a 25-year-old adult-type person, and I don’t want to trample on this fragment of my happy childhood.

Cat and Girl, it speaks to me.

ETA: Permanent link added.

It’s here: X-Men: The Last Stand trailer

Aside from the fact that they’ve given it pretty much the dumbest POSSIBLE title–what exactly was wrong with the simplicity of X3, dudes?–and that the guy they have playing Angel is not even 20% urbane enough, it looks TOTALLY AWESOME.

I admit, I’m a little biased. I spent most of the 9th grade memorizing random facts about the X-Men to distract myself from the horrors of junior high. I had a denim duster that I fancied made me look a little superhero-ish myself, if you squinted. I used to get up early on Saturdays to watch the cartoon.

So I love the X-Men. Although they still haven’t given me Gambit, dammit. Iceman is no substitute. I’m sure Rogue would agree. And I have no idea what tortured retcons were implemented to bring the Phoenix entity into this storyline, or why she is dressed up sort of vaguely medieval-ish in that one impressive mutant-army-on-the-move shot, except that it’s a kind of cinematic shorthand for “Hey! I was recently dead!” Whatever. The Phoenix entity is COOL.

And Kelsey Grammar as Beast is TOTALLY my superhero boyfriend. zomg. Whisper sweet equations in my ear, Dr. McCoy.