Comments for Jordan Orlando http://www.jordanorlando.com/ns Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:32:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Comment on Bill Watterson and reality by Cal http://www.jordanorlando.com/ns/index.php/bill-watterson-and-reality/#comment-1802 Cal Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:32:47 +0000 http://www.jordanorlando.com/ns/?p=41865#comment-1802 There needs to be a college course that teaches philosophy through the adventures of Calvin and Hobbes. There needs to be a college course that teaches philosophy through the adventures of Calvin and Hobbes.

]]> Comment on Bill Watterson and reality by Octopunk http://www.jordanorlando.com/ns/index.php/bill-watterson-and-reality/#comment-1801 Octopunk Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:38:52 +0000 http://www.jordanorlando.com/ns/?p=41865#comment-1801 Hear, hear. It's not revelatory, but I like to think of Calvin and Hobbes and Windsor McKay's Little Nemo in Slumberland as cut from the same cloth: the last-panel nod to "reality" preceded by panel-busting vistas of color and epic scope (I'm talking of course about the Sunday C&H strips). Another creation of Watterson's that I adore: late in the run there were a series of Sunday strips in which the workings of Calvin's brain were carried out by a team of multiple Calvins in jumpsuits. Since reading those I like to say "the little guy in my head who looks like me" when referring to the workings of my own brain. (Often I'm doing this to illustrate how those guys often work at cross purposes.) Hear, hear. It’s not revelatory, but I like to think of Calvin and Hobbes and Windsor McKay’s Little Nemo in Slumberland as cut from the same cloth: the last-panel nod to “reality” preceded by panel-busting vistas of color and epic scope (I’m talking of course about the Sunday C&H strips).

Another creation of Watterson’s that I adore: late in the run there were a series of Sunday strips in which the workings of Calvin’s brain were carried out by a team of multiple Calvins in jumpsuits. Since reading those I like to say “the little guy in my head who looks like me” when referring to the workings of my own brain. (Often I’m doing this to illustrate how those guys often work at cross purposes.)

]]> Comment on Alan Moore video chat by Bill Watterson and reality | Jordan Orlando http://www.jordanorlando.com/ns/index.php/alan-moore-video-chat/#comment-1800 Bill Watterson and reality | Jordan Orlando Sun, 12 Feb 2012 12:56:05 +0000 http://www.jordanorlando.com/ns/?p=41852#comment-1800 [...] once (the 1986 “file photo” above). Like Salinger and Pynchon and Kubrick (and Alan Moore), Watterson not only prefers that his work speak for itself, he insists on it; his only interview [...] [...] once (the 1986 “file photo” above). Like Salinger and Pynchon and Kubrick (and Alan Moore), Watterson not only prefers that his work speak for itself, he insists on it; his only interview [...]

]]> Comment on The Indiana Senate forces “alternatives” to evolution into classrooms by Religious politics vs. Hegelian “philosophy of right” in the courtroom | Jordan Orlando http://www.jordanorlando.com/ns/index.php/the-indiana-senate-forces-alternatives-to-evolution-into-classrooms/#comment-1798 Religious politics vs. Hegelian “philosophy of right” in the courtroom | Jordan Orlando Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:29:00 +0000 http://www.jordanorlando.com/ns/?p=41694#comment-1798 [...] to the Indiana Senate (and their tactical regrouping over “creationism-in-all-but-name,” last month) I ended [...] [...] to the Indiana Senate (and their tactical regrouping over “creationism-in-all-but-name,” last month) I ended [...]

]]> Comment on Coulrophobia by Coulrophobia treatment | Greenovationha http://www.jordanorlando.com/ns/index.php/coulrophobia/#comment-1797 Coulrophobia treatment | Greenovationha Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:42:50 +0000 http://www.jordanorlando.com/newsite/?p=41469#comment-1797 [...] Coulrophobia | Jordan Orlando [...] [...] Coulrophobia | Jordan Orlando [...]

]]> Comment on Watchmen prequels by Kal http://www.jordanorlando.com/ns/index.php/watchmen-prequels/#comment-1796 Kal Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:42:30 +0000 http://www.jordanorlando.com/ns/?p=41567#comment-1796 While I would send a sequel to 'Watchmen' to the firepit there is something really interesting about sequels that give us more story about the time before the time of 'Watchmen'. The 'golden age' stuff looks particularly interesting. I would have more respect for Moore as a 'creative genius' if he didn't screw the pooch after the second 'Leauge of Extraordinary Gentlemen' series. While I would send a sequel to ‘Watchmen’ to the firepit there is something really interesting about sequels that give us more story about the time before the time of ‘Watchmen’. The ‘golden age’ stuff looks particularly interesting.

I would have more respect for Moore as a ‘creative genius’ if he didn’t screw the pooch after the second ‘Leauge of Extraordinary Gentlemen’ series.

]]> Comment on The Zone by Landshark http://www.jordanorlando.com/ns/index.php/the-zone/#comment-1795 Landshark Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:19:13 +0000 http://www.jordanorlando.com/newsite/?p=41550#comment-1795 from JPX: "When I was a teenager I used to carry around The Twilight Zone companion." Fucking love that. Great thread idea--in college some friends and I got into a nightly ritual of Jeapordy at 11:00 and then the Zone at 11:30 every night. Jordan, your description of the the creepy normalcy "before anything happens" totally nails the Zone for me. I'm going to steal that. from JPX: “When I was a teenager I used to carry around The Twilight Zone companion.”

Fucking love that.

Great thread idea–in college some friends and I got into a nightly ritual of Jeapordy at 11:00 and then the Zone at 11:30 every night.

Jordan, your description of the the creepy normalcy “before anything happens” totally nails the Zone for me. I’m going to steal that.

]]> Comment on The Zone by Jordan http://www.jordanorlando.com/ns/index.php/the-zone/#comment-1794 Jordan Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:21:52 +0000 http://www.jordanorlando.com/newsite/?p=41550#comment-1794 I'm such a contrarian, I guess, because I kind of dig "The Bard" (just because it's so unabashedly ridiculous and yet they totally go for it). Isn't that the one where Burt Reynolds is doing a send-up of Brando? And I'm also a contrarian because I don't like "A Stop at Willoughby." I just find it really boring, mainly because I'm such a city boy and the concept of actually living in a place like Willoughby isn't particularly attractive to me. Sorry, guys. I’m such a contrarian, I guess, because I kind of dig “The Bard” (just because it’s so unabashedly ridiculous and yet they totally go for it). Isn’t that the one where Burt Reynolds is doing a send-up of Brando?

And I’m also a contrarian because I don’t like “A Stop at Willoughby.” I just find it really boring, mainly because I’m such a city boy and the concept of actually living in a place like Willoughby isn’t particularly attractive to me.

Sorry, guys.

]]> Comment on The Zone by 50PageMcGee http://www.jordanorlando.com/ns/index.php/the-zone/#comment-1793 50PageMcGee Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:54:26 +0000 http://www.jordanorlando.com/newsite/?p=41550#comment-1793 worst one? i've gotta go with <a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bard_(The_Twilight_Zone)" rel="nofollow">The Bard</a><br/><br/>shakespeare crapping out fortune cookie excerpts of some of his most famous lines. it's an hour-long, but it doesn't fail because it's an hour-long. it fails because it sucks. worst one? i’ve gotta go with The Bard

shakespeare crapping out fortune cookie excerpts of some of his most famous lines. it’s an hour-long, but it doesn’t fail because it’s an hour-long. it fails because it sucks.

]]> Comment on The Zone by JPX http://www.jordanorlando.com/ns/index.php/the-zone/#comment-1792 JPX Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:56:59 +0000 http://www.jordanorlando.com/newsite/?p=41550#comment-1792 There are very few bad episodes, although the hour long ones didn't really work as you note. The worst episode is the Carol Burnett one with the experimental laugh track. Shudder. I like everything on your list. I need to go through an episode guide to remind myself about the other episodes. When I was a teenager I used to carry around The Twilight Zone companion. Back then it was difficult to find TZ in syndication and it was maddening to me to read about episodes I had never seen. I still can't say for certain that I've seen them all. There are very few bad episodes, although the hour long ones didn’t really work as you note. The worst episode is the Carol Burnett one with the experimental laugh track. Shudder. I like everything on your list. I need to go through an episode guide to remind myself about the other episodes. When I was a teenager I used to carry around The Twilight Zone companion. Back then it was difficult to find TZ in syndication and it was maddening to me to read about episodes I had never seen. I still can’t say for certain that I’ve seen them all.

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