Of all things Geek. I am…
His influences were Bob Dylan, Jackson Pollack, Elvis Presley, Superman comic books, beatniks, jazz, Jack Kerouac, and the old school creators of cartooning and animation. This, coupled with the time periods he lived through, gave Ralph Bakshi the perfect storm of a foundation for his beliefs and the perfect medium to tell his stories.
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Chucklefish, the indie creators of PC-based “Starbound,” makes no reservations about what to expect when playing the beta version of their first-ever game.
“WARNING: EARLY BETA. BUGS/CRASHES/CHARACTER WIPES EXPECTED.”
Half of the fun and frustration in digging (or should I say matter manipulating) my way through the galaxies-wide sandbox game is discovering whether what I had built, earned, or stolen would be there in the morning.
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Continuing on the path set forth in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit and starting from the ending point in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, is exactly what we have come to expect from Peter Jackson.
Added bits from The Silmarillion and other Tolkien texts, as well as, some additions by Jackson’s team of writers make up the second leg of The Hobbit Trilogy.
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Thus far in my Rotospective on Ralph Bakshi, I’ve taken a deep look into his films and for all but the first look into Wizards, I discussed the conclusions of those films and their meanings and lessons. The reason being that my first post on Wizards was relatively or arguably spoiler free, unless you’ve seen the film in which case I’m not spoiling anything by ending the post with a [BANG!].
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After having been introduced to Terry Brooks, I started at the beginning with The Sword of Shannara, which I thoroughly enjoyed. Then I moved on to book two in Terry Brooks’ first trilogy, The Elfstones of Shannara.
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