Not So Smart.
August 31st, 2008 by ThunderDragon
Archive for the 'Cartoons' Category
The Up-To-Date Five
March 21st, 2008 by ThunderDragon
Enid Blyton’s Famous Five series of books has been “updated” in a new Disney cartoon.
Jo, Max, Allie and Dylan are the children of Enid Blyton’s original characters and together with their pet dog Timmy embark on a new series of adventures.
But instead of crawling through secret tunnels with nothing more than a penknife and a ball of string, the iPod-wearing children fight off their enemies using mobile phones and other modern-day gadgets.
And while the original Five discovered smuggling operations and foiled kidnap plots, the new characters uncover a pirate DVD factory on nearby Shelter Island. (The Telegraph)
But instead of crawling through secret tunnels with nothing more than a penknife and a ball of string, the iPod-wearing children fight off their enemies using mobile phones and other modern-day gadgets.
And while the original Five discovered smuggling operations and foiled kidnap plots, the new characters uncover a pirate DVD factory on nearby Shelter Island. (The Telegraph)
It just doesn’t - and can’t - work.
I read the Famous Five series when I was young. They were great books, set in a simple time before materialism and technology. The Famous Five is about a time when children could roam the countryside without neurotic parents wondering whether they had been snatched by paedophiles. When children weren’t wrapped in cotton wool and bubble-wrap and kept in doors all day long. When they were free.
This, however, just appears to make it all about gadgets and computers rather than just being outside and having fun. Besides, children should read the Famous Five books rather than watching yet another cartoon.
Who Died In A Blogging Accident?
January 11th, 2008 by ThunderDragon
XKCD: A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language.
Well, there’s definitely more than two results on google for “died in a blogging accident” now!
Dignified
November 18th, 2007 by ThunderDragon
XKCD - Warning: this comic occasionally contains strong language (which may be unsuitable for children), unusual humor (which may be unsuitable for adults), and advanced mathematics (which may be unsuitable for liberal-arts majors).It’s been Purnell-ised!
October 26th, 2007 by ThunderDragon
XKCD: A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language.
