Colin
Gibson was a long-term production designer for George Miller and the production
designer on Mad Max: Fury Road. Somehow I didn’t learn about him and his
interviews until recently. I listened to 2.5 hours of podcast interviews, so you don’t
have to, and scavenged some Fury Road film worldbuilding.
To start,
some of the shiny bits from the first podcast I listened to, You Are Awaited:
“Every War Boy would
be competitive. Every one wants to have the most aspirated carburetor, the
biggest tires, the largest spread, the most explosive weapon.”
Coins, useless as currency after the Fall, were used by the
War Boys to create damaging shrapnel, packed into the tips of the
thundersticks.
The
Vuvalini motorbike metal adornments were indeed inspired by henna tattooing.
On the People Eater: “He’s got a syphilitic nose because
George loves the idea that it’s rotting!”
There’s very little written language any more: “only those
higher levels have managed to maintain that.”
Behind the
cut: 1000+ words on vehicles in love, fetishized masks, the narrative role of
the History Man, and a whole lot of Gas Town and Polecats.
hi i’m tolkien here are my ocs. i call them Elves (not elfs!!! if you call them elfs i will block you) they look like humans but they’re tall, live forever, and have pointy ears. that’s it bye
cs lewis: are you alright with constructive criticism? i dont want to sound mean
tolkien: no go ahead i want to hear it
cs lewis: they fucking suck
tolkien: thats not constructive criticism
cs lewis: here’s my OC, it’s jesus but he’s a lion tolkien: Furry cs lewis: blocked
Tolkien: lamp posts don’t exist in fantasy worlds Cs Lewis: ok you know what fuck you
CS Lewis: I could beta for you if you want. help you trim the fat on your stories
Tolkien: what do you mean
CS Lewis: I just. you describe a lot of trees. are trees that important
Tolkien: just you fucking wait. trees are SO important.
“Nighthawks” – by Edward Hooper + inspired various media
The remixes always intrigue me because a central tenet of the original painting, at least a generally accepted one, is urban isolation – these are strangers thrown together by chance, alone even in a city full of people, because of the time and the place and, implied, because of who they are. Even the man and woman, who could conceivably be there together, aren’t looking at each other. There’s a warmth to the painting but it’s the warmth of physical shelter, not of community. At least, not chosen community.
But if you look at the remixes, many of them are specifically about community and intimacy. That second painting I believe is the date-night scene from That 70s Show, which means the man and woman are an older married couple. Most of the others are either intimately associated (Bogart, Monroe, Dean, and Presley all serve as an era-specific touchstone) or pre-existing quasi-family groups (CSI, Family Guy, Bob’s Burgers, Cowboy Bebop, Star Trek). The Simpsons characters I’m less familiar with but I don’t think they’re a “community” – though they are remixed to be seated in a facing configuration, which indicates more connection than side-by-side would. The lego remix is a bit constrained by its media, but the people in it are crowded together and smiling. The Tick remix is really the only one that retains the sense of urban isolation to its fullest.
I’m not trying to criticize anyone for “getting it wrong” because I don’t believe they did – the whole point of a remix is to add new meaning, and anyway you could debate Nighthawks forever, there is no one right meaning for art. The reason I point out the shift is that I think it shows our basic human yearning for connection – that we see this spectacular painting and its haunting image of solitude among the masses, and we rebuild it in the image of family.
Here’s the basics. The big villains of the disney movies have invited mickey and the crew to join them for halloween. Meanwhile, the villains have sent out ‘recruiters’ to get the guests to join the villain’s side!
Here are the recruiters, because they’re amazing and already are amassing a fanbase (plus I want to draw them). I’ve only got a few of their names, so I wrote the ones I knew.
Eight Foot Joe (Ursula):
Apple Poison (Evil Queen):
Jack of Hearts (Queen of Hearts):
(Cruella DeVille):
Malefi (Maleficent):
Veil (Frollo):
(Hades):
(Captain Hook):
(Scar):
(Jafar):
If y’all know any of the names I don’t, please put them!
