Wanted to get some stuff out of my brain about my Halloween strip, especially about the TV costume I picked for Bill.

(1) Aren't empty cardboard boxes magical? It seems like as a kid, you could play for hours in a box. [Side note: OK, my dirty mind is making naughty comments about that last sentence, but I won't go there.] We moved a couple times when I was a kid, so it seemed like there was an ample supply of cardboard boxes around, especially ones big enough for you to fit in with a bit of room on all sides. Not like too small where you couldn't fit or feel claustraphobic, and not huge like refridgerator boxes (though those are fun too), but just cozy enough. Oh, the things you could pretend it was..well, vehicles mostly...or perhaps a robot.

(2) The Inspector Gadget movie. So many little things sacrificed...some good, mostly bad. OK, I'll give them a regular Brain the dog (as opposed to anthropomorphic), and a Penny that isn't the real brains behind the operation. But, Dr. Claw was not some dumbass with a real claw for a hand...part of the mystique was that all you saw of him was his metal gauntlet hand. I think they corrected this problem in the sequel, but as I've never seen that (and I hope I never have to), and since it's direct-to-video (starring direct-to-video mainstay French Stewart), I'm not entirely sure about that. Oh, and the Gadgetmobile is just a mini-van that turns into a police cruiser - not a God-damn talking purple convertible pimp-mobile.
I don't know, it is pathetic of me to admit I've seen the Inspector Gadget movie? But, in my defense, it's not like I actually paid money to see it (it was on the university free cable movie channel).
posted by Tim at 1:32 AM