Late Ramblings

It's late, and this blog post has been stumbled around many times already. Some times they just don't come together until you've smashed them together a few times and rearranged the pieces a few times. What's it going to be about? Well, working late, and bemoaning the absence of my old choice of random word generator. I miss it. So many posts have been inspired by apparently nonsense combinations of words. None of the alternatives I've found have been overly useful.

Recently I've been reading massively, like a person who hasn't read novels in years and is thirstier for prose than anyone should be. It must be a result of doing a PhD where you just don't feel you have time to do anything as you're trapped under a cascading cavalcade of tasks that never seem to end. And then you keep that attitude as it has become normal. It impacts your existence thereafter. It's awful! Reading Glen Cook (new for me!) and his 'Garrett P.I.' series, re-reading Hammett, and stumbling around some other things has been amazing! I've virtually stopped watching or even wanting to watch television and film, which is not good news for a Film Bin founder.

The Muppets have also been on my mind. Somehow the world needs more Muppets; There should be a Muppet Sherlock Holmes movie, and there should have been a Star Trek crossover with The Muppet Show. Miss Piggy and Uhura could have had a really, really awkward singing contest for Kermit's heart while Kirk stands there looking bemused and Spock has a very strange interlude with Fozzie and Gonzo. Why, oh why, was it Star Wars that visited The Muppet Theatre instead? Oh, woe, the silliness!

'The Muppet Movie' is a fascinating movie, being many things at once, and all of those good. Its sequel is almost equally fascinating and the parent series is awesome. Everyone should watch 'The Muppet Show' once and Disney should really release series four and five on DVD while they're still more relevant in the aftermath of the newest film. It would seem as if their purchase of LucasFilm would render one of the last major barriers null and void, as the 'Star Wars' episode apparently and allegedly blocked by LucasFilm forever and a day, and that same company is a problem for releasing 'Muppet Babies' too. Oh, 'Muppet Babies', why can't you ever be released on DVD?

I miss 'Muppet Babies'. It's too late. Sleepy sleepy time. More 'Triangles' coming soon.

O.

PS It's need to be said again: Where is 'Muppet Babies'? Please, Disney or whoever, please!