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The Pontipines just got in the Ninky Nonk, which took off all around the Night Garden. Eventually, it drives around Macka Packa's feet, with the Ninky Nonk coming up to around Macka Packa's ankles. Two seconds later, the Ninky Nonk stops, opens its doors and lets Macka Packa inside the middle bit, at which point Macka Packa is suddenly about one twentieth the size that he was in the previous scene, and easily fits inside the middle bit which earlier had been about ten times smaller than Macka Packa himself. Pocket-sized, even, the kind of size where Macka Packa could have easily fit the entire train contraption in his pocket, had he had one. My son is currently trying to get his head around the logistics of this, and tells me that perhaps the Ninky Nonk is magic and can change size at will. It looks as though he himself doesn't even believe this pathetic excuse. Millie doesn't care, as long as Upsy Daisy features heavily. My head hurts.
Sep. 23rd, 2009
It's weird how, now that the CoE wangst has died down, the anti-GDL vitriol is slowly seeping its way into TW fandom. I swear, all I've read lately is he's fat and shit and ugly and will never work again. Was there some sort of fannish peer-pressure induced embargo on these opinions? Are they new? Or is karaokegal just really bored recently? (*waves* You know I'm only joking, right?)
Hey, you know what? Yeah, he's a bit porky at the mo, I still reserve the right to say that, but at the end of the day that is just his business and nobody else's. And he's looking scruffy. Again, his choice. And he's choosing some iffy projects. Again, whatever pays the bills. I happen to think he's rather fetching from certain angles, but everyone's mileage may vary on that one. What I don't quite understand is people's fannish investment in his porky/scruffy/b-movie ways. Is it really that important? I get this feeling lately that some people out there are actually personally offended by his choice of wardrobe or indeed film, while others are absolutely relishing the fact that he's looking bloated or taking on a shit project. It's like there's some sort of war waging that I am completely unaware of between the haters who desperately want to see him fail and the uberfans who desperately want him to get his act together and can't stand the fact that he's choosing instead to doss around and do bugger all of value for a bit.
Is this true? Are we fighting? Should I be choosing a side? Can I be Swiss?
Hey, you know what? Yeah, he's a bit porky at the mo, I still reserve the right to say that, but at the end of the day that is just his business and nobody else's. And he's looking scruffy. Again, his choice. And he's choosing some iffy projects. Again, whatever pays the bills. I happen to think he's rather fetching from certain angles, but everyone's mileage may vary on that one. What I don't quite understand is people's fannish investment in his porky/scruffy/b-movie ways. Is it really that important? I get this feeling lately that some people out there are actually personally offended by his choice of wardrobe or indeed film, while others are absolutely relishing the fact that he's looking bloated or taking on a shit project. It's like there's some sort of war waging that I am completely unaware of between the haters who desperately want to see him fail and the uberfans who desperately want him to get his act together and can't stand the fact that he's choosing instead to doss around and do bugger all of value for a bit.
Is this true? Are we fighting? Should I be choosing a side? Can I be Swiss?