Glorious Escapism Roleplay

LenLenWearsBlue · Joined: 18 Mar 2011 Posts: 1059 Location: Under your bed.

I was reading The Ghastlycrumb Tinies by Edward Gorey just now and, after having one of my 3am sleep-deprived epiphanies, I'm fully convinced that the person killing all the children is one of those psychotic fan post-thneed era Once-lers. Don't these hands look a bit familiar?

Oh.

And let's not forget arguably the most obvious point.

Rabukurafuto · Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 2:22 am Post subject:

It all makes sense now!

I love Edward Gorey.
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LenLenWearsBlue · Joined: 18 Mar 2011 Posts: 1059 Location: Under your bed.

Oh, that scamp. Always sneaking off and killing people in brutal ways, so rambunctious.

But yes, Edward Gorey's work is rather marvelous. I was delighted when I found out he illustrated Old Possum's Book Of Practical Cats, one of my favourite books when I was younger which my mother bought for me because I liked the CATS musical.

Rabukurafuto · Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 2:41 am Post subject:

I should look for that.

I like the announced Japanese title of the film, 『ロラックスおじさんの秘密の種』 Lorax Oji-San no Himitsu no Tane, roughly meaning "The Secret Seed of Old Man Lorax".
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LenLenWearsBlue · Joined: 18 Mar 2011 Posts: 1059 Location: Under your bed.

Goodness that's brilliant. I refuse to refer to this film as anything else now. It's often fun to see how titles get translated into other languages.
I wonder where they got the idea that The Lorax is an old man from. It must be the moustache.

Also, I just realised I talk way too much about The Once-ler, consequentially neglecting the other brilliant characters in this film. Like Aloysius O'Hare. I wonder why there's no fandom for Aloysius O'Hare. There should be. Just look at him.

Rabukurafuto · Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 3:14 am Post subject:

I had only read about him, so it's interesting to see how O'Hare looks. I was expecting a mustache-twirling villain in a black cloak.

Most foreign titles are just Lorax or translations of The Lorax. I like the Italian title: Lorax: Il Guardiano della Foresta. The screenshot used is perfect.
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LenLenWearsBlue · Joined: 18 Mar 2011 Posts: 1059 Location: Under your bed.

O'Hare's appearance surprised me at first, too. It looked like his body had got mixed up with The Once-ler's since I expected him to be more of a lanky villainous figure, especially with his voice. But then I realised no one should ever have O'Hare's body ever, as this picture demonstrates.

That screenshot on the wiki page you sent me is beautiful.

Rabukurafuto · Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 8:44 pm Post subject:

Good fun.
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LenLenWearsBlue · Joined: 18 Mar 2011 Posts: 1059 Location: Under your bed.

Did you hear?
The entire Lorax fandom is up in arms at the moment because Ed Helms, the voice actor of The Once-ler, made fun of the Once-ler fandom in his livestream yesterday, saying that he "doesn't condone sexual fantasies about The Once-ler" (which voice actor would?) and that Oncest (shipping Once-lerXOnce-ler) is creepy. I watched it and personally I think everyone's overreacting, the guy's a comedian so I hardly think he was serious about half the stuff he said, and even if he was disturbed by the fandom then he responded nicely.
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/22120430 is the link to the recorded stream, what do you think?

All the questions about The Lorax are at these points in the video:
7:20 [Hearing him say "Oncest" over and over again made me giggle]

8:30 [Not a question, but it made me giggle]

19:50

32:00

34:06 [Not about Oncest or the fandom, but still an interesting Lorax question nonetheless]

39:00 [Ouch, this is a big one]

40:28 [When asked to sing a line from "How Bad Can I Be?" or "Biggering"]

43:55 [He actually makes fun a little, which made me happy]

45:05 [About Betty White, fellow Lorax voice actress, shipping Once-lerXNorma]

Rabukurafuto · Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 10:40 pm Post subject:

I didn't know there were that many Once-ler fans in the first place.
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LenLenWearsBlue · Joined: 18 Mar 2011 Posts: 1059 Location: Under your bed.

There's not as many as there are for something like MLP or Adventure Time, but there's still certainly a sizable cult following on tumblr.

LenLenWearsBlue · Joined: 18 Mar 2011 Posts: 1059 Location: Under your bed.

So I was browsing the Lorax tag on tumblr, as I do with 90% of my free time now, and I just saw this. The DVD release date. I think I might scream.

And cry.

Or something.

Or maybe I'll just go mope and eat more marshmallows. I don't know if I can make it, it's so far away.

Rabukurafuto · Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 10:42 pm Post subject:

So this is reaching Europe, having seen a poster in France and just catching an advert on television. I'll be gone before it comes to cinemas though.
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Rabukurafuto · Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2012 2:18 am Post subject:

I watched the Japanese dub of this at an advanced screening (it doesn't officially release until October this year). I quite enjoyed it. Ken Shimura as the Lorax was really fun, giving him a gruff but lovable old man demeanor. Tortoise Matsumoto was both dorky and rocking as Once-ler. Kouichi Yamadera was hilariously smug and condescending as Mayor O'Hare. I haven't watched the film in English so I can't compare the voice acting, but I look forward to it now.
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