Saturday Morning Cartoons XXVIII: Omnium-Gatherum
Posted by Qais Fulton
Street of Crocodiles: A grotesquely gorgeous bit of stop motion animation by the Brothers Quay, twin film-makers whose reptilian creation was noted as one of the best animated films of all time by Terry Gilliam.
Black Cat Bonzai: Honestly, I’m not entirely certain about the title, but all you really need to understand is that Mickey Mouse is an asshole, pure and simple.
Botched: Just another day at Ectomo H.Q.
Solar: A lonesome clockwork skiff drifts through the milky heavens going through the motions of an endless celestial cycle.
Overtime: A vaguely disturbing tribute to Muppet creator Jim Henson. Kermit is far, far more disturbing without pupils.
Haptics: A disturbingly accurate look at the future of man-breasts. Remain vigilant breastless men, it’s up to you to save us from this horrifying fate.
Rockfish: A new life awaits you in the Off-World colonies. The chance to begin again in a golden land of opportunity and adventure…New climate, recreational facilities…absolutely free. Well…sort of.
Fallen Art: Everyone’s got their medium.
Categories: Rail, Saturday Morning Cartoons
Posted at 7:19 am on May 3, 2008
11 Comments -
THAT INFANTILE RODENT PILFERING OUR PRIDE AND JOY OF THE TIM HONORED TRADITION OF THE SATURDAY PICTURE FILMS!!
Comment by ITHIDET — May 3, 2008 @ 11:04 am
I really hope someone someone out there knows more about Black Cat Bonsai. I really want to know what the historical context is.
Comment by racerabbit — May 3, 2008 @ 11:13 am
Actually the Street of Crocodiles’ writer, Bruno Schultz, wrote some awesomely trippy stories; I found one of his books called “Sanitorium under the Sign of the Hourglass” at a coffeeshop once and picked it up and leafed through it out of curiosity — it was awesome. Highly recommend him — and his story is wierd — link to it on wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Schulz
Comment by tim — May 3, 2008 @ 3:18 pm
Saturday Morning Cartoons: Pretentious Pseudo-Intellectual Edition?
Comment by Ill Eagle — May 3, 2008 @ 4:20 pm
oh and i think that overtime is amazing.
Comment by ITHIDET — May 3, 2008 @ 8:38 pm
I can read a tiny bit of Japanese. With that, I can make vague guesses that are probably wrong.
1. The first word of the title is ‘omocha’ which means toy. Not sure about the rest.
2.?The banner delivered by Mickey says something about island war.
3. The book title is ‘urotamomo’, which can be read backwards as Momotaro, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Momotar%C5%8D
who comes out of the book and fights Mickey. The story probably connects to more things here than I am seeing. It looks like Mickey is fighting with a club, like an Oni.
4. We need a better translator.
Comment by Evil Mickey Mouse — May 4, 2008 @ 12:30 am
The first Saturday morning cartoon so far where I haven’t even seen let alone heard of anything in it. Definitely a step in the right direction. Well done.
Comment by Hlaode — May 4, 2008 @ 3:08 am
I saw Rockfish somewhere before, but I can’t remember where. Also, the Asfalt Tango from Fallen Art has been going through my head all day.
Comment by racerabbit — May 4, 2008 @ 4:03 am
yes i slightly wondered how long it would take before the movie overtime would get here
Comment by the file clerk — May 4, 2008 @ 4:07 am
@Ill Eagle: Click and Enjoy!
Comment by Qais Fulton — May 4, 2008 @ 5:04 am
a little googling got me “Toy Box Series, Episode 3: Picture Book 1936”
Real information is harder to find.
Comment by Evil Mickey Mouse — May 4, 2008 @ 9:25 am