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I Start Fires!

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2002-12-23

Piggy's specs were nicked at: 3:27 p.m.

I was gonna bitch summore about the holidays ... the crowds, the noise, the fact that Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer at a different tempo is still Rudolph the Fucking Red Nosed Reindeer ... but then something happened on Saturday that almost makes everything worthwhile.

The mall Santa usually honours the afternoon maintenance staff by joining them for dinner. Since I work mornings, I had to hear this story secondhand. Apparently, Santa spilled some Coke on his beard while on his break. He washed it off, but then the beard was sopping wet. So he pops it in the microwave, sets it for five minutes and goes to use the washroom. Within 30 seconds, plumes of foul black smoke are spilling out of the cracks. And the staff on break are just smoking their cigarettes and watching the beard burn (I speculate we're all equally tired of the mall and would love to see it burn, even it if meant going to hell with it). Eventually one of the staff members realized the potential for danger, and removed the beard which was burnt to a cottony crisp.

So that's the highlight of my Christmas. Santa on Fire!

But I might have another highlight to speak of soon. The Lion King is coming to IMAX theatres on the 25th, and I don't care how many shuffling old Boxing Day grannies I have to knock over to get downtown, I'm going to see it. There's a lot of controversy surrounding TLK since it's, well, a ripoff of Jungle Emperor Leo (Kimba). Having done my research, I'm going to have to say, yes, it's a ripoff. It's the minor things that Disney shot itself in the foot about when it comes to this. For example, the company wouldn't shut up about how "accurate" TLK was to life on the Savanna (sp). It boasted all the animals were true to their natrual habitats, etc. Leo the white lion had a baboon advisor, a la Rafiki in TLK. However, due to a screw up or just bad research, the baboon was actually drawn out as a mandrill. Likewise, Rafiki isn't a baboon -- he's a mandrill.

There will never be a straight yes or no answer about this one, though. Animators faithful to Disney have said, "Oh yeah, the movie started as an adaptation / tribute to Kimba, and then Disney decided they didn't want to credit anybody." Animators with nothing but hatred towards Disney have said, "Well, it's a coincidence."

So I'm just going to shrug and say, sure it's a ripoff. Does that change my love for the movie? Nope, sorry. TLK is my favourite Disney movie and one of my favourites, period. Come on, Disney is run by assholes. You know it, I know it, dogs know it. But as Toastyfrog already inscripted, boycotting Disney won't do anything to save your soul. It just denys you some genuinely good cartoons. So if you live near an IMAX theatre, support plagarism today. And knock over an old lady while you're at it.