#Terra Willy

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2024 Book Review #17 – Terra Incognita by Connie Willis

Connie Willis is a name I have heard come up a lot with regard to late 20th century American Science Fiction, but in a slightly odd way. The only thing she’s actually written that I’ve ever heard of is To Say Nothing of the Dog (a delightful-sounding book that tragically has a multimonth hold list at my library). Instead, I mostly know her from other books’ acknowledgement sections, or semi-mythologized folklore and anecdotes about the culture and community of the era. So I really picked this up as a matter of curiosity, to get a sense of what Willis’ whole deal is.

The book is a collection of three novellas, each basically totally unrelated with only the faintest attempt at a unifying theme to justify bundling the three of them together. Each work is pretty different from the others in everything from length (the longest is something like 3x the length of the shortest), tone, setting and subject matter, the works really. The first is a sort of romcom farce about surveyors charting an alien world that has, well, aged. The second and longest a love letter to classic classic hollywood and movie musicals as told from the POV of a self-hating drunk who pays the bills going through and retroactively editing the studio’s back catalogue to meet the whims of the executive of the day. The third and by far shortest is a lighthearted and very fannish comedy about a teenager getting conscripted to be a space cadet against her own ferocious objections.

The stories are all perfectly modern in, like, structure and pacing, but they still absolutely feel like they were written last century. Part of that is just word choice (the only thing that ages worse than old euphemisms for sex is old attempts to create futuristic slang), but it’s also just a general sensibility. Which is most cringe-inducing in the first story, both for its portrayal of the native species of the planet being surveyed (directly compared to native americans a few different times, characterized as relentlessly opportunistic penny-wise but pound-foolish hucksters leaping at the chance to sell their land for cheap imported consumer goods), and also just for a handling of gender and sexuality it’d take more time than I’ve got to really dig into. (I have a sense of where all those tomboy versus girly girl memes ultimately descend from now, though.) The other two more just felt out of time than actually wince-inducing, with the third story especially feeling like an affectionate nod to the fan culture of a different era. That said, the second one’s whole horrified preoccupation with a Hollywood that refuses to make anything new instead of just remaking the same sure things from its back catalog forevermore either never stopped or has looped back around to feeling real topical.

Insofar as I’m already reading romances, I admit I do have a real soft spot for the whole ‘idiots compensate for total refusal to communicate feelings with grand romantic gestures and hoping the object of their desires will get the idea. It doesn’t work.’ thing that’s a bit of a recurring beat in two of the novellas though.

Prose and characterization wise, all three were pretty well done – though riffing off tropes and archetypes that I honestly can’t remember the last time I’ve seen played sincerely and unironically, which did always leave me feeling I was missing context on how to read them. Which is pretty much what I was hoping for going in, to be clear – what’s the point of reading older stories, otherwise? Which is nice, because the actual reading experience of going through it was a bit of a slog. The first one was the real trial, but just overall I’d say the book’s more interesting as a cultural artifact than an artistic work. Oh well, c’est la vie.

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What are your Poptropica ocs?

I had to look through my stories just to remind myself XD

Fauna: Half nymph, half satyr from Mythology Island. Her personality is actually similar to Rumpelstiltskin, now that I'm thinking about it!

Willie the Steamboat: A talking cartoon steamboat from Rubber Hose Island. (At the end of The Parent Trapped he gains the ability to turn into a submarine and back)

Merboy: No, that's not his actual name XD The humans just call him that (the way Bambi called the skunk Flower). He comes from the Merpeople world. He likes to turn humans into Merpeople.

Kronos: The evil little baby pulling all (well, most) of the strings. Is the embodiment of Time and the Nexus.

Terra Strail: Terra Strail is actually this lady. I just gave her a name. I also made her take the identity as the Crystal Crusader.

Crystal: An Ice Giant that Terra Strail befriended on Ice Giant Island. 

Okeanos: Kronos' older brother, and one of the few Titans who didn't participate in the Titanomachy. Back in the day he tried to keep the islands separated, since it would help prevent Kronos from finding a way to escape.

Dark Astro-Knight: An Astro-Knight from a different timestream whose island was sent to the Void. They are actually this costume, I just added a character and convoluted backstory to it XD

Myson, Olivia, and Jordan: Gender-bend Terrible Trio basically :)

Rhea: Kronos' honey. She saved Zeus from being eaten by him! She is trapped in Tartarus with the other Titans, but can appear to humans in a spirit form: a lioness.

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Landscape Gravel Design ideas for a huge traditional full sun courtyard gravel formal garden in spring.

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Oooooh man im watching the end:

Part 1 feels so sad, raven trying to do all the things for her friends on their last day is honestly so so so sad

This projection thing is sick

Them making her the bunker behind her back because she probably would have opposed to it

Beast boy quickly giving her the penny is the most sweetest things ever im actually gonna cry, and every time they did a close up on it

It makes me so sad that she doesnt even try to fight back despite if she goes the end is innevitable. I guess she just wanted to get it over with so her friends dont need to spend any moore time of their ladt moments fighting for her :((((

Raerae my babyyyyyy

"Stay safe" 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

Her absolutely obliterating Slade with words is so amazing i cant even-

The raven leading them all together, their hands in the middle, the hope 😭

Im so happy with this little call back to season 1's "switched" where raven and star switched bodues and learned how to use their powers, its so good and im glad star remembered that because she would

Her giving them a bit of her power is so sick and them all saying "azarath metrion zinthos" is so so sick

Can i say the ost for this show as a whole in EVERY episode is absolutely sick and sounds so good i would listen to it on its own, but they also know how to dial it down and turn off the music for so much inpact its crazy, they did it with some apprentice arc scenes and haunted and such and it works so well to hear the atmosphere and suspense is perfect, i also like the ost that plays when the "dark versions" of star, cy and BB appear, its so minimal and impactful (i also like the konochrome no shading look they have) them talking is also pretty creepy

BB going inside trigon's ear and turning into a whale is so smart and also the "wet willie" he said he would give trigon XD

I knew slade teams up with them in this episode but it still feels weird! Also rob volunteered tovfind rae but honestly i think that BB has the closest bond with her and the little things he does through the series, and the penny he gave her, i dont ship them really at all but i feel like he has the closer bond and whole robin is my favorite and the leader, it would have made more sense for BB to go, and more emotionally impactful

Also dont say robin cant stay cuz he would easily beat the shadow titans but they could have done that and nobody would really care too much, they were defeated before by that robot that tried to beat cy in "only human" so shadows of themselves could definetly still proviide a problem with robin there, and it would have made no difference to how that scene could have went

Slade has a point, uf he gets a thing he wants and the end of the world is gonna happen anyway, he might as well take the deal.

Also i thought this whole time that "what he had lost" was gonna be his son or something cuz i didnt have any clue what it could be and drew on the tiny bit of deathstroke comic lore i knew but i was still skeptical, i was NOT expecting the skeleton tho, that seriously shocked me.

Him saying "The fringe benifits were quite enjoyable" and then panning on this scene is just:

Ew ew ew ew ew ew ew ew ew ew ew ew ew no no no no no no no no no no no no

Knowing what that episode implied and then this line is just ewwwwwwwwwww 😭

Slade and robin being mirrors while fighting litterally on the same wavelength and same split second is more of a testament to how alike they are 0.0

"Im here to save you too" robin saying about slade is 0.0 D: as well

AHA I KNEW THEY HAD TO FIGHT EACH OTHER'S SHADOW TO DEFEAT THEM!!!

BB's saying that terra was right to dump him is just vile

Still think that BB going after raven would have felt more impactful, like sure, robin and raven have been in each other's minds or something and i feel like them being the main two in "birthmark" makes so much sense, but for this, i feel like it makes more sense for BB to go, he's spent the entire show getting to understand raven more deeply than any other character, and he has littlerally been inside her mind. I dont ship them at all but their strong platonic bond would have been perfect for this

Baby rae sounds so weird her voice like that lol

SO. SMALL.

The big white projection raven is so sick lookin. You go girl!!

BB what do you mean raven giving hugs is weird? She litterally gave you a hug at the end of "spellbound"!

Maaann i love them so much.

Something i love about this show is that the titans' friendships is strong and genuine, they care deeply for eachother, truly want to connect to eachother, make sure each ither is okay, they believe wachother instantly when something us wrong and dint disregard eachother's feelings, nobody is ever the butt of the joke and nobody is made to feel bad on purpose by the others, even if they are all completely different from one another, and if it happens then they do their best to make the sincerest of apologies. Them being mad at each other is always coming from a place of frustration from wanting to hang out and enjoy each other's company but just not understanding how

Many kids shows make friends kinda hate eachother, always get on their bad sides, cant seem to stand each other, and always have one of the others as the butt of jokes (even teen titans go does this! D:) so i really love this show for that

"We'll be ready for him" is what cyborg said at the end of "haunted" which i guess goes to show the hope and trust they have in themselves and eachother

Again i would say BB would have worked a lot better for this last scene with raven instead of robin, since BB while being a bit childish, is still really emotionally intellegent! (I mean look at all his interactions with raven and terra!) And this little speach about raven having the most hope does sound like something beast boy would say more than robin (yes he is the leader, but it sounds more right in BB's voice), like, i can imagine vividly what it would be like with bb in robin's place and it makes so much more sense. I honestly wanna draw a version of the same events but with bb instead but thats so hard to do and would take forever sooo :/ thats only a maybe few pannels kinda thing MAYBE

This is a sick arc, the music again was so cool,

I think my favorite part was part 1 tbh, before any of the world taking over takes place

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Rampini, non Vittorio Feltri.

"È l’equivoco tremendo all’origine della sua cooptazione come vice nel ticket del 2020. La Harris è stata innalzata al secondo posto dell’esecutivo in quanto donna di colore (...). Lei si è prestata al gioco.  (...)  Biden nel 2020 voleva coprirsi il fianco a sinistra. Donna, di colore, figlia d’immigrati, lei era il prezzo da pagare per placare i radicali e sedurre i media. (...)

In realtà la sua biografia si prestava a tutt’altra narrazione. La storia dei genitori (una ricercatrice universitaria indiana discendente dalla casta privilegiata dei bramini; un celebre economista afro-giamaicano) è l’apoteosi di un American Dream costruito da élite di immigrati qualificati che diventano classe dirigente; il contrario dell’attuale ideologia politically correct. La storia dei suoi genitori, e quindi la sua, è segnata proprio dai benefici della meritocrazia, non dai danni del razzismo. Diventando lei stessa un’icona della politica tribale e identitaria, ha falsificato quella storia familiare che condensa il lato positivo dell’America.

Kamala ha recitato la parte presentandosi come un’esponente di minoranze emarginate, discriminate e oppresse. Una delle accuse che le rivolgono spesso i repubblicani è questa: la Harris non parla in modo positivo dell’America, è più attenta a demonizzare il proprio paese che non a esaltarlo come una terra di opportunità".

La solita ipocrita di sinistra, pronta a tutto davvero - chiedere ai suoi mentori nella macchina Dems. della Bay Area, l'elite del big money high society, opposta ai Dems. pezzenti mafiosi di Chicago - forse per questo Obama la segherebbe subito:

"The machine—which operates around a fulcrum of big money, high society, and socially progressive ideas—has molded such Democratic politicians as governors Pat Brown and Jerry Brown (father and son); Willie Brown (former San Francisco mayor, machine boss, and no relation); Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi; U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein; former U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer; San Francisco mayors Ed Lee and London Breed; and San Francisco mayor, lieutenant governor, and now governor Gavin Newsom".

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He has heard about how the Chaos gods or some thing out there must have some measure of influence over this world. How whatever entities that do this seem to do this willy nilly, no pattern to be seen. He had raged when he found himself transported from the middle of a battlefield to a vast open grassland.

It was a relief to him to find a small warband of fellow brothers who were roaming to find a place to lay claim to. Only for him to realize that none of them were from the same... time. Some were from centuries ago when they had only just turned their backs on the Imperium with one from an entire century later than him. He's thoroughly confused by it all, his new brothers didn't have much answers on how or why. Mere speculations and theories.

It's difficult getting used to the lack of enemies. Most of the various warbands, chapters and legions have an unspoken truce in place, seemingly something new in their subconscious making them less willing to start a war in this medieval version of Terra. He gets by by sparring with these new brothers of his, finding new challenges in those not around his time.

But it was the bonding that surprised him most. That there's a curse that turns the most savage and feral brothers into purring house broken marines. He scoffed at the idea, adamant that he would never fall to such an ailment. If he did he would cut down the worthless human for daring to trap him in such a way.

That was until it happened to him.

Sneaking through dimly lit roads in the chill of winter, he chanced upon a young lady making her way back home. He thought to ignore her and simply carry on, she's not worth his energy. Something decided otherwise, he felt like he was made a passenger in his own body as his head turned and his gaze met hers. Behind eerie green lens his eyes widen, something within himself starts to crack and crumble in a landslide. From the rubble of his brutality a seedling grows, green shoots pointed to the skies and gentle leaves form. This little seedling reaches up, desperate for the sunlight of gentleness and acceptance, offering devotion and unyielding love in return.

The young lady takes a step back in that moment, shocked by his intimidating form. She slips on the pavement and he moves in a blurr. As he holds her gently, some part of him purrs, proud to have saved her from harm. His hearts race when she shyly thanks him for helping her. His warband is the furthest thing from his mind when he picks up her bag off the ground and follows her. Brothers? They can wait.

Grey eyes occasionally flick to take in his surroundings as he walks his human back to her apartment block. Rough croons of gothic leaves his lips as she timidly opens up to him with every step. He has to take it slow, he knows that humans don't feel this pull the way his kind does. He forces himself to step away once his human reaches her house. She gives him a small but sweet smile as she takes her bag from him, his hearts melt like the snow that falls upon his armor.

He makes his way back to his warband, turning back to see the lights in her apartment. His eyes spot his human with ease, watching until she disappears from view. Only then that he starts moving again. He has to inform his warband that he will not be staying them for much longer.

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Sorry that this is a long one. I tried to stay on topic. I was trying to explore how bonding might be different for the more bloodthirsty individuals, if only to keep them from harming their bonded humans.

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This sounds rude, but it's not reading your slade stuff, and I do think people forget he's literally a pedophile or has some pedophilic urges from everything with Tarra and like that's why I can never think Brudick is worse than Sladick? Because Bruce is weird and in some senses may have similar stories but he's not canonically a pedophile which is bad

Don't worry, it's not rude! You're just obnoxious and this commentary was unneeded. Here's why:

1) I really don't think people forget that about Slade. Most Slade fans just don't particularly care because, as most people would attest to, being a mercenary with a body count in the hundreds is generally morally incorrect. Someone enjoying a character and enjoying a FICTIONAL CHARACTER, even if that character does something morally wrong, is NOT saying that they condone it or think it's fine

2) The situation with Terra and Slade is absolutely her getting groomed, but there is a *very* big difference between someone being an abuser and someone being a pedophile. Throwing around that word all willy nilly detracts from the seriousness of the term.

Slade grooms Terra. It's heavily implied that they had sex. (He actually seemed pretty disinterested in actually having sex with her, but it could have been retconned after the original comics). But at the very least, in my reading, it didn't seem like he was targeting her with the intention of sex or because she was a minor. It was because he saw an opportunity to manipulate someone naive, who wanted to be treated as an adult and an equal, and took advantage of that.

Afaik, there isn't a *pattern* of Slade targeting minors, at least in the comics. Not any more so than an off-color comment here and there, as is standard for comic books.

3) Brudick and Sladick are both toxic ships. They're both unhealthy relationships, and they're both ill-advised for anyone in real life, and that's the *fun* part of it. It's fun to explore what these relationships look like. If Slade is a pedophile for being with Dick, then so is Bruce! It cancels out. The post I assume you're referring to was commentating on the fact that Slade would be incredibly open about the relationship being unhealthy, he wouldn't pretend that it was anything other than toxic or dangerous. Bruce, on the other hand, would look away from any evidence that he was hurting Dick out of fear of losing him.

Bruce and Dick have an unbalanced power dynamic for a LOT of reasons. Whether you want to see Dick as his son here is irrelevant. Regardless of familial relation, Bruce is still the person that Dick is relying on for most of his life. Bruce very much could have leveraged his ties. You're telling me that a relationship where both people are toxic and unhealthy is more dangerous than a relationship where one person relies on the other to keep from being in the Gotham foster care system? Be so for real.

At least one of them is aware of the damage they do.

4) guess what? They're not real people. There are about thirty million conflicting character traits in every DC character, and picking and choosing which ones you want to explore is normal. I hate the fact that Dick was canonically a cop- I'm not going to downright ignore it, because it is a part of his character and is relevant in certain discussions, but I'm not going to focus on it in my analysis and in my participation in his fan base because it's not something I'm interested in. I hate Wally west- do you see me sending asks and shitting on him to his fans bc of it? If Slade as a character is bothersome to you, then don't interact with content or discussions around Slade.

Simple as that.

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Comic Muses

Teen Titans Animated Raven, Starfire, Blackfire, Terra, Jinx, Bumblebee Superman Animated shows Clara Kent/Superwomen, Lois Lane (DCAU and MAWS) Kara-Zor-El/ Kara Kent/Supergirl, Lana Lang, Livewire/Leslie Willis, Volcana/Claire Selton Scott Pilgrim Ramona Flowers, Kim Pine, Knives Chau, Julie, Powers, Envy Adams, Lisa Miller

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TERRA WILLY - Robinson Crusoe im Weltraum

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Es gibt Animationsfilme, die jeder kennt: Minions, Toy Story oder Frozen. Was mich aber viel mehr fasziniert sind die kleinen, eher weniger bekannten Filme, die sich stellenweise als wahre Perlen ihres Generes herausstellen. In diesem ersten Blog bzw. Video auf meinem neuen Kanal möchte ich mich vor allem den kleinen, eher weniger bekannten und leider auch weniger erfolgreichen Animationsfilmen widmen.

Bild: TAT Productions, France Télévisions

Jeder kennt Robinson Crusoe - aber wer kennt William bzw. Willy, das "Astro Kid", wie der Film "Terra Willy" im US-Verleih heißt? Genau diesen Film hatte ich vor ein paar Tagen auf Amazon Prime auf der Suche nach einem Animationsfilm entdeckt. Ich war gelangweilt und hatte Bock auf ein bisschen Animations-Unterhaltung, und da stieß ich auf "Terra Willy", die Geschichte eines Jungen, der mit seinen Eltern - beide Wissenschaftler mit der Mission, eine unbekannte Region im Weltraum zu untersuchen - unterwegs ist, um neues Leben zu erforschen. Auf dem Raumschiff vertreibt sich Willy die Zeit mit Pfeil- und Bogen-Spielen in einer Art Holodeck und sehnt sich danach, seinen Eltern bei ihrer spannenden Aufgabe zu helfen.

Die Handlung

Gerade als die Wissenschaftler-Familie sich auf dem Weg zurück zur Erde machen will, gerät das Raumschiff in einen Asteroiden-Hagel, was die Besatzung zwingt, das Raumschiff mit Rettungskapseln zu verlassen. Da Willy zum Zeitpunkt der Evakuierung in einem anderen Teil des Raumschiffs war, wird er von seinen Eltern getrennt und muss mit der Rettungskapel auf einem unbekannten Planeten notlanden.

Und genau hier beginnt die eigentliche Geschichte: Eine Robinsonade im Science Fiction Genre für Kinder mit dem sympathisch-lustigem Roboter "Buck", der stets bemüht ist, Willy vor Gefahren zu schützen und einem außerirdischen Tier, das Will "Flash" nennt.

Anspielungen auf bekannte Science Fiction gibt es reichlich: Nicht nur der Name des Roboters - "Buck" - soll eine Anspielung auf "Buck Rogers" sein, sondern auch sein Aussehen erinnert stark an "VINCENT", dem Roboter aus "Das Schwarze Loch". Und dass das Alien-Tier - eine Mischung aus Drache, Dinosaurier und Hund - von Willy "Flash" getauft wird, soll wohl eine Anspielung auf "Flash Gordon" sein.

Der Planet, auf dem Willy landet und ganze 10 Monate überleben muss, erinnert entfernt an die Welt aus "Strange World": Bunt, fantasievoll, verrückt und gefährlich zugleich. In diesen 10 Monaten wandelt sich Willy vom typischen "Kind der technisierten Zukunft" mit sauberer Kleidung und Stiefeln zum "Wild Kid" mit zerrissener Hose, barfuß, wilden langen Haaren und mit Pfeil und Bogen bewaffnet.

Denn "Buck" geht während dem Warten auf Rettung die Energie aus, und seine Ersatzbatterie befindet sich scheinbar unerreichbar in den Fängen der "Steinmonster" - riesige Tiere, die an Stegosaurier erinnern und alles platt machen, was sich bewegt. Doch um eine Sonde zu kontaktieren, die für Willy am Ende die Rettung bedeuten soll, muss sich der Junge seiner Angst und der Gefahr stellen und die Batterie schließlich holen, um "Buck" zu reaktivieren.

Bild: TAT Productions, France Télévisions

Produktion

Astro Kid (französisch: Terra Willy, planète inconnue) ist ein französischer computeranimierter Science-Fiction-Film aus dem Jahr 2019, bei dem Éric Tosti unter Beteiligung der Co-Autoren David Alaux und Jean-François Tosti Regie führte und das Drehbuch schrieb.

„Terra Willy“ ist nach „The Jungle Bunch“ der zweite Spielfilm des in Toulouse ansässigen Studios TAT ​​Productions, der in die Kinos kommt. Kurz nach der Veröffentlichung seines letzten Films im Juli 2017 kündigte TAT die Produktion von „Astro Kid“ mit einem 70-köpfigen Team und einem Budget von 6.000.000 Euro an.

Der Film wurde mit 3ds Max animiert und mit VRay gerendert.

Leider spielte der Film am Ende nur knapp 4 Millionen Dollar ein.

Außer ein paar Postern mit dem Filmplakat gibt es kein Merch oder sonstige Fanartikel. Auch eine Fortsetzung ist nicht geplant.

Aussage der Handlung und Science Fiction Aspekte

Wie bereits erwähnt handelt es sich bei "Terra Willy" um eine Robinsonade und Coming Of Age Geschichte: Ein Junge aus dem Raumfahrt-Zeitalter wird quasi zum "Steinzeit Menschen". Abgesehen von seinen Eltern ist Willy der einzige, menschliche Charakter im Film.

Willys Charakter wird im Film wenig behandelt - wir erfahren leider nicht viel über seine Ängste, Träume oder "Ecken und Kanten" des Jungen. Allerdings werden diese im Laufe des Films durch kleine Hinweise immer deutlicher: So hat Willy die Kamera seines Vaters bis zum Schluss bei sich und fotografiert die Lebewesen auf dem fremden Planeten. Zu Beginn wurde ja angedeutet, dass Willy seine Eltern nicht nur unterstützen, sondern selbst ein Forscher sein möchte. Die Kamera und das Fotografieren wird im ersten Moment - kindgerecht - so dargestellt, dass Willy die Chance seiner Situation ausnutzt, um diesen "Traum" zu leben. Erwachsene Zuschauer werden darin viel mehr das Klammern an die "Heimat" und das gewohnte Leben mit den Eltern sehen. Die Kamera und Buck, der Roboter, sind das Einzige, was Willy an sein gewohntes Leben noch erinnern.

Buck tritt nicht nur als Aufpasser, sondern auch als Ersatz-Elternteil Willy gegenüber auf. So ist der Roboter am Anfang sehr misstrauisch und sogar feindseelig dem Wesen "Flash" gegenüber eingestellt, und erinnerte mich an einen besorgten Vater, der in dem Dino-Wesen für Willy einen "schlechten Umgang" sieht. Willy "trifft sich mit Flash" quasi heimlich und lügt den Roboter Buck sogar an, wenn er sich mit seinem Alien-Freund trifft und mit ihm spielt oder gemeinsam den Planeten erkundet. Als Flash später Willy das Leben rettet, akzeptiert Buck Flash schließlich - was mich an eine Situation erinnerte, in der der eifersüchtige Vater endlich den Verlobten seiner Tochter als neuen Schwiegersohn akzeptiert. Eine Anspielung, die nur Erwachsene Zuschauer herauslesen können; was mich sehr amüsierte.

Allgemein ist die Metapher des Wachsens, Lernens und Entwickelns bei allen 3 Hauptfiguren zu erkennen:

Der Roboter analysiert stets Willys Verhalten und entwickelt seine KI dadurch weiter unter reagiert auf Willys Gemütszustände entsprechend (versucht den Jungen zu trösten, versucht einen Witz zu machen, akzeptiert Flash als Willys Freund).

Flash hingegen durchlebt als biologisches Wesen immer weitere Metamorphosen: Von Zeit zu Zeit hüllt sich das Wesen in einer Art Kokoon ein und schlüft am nächsten Morgen als weiter entwickeltes Wesen: Größer, stärker und immer wieder leicht verändertem Äußeren wie Schuppen, Haaren usw.

Und der Junge Willy schließlich lernt, selbstständig auf sich und auch Flash aufzupassen. Er baut und bastelt sich aus Materialien, die der Wald hergibt eine Unterkunft, Feuerstelle, Waffen, macht Feuer und sammelt und verarbeitet Früchte. Hier muss als kleine Kritik angemerkt werden, dass sich Willy nicht wesentlich verändert: Er hatte zu Beginn des Films keine markanten Schwächen, die während seiner Zeit auf dem Planeten verschwunden sind. Lediglich seine Leidenschaft für "Action-Computerspiele" kamen Willy in der "Endboss-Szene" mit den Steinmonstern zum Vorteil.

Bild: TAT Productions, France Télévisions

Mein Fazit

Wieso ist dieser Film so unbekannt? Selbst ich erfuhr über Amazon Prime per Zufall von dieser Perle. Sein mäßiger Erfolg lässt sich meiner Meinung nach dadurch erklären, dass er 2019 erschien und im Corona-Chaos des Jahres 2020 schlicht weg unterging. Viele Kinos hatten da bereits schon geschlossen oder ein begrenztes Angebot. Zudem stand dem Film nicht das Budget für Werbung und Marketing zur Verfügung wie den Platzhirschen Disney, Pixar oder Dreamworks. "Terra Willy" wurde wie z.B. "Ooops, die Arche ist weg!" oder "Mune - Der Wächter des Mondes" in Europa produziert und schaffte es kaum in die internationale Film-Szene.

Zu unrecht! Denn sowohl optisch als auch von der Story her kann dieser Film mit einem Pixar-Film durchaus mithalten. Die Animation des Raumschiffes, des Weltalls oder der Vegetation des Planeten ist sehr flüssig, detailreich und liebevoll gestaltet. Ich habe schon Animationsfilme mit weit größerem Budget gesehen (z.B. "Delgo"), die wie 3D Computerspiele aus dem Jahr 1995 wirkten und eine wesentlich flacherer Story hatten.

Für einen Animationsfilm, dem gerade mal 6 Mio Euro Budget und keine High-End 3D Software zur Verfügung standen, ist das Ergebnis mehr als ordentlich und kann sowohl in Optik, Kreavtivität, den Sets und den Charakteren sowie der Flüssigkeit der Animationen und den Renderings (Oberflächen wie Metall, Gummi, Haut usw.) mit weit aus bekannteren und kostspieligeren Produktionen mehr als mithalten.

Aus Science Fiction - Sicht hat der Film ein wenig Luft nach oben: Es wird zum Beispiel nicht erklärt, in welcher Zeit wir uns befinden, warum Willys Eltern kein ganzes Team von Wissenschaftlern auf einem recht großen Raumschiff haben oder wieso Willy´s Rettungskapsel den "kurzen Weg" vom Asterioden-Gürtel zu einem belebten Planeten (mit ZWEI Sonnen, also einem Doppelstern-System) fand, die Rettungssonde aber fast ein Jahr brauchte, um Willys Notsignal zu finden. Wäre die Suche auf einem Planeten, der Leben erhalten konnte und durch zwei Sterne mehr als auffällig sein musste, nicht am naheliegensten gewesen?

Ansonsten bietet die Welt von Willy zumindest mir so einiges, was das Science Fiction Herz höher schlagen lässt: Ein sympathischer Roboter, 3D Hologramm-Effekte, beeindruckende Steinmonster, die wie riesige Stegosaurier aussehen und ein Planet mit einer farbenfrohen, bunten Flora und Fauna.

Meine Empfehlung: Unbedingt ansehen!

[scotianostra]

On 29th February 1904 the Pavilion Theatre, Glasgow, opened.

Designed by Bertie Crewe for Thomas Barrasford, the Pavilion Theatre opened at the corner of Renfield Street and Renfrew Street, Glasgow on the 29 February, 1904. It was regarded as luxurious for its time with its decor being described by the owners as “pure Louis XV”. An electrically operated sliding roof ensured good ventilation.

Performances in the early days were mainly variety, melodrama and pantomime. Many of the leading music hall artistes of the period appeared at the Pavilion, including Marie Lloyd, Little Tich, Harry Lauder, Florrie Forde, Will Fyffe, Sarah Bernhardt and a then unknown Charlie Chaplin.

Since the 1930s, the Pavilion began to host pantomimes with top name stars of the Scottish variety scene, such as Harry Gordon and Dave Willis. In more recent times it has produced plays, such as ‘The Sash’ and ‘The Steamie’.

The Pavilion Theatre is now the only privately run theatre in Scotland and one of a few unsubsidised independent theatres left in Britain.

“Defying all the odds, Glasgow’s Pavilion regularly purveys variety to this day. All the more remarkable as it is completely unsubsidised and receives no funding from the Scottish Arts Council and kindred bodies whose thoughts and cash are directed at higher cultural activities. It remains the last stronghold of a long music hall tradition in Europe’s City of Culture owing everything to a dedicated staff and patrons and nothing to the public purse.

With its imposing terra cotta facade, the Pavilion Theatre of Varieties was designed by Bertie Crewe in the grand manner for Thomas Barrasford. The domed ceiling was surmounted by an electrically controlled sliding roof for ventilation. Fine Rococo plasterwork on the circle, balcony and box fronts; decoration executed in pure Louis XV; handsome mahogany woodwork and the marble mosaic floor all lent the 1800 seat theatre an aura of splendour.

No less amusing than the dentist advertising in the Pavilion programme “painless extractions with nitrous oxide for 4/- (20p) or cocaine for 1/- (5p)”, were the press observations on the “fashionable company” which attended the Pavilion’s first house on 29th February,1904. We learn that “among the elite there was quite a preponderance of ladies and gentlemen of quality in evening dress”. Alas, class consciousness and respectability were all in Edwardian Britain!

The ‘forties and ‘fifties saw pantomime runs of sixteen weeks, the happy and hilarious summer seasons were emulated during the 1960s and early 1970s by Lex McLean. Another regular crowd puller to Renfield Street was Jack Milroy.

Lulu from Dennistoun (real name Marie Lawrie) broke box office records in 1975, Billy Connolly, Hector Nicol Andy Cameron portrayed their own distinctive brands of humour while Scottish songstresses Lena Zavaroni, , Sheena Easton, Lena Martell and Barbara Dickson also scored heavily with Pavilion audiences.

It was anything but plain sailing for the Pavilion and there was gloomy speculation of closure after incurring heavy financial losses in 1981. Spared the fate which befell the Queens, Metropole, Empire, Alhambra and Empress Theatres, the 80 years old Pavilion was rescued by James Glasgow and transformed into a modest profit maker. Smash-hit shows with Sydney Devine; spells from hypnotist Robert Halpern; pantomime with Denny Willis, and one night gigs from the foremost modern television entertainers have kept the cash tills registering.

The Pavilion also played a major role in the annual Mayfest – Glasgow’s International Festival of popular theatre, music, the arts and community programmes.

Little altered and virtually unspoilt since its inception, the seating capacity of 1449 is made up of 677 stalls, 341 circle, 413 balcony and 18 box seats. While the stiff shirts in chauffeur-driven cabs have given way to coach parties from the rural areas of Strathclyde and beyond, a policy of providing the best in live entertainment has been pursued consistently. The portents look good for the vibrant Pavilion Theatre of Varieties.”

The Pavillion is, in my view a survivor, even over the past few years tragedy has struck the area with a series of fires.

[literary-illuminati]

Has been a real hot minute since I've read something that uses a first person POV to hide the fact that the protagonist is a woman until halfway through, though.

[terraliensvent]

annoying how there's no possible way to add, remove, or severely edit any kind of limited traits when redesigning. but staff can do whatever they want with those traits when they're doing their own redesigns. i understand that they have more freedoms as staff and (if they're actually doing any of the work) deserve compensation. but it's frustrating seeing regular members struggle and bend over backwards trying their best to do what they want with a redesign when staff can just do stuff like revert a design to an illegal version or add 10 new limited traits willy nilly

this is something that always personally drove me insane. why is there NO possible way to add more coverage of a limited trait? if you have a terra with like, 5% coverage of mat parts, you can NEVER get more, not even if you comm a staff to redesign it for you. thats so bullshit. why restrict a trait when your character already has the trait?? astonishing logic to justify letting staff dance on the "rules" of the species because fuck you if you dont have their sparkly "i suck the farts out of tycho's ass" role.

[hate-bracket]

Hello! I finally have the matchups! Sorry it took so long. Here they are.

Round 1

Barem Bridge (Chainsaw Man)

Vs

Abel (TWDG)

Round 2

Robin (Teen Titans Go!)

Vs

Wooly (Amanda the Adventurer 2)

Round 3

Arthur Light (DC)

Vs

Haiji Towa (Ultra Despair Girls)

Round 4

Prince Charming (Shrek 3)

Vs

King of Ooo (Adventure Time)

Round 5

Bruce (Bad Parenting)

Vs

Fire Lord Ozai (ATLA)

Round 6

Arvo (TWDG)

Vs

Magda (BOTW)

Round 7

The General (Centaurworld)

Vs

Joan (TWDG)

Round 8

Sam Butcher (The Boys)

Vs

Sir Reginald Hargreeves (The Umbrella Academy)

Round 9

Femto (Berserk)

Vs

Shou Tucker (FMAB)

Round 10

Tek Knight (The Boys)

Vs

Fumiko Mifune (Chainsaw Man)

Round 11

Shuro (Dungeon Meshi)

Vs

Randy Marsh (South Park)

Round 12

Illumi Zoldyck (Hunter x Hunter)

Vs

Tsurugi Kinjo (SDRA2)

Round 13

Vinsmoke Judge (One Piece)

Vs

Terra Snapdragon (The Owl House)

Round 14

Celestial Dragons (One Piece)

Vs

Serpoians (Dandadan)

Round 15

Suguru Kamoshida (Persona 5)

Vs

Leonard Kovacs (Monster Prom)

Round 16

Jax (TADC)

Vs

Mahito (JJK)

Round 17

Hisoka Morrow (Hunter x Hunter)

Vs

Vander Decken IX (One Piece)

Round 18

Jerry (Undertale)

Vs

Joshu Higashikata (Jojolion)

Round 19

Willy Stampler (Dungeons and Daddies)

Vs

Ging Freecss (Hunter x Hunter)

Round 20

Kai Chisaki (MHA)

Vs

Steve Cobbs (Inanimate Insanity)

Round 21

Jimmy (Mouthwashing)

Vs

Micah Bell III (RDR2)

Round 22

Todd Alquist (Breaking Bad)

Vs

Masayoshi Shido (Persona 5)

Round 23

Dmitri Johannes Petrov (The Henry Stickmin Collection)

Vs

Sentinel Prime (Transformers One)

Round 24

Absalom (One Piece)

Vs

Valentino (Hazbin Hotel)

Round 25

Scrappy-Doo (Scooby-Doo)

Vs

Joffrey Baratheon (Game of Thrones)

Round 26

Duncan (Total Drama)

Vs

Tamaki Damo (Jojolion)

Round 27

Yomi Hellsmile (MDA: RC)

Vs

Amy (Total Drama)

Round 28

Cash Buckzo (Helluva Boss)

Vs

Blainley (Total Drama)

The winner of round 1 will go up against Preston Northwest (Gravity Falls)

The winner of round 8 will go up against Odalia Blight (The Owl House)

The winner of round 15 will go up against Kokichi Ouma (Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony)

The winner of round 22 will go up against Bomb (Inanimate Insanity)

The polls will all be posted soon.

[kidflashimpulse]

How tall do you think all the outsiders are? I love for height headcanons

On another note you’re a fantastic writer and I’m adoring the series you got going on. They’re very captivating to read

So sorry for putting this off for so long ! It’s a seriously good question and I am seriously invested and for that reason! I procrastinate so much on it lol (not to say questions i immediately answer arent, i am just all over the place 😅) (also thank u so much for the kind praise 🙏💗 I am so happy ur enjoying it and it means a lot to me <33)

this ask is especially important as it has also been asked before which i will link this post to as the answer right after :)

i’m including all former and current members for completion. Also their birth years (from the YJ wiki) for added context, because why not.

okay so based on multiple YJ scenes (some examples shown below) and 1 ask greg these r my estimates:

(disclaimer these r all rough estimates, no way of knowing for 100% sure and I don’t claim to have a complete picture of all relevant scenes for height cold reading lol i would be happy to hear other peoples thoughts/ideas/corrections as well :D )

Rough Outsiders Height Ranking:

Geo-Force - Brion Markov : (2001) probably roughly max 6 ft 4 (about 1.95m)

Cyborg - Victor Stone : (2000) maybe about 6 ft 2 -3 (about 1.9m)

Blue Beetle - Jaime Reyes : (2000) about 6 ft 2 (1.88 - 1.9m) i actually have him tied with Vic, the only reason why id rank him a little lower is because in some scenes it could be his suit giving him some height.

Static - Virgil Hawkins : (2000) about 6 ft (1.85m)

El Dorado - Eduardo Dorado Jr : (2001) actually i tied him with Virgil but i’m not always certain so i’d also estimate about 6 ft but a range of (1.83-1.85m)

Superboy - Conner Kent : (2010 lol) about 5 ft 9 (1.8m)

Robin - Tim Drake : (2001) about 5 ft 8 (1.78m)

Wonder Girl - Cassie Sandsmark : (2001) id put her at the same height as Tim maybe only slightly shorter, but Greg has mentioned they’re roughly the same height so therefore also 5 ft 8 (1.78m)

Kid Flash - Bart Allen : (2043 🙄 cause hes different like that LOL jk but he’s the equivalent age of 2003) id put him between 5 ft 6 - 5 ft 7 (about 1.7 - 1.73/4m)

Livewire - Leslie Willis : (2002) about 5 ft 5 (1.68m)

Looker - Lia Briggs : (2002) about 5 ft 4 (1.65m)

Windfall - Wendy Jones : (2005) about same as Lia maybe 5 ft 3 - 4 (1.63 - 1.65m)

Beast Boy - Garfield Logan : (2002) about 5 ft 2 - 3 (1.6-1.63m)

Stargirl- Courtney Whitmore : (2003) about 5 ft 1-2 (1.55 - 1.58m)

Terra - Tara Markov : (2003) about same as Courtney 5 ft 1-2 (1.55 - 1.58m)

Forager : (?) idk lol let’s say 5 ft 😂