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Gundam SEED: A Dubbing Journey

More fun physical media tales! "Gundam SEED"

It's not the best Gundam series, but it's good fun and the first iteration of "Gundam" which I watched. Hence I have a sense of nostalgia for it, despite its flaws (looking at you 48 episode length...).

Anime is already a fairly niche field, despite the hilarious jokes and mainstream creep us filthy degenerates are making into modern society. The age old "debate" I guess, between those of us who have never seen the sun, seems to be between watching in the original language with subtitles, or watching it dubbed.

My personal thoughts go towards the dub. Aside from the fact that there are dozens and dozens of brilliant actors in this field who make the material fantastic and more accessible (Tara Platt, Yuri Lowenthal, Colleen Clinkenbeard, my homie Kirk Thornton, Steve Blum, Michelle Ruff, Wendee Lee, Kari Wahlgren, Todd Haberkon, Joel McDonald, so, so, so, so many others) to simply ignore the dub through snobbery is to disregard the hours and hours of effort and work put in by hard working, under-appreciated actors across the field. Voice actors are my jam.

So, "Gundam SEED" came out in 2002/2003 but was dubbed by the Ocean Group with Bandai in 2004, released by Beez on DVD. It's a good dub: No "Baccano!" or "Cowboy Bebop" but then again, what is? There are some great actors in this (Andrew Drummond's brother Brian plays the best character: Andrew Waltfeld THE DESERT TIGER, Lisa Ann Beley is the ship's captain, Trevor Devall from "Cowboy Bebop" and "Team America" as Mu La Flaga, Samuel Vincent as one of the two leads and, for some god-damned reason Brad "Light Yagami" Swaile as one of the best characters) as well as some lesser known names in the industry but also great in their parts. Chantal Strand is a standout as Lacus Clyne.

The dub was an excellent work, and my first exposure to the series, it's great.

The series was released on DVD, but had a rather short run: the always excellent Beez released it in the ever delightful format of five episodes per disc and one disc per box, their usual M.O.

I am going somewhere with this, bear with me.

So far so good.

In 2014 the series was re-released in HD, fine. Excellent! More of Beez's back catalogue coming out again and to the forefront is always a good thing.

However.

The dub was redone.

The actors, for the most part, were completely replaced from the top down. Gone were Matt Hill and Samuel Vincent as Kira and Athrun, gone were Drummond and Swaile. Everybody has been changed, right down to the lesser known actors playing some major parts in the series.

And they are the people who I want to talk about.

Bill Switzer, Sarah Johns and Lisa Ann Beley are not ever going to be household names, nor ever known truly amongst the clique-like cult who follow weaboo shit. But I am going to focus on these three people for a moment.

Respectively, in the Ocean Dub, they play Sai Argyle, Lt. Badgiruel and Captain Murrue Ramius, all fairly major characters in the series.

And they were replaced.

Bye, so long, farewell, hope that you got something out of the experience.

This isn't about rambling about how "the new dub sucks" or "Grrrr, change is bad" (well, maybe the latter a little) because, in all honesty, I haven't watched it. Heck, maybe it's fantastic!

But on a more philosophical level, I guess, consider this:

Mr Switzer, Ms Johns and Ms Beley have put a lot of work, time and effort into those parts, they're actors underappreciated, underpaid and glossed over in an already niche field, and then the one big piece of art they get to do, the one big part they have to be remembered and loved, is forgotten, soon to be washed away by the new dub. Sounds dramatic, sure, but now in future should Gundam SEED be sought out by people hoping to catch up on Gundam (though, why you'd start with "Gundam SEED" like a moron when the fantabulously gay "Gundam Wing" exists I shall never know) or just picked up and watched it's more likely that one will watch the remastered dub, and Mr Switzer and co will be banished and forgotten by history.

I guess what I wanted to say was simple:

Remember forgotten art, remember obscure actors, writers, producers and the like. All art has meaning, be it terrible, great or forgotten. Every piece of art has effort and love put into it by some people.

Don't let Bill Switzer and Sarah Johns and Lisa Ann Beley be mere forgotten footnotes.

Buy a DVD of something obscure and forgotten. Remember the effort put into it.

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Bill Switzer as Mitchell Taylor in Eerie Indiana: The Other Dimension (1998)

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Jerry Jones and Cowboys Coaches: A 30-Year Journey of Challenges and Letdowns

The story of the Dallas Cowboys and their owner Jerry Jones has been both compelling and tumultuous. When Jones took over as owner and general manager in 1989, the team was coming off a disastrous 1-15 season. Yet, under his leadership, the Cowboys quickly turned their fortunes around by adding future Hall of Famers like Emmitt Smith to a roster that already included Troy Aikman and Michael…

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Ranking the Cowboys' head coaches in franchise history Up until the mid-1990s and early 2000s, the Dallas Cowboys were one of those teams where you could count the franchise's head coaches on one hand. At the time, the only coaches to ever coach the t... #DallasCowboys

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Hobo Code Audio Drama Debuts: There's No Place Like...Riding The Rails?

When any genre of art or media is described as "different," there is a logical next question. Good different? Bad different? Weird different? Breathtakingly different?

That last description is the one I'd use for Hobo Code, which is a four-part limited "magical-realist" series about two hobos (an acerbic rambler and a self-ordained monk) and a young girl with a best friend who lives in a coffee can. It's a journey spanning from the Roaring Twenties to the Great Depression, all the way to the Great Recession of 2008, that examines human cycles - whether it’s generational trauma or economic crises.

If that isn't different enough, the audio drama also features an ancient, blind, half-senile/three-quarters-feral hobo mystic. Even without description of dramatic chaos and entropy, this audio drama is funny, endearing, sharp-witted, and an acerbic commenter on the human condition.

This superb audio drama stars Becky Poole (Strange Planet), Corey Rieger (Out of the Furnace), and Jake Robertson (The Sound of Liberty) and features Bill Pullman (The Sinner, Independence Day, While You Were Sleeping) and Susan Ruttan (LA Law, Sprung). These are esteemed and talented actors, and they display their acting chops with a ferocity that can hypnotize listeners.

The music acts as its own character in this audio drama, with an original score steeped in folk/Americana music made by Maesa Pullman.

The audio drama was written by Paul Pakler and Emmy-nominated screenwriter Shane Portman, who comes primarily from the animated kids world. Hobo Code was independently funded through Portman's production company, Hammer Canyon, in collaboration with executive producing partner David Switzer.

Portman explains: "The idea for Hobo Code sprang from an idea that Paul Pakler and I were carrying around for a while. The concept revolved around these three characters; a displaced young girl with a mystical friend in a coffee can, an acerbic gadabout, and a self-ordained monk. We didn’t have a story for them, but we knew we wanted to place them in the 1930s. So, while building out the character’s backstories, we also started delving into research of the time period. And those two avenues converged into the idea of exploring the cycles of generational trauma and economic crises."

Perhaps Portman's unique childhood had something to do with his distinctive artistic voice. Shane Portman was born at the New London naval submarine base hospital in Connecticut. Just three months later, his father was transferred to Norfolk, VA. He grew up in various homes in Norfolk before moving to Leesburg, VA and, then, finally winding up in Windsor, OH.

 Shane Portman is also the director of development for Bix Pix Entertainment, the award-winning stop-motion animation studio in Sun Valley, California.

When I asked Shane about the comfort level of the actors with audio-only acting, he answered, "Our fabulous sound engineers -- Kevin Cleland in LA and Erik Nyquist in NYC -- were able to create setups so that our actors could record scenes together in real time. On top of that, a majority of the actors already had voiceover experience. So, the record sessions were intimate and connected."

The sound production of Hobo Code is inspired and technically brilliant with One Thousand Birds (OTB), an award-winning Los Angeles production studio, creating the sound design.

Shane adds: "We wanted Hobo Code to be as immersive and lived-in as possible, and OTB took that note and really elevated the series in equally vast and subtle ways."

I asked Shane about the use of the word "Hobo" which is not well known today and reflected a world long gone.

"How did you overcome that generational distinction?" I asked.

Shane replied: "That’s a great question. Honestly, the mystique and folklore around hobos, the Dust Bowl, and the 1930s in America are topics that really fascinate us. This quintessentially American idea of escaping to ride the rails is filled with such a sense of adventure and independence. We also love Woody Guthrie! Maybe Paul and I just have weird historical obsessions…"

Shane continues: "The writer William Faulkner said, 'The past is never dead. It’s not even past.' Our goal was to create vividly interesting characters and steep them in this rich setting, while simultaneously punching holes in that mythology to expose the deeper historical and emotional truths being glossed over. And while people might not have an awareness of this specific subculture or name, the emotions, themes, and experiences will be (hopefully) universal."

Podcasting is no different from any other medium. Copycatting is often the most frictionless way to success, exerting the least amount of creative effort. Podcasters want to be the next Joe Rogan (aim higher), Alex Cooper (aim much higher) or the three Smartless celebs (appropriate mentors).

Hobo Code is an audio drama that breaks all the rules, mixes and matches genres and generations, and transforms familiar themes into proto-magical mythologies that define us. Since when is a coffee can an imaginary friend?

It is a trailer and four episodes of pure creative effort. Listen. Be different in a good way.

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Birthdays 2.14

Beer Birthdays

Michael Sedlmayr (1848)

Alvin M. Hemrich (1870)

Benedict Frank Haberle (1888)

Denny Conn (1952)

Gregg Wiggins (1954)

Lew Bryson (1959)

Kristi Switzer (1965)

Chuck Silva (1967)

Five Favorite Birthdays

Tim Buckley; rock musician (1946)

Florence Henderson; actor (1934)

Thomas Malthus; economist (1766)

Lois Maxwell; actor (1927)

Simon Pegg; actor, comedian, writer (1970)

Famous Birthdays

Mel Allen; sportscaster (1913)

Jules Asner; model, television personality (1968)

Jack Benny; comedian (1894)

Carl Bernstein; journalist (1944)

Drew Bledsoe; New England Patriots QB (1972)

Michael Bloomberg; clueless businessman, politician (1942)

Odds Bodkin; storyteller (1953)

Lara Croft; Tomb Raider game character (1968)

Frederick Douglass; writer, abolitionist (1817)

Hugh Downs; television host (1921)

George Ferris; inventor, Ferris Wheel inventor (1859)

Zach Galligan; actor, comedian (1964)

Frank Harris; writer (1856)

Woody Hayes; football coach (1913)

Freddie Highmore; actor (1992)

Gregory Hines; actor, dancer (1946)

Jimmy Hoffa; union leader (1913)

Kevin Keegan; soccer player (1951)

Jim Kelly; Buffalo Bills QB (1960)

Margaret Knight; inventor (1838)

Porsche Lynn; porn actor (1962)

Vic Morrow; actor (1929)

Murray the K; D.J. (1922)

George Jean Nathan; writer (1882)

Alan Parker; film director (1942)

Edward Platt; actor (1916)

Thelma Ritter; actor (1905)

Anna Howard Shaw; suffrage leader (1847)

Skeezix; cartoon character (1921)

Jo Jo Starbuck; ice skater (1951)

Katherine Stinson; aviator (1891)

Teller; comedian, magician (1948)

Rob Thomas; rock musician (1972)

Meg Tilly; actor (1960)

Johann Werner; German mathematician (1468)

Charles Wilson; English physicist (1869)

Fritz Zwicky; Swiss astronomer (1898)

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Stories

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Theater Review



Off Broadway

"Ode To The Wasp Woman" at Actors Temple Theatre is a very up and down play that has as many good things in it as it does pitfalls. The story has its premise in four actors who died prematurely. Sean Young who plays Susan Cabot, Douglass Everett Davis is George Reeves, Payton Georgiana is Barbra Payton and Josh Alscher is Alfalfa from "The little Rascals" fame.

Rider McDowell has written this interesting play that points to the difficulty of making it in Hollywood; once you make it, if your lucky enough, it is staying on top that becomes the real challenge. As a childhood star, Carl Switzer could not find success beyond The Little Rascals, George Reeves was typecast and had difficulty getting any jobs after his role in "Superman". Both Switzer and Reeves would die from gunfire. In the case of Barbra Payton and Susan Cabot, their lives would take a turn for the worse because of life circumstances.Payton would face sexual abuse as a thirteen year old and her wild ways led to her downfall once she became a starlit. In Cabot's case, her world would fall apart when she delivered a baby that would be a Dwarf. Obsessed with making her son, Timmy taller by using human growth hormones, it drove him insane at the same time. He would eventually kill his mother in a fit of rage.

Rider McDowell who wrote and directed this play has some inconsistencies in both. Some of the blocking in this play are questionable, as is the sound in the play. Where simple movements become overdone, the prerecording in the play were awful. The lighting was very supportive throughout the evening (Maarten Cornelis) and the costumes were well done by Pearl Gopalani. In Christian Fleming's scenic design, the constant changing of the room was a distraction to the flow of this production.

While there were four stories, two were exceptional; the first (Alfalfa) and the third (George Reeves). Payton Georgiana and Anna Telfer were outstanding as were Davis and Alscher. As the lead bill Sean Young at times struggled with her lines and her acting consistency.David Wenzel was consistent in his various roles as was Rita Louise. Jonathan Hartman was erratic in his performance throughout the play.

As a former investigative reporter, Rider McDowell gave us that feeling in his play. He approaches the writing with a macabre angel to it. The lives of the actors before us are laid out as a TV police show with not a lot of emotion from the actors which stems from the shows direction. In the shows 120 minutes we get a potpourri of the four actors lives and not a lot of depth to them.

"Ode" was a very mixed bag... it brought back the old time actors which had a good vibe to it and yet it just didn't go deep enough into the lives. A good example of this is the writing on actor Barbra Payton. We get a small feel into her abuse as an adolescent but writer Rider McDowell only scratches the surface as to how it affected her in later years. We see that she became a B actor, was that solely of her bad choices in picking movies? Was it because she lacked talent? We are told she is blackballed after coming out with an affair with Bob Hope but we never fully are told the whole reason as to why she went into abject poverty and self destruction.

Sean Young, Actors Temple Theatre, Off Broadway, New York City, Barbra Payton, George Reeves, Superman, Hollywood Land, WPIX Chanel 11, Sweeney Todd, Will Swanson, Some Like it Hot, Hamilton, The Lion King, Harry Potter, Aladdin, Spamelot.

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Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: The Bootlegger's Boy Hardcover By Switzer, Barry Signed Autographed. (T1).

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Dennis Sprouse

Dennis Sprouse 67, of Amarillo TX stepped from this earth to his eternal home June 12, 2023.  Dennis was born to William “Bill” D. Sprouse and Rutha B. Sprouse February 26, 1956, in Oklahoma.

Dennis was a man that enjoyed the simplicity of life, family and friendship. He was a man of few words, but when he spoke, he spoke with intentionality. A sign painter by trade, his skill and giftedness to letter and pinstripe just about everything allowed him to not only travel the country painting race cars, boats, semi-trucks and anything else someone would want a touch of custom artwork on, it allowed him to build friendships with people from every walk of life, known as “Brush master” by many he had a following that stretched far beyond the Texas panhandle, he has been described as a local legend in the area, especially in the many car and motorcycle clubs and individuals that had the privilege to have his handy work done on their vehicle, during those paint session he would share stories of hard lessons learned, special moments he encountered with people, he was full of great wisdom. If Dennis called you friend, you had a friend for life. After many years of as he would say “Ramblin around” he met and married the Love of his life Nancy, and for the next 30 years they shared a love that many could only dream of, he would say everything I do I do for “momma” as he lovingly referred to Nancy.

Dennis was preceded in death by his parents William and Rutha Sprouse, one sister Dorothy Whiteside, and his beloved wife Nancy Sprouse.

Dennis is survived by his sisters Theresa Shirley, Mary Butler, Deborah Switzer, Brenda Raven; his children Charo Dee La Rosa, Deborah Moore, Shauna Castro, David Kinzer; one stepson Robert Burton and wife Darlene; multiple grandchildren, great- grandchildren and many, many friends.

Celebration of life service will be held Tuesday June 27th at 10:00 am @ Thompson Park Picnic Area #24.

The family requests that you bring your vehicles Dennis painted.

Via https://lighthousefunerals.com/dennis-sprouse/

source https://lighthousefunerals1.weebly.com/blog/dennis-sprouse

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Dennis Sprouse

Dennis Sprouse 67, of Amarillo TX stepped from this earth to his eternal home June 12, 2023.  Dennis was born to William “Bill” D. Sprouse and Rutha B. Sprouse February 26, 1956, in Oklahoma.

Dennis was a man that enjoyed the simplicity of life, family and friendship. He was a man of few words, but when he spoke, he spoke with intentionality. A sign painter by trade, his skill and giftedness to letter and pinstripe just about everything allowed him to not only travel the country painting race cars, boats, semi-trucks and anything else someone would want a touch of custom artwork on, it allowed him to build friendships with people from every walk of life, known as “Brush master” by many he had a following that stretched far beyond the Texas panhandle, he has been described as a local legend in the area, especially in the many car and motorcycle clubs and individuals that had the privilege to have his handy work done on their vehicle, during those paint session he would share stories of hard lessons learned, special moments he encountered with people, he was full of great wisdom. If Dennis called you friend, you had a friend for life. After many years of as he would say “Ramblin around” he met and married the Love of his life Nancy, and for the next 30 years they shared a love that many could only dream of, he would say everything I do I do for “momma” as he lovingly referred to Nancy.

Dennis was preceded in death by his parents William and Rutha Sprouse, one sister Dorothy Whiteside, and his beloved wife Nancy Sprouse.

Dennis is survived by his sisters Theresa Shirley, Mary Butler, Deborah Switzer, Brenda Raven; his children Charo Dee La Rosa, Deborah Moore, Shauna Castro, David Kinzer; one stepson Robert Burton and wife Darlene; multiple grandchildren, great- grandchildren and many, many friends.

Celebration of life service will be held Tuesday June 27th at 10:00 am @ Thompson Park Picnic Area #24.

The family requests that you bring your vehicles Dennis painted.

source https://lighthousefunerals.com/dennis-sprouse/

source https://lighthousefunerals1.wordpress.com/2023/06/23/dennis-sprouse/

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Eerie, Indiana:  The Other Dimension  -  Fox Kids Network -  February 7, 1998 - May 30, 1998

Science Fiction / Fantasy (15 episodes)

Running Time:  30 minutes

Stars:

Bill Switzer as Mitchell Taylor

Daniel Clark as Stanley Hope

Deborah Odell as Mrs. Taylor

Lindy Booth as Carrie Taylor

Bruce Hunter as Edward Taylor

Neil Crone as Mr. Crawford

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Bowie as Mr. Rice in Mr. Rice' s Secret', 1998-2000

with co-actor Bill Switzer

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I liked the first Lassie movie (Lassie Come Home), then I didn’t like the second one (Son of Lassie) then I really like the third (Courage of Lassie)

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Dutch Lion's 2022-'23 NFL Playoffs Preview

The 2022 NFL Playoffs are stranger than usual. Who will win it all despite the Damar Hamlin situation possibly providing a unique neutral-site location for the AFC Championship? Dutch Lion explores the possibilities... and the history.

Dutch Lion’s 2022-’23 NFL Playoffs Preview We’re in the midst of the 2022-23 NFL Playoffs and it’s time to preview and predict what’s gonna happen from here on out. You realize there are only seven games left in the NFL season. We’ve got four games this weekend in the Divisional Round, next week’s AFC and NFC Championship games, and then Super Bowl LVII (57) two weeks after that. Frigid winds,…

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PLEASE RETWEET! I hate to ask for money but I don't know what else to do!

Our baby Puzzles was rushed to the ER on 10/28 for anorexia and vomiting. He had to stay in ICU and had blood work, a urinalysis and an ultrasound to discover he has kidney stones that are blocking his bladder. The doctors told us we have a choice to either euthanize him or get a $7000 surgery to save his life. He is only 9 years old and we love him. He is our child and we are going forward with the surgery, but we really need help. The surgery has a very high chance of success and Puzzles has so much life left to live!