147: “I’ll just make it.”
c.1983? | age 15? Some stormtroopers still can’t hit a barn door, or even a blast door, it seems! Han/Harrison Ford makes that risky leap through the Death Star blast doors. In a few decades time Ford will not be so lucky.
One of the Millennium Falcon’s doors will drop on his leg, breaking it during the shoot for The Force Awakens. But that’s decades away. I never would have imagined new Star Wars films being made when I’m in my 40s.
If you’d ever wondered what Han was thinking at this moment—wonder no more. Just because this is a richly visual medium doesn’t mean you can’t put in lots of unnecessary writingy stuff. These days, as an adult, I actually love it when I’m watching a film, and I expect an actor to say something, and they just don’t bother: because it’s unnecessary and adds nothing.
But Hollywood, especially in old TV shows, has been fond of unnecessary dialogue. Sometimes, it’s as if the scriptwriter is paid by the word. And maybe words are cheaper than the use of creative visual language. Common lines are: “Come on” — “Let’s go” — “That was close” — “Sheeeeeee-it” etc. And do you know what the the most used line in films is ever? Why, it’s an ingenious weaving together of the first two:
Drum-roll………………..
“Come on let’s go”
Girlschool (who collaborated artistically) with Motorhead in the ’80s, released a single with that title. It was crap too.
But I digress…
Art Notes: More ‘Crayon-O-Scope’
It just occurred to me—in a moment of almost divine inspiration that Crayon-O, sounds better than Crayon-A. I hereby decree that henceforth, there’s an O in the middle not an A. And it never was A. We shall speak of it no more. And remember, they say “under pain of death” because it hurts.
Do you reckon major comics publishers should get rid of their expensive Photoshop software and make their artists use pencil crayons instead?
Dear sir;
Please Cease and Desist from your flagerent misuse of our pattened Crayon O Scope intellectual property forth-with.
It has further come to our attention that you have misused our express technique of drawing over crappy comics, with a crayon, in an attempt to divert attention from otherwise underdeveloped artwork. This to must cease with all promptness.
Yours Truly;
The Legal Team of Hop, Skip and Jump.
Dear Sir,
Heretoforthwith albeit all to hithered and dithered, wither it is nobler to desist from insist-ing that I cease all Crayon-O-Scope- ing in the manner of Quo Vadis et Status Quo Lorem Ipsum and I shalt be not arsed in heeding or lending creedence to spurious alligators implied or otherwise etc etc.
Good day. SIR!
Yours etc,
Jonatan Albus
(Holy crap – what should I do?)
Hmmm.
They sound serious, and extremely competent.
I think you better send lots of money to the E-mail address they used (I recommend PayPal) so they go away. Just don’t notice that it is the same E-mail address that I use. :-*
They used YOUR email address? This is getting sinisterer and sinistererer. 😕
I think you’ll find that I patented Crayon-O-Scope in 1974 – and henceforth all of you shall be hearing from my team, Nabbit, Grabbit and Scarper.
I also patented Biro-Vision, PencilaRound and Spirograph-O-Ra ma, so don’t get any fancy ideas.
As usual sir, you make me laugh. I expect that you shall presently be hearing from MY legal team: Shyster, Shyster & Flywheel.
Why do I get the feeling that Mr.X of the first post has a penchant for jeans, cheque shirts and facial hair?
I think we all know what I’m driving at..?
I do not wear Cheque shirts!
I mean……. oh never mind.
Not you – I meant George L… ahem.
I was never a big colored pencil fan as a kid, but it does look good, I have to admit.
Also, lol on the comments!
Any colour is better than none as far as I’m concerned!
Meh, doesn’t look like crayon to me Hop Skip and Jump – looks like blood and food coloring.
Interesting approach Becky. More of a ‘Brit Art’ tactic!