Comments on: Shatner + Cartoon + Joe Jackson + Pulp = Joy http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/06/26/shatner-cartoon-pulp-joy/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:42:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: kirkslashspock http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/06/26/shatner-cartoon-pulp-joy/#comment-1838469 Sun, 29 Jun 2008 03:27:39 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/06/26/shatner-cartoon-pulp-joy/#comment-1838469 @Tony Tower: Do not worry about it, I am not new to the internets. I mostly did this to promote Shatner's song and to practice video editing (I just got the new version of Sony Vegas) and it was fun. There are some really weird reactions, though--obviously, at least in the beginning, I'm poking some fun at slash stories regarding Kirk and Spock... some felt that I was pushing some homosexual agenda. Yeah. Because, when the gays finally take over, they'll do it through cartoon mashups. (I like the NIN one better, BTW) @Tony Tower: Do not worry about it, I am not new to the internets. I mostly did this to promote Shatner’s song and to practice video editing (I just got the new version of Sony Vegas) and it was fun. There are some really weird reactions, though–obviously, at least in the beginning, I’m poking some fun at slash stories regarding Kirk and Spock… some felt that I was pushing some homosexual agenda. Yeah. Because, when the gays finally take over, they’ll do it through cartoon mashups.

(I like the NIN one better, BTW)

]]> by: Tony Tower http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/06/26/shatner-cartoon-pulp-joy/#comment-1835761 Sat, 28 Jun 2008 18:23:04 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/06/26/shatner-cartoon-pulp-joy/#comment-1835761 Kirkslashspock: I apologize for the snark. This is something you did for fun - which is is - and I shouldn't hammer you with my over-perfectionist tendancies. I bought HAS BEEN when it came out, though, and "Common People" has been rocking my iPod for as long as I've had one. But I'm sure this will be someone's first exposure for the track, and that IS work well done. Kirkslashspock: I apologize for the snark. This is something you did for fun - which is is - and I shouldn’t hammer you with my over-perfectionist tendancies.

I bought HAS BEEN when it came out, though, and “Common People” has been rocking my iPod for as long as I’ve had one. But I’m sure this will be someone’s first exposure for the track, and that IS work well done.

]]> by: kirkslashspock http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/06/26/shatner-cartoon-pulp-joy/#comment-1831651 Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:34:29 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/06/26/shatner-cartoon-pulp-joy/#comment-1831651 Sorry, The third reason would have been I couldn't find an actual relevant shot, and got lazy and just slapped anything in there. (The Enterprise with the red background is an example). Sorry,

The third reason would have been I couldn’t find an actual relevant shot, and got lazy and just slapped anything in there. (The Enterprise with the red background is an example).

]]> by: kirkslashspock http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/06/26/shatner-cartoon-pulp-joy/#comment-1831642 Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:31:41 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/06/26/shatner-cartoon-pulp-joy/#comment-1831642 Hey, thanks for the link to my video. @Tony Tower: the shots were chosen in order for three reasons, either they mirrored what was happening in the lyrics (such as the giant Spock touching the normal sized Spock's head and saying "Cut your hair and get a job"), or it was easy to get loop animation so that the lips were in synch (for the most part... towards the end I did give up on two shots). Most people seem to enjoy it, I'm sorry you didn't; however, if it exposed you to Shatner's version of "Common People" for the first time and find you love it, then it did it's job. Hey, thanks for the link to my video.

@Tony Tower: the shots were chosen in order for three reasons, either they mirrored what was happening in the lyrics (such as the giant Spock touching the normal sized Spock’s head and saying “Cut your hair and get a job”), or it was easy to get loop animation so that the lips were in synch (for the most part… towards the end I did give up on two shots).

Most people seem to enjoy it, I’m sorry you didn’t; however, if it exposed you to Shatner’s version of “Common People” for the first time and find you love it, then it did it’s job.

]]> by: Tony Tower http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/06/26/shatner-cartoon-pulp-joy/#comment-1826013 Fri, 27 Jun 2008 04:20:01 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/06/26/shatner-cartoon-pulp-joy/#comment-1826013 Great idea, I LOVE the "Common People" track. . . but man, is that execution lousy. To channel Chandler Bing for a moment. . . "Could the shots BE any more random?" Great idea, I LOVE the “Common People” track. . . but man, is that execution lousy. To channel Chandler Bing for a moment. . . “Could the shots BE any more random?”

]]> by: Raina Telgemeier http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/06/26/shatner-cartoon-pulp-joy/#comment-1824738 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:09:18 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/06/26/shatner-cartoon-pulp-joy/#comment-1824738 Ah! Thanks for the correction, Rob. Ah! Thanks for the correction, Rob.

]]> by: Cary Coatney http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/06/26/shatner-cartoon-pulp-joy/#comment-1824452 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:25:09 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/06/26/shatner-cartoon-pulp-joy/#comment-1824452 What a coincidence - I just got finished watching the entire DVD set of ST: The Animated Series and I couldn't find this anywhere in the DVD extras. ~ Coat What a coincidence - I just got finished watching the entire DVD set of ST: The Animated Series and I couldn’t find this anywhere in the DVD extras.

~

Coat

]]> by: Adan Jimenez http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/06/26/shatner-cartoon-pulp-joy/#comment-1824044 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:36:45 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/06/26/shatner-cartoon-pulp-joy/#comment-1824044 Thank you so much for this. I love me some William Shatner, and with Boston Legal on hiatus, I need to feed that particular monkey with things like this. Thank you so much for this. I love me some William Shatner, and with Boston Legal on hiatus, I need to feed that particular monkey with things like this.

]]> by: Bill Reed http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/06/26/shatner-cartoon-pulp-joy/#comment-1823869 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:06:36 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/06/26/shatner-cartoon-pulp-joy/#comment-1823869 William Shatner doing a cover of a Pulp song is, yes, the greatest thing ever. William Shatner doing a cover of a Pulp song is, yes, the greatest thing ever.

]]> by: Mike http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/06/26/shatner-cartoon-pulp-joy/#comment-1823201 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:09:54 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/06/26/shatner-cartoon-pulp-joy/#comment-1823201 Ah... Pulp. Class distinctions. Sex. Politics. Sex. Cultural malaise. More Sex. Gotta love Jarvis Cocker... Ah… Pulp.

Class distinctions. Sex. Politics. Sex. Cultural malaise. More Sex. Gotta love Jarvis Cocker…

]]> by: ejulp http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/06/26/shatner-cartoon-pulp-joy/#comment-1823180 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:05:50 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/06/26/shatner-cartoon-pulp-joy/#comment-1823180 "Wow. Good lyrics. My neighborhood was middle-middle class. Grew up comfortable, but with a tight budget and few luxuries. Went to a high school further out in the ‘burbs of Omaha, which was desegrated, so learned all about class distinctions there. 20th reunion coming up. Gonna celebrate it by ignoring it completely (although I have a temptation to sabotage the golf outing)." Check out more of Pulp's discography, most of their music dealt with such themes. “Wow. Good lyrics. My neighborhood was middle-middle class. Grew up comfortable, but with a tight budget and few luxuries. Went to a high school further out in the ‘burbs of Omaha, which was desegrated, so learned all about class distinctions there. 20th reunion coming up. Gonna celebrate it by ignoring it completely (although I have a temptation to sabotage the golf outing).”

Check out more of Pulp’s discography, most of their music dealt with such themes.

]]> by: John McCarthy http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/06/26/shatner-cartoon-pulp-joy/#comment-1823123 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:50:04 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/06/26/shatner-cartoon-pulp-joy/#comment-1823123 It's . . . sublime. It’s . . . sublime.

]]> by: Torsten Adair http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/06/26/shatner-cartoon-pulp-joy/#comment-1822638 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:33:09 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/06/26/shatner-cartoon-pulp-joy/#comment-1822638 Wow. Good lyrics. My neighborhood was middle-middle class. Grew up comfortable, but with a tight budget and few luxuries. Went to a high school further out in the 'burbs of Omaha, which was desegrated, so learned all about class distinctions there. 20th reunion coming up. Gonna celebrate it by ignoring it completely (although I have a temptation to sabotage the golf outing). Wow. Good lyrics. My neighborhood was middle-middle class. Grew up comfortable, but with a tight budget and few luxuries. Went to a high school further out in the ‘burbs of Omaha, which was desegrated, so learned all about class distinctions there. 20th reunion coming up. Gonna celebrate it by ignoring it completely (although I have a temptation to sabotage the golf outing).

]]> by: Jimmie Robinson http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/06/26/shatner-cartoon-pulp-joy/#comment-1821818 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:31:37 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/06/26/shatner-cartoon-pulp-joy/#comment-1821818 I liked it. I liked it.

]]> by: Rob S. http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/06/26/shatner-cartoon-pulp-joy/#comment-1821799 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:30:02 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/06/26/shatner-cartoon-pulp-joy/#comment-1821799 It's Ben Folds doing the music and arrangement (from his Has Been album), but it's Joe Jackson on vocals with Shatner. It’s Ben Folds doing the music and arrangement (from his Has Been album), but it’s Joe Jackson on vocals with Shatner.

]]> by: Raina Telgemeier http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/06/26/shatner-cartoon-pulp-joy/#comment-1821763 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:24:35 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/06/26/shatner-cartoon-pulp-joy/#comment-1821763 Joe Jackson? It's Ben Folds. Joe Jackson? It’s Ben Folds.

]]> by: ejulp http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/06/26/shatner-cartoon-pulp-joy/#comment-1821507 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:46:51 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/06/26/shatner-cartoon-pulp-joy/#comment-1821507 Pure joy...Shatner does do a surprisingly great job of following Jarvis on that cover (actually Shatner's album in and of itself is pretty good). Thanks for this post...made my morning. Pure joy…Shatner does do a surprisingly great job of following Jarvis on that cover (actually Shatner’s album in and of itself is pretty good).

Thanks for this post…made my morning.

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