Comments on: Shatner + Cartoon + Joe Jackson + Pulp = Joy http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/06/26/shatner-cartoon-pulp-joy/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:29:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v= hourly 1 By: kirkslashspock http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/06/26/shatner-cartoon-pulp-joy/#comment-41664 kirkslashspock Sun, 29 Jun 2008 03:27:39 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/06/26/shatner-cartoon-pulp-joy/#comment-41664 @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://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/06/26/shatner-cartoon-pulp-joy/#comment-41663 Tony Tower Sat, 28 Jun 2008 18:23:04 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/06/26/shatner-cartoon-pulp-joy/#comment-41663 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://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/06/26/shatner-cartoon-pulp-joy/#comment-41662 kirkslashspock Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:34:29 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/06/26/shatner-cartoon-pulp-joy/#comment-41662 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://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/06/26/shatner-cartoon-pulp-joy/#comment-41661 kirkslashspock Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:31:41 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/06/26/shatner-cartoon-pulp-joy/#comment-41661 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://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/06/26/shatner-cartoon-pulp-joy/#comment-41660 Tony Tower Fri, 27 Jun 2008 04:20:01 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/06/26/shatner-cartoon-pulp-joy/#comment-41660 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://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/06/26/shatner-cartoon-pulp-joy/#comment-41659 Raina Telgemeier Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:09:18 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/06/26/shatner-cartoon-pulp-joy/#comment-41659 Ah! Thanks for the correction, Rob. Ah! Thanks for the correction, Rob.

]]> By: Cary Coatney http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/06/26/shatner-cartoon-pulp-joy/#comment-41658 Cary Coatney Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:25:09 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/06/26/shatner-cartoon-pulp-joy/#comment-41658 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.

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Coat

]]> By: Adan Jimenez http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/06/26/shatner-cartoon-pulp-joy/#comment-41657 Adan Jimenez Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:36:45 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/06/26/shatner-cartoon-pulp-joy/#comment-41657 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://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/06/26/shatner-cartoon-pulp-joy/#comment-41656 Bill Reed Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:06:36 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/06/26/shatner-cartoon-pulp-joy/#comment-41656 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://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/06/26/shatner-cartoon-pulp-joy/#comment-41655 Mike Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:09:54 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/06/26/shatner-cartoon-pulp-joy/#comment-41655 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://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/06/26/shatner-cartoon-pulp-joy/#comment-41654 ejulp Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:05:50 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/06/26/shatner-cartoon-pulp-joy/#comment-41654 "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://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/06/26/shatner-cartoon-pulp-joy/#comment-41653 John McCarthy Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:50:04 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/06/26/shatner-cartoon-pulp-joy/#comment-41653 It's . . . sublime. It’s . . . sublime.

]]> By: Torsten Adair http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/06/26/shatner-cartoon-pulp-joy/#comment-41652 Torsten Adair Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:33:09 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/06/26/shatner-cartoon-pulp-joy/#comment-41652 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://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/06/26/shatner-cartoon-pulp-joy/#comment-41651 Jimmie Robinson Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:31:37 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/06/26/shatner-cartoon-pulp-joy/#comment-41651 I liked it. I liked it.

]]> By: Rob S. http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/06/26/shatner-cartoon-pulp-joy/#comment-41650 Rob S. Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:30:02 +0000 http://www.comicsbeat.com/2008/06/26/shatner-cartoon-pulp-joy/#comment-41650 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.

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