MUSICAL MONDAY PRESENTS
First up on the Monday Menu, I'm serving up a Pogo-esque remix nombre of, one of the greatest animated films of all time, Don Bluth's The Secret of NIMH. Based on the children's novel, the film follows a mother mouse on a journey to save the lives of her children from the monstrous machinations of man. Along the way, Mrs. Brisby finds herself over her head when she seeks out the help of The Great Owl who tells her to seek the aid of the Rats that live under the rosebush-- Rats entrenched in a political debate between pacifism and violence, between patience and progress, and between magic and science (the boundaries of which seem to overlap in their world).
Besides the beautiful handcrafted animation, the film is flowing with depth and resonance that goes much farther than the average children's movie. Perhaps, more than any of Bluth's films, this film creates a world that is both fantastic and fascinating without softening itself for children.
Perhaps, most extraordinary, is the film's humble, but brave protagonist Mrs. Brisby.
And now time to talk about some far less sympathetic vermin in the form of the Game Grumps remix of their improvised theme song for Silver "It's No Use" the Hedgehog. The first time the Grumps ran into him in Episode 7 of the Sonic '06 series, we knew-- WE KNEW that this series would be big for the Grumps. The terrible characters (all of them suck, there, I said it), the terrible story (don't even argue that the Sonic games have a good story), but most important the bad and, even more importantly somehow, BROKEN gameplay has made the Sonic series legendary for its mediocrity and has made Sonic '06 memorable for its sheer miserable design. Can they save this series? My opinion? "It's no use".
This probably was indirectly responsible for me hopping back on my xbox this last weekend to continue my playthrough of Skyrim (which I probably stopped playing last Summer) as my Breton heavy armored, one hand weapon weilding, battlemage! You prolly know Tay best from his break-out internet hit "Chocolate Rain" and, while this theme might not be super timely, its better late than never to hear him sing this Skyrim tune!
