TODD> That's actually a pretty cool insight.
Algae
'Nuff said
posted @ Mon, Nov 17, 2025 11:45:41 am EST from 88.87.179.191

I was watching a short documentary film on the Statue of Liberty on the local PBS station last evening, and it struck me that the Statue might be considered a "symbolic protector-figure statue", the way gargoyle sculptures traditionally are. It looks far more human-like than gargoyles, obviously, but it's still a statue that represents a "protector-figure". And, from that angle, it seems all the more appropriate now that it's made several appearances in "Gargoyles" (aside from the fact that any series set mainly in New York is going to have to include periodic shots of it, to help establish the setting), in the same way so many other statues with that kind of atmosphere have.

(And we've seen a few other examples of more human-like statuary getting a role in the series, such as the statues Oberon animated in "The Gathering Part Two" - two were of basically human-looking figures, with the third being a winged lion. I hope we'll get a discussion of them as part of the next "Voices from the Eyrie" podcast.)
Todd Jensen
posted @ Mon, Nov 17, 2025 8:22:20 am EST from 68.99.93.213

MATTHEW> I knew about everything but the Deborah Strang bit. 'Tis a tragedy that we never got a true coming together of my two fave Marvel shows.
Algae
'Nuff said
posted @ Mon, Nov 17, 2025 5:57:33 am EST from 88.87.179.191

So I was going through the trivia of Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes (one of the better Marvel animated shows before the executives started messing things up) and I found a few things I hadn't seen before.
One of the more well known pieces was that Josh Keaton had recorded lines as Spidey before the character was redubbed by Ultimate's Drake Bell. The common theory was that it was meant to tie-in to Spectacular considering Grey DeLisle reprised her role as Betty Brant and Daran Norris also appeared (though not as J. Jonah Jameson). But what I hadn't discovered until today was that the former showrunner Christopher Yost also wanted Deborah Strang to reprise her role as Aunt May.
Matthew the Fedora Guy
You're Gonna Carry That Weight
posted @ Mon, Nov 17, 2025 2:59:05 am EST from 184.23.35.150