Will there be a young justice season 3
Toto - [Ragusetony at gmail dot com]
posted @ Sat, Aug 6, 2016 6:14:19 pm EDT from 107.195.173.139

ALGERNON - We'll probably never find out; I'm not sure that the episode would even have had room to explore that question.

MATT - Yes, pity we never met properly. (I don't even know whether it was me you saw, or someone else.)

I've wondered whether it was Leonardo da Vinci who supplied Stuart Canmore with his flying machine. It's a bit unsettling to imagine Leonardo assisting the Hunters, but then, some of his documented employers were just as questionable - and he might have been too interested in getting the machine to fly to think over what Stuart was planning to use it for.

Stuart Canmore's first name also grabbed my attention; it's most likely a reference to the Stuart family that had already become Scottish royalty by 1495. (The old royal house descended from Canmore died out in the late 13th century - presumably the branch that became Hunters was already off hunting Demona and had been forgotten by everyone back in Scotland, so that they didn't play any part in the succession troubles that followed - and the Stuart family, which was linked to it, wound up eventually succeeding it - after a good deal of confusion, including Edward I of England deciding to take advantage of the situation by conquering Scotland, which led to his carrying off the Stone of Destiny.) While I'm certain that Greg himself had the Stuarts in mind when he named the character, I don't know if Stuart Canmore was named after the Stuart family in-universe. All the more so since: a) I don't know if the practice of turning surnames into first names had started up by the late 15th century and b) how the Canmore Hunters regarded the "new" regime in Scotland - though ruling Scotland probably seemed less important to them than hunting gargoyles.
Todd Jensen
Hufflepuffs are really good finders
posted @ Tue, Aug 2, 2016 8:04:05 pm EDT from 68.231.85.113

Wow. Haven't been here in a while. Glad to see some familiar names! Was rereading the comics and thought id stop by and say hi. So hi!
Battle Beast - [Canada]
That is all I will say.
posted @ Tue, Aug 2, 2016 6:40:38 pm EDT from 75.159.21.139

Perhaps Da Vinci helped Stuart construct the glider himself. I'm sure if someone with the financial backing came along and wanted to build such a thing, Leonardo would've jumped at the chance to build a working model.

Who knows how much he would've known of Stuart's true goals, but even if he was aware, I imagine Leonardo would've relished the opportunity to study the anatomy of a gargoyle if Stuart promised to bring one back in return for the use of the glider.
Matt - [Saint Charles, Missouri, USA]
"For SCIENCE, which, as my associate Fang indicated, must move ever forward." - Sevarius
posted @ Tue, Aug 2, 2016 5:29:41 pm EDT from 99.153.193.91

So a character I've been giving a lot too lately is Stuart Canmore AKA the "Renaissance Hunter".

http://gargwiki.net/Stuart_Canmore

He only gets about two or three minutes of screen time, but he has a distinctive look and what little we see raises a lot of interesting questions. Like where he got that Da Vinci style bat-glider contraption?
Algernon
Denn die Todten reiten Schnell.
posted @ Tue, Aug 2, 2016 2:52:45 pm EDT from 109.76.81.255

I was aware that Chip lives in St. Charles, but, no I have not run into him. I don't think we've ever met... unless it was at a Gathering and I forgot.

I also don't think I've ever met Todd in person, though I'm fairly sure I saw him walking around our old neighborhood back in the day.
Matt - [Saint Charles, Missouri, USA]
"For SCIENCE, which, as my associate Fang indicated, must move ever forward." - Sevarius
posted @ Tue, Aug 2, 2016 2:35:27 pm EDT from 99.153.193.91

I'm curious how those ancient Atlantean scientists talked Kida's dad into signing off on a machine that turns people into monsters?
Algernon
Denn die Todten reiten Schnell.
posted @ Tue, Aug 2, 2016 11:33:34 am EDT from 109.76.81.255

Matt> You had a chance to hang out with Chip IRL yet since you're both in St. Charles?
Brainiac - [OSUBrainiac at gmail dot com]
There is balance in all things. Live in symmetry with the world around you. If you must blow things up and steal from those around you, THAT'S WHAT RPGS ARE FOR!
posted @ Tue, Aug 2, 2016 8:57:30 am EDT from 104.129.196.116

MATT - Thanks. I'd missed the change in your signature. You're right, though; you didn't have to move as far away as I did.
Todd Jensen
Hufflepuffs are really good finders
posted @ Tue, Aug 2, 2016 8:40:19 am EDT from 68.231.85.113

Thanks for sharing, Todd. And yeah, we both used to lived in the Central West End. But we've both also moved. Myself not as far as you, but I'm no longer in the neighborhood (though I remember it fondly as I do Left Bank books).

Thanks for looking, Algernon. Those are high quality screencaps. Wish they went all the way through the series. I'll keep searching.
Matt - [Saint Charles, Missouri, USA]
"For SCIENCE, which, as my associate Fang indicated, must move ever forward." - Sevarius
posted @ Tue, Aug 2, 2016 7:55:18 am EDT from 99.153.193.91

Yes, it was a good discussion.

MATT - Here's the Loch Ness monster story. According to Greg, it was supposed to open with a little girl in Scotland discovering an underground Atlantean ruin - then we hear her scream, followed by a monster bellowing. Team Atlantis arrives to investigate her disappearance, with everyone thinking that she's been eaten by the Loch Ness monster, which has just shown up. But Team Atlantis discovers that the little girl *is* the monster; the ruin she'd discovered was really a transformation device, and they have to undo its effects to return her to normal - but with a final scene that suggests she'll be turned back thanks to some carelessness on her part.

Unfortunately, Standards and Practices didn't read the whole story, insisted that you couldn't have a child killed and eaten by the Loch Ness monster, and demanded that she be changed to a teenaged boy - with some obvious drawbacks (such as the grieving parents thinking their child's dead being less poignant when the person they're mourning is a teenaged son than a daughter around five or six years old). And then they decided that even having a teenaged boy eaten by the Loch Ness monster (again, clearly without reading all the way through to the end) was too much and demanded that the episode be dropped entirely - which it was. (It makes you realize how fortunate "Gargoyles" was to have a Standards and Practices person who read all the way to the end of the episode first - and thus realized "No, Sevarius wasn't really killed; he was just faking his death" or "No, all those characters weren't really killed in 'Future Tense'; it was just an illusion by Puck".)

MASTERDRAMON - Your report reminds me of how I used to live a few blocks away from a really nice independent new/used bookstore (Left Bank Books - which Matt will probably know about, since he lives in that part of St. Louis, if I remember correctly). Then I had to move to Phoenix early last year, and my neighborhood bookstore is now a Barnes and Noble, which only stocks new books (and generally the more prominent ones, not the little-known but often fun ones) - and is harder to reach on foot (and I don't have a car). Still, I did buy my copy of "Cursed Child" there yesterday. (It looks good so far, but that's all I'll say about it.)
Todd Jensen
Hufflepuffs are really good finders
posted @ Mon, Aug 1, 2016 8:21:47 pm EDT from 68.231.85.113

Found this but it only goes up as far as [I]Shadows of the Past[I]...

http://www.cap-that.com/gargoyles/
Algernon
Denn die Todten reiten Schnell.
posted @ Mon, Aug 1, 2016 5:49:13 pm EDT from 109.76.203.8

Does anyone know of a good online resource for finding screencaps from Gargoyles? I'm particularly looking for screencaps of the various members of the Ishimura Clan.

Lynati used to maintain an awesome "Screencap Heaven", but that site now seems defunct.

Thanks.
Matt - [Saint Charles, Missouri, USA]
"For SCIENCE, which, as my associate Fang indicated, must move ever forward." - Sevarius
posted @ Mon, Aug 1, 2016 5:33:27 pm EDT from 99.153.193.91

TEN!
Anonymous
posted @ Mon, Aug 1, 2016 3:44:41 pm EDT from 85.17.24.76

Nine for mortal men doomed to die.
Paul - [nampahcfluap at yahoo dot com]
posted @ Mon, Aug 1, 2016 3:27:27 pm EDT from 73.176.251.27

Eight.
Matt - [Saint Charles, Missouri, USA]
"For SCIENCE, which, as my associate Fang indicated, must move ever forward." - Sevarius
posted @ Mon, Aug 1, 2016 2:21:58 pm EDT from 99.153.193.91

Five, SEVEN, then five
Syllables mark a haiku
Remarkable oaf.

Phoenician: There is basically only one major bookstore left on Oahu, and it's a decent drive away, so my copy's coming from Amazon on Thursday. Just a few days left to cross my fingers and carefully navigate the tangled interwebz to avoid spoilers...
Masterdramon - [kmc12009 at mymail dot pomona dot edu]
"Neath the Standard of the Iris!" - Juliet Fiammata Arst De Capulet
posted @ Mon, Aug 1, 2016 1:23:38 pm EDT from 75.85.92.67

SIX!

Put me down as another who enjoyed last week's discussion. We should have them more often.
Algernon
"The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark." ~Thomas Paine
posted @ Mon, Aug 1, 2016 11:35:15 am EDT from 109.76.203.8

Quintessence!
Brainiac - [OSUBrainiac at gmail dot com]
There is balance in all things. Live in symmetry with the world around you. If you must blow things up and steal from those around you, THAT'S WHAT RPGS ARE FOR!
posted @ Mon, Aug 1, 2016 9:21:20 am EDT from 104.129.196.86

Air, earth, fire, and water.

I'll post the story about the Loch Ness Monster's intended appearance in "Team Atlantis" after the countdown's over; less danger of it being overlooked that way.
Todd Jensen
Hufflepuffs are really good finders
posted @ Mon, Aug 1, 2016 8:48:31 am EDT from 68.231.85.113

Zeus, Poseidon, Hades!
Matthew
This Space For Rent
posted @ Mon, Aug 1, 2016 3:19:14 am EDT from 71.202.80.122

SECOND!

Anyone else pick up the printed rehearsal script of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child this past weekend?

Also wanted to share that I've had fun reading last week's posts regarding Atlantis, Gorlois, and Arthur :)
Phoenician
"The suspense is terrible, I hope it lasts" -- Willy Wonka
posted @ Mon, Aug 1, 2016 2:19:20 am EDT from 68.231.102.71

One(1st)First!
Vinnie - [tpeano29 at hotmail dot com]
posted @ Mon, Aug 1, 2016 12:01:44 am EDT from 108.198.140.239