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[Albertosaurus Rex]

I watched the film Fire and Ice (not to be confused with a certain massively popular series by GRRM) yesterday, one of the west's few attempts at an animated fantasy movie for adults, by Ralph Bakshi, the guy behind the animated version of LotR. I was struck by how the movie captiured the essence of the old pulp fantasy tales (Of which the Conan stories are the best known example). It has all the standard fixtures: a barbarian hero, a nubile priness, ape-like savages, jungles teeming with dangerous monsters, ancient cities in ruins and an evil sorceror. However, it's not actually a very good film... And while I can understand having people from barbaric tribes walking around in only loincloths, having the princess of a civilized country walk around in nothing but a string bikini for a whole movie is plain ridiculous.

But I don't want to completely hijack this thread... saw the new episode of Thundercats today and it seems a step down from the series premiere. I'll stick around anyway to see how it all develops. I've also started watching Fringe but I'm not yet completely dold on it. Finally, my dad and I are rewatching Buffy the Vampire Slayer... with my younger brother, who really likes it.