The local movie theater had a few showings of Fantasia this past week, to go with the movie's 75th anniversary. ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
cattitude and I went yesterday afternoon (and the clerk gave us the senior discount without asking). It was fun, but I hadn't remembered how much "here is the next thing you will be seeing and hearing" was in the movie, and I definitely could have done without the several-minute introduction by the conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra, about how much he loved the movie and why it's important. That said, this is a visual spectacle, so it definitely benefits from the big screen.
For anyone thinking about Retro-Hugo nominations, I am less inclined to nominate Fantasia now that I've seen it again; there are bits that I'd count in SF/fantasy (Mickey Mouse as the sorcerer's apprentice, and some of the bits with the fairies), but most of it isn't. The history of the Earth part is of course way out of date—I was looking at the volcanoes and thinking "right, nobody in 1940 knew those things could explode sideways," and the speculations on the extinction of the dinosaurs seem odd from here—but I liked the crinoids and trilobites.
A few hours later, I was doing some of my exercises. I started a new Evernote entry to list what I was doing, typed the date at the top (as usual), and realized that it would have been![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
roadnotes's birthday. So, a bit sad, but there are worse things than remembering the people we've lost. I went back to exercising, thinking a bit about her, and then took it as a reminder to say hello to Scraps.
I did more exercises this morning, in the fitness room; I'm pleased that between the two days, I didbasically all my exercises, and did well on the one I sometimes have trouble with form on.
( the notes mentioned above )
And once I finish this tea, I will go outside, and get some sunshine and a bit of walking in, in the course of running a couple of errands.
cattitude and I went yesterday afternoon (and the clerk gave us the senior discount without asking). It was fun, but I hadn't remembered how much "here is the next thing you will be seeing and hearing" was in the movie, and I definitely could have done without the several-minute introduction by the conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra, about how much he loved the movie and why it's important. That said, this is a visual spectacle, so it definitely benefits from the big screen. For anyone thinking about Retro-Hugo nominations, I am less inclined to nominate Fantasia now that I've seen it again; there are bits that I'd count in SF/fantasy (Mickey Mouse as the sorcerer's apprentice, and some of the bits with the fairies), but most of it isn't. The history of the Earth part is of course way out of date—I was looking at the volcanoes and thinking "right, nobody in 1940 knew those things could explode sideways," and the speculations on the extinction of the dinosaurs seem odd from here—but I liked the crinoids and trilobites.
A few hours later, I was doing some of my exercises. I started a new Evernote entry to list what I was doing, typed the date at the top (as usual), and realized that it would have been
roadnotes's birthday. So, a bit sad, but there are worse things than remembering the people we've lost. I went back to exercising, thinking a bit about her, and then took it as a reminder to say hello to Scraps. I did more exercises this morning, in the fitness room; I'm pleased that between the two days, I did
( the notes mentioned above )
And once I finish this tea, I will go outside, and get some sunshine and a bit of walking in, in the course of running a couple of errands.
