Fantasy
The Egg
Posted By: Paul - Fri Dec 30, 2016 -
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Category: Fantasy, Stop-motion Animation, 1970s, North America
Lou Bunin’s ALICE IN WONDERLAND
It's harder to be more surreal than the original, but this mixed live-actor stop-motion version by Lou Bunin tries hard.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Sep 24, 2016 -
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Category: Surrealism, Books, Fantasy, Stop-motion Animation, 1940s
Happy
Wikipedia article here.
Another, lesser-known, candidate for "Worst TV Show Ever." As a critic said at the time:
Posted By: Paul - Wed Aug 17, 2016 -
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Category: Television, Babies and Toddlers, Fantasy, 1960s
Pinocchio In Africa
Not expecting Disney to film this sequel any time soon.
Full text here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jul 28, 2016 -
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Category: Puppets and Automatons, Racism, Fantasy, 1910s, Africa, Europe
Blood is Money
Man, those are some weird-ass non-Western horror/fantasy tropes from Nollywood.
Caution: lots of fake gore and quick glimpse of the butts of naked corpses.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jan 20, 2015 -
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Category: Horror, Scary Criminals, Surrealism, Foreign Customs, Fantasy, Africa
Christopher Paolini Reads “The Eye Of Argon”
The history of the tale.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Dec 17, 2014 -
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Category: Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Performance Art, Fantasy
The Certainty of a Future Life In Mars
Did you know that when you die, your soul goes to a new life on Mars?You can read all about it right here.
Here's what happens when the new soul first arrives.
Here's a little scholarly perspective.
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Mar 24, 2014 -
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Category: Death, Religion, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Space Travel, 1900s
Jasper and the Haunted House
What else but "Spooks Gooseberry Pie?"
Learn more here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Aug 23, 2013 -
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Category: Food, Stereotypes and Cliches, Fantasy, Stop-motion Animation, 1940s
Murad Cigarette Ads
[Click either to enlarge]
Surely one of the most gorgeously over-the-top ad campaigns for any cigarette was the long-running series for Murad brand. What a realm of fantasy!
Read a small history of the brand and see a large gallery of images here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Aug 12, 2013 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Fantasy, Smoking and Tobacco, Middle East, Twentieth Century
Follies of the Madmen #208
Where to begin with this long ad? The surrealism of a Corvette on the Bonanza set? The notion that a sexy spy like Napolean Solo would drive a Corvair? The mashup of Bewitched with Bonanza characters, including the ultra-campy Agnes Moorehead? It's a commercial that just keeps on giving in the weirdness department.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jul 13, 2013 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Television, Surrealism, Crossovers and Mashups, Fantasy, 1960s, Time-travel, Cars
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