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I know what Titania whispered to Fox! "I'll admit it, Voyager sucks."
Greg Bishansky - [<--- Greg's Blog of Clue-By-Fours]

I know what Titania whispered to Fox: "YL rocks"
Anonymous

............Last month, got my Electric Tiki... Last week, got my Bowen designed Goliath statue. Let me tell you it's not as bad as I thought it was gonna be. Yes, he's more muscular than the other statue, but this one doesn't really look 'too' fake. Wasn't sure how it would look from the pictures online, but it really is nice...

Did anyone else order this one? and what do you think of it?

Vin

castle0909

Chip and Supermoff > Thank yooooooooooouuuuuuu!
Rebel

I have nothing to say about Young Justice, or any new Gargoyles recaps to announce, but I do have a favor to ask. I wrote a post on my blog about an issue which I consider important but is totally off-topic for the purposes of this forum, so I'd really appreciate it if you could take a look at it. Thank you!

http://nymonsters.wordpress.com/2011/01/29/evil/

Ian - [ianj dot perez at gmail dot com]

MASTERDRAMON - Ah, thanks for straightening that out. (The disadvantage of reading questions and casual remarks about an episode when I haven't seen the episode.)
Todd Jensen - [merlyn1 at mindspring dot com]

ALGERNON> That is why I do not grade on a curve. ;)
Greg Bishansky

GREG X> Well, they were intelligent compared to Batman & Robin Bane.
Algernon
Man, 2010 was a crazy year. Remember when the monolith turned Jupiter into a star? Good times.

Yeah, and the "Batman TAS" episode ended with Bane being completely humiliated, Batman pulling off his mask and in a pitying manner saying "is THIS the best you can throw at me, Thorn?" The crew hated the character, and it showed.

And "Mystery of the Batwoman?" Seriously? There was nothing intelligent about that movie.

Bane never impressed me in any other non-comic book media before this. In "Young Justice" he was actually intelligent, and cunning. And actually well voice acted, unlike his TAS incarnations.

I suppose the older adaptations of Bane were intelligent... when compared to 1980's cartoon villains.

Greg Bishansky

Bane also appeared in the DCAU movie Mystery of the Batwoman and in an early episode of The Batman. He wasn't stupid in either appearance.

Also... http://www.vidbux.com/4owy0458y4vb/Young.Justice.104.Drop.Zone.C.P.avi.html#

Supermorff

I have to disagree a little with people saying that this is the first time Bane has been portrayed as intelligent. In Batman: The Animated Series, Bane was depicted as being fairly intelligent, studying Batman before he confronted him. ("Bane") In the revamp of the show that aired on the WB, Bane, in a dream sequence, was shown to be fairly calculating. ("Over the Edge") Finally, in an episode of Superman, Bane was shown organizing a new gang consisting of himself, the Riddler, and the Mad Hatter. ("Knight Time")

Of course the portrayal of Bane in Batman & Robin has tended to overshadow this. ,

Richard Jackson - [rickymtj at yahoo dot com]

Rebel> Found one on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgGdgmsMK8A. Watch it before it's gone.
Chip - [Sir_Griff723 at yahoo dot com]
"An explanation of cause is not a justification by reason." C. S. Lewis

Todd: Wotan was just a name-drop; the emergency involving him trying to block the sun was what the Justice League were forced to attend to rather than the fire at Cadmus Labs, allowing the three "sidekicks" (gets punched at super-speed) to investigate it on their own, unbeknownst to the busy League.

So we never actually saw Wotan or whatever he was up to in the pilot. Whether that changes in the future is still up in the air (but this being a Weisman series and all, I wouldn't be surprised).

His comic equivalent's Wikipedia page, if you're interested:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wotan_(comics)

Masterdramon - [kmc12009 at mymail dot pomona dot edu]
"Lay down beside me, love ain't for keeping..." Roger Daltrey of The Who

Chip > Ditto. I've been searching for it all over but no luck yet.
Rebel

For those of us who don't have cable etc...could someone post a link to tonight's Young Justice as you did last week? Please and Thank You.
Chip - [Sir_Griff723 at yahoo dot com]
"An explanation of cause is not a justification by reason." C. S. Lewis

Sorry for the double post, but I was reading Greg's latest answers at "Ask Greg" and noticed a "Young Justice" question about "Independence Day" which mentioned somebody named Wotan as the antagonist. To those here who saw the episode, did Wotan show any "Odinish" qualities (since "Wotan" is the Germanic version of Odin's name, popularized by Wagner), or does the name seem to have been just a coincidence? (I also noted, in the same question, a mention of a magic amulet linked to the sun, called the Amulet of Aten - Greg Weisman confirmed the spelling - and thought it an appropriate name for something connected to the sun.)
Todd Jensen - [merlyn1 at mindspring dot com]

It might be a false memory - with the dangerous potential to turn into an urban legend, if we're not careful (like the claim that Castle Wyvern was in Ussex).
Todd Jensen - [merlyn1 at mindspring dot com]

New Young Justice episode "Drop Zone" airs tonight on Cartoon Network at 7pm ET
Landon Thomas - [<- Gargoyles News Twitter Feed]

It isn't from anything canon. Probably some fanfic or something.
Matt - [Saint Louis, Missouri, USA]
"Gargoyles stand together. That is our way." -Angela, 'Ill Met By Moonlight'

That sounds really mervelistic to me
Anonymous

Hmmm... I haven't seen "Chronicals" in years. Thanks, guys. It's really bugging me...
Battle Beast - [Canada]
I have started a movie challenge whereby I am wtching all 475 Best Picture nominees and winners in 365 days. I am on Day #325 movie #38. Wish me luck!

Battle Beast: I can say with certainty, given all the times I had to watch it, that it was not the episode "Generations." Which, if the quote had come from a Goliath Chronicle, would have been the only possibility.
Harvester of Eyes - [Minstrel75 at gmail dot com]
"Hopefully, we should appreciate that given points in time are not so significant as the nature of what is impressed on the mind, and how it is retained and used." -Yes

Battle Beast> It does seem familiar. I think it was in one of the non-canon comics, and I think maybe a Disney Adventures one...but I can't say for certain. 89% sure it was a non-canon comic.
Chip - [Sir_Griff723 at yahoo dot com]
"An explanation of cause is not a justification by reason." C. S. Lewis

I have heard this quote from Demona to Goliath somewhere, but I cannot for the life of me remember where.

"You're no bastion of morality yourself, Goliath!"

I don't think it was in the canon 66, but it could have been in one of the Goliath Chronicals... it certainly wasn't in the cannon comic... it may well ahve been in the Marvel comic or Disney Adventures... it could very well have been in a fan fic. (I read many of them).

Does anyone else remeber this quote or am I dreaming?

Battle Beast - [Canada]
I have started a movie challenge whereby I am wtching all 475 Best Picture nominees and winners in 365 days. I am on Day #325 movie #38. Wish me luck!

Thanks Masterdramon, Greg Bishansky, Algernon for answering my question. Very interesting stuff.

Do you think that we'll see the Eye's journey to being in Xanatos's possession similar to the Grimorum's journey?

Anthony Tini

Well I am just alerting there is always online and dvd availability. Camelot seems to be Starz answer to the Game of Thrones. Check out the page I don't quite know what take on Arthurian legend this is. It certainly has no similarity to Broadway musical. It is a darker fantasy the Merlin in this version Ralph Fiennes brother plays a more earthy and warrior like Merlin than I have seen before.Either way I keep people posted. Good eye candy to Eva Green plays Morgana and the Guenevere is played by a beautiful but unknown to me actress. This series seems to Focus on Arthur Pendragon's early life. It is like a similar show on Sci-fi
called Merlin focused on a sibling rivalry between Morgana and Arthur.

dres - [escodr3s at yahoo dot com]
Dres

Dres: Not so much indifference, just perhaps nothing substantive to add to the discussion. In my own particular case, I don't subscribe to Starz, and I didn't even know such a show existed. Despite my enthusiasm for Gargoyles take on Arthur Pendragon, I'm unlikely to order Starz anytime soon so my catching of the show remains unlikely and my discussing it is pretty moot. *shrug*

Phil: I tend to mooch on my dad's subscription to National Geographic, lol, so thanks for the heads up . . . I'll be looking forward to this issue when he's done reading it :)

Phoenician
"The suspense is terrible, I hope it lasts" -- Willy Wonka

I am kind of surprised that no one commented on the Starz Camelot series I thought a mature Arthurian legend series would elicit excitement or interest and not indifference.
dres - [escodr3s at yahoo dot com]
Dres

SUPERMORFF - Thanks.
Todd Jensen - [merlyn1 at mindspring dot com]

Anonymous> Check the timeline on GargWiki, and then do the math.
Greg Bishansky

Hey, does anyone know how old were Goliath and Demona whem humans first approached gargoyles to make an alliance with them?
Anonymous

One more clip from this Friday's Young Justice episode: http://is.gd/yj_ep3_clip (spoilers)
Landon Thomas - [<- Gargoyles News Twitter Feed]

Video clips and pictures from this Friday's new Young Justice episode: http://www.worldsfinestonline.com/news.php/news.php?action=fullnews&id=950 (spoilers) The video looks awesome. YJ is looking less and less like your average superhero team cartoon.
Landon Thomas - [<- Gargoyles News Twitter Feed]

I got my February issue of National Geographic in the mail yesterday and the cover article is about underground Paris. I haven't read the article, but I flipped through and looked at the pictures which included the familiar looking piles of skulls as well as lots of other interesting things. When I get around to reading it I'll let you know if there's anything Gargoyles related.
Phil - [p1anderson at yahoo dot com]

Sorry for double.

Todd> Yes, I think that's almost certainly the inspiration for the Star of Arabia. And yes, both the Great and Lesser Stars of Africa are currently in the Crown Jewels. In fact, the Great Star of Africa is on the head of the Royal Sceptre.

Supermorff

Greg B> Funny you should mention Babylon 5, because I'm currently in the middle of watching it for the very first time. Fantastic series. I've so far watched up to the end of Season 4.
Supermorff

I have a "This Day in History" desk calendar that gives a historical event for each day of the year. The entry for today was about the discovery of the world's largest diamond in South Africa on January 25, 1905. The diamond was cut up into several diamonds; the largest two were named the "Star of Africa I" and the "Star of Africa II"; both are now on display in the Tower of London (presumably as part of the Crown Jewels, though the entry didn't say). I wonder if this was the inspiration for the "Star of Arabia" mentioned in Xanatos's private collection in "Her Brother's Keeper".
Todd Jensen - [merlyn1 at mindspring dot com]

lol, check this one out

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6683909/1/Old_Days

I think I would kill...or kick someone bigger's butt, to see a baby Demona and Goliath xD Would be freacking hillarious

Anonymous

Speaking of T.V series any of you have plans to watch Camelot on Starz looks more than just interesting if is almost as good as Spartacus then wow.
dres - [escodr3s at yahoo dot com]
Dres

ANTHONY> More info on how Odin and how he lost his eye can be found here...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odin#V.C3.B6lusp.C3.A1

Algernon
Man, 2010 was a crazy year. Remember when the monolith turned Jupiter into a star? Good times.

TINI> Have you ever read the Nordic myths? That's where the answer to your question would be. Or, if you don't want to do that, GargWiki could tell you too.
Greg Bishansky

Anthony: He traded it to Mimir for the privelege of drinking from his Well of enlightenment. The Gargoyles Universe Odin references this obliquely at the end of "Eye of the Storm"...

"Then it seems we have all gained great enlightenment - the Eye's standard gift."

Masterdramon - [kmc12009 at mymail dot pomona dot edu]
"Lay down beside me, love ain't for keeping..." Roger Daltrey of The Who

http://www.s8.org/gargoyles/askgreg/search.php?qid=12871

Bryan writes...
The Eye of Odin. How did he lost his eye to begin with?

Greg responds...
He traded it.

What do you guys think he traded it for?

Anthony Tini

10th!
Anonymous

Nine
Phil - [p1anderson at yahoo dot com]

8 as in I h8 the Steelers and I h8 the Packers so I'm going to h8 the Super Bowl.
Anthony Tini

7th...
Matt - [Saint Louis, Missouri, USA]
"Gargoyles stand together. That is our way." -Angela, 'Ill Met By Moonlight'

6th in the name of bearing gift link. Wish I could take credit for the content you will see, but I just found it:

http://www.platypuscomix.net/otherpeople2/solego.html

Long story short, back when Disney Adventures had Disney Afternoon comics, there was a 5 part comic featuring this new character called the Chaos God. The link should explain the rest.

Oh and two continuity glitches. One intentional for the sake of fitting one of the installments and the other an error:
1. [SPOILER] Yeah, Chip N Dale Rescue Rangers takes place in a world dominated by actual humans, but for the sake of the crossover, the humans in their world are anthromorphic animals. [/SPOILER]

2. [SPOILER] Yes you are correct. Fenton and Gizmoduck are shown standing next to each other before the Darkwing Duck story ends. Oooops. [/SPOILER]

Antiyonder

(5th)Fifth!!!!!
Vinnie - [tpeano29 at hotmail dot com]

Fourth in the name of...well, in the spirit of this TV theme, it's about how many currently airing television shows I'm watching at all. XD
Masterdramon - [kmc12009 at mymail dot pomona dot edu]
"Lay down beside me, love ain't for keeping..." Roger Daltrey of The Who

Third in the name of Chuck, The Cape, and Castle, my three favorite (currently airing) live action shows airing on Monday.
Chip - [Sir_Griff723 at yahoo dot com]
"An explanation of cause is not a justification by reason." C. S. Lewis

Second in the name of re-watching my second all time favorite series (right behind Gargoyles), Babylon 5!
Greg Bishansky

So a new week starts,
Refill the cookie table . . .
Time to write out FIRST!!!

(I really shouldn't have clicked on that link dedicated to Haiku on TVTropes >_<)

Phoenician
"The suspense is terrible, I hope it lasts" -- Willy Wonka