Ok..Greetings, Fans........Cassandra the Damsel of Doom, here- talking to you from my home away from -well, these two- until now, anyway. Welcome to the Pummeled Pomagranate ..... "the" Underground club for the ultimate hip, cool Goths making the scene. Sit down, relax, have a cup of juice, groove to the beat but don't bogart the vibes. {Whatever the hell that means}....Pluck your lyre,talk about anything you want...feel free to improvise....just one thing though...... if you DO leave....Take me With YOU????!!!!!!
Charleton joins Bob
by Tara (no login)
Charleton Heston, Hollywoods iconic movie star has passsed away tday of Alzheimers disease.As Herc fans know he was the sonorous voice of dignity narrating the opening to the hercules movie, a gimmick that was considerably broadened with Robert Stack in the TV show. Stack died several years ago. Both men were in their 80s. God {Zeus} bless 'em. Talented guys.
Senator Chris Dodd has introduced a bill to develop Disability Savings Accounts (DSAs) to help families sock money away for the handicapped (specifically autistics). If this passes, people like {my son} Alex can have more than $2,000 in his name. Of course the real task is to have DSAs apply to investments so the money can grow at a reasonable rate. That will take more time.
This took forever to happen and we are not there yet.
I just thought I would share this with you, Im going to make a page to push this idea and let people know, and maybe even contact the Senator to show support. Why is this important?? at the moment theres a ridiculously cruel law that says handicapped people {and especially autistics}cannot have more than 2000 dollars in a trust fund before their SS checks are stopped. Idesparaely want the government to tell me about the magical place I can live in from the income generated by 2000 dollars for the rest of my life.That would be *peachy.* As the definition of a disabled person is someone who is either severely limited in some capacities such as earning a decent living or self determining their own needs its an obscene oversight of the government not to allow famililes to prepare for what is an already pretty hurtful thought for most of us parents....that we're not saving up for college, but a group home.They should make it a lot easier for the families to help and support their kids to the best of their abilities, and then, hey, here's an idea, the government wont have to spend so much money supporting the kids when they becoe young adults. The money can go instead into reseach and a cures.
Unless, of course, we need more helicopters for Iraq.
Im sorry to say that I have canceled Toon Disney since Herc disappeared, not just because they dont do Herc but its just not the channel I thought it would be. Waaaay too much Nickolodeon-style crapola on there...when they first debuted they were the channel any Disney loving Baby Boomer like me would love...had all sorts of great fun vintage stuff on there, and yeah, I understand some of its dated, but, geez, theres 65 million of us Baby Boomers out there who grew up with Walt and we all got busy and had babies, and some of THOSE babies had babies and Disney started in 1924 so I cant believe after 70 years of entertaining Disney doesnt have enough original material to support a signature channel and there arent enough people out there who love and appreciate classic vintage toons.And having a mentally disabled adult son who worships Disney it was a great channel for us until it became 90% anime. So now Alex watches all the great Disney stuff on You Tube.
on this subject, this is one of our fave toons...its very Herc/Hadean in its tone...its the original Chickin Little story cleverly used as a metaphor for WW2 propaganda. The end is especially Hadean.
oh, by the way, please anyone tell me if Herc is on again
by Tara (no login)
believe it or not, I dont have the complete set of DVDs made from the show.....I only got my DVD recorder the month Herc was canceled nearly 2 years ago and I swapped or gave away so many of them at any rate theres a few Id like to replace.
Sweetness! Maybe they'll bring it back. For now, all I have is the few episodes that have been posted on YouTube. But I'm hoping to buy the show on DVD from that one chick they list on the front page of the site; I love this show waaaayyy too much lol. Does anyone know if they'll be running it again anytime?
hi Jill...wow, its quiet here!!...well, thats the way it goes I guess. I have been told not to look forward to seeing the series back on Toon Disney, it seems to have been a ratings disaster, seems like more kids want to see the Power Rangers than the Herc series which is cuddled up at the bottom of the Disney vaults forever next to Song Of The South and Newsies.Dont worry, though, the rents been paid for another year on the site so, sniff, we have our memories. The really sad thing is when a show like Herc is rejected, all interest in fun cool wonky humour carttons goes out the door, Disney goes where the dollars lead them, so if that meand pushing Hannah Montana and the Disneys Princessess, so be it. The people have spoken!!!!
I just want to say this is a bit annoying, as Herc could have been a wonderful Broadway musical, having all the key components and fabulous music already.
They made up all new songs for Schrek{in a big hurry} and the early word is, it stinks.
Im also fuzzy on the whole idea of who this is supposed to appeal to...Schrek was wildly irreverent and full of smart ass humour and coy-though often-smarmy sex jokes.....the 8 billion teenagers who helped make it a huge financial windfall are not going to be spending 200 dollars a ticket to see it on Broadway because someone glued songs on it in a big hurry..this thing doesnr smell good.
But then, Im all peeved that they never gave Herc a try.
Tarzan was not a hit, by the way, and Lil Mermaid is struggling.
You remember the story I made up called 'The Family Secret'?
I decided to add some more events to it and posted on Fan fiction.net.
Tell me what you think and I'll finished it off.
Im always in favor of people writing stories....its great practice, and a fabulous way to expand your mind. Go for it!!!!
I actually still have that really cool one you did with the time travel??? I worked a lot on it too but got interuppted...I should really post it one of these days. Maybe you just inspired me!!!!
heres an excerpt from a fanficcing of one of the eps....I do this sometimes when I have trouble sleeping. Its fun, lol...the lazy way to write fanfic...but I love doing it!!!!! this is all Disney stuff of course, I just put it in reading form, maybe add the occasional oneliner I humbly hope works with the chars.
Herc opened the door and peeked in. Mr. Parenthesis was seated at his desk and appeared to be occupied with a large mouthed amphora in front of him from which a strong unpleasant odor was wafting.
He glanced up at the young hero and beckened to im impatiently.
"Have a seat, have a seat, Hercules, come come now...must'nt dawdle......{time is drachma you know.}"
Hercules slid into the proferred chair and waited expectantly, staring at the pot and wrinkling his nose at the smell.
"So.... Mr. Parenthesis, Sir....... how exactly does this work??"
Parenthesis looked up from his amphora. "Time honored method, my lad.. .handed down from generations of the greatest oracles who ever lived....it's origins buried in the mists of time...."
"Yeah...but how does it work???"
"With great exactitude .........and a packet of oxen guts!!"
Hercules blinked...."Oxen...??.
"Guts!!!!...That's right!!! minus the kidneys!!!{too slippery}.....For generations we have used the oracular reading of oxen guts to predict our student's careers....{or lack thereof}".............
Hercules flinched as the professor dug both hands into the pot and held up the slithery brown organs.
"Eeeewww......... could'nt you use some sort of "aptitude test" instead???"
Parenthesis paused....".actually..........we tried that............. and the oxen guts were more accurate....by 72%!"
Parenthis used his stylus to poke about the innards and examined them with a practiced eye..."AHa!!
Hercules looked hopeful....."well, what is it?!!?"
"These guts clearly indicate....... alpha{that this ox needed more roughage} and beta.....that you..... are destined for a career as a ........liberator!!"
Hercules brightened.
"a..... liberator?? Oh....you mean someone.... who frees people?? does good deeds??? Ha!! Cool!!!....Sounds like a hero to me!!!"
"Whoops.... misread the pancreas...my mistake.......... you're not going to be a liberator....you're going to be a "librarian"...........
Herc's face fell. "What?!!??.........no way !!!....I don't wanna be a librarian!!!.....librarians hang out in ..............{yeesh} libraries!!!........I'm a hero in training!!"
Parenthesis sighed and let the slimy guts plop back into the pot and stood up to wipe his hands with a cloth.
......"Hercules, let me tell you something....we live...... in an Age of Learning, Reason and Philosophy... {Ok...with the occasional sacrifice.}There is simply no place in the modern world for the mindless, sweaty, hairy backed machismo of the so -called "hero" you seem to be so obsessed with becoming..."
"Sir, with all due respect I think you're sortov underestimating what heros are..what they stand for....and what they can do...."
Parenthesis interupted him.
"REASON!!! my boy!! REASON!!! the gift of intelligence bestowed upon mankind by the gods...that's what separates us from the lowly animals...{and Spartans.}Reason is the only answer to any problem we humans may face."
"Well, yeah, but sometimes you have to back it up with----"
Herc didnt finish his sentance.Suddenly a tremendous commotion was heard somewhere out on campus, and a gigantic boulder slammed through the window of the office.
Parenthesis whirled around from his desk just in time to see the boulder land on Herc, who managed to catch it and put it down rather awkwardly.
"What's all this, then??!!??"
Herc shrugged and examined the boulder. "Another "Beat Sparta" rally???"
Parenthesis ran to the window and looked out in blank horror at the commotion below.
"No!!.....It could'nt be!! but it is!! is'nt !!! yes it is!!!" He turned to Herc in a panic. "HIDE!!! It's POOTLES!!!"
Hercules blinked...."Hide? from poodles???...but they're so cute with those poofy little tails!!
"No, no.....not "poodles!!!" POOTLES!!!! the Popular {or is it the People's????} Organization of Titanic Liberators....it's a radical political group who want to return to the Dark Age when titans ruled the earth!!"
"But that's impossible!!! My Dad imprisoned all the titans under the sea eons ago...and why would anyone want them back, anyway???"
Before his teacher could answer him several more boulders come sailing through the window and this time one landed squarely on top of Herc, pinning him to the ground.
"Ok, I'd say this is one time when you NEED a hero!!!" Herc sprang to his feet, but another boulder flattened him.
Parenthesis sighed and rolled his eyes. ......"A head is a terrible thing to waste!!!"..........he opened a drawer of scrolls and started riffling through them...."Hercules theres no need to meet violence with violence....we'll Reason our way out of this.....if I can find the right page"..........
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That is my gallery and it also has my fan fic on there. Or at least an horrible attempt at it. Anywho, I'm done whoring my work. lol TTYL.
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Anyway, with all the talk about buying eppisodes, does anyone know where one can download them? I got the movie from torrent sites, but nothing much else...and my brain hurts trying to find it on the internet. Does someone want to place them up for DL?? I'd be willing to host...
