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| pennyaline |
The company has an affinity for the grotesque.
This is the story of "Bob," according to Quiznos:
http://www.quiznos.com/baby_bob.asp
But if you ask me, "Bob" is just an extension of Quiznos' need to bend
things into repellent forms. It began simply with clashing multi-tonal
flavor notes in its overrated sandwiches (I sent in a suggestion for
prosciutto and limburger on mint chocolate chip, but they didn't bite). Soon
enough, it morphed into a post-nuclear representation of some kind of
guitar-toting South American monkey that many interpreted as
postmortemly-animated rats. And now, Quiznos has had a baby.
It's a human baby with gigantic cheeks and a haze where the mouth and chin
should be, and lips that move like a Sardonic rictus.
I don't care what Quiznos says about this baby. I don't care that the
company says he's a grown man in an infant's body. I don't care how
frustrated he is that he doesn't have molars.
I do care that looking at this baby is like having a bad dream.
Perhaps my objection is rooted in the fact that I don't like bad computer
animation. "Bob" is bad animation. "Bob" is like the shining highlights on
the Coca Cola polar bears, and the determinedly uniform appearance of the
smokestacks on the sinking oceanliner in the film _Titanic_. Watching "Bob"
is watching poorly executed special effects. In fact, I don't just dislike
bad computer animation... I HATE bad computer animation.
I saw _The Road to Morocco_ the other day. Near the end of the film, there
is actual, hand-drawn animation superimposed over the faces of two camels.
The animation provides moving lips and teeth to represent speech, and voices
were dubbed in. In terms of technological and artistic skill, the talking
camels are for more interesting and more amusing to watch than is young
"Bob." And very likely, because it was hard and expensive to do film
animation in those days, they were done with more care. The parts of the
images that had to be distorted to add the animation were distorted
minimally and the appearance of the absence of integral parts of their
anatomy was avoided. Not so with "Bob." His jaws seem to have been erased
and a set of tight wriggling lips suspended in the void, strung between
otherwordly cheekpads. The lower part of his face is a smear, and I can't
get passed that.
And perhaps I'm also bothered by the fact that others don't mind this. The
people that created "Bob" don't mind, and TV audiences don't mind that his
image is eerie; that there is definitely something about it that's
undeniably wrong. Maybe they can see that there is *something* but can't put
their finger on just what it is. Maybe.
Or maybe they're overwhelmed by other factors. _Titanic_ was an awful movie,
but no one cared about that. It cost millions of millions of dollars to
crank out, so it must okay, right?
Maybe I'm too sensitive. Maybe I'm too opinionated.
Maybe. I wonder how much Quiznos spent.
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| Nancy Young |
"pennyaline" <nsmitchell@spamspamspamspamspamspamspameggandspam.com> wrote
in message news:r%8Ld.35$v87.6127@news.uswest.net...
> Or maybe they're overwhelmed by other factors. _Titanic_ was an awful
> movie,
I think I made it through 20 minutes, what a piece of formulaic crap.
Happy to know I'm not the only person on the planet who hated it.
> Maybe. I wonder how much Quiznos spent.
Pay to get rid of that icky baby. I want the singing rats!
nancy
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| jmcquown |
Nancy Young wrote:
> "pennyaline" <nsmitchell@spamspamspamspamspamspamspameggandspam.com>
> wrote in message news:r%8Ld.35$v87.6127@news.uswest.net...
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>> Or maybe they're overwhelmed by other factors. _Titanic_ was an awful
>> movie,
>
> I think I made it through 20 minutes, what a piece of formulaic crap.
> Happy to know I'm not the only person on the planet who hated it.
>
Now you know me... the ONLY reason I watched that film was the vintage style
gowns! And oh! what I wouldn't give for some of the originals from 1912!
Jill (earliest gown is 1932, dammit)
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| Mark Thorson |
pennyaline wrote:
> Maybe I'm too sensitive. Maybe I'm too opinionated.
Maybe you were born before 1975.
You're no longer the target demographic.
Get used to it. It's a long road downhill,
and it doesn't get any better. :-)
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| Edwin Pawlowski |
"pennyaline" <nsmitchell@spamspamspamspamspamspamspameggandspam.com> wrote
in message
>
> I don't care what Quiznos says about this baby. I don't care that the
> company says he's a grown man in an infant's body. I don't care how
> frustrated he is that he doesn't have molars.
>
> I do care that looking at this baby is like having a bad dream.
The only thing Quiznos cares about is that you remembered the name. Look at
all the publicity that is generated here in the past couple of days.
> And perhaps I'm also bothered by the fact that others don't mind this. The
> people that created "Bob" don't mind, and TV audiences don't mind that his
> image is eerie; that there is definitely something about it that's
> undeniably wrong. Maybe they can see that there is *something* but can't
> put
> their finger on just what it is. Maybe.
>
> Or maybe they're overwhelmed by other factors. _Titanic_ was an awful
> movie,
> but no one cared about that. It cost millions of millions of dollars to
> crank out, so it must okay, right?
>
> Maybe I'm too sensitive. Maybe I'm too opinionated.
>
> Maybe. I wonder how much Quiznos spent.
But have you bought their product? I've not had one yet, but I probably
will try one out of curiosity if nothing else. There are very few in this
area so far and I'm not curious enough to drive 30 miles for the closest
one.
--
Ed
http://pages.cthome.net/edhome/
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| Becca |
Nancy Young wrote:
> Pay to get rid of that icky baby. I want the singing rats!
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> nancy
Ditto! Where are the rats?
You could see them on http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/ but now I can
not find them. As I recall, they were not listed as Quizno's.
Becca
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| SportKite1 |
>From: "Edwin Pawlowski"
>But have you bought their product? I've not had one yet, but I probably
>will try one out of curiosity if nothing else.
As research I worked for a Quizno's for three days. Learned everything I needed
to know in one 6-hour shift. Clean operation - no deep fryers, mostly freshly
prepared food (soups/chili come from the Quizno's vendor). I was pleasantly
surprised. Easy to understand why it is one of the top five hottest franchises
today.
The contrast of toasted bread, melted cheese and warmed meat with cold
vegetables is nice. The "hot salads" are good, particularly the hot steak/blue
cheese/red onions on mixed greens including spring greens with balsamic
vinaigrette.
Baby Bob is lame. Totally yesterday. At least the spongemonkey's were
relatively original - if British. ;)
Ellen
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| Becca |
SportKite1 wrote:
>>From: Becca becca@hal-pc.org
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>>Ditto! Where are the rats?
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> The Spongemonkey's please. LOL....and here they are.
> http://www.rathergood.com/moon_song/
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> Ellen
Thanks for the link. I hope the Spongemonkey's pardon me calling them rats.
Becca
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| blake murphy |
On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 10:40:47 -0700, "pennyaline"
<nsmitchell@spamspamspamspamspamspamspameggandspam.com> wrote:
> His jaws seem to have been erased
>and a set of tight wriggling lips suspended in the void, strung between
>otherwordly cheekpads. The lower part of his face is a smear, and I can't
>get passed that.
>
i know some of you wonderful folks remember 'clutch cargo.'
your pal,
blake
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| salgud |
CLUTCH CARGO!!! What fond memories...
When I was in 10th or 11th grade, a bunch of the students wanted a long
weekend, petitioned the school to give us a Fri off after a Thurs
holiday (way back when holidays were celebrated on the actual day) and
were turned down. My friends and I had access to the school's
mimeograph machine (unauthorized, of course). Clutch was all the rage
at the time, so we declared it "National Clutch Cargo Day" and had one
of our artsy friends draw a good likeness of Clutch. We ran off
hundreds of flyers encouraging kids to ditch school that day. Over a
third of the student body skipped! Will always remember dear old Clutch
for getting us the day off.
Of course, the school threatened dire consequences if we took the day
off, but what could they do, discipline 1/3 of the students? There is
safety in numbers.
Thanks for the mammary!
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| zuuum |
"salgud" <davegb@safebrowse.com> wrote in message
news:1108683156.479070.5230@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
> CLUTCH CARGO!!! What fond memories...
> When I was in 10th or 11th grade, a bunch of the students wanted a long
> weekend, petitioned the school to give us a Fri off after a Thurs
> holiday (way back when holidays were celebrated on the actual day) and
> were turned down. My friends and I had access to the school's
> mimeograph machine (unauthorized, of course). Clutch was all the rage
> at the time, so we declared it "National Clutch Cargo Day" and had one
> of our artsy friends draw a good likeness of Clutch. We ran off
> hundreds of flyers encouraging kids to ditch school that day. Over a
> third of the student body skipped! Will always remember dear old Clutch
> for getting us the day off.
> Of course, the school threatened dire consequences if we took the day
> off, but what could they do, discipline 1/3 of the students? There is
> safety in numbers.
> Thanks for the mammary!
>
http://members.aol.com/PaulEC1/clutchstory.html
http://www.toontracker.com/clutchcargo/cargo.htm
Funny. When I saw "Clutch Cargo" in your post I was drawn. Must have been
related to Jay Leno.. at least the chin line. One of those early serial
cartoons with minimal animation and background art.... now the norm. Little
moved on Clutch beside his lips! Nothing at all like the expressive detail
found in the early Fleischer toons like Betty Boob or original Popeye.
http://www.toonopedia.com/fleischr.htm
http://www.toonopedia.com/famous.htm
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| blake murphy |
On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 04:20:29 GMT, "zuuum" <newsgroups@only.ok> wrote:
>
>"salgud" <davegb@safebrowse.com> wrote in message
>news:1108683156.479070.5230@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
>> CLUTCH CARGO!!!
>
>http://members.aol.com/PaulEC1/clutchstory.html
>http://www.toontracker.com/clutchcargo/cargo.htm
>
>Funny. When I saw "Clutch Cargo" in your post I was drawn. Must have been
>related to Jay Leno.. at least the chin line. One of those early serial
>cartoons with minimal animation and background art.... now the norm. Little
>moved on Clutch beside his lips! Nothing at all like the expressive detail
>found in the early Fleischer toons like Betty Boob or original Popeye.
>
>http://www.toonopedia.com/fleischr.htm
>http://www.toonopedia.com/famous.htm
>
what made clutch fascinating if not gruesome were the filmed human
lips imposed on his face for dialog. it marked some of us for life.
your pal,
blake
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