Worst Land Before Time character?
Oh man that’s a tough one. As a kid I’d say Petrie, as I’m super sick of his scaredy-cat act and his constantly forgetting he can fly, and having to overcome his fear of flying every episode, and his creepily fervent sun-worshipping in that one episode. As an adult, I’d probably still say Petrie, but I have to give a shoutout to…uh…
Crap. I was sure if I racked my brain I could think of a side/guest character who I liked less than Petrie. Maybe Loofah/Doofah, Rhett, Dinah/Danah, Tippy’s mom, etc. But all of them filled roles in their plot and added narrative stakes and fleshed out the world more, I just can’t do it. Still gotta say Petrie.
Have you watched TV show Moment of Truth, where people answer questions while being connected on lie detector? Did you like it?
I watched the first episode but I had some pretty serious problems with the core premise. Lie detectors are largely discredited, and most of it seems to be just fishing for scandalous answers. It seemed to be largely random when they got kicked from the chair, and I’m highly suspicious of the fact that no contestant ever won the top prize even though it’d be trivially easy to just be ‘honest’ and win every time. Reminded me too much of reality TV with all the outrageous drama designed to provoke audience reactions, and it’s impossible to come away not feeling it must be either scripted or the guest is playing it up for attention.
I also hate how much this sort of media relies on cheating/sex/keeping secrets from one’s partner for shock value. As a polyamorist, it’s incredibly annoying how every show/book/movie on the planet automatically assumes monogamy is the only possible way to live, and that love triangles/jealousy/unfaithfulness/poor communication are all fascinatingly interesting because there’s
no way you can love/sleep with multiple people at the same time and just fucking tell them and work something out.
(And finally I tend to get annoyed at game shows that don’t require actually being smart or skilled at something. Many shows require deep trivia knowledge, others require reflexes or game theory or outwitting other contestants. This show has none of that, literally anyone could go on this show and do passably well.)
Would you personally pay a large amount of money for a signed autograph on Ebay from any actor/voice actor who you are a fan of because of their work?
I admit I’ve never really put much stock in physical merchandise like that. I do have a few though, entirely from staffing conventions in my youth (specifically Leonard Nimoy/Spock, Brent Spiner/Data, David Hewlett/Rodney McKay, Amanda Tapping/Samantha Carter, Peter Mayhew/Chewbacca, and Alex Kingston/River Song.) Those are most of my favorite actor/characters in their respective franchises, so I’m pretty happy to have them!
