- An update on the old man for everyone. After a scary few days when he didn't seem to recognize us, he seems to be at least partly back and semi mobile. His right leg is still paralyzed and he has no feeling in it, but he seems to be able to use it. Left leg seems improved.The seizures continue and we have changed his medication to try to get them under control. He is waking up and calling for help in the early hours of the morning and is unable to control his bladder during a seizure.But he's responding to his name again… At least as much as the stubborn old man used to anyway. And he is being much better with Nanuq after the last few days of acting terrified of his little brother. Not out of the woods yet but we have a go forward and still hoping for the best. #stlloki #siberianhusky #huskiesofinstagram Photo taken yesterday while eating lunch at Have a Cow. - March 10, 2024
- Send good vibes for the old man Loki. #stlloki is in a bad way this week. Suffered several grand mal seizures this week with no identifiable cause and has been left paralyzed in his right leg and partially on his left. His behavior has turned extremely erratic and verging on violent. He's having trouble recognizing people and even Nanuq.Not the best pic I have of him, but one of the most recent of the old man. #siberianhusky #huskiesofinstagram - March 8, 2024
- Night walk through the Redwoods Tree walk in Rotorua… The lights are so beautiful and made for a lovely end to the evening… #newzealand #redwoodstreewalkrotorua - February 1, 2024
Well, I didn’t put an update in yesterday because I didn’t get time. Turned out to be a pretty hectic day all in all.
So what’s new? Well, I wanted to write a quick post regarding the cancellation of a Babylon 5 Theatrical movie that I heard about on Slashdot last night.
For someone who’s been a fan of Babylon 5 since it was first aired on Channel 4 in England way back in the early 90’s, I at first found it a bit of a bummer that “The Memory of Shadows” would never grace our screens. However, on deeper reflection I have to say that this is actually not a bad thing. First of all, the series just wouldn’t be the same without Dr. Franklin (Richard Biggs passed away last year). This was sad news as he was one of my favorite characters. Also, Hollywood want to see a scifi movie have “big name actors”, and there was some discussion about recasting key characters with bigger names. Sure, many of the actors in B5 weren’t A-List actors, but they really made the best of the characters and made me believe in them as real people. They made the characters their own, and without their continued input I just couldn’t see it working well.
Besides, JMS has always excelled at producing extended stories (like the 5 year arc in B5)… a 2 hour movie would either (a) only appeal to die-hard fans with original actors and characters, or (b) be only a movie set in the B5 universe with new characters, and JMS has never exactly excelled at creating a whole new universe in 2 hours. Legend of the Rangers was close… but not quite.
Just my thoughts this Sunday morning.