*sighs in labour politics*

Oh boy I love being the one person in our unit who's not a part-timer but is one of the workers for rent.

It's not like the parent company I technically work for isn't about to screw me over and my actual employer won't take me on as an ACTUAL employer.

(no subject)

Ah, yes, the five genres of Italian pop:

- Love is Great (in a major key)
- Love is Bad, Actually (in a minor key)
- I'm singing and drinking and singing about drinking
- ¡Baila, baila!
- communism

Oh, for fuck's sake

So, yay, the internet wheedled a promise out of the director of the Sonic movie that they'll "fix" his model, and everyone is jumping out of the woodwork to convince everyone else that This Is Good, Actually, b/c with 3D animation you can just port motion over from one rig to another and do "minimal fixes" to get it looking right again.

And, sure, as far as lighting goes, that's valid; as far as texturing goes, it's mostly valid -- but as far as the actual animation of the thing, "minimal fixes" is gonna mean "retiming the entire thing, which can take anywhere from half the time to just as long as the original animation", depending on just how different the new rig is. Even if they just change his face, they're gonna either have to try to recapture the performance, or ship a flat-at-best-uncanny-at-worst unpolished animation.

Not to mention, redoing effects, redoing compositing (yeah fancy that, if they change his shape and dimensions they're gonna have to change the way he's drawn into a scene) and redoing various simulations to make them match his new mass, or make him look like he's either made of lead or filled with helium.

And people are treating this as a good thing.

"But the movie looks kinda dumb!" Yeah no shit, it's a Sonic film. Take it up with the script or the concept! I thought the trailer looked fucking fun. Appeal is subjective!! Who knew???!?!

I need more hobbies

I feel like any time I'm discussing anything going on in the cultural mainstream, I just come away from it angry, tired and frustrated at how much People Continue To Be People.

I honestly just have an uncanny ability to run into bad takes, see posts that Piss Me Right Off, but I'm tired of picking fights and would just rather kvetch to myself about the fucking nightmare bullshit of it all... but it also makes me feel bad b/c "if you have nothing positive to say, say nothing at all", and also complaining that others are complaining is probably the greatest waste of time known to man.

(I know at least some of it is just... Bad Feelings and Problematic Social Situation Stress coming out at an opportune target and I probably could have all these conversations without calling anyone an idiot or an ignoramus, so. That doesn't help.)

(I'm so tired.)

Oh, hey, I do have something positive to share

I finally found someone who's made a video about Klonoa 2, one of my absolute favourite games of all time.

"Klonoa 2 - A Mascot Forgotten | JoCat" (Watch on YouTube)

(Seriously, nobody ever talks about Klonoa and it makes me saaaaaaad because the game is cute, the concept is cute, the characters -- actually, I think I'm gonna go read some fanfic now.)

(Also the video is pretty good, check it out.)

(I mean, I recommend watching a walkthrough/cutscene compilation so you're not caught off-guard by the spoilers and can actually enjoy the stuff being pointed out.)

(Soooo that's a two-fer, better put the "recommendations" tag on this one.)