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Post by Grumpydrawer on Apr 3, 2016 14:45:49 GMT -5
So I'm Grumpydrawer. At the time of writing I reside in Ontario, Canada though I'm British. Born in Edinburgh in the 90s raised down in South East England in Surrey (don't go to Ash Vale there, it's a dump).
As far back as I can remember I've watched Scooby Doo. The earliest I probably watched it was on the weekends, as I used to race downstairs at 6:00AM or 7:00AM (parents were never to happy about the earlier awakening, as you can imagine) to watch Tom and Jerry and Scooby was on right after it. Thus I adore the SD Show and WNSD when that came ou t(the later being my favorite series), as when I hear either of their theme songs I'm immedately reminded of my childhood. Though not when the SDWAY song plays oddly, even though I definetly watched it as I've always remembered Captain Cutler and the Witch Doctor was a feature of many of my nightmares as a kid.
My favorite Scooby movies are definetly Ghoul School, Cyber Chase and the Witch's Ghost. Witch's Ghost because the Hex Girls are in it and of course Ben Ravencroft, nothing much more needs to be said there. Ghoul School and Cyber Chase because I saw them a ton as a kid and they're quite nostalgic for me since I swear Ghoul School, Reluctant Werewolf (which I love too) and Cyber Chase were on way more than the other movies were in the UK! Well that and Ghoul School still makes me laugh to this day, even if many of the jokes are a bit cheesy. Thus I've never really had a problem with Scrappy. Though other than Ghoul School, Reluctant Werewolf and Boo Brothers I've never seen him in any other Scooby things (bar that awful live-action movie) and I heard he was a bit maturer in those animated movies. So I don't have a judgement on his original version, if he acted differently at all.
My hobbies are primarily writing and drawing though I've not had much time for either of them lately. I've actually drew all of the SDWAY monsters last Christmas/New Years, which was pretty fun (the Snow Ghost and Zen Tuo were the only ones who came out badly). Though my main hobby is researching and reading about British history (anything to do with it), which thus means I'm quite a fan of history too. After all my country did have the biggest empire and has invaded around 90% of the globe, thus having an interest in British history means you get to know a bit of world history along the way. If you can't already see I'm pretty proud of my country and history haha!
Though my true passion is Paleontology and prehistoric life. It's such a fascinating field of science and the career I'm on the path to go into.
That's about it I think. Not much more I can think of to say really, other than that I'm happy to be messaged about anything whenever.
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Post by russm on Apr 3, 2016 15:11:49 GMT -5
(don't go to Ash Vale there, it's a dump). It's got a Tesco's now so it's gone up in the world.
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Post by Grumpydrawer on Apr 3, 2016 17:06:26 GMT -5
It's got a Tesco's now so it's gone up in the world. It has! I'm generally suprised by that. Looks like it has indeed gone up in the world a bit then, not that I have much desire to ever step foot there again...
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Post by ShaphneFan on Apr 3, 2016 19:05:23 GMT -5
Hi! Have you been to London too? I'm going on a school trip there next month. It's nice to meet you.
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Post by Grumpydrawer on Apr 3, 2016 20:15:19 GMT -5
Hi! Have you been to London too? I'm going on a school trip there next month. It's nice to meet you. Yep I have. It's filled with quite a lot to see, considering it is such an iconic city. Perfect for a school trip. The Natural History Museum and British Museum being some of the highlights for me due to their content being in line with my interests. The science museum is excellent too though. Just be warned London is naturally quite crowded (with both Londoners and tourists), considering scarily it has a population bigger than some country's have. Which can make it a pain to navigate at times. Still it's definetly worth visiting. Provided we are talking about London UK of course, since there are many Londons worldwide.
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Post by Soupperson on Apr 4, 2016 1:52:20 GMT -5
Hi! Have you been to London too? I'm going on a school trip there next month. It's nice to meet you. Some school you have!
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Post by Doo on Apr 5, 2016 19:56:23 GMT -5
My favorite Scooby movies are definetly Ghoul School, Cyber Chase and the Witch's Ghost. Witch's Ghost because the Hex Girls are in it and of course Ben Ravencroft, nothing much more needs to be said there. Ghoul School and Cyber Chase because I saw them a ton as a kid and they're quite nostalgic for me since I swear Ghoul School, Reluctant Werewolf (which I love too) and Cyber Chase were on way more than the other movies were in the UK! Well that and Ghoul School still makes me laugh to this day, even if many of the jokes are a bit cheesy. Thus I've never really had a problem with Scrappy. Though other than Ghoul School, Reluctant Werewolf and Boo Brothers I've never seen him in any other Scooby things (bar that awful live-action movie) and I heard he was a bit maturer in those movies. So I don't have a judgement on his original version, if he acted differently at all. Nice intro! Ghoul School and Reluctant Werewolf are some my favorite Scooby movies too as I believe I've mentioned. Yeah, Scrappy was a lot more mature in those movies than in the early 80's shorts, but I've gotten use to the less-mature Scrappy after a few rewatchings of the full series. Although even the 80's shorts are a bit of an improvement from the original hyperactive 1979 version (but Lennie Weinrib's voice may have had something to do with that, at times I found it kind of annoying).
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Post by Grumpydrawer on Apr 6, 2016 15:06:59 GMT -5
Nice intro! Ghoul School and Reluctant Werewolf are some my favorite Scooby movies too as I believe I've mentioned. Yeah, Scrappy was a lot more mature in those movies than in the early 80's shorts, but I've gotten use to the less-mature Scrappy after a few rewatchings of the full series. Although even the 80's shorts are a bit of an improvement from the original hyperactive 1979 version (but Lennie Weinrib's voice may have had something to do with that, at times I found it kind of annoying). Thanks! Well they are fangtastic movies (you better have got that reference Doo). Sure they aren't that Scooby Dooish, as in there's no mystery centric plot, but they're so funny and outright entertaining. The fact that they continue to be after so many years is a testament to their quality. Though I still swear they showed them way more than the other movies when I was a child around the late 90s early 2000s. Sure there wasn't exactly as many Scooby movies as there are today (quite a large selecton we have nowdays) but there was still Zombie Island, Witch's Ghost and Alien Invaders (as Cyber Chase was shown a ton) to show. And I swear they were on a ton less. Just the weirdness of TV scheduling I guess. I really must watch the 1979 series sometime. The main reason I believe I haven't seen it (though I suppose I could have seen it as a child at some point) is that I've never seen any of those episodes on TV. I'm guessing the mass negative response to that version of Scrappy made be the cause of the lack of reairings.
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Post by Soupperson on Apr 6, 2016 15:13:06 GMT -5
Though my true passion is Paleontology and prehistoric life. It's such a fascinating field of science and the career I'm on the path to go into. By any change do you watch Trey the Explainer on YouTube he has a great prehistoric life channel, which you might be interested in.
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Post by Grumpydrawer on Apr 6, 2016 15:27:39 GMT -5
By any change do you watch Trey the Explainer on YouTube he has a great prehistoric life channel, which you might be interested in. I have indeed watched a bit of his channel before. Some pretty great stuff there.
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Post by russm on Apr 6, 2016 15:59:59 GMT -5
Have you read any of Richard Fortey's books like 'Trilobite' or 'Dry Store Room No.1'? The latter is 'the biography of The Natural History Museum'
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Post by Grumpydrawer on Apr 6, 2016 17:41:26 GMT -5
Have you read any of Richard Fortey's books like 'Trilobite' or 'Dry Store Room No.1'? The latter is 'the biography of The Natural History Museum' I'd read Trilobite before (a good read indeed) but I hadn't heard of Dry Store Room No.1 before, but after looking it up I have to say that's on my list of books to read now. So thanks for bringing it to my attention! I really should head up to London to visit the Natural History Museum when I'm visiting again this summer. I haven't been there in four or so years now, even though I've been to London several times since then. A truely fantastic natural history museum to be sure. It's just that I deteste crowds...and naturally being such a great museum (and free) means that it is commonly crowded. Especially the 'dinosaur' hall, that place is so packed you queue through it! Then again queuing is very British. Though on a better note about that museum: I remember as a kid I thought the blue whale in the marine hall (one of my earliest memories) was a real one, adet stuffed. As you can imagine my younger self was incredibly disappointed when I found out it was a model haha.
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Post by russm on Apr 6, 2016 17:58:13 GMT -5
Have you read any of Richard Fortey's books like 'Trilobite' or 'Dry Store Room No.1'? The latter is 'the biography of The Natural History Museum' I'd read Trilobite before (a good read indeed) but I hadn't heard of Dry Store Room No.1 before, but after looking it up I have to say that's on my list of books to read now. So thanks for bringing it to my attention! I really should head up to London to visit the Natural History Museum when I'm visiting again this summer. I haven't been there in four or so years now, even though I've been to London several times since then. A truely fantastic natural history museum to be sure. It's just that I deteste crowds...and naturally being such a great museum (and free) means that it is commonly crowded. Especially the 'dinosaur' hall, that place is so packed you queue through it! Then again queuing is very British. Though on a better note about that museum: I remember as a kid I thought the blue whale in the marine hall (one of my earliest memories) was a real one, adet stuffed. As you can imagine my younger self was incredibly disappointed when I found out it was a model haha. It's a case of picking the right time to go. I took my son to the Imperial War Museum once and it was rammed, I spoke to one of the assistants and they advised trying winter. The general rules are 1. Avoid Bank holidays 2. Avoid school holidays, especially at the weekend 3. Avoid 'tourist season' So Sundays will be easier, during a weekday will be easier - you also get to see people working in the labs if you go to the Darwin Centre. I'd also avoid opening times as there is normally a queue and you want to make sure that has cleared. I once had to queue for ages to get in, tens of minutes, the line snaked all over the grounds, then there was a fire alarm and we had to evacuate the building - ended up going to the Science Museum instead.
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Post by Doo on Apr 6, 2016 19:15:34 GMT -5
Nice intro! Ghoul School and Reluctant Werewolf are some my favorite Scooby movies too as I believe I've mentioned. Yeah, Scrappy was a lot more mature in those movies than in the early 80's shorts, but I've gotten use to the less-mature Scrappy after a few rewatchings of the full series. Although even the 80's shorts are a bit of an improvement from the original hyperactive 1979 version (but Lennie Weinrib's voice may have had something to do with that, at times I found it kind of annoying). Thanks! Well they are fangtastic movies (you better have got that reference Doo). Sure they aren't that Scooby Dooish, as in there's no mystery centric plot, but they're so funny and outright entertaining. The fact that they continue to be after so many years is a testament to their quality. Though I still swear they showed them way more than the other movies when I was a child around the late 90s early 2000s. Sure there wasn't exactly as many Scooby movies as there are today (quite a large selecton we have nowdays) but there was still Zombie Island, Witch's Ghost and Alien Invaders (as Cyber Chase was shown a ton) to show. And I swear they were on a ton less. Just the weirdness of TV scheduling I guess. I really must watch the 1979 series sometime. The main reason I believe I haven't seen it (though I suppose I could have seen it as a child at some point) is that I've never seen any of those episodes on TV. I'm guessing the mass negative response to that version of Scrappy made be the cause of the lack of reairings. It rarely airs in the US either probably for that same reason. I don't think CN or Boomerang has aired them since early 2011 as far as I've seen. Although, the full 1979 series was actually released last February on the Scooby & Scrappy Doo: The Complete Season 1 DVD if you don't want to have to wait for it to re-air on TV. And yeah, I got the fangtastic reference. Lol
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Post by Grumpydrawer on Apr 6, 2016 20:32:01 GMT -5
It's a case of picking the right time to go. I took my son to the Imperial War Museum once and it was rammed, I spoke to one of the assistants and they advised trying winter. The general rules are 1. Avoid Bank holidays 2. Avoid school holidays, especially at the weekend 3. Avoid 'tourist season' So Sundays will be easier, during a weekday will be easier - you also get to see people working in the labs if you go to the Darwin Centre. I'd also avoid opening times as there is normally a queue and you want to make sure that has cleared. I once had to queue for ages to get in, tens of minutes, the line snaked all over the grounds, then there was a fire alarm and we had to evacuate the building - ended up going to the Science Museum instead. See there's the problem. When I'll be in Britain next is around the 'tourist season' time. Still I'd be worth going regardless. That's one of the things I like about Canada, provided you don't go when something special is on (examples: free promotion or kids thing) the museums are generally empty...well bar the big ones in Quebec but I rarely go to that provience. All the major museums in Ottawa, especially the brillant science museum, are commonly as empty as a ghost town when I've gone to them recently. The Royal Tyrrell Museum (it's about Paleontology) out in Alberta is also usually nice and quiet. Though that's likely down to it being out far far far out of the way (in Drumheller) from any cities. A great museum to go to if for some reason you are ever in the area...and don't mind a long drive.
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