Xavier watches Star Wars for the first time

This weekend Xavier, Liz and I attended a Star Wars themed birthday party for one of our friends.  Today Xavier was wearing a LEGO Star Wars T-shirt that Liz got cheap at a consignment store.  I figured it was about time he watched Star Wars IV.  Not being a big fan of Star Wars I've been watching Star Trek with him.  Its kind of a thing we do when Liz is gone and we have pizza for dinner.  We watch an episode or two of The Original Series and eat pizza on the couch.

Anyway, I decided to Tweet some of the stuff Xavier was saying.  Many of my friends on Twitter enjoyed it so I figured I'd post them here for others to see.  Enjoy!

Watching Star Wars IV with Xavier. "Does it have doggies?" "No." "Kitties?" "No." "Then what it have?" "... Robots!" "Robots?!" "Yeah."
— Doktor Andy (@DoktorAndy) November 22, 2012

Storm troopers appear. "Bad robots."
— Doktor Andy (@DoktorAndy) November 22, 2012

"What do you think of that guy? [Darth Vader]" "He's a bad guy."
— Doktor Andy (@DoktorAndy) November 22, 2012

Life pod holding the droids headed for the planet. "They're going to get lost."
— Doktor Andy (@DoktorAndy) November 22, 2012

About Vader "He has scary eyes." *makes glasses with fingers*
— Doktor Andy (@DoktorAndy) November 22, 2012

Droids walking though the desert, he keeps saying "What are they up to?" Avoiding the bad scriptwriting?
— Doktor Andy (@DoktorAndy) November 22, 2012

The little guys that capture R2 are bad guys because they have "little scary eyes." And now you know.
— Doktor Andy (@DoktorAndy) November 22, 2012

I can't type fast enough. This is awesome. Show your 3 year old Star Wars.
— Doktor Andy (@DoktorAndy) November 22, 2012

"Is he a good guy [Luke]?" "Yeah." "How do you know?" "Well... he's not a bad guy." LOGIC!!!
— Doktor Andy (@DoktorAndy) November 22, 2012

He's actually following the basics pretty well. he's sucked right into it.
— Doktor Andy (@DoktorAndy) November 22, 2012

I should point out this is the CGI version. He loved the storm troopers riding "dinosaurs". :-P
— Doktor Andy (@DoktorAndy) November 22, 2012

Obi Wan gives Luke the lightsaber. "Xavier, what is that?" "A light fixture." Fortunately not.
— Doktor Andy (@DoktorAndy) November 22, 2012

Death Star comes on screen. "Xavier, what's that?" "I don't know." "Is it a moon?" "No." Hehehe
— Doktor Andy (@DoktorAndy) November 22, 2012

I'll be damned. Xavier said the cantina band was playing saxophones. Way to go dude!
— Doktor Andy (@DoktorAndy) November 22, 2012

Xavier is insisting I only eat one piece of popcorn at a time. I'm not on a diet.
— Doktor Andy (@DoktorAndy) November 22, 2012

At first Xavier thought Jabba was a Gronkel (How to Train your Dragon) but then he realised Jabba didn't have wings, so he's a dinosaur.
— Doktor Andy (@DoktorAndy) November 22, 2012

A "Gronckle" if you're not familiar with it. Its his favorite from How to Train Your Dragon. He has Gronckle PJs.

Jabba and Han are friends because they talked and walked a lot. Can't fault him for that logic.
— Doktor Andy (@DoktorAndy) November 22, 2012

^^^ Extra scene in the CGI version. I know, I'm a bastard for showing him this version. Don't flame me about it. I don't care.

The walls are closing in the garbage crusher. "We have to stop that!" "How?" "There's only 1 thing to do! We have to drive fast!" "???"
— Doktor Andy (@DoktorAndy) November 22, 2012

"What's that gonna do?" "It will stop the closing." "I don't think that's going to do anything." "It has to stop!"
— Doktor Andy (@DoktorAndy) November 22, 2012

After it stops closing. "They're okay! I like this movie."
— Doktor Andy (@DoktorAndy) November 22, 2012

That must be it! Sometimes toddler logic still eludes me. :-)"@badmalifauxer: @doktorandy Gotta get there!"
— Doktor Andy (@DoktorAndy) November 22, 2012

Obi Wan vs Vader: "They have 2 [lightsabers)]! They're fighting like monsters!
— Doktor Andy (@DoktorAndy) November 22, 2012

"They're acting like gophers!" I had him repeat the gopher thing 3 times. I don't know.
— Doktor Andy (@DoktorAndy) November 22, 2012

Storm Troopers fall down the pit after Obi Wan dies. "They went down. He tipped over."
— Doktor Andy (@DoktorAndy) November 22, 2012

Sees Chewie for the 50th time: "Actually, he's like a lion!" #FAVORITE.
— Doktor Andy (@DoktorAndy) November 22, 2012

This is the most fun I've had watching Star Wars in my entire life. That honestly doesn't say much, but I'm having a lot of fun.
— Doktor Andy (@DoktorAndy) November 22, 2012

Death Star blows up. "Xavier, what happened?" *shrugs shoulders* "I don't know." Yeah, its questionable engineering.
— Doktor Andy (@DoktorAndy) November 22, 2012

Credits start, Xavier waves his hands "All done!" "Did you like it?" "Yeah. Can I watch 1 more?" 2 hours past your bedtime? No. :-P
— Doktor Andy (@DoktorAndy) November 22, 2012

During the climactic final battle, this is what he was doing:
I think that was about my reaction as a kid, too.

Review of IDW’s Judge Dredd #1

I blogged again over at the Sidekickcast.  This time it's my review of Judge Dredd #1 from IDW.

Check it out.

Creating Yourself

My buddy Thomas turned me on to the Vlogbrothers. I very much enjoyed their latest video.


I agree with basically everything in this video but I especially agree with the idea that our friends are "the commodity by which we should all be judged."  Lets face it, if you have nothing but vapid spiteful friends or no friends at all, then what does that say about you as a person?

Nothing good.

The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath graphic novel post-Kickstarter

A beautifully illustrated collection of Lovecraft's oft neglected, less terrifying works.

I've been reading along and listening to some old episodes of the H.P. Lovecraft Literary Podcast and got to "The Strange High House in the Mist."  I enjoyed the story and in the episode they mentioned a webcomic adaptation of the work could be found online; here specifically. Poking around the website I discovered that since the episode was recorded the artist had had a very successful Kickstarter to get this and other Lovecraft "Dreamlands" stories collected!

I delayed as long as I could (about a week) before I ordered myself a copy.  I missed the Kickstarter, but you can get copies (which the Kickstarter paid for) through artist Jason Thompson's website.

Normally I wouldn't blog about this, but when I received my copy of "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Katath & Other Stories" I was pleasantly surprised.  Inside the padded packing envelope the book was wrapped in oversized copies of the original art!

This is hella cool!

Ignore the messy cat food bowl, it is irrelevant to the conversation.

I very carefully removed the wrapping paper.  I couldn't bring myself to just rip it off.  Not sure what I'm going to do with it, but it will be something other than chucking it!

I strongly encourage you to buy a copy of this beautiful collection, and/or the lovely Dreamland poster map. Mr. Thompson is clearly a class act who appreciates people supporting his work.

For the record the volume contains graphic adaptations of "The White Ship", "Celephais", "The Strange High House in the Mist", and "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath."

While we're on the topic of graphic adaptations of Lovecraft's work, some of the most faithful adaptations are coming out now from SelfMadeHero's Lovecraft Anthology series.  Volumes 1 and 2 are out now and are stellar.  They are available in the USA through all the normal graphic novel sources.  These are well thought out and well executed adaptations that do the source material the justice it deserves.