30th Anniversary of the Fox Television Movie Version of "Doctor Who"

So many words to describe a simple, one-off event! Even so, the television movie that introduced the world to Paul McGann as the Eighth Doctor in Doctor Who premiered in the US 35 years ago today (technically, the movie aired a couple of days earlier in the UK, which is only fair, but since the movie was made for American audiences, I'll consider today the anniversary).

I'll leave it to others to add commentary. Here, I just want to do my small part to commemorate the event by posting my all-too-quick attempt to emulate the publicity photo above. The Eighth Doctor here is cosplayed by Ezekiel Huerta, who goes by the name "Lethargic Action Hero" online. He's worth a follow if you're interested in someone with real cosplay skills. I've so far limited myself to different incarnations of the Doctor, and the Gallifrey One this past February was my first attempt at a "movie Seventh Doctor."

Fun fact, Paul McGann is actually not demonstrably taller than Sylvester McCoy. In fact, it is reported that they made McGann stand on a box for the publicity photos with McCoy. Since I am pretty tall, I attempted to squat below Ezekiel for the picture here, but in retrospect, it messed up the shot. Sometimes you can only capture the moment you have, but if I could, I admit that I'd do that moment differently.

Buzzworthy Bumblebee Studio Series 86 Kup (2022)

Although the Transformers are nominally robots, they have typically been written more as though they are simply human beings, or perhaps it would be more appropriate to say they were written as "generic (but organic) aliens." The point being that Transformers characters are often seen with traits that don't really make a lot of sense on robotic beings (even "living" ones), but which nonetheless help to make the characters relatable to (human) readers. Thus, when The Transformers: The Movie introduced the character of Kup, his main defining character trait was that he was an old guy. An aged veteran with a lot of stories to tell. When your characters are already millions of years old to start with, just how much "older" should they be acting? Best just to move on....