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Sorry I haven't been around much lately. As some of you know, I was trying out a new sleeping pill the doc gave me. Tried to stick with it for a while, but it was really doing more harm than good. Wasn't sleeping much better, and was going through pretty much the whole day feeling drugged.
I stopped taking it, and... wow. I feel much better! It's amazing.
In the meantime, I finally got my hands on a clip from Batman Beyond (Season 3, Episode 5: "Out Of The Past") that I've been meaning to rewatch for ages. The first copy I got, despite having the ep title in English, has a French soundtrack. When I noticed that, I went looking and found the more popular English version which I'd somehow missed (or which maybe wasn't up yet) when I did my original search.
I clipped out the relevant scene (a shade under 2 minutes long) and uploaded a zip file with both versions to yousendit. It's available for the next 7 days here.
I don't want to spoil it, because the surprise is really the best part. I'll tell you this much: It's about Batman, and it's funny.
Okay, I'll tell you a bit more. Just for those of you who don't know/remember Batman Beyond. It takes place in the future. Bruce is an old man. He's long since retired from costumed crimefighting. A teenager (Terry) stumbles onto his secret and, under Bruce's guidance (generally via comlink from the Batcave), becomes the new Batman. The scene I've clipped is the beginning of an episode from Season Three. And... that's all I'm saying. Just watch it.
ETA: Forgot to mention... Since BB takes place in the future, it has its own culture. In some ways, very similar to our own. The cars may fly, but they're still cars. That sort of thing. Like many sci-fi series, to help distinguish the culture, the writers created a new slang word.
In the show's future, "shway" is a sort of catch-all slang word which means "cool/awesome/better than good." It shows up every once in a while, and it's used exactly as a slang word should be. The little kids (like Terry's little brother) use it as if it were the best thing ever. The teens use it naturally, as just another word in their vocabulary. The adults tolerate it (with maybe a little bit of eye-rolling at times), but don't really use it themselves (except awkwardly or sarcastically/ironically).
I stopped taking it, and... wow. I feel much better! It's amazing.
In the meantime, I finally got my hands on a clip from Batman Beyond (Season 3, Episode 5: "Out Of The Past") that I've been meaning to rewatch for ages. The first copy I got, despite having the ep title in English, has a French soundtrack. When I noticed that, I went looking and found the more popular English version which I'd somehow missed (or which maybe wasn't up yet) when I did my original search.
I clipped out the relevant scene (a shade under 2 minutes long) and uploaded a zip file with both versions to yousendit. It's available for the next 7 days here.
I don't want to spoil it, because the surprise is really the best part. I'll tell you this much: It's about Batman, and it's funny.
Okay, I'll tell you a bit more. Just for those of you who don't know/remember Batman Beyond. It takes place in the future. Bruce is an old man. He's long since retired from costumed crimefighting. A teenager (Terry) stumbles onto his secret and, under Bruce's guidance (generally via comlink from the Batcave), becomes the new Batman. The scene I've clipped is the beginning of an episode from Season Three. And... that's all I'm saying. Just watch it.
ETA: Forgot to mention... Since BB takes place in the future, it has its own culture. In some ways, very similar to our own. The cars may fly, but they're still cars. That sort of thing. Like many sci-fi series, to help distinguish the culture, the writers created a new slang word.
In the show's future, "shway" is a sort of catch-all slang word which means "cool/awesome/better than good." It shows up every once in a while, and it's used exactly as a slang word should be. The little kids (like Terry's little brother) use it as if it were the best thing ever. The teens use it naturally, as just another word in their vocabulary. The adults tolerate it (with maybe a little bit of eye-rolling at times), but don't really use it themselves (except awkwardly or sarcastically/ironically).