Comments on: Video of hot elf women in sinister forest heralds arrival of Elfquest fan feature http://boingboing.net/2011/04/04/elfquest.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 22:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: triakter http://boingboing.net/2011/04/04/elfquest.html#comment-1074945 triakter Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1074945 It's been awhile, but I don't remember them with quite so much makeup in the comics. I foresee a lot of acrobatic pole-dancing moves in trees. It’s been awhile, but I don’t remember them with quite so much makeup in the comics. I foresee a lot of acrobatic pole-dancing moves in trees.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2011/04/04/elfquest.html#comment-1075714 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1075714 I thought that Rob's post was making fun of the fact that, out of all the available EQ themes, boobage has somehow, shockingly pushed its way to the top. I thought that Rob’s post was making fun of the fact that, out of all the available EQ themes, boobage has somehow, shockingly pushed its way to the top.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/04/04/elfquest.html#comment-1075970 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1075970 I didn't think this was <i>excessively</i> sexist, but discussing how men are genetically programmed to be attracted to particular shapes and women simply have to put up with it makes me wonder. I didn’t think this was excessively sexist, but discussing how men are genetically programmed to be attracted to particular shapes and women simply have to put up with it makes me wonder.

]]> By: ElfquestRAP http://boingboing.net/2011/04/04/elfquest.html#comment-1075203 ElfquestRAP Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1075203 Those pesky facts getting in the way again... Fact: This is not the entire fan film; this is a snippet; the full 5-minute trailer will be posted in (as I type) 1 day, 11 hours, 48 minutes and 24 seconds. Fact: This effort has nothing to do with the actual movie that Warner Bros. is developing (which the disclaimer should make abundantly clear to even the most hard-of-thinking). Fact: The main reason for this fan project by these many lovely and enthusiastic folks is to raise WB's awareness. Yes, the studio's put serious $ into the real movie's development but they haven't yet given it a green light. The more they can be shown that there's a large EQ base out there, the more hopeful we all may be that they will ultimately say "yes". So please wait until you've seen the entire thing, and keep in mind the reason it exists, before airing this episode of "Snark/Countersnark" - thanks. Those pesky facts getting in the way again…

Fact: This is not the entire fan film; this is a snippet; the full 5-minute trailer will be posted in (as I type) 1 day, 11 hours, 48 minutes and 24 seconds.

Fact: This effort has nothing to do with the actual movie that Warner Bros. is developing (which the disclaimer should make abundantly clear to even the most hard-of-thinking).

Fact: The main reason for this fan project by these many lovely and enthusiastic folks is to raise WB’s awareness. Yes, the studio’s put serious $ into the real movie’s development but they haven’t yet given it a green light. The more they can be shown that there’s a large EQ base out there, the more hopeful we all may be that they will ultimately say “yes”.

So please wait until you’ve seen the entire thing, and keep in mind the reason it exists, before airing this episode of “Snark/Countersnark” – thanks.

]]> By: TEKNA2007 http://boingboing.net/2011/04/04/elfquest.html#comment-1074948 TEKNA2007 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1074948 > It'll probably just end up being some LOTR ripoff > with Riverdance playing in the background. Ralph Bakshi's <i>Elfquest</i> > Wow, Rhoda Morgenstern really kept her figure. Leaving Minneapolis really did her a world of good. Changed her name, though. Now going by Rhoda Morningstar. > It’ll probably just end up being some LOTR ripoff
> with Riverdance playing in the background.

Ralph Bakshi’s Elfquest

> Wow, Rhoda Morgenstern really kept her figure.

Leaving Minneapolis really did her a world of good.

Changed her name, though. Now going by Rhoda Morningstar.

]]> By: EH http://boingboing.net/2011/04/04/elfquest.html#comment-1074950 EH Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1074950 I love it! And yes, furries are totally implicated here. I love it!

And yes, furries are totally implicated here.

]]> By: Unmutual http://boingboing.net/2011/04/04/elfquest.html#comment-1074954 Unmutual Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1074954 Do you watch pr0n for the sets and costumes and terrible acting and writing but wish there wasn't all that crass nudity and sexual content? Well then this looks like its right up your alley. Do you watch pr0n for the sets and costumes and terrible acting and writing but wish there wasn’t all that crass nudity and sexual content? Well then this looks like its right up your alley.

]]> By: Xof http://boingboing.net/2011/04/04/elfquest.html#comment-1074957 Xof Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1074957 If they really did pull this together for $7k, that's less than 1/1000th of the budget of "Pirates II: Stagnetti's Revenge." If they really did pull this together for $7k, that’s less than 1/1000th of the budget of “Pirates II: Stagnetti’s Revenge.”

]]> By: Yamara http://boingboing.net/2011/04/04/elfquest.html#comment-1075725 Yamara Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1075725 Well, that still does look as though Timmain is about to test how Nightfall keeps that from falling off. Could someone ask Wendy Pini how she kept that top from slipping of the Nightfall mock-up doll she made back in the '70s?  <br> Darn it, Maggotail and Antinous! Now I can't think of anything <i>except "<b>ElfBreast</b>"!</i> Well, that still does look as though Timmain is about to test how Nightfall keeps that from falling off.

Could someone ask Wendy Pini how she kept that top from slipping of the Nightfall mock-up doll she made back in the ’70s?

 

Darn it, Maggotail and Antinous! Now I can’t think of anything except “ElfBreast“!

]]> By: Muse http://boingboing.net/2011/04/04/elfquest.html#comment-1074959 Muse Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1074959 Elfquest was the first comic series I got into as a kid. I still have every issue stored in boxes somewhere. They are all tattered and many are missing covers, but I was so enchanted with the world that they depicted, that I couldn't stand to part with them. Kudos to Wendy and Richard Pini for Making the whole series freely available online as well as letting the fans do something like this. That kind of generosity seems exceedingly rare these days. The trailer looks better than I had suspected, but I really don't know how good a low-budget version of this story can be. Prosthetic ears are one thing, but the world of Elfquest is pretty fantastic, with lots of imaginary creatures and animals. Many of the main characters ride wolves and others fly on the backs of giant birds, not to mention the fact that trolls play a significant role as well. I'm crossing my fingers. Elfquest was the first comic series I got into as a kid. I still have every issue stored in boxes somewhere. They are all tattered and many are missing covers, but I was so enchanted with the world that they depicted, that I couldn’t stand to part with them.

Kudos to Wendy and Richard Pini for Making the whole series freely available online as well as letting the fans do something like this. That kind of generosity seems exceedingly rare these days.

The trailer looks better than I had suspected, but I really don’t know how good a low-budget version of this story can be. Prosthetic ears are one thing, but the world of Elfquest is pretty fantastic, with lots of imaginary creatures and animals. Many of the main characters ride wolves and others fly on the backs of giant birds, not to mention the fact that trolls play a significant role as well.

I’m crossing my fingers.

]]> By: maggotstail http://boingboing.net/2011/04/04/elfquest.html#comment-1075479 maggotstail Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1075479 No, I am not a troll. I am a long time reader of the site (though first time poster) who is raising what I consider to be a valid point in a reasonable and rational way. My nickname is a college holdover from my entomology days at Purdue. No, I am not a troll. I am a long time reader of the site (though first time poster) who is raising what I consider to be a valid point in a reasonable and rational way.

My nickname is a college holdover from my entomology days at Purdue.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/04/04/elfquest.html#comment-1075991 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1075991 I seem to remember there being male elves as well. Not that I mind seeing a jiggly Nightfall, but this seems to be a bit short on the other half of the elves. I seem to remember there being male elves as well. Not that I mind seeing a jiggly Nightfall, but this seems to be a bit short on the other half of the elves.

]]> By: ackpht http://boingboing.net/2011/04/04/elfquest.html#comment-1075225 ackpht Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1075225 An indie film budget will not include camera gear, lights, or editing stations- those can be borrowed. An indie film budget will not include camera gear, lights, or editing stations- those can be borrowed.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/04/04/elfquest.html#comment-1074972 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1074972 I think trolls play a significant role in this production as well. I think trolls play a significant role in this production as well.

]]> By: brerrabbit23 http://boingboing.net/2011/04/04/elfquest.html#comment-1074974 brerrabbit23 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1074974 I'd no idea these were available digitially, and free to boot! Uncle Bunny's gonna have to share links with the same nephews that've gnawed their way through my SSoC collection! I’d no idea these were available digitially, and free to boot!

Uncle Bunny’s gonna have to share links with the same nephews that’ve gnawed their way through my SSoC collection!

]]> By: maggotstail http://boingboing.net/2011/04/04/elfquest.html#comment-1075490 maggotstail Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1075490 No, I am not joking. I realize that these clips and photos are sometimes produced by women, and that the women (hopefully) participated in the acting and costume choice. The fact remains that I come to this site because I enjoy most of the content. This small portion of posts makes me feel unwelcome because of its sexist slant. They make me wonder if boingboing is just another boys' club. I feel that this is a valid concern. If I were running the site, I would want to know if I were doing something that was off-putting to readers. No, I am not joking. I realize that these clips and photos are sometimes produced by women, and that the women (hopefully) participated in the acting and costume choice.

The fact remains that I come to this site because I enjoy most of the content. This small portion of posts makes me feel unwelcome because of its sexist slant. They make me wonder if boingboing is just another boys’ club.

I feel that this is a valid concern. If I were running the site, I would want to know if I were doing something that was off-putting to readers.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/04/04/elfquest.html#comment-1074980 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1074980 As someone who never read the original comics, was I supposed to take something from this teaser beyond "this movie contains women wearing almost no clothing"? Because all I saw was that and more women staring passionately at the camera. As someone who never read the original comics, was I supposed to take something from this teaser beyond “this movie contains women wearing almost no clothing”?

Because all I saw was that and more women staring passionately at the camera.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/04/04/elfquest.html#comment-1075236 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1075236 I think you mean Strongbow. and this isn't THE movie. this is a Fan Trailer Teaser. it has an all female cast. sounds like you may need to do some catching up! :) Shade and Sweet Water I think you mean Strongbow. and this isn’t THE movie. this is a Fan Trailer Teaser. it has an all female cast. sounds like you may need to do some catching up! :)
Shade and Sweet Water

]]> By: unit_1421 http://boingboing.net/2011/04/04/elfquest.html#comment-1074987 unit_1421 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1074987 The EQ feature will be done with MoCap, as this is going to be Warner Bros. answer to LOTR and Avatar and their next big thing now that Harry Potter is done. EQ is a HUGE story literally spanning thousands of years, but if they do it well it could be tremendous. The Pinis were selling over 100,000 copies per issues at $1.25 a copy for the large format size the first 20 issues covering the first quest, which in the late 70's was completely improbable for a non Marvel or DC comic. They, and Cerebus (to give credit where it's due), proved an independent comics market was both viable and profitable. The EQ feature will be done with MoCap, as this is going to be Warner Bros. answer to LOTR and Avatar and their next big thing now that Harry Potter is done. EQ is a HUGE story literally spanning thousands of years, but if they do it well it could be tremendous.

The Pinis were selling over 100,000 copies per issues at $1.25 a copy for the large format size the first 20 issues covering the first quest, which in the late 70′s was completely improbable for a non Marvel or DC comic. They, and Cerebus (to give credit where it’s due), proved an independent comics market was both viable and profitable.

]]> By: Karlos http://boingboing.net/2011/04/04/elfquest.html#comment-1074990 Karlos Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1074990 What? Wait... it can't be. Yup, Lonelygirl15. Nownit's a must see :) What? Wait… it can’t be. Yup, Lonelygirl15. Nownit’s a must see :)

]]> By: Mister44 http://boingboing.net/2011/04/04/elfquest.html#comment-1075503 Mister44 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1075503 See... I just don't get it. What exactly is sexist, because they are pretty and show skin? Especially since the costumes reflect how they look in the comics, and they were drawn/designed by a woman. This echos some of the comments that Wired was being sexist when they had a 'cleaned up' (not photoshopped) pic of a woman engineer on the cover. In my mind sexism would be the women portrayed as helpless nothings, depending on a man to save them. Or they were dominated by the males. Or they were portrayed as stupid, and all the men smart. I think some of this has to do with our puritanical roots, as I don't think this is as big of a deal in Europe. See… I just don’t get it. What exactly is sexist, because they are pretty and show skin? Especially since the costumes reflect how they look in the comics, and they were drawn/designed by a woman.

This echos some of the comments that Wired was being sexist when they had a ‘cleaned up’ (not photoshopped) pic of a woman engineer on the cover.

In my mind sexism would be the women portrayed as helpless nothings, depending on a man to save them. Or they were dominated by the males. Or they were portrayed as stupid, and all the men smart.

I think some of this has to do with our puritanical roots, as I don’t think this is as big of a deal in Europe.

]]> By: jdturk http://boingboing.net/2011/04/04/elfquest.html#comment-1074993 jdturk Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1074993 HOLY HOT ELF BATMAN HOLY HOT ELF BATMAN

]]> By: gwailo_joe http://boingboing.net/2011/04/04/elfquest.html#comment-1074994 gwailo_joe Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1074994 Hot dog! I -loved- me some Elfquest as a youth. I was about 5th grade or so when I discovered a tattered edition of #18 at a friends house: I scraped together my ducats and searched a dozen comic shops over the span of more than a year to get all 21 of the WARP graphics black and white issues. Still got em. In a small chest of drawers with my Elfquest bound additions. And print books. And ephemera, miniatures etc. Even my Skywise costume. Actually. . .no. . .that's gone. Another item I have there is a signed copy of. . . Law and Chaos, I believe? A book detailing Wendys' attempt to animate Moorcocks' Elric saga. . .totally boss. Next time I go to my Dads house I'm getting out my Elfquest issues and reminiscing because it has been quite. a. while. So. The movie/trailer. . .I'm going to need more than pretty ladies stretching and peering. I need androgynous lithe forest killers riding ravenous wolves. Leaping on the murderous spears of cavemen in fire and song and blood. . .Horrible squat trolls, more fierce and ugly than almost any internet variety: Betrayal! The parching desert! Challenge and Romance! Winnowill laughing: that's good. But you need the silhouette of a muscular creature, hammering and chanting in front of a great fire. A hideous batwing moves to reveal. . .a Face!! Giant vulture riders and Eskimo orgies! A wolf leaps through the battlefield to tear the throat from evil! Hell yeah. . .Love and Death! Exquisite Beauty and Shattering Grief!! Power and Redemption! ! ! and. . .tinkerbell. yeah. if the trailer had all that I guess i would be happy. maybe. :D Hot dog! I -loved- me some Elfquest as a youth. I was about 5th grade or so when I discovered a tattered edition of #18 at a friends house: I scraped together my ducats and searched a dozen comic shops over the span of more than a year to get all 21 of the WARP graphics black and white issues. Still got em. In a small chest of drawers with my Elfquest bound additions. And print books. And ephemera, miniatures etc. Even my Skywise costume.

Actually. . .no. . .that’s gone.

Another item I have there is a signed copy of. . . Law and Chaos, I believe? A book detailing Wendys’ attempt to animate Moorcocks’ Elric saga. . .totally boss. Next time I go to my Dads house I’m getting out my Elfquest issues and reminiscing because it has been quite. a. while.

So. The movie/trailer. . .I’m going to need more than pretty ladies stretching and peering. I need androgynous lithe forest killers riding ravenous wolves. Leaping on the murderous spears of cavemen in fire and song and blood. . .Horrible squat trolls, more fierce and ugly than almost any internet variety: Betrayal! The parching desert! Challenge and Romance!

Winnowill laughing: that’s good. But you need the silhouette of a muscular creature, hammering and chanting in front of a great fire. A hideous batwing moves to reveal. . .a Face!! Giant vulture riders and Eskimo orgies! A wolf leaps through the battlefield to tear the throat from evil! Hell yeah. . .Love and Death! Exquisite Beauty and Shattering Grief!! Power and Redemption! ! !

and. . .tinkerbell.

yeah. if the trailer had all that I guess i would be happy. maybe. :D

]]> By: unit_1421 http://boingboing.net/2011/04/04/elfquest.html#comment-1074995 unit_1421 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1074995 The Pinis have had a very long road with getting EQ to the screen they way they want it. They had to sue CBS in the 80's when they decided to take what was originally a dovetail to the D&D cartoon at 11AM and make it "elf babies" at 9AM. They finally got the rights back and have been very cautious ever since. If all they wanted was to cash in, they could have sold EQ to Disney at any time, but they held out, and held on to the goal of getting done properly. The Pinis have had a very long road with getting EQ to the screen they way they want it. They had to sue CBS in the 80′s when they decided to take what was originally a dovetail to the D&D cartoon at 11AM and make it “elf babies” at 9AM. They finally got the rights back and have been very cautious ever since. If all they wanted was to cash in, they could have sold EQ to Disney at any time, but they held out, and held on to the goal of getting done properly.

]]> By: TheBlessedBlogger http://boingboing.net/2011/04/04/elfquest.html#comment-1074998 TheBlessedBlogger Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1074998 When I was 13 or so we had to stay in a womens shelter for a few months after my dad tried to kill my mom for the umpteenth time. There was a play room in the basement of the shelter and being the quiet timid bookworm I was I spent the vast majority of my time there which is how I discovered the Elfquest series. It was an odd place to find something like that considering the sex and violence but I was absorbed and spent entirely to much time drawing characters from the books. That was a long time ago and I barely recall anything about the story except that it had some (at the time) pretty outrageous themes. If they do make a movie (or better, a web series) I'd be awfully disappointed if it turned out to be a cheap vehicle for porn. When I was 13 or so we had to stay in a womens shelter for a few months after my dad tried to kill my mom for the umpteenth time. There was a play room in the basement of the shelter and being the quiet timid bookworm I was I spent the vast majority of my time there which is how I discovered the Elfquest series. It was an odd place to find something like that considering the sex and violence but I was absorbed and spent entirely to much time drawing characters from the books. That was a long time ago and I barely recall anything about the story except that it had some (at the time) pretty outrageous themes. If they do make a movie (or better, a web series) I’d be awfully disappointed if it turned out to be a cheap vehicle for porn.

]]> By: unit_1421 http://boingboing.net/2011/04/04/elfquest.html#comment-1074999 unit_1421 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1074999 @joe Petalwing no like cheesy rapeofpublicdomaintinker-thing. Petalwing make wrapstuff and hide them in Yucca Mountain. @joe Petalwing no like cheesy rapeofpublicdomaintinker-thing. Petalwing make wrapstuff and hide them in Yucca Mountain.

]]> By: unit_1421 http://boingboing.net/2011/04/04/elfquest.html#comment-1075004 unit_1421 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1075004 The laugh in the trailer reminds me a lot of "Fatima Blush" from "Never Say Never Again" cackling just before she explodes. Barbara Carrera still looks great and would be a great MoCap performer for Winnowill. The laugh in the trailer reminds me a lot of “Fatima Blush” from “Never Say Never Again” cackling just before she explodes. Barbara Carrera still looks great and would be a great MoCap performer for Winnowill.

]]> By: spriggan http://boingboing.net/2011/04/04/elfquest.html#comment-1075775 spriggan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1075775 If you don't like the way modern men think/what they are attracted to/how their brains are wired don't blame us. Blame your mothers, grandmothers and all the women who came before you. They chose what traits to pass on with who they chose to reproduce with. Or you can do like my mothers did. Can't find a good man? Raise one. Seriously. Your griping about a blog where almost half of the posts are from strong, independent, comfortable with sexuality women. Besides isn't Xeni into boobies? In closing.... BOOBS! If you don’t like the way modern men think/what they are attracted to/how their brains are wired don’t blame us. Blame your mothers, grandmothers and all the women who came before you. They chose what traits to pass on with who they chose to reproduce with.

Or you can do like my mothers did. Can’t find a good man? Raise one.

Seriously. Your griping about a blog where almost half of the posts are from strong, independent, comfortable with sexuality women. Besides isn’t Xeni into boobies?

In closing…. BOOBS!

]]> By: bmcraec http://boingboing.net/2011/04/04/elfquest.html#comment-1075010 bmcraec Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1075010 Awesome production values as far as cinematography and title effects are concerned. Boy, what Bob Guccionne ciould have done with today's technology and overabundance of film school grads. Urp. Counting myself lucky he didn't. Remember Caligula? Awesome production values as far as cinematography and title effects are concerned. Boy, what Bob Guccionne ciould have done with today’s technology and overabundance of film school grads.

Urp. Counting myself lucky he didn’t. Remember Caligula?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/04/04/elfquest.html#comment-1075274 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1075274 A quick perusal of the link provided shows that this short little piece was produced entirely by women. Granted I'm not up on current women's issues theories, but isn't it even remotely possible the the author posted this because he's a fan of Elfquest and thought this was interesting? He's posted on Elfquest before. A quick perusal of the link provided shows that this short little piece was produced entirely by women. Granted I’m not up on current women’s issues theories, but isn’t it even remotely possible the the author posted this because he’s a fan of Elfquest and thought this was interesting? He’s posted on Elfquest before.

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