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AngelDarkSong (aka Alex) is back for the second week in a row filling in for the adsent Xavier while he attends to matters of the family.  This leaves the remaining cast members of TK and Felis to help guide AngelDarkSong through the whole pair of hours in which this show runs.

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I saw that thread that popped up before.

I've got some invites to spare if anyone wants one.

http://i.imgur.com/TcD47.png

Hit me up with your email, I've only got a few so it's first come first served.

Edit 1: http://i.imgur.com/p2Vas.png

Sent a few invites out.

Edit 2: http://i.imgur.com/o19u4.png

All out c:

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Fly Away Home (1996) is the third of director Carroll Ballard’s four great animal films. I’ve discussed The Black Stallion (1979) in a previous article; Never Cry Wolf (1983) and Duma (2005) will come later.

Fly Away Home is the story of a tween girl who becomes the de facto mother to a gaggle of young geese. Like Ballard’s other three films, it’s entertaining, great fun, and—in partnership with cinematographer Caleb Deschanel—a spectacular exploration of the beauty of his animal stars. It’s a grown-up movie that can be enjoyed by children.

But is it a furry film? And what makes a film ‘furry’ anyway?

A quick peek at the Ursa Majors and the regular ‘Furry Movie Award Watch’ features on Flayrah indicates a strong preference for animated children’s films in the vein of Kung Fu Panda. That’s fair enough: anthropomorphic characters have always featured in children’s entertainment, including many of the reference points for the early furry fandom (Robin Hood, The Lion King). Anthro characters are rare in films intended for adults.

The [adjective][species] chronicler of the international spread of the furry community, Zik, asked for furry movie recommendations recently on Fur Affinity (link). He guessed, correctly, that people would recommend Robin Hood and Fantastic Mr Fox, and little else. So where are the rest of the furry films? Many furries, of course, enjoy those movies that are designed for children, but—as a community—we don’t seem to have a go-to oeuvre of grown-up furry movies in the way we do books or TV.

I’d argue that any film with non-human protagonists might be considered furry. Aside from the Carroll Ballard films I’m writing about here, you could include Avatar or even the Alien films in that group. Certainly, both those films will appeal to some furries on a deeper level. Fly Away Home does too: even though our geese are not anthropomorphic in any way, they are presented in a way that invokes the close personal bond that some people have with their pets.

The movie starts, as Ballard’s films often do, with death. The 13-year-old main character, Amy, is riding in a car with her mother. The only sound is music, a new version of the old folk standard, 10,000 Miles. As it turns out, 10,000 miles is the approximate distance between Amy’s parents. She is with her mother just outside of Auckland, her father (and the rest of the film) is in rural Ontario.

Fly Away Home starts in New Zealand because Amy is played by Anna Paquin. Paquin is best known nowadays as Rogue from the X-Men films: in 1995 she was 13 and had just won an Academy Award for her debut film role in The Piano.

Good child actors must be hard to find. Casting Paquin meant that the film needed to be rewritten to explain (excuse?) her New Zealand accent. The choice of 10,000 Miles to accompany the prologue presumably also came after Paquin was cast.

Amy’s mother dies in the crash, and Amy flies to join her father in the Canadian countryside. She then discovers some goose eggs abandoned due to land clearing near her new home, and we have ourselves a coming-of-age story, as Amy plays Mother Goose to a gaggle of ludicrously cute goslings.

This all happens in the first few minutes. As a viewer, it’s already obvious that this is a film with no filler. Ballard doesn’t like to advance his plot through conversation: in interviews he has dismissively referred to spoken exposition as ‘yak scenes’.

The film also stands out for having a female lead character. It shouldn’t be rare to see a coming-of-age story starring a girl, but sadly it is. This was noted by one of our commenters on my Fantastic Mr Fox article, who noted “It is harder to appreciate some of the truly spectacular stories that explore masculinity because at this point it’s largely the only option.” (Thanks Ju.)

Amy’s father is a thoroughly irresponsible parent. On Amy’s arrival, his first act is to take a dangerous ride on a hang-glider of his own invention, leading to the first of the movie’s many crash-landings. He is the one who allows—and facilitates—the idea that Amy should fly from Ontario to North Carolina to lead her geese in their first winter migration. It’s obvious that this is a terrible idea, but he encourages Amy to risk her physical safety and frames the journey in a way that risks her emotional safety as well.

Fortunately her journey, and various antics leading up to it, are hilarious and beautiful. Like all of Ballard’s films, his animal stars and the countryside are spectacular. He is also smart enough to avoid the worst of the potentially treacly story, keeping Amy’s adventures engaging and light.

Fly Away Home is an apolitical film, but it presents a fascinating moral take on the world. Consider these two lists:
Good guys in Fly Away Home: academics, the American military, hippies, TV stations.
Bad guys in Fly Away Home: capitalists, park rangers, hunters, the Queen.

In the film’s morality, these two groups are delineated in a simple way: you’re good if you go about your business without negatively affecting others; you’re bad if you assert your own desires as more important than someone else’s. It’s a kind of libertarian philosophy, but one where monolithic government-provided service providers—local TV news; scientists; the military—are considered to be essential to the social fabric. Those who blindly apply rules (aka ‘laws’) are not looked upon kindly.

It’s refreshing to see a film where the United States is morally superior to Canada, to say nothing of the moral superiority of the US military over the Queen (!).

Having said that, the film is too black-or-white at times. Storytelling efficiency is clearly a higher priority than believable minor characters, some of whom are drawn in broad shorthand: the moustache-twirling evil property developer at the end leaps to mind.

The physical comedy in the film is often too broad as well. There are a couple of slapstick scenes backed by slightly Bennyhillian music, that feel as if they have been accidentally edited in from a bad children’s film. It’s a pity, because Ballard creates some hilarious moments: not wacky misunderstandings in various states of undress, rather a baby goose falling into a toilet.

If you can forgive these small mis-steps, you have a brilliant film. Ballard’s scenes showing tiny goslings running around in Amy’s footsteps are some of the best he’s ever shot. And the scenes of the adult geese flying alongside Amy’s ultralight aircraft are stunning.

Fly Away Home is easy to enjoy and packs an awful lot into 103 minutes. It’s cheap too: I bought my DVD from Amazon, delivery included, for less than £1.50. You’d be crazy not to.

This is the second of four articles on the films of Carroll Ballard. All four movies are great. Choose your species and join us:

- The Black Stallion (horse)
- Never Cry Wolf (wolf): coming as soon as I find my DVD following a recent move
- Fly Away Home (goose)
- Duma (cheetah): coming eventually

Author: admin Welcome to our 70th episode! Can you believe it? We’re sans Kyo this week, as he’s off visiting his folks, but there’s still a lot of bizarre stuff to be had. We’ve got gangsta board games, a critique of Total Recall, a horrible prank, and the three present members of the cast share [...] Episode 70 – Take It Easy

WOO 2013

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What foods have you tried this past year? Were they really great? Horrible? We talk about some of our culinary experiences.

Let us know what new foods you’ve tried.

Hosts: Ice Fire, Levi, Wolfin, CrimsonX
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Hello!

My friend is very largely into the Fandom, and he's very emotionally attached to his look.

He recently had a tail that he wore everywhere, but it broke, and he was devastated.

To the Request, I need a tail, custom made or to request, to help him feel better about himself, the tail needs to be 2 feet long, has 3 colors, then under side of the Tail (being that part that would touch his legs when wearing it) is white, then a black stripe separating the top portion from the bottom. The Top portion being orange.

I will be willing to spend quite a bit for his tail, if anyone could help me with getting this tail made.

So if anyone could help my friend out, it will be greatly appreciated, hand made or store would be amazing.

Thank you very, very much for reading this! Hopefully we can get something to figured out!

Here is a picture of his Fursona, the tail needs to look something like that in the picture.

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I mean Furry art that conjours up the epic music in your head or makes you slam down your tablet and open up your Sketchbook! Just the most mind blowing Furry art you have seen. The kind that conjours up feelings other than "oh that's cute..."

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Welcome to our 70th episode! Can you believe it? We’re sans Kyo this week, as he’s off visiting his folks, but there’s still a lot of bizarre stuff to be had. We’ve got gangsta board games, a critique of Total Recall, a horrible prank, and the three present members of the cast share stories; Smokey discusses his trip to Shreveport and dealing with his family (and an extended family member being irresponsible), Halfwit tries and fails to get to work thanks to being frozen over, and Istanbul shares a story about some crazy person at his job and how not to get the police involved in your marital squabbles!

Once our music break finishes – and it’s a classic, folks – we’re on to our two e-mails! Don’t worry, we understand, the holidays get a hold of all of us. All sorts of methods of relaxation are mentioned, ranging from a good book and a hot back to carving dudes up in Skyrim (although Smokey does follow up with two games that can be highly frustrating), and one listener writes in with a fairly comprehensive guide on how to deal with stress…including venting and coping, so it’s even on-topic! The cast all discuss how they relax and deal with crazy people, and a good time is had by all.

Next week’s topic is advancement. Are you better off than you were a year ago? Have you managed to keep those resolutions you made? Do you need a helping hand in accomplishing your goals, sticking to them, or even remembering them? Drop us a line about these or other topics, we’re here to help!

Music: Linus and Lucy by Vince Guaraldi

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Episode 70 – Take It Easy - Welcome to our 70th episode! Can you believe it? We’re sans Kyo this week, as he’s off visiting his folks, but there’s still a lot of bizarre stuff to be had. We’ve got gangsta board games, a critique [...]

Author: Fred Wired has an article and interview with Pixar artist Everett Downing, who made a New Year’s resolution to create a new superhero for each day of the new year. That was three years ago, but Downing currently has 285 new heroes and plans to have 365 by the end of 2013. Many of [...]

So, I've Always Felt "Out Of Touch" With The Fandom, Manly Because Of My Complete Lack Of Art Skill. (And I Mean Complete. I Could Comprehend A Stick Person, But That's About It.) :( So I Decided That My New Years Resolution For 2012 Would Be To Try To Start Contributing To The Furry Community, And Here's What I've Done! After Tons Of Tutorials And Playing Around, I Made This!

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I Know It's Nothing Special, But I'm Proud Of It! :D Any Help Would Be Great!

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