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dieastraMy little Ed was bored so I made him the Bolodon disks game. I hope he teaches me the rules so we can play together!
Made with Shrinky Dink, a plastic straw and some small beads.
Click the cut to see all detailed pictures how I made the game!
I started with constructing the layout.
My desk didn't look that tidy for long!
The foil is Shrinky Dink, a foil you can draw on and then bake it in the oven. It will well up a bit and then shrink. For some odd reason not all became flat afterwards, some stayed welled-up.
For some reason it also was not as round afterwards. More like oval.
For the base I used a plastic straw from one of those drinking packs.
I cut holes into the sides. At first I only wanted to do a slit but the Shrinky Dink pieces were so thick, I actually had to cut out a bit. Some more micro-plastic flying around, sorry Mother Earth!
I was wondering what I could use as the foot of the base. Then I remembered this grey thing that I had in my collection since my childhood. Honestly. I have no idea what this originally was but I never threw it away, thinking I can use it one day. In the screenshot you can see that the base should be square not round but otherwise it was perfect so I didn't care.
And the result! I used some small beads from a box that my mother used to play with as a kid and that is now in my stash.
And this is the original (screenshot)
Made with Shrinky Dink, a plastic straw and some small beads.
Click the cut to see all detailed pictures how I made the game!
I started with constructing the layout.
My desk didn't look that tidy for long!
The foil is Shrinky Dink, a foil you can draw on and then bake it in the oven. It will well up a bit and then shrink. For some odd reason not all became flat afterwards, some stayed welled-up.
For some reason it also was not as round afterwards. More like oval.
For the base I used a plastic straw from one of those drinking packs.
I cut holes into the sides. At first I only wanted to do a slit but the Shrinky Dink pieces were so thick, I actually had to cut out a bit. Some more micro-plastic flying around, sorry Mother Earth!
I was wondering what I could use as the foot of the base. Then I remembered this grey thing that I had in my collection since my childhood. Honestly. I have no idea what this originally was but I never threw it away, thinking I can use it one day. In the screenshot you can see that the base should be square not round but otherwise it was perfect so I didn't care.
And the result! I used some small beads from a box that my mother used to play with as a kid and that is now in my stash.
And this is the original (screenshot)
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Date: 2019-10-03 05:03 pm (UTC)The Atlantis finale was entirely forgettable. And I can agree with you that the first three seasons were definitely better than the last two. Though I enjoyed the final season, there was just too much involving the wraiths Michael and Todd. Like you said, the show (and SG-1) shone most when they were exploring planets, not when the season revolved around a specific antagonist.
Ah, I was wondering why both Ben Browder and Claudia Black moved from Farscape to Stargate. I liked Ben Browder's character, though you might notice I don't remember his name. He was fine, but not particularly remarkable. (He did have a tough act to follow though.) I did not like Vala, but that wasn't CB's fault. They set her up as a highly-skilled rogue with different ideas on how things could be accomplished, and then all she ever did was complain that they wouldn't let her do anything. But for me, the character thing that really dragged the last two seasons of SG-1 down for me was Samantha Carter. I never liked her from the beginning - too much of the genius scientist with none of the social drawbacks - but then when O'Neill left, they tried to make her good at everything and it became "The Carter Show".
SG-1 would have fared better if the whole Ori arc had been a different show and they'd returned to the original format.
We're not even bothering with SG Universe. The friend we're watching with advised against it.
I did notice that in the last couple of seasons with O'Neill that most of his appearances on the show consisted of him listening to Carter explain something then making a humorous line about not understanding and not caring about the details. Early Jack was a real character, and you can really see in the later seasons that RDA was no longer deeply involved.
I wouldn't recommend watching Capaldi's run to anyone, which is a depressing statement to this DW fan. I wanted to like it, but it was too dark, and too often the episode stories were interrupted by the bigger "point" that Moffat was trying to make. As an example, Series 8 was about Clara trying to remake the Doctor into the image she had of who he should be, so in one episode (my favorite of the three seasons), when he tells her over the phone to tell the woman who's being hunted by the monster that he'll be there to save her (in order to keep the woman from panicking), Clara starts arguing with him that it's a lie, and how dare he lie to someone to give them hope. It wasn't convincing, and Clara arguing with the Doctor while the monster's bearing down on her completely broke the momentum of the episode.
To be fair, I liked Capaldi - he was fantastic. I just didn't like the writing.
The new season (Jodie Whittaker) is a lot better, focusing on the episodes rather than the TARDIS crew or a season arc, though it was still very rough in places. I'm looking forward to a much better second season for her.
I liked Family Guy to some extent early on, but as it continued, I just found that I was watching a comedy show without actually laughing. The Simpsons, I just never really tried. I've seen some of it, but at this point, there's just too much to try to watch. The thing I really loved was Futurama, though I have not seen the new stuff and haven't heard good things about it.
I will definitely let you know how we like The Orville, though it won't be until probably late November, as The Boys will take two weekends to finish, and we get together around every three weekends. I am very much looking forward to it.
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Date: 2019-10-03 05:37 pm (UTC)His name is Mitchell ;) Well, that is his last name. He always only was Mitchell for me. First name Cameron which I also tend to forget.
It was an odd choice to make him the leader of SG-1. He had no experience, never having been through the gate before. In early seasons Jack told Daniel he should not touch any buttons. Here now it was Daniel telling Mitchell when he touched a button and all went wrong. That is just - wrong?
I honestly don't remember much of it all to discuss it properly but from the discussions I actually remember that people felt Carter being sidelined with Vala getting all the stuff to do (Amanda Tapping arriving later in the season on set didn't help). They did not have any idea what to do with her character but still had a contract which is why she then was sent to Atlantis.
The other main complaint was - there was a lot of real Air Force personell who used to love the show, as it was so realistic. But then with Vala, there was for example this scene where she sat almost at the lap of the president and everyone was wondering where their official Air Force advisor had ended up. In early SG-1 such a scene would not have happened.
I actually saw Ben Browder at a convention once. While I did not like his character, I then realized that he himself is a very nice and also funny guy and I did regret not taking a picture with him.
I mostly feel sad for Peter Capaldi, as he has been a Doctor Who fan all his life, he was the leader of the fan-club for Jon Pertwee so Sean and he know each other since they were kids. I wonder what he really thinks about the stories he got.
Clara was so annoying. I remember when she repeatedly said "Listen! Listen! Listen!". I absolutely love Jenna as Queen Victoria though so again it shows it is not the actor just the writing!
I only watched the pilot with Jodi, to give it a fair chance. But I wasn't interested in it enough to watch on so for now my Doctor Who days are over. I should do a Nine and Ten rewatch as my figures are getting bored with me having no ideas for them.
Stuff I recently watched and loved are "Chernobyl" and "Bodyguard" now THOSE were great series! Very tense, not daring to breathe. Also loved "Harrow" and "Liar" with Ioan Gruffudd.
Oh, I didn't mean to imply that I have watched ALL of the Simpsons! That would be an impossible task indeed. But a German channel is running it every day and sometimes I watch and after a while you know the whole town and all its characters so it feels like family. Like with every show people say the earlier episodes were better but in general I like the messages they bring over and as a family the characters are more likeable than the Family Guy family. Even when Homer screws up, at the end there is usually an "awww" moment and all is well again.
I don't watch these comedies to laugh every few seconds. I actually hate sit-coms for that reason when there is laughter all the time and I never know why. I don't know if there is a fitting English term but in Germany you say with some stuff that "the laughter is stuck in your throat" meaning you realize how much truth is in there, even though it is played for the laughs. And that's what I like.
Same with the two "Ted" movies by Seth. Have you watched those? I may chuckle here and there but that does not mean I did not enjoy it. I was very fond of the characters and rather have a fond and also melancholic smile on my face. If that makes sense? The one that made me laugh most was Seth's "A Million Ways to die in the West", a Western parody. Maybe I just I got used to his humor by the time I watched this but I always had a love for the Wild West so that made it extra fond for me. And his character in there (sheep farmer) is so sweet and innocent. He doesn't even know how to shoot. It was his first proper acting role actually. Aside from writing the script, directing, producing, etc.