Last year, November, the user, imflameyyyyy (henceforth, Julien) and I (henceforth, Joshua) decided that we were going to set ourselves a task that hasn't gotten much attention in lost media circles: We would attempt to list, and archive all of "The Garfield Shorts" / "Garfield tout court". If you're unaware of what these are, these were a series of short-form content which would accompany episodes of The Garfield Show, and if you want a rundown, you can read about them here. Here is week 1, week 2, and week 3.
Week 4 trots along, and yet again, as was presumed, another very quiet week. I think it's fair to say that due to the lack of real progress, this series of blogs will adapt accordingly into one every two weeks; two a month rather than four, which seems fair.
This week is March 24th, 2024 - March 30th, 2024.
Curiosity: Different Animation[]
Something I've by chance known about for a while now, yet have time and time forgotten to mention is a single scene contained in the Nermal se rebelle (Fierce Nermal) short. At 0:11 to 0:15, a peculiar thing happens: the animation contained within the short does not match that of the actual episode. For reference, here's the timestamped section of the episode I'm refering to. Given that the short is a simple cut of the episode's scene itself, it's strange that a difference like this should even be present.
Why this occurs, I can't readily say, but can put forth at least two theories: First is that it's possible the short was produced directly in tandem with the episode itself, and that when the short had been produced, that section of Nermal's animation simply hadn't yet been sequenced. A stranger reason, though I admit a lack of knowledge in this area of production, was that the engine used to animate and render the scene "broke" in some way. The rest of the short is completely identical to that of the episode, not to mention the uncanny, almost robot movement of Nermal, leaving me to wonder if this reason is perhaps more plausible than the first.
Whatever the reason, for sure, it's a curiosity.
Discoveries of the Week[]
- One full season 3 short: 'Les p'tites souris'
- One full season 4 short: 'Cha-niversaire', of which I have previously named 'C'est mon anniversaire'
Quo vadis? Well, Radio-Canada seems to be letting down on the number of times they're airing shorts according to their scheduling, so this will slow progress down to a deathly point. However, I believe that perceived progress is progress nonetheless and so, we now simply practice careful patience. It's the tool we've longest had at our disposal, and still the most effective.
Thank you for reading, and see you in two weeks. Goodbye!