Saturday Morning Cartoons: Birds, Dinos and Climate Change
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This week in Saturday Morning Cartoons, we've got traveling birds, roaring dinos and the perils of climate change.
The Messenger and the message
One of the beautiful things about summer is waking up to bird song; the trilling chorus outside my window as the rising sun paints everything rosy and gold. It's winter now. The mornings are pretty quiet. There's no choir of birdsong. But if you live where songbirds migrate, their disappearance and reappearance are just part of the natural cycles. We're always pleased when birds begin to arrive from their overwintering homes. I know I am. But what if the birds never came back? What if the birdsong stopped? Su Rynard's film The Messenger addresses these question. I had a chance to view the documentary at the Guelph Film Festival this past November.
Indominus rex is not your first genetically modified dinosaur...
Jurassic World just came out on BlueRay and digital download. Guess what I watched this week. I had rip-roaring good time watching Jurassic World when it came out in theatres so I was looking forward to another viewing. The special effects were fabulous and the story was straightforward, and I got to watch Chris Pratt ride a Triumph motorcycle alongside velociraptors. The Jurassic World theme park was a fascinating extrapolation of what could have happened if the original Jurassic Park had managed to get off the ground. I enjoyed watching the movie from a science communication/museum exhibits perspective too. The Hammond Creation Centre had the interactive displays and holographic teaching tools that looked pretty effective. The movie, as a whole also touched on the ethics of animals in captivity and animal management.
Saturday Morning Cartoons: Happy Halloween
With Halloween upon us, I thought that the theme of 'fear' would be appropriate for this week's Saturday Morning Cartoons. I've got a handful of scary/creepy cartoons followed by some videos that explain what fear is, why things are creepy or frightening. Hope you enjoy.