Saturday, May 18, 2013

Logging

TV:  Gravity Falls

One of the best cartoon, kid-programming shows I've seen in a long while.  Premise:  a brother and sister pair of twins move in with their goofy uncle who runs a tourist-trap mystery cabin in spooky Gravity Falls, Oregon.  The small, rural town has mysterious woods nearby and all sorts of creepy local legends.  They brother and sister get into adventures with supernatural and fantastical characters and no one ever believes them.

Part Scooby-Doo, part X-Files, with a wacky, rapid-fire sense of humor.  Surprisingly intelligent.  In particular, the bad-guys sort of make the show each episode because they are generally set up with colorful personalities and ulterior motives and are well flushed out.  I much prefer this to anything Pixar has ever done.

And...if anyone wonders what the hell Linda Cardellini has been doing, she voices one of the side characters.

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