Hello fellow Amanita fans,
This post may seem weird or awkward to some, but I'd really like to bring out the old 1980's "fuzzy felt" Moomins animated children's series as an example of a visual media with an Amanita'ish atmosphere and feel.
Don't let the term "children's" confuse you, the 100 five-minute episodes include scaly monsters, giant squids, killer sea serpents, and in my favurite episodes we meet disturbingly scary apparitions like the Groke, a cold ghostlike figure that roams the land in wintertime, and the Lady of the Cold which may freeze the inhabitants of Moomin Vally to death by looking them into their eyes - and indeed does so to a poor squirrell. To this day I still remember that one scene where the little woodland critter dies, it really traumatized me :-)
Here's some video material to watch while waiting for christmas. Fuzzy felt moomins official page:
http://www.fuzzyfeltmoomins.co.uk/Watch all 100 episodes i a sadly *very* small window:
http://www.fuzzyfeltmoomins.co.uk/videoe.htmlA few fuzzy felt moomins episodes on youtube:
The lady of the cold:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=752W0mrvP5wThe winter bonfire:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2V1Mgm0gpEThe trial of the Groke:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDEu-hzElDE&NR=1The Hobgoblin arrives at the party:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXXdiffXcuw&feature=PlayList&p=9194F251542412FC&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=4Moomintroll to the rescue:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHyZAwqOsHwThingumy and Bob:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8W27XMWRFASorry-oo and the wolves:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcFo9aEyhFY&feature=PlayList&p=9194F251542412FC&index=7Cheers & merry christmas,
Mike