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Showing posts with label Dorling Kindersley. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dorling Kindersley. Show all posts

Monday, 2 February 2026

A Supermarionation Beauty Talk

You see the video you're watching right now? This is a movie trailer for a cel-shaded Korean animated movie named Beauty Water, a cautionary tale about the horrors of appearance and body image.

I have to admit that this movie is offensive to anyone who is body-shamed, so to all of you who's ever been offended by this film or any scenes in Peppa Pig which include fat shaming, I understand that you must turn away from these series at all costs, and turn to series which promote positive body image and appearance, namely DK's 'A Kids' Book About...' series, which focuses on serious issues like all this and more dedicated to the wellbeing of kids in the country where the publishing house is set up.

But now, I'm going to touch upon a point where everything goes to click: Gerry Anderson and his puppet shows. Shows like Supercar, Fireball XL5, Stingray, Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet and Joe 90 all prove, I'm sad to say, that in order to find real beauty within yourself, you need to have strings attached to you - by all the strings the characters are attached to, I meant cosmetic surgery, heavy exercise and amounts of stingy face cream.

But one show, The Secret Service, switches from puppets to real life sometimes, which proves that in order to embrace your appearance and your body, you must release yourself from the strings you're attached to.

So while we love all of Gerry Anderson's puppet shows for the timeless classics they are today, it goes to prove that we all have to cut those strings that are controlling us off and be happy with how we are modelled and shaped to be today, whether big and huge or thin and healthy.

Real beauty is go!

Don't Buy This Disgusting Nature Book!!!!

Sunday, 1 February 2026

My Views On DK's Timeline Of Everything

This book is called Timelines Of Everything-

DIRECTOR: "No no no! You can't just start it off like a lazily produced Creepypasta of an Adult Swim show. Try again, please, mistress!"

*sigh* Okay...

*BLEEP!*

Right, so this book is about a small line which guides us through different points in time, from points in history to our interests and preferences, some of which are so disgusting and shocking I can't even list down in this blog entry. Here are a few of my favourites:
  • There is one about cavemen which is told as if it were a cave painting on the wall, with the exulted line transforming into something painted by our ancestors a long time ago. I mean, you can't just make it into an illustration and then spend all your life and millions of pounds photographing it, it'll cost an awful lot of money!
  • And then, there's one about 'Festivals & Fun'. The line this time has turned a neon pink and there are small people having lots of fun, from going to the first zoo to the first largest aquarium built in London Zoo.
  • The one about writing really jumped out at me most, mainly because now I'm into writing stream of conciousness material. The line here is depicted as a huge inky blot on a plain piece of paper, with an ink pen way above it. Whoever did it must've done a really good job. Well done to whoever made this page, your mum will be proud of you, your dad, your brothers, your sisters, your kids, all proud of you.
But the one about earthquakes? The line here looks like it's a black centipede instead of a crack in the road. Eurgh!

Still, this book proves that DK isn't just for kids growing up in the early 2000's, it's for grownups too. Bear and Penguin, if you're reading this, please be aware that right now DK is making a CD rom for adults based on mental health and mindfulness techniques.

Bear & Penguin's Mental Health Adventure?

Bear & Penguin's Big Mindfulness Adventure?

I'm sure we can all agree with something like that, right? We can, that's for sure.

How about you?