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Billy :bc:

This #Labyrinth sequel pitch from Andrew Plotkin is pretty freakin' awesome. They should make this:

Back to the Labyrinth
Friday, January 24, 2025
Tagged: #labyrinth, #davidbowie, #bowie #jenniferconnelly, #movies, #goblins, #wishes, #mazes

Look, there is only one thing I want from a Labyrinth sequel, and that's Jennifer Connelly as the Goblin Queen... Mother.

I know, it's tricky. David Bowie was this horny teenage fantasy of Magic and Freedom and Romance; he definitely wasn't a father figure. Do we need a retread of that? No.

So Sarah (Jennifer Connelly) as a single mom, frustrated with her teenage kid, and the kid is frustrated with her. The mom is busy with her job and is never home. The daughter wants to run around the back yard and play with her imaginary friends. Sarah is like "Look, I know! I was your age! The stories are important. But you have to do the laundry and make dinner too! Sorry, I have a late meeting, I have to run."

And the daughter screams "Yeah, go! I wish the goblins would come and take me away forever and ever!"

So they do. Welcome to the Labyrinth. But.

Sarah is the Goblin Queen. She always has been. That's her job. "Away at the office" is "off in the Labyrinth". Ever since Jareth disappeared, Sarah hears the wishes and Sarah cannot leave a wish ungranted. "I have done everything you've asked, turned the world upside down for you..." Only now it's her own kid, and what the teenager wants is for some Mom she doesn't know to save her from the Mom she does know, only they're the same person.

And what Mom wants is for her kid to understand that for sixteen years she has had the power to say "I wish the goblins would free me of this child" and she never said it. But now the kid has said it -- which means it has to happen.

And they're both exhausted by living up to each other's expectations.

Whatever they are to each other, it needs to change.

Sound about right?

blog.zarfhome.com/2025/01/back

#cinemastadon #filmastodon #film @movies

Zarf UpdatesBack to the LabyrinthLook, there is only one thing I want from a Labyrinth sequel, and that's Jennifer Connelly as the Goblin Queen... Mother. I know, it's tricky. David Bowie was this horny teenage fantasy of Magic and Freedom and Romance; he definitely wasn't ...
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MetaFilter

"still obscure and easily misunderstood ..."

dhruva posted the Paris Review's Rhythmical Lines about Polish artist Wacław Szpakowski's "series of labyrinthine geometrical abstractions, each one produced from a single continuous line."

www.metafilter.com/206282/A-line

via theparisreview.org, Wacław Szpakowski, A1, 1930, ink on tracing paper, 9 5/8 inches x 14 3/4 inches: This image features a geometric pattern made of interlocking L-shaped lines. The shapes are arranged in a tessellated, repeating configuration, forming a balanced, abstract design. The lines are black and placed on a beige or off-white background, which gives the image a minimalist, architectural feel.
#art#freehand#lines
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El Duvelle Neuro

@DrYohanJohn There is this recent review that seems very interesting from the #GenzelLab, but it’s more about the tasks themselves than task design, it seems? In any case, I agree!

Rodent maze studies: from following simple rules to complex map learning
#Neuroscience #BehavioralNeuroscience #Mazes #Navigation

SpringerLinkRodent maze studies: from following simple rules to complex map learning - Brain Structure and FunctionMore than 100 years since the first maze designed for rodent research, researchers now have the choice of a variety of mazes that come in many different shapes and sizes. Still old designs get modified and new designs are introduced to fit new research questions. Yet, which maze is the most optimal to use or which training paradigm should be applied, remains up for debate. In this review, we not only provide a historical overview of maze designs and usages in rodent learning and memory research, but also discuss the possible navigational strategies the animals can use to solve each maze. Furthermore, we summarize the different phases of learning that take place when a maze is used as the experimental task. At last, we delve into how training and maze design can affect what the rodents are actually learning in a spatial task.
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K Lars Lohn

I've completed my latest ridiculous maze: the #89 Pandora Poppy.

I started this drawing in late July. As my drawing technique has evolved, my work has slowed to deal with the complexity of ensuring that there is exactly one path between any two points in the maze.

Pandora Poppies are crazy flowers that don't look real. They appear to be handcrafted from crepe paper - the petals are all crinkly and crumpled, the color is unstable and mottled.

See the whole maze at: twobraids.com/2023/09/89.html

I don't sell a lot of my artwork as I am terrible at marketing them. You can help support my artwork at patreon.com/twobraids_art

A mottled color line drawing of the center of a pinkish Pandora Poppy. The lines form the pathways of a maze. In the upper left is the golden half orb of the flower's pistil. The stamens are almost lost in the complex ruffling of the petals. The color of the Pandora Poppy is very unstable and the petals are crumpled like crepe paper.
#maze#mazes#poppy
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