2. Manny (big), Diego (thin) and Sid (short). The Easter special depicts the glyptodonts as egg layers. We put together two pretty hodgepodge, clunky 'objects', not much to look at but it sparked my interest. The film was followed by. After after the animals all go hurtling through an Ice slide maze and slam into a wall, Diego punches the air and eagerly asks who wants to go do it again. All around us it's snowing, we're getting freezing rain and sleet, doggone it. Manny, who chooses to spare Diego's life after learning about his ambush plan. Cut one: Thin Lizzy, "The Boys are Back in Town", Cut three:  The Beach Boys, "Surfin' USA", Cut four: Dinah Washington, "The Way I Feel This Morning". Incidentally, that summer had two 'swirly' covers, both of which I picked up- the other being, of course, Spider-Man Annual 5. He tries to bury his beloved acorn, but he only manages to create mayhem around him. Mark Alan Erickson (61) – loving son, devoted husband, doting father, passionate lover of life – passed away peacefully on January 17, 2021 at St. Peter’s Health in Helena, MT after living with pancreatic cancer for 2 years. It works. The Dodos plan to survive the Ice Age which they say will last for billions of years, with a stockpile of 3 watermelons. And the characters- four fascinating ones. Almost all the jokes stop during the duel with Soto in the first film. This happens again during a tense situation between the mammoth and the tiger in the third film. Louis isn't given a lot of respect by the Herd. The dodos. This week, way back in 1929, a monumental event was recorded in the newspapers of the day: the first appearance of a squinty-eyed, massively muscled, pipe smoking sailor named Popeye. Mammoth. And returning to art, the FF seemed blessed with solid art for most of it's history. No doubt you all are breathlessly awaiting me to start things off, so wait no more. Narrowly averted in the fourth film where Gutt swings his sword at Manny, which sweeps, Played straight in the third film when Buck gets his eye. Ellie is this more so, especially after becoming the matriarch of the herd. The aardvarks are also shown having their mouth at the base of their snout and an elephant-like trunk, instead of a small mouth at the end of the long pig-like snout. No fair skipping, if something embarrassing comes up we have to own up to it (God help me here; lol)! Needlessly, as it turned out. “I slept through the asteroid that killed the unicorns!”. Never caved in on us; it's probably another example of 'things we did that our parents would faint over'. And speaking of the "Ice-T", it represents another aspect of models that intrigued me. It's also the second appearance of any human since the original film. My tale: Not a huge miss, in the big scheme of things, but a situation where I still kick myself a bit. In the third, when the herd is leaving the underground world, Buck states that they should have that adventure full of mortal peril again. Like Soto and Gutt, he is the leader of a group that causes trouble for other animals and comes into conflict with the herd as a result. The first three reluctantly come together and brave the deadly elements of the impending big freeze. As I passed he looked down at me, took off his hat and said, "Good luck, son". to Uncle Fungus in four mirrors a similar situation from the original. A good mix of styles and eras, and none of my Alvin and the Chipmunks tunes showed up. Manny borders on this in the first film, but goes through character development and turns out to be a. The two animals decide to search for the father and return the baby to him. This is likely a reason why he denies his feelings for Ellie in the second film at first too. Our first question therefore is: Have you had a 'close shave' that you'd care to share? I was drawn irresistibly to that swirling red Kirby/Sinnott masterpiece cover. But the award goes to Scrat. Much as I hated to see Buckler leave the book later on, his replacement by George Perez really eased the pain. Among Popeye's acquaintances were Olive Oyl (his girlfriend, who actually preceded him in "Thimble Theatre"), her brother Castor ("Castor Oyl", get it?) Nothing ever goes the poor guy's way. Johnny, the Kid, but with heart (and his terrific 'frenemy' relationship with Spidey). Let's discuss all things relevant to Popeye and his various "entertainminks"... Property rights for any of the images shown on. The dodos when they try to retrieve the melon from Sid. Helium is the least water-soluble monatomic gas, and one of the least water-soluble of any gas (CF 4, SF 6, and C 4 F 8 have lower mole fraction solubilities: 0.3802, 0.4394, and 0.2372 x 2 /10 −5, respectively, versus helium's 0.70797 x 2 /10 −5), and helium's index of refraction is closer to unity than that of any other gas. When Diego meets Manny and Sid for the first time, he comments, "I see. The supporting saber-toothed tigers: Lenny (big), Oscar (thin) and Zeke (short). Soon after that model was released, Mattel's "Hot Wheels" car line released a redline version of the Ice-T. Obviously I had to pick that up. Fittest! Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available from thestaff@tvtropes.org. In this case it was the latter. Manfred means "Man of Peace" and his character arc has him show he stands for justice and forgiveness and like a man of peace, he brokers reconciliation between himself and his human enemies. The Ice Age world will never let him have it, Diego and Manny are pressed up against each other, the heroes run from carrion birds singing "Food, Glorious Food.". kill Manny's family just to get back at him. Peaches' tree-swinging abilities and Louis's tunneling in the 4th movie help save Peaches from Gutt. So here's a few more kits you may remember, from several of the manufacturers discussed above. What about the characters celebrating both Christmas and Easter in the Ice Age, despite the fact that they are supposedly living before Christ when neither holidays existed. Comics or film, music or popular culture,  dinosaurs or dragons; it's up to you, You, the one sitting there with a hot topic on your mind. The game Sid plays with the baby dinosaurs in the third movie is the same one he and Diego did with Roshan in the first movie. Many of us, myself included, consider our personal musical tastes to be fairly eclectic. Sid, of course. We could expect at least a couple pretty good snowstorms each winter, and were seldom disappointed. Also in the Easter special, Clint says rabbits have button noses, which they don't. But years later, with those vintage models bringing sky high prices- I wasn't laughing anymore. 2. Reading, watching television, listening to music, engaging in outside activities, and so on. There's my three genres; I could go on extensively but would hate to bore you. Ooog. Here's a few examples, showing some of those inimitable characters we mentioned above... Two Questions: Close Shaves and Near Misses. Sadly, this is where it turns dark. This brief overview is but a taste; a prompter for your memories and opinions. He survives. Soon after that model was released, Mattel's "Hot Wheels" car line released a redline version of the Ice-T. Obviously I had to pick that up. Ben Grimm may be the greatest, deepest character to arise from the minds of Lee and Kirby. Closely associated with snowball fights were snow forts. Sid's Granny (played by Wanda Sykes) shows shades of this, though she does have several moments where she shows she's not entirely crazy. I'd had stomachaches for a couple days, and even stayed home from school from the affliction. Scrat sometimes. Boom! My  personal snow stories arise from a youth in central Indiana. Before I could even ask any questions, I was loaded onto a gurney and sped down the hospital corridor towards the Operating Room. . even realize if he is walking off a cliff! An entire community has stepped in to rebuild the home of an elderly couple after it was destroyed by a gas explosion. This time it was issue 147, in the heart of the Thomas/Buckler era. Manny and Diego, done for each other, and both times they nearly die. Following. Sid and Scrat's names have no intended deeper meaning, most likely because they're the comic reliefs of the film. Manny had a wife and child who were killed by humans, and he's still grieving for them, so he knows full well about being loyal to a mate. But this go-round, let's talk about what we have experienced, or heard, or imagined. Vicious Gloomy Grublin may spend a turn laughing flippantly or it may grow angry, increasing its attack and agility. This is the second appearance of mini-sloths since. And there's A Mammoth Christmas, a Christmas Special, as well as The Great Egg-Scapade, an Easter Special. Dinosaurs and marine reptiles are clearly depicted as warm-blooded, roaming about in snowy environments and cold temperatures. And I loved it; making the FF another 'must buy' each month. ", This statement from Diego at the end: "Leave. All Scrat wants is to have his acorn in peace. Hell, Rudy is so scary he comes off more like an. Oh, and pass the Testor's cement, please... Redartz:  Wow, almost a month into the new  year and we haven't let the Leader out of the box! He was also featured in countless comic books; with artists such as "Chick" Henderson and George Wildman. Well, now's your opportunity. Manny doesn't seem to be aware of his growing feelings for Ellie in the second film. Ok, I'll leave some storytelling for you all. Reed, the rather obsessive intellectual. because he learned his lesson in the third movie! It can jump high and drop down on a target or burp super-hot gas on the party. Like the Hanna Barbera creations, Popeye was published by a variety of companies through the years: Dell, Gold Key, Charlton and Harvey among them. It's been awhile, so for the benefit of anyone new to the routine , here's the deal: The first commenter to check in gets the honor of naming the topic for the week! When a human camp is attacked by a pack of vengeful sabers, a woman takes her baby and jumps in a river. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WesternAnimation/IceAge. Shira shares this trait with Diego in the fourth film. Can't have one of your own, so you want to adopt". There is also confirmation for the human baby's name, which is Roshan. COMICBOOKS, CARTOONS & CLASSIC COLLECTABLES! So, so many excellent stories have been focused on him, his frustrations, his conflicts, and his personality. Diego (Denis Leary), one of the tigers that attacked the humans, comes also claiming the baby. But what about the Fantastic Four themselves? And there's A Mammoth Christmas, a … Cretaceous and Maelstrom in the second film, a. We find out what happened to his family in the cave drawings scene. The Climate Change Commission, in its draft plan for cutting the country’s emissions, has advised that it is time to cut gas. Not long after that my interest in comics totally eclipsed the models, and so they all met a deadly fate. And we would, if the pile was big enough, dig tunnels into it. As insensitive and thoughtless Sid he can be, he does still care about the herd, and in a way is the one that keeps them together. No wonder he trails only Spidey on my list of favorites. Glyptodonts were large mammals related to armadillos, and did not lay eggs. When Manny is attempting to save Diego and the ice Manny is standing on breaks, Sid screams Manny's name as Manny plummets down. Indeed,  his newspaper strip continues still. We're all pretty easygoing here, so the subject matter is wide open. Whether the theatrical cartoons from Max Fleisher Studios... Or the television cartoons from King Features... ...chances are every one of us could sing his theme song by heart. Well, rather than explain, let's proceed and you shall see.. 1. Soto, the main antagonist of the first film, was the vicious and bloodthirsty leader of a pack of sabretooth tigers who sought to kill an infant human in, Cretaceous and Maelstrom were a pair of mindless aquatic predators from the age of the dinosaurs who, while, While also a prehistoric reptile like Cretaceous and Maelstrom who didn't come to blows with the herd until he found their affiliation with Buck, Rudy was a colossal albino, Captain Gutt was the first antagonist since Soto to be both an Ice Age-era mammal and the leader of a group of villainous animals, but unlike Soto, who at least has the benefit of a, Gavin is a blend of all the qualities of the previous villains in the franchise. Okay, now let's hear from you. When we got older, it provided an opportunity for some money-making. Vicious Runny Eggsoskeleton attacks twice. Some of us a bit more so. So how exactly does Soto plan to get his revenge against Baby Roshan's father and tribe? The ominous vibrating icicles in the final battle. Broadway/Show Tunes. Sid becomes this in the first film when he pushes all the dodos out of the way to bring back the watermelon. Ah well. Turns out he's quite aware — and still grieving the loss of his first family. Popeye's creator was Elzie Segar, who told his tales until 1938, when Segar's assistant Bud Sagendorf took the reins (upon Segar's passing). Manny after Sid tells him to help him returning the baby to its herd. Name at least three genres of music you enjoy listening to, and give us an example. Gupta appears to be wielding Buck's knife in the fourth film. Each of the frozen beings Sid sees in the ice is connected to an installment in the franchise: A very big one. I'm quite fond of Marvel's 'first family', the Fantastic Four. Ellie is a mammoth who thinks she's a possum, despite the obvious size difference between her and her "brothers." and J. Wellington Wimpy (eternally in search of a free meal). Not. In the first Ice Age film, a migrating herd is traveling south—except Manfred (Ray Romano), a reclusive wooly mammoth traveling north. The model kit had acetate windows printed with cartoon kids doing all manner of goofy things; upon finding the Hot Wheels version I was disappointed to discover that it had no such feature. Those cartoons were definitely among my favorites; and I for one was very pleased to eventually learn that the spinach-munching hero was featured in print! Diego is the Spanish form of the name Jacob, which means "Deceiver, or, He Deceives" and within the plot of the film Diego is a, Roshan, the name of the baby, is Hindi and means "Light" or "Light at Dawn" and he is the peace child who brings light into the midst of three lonely souls (Sid's family abandoned him, Diego's pack doesn't care about him, and Manny's family, Early trailers, commercials, and ads for the first film also depict Scrat as a member of the. Scrat has his own parallel Story Arc. Not even his. And I love just about everything they did. Granny commandeering her pet whale like a submarine. In the second film the opossum brothers' cavorting on ice is abruptly interrupted by Maelstrom exploding through it, cracking open the river's surface and instigating a tense and frightening chase scene that ends with Manny, Cretaceous and Maelstrom sharing, The final battle with Rudy in the third film has only a single quick funny moment with Sid tying the vines. It was fun at the time, yes. Also, Gutt from the fourth film is eaten alive by Sirens. Then they all get one as the lava shoots up behind them moments later. Oh, and Rich Buckler's Kirbyish art really grabbed me. By lunchtime I went back, swung by the bank machine and crossed my fingers. What made them appealing to 7 year old, 14 year old, and 23 year old Redartz? My answers are... 1. Even had ice blocks in the back. Safe to say this group is no longer small. And that's just the tiniest tip of the iceberg. In the course of those decades, we have probably had a few 'close shaves', that is, situations in which we managed to escape a fate which would have prevented us from adding any more years to our tally. The. Manny. My 'close shave' tale took place in my Senior year of high school. Diego's smart-aleck remark about Manny and Sid ". Alone." "My Family". Often (and hilariously) subverted by both Scrat and Sid, often just barely. That was but one of many vehicles that became available as both a model kit and a Hot Wheel. A few years ago, at a flea market, I came across one of those Aurora Spider-Man kits. He defeats a school of piranhas on his own. A great way to find new music on the cheap. Well, I got off pretty easy. I added the "Paddy Wagon" and the "S'Cool Bus", displaying the model and the Hot Wheel side-by-side on my shelf. We'll wind up with a few more eye-catching covers that capture the greatness of the series. In the first movie, after the animals all go hurtling through an. This probably stems from exposure to (and devotion to) the 1967 Saturday morning exploits of the FF as presented by Hanna Barbera. The series had a feel unlike any other, with that family dynamic guiding the storylines and character development. These tales were filled with humor and adventure, and with many odd characters. Super Blog Team-Up: Seven Decades of Apes-mania, and We're Afflicted! Justified, as Buck took out one of his teeth. I've notoriously always had a rather high threshold of pain, which is sometimes good; sometimes a problem. Always on the lookout for some comics, I had noticed this particular sale had advertised having them. I loved the 'lift open' top. The names of the two aquatic antagonists in the second film: Cretaceous and Maelstrom. Fast Tony from the second film. This is one of the few series to remember stegosaurs can stand on their hind legs, as displayed by the, Scratte appears to be wearing blue eye shadow, but makeup won't exist for millions of years, so it's probably natural coloring. Sorry to gripe, but I love snow, and get frustrated at missing all the good storms. The alien ship seen in the cave is a reference to, During the ice slide scene, Sid says, "Captain, iceberg ahead!" The 4th movie shows Sid's family that abandoned him in the first...for one short scene. Problem was, I didn't have the money on me, and I was running late to get to work. The price was 30 dollars, which I gladly paid. Oh well..... Redartz:  Yes, it's true. But unlike the previous antagonists, Gavin is convinced into pulling a. Aurora had long been a big producer of great kits depicting movie monsters, superheros, tv shows, and so on. Follow the Leader: Episode 110: Classic Comedy! Every last one. I made many a decent tip during my teens, trudging to the bottom of our hill with snow shovel in hand, and giving a bit of a push to some stuck motorist. It's revealed his wife and son were, Excluding the questionably canon Mammoth Christmas Special. I'll accept the praise or brickbats either way. Comics Reviews: JLA 240, Tales of the Legion 325, Legion of Super-Heroes 12, Tales of the Teen Titans 55, New Teen Titans 10, browsethestacks:Vintage Comic - Tales Of Horror: Dracula #013 (Newton Comics) (Apr1976) (Australian), The Uncanny X-Men by John Paul Leon (2021), Autonecrohomoeroticism: Revisiting Richie Rich & Casper #31, Superhero Satellite Podcast Episode 2: Toys (Featuring Scott Kinney). Much of ABBA's output could serve as a solid example here. Sadly, the box and it's promising contents were gone. I was always perfectionistic;  making snowballs as round as I could. A couple years ago I stopped at a local garage sale (it was a Saturday morning, and I was on my way to work). Also spawned three short films that are on the DVDs: Gone Nutty and No Time for Nuts, both short adventures starring Scrat, and Surviving Sid, obviously centered around Sid. Superior Spider-Talk: A Spider-Man Website, How to Install Lightroom Presets? But even if that didn't come to pass, the snow itself provided cause for celebration. 18+ ADULTS ONLY. is the far future, home of the last oak tree. This friend had a box full of leftover parts from numerous car models he had built, and invited me over to 'codge together' a couple of imaginative vehicles. Watch closely to see how it shows up again later. Redartz: As of this writing, much of the United States is experiencing a snowstorm. If you don't count Scrat, Sid's the victim of most physical comedy of the cast. Many of us probably met these characters first in the Popeye cartoons that were omnipresent on Saturday mornings and afterschool afternoons. Redartz:  Back in our collective youth, we had many ways to occupy our free time. Soon I was picking up model kits from the local store; seeking out cool looking kits such as Monogram (Mattel's model division) was producing at the time. You may ask; whatever do you mean? Let us know what those  songs turned out to be.If you've no such music player, feel free to blindly pull a few records /cds from your storage and name those. Manny's backstory, where he stayed behind to hold off the human hunting party, but his mate and child were cornered and eventually killed by humans regardless. What a combination those two books made... Years later, when I returned to Marvel after years of Archie exclusivity, the second book I picked up was, again, Fantastic Four. Clinical evidence, gathered over 70 years of follow-up with our patients, clearly demonstrates that our natural tissue hernia repairs are exceptionally safe, secure and reliable. A trip to Memphis years ago with my wife really ignited my interest in this genre. I look through those books even today and am stunned by how good they were, and are. Of course many of us have few or even no memories of snow, largely dependent upon where we grew up. In the Ice Age, a clumsy sloth named Sid, a grumpy woolly mammoth named Manny, a sneaky saber-toothed cat named Diego and an acorn-obsessed saber-toothed squirrel named Scrat are forced to become unlikely heroes. Roshan's mother in the first film. My first 'solo attempt' was Monogram's "Cherry Bomb"; a sharp red speedster with an odd little trailer. Took it home, and over the next week assembled and painted it. "Marvel's First Family", indeed. You've all heard how I cut my comics teeth on Superman and Spider-man; well after the wall crawler, the FF pulled a strong second place. I didn't think anything of it, but my parents were getting concerned that I wasn't improving. Which was an accomplishment, believe me. Share your thoughts and memories of model building. Very talkative, spacey, quite naive and kind of a ditz. Chew the Fat: Models ( Aurora, Revell and Monogram; not Millie). When Scrat falls to the center of the earth in the fourth movie, he passes Buck riding Rudy from the third movie. He asked thirty dollars for it; upon opening it I was faced with a small stack of various comics from the 1950's; mostly humor, Disney, and kid's books. Scrat nearly got his head chopped off by a guillotine. Most of us here have at least several decades of activity under our expanding belts. And yes, they had some; mostly a bunch of forgettable 90's miscellany. Hope springs eternal... Redartz: If there's anything as much fun to discuss as comics, it must be music. His parents are called Runar and Nadia. Diego starts to work as a double agent, but along the journey he is befriended by Manny and Sid and finally joins them. If you have a device with the capability, set your music player to random and hit it  5 times. This website contains age restricted materials! 1. But it didn't take me long to regret not getting that box. Welcome to the New Normal: No one’s laughing anymore. TVTropes is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Even had ice blocks in the back. Shortly thereafter I tackled another Monogram kit with cool gimmickry: the "Ice-T". The success rate for hernia repair at Shouldice sets the gold standard for medical professionals around the world. the "siren"'s taking the shape of Shira to lure him in is any indication. Manny doesn't answer, and then tells Sid the following morning he should be loyal (in Sid's case, grateful) to a mate if and when he gets one. Soto in the first movie, and he is a very, very effective one, especially if one watches and is aware that he is setting up a gambit for Diego's death, due to Diego being a threat to his status as pack leader. As with comics, it was a friend who introduced me to the pleasures of modelling (and no, I don't mean posing for artists and photographers, although I did do some of that as an art teacher; but that's another story). Discovered this gem on a terrific compilation cd I snagged at a yard sale. Besides, the snow outside my window has finally started to fall in earnest, we may get a few inches yet. Yes, it was obvious, but the book looked great., and the stories were classics. REFLECTIVE REPOST: LETTER IN A SHOEBOX... Dresden Files: King-Size Deus Ex Machina special review, Silver Surfer Saturday: Norrin Radd and the Fantastic Four by George Perez. Rudy. In the original, Sid's proficiency at wintertime athletics allows him to distract Soto's pack. Going. Before she dies from her trauma, Manny and Sid rescue the baby. And Ben, wonderful Ben. The flip side of that question asks : Have you come close to a great experience, accomplishment or acquisition, but juuuuust missed out on it for one reason or another? The dodos are preparing for living billions of years underground with a stockpile of... three watermelons! So there's the reasoning behind my fondness for the Fantastic Four. Ice Age 2: The Meltdown (2006); Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009); Ice Age 4: Continental Drift (2012); Ice Age 5: Collision Course (2016); Also spawned three short films that are on the DVDs: Gone Nutty and No Time for Nuts, both short adventures starring Scrat, and Surviving Sid, obviously centered around Sid. Still later, Keith  Pollard did wonderful work on the book, and Seinkewicz was different but interesting. Soto is killed by falling icicles, complete with stabbing sounds and winces from the other sabres. Any of these sit upon your shelves? Ice Age Maps We would be at war "If a foreign nation had launched an attack on America to destroy its coal-fired plants, to shut down its coal mines, and to thwart its ability to drill for oil and natural gas, we would be at war with it." Although if you were operating in an area which had been plowed, you had a head start- the piled-up snow from plowing made a great fort, with little adjustment needed. One that I do remember distinctly having was Fantastic Four Annual 6, with Annhilus. Manny, and it's particularly evident after. And the fourth gives us Teenage Peaches, Louis, Sid’s Granny, and Shira. Manny gets one after the first big rumble as Sid catches up to him and Diego. What wide ranging musical magnificence do you enjoy, and to what extent will your player show it? Follow the Leader: Episode 91: Mighty Morphin’ Pencil Opinions! Ellie being the only tree-climbing mammoth helps her to save one of the dino eggs in. When the protagonists first encounter them, they're at regiment strength. As Scrat falls into the chasm in the opening of the fourth movie, we can see a glimpse of Buck and Rudy. Yes, there were a few reprints and a few clinkers, but overall the FF held a level of quality few comics could match. As an example I'll give ABBA, and "Honey, Honey". However, the fellow did offer one small box. It also has a healthy series of tie-in games. Let's put it this way: upon learning his best friend is probably dead, the first thing he does is try to make a buck selling his now empty shell. Call it an experiment, a bit of fun, or a goof. Doom and the Surfer, Counter Earth, the Inhumans- just so much good reading. 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