'Back' From Holiday... (Patreon)

Hi Everyone--

I've returned from my short break and I'm back at my desk. Lots for me to get through this week, but first I wanted to make a bit more progress on the Urtha TF (With thanks to BTX). 

Also! As I'm sure you have by now noticed, Disney + released a full trailer for the new She Hulk series. Some thoughts:

I have to say, I have felt very anxious about this from the moment it was announced. Obviously, if you told me twenty-odd years ago there would one day be a live action She-Hulk series, I would have been floored. This is really everything I've ever wanted! And there's the problem--the object of your desires is never going to live up to the version of it in your head. I think I immediately tried to make peace with that the moment the show was announced. What I also made peace with is that Disney are categorically not--not ever-- going to be in the business of making fap material for FMG/TF enthusiasts, and nor should they. This isn't the nineties-- nobody is going to make a show with a female protagonist who is there to be a sex object, Disney least of all. And even if they did! An ACTUAL She-Hulk porno was made, and it was about as erotic as a wet cardboard box. So with that in mind, I kind of decided to.... I don't want to say 'not get my hopes up', because that sounds unfair on the kind of show the producers are trying to make. I think the way I would put it is that I resolved not to place expectations of this thing that it was vanishingly unlikely to fulfil. 

Now, having said that-- the thing that took me aback from the trailer was how TF-y it is! This two-minute trailer contains better process material than most anything I've seen on the web in twenty plus years. I LOVE that shot of Jen looking nervous...shuddering...her skin and eyes turning green and then the switch to her distorted reflection getting bigger on the side of (what I presume is) a crashed car. That foot tf-- WOW! wowwowwow... I wouldn't have expected anything that good. There even looks like there's gonna be a hulk-out in a courtroom which is a rock-solid baseline She-Hulk TF fantasy trope. I think we can all accept that we're not going to see inflating breasts bursting out of shirts, or close ups of a skirt ripping apart as muscular thighs grow through them, so what I see here is my cup runnething over, frankly!

I think Tatiana Maslany is great-- I really get a feel for her as both Jen and She-Hulk. The CGI has been remarked upon by many, and while I agree there is something a bit jarring about it, I'm not going to be too critical here. I think the thing to remember is just how ambitious this is for a TV show to achieve-- it's 9 episodes where the lead characters are fully animated CGI sprites. I doubt the budget is as high as it would be for an Avengers movie, so honestly? I was already not expecting anything ground breaking here. As for body type-- again, I'm not going to obsess over this. She looks fine to me-- perhaps not the way I would draw SH, but she still looks muscular IMHO. 

I'll be back with part 2 of my thoughts on this!