Wednesday, August 18, 2004
ActionScript Jabberwocky
Behold! It's the The ActionScript Jabberwocky.
ActionScript is Flash's scripting language. I don't speak ActionScript. I know it's a variant of JavaScript so in that sense, the code is comprehensible. I can parse it more easily than Lewis Carroll's original although it's nowhere near as artful.
Speaking of Jabberwocky... Monty Python fans quote from the Holy Grail and Life of Brian at length but Terry Gilliam's Jabberwocky seems to be all but forgotten. Strictly speaking it isn't a Python film even though it was released in some countries as "Monty Python's Jabberwocky". It stars Michael Palin and has a brief appearance by Terry Jones. It was Terry Gilliam's first solo feature film. It plays like a dark fairy tale rather than as pure farce like Holy Grail. If you've never seen it, and have liked Gilliam's other films, check it out.
ActionScript is Flash's scripting language. I don't speak ActionScript. I know it's a variant of JavaScript so in that sense, the code is comprehensible. I can parse it more easily than Lewis Carroll's original although it's nowhere near as artful.
Speaking of Jabberwocky... Monty Python fans quote from the Holy Grail and Life of Brian at length but Terry Gilliam's Jabberwocky seems to be all but forgotten. Strictly speaking it isn't a Python film even though it was released in some countries as "Monty Python's Jabberwocky". It stars Michael Palin and has a brief appearance by Terry Jones. It was Terry Gilliam's first solo feature film. It plays like a dark fairy tale rather than as pure farce like Holy Grail. If you've never seen it, and have liked Gilliam's other films, check it out.
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