Nu, Pogodi!

Checked out some old school Russian Animation at the Saville Theater tonight, hosted by the SDCC World Cultures organization. I liked a couple of short films but can't remember the names now.

Marie helped design the flyer, which was the coolest part of the event.

Most of the short animated films were rather dark but in a lame way. Depressing. I can't explain it. Not to put other people's work down, but truthfully, what I saw wasn't my cup'o'tea. Actually, on a second thought, I am putting people's work, and not really their work, but the regulations imposed on the artists by the government during Communist Russia. I was waiting and hoping for Vyacheslav Kotyonochkin's Nu, Pogodi! (I'll Get You!), which I used to watch as a kid, but no luck. Nu, Pogodi!, the game, was the first handheld electronic game that I used to play until my eyes turned red. Check it out - the hungry wolf is not waiting for Little Red Riding Hood, but instead is stacking up on eggs himself. This game was the bomb. Forget Gameboy. If you wanted to develop carpal tunnel at an early age, you would get one of those Nu, Pogodi games.

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