tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post2228626578455013655..comments2024-03-27T08:49:38.786-03:00Comments on Siskoid's Blog of Geekery: DCAU #23: The Clock KingSiskoidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-44903981826022525532016-02-04T19:31:28.611-04:002016-02-04T19:31:28.611-04:00Haha! Very interesting!Haha! Very interesting!Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-76547675715649608802016-02-04T18:24:36.603-04:002016-02-04T18:24:36.603-04:00Small bit of trivia... The malfunctioning traffic ...Small bit of trivia... The malfunctioning traffic lights in this episode show that weird quirk in Japanese produced animation where the green light is actually closer to blue. Especially the pedestrian signal. This is a weird quirk of language where the Japanese didn't really have a distinct word for blue until very recently, so the lights were always usually described as "aoi", which translates roughly to blue. However, they were actually green. The distinction has gotten better in recent years and digitally coloured stuff doesn't usually have this problem, but it's all over pre-millennia cartoons. <br /><br />It's actually an international law for traffic lights to be shades of red, yellow and green. To get around this, in 1973 the Japanese government made their lights the bluest shade of green they could, to avoid changing the language whilst keeping things internationally legal. <br /><br />(I think I got that all right. This has been Siskoid's blog of traffic lights.)LiamKavhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01996095233681105682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-68331729566284743042016-02-03T11:47:51.896-04:002016-02-03T11:47:51.896-04:00It's his special power. I know a few people wh...It's his special power. I know a few people who legitimately have the power you claim to lack, for example.<br /><br />I think they took a page from the (original) Calculator here, a character who hard-wired a hero's combat moves to his muscle memory with a computer (I think that's how it worked).Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-9573657356088955072016-02-03T10:24:51.511-04:002016-02-03T10:24:51.511-04:00This guy always seemed a bit silly to me- I don...This guy always seemed a bit silly to me- I don't buy that his knowledge of timing translates to competency against Batman (I know all the right notes in my favorite songs, but that doesn't mean I can get my vocal cords to accurately produce them)- but the episode itself is fairly entertaining, I think.Andrew Gilbertsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10604304361825660940noreply@blogger.com