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Oct 29, 2007
East European Cartoons
1. Gusztáv (Gustavus) - Hungary
Gustav is the first famous adult Hungarian cartoon character. Gustav is developed in 1964., always wears same gray clothes and is full of various human anomalies. Gustav became a well-known character in many Eastern European countries.
In the movie below Gustav is fighting against alcohol use.
2. Pat a Mat (Pat and Mat) - Czechoslovakia "Pat and Mat" follows efforts of two neighbours that try to solve mostly a self-made problem using all the tools you could imagine and building gadgets. However, this leads to even more problems. In the end, Pat and Mat manage to obtain a working solutions applying a very unconventional and very inefficient method. According to the authors manual clumsiness inspires the stories. On top of the humor that series offer also an optimistic view at life is promoted. Pat and Mat never give up until they find creative solution to the problem. They debuted in 1976. and so far around 80 episodes were released.
Trivia: Release of "Pat & Mat: the Game" is announced for 2008. It should be available for PC, Nintendo DS and XBOX360.
3. Bolek i Lolek (Bennie and Lennie) - Poland
Bolek and Lolek are two cartoon characters from the Polish TV animated series of the same title. Characters are based on sons of animator of "Bolek and Lolek". In 1964. they made a first appearance in an animated film. In English, the cartoon was distributed under the name Bennie and Lennie. Apparently, Bolek and Lolek was the only animated movie allowed to be broadcast by Iranian television during and just after Islamic Revolution of 1978.
Trivia: Kaczynski twin brothers that currently serve as the President and the Prime Minister of Poland, are sometimes, by media, called Bolek and Lolek.
4. Nu, pogodi! (You, Just Wait!) - Soviet Union (SSSR) "Nu, pogodi!" is the most popular Russian animated series. It started in 1969. and it follows efforts of the troublesome wolf trying to catch the jackrabbit. The wolf never catches the jackrabbit and hunts always ends with the wolf yelling „Nu sajaz, nu pogodi!“ („You just wait, jackrabbit!). The concept is similar to the concepts of America's Tom and Jerry and Road Runner. Interestingly, the director of "Nu, pogodi!"did not see Tom and Jerry until his son bought a VCR in 1987.
Trivia: An arcade game very similar to Pac-Man based on "Nu, pogodi!" was developed for Poly Play. Poly Play is an arcade machine made in East Germany in 1985 - this is the only arcade machine produced in Eastern Bloc.
5. Mézga Aladár különös kalandjai (The Adventures of Aladar Mezga) - Hungary
Animated series "The Adventures of Aladár Mézga" debuted in 1972. The main character, Aladár, visits every night a different inhabited planet using an inflatable space ship. The script was partly written by József Nepp who also wrote scripts for Gustav. The are two more animated series that deal with Mézga family.
Trivia: The name "Mézga" means bad luck in Hungarian
6. Professor Baltazar - YugoslaviaDefinitely the most popular animated series from former Yugoslavia. 57 episodes were made in period 1967.-1971. Baltazar is an old professor that helps his fellow citizens of Baltazar-City to solve the problems using his ingenious inventions.
Trivia: In 2006. Professor Baltazar was selected to be official mascot of Zagreb, capital of Croatia, by city parliament.
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Oct 28, 2007
30 dana noći
Film još nisam gledala, ali strana koja ga promoviše urađena je odlično. Krstareći gradićem Barrow upoznajete njegove stanovnike kao i neželjene goste, a tu su i dve igrice: jedna single- i jedna multi-player. Kliknite ovde da biste posetili internet stranu koja promoviše horor "30 dana noći".
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Oct 27, 2007
Prva ponuda za bager
Ponudu u iznosu od 7 miliona 101 hiljadu dinara poslao je član korisničkog imena PartijaMladihSrbije koji se učlanio na Limundo 02.10.2007. godine. Do isteka aukcije ostalo je oko pet dana.
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Oct 26, 2007
Jesti prstima
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Oct 23, 2007
Najveće pljačke ikada
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Oct 22, 2007
Šta bi sa odrazom?
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Oct 21, 2007
Urbana kamuflaža u Japanu
Kamuflažna odeća uključuje:
- Suknju koja se transformiše u ulični coca-cola automat za napitke, tzv. vending maching (vidi sliku gore)
- Dečiju torbu koja se, po potrebi, transformiše u ulični protivpožarni aparat.
- Torbu-šaht, torbu koja se transformiše u formu pljosnatog i okruglog uličnog šahta i položi na ulicu kako bi kriminalci prošli pored nje ne primećujuči je.
Ceo slide show kamulflažne odeće možete videti na sajtu New York Timesa ako kliknete ovde.
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Oct 20, 2007
Beskonačni Oz
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Oct 19, 2007
Bazenčina
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Oct 15, 2007
Zanimljivosti
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Oct 14, 2007
Ekstremno štrikanje
Bluze, čarapice i džemperčiće taman za bubice pogledajte ovde.
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