Little Dee

Discussion (5) ¬

1. 
   War Pig

   February 16, 2011 at 2:19 am | #

   Ever been on one? It makes “The Lost World” (the Fernando Lamas, Michael Rennie version) look plausible. Some of them have fauna and even flora which are unique to their particular tepuis. In some cases, you stand on the edge of a tepuis and look out, and down at the clouds and it’s as if you’re in the Twilight Zone. Some of them do indeed have a network of caverns and caves and passages beneath them, carved over eons by rainwater.

   And bugs which feast upon human flesh are everywhere, unfortunately.
2. 
   Frank

   February 16, 2011 at 8:35 am | #

   I can see Mr. Fredricksen’s house from here!
3. 
   christopher

   February 16, 2011 at 10:00 am | #

   @War_Pig, you’ve been? Wow. Total envy. Except the carnivorous bugs.

   @Frank, I know! The tepuis in “UP” were so big and colorful and lovely, and it was fun to say “hey, Tepuis! Those are awesome, i drew about them in my wee little comic.” :)

   Did you know that when Jurassic Park came out, Bill Waterson didn’t draw the dinosaurs for a while in Calvin and Hobbes because (as he put it) the drawings simply couldn’t live up to the huge screen visuals? Fortunately the tepuis were a one-time bit in Little Dee, so I did not have to ponder the same issue when the movie came out. :)
4. 
   Thomas

   May 19, 2012 at 1:49 pm | #

   Lemme see, which movie comes UP now which might have been a little inspired? ;-)
5. 
   christopher

   May 19, 2012 at 2:22 pm | #

   @Thomas, I know! When “Up” came out 4 years later, I KNEW they’d copied me! (ha, no, they probably simply read the same National Geographic article)