{"id":1195,"date":"2014-06-17T20:42:25","date_gmt":"2014-06-17T20:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tenkmovies.com\/?p=1195"},"modified":"2026-03-31T19:37:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T19:37:29","slug":"i-got-a-tiny-scoop-of-calvin-and-hobbes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tenkmovies.com\/?p=1195","title":{"rendered":"Tiny Calvin meet tiny Hobbes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/external-content.duckduckgo.com\/iu\/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.slashfilm.com%2Fimg%2Fgallery%2Fdear-mr-watterson-trailer-and-release-info-calvin-hobbes-documentary-finally-hits-screens%2Fintro-import.jpg&amp;f=1&amp;nofb=1&amp;ipt=fcae1537a0dd0e7d1c5e49de10277f2cdc122d1775edf57a6c3cebfc755b13c0\" alt=\"'Dear Mr. Watterson' Trailer And Release Info: 'Calvin &amp; Hobbes ...\" width=\"478\" height=\"269\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt2222206\/?ref_=nv_sr_1\">Dear Mr. Watterson<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(2013)<\/p>\n<p>Following the adventures of a six-year-old boy and his possibly imaginary stuffed tiger,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Calvin_and_Hobbes\">Calvin and Hobbes<\/a>\u00a0was one of the last great comic strips. Exploring big picture ideas through the eyes of a child, it offered an innocent look at a vast and frightening world.<\/p>\n<p>This strip elevated the medium to levels of art it had never reached before, and may not reach again.<\/p>\n<p>Due to the changing nature of the newspaper business, the daily comic strip may soon become a relic of the past, alongside <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rotary_dial\">rotary phones<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Discman\">Discmen<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dial-up_Internet_access\">dial-up internet access<\/a>.\u00a0The joy of seeing a familiar face in the \u201cfunnies\u201d every day, like\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peanuts\">Charlie Brown<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Beetle_Bailey\">Beetle Bailey<\/a>, or <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/H%C3%A4gar_the_Horrible\">Hagar the Horrible<\/a>,\u00a0is lost to future generations.<\/p>\n<p>This documentary explores the passionate fans of <em>Calvin and Hobbes<\/em>, its legacy, and the enigma of its reclusive creator Bill Watterson.<em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>And now, I\u2019m off to play a rousing game of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bartel.org\/calvinball\/\">Calvinball<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/external-content.duckduckgo.com\/iu\/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fs29288.pcdn.co%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F06%2Ftiny-a-story-about-living-small-poster.jpg&amp;f=1&amp;nofb=1&amp;ipt=4de71f48efb7d072612ce793ef3874b4a8a2c10e23125fc7772e47b77da9fcd1\" alt=\"TINY: A Story About Living Small Documentary | Movie Rewind\" width=\"531\" height=\"299\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt2450264\/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1\">TINY: A Story About Living Small<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(2013)<\/p>\n<p>This documentary follows several people who moved into very small, custom-built homes to simplify their lives.<\/p>\n<p>These mini-homes often violate\u00a0local zoning ordinances and building permits, so the owners circumvent the rules by adding wheels and calling them vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the homes featured are pretty cool, but this feels like a pilot for an\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/HGTV\">HGTV<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>series and not a feature-length film.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Dear Mr. Watterson\u00a0(2013) Following the adventures of a six-year-old boy and his possibly imaginary stuffed tiger,\u00a0Calvin and Hobbes\u00a0was one of the last great comic strips. Exploring big picture ideas through the eyes of a child, it offered an innocent look at a vast and frightening world. This strip elevated the medium to levels of&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/tenkmovies.com\/?p=1195\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tiny Calvin meet tiny Hobbes<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[942,231,352,706,900],"class_list":["post-1195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-progress","tag-calvin-and-hobbes","tag-documentary","tag-hugh-jackman","tag-scarlett-johansson","tag-woody-allen","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tenkmovies.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tenkmovies.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tenkmovies.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tenkmovies.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tenkmovies.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1195"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/tenkmovies.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1195\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14853,"href":"http:\/\/tenkmovies.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1195\/revisions\/14853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tenkmovies.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tenkmovies.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tenkmovies.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}