Post by lizardgirl on Aug 18, 2006 8:47:29 GMT -5
I ordered the Monsters, Inc. factfiles off eBay, and got them in the post this morning. I remember a discussion about them quite a long time ago- I think Sean had one?- but I thought I'd just let you know what it says about Randall. The advertising says that these factfiles let you in on the monster's 'likes and dislikes, and even their deepest, darkest secrets'.
Um, no. Not particularly. But there is some interesting stuff. There are four factfiles- one for Randall, Mike, Sulley and Boo. My own notes are in itallic. Here's Randall's-
Name: Randall Boggs
Job Title: 2nd Top Scarer (Chief Bad Guy (WTF?!)
Often Heard Saying: Just get me another door!
Warning: Slimy! Not to be trusted.
Personnel Record Card-
Physical Characteristics: Creepy, lizard-shaped monster with eight limbs and a mouthful of sharp teeth, low rasping voice. Personally, I always thought that Randall had a rather high-pitched voice, rather than being 'low and rasping'?
Scare Potential: BIG (but not big enough to beat Sulley.)
Strengths: Chameleon-like ability to blend into his surroundings.
Weakness: Oozing with hatred and jealousy.
Main Ambition: To knock Sulley out of his top-ranking position. I would've thought his real main ambition was to get the SE in all scare floors and to become some kind of manager of MI?
Almost top scarer!
Here's Fungus': (it's in Randall's book)
Job Title: Assistant to Randall Boggs.
Often Heard Saying: You're still behind, Randall. You know, maybe I should re-align the scream intake valve.
Physical characteristics: Pink two legged, three-toed, three-eyed creature with bad eyesight. He has to rely on spectacles to read!
Monster personality profile: Easily led and easily frightened. Loves playing with machines and gadgets. Takes initiative NOT but often in panic, which leads him into trouble.
Weakness: Scared stiff of Randall.
Main challenge: To do everything Randall tells him.
(Above Fungus' picture on his page, there is a little Randall with a speech bubble that says 'Of course Fungus thinks I'm a terrific boss.' Underneath, it says TOP ASSISTANT! Does this imply he's better than Wazowski? Not surprising, really.)
Then there's like a wordsearch- Randall's mystery word grid, and a matching picture thing.
Then there's Randall's jokes. Here are the questions, and I'll post the answers at a later date so you can have a go at them. WARNING: The jokes are rubbish.
Q: Think of a door number between one and thirty. Double it, add six and multiply by thirteen, close your eyes...
Q: Doctor, doctor, I can't get to sleep at night...
Q: Why can't I tell you the joke about the bed?
Q: Shall I tell you the joke about the empty bedroom?
Q: When is a door not a door?
Q: What did the monster alarm say when it fell in the water?
Q: Shall I tell you the joke about the heavy door?
Then there's some film flashbacks, with pictures and quotes. Every picture of Randall has him baring his teeth and just looking generally unhappy.
There's a colour Randall in thing, followed by a quiz. The quiz isn't particularly interesting, and it's a bit silly because none of the questions actually mention Randall, apart from this one-
Q: What does Waternoose want?
a) to get less screams
b) to get rid of Randall
c) to get more screams and save the company.
Personally, I think it's a mix of b and c, but the answer at the back says c.
The back of the book says:
Randall Boggs is a pretty nasty monster, but he's second top Scarer at Monsters, Inc., and always looking for waysto catch Sulley out.
In the others books, there's nothing much to mention. In the films flashback part of Boo's, it has the bit when she holds up the picture of Randall she drew.
Sullivan's 'often heard saying' quote is a quote I can't actually remember being in the film itself, which is a bit strange- he says 'Yeah, well my eyes might not be the size of hubcaps, but I can see just fine.'
Waternoose is made out to be a nice old guy that got caught up with desperation because of the lack of screams. In 'weakness', it says 'Has a desperate, darker side when under pressure and even prepared to break the rules of the Monster World to achieve his aims'.
There's a detailed copy of the Monstropolis Horn newspaper, with everything about Waternoose's arrest, but it doesn't mention Randall at all- this makes sense, especially with Roz saying the whole 'this never happened' thing.
Mike's profile mentions Randall a lot, unsurprisingly- mainly in the joke section. (I'll post the answers to these now, as they really aren't funny. Not even slightly. They're actually insulting.) So, these are all of Mike's favourite jokes.
Q: Randall: I have eight limbs, big teeth, and a lizard body. What am I?
A: Roz: Ugly.
Q: Mike: What three letters frighten off Fungus?
A: Randall: I. C. U.
Q: Randall: I have eight limbs, big teeth, and a lizard body. What am I?
A: Fungus: Scary or what?
I don't really get those jokes. At all.
In the film flashbacks section of Mike's, it has to be noted that, strangely, all of the pictures of him are when he's frowning or just looking weird. He doesn't look happy in any of them.
Um, that's it, I think. Try to answer those jokes, and I'll post the answers later on. ;D
Um, no. Not particularly. But there is some interesting stuff. There are four factfiles- one for Randall, Mike, Sulley and Boo. My own notes are in itallic. Here's Randall's-
Name: Randall Boggs
Job Title: 2nd Top Scarer (Chief Bad Guy (WTF?!)
Often Heard Saying: Just get me another door!
Warning: Slimy! Not to be trusted.
Personnel Record Card-
Physical Characteristics: Creepy, lizard-shaped monster with eight limbs and a mouthful of sharp teeth, low rasping voice. Personally, I always thought that Randall had a rather high-pitched voice, rather than being 'low and rasping'?
Scare Potential: BIG (but not big enough to beat Sulley.)
Strengths: Chameleon-like ability to blend into his surroundings.
Weakness: Oozing with hatred and jealousy.
Main Ambition: To knock Sulley out of his top-ranking position. I would've thought his real main ambition was to get the SE in all scare floors and to become some kind of manager of MI?
Almost top scarer!
Here's Fungus': (it's in Randall's book)
Job Title: Assistant to Randall Boggs.
Often Heard Saying: You're still behind, Randall. You know, maybe I should re-align the scream intake valve.
Physical characteristics: Pink two legged, three-toed, three-eyed creature with bad eyesight. He has to rely on spectacles to read!
Monster personality profile: Easily led and easily frightened. Loves playing with machines and gadgets. Takes initiative NOT but often in panic, which leads him into trouble.
Weakness: Scared stiff of Randall.
Main challenge: To do everything Randall tells him.
(Above Fungus' picture on his page, there is a little Randall with a speech bubble that says 'Of course Fungus thinks I'm a terrific boss.' Underneath, it says TOP ASSISTANT! Does this imply he's better than Wazowski? Not surprising, really.)
Then there's like a wordsearch- Randall's mystery word grid, and a matching picture thing.
Then there's Randall's jokes. Here are the questions, and I'll post the answers at a later date so you can have a go at them. WARNING: The jokes are rubbish.
Q: Think of a door number between one and thirty. Double it, add six and multiply by thirteen, close your eyes...
Q: Doctor, doctor, I can't get to sleep at night...
Q: Why can't I tell you the joke about the bed?
Q: Shall I tell you the joke about the empty bedroom?
Q: When is a door not a door?
Q: What did the monster alarm say when it fell in the water?
Q: Shall I tell you the joke about the heavy door?
Then there's some film flashbacks, with pictures and quotes. Every picture of Randall has him baring his teeth and just looking generally unhappy.
There's a colour Randall in thing, followed by a quiz. The quiz isn't particularly interesting, and it's a bit silly because none of the questions actually mention Randall, apart from this one-
Q: What does Waternoose want?
a) to get less screams
b) to get rid of Randall
c) to get more screams and save the company.
Personally, I think it's a mix of b and c, but the answer at the back says c.
The back of the book says:
Randall Boggs is a pretty nasty monster, but he's second top Scarer at Monsters, Inc., and always looking for waysto catch Sulley out.
In the others books, there's nothing much to mention. In the films flashback part of Boo's, it has the bit when she holds up the picture of Randall she drew.
Sullivan's 'often heard saying' quote is a quote I can't actually remember being in the film itself, which is a bit strange- he says 'Yeah, well my eyes might not be the size of hubcaps, but I can see just fine.'
Waternoose is made out to be a nice old guy that got caught up with desperation because of the lack of screams. In 'weakness', it says 'Has a desperate, darker side when under pressure and even prepared to break the rules of the Monster World to achieve his aims'.
There's a detailed copy of the Monstropolis Horn newspaper, with everything about Waternoose's arrest, but it doesn't mention Randall at all- this makes sense, especially with Roz saying the whole 'this never happened' thing.
Mike's profile mentions Randall a lot, unsurprisingly- mainly in the joke section. (I'll post the answers to these now, as they really aren't funny. Not even slightly. They're actually insulting.) So, these are all of Mike's favourite jokes.
Q: Randall: I have eight limbs, big teeth, and a lizard body. What am I?
A: Roz: Ugly.
Q: Mike: What three letters frighten off Fungus?
A: Randall: I. C. U.
Q: Randall: I have eight limbs, big teeth, and a lizard body. What am I?
A: Fungus: Scary or what?
I don't really get those jokes. At all.
In the film flashbacks section of Mike's, it has to be noted that, strangely, all of the pictures of him are when he's frowning or just looking weird. He doesn't look happy in any of them.
Um, that's it, I think. Try to answer those jokes, and I'll post the answers later on. ;D