(From “Target Comics” number 5, 1940.)
Posted in Daily Random Panel
The big news in my small circle of geeky friends is, of course, the upcoming “Avengers” movie. Whenever a major film like this comes out that I know I am going to want to see, the months and weeks leading up to it are pure torture as I twist and turn in my efforts to dodge spoilers. I want to experience the movie in as pure a form as possible, unsullied by the expectations or experiences of other people.
Friend of HeroMachine John and I go into the “Cone of Silence”, a sensory deprivation chamber where all previews, promos, ads, spoilers, speculative articles, and celebrity interviews are avoided even more vigorously than girls avoided US in high school.
But that’s not the only way to approach these kinds of mega projects. So my question for you on this Sharing Day is basically:
How do you handle “big” geek events like major movies or big novel releases? Do you go whole-hog and consume everything humanly possible about it before it comes out, or do you go into your own “Cone of Silence” and try your best to be surprised?
If you like, in return for answering my question to you, you may ask a question of me on any topic and I’ll do my best to answer honestly and completely. Just leave your reply (and question, if any) as a comment. The goal is to learn a little more about our community!
Posted in Sharing Day
Our little stuffed bunny buddy was last seen in an alley behind the police station with zombie guts in his eye, dithering over whether to get it out OUT OUT or just nut up and head on in to the precinct. Which raises two questions:
After due process and careful deliberation, we in our infinite wisdom have gone the velveteen nut route, screwed up our courage, and bolted for the hard, safe arms of the local constabulary without washing our eyes first. Hopefully our tears of joy when Daddy saves us will wash out the zombie goo sufficiently:
Posted in RPG Corner, Zombocalypse Now
Crazy cross-genre combinations are the norm in today’s comics world, with zombie super-heroes and dinosaur nazis and “what if super villains ran the world” sorts of high concepts. High being the operative word.
Have you ever wondered, however, why no one has ever done a Native American Cowboy Disco Rebel book before? I know I have! Well thanks to ReaderKate, we learn the answer: Because it’s already been done before! Ladies and gentlemen, meet the sartorially challenged genre-busting fashion spectacle that is … HAWK, Son of Tomahawk!
Posted in Bad Super Costumes
Our “Versus” question today comes to us from the nice folks at FactPile, but it was so juicy I couldn’t pass it up:
In their framing, you have 10,000 Wookiees and 10,000 Na’vi going into battle on a neutral jungle planet. But let’s be honest, the Wookiees would crush them if the Na’vi didn’t have their magic internet trees or whatever the hell that living planet concept was.
So let’s switch it around and posit an invasion of the Na’vi home world by Wookiees, mostly because the idea of parachuting Wookiees makes me laugh like a hyena. Let’s say they want some Unobtanium for the rebellion, and they fly there in their ships powered by Doesnotexisteum with their Fansofmyshowareidiotsandihatethem model blasters.
In this scenario, basically you’ve got a somewhat higher tech level than the humans displayed in “Avatar”. But, that same tech level couldn’t beat a planet full of the dwarven Wookiee cousins, the Ewoks. So take that for what it’s worth. Granted, on Endor the Angry Teddy Bears were up against Storm Troopers, who we all know now were clones of what is apparently the Worst Soldier In the World, judging by their poor aim and general lack of combat effectiveness. I mean, you’ve got an entire galaxy (granted, it’s far far away, but still) from which to choose your warrior template, and the result was the storm troopers.
Apparently good cloning can’t compensate for bad judgement.
But I digress. So you’ve got super tall howling dog-men up against super tall howling blue cat people. Who wins, and why? Lay it on us, Slicks!
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Posted in Versus
(From “Target Comics” number 5, 1940.)
Posted in Daily Random Panel
Three middle-aged nerds (including yours truly!) review all of the MCU movies in chronological order. Short, funny, and full of good vibes, check it out and let us know what you think!
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