Similar to what ABC is doing with Lost and the "Hanso Foundation" Web site, DC brings us www.52thecomic.com.
V. amusing.
Angel: Will you just shut up for once?! Illyria: What? Angel: My God, the speechifying. Has it ever occurred to you that now might not be the best time for when-we-were-muck stories?
'Time Bomb'
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Discussion of Buffy and Angel comics, books, and more. Please don't get into spoilery details in the first week of release.
Steph L. - May 09, 2006 8:10:09 am PDT #9533 of 10000
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
§ ita § - May 09, 2006 2:23:40 pm PDT #9534 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I neither love not hate Gambit, but I'm hella amused by this tirade. I mean, it contains this tangent:
Incidentally, The Richard Gere Factor is the polar opposite of The Kurt Russell Factor. Guys love Kurt Russell; it's why they keep putting him in movies.
Man #1: "Dude, we should catch that movie Dreamer, the one about the little girl and the horse that taught a family to love again."
Man #2: "Fuck no we shouldn't."
Man #1: "It's got Kurt Russell and Kris Kristoferson."
Man #2: "Let us do this thing!!!"
DXMachina - May 09, 2006 2:25:23 pm PDT #9535 of 10000
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Kris Kristoferson? I don't think so...
Tom Scola - May 09, 2006 2:39:16 pm PDT #9536 of 10000
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
TV Comic strips from the late 60s and early 70s.
John Pertwee as a cross-dressing Doctor Who really disturbed me.
Matt the Bruins fan - May 09, 2006 3:09:39 pm PDT #9537 of 10000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Kris Kristoferson? I don't think so...
He's about 75% of what got me to watch Blade II...
John Pertwee as a cross-dressing Doctor Who really disturbed me.
I'd never really thought about the actor's resemblance to Bea Arthur until I saw tthis comic strip.
Mr. Broom - May 09, 2006 3:23:33 pm PDT #9538 of 10000
"When I look at people that I would like to feel have been a mentor or an inspiring kind of archetype of what I'd love to see my career eventually be mentioned as a footnote for in the same paragraph, it would be, like, Bowie." ~Trent Reznor
Kris Kristofferson has got what we call the Haggard Factor. You cannot kill him. You can only make him more haggard.
I was likewise amused by the Gambit tirade, particularly because he is the all-time favorite X-Man of one of my best friends. I never thought that any part of Gambit was particularly uncool or chick-flicky, really. In fact, the first few story arcs of his solo series were pretty slick. I will admit, however, that his power is one of those mutations that are ridiculously deus ex. The con man has a power that happens to relate perfectly to the use of playing cards? You don't say! He's by no means the worst offender in that category, though (Banshee kind of does suck).
Matt the Bruins fan - May 09, 2006 5:08:58 pm PDT #9539 of 10000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Well, to be fair Gambit can charge up pretty much any small object to explode... he just chooses to fling cards as part of his schtick.
I do remember when Whistler made it into the crawlspaces toward the end of Blade II, I thought to myself "Did none of the vampires ever watch a Die Hard movie? Forget Blade, now they're REALLY screwed!"
Kalshane - May 10, 2006 6:00:28 am PDT #9540 of 10000
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
Well, to be fair Gambit can charge up pretty much any small object to explode... he just chooses to fling cards as part of his schtick
Exactly. He can and does charge up various objects. Cards are just light-weight and easy to carry. I mean, sure they were chosen for the "coolness factor", but they make a good deal of logical sense. How many other things can you carry 52 of in a pocket and still throw a decent distance.
DavidS - May 10, 2006 7:40:40 am PDT #9541 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
JZ wants it known by all Futurama fans that she has found the prototype for Bender. (1948)
Hayden - May 10, 2006 7:41:43 am PDT #9542 of 10000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
That's... startling!