Brian K Vaughan has not had very good luck with TV shows. When he was on Under the Dome, I commented he was simultaneously writing the best comic book (i.e. Saga) and the worst TV show in America.
Take jobs as they come -- and we'll never be under the heel of nobody ever again. No matter how long the arm of the Alliance might get, we'll just get ourselves a little further.
Mal ,'Out Of Gas'
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Tom Scola - Oct 27, 2021 1:51:23 pm PDT #1361 of 2158
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Kalshane - Oct 27, 2021 2:11:08 pm PDT #1362 of 2158
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.
This is from the movie, but this is the quintessential Spike scene for me: [link]
ETA:
Is there a rule that characters named Spike have to be cocky? just asking ....
Maybe? Trying to think of other Spikes beyond Bebop and Buffy. I don't remember the one from the old Transformers cartoon being particularly cocky, but it's also been like 35 years since I last watched it.
Topic!Cindy - Oct 27, 2021 4:46:21 pm PDT #1363 of 2158
What is even happening?
Brian K Vaughan has not had very good luck with TV shows. When he was on Under the Dome, I commented he was simultaneously writing the best comic book (i.e. Saga) and the worst TV show in America.
Did you read the Y: The Last Man comic, Tom? Was it any good?
Maybe? Trying to think of other Spikes beyond Bebop and Buffy. I don't remember the one from the old Transformers cartoon being particularly cocky, but it's also been like 35 years since I last watched it.
Before there was Chachi (ptui, we shall speak of it no more) on Happy Days, there was Spike, who was Fonzie's nephew. Some fan wiki: [link] ; YouTube highlights: [link]
Spike is a phallic sort of name.
-t - Oct 27, 2021 4:47:54 pm PDT #1364 of 2158
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
My college roommate was nicknamed Spike the Warlord. She exhibited cockiness while in that persona, I would say.
DavidS - Oct 27, 2021 5:03:57 pm PDT #1365 of 2158
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Snoopy's sad sack brother was named Spike.
dcp - Oct 27, 2021 5:09:45 pm PDT #1366 of 2158
"I yam what I yam and that's all what I yam," -- Popeye
Spike Lee
Spike Milligan
Spike Jones
Toby Daye's rose goblin is named Spike.
-t - Oct 27, 2021 5:17:01 pm PDT #1367 of 2158
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Spike from Peanuts is not very cocky, good counter example
aurelia - Oct 27, 2021 8:07:43 pm PDT #1368 of 2158
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
I've been enjoying Y: The Last Man. Not all the plot points stick the landing, but the cast is great and I'm really liking the writing. In addition to being sensitive to the treatment of gender, they are both brutally honest and remarkably subtle in their depictions.
Tom Scola - Oct 28, 2021 5:36:09 am PDT #1369 of 2158
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
Did you read the Y: The Last Man comic, Tom? Was it any good?
Unfortunately, I haven’t.
Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 28, 2021 10:18:43 am PDT #1370 of 2158
"You should never say bad things about the dead, only good… Joan Crawford is dead. Good.” —Bette Davis
I read issues occasionally and while it was entertaining, the staggering genius of Brian K. Vaughn that other people kept raving about was lost on me.