Comments | ps238principal: The Invasion will not be televised, but there may be an instruction manual...

ps238principal

The Invasion will not be televised, but there may be an instruction manual...

Sep 10, 2009 00:26

( Read more... )

movies, san diego comicon, full frontal nerdity, batte for terra, science fiction

Comments 14

kijikun September 10 2009, 07:07:59 UTC

If you weren't already married, I'd offer to marry you for the El Kabong reference in today's Backward Compatible.

ps238principal September 10 2009, 08:03:35 UTC

That catchphrase (and sound effect) is one of the many reasons I forgive Hanna-Barbera for all of those "Flintstones" spin-offs. :)

frustratedpilot September 10 2009, 17:45:59 UTC

Crispy Gamer has a glitch in it that won't allow me to comment there, but I would have said "Les Paul died in vain, alas."

Yes, I remember (and still have) that story from the Snarfquest collection in which B.B. Bird gets bent out of shape when Snarf proposes that his guitar be used as a melee weapon on an enemy.

ps238principal September 10 2009, 22:03:24 UTC

Ah, the painful delight of ancient memories being kick-started. :)

Now I want to go dig up my coveted Dragon Magazine CD-ROM set (the one that started a cavalacade of lawsuits) and read all of those old comics in 72dpi format...

Thread 5

tremor3258 September 10 2009, 13:12:59 UTC

Whooo to Batman Beyond, though I hope they don't try to up the angst (personally, I liked the Eggbaby episode, it was a nice comedy break) too much...

ps238principal September 10 2009, 17:15:26 UTC

I dug that they used the show to both back-door an animated bit of "The Dark Knight Returns"...

...and make fun of Joel Schumacher.

Comic book, not cartoon tremor3258 September 11 2009, 20:40:39 UTC

Bit disappointed to learn that it will be a six-issue comic book and not television episodes. Didn't read any of the previous Batman Beyond comics so I have nothing to compare it against.

Re: Comic book, not cartoon ps238principal September 11 2009, 22:26:16 UTC

Aw, man... I just assumed that it would be one more in the string of animated cartoon DvDs they've been putting out lately.

Maybe if I flip the pages really fast...

kalatash September 11 2009, 08:40:21 UTC

Yeah, Battle for Terra was already in theaters, either over last winter or around Q1. I only HEARD about the film one week before it premiered, which is almost never a good sign. I also heard it might be surprisingly good, but that review was from someone who had INCREDIBLY low expectations.

ps238principal September 11 2009, 22:28:16 UTC

As long as they're not comparing it to "Delgo," I'll give 'er a spin.

Though I was amazed that I didn't hear a single promotion of it, not even from some of the actors involved, who I know I've seen on TV before its release date.

jpnuar1 September 11 2009, 22:04:40 UTC

If you liked The Wizard's Notebook, will you be picking up Scribblenauts for the DS on Tuesday?

ps238principal September 11 2009, 22:26:51 UTC

I'd need a DS, but my nephew has one I might be able to borrow... :)

dizzydava September 12 2009, 02:04:38 UTC

There was a time when sci-fi didn't contain morality tales?! I'm having a hard time thinking of one that didn't, whether it was "corporations who dabble in alien tech will sacrifice you for a buck," "stop nukes/polluting/war/whatever, or doom will surely follow," or "whoever draws a lightsaber first loses a hand." Sometimes, they really shouldn't (Planet of the Apes tackles racism! Aaaaaawkward....), but it seems like they always do.

I don't know. If someone can think of a well-known example where a sci-fi story didn't have a moral angle, by all means comment. I'm drawing a blank.