Comments on: Gender Swap: December 31, 2001 – January 5, 2002

By: Darkstarr

Darkstarr — Tue, 12 Apr 2016 02:56:19 +0000

In reply to Shaenon Garrity (shaenongarrity). I do hope you're not asking anyone other than your husband, madam, otherwise the poor moderators for this site would probably have to demand both massive overtime AND severe hazard pay...

By: Steph Shaver (onalark)

Steph Shaver (onalark) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:30:37 +0000

Aaron, you're only saying that because you realized that Dave could probably time-travel to this point in the continuum and hit exactly that.

Just sayin'.

I gotta say Joel edges out Mike for me, but mostly because I just like the Trace Beaulieu/Joel Hodgson run best of MST3K. It helps that a) it's the first one I was exposed to and b) "Sandy Frank" had yet to figure out why they were licensing his films. Making fun of Gamara is like stealing candy from comatose babies.

There were some really great moments in the later years, though. "Remember to always believe in magic...or I'll kill you." is one of those memorable lines that still pops up in the midst of meetings here at work.

By: Aaron Shades (prof_tinker)

Aaron Shades (prof_tinker) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:30:36 +0000

.... Jon, just, no. Please, this universe is bad enough with such things. stop tempting the fanfic writers.

And I find that most two-person main characters tend to, at some time or another, become calvin and hobbes.

By: Jon Stout (brasswatchman)

Jon Stout (brasswatchman) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:30:35 +0000

I do like Dave's rock-solid confidence in her own beauty. Oddly, Dave is just as solidly convinced that he's unattractive as a man.

Possibly because he knows that - if he were a man - he'd hit that?

By: Ed Gedeon (eddurd)

Ed Gedeon (eddurd) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:30:34 +0000

This will probably come as no surprise to anyone, but I lost count of how many times I went to see the original "Star Wars" during my college days.

Actually, I didn't lose count, but I'm not gonna admit it. (Let's just say, "double digits", and let it go at that.)

By: Tiff Hudson (tiff_hudson)

Tiff Hudson (tiff_hudson) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:30:33 +0000

irresistible adj 1.Having detectable breasts 2. female

-- The Oxford Geek Dictionary

By: Leon Arnott (l)

Leon Arnott (l) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:30:32 +0000

"After reading that Dave thinks that Mike was as a good a host as Joel, I think I'm going to have to change my "Hell, yeah!" vote...."
--Joseph Prisco, 6 Jan. 2002.

By: Leon Arnott (l)

Leon Arnott (l) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:30:31 +0000

Saturday:

My goodness, our protagonists have been changed into Calvin and Hobbes.

By: Aaron Shades (prof_tinker)

Aaron Shades (prof_tinker) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:30:30 +0000

Valkerie: Yes. Personally, I tried underwear out once and it bugged the hell out of me. Soft-fit is the way to go.

.... what? It was holloween! I had a Dolly outfit, kay? Ms. Streisand is a tough act to follow...

And panel three helen is unfair, dammit.

By: Sam Daniel (samhdaniel)

Sam Daniel (samhdaniel) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:30:29 +0000

You have to think of Narbonic as being filmed like a reality show. Imagine one of those hand-held Steadicams, with the operator bobbing and weaving to frame the best shot.

Thus, in Panel 1, the operator is clearly standing on a chair to shoot down from above Helen(m)'s head. This also has the effect of making Dave(f) appear shorter.

It's all a matter of perspective, and, in Dave(f)'s case, foreshortening. Or backshortening, since she's in the back of the frame.