Critical Miss: #35

[Celtic_Kerr]

Am I the only one that is so used to reading manga that I read these from right to left by accident EVERY TIME >_>

What's a goodo and did it shoot first?

Are you actually joking or serious?

 

[GrinningManiac]

To this day, I don't give a crap about the damn Greedo

What does it matter who shot who? The script says Hans won, so Hans won in the film. End of. Kaput. Done. Fin.

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

Hehe, reminds me of that Penny Arcade about WH Online:

Yeah, don't ever mix up Doctor Who and Crotchwood in front of me

Uth laynuma. Chespo kutata kreesta krenko, nyakoska!

What does it matter who shot who?

Because it's a story-telling device that details three major parts to the story. First, that Han is a blackhat (thus allowing his move to whitehat to be more triumphant). Secondly that while Greedo is good, Han is the best. Thirdly, that Luke and Ben may have sold themselves out.

If Greedo shoots first, it ruins Han's character arc, turns Greedo into an incompetent (and thus all Rodians/Jabba's men) and removes the tension over whether Han will betray Ben/Luke.

It's equivalent to letting Rick go off with Ilsa at the end of Casablanca, letting Gordon shoot Dr. Breen, or having Samus Aran actually being male. Ruins the concept of the character.

 

[Unrulyhandbag]

Dune isn't a must-see movie. It's a must-read book.

I like to pretend the ones Asimov wrote in the 90's don't exist...

WTF?

Frank Herbert wrote the good books

Brian Herbert wrote the merely okay books

Isaac Asimov died in 1992 and wrote loads of fantastic stuff and the seminal foundation series while he was alive.

OT: The dune film is not a must see; if you've read the books it is, in fact, a bit lame.

 

[superbatranger]

You know what? That's somewhat like me. I've never read Dune, never watched Blade Runner, never watched Firefly. There's a lot of stuff I haven't seen or read, just because I haven't gotten around to it.

But, to have never seen Star Wars? Everyone I know and their grandma has seen at least one of the movies.

 

[JUMBO PALACE]

Very nice work. I actually get this one

 

[SnootyEnglishman]

Am I the only one that is so used to reading manga that I read these from right to left by accident EVERY TIME >_>

What's greedo and did it shoot first?

There now that that's fixed i can say something to you.

Greed did not shoot first. It was Han. Thanks to that stupid re-mastering shite the Lucas allowed so he could pay his crack dealer at the time we have to have this debate.

 

[CosmicCommander]

What's Dune?

 

[vxicepickxv]

Didn't anyone else see the tri-force tattoo on Erin's (I think that's her name) wrist?

That gives me an amazingly evil(?) idea.

I guess now I need to start a webcomic up and draw some characters with tattoos on them, and then randomly remove them in the archives, and put them back every so often, just to see if I can get responses like this one.

 

[Dora]

I have seen Dune. I have not read Dune. Reading Dune is the literary equivalent of having a test pattern play in your brain for eleven million hours. It's got to be the single driest, most boring piece of sci-fi I've ever tried to read. I've made the attempt I don't know how many times.

 

[zombie711]

I have seen the prequels like 30 times, but I have only seen the the first movie of the original trilogy and only seen it once. I really like the prequels

 

[dmcc85]

picture 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 4 , 5 , 4 , 5 , 6!
and BAM

 

[PrototypeC]

What do you mean, "seen" Dune? You must be joking.

Please tell me you're joking.

 

[Robyrt]

I have seen Dune. I have not read Dune. Reading Dune is the literary equivalent of having a test pattern play in your brain for eleven million hours. It's got to be the single driest, most boring piece of sci-fi I've ever tried to read. I've made the attempt I don't know how many times.

I was going to make a big rant about how wrong that is, but then I remembered my standards for "driest, most boring reading" are skewed. I read books like "Medieval Writings on Female Spirituality" on the subway.

So yes, Dune is not the most gripping, edge-of-your-seat work by any means. It also has some of the best sci-fi ideas ever.

 

[I want to leave because extra credits is gone]

This comic seems to be a response to the posts following Critical Miss # 22. Lets put a few thigs into perspective. The current year is 2010. Blade Runner came out in 1982. Dune came out in 1984. The Star Wars movie with Han shooting Greedo came out in 1977. The most recent any of these things happened was over 25 YEARS AGO! There are people working at the escapist that are younger then that. Ironically, the social commentary that was being made in Blade Runner is very fitting in this situation. The replicant that had an incredible ammount of life expiereince, that no youthful human could possess, was passing on. He, the villain of the story, died with the arrogance that the current generation would never have enough humanity to relate to him because they did not share his expierience.

 

[I want to leave because extra credits is gone]

Thanks

 

[Grigori361]

Thank you, I especially loved the tri-force tattoo on her wrist.

 

[The Imp]

This is me!

I really don't give a fuck about Star Wars/Trek/Gate either because it's just not my taste. I don't like laser this and phaser that. But i love the Trilogy(Rings of course) to death. So yeah, Lucas doesn't stand a hint of a chance against Tolkien.

 

[Grigori361]

I have seen Star Wars many times, and I don't recall what a Geedo is, or if it shoots first.
Was that one of the umpa lumpas at the end?

Get out. Get out, right now.

me thinks you was trolled, but if not... yeah remove yourself from the premises.

 

[Grigori361]

I found watching Dune (Lynch's theatrical version) a chore - I did it, but I didn't like it. The SciFi Channel mini-series was better, but it still felt like work.

The books were pure spice - and in my heightened state of awareness, I came to know the awful truth. Star Wars is to Dune like an Honored Matre is to a Reverend Mother.


Edit: I.E., a whore.

dude starwars took from every epic story George could get his hands on, it's a totally whore, but not just for dune, for just about everything, which ironically may be part of why it's so good (originally).