Well, “current” in 2022, because it’s an old video that’s been in the backlog for awhile.
Catch Yahtzee at his new home at Second Wind on YouTube
Now explain the lack of colors, the sunlight only when the director THINKS it’s dramatic. everything I’ve heard about the terrible story…
I actually tried to just do this comic with screencaps but they wouldn’t fit right in the panels, a result of the layout. Oddly enough it probably would have worked for the early comics since it was on its side compared to today’s. I also tried giving the bread the same “Scanner Darkly” design, something I did with a comic about the Doom Patrol for the same reason. In the end it was too much work for the effort. The bread bag was a public domain Photoshop template but I have programs that open and work with those. It should be obvious enough these are traced without looking like Greg Land. Here’s a better shot of the bread bag mock-up.
Because how do I not use the screaming girl, a meme among the critics, as the mascot?
Over at The Clutter Reports this week I cleaned up around my pinball machine so I can get to it. Now I just need to plug it in somewhere and play it.
What’s coming this week? The next installment of the Chapter By Chapter review of Star Trek: The Vulcan Academy Murders and I don’t know what else. I have a few things I’d like to do but we’ll have to see if I have time for them, plus you never know what will pop up to discuss.
Have a great week, everyone!
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I thought I posted this one back when Hulu allowed embeds of their videos. I miss those days. That’s ad revenue they lost and I lost the ability to post a number of shows. Luckily official YouTube channels are now a thing.
The Big Guy And Rusty The Boy Robot is a 1995 comic book published by Dark Horse comics, and I have not had the chance to read it. Written by Frank Miller and drawn by Geof Darrow, the character first appeared in Madman Comics before being joined by Rusty in their own miniseries. Being Frank Miller, I’m betting there was some commentary in the All-American speech patterns of the Big Guy, but in the cartoon it’s more parody, a tribute either way to old science fiction tales.
The BGY-11, otherwise known as “The Big Guy”, was intended to be our nation’s defender against evil robots, threats from space, and various mutations. However, the goal of not endangering humans by using AI didn’t quite work out. Instead, chief mechanic Dwayne Hunter is secretly the robot’s pilot, a secret known only to the committee and presumable Quark Industries’ former owner. The new owner has no idea, and given that he’s still a caricature of a greedy businessman (again, Frank Miller) that’s probably a good thing. The new advanced robot is Rusty, with a fully working AI, nucleoprotonic powers, no pain receptors, and being a chibi robot kid is probably good for merchandising. Surprisingly, the show doesn’t make a habit of noting that last part, but the “no pain receptors” thing is a running gag as it gets bounced around by monsters.
Clearly not yet a replacement for the Big Guy, Dwayne must resume his role as the country’s protector, keeping Rusty in the dark while the boy robot idolises his predecessor and wants to be his sidekick. Together they face all kind of threats. Tonight I’m bringing you two episodes from season one that set up the show’s dynamic. Enjoy.
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image source, Man Without Fear.com
The Trial Of The Incredible Hulk was the second attempt to use the only Bill Bixby/Lou Ferrigno series (the reporter Jack McGee only showed up in the first of three reunion movies) to bring live-action versions of other Marvel characters to TV, after a failed attempt with Thor-in-name-only and The Return Of The Incredible Hulk. In that story, Daredevil, aka Matt Murdock, is Bruce’s lawyer when the Kingpin frames the wandering hero who had kept his not being dead a secret in that version. The movie’s version of the Daredevil costume is just a black outfit but he did have his gimmick billy club. It was actually being produced as a series, but was canceled.
In this article from Bounding Into Comics we learn the reason wasn’t the cheap TV movie that was more ambitious than its budget but that CBS didn’t want a rival to their Flash series. How did they pull it off? I wouldn’t be linking to the article if I was just going to tell you here.
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Since we were talking about The Fall Guy earlier today…
Stuntmen were known to exist when Glen Larson created the original TV series for ABC, following the adventures of stuntman Cold Seavers as he earns money between stunt gigs by bounty hunting. This new movie appears to just be a stuntman forced to be a hero when his ex-girlfriend’s movie set is forced to deal with actual bad guys. That’s disappointing unless this is an origin movie (not that we needed one as the TV series didn’t need it) for how he decided to supplement his income by moonlighting as a bounty hunter.
The question is whether or not the movie (since Lee of The Film Theorists apparently doesn’t know there was a TV show) fudges the actual chances of a stuntman in dealing with the kinds of villains that show up in action movies. Does their stunt training transfer to actually getting into fights or in less controlled environments of life risking. That’s what the following video attempt to theorise on based on training of actual police and military personnel versus what we know stuntmen learn in these days of behind the scenes videos and stuntmen and stuntwomen having their own YouTube channels. Even MacGyver (both versions probably) fudged the science a bit, as Mythbusters proved testing some of Mac’s science solutions. Lee isn’t even sending real stuntpeople into a life-or-death situation.
But that’s why it’s a theory, isn’t it?
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Look who’s back to prominence on the cover of his own comic!
Blue Beetle #58
Fox Features Syndicate (April, 1950)
For those you paying attention, yes it IS two years between issues. I don’t know what happened in that time, but it’s interesting that the numbering continued where it left off two years ago. In comics these days you can’t be sure the numbering will continue in the next issue because publishers are scared of big numbers as part of their play to the speculators over the readers. That’s a gimmick that should have died off years ago along with variant covers, but instead they’ve kind of doubled down on using gimmicks over good storytelling. Well, let’s see what they learned in two years.
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I hear the movie is not following this plotline. Maybe it’s an origin of how Colt Seavers became a bounty hunter? Somehow I doubt it.
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