Today's sort of lame.
Annie was surprisingly not crazy today, which was disappointing, as now I only have two comic strips to post on today because I was feeling generous today and decided to grant several strips the benefit of the doubt as what they were portraying befit the supposed "joke" of the strip. In any case, two strips is even less than what I usually comment on, and now that I have the shameless plug out of the way let's begin:
Cathy, 08/27/09
I've never seen blue khakis, but apparently the people coloring this strip have. Or they just ignored the fact that they were supposed to be khakis. Yes, I just started this post by mocking a miscoloring. You shouldn't have high hopes for today, folks.
"Brilliant" Mind of Edsion Lee, 08/27/09
Why the heck would a comic strip base a storyline around a movie that's over ten years old, and is based on a show that hasn't been on the air since 1980? Why would a kid as young as Edison be wanting to have a "Wild Wild West" adventure? And yes, this is in direct relation to the franchise: they spent the past week talking about why Edison Lee is like Artemus Gordon. Furthermore, what kind of a crappy name is Doctor Sinister? Dexter (from "Dexter's Laboratory") would have thought of a better name.
Also, it's unlikely that Edison Lee's "Wild Wild West" adventure could be half as good as the one Cartman had nearly a decade ago on "South Park."
28 comments:
the great cartoon by Mr. Hambrock was NOT based on the horrible movie of 1998 but on the classic TV show from 1965-1969. Mr. Hambrock has, and is, doing a fantastic job, you hack
Roger
The strip is VERY realistic if you knew anything worth knowing you'd know that. I suppose you think Loveless's first name really is Arliss. Fans of the REAL The Wild Wild West know this strip and love it. Maybe if you took two minutes to get acquainted with something before you trash it you could be more than a brainless hack. The Real Jim West wore skin tight pants NOT khakis and other than the glasses Edison wears he has Artemus Gordon's outfit down pat.
Maybe you don't realize it, but now that all 4 seasons of The Wild Wild West (the real thing) are out on DVD, there is a whole new generation of fans out there, joining us old fogies you obviouly think have no interest in life. For those who know and love the 60's classic, John Hambrock's interpretation is insightful, accurate and killer funny. I strongly suggest you research before criticizing things you know nothing worthwhile about. I'm sure you think Tom Cruise did actual Mission: Impossible movies.
you people need to get a life worse than we(the comic strip blog authors) do.
also, would you have commented if Mike had said something you liked? furthermore, do you actually think that Mike(or any blog author) cares about what you have to say?
that's pretty funny, xy
you obviously DO care about what we have to say!
ha
Roger
I would indeed have commented whether the comments are good or not. I am not singlemineded as youappear to be. And FYI I happen to have a great life filled with friends I have a lot in common with. You should try it sometime or are you the type who can dish it out but you can't take it.
And I might add if you weren't so stuck on trashing the comic strip you might take two seconds to be THANKFUL that someone was willing to point out the obvious mistakes you made.
xy - Thanks for my laugh for the day! Someone blogging about comics, and posting on a comics blog, is telling other people to 'get a life'? And you're saying comics bloggers don't care about reader opinions? Why blog? Keep a private diary.
And yes, if we had heard about this blog and it was complimentary to our new-found friend, Mr. Hambrock, we would certainly have commented. If something interests me, I will comment. I'm not interesting in trolling around for things to criticize.
Actually, I got quite a kick out of Mr. Hambrock's cartoon. Life's busy and hectic enough. That's why we enjoy things like this. The Wild Wild West was great escapism so when we see a cartoon that reminds of that show, it hits a spot with us. Thanks, Mr. Hambrock. I think it's killer funny, too.
Yay old guys who troll the web looking for posts related to some show from the 80's! Keep up the good work Mike - more making fun of comics that reference old TV shows - we get lots of traffic from these fine gentlemen!
Bryce, the TV show we are talking about was in the SIXTIES. What 1980s show are you talking about?
Roger
apparently everyone has missed the point. what we do here is make fun of comic strips. i happen to enjoy Edison Lee most of the time whereas Mike does not. why do you care if someone criticizes it? can't you just enjoy it and understand that others don't?
as for reader opinions: go read last Wednesday's post as it explains why i do what i do.
xy the point seem to me to be that if you are keeping a blog that you welcome opinion, whether it be positive or negative. Feelings have been stirred here on both sides. We are all fans of The Wild Wild West which aired from 1965-69 (I was born the year it ended), and starred Robert Conrad (who has a radio show on CRNI.net on Thursdays from 5-7 EST if you care to listen) and the incredible Character actor Ross Martin. There was NEVER a show in the 80's that this cartoon is based on, unless your friend is thinking of the reunion movies starring the same two gentlemen. We are just trying to educate you so that others reading your blog are not misinformed. Is that a bad thing, to want others to know the truth? Please, lash out at us again.
Killer funny is the least I can say about Edison Lee over the past week and a half. I have been so excited to read it, from a fellow fan who uses his talent to earn his daily bread, and then uses one of his personal favorites to make himself happy and us in the process. I have the right to say that because this is a public blog. Thank you, Daily Comics Review, for that opportunity. :)
??? You have a right to your opinion, but we don't have a right to correct misinformation, much less express an opinion of our own? Interesting viewpoint.
I'll be sure and tell the teen members of our forum that they are old.
So as the owner of this blog I must say I am surprised by this little conversation. I said 80's because Mike said it hasn't been on the air since the 80's. I should have done my homework I guess. Mike was making fun of it based on the movie, not your beloved show. I didn't know it even existed and I'm willing to bet he didn't either.
I'm not saying we here at the DCR don't need to get lives, but it's pretty funny to hear it coming from people who spend their time on a website designed in 1996, talking about a show that hasn't had a new episode since 1969. Hopefully we can all recognize everyone on both sides of this debate are a few screws loose.
Whipper-snapper showed.
Bryce
Bryce, your age is showing.
Well yeah we have a few screws loose! LOL but it's good admit it. The movie, with Will Smith, was made in 1999 though. Sorry. It may have been made as a tribute to the original series, but they ran afoul of that. As a 30 year old then, I was so excited that they were doing the movie because I didn't have cable and hadn't seen the original in a long time...15 years. It was 25 years before I finally found out about the dvd releases and I am quite happy about it.
So anyway, keep up your work if it makes you happy, we do what makes us happy~watching a show older than we are. Have a good one, guys!
Susan L. - Sorry about that! I'll tuck it back in to my pants
ROTFLOL!!! That could be awkward. :)
Ok, I have just one more thing that I want to get off my chest.
Referencing this quote: "Also, it's unlikely that Edison Lee's "Wild Wild West" adventure could be half as good as the one Cartman had nearly a decade ago on "South Park." "
Can I just say that skit on SouthPark was really disgusting, but again, it was the movie Cartman was referencing. Ok, Just had to say :)
Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. I happen to dislike "Edison Lee" (though I will admit that it's gotten better after the election), and I don't appreciate being called a brainless hack for that opinion. I'm NOT going to call you a bunch of brain-dead idiots for mocking me and claim you're taking this whole thing way too seriously. I won't do that, because it's not my style, and it'd be hypocritical of me to take people to task for enjoying something. I'd also like to note here that my opinion was directed just at "Edison Lee" and not at anything "Wild Wild West". I've never seen the show, but I've heard nothing but good things, and I've never seen the movie, either, so I'm not in a position to judge either of them. However, I am in a position to think that a comic strip launching into a multi-week "Wild Wild West" storyline is coming out of left field a bit. I would have done this for ANY comic strip and ANY show that's been mainly out of the public eye for a decade. If "My Cage" did a storyline where one of the characters pretended to be GizmoDuck (from DuckTales) I'd still be like, "Waht the heck? Where did that come from?"
Also, the reference to the show not being seen since the eighties was, indeed, referencing the two made-for-television movies. As far as I know, and I can't find anything disproving this, this was the last new thing of the show has been on the air. This is why I said "hasn't been on the air since the 80's". I'm totally discounting re-runs with this. (con'd)
Anyway, the strip in question didn't specify which version of the "Wild Wild West" it was using, ogopogo27, and so I simply assumed that it was the film version. I will apologize for this mistake.
Artiespet, a comic strip featuring super-science and a talking rat is anything but realistic. I have never given two thoughts about what Loveless's first name might be, and I'd say it's a rash generalization to say that everyone who likes "Wild Wild West" likes "Edison Lee". They might appreciate this specific storyline, though. Again, I'm not trashing "Wild Wild West" at all. I never said an unkind word about it other than it hasn't been in the public eye for a while. It's good that the strip is so accurate to the show, and your comment about Jim West's pants (which I've never given two thoughts about either) makes a comment Joules' made earlier make sense. Furthermore, I didn't make any mistakes. As said above, I did assume that the strip was using the movie as a template, but that was because I couldn't find anything proving me wrong, and I'm good at finding things on the Internet. So it was far from obvious.
I didn't realize that the show was on DVD, Silver, and it's great that the show is finding a new audience because of it. I never said anything about the people who like the "Wild Wild West" being old and having no interest in life. As I said before, this whole storyline just came out of left field, which is my main issue with it. For your information, I did do research on the show before I posted it, as I wasn't sure that Artemus Gordon was a character in both the film and the show and wanted to make sure before I posted something and made someone angry. I'm also well aware that the "Mission: Impossible" movies are nothing like the show.
Silver and Apple, most of the commentors haven't done anything to correct misinformation. They've just called me a brainless hack and brought up things which weren't even discussed in my commentary of the cartoon. Bryce, I wasn't basing my commentary on anything except the fact that what they're using as a template is over ten years, though I would have bet that the movie is what they were using (as I mentioned in the actual post). Still, it did bring in the traffic. (con'd)
Apple, I'd like to thank you for being one of the only non-DCR person here to not call me a hack at some point, and you were the only one to not assume I was an idiot and make random accusations about me. You're the only one who seemed to remain calm about all this. Thank you for that. Also, I, too, know what it's like to be burned by a movie adaption, so I can appreciate your sorrow in regards to the (by all accounts) lack-luster movie.
Susan L, I'd like to thank you for being the other one.
Also, I'd like to thank XY and Bryce to coming to my defense. Thanks guys.
In the end, though, I just have this to say: this is the Internet, and we are all entitled to our own opinions. If we don't like someone else's opinion and feel the need to speak out, then we should remain calm about things and not resort automatically to random accusations and insults. Also, if you're reading a blog which is dedicated to mocking comics, then you shouldn't be so angry when a comic gets mocked.
Also, the comment about South Park was just to show that I sort of like South Park. I don't actually think Edison's adventure will be better than Cartman's, since all Cartman did was dance around.
Well Mike I see your point about misinformation. You're right that you were attacking a comic that you didn't like, and you have that right and we did jump to defend our show (yeah, we're weird like that). Of course Im not going to accuse you of being a hack and why get all upset...I've done that too many times and looked foolish because I assumed something that wasn't right. I'm glad you calmed down and were able to address everyone calmly. You should take a look at the show on dvd and see how closely Hambrock came with his work!
I'd like to. From what I've heard, it's a good show and the sort of thing I'd be in to.
Awesome! Netflix it! Of course, you must remember that it's fromthe 60's. Over on the forum we are always discussing why we have to suspend our disbelief and such, but it is classic.
I'm well-used to the charm of sixties escapism. I have a healthy classic "Doctor Who" collection and I'm a fan of things like the original Star Trek and Godzilla.
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