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Title: 10.13.05 A month later.
Post by: robot_god on October 13, 2005, 09:21:37 am

Milklin finale? (http://www.achewood.com/index.php?date=10132005)

Even if you dislike Milklin, one must agree that he was worth it for this joke.

But, dolphin lung: no laughing matter.

Title: 10.13.05 A month later.
Post by: misterqueue on October 13, 2005, 10:26:20 am

Forgiven Orson Welles for WHAT?

For that horrible Peas commercial?
For degenerating into an obese madman after letting the world fuck him over after he made fun of the most powerful media man?
For wearing a cape?


These questions and many more will never be answers, but the mind boggles.

Title: 10.13.05 A month later.
Post by: Jixby Phillips on October 13, 2005, 10:47:24 am

War of the Worlds?

Title: 10.13.05 A month later.
Post by: misterqueue on October 13, 2005, 11:12:03 am

Quote from: "Jixby Phillips"

War of the Worlds?

Hey it's not his fault they made a movie of it with Tom fuck*ng Cruise.

However if you're arguing that without it then the movie wouldn't exist then I suggest you go all the way back to the progenitor H. G. Wells.

I mean if you can't appreciate his booming voice spouting "that grinning globular invader" then maybe you deserve the hose.

Babybaby.. why you gotta make me hit you?!

Then again, you may be right.. could be all the trouble and scaring he caused with the broadcast and thus would fit with the Old Timey magazine thingie and lo I am an idiot in the morning and once again I slink back into my cave and stab myself in the eyes with skewers; I really do.

Title: 10.13.05 A month later.
Post by: Imperator Severn on October 13, 2005, 12:05:17 pm

They haven't forgiven him for this. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_of_the_Worlds_%28radio%29)

Title: 10.13.05 A month later.
Post by: misterqueue on October 13, 2005, 12:50:53 pm

Quote from: "Imperator Severn"

They haven't forgiven him for this. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_of_the_Worlds_%28radio%29)

Yes yes.. my stupidity was self-rectified.  See the bottom of my last post.  We TALKED about this! (http://www.achewood.com/comic.php?date=05122003)

Title: 10.13.05 A month later.
Post by: V-Adore on October 13, 2005, 12:57:05 pm

I forgive Orson Welles for everything.

Anyway, this is pretty funny. There are several gags I like -- the non-specificity of "the war" in which people lost brothers, the Old Timey clip art, the song names. As a denouement to this strip goes, I like it fine.

Title: 10.13.05 A month later.
Post by: CortJstr on October 13, 2005, 01:15:14 pm

Quote from: "misterqueue"

For that horrible Peas commercial?

They're even better when you're dead! </Animaniacs>

Title: 10.13.05 A month later.
Post by: misterqueue on October 13, 2005, 01:17:02 pm

Quote from: "CortJstr"

Quote from: "misterqueue"

For that horrible Peas commercial?

They're even better when you're dead! </Animaniacs>

Full of concrete goodness and green peaness.  </The Critic>[/quote]

Title: 10.13.05 A month later.
Post by: andalucia on October 13, 2005, 02:11:25 pm

One of my friends sent me an mp3 of Orson Welles recording some  commercial, and berating its writers and all the other poor people who had to work with him.  It was pretty much the saddest thing, unless the saddest thing was that he was a voice in the Transformers movie.

Title: 10.13.05 A month later.
Post by: Null on October 13, 2005, 02:18:58 pm

Quote from: "misterqueue"

Forgiven Orson Welles for WHAT?

I would suspect that, since this is a magazine for very old people, that they might be still ticked off at being tricked by the War of the Worlds radio broadcast.

They might also still be mad at him for knowing what evil lurks in the hearts of men, then laughing about it.

Title: 10.13.05 A month later.
Post by: aparrish on October 13, 2005, 02:24:39 pm

I know this is a played out genre of post, but surely "Chicken In The Basement (Do-Fi-Dum)" would have been a better thread title.

Title: 10.13.05 A month later.
Post by: Bobby Isosceles on October 13, 2005, 03:06:10 pm

On the subject of Milklin:

creepy Jehovah's Witness children's books (http://quotes.watchtower.ca/pictures.htm)

featuring people smiling eerily as armageddon takes place:

(http://quotes.watchtower.ca/scans/1992_does_god_care_22_large.jpg)
caption: WHUDDUP BITCHEZ


-- via BoingBoing (http://www.boingboing.net)

Title: 10.13.05 A month later.
Post by: misterqueue on October 13, 2005, 03:12:34 pm

Quote from: "Null"

Quote from: "misterqueue"

Forgiven Orson Welles for WHAT?

I would suspect that, since this is a magazine for very old people, that they might be still ticked off at being tricked by the War of the Worlds radio broadcast.

They might also still be mad at him for knowing what evil lurks in the hearts of men, then laughing about it.

Quote from: "andalucia"

One of my friends sent me an mp3 of Orson Welles recording some commercial, etc

Quote from: "misterqueue"

We TALKED about this. (These) (http://www.achewood.com/comic.php?date=05122003)

Title: 10.13.05 A month later.
Post by: washort on October 13, 2005, 03:20:55 pm

Onstad nailed the tone of this magazine pretty much exactly. My grandmother used to get this -- it was about as depressing as it seems.

I think I'd have remembered "Chicken In The Basement (Do Fi Dum)", though.

Title: 10.13.05 A month later.
Post by: robot_roll_call on October 13, 2005, 04:11:47 pm

Quote from: "andalucia"

One of my friends sent me an mp3 of Orson Welles recording some  commercial, and berating its writers and all the other poor people who had to work with him.  It was pretty much the saddest thing, unless the saddest thing was that he was a voice in the Transformers movie.

My favorite part was when he says something along the lines of "you find me a jury that will agree with that and I'll go down on you!"

Orson Welles did indeed play Unicron in the Transformers movie. Dignity issues aside, Welles would be the first choice for the roll of a planet eating monster.

Other shameful apperances in the Transformers movie: Leonard Nimoy, Eric Idle.

Title: 10.13.05 A month later.
Post by: pmcd9 on October 13, 2005, 04:32:55 pm

You people are asinine.  Orson Welles is one of the greatest ever.  Yes he berated a director who was so far beneath him he wasn't even worthy of his contempt, yes he made some questionable career choices for the pay late in his life, yes he got fat.  So what.  Check out The Third Man or Touch of Evil and tell me that's not the work of an utter fuck*ng genius.

~Paul

Title: 10.13.05 A month later.
Post by: robot_roll_call on October 13, 2005, 04:54:43 pm

Quote from: "pmcd9"

You people are asinine.  Orson Welles is one of the greatest ever.  Yes he berated a director who was so far beneath him he wasn't even worthy of his contempt, yes he made some questionable career choices for the pay late in his life, yes he got fat.  So what.  Check out The Third Man or Touch of Evil and tell me that's not the work of an utter fuck*ng genius.

~Paul

Whoa, whoa whoa. No one was saying (or at least I wasn't) that they didn't think Orson Welles was rad. I think he is one of a kind, the likes of which will never be seen in the entertainment industry again, and I have MUCH respect for him. That being said, all these stories of him yelling at directors and being in the Transformers movie just add to his character. I don't know about anyone else, but hearing him go off on that director just added to how great I think he is.

More Orson Welles trivia: Lucas wanted him to be the voice of Darth Vader.

Title: 10.13.05 A month later.
Post by: misterqueue on October 13, 2005, 04:58:59 pm

Quote from: "pmcd9"

You people are asinine.  Orson Welles is one of the greatest ever.  Yes he berated a director who was so far beneath him he wasn't even worthy of his contempt, yes he made some questionable career choices for the pay late in his life, yes he got fat.  So what.  Check out The Third Man or Touch of Evil and tell me that's not the work of an utter fuck*ng genius.

Son, I believe I gave what are conditionally now called "Mad Props" to the man in the above at some point.  However it must be said that he did go quite mad by the end.  It's sort of a quaint idea.. genius does his first big movie, gets screwed in the ass royally by studios and has to deal with being a genius without backing UNTIL THE END.

Yes Touch of Evil and Third Man are good, but imagine them with more financial backing and thus more ability to flesh them out.  Imagine them in a world where he wasn't an ostracized, tubby-loon; it's so beautiful in my mind!

(Also I think I had a friend once who played the Ostracized Tubbylune... women would weep and have immaculate conceptions whenever he plucked the 89th string in the R# Natural Chord.  The multi-orgasmic chant alone was worth the 40 dollar cover fee he charged for getting in his apartment for these impromptu self-jam sessions; with actual jam.)

Title: 10.13.05 A month later.
Post by: AlohaDawg on October 13, 2005, 05:19:08 pm

Paul! Step OUT of the CAPE and move AWAY from the BEACH.

For all of OW's genius you can't deny that he really did basically become a cartoon of himself in later life.

Also, if you don't let all of us intellectual hacks get our pseudo-hipster-smartness-aggression out on this board, we might actually say dumb stuff IN PUBLIC.

This board's existence is a Public Service.

Title: 10.13.05 A month later.
Post by: Null on October 13, 2005, 05:19:58 pm

I must admit I pretty much like everything I've seen that Mr. Welles created.  Even "minor" stuff like The Trial and Macbeth are compelling in that "total world" way.  Even F for Fake had its moments.

The Magnificent Ambersons, even butchered by the studio, is one of the greatest films ever.

Title: 10.13.05 A month later.
Post by: wombat on October 13, 2005, 05:42:12 pm

Quote from: "AlohaDawg"

Also, if you don't let all of us intellectual hacks get our pseudo-hipster-smartness-aggression out on this board, we might actually say dumb stuff IN PUBLIC.

This board's existence is a Public Service.

So the Internet is making Real Life a Better Place?

Title: 10.13.05 A month later.
Post by: Roger on October 13, 2005, 06:49:26 pm

And now to something completely different:
Is Ray wearing Cornelius' robe? Is it part of an act where he's pretending to be an intelectual dude, all pretending to read a paper and such?
OK, you can go back to Orson Welles now.

Title: 10.13.05 A month later.
Post by: Bozack on October 13, 2005, 06:51:48 pm

I don't think ANYONE'S participation in the Transformers movie should be a point of shame. If I had been involved, I would only wear t-shirts emblazoned with the box art, with a little arrow pointing to it and the caption "I WAS INVOLVED."

Title: 10.13.05 A month later.
Post by: Suckin_Dick on October 13, 2005, 07:32:25 pm

i have to say, orson welles was a pretty sweet fellow.  did some great work.  but i'm pretty sure that the cartoons of him on the animaniacs were slightly more entertaining than the real thing

Title: 10.13.05 A month later.
Post by: MattFish on October 14, 2005, 01:24:47 am

Quote from: "aparrish"

I know this is a played out genre of post, but surely "Chicken In The Basement (Do-Fi-Dum)" would have been a better thread title.

I AGREE COMPLETELY. Someone write lyrics for this.

Title: 10.13.05 A month later.
Post by: Imperator Severn on October 14, 2005, 01:53:49 am

I love how sad Ray looks by the penultimate panel.  It's like Roast Beef is going to make the poor curl cry.

Title: 10.13.05 A month later.
Post by: side_show on October 14, 2005, 02:51:52 am

I clearly remember recounting my sexy Citzen Kane dream on this message board, but when I search for it, it is not to be found.  WTF?

Anyway, I have a crush on young Citizen Kane Orson Welles.

Title: 10.13.05 A month later.
Post by: Imperator Severn on October 14, 2005, 02:57:55 am

Understandable.


I'm not going to go into my Lauren Bacall obsession.

Title: 10.13.05 A month later.
Post by: V-Adore on October 14, 2005, 03:07:15 am

Quote from: "side_show"

I clearly remember recounting my sexy Citzen Kane dream on this message board, but when I search for it, it is not to be found.  WTF?

Anyway, I have a crush on young Citizen Kane Orson Welles.

You and me both. I mean, not only is he an artist at the top of his creative power, he's also pretty hot.

Title: 10.13.05 A month later.
Post by: misterqueue on October 14, 2005, 03:42:19 am

Quote from: "V-Adore"

Quote from: "side_show"

I clearly remember recounting my sexy Citzen Kane dream on this message board, but when I search for it, it is not to be found.  WTF?

Anyway, I have a crush on young Citizen Kane Orson Welles.

You and me both. I mean, not only is he an artist at the top of his creative power, he's also pretty hot.

Wow.. so it's actually in my favor that I look and sound like Citizen Kane Welles?

Holy moly I hope I don't turn into a tubbylune later then.  I need to start working this to my advantage.. ROWR.

Title: 10.13.05 A month later.
Post by: mudokon on October 14, 2005, 05:37:31 am

Quote from: "misterqueue"

Quote from: "V-Adore"

Quote from: "side_show"

I clearly remember recounting my sexy Citzen Kane dream on this message board, but when I search for it, it is not to be found.  WTF?

Anyway, I have a crush on young Citizen Kane Orson Welles.

You and me both. I mean, not only is he an artist at the top of his creative power, he's also pretty hot.

Wow.. so it's actually in my favor that I look and sound like Citizen Kane Welles?

Holy moly I hope I don't turn into a tubbylune later then.  I need to start working this to my advantage.. ROWR.

You sound like Orson Welles.. cherish that.

Title: 10.13.05 A month later.
Post by: jough on October 14, 2005, 06:44:06 am

Quote from: "side_show"

I clearly remember recounting my sexy Citzen Kane dream on this message board, but when I search for it, it is not to be found.  WTF?

Anyway, I have a crush on young Citizen Kane Orson Welles.

While I tend to skim the board most of the time, I think I'd remember that one, Smells.

I have a crush on Veronica Lake in Sullivan's Travels, but then again, I am a straight male and my heart is still beating.

Title: 10.13.05 A month later.
Post by: Bozack on October 14, 2005, 07:35:48 am

When I was 13, I saw "Beetlejuice" for the first time, and totally had the hots for Winona Ryder, who was, what, 16 at the time. And then I saw the credits and realized that it was Winona Ryder. It was a sad day for me, like the day I  found out Zadie Smith was married.

FUN CELEBRITY FACT: Did you know Kathleen Turner likes to read fantasy novels, in bulk? Neither did I, until I sold her 5 fantasy novels this evening.

Title: 10.13.05 A month later.
Post by: jough on October 14, 2005, 08:23:20 am

I met Kathleen Turner once too.  She was drunk and kept touching my ear.  And you could pull a dogsled with that voice, it was so husky.

Title: 10.13.05 A month later.
Post by: AlohaDawg on October 14, 2005, 08:38:36 am

Quote from: "side_show"

I clearly remember recounting my sexy Citzen Kane dream on this message board, but when I search for it, it is not to be found.  WTF?

Anyway, I have a crush on young Citizen Kane Orson Welles.

I would have remembered that too. I don't think you did.

Although those classic hollywood broads are OK, I'm all for the trashy late 70's / Early 80's women. I'll take a Barbi Benton with a side of Audrey Landers, please.

Title: 10.13.05 A month later.
Post by: robot_god on October 15, 2005, 07:00:40 am

http://www.achewood.com/index.php?date=01072005

Title: 10.13.05 A month later.
Post by: misterqueue on October 15, 2005, 11:08:48 am

Quote from: "*****_god"

http://www.achewood.com/index.php?date=01072005

Holy crap!  I think you just blew my mind!




How was it for you?

Title: 10.13.05 A month later.
Post by: pmcd9 on October 15, 2005, 03:15:49 pm

Quote from: "*****_god"

http://www.achewood.com/index.php?date=01072005

Robbie, Mr. Online; Turbo Ninja beat you to this just 5 days ago (http://achewood.plagiarist.com/viewtopic.php?p=45450#45450).

But don't let me discourage you.  I like how Mr. Online is developing as the find the relevent archive strip guy.

~Paul