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Aug11
I’VE GOT THE FEELING FOR THE FLAVOR OF BRINE
August 11th, 2003 |
(10 votes, average: 7.50 out of 10)
I’m continuing my experiment with creating actual backgrounds for the characters to stand in front of. This, as opposed to a sheet of color with a wacky pattern on it. I was beginning to feel like the characters inhabited a Jackson Pollock painting!
If you feel like rewarding the extra effort, send me a little vote love.
I don’t know how well toady’s comic is going to register with you guys. I sometimes get in trouble when I do more regional jokes – as evident by the crack I made about lacrosse in this strip. Apparently, it’s very popular in many schools.
That being said, there is a theater in my zip code that sells pickles on a stick at their concession stands. This is very odd to me because pickles are not commonly associated as a movie-going snack time option. For that matter, I know very few people who snack on pickles within the comfort of their own homes.
Perhaps somewhere there is a Grand Poo-bah of marketing that can explain this odd culinary choice – implemented in an attempt to reach out to the often ignored brine loving demographic.
Personally, I believe this phenomenon is more representative of theaters trying to be all things to all people. While offering every conceivable food item under the sun, movie houses are trying to remove the “dinner” quotient from “dinner and a movie”. They want you not only to be entertained by their films, but to dine in their theaters as well. In fact, if you would eat, sleep, breathe and die in theaters (while paying a nominal charge, of course) it would probably be okay with them.
Do you think I’m over reaching when I try to provide examples of theaters trying to tighten their grip around your disposable income? Tell me then why there are VIDEO GAMES, A CLAW MACHINE and GUMBALL DISPENSERS in my movie theater?
Maybe I’m a traditionalist, but I think theaters should be free from these trappings? They appeal to the sensibilities of cattle and not the serious movie goer.
I have more thoughts on this, but I’m eager to hear yours.
While you’re trolling about the forums, here’s another thought for your breadbasket.
I plan on selling advertising on the site very soon. I’ve recently acquired a very handy script that will allow those who purchase ads from me to view the effectiveness of their product placement. Impressions, click throughs and the like.
For the rest of you, don’t worry. I’m not selling to giant conglomos. Most likely purchasers will be other web comics and small businesses.
Regardless, I’ve hit a snag.
Right now, the site design does not allow for 468×60 banners at the top of the page. To compound problems, there is also a lack of real estate to place more than one ad.
This has me thinking that I need to redesign the site to accommodate these ads.
What I want from you is feedback. Do you like the look of the site? Is the navigation effective? There’s already a thread about this in the forum.
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Ryan Reynolds isn’t the only one who can grate cheese off his abs. Vote for Theater Hopper at Top Web Comics to see what I’m talking about.
I think we can all agree that Ryan Reynolds is a very attractive person. I have no shame in admitting this. In fact, I’m certain that were I disciplined enough, having abs like Ryan Reynolds would clear up roughly 43% of my self-esteem issues. If this acting thing doesn’t shake out, he could be a full-time Men’s Health cover model.
Cami’s line about me nursing a crush on Reynolds since Van Wilder wasn’t an exaggeration. In addition to his physical appearance, there’s just something about his delivery I’ve always enjoyed – even when he’s playing it broad. Van Wilder is an infinitely more enjoyable film because of what Reynolds brings to the role. For proof, watch the Reynolds-less Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj. It’s basically the same movie set in a different location and putting Kal Penn in the lead role.
Although can someone please explain to me how National Lampoon got away with calling the film “Van Wilder 2” when Van Wilder is nowhere in that movie?
The Proposal comes out this weekend and it looks like a boilerplate Sandra Bullock rom-com piffle. I didn’t mean to be harsh with the punchline of today’s comic by pointing out Bullock’s age (she’s actually 45). But it really sticks out to me in the commercials and trailers for this movie when she’s been paired with an actor roughly 15 years her junior.
Of course, with leading men, this is never an issue and sometimes even MORE prominent. Actors in their 50’s being paired up with actresses in their 20’s you see it all the time. Don’t misjudge me and assume that I don’t think Bullock is allowed to do the same.
But look back at Bullock’s career. She’s usually been paired with actors roughly her same age or older. And Bullock is nothing if not a creature of habit. She’s been acting in the same kind of movies for roughly a decade now. So even if the formula changes a little bit, it’s note-worthy.
I know I’m making a mountain out of a molehill, but I kind of hope they work it into the script somehow. It would be an opportunity to make it funny.
Switching gears, I wanted to talk about some of the issues we’ve been having with the site for the last week and a half. By now you pretty much know what’s going on with the malware errors, Google Chrome, Safari and the like.
I can tell you that we’re doing everything we can to scrub the site at every opportunity, but we’ve been compromised in a way that we can not immediately fix. Someone shared with me a link to this article that will hopefully shed some light on the situation and give you some insight as to the problems we’re dealing with.
I can only hope at some point someone will develop some kind of defense for this thing because every time I locate and strip the malicious code, it’s back on the site a few hours later. Until then, I feel like I’m twiddling my thumbs.
On top of this hacker problem, I’m also experiencing difficulties with the recent upgrade to WordPress 2.8. As you can see, the comic ranking system is frozen and the calendar and search functions normally to the right of the blog are missing.
Behind the scenes, the post tagging system does not work and I cannot edit the status of my posts. It’s a real drag.
Combing the internet, I can see there are several unhappy customers. People are pretty much saying it’s completely bungled on WordPress’s part.
I was thinking I would roll back the site to 2.7, but I guess I didn’t make a backup. I thought I did, but now I can’t find it. Maybe I e-mailed to myself and deleted it before I realized the problems 2.8 was having. But it’s a mess.
Anyway, that’s my problem, not your problem. But I just wanted to give everyone a status update.
Let’s talk about the weekend! In addition to The Proposal, Year One is also coming out and it looks like it’s getting trashed in the reviews. It’s a shame, because I really respect and admire Harold Ramis. But you could kind of tell from the trailers that the movie didn’t have a clear direction. What’s up with Jack Black and Michael Cera skipping through time? It looks confusing.
Is anyone still planning on seeing Year One? What about The Proposal? Or is everyone waiting for Transformers: Revenge of The Fallen to come along next week and step on everything? Leave your comments below!
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