CONSEQUENCES WILL NEVER BE THE SAME
on October 17, 2011 at 12:00 am
(22 votes, average: 7.95 out of 10)
People you have NO IDEA how long this joke has been percolating. I think I came up with it months ago - on Twitter, naturally.
I don't know why, but the term "retweeted" also kind of had this ominous tone to me. This, despite the fact that I seem to spend an inordinate amount of time coming up with pithy one-liners to achieve exactly that designation.
But, y'know, think about it. Big, booming voice like James Earl Jones bellowing at you - "YOU'VE BEEN RETWEETED!" It would kind of shake you up a little, wouldn't it?
Something else I'll tell you, figuring out the logo for this fake movie took a lot longer than I thought it would! I guess I'm a stickler for these things. Although, in retrospect, a Twitter bird in a pool of blood is maybe a little on the nose.
And by the way, I'm completely aware of the anachronism of having a girl talk into an phone with a cord on it when I'm proselytizing for a horror movie about technology.
Not much else to say about the comic except that I hope you enjoyed it. But I will bring a couple of other issue to the fore:
- I introduced a couple of new features to the comment area including giving you the ability to give a thumbs up/thumbs down to comments AND uploading images or files into the comment thread. Hopefully this will help promote greater conversation with the comics. Let me know how that works out for you!
- I wanted to remind everyone that you can now buy prints of your favorite Theater Hopper comics. Just look for the "Buy Print" button in the comic navigation to submit your order. All comics are printed on 8.5 x 11" cardstock and are signed by me. For $5.00 you can have a piece of Theater Hopper mailed to you in a re-enforced envelope. It's a pretty good deal!
- Lastly, there's a conversation happening on the Theater Hopper Facebook page that I would like you to participate in. Recently, I got the wild idea to do a children's book about manners at the movie theater. This project would likely use Theater Hopper characters in a different context and I think the idea has legs. The twist is that the kid already knows how to behave, but comments on the things ADULTS do that are inconsiderate. At any rate, I'd like your feedback on it and if you're not following Theater Hopper on Facebook, maybe gimme a little "Like" action. We're 6 followers away from 1,000 and I'd like to pass that mark sometime before I die. You could be a part of history!
Anyway, that's all I have for right now. Thanks for checking out the comic. Don't forget the ShareThis plug in at the bottom of the blog to share the comic through your social networks! Facebook it, Twitter it, Google+ it - Heck! Even e-mail it! Everything you do to spread the word helps.
Have a great week everyone!
They should try something NEW!
Incorporate technology into the plot!
Social media or... OR! SOMETHING!
Mary? This is the cyberpolice and the state police.
Your stalker dun goofed.
We backtracked it.
Mary? Get out of the house.
THE TWEETS ARE COMING FROM INSIDE THE HOUSE!!
This October...
RETWEETED
You're about to be unfollowed.
“Mary wondered why no one was following him. But she soon realized her deadly mistake when HE FOLLOWED HER.”
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Perfect.
We need to make a game of this.
What are some other suggested pitch lines for RETWEETED?
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RETWEETED II. Some trending topics…refuse to die.
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Good one!
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“The tweeter that can’t be blocked! The tweets that won’t stay deleted! The hash tags that weren’t there before but are there now and they’re super long with no capital letters so they’re really hard to read!!!”
“What the, I don’t remember putting #youllbethefirstonetodie on my twee-OH GOD!”
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Retweeted 3D: The Undead Failwhale
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Horror has always been slow to catch up to technology. Long after cell phones became something everyone had, horror movies were still struggling to come up with ways to keep their characters from just reaching in their pockets and dialing 911 (and none of them ever managed to address it as well as the first Harold and Kumar movie).
That said, I would definitely go see Retweeted. Or better yet, rent it and watch at home, where I could tweet about it while I watched.
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It is all fun and games until somebody tweets an eye out.
Twtter.
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Oh man. Tom’s derpy expression in panel 2 is absolutely killin’ me.
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Tom shoots off at the mouth so often, I figured it was time to represent that a little more clearly.
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I’m going to give Cami a pass and assume she’s in the middle of turning off her cell phone during the previews. She doesn’t seem like the type that would text during a movie.
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