THIS ENDING REQUIRES A LITTLE OF WHAT WENT MISSING
May 21st, 2004 | by Tom(9 votes, average: 7.78 out of 10)
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Well, this is it. The ending of our little two week journey. I don’t mean to toot my own horn, but I’m very pleased with the way this storyline turned out – especially the coloring of the last two strips. I put in a lot of effort to tell a different kind of story. I just hope that you liked it.
If you’d like to leave any comments about this storyline, you can do so in the forum.
I have no segue here, so what I’m about to say next, I’ll just come out and say.
I have some big news to share with you about the site. Don’t get into a panic just yet. Nothing has been finalized. It’s GOOD news in case you were worried. But what I have to share could change the direction of this comic for the better starting next Monday.
I know that’s a pretty big cliffhanger to toss out there, but I don’t want to jinx it. If you want to find out what the big news is, come back to the site Monday morning and I’ll be ready to share it.
For right now, I want to give a shout out to a slew of new advertisers.
Be sure to check out our newest sponsor, Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal. SMBC is a one-panel web comic similar in spirit to Gary Larsen’s The Far Side. These strip was around back when I started Theater Hopper almost two years ago before dropping out of the scene. Well, now they’re back, so give ’em your love.
Another advertiser we have is Digital Pimp Online. Don’t worry, kiddies. Nothing dirty going on here and it’s totally work-safe! The site is a collection of both print and web comics that you can check out. The art is really sharp and has a decidedly urban feel. One half of the creative team – Joe Dunn – posts to our forums. So if you like his work, you can always leave him a message and tell him so!
Lastly, Maveric PC is back with us and they’re selling some hot, new custom PC rigs that you have to see to believe. These guys do great work. Quality service and affordable price tags. If you’re in the market for a new gaming PC, give these guys a minute of your time.
In more pedestrian news, Cami and I went to see Shrek 2 last night. It was pretty good, but not as good as critics were making it out to be. I really didn’t think it was any better or any worse than the original. I laughed out loud a couple of times, but never started laughing so hard I would squirt milk from my nose.
The one thing the critics DID get right is how Antonio Banderas COMPLETELY steals this movie from the lead actors. His turn as Puss in Boots has “hilarious” stamped all over it in big, red letters. If they did a movie featuring the adventures of this lone character, I would see it.
I guess Dreamworks is already putting together Shrek 3, so let’s hope Puss gets a little more screen time.
That’s about it on my end. Thanks for keeping up with me these last few weeks through this storyline. It’s been a lot of fun.
See you here Monday for big news!
This has nothing to do with anything, but…
I drive with my iPod plugged into my car’s stereo system. I guess when I came back to the house last night, I didn’t press pause. So, when I got into the car this morning to go back to the hospital, it was still “playing.”
Turning the key in the ignition, the car sprang to life and David Byrne’s song “Girls On My Mind” from his album Uh-Oh came through the speakers.
I consider it a weird coincidence since thoughts of both Cami and Pearl were swimming through my mind before leaving the house today.
Life is pretty cool.
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You know yesterday when I posted an update about how David Byrne’s “Girls On My Mind” cam up on my iPod before I drove down to the hospital?
Okay, no lie – when I started my car this morning? Edwyn Collins “A Girl Like You.” I’m not kidding.
If John Mayer’s “Daughters” come up on my iPod Sunday morning, I’m going to pass out.
Just so long as Motley Crue’s “Girls, Girls, Girls” doesn’t crop up, I’ll be happy.
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You’d think after announcing my revised once-a-week schedule, I would have taken better advantage of my time to produce a new comic for you first thing Monday morning. My apologies that it didn’t happen.
I think part of me is still wrestling with my decision. Well, maybe not wrestling. “Adapting” is probably a better word. I didn’t really know what to do with myself on Tuesday or Thursday night when I wasn’t staying up until 3:00 in the morning working on a comic. By the time the weekend rolled around, I felt like I was completely out of practice!
I will say this, however. The extra time allowed me the opportunity to think up a few different punchlines to this comic and the final result is MUCH better than what you would have gotten originally when I was under deadline and firing from the hip. I won’t say what the original idea was. Just trust me that this one is better.
Before going any further, I wanted to take a moment to thank EVERYONE for their comments last week here on the site, on Facebook and on Twitter as well. I didn’t receive a single negative comment and that is really a credit to you guys. I received a few messages where people expressed disappointment. But no message expressing outright disgust or anger.
Truthfully, I don’t think the majority of you are even capable of that. But the internet is a pretty big place and you know how it works with negative comments – one jerk’s thoughtless comments can wipe out a dozen understanding, supportive, thoughtful replies.
But like I said, there wasn’t ANYTHING negative. You guys totally understand where I’m at in my life right now and the needs I have to address. It was a load off my mind that you guys recognized the effort required to produce Theater Hopper three time a week and could weigh that appropriately against the real life responsibilities I need to focus on now.
Thank you.
Okay, so with that said, can we talk about Sex and the City 2 for a minute? I’ve been dying to talk about it.
Now, I know I will probably catch a little grief for how I chose to portray the four women from the movie in today’s comic. They came out looking a little grotesque, but that’s because I drew them from memory.
I will admit that it was a conscious decision, though. Because these actresses – and more specifically, their characters – have become gross caricatures of spoiled American 40-SOMETHINGS that need to be stopped.
When the trailer for this movie came out, did it not look like the most insulting piece of excrement you ever saw?
And before I go too deep down the rabbit hole, let me first confess that I’m not a SATC hater. My wife watched the show religiously and watched several of the episodes right along with her. It wasn’t always my cup of tea, but I frequently found it entertaining and kept up with the individual story lines. I knew what was happening in these characters lives.
So, when the first movie came out, we went. I thought it was so broad and laughably over the top (Carrie dropping her jewel-encrusted and monogrammed cell phone in slow motion when Mr. Big gets cold feet at their wedding, Charlotte literally crapping herself in Mexico), I didn’t think anyone would be dumb enough to green-light a sequel.
Yet, here we are, two years later and this time the ladies have spirited away to Abu Dhabi so they can get away from their husbands and children so they can pretend to be the free-wheeling party girls they were OVER A DECADE AGO.
Now, when the original series ended in 2004, I will admit that it betrayed the core concept of the series that women act like men and avoid emotional detachment in their relationships. But the alternative is way, WAY worse. Because no one wants to see a women in her mid-40’s trotting around with a drink in their hands trying to pick up hot guys.
Sidebar: KIM CATTRALL IS 54 YEARS-OLD! Wanna know how old Rue McClanahan – who played the sex-crazy Blanche Devereaux – was when The Golden Girls premiered in 1985? SHE WAS 51 YEARS-OLD!!!
To me, Sex in the City 2 represents the most worthless, self-centered attitudes about Americans. The me-first mentality that permeates so much of our culture. This would be okay if the film didn’t feel it was important that you actually ROOT FOR the lead characters. I like to imagine a world where the producers of Sex in the City 2 saw fit to laugh at and ridicule these incredibly shallow, materialistic dum-dums for two hours rather than try to pull the wool over the audiences eye’s with faux-glamor and faux-romance.
Am I being harsh on the film? Undoubtedly. Have I seen the film? Not at all. Is this fair? Not in the slightest. Do I care? Absolutely not. And judging by the 15% “fresh” rating the film received from Rotten Tomatoes, I’m not far off-base with my criticisms.
People can smell a stinker a mile away. Sex in the City 2 had “shameless money grab” written all over it from the moment it was announced. If you pay money to see this film, you will get everything you deserve from it.
Hmm… That took a decided sour turn, didn’t it? I hate to leave you on that note. Let’s try a little mental exercise. I want you to think of a gorilla in a wearing party hat and swim trunks riding a unicorn in a field of cotton candy. Kind of hard NOT to think about that now, isn’t it?
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Do you have any thoughts about Sex and the City 2? What about Prince of Persia: Sands of Time (which got a cursory mention in today’s comic)? If so, leave your comments below! We have the week to hash things out now, so fire away!