Theater Hopper
About Links Store Contact Thorum

Posts Tagged ‘statue’

2 items.
Feb27

OSCAR WATCH?

February 27th, 2006 | by Tom
  • Comics
1 Star2 Stars3 Stars4 Stars5 Stars6 Stars7 Stars8 Stars9 Stars10 Stars
(4 votes, average: 6.50 out of 10)
OSCAR WATCH?

I had written a big blog about today’s comic, but it appears that my comments system at it.

Here’s the long and short of it.

  • 1. I’ve never done a big storyline revolving around the Oscars and I’m really excited about what I have put together.
  • 2. I’m selling shirts in the store (pre-sale ends March 8).
  • 3. I have a new sponsorship system (check out No Offense Taken)
  • 4. I’m doing a full week of comics.

Hopefully all of you will come back to the site onTuesday where I will go more in-depth to all of this. The post here for Monday’s comic has now become filler since the original post has gone AWOL.

└ Tags: alive, Best Picture, Date Movie, Munich, nominee, Oscar, statue
[ No Comments ]

WRONG MOVE, CREEP

February 9th, 2011 | by Tom
Posted In: Bonus Materials

Robocop, Detroit, Peter Weller, statue

Yesterday it was reported that Detroit’s Mayor Steve Bing took to Twitter to deny any plans for the city to erect a statue of Robocop as part of their revitalization plans. The Mayor’s office has been soliciting for suggestions online.

I’m sure the suggestion was tongue-in-cheek and the mini-firestorm it set off yesterday was probably equally playful. But as sympathetic as I am to Mayor Bing’s decision to reject the proposal, I’m personally disappointed it’s not happening.

Realistically, you don’t want to erect a statue of a character from a movie that was a pretty savage satire of commercialization in the United States (the police being owned by a large corporation) while using Detroit’s reputation for urban blight as a backdrop. I get that. Truthfully, you could argue that Robocop did more to harm Detroit’s reputation than help it. So why celebrate it.

But on the other hand, Robocop is awesome. There’s no two ways about it. If someone wanted to present me a statue of Robocop, I’d put it up in my front yard.

What’s your reaction to this disappointing news? What other cities might benefit from having statues of movie characters erected in their cities? Sound off below!

└ Tags: Detriot, mayor, Robocop, statue, WTF
[ 4 Comments ]

Archives

    Tweets by @tombrazelton
    • The Comic
    • The Author
    • The Cast
    • Supporting
      Theater Hopper
    • Press
    • Ranked Comics
    • Year Three Backers
    Enter your email address:

    Delivered by FeedBurner

    Tag Cloud

    Adam Sandler advertising announcement auction Ben Affleck buzzComix Charlie Christmas costume death dream dress up DVD fire first appearance Guest Strip Halloween help Hollywood Iron Man Iron Man 2 Jimmy Joe and Monkey Joe Dunn Nothing Nice to Say Oscar Oscars Pixar podcast punch review Robert Downey Jr. Shia LaBeouf Spider-Man store theater The Triple Feature Top Web Comics trailer Truman Victor vote voting Wizard World Chicago Zach Miller
    HOME | ABOUT | LINKS | STORE | CONTACT | TOP RATED
    THEATER HOPPER by Tom Brazelton - The internet's longest running movie-themed webcomic. Updating every Monday, Wednesday and Friday since 2002. All content © Tom Brazelton, Theater Hopper Inc. 2002 - 2009 unless otherwise noted. Please seek author's permission before reproduction. // Privacy Policy

    Integrated by Frumph |Powered by WordPress with ComicPress |Subscribe: RSS