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WCDT: 2766-2770 (11-15 August 2014) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Fenriswolf:
The lack of conflict and bad guys is a bonus in my opinion. And the futuristic aspect is just a nice touch for me - a bit like The Mighty Boosh's mix of retro and futuristicness. :mrgreen:
GarandMarine:
Alcohol's a poison, but sometimes there's things inside you that you need to kill.
Jazzmaster:
--- Quote from: mikmaxs on 11 Aug 2014, 19:00 ---Marten's problems remind me of the one thing I'm really not fond of in QC: The near-complete lack of conflict. Nearly all of the drama is mellow, and I'm fairly sure we haven't had a 'Bad Guy' (Rather, any negative character,) since the Vespavenger.
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I had finally just gotten around to watching FLCL the other day. Once I saw Haruko, I immediately understood where Jeph pulled the Vespavenger idea from.
I'm not sure there is a total lack of conflict. The recent conversation between Faye and Sven comes to mind. Though, you do make a point, perhaps if they argued just a little more and every near-conflict wasn't ended with unnecessary apologies, we'd see a tad more character and plot development.
Kugai:
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--- Quote from: Schwungrad on 12 Aug 2014, 04:11 ---Crisis Wine instead of Emergency Bourbon? Is this a sign of the characters actually getting older and developing adult tastes in-universe?
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The crisis wine is closely followed by the whiskey of indecision and finally the tequila of bad misjudgements
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For both their sakes, I am rather hoping this doesn't get to the "vodka of seemed like a good idea at the time".
That stuff strips.... (click to show/hide)paint
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Just so long as they stick clear of the Rum of Recriminaion
Zwammy:
--- Quote from: mikmaxs on 11 Aug 2014, 19:00 ---Marten's problems remind me of the one thing I'm really not fond of in QC: The near-complete lack of conflict. Nearly all of the drama is mellow, and I'm fairly sure we haven't had a 'Bad Guy' (Rather, any negative character,) since the Vespavenger. I have no real problems with melodrama, but all of the conflict we've seen has been a result of the characters being awkward or socially incompetent in some situations.
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That's what I like about it. It's character driven, but not wildly over-the-top crazy stuff - just people trying to live their lives. A little music, humor, and friends.
--- Quote ---This is fine, but it all happens in a bizarely unnoticed sci-fi universe. There are just SO MANY insane, implausible things just handwaved by: Artificial Intelligence, convenient and safe space travel, efficient, Pint-sized (pun intended) death lasers, and posdibly (If Hannelore is to be believed) genetic design and cloning of superior humans. James-Bond esque adventures risking the fate of the world are a common occurence, and at least one main character's mother is a supervillian. Limbs can be entirely replaced with cybernetic duplicates (Which apparently function better than the genetic kind), and this leads me to believe that immortality via robot-suit shouldn't be all that far away. Robot hordes are apparently marching for civil rights, and there's an entire dorm room somewhere just chock full of promiscuous lesbians.
Not only is all of this almost irrelevant to the plot, it gives me whiplash every time it's brought up in detail. I have trouble caring about Marten bumbling around with a quirky intern when I keep getting reminded about the insane, far more interesting things happening around it.
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Exactly. There are enough crazy, over the top things going on in other comics. When Jeph does visit these topics, he's gratifyingly low key, and has the characters act like normal people, even with all the background wacky. I like it. I like caring about Marten and the quirky intern, I don't need to hear about crazy antics of world-dominating James-Bondish super-science bad guys. If that's what I was looking for, I'd watch a giant robot anime, or read Schlock Mercenary.
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