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Re: WCDT Strips 3306 - 3310 (12th to 16th September 2016)
« Reply #150 on: 16 Sep 2016, 12:22 »

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Romantic comedies with body counts: There's Heathers, and, um...  :?

Maybe Ferris Bueller's Day Off, if you count the Porsche as a death?  :wink:
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Scott Pilgrim vs. The World had the potential to go there but didn't.

Haven't seen Scott Pilgrim, so was this
  • because it wasn't romantic enough, or
  • because no one died?

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Re: WCDT Strips 3306 - 3310 (12th to 16th September 2016)
« Reply #151 on: 16 Sep 2016, 12:29 »

"Expository context"? Is Emily aware that she is in a comic or something?

Presumably she's just one of those people who lives her life as if she was the star of her own story (whether comic, movie, or whatever medium she prefers to imagine herself in).  Being raised in an incubator of pop culture as we are, that sort of behavior is only going to keep becoming more and more common; I don't find it an unrealistic character trait for someone  (particularly a "the weird one" someone) in a near-future-setting webcomic to possess.

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I for one do not believe for a moment that a guy who went around telling complete strangers "I'm really depressed, I don't think there's any purpose to my life, and frankly the behavior of everyone around me is getting on my last nerve" would be "appreciated".  I'm distinctly unhappy with Jeph for that line, although I do like where the Coffee of Doom girls took it in the subsequent strip (shorter romantic comedies would certainly be a boon, IMO).
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Re: WCDT Strips 3306 - 3310 (12th to 16th September 2016)
« Reply #152 on: 16 Sep 2016, 13:07 »

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World had the potential to go there but didn't.

Haven't seen Scott Pilgrim, so was this
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  • because no one died?

IMHO, it wasn't a romantic comedy at all but a rather surreal slapstick parody.
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Re: WCDT Strips 3306 - 3310 (12th to 16th September 2016)
« Reply #153 on: 16 Sep 2016, 13:18 »

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World had the potential to go there but didn't.

Haven't seen Scott Pilgrim, so was this
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  • because no one died?

IMHO, it wasn't a romantic comedy at all but a rather surreal slapstick parody.
I recommend the comic series, the movie didn't do it justice at all. The comic series is a lot more nuanced with a lot more character development and deeper themes. The film is an incredibly shallow and pale shadow of the source material.

That aside, the film is not a romantic comedy in any traditional sense, even if has some of the thematic elements, and, although a number of people die, it is done in a cartoonish, classic videogames style. Not at all what I am imagining in regards to the idea we're discussing.
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Re: WCDT Strips 3306 - 3310 (12th to 16th September 2016)
« Reply #154 on: 16 Sep 2016, 14:01 »

I still hold that it fits both criteria. But even if it doesn't, Shaun of the Dead absolutely does.
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Re: WCDT Strips 3306 - 3310 (12th to 16th September 2016)
« Reply #155 on: 16 Sep 2016, 14:37 »

Shaun definitely counts as a horror rom-com. But sadly there's no grizzly murder meet cute.
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Re: WCDT Strips 3306 - 3310 (12th to 16th September 2016)
« Reply #156 on: 16 Sep 2016, 15:16 »

Shaun definitely counts as a horror rom-com. But sadly there's no grizzly murder meet cute.

And no grisly murder meet-cute, either?  8-)
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Re: WCDT Strips 3306 - 3310 (12th to 16th September 2016)
« Reply #157 on: 16 Sep 2016, 15:28 »

Zombie Rom-Com

Let's see Hollywood run with that  :-D




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Re: WCDT Strips 3306 - 3310 (12th to 16th September 2016)
« Reply #158 on: 16 Sep 2016, 15:41 »

Warm Bodies and Life After Beth already exist. I have seen Warm Bodiesand it's got a murdery meet-cute with the zombie boy killing and eating the brains of the human girl's killed boyfriend... That the zombie boy killed after being attacked by the boyfriend.

Those are also both human/zombie romance. I don't know if a zombie/zombie romance exists.

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Re: WCDT Strips 3306 - 3310 (12th to 16th September 2016)
« Reply #159 on: 16 Sep 2016, 18:27 »

Grosse Pointe Blank. Hit-man meets girl he dumped in high school, Hit-man decides not to kill her dad as he's been paid to do. Everyone else, though ...
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Re: WCDT Strips 3306 - 3310 (12th to 16th September 2016)
« Reply #160 on: 17 Sep 2016, 06:29 »

In Emily's defense, some romcoms have some pretty messed up stuff in them.

Standard example: 'There's Something About Mary' where the plot of the movie revolves arund three guys stalking Cameron Diaz's character.

Cracked.com has multiple videos and articles on why romantic comedies are bad (they've got a youtube channel).
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Re: WCDT Strips 3306 - 3310 (12th to 16th September 2016)
« Reply #161 on: 17 Sep 2016, 07:37 »

Stalkers eventually winding up with the girl is the main plot of a lot of romantic comedies....
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Re: WCDT Strips 3306 - 3310 (12th to 16th September 2016)
« Reply #162 on: 17 Sep 2016, 08:10 »

Which, as someone who has actually been stalked, I find more than a little disturbing. It kind of goes to show who is writing them.
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Re: WCDT Strips 3306 - 3310 (12th to 16th September 2016)
« Reply #163 on: 17 Sep 2016, 13:20 »

Grosse Pointe Blank. Hit-man meets girl he dumped in high school, Hit-man decides not to kill her dad as he's been paid to do. Everyone else, though ...
Doesn't he go to their high school reunion and tell more or less everyone he meets (and doesn't immediately have a gun battle with) that he is in fact a hitman? Like every scene here there isn't shooting, explosions, or both goes "hi, we were in shop together, I'm an engineer now, what's up with you?" "Not much really, just a mercenary assassin."
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Re: WCDT Strips 3306 - 3310 (12th to 16th September 2016)
« Reply #164 on: 17 Sep 2016, 16:11 »

Yea, but everyone assumes it's a joke and just plays along with it.
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Re: WCDT Strips 3306 - 3310 (12th to 16th September 2016)
« Reply #165 on: 17 Sep 2016, 17:14 »

Reading the Menu Board:

Small, Medium, Large Extra Large, and What the Fluff

'Large Extra Large' is a combo of 'Large' and 'Extra Large' because they got tired of explaining the difference.

The WTF Macchiato is a work of art in steamed milk, and definitely worth the price.
Expect it to take a while, though.
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Re: WCDT Strips 3306 - 3310 (12th to 16th September 2016)
« Reply #166 on: 17 Sep 2016, 17:49 »

New post because it's for Bleminda watchers everywhere:

'Bleminda' appears in 3113, 3126, and 3310. She wears square frame glasses, has shoulder length hair which she dyes in multi colors, and orders large lattes. In 3126 she protests at the Emily bestowed alias, but by 3310 she seems OK with it.
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Re: WCDT Strips 3306 - 3310 (12th to 16th September 2016)
« Reply #167 on: 17 Sep 2016, 17:58 »

This reminded me to finally get around to updating my character list thingamabob...
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Re: WCDT Strips 3306 - 3310 (12th to 16th September 2016)
« Reply #169 on: 17 Sep 2016, 22:40 »

For an incisive critique of research on intrinsic sex differences in behavior, by someone with a ZoeB-grade mind, see
https://www.amazon.com/Brain-Storm-Flaws-Science-Differences/dp/0674063511/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1474049641&sr=8-1&keywords=brain+storm+the+flaws+in+the+science+of+sex+differences

A little dated, but that's inevitable given the fast pace of research. Excellent critique of the situation using psychological tests on cis people pre 2011. Ignores Intersex and Animal studies though, but that's necessary to support her overall thesis, one I mostly agree with because that's what the evidence says.

This book explains in detail why I wrote "Just remember that although the "gendered brain" model is appropriate to use when discussing gender identity, don't take it too far, most of what we call gender, and by that I mean 80% or more, is socially constructed. Biology is fuzzy too"

It goes a little further than I would have, but does an excellent job of showing the uncertainties involved when we ignore animal research and only look at cisgender humans, rather than trans and intersex ones too. Most of the traditional "gender differences" disappear when you look closely, or at least are shown to have a very thin evidential basis.

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Re: WCDT Strips 3306 - 3310 (12th to 16th September 2016)
« Reply #170 on: 17 Sep 2016, 22:47 »

Just how big IS the what the fuck size?
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Re: WCDT Strips 3306 - 3310 (12th to 16th September 2016)
« Reply #171 on: 17 Sep 2016, 23:37 »

Let's put it this way: Have you ever seen a family-size popcorn bucket? Another name for the WTF size is "To the Moooooonnn!!!"
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« Reply #172 on: 18 Sep 2016, 06:28 »

Bleminda revealed

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Re: WCDT Strips 3306 - 3310 (12th to 16th September 2016)
« Reply #173 on: 18 Sep 2016, 14:17 »

I'm chuckling at the price list. I see why they price macchiatos so high - because what Charbuck's calls a macchiato has no resemblance to the real thing (a double expresso "marked" - macchiato - with a tablespoon of foam).

But I resent not being able to even ASK for a doppio with two extra shots, my usual choice! Hey folks, it's EASY!
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Re: WCDT Strips 3306 - 3310 (12th to 16th September 2016)
« Reply #174 on: 18 Sep 2016, 14:27 »

Careful. If you ask for an expresso, Dora includes Exlax as an ingredient.
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Re: WCDT Strips 3306 - 3310 (12th to 16th September 2016)
« Reply #175 on: 18 Sep 2016, 22:32 »

As a business woman, if there's a particular item you don't want to actually make, just price it out of reach. I did that a few years ago with some art pieces at a gallery showing I had. Didn't work in my case, but the principle is there.
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Re: WCDT Strips 3306 - 3310 (12th to 16th September 2016)
« Reply #176 on: 18 Sep 2016, 22:43 »

Just remember, Faye, you live at 123 Lawyer St., Lawyer, MA, with Marten Lawyer.  You used to work for Coffee of Lawyer, for Marten's ex, Lawyer, who's now seeing a female lawyerbrarian, until your lawyer problem got you fired and admitted to Lawyer-Dickinson.
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Re: WCDT Strips 3306 - 3310 (12th to 16th September 2016)
« Reply #177 on: 18 Sep 2016, 22:53 »

Why do people keep claiming that a macchiato contains two shots of espresso? I mean, it is if you ask for a double shot, sure.
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Re: WCDT Strips 3306 - 3310 (12th to 16th September 2016)
« Reply #178 on: 18 Sep 2016, 23:04 »

If you've never seen this, it's well worth your time. A law professor tells you why you should NEVER EVER voluntarily talk to police without a lawyer present.

Faye should just keep walking. And if the officer arrests her, she should say NOTHING till she gets an attorney.

And this would be true even if she didn't work for an illegal enterprise.
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Re: WCDT Strips 3306 - 3310 (12th to 16th September 2016)
« Reply #179 on: 19 Sep 2016, 07:26 »

Why do people keep claiming that a macchiato contains two shots of espresso? I mean, it is if you ask for a double shot, sure.

Agreed. A proper one has at least four.
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« Reply #180 on: 29 Oct 2016, 00:23 »

You people are nuts.  :laugh:
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