Wtf: Hey, ever wonder how I found LJ?

[black_sluggard]

A long time ago, I used to spend all my time online reading webcomics. It was my sister, bad_catty who actually found it...

get_medieval by ironychan is the story of an alien mob boss fleeing his rivals, with his son, trophy wife, and...accountant in tow. They crash land on an obscure planet in the ass-end of the galaxy. Predictably, this turns out to be Earth, but what makes it unique is that the story's author is a history major, and the characters crash-land in 14th century France and find themselves embroiled in the drama of the Hundred Years War.

The story completed back in 2008. The comic is hilarious and intelligent, and I highly recommend it. I plan on going back and rereading it one day when I have more time.



And now for something completely different...

My dad, my sister, her boyfriend and I watched the movie Rubber. To those who have never heard of it, it is the story of a tire in a dump that spontaneously gains sentience—and psychokinetic powers—and rolls around the desert exploding people's heads. That established, I don't think I need to tell you that it's a bizarre flick, and repeatedly breaks the fourth wall in ways even Mel Brooks never even dreamed of...

I give you the introduction:

It really just gets weirder from there.

As nerds are wont to do, Josh and I wound up arguing about whether a sentient tire actually has a front end and a back end. I insisted that being "alive" didn't necessarily mean that it did, while Josh argued that it did because it was moving "forward". My dad's unexpected contribution was that, yes, that particular kind of radial did have a front end...

I remain unconvinced.

Comments

[dancingdragon3.livejournal.com]

Why is he dressed like a police officer? No reason.

Why is he riding around in the trunk? No reason.

LOL. That was great! And it gets weirder? How cool and artsy and a little nuts. I will def be on the look out for that movie. I'm guessing the tire has no reason for exploding people's heads. :-)

[black_sluggard]

Actually, there is a reason he is dressed like a police officer, but you're spot on for the second and third.

Also, I think you can watch the full movie for $3 on youtube.

[adja999.livejournal.com]

14th century France?! That is actually of interest to some people?!
How cool. Will definitely check it out.

(In the movie, JFK may have been killed for no reason. In the movie.)
I can't tell you how long I've wanted to watch that movie. but it's actually harder to find it if you forgot what it's called. Thank you. :)

No reason. I kind of live for that.
Also, for some/no reason, I keep writting down plots that could either do a wonderful Castle episode case or a novel. Damn.
I wish I could rewire my brain to produce things that I actually need right now.

[black_sluggard]

Yeah, Irony is awesome. I just wish she'd finished her other comic, Knowledge is Power. I can't even find it online anymore. :(

KiP also had an otherwise cliche plot (nerds get superpowers!), but in this case the superpowers had the interesting quality of being granted by an anomaly in reality that caused the characters to have gained power over whatever it was they were thinking of at the time.

In this case, two of the college students had been studying physics of some kind (one of them basically could twist the laws of inertia around their middle finger), and one of them (my favorite) had been studying the third person omniscient narrative (which basically means he can narrate a situation and change people's perception of it.