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darkCanuck writes "A year and a half ago, three guys wrapped up a Flash-based story taking three years of work, spanning twenty-four chapters in twelve hours. This afternoon they began offering Broken Saints as a DVD set (four discs), the entire series at $39.99 US. It's been tweaked, to say the least, to 5.1 surround sound, updated art and effects for more than half of the production, subtitles in six languages and voice narration from such people as Cancer Man from the X-files (William B. Davis), among other notables. It's an impressive feat for any studio, in my opinion, but three canucks in their spare (and not so spare) time ... that's incredible. If you haven't seen it, check it out since the chapters are still available at the website." Just as pressing -- An anonymous reader writes "You can now buy all 100 Strong Bad Emails as a boxed set of 3 DVDs. If you live under a rock, Strong Bad is freakin' awesome. You can buy it here."
I am pleased but sticky about this.
Yes it is great these are coming to DVD.
Yes it is huge for the sub-industry.
BUT, as with what we saw happen to anime, eventually the sludge will come too.
Beware!
Doooomed! Dooomed!
If you live under a rock, Strong Bad is freakin' awesome. You can buy it here."
Right. Because if I have no idea what Strong Bad is, I've been living under a rock.
And you wonder why they make that comic book store owner as annoying as they do on the Simpsons.
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In the name of all the fans out there, let me serve as counsel.
:D
SB is part of the comedy nuvo, the online WTF OMGBBQ generation. For us, this kind of thing is just awesome.
Sometimes something that makes no sense, is completely off topic, or just utterly stupid gets the best laughs.
I know people who say out loud "Dot dot dot..."
The same crowd who's into these things
But for all of us non sub-rock dwellers, Strong Bad is just a stupid wast of time.
Start Running Better Polls
Flamebait?
I don't mean to feed the troll or anything, but he/she has a good point. I have quite a few Canadian friends, and I'm sure if I called them 'Canucks' I'd get punched in the face quicksmart.
Also, check out Dictionary.com - it lists 'Canuck' as an offensive slang.
It's just a matter of time before someone else gets offended.
Maybe they can be used to replace the poor, departed, Compy 386. :'(
And if you don't get Strong Bad, then you don't. Who cares? Crapfully yours,
Today's strongbad e-mail mentions Linux, although briefly, not flatteringly, nor in correct context. I would say it is the funniest one ever. Here is a direct link.
warning: This post is likely to contain gobs of dripping sarcasm. Consume at your own risk.
Ah, crap. I meant departed Compy 386, not a link to a nonexistent Slashdot page...
Anyway, if you want to get a sense of the site, check out "The Interview" on the "Shorts" page, perhaps the best gateway 'toon on the site.
Canuck is not an offensive word. Would a CANADIAN hockey team be called the Canucks if it was a way of insulting us?
The website won't work with most popup-blockers enabled, so here's a direct link.
Portable versions of Firefox, GIMP, LibreOffice, etc
There's a REASON I hate comics. Print COMICS , that is. They randomly feel the NEED to put random words IN bold and italics. Usually, these WORDS are not what you would emphasize if you WERE speaking, and they're not ALWAYS of any importance. I find IT distracting. DOES anyone else?
remember typing on monochrome monitors
watch enough anime to appreciate certain exaggerated features
enjoy correcting and ridiculing spelling errors
can identify with characters who are bullied in a playful way, and remind us of our youth
used to own or play those pixelated console atari games
owned a single-tone keyboard with that cutesy demo song
can appreciate some clean humour
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http://www.rathergood.com/ Have been on TV for a while now. They make flashs to music and feature on channel 4 in the UK. Recently Weebl and Bob have also started to do many adverts (for anchor butter). Not to mention Rather good also doing some adverts.
Flash is a very stylish art form, when done right it's fantastic to watch. But when it's done wrong it's like a 4 year old drawing.
As soon as people catch on to this, everyone and their dog will attempt to do these because "Hey it can get me rich!"
I like muppets.
The Happy Tree Friends has been doing this for quite some time aswell. Check them out as some of the episodes are hilarious. Currently they have released three DVDs.
The trailer seemed to be random rambling and cuts. Trailers are supposed to make movie more attractive, not less...
The whole point of the comic book format, with you know...the words, is that you can read at your own pace, speeding up or slowing down as your attention waxes and wanes. And if you want to go back and check something, you can.
I'm sure this story is great, and the artwork is obviously excellent, but it drives me absolutely nuts when I'm forced to read at a slow measured pace. I'm willing to bet that this is the case for everyone but the most ardent fanboys.
Also, being unable to pause for an 18 minute stretch is awful.
My advice is that these guys collapse their production into a standard comic format, I'd love to read it then.