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plastikman · 16 May, 2002, 02:23:36 AM

Re. Bec & Kawl ... didn't D.R. say "like" alot - hmm it annoyed me then. I just don't think it works when you, like, read it.

(PVS - I'm getting a taste of this 'being a critic' lark!)

IMHO B&K has all the makings of a classic stinker!

plastikman

paulvonscott · 16 May, 2002, 02:28:56 AM

First me, now Simon Spurrier, he's possessed! Once a man has a taste for criticism, it takes a strong will to stop.

I'll be honest I can't read this issue's B&K, I just can't physically read a story about super powered spots. I tired squinting as I read it and holding the pages half open at an angle, but no. Sorry. Yuk.

Something Fishy · 16 May, 2002, 03:59:22 AM

I can understand that, squinting is a tiring business. You'll get wrinkles!!

Mudcrab · 16 May, 2002, 03:59:01 PM

Hmm, I bet the only one's finding it funny are bloody students!

Wood · 16 May, 2002, 05:27:06 PM

I'm not a student.

And I'll have you know that humour about bodily functions is the only form of humour that has survived throughout history - they had willy jokes in Ancient Egypt, you know.

Go on, ask me to prove it. I can see your eyes glazing over already...

Mudcrab · 16 May, 2002, 06:12:48 PM

Wo, where did you come from? Did I say you were a student? Then why are you replying as if I have? Have a look at the prog cover. What does it say? "BLOODY STUDENTS" Which was a joke, as you might have heard of from your obviously extensive knowledge of the subject. Sorry, I forgot about all the famous egyptian jokes about zits that you see just everywhere in the ruins of the empire.

Quit trying to get a rise out of people. And if you have to, get your facts straight.

Oddboy · 16 May, 2002, 06:34:54 PM

Wood, Grobbendoug, calm down the pair of you!

You've been spending too much time reading Scojo posts and you've got all aggresive.

Mudcrab · 16 May, 2002, 07:02:45 PM

He he, I managed to avoid swearing though at least. :o)

Wood · 16 May, 2002, 08:10:57 PM

Wooo... Doug! Chill!

It wasn't like I was serious or anything (well I was about the Ancient Egyptian willy jokes, but it's not like I was trying to annoy anyone).

Wood · 16 May, 2002, 08:12:47 PM

And the 'I'm not a student' crack was simply in reply to 'I bet the only ones finding it funny are students'. Because I found it funny.

Why so touchy, man?

Mudcrab · 16 May, 2002, 08:42:59 PM

Nae wurries Wood, I just took it the wrong way.

Mudcrab · 16 May, 2002, 08:45:19 PM

It's all the radiation in the granite, it drives ye mintal!

Wood · 16 May, 2002, 09:03:02 PM

Fair enough.

Tiplodocus · 16 May, 2002, 10:15:57 PM

I thought the use of quotes from films where the characters had nothing better to say was fairly lame.

I don't find references in themself that funny; they just get a half smile of smug recognition. I'd much rather see proper gags.

And they were all references from the usual "Ain't It Cool" blockbuster nonsense. .

I bet if everybody put their minds to it, they'd get a list of ten references that will be used in the next few episodes.

"I'd buy that for a dollar"

"I've got a bad feeling about this"

Some Matrix style bullet time etc.

Wood · 16 May, 2002, 10:26:31 PM

But that's the beauty of it: it's not the film references that are funny, it's the jerk who's using them. We're supposed to laugh at his dialogue in the same way we've all been laughing at Scojo's.

I got the impression that Spurrier thinks Kawl's a twat, too, and is playing that up...