[Spoon Poetic]

I think they opened the wrong door, and witnessed an iPod with a red beard Hannibal mask and a serious need for a dentist murdering a bald Mary Kate Olsen or some other anorexic person.

This post has been edited by Spoon Poetic: 19 September 2007 - 06:50 PM

[Dr Lecter]

That's not a red beard! That's suppose to be a Hannibal mask!

[Bond]

Either way, Lec, it makes no sense.

Perhaps we could have Travolta-Shark say "No, it's not"?

[Just your average movie goer]

Neither of the previous two panels make any sense. Clearly some people here are incapable of making coherent links from previous panels. Mine therefore picks up where Barend left off.

Sorry, I didn't post earlier, Barend. I was a bit busy this week. Also, I love the new sharks.



And I think I'm going to have to ignore Dr Lecter due to his stupid signature. Tell me when he stops using it.

Finally, Bond. That idea you pitched on the previous page for the Pulp Fiction reference was a bad idea. Consider it shot down.

[barend]

Quick rule about the fundamental principals of satire:

Referencing a movie within the story is only funny if the hero's are heading down a similar path. (example here is that they were eating and had upset a gangster who would no doubt send thugs over, who would arrive while they were eating in their appartement). Taking the reference much further than that is only funny if you tailor it to suit what's already happening. Quoting the film's key speachers and one liners is just not on. Especially if the original material is already a comedy and you begin to rely on someone elses jokes to get a laugh [See 'Epic Movie' and it's reduntant references to 'Borat' in which they relied on the original materials jokes]. You can delve, but not to deeply.

Continue the scene reference for completion but don't rely on key quotes.

Thankyou Movie Goer for getting us back on track there.

[Slade]

To be fair, Bond's panel did make sense, JYAMG.

[Spoon Poetic]

I don't think it's really very fair to just pick and choose which panels to ignore and just shut people out of this. So some people aren't as good at this as others. Part of the fun, the challenge, is to work with what you've been given.

Edit: Unless the panels are in direct violation of the rules, that is, such as some stuff that happened earlier. So I guess Bond's could have been omitted, but Slade let him keep it and now you guys are not complaining about the copy-and-paste nature of his comic, but instead, the content; and so you came down hard on him and are shutting that panel (and Dr. Lecter's, whose I thought was fine, and I don't think his signature should have any bearing on whether he's allowed to participate). That's the problem I have here.

This is getting a little too elitist for me.

This post has been edited by Spoon Poetic: 21 September 2007 - 08:33 AM

[Slade]

Yeah, I agree with the Spoon. I told Bond to not do the copy-paste anymore, and let's be a little more adult than ignoring a poster due to a signature, shall we?

[Bond]

Continuing on:

(For those lost, I'll repost the last few in series of events, then put in mine. )

[Just your average movie goer]

I find it rather gross and off-putting. Ignoring him guarantees that I won't have to see it any more. And if I want to ignore user for any reason at all, that's my business.

As for Bond's panel, I had another look at it and yeah, it's fine. I found it a bit too far out of left-field when I first saw it though - which may be because I haven't seen "Pulp Fiction". In fact, it's a great example of the potential problem of obscure references. If they're not handled well, then they don't make sense to people who haven't seen the original sources of the reference.

A good reference should make sense in the context it's in. That way, people who haven't seen what it's referring to can still follow the story - and people who do get it can have their own little chuckle.

And Spoon, you seem to have a lot to say in this thread for someone who never contributes to it. If all you're going to do is come in and criticise users, why not just give it a miss?

And before you say I'm being hypocritical, I'll just remind you that I actually DO contribute to this thread so don't bother.

EDIT - Actually, REALLY don't bother because I'm through with this thing too.

This post has been edited by Just your average movie goer: 22 September 2007 - 03:19 AM

[Spoon Poetic]

I already said I was going to contribute soon. I was in the process of getting my own computer. Then the whole horrible mess happened. And then I even started working on a panel when people started getting all uppity. Why should I submit anything if it's just going to get shot down because it's not good enough? If it's not drawn well enough, not funny enough, references something you don't like, or just doesn't take the story in a way you want it to go, it's going to get shot down. So no, I'm not planning on contributing anymore, if that wasn't clear enough in my last post.

[Just your average movie goer]

Ah, don't be like that. My dig at you in the last post was more about the way you and Slade always come in here and kill the mood. When I was criticising certain panels, I wasn't attacking the user who contributed them (and I never criticised a panel based on the quality of its artwork) - I was being constructive. And I think other users can generally handle it without moderators coming in and saying "Now, now. Be nice," all the time. It kills the momentum of the thread every time you do that. And that's also the reason why I said I'm not going to participate anymore. You've taken out all the fun.

The other reason is that this clearly isn't the same Screening Room I had a hand in creating and loved hanging around in so much back in 2004. I only started paticipating in this thread out of nostalgia for the screening room of three years ago - but that screening room was a fun place with lots of people who I really got on well with. That's not saying anything untoward about you, Spoon, you should understand - but we clearly don't have much in common.

So since I'm going anyway, feel free to post whatever you like.

Bond, I'm glad to see you're getting the hang of things.

Barend, I love your work, mate. It's good to see someone from the old crowd still here and I always enjoy your company. If I'm ever in Sydney, I'll look you up.

Anyway, bye guys. Stay out of trouble.

[Spoon Poetic]

I just wrote up this whole long response to what you said involving specific quotes and things but you know what? Fuck it. If you want to think that the things you said came across as mere constructive criticism and not elitist personal attacks, fine. As far as my "killing the mood," I made a grand total of three critical comments - one towards Bond posting like ten images at a time, one that was a joke about Cynthia's boobs being grabbed, and one was because suddenly the game is all about picking and choosing which panels to accept or to ignore (and even kicking one user out of the game entirely because of a silly signature issue). I rather found the mood was already near death, when I'm finding myself suddenly not wanting to post because of the possibility of it not being good enough. If there's a possibility of my work being ignored because you didn't like what I did, why should I waste my time and effort?

And I for one think the fun started leaking out of this game when the focus became making sure the plot goes just a certain way instead of rolling with the punches (and punchlines).

[J m HofMarN]

I'm going to post here, just because I have much love for the old school stuff, and because a rival thread has been started and I'm one to take sides. I don't know the plot, so I just wandered off on my own.

[Heccubus]

Well this descended nicely into petty bickering and immature nonsense. Sorry, JM, but I think this one's spent.
There's a new thread for this stuff going now with a new story, so let's stick to that, children.

Closed.