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I thought this one was pretty crude, to be honest. What really is the idea here? The suspension of disbelief doesn’t work, because there’s noway the captain would be designing the rocket lauch, only coordinating missions. And the upside down rocket, was crass. I think this one has more potential for consistency, like approaching “Friendly” aliens, or space hazards.
@Telaricae: While I don’t agree with all Mack says, I don’t think it matters that in real life the Captain wouldn’t be designing the launch, he does have a point. This comic is less subtle than usual. An upside down rocket isn’t THAT funny. And dismissing someone’s opinions because they tried to explain them is hardly un-retarded. Would it have been better if Mack just said “didn’t like it” and failed to expand on that? It’d hardly be constructive criticism.
Honestly you guys need to calm down ,if you dont like it, just leave it alone
there isnt any direct indication that the commander in the screen DESIGNED the rocket, only that he is enforcing that the design go ahead and be used
This is funny in the Paranoia RP style. The astronaut clearly knows what’s going on, but he’s so scared of the Leader he submits, and huge explosions result. Fear and ignorance, ignorance and fear.
The other ones would have the astronaut actually accepting the Leader’s authority leading to an eventual disaster.
Questioning my ‘expertise’ would assume that the Captain did design or have some hand in the creation of the ship. Either way not a big fan of this one.
this one is much more blunt and to the point than most of the others, but it’s nice to read one of these and laugh without the need to think every once in a while.
It’s clearly an absurdist strip. Besides the design of the rocked itself seems sound, it just got put in upside down made me laugh, and people who analysed it to the point of incredulity need to unscrew their lug-nuts half a turn.
Although.. By 50 seconds to launch (as indicated by the giant timer near the launch pad), aren’t the support arms usually retracted? And hence the rocket should be half smooshed, lying on the ground, likely pointing towards the tower. HILARITY ENSUES.
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March 7th, 2008 at 4:30 pm
This one is hilarious in a different way. Good stuff.
March 7th, 2008 at 6:20 pm
I love it! I like this style of humor better than the normal sad robots, to be honest.
March 8th, 2008 at 9:42 pm
I can’t help but wonder how awesome that launch would look, a big smash or a slow crunch…
March 9th, 2008 at 4:27 pm
I thought this one was pretty crude, to be honest. What really is the idea here? The suspension of disbelief doesn’t work, because there’s noway the captain would be designing the rocket lauch, only coordinating missions. And the upside down rocket, was crass. I think this one has more potential for consistency, like approaching “Friendly” aliens, or space hazards.
March 9th, 2008 at 10:18 pm
@Mack: Ever hear the one about how trying to explain a comic makes you look like a retard? Yeah… you win.
March 10th, 2008 at 12:19 am
@Telaricae: While I don’t agree with all Mack says, I don’t think it matters that in real life the Captain wouldn’t be designing the launch, he does have a point. This comic is less subtle than usual. An upside down rocket isn’t THAT funny. And dismissing someone’s opinions because they tried to explain them is hardly un-retarded. Would it have been better if Mack just said “didn’t like it” and failed to expand on that? It’d hardly be constructive criticism.
March 10th, 2008 at 8:40 pm
Honestly you guys need to calm down ,if you dont like it, just leave it alone
there isnt any direct indication that the commander in the screen DESIGNED the rocket, only that he is enforcing that the design go ahead and be used
March 10th, 2008 at 9:56 pm
I agree with Gindy. In fact, I think Gindy’s comment just made the comic a whole lot funnier. (Personally, I think it’d be a slow crunch.)
March 11th, 2008 at 4:06 am
Not enough boobs.
March 11th, 2008 at 6:29 am
Plan on updating anytime soon?
March 11th, 2008 at 7:37 am
I’m updating today, and then probably Thursday. I got distracted with flash yesterday.
March 11th, 2008 at 7:41 am
Mack: It’s clearly about accepting authority.
March 27th, 2008 at 2:39 am
This is funny in the Paranoia RP style. The astronaut clearly knows what’s going on, but he’s so scared of the Leader he submits, and huge explosions result. Fear and ignorance, ignorance and fear.
The other ones would have the astronaut actually accepting the Leader’s authority leading to an eventual disaster.
April 9th, 2008 at 10:06 pm
Who cares who built the rocket. You over-analyze. Just take the joke for what it is.
May 4th, 2008 at 6:18 pm
Ahhhh comedy. No matter how hard you try, you can never understand it. (for some reason this one was really funny, but I am at a loss as to why)
July 20th, 2008 at 4:10 am
Questioning my ‘expertise’ would assume that the Captain did design or have some hand in the creation of the ship. Either way not a big fan of this one.
August 6th, 2008 at 7:59 am
this one is much more blunt and to the point than most of the others, but it’s nice to read one of these and laugh without the need to think every once in a while.
August 9th, 2008 at 11:23 pm
It’s clearly an absurdist strip. Besides the design of the rocked itself seems sound, it just got put in upside down
made me laugh, and people who analysed it to the point of incredulity need to unscrew their lug-nuts half a turn.
August 19th, 2008 at 10:20 pm
Although.. By 50 seconds to launch (as indicated by the giant timer near the launch pad), aren’t the support arms usually retracted? And hence the rocket should be half smooshed, lying on the ground, likely pointing towards the tower. HILARITY ENSUES.