Post by Jeff on Dec 6, 2008 9:45:52 GMT -5
Ep 32: Will The Real Prime Please Stand Up?
My first attempt to make a political statement in comics. Bobimus Prime was, if you didn't get it, a thinly veiled spoof of Jeb Bush and his potential involvement in the Florida election scandal following George W. Bush's victory in 2000. It wasn't trendy to criticize Bush back during this time period. In fact, it could lead to some nasty social ostracizing, so I am impressed that I went for such a spoof. However, I'm not particularly pleased with how this all came off. The lighting/contrast is wrong, Poseidon and Prime are both annoying, and the joke comes off more dark and cynical than funny. Still, at least I got to shoot Daniel again.
In hindsight, I find Poseidon's reference to the '80s Tom Cruise film "Risky Business" rather amusing. Only 28 episodes ago, Poseidon didn't even know what a "Value Meal" was. Now he's a die-hard fan of Mama's Family, Designing Women, Transformers: The Movie, and "Risky Business" (a film that, to this day, even I haven't seen). Strange, though, how all of Poseidon's knowledge of Earth culture seems limited to 1980s television (and movies re-run on 1980s television). Perhaps he caught a few time delayed transmissions on the way to Earth.
The "Risky Business" type dancing is, of course, a reference to the famous moment where a young Tom Cruise dances on his wooden floor, sliding around in socks and underwear to the music of Bob Segar.
Episodes 32 and 33 were posted on March 29th, 2003.
My first attempt to make a political statement in comics. Bobimus Prime was, if you didn't get it, a thinly veiled spoof of Jeb Bush and his potential involvement in the Florida election scandal following George W. Bush's victory in 2000. It wasn't trendy to criticize Bush back during this time period. In fact, it could lead to some nasty social ostracizing, so I am impressed that I went for such a spoof. However, I'm not particularly pleased with how this all came off. The lighting/contrast is wrong, Poseidon and Prime are both annoying, and the joke comes off more dark and cynical than funny. Still, at least I got to shoot Daniel again.
In hindsight, I find Poseidon's reference to the '80s Tom Cruise film "Risky Business" rather amusing. Only 28 episodes ago, Poseidon didn't even know what a "Value Meal" was. Now he's a die-hard fan of Mama's Family, Designing Women, Transformers: The Movie, and "Risky Business" (a film that, to this day, even I haven't seen). Strange, though, how all of Poseidon's knowledge of Earth culture seems limited to 1980s television (and movies re-run on 1980s television). Perhaps he caught a few time delayed transmissions on the way to Earth.
The "Risky Business" type dancing is, of course, a reference to the famous moment where a young Tom Cruise dances on his wooden floor, sliding around in socks and underwear to the music of Bob Segar.
Episodes 32 and 33 were posted on March 29th, 2003.