Dec 11
Tom Noir Comments: In the future, everything will be needlessly complex and ridiculously over-engineered… except women’s clothing.
Published 1984
Tom Noir Comments: In the future, everything will be needlessly complex and ridiculously over-engineered… except women’s clothing.
Published 1984
December 11th, 2013 at 10:49 am
“Nonsense, it’s perfectly safe. Just press the start button and – WOOOAAAGH!”
December 11th, 2013 at 10:59 am
It’s easier to change the balance of the Universe than to change the sci-fi dress code.
December 11th, 2013 at 11:24 am
what are they standing on? why does he gave an intercom paging unit strapped to his groin? why is the pretty and well hung trans-gender person wearing shoulder pads and streamers? why, despite all these questiouns, do i have no desire or intention of reading this?
hmm. i am curious oranj
December 11th, 2013 at 11:41 am
You can tell she’s not just any run of the mill bikini clad babe – she has epaulettes! This shows she’s clearly very important, Empress of the Universe possibly?
The aerial sticking out from behind his back does seem a little old fashioned.
December 11th, 2013 at 12:03 pm
With her back to the bright light of the star, she fulfills the same purpose as the mask on NASA’S solar observatories. Maybe that’s why she is so lightly dressed, her bum is forever absorbing the Sun’s fury?
December 11th, 2013 at 12:24 pm
Tonight on Pimp My Surfboard, Queen Ayesha, She Who Must Be Obeyed gets a seriously powerful sound-system and a kitch retro astronaut hood ornament.
December 11th, 2013 at 12:58 pm
“Oh, my,
Something in my i – eye
Something in the sky – sky
Waiting there for me
The outer lock rolls slowly back
The service men were heard to sigh
For there revealed in glowing robes
Was Lucy in the sky!”
December 11th, 2013 at 1:21 pm
-“Now, my love, we must dare to change the delicate balance of the Universe itse — whoa!”
-“Freeze, Mister, Ma’am! This is the Intergalactic Fashion Police, we have you surrounded! Put down your epaulettes and adornments and whatnots, and surrender peacefully!“
December 11th, 2013 at 2:26 pm
Wow, I must have submitted this one ages ago. I’d forgotten all about it.
It appears that the woman has just blocked some sort of fiery projectile with her back. That spray-on tan must be serious stuff.
December 11th, 2013 at 3:00 pm
Woman? Really?
December 11th, 2013 at 4:20 pm
How can you challenge the delicate balance of the Universe in crappy fitting boots? Looks like he just blew out his left ankle.
December 11th, 2013 at 7:52 pm
A man driven by love? Actually he looks more like a man driven by remote control and a battery pack.
And I love how the woman is somewhat overendowed where the bloke decidedly isn’t.
December 11th, 2013 at 8:51 pm
Well, I was trying to think of some more or less delicate way of pointing out the “packaging” issue with respect to our two characters, but Jaouad beat me to that, so may I instead draw your attention to the inane rhetoric of “Was he a man driven by love, or the unwitting agent of an intergalactic plot?” Did anybody else scream “BOTH!!!” upon reading this? Somebody please show me the logic of this faux dilemma? Reminds me of the old “Communism—threat or menace?” bumper sticker from the sixties.
December 12th, 2013 at 7:34 am
@B.Chiclitz. Next, I suppose, our protagonist will have to choose between being a sociologist or a hero!
December 12th, 2013 at 3:06 pm
@ B. Chiclitz – I can honestly say that was my first thought, too, when I read the tag-line. “Can’t he be BOTH? Are not men driven by love ripe for being tricked into being pawns in intergalactic plots?”
December 12th, 2013 at 3:28 pm
@Rachel J—Exactly. And does he walk to school or carry his lunch?
Also just noticed the big “eye” cleverly dotting the “I”—it’s a CBS program!
December 12th, 2013 at 6:38 pm
They missed a gold mine with this series!
THE H HOVERING
THE I INSIDE
THE J JOINING
December 12th, 2013 at 7:07 pm
@HappyBookwyrm—Right. The tag line could have read “Was he a man driven by love, and therefore the unwitting agent of an intergalactic plot, or just a cosmic muffin?†Then, at least, we’d have a choice.
December 14th, 2013 at 6:26 pm
And if they’re moving forward, why are her streamers out in front of her? Is that disco space platform driven by a tailwind?
December 14th, 2013 at 11:54 pm
@infoqueen: maybe it’s inertia. Maybe she made a jump to the left, and is now taking a step back to the right…
Wait a mo…
It’s just a jump to the left
And then a step to the right
You take your partner’s hand
And strip down to your tights
But then you hop on a spaceship
And really go for a ride…
Let’s do the I-I-Inside!
December 18th, 2013 at 9:51 pm
“The book title is The Ironside… do you want me to spell it?” Nope I got it.
December 28th, 2013 at 10:10 am
@Tom Yeah, but the thing is I’m fine with that.
The guy is thinking “I wonder if they’ll notice my butt is itchy.”
January 4th, 2014 at 7:49 pm
It’s Space Elvis….beyond the Thunder Dome!