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| title = Blockbuster Mining | | title = Blockbuster Mining | ||
| image = blockbuster mining.png | | image = blockbuster mining.png | ||
− | | titletext = The 2007 Bridge To Terebithia trailer put me off | + | | titletext = The 2007 Bridge To Terebithia trailer put me off to much to see that particular movie, but I am cautiously optimistic about Where The Wild Things Are. |
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
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[[Cueball]] has acquired the {{w|intellectual property}} rights to produce a movie, but is unsure of how to make it appealing to a wide audience. An off-screen character suggests hiring {{w|Michael Bay}}, a director and producer well known (and occasionally criticized) for his style of film adaptation. Cueball is unsure that the IP would be a good fit for a summer blockbuster, but is dismissed. | [[Cueball]] has acquired the {{w|intellectual property}} rights to produce a movie, but is unsure of how to make it appealing to a wide audience. An off-screen character suggests hiring {{w|Michael Bay}}, a director and producer well known (and occasionally criticized) for his style of film adaptation. Cueball is unsure that the IP would be a good fit for a summer blockbuster, but is dismissed. | ||
The following panels depict violent and gritty scenes from a spy thriller, starring an unknown and brutal female spy. In the last panel, she is revealed to be {{w|Harriet the Spy}}, the 11 year old protagonist of a bestselling children's book written by Louise Fitzhugh, as well as other spinoff books written by various other authors. | The following panels depict violent and gritty scenes from a spy thriller, starring an unknown and brutal female spy. In the last panel, she is revealed to be {{w|Harriet the Spy}}, the 11 year old protagonist of a bestselling children's book written by Louise Fitzhugh, as well as other spinoff books written by various other authors. | ||
− | The comic references Hollywood's search for new stories to adapt to film, and how poor | + | The comic references Hollywood's search for new stories to adapt to film, and how poor some of these adaptations can be. |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | + | :Cueball: We've acquired some new rights, but I'm not sure it's in the spirit to make it a blockbuster- | |
− | :Cueball: We've acquired some new rights, but I'm not sure it's in the spirit to make it a blockbuster | ||
:Voice: Do it anyway. Take $100 million, hire Michael Bay. | :Voice: Do it anyway. Take $100 million, hire Michael Bay. | ||
:Cueball: But-- | :Cueball: But-- | ||
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:[Panel is inverted, white on black background.] | :[Panel is inverted, white on black background.] | ||
− | : | + | :Megan: They said if I were captured I should take my own life. |
− | + | :Megan: But I'd just as soon take yours. | |
− | : | + | :[Megan is pointing two handguns at two men with machine guns.] |
− | :[ | + | :''BOOM'' |
− | + | :[Megan explodes off a cliff, carrying a rectangular object and a gun. In the background is a helicopter, some mountains, and the sea.] | |
:[Panel is inverted, white and red on black background.] | :[Panel is inverted, white and red on black background.] | ||
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:Man: Stop! I'll talk! | :Man: Stop! I'll talk! | ||
− | : | + | :Megan: No, I know everything, this is just for fun. |
+ | :[Megan is holding a bloody pipe. Man is tied to a chair. There is blood pooling on the ground under the chair.] | ||
− | :[Crosshairs follow a | + | :[Crosshairs follow a man.] |
− | : | + | :Megan: I'll be watching. |
− | :[The panel is inverted | + | :[The panel is inverted colour, white on black.] |
:Harriet | :Harriet | ||
:the | :the | ||
− | :[in red] | + | :[in red] SPY |
:[A bloody spiral notebook, with blood streaks leading from it.] | :[A bloody spiral notebook, with blood streaks leading from it.] | ||
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
+ | [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | ||
[[Category:Comics with color]] | [[Category:Comics with color]] | ||
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