Archive for 06. Slick’s Abduction
Roadhouse was at best a mediocre movie, but there were some memorable lines in it, mostly delivered by Patrick Swayze. “Pain don’t hurt” was his response to the hot doctor telling him the stitches in his side might hurt a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Prime Directive refers to the Star Trek idea that a technologically-superior civilization is morally obligated not to interfere with the societal development of an inferior one. Breaking it was constant fodder for the writers of the show.
Stretch may be Slick’s best friend, but even the speedy Slick knows Stretch has chewing gum for a brain.
The “alpha unit” was the duplicate of the character Alex from The Last Starfighter who took his place while the real Alex went off to defend the Frontier from X’ur and the Ko-Dan Armada. Much hilarity ensued with the poorly-programmed[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I just noticed this strip is misnumbered as #207. That is, of course, incorrect. The “nuke from orbit” refers to a line from Aliens, which I believe to be one of the most quotable movies along with Ghostbusters and Animal[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…