Sore Thumbs disses Joss and all his fans by Hydragon

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Sore Thumbs disses Joss and all his fans

POSTED BY: HYDRAGON
UPDATED: Thursday, March 2, 2006 14:16
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Wednesday, March 1, 2006 3:30 PM

http://sorethumbsonline.com/d/20060301.html

Someone on another forum linked to this after I linked to the full Fruity Oaty Bar commercial.

Yeah, I'm never reading this comic.

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Wednesday, March 1, 2006 3:40 PM

REAVERINA1985RIVIERA

SoreThumbs .com

Probably sore from them sticking said digits up their pii-goo.

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How many Jaynes does it take to change a light bulb?

Two. One to try to put it in and another to find a bigger hammer.

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Wednesday, March 1, 2006 3:40 PM

BASTAROID

have a sense of humor. i found it pretty funny.

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Wednesday, March 1, 2006 3:42 PM

COPILOT

If you know the line from the movie and know the directors name and spend time making a comic dissing it means you very invested in your hate. It also means that you watched to movie close enough to quote it so the jokes on Sore Thumbs.

An I carried such a torch

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Wednesday, March 1, 2006 3:42 PM

NDRAGE85

that would maybe be offensive if it was funny...but it's not. seriously, speaking outside of my Firefly fandom, that has no comedic value at all. who makes this? the fact alone that they made a comic with a failed attack at Whedon and Firefly fans speaks volumes about how sad his existence must be.

oh, and as an artist, the poor art style used for that comic is far more offensive then the dialogue.

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Wednesday, March 1, 2006 3:52 PM

PENGUIN

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Wednesday, March 1, 2006 3:56 PM

BARCLAY

Have to admit, kinda funny. And a great historical commentary on the "three-fifths" compromise.

And they have a point. I always found that dialogue (and situation - talking robotic wife?), one of the most absurd parts of the film.

"You are on the Global Frequency."
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Wednesday, March 1, 2006 3:58 PM

KAELE

LOL!!!

That's funny!

C'mon guys, lighten up. Even Joss would find that funny.

Any plug is STILL a plug.

~Kaele

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Wednesday, March 1, 2006 3:59 PM

NDRAGE85

i guess i'm missing the humor some of you are finding. like i said, even looking at it as a non-fan, i still didn't find anything to chuckle about. but, to each his own.

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Wednesday, March 1, 2006 4:00 PM

REAVERINA1985RIVIERA

3/5ths, 3/5ths, where's my knife, I'll show them 3/5ths.

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How many Jaynes does it take to change a light bulb?

Two. One to try to put it in and another to find a bigger hammer.

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Wednesday, March 1, 2006 4:01 PM

MIRAMEL

obviously, this guy doesnt realize what he's started. TO ARMS!!!

heh, seriusly tho, it kinda seems like a bad move on his part- the number of people who actively know and dislike firefly/serenity and therefor would apreciate the "humor" have got to be significantly smaller then hte number of browncoats, and probably a whole lot less fanatical. it just doesnt seem like it would be "worth it". and people who know nothing of whedon one way or another, even if they "got it", wouldnt find it amusing. also, i really think he has no right to insult anything so long as he writes *that*.

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Wednesday, March 1, 2006 4:02 PM

AUSSAY

Murder is funnny HA HA!

Seriosuly, I would laugh at an actual witty jab at Firefly but it wasnt even funny. I mean it even stole the "flesh wound" joke off Monty Python

"Shake your head boy, your eyes are stuck"

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Wednesday, March 1, 2006 4:08 PM

DIETCOKE

He'll end up with three-fifths of something when I'm done with him too! ;-)

NY/NJ/CT Browncoats: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/firefly_nyc

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Wednesday, March 1, 2006 4:08 PM

PARKER6097

to that comic I give a mighty Grr Argh!

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Wednesday, March 1, 2006 7:08 PM

HYDRAGON

Quote:
Originally posted by Barclay:
And a great historical commentary on the "three-fifths" compromise.

And that'd be?

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Wednesday, March 1, 2006 7:16 PM

BARCLAY

Quote:
Originally posted by Hydragon:
Quote:
Originally posted by Barclay:
And a great historical commentary on the "three-fifths" compromise.

And that'd be?

Yeah, there wasn't any. Just trying to move the conversation in a "let's-not-lynch-this-guy" direction.

"You are on the Global Frequency."
http://www.frequencysite.com
http://kfmonkey.blogspot.com

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Wednesday, March 1, 2006 8:19 PM

ALGUS

On Algus's Scale of "Funn-ay" this comic rates as a meh/10

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Where's the KABOOM?! There was supposed to be an earth-shattering kaboom! *sigh* Delays...delays...

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Wednesday, March 1, 2006 8:59 PM

SIGMANUNKI

Quote:
Originally posted by Algus:

On Algus's Scale of "Funn-ay" this comic rates as a meh/10

I agree. At most this "comic" has turned my head for the moment it took me to read it. Beyond that, why would anyone give anymore consideration?

Bah, let it be and maybe it'll go away. If you pay it attention you'll only encourage it.

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Wednesday, March 1, 2006 9:27 PM

THESOAPBOXER

I don't know, I kinda liked the "Joss Whedon fans only count as three-fifths of a person in this state" joke. But then, I like self-depricating jokes like that.

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Could you please just make it stranger? Just stranger. Odder. Could be weirder. More bizarre. How about uncanny?
~Joss Whedon

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Wednesday, March 1, 2006 9:44 PM

CHRISMOORHEAD

Quote:
Probably sore from them sticking said digits up their pii-goo.

Best come back EVER.

Have you ever:
Used your teeth as wire strippers?
Given yourself stitches?
Made improvised munitions with no base supplies?
Pissed in a canteen?
Gone a month without bathing?

If so, you MIGHT just be a !HOOAH MOTHERF*CKER!

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Thursday, March 2, 2006 4:01 AM

KIZYR

Eh. Sore Thumbs isn't really 'up there' as far as webcomics are concerned, if you ask me.

I mean, come on, Penny Arcade is likely the most-read webcomic out there. And those guys are avid fans, too--maybe not as avid as us, but still.

I don't find it offensive. Just it tries to be funny like Doom tried to be metaphorical (meaning the movie, not the game). KF

~KF

Lord, I'm walking your way. Let me in, for my feet are sore, my clothes are ragged.
Look in my eyes, Lord, and my sins will play out on them as on a screen. Read them all.
Forgive what you can and send me on my path. I will walk on until you bid me rest.
~Haven Prayer

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Thursday, March 2, 2006 5:25 AM

CBY

Quote:
Originally posted by Kaele:
C'mon guys, lighten up. Even Joss would find that funny.

Exactly. I don't see the problem either, maybe because I am not a joss Whedon fan. It's just a comic after all.

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Thursday, March 2, 2006 6:11 AM

AZTECHROME

And a fairly poor comic at that.

Besides, who here hasn't felt like 3/5 of a human being when the execs axed Firefly.

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Thursday, March 2, 2006 6:47 AM

DOFFE

Personally I take this comic with a sens of gratitude. Bad things are not copied and not bitched about. Just proved once more that the thing is worthy. The best praise comes from the one who opposes you.

Keep flying.
Doffe.

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Thursday, March 2, 2006 7:13 AM

QUEENOFTHENORTH

I didn't really find it funny, but I'm not offended in any way. Serenity in 2000 words was funny, this was just kinda lame. But, A for effort.

"I'm having one of those things - a headache with pictures."

"Of course I'm right. And if I'm not, may we all be horribly crushed from above somehow."

Like books? Go to this thread: http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=2&t=14862
to find out how to buy mine!

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Thursday, March 2, 2006 7:17 AM

STORYMARK

Lighten up, guys. Funny or not (matter of taste), it's just a comic.

When Browncoats start freaking over little stuff like this, is when people start to mentally associate us with the kind of Star Trek fans that get married in full Klingon atire.

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

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Thursday, March 2, 2006 7:28 AM

GOR

Its just silly crap ;) Don't worry about it.

"These are stone killers, little man. They ain't cuddly like me."

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Thursday, March 2, 2006 7:50 AM

INDIANABANZAI

I got a chuckle out of it. Nothing to get all 'torches and pitch forks' over, honestly.

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Thursday, March 2, 2006 7:59 AM

1TOSMILE

This is good news... it means that this obscure little film is hitting the big time into mainstream comedy..

Remember in our society, you are nothing unless you are parodied.....

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Thursday, March 2, 2006 8:07 AM

STARSONG

First.. yeah, chill. It's just a comic. It's not like it's a picture of Mohammad with a bomb for a turban or anything. ;)

And the 3/5 reference is important. Those of us who are Americans really should have recognized it on sight. It's in the Constitution.

Quote:

(Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective Numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole Number of free Persons, including those bound to Service for a Term of Years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three fifths of all other Persons.)

In other words, prior to the 14th Amendment, a black slave was worth "only 3/5 of a person" for purposes of assessing population.

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Thursday, March 2, 2006 8:17 AM

MALSGIRL

Quote:
Originally posted by Storymark:

When Browncoats start freaking over little stuff like this, is when people start to mentally associate us with the kind of Star Trek fans that get married in full Klingon atire.

Hey what's wrong with being married in full Klingon atire? lol No but seriously; that new Star Trek theme wedding in Vegas, where you get married on the desk of one of the Enterprises is pretty cool, and I'm not even that big of a Treker.

Honestly after I first read that comic I was kinda' like "You FRELLERS!" I know I shouldn't let it piss me off but it does. And I use frell since they don't respect Browncoats maybe they respect Scapers, although I doubt they're even that clever (that sounds kinda' wrong, I'm both a Browncoat and a Scaper (of course more Browncoat) and was insulting neither fan group).

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Thursday, March 2, 2006 11:41 AM

KIZYR

Quote:
Originally posted by StarSong:
And the 3/5 reference is important. Those of us who are Americans really should have recognized it on sight. It's in the Constitution.

See, I ordinarily get tickled with delight whenever someone references history offhandedly like that (one of the folks in our upcoming Serenity RPG group has a backstory that parallels the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus by Lincoln, for instance, and that made me all manner of pleased when I saw that). But, yeah, it's just... kind of a downer as far as jokes are concerned.

Like I'm saying, there're good webcomics, and there're boring ones. Sore Thumbs is one of the ones I never bothered with. Even Order of the Stick ( http://www.giantitp.com/cgi-bin/GiantITP/ootscript) is better, and he uses stick figures (DnD-heavy references, though, so it's esoteric humor). KF

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Thursday, March 2, 2006 12:31 PM

STARRBABY

Quote:
Originally posted by 1tosmile:
This is good news... it means that this obscure little film is hitting the big time into mainstream comedy..

Remember in our society, you are nothing unless you are parodied.....

I so agree with you.
If people would scroll down, you'd see the creator is a fan.
He's poming fun at himself . . .something everyone should learn to do.

Un-wad thine panties.

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Thursday, March 2, 2006 12:35 PM

AZTECHROME

Yeah. I guess you guys are right.

*puts down pitchfork*

Ah, but it could all have been so beautiful.

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Thursday, March 2, 2006 12:41 PM

STARRBABY

Quote:
Originally posted by aztechrome:
Yeah. I guess you guys are right.

*puts down pitchfork*

Ah, but it could all have been so beautiful.

he he he. You bust me up.
Lets go find someone else to pick on now . . .you can use your pitchfork, and I can flare up the torches.
I think I may know where a fox exec lives . . .

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Thursday, March 2, 2006 12:45 PM

INDIANABANZAI

Quote:
Originally posted by Starrbaby:
Quote:
Originally posted by aztechrome:
Yeah. I guess you guys are right.

*puts down pitchfork*

Ah, but it could all have been so beautiful.

he he he. You bust me up.
Lets go find someone else to pick on now . . .you can use your pitchfork, and I can flare up the torches.
I think I may know where a fox exec lives . . .

Damn, I thought I was gonna make a killing selling black market torches and pitchforks, too.....

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Thursday, March 2, 2006 12:55 PM

AZTECHROME

Quote:

Lets go find someone else to pick on now . . .you can use your pitchfork, and I can flare up the torches.
I think I may know where a fox exec lives . . .

No, no. You've got it wrong.

For a FOX exec we need AXES, just like they used on the show.

Axes are really quite intuitive, you know.
I think you'd be a quick learner.

Classes start at nearest executive's house presently! Join the mob today!

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Thursday, March 2, 2006 1:31 PM

NERVOUSPETE

I read back about twelve issues.

I don't know. It's kinda bugging me. I keep thinking it SHOULD be funny, but it isn't. I like the concept of the psychotic dad who the children dote on. The expressions are amusing and the some of the character tweaks also. It's just... it's not really funny. *Gngh*

Which is a shame, because I'd welcome a genuinely funny attack on Firefly/Serenity/Whedon. It gets a bit dull reading web-comics eulogising over it. Serenity does have some problems, but still was a solid 4/5 film for me that I loved. But this comic... *sigh*... it just isn't that funny.

Albeit it is interesting.

But please:

Please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please (fingers hurt) please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please (wrists too actually) please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please (and my sanity is fracturing come to mention it...) please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please...

... don't flame the chap or the website. Don't get angry or upset. Don't go about shaking your fists at the comic. If we email or shout, or scream, or post then we'll only look like creepy jerks, so let's not, okay? Not that I'm assuming we'd be so uncool as to do so, but I figured, since I'm not used to fandom and Firefly is my first true geek love, that I'd err on the side of caution and warn.

Let's be cool.

Now someone out there insult our beloved in an amusing and incisive manner that raises cutting points, and I shall shake them in a manly fashion by the hand.

"If you can keep your head whilst others... eurgh! Ack! I've spilt my ink! Ugh! Ink on my trousers! Agh! Ink on my shirt! My only hope! The window! Aieeeeee!" (Falls to death)
- Jonathan Nash

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Thursday, March 2, 2006 1:46 PM

SUICIDALDUCKLING

i'm up to 3/5ths? Sweet! i've been stuck at 2/5ths for the longest time.

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Thursday, March 2, 2006 2:16 PM

JONESTEIN

Quote:
Originally posted by NervousPete:
I read back about twelve issues.

... don't flame the chap or the website. Don't get angry or upset. Don't go about shaking your fists at the comic. If we email or shout, or scream, or post then we'll only look like creepy jerks, so let's not, okay? Not that I'm assuming we'd be so uncool as to do so, but I figured, since I'm not used to fandom and Firefly is my first true geek love, that I'd err on the side of caution and warn.

Let's be cool.

I agree, we'd just be adding fuel to the Whedon-hater flames. I've never understood the zealous Whedon-hating crowd in the first place. What's up with that anyway?

-Jonestein

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