a stranger in a strange land.
http://theletterspage.libsyn.com/episode-137-tome-of-the-bizarre-vol-3-issue-61
Today I learned that Chrono-Ranger would probably enjoy watching The Proposition!
Also this issue sounded very good, but also made me want an intrigue-heavy story about Jim vs Kitsune. Might possibly have to write it.
I think more people need to ask themselves questions like "If there isn't a two-page spread of Chrono-Ranger fighting with a revolver and katana, why did we send him to feudal Japan?"
Very important to the creative process. :)
I also loved that bit! But, on the cover, how on earth is Chronoranger supposed to draw that Katana with his left hand? Shouldn't the scabbard be on the other hip?
(Of course, per the discussion in the episode, he shouldn't have a scabbard at all.)
I figure the arm's mechanical, he can probably move it however he needs to.
Intro text of the comic they’re NOT writing here:
“Okay, CON, what have I got here?”
“This one’s gonna be weird, Jim. I know you’ve been doing this for like a week or two, subjectively, but this time the bounty isn’t just 'kill the monster that’s 100 yards to your left right now. Historical records from my current version of the timeline indicate that Japan in 1746 was overrun with hundreds of Oni that appeared virtually overnight; all the research I’ve been able to do indicates that they must have been the work of a single mastermind, who spent decades crafting Oni masks and then set them all loose in the world at once. Your job is going to be to figure out who the responsible party is, and it’s fully possible that you might be years learning who that is. I’ve attached a dossier of information on the Meiji restoration period and a brief Japanese lesson, but you’re going to have to learn a lot of cultural context fast, integrate yourself into the local society, and find someone who’s gone to a great deal of trouble to avoid being found. Once you know who they are, I can send you further back to take them out before they become a problem. But until we identify them, there’s no quick way of getting this done. So this is going to be home for a while, which I know you were just getting used to not really having one of…sorry this is gonna be rough, but I hope you’ll be able to enjoy some part of it. Good luck.”
On the movie discussion, I think post-Oblivaeon Jim would seldom devote his full attention to a movie, but he could listen to radio shows while he was doing something boring, like grading papers or cleaning his gun.
The idea that all authorities are completely trustworthy causes a lot of problems but the idea that no authority figures are ever completely trustworthy also causes problems. The second question is too far toward the latter scale imo. I’m tired of the trope that says status quo is bad and that people make bad choices and so forth. Sometimes you need a bedrock, you need a system that just works and people doing their job, and any rebellion against that authority is just terrorism and anarchism no matter how they justify it. We need some of that back in this post-9/11 (or Post-Vietnam, or even post-Franz Ferdinand) world.