Bobbery
bob·ber·y \BOB-uh-ree\
noun
A disturbance or a brawl.
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WOI - 0037: BOBBERY
[ Panel 1 ]
:: An army of bandits joist away as the prepare for war. Even though they are merely fencing, there are still learning how to beat wield a lightsaber. ::
GENTLEWOMAN 1: What is all this BOBBERY about?
GENTLEWOMAN 2: Did you NOT hear? There was a DISTURBANCE in the force. We’ve even had to call women to arms.
GENTLEWOMAN 1: You realize these women stand NO chance against the Sith order, right?
GENTLEWOMAN 2: HOW DARE YOU! Are you saying women CAN’T PARRY along side a MALE Jedi?
[ Panel 2 ]
GENTLEWOMAN 2: I’m sure they parry just fine, it’s the THRUSTING I worry about.
[ Panel 1 ]
:: An army of bandits joist away as the prepare for war. Even though they are merely fencing, there are still learning how to beat wield a lightsaber. ::
GENTLEWOMAN 1: What is all this BOBBERY about?
GENTLEWOMAN 2: Did you NOT hear? There was a DISTURBANCE in the force. We’ve even had to call women to arms.
GENTLEWOMAN 1: You realize these women stand NO chance against the Sith order, right?
GENTLEWOMAN 2: HOW DARE YOU! Are you saying women CAN’T PARRY along side a MALE Jedi?
[ Panel 2 ]
GENTLEWOMAN 2: I’m sure they parry just fine, it’s the THRUSTING I worry about.
he-he sex jokesand thats not how you thrust. straighten your arms and leen back with a forward bended knee
It’s kinda sad, but by the same token the hero of almost every movie in the 70’s and 80’s was a guy (you still see it now, but it’s improving at least. Alien and Terminator are the two that spring to mind going against the trend in the time).Oh, it’s “parry” as opposed to “perry”, as well.
You know on the OTHER side of that token, there’s also a line where it’s like “ok really? you’re just doing this (making the main character a woman) because you are trying too hard.” It’s interesting how that can happen. First you wish there was more of it… and once it becomes more of a norm… it’s like, alright, seriously, YOUR KILLING IT! heh.Example: Sucker Punch.
I’m not going to go into depth about Sucker Punch, but that movie was every single modern action film cliche chopped up, mixed up, then spattered all over the walls in a surprisingly well shot movie. But visual flair doesn’t save it from being so boring it nearly causes ennui.Can you list some more films with women as the action lead? My google fu is weak, and a few films that pop into mind cause me to toss my hands in the air and want to scream with rage before I shove my head into the oven and hit “Sweat Merciful Death”. Catwoman, Aeon Flux, and Ultraviolet were just that damn bad. Oh god, after typing those film names out, I’d better stay away from the oven for the next hour or two D:
Tomb Raider, Salt, Alice in Wonderland (the new one)….Having a hard time thinking of others at the moment.
Was salt any good?Also a few more to add on;
Resident Evil filmsDominoHannah
Holy crap, you weren’t kidding about how many there’s been in the past couple of years. Not much of an action movie fan, so a lot of these slipped under my radar.
Salt was actually good… and actually so was Domino and Hannah. Meh to Resident Evil though.
The original Resident Evil (and probably the second) was good, I’ll admit that. The third and fourth… well, that’s another matter.
Meh is a bit too nice to describe how I felt about the Resident Evil films. I was more into Silent Hill, so that might be why I didn’t get into them. Then again, Silent Hill the film had some awesome visuals, but as a movie was alright.Games just don’t work as movies. Maybe if they did one based on Ico or Shadow Of The Colossus?
So Hannah and Salt, looks like I need to check them out. Thanks!
Haven’t yet seen Sucker Punch. Some (but not many) people say it’s alright, but I trust my own judgement.I get where you’re going with this. It’s either too little (“Sexist male-driven society”) or too much (“Do you have to do this EVERY SINGLE TIME?!”). It’s a strange dilemma…
I believe you meant to say “did you not hear?” as opposed to “here”
I can’t believe you beat me to that by 47 minutes! and I’m on the Dark Side of the pond…
I don’t know how I show my strips to like 3 people before I post.. and stuff like that is STILL missed… guess that’s what happens when you write a comic post midnight. :/