If you haven’t seen Pacific Rim yet what are you doing go now drop everything
July 25, 2013
5:01 pm
Recovering from double con weekend back-to-back Connecticon and SDCC, and learning Manga Studio EX5 to boot, but I still managed to find time to watch this in theatres twice.
Commander how would you even expect to Pilot a Jaeger with your kids? Stack them on top of each other?
Someone asked what you see when you drift with Canada Guy and we decided it’s probably just this;
i loved this movie. Great job Squid
Watched it in Imax. Totally Awesome.
started laughing a LIIIIIIIIIITTLE too hard at work. Great job! The page looks fantastic.
ACTUALLY, Coelasquid, if you’ve WATCHED the movie you’d know that a Jaeger can have 3 pilots. I very much DOUBT you’ve even SEEN this movie. HURUMPH.
It might have been a reference to the size of the kids. they’re both quite small still.
That being said canadian guy piloting a giant robot is amusing.
My first thought was that it would be a Rugrats in Paris type of deal. And now I must find pictures of the giant Reptar robot fighting a kaiju.
literally shut up you obnoxious piece of trash
(Pep is my friend and also sitting in my living room with me right now)
…awkward
I about died laughing after reading this thread.
To all involved, I’m sorry, but when you catch someone dead to rights in the act of internet white-knighting, if you don’t keel over laughing and plant your face on your desk, your sense of humor is broken.
…..so?
(So it was a joke)
Haha… HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA THAT IS ONE OF THE MOST EPIC BURNS I’VE EVER READ!
Gimme a dollar
SSSSSHHHHH~!! Don’t say “the E word” or Commander B will force you to fill “the jar”!! >_<;
Yeah but, and I realize this is a year later, I would like to point out that once you’ve filled the jar he’ll likely buy you an x-box or something with the proceeds provided you’ve been doing pretty okay in other areas of your life.
Amazing hahahahaha
I know you’re just joking, but I think the primary issue here is height.
It feels ironic that you acknowledged the comment is a joke, and the joke is about annoying nitpicking-but-still-wrong commenters…but you decide to nitpick it anyway.
We nerds are very insistent about getting our hypotheses straight.
Frankly I’m more concerned with the abysmal design flaw of putting the cockpit right above a bunch of truck-sized gears, all ready to chew someone into pulp if they lose balance. ‘Not worried about pilot safety’ indeed.
Look, we’re all nerds here. There’s no need to hide our inner selves from haters. We can be free, be true to our souls, and acknowledge that NITPICKING TECHNICAL DETAILS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN THE WORLD.
So, now that we’re all on the same page, I haven’t seen the movie yet, but I’d be concerned about the ability of those interface suits to accomodate Commander’s son’s shark plushie. Inability to cuddle effectively could have a seriously detrimental effect on the psychological state of the gestalt.
Ok, now again, in smaller words. XP
You had me at gestalt.
Except they didn’t use it properly…
I know I’m months late to the party but this is the only site I have ever visited where I am repeatedly GLAD I READ THE COMMENTS gj
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Now that was pretty funny.
But then all *three* gotta have a great drift compatibility. Who’d drift well with the Commander *and* Canada guy?
Jared?
Fat pigeon?
Mr Fish.
Actually, now that I think about it, Mr Fish could probably take on a kaiju by himself. Laser fish and all that.
This comic needs to happen now.
Mr. Fish is a kaiju. He’s just a very lazy one.
They don’t need to even pilot that thing, they have access to a laser shooting fish monster of their own. downside is they would have to bring Jared along.
They would also have to pass up the chance to pilot a giant robot, and we don’t want that.
They could pilot the giant robot and hold Mr. Fish like a floppy bazooka.
Clearly those two are so manly that their combined manliness acts as the third pilot
Yeah, but the vast majority only ever had 2. which made more sense anyway since each pilot covered one HALF of the brain. (so wtf did the third pilot on Crimson Typhoon actually even do? Their brains divided into thirds or something?)
Think the main issue was, the ONE person Commander was MOST compatible with was Canadian Guy. Seriously though. Just relax & enjoy the awesome comic :3
… Film’s ****ing AWESOME btw …
It’s the “HURUMPH” that really sells it. You may have successfully conveyed sarcasm in writing there. At least that was my first thought when I read your post.
That was my thought, too. The “HURUMPH” was pure gold.
Canadian Guy! :D I was hoping he’d come back.
ya we definitely need more Canadian guy. it’s funny because the only Canadians that sound even remotely like that are the newfies (people from Newfoundland for those of you who don’t know).
Not really because his accent is based on a Northern Manitoba one.
Newfies stateside are enormous, shaggy, lovable dogs that are too big to sit on your lap and too sweet not to. They also sound like this.
Canadian Guy’s face in the last panel absolutely killed me. Oh my god, perfect expression. I loved this movie, and it’s even better to see a comic from you about it.
…on the note of being drift compatible, something in me wonders who would be Jared’s drift partner. I don’t think you can rig up a Gyrados to the inside of a Jaeger, either.
I think Jared and Mr. Fish would be more of a Charlie Day Drifting With A Kaiju scenario.
Basically Jared doesn’t need a drift partner, because who needs a Jaeger when you can ride a LASER FISH?
Actually, Mr. Fish would be Jared’s bot itself; and, after growing as large as the Kaiju, spray them with lasers.
Fattest pigeon.
Canadian Guy is compatible with EVERYONE!
Because Canadian Guy carries nothing with him into the drift.
He carries nothing into the drift, there’s a trace of maple syrup and moose every so often, but for the most part he’s carrying nothing.
Wait so is he the Jager version of Professor Stein?
I understood that reference.
Have a cookie.
So does that mean that he’s like a Drift version of Professor Stein from Soul Eater?
At first I assumed you meant Professor Martin Stein from Firestorm… >.<
At least he’s not like Excalibur
Of course he isn’t. Canada was formed far before the 12th century.
See, I would have just figured time travel to get the kids involved
Why not time travel to drift with himself?
That would probably be risky, actually.
I mean, if piloting giant mechs is a stressful activity that requires concentration and maybe an extra set of eyes, wouldn’t you want two people capable of handling things as they come, rather than one guy paired with his future-incarnation-who’s-going-to-treat-the-scenario-as-a-game-he-can-cheat-at-because-he-already-knows-the-outcome?
The problem is, future-you is going to remember what he saw the first time around (when he was you), and look for ways to counter any troubles he remembers encountering (as you), instinctively thinking he can game the system and improve the result by anticipating trouble before it happens.
The person you want in the cockpit is someone who’ll allow you to handle the situation however you handle things, and who will coordinate with you to accomplish things you couldn’t do alone.
Just saying, if it were me, I’d bet good money that future me would botch things by being a control freak and not letting past me do what he needs to.
I’m a master of taking things how they come and finding ways to slide them into Win-Win situations. My friends call me a karmic black hole. You might be more familiar with the term Karma Houdini. I tend to get away with things no one has the right to.
So I would prefer to team with my future self because you suddenly have two men knowing they literally rely on each other to live turning every move into a win win situation to improve their chances.
I myself am more of karma unleasher… people who piss me off tend to get hit by karma pretty badly…
time travel to drift with another you who hasn’t done it yet. although you’d have to be using a branching timestream… thing.
I love how everyone I’ve ever met agrees that the robots with a big bucket for a head are the best ones.
In the spirit of the nitpicking thread above, I think the buckethead Jaeger (um, HELLO, its name is CHERNO ALPHA, did you not READ the MARKETING MATERIALS) actually has a proper head in its chest.
Which means it’s actually a hunchback robot. Which is EVEN MORE AWESOME.
To nitpick your nitpick, it’s not even a bucket head, it’s a nuclear reactor cooling tower. And a hunchback. Which is EVEN MORE MORE AWESOME AWESOME.
… Agreed
I appreciate the pun and Canadian Guy, but man, this comic would be worth it just for the middle panel.
Though now that I’ve read the comments, man, I want a lopsided three-armed jaeger that’s piloted by an adult and two kids stacked up instead of three adults.
So… basically, Mecha-Motie? :)
(Obviously minus the reproductive quirks, Rule 34 aside.)
Amazing. Just… just amazing.
How come no-one in the comments got interested in the fact that Commander apparently has THREE SIBLINGS?! More unexplored-to-date spacefuture family, you guys!
…okay, I forgive you all overlooking this trivia, as you were distracted by the awesomeness of Pacific Rim.
Three siblings. Hmm.. Well, depending how the spacefuture gets its soldiers, these might be his teammates.
You don’t need to be the same race as your siblings in Spacefuture.
In Spacefuture, even genetics is colorblind.
That is a good explanation, I admit. I was thinking along the lines of spacefuture surgery, myself. Compared to lasers, skin color alteration is pretty mild.
Um, isn’t he a clone? Did I dream that part? So his clones would be, err, siblings I guess.
That’s actually the first thing I noticed, I was gonna ask why we haven’t met these siblings yet and how soon we can set up a family reunion and where exactly Commander falls in the age ranks, because I think it would be hilarious to find out he was actually the baby of the family and have his sibs show up and treat him as such, nuggies and everything.
I love how they are still wearing their goggles on top of their heads inside the suits. lol
Didn’t notice that. Now I can never not see it… and it is hilarious.
The day that The Commander is the day that hell freezes solid, to be used as a giant ice rink for purple toga-wearing squirrels…
This is the same guys who wears his goggles over his shades, for even more awesomeness! :D
He isn’t drifting with his kids because its actually a really, really mean thing to do, to do something that involves inadvertent sharing of memories, when your head happens to contain memories of the other person’s parents having sex.
Hence why Chuck Hensen is an ass for all of the movie.
Yes. Just all the yes.
New headcanon accepted.
GODDAMMIT THAT WOULD SUCK
The only good thing about that movie was seeing monsters and robots battling through hong kong – but that was pretty cool, worth sitting through the lame middle hour.
Journalists are saying the movie is a flop but it hasn’t even opened in China yet, surely that is its target market. Shows how much journalists know, I still haven’t forgiven them for all the bad reviews of the Godzilla movie, which is now a cult classic.
China? Surely you meant Japan? And which of the twenty-something Godzilla films are you referring to? Don’t answer, I know it’s the one with Matthew Broderick…
I’m fairly certain Hong Kong is in China.
^You have failed Geography forever ^^;;
What i meant is, Hongkong & China are separated by ocean, thus Hong Kong is NOT in China.
So does this mean that Rhode Island is not in the US?
Or at least the part of Rhode Island that’s on an island.
Or I guess Hawaii doesn’t count as American soil?
When I lived on an island in Savannah Georgia did that mean that I was is a foreign country?
Is Northern Ireland not part of Great Britain? (Actually don’t answer that question that’s a contentious question for the Irish)
Also I just looked up an actual map of Hong Kong. It isn’t actually separate from the Mainland.
http://www.chinaodysseytours.com/hongkong/maps/big/hk_location.jpg
You mean like Puerto Rico isn’t in the US?
hey, morons arguing geography. Japan is more of a target audience becuase the entire movie was built out of JAPANESE TROPES. the movie being set in china is basically irrelevant. even the one asian protagonist is japanese.
I absolutely adore how they are both wearing goggles under their helmets. Perfect compatibility indeed.
I love this webcomic so much.
WORDS CANNOT EXPRESS HOW AWESOME THIS IS!!!!
Now I want to know more about his siblings. Please, Coela. Please.
Agreed.
We know the Commander has a sister who got married, he mentioned her in the montage of why things didn’t work out with his wife , so it’ll be interesting to learn about the other two and more about the sister.
Actually, if you read carefully, in that comic (Nov 22, 2010) he’s being asked by his wife not to wear his goggles at his wife’s sister’s wedding.
So no, that’s not a reference to CB’s sister. :P
~D.
Oh someone already said that, well, in case you need to see the quotation marks for yourself >.> http://thepunchlineismachismo.com/archives/comic/he-just-doesnt-like-talking-about-himself
I’m really only putting this here so I don’t feel like I copied the link for no reason….
The large blue guy seems to be making the same face as the woman in the Mcd’s
Now I want to see Kenshiro in a Jaeger. Punches so fast that the arms just shear off.
Are the three siblings his comandos we meet or are their characters we haven’t met
(I’d love to see more about the T.I.A.L.S, are they going to appear do you think?)
The obvious solution would be to make his kids pilot their own incredibly tiny jeager inside the jeager cockpit next to Commander.
That, would just be an awesomeness overload >D
It’s almost like two separate jokes when you look at it. The first one is the command in his office, the punch line being the picture of the fight. Then the second one is the picture of the fight, and the conversation in the cockpit. Coulda been two different comics and still worked perfectly :D
We need to go deeper…
*insert annoyingly loud horn-blat here*
Gipsy Danger was announced by that noise, but I figured that was just because Raleigh liked to lean on the horn as he entered fights.
I love everything about this. The designs, the gags and the re-definition of “Jäger Bomb” which is now and forever the valid one to me.
The only way I could’ve enjoyed the movie even more was if I had actually bought popcorn
The commander looks awesome in the suit. :)
I kept saying all through out this movie that they should have had a German jager team. Then they would have been the Jager Miesters.
Also, the Commander could have drifted with his kids at different points in their time stream.
See, the problem with having a German Jägers is that their Jäger would have precision engineering and better materials. And they’d win immediately.
Also, they’d keep calling their Mechs ”Hunters”.
ah, yes. the german jeager.
A remarkable piece of over-engineering……that spents most of its time at the worhshop because appropriate replacement parts are so hard to get in the pacific.
You sure about that?
I thought it was the US made tech that needed pampering else it would fail in the field … see : Jets & foad … tanks & sand …. helicopters & dust …. XP
It’s not that German-made vehicles are less durable – it’s that their parts are much more expensive and harder to find in the US than cars made elsewhere. German cars are expensive as hell to maintain in the US because of that, and that’s the point Ben was trying to make.
When I saw you post WIP lineart on tumblr I thought “oh please let Commander drift with Canada it would be the best”
and indeed. This is the best.
What is the Commander’s Jäger called?
YA SHAR DO COMPLAIN A LOT FAHR SOMEONE PILOTIN A GIANT ROBOT THAR B’HAY– Is possibly the best comic line ever.
Ever.
Uh. Sorry about that, I’m not sure how I got into reply mode. Errant click, I’d assume.
I think it’s a valid reply anyway, as I think it is not only the best comic line ever, but also an excellent name for said giant robot. They could call it YSDCLFSPGRTB for short.
Hirsute Torso.
I think we have a winner.
Ironically, his ‘name’ (Commander Badass, duh), also sounds like it could be a pretty cool Jaeger name, lol
At one point, my router was named Commander Badass. I think it would work for a Jaeger name.
This is awesome. We need more Canada Guy shenanigans.
Of Course its really dangerous. Also a good power source ^^
Is this the Canadian Jaegar then, or does the Temop Agency privately own one? Also I love the Hinterlands Who’s Who. I figured it would be that or the old Canada Heritage commercials.
I was thinking either hinterlands who’s who or the logdriver’s waltz myself.
Log Driver’s Waltz also came to mind! Others could be Black Flies or the Cat Came Back… hmm.
Canada guy is my spirit animal. Truth.
The funniest part, I think, is the callback to Canada Guy and his similarities to the Commander.
Of course they use a Cherno-like Jaeger :)
I demand a buddy-cop-style story arc involving the Commander and Canada Guy. One where they have to fight Danny Glover, who is just way too old for this shit.
How does Commander not see that Canada Guy is his long lost time clone?
Denial, and something got a little messed up somewhere along the way which is why they look just a little bit different, and one of them is Canadian.
So Canada Guy is the Liquid Snake to the Commander’s Solid Snake?
….huh?
Let me help you out a little: http://metalgear.wikia.com/wiki/Liquid_Snake
But then who is the Solidus to their Liquid and Solid?
Now I want to know who Jared would be most Drift-compatible with.
…on second thought, we’d best not get him involved in that universe. Someone might mistake Mr. Fish for a Kaiju.
Mr. Fish would be the most amicable Kaiju in existence.
Pacific Rim + MGDMT = bliss.
Awesome comic.
The Commander! Digs! Giant Robots!
Nice!
Thank you for that. I miss that show.
Skipping this movie, because I’m waiting for Elysium ok.
I mean, technically I can afford both, but dammit. Don’t judge me.
It’s not manly to judge someone for spending their hard earned money on what they want. Watch what you want.
“b’hay”? I’m usually pretty good with translating, but this one’s got me stuck. Is it a colloquialism, or some reference I’m not getting?
That’s Canadian Guy’s way of saying Badass. Because Canadians don’t swear, eh?
It’s how Canadians with thick accents say “boy”, and it’s use is similar to how Australians use “mate”.
Yes! I got it! *feels proud of herself*
Dang I thought it was the Canadian form of “buddy”. Well, the more ya know.
Well, I mean, if “it’s use is similar to how Australians use “mate”.” then I guess it kinda is isn’t it?
Well, no…’buddy’ can be used in the third person, ‘b’ye’ (how we would spell the word down East*) is pretty much entirely second person. ‘Whatcha up to, b’ye?’ ‘How ya been, b’ye?’ ‘Get over here, b’ye!’ And so forth. It’s equivalent to the ‘G’day, mate’ construction, not ‘This is me mate, Bob.’
* I honestly didn’t know the use of the construction had spread out of the Maritimes, aside from people who’d moved west. When I moved to Ontario, I had to ween myself off it after getting a bunch of weird looks.
It’s lazy Canadian speak for “baby”.
I always forget until I read the comments on here how fortunate I am to have an apparent ability to read accents as easily as I would read normally spelled words. That and the ability to easily pick up the pronunciation quirks of other languages.
I’ll just leave this here…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWrzv6Z7uRc
This movie was not as good as it would have been with more Jaeger vs Kaizu battles in it. There were not enough Jaeger vs Kaizu battles in it. Plus the *SPOILER ALERT* Asian guys and the Russian pair died too soon *SPOILER END*
I absolutely agree. Obviously, we need a prequel set during the hey-day of the Jaegers.
This is perfect. Of course it would be Canadian Guy, natch.
There is/was actually a Canadian Jaeger.
The name is “Chrome Brutus” and whenever I think of it, I can’t help but think of the silly lumberjack Gundam that was in one of the Gundam series.
Apparently there was a comic that revealed that the first Jaeger to ever see combat was named Brawler Yukon, and was first deployed in Vancouver. But it was technically still a US Jaeger? Whatever.
…because everyone knows that Canada is is just another really big state… *sigh*
darnit, that was supposed to go with ‘resigned sarcasm’/’end resigned sarcasm’ tags. Forgot HTML tagging would be taken seriously. oops
To be fair, when I think of insanely over-funded military research projects, it ain’t Canada I think of…
Burst out laughing at 3am at this and think I woke my parents. Completely worth it.
See now, Coe, the problem is that you made this comic of the Commander and Canada Guy.
If I went to see the movie, there would be no Commander or Canada Guy pilots, so it completely negates any kind of ‘awesome’ factor the movie would have.
Still love you though.
Been a while since we last saw Canada guy. It could be worse for the Commander, at least Jared isn’t his co-pilot.
Not really related to your comment, just thought I’d point this out even though it’s fairly obvious and not a problem. For someone named the offender, you’re not very offensive o.o
Perhaps the Offender, at one point in his/her deeply shadowed past, committed some offence so dramatic and tale-worthy that it became his/her name…. forevermore…
*gigglesnort*
Haha perhaps, but then assuming it tale-worthy, should we not be told the tale that it is worthy of?
I have a feeling that Jared would be the one most drift compatable with the Commander’s kids.
Mostly because I think it would be hilarious to have them piloting together.
i don’t know, I have a vision of Jarad attempting a drift with fattest pigeon. I don’t know how the Jaeger would look though?
As much as Commander hates it he has great “chemistry” with the Canadian guy. They are the Ultimate Vitriolic Best Buds!
Loved this weeks comic, but I think if you were to drift with Canadian Guy you’d see an episode of Camp Caribou.
Shit’s the stuff of nightmares.
Was this designed with the Jaeger Designer App?http://apps.warnerbros.com/pacificrim/designer/us/
It looks like Cherno Alpha’s head on Gypsy Danger’s torso with Striker Eureka’s shoulders, which is awesome. =D
I suddenly feel an irrepressible urge to see Pacific Rim . . . again.
Man, Canadian Guy REALLY needs to say that to Shinji from Evangelion…
Wouldn’t matter, he’d still be a pansy
I’M IN FREAKING TEARS. THIS IS THE BEST THING EVER.
So I don’t usually comment on these kind of things, but…
Can I just say that this is the greatest webcomic of all time? Never fails to get a laugh out of me.
But… but… You can’t just leave the Fattest Pigeon arc on a cliffhanger like that!
Now now, CB, the hairiness does compute… and besides CG needed some screen time.
Hmmm… if Wolverine has X-23, what CanadaGuy would have? Thw world may never know…
Just like how many licks it takes to get to the tootsie roll center of a tootsie pop. With one distinct difference. Nobody cares about the tootsie pop.
That movie rocked. Hard.
Thank you for drawing more attention to it in your comic.
Gorgeous colors. Another excellent comic. (Thumbs up.)
I don’t know what “b’hay” means, but I’m curious to find out…
It means boy, in a heavy canadian accent.
Canadian Guy.
Is Best Guy.
the comic was entertaining enough, but it was the video about beavers that really got me laughing
SIBLINGS SIBLINGS SIBLINGS SIBLINGS
please?
the curiosity overwhelms me . . .
Some people say this movie is too cheesy. Some people are stupid.
But the movie is too cheesy. . . too cheesy to not be AWESOME.
I have NOT seen Pacific Rim yet. I shall go to Netflix and watch it now. I shall give you my reprt on the ‘morrow.
OR theaters since I just realized it might be a newly released movie.
Manga Studio? How is that program, by the way? Seems like a cheaper alternative to a rather expensive rented Adobe.
It’s a completely different program than Photoshop designed for a different purpose. It’s excellent for making comics, and head and shoulders above the rest the crown jewel of Smith Micro’s otherwise fairly mediocre software library. It has the most responsive drawing tools I’ve ever worked with on the computer, and is the closest I’ve ever seen digital media come to replicating the feel of drawing with brushes or dip pens. I’ve heard the experience of drawing and painting in it is most comparable to SAI (which I haven’t used) put it also has a number of tools for measuring panels, ruling perspective, and creating halftones.
Gotta agree with Canada Guy there, honestly. When you’re piloting a giant robot and saving the world, life is so full of awesome that the only thing you have a right to complain about is if one of your children is dying of terminal cancer. Anything else is a wash.
One of your children or loved ones, I meant.
I LOVED THIS MOVIE. Fuck what the critics said, this was cheap, dirty fun.
I get it! Because the big robots are called Jagers and Jager is slang for a type of alcohol.
Aaaa what’s the name of the Jaeger, I must know!
I still hold to the idea that Canadian guy is Commander’s ancestor, and thus supports it.
I’ve been hyping myself on Pacific Rim stuff all week, but this was definitely one of the best fan-anything I’ve seen so far! Great work!
I’m not sure what’s funnier, the comic or the thought of the Commander piloting alongside his kids.
“Alrigh’, Junebug, now I got ‘im. Jus’ focus on punchin’ with all yer might.”
I saw it at Moore Warren here in Oklahoma. I was as giddy as a schoolgirl after watching it. It was awesome.
Coelasquid, you should check out a game called Sang-Froid. It’s basically about 2 Canadian-guys fighting werewolves with axes and bear traps in the 1850’s.
http://www.sangfroidgame.com/
Frankly, I thought it was a very mediocre movie.
Very, very, very good visuals, but…. it was a rock’em-sock’em videogame. Even the monster design was standard videogame fare. I’ve seen more inspired giant monsters into crappy Korean mmorpg.
And yeah, I know I am so outdated to think like this, but I like it when movies have some kind of narrative instead of feeling like they’ve been scripted by Google Cliché Plot Generator.
Heck, the plot was so predictable they could’ve just dropped it completely and made it a non-stop two hours battle of monsters and mechas. At least, those other mechas would’ve gotten more than five minutes of screen time.
I have a feeling I am writing for myself because this comment won’t be approved by the moderator….
It’s a shame that you let a simple story upset your judgement so much that you completely overlooked the work they did subverting some of the more troublesome standard action movie tropes like “main male and female characters hook up” or “male lead immediately discredits female lead’s worth until she goes above and beyond what would be expected of the other male soldiers” or even “male lead is so self-absorbed in his personal tragedy it becomes the sole defining characteristic of his personality.”
I was actually amazed at how well the film was able to build sympathy for characters so quickly. When Yancy died, I was shocked and saddened all at once. The same goes for Crimson Typhoon and the Russians. Effective character creation to say the least.
Also, relevant, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fupWquPNoTc.
I’ve invented a new alcoholic drink.
Jared bomb!
Whiskey, lemon and rare candy.
Now the problem is… Where are we going to find a rare candy for our shot?
You go to the top of a mountain in Tibet. You have to climb there, after walking all the way from wherever your plane landed. All. The. Way. Once you land on the Asian Continent, you must WALK. You can only bring the basic necessities, maybe an animal companion if you so choose. You will face many hardships along your trip, but you cannot give up. Criminals and Smugglers and Thieves will stand in your way, others on their own journey to the top of the mountain. Many never make it very far. They give up, and remain in a single place for the rest of their days, utterly broken and defeated. The closer you get to the mountain, the harder your journey will become. Your opponents will be rivals to your determination, their own goals driving them onward.
If you can make it to the very top of the mountain, overcome all your hardships, with your honor and dignity in tact, you will find a temple that has stood since the dawn of Humanity. Within there are sages, experts in their selected fields, that will show you how to make this rarest of candies. You will leave with the candy, the truth to its creation, and stronger for your epic journey, a true Master.
Ya know, looking at Commander and Canadian guy through those helmets I can’t help but think that Canadian guy is just Commander from the WAY distant future that got chucked WAY back and woke up in Canada with amnesia. I guess its the nose, eyes, and goggle placement. It would also explain the drift compatibility. Maybe my nerdyness is making me over think this one.
Y’know, maybe they need to start puttin’ Giant Robot cockpits in the groin area – because who honestly thinks of hitting a Jaeger in the jewels?
Sasha Caylo does.
Sorry but i cannot watch this movie. I’m australian and everyone i know who has seen it said they couldnt get past the horrible fake aussie accent.
All the Australians I know liked it because they don’t hate fun.
Damnit now i have to watch it.
All this comic needs now is Stacker Pentecost and the Kaidanovskys.
…They will make an appearance right? Right?
Just a random thought. How crazy would it be if it turned out that Canadian guy was commander basses long lost uncle or some thing like that?
Might explain the similarities between the two.
Errrrr you know Commander is from the distant future right? And that he was engineered from american soil and AAA steak, right?
If you read the rest of the strip that you got that info from, you would notice that it hints pretty strongly that Commander is probably just bullshitting Jonesy right there. It’s possible that he’s telling the truth, but it’s just as likely he was just making something up to mess with Jones.
Are any of the Commander’s brothers into dudes?
I’m, uh, asking for a friend.
Reminded me of the PS2 game “War of the Monsters”… beautiful, mindless, time-consuming memories. Can wait to see it in the drive in theaters :P
Totally awesome movie. I mean “awesome” in the way it should be used, not just in placement of “I liked this”. I did like the movie, too. It just held me in AWE. It’s totally worth the extra cash to see it in 3-D. It added a lot to the sheer scale of the film.
On that note, I’m geeking out over this strip. Very good job on the jager and the kaiju. Makes it look just as fun as the mobie. My identical twin sis and I want to drive one of those robots. We practically share minds anyway.
Good movie. Also i though a Jager Bomb was Heniken with a shot of Jagermeister in it, with nothing to do with REd Bull?
Red Bull with a shot of Jager.
Has anybody else tried the game yet I liked it as much as I liked the real steel game.
Canada Guy phonetically sounds like he is Irish. o.O
Real Canadian accents that aren’t the weird one TV made up get mistaken for Irish ones a lot.
Maybe it’s just me, but I could have sworn that Jaeger looked exactly like Black Knight from Shovel Knight.
In fairness to Canada Guy, he makes a good point.
Well I guess we know why they’re drift compatible now :P
Yea. I caught up and saw that and I suddenly thought back to this one too.
i was just about to make a comment on that, but i see you beat me to it.
… by almost a month.
actually now that i think of it, does canada have bootlegs of some of RL’s siblings, or is he just so cool that maple-syrup-land just HAD to make a copy of him specifically?
… is Ace a bootleg of a british-made soldier?