981 Avatard
WHOA! Look at the size of this strip! How doubly exciting is that? That’s right dear Regulars, this strip is actually DOUBLE the size of all the standard strips. Are you scratching your heads and thinking “why?” Well, it’s damn simple, I wanted these strips to feel like IMAX. I saw Avatar in IMAX, and I was drawn into that beautiful alien world, and though I am not James Cameron awesome, I wanted to draw your minds into the Avatar Happy Hour world as best I could.
So, as you can see, this week is going to be based on the film Avatar. If you haven’t seen it, than fear not, these 5 strips are essentially the plot of Avatar… just simpler… funnier… and with booze. Speaking of booze, I found that to be one of my biggest dilemmas while doing these strips. “What type of beer would Avatar people drink?” I am sure all the creeps who wished they lived in Avatar world, or that took that film as a new sort of bible and not just a film would say things like “Avatar people live in a utopia, and they don’t need alcohol to feel good about themselves” or “Alcohol goes against the teachings of the Avatar people” or some other crap explanation for why drinking wouldn’t be a part of the Avatar world. But I obviously had to have the guys drinking at their Avatar bar, so I assumed they would drink out of flower bud-esque bottles filled with fermented liquid for inebriation. Think I’m wrong? Prove it!
Anyway, not to go on too much of a tangent, but I hope that these strips are the first of many experiments with the Happy Hour characters in a different setting. I am really proud of them, and I hope you all enjoy them. If you feel like leaving a comment today, tell me what you honestly thought about the Avatar world and people… would you rather live in trees and ride pterodactyls and bang with your hair, or have all the wonderful conveniences we have? (Showers, TV, video games, clothes, alcohol not in a flower bud)
-Jim-
March 8th, 2010 at 8:26 am
Fuck Pandora! If you go bald you can’t do shit! Not that I’ll go bald. I do love the characters today. For those who haven’t seen Avatar, it’s Dances with Wolves except everyone is blue and they’re fucking huge.
March 8th, 2010 at 8:27 am
I bet they would probably drink beer with their hair too. Imagine them running around with a 12. oz bud light stuck to their ponytail.
March 8th, 2010 at 8:58 am
I’m torn. I mean, blue is definitely my color, so I would look really good as an Avatar– but I think I’m just too lazy. Running around jumping from tree to tree, swinging from vines, battling robots to save my land… Ugh, it all seems so tiring. Then to think they MIGHT not have cocktails afterwards? And finally to top it all off, you’re banging people with the same cord you attach to your pet?! I’m with Dave (not dave)– Fuck Pandora! Creepy bastards….
Though the strip does make it look like a beautiful place to vacation to…
March 8th, 2010 at 10:20 am
Umm the blue people are Na’vi… an Avatar is an image or likeness that usually represents someone in a “vitural environment”. In this movie the main character’s “Avatar” was representing him in his real world environment, which was Pandora, but essentially it is still the same concept.
March 8th, 2010 at 11:46 am
ok, let’s calm down with the technicalities. Jim’s question totally refers to being an avatar in the Na’vi world, unless you know of many other worlds where people live in trees and ride pterodactyls and bang with their hair.
I watched Surrogates this weekend, so I know all about avatars and their sucking. I do understand the aspect that you can have the ability to live in a fun new world, but I don’t see why you would want to experience life VIA computer. With no chance of “getting hurt” or sick– all that stuff adds some excitement to life. Though, Jim would probably sleep better at night knowing he wasn’t going to die during his daily life activities.
And if I ever did enter the (a) world with that of an avatar, be it as a Na’vi or something else, I would be sure to kick your ass first thing, Phil.
March 8th, 2010 at 11:57 am
I was refering to your comment where you say that you would look good as an “avatar”. The thing that you control is an “avatar”, but you would look like a “Na’vi”, so you would make a good looking “Na’vi”.
I was just clarifying the terms being used in hopes to educate those that were not in the know.
Also I had a few drinks before I saw the movie and I do not remember if it works on “The Matrix” rules. If you die in the Matrix, you die in real life. Any takers on this?
March 8th, 2010 at 1:01 pm
I had too many at B Dubs before the movie– I got nothing.
March 8th, 2010 at 1:06 pm
I don’t know if there are any direct references in the movie to that. The Matrix had a plug in your head, so it kind of made sense when they would die. Avatar seems more like it runs on brain waves and not a direct link. Though I imagine if you were a person with enough of a susceptibility to suggestion and you died violently enough in the Na’vi world, you might die in the human world too.
March 8th, 2010 at 5:29 pm
They’re not even drinking then! Oh man I’d be pissed if I was a virtual alcoholic. I’m 100% flesh, blood and alcohol. I don’t want some avatar having all my fun!!