Alf ended up being abducted by the Alien Task Force in the last episode of the series. While it's not clear that he was going to murdered, it's definitely a possibility.
Get your Alf facts straight or face the fury of the internet!
The government was always out to kill Alf, and the series ended on a cliffhanger where the government captured him (theoretically to vivisect him and study him). Not a good reflection of humanity....
Actually, ALF is tortured to death by the government in the last episode. http://www.cracked.com/article_18490_the-7-most-soul-crushing-series-finales-in-tv-history.html
Great comic, as usual. On an unrelated note, the new thumbnail for the website's bookmark, the one with Scott's head, makes browsing very uncomfortable, for now I feel that Scott's judging me.
We know Future Rick is 5 times divorced, so he must have attracted at least 5 women.
Whether they're sane or not, I prefer not to speculate on.
In other news, I finally got "Curse of the Masking Tape Mummy" from Amazon UK. A very quick read, with the full story being right there on the cover...
why do aliens (almost) always have big heads? (i suspect its because its easier to have actors with pieces glued to their heads, rather than the other way around.)
There's a funny panel in Frank Miller's second Dark Knight botch, in which Hal Jordan/Green Lantern is approaching Earth from space. He mentions how, once alien visitors realize that the weaponized satellites orbiting the planet have their weapons pointed _toward the planet_, they leave immediately without contact. Humanity is obviously dangerously insane.
This is hands down my favorite BI ever. Panel 3 made me literally LOL which is a feat these days & I have a personal inside joke involving the ol' bait & switch so love all bait & switch references. Well done sir!
August 2, 2012
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Make this movie! I always though Basic Instructions would change the world, maybe this is how.
And by always, I really mean, for at least the last five minutes.
Alf ended up being abducted by the Alien Task Force in the last episode of the series. While it's not clear that he was going to murdered, it's definitely a possibility.
Get your Alf facts straight or face the fury of the internet!
The government was always out to kill Alf, and the series ended on a cliffhanger where the government captured him (theoretically to vivisect him and study him). Not a good reflection of humanity....
Actually, ALF is tortured to death by the government in the last episode. http://www.cracked.com/article_18490_the-7-most-soul-crushing-series-finales-in-tv-history.html
I don't believe your recollection of ALF is accurate.
Great comic, as usual.
On an unrelated note, the new thumbnail for the website's bookmark, the one with Scott's head, makes browsing very uncomfortable, for now I feel that Scott's judging me.
I think they're just observing...For now;
If we ever develop effective space travel, they'll wipe us out to prevent our culture spreading.
Is panel 3 a reference to the Jim Carey movie "Earth Girls Are Easy?" In which sexy earth women attract lonely desperate male aliens.
Note from Scott: Not deliberately, but I'll take it.
The first panel had me cracked up for a good 30 seconds. Brilliant as usual.
"Earth: Bait and Switch" sounds like a better warning to potential alien invaders than "Earth: Final Conflict"
Incidentally, your Venusian reminds me of Da'an somehow.
Love the updated "previous" and "next" links, much cleaner and more usable and fit in with the rest of the ace redesign :)
We know Future Rick is 5 times divorced, so he must have attracted at least 5 women.
Whether they're sane or not, I prefer not to speculate on.
In other news, I finally got "Curse of the Masking Tape Mummy" from Amazon UK. A very quick read, with the full story being right there on the cover...
Aw, man. That last panel damn near killed me in a gasping, wheezing fit. One of your best.
now I feel that Scott's judging me.
Nah, that's Missy's job.
Who's the model for the Venusian ambassador?
how should we pronounce 'Venusians'?
why do aliens (almost) always have big heads? (i suspect its because its easier to have actors with pieces glued to their heads, rather than the other way around.)
--roger
Has anyone mentioned that Alf WAS in fact persued and persecuted by the... Oh they have. Ok then, I'll shut up.
lololol.
Hey, I'd pay to see that move.
It's not that hard to think of works whose aliens don't get attacked. "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," anyone? Or "Mork and Mindy"?
That last panel was beyond fantastic.
There's a funny panel in Frank Miller's second Dark Knight botch, in which Hal Jordan/Green Lantern is approaching Earth from space. He mentions how, once alien visitors realize that the weaponized satellites orbiting the planet have their weapons pointed _toward the planet_, they leave immediately without contact. Humanity is obviously dangerously insane.
Serve man.
I guess you are not a true fan of BI, as you would know that Scott does not judge.
That is The Judger's (his wife) Job, as she has let him know in the past.
http://basicinstructions.net/basic-instructions/2011/7/8/how-to-assemble-a-mighty-team-of-superheroes-rerun.html
That's ok, you can become a true fan by reading all the past comics. :).
In the Movie we see that he isn't tortured to death
I forget who said it, but I agree with it. The definitive proof of the existence of intelligent aliens is that they haven't tried to contact us.
Henry, that was likely Hobbes in a Calvin & Hobbes strip.
This is hands down my favorite BI ever. Panel 3 made me literally LOL which is a feat these days & I have a personal inside joke involving the ol' bait & switch so love all bait & switch references. Well done sir!