King Zilch's Comments

HijiNKS ENSUE - A Geek Webcomic : Black Magic Woman

Wed, 8 Feb 2012 17:22:51 +0000

I think all the kids in the movies are fantastic, and I wish them success beyond Harry Potter, but for that to happen, they've got to demand more variety in the roles they take. Case in point: Tom Felton in Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes. Really, the only difference there was his American accent. Other than that, he just pasted on that Malfoy sneer and went around...Malfoying...through the whole movie. It was bad enough when I realized his character was the son of the owner of the chimp habitat; all I could think was "my father's going to hear about this." Then he shows up with the cattleprod, aka wand, and when he used it on Caesar I leaned over to my friend and said "crucio!"

HijiNKS ENSUE - A Geek Webcomic : We Are The 5%

Mon, 6 Feb 2012 17:42:00 +0000

This was more for the novelty of it, than out of necessity: when I got my Wii, and got it hooked up to my home network, I was frustrated by the inability to stream music and video from my desktop to my Wii, the way I could to my laptop. After some searching, I found an online streaming server that would let me install their client on my PC, then point my Wii browser to their site, where I could access my media and stream it in all its low-res, buffery goodness. Thing was, my desktop PC is right next to my TV. And is connected to it. So, while I could easily just set the input to PC and watch video that way, I found a way to send content from my PC, over the internet, and back to the Wii which was two feet away. I love living in the first world.

HijiNKS ENSUE - A Geek Webcomic : Outnumbered 2.35 To 1

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:29:58 +0000

"It is not a point, that's math...It is not a period, that's prose" I hadn't thought of it like that. Thanks for the perspective. However, "Stop dieing," ಠ_ಠ

HijiNKS ENSUE - A Geek Webcomic : Outnumbered 2.35 To 1

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:03:47 +0000

As a grammar nazi, I went well into the internet age resisting the word "dot." "It's not a DOT, it's a period or decimal point." I finally had to relent around 1996 or so, but I still die a little inside every time I hear "dot com." Or worse, when people turn it around and say things like, "you end a sentence with a dot" or "that station is 96-dot-5 FM." As for the widescreen argument, I used to get into it with people who hated the black bars, and didn't understand why they would cut off the top and bottom of the picture like that.

HijiNKS ENSUE - A Geek Webcomic : Somewhere In Time And Relative Dimension In Space

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 18:02:39 +0000

In Space Mutiny (my all-time favorite), The Doctor lands on the Southern Sun just as General Kalgan (Kalgan, blow me away) is beginning his, er, space mutiny. While Flight Commander David Ryder keeps hitting on Leah and yelling at people to "moveMOVEMOVE," The Doctor takes charge, undercutting Ryder with a series of mocking nicknames (Buff Drinklots, Big McLargehuge, Bob Johnson), as he unravels Kalgan's plot, helps humanity find a new home, and reveals the Balerians as spacebound energy vampires, reversing the polarity to turn them to a pure energy state. Captain Santa Claus and First Officer Sting thank the Doctor, who leaves while Leah begs to come along in the Tardis.

HijiNKS ENSUE - A Geek Webcomic : Apparition Stipulation

Wed, 4 Jan 2012 17:09:37 +0000

Having not seen any of the other MI movies, I can honestly say I saw this one strictly for Brad Bird, who fucking nailed it. Has Tom Cruise always had such a dorky run? Seriously, he runs like Kryten.

HijiNKS ENSUE - A Geek Webcomic : No We Cain't

Tue, 6 Dec 2011 17:44:25 +0000

I know Cain is disappointed he never got to send Seal Team Six to eliminate Cobra Commander.

HijiNKS ENSUE - A Geek Webcomic : Not Cool Cool Cool Cool, NBC

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:29:05 +0000

<singing>Troy and Abed need a spiiiiin-off!

HijiNKS ENSUE - A Geek Webcomic : So Much Ado, So Little Time

Tue, 1 Nov 2011 16:38:57 +0000

>Alternately, what other public domain work would you like to see Whedon adapt? Okay, you know how Forbidden Planet was "The Tempest" in space? So, for his next stealth project, Joss picks another Shakespeare play...and sets it in The 'Verse. Could be aboard Serenity, could just be any old ship. Could be "The Merchant Of Venice" with Niska out to get a pound of flesh from Mal. Or, he could do "Richard III" with a limping war vet out to become President of the Alliance.

HijiNKS ENSUE - A Geek Webcomic : The Consummate Tweaker

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 16:48:54 +0000

With how much people bitched about the weird, off-model puppet from the original release, I find this current round of nerdrage hilarious. Are we really that attached to a Yoda who looks like Roscoe Lee Browne?

HijiNKS ENSUE - A Geek Webcomic : The Consummate Tweaker

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 16:47:14 +0000

...that gets posted in EVERY frickin' thread that has anything to do with Star Wars. I loves me some Patton Oswalt, but it's getting worse than that fuckwad with the pizza rolls.

HijiNKS ENSUE - A Geek Webcomic : Blasphormers

Thu, 28 Apr 2011 16:38:56 +0000

Knowing Jesus is half the battle! Je-sus is truly outrageous! Truly truly truly outrageous!

HijiNKS ENSUE - A Geek Webcomic : Tumbling Out Of The Rabbit's Hole

Mon, 31 Jan 2011 17:32:30 +0000

>The Wachowskis were ahead of their time with a story that rivals Lost, BSG,...for weirdness and mindscrews. Not to mention for a generation of fans who viciously turn on it once it's over. This has already been proven a hoaxity hoax from hoaxtown, but...I'd kinda like to see more Matrix, even if for no other reason than to clear up some of the ambiguous plot points. And hey, maybe they could gain back some goodwill.

HijiNKS ENSUE - A Geek Webcomic : The B-S-G-B-I-B-L-E

Thu, 27 Jan 2011 18:36:38 +0000

It could be argued (and this is just me going for a No-Prize here) that it happened with Six because she *knew* she was a Cylon, while Sharon didn't. So Six could do things like Project, and make her spine glow, while Sharon couldn't do those things because she didn't know about them.

HijiNKS ENSUE - A Geek Webcomic : Of Capes And Cowls

Thu, 13 Jan 2011 19:36:44 +0000

Of the many, MANY things that bugged me, there were two that stood out, both involving Faraday's identity: 1. River Tam clearly knew who Faraday was before the frame-up, when she sent him that big email (which, with that HD-quality video, must have been a pretty big attachment - making her the equivalent of that friend who keeps sending emails with subject lines like "TOO FUNNY YOU HAVE TO SEE THIS!!!11!!" that have a 2gb video attached of a cat farting). Later, after he goes all capey, she gets a clear view of his face when she takes his picture, but still has to run his fingerprints (using the magic CSI Insta-Print-Alyzer) to know it's him? It would have played a lot better - and made me respect the character more - if she had said something to him like "I knew they couldn't keep you down, Faraday." 2. On a more general level, how stupid does everyone have to be to NOT know who Captain Capeman is? Especially if he doesn't cover his face or his hands? The second episode treats wearing a mask as some sort of EUREKA moment, as if no one ever has thought of that before. Hey, Vinny, you know who HAS thought of wearing a mask? THE GODDAMN COMIC BOOK CHARACTER YOU'RE PRETENDING TO BE. As for Dr. Von Chess-Eyes, he has at least two scenes where he vows to discover Captain Capeman's identity. If you're such an evil genius, does it never occur to you that it might *just* be that guy you had framed, whose body was never found, who's built kind of the same and in fact doesn't wear a mask the first time you meet him and is quite obviously the same guy? Maybe having chess-pieces for eyes actually makes it harder to see. But, yeah, Keith David rules. How about we just get rid of Captain McCape and make it a show about crime-fighting circus performers?

HijiNKS ENSUE - A Geek Webcomic : Barmageddonbecue

Wed, 3 Nov 2010 15:32:20 +0000

Okay, I won't challenge Texas' bobbycue dominance over Seattle, but I *will* show some love for Ro-Ro's! http://www.rowdycowgirl.com/

Big Hollywood : Sunbathing Naked (Day One)

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:06:01 +0000

I feel less intelligent after reading this.

HijiNKS ENSUE - A Geek Webcomic : Wicked Deeds

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:31:14 +0000

Hey, be fair, sometimes it's parallel universes. And of course, sometimes it's parallel universes AND time travel.

HijiNKS ENSUE - A Geek Webcomic : Gadget Envy

Thu, 17 Jun 2010 17:01:58 +0000

If the Enterprise is anything like my office, which for the purpose of this joke we'll say it is, Riker's wi-fi always cuts out when he's trying to read his emails from Ten-Forward.

HijiNKS ENSUE - A Geek Webcomic : Mr. Fish Goes To Washington

Tue, 15 Jun 2010 17:04:49 +0000

No, Chuck Norris would go to the beach, dip one toe in the water, then run away, sobbing "owie cold mommy owie!"