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Calvin; all growed up
Topic Started: May 31 2011, 07:54 PM (484 Views)
Optimistic
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Calvin, Hobbes, and Comic Book Biology

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I definitely wouldnīt encourage this kind of thing, and wouldnīt imagine I would enjoy any attempt at it. These are cute, though. Well-done! Just donīt do anymore :)
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All kinds of no. Certain things deserve to be left alone.

Nice idea, though. ^_^

But still just no.
I cite irreconcilable differences.
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And I, I hate the idea, but like this product.

Cīmon. . . itīs Mr. Bun! And Susie has entered Calvinīs world of crazy antics. Itīs cute :)
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I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week, sometimes, to make it up.
- Mark Twain


We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
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-T. S. Eliot
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That's just wrong. Cute, but wrong. Like "Hangover 2" wrong.
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And **** that article.

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Susie Derkin,


Yeah that Calvin & Hobbe was quite the comic in its day! Sorry, guy, you aren't even qualified to have an opinion if you don't even know the characters.

There's a reason Christopher Tolkien's books suck such ass. There's a reason fanfic isn't taken seriously. If you were at all a fan of C&H, you'd have heard Watterson himself explain why he stopped the strip when he did. And if you had the slightest sensibility, you'd say, okay, fair enough and leave it be.

Haven't we already ****ed with enough? Yes, we have.
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Optimistic
May 31 2011, 08:45 PM
And I, I hate the idea, but like this product.

Cīmon. . . itīs Mr. Bun! And Susie has entered Calvinīs world of crazy antics. Itīs cute :)
I have, in the past, flushed with pride upon seeing friends abandon themselves to complete nonsense, and enjoy it, just based on my influence. :D
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Aw, IT -- now THATīS depressing.
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- Mark Twain


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-T. S. Eliot
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It would definitely be wrong for Watterson to do it, and I'm sure he agrees.

If someone else does it, well, you know it's fake. No guilt in doing a little meta imagining of the C&H universe. As long as there's an interesting take and some humor, I don't see the harm.
As a good person, I implore you to do as I, a good person, do. Be good. Do NOT be bad. If you see bad, end bad. End it in yourself, and end it in others. By any means necessary, the good must conquer the bad. Good people know this. Do you know this? Are you good?
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May 31 2011, 08:45 PM
And I, I hate the idea, but like this product.

Cīmon. . . itīs Mr. Bun! And Susie has entered Calvinīs world of crazy antics. Itīs cute :)
Yeah.

That's ****ed up. It's not her place, not her world at all. And the whole premise makes Hobbes look like some magical tiger who comes to life like Frosty the ****ing Snowman, which Watterson himself swore up and down was not the case.

Hobbes was who he was because Calvin was who he was. Yeah the strip you posted is "neat" but it sh!ts all over that and trivializes the very framework of the story.
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May 31 2011, 08:59 PM
As long as there's an interesting take and some humor,
and as long as it doesnīt become some long, drawn-out series
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I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week, sometimes, to make it up.
- Mark Twain


We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.
-T. S. Eliot
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May 31 2011, 08:59 PM
It would definitely be wrong for Watterson to do it, and I'm sure he agrees.

If someone else does it, well, you know it's fake. No guilt in doing a little meta imagining of the C&H universe. As long as there's an interesting take and some humor, I don't see the harm.
Yeah okay, I agree with that.

But let's just stop the "wouldn't it be neat if--" train before it even leaves the station. We've recycled The A-Team, Ghostbusters, Tron, The Neverending Story (but I'll let that slide given the name), The Karate Kid, have brought back the Hobbits and Elves in bastardized "Tolkien novels" that probably sat on J.R.R.'s shelf for a reason, we've made more Dracula remakes than there has been for the Bible itself (and that's a literal comparison), and we're starting to make movies and even books out of ****ing video games.

Enough with the hackneyed, cheap ass "wouldn't it be nice if--." Leave the good ideas alone. Keep your imaginative wanderings to yourself. And if that doesn't satisfy you, create something new why the hell don't you.
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May 31 2011, 09:00 PM
It's not her place, not her world at all.
Well, in these guysī projection of Calvinīs future, it has become so. Most would imagine Calvin, 26 years older, is gonna also have a mind that has developed at least a bit. Heīs not gonna actually BELIEVE that his food is trying to devour him, but he might joke about believing it.
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I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week, sometimes, to make it up.
- Mark Twain


We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.
-T. S. Eliot
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May 31 2011, 09:09 PM
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May 31 2011, 09:00 PM
It's not her place, not her world at all.
Well, in these guysī projection of Calvinīs future, it has become so. Most would imagine Calvin, 26 years older, is gonna also have a mind that has developed at least a bit. Heīs not gonna actually BELIEVE that his food is trying to devour him, but he might joke about believing it.
Probably Susie is a figment as well, and so is Bacon.
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May 31 2011, 09:05 PM
But let's just stop the "wouldn't it be neat if--" train before it even leaves the station. We've recycled The A-Team, Ghostbusters, Tron, The Neverending Story (but I'll let that slide given the name), The Karate Kid, have brought back the Hobbits and Elves in bastardized "Tolkien novels" that probably sat on J.R.R.'s shelf for a reason, we've made more Dracula remakes than there has been for the Bible itself (and that's a literal comparison), and we're starting to make movies and even books out of ****ing video games.

Enough with the hackneyed, cheap ass "wouldn't it be nice if--." Leave the good ideas alone. Keep your imaginative wanderings to yourself. And if that doesn't satisfy you, create something new why the hell don't you.
Oh, come on. I doubt these guys are taking themselves as seriously as those who are trying to bank off of movie re-makes and such.

Theyīre just having some fun. You can like what they did or not (clearly you donīt). But Iīd hardly say theyīre taking some big crap on the strip.
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I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week, sometimes, to make it up.
- Mark Twain


We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.
-T. S. Eliot
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May 31 2011, 09:09 PM
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May 31 2011, 09:00 PM
It's not her place, not her world at all.
Well, in these guysī projection of Calvinīs future, it has become so. Most would imagine Calvin, 26 years older, is gonna also have a mind that has developed at least a bit. Heīs not gonna actually BELIEVE that his food is trying to devour him, but he might joke about believing it.
Yeah, "wouldn't it be neat if Calvin were 32." But you know what he's not. And it's not because of some religious adherance to T3h Rules I'm talking about here. Calvin and Hobbes was Calvin and Hobbes because Calvin was never other than 6 years old. You either understand sensibilities or you do not.
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May 31 2011, 09:17 PM
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May 31 2011, 09:09 PM
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May 31 2011, 09:00 PM
It's not her place, not her world at all.
Well, in these guysī projection of Calvinīs future, it has become so. Most would imagine Calvin, 26 years older, is gonna also have a mind that has developed at least a bit. Heīs not gonna actually BELIEVE that his food is trying to devour him, but he might joke about believing it.
Probably Susie is a figment as well, and so is Bacon.
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It was all just a dream!
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I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week, sometimes, to make it up.
- Mark Twain


We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.
-T. S. Eliot
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May 31 2011, 09:18 PM
Oh, come on. I doubt these guys are taking themselves as seriously as those who are trying to bank off of movie re-makes and such.

Theyīre just having some fun. You can like what they did or not (clearly you donīt). But Iīd hardly say theyīre taking some big crap on the strip.
Come on yourself. We do this way too often and it sucks, for all kinds of reasons.
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May 31 2011, 08:42 PM
All kinds of no. Certain things deserve to be left alone.

Nice idea, though. ^_^

But still just no.
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...Tom Heyerman wrote there won't be any more "Hobbes and Bacon" strips...at least not for a while, that updating Calvin and Hobbes "is just not what we do." I'm glad.

I think they realized they had perturbed the universe.


I did feel a disturbance in the Force. My sympathies lie with AL on this. I could attribute it to a generational thing if AL, Dol, and Opti weren't closer in age to each other than to me.

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My grandfather died right before my first son was born.

My boys inherited all his Calvin and Hobbes books.

I had to toss them in the recycle bin last week. They have been read so much they are falling apart and I am finding pages all over the house.

I know my grandfather would approve.
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Jun 1 2011, 07:22 AM
My grandfather died right before my first son was born.

My boys inherited all his Calvin and Hobbes books.

I had to toss them in the recycle bin last week. They have been read so much they are falling apart and I am finding pages all over the house.

I know my grandfather would approve.
:thumb: :(

Although I'm of a different mentality. I have all the books (because I'm a big damn nerd). Even the compilations, which contained no original strips and just collected those from the previous books. No way am I getting rid of them.

I framed the last one that was published in the Post. The paper's brown now.
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With kids, one has to learn to let go. It's the first and hardest lesson.

But, having said that, my house is full of things from my grandparents that I take copious care of and will pass on to my boys. The rings I wear every day were my great-grandmothers.

The Calvin and Hobbes books were just ordinary Barnes and Noble copies; no notes, nothing special. The love of the humor has been passed on. Intangible but direct.
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The thing about Calvin & Hobbes is that it ended. That's it, it's done. That really distinguishes it from so much junk out there. That decision should be respected by others, including the fans.

I wish Berke Breathed had stuck to his guns with Bloom County and not brought it back in in different forms through the years.
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I feel like I have to come in and defend myself, because I didn't like this idea. So here's the article where I got it. And let it be known that I think the writer from NPR hit the nail on the head: http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2011/05/31/136817328/calvin-hobbes-and-comic-book-biology?sc=fb&cc=fp
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