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Yeah, so much for the plane. Plus their food and clothes. Now things may get interesting.
When I started writing this story, I looked at adding elements from various TV shows and movies about castaways. The obvious choice for me is “Gilligan’s Island” as I grew up watching the originals on TV (in glorious B&W). In the first few episodes of “Gilligan’s Island” you actually see them make the move from the wrecked boat, the Minnow, to their huts. The Minnow is completely destroyed in one episode, and in another episode, Gilligan accidentally destroys their rations with a… flare gun. The original plot for “Gilligan’s Island” was to have them find an old WWII submarine abandoned near the island, which would provide them stuff they could use like generators and lights. Instead, they just said “fuck it” and just did whatever they wanted. In typical ’60s fashion, the show made very little sense and did not attempt to follow any form of reality at all. Why else does the Skipper never lose any weight after three years on the island?
I won’t be going too deep into “Gilligan’s Island” as the show was just too silly, but I may bring in references from other movies or TV shows. Stay sharp.
So, why not use the Doors’ “Light My Fire” for today’s song? Makes perfect sense. I had to use the single version as the album version’s extended organ solo drives me NUTS! Ugh. But, thank the music gods for the AM version. 🙂
On “Gilligan’s Island,” they could do anything on that island except get off it. I doubt if you’ll go that far with this plotline…
No, I’ll keep it a tad more based in reality. But not too much. 🙂
I really think your depiction of the explosion looks great! Also like the line about Lorraine always being cold. She often looks chilly to me. Anxiously awaiting the next installment.
Thanks, man! It was one of the more difficult things I’ve had to color and shade of late. A few things I would like to do different, but overall I’m very happy with the page!
You know what drives me crazy? The line “If I was to say to you…”
It should be “if I were to say to you…” Goddammit! SAVE THE SUBJUNCTIVE!!!
Oh, oh… grammar police on high alert! I knew “was” was bad in that form, but I ignore most of that stuff due to my redneck background and the fact I heard a LOT worse growing up. 🙂
What the hell is “subjunctive” anyway? Really don’t know. They didn’t teach us that or I was asleep that day. 🙂
Verbs come in four voices. Indicative is for statements of fact. “I tapped that ass.” Imperative is for commands. “Tap that ass!” Interrogative is for questions. “Did you tap that ass?” Subjunctive is for conditions contrary to fact. “If I were to tap that ass, her boyfriend would rip off my kneecaps and make me eat them.”
The subjunctive is disappearing from English, and that bums me out — possibly because I took several years of Latin, where it got used a lot more, and developed a fondness for it then.
I enjoyed Gilligan’s Island a lot more after I learned about the “the island is Hell” theory:
http://ttlf.tripod.com/gilligan.html
Now that is cool! 🙂 Never heard that before!
Look at the bright side…
any side of the plane will do… 😉
LOL… yes it will. 🙂
Well, they can keep warm tonight at least! [smirk]
And one helluva fire to roast marshmallows by. 🙂
The fact that Bud doesn’t even seem surprised this happened is hilarious.
Well, Bud and Jeff have blown up a few things while being roommates, including Jeff’s car, their backyard tree and their charcoal grill.
🙂
There’s the painfully bleeding obvious here. On the beach of a desert island. Some strupid **** with a flare gun. Smoke drifting over the water?
Gods damn, just referred to previous page… scrub last comment…
All heil Jeff the now doomed dumb blond great move blonde get us all killed thanks for nothing. With luck a plane or ship maybe a orbiting satellite will see it and we will off the island if not your one doomed blond. the moral don’t let dumb blonds like Jeff play with guns or even pointy sticks they might hurt themselves.