Hungry Hungry Hippos

Today's guest artists are Bryce "Bee" Bradbury-Flint and Stephen Elliget who run the hilarious Total BS Comics. You can also "friend" them, "like" them, or "poke" them on facebook. Back in my day, you need a Chevy with a big back seat to do that.

Now, if you're wondering why in the fuck we would make a webcomic about a Hungry Hungry Hippos movie, it's because Hollywood has recently taken to board games to launch new franchises. Rock-em Sock'em Robots and Battleship already have trailers out, and if you haven't heard, Candyland, Monopoly, and wait for it... a Rubik's cube movie are all in the works? WTF? I mean, everything's a sequel these days, or a remake, or a relaunch, or an adaptation, but it's one thing when you're translating a book like Harry Potter or a character like Spider-Man to the big screen, it's something else entirely when you're trying to turn games that barely entertained me when I was four into movies. That's just ridiculous.

You know, I remember when the Matrix came out. I remember being blown away by how well crafted it was, how exceptionally well they fused together disparate parts of our cultures to form a story that at once felt familiar and completely original. And it's been a LONG time since I've felt that way in the theater.

And I miss it.

C