The Louis Pasteur of Junkiedom ([info]calamityjon) wrote,
@ 2008-11-24 08:20:00
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He knows it's his real name and everything, but it still sounds like a slam.
Star Wars versus Batman!

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[info]archaica
2008-11-24 04:42 pm UTC (link)
I always hated that character name.

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[info]calamityjon
2008-11-24 05:06 pm UTC (link)
William Hootkins (the guy could not win), the actor who played Porkins, said in an interview that when he read his character's name, he assumed he was going to be some sort of pig alien - pig nose, pig ears, hooves for hands, something like that. He registered with some disappointment that they simply meant "This fat guy."

Fun fact: Hootkins was wearing a Keep On Truckin' t-shirt under his pilot costume (which was shared by all the X-Wing extras, and which didn't close in the back)

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[info]archaica
2008-11-24 06:24 pm UTC (link)
He was also, if I recall correctly, the corrupt Lieutenant Eckhardt in Tim Burton's Batman film.

Another Fun Fact: Prince can't release any of the songs from 'Batman' (the companion soundtrack album, which my older brother actually owned) because of rights issues with DC Comics. For once, restrictive licensing works in culture's favor!

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[info]jodycody
2008-11-24 07:12 pm UTC (link)
He was also one of the dudes who sent Indiana Jones out for the ark.

Fun Fact: Indiana Jones really only led the Nazis to Marion Ravenwood early.
He absolutely had no impact for the entire rest of the movie, except to slow the bad guys down.

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[info]archaica
2008-11-24 07:21 pm UTC (link)
Fun Fact: Doctor Henry Jones was a bigger pimp than his son.

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[info]calamityjon
2008-11-24 07:49 pm UTC (link)
ALSO! He was in Superman IV!

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[info]jodycody
2008-11-24 09:39 pm UTC (link)
Oooh, wait! Was he Zarkov's assistant in the Delaurentis Flash Gordon? Holy crap, he was Munson!

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[info]archaica
2008-11-24 06:35 pm UTC (link)
Also, Jon, did you just do this in your sketchbook and then scan/color it?

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[info]calamityjon
2008-11-24 07:48 pm UTC (link)
It's actually on Bristol, I just give myself a time limit on Little Batman stuff. I'd hate to think what would happen if I actually put effort into the illos ...

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[info]amanofhats
2008-11-24 04:47 pm UTC (link)
Jesus, George, why not just call him "Ham Sammich" or "Tubba Crisco" for fucksake.

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[info]slickninja
2008-11-24 06:18 pm UTC (link)
I love this comic! As a child watching Star Wars I was always traumatized by the fate of the fat guy. I am glad to know he was ok all along.

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[info]jodycody
2008-11-24 06:23 pm UTC (link)
Porkins first name was supposedly "Jek", which I always thought was some fanboy's misinterpretation of Biggs yelling, "eject".

I like Jed way better.

And I say supposedly since I think the first name was generated by the minds at West End Games for the roleplaying game...as far from canon as one can get nowadays.

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[info]calamityjon
2008-11-24 07:47 pm UTC (link)
Man, I should fix that, I thought it was Jed ...

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[info]revme
2008-11-25 04:03 am UTC (link)
Eh, "Jed" is a way better name anyway. I like to think it was his nickname, maybe or maybe not coined by Batman.

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[info]mr_cow
2008-11-24 06:58 pm UTC (link)
batman/starwars is seriously in my top (number to be decided later) list of 2008.

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[info]ndgmtlcd
2008-11-24 07:12 pm UTC (link)
The batman as a psychopomp.

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[info]archaica
2008-11-24 07:21 pm UTC (link)
.....whoa.

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[info]calamityjon
2008-11-24 07:51 pm UTC (link)
I was gonna say that Batman just took Porkins to safety, and Porkins then moved to a small town in Utah and ran a small cafe, getting into macrobiotic cuisine and dropping forty pounds, and getting married to a woman named Sarah who handtools custom saddles. BUT I LIKE THE PSYCHOPOMP IDEA!

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[info]ericmesquivel
2008-12-04 03:43 pm UTC (link)
These things are the reason Dave and I wax super-gay about you on our podcast.

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[info]calamityjon
2008-12-04 07:53 pm UTC (link)
I'm always glad when there's gay waxing going on and my name gets involved.

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