"It was just like Romeo and Juliet, only it ended in tragedy."

[yendi]

Actual analogy used by the producer of the new Legion of Super-Heroes cartoon:

"In a lot of ways [Bouncing Boy] plays Bones to Brainiac 5's McCoy."

Um, sure. Maybe Lighting Lad will balance them both out by playing Leonard? And Timberwolf can be The Ship's Doctor!

Comments

[harold3.livejournal.com]

My brain resonates with pain.

but ends in tragedy...

[ckd]

But who's going to play the Anti-Transporter Curmudgeon?

[xforge.livejournal.com]

Dammit Jim, I'm the same person, not the - wait...

OOOOOWWWW!!

[alladinsane.livejournal.com]

"DAMMIT SUPERBOY!! I'M A GREEN SUPERSMART ALIEN NOT GOOFY COMIC RELIEF...oops...sorry..."

How about Braniac 5's long extending robot neck? Ah if only Supergirl was aroun..."Brainy, do you have anything else you can extend real long?"

[unwilly.livejournal.com]

Bwahahahaha!

I weep for the death of both the classics and the ability to think.

Yogi Berra has won.

[alexmegami]

Oh. my. god. *dies*

[murnkay.livejournal.com]

It COULDN'T be that he simply misspoke.

Never!

[murnkay.livejournal.com]

And since he didn't SAY the Romeo and Juliet line anywhere you might wanna clear that up since ppl reading this and not the article seem to think he said THAT not the bones misspeak.

[yendi]

I leave annotating my writing to my biographer. Poor S.T. Joshi's great-great-great grandson might very well have the honor of putting together a complete collection of my blog writings. He should have to earn every cultural reference.

[murnkay.livejournal.com]

It's just irresponsible to make people think "wow this guy is REALLY fucking stupid" and basically misquoting him if you know that ppl won't readpast it to see that it ain't him what said that.

[yendi]

"Irresponsible?" *shrug* If that's how you see it, I guess. I used a pop-culture quote as a subject line , one that's certainly common enough that I consider it an easy reference point amongst my peers. It's something I've done before, and will probably do in the future, seeing as this tends to be a pop-culture-centric journal instead of an attempt to, say, post news stories.

The actual quote I used in my post was not only accurate, but (and not seeing this really is something that sticks in my craw) linked to the full article; I really do expect folks to follow the links -- why else would I post 'em -- if they're planning on commenting.

[murnkay.livejournal.com]

Irresponsible because when you see that people are attributing the subject line quote to the person involved when you know he didn't say it... then you know they aren't getting it or going to the link - which is fine - but then, once you do know and shrug opff the fact, it's kinda willingly misleading.

In my book.

It isn't about reporting the news vs. pop culture, it's simply, to me, generally not worth damning people for stuff they didn't do when what they did do is gonna be more than enough.

[yendi]

Misspeaking is what normal people do. In interviews, it's a gaffe, and, if poorly timed (like, say, at the end of a long week), is subject to endless scorn (actual length of "endless," currently, appears to be fewer than ten messages).

(Honestly, I'm actually very psched for this series, and only noticed the gaffe because it was in the section about my favorite character).

[jerel.livejournal.com]

Jerel is not here anymore because now she ded from teh stuped.

[clawfoot.livejournal.com]

Didn't Bart Simpson originally say that line? Or was it Millhouse talking about Lisa? Either way, that line is incredibly familiar to me, and I see the Simpsons when I think of it.

[nishar.livejournal.com]

So... will Supergirl be the green orion dancing slave girl??? hehe