Posted October 18, 200519 yr comment_34940 I'm serious! Just think about it! Here we have a plucky inventor and his dog sidekick. Together they journey to the moon, nab a criminal mastermind, fight a marauding robot, and hunt down and capture a horrible werebeast. All perfect pulp story lines. And most of Wallace's inventions are fairly outlandish Rube Goldberg machines (of a sort) that involve a lot of pump, hydraulics, gears, and electricity. He's built a space ship, a super-vacuum, a mind-transference device, altered his car to operate in various environments, and even built a primitive exoskeleton! Tell me he's not a Pulp-Era inventor!
October 19, 200519 yr comment_840143 Re: Wallace & Gromit: Pulp Heroes? Tell me he's not a Pulp-Era inventor! OK. "He's not a Pulp-Era inventor." Seriously, though, I'd have to agree with you. Good PER roll!
October 19, 200519 yr comment_840209 Re: Wallace & Gromit: Pulp Heroes? You should add it to my comedy pulp hero resource thread ;-p
October 19, 200519 yr comment_840315 Re: Wallace & Gromit: Pulp Heroes? I'm serious! About Wallace and Gromit? Isn't that a mistake? Just think about it!I did. I'm still laughing. Here we have a plucky inventor and his dog sidekick.More of a luckless inventor and his canine guardian angel/rescuer. Together they journey to the moon' date=' nab a criminal mastermind, fight a marauding robot, and hunt down and capture a horrible werebeast.[/quote']Also rescue some sheep and a shopkeeper, foil a robbery, bust Gromit out of jail (on false charges), stop two marauding robots (Grand Day and Close Shave), and stop two criminal plots (Wrong Trousers and Close Shave). All perfect pulp story lines. And most of Wallace's inventions are fairly outlandish Rube Goldberg machines (of a sort) that involve a lot of pump' date=' hydraulics, gears, and electricity. He's built a space ship, a super-vacuum, a mind-transference device, altered his car to operate in various environments, and even built a primitive exoskeleton![/quote']Also a get-out-of-bed machine, a oatmeal cooker/server (OK, that one didn't work--but only because it had been damaged!), various communication devices, a motorcycle kick-starter, a sheep-shearing machine, and a method for cleaning upper-story windows. However, IIRC he bought the (Wrong) Trousers. Tell me he's not a Pulp-Era inventor!Well, there's more miniturization, and fewer dials, blinking lights, and knobs, than Pulp Era usually has, but I think basically you're right. But it's still a funny idea
October 19, 200519 yr Author comment_840377 Re: Wallace & Gromit: Pulp Heroes? More of a luckless inventor and his canine guardian angel/rescuer. Wallace does mean well, but like many mad inventors, he's lacking in complete common sense. Also a get-out-of-bed machine' date=' a oatmeal cooker/server (OK, that one didn't work--but only because it had been damaged!), various communication devices, a motorcycle kick-starter, a sheep-shearing machine, and a method for cleaning upper-story windows. However, IIRC he bought the (Wrong) Trousers.[/quote'] Yup. They were NASA surplus.
October 19, 200519 yr comment_840462 Re: Wallace & Gromit: Pulp Heroes? Absolutely Pulp-Noir. The Wrong Trousers is an homage to the noir film...
October 19, 200519 yr comment_840829 Re: Wallace & Gromit: Pulp Heroes? I think Wallace is the DNPC of Grommit
October 20, 200519 yr Author comment_841097 Re: Wallace & Gromit: Pulp Heroes? I think Wallace is the DNPC of Grommit You've got a point there....
October 20, 200519 yr comment_841255 Re: Wallace & Gromit: Pulp Heroes? I think Wallace is the DNPC of Grommit Absolutely! I would've repped you, but apparantly I have to smear some more around before I can.
October 20, 200519 yr comment_841463 Re: Wallace & Gromit: Pulp Heroes? I think Wallace is the DNPC of Grommit I completely agree. I had to explain to my daughter that Gromit is a SuperHero.
October 23, 200519 yr comment_843191 Re: Wallace & Gromit: Pulp Heroes? I completely agree. I had to explain to my daughter that Gromit is a SuperHero. No, Pulp Hero. Susano said so. BTW, I think Wallace has a Dependence on cheese.
October 24, 200519 yr comment_843359 Re: Wallace & Gromit: Pulp Heroes? Also, probably a VPP- gadget pool. As he tends to pull out devices when he needs them - retconning them to "something I was fiddling with a while ago".
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