I wouldn’t say “never again” if I were Doc Ock. Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #124 Published: c. December, 1986? Cover Date: March, 1987 “When Strikes the Octopus!!” Writer: Roger McKenzie Artist: Greg […]
Trust the spider-sense! Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #257 Published: July, 1984? Cover Date: October, 1984 “Beware the Claws of Puma!” Writer: Tom DeFalco Artist: Ron Frenz Inker: Joe Rubinstein Letterer: Joe Rosen Colorist: Christie Scheele
That spider is huge. Amazing Spider-Man Annual (Vol. 1) #1 Published: 1964 Cover Date: 1964 “The Sinister Six!” Writer: Stan Lee Artist: Steve Ditko Inker: Steve Ditko Letterer: Sam Rosen
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@hornacek — And, likewise, not that I’m particularly fond of this play, if Friar Lawrence could have just texted Romeo something along the lines of “Juliet is not dead. OMG Don’t worry. LOL” then the whole tragedy could have been avoided.
@Evan – I only used Seinfeld because I remember hearing about this website more than once (maybe it was a blog that went through every episode – kind of upset that it doesn’t exist anymore). I’m sure you could pick many pre-cellphone sitcoms and resolve most of the episodes in a few minutes if you add cellphones to them. For example, there are many Seinfeld episodes where the plot hinges on the characters being separated and not being able to communicate with each other, but this is true with many pre-cellphone series.
@hornacek — I did some research (It’s what I do), and I found this site, though it has only ten episodes listed: https://gizmodo.com/10-classic-seinfeld-episodes-that-couldnt-have-happened-5784974
I must add here that, though it originally aired through all of my teenage years, I have seen only one episode (the finale) and another part of one (when there was an overhead shot of the street and an arcade game was being moved like Frogger.) I guess I don’t really watch that much tv. I did like the the Spider-man cartoon on Fox, of course. And I just saw the first two episodes of Season 2 of The Mandalorian. (If Mark makes fun of me for not watching Seinfeld, I’m counting on you for some tag-team Shawshank Redemption quoting.)
By the way, because more than one person has told me that the predicaments I find myself in sound like something from Larry David, I’m pretty sure I understand the gist of the comedy.
I’ve heard many times that there is/was a website that went through every episode of Seinfeld and for 90% of the episodes the addition of cellphones (not even smartphones – just cellphones) resolved the main plot in 2 minutes.
@hornacek — That’s funny. It reminds me how I was thinking the other day while reading that so many of the dilemmas in literature and film could be resolved if people could just send a text message. I wonder if contemporary writers of fiction feel like some of their ability to convey, for example, a plot with suspense is hampered as technology progresses. Then again, when I was working from home I was using a cordless headset to answer phone calls, and I still managed to find a way to trip over it.
@Evan – I was listening to a podcast that reviews movies and one of them was a film from the 1990s and had a scene where someone was strangling someone with that “curly wire” and the podcaster said “Can’t do that nowadays. Thanks, smartphones!”
Also, I like how Jim Shooter’s position is given in the byline.
@hornacek — And that phone! It has some kind of curly wire attached to it! It’s like a baby’s toy!
Kids, those weird-looking rectangular things on the shelf are called “records”.
Also, Peter has a fish?