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Post by Snes on Apr 21, 2010 6:53:23 GMT
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Post by Ignotus Somnium on Apr 21, 2010 6:54:52 GMT
Well, now they know where you are.
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Post by optern on Apr 21, 2010 6:57:41 GMT
Well, it's been verified now that the station will indeed operate on a whim.
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Post by Fen on Apr 21, 2010 6:57:55 GMT
Heh. Based on the tradition of naming comic threads after a line of dialogue in the relevant strip, I'd expected this to be called 'Jack!'. So, like, Annie's all 'Jack!' and then Tom goes 'Jack!' and then the thread goes 'Jack!' and everyone in the thread is all like 'Jack!' ... Which amused me because I'm sad. So VOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO was a pleasant deviation. (Also great comic and stuff)
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Post by Alex on Apr 21, 2010 7:02:22 GMT
Now I have to wait until FRIDAY to find out what happens! Nooooooooooooooooooooooo
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Post by jon77 on Apr 21, 2010 7:03:29 GMT
Heh. Based on the tradition of naming comic threads after a line of dialogue in the relevant strip, I'd expected this to be called 'Jack!'. I was just thinking that as well I agree!
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Post by Casey on Apr 21, 2010 7:04:57 GMT
I think it is Wednesday?
So anyway... I was thinking, we know from before that what this power station did (seemed to do) was to collect ether and send it in a bolt to another station down the line... so did Jack just turn on all the stations down the line, or just this one? And if it was just this one, where is that big bolt of energy going to go if the receiving station isn't turned on to receive it?
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Post by Casey on Apr 21, 2010 7:06:10 GMT
P.S.: There's a boat in the water heading for the station.
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Post by Mezzaphor on Apr 21, 2010 7:10:13 GMT
Jack!
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Post by GK Sierra on Apr 21, 2010 7:10:44 GMT
Sweet. Colored lights and sirens means whatever the hell Jack just did, at least they go out in style.
Edit: Also. Reynardine's face in second panel made me laugh
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Post by Mezzaphor on Apr 21, 2010 7:11:49 GMT
With a big array of colored buttons like this, I can't help but think of the controls to the giant laser on the Death Star.
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Post by GK Sierra on Apr 21, 2010 7:14:50 GMT
With a big array of colored buttons like this, I can't help but think of the controls to the giant laser on the Death Star. Wow, you just blew my mind, it totally does! "Jack! What did you just do?" "I just freakin' blew up Alderan. Didn't even break a sweat."
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2010 8:34:21 GMT
I'm mostly wondering who the heck is in that boat currently steaming across the artificial lake toward the station. I bet it's a squad of Gold Buttons.
[Speculation mode] ...Maybe THAT'S why Buddha seemed so complacent even though Jack escaped! He knew Jack would eventually end up at the Power Station, where he'd effectively be cornered.
Problem for Buddha is, Jack seems to know that too. What effect activating the station will have is the big wild-card in how this will end up playing out.
Last time it drained the lake a significant amount, so that boat may not even make it to the station if the station makes it rain again.
I wouldn't bet on that, though. That boat is surely on its way, and the banner of climactic confrontation rides with it.
Not to mention that based on how the pages flows toward Annie whirling around in the final panel, I expect to see Maniacal!Jack in full swing on Friday.
...Either that or deadly, creepily calm Jack. Which could very well be worse.
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Post by hal9000 on Apr 21, 2010 8:51:09 GMT
I think it is Wednesday? So anyway... I was thinking, we know from before that what this power station did (seemed to do) was to collect ether and send it in a bolt to another station down the line... so did Jack just turn on all the stations down the line, or just this one? And if it was just this one, where is that big bolt of energy going to go if the receiving station isn't turned on to receive it? Well, if it acts at all like the lightning it resembles it will quickly start arcing all over the place trying to find the path to ground with the least resistance. Perhaps it will start demolishing tall buildings at the edge of the lake, or maybe it will zap that boat making its way across. Either way, I'm sure hilarity will ensue.
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Post by starburst98 on Apr 21, 2010 8:54:31 GMT
but it is made of ether so it would strike the most etherically grounded thing.. only thing i can think of, is zimmy.
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Post by hal9000 on Apr 21, 2010 8:58:57 GMT
but it is made of ether so it would strike the most etherically grounded thing.. only thing i can think of, is zimmy. Like I said, hilarity will no doubt ensue ;D Edit: to be serious though, we don't really know what will constitute the most 'etherically-grounded' thing. I would think that, logically, the plant must be creating a potential difference between the water in the lake and the transmission tower if it is indeed extracting etheric energy from the water. So maybe without the other stations online, it will build up enough potential difference to overcome whatever insulates the tower from the lake, and thus start discharging into it.
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Post by dliessmgg on Apr 21, 2010 9:10:37 GMT
If the boat would move, there'd be waves behind it. It also seems a bit rusty.
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Post by digikitty on Apr 21, 2010 10:29:18 GMT
Was there a siren when the power station went off the first time we saw it? Or is it an alarm somewhere else?
Also, does anyone else have the feeling that Jack brought Annie and Reynardine along simply to leave behind and get caught while he escapes, if it is an alarm?
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Post by Refugee on Apr 21, 2010 10:50:57 GMT
I suspect Jack brought Annie along so he wouldn't be alone in Zimmyham.
Also, I like the symbol on the alarm horn in panel 4.
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Post by Taslin on Apr 21, 2010 11:13:17 GMT
but it is made of ether so it would strike the most etherically grounded thing.. only thing i can think of, is zimmy. Personally, I'm more worried about Reynardine. He's a etheric fox-spirit trapped in a plush toy, and quite close to the power station.
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Post by wanderer on Apr 21, 2010 11:24:38 GMT
Oh, I'm sure there's nothing to worry about. Everyone's going to die, that's all.
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Post by blackboe on Apr 21, 2010 11:58:03 GMT
oh, right, right, of course.
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Post by tyler on Apr 21, 2010 12:04:15 GMT
So Annie says "Jack!" and Tom's post says "Jack!" I hadn't considered what the thread might say. What did happen is Queen's theme for Flash Gordon popped into my head. "Jack! Ah-aaaahh!"
Man the 80's were goofy.
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Post by idonotlikepeas on Apr 21, 2010 12:06:01 GMT
Jill!
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Post by tyler on Apr 21, 2010 12:10:02 GMT
Janet!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2010 12:15:32 GMT
If the boat would move, there'd be waves behind it. It also seems a bit rusty. You can't see what's behind it. Also we've seen Tom use solid colors for non-focal objects in the past. Doesn't necessarily mean it's rusty/in disrepair. Just seems kind of odd that he would place a random, rusty boat floating on the lake in a wide-angle shot of the Power Station, siren echoing across the lake, especially considering that same boat is pointed straight at the heart of the station. Like it's heading there, you know? If the boat is nothing of consequence, then that's terrible image composition. Was there a siren when the power station went off the first time we saw it? Or is it an alarm somewhere else? www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=456Short answer: Yes, there was. It was also just before the station started drawing water from the lake. (heating it up?) "Jack! King of the impossible!" ...also, "Dispatch Buddha and Shell to bring back his body!"
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Post by Afalstein on Apr 21, 2010 13:13:32 GMT
Dude, Jack, what was the point of putting up those sensor things if you were going to pretty much ATTRACT people to your position.
Also, I love how one computer controls all the buttons in that room.
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Post by shouqi on Apr 21, 2010 13:43:42 GMT
Dude, Jack, what was the point of putting up those sensor things if you were going to pretty much ATTRACT people to your position. I think we can conclude that they're not sensor things.
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Post by cheddarius on Apr 21, 2010 13:45:31 GMT
It seems like a little too many buttons to me. I mean, either they're obsolete, or far too complicated for anyone to use. Realistically the system would start saying "Etheric transfer node flux detected; adjust coordinates according to integrated flux data" and Jack should have no idea what to do. It looks like the wall of buttons is so gigantic it takes many people just to keep it running at any time.
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Post by legion on Apr 21, 2010 14:04:48 GMT
Sombody will definitively notice thaaaaaaaaaaat…
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