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[thebitterguy]

Zap Branigan and Magnus Robot Fighter shop at the same place

Seriously, look at those boots, and tight red shirt thingies.

Anyone want to guess where this chain of thought came from?

Comments

[thetathx1138.livejournal.com]

There's an obscure pop culture reference in Futurama?!?!?!?! ;-)

[thebitterguy]

A) zomg.

B) I was wondering if anyone would care to speculate on what brought that to my notice.

[thetathx1138.livejournal.com]

Dark Horse's rerelease of the Magnus comics a little while back?

[thebitterguy]

Nope!

Although I occasionally wonder if I should pick them up out of curiosity's sake.

[thetathx1138.livejournal.com]

They're...interesting.

[thebitterguy]

I remember getting some of the gold key issues. It comes down to how much I can enjoy a guy in a red singlet punching robots.

I think I can enjoy it quite a bit.

[thetathx1138.livejournal.com]

It's enjoyable, but very weird. You kind of find yourself projecting political attitudes onto it despite yourself (well, maybe that's just me.)

[uhlrik.livejournal.com]

It's called a tunic, and I bet you're contemplating buying a Zap/Magnus costume since it's a twofer!

[indefatigable42.livejournal.com]

Over at Superdickery.com (in the Science section, I think) there are a couple of robots who look awfully like Bender.

[indefatigable42.livejournal.com]

Found him. (http://www.superdickery.com/science/34.html)

[thebitterguy]

The similarity is striking.

[crashing-angel.livejournal.com]

Holy crap that is comedy!

[autodidactic.livejournal.com]

Copious amounts of ganja?