However, they also presented a problem in
being incompatible with the new, unified Elmer Studios continuity and
background. The result was that, while Maya might have changed very little in
terms of personality, her appearance and abilities are dramatically different.
Sunday, February 24, 2013
Rebuilding Elmer Studios - Maya
If Natasha was the “leader” of the B-Team,
then Maya Gold was certainly the most popular. She had appeared in ten
different episodes of the “classic” Elmer Studios series, more then any other
B-Team member, and had developed the most distinctive personality and presence
of them along the way. These distinctive traits and popularity meant that she
was a certainty for the re-tooled B-Team.
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Episode 226 - The legion of the mysterious Black X-1 VT Fighter, parts 1-2
Episode 226: The legion of the mysterious Black X-1 VT Fighter, parts 1-2
Oh noes! Not the chicken pots!
In the annals of human conflict, never before has one man been owed so much by so many as Brick. That's right, Brick Hecter, fall-down drunk, derelict of duty, a mechanic who harasses superior officers in public. But it's not all laughs and sunshine for our man Brick; sabotage is afoot aboard the SDF-1, and his struggle with his personal demons is only compounded by the appearance of a mysterious fighter full of improbable technology backed by a conspiracy that even a three year old could see through. That's right, Legion of the Black X-1 may be the title, but really it's all about Brick.
Who's Brick?
Riffers: Dan, Rebecca Bartley, Tsuneo Tateo and Rick R. Mortis
Written by: Zogster and Rick R.
Oh noes! Not the chicken pots!
In the annals of human conflict, never before has one man been owed so much by so many as Brick. That's right, Brick Hecter, fall-down drunk, derelict of duty, a mechanic who harasses superior officers in public. But it's not all laughs and sunshine for our man Brick; sabotage is afoot aboard the SDF-1, and his struggle with his personal demons is only compounded by the appearance of a mysterious fighter full of improbable technology backed by a conspiracy that even a three year old could see through. That's right, Legion of the Black X-1 may be the title, but really it's all about Brick.
Who's Brick?
Riffers: Dan, Rebecca Bartley, Tsuneo Tateo and Rick R. Mortis
Written by: Zogster and Rick R.
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Episode 225 - Old Conflicts Renewed, chapters 11-20
Episode 225: Old Conflicts Renewed, chapters 11-20
Four score and seven years ago, our robot dinosaur fathers bought forth on this franchise a toyline conceived in the marketing department and founded on the proposition that all plastic is moulded equal.
Riffers: Dan, Rebecca Bartley, Tsuneo Tateo and Rick R. Mortis
Written by: Zogster and Rick R.
Four score and seven years ago, our robot dinosaur fathers bought forth on this franchise a toyline conceived in the marketing department and founded on the proposition that all plastic is moulded equal.
The Empire’s campaign of mild inconvenience continues, and
it is up to Kevin to stop them! Armed
with nothing but whatever powers he has contrived for himself today, his ambulatory
pile of robot dinosaur poo and his ability to effortlessly crush anyone who
faces him, can Big Kev save the day? Of course he can. Don’t be silly. Not a
single hint of suspense will be given as the war lurches to its shambolic conclusion
in a long list of different types of plastic toys. So join all your favourite
characters; Big Kev, Siege, Isaac Cloud, Zephyr, General Drack, Mick, Tom,
John, Charles and Charles, Our Hero Raven, Captain Gruud, Lancetaka Solyaku Foo
Foo Cuddlypoops Askakura the third, Mike the Human and Bob Anglerfish for this
gripping tale of something or another that the whole family will likely forget
all about.
Riffers: Dan, Rebecca Bartley, Tsuneo Tateo and Rick R. Mortis
Written by: Zogster and Rick R.
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Episode 224 - Old Conflicts Renewed, chapters 1-10
Episode 224: Old Conflicts Renewed, chapters 1-10
It seems that the Empire is less an invading army and more of a force that occasionally comes around to annoy them.
Revolution! War! Governments fall! Armies invade! In a time of crisis such as this, the world cries out for a hero, a man who will step forward and save the say. And that man is… Kevin! That’s right, it’s the return of Big Kev. Armed with a clumsily executed genre shift (because “sports drama” and “war” work so well together), our so called hero and his sidekick, a pile of robot dinosaur poop (no, really) set out to fight the forces of mild inconvenience by listing off what toys he owns and how they’re arranged! Written without a hint of research as to what a military is actually like, this is less war the only way it can be told and more a schoolyard brawl over who took who’s juicebox.
Riffers: Dan, Rebecca Bartley, Tsuneo Tateo and Rick R. Mortis
Written by: Zogster and Rick R.
It seems that the Empire is less an invading army and more of a force that occasionally comes around to annoy them.
Revolution! War! Governments fall! Armies invade! In a time of crisis such as this, the world cries out for a hero, a man who will step forward and save the say. And that man is… Kevin! That’s right, it’s the return of Big Kev. Armed with a clumsily executed genre shift (because “sports drama” and “war” work so well together), our so called hero and his sidekick, a pile of robot dinosaur poop (no, really) set out to fight the forces of mild inconvenience by listing off what toys he owns and how they’re arranged! Written without a hint of research as to what a military is actually like, this is less war the only way it can be told and more a schoolyard brawl over who took who’s juicebox.
Riffers: Dan, Rebecca Bartley, Tsuneo Tateo and Rick R. Mortis
Written by: Zogster and Rick R.
Monday, January 28, 2013
Fanfic Retrospective - Delta Invasion
Delta Invasion?
What more can be said. Well quite a lot, actually.
Of all the old Elmer Studios MSTings, Delta is probably the best known and most popular of them.
Something of a meme within the MSTing and Evangelion
communities in its day, largely because of its ‘fantastic’ content and writing
style. Even then long after the demise of Elmer Studios (and the MSting
community at large), it would still have its followers. This reputation was not
undeserved, as I hope to discuss.
Before I go any further, however, I’d like to thank Douglass
Weeks. Back in 1998 or so, he originally ‘dibsed’ Delta Invasion, but he passed it off to us, feeling that we’d be
better suited to handling it. Thanks Douglass!
Saturday, January 12, 2013
Episode 223 - Rebuild of DELTA, part thirteen
Episode 223: Rebuild of DELTA, part thirteen
The last chapter of Delta Invasion is going to be nothing but weddings and babies and babies and weddings and four hundred babies
It's hard to know what to expect from the end of Delta Invasion. Between goofy monster battles, destroying an omnipotent conspiracy, Italian restaurant menus, martial arts tournaments, going into space, being special, blowing up a planet and Charles (Not Charles anything, just Charles), the series has constantly thrilled and delighted (not to mention terrified) us with its whacky and unpredictable nature. And after that, how could the last part be any different? What would be an appropriate finish to send off the sheer screaming insanity of the Delta we know and love? I can say now that it's certainly not this!
Riffers: Dan, Rebecca Bartley, Tsuneo Tateo and Rick R. Mortis
Written by: Zogster and Rick R.
The last chapter of Delta Invasion is going to be nothing but weddings and babies and babies and weddings and four hundred babies
It's hard to know what to expect from the end of Delta Invasion. Between goofy monster battles, destroying an omnipotent conspiracy, Italian restaurant menus, martial arts tournaments, going into space, being special, blowing up a planet and Charles (Not Charles anything, just Charles), the series has constantly thrilled and delighted (not to mention terrified) us with its whacky and unpredictable nature. And after that, how could the last part be any different? What would be an appropriate finish to send off the sheer screaming insanity of the Delta we know and love? I can say now that it's certainly not this!
Written by: Zogster and Rick R.
Saturday, January 5, 2013
Episode 222 - Green Lantern Regenesis
Episode 222: Green Lantern Regenesis
Ermigerd it is like, so totally unfair and stuff! I so wanted a Blue Lantern ring because it like, totally goes with my hair dec and junk. My life is so ruined!
It's superhero time, and that means origin story. But this is an origin story for a character like no other. After all, who else is teenaged science expert songwriter heiress with their own one-dimensional prop girlfriend and cheer squad? And who else can take on the red-butted forces of space captain Gruud with nothing more than a barrel, a blaster and the eidetic memory they just remembered they had? Yes, thrill as Cassidy Blake remembers more skills for herself, talks down to everyone around her, forgets an entire chapter and is generally loved and adored by everyone without any sense whatsoever. It's classic Mary Sue in a Regenesised bottle!
Riffers: Dan, Maya Gold, Celena Harte and Tsuneo Tateo
Written by: Zogster
Ermigerd it is like, so totally unfair and stuff! I so wanted a Blue Lantern ring because it like, totally goes with my hair dec and junk. My life is so ruined!
It's superhero time, and that means origin story. But this is an origin story for a character like no other. After all, who else is teenaged science expert songwriter heiress with their own one-dimensional prop girlfriend and cheer squad? And who else can take on the red-butted forces of space captain Gruud with nothing more than a barrel, a blaster and the eidetic memory they just remembered they had? Yes, thrill as Cassidy Blake remembers more skills for herself, talks down to everyone around her, forgets an entire chapter and is generally loved and adored by everyone without any sense whatsoever. It's classic Mary Sue in a Regenesised bottle!
Riffers: Dan, Maya Gold, Celena Harte and Tsuneo Tateo
Written by: Zogster
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