FoxTrot by Bill Amend for May 31, 2009
Transcript:
Paige: I need the computer. Jason: One sec. I need to register with this casting agency. Paige: Huh? Jason: With the "Star Trek" movie doing so well, I figure right now Hollywood is thinking "Star Trek prequels = gold." And if that's the case, they'll probably want the next one to be a prequel to this one, which'll put Captain Kirk somewhere around my age. Paige: And you want to be him. Jason: I'd be perfect! I already have the costume and have all his classic dialogue memorized! "Scotty, I need those engines fixed NOW!"..."Lieutenant Uhura, please open a channel to the ambassador"..."Hard to port, Mr. Sulu, warp factor 11"... Paige: Don't you mean "dork factor 11"? Jason: Mr. Spock, please fire your phaser at the alien. Paige: Jason, knock it off. I've heard enough. Jason: I wasn't talking to you just then.
dhubb almost 16 years ago
Warp factor 11?
Starlene Greathouse Premium Member almost 16 years ago
Indeed. Obviously not the trekkie he pretends to be.
3hourtour Premium Member almost 16 years ago
..if I only worked sundays I could be this stupidā¦.
moonrise293 almost 16 years ago
Yes, the Enterprise is now being built by Ferrari.
rayannina almost 16 years ago
āThis one goes all the way up to 11 ā¦ā
deamonbite almost 16 years ago
rofl factor 11, sigh well maybe we can just pretend he meant it in roman numerals or soemthing and they printed 1ās
nastia almost 16 years ago
I think there was an episode in STTNG where they went beyond warp 10. The visitor showed Wesley how to do it. Maybe Jason is just merging the two in his twisted little mindā¦
DanityKanefan almost 16 years ago
NERD ALERT!!!!!!
kirbey almost 16 years ago
I love when the latest movie gets put in the strip with Jasonā¦
risitas almost 16 years ago
Assaulted by āa little squirt!ā
DougDean almost 16 years ago
Didnāt the movie already have a kid Kirk? And BTW, for prequels they probably couldnāt go beyond Warp 2 1/2ā¦
jaiel almost 16 years ago
On Voyager there was an episode where Tom And Bālana went to warp factor 11.
foxxtrot868 almost 16 years ago
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Durak Premium Member almost 16 years ago
I think Rayannina is right. Adams was making a Spinal Tap joke when Jason said āWarp Factor 11ā. These go to 11, indeed.
LLJKTechnogeek almost 16 years ago
It could also involve the fact that the āwarp 10 is the maximum possible speedā rule wasnāt in place until TNG ā and even there it was ignored in the future parts of the series finale.
As with everything else even remotely appealing to nerds, there is a wiki that explains it: http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Warp_factor
morton115 almost 16 years ago
Knowing Jason, heās probably talking in binary, as in:
There are 11 kinds of people: those who know binary and those who donāt.
SaintRCat almost 16 years ago
@morton115
Iām afraid you can count yourself among those that donāt. 11 is 3 in binary, whereas 10 is 2. Or perhaps thatās the joke.
jumperjeff almost 16 years ago
Thanks SaintRCat. I was about to say the same thing.
morton115 almost 16 years ago
Senior moment. I donāt post very often. Thanks for correcting what I should have caught!
Lightningbug almost 16 years ago
So, there are 11 kinds of people: those who know binary, those who donāt and those who used to but are out of practice. :-)
kyruya almost 16 years ago
love that saying rofl
foxtrotluver99 almost 16 years ago
warp 11 sir? no its still to bleeep slow
nomwein almost 16 years ago
11?! come on! he would NEVER do that unless time traveling!
margueritem almost 16 years ago
Gweedo, that couch is so you!
3hourtour Premium Member almost 16 years ago
ā¦what..one strip a week too much work?ā¦
Native_Monado almost 16 years ago
Agreed, 3hourtour, what has happened to the āAt least give us one strip a week if youāre taking away the dallies ā?
DougDean almost 16 years ago
Senior moment, senior moment. Move along! Nothing to see hereā¦
kraftjeff almost 16 years ago
Funny how the inky stinky news inky paper can have a new Fox Trot cartoon but all the internet sites are still showing last weeks.
Was Peter driving Bills late submission right past all the electronic sites - failing to stop along the way?
Rakkav almost 16 years ago
I did better as a young child creating superlight velocity scales for my own fiction than STAR TREK has ever done. But then, I knew how to use actual star charts and to calculate interstellar distances and travel times, something that most STAR TREK writers never bothered to do. (I still do this, using a log ten scale of superlight velocities and the best star data I can get.)
It cracks me up to see the STAR TREK writers and fans try to back-pedal and justify a completely arbitrary, inconsistent and ad hoc system of measurement. And I find it hard to imagine that Jason wouldnāt complain about it, or not fall prey to it. Hey, Mr. Amend, how about a Sunday strip where Jason does just that: complain about STAR TREKās sliding velocity scales and technobabble?
(Sorry, my Jungian Extraverted Thinking is screaming here like the frustrated Inner Child that it is. ;) )
billamend creator almost 16 years ago
Uclick/gocomics didnāt post this weekās (6-7) strip for some reason. Until they do, hereās a black and white version (I donāt have a color one handy)ā¦ http://bit.ly/YBswk
Comic-Nut almost 16 years ago
billamend; thank you so very much. Very nice to see the latest strip. I have been getting such a kick of Jasonās antics of late, that I am going to have to go to the local book store. Why? I want to start a buying some of the Foxtrot collection books. I have them for Calvin and Hobbes, Peanuts, Far Side and Dilbert. I need some fresh laughs that I can quickly share with others. Thanks again.
markneedscoffee about 15 years ago
In the original series of star trek the warp scale went further than 10 to at least 14. In the next generation it was changed so that 10 was the limit.
DerkinsVanPelt218 about 14 years ago
A reboot of a reboot? That sounds like what theyāre trying to do with the new Superman movie.
jslicer9 over 13 years ago
Lol, anyone notice how whenever someone talks to the blonde kid with the glasses, they have apple juice XD LOL
Darth Vitate over 7 years ago
Que Star Trek Discovery, 8 years, 5 months later
emmettla over 3 years ago
Paige got burned there. She can be an alien sometimes.