Comic
#032
'Heavy Metal Blunder' was completed 28/07/06.
A
non-storyline comic,
this time mocking the
final stage of Sonic Heroes.
AAUK is known for
disliking Sonic Heroes
due to the great difficulty
in getting the third Chaos
Emerald onwards.
For
a VERY long time,
the comic was going to
be called
'A Dolt From The Blue'
but this was changed
to avoid a possible
comic naming problem
down the line.
This
comic is rather
heavy on the references.
The
comic's title is a mock on 'heavy metal thunder' which itself comes
from the Steppenwolf song "Born To Be Wild".
Again
as it's an
'alternate' version we
have the Director's Cut
or DX. The text under
'Press Start' references
wrestling stable Degeneration-X
(aka DX) as a result.
The
Metal Overlord
Metal Sonic is a
recolour of the
monsterous red Metal
Sonic from Knuckles' Chaotix as is tradition
in Sonic sprite comics.
In
the disclaimer text:
'Break it down!' is
another DX reference.
The line after
'underground' references
the David Bowie song "Underground" which was
used on the soundtrack
to the film Labyrinth:
"No
one can blame you, for walking away....
....life can't be easy
it's not always swell.
Don't tell me truth
hurts little girl - 'cause it hurts like hell."
The
line about clock
towers and crazy
scientists is a nod to Back To The Future.
"Those
tiny little lifeforms, those precious little lifeforms"
is from
Data's lifeforms song in Star Trek: Generations.
A final
reference for the
description of Sonic
Wrecks - Which comes
from the Queen
song "Flash". |