View Full Version : Why no Geek?
ezzetabi
03/27/2008, 02:22 pm
It is since I seen the show that I was wondering why Darla, the geek didn't appear in the adventures... Any reason?
Was it too complex to manage?
Just you did not think about it?
Am I the only one who misses the genius girl?
Tester Scott
03/27/2008, 03:59 pm
I personally didn't think the geek was that compelling of a character.
ShaggE
03/27/2008, 04:07 pm
I'd have to agree with that. She was pretty much just there to contrast the insanity of Herrs Sam ünd Max.
Darla was made exclusively for the show because of some gender BS. As such, The Geek and all her characteristics are probably exclusive to the show.
Though it would be nice to have a refferance to her and maybe even a revisit to the Abandoned Sub-Basement of Solitude... if only to get a bomb or two... hundred... thousand...
Darla was made exclusively for the show because of some gender BS. As such, The Geek and all her characteristics are probably exclusive to the show.
Though it would be nice to have a refferance to her and maybe even a revisit to the Abandoned Sub-Basement of Solitude... if only to get a bomb or two... hundred... thousand...
As if Max doesn't have access to enough bombs as it is...
Anyway, I wouldn't be terribly surprised if Fox owned the rights to the Geek. I could easily be wrong though.
Yeah, but does he have bombs that are shaped as huggable plush versions of himself? :D
Dangerzone
03/27/2008, 05:51 pm
why would they dring back the geek when they could more easily introduce more goofy neighbors of sam and max (maybe even one or two that live in their building)
splash1
03/27/2008, 05:53 pm
deadly weapons of destruction in the shape of a cute little evil bunny.....
errr Lagomorphs.......clever :D
Dedlok
03/27/2008, 06:49 pm
Darla was made exclusively for the show because of some gender BS. As such, The Geek and all her characteristics are probably exclusive to the show.
Though it would be nice to have a refferance to her and maybe even a revisit to the Abandoned Sub-Basement of Solitude... if only to get a bomb or two... hundred... thousand...
Actually that's only partially true. The Geek was onle made into a girl because of the gender BS. An extra on the Sam and Max DVDs stated that the Geek was already being developed and had character concepts of The Geek being a boy drawn up prior to Fox saying they needed a female in the show and suggested making Max into a girl.
Mister Flibble
03/27/2008, 07:18 pm
suggested making Max into a girl.
Oh my GOD.
I liked the concept art they showed in that extra feature too of Max as a girl. Disturbing, but we do get to see a hint of it in the Glazed McGuffin episode. :D
max as a girl?? gross...:eek:
anyway, the way i see it, the geek grew up, got tired of building hightech nicnacs and, because she doesn't actually know what to do with her life, changed her name to sybil...
InvaderJim42
03/28/2008, 03:36 am
max as a girl?? gross...:eek:
anyway, the way i see it, the geek grew up, got tired of building hightech nicnacs and, because she doesn't actually know what to do with her life, changed her name to sybil...
Dyed her hair... got thinner... changed her voice... but yeah, nice theory! I did get a chortle from that.
changed her voice...
right...like everybody that was in the animated series and is now in the games. i heard max even changed his voice during season 1. probably he finally got into puberty or something...:D
i heard max even changed his voice during season 1. probably he finally got into puberty or something...:D
His original voice got the flu.
BTW, is Andrew back recording anything for TTG? I haven't been paying that much attention to the credits to check.
Sir Lemming
03/28/2008, 06:21 am
Contrary to what many people assume (and what I used to assume before I knew more about how TV works), it seems like Steve Purcell really was quite prepared to make Sam & Max a kid's show. It's not like he went in with a show that was exactly like the comics and then Fox forced him to tone it down, add extra characters, and put it on Saturday mornings. Such a fundamental disagreement over the nature of the show would've been an issue before any significant development began. He didn't see the finished show on the air and then say, "Hey, wait a minute! This isn't what I expected at all!"
ShaggE
03/28/2008, 06:40 am
Contrary to what many people assume (and what I used to assume before I knew more about how TV works), it seems like Steve Purcell really was quite prepared to make Sam & Max a kid's show.
Agreed. It's like with Invader Zim. Vasquez (sp?) clearly intended to make a show that was far less offensive than Johnny the Homicidal Maniac. Nickelodeon didn't censor it all to hell like fans of the comic would have you believe. While I dislike the show's version of Sam & Max, it's pure Purcell. I still say the Geek was tacked on, though.
Dedlok
03/28/2008, 10:18 am
And the funniest thing is, for a while they were considering going through with the suggestion, but never really refering to Max's gender in the show. Just have him in the dress. But they considered that to be too big of a nusiance as eventually they would have to use some kind of gender pronoun. So they changed th Geek instead.
I don't think they should bring the Geek back, I think they should turn Max into a girl! That would be cute! OMG LOL!
wefeelgroove
03/28/2008, 11:40 am
Sam & Maxine!
Though, wasn't Sam the one that crossdressed the most in the show?
Murray the Chao
03/29/2008, 03:11 pm
Max as a girl:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y128/MithosYggdrasil/Sam%20and%20Max/GirlMax.jpg
Can you find the isolation shot from Tonight We Love where Max is dressed in drag as well? I would, but my DVD player on my computer doesn't have screen capture capabilities. Oh, and using the PrtScrn button won't work either for some reason I do not understand.
TrogLlama
03/29/2008, 03:49 pm
Can you find the isolation shot from Tonight We Love where Max is dressed in drag as well? I would, but my DVD player on my computer doesn't have screen capture capabilities. Oh, and using the PrtScrn button won't work either for some reason I do not understand.
It's got to do with how the picture is displayed via hardware instead of software to save power. Windows only sees a blank screen, your video card puts a picture there.
tobar
03/29/2008, 03:57 pm
It's got to do with how the picture is displayed via hardware instead of software to save power. Windows only sees a blank screen, your video card puts a picture there.
So THAT'S how that works! *high five*
Quuux
03/30/2008, 01:17 am
If you play your DVD in VLC, you should be able to do a screengrab
Soultaker
03/30/2008, 07:21 am
http://www.telltalegames.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=197
wefeelgroove
03/30/2008, 07:31 am
Well, looks like I'll be having nightmares for the next week or so.
that's from the valentine's day episode, right?
splash1
03/31/2008, 12:36 am
AYYEE!!!! the horror!!! the horror.....
pepsiboy3
02/27/2011, 05:45 pm
http://www.telltalegames.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=197
O_O
....good god
He also had the cutest little swimsuit in the Glazed MacGuffin episode:
http://i55.tinypic.com/4zvipi.png
........and while we're on the subject of Sam and Max in dresses
http://i51.tinypic.com/21mrtcl.png
coolsome
03/02/2011, 12:51 pm
Was the wedding dress in the glazed mcguffin ep 2?
No, the wedding dress is from the 'Previously on Sam and Max' bit after the intro of the first episode. The same montage shows them shrunk by a mad scientist, fighting an octopus under the sea, riding through the jungle on a warthog and holding Max up to the sun on Pride Rock.
Irishmile
03/02/2011, 02:16 pm
If a piece of ridiculous tech is needed I think its fair to say that most of us would rather see them get it from Bosco... or Mama Bosco.
Also as for the other topic in this thread... why is it that cross dressing is so common with anthropomorphic animals?
jeeno0142
03/02/2011, 02:16 pm
No, the wedding dress is from the 'Previously on Sam and Max' bit after the intro of the first episode. The same montage shows them shrunk by a mad scientist, fighting an octopus under the sea, riding through the jungle on a warthog and holding Max up to the sun on Pride Rock.
What other cartoon has all that? None, that's what. Sam and Max really are the best! :D
coolsome
03/02/2011, 02:54 pm
If a piece of ridiculous tech is needed I think its fair to say that most of us would rather see them get it from Bosco... or Mama Bosco.
Also as for the other topic in this thread... why is it that cross dressing is so common with anthropomorphic animals?
Cos Moral Gaurdians don't seem to notice animals doing it. they do notice sponges though.
pepsiboy3
03/02/2011, 06:27 pm
He also had the cutest little swimsuit in the Glazed MacGuffin episode:
http://i55.tinypic.com/4zvipi.png
........and while we're on the subject of Sam and Max in dresses
http://i51.tinypic.com/21mrtcl.png
...good double god...
why is it that cross dressing is so common with anthropomorphic animals?
There's two answers to this.
The pretentious one is to do with the Trickster Archetype associated with cartoon characters, particularly nonhuman ones, and the fact that animals are culturally considered genderless.
The other one is 'because it's funny'.
i like to see the Geek she thing that got me in to the show and then the
rest of sam and max so if she douse re-ton for a episode it wood be cool by fore like gust fore and example sam and max are in Sub-Basement of Solitude
and max: say sam what is this pleas. sam:you Knuckle-head you fore got the Sub-Basement of Solitude where are old friend The Geek lived. max: then why is it surcharge a dump. sam. she was a kid and a scientist and she work hard she didn't care muck fore well muck over than science plus she hasten been hear for sum time after she was recruited of some secret project. max: which was what? sam: I don't now but when you ask that we had to replace that metal plat in you head. and then the geek sows up whey well I guest I did all that pulse I have eye problems OK and it was and example but if tell-tale turd it in to and episode well I wood be honour.
ABlackEyedPea
03/04/2011, 08:35 pm
Bosco is tons more entertaining, first of all.
Also, nifty gadgets does not a fun adventure game make.
rubygloommel
03/05/2011, 10:50 am
Also, nifty gadgets does not a fun adventure game make.
Agreed, what's the point in nifty gadgets when you can make items out of random everyday objects? Nifty gadgets are the bane of item-combining puzzles!
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