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Rat-ification

Hmmm. I have decided to ratify what I shall now call the First Jones Amendment, so Vader is off the Council of Evil, to be replaced by Emperor Palpatine. I also welcome Number Six to the Order of Action Heroes, and have purchased some reading material to help me to decide whether Mr. DiGriz may also join the Order.

As you may have been,
–c.

This was written by clive. Posted on Tuesday, August 28, 2007, at 4:16pm. Filed under Your Illustrious Host. Bookmark the permalink. Follow comments here with the RSS feed. Comments are closed, but you can leave a trackback.

4 Comments

  1. jonah wrote:

    Hope you enjoy the book! It’s also worth checking out the cartoon adaptations that 2000 AD did, if you get the opportunity.

    My fave from the series is the Stainless Steel Rat For President, which I reckon has some resonance today.

    Wednesday, August 29, 2007 at 11:50am | Permalink
  2. Rick wrote:

    I like the Rat as much as the next man, probably more, but I’m not sure he belongs in the order. I would have thought the Saint a better candidate (nb: very definitely not the tv version, rather Charteris’s supremely excellent book-hero).

    The other two thoughts which occurred to me were Buffy and Neo.

    Thursday, August 30, 2007 at 8:27pm | Permalink
  3. clive wrote:

    I discounted Neo offhand from a mostly “Too fucking powerful” standpoint. I mean, either you’re in Neo’s universe, in which case he’s effectively got supreme power, or you’re not, in which case he’s just an average Joe.

    Buffy is interesting though. I would never have thought of her, because I can’t fucking stand the program, but she certainly fits the criteria.

    Hmmm. Filed for consideration. :-)

    Friday, August 31, 2007 at 12:07pm | Permalink
  4. clive wrote:

    Comments on this issue are now closed in the blog posts, as the Order & Council now have their own page.

    Wednesday, September 12, 2007 at 5:09pm | Permalink