It could come to this.
We’re going on week four (or is it week five now?) of my TV being held at the repair shop in the real world, and while I’m not watching all my shows and movies on my iPhone yet, it could very well happen. Although video looks great on my phone and laptop, I really don’t like watching more than 10 or 15 minutes at a time while sitting in front of my computer or holding my phone up near my face. Maybe I’ll get used to it if this television crisis goes on much longer, but I hope not. That would mean I wasted a lot of money on some powerful audio and video equipment when all i really needed was my iPhone and maybe a good pair of earphones.
Wow….first again. Cool. And speaking of cool, love the effects on the monster and ‘bots. However, sorry dude, but you gotta watch movies on a big screen. The bigger the better. =)
congrats on being first, Outlander! wear these with pride: 😎
and i totally agree – movies must be watched on big screens – especially GODZILLA movies! jefbot’s obviously delusional from all his time away from his tv. 🙂
Love the art style you used again for the beginning of the strip! Bot looks adorable in all his childlike glory of watching a movie via his iPhone, but I’m sure his arms are going to get tired sometime. 😛 This was cute, and it made me giggle. (Hope you get your TV back soon!)
thanks, Spanky! i’ve been having a blast drawing some of my favorite shows/movies in this storyline, so i’m glad you’re digging the style.
and i think you’re right: jefbot’s arms (and eyes) won’t be able to hold that position for long. 🙂
I love the monster and the bots! nice.
as for watching stuff on phone or laptop, that sucks. the bigger the better as Outlander said – but if I personally really had no choice I’d pick my laptop. at least I don’t have to hold it while watching.
glad you like ’em, Jaeh! thanks!
and yeah, i prefer watching programs on my laptop to my iPhone, too, it’s just i can never get quite comfortable sitting at my desk in front of my laptop for very long. i think my body’s just rebelling since i spend hours on end there drawing on my cintiq. and i rarely move my macbook pro ‘cuz i have so much hooked into it. i should really just get a tower at this point.
Awesome art per usual Jef…Do you ever get tired of us just strokin that ego? *wink*
I have to agree, I would choose the laptop over the iphone. Squinting is the Sucketh.
And Hulu…LOVE me some Hulu!
i never get tired of it, Pixie, it’s always appreciated! (and feels nice, to boot!)
yeah, i WISH the iPhone had hulu! soon! i should probably start watching more stuff on my laptop. i have a TON of content – i usually stream it from my mac to my PS3 so i can watch it on the BIG screen! i’m so spoiled. or at least i was until my tv broke. 😛
I positively HATE! HULU. Not because its bad but because its discriminating towards non-US people. And dont let me start on all those sites that require only a free surveys to watch something! We dont have any surveys arround here and one time we did you had to be registred on some other site and then send SMS. Since when is registration fee and SMS sending considered free??!
Im need to go cool off.
that sucks hulu has different policies for non-US viewers, Maryz. i’ve heard rumors that they’re going to start charging for their content, at which point i’ll probably abandon them. i’ve mostly used them in the past to get caught up on shows i’ve missed, and if they start charging for that, there are always new, free shows to try elsewhere.
P.S. Is that GODZILLA I see?!
yup, yup!
I love you! Wait no…not in the stalker, wear your skin as a jacket kind of way. More the Fan of an artist, who can totally apprciate your love for the classics kind of way.
LOVE Godzilla! Godzookie was amazing and of course….Godzilla meets Bambie….Epic WIN!
PS did you read on Yahoo Movie News that they have and new Thundercats and Voltron cartoons in the works for Nickelodeon? *Joyous NOISE!*
don’t throw me down a well and have me put lotion on my skin or i’ll kidnap your dog, Pixie! 😉
love that you love Godzilla, too! i also have a soft spot for Gamera and Rodan. Godzilla meets Bambi – HA! haven’t watched that in a LONG time!
yes! i thought i heard some rumblings of a live-action Thundercats in development, too. was that just a dream?
Ooh, pretty ‘bot shots.
Thank goodness I’m not the only one who does this. x) Some handheld games try SO HARD to be cinematic…it seems fair to humor them on occasion. And I’ve been known to lean back and squint when watching anime on my netbook (which is approximately the size of the new DSXL), which baffles family members.
glad you like them purty pictures, Miri! 🙂
so how do you like your netbook? i’ve been thinking about getting one (it’s between that and an iPad, and i’m leaning netbook at the moment) so i can have a little laptop i can carry around and use to write and maybe watch some videos on, occasionally. gotta be better than watching stuff on my iPhone, right?
Sounds like a netbook would be perfect for what you’d use it for. (I will admit a slight anti-Apple bias.) It’s a wonderful little word-processor (it’s my main writing computer) and it runs videos well. It is, however, ridiculously underpowered for anything like gaming, so caveat emptor there.
I cannot imagine trying to write on an iPad. Just…no. I need keys.
At school I was watching movies on my iPod nano. thats a small screen
ha! yeah, that’s pretty tiny, Eddie, but when you need a video fix, sometimes you just gotta make do with what’s available. 🙂
Ive watched about 100 hours worth of movies, shows and anime on my psp while working as portier/receptionist/fire safety personnel/janitor.
i used to watch videos on my PSP too, Vogerl! had a great screen and lots of room on its memory stick to stuff content on. was even cooler to stream video from my PS3 from time to time. haven’t done that in a while, though – once i got my iPhone, it was just more convenient to load my videos and music onto that. now i use the PSP exclusively for gaming, but even that has declined, recently.
Godzilla: Final Wars? Nice choice of movies. Probably one of the best to watch on an iPhone screen. But why no crazy guy with the moustache? He mad tha movie for me.
hell yeah, cwwalter2000! Godzilla: Final Wars! yeah, the mustachioed guy is pretty awesome. he looks straight out of an anime, really. or a Street Fighter videogame. heheh. i gotta remember to draw him into the comic strip, sometime. 😀
Well-lll… they JUST released the NEW iPhone, with amazing resolution… ^_^
we still have a couple weeks to wait, aretoo, but yeah, the iPhone 4 looks pretty sweet! and with its “Retina Display” that displays more pixels than the human eye can distinguish, i think my purchase is pretty much guaranteed. not that i still won’t have to squint a little when watching movies… 😉
Please tell me that t.v.s getting fixed soon, along with the dead pixels.
i wish i could tell you that, Animie fan, but it’s still being held hostage at the repair shop! need. tv. now. arrgh.
-yells into background- get this man a tv, we don’t wanna see him angry.
JEFBOT- BOT SMASH!!! lol
too late! RRRAAAARRRR!!!
Foregoing my usual “commentary novels,” I must say your illustrations this week are ridiculously amazing, no…epic! ::Pause:: You know what, I should hold off using “epic;” label (for now. LOL), but I do hope you get your television soon. 🙂 Have a great day.
your “commentary novels” are always welcome, Ebony!
and wow, thanks for the compliments on the illustrations. they were a ton of fun to do (especially ‘cuz i have a special love for Godzilla). gaining your “epic” adjective in a future strip is something to aspire to! 😀
and yeah, i hope my tv’s fixed soon, too. i’m still holding out hope!
Lol Godzilla. Oh the memories. Sadly my mental image of Godzilla is slightly corrupted as I saw the American version first before any of the original movies, but I always enjoyed seeing them in all of their crazy, over the top glory.
aaagh! corrupted, indeed! i don’t even consider the american Godzilla to be a true Godzilla movie, Alexander!!! but you should definitely check out Godzilla: Final Wars – there’s a scene where the Japanese Godzilla actually goes head-to-head with the American one! it’s crazy awesome. 😀
I agree with Spanky. That’s an ergonomic shoulder problem waiting to happen! At least watch it on your computer. Watching stuff on your iPhone is only for when you are away from your computer. 😉
I’ve gotta say, I just discovered Netflix instant watch via Wii, and it is almost like we have real TV service again. It is great to get to watch stuff on our slightly-larger-screen, crappy TV instead of having to perch in front of the laptop. But we are seriously gonna have to get a TV from this millennium sometime soon.
“ergonomic shoulder problem” has already happened, Shanna! especially if i’m trying to watch vids or play games while in bed, propped up on my elbow. after 20 minutes of that, my shoulder’s killing me. 😛
yeah, that instant-streaming Netflix service is so cool – at least, i think it is. it’s hard to remember ‘cuz it’s been so long since i’ve actually been able to use it! grrrr…
Hilarious reveal! LOL!
thanks, Stan! i’m happy you dug it. 😀
Haha I remember doing that with my PSP when I got to Alaska before I got a TV 😛
the PSP rocks, Eptha! it was so ahead of its time when it came out.
Yeah it was….mine got stolen 🙁
OUTSTANDING graphics! I love watching movies on my iPhone when I’m traveling… Although, I’d really miss my TV! Excellent job as always Jefbot!
…”Hey, down in front!” That’s hilarious!
thanks, Funnyshaffer!
What about pokemon bot? That’s a much better use of your time XD
hoping to spend more time with Soul Silver soon, DJ! you lending me the special pichu and arceus has gotten me all psyched to get back into it. 😀
XD hahahahaha!! you are getting close to jump from the roof JB…it’s just a matter of time. (insert evil laugh)
i keep alternating between not really missing my tv that much to i-miss-it-so-much-i-need-it-now, nicobot. when will it end!? (insert cry of despair)
You might call me an old fart for being unwilling to watch TV on anything other than a TV, but paradoxically, I prefer electronic books to paper ones. Maybe it’s because my TV rocks and my bandwidth definitely does not.
i can understand the lure of the e-books, Skeptible, and i think if i actually bought a Kindle/Nook/e-reader i’d totally love it, but i just don’t want to go over to the dark side. i love the heft of a book, the feel and smell of real paper, and the cover art too much to abandon it! for now, at least. 🙂
Hmmm… I must grant you the tittle of “Pacience Man”, jefbot. I really have no idea how you have survived sane for so long without a TV. Applauses to you.
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If jefbot keeps squiting his eyes more, they are gonna drop off (the eyes, I mean!)
*runs away*
Bwuahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!
not sure i’m still sane, Sonitan. being without my tv for so long now, i’ve certainly had a lot of time to be alone with my thoughts, and that’s not a pretty place to be much of the time. when i start drawing the strip with chalk, crayons or *gasp* blood, you’ll know i’ve lost it.
But “blood” will give you such VIBRANT reds, jef!!
(At least while it’s fresh. The moment it dries it turns into a depressing ochre color)
*evil laugh of doom*
I already watch all my movies on my computer, the exeption are movie nights. And while I can go with smaler screen of my laptop, iphone and such are nerve wrecking for me. Too small!
i agree, Maryz, the iPhone’s screen – while good – isn’t big enough for long stretches of viewing. i don’t really like watching stuff on my laptop though, either. so it looks like i’ll just have to go without watching whatever’s on my DVR or playing videogames until i get my tv back. 😛
I have a small camera/.mp3/.mp4 player that I occasionally watch movies or videos on while I’m waiting for the bus; but, yeah, the big screen is better. (Also; the video feature turns it into a bit of a battery hog, so I don’t get to watch stuff as much as I’d like…)
you bring up a good point on why i don’t watch or play much on my iPhone, reynard61 – battery life! i was playing Plants vs. Zombies on my iPhone for about an hour or so and it sucked up like, 60-70% of my battery and i wasn’t near an outlet. had to ration my phone use until i could charge it up again.
I buy movies(or rather beg for them for christmas and my B-day) that we have on tape, on DVD, just so i can watch them on my computer. If it weren’t for video games, i wouldn’t even want a TV. The only show i would miss is Big Bang Theory(And i could get THAT on my computer too.) And i don’t even play the new games. I sit with the Super Nintendo and play Secret of Evermore and Zelda…
Other than that, OMGODZILLA! Do you like the origionals or the new ones better?
nothing wrong with those old SNES games, Char – i still love ’em, too! and i can understand your statement about not even caring about tv except for the video games; while there are a handful of shows i would miss terribly, i’ve mostly missed my tv ‘cuz i can’t play Red Dead Revolver, Mass Effect 2 and Mario Galaxy 2!
and i like pretty much all the Godzilla films except for the american one! which are your faves?
at least they don’t charge you 48 bucks for popcorn and a drink.
true dat, t_d. i go to the movies at least once a week and it’s freakin’ expensive!
When I read this comic, all I can focus on is the sound of the Godzilla roar in my head.
Sorry!
ha! no need to apologize, Foxmouse – i was hearing that roar the entire time i was drawing the strip! (didn’t help that i was going through the Final Wars DVD on my laptop to find reference images for the strip.) 🙂
haha, i love that it says GORGEOUS with that picture associate with it.
heheh. glad you liked that juxtaposition, Joenis. although really, what’s not beautiful about upgraded Gigan? 😀
Really funny, bot. I love the way you drew the movie on the iPhone. I’m telling you, that iPhone does a lot. I wonder if it could do my taxes! Anyway, great work again, love the coloring in this and the funny dialogue. You just keep knocking em outta the park, man!!
taxes? i’m sure there’s an app for that, MC. 😉
thanks for the kudos!
I see Final Wars right there.
And my love for Jefbot triples within a few panels <3
YUP! FINAL WARS, ftw! i’m happy there’s a few Godzilla fans among the JEFbot readership, Meemo! 😀
Personally, most of my favorite shows are online. Except for Heroes, Big Bang Theory and Jay Leno. Those things you need hi-def for. Also, I want one of those 3-d tvs they’re making now. Those things look AWESOME!
i keep meaning to get into Big Bang Theory, NeoDarklight – people keep recommending it to me, but i just don’t have the time (even if i had a working tv). maybe now that LOST and 24 are done i can add BBT to my DVR list. i have the first two seasons on DVD but have only watched a couple episodes. i liked what i saw, tho! 🙂
wahahaha. is that godzilla?
would u believe me if i say that i have not seen any godzilla movie?
MINI TV/Home Theater. Just gotta watch for those pushy seat kickers…
Hey… that’s Godzilla Final Wars!
Godzilla: Final Wars FTW!!!!!! Love how they’re drawn here. Loving the comic, started reading from the beginning today, gonna go all the way to the end.