Comments on: Henching For The Naja-Naja http://www.flasshe.com/2008/07/31/henching-for-the-naja-naja/ Life, Minutiae, Toys, Irrational Phobias, Peeves, Fiber Tue, 21 Jun 2011 13:37:26 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: InfK http://www.flasshe.com/2008/07/31/henching-for-the-naja-naja/comment-page-1/#comment-6342 InfK Sat, 02 Aug 2008 13:36:22 +0000 http://www.flasshe.com/2008/07/31/henching-for-the-naja-naja/#comment-6342 Ah, well there ya go. The wife has always been a bigger "Venture" fan than I, though it's not one of the Adult Swim cartoons carried here yet so neither of us have seen any in at least a year now. But it doesn't surprise me that my ideas have been independently re-invented - happens all the time. Ah, well there ya go. The wife has always been a bigger “Venture” fan than I, though it’s not one of the Adult Swim cartoons carried here yet so neither of us have seen any in at least a year now.
But it doesn’t surprise me that my ideas have been independently re-invented – happens all the time.

]]> By: Flasshe http://www.flasshe.com/2008/07/31/henching-for-the-naja-naja/comment-page-1/#comment-6339 Flasshe Fri, 01 Aug 2008 21:57:00 +0000 http://www.flasshe.com/2008/07/31/henching-for-the-naja-naja/#comment-6339 Sorry InfK, <em>Venture Brothers</em> beat you to it, at least in "published" form. Dr Venture's arch-enemy The Monarch has a gaggle of henchmen, and two of them (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:-21%2B24.jpg" rel="nofollow">#21 & #24</a>) have become major characters on the show over the years (see <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_characters_from_The_Venture_Bros." rel="nofollow">this</a> and scroll down to "Archvillains and henchmen"). We have been given glimpses into their private lives, including what they are up to while their master is in jail or otherwise detained. Those lives are not too far off from what you describe above. 21 and 24 are presently involved in a "power struggle" with the henchmen of Dr. Mrs. The Monarch (formerly Dr Girlfriend), since the two criminal organizations have merged due to the marriage between her and The Monarch. It's suspense of the first order. Sorry InfK, Venture Brothers beat you to it, at least in “published” form. Dr Venture’s arch-enemy The Monarch has a gaggle of henchmen, and two of them (#21 & #24) have become major characters on the show over the years (see this and scroll down to “Archvillains and henchmen”). We have been given glimpses into their private lives, including what they are up to while their master is in jail or otherwise detained. Those lives are not too far off from what you describe above.

21 and 24 are presently involved in a “power struggle” with the henchmen of Dr. Mrs. The Monarch (formerly Dr Girlfriend), since the two criminal organizations have merged due to the marriage between her and The Monarch. It’s suspense of the first order.

]]> By: InfK http://www.flasshe.com/2008/07/31/henching-for-the-naja-naja/comment-page-1/#comment-6335 InfK Fri, 01 Aug 2008 06:44:00 +0000 http://www.flasshe.com/2008/07/31/henching-for-the-naja-naja/#comment-6335 Oh yeah, there was definitely something about wishing the first-tier guards would relax and let a few heroes through now and then - getting your hopes up for an exciting chase in your speedboats or whatever, only to see the good guy fall under a hail of bullets just a few steps from the front gate, must be disappointing in the extreme. Oh yeah, there was definitely something about wishing the first-tier guards would relax and let a few heroes through now and then – getting your hopes up for an exciting chase in your speedboats or whatever, only to see the good guy fall under a hail of bullets just a few steps from the front gate, must be disappointing in the extreme.

]]> By: InfK http://www.flasshe.com/2008/07/31/henching-for-the-naja-naja/comment-page-1/#comment-6334 InfK Fri, 01 Aug 2008 06:42:24 +0000 http://www.flasshe.com/2008/07/31/henching-for-the-naja-naja/#comment-6334 I once wrote, or at least planned out, an essay on the life of the 2nd-tier henchmen of action movie villains. You know, when James Bond breaks free of the gun-toting guards and motorcycles and thinks it's clear sailing - out of nowhere, a brace of helicopter gunships burst into view! So where do the helicopters come from, and what do the pilots do on the days when Arnold or Sylvester or Jean Claude are otherwise engaged? I visualized a small metal shack with a hot plate and some well-worn decks of cards... a red phone on the wall, and shiny ready-for-takeoff choppers visible just outside. And for the rest, you'll have to read the essay. (which may or may not involve me writing it, I really can't recall how far along I got...) I once wrote, or at least planned out, an essay on the life of the 2nd-tier henchmen of action movie villains. You know, when James Bond breaks free of the gun-toting guards and motorcycles and thinks it’s clear sailing – out of nowhere, a brace of helicopter gunships burst into view!
So where do the helicopters come from, and what do the pilots do on the days when Arnold or Sylvester or Jean Claude are otherwise engaged? I visualized a small metal shack with a hot plate and some well-worn decks of cards… a red phone on the wall, and shiny ready-for-takeoff choppers visible just outside.

And for the rest, you’ll have to read the essay. (which may or may not involve me writing it, I really can’t recall how far along I got…)

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