After all, very few people are willing to speak out and call something drek when everyone else is singing its praises.
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"The memo was pure drek but this isn't the proper response," Jeet Heer, an editor at the New Republic, wrote on Twitter.
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The first Ratchet and Clank film is out at the end of April, mere days after this game, and follows a very similar plot: The Blarg, led by Chairman Drek, have fucked up their world, so now they're going after other ones with only Ratchet and company to stop them.
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Pickett's other stabs at musical success in the '70s were novelty hits on the order of "Mash:" A Star Trek parody called "Star Drek" (which found a second life on The Dr. Demento Show) and "King Kong (Your Song)" in 1976, which attempted to capitalize on the remake that hit theaters that year.
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Qwark encounters Drek, who offers to help boost his image in spite of Ratchet and Clank's popularity. Qwark accepts so long as Drek agrees never to hurt the Rangers, but Drek has him disable the Rangers' weapons during an assault on the Deplanetizer. Victor boards the Rangers' flagship and attacks Clank, who subdues him by rusting him solid using a rainstorm-producing weapon. Ratchet boards the Deplanetizer, but is captured by Drek and notices Qwark standing by, realizing his treachery.
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During the fighting, Ratchet enters the Deplanetizer and tries to shut it down, but Drek captures him. While being dragged away, Ratchet discovers that Qwark has been working with Drek. Drek then seals Ratchet in an escape pod and ejects him into space as the Rangers witness the destruction of Novalis. For several weeks, the loss of Qwark's leadership cripples the Rangers.
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1994: Cartoonist (writer- artist) [under the pseudonym Anton Drek], Anton's Collected Drek featuring Wendy Whitebread, second expanded edition (Seattle WA: ErosComix/Fantagraphics Books). 1990: Cartoonist (writer-artist), Megaton Man: Volume I (Princeton WI: Kitchen Sink Press).
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Drek destroys Novalis, appalling Qwark and causing Ratchet to exile himself to Veldin out of guilt. Qwark confronts Drek, but Nefarious appears and chides him for selling out the Rangers. Qwark is surprised at Nefarious' presence, having thought him killed during a prison break. After Qwark leaves, Nefarious turns Drek into a sheep with his Sheepinator and ejects him to New Quartu in an escape pod, taking control of the Deplanetizer for his own intentions.
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2005: Illustrator, letterer, and colorist, "Batman Upgrade 5.0," written by Dean Haglund and Peter Murrieta, in Bizarro World (New York NY: DC Comics Inc.). 2005: Cartoonist [under the pseudonym Anton Drek], Drekbook: l'intégrale d'Anton Drek, trans. Bernard Joubert (Paris, France: Dynamite). 2004: Cartoonist (writer-artist), Don Simpson's Megaton Man, introduction by Al Franken (New York NY: ibooks/Simon & Schuster).
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As new Rangers, the duo lead many successful operations, but Qwark soon becomes jealous of Ratchet, whose popularity starts to overshadow his own fame. Qwark calls a meeting of the Rangers where he proposes an assault on Drek Industries on Quartu. They access Drek's files and discover that Drek plans to use the Deplanetizer, a weaponized space station created by Nefarious, to destroy several planets so that he can combine their remains into an artificial world for his people. Learning that the next target is Novalis, Qwark goes to negotiate with Drek while the other Rangers battle his forces outside the station.
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Ratchet returns to Veldin and decides to take the blame and quit. Clank urges him to reconsider, as Drek is preparing to destroy their final target: planet Umbris. Clank reveals that Umbris' destruction will destroy countless other worlds due to a rare orbital convergence, and Ratchet realised that Nefarious was the true mastermind. Angered by his defeat at the hands of the Rangers, Nefarious has been manipulating Drek and using his resources to destroy the galaxy.
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Their most recent list of live contributors was Drek Campbell (Filthy Grin), James Fella (Gilgongo Records, Soft Shoulder), Anthony Doran, Preston Bryant (My Feral Kin, French Quarter), Stuben Steinberg (French Quarter), Vincent S. Baeza, N.Nappa, Anna Nasty (Hell-Kite, Olivia Neutron-John).
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In the Solana Galaxy, planet Tenemule is destroyed by Chairman Drek (Paul Giamatti) and his fellow Blarg using a laser-equipped space station, the Deplanetizer. Three other planets have disappeared mysteriously alongside Tenemule, prompting the peacekeeping Galactic Rangers to handle the situation. When the Rangers visit planet Veldin looking for recruits, a young spaceship mechanic named Ratchet (James Arnold Taylor) attempts to join, but Captain Qwark (Jim Ward) rebuffs him due to his small stature as well as his questionable history. Later, Drek is overseeing production of warbots at his factory on the Blargian homeworld of Quartu alongside his lieutenant Victor Von Ion (Sylvester Stallone) and his devious chief scientist Dr. Nefarious (Armin Shimerman).
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He was the Rangers' support team before Elaris was a Ranger and turned bad as Qwark took all the credit for Nefarious' work and inventions along with the poor working conditions Nefarious had to deal with. It is also stated that he tried to atomize Aleero City but was stopped by Qwark and went to prison where he was presumably killed during a prison break. Instead of turning people into robots or changing time as he did in past games, Nefarious used Drek as a way to try to destroy the Solana Galaxy. This involved creating a superweapon known as the Deplanitizer with which Drek would destroy other planets and harvest suitable remains to create a replacement for his own overpolluted planet.
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M.U.D. also operated a record label, which released three Every Picture Tells a Story compilation albums by various artists including Melbourne-based producers: Voiteck, Zen Paradox, Soulenoid, Guyver III, Sense, Slieker, Honeysmack, Little Nobody (aka Andrez Bergen), Son of Zev, TR-Storm, Kandyman, Davide Carbone, Sugar, Lumukanda, Natural 1, The DEA, PB909, Ollie Bobbitt, Drek and Kilroy.
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Captain Copernicus Leslie Qwark was a renowned superhero and celebrity throughout the Solana Galaxy at the time of the first game. At the same time, Qwark was also egocentric and materially-driven to the point he made a deal with Chairman Drek to be the spokesperson for the new artificial planet Drek was building. After Ratchet and Clank started interfering with Drek's plan, Qwark attempted to kill them by forcing them to battle a Blargian Snagglebeast; after the duo defeated the Snagglebeast, Qwark travelled to the Gemlik Moonbase and used Drek's starfighter in an attempt to shoot Ratchet down, only to be shot down himself. Having crash-landed on Planet Oltanis, Qwark adopted the alias "Steve McQwark" and began selling gadgets which he claimed were genuine Gadgetron products, such as the PDA (Personal Delivery Assistant), and later the Gadgetron Personal Hygenator.
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A similar blend of Gilbert and Sullivan and Star Trek was presented as a benefit concert in San Francisco by the Lamplighters in 2009. The show was titled Star Drek: The Generation After That. It presented an original story with Gilbert and Sullivan melodies. The Simpsons and Futurama television series and others have had many individual episodes parodying Star Trek or with Trek allusions.
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Insomniac's writer, T.J. Fixman, wrote the script, and principal voice actors James Arnold Taylor, David Kaye, Jim Ward and Armin Shimerman reprised their roles as Ratchet, Clank, Qwark and Nefarious respectively for the film. Other members of the cast included Paul Giamatti, John Goodman, Bella Thorne, Rosario Dawson and Sylvester Stallone. The film is a retelling of the events of the original game detailing how Ratchet and Clank first met, as well as their fight against Chairman Drek.
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Nefarious fires the laser, but the Rangers move it off target from Umbris and toward New Quartu, killing Drek too. Nefarious tries to disintegrate Qwark, but is stopped short by Ratchet, causing Nefarious himself to be disintegrated as he falls into the Deplanetizer's laser chamber. Ratchet, Clank, and Qwark manage to escape through a teleporter as the Deplanitizer falls towards Umbris. With Nefarious thwarted, the Rangers return to a hero's welcome on Kerwan, though Qwark is demoted to Private.
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Nefarious arrives and mocks Qwark for his treason before sending him away, and betrays Drek by turning him into a sheep and ejecting him away. Meanwhile, Ratchet, disguised as Qwark, successfully removes the gravity stabilizer and defeats Qwark who tries to stop them. Realizing the error of his ways, Qwark appoints Ratchet as the new leader of the Rangers and instructs Ratchet to arrest Nefarious but Nefarious resists and shoots at Qwark. The Rangers deploy the magnets and drag the Deplanetizer sideways.
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While he quickly passes the physical exam, his criminal past convinces Qwark to reject him personally. Meanwhile, in a factory on planet Quartu, Chairman Alonzo Drek oversees the construction of a mechanical army built by Dr. Nefarious, an evil scientist who was previously defeated by the Rangers and was presumed dead. However, a defective warbot manages to escape using a stolen ship. After the ship crashes on Veldin, Ratchet rescues the defect, who explains that he needs to warn the Galactic Rangers of Drek's plans.
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Between 1990 and 1992, Simpson created six erotic underground comix under the pseudonym "Anton Drek," including Wendy Whitebread, Undercover Slut and Forbidden Frankenstein. Portions of Wendy and other strips appeared in the first four issues of the Spanish erotic-comics anthology magazine Kiss Comix in 1991, and an Italian edition of Wendy Whitebread #1Wendy Whitebread (Italian translation) at Fumetto online. appeared in 2005 from Blue Press. Finnish translations of Wendy Whitebread, Undercover Slut and Forbidden Frankenstein appeared as Paula Patonki, PiilokyttänarttuPaula Patonki , piilokyttänarttu at Like.
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Eric Adrian Bauza (born December 7, 1979) is a Canadian-born American voice actor, former stand-up comedian, brief late-night host, and animation artist. His roles include Stimpy on Ren and Stimpy "Adult Party Cartoon", Rudolfo Rivera/White Pantera on El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera, Foop on The Fairly OddParents, Lord Stingray on Superjail!, Chairman Drek from the 2016 Ratchet & Clank game, the Beagle Boys on DuckTales, Master Frown on Unikitty! Flip Champion on Ballmastrz: 9009 and Leonardo in Batman vs.
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With his confidence restored, Ratchet rejoins the Rangers and heads to planet Kalebo III, where he retrieves a Holo-Guise after winning a race championship. Using the Holo-guise, Ratchet disguises as Qwark and infiltrates the Deplanetizer. The plan is to remove the gravity stabilizer used to hold the Deplanetizer over its target, so that the Rangers can use high-powered magnets to drag it away from Umbris and prevent the planet's destruction. An increasingly disillusioned Qwark confronts Drek for breaking his promise not to attack the Rangers any further.
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" Stephen Hunter of The Washington Post compared the characters to rubber toys, and wrote, "their faces are without nuance or vividness ... In movement, especially, do they lack grace and conviction. It seems like the recent breakthroughs in computerized magic have bypassed the poor Edwards fellows, as it looks stuck somewhere in the 1970s, or maybe even earlier." Many reviews negatively compared the film to the Shrek series. Liam Lacey of The Globe and Mail considered the film to be "a sort of discount Shrek", while Burr called it "Shrek with added drek.
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Clank is a main character in the Ratchet & Clank series, first appearing in the game with the same name as an escaped robot. After meeting up with Ratchet, they travel various planets trying to stop the goals of Chairmen Drek, and looking for Captain Qwark to help them. Along the way, Ratchet keeps drifting from the goals that Clank wants to accomplish, causing him to get upset with Ratchet's selfishness. With Clank being the only way Ratchet can pilot his ship, he makes up with him, and gets back on track.
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Computer Games Magazine summarized, "It's simple. If you're a Mega Man fanatic you'll love this game. If you're not, you won't. Yes, Mega Man X4 is better than Mega Man X3, but that's like saying Beach Babes from Beyond is a better movie than Redneck Zombies: it's all drek anyway, so why bother?" Capcom expressed satisfaction with the commercial performance of Mega Man X4, which it attributed to the company's marketing campaign for the franchise's 10th anniversary. According to Famitsu sales information, the PlayStation version of the game sold 197,385 copies in Japan alone in 1997, making it the 61st best-selling game in the region for that year.
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Ratchet & Clank was released on November 4, 2002 in North America for the PlayStation 2. In the game, Supreme Executive Chairman Drek plans to take pieces from other planets across the Solana Galaxy and create one new planet for his people, the Blarg, whose planet has become polluted, thus making it uninhabitable. Aside from the two protagonists, the game introduces Captain Qwark, who appears in the following games, as both an enemy and ally. The game introduced features such as the ability to purchase items, weapons and unlocking gadgets as the game progresses, which have become a staple of the series in following games.
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In 1975, Pickett recorded a novelty spoof on Star Trek called "Star Drek" with Peter Ferrara, again performing some of the various voices, which was played on Dr. Demento's radio show for many years. He also performed a duet with Ferrara in 1976 titled "King Kong (Your Song)" spoofing the movie by the same name that was released that year. In the early 1980s a musical "sequel" to "Monster Mash" called "Monster Rap" was released, which featured Pickett teaching the creature to speak through "rapping". Though not nearly as popular as the original "Monster Mash", it once again found a reasonable following with the Dr. Demento fanbase.
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While Nefarious is neither seen nor mentioned, his Amoeboids appear in Blackwater City on Rilgar in the original Ratchet & Clank. This suggests that he was involved in or aware of the plans of Chairman Drek, an idea that is later also hinted at in Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time and Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One when Lawrence and Nefarious both mention the Blarg. This would also explain his inclusion as the main antagonist in the Ratchet & Clank remake and tie-in film. In Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal, Dr. Nefarious resurface to wage war on Solana after forming an alliance with the Tyhrranoids and famous robot Popstar sensation, Courtney Gears.
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Nefarious ensured that the target list included Umbris, an uninhabited planet with a core of pure moluvium that if it were to explode, it would destroy the system it is in. This was part of his plan to destroy the Solana Galaxy under the Rangers' watch for they would be the ones to be blamed. He turns Drek into a sheep by using the Sheepinator, one of his personal favorite weapons, and taking control of the Deplanetizer. Doctor Nefarious also created the RYNO (Rip You a New One), the most powerful weapon in the series, which causes him to be struck by an energy blast when Ratchet hits him near the end of the film where he plummets to his death.
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Following the discovery of key defects in one of his bogus Gadgetron products, the Personal Hygenator, Qwark was revealed to be a fraud and a disgrace to Solana for previously working with Drek. Due to his illegal sales of his product, the galactic court ordered Qwark to pay 6 billion bolts to those of suffering Personal Hygenator Syndrome. Qwark refused to pay for the damages and he was eventually arrested two days later trying to flee to Pokitaru and placed in prison awaiting his trial. After escaping from prison by during the events of the second game, Qwark hasn't been seen for six weeks and re-adopted his alias as Steve McQwark before continuing to sell more of his Personal Hygenator which he used to finance his comeback.
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Richardson at the 2010 San Diego Comic Con Richardson has usually portrayed villainous characters due to his deep and powerful voice. In 1995 he obtained his first voice role, as Mayor Tilton on the animated TV version of The Mask. His credits include Captain Gantu in Lilo & Stitch and its franchise, Shnitzel in the Chowder pilot (and was later replaced by John DiMaggio), Goro in Mortal Kombat, the second voice of Skulker on Danny Phantom, Sarevok in the Baldur's Gate series, Jolee Bindo in Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Crunch Bandicoot in the Crash Bandicoot games, Sai Sahan in Elder Scrolls Online MMORPG series, Tartarus from Halo 2, Chairman Drek in Ratchet & Clank, Antauri in Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!, Openly Gator from Queer Duck, Doctor Payne and others on The Proud Family, Dark Laser on The Fairly OddParents, Maurice from The Penguins of Madagascar, Slam Tasmanian and Tech E. Coyote on Loonatics Unleashed and the voice of Exile in the 1990s animated series Road Rovers.
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