Image description: The comic uses more realistic images, where Dromiceiomimus and Utahraptor are feathered and there are some landscapes in backgrounds
T-Rex: LATELY I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THE ROLE OF POPULAR CULTURE REFERENCES IN POPULAR CULTURE!
Narrator: T-REX IN: HYPERREAL COMICS
T-Rex: I'M GETTING PRETTY SICK OF NOSTALGIC REFERENCES TO THINGS LIKE MOVIES AND VIDEO GAMES PASSING FOR HUMOR AND CREATIVITY! PEOPLE BARK LIKE TRAINED SEALS ANY TIME THEY ENCOUNTER SOMETHING THEY'RE FAMILIAR WITH!
Off panel: HECK, THERE ARE EVEN SUBGENRES OF OUR CULTURE THAT EXIST ONLY TO REFERENCE OTHER SUBGENRES!
Utahraptor: DON'T YOU THINK YOU'RE BEING KIND OF OVERZEALOUS?
T-Rex: MAYBE! I GUESS NOTHING'S COMPLETELY ORIGINAL, BUT I FEAR THAT MODERN MEDIA HAS BECOME NOTHING MORE THAN A RECURSIVE LOOP WITH NO DISCERNIBLE, OBJECTIVE REALITY!
Utahraptor: IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE BEING FORCED TO ACCEPT THE CLASSICAL NOTION THAT THERE NEVER WAS ANY OBJECTIVE EXISTENCE IN THE FIRST PLACE!
T-Rex: TO BE HONEST, ALL I WANT IS A PUNCHLINE THAT DOESN'T RELY ON REMINDING ME OF WHAT I LIKED WHEN I WAS 7!
Narrator: LATER...
〚a futuristic setting with aliens and strange technology〛
T-Rex: WHOOPS!
