T-Rex: Early radio plays mimicked plays written for the stage before becoming their own thing!
T-Rex: And early television mimicked radio dramas before becoming THEIR own thing!
T-Rex: Heck, the earliest COMPUTER games were based on IRL games like tennis before THEY became their own thing. Conclusion: new media always begins by copying old media, before coming into their own as they discover and exploit their OWN unique strengths.
T-Rex: And that, ladies and gentlemen, brings us to MEAT.
Utahraptor: Where the hell are my impossible steaks?!
T-Rex: RIGHT?
T-Rex: We've made veggie meat that tastes AND BLEEDS like real meat, but spent all our time making it taste like beef or chicken. I CAN ALREADY TASTE BEEF AND CHICKEN. Give me plant-based UNICORN meat! Plant-based LOCH NESS MONSTER MEAT! Or even the forbidden meat: plant based...
T-Rex: ...HUMAN FLESH.
Off panel: ...FLESH OF THE ELDER GOD CTHULHU.
T-Rex: Huh!
T-Rex: Well sir, I'll take one of each with a side of fries, thank you