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a cock shaped fruit posted:Seeing Brock brutally injure a guy by beating him with his friend via butt connection will never leave my mind as one of the greatest things I have ever seen on a television. The song that plays during that scene is titled "Assclamp!". Which makes perfect sense once you've seen it.
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theflyingexecutive posted:Really? That episode is one of the hardest to understand because you basically have to explain everyone's backstories to get their motivations. Eh, it's the first episode I saw and it hooked me. There's a lot of really funny character-based humor in it that doesn't depend too much on motives such as Hank with the hand-dryer or anything with 21 and 24.
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# ? May 24, 2013 07:39 |
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This may sound stupid and/ or obvious, but Dia de los Dangerous! is a pretty good starting point. It's where I started, at least. That and the unaired pilot.
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Assoonasitits posted:This may sound stupid and/ or obvious, but Dia de los Dangerous! is a pretty good starting point. It's where I started, at least. That and the unaired pilot. Same for me, but it doesn't really show the characters as well as the later season 1 episodes. I always use Ghost of the Sargasso or "Are you there God? It's me, Dean." as introductions. "Are you there God? It's me, Dean." has the benefits of including the Monarch and showcasing the absolutely stupid codes the heroes and villians in that world have to deal with. Plus, balls are funny.
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# ? May 24, 2013 17:09 |
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How many eps will be in the new season?
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# ? May 24, 2013 17:31 |
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Safety Factor posted:Same for me, but it doesn't really show the characters as well as the later season 1 episodes. I always use Ghost of the Sargasso or "Are you there God? It's me, Dean." as introductions. And it'll help educate them about Testicular Torsion! It isn't just something on TV. It's a real problem. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slobhI2HXhA Edit: I watching episodes I haven't seen in forever and being reminded how great they are. Like, I forgot how wonderful the opening to Love-Bheits is. "Say hello to goodbye, Dr. Venture!" RandallODim fucked around with this message at 17:57 on May 24, 2013 |
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It's "sic semper tyrannis", you just said "always faithful terrible lizard".
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# ? May 24, 2013 18:26 |
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I'm sad that the scrotalsafetycommission website is no longer up.
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# ? May 24, 2013 19:38 |
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Entropic posted:I'm sad that the scrotalsafetycommission website is no longer up. Here you go http://www.angelfire.com/oh/monkiehouse/scrotal_safety.html
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# ? May 24, 2013 20:06 |
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The best part of rewatching the older episodes is wondering if random characters could make a return in the upcoming season, and what kind of episode could be done with them. Will we ever see the return of Tiny Eagle? Manic 8-Ball? Joseph and his Amazing Technicolor Nightmare Coat? Maybe they'll defrost Ook-Ook, and explain how he got frozen in a block of ice to begin with. And with all of the musicians in the Guild, will the guy from Depeche Mode make an appearance? That's the beauty of the Venture Bros' writing style, there's so many possibilities. They turned Captain Sunshine and Monstroso from clever names to use in tossed-off jokes, to major characters in some of season 4's best episodes.
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# ? May 24, 2013 20:12 |
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rats off to ya posted:How many eps will be in the new season? In one of the interviews posted in the last thread I saw the words "10 episode season". Which is kind of disappointing. Even with the intro episode being an hour and counting the Halloween episode, it's still shorter than the other seasons. That's the only place I've seen info though, so someone correct me if I'm wrong.
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DIEGETIC SPACEMAN posted:The best part of rewatching the older episodes is wondering if random characters could make a return in the upcoming season, and what kind of episode could be done with them. Will we ever see the return of Tiny Eagle? Manic 8-Ball? Joseph and his Amazing Technicolor Nightmare Coat? Maybe they'll defrost Ook-Ook, and explain how he got frozen in a block of ice to begin with. And with all of the musicians in the Guild, will the guy from Depeche Mode make an appearance? Not to mention the fact that Sgt. Hatred started out as a cool name for a dude with a hover-tank and not only is he now the (large-breasted) Venture bodyguard, but his hover-tank made an unforgettable appearance.
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DIEGETIC SPACEMAN posted:The best part of rewatching the older episodes is wondering if random characters could make a return in the upcoming season, and what kind of episode could be done with them. Will we ever see the return of Tiny Eagle? Manic 8-Ball? Joseph and his Amazing Technicolor Nightmare Coat? Maybe they'll defrost Ook-Ook, and explain how he got frozen in a block of ice to begin with. And with all of the musicians in the Guild, will the guy from Depeche Mode make an appearance? They also have names for characters that they only bring up on commentary. I think it's in the commentary during the party at Hatred's that they point out a guy in the background apparently named Unicornelius who I don't think has ever been brought up in the actual show. To go back to best first episodes, I really think Any/Every Which Way But Zeus is amazing. It really describes almost everything in the Venture-verse perfectly: -The cold opening of Billy and White fighting during the kidnapping -Brock and Hunter's "mournful tits" dialogue -Rusty being a narcissist and terrible father for most of the episode -Treister giving one of his absolutely incredible monologues -Dragoon and Red Mantle ("You have no business here, no business!") -The Guild and their methods ("Unless the loss of life thing happens, then we send your widow a jar of blood and a very nice card") -The entire episode resolving itself without the council accomplishing anything at all
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# ? May 24, 2013 20:49 |
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RandallODim posted:And it'll help educate them about Testicular Torsion! It isn't just something on TV. It's a real problem. My sisters first real boyfriend got this and they don't do it justice at all in how bad it is and it cracks me up so badly every time I watch the episode as a result
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# ? May 24, 2013 21:11 |
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Assoonasitits posted:That and the unaired pilot. Unaired? 2/13/03 man. I was there.
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# ? May 25, 2013 00:42 |
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Sash! posted:Unaired? I was in college and saw it on tv and then tried to describe what I saw to my roommate and he didn't believe me. He said, "Are you sure it wasn't Harvey Birdman?" Then a year later I was in graduate school and I saw it again and I was filled with righteous vindication.
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# ? May 25, 2013 01:58 |
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For me, waiting for seasons 3-5 haven't been nearly as nerve wracking as the first year after season 1 finished. Not knowing if it was coming back, and thinking that one of my favorite new shows could end on that kind of cliffhanger was crazy.
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Sash! posted:Unaired? I was too. Surely there are posts in the archive from the adult swim thread at the time? Someone with archives should post some choice quotes.
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Fezz posted:I was too. Surely there are posts in the archive from the adult swim thread at the time? Someone with archives should post some choice quotes. The response was overwhelmingly positive, but this is by far my favorite: clockworkjoe posted:wow, a new show on adult swim that has a great first episode. I guess they'll never make another one And here we are more than a decade later.
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# ? May 25, 2013 03:24 |
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That was back in the era of 29 shows that had one episode never to be seen again. Although most were pretty awful so it worked out for us. gently caress you groovenians And now I just had a traumatic flashback to the Ripping Friends.
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# ? May 25, 2013 03:47 |
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Sash! posted:That was back in the era of 29 shows that had one episode never to be seen again. But also Welcome to Eltingville.
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# ? May 25, 2013 04:16 |
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Eltingville was awful. Now Korgoth of Barbaria on the other hand... Edit: For the uninitiated: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoxMiZxN-F0 Pastry Mistakes fucked around with this message at 04:25 on May 25, 2013 |
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Sash! posted:That was back in the era of 29 shows that had one episode never to be seen again. Ripping friend's wasnt THAT bad...if you were like, 10 which I was at the time, I haven't tried watching it again but I'm sure I'd consider it crap now edit- So my hypothesis was true, ripping friends is infact crap when your older then like 10. Renzuko fucked around with this message at 04:39 on May 25, 2013 |
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Apeshit Sixfingers posted:Eltingville was awful. Eltingville made me reconsider the trajectory of my life when I realized that I knew the answers to all of the trivia questions in the showdown part of the episode. It was the first time I realized that maybe it was a bad thing that I was able to do that. I haven't looked back.
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# ? May 25, 2013 04:39 |
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Renzuko posted:Ripping friend's wasnt THAT bad...if you were like, 10 which I was at the time, I haven't tried watching it again but I'm sure I'd consider it crap now Yeah I was like 22 when that aired so
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# ? May 25, 2013 05:13 |
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Christ, June 2nd is way sooner than I was expecting. I thought it wouldn't be out until September. And thank you thread for alerting me to the fact that there was a Halloween episode and I never watched it! It's like I get to start the new season a whole week earlier than you guys.
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Apeshit Sixfingers posted:Eltingville was awful. It really is a shame this wasn't picked up. But who knows, maybe the humor would've become a bit too one-note when expanded into a full series. Or it would've been a crazy, heavy metal version of Samurai Jack.
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# ? May 25, 2013 12:07 |
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I guess I'm just dumb. I got the impression from the DVD that the original Pilot was never aired. I guess it just didn't fit with the rest of the episodes? I have no clue.
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# ? May 25, 2013 12:25 |
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I always assumed that they were mistaking Pete White with the guy from Depeche Mode. I heard on the VH1, he's totally straight. But he's in Depeche Mode!
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Renzuko posted:Ripping friend's wasnt THAT bad...if you were like, 10 which I was at the time, I haven't tried watching it again but I'm sure I'd consider it crap now Part of the problem is that Ripping Friends was originally made for Fox Kids.
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# ? May 25, 2013 17:51 |
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I had high hopes Eltingville and wish it had been picked up, but I also liked the comics on which it was based on.Delaio posted:In one of the interviews posted in the last thread I saw the words "10 episode season". Which is kind of disappointing. Even with the intro episode being an hour and counting the Halloween episode, it's still shorter than the other seasons. That's the only place I've seen info though, so someone correct me if I'm wrong. From what I remember it might be more dire than this because the hour long episode might count as 2 episodes and the Halloween episode is one of the ten episodes. It's gonna be a horribly short season BUT from what I understand they already are working on the next one so maybe we won't have to wait as...ah I couldn't even finish typing that because of how inherently untrue what I was about to type was.
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# ? May 25, 2013 17:58 |
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In my dream world, it'll run for two more seasons then get a trilogy of movies to end.
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I'd love it if this all ended with a movie and a transition afterwards to an online downloadable comic.
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# ? May 25, 2013 18:22 |
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Sash! posted:gently caress you groovenians gently caress YOU for reminding me of that goddamn show. But it's not your fault that I Youtubed it. Even as a kid when I was devouring anything [as] aired I could not get into that show for a second. But I had no idea how weird the cast was. Also the Eltingville pilot is fantastic and I mourn the fact that it didn't get picked up at least once a year when I rewatch it and reread all the comics.
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# ? May 26, 2013 03:50 |
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RandallODim posted:And it'll help educate them about Testicular Torsion! It isn't just something on TV. It's a real problem. I love how all their pupils follow the autocue.
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# ? May 26, 2013 04:09 |
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There is a teepee in my trunks.
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# ? May 26, 2013 04:38 |
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I forgot about him, but rewatching Season Four has reminded me of the majestic friend that is Robo-Bo.
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RandallODim posted:I forgot about him, but rewatching Season Four has reminded me of the majestic friend that is Robo-Bo. I'll sure we'll get a glimpse of him, now broken and propping up a corner of their trailer.
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# ? May 26, 2013 04:45 |
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RandallODim posted:I forgot about him, but rewatching Season Four has reminded me of the majestic friend that is Robo-Bo. Why does it walk like it needs to take a dump?
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I Know we follow comic book rules and someone is only dead if you see a body, and even then sometimes it doesn't matter. But I'm pretty sure we saw the last of King Gorilla
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