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Duckbag posted:This joke was tired as gently caress even before TV Tropes got to it. I have to say Lost did the "characters were always here" gag the best. Two characters showed up out of nowhere, everyone kept asking who the hell they were, then it turned out they discovered a bunch of poo poo on the island before anyone else, and finally got accidentally buried alive by the main cast. It was so morbidly hilarious.
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The Buffy one was, at least, specifically supernatural and not just something that happened.
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Oct 23, 2016 20:26
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THA TITTY THRILLER posted:Pictured: Dr. Mrs. The Monarch, driving men.
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Oct 23, 2016 21:09
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sticklefifer posted:I have to say Lost did the "characters were always here" gag the best. Two characters showed up out of nowhere, everyone kept asking who the hell they were, then it turned out they discovered a bunch of poo poo on the island before anyone else, and finally got accidentally buried alive by the main cast. It was so morbidly hilarious. Everyone hated those guys, but I loved that outside the main cast, almost all of the survivors were so out of the loop. And that they were getting increasingly pissy about it.
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Oct 23, 2016 22:50
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To everyone who suggested One Punch Man a few pages back, I finally saw an episode of it and it was kinda funny but so graphically violent that it just rolled over into really depressing. Like yeah I get that it's satire or whatever but in the episode I saw, someone got punched in the face so hard their brains and eyes exploded out of their skull not once but twice.  
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Oct 23, 2016 23:43
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Philip Rivers posted:To everyone who suggested One Punch Man a few pages back, I finally saw an episode of it and it was kinda funny but so graphically violent that it just rolled over into really depressing. Like yeah I get that it's satire or whatever but in the episode I saw, someone got punched in the face so hard their brains and eyes exploded out of their skull not once but twice. You should definitely check out Superjail.
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Oct 23, 2016 23:44
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prefect posted:You should definitely check out Superjail. I don't think Superjail is a good show either.
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Oct 23, 2016 23:46
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Philip Rivers posted:I don't think Superjail is a good show either. Yeah, I didn't think you'd actually like it; I was being sarcastic. 
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Oct 23, 2016 23:51
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prefect posted:Yeah, I didn't think you'd actually like it; I was being sarcastic. It's cool, sometimes I deadpan in response to sarcasm because I think it's funny or something. I did laugh when one of the bad guys called out some really long winded anime attack name and then the main character goes "consecutive... normal punches." 
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Oct 23, 2016 23:53
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Philip Rivers posted:To everyone who suggested One Punch Man a few pages back, I finally saw an episode of it and it was kinda funny but so graphically violent that it just rolled over into really depressing. Like yeah I get that it's satire or whatever but in the episode I saw, someone got punched in the face so hard their brains and eyes exploded out of their skull not once but twice. Wow, that's pretty effed-up. Shoot!
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Oct 24, 2016 00:18
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One Punch Man is starting to definitely sound like something I should watch.
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Oct 24, 2016 00:22
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Philip Rivers posted:I did laugh when one of the bad guys called out some really long winded anime attack name and then the main character goes "consecutive... normal punches." now you're getting into the spirit
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Oct 24, 2016 00:28
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Paladinus posted:Wow, that's pretty effed-up. Shoot! It didn't even upset me in the sense that I thought it was too violent on principle, I just felt really sad for the people whose heads exploded in a moment that was supposed to be played up for yucks.
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Oct 24, 2016 00:31
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The gently caress are you doing watching Rick and Morty then?
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Philip Rivers posted:It didn't even upset me in the sense that I thought it was too violent on principle, I just felt really sad for the people whose heads exploded in a moment that was supposed to be played up for yucks. It's okay, they are not real people.
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Oct 24, 2016 00:32
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I can't recall any points in R&M where we see close up brain splatter, at least in any scenes that seem like they're going for pure comedy. I guess maybe in Rick Potion No. 9 when Jerry shotguns the Kronenberg nurse in the head, but the punchline to that joke wasn't "haha look at this dude's head blow up!"
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Oct 24, 2016 00:36
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Philip Rivers posted:I can't recall any points in R&M where we see close up brain splatter, at least in any scenes that seem like they're going for pure comedy. I guess maybe in Rick Potion No. 9 when Jerry shotguns the Kronenberg nurse in the head, but the punchline to that joke wasn't "haha look at this dude's head blow up!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUlFqL72iV0
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Oct 24, 2016 00:41
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Philip Rivers posted:I can't recall any points in R&M where we see close up brain splatter, at least in any scenes that seem like they're going for pure comedy. I guess maybe in Rick Potion No. 9 when Jerry shotguns the Kronenberg nurse in the head, but the punchline to that joke wasn't "haha look at this dude's head blow up!" This is such a weird and arbitrary distinction. It's not the punchline to the joke but it's pretty clearly played for laughs when Morty shoots off that bug guy's leg in the Pilot, or Jerry goes on a shotgun rampage in Rick Potion No. 9, or Krombopulous "Here I go killing again!" Michael, or Look Who's Purging Now when Rick and Arthricia (totally had to look up her name) are literally dancing on the gory entrails of the ruling elite and making joke about it.
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Oct 24, 2016 00:46
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Murdering and dancing upon the remains of the Upper class is more of a utopian vision, though.
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Oct 24, 2016 00:48
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I don't find that nearly as disturbing as this:  Sorry I disagree about this scene being funny, I guess?
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Oct 24, 2016 00:50
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The part that's weird is that you stopped watching the whole show because you found a gory joke not funny for ~reasons~ when we have Rick axe murdering all of his clones cackling gleefully while his grandchildren scream in the background and that's perfectly fine.
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Oct 24, 2016 00:55
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Strobe posted:The part that's weird is that you stopped watching the whole show because you found a gory joke not funny for ~reasons~ when we have Rick axe murdering all of his clones cackling gleefully while his grandchildren scream in the background and that's perfectly fine. It's not arbitrary at all to say that I don't care for hyperviolence as a joke and a punchline in and of itself. Rick and Morty leans in to the violence being horrible and traumatic, which gives it depth. That scene works because Morty and Summer are screaming in terror.
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Oct 24, 2016 00:59
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Philip Rivers posted:It's not arbitrary at all to say that I don't care for hyperviolence as a joke and a punchline in and of itself. Rick and Morty leans in to the violence being horrible and traumatic, which gives it depth. That scene works because Morty and Summer are screaming in terror. Somebody's gonna get laid in college.
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Oct 24, 2016 01:11
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What about when the giant homeless man explodes in low orbit, literally raining gore from the sky? Or in the first episode "They're robots!" *bleeds out horribly, screaming about his children* "I mean they're bureaucrats, Morty, I don't respect them!" *massive yucks* What I'm saying is Rick and Morty plays hyperviolence for laughs.
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Oct 24, 2016 02:05
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Edit: Nevermind. Derails are dumb.
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Philip Rivers posted:I can't recall any points in R&M where we see close up brain splatter, at least in any scenes that seem like they're going for pure comedy. I guess maybe in Rick Potion No. 9 when Jerry shotguns the Kronenberg nurse in the head, but the punchline to that joke wasn't "haha look at this dude's head blow up!" Wasn't the punch line about an author who famously blew his own head off?
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Last Chance posted:
There's a fan theory claiming that the whole episode took place in a different reality from the one the series normally follows (identical except for Mr. Poopy Butthole).
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Come on, people, this is adorable. There was apparently a great war against the "pro-parasite" folks that I completely missed out on, and this person clearly won that war singlehandedly, like Rambo.
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Philip Rivers posted:I can't recall any points in R&M where we see close up brain splatter, at least in any scenes that seem like they're going for pure comedy. I guess maybe in Rick Potion No. 9 when Jerry shotguns the Kronenberg nurse in the head, but the punchline to that joke wasn't "haha look at this dude's head blow up!" Rick and Morty is insanely violent what the hell.
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CelticPredator posted:Rick and Morty is insanely violent what the hell. It's not as well animated.
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Also in the first episode, Rick freezes that bully kid and then he shatters into a million horrible shards, traumatizing Summer. Not for laughs. Next season the car lasers a random A punch man punches a bug dude and his head explodes cartoonishly. For laughs, horribly problematic. This thread never ceases to amaze me and I'm hoping these weird derails about secret hidden messages and how offensive anime is last forever.
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Philip Rivers posted:I don't find that nearly as disturbing as this: Come on, the whole series is a send-up of those anime villains that are so ultra-serious and have crazy long backstories and attack names, just to be taken out by a silly looking bald dude in one hit. It's not meant to be taken seriously. Heck, in the first ep one of the bad guys destroys like an entire city filled with innocent people. It's not real.
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Philip Rivers posted:It didn't even upset me in the sense that I thought it was too violent on principle, I just felt really sad for the people whose heads exploded in a moment that was supposed to be played up for yucks. That's the joke. Saitima is literally all powerful, and it's the villains (or side heroes) you sympathize with because even if their evil asshats they struggle to achieve anything and want to take themselves and what they do seriously. Then they die from a half hearted bunch from a bored nerd.
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MariusLecter posted:It's not as well animated. Neither is any anime ever.
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counterfeitsaint posted:Neither is any anime ever. watch the last episode of OPM
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counterfeitsaint posted:Neither is any anime ever. Not really. Most are kid's/perverts mourning/midnight cartoons used to advertise toys or the comic books their based off of, so naturally they have little to no budget for that. But at least a couple a season are a legit project of love.
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Any animation made to pander and/or sell merchandise to nerds and kids will inevitably be just enough quality to not drive people away with disgust. Western animation in the 80's was saturated with this (mainly Hanna-Barbera shows), and even today you will find many low effort 3D productions aimed at children. Japanese animation today is the same, with the addition of shows aimed at man-children. Some of it is good though. Like One Punch Man. Just don't watch it because someone in the Rick and Morty thread told you to because that's a silly suggestion. Watch it because you find a bald nerd making bug's heads explode with a single punch inherently funny.
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CelticPredator posted:Rick and Morty is insanely violent what the hell. It's okay, they're robots.
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Philip Rivers posted:I can't recall any points in R&M where we see close up brain splatter, at least in any scenes that seem like they're going for pure comedy. I guess maybe in Rick Potion No. 9 when Jerry shotguns the Kronenberg nurse in the head, but the punchline to that joke wasn't "haha look at this dude's head blow up!" You were fine with this bit? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tpYFen3fJM
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Megaspel posted:You were fine with this bit? That dimension has some super-aggro pediatricians.
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prefect posted:That dimension has some super-aggro pediatricians. To be fair, I'd probably be rather on edge if I lived in a world with giant mind-controlling spiders during a war with 'em.
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