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- by WorstServedCold
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Couple of funny lines though...
"Talk to your son, doc..."
"Boy, listen to your bodyguard."
"Mess with the Cat, and you get the clopse"
(Brock and Doc Venture just look at each other with their standard 'that was stupid' expressions"
"Ja and mess with the girl, and you get ZE HITLER!"
"Wow a girl president? How progressive!"
"And a Hitler! Boy things are really looking up!"
Other things I liked:
The random backstory on the Eunich.
The cat hair.
The mask slits.
The interrogation scene.
Pretty much every scene with Hank.
The balls in jars... and for those of you keeping count, this is the second time we've seen a disembodied organ preserved in a glass jar, AND brings the grand total to 5 disembodied testicles we've had the pleasure of viewing.
"Talk to your son, doc..."
"Boy, listen to your bodyguard."
"Mess with the Cat, and you get the clopse"
(Brock and Doc Venture just look at each other with their standard 'that was stupid' expressions"
"Ja and mess with the girl, and you get ZE HITLER!"
"Wow a girl president? How progressive!"
"And a Hitler! Boy things are really looking up!"
Other things I liked:
The random backstory on the Eunich.
The cat hair.
The mask slits.
The interrogation scene.
Pretty much every scene with Hank.
The balls in jars... and for those of you keeping count, this is the second time we've seen a disembodied organ preserved in a glass jar, AND brings the grand total to 5 disembodied testicles we've had the pleasure of viewing.
- by redjack
- (unregistered id: 28C2CDF94C)
I wasn't too thrilled with Victor. Echo. November. Loved the premiere and 20 Years to Midnight though. I think that's a big draw of the show, different people love different episodes. Was great to see more of Underland.
As for Michigan... it reminds me of Kentucky Fried Movie. Throughout the whole movie they talk about how Detroit is the worst place on Earth, which Underland seems to be.
Dr. Klahn: The CIA thinks they can infiltrate the Mountain of Dr. Klahn!
CIA Agent: You can't scare me, you slant-eyed yellow bastard!
Dr. Klahn: Take him to... Detroit!
CIA Agent: No! No, not Detroit! No! No, please! Anything but that! No! No! Nooooo!!!
As for Michigan... it reminds me of Kentucky Fried Movie. Throughout the whole movie they talk about how Detroit is the worst place on Earth, which Underland seems to be.
Dr. Klahn: The CIA thinks they can infiltrate the Mountain of Dr. Klahn!
CIA Agent: You can't scare me, you slant-eyed yellow bastard!
Dr. Klahn: Take him to... Detroit!
CIA Agent: No! No, not Detroit! No! No, please! Anything but that! No! No! Nooooo!!!
- by WorstServedCold
- (unregistered id: 9C9A58C61F)
Well, I've had a shower, and thus have had time to think, and I've finally singled out specifically what's wrong with this episode:
1) All the best parts were disposable. When you go back over it, the really good gags were the little snippets between characters that didn't do a thing to advance the plot, but instead added a little more depth to whoever was doing or saying it. The entire segment in the plane before trouble ensued, and all following dialogue and actions from Hank, how Brock convinced Catclopse to let them go (very Payback) and so on, could all have been cut from the episode without detracting from the main story. Instead, they were the best parts.
2)On the flipside, the story itself was clearly a great and funny idea that just refused to be funny in practice. Being an occasional writer myself, I know how hard it is to let go of a great-sounding idea, and an episode around the Baron mistaking a disguised Dean for a potential future bride sounds like a riot. Then, the followup smaller plot points, like "they get sent to the PANTRY" and "the underground movement is really lame" just didn't evolve into anything more than the headline. Maybe it was a lack of time to let the concepts fester.
3) A lot of the fun of Brock is that everyone is very aware of how huge, terrifying, and violent he is. In fact, one of my favorite things about Venture Brothers is that people take note of the crazy stuff... Dr. Girlfriend's voice, Phantom Limb's limbs, Brock's size and palpable bloodlust, it all comes up in other's conversations. So I was disappointed when Brock's spinning of two guys who's heads were impaled on a spear illicited... no fear or surprise response from the remaining henchmen. They just accepted it and threw themselves at him, in the style of every other henchperson in any other show. Kinda took the bite out of what could have been a cool and funny scene.
I'll just chalk this all up to the final growing pains of the show, and the rush Hammer and Publick were in to crank them out toward the end. The truly creative moments of the show probably take a good deal of evolution, and we all know when you rush that, you chance the creation the occasional hideous monster. Let's all chase him into the windmill with our pitchforks and forget about him.
Future seasons will probably show less of this problem, since what with the show growing a loyal and DVD-purchasing fanbase, AS will probably not have to struggle as hard or take as long to decide to greenlight another set of episodes.
1) All the best parts were disposable. When you go back over it, the really good gags were the little snippets between characters that didn't do a thing to advance the plot, but instead added a little more depth to whoever was doing or saying it. The entire segment in the plane before trouble ensued, and all following dialogue and actions from Hank, how Brock convinced Catclopse to let them go (very Payback) and so on, could all have been cut from the episode without detracting from the main story. Instead, they were the best parts.
2)On the flipside, the story itself was clearly a great and funny idea that just refused to be funny in practice. Being an occasional writer myself, I know how hard it is to let go of a great-sounding idea, and an episode around the Baron mistaking a disguised Dean for a potential future bride sounds like a riot. Then, the followup smaller plot points, like "they get sent to the PANTRY" and "the underground movement is really lame" just didn't evolve into anything more than the headline. Maybe it was a lack of time to let the concepts fester.
3) A lot of the fun of Brock is that everyone is very aware of how huge, terrifying, and violent he is. In fact, one of my favorite things about Venture Brothers is that people take note of the crazy stuff... Dr. Girlfriend's voice, Phantom Limb's limbs, Brock's size and palpable bloodlust, it all comes up in other's conversations. So I was disappointed when Brock's spinning of two guys who's heads were impaled on a spear illicited... no fear or surprise response from the remaining henchmen. They just accepted it and threw themselves at him, in the style of every other henchperson in any other show. Kinda took the bite out of what could have been a cool and funny scene.
I'll just chalk this all up to the final growing pains of the show, and the rush Hammer and Publick were in to crank them out toward the end. The truly creative moments of the show probably take a good deal of evolution, and we all know when you rush that, you chance the creation the occasional hideous monster. Let's all chase him into the windmill with our pitchforks and forget about him.
Future seasons will probably show less of this problem, since what with the show growing a loyal and DVD-purchasing fanbase, AS will probably not have to struggle as hard or take as long to decide to greenlight another set of episodes.
- by Aquezio
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Wow, dude... I really didn't think it SUCKED... I didn't have the feeling I get when SIMPSONS or SOPRANOS drops a Count Dooku. (Hopefully both those shows will be over soon, they're tired.) "Love Bheits" holds up, I just think it:
1) Depends more heavily on "reference humor" than any other episode
2) Sets up a ton of funny crap for the future, like Monarch and Underbheit sharing the cocoon, Brock sewing, the Venture family's greatest international ally being a Hitler, etc...
I also loved the Baron beating the shit out of HELPeR... Poor HELPeR is taking a brutal beating this season.
1) Depends more heavily on "reference humor" than any other episode
2) Sets up a ton of funny crap for the future, like Monarch and Underbheit sharing the cocoon, Brock sewing, the Venture family's greatest international ally being a Hitler, etc...
I also loved the Baron beating the shit out of HELPeR... Poor HELPeR is taking a brutal beating this season.
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