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by haux
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i got another meta-question:
does the Johnny Quest cartoon exist in the Ventureverse? were there two boy-adventure shows on during the 70s?

or are the Johnny Quest cartoons we know records of _actual events_ in the Ventureverse? and Rusty's life was occasionally similar?

Aug. 13, 2008, 3:09am

by Phil
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Of course it existed! And we know now that it was called Action Johnny. :-)

Aug. 13, 2008, 3:11am

by haux
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ok, you are correct. i'd forgotten that.
then, was Action Johnny a live action adventure show, where Johnny was himself in the recording of actual events in his life?

i realize i'm wandering into academic sophistry, but i'm wanting to sort out this universe-within-a-universe thing, where cartoons i grew up with are extended into cartoons i enjoy now.

tangentially, i'm usually annoyed how in most zombie movies, the characters exist in a universe where no one has invented zombie movies, so no one really knows what to do or expect.

Aug. 13, 2008, 4:04am

by cpc65
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You should read the Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks. It's done mostly straight as if a real survival guide, but pokes fun at some of the movie and literature "stereotypical misconceptions" about them. Then read World War Z, also by Brooks, where the human race is nearly wiped out by a zombie plague.

http://www.amazon.com/Zombie-Survival-Guide-Complete-Protection/dp/1400049628/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1218589527&sr=1-1

Sorry, I don't know how to insert hyperlinks here. Just copy and paste peoples!

Aug. 13, 2008, 5:09am

by cpc65
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Oh! It creates the hyperlink automatically. Okay, so I'm not Peter White.

Aug. 13, 2008, 5:21am

by Phil
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I think of it like this:

"The Venture Bros." -- real, we are watching it as it happens
"The Rusty Venture Show" -- cartoon dramatization

"Jonny Quest" -- real, as it happened
"Action Johnny" -- cartoon dramatization

Poke holes in the theory all you want...trust me, it's easy. :-) But for now that's how I've been keeping it straight.

Aug. 13, 2008, 5:36am

by cpc65
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I'm right with you on that reasoning. Sounds about right.

Aug. 13, 2008, 6:04am

by haux
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i find your ideas intriguing, and would like to subscribe to your newsletter.

and cpc65, yes, i've been through both of the brooks zombie books. masterpieces.

Aug. 13, 2008, 7:07am

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