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by Bill
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Great to have the show back, and maybe my opinion will change in the 3 or 4 times I'll surely re-watch this before next Sunday (because I'm an idiot like that), but I wasn't impressed.

Sep. 13, 2010, 12:11am

by Donkiku
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Why not impressed?

Sep. 13, 2010, 9:58pm

by Bill
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It seemed too busy, and I didn't really enjoy the Butter-glider obsession. Had the Monarch just gotten bummed after seeing KG sick, cut out all the butter-glider scenes, and spent some more time on the Fantastic Voyage stuff and/or the henchmen dissatisfaction, I would've liked it more, I think.

Still a fine half hour of TV, but sub-par for the Venture Bros, IMO.

Sep. 13, 2010, 10:32pm

by kgullholmen
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agreed, I may have had too high expectations for this one, but I thought it didn't live up to Pinstripes & Poltergeists. I also thought they'd take it from there: 21 & Brock vs. Monstroso and everything.

nifty episode, but too many minutes wasted with elaborate jokes that were a wee bit too predictable (like Billy & Pete's ride ...)

but hooray for season 4.2
I'm pumped

Sep. 14, 2010, 4:25am

by Jory
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I don't blame you for being disappointed, but 21 and Brock's assault on Monstroso wasn't some big, dramatic game-changer. It was presented basically as 1) a joke, with 21 doing his Obi-Wan spiel, and 2) a bit of awesome fanservice, with these two unlikely characters fighting together. It was over at the end of Pinstripes & Poltergeists. It was just supposed to be fun!

Anyway, Monstroso will be back, probably with a few bones to pick, later in 4.2.

Sep. 15, 2010, 11:39am

by kgullhomen
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well, I rewatched it yesterday ... and liked it a lot better.
still have second thoughts about the motorcycle-sequence (yes, I get the point: it supposed to be a lengthy yet utterly useless scene ... but that's precious broadcasting time they were wasting there) and the song. still: I love are the refernces throughout the ep ... and I love seeing how animation got better and better each season ...

they could totally pull off a FUTURAMA-like season with like 3 or 4 full-length DVD releases or something ... I'd watch it. twice at least ...

Sep. 16, 2010, 6:07am

by Meat Lily
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The Butter-Glider stuff was hilarious! I'm usually not a fan of characters singing in the shows i watch. There's way too much of that going on these days and it's usually not funny. So I'm glad that Doc and Jackson don't often do it. It's tacky, especially in a show like this where people just typically wouldn't be singing. But this song that The Monarch sings to his Butter-Glider was perfect! I thought i was gonna piss tears i laughed so hard by the end of it. The fact that somewhere in his crazy brain he actually wanted to procreate with that machine is just too much funny! If you didn't think so, you need to remember that he's The Monarch. He's insane. Dr. Girlfriend accepts him for his madness, why can't you?

Sep. 14, 2010, 2:59pm

by Sad sack
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The Monarch does seem to have a fetish for mechanical objects. Like humping G.U.A.D.O?

Sep. 15, 2010, 9:15am

by The Mysterious 'H'
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I think that one was more "It has Dr. Venture's face" than it being mechanical but I can see technology getting somebody like The Monarch off.

Sep. 15, 2010, 8:32pm

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