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- by beb
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I'm clearly in the minority here in that I thought that last weeks hour-long opener was weak. Maybe a 7 out of ten. Not enough story, and certainly no changes to the characters -- that they remember. Venture Libre was exactly what I was looking for. Unexpected twists, sharp jokes, rapid pace. This was a much better episode that Cleansuit. But that's just my opinion.
It was fun watching Hank in his coffee-induced psychosis become "The Bat" but more than that, had the actual chops needed to rescue his father and Hatred. Compared to what the boys were like back in the first season, there has been a lot of growth.
It was interesting to see Hatred seriously consider joining the Isle of Monsters because he's a monster in so many ways as well. I know that guys like Hatred too much to write him out of the series but I can see him having a psychotic break and the Ventures needed yet another bodyguard. Right aout the time 21 needs a better job....
But the part I think everyone is overlooking is Dean small storyline. Fixing HELPer is no small accomplishment. His father didn't try, he just put HELPer's head on the Walking Orbs' body. Was it because he was lazy or because there were no spare parts and HELPer's body would have to be built from scratch? In fixing HELPer Dean showed a lot more savvy than his father and a lot more commitment to finishing a project once started. Combine this with last week's Dean story where he won the affection of the fair Thalia through a series of physical challenges. Dean loudly and profusely refuses to be a Boy Adventure like his dad but is showing a natural talent for it that Hank, frankly, lacks.
It was fun watching Hank in his coffee-induced psychosis become "The Bat" but more than that, had the actual chops needed to rescue his father and Hatred. Compared to what the boys were like back in the first season, there has been a lot of growth.
It was interesting to see Hatred seriously consider joining the Isle of Monsters because he's a monster in so many ways as well. I know that guys like Hatred too much to write him out of the series but I can see him having a psychotic break and the Ventures needed yet another bodyguard. Right aout the time 21 needs a better job....
But the part I think everyone is overlooking is Dean small storyline. Fixing HELPer is no small accomplishment. His father didn't try, he just put HELPer's head on the Walking Orbs' body. Was it because he was lazy or because there were no spare parts and HELPer's body would have to be built from scratch? In fixing HELPer Dean showed a lot more savvy than his father and a lot more commitment to finishing a project once started. Combine this with last week's Dean story where he won the affection of the fair Thalia through a series of physical challenges. Dean loudly and profusely refuses to be a Boy Adventure like his dad but is showing a natural talent for it that Hank, frankly, lacks.
On re-watch, I got a better look at some of the backgrounds. The storage room that Dean goes into contains everything you'd ever need to re-build a H.E.L.P.eR.: blueprints, extra bodies, extra heads, wheel assemblies, etc. It also contains parts to re-build a walking eye. The implication is that Doc made a conscious choice to put H.E.L.P.eR.'s head onto a walking eye (i.e., made a conscious choice to turn him into a killing machine). Dean understood H.E.L.P.eR.'s misery at being stuck on a walking eye and returned him to normal. I thought it was a great storyline, and I'm actually glad to see the return of original-vintage H.E.L.P.eR.
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