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Last Day!

by Mike
May. 18, 2007, 9:20pm | 14 Comments
To win the DVD! Indeed! Entering ends at midnight tonight, but there's a good chance I'll either forget or will be busy, and I'm too lazy to cut off submissions automagically, so you might be able to get in some last second entries!

Also amusing is nobody has gotten all fifteen right thus far (and only two people with 14 right), so I may have to curve it or knock off a few of the trickier questions or something. Then there's also the possibility that I have the wrong answers because I'm stupid, but who knows?

At any rate, get in those entries now now now!

Win A Copy of Season Two on DVD!

by Mike
May. 4, 2007, 7:45pm | 5 Comments
Yes folks, as is the Mantis-Eye tradition, you can now enter to win season 2 on DVD!! As with last year the contest is simple. Answer fifteen questions and if you get all of them right then you'll be entered in a random drawing to win the DVD (not the one pictured on the right though, that's my the Monarch's copy, the one you'll win is sealed and stuff)! There are contest rules and crap like that, so head over to the contest page to scope them out and also enter the contest. You can enter as many times as you want but only your most recent results will be used to determine scoring! So hop to it! Midnight CST on May 18th is the cutoff, so you have two weeks! Go go go!!

Jackson & Doc & Updates

by Mike
May. 4, 2007, 7:39pm | 5 Comments
In an effort to consolidate and also make up for updates I missed, here's a quote from a recent update from Jackson:

Doc's turning in his first two scripts back to back this week, one of which is the most uncharacteristically complex plot he's ever penned. The other promises to be this season's "Tag Sale--You're It!" I'm really happy with these stories so far and looking forward to directing them. It feels like Doc and I are hitting our stride, playing all the right notes and yet expanding upon and deepening the Venture universe. Things feel a little more open and easygoing or something...it's hard to explain. But with 27 1/2 of these under our belts already, it's like we can take certain chances with the narrative we couldn't before because we were still setting up the world.

Also the season two DVD is apparently selling very well, which is of course good news.

And what about Doc Hammer? Read:

One of the special features of the Season Two set is a tour of Astrobase Go. In it you learn all you ever wanted to know about Astrobase Go. Well, that is if you didn't want to know much more than how long it takes us to get to our studio. Oh what am I saying? "Deep Inside Astrobase Go" is one of the most exiting features ever to be dubbed "special". It was a phenomenal undertaking. A crew of no less than two hundred and fifty, highly paid professionals were rocketed to a moon orbiting space station to make this documentary. Many of them died of shock or lack of oxygen. Still others suffered from a dementia that space travel hands out like party favors. And believe me, it was all worth it. I'd kill them all again to make this most important Special Feature. I would stare in their eyes as I squeezed the last hiss of life from their neck if had to. Yes, it's that important. The people must know what makes the Astrobase so astro-special!

So if you ever wanted to know a whole crapload about the Astro-Base DVD feature on the S2 DVD, this is the thing you have to read. Okay? Good.

Annnnnd We're Back

by Mike
May. 2, 2007, 11:06pm | 9 Comments
Anything good happen while I was away?

Guild Operation Corrects Member's Hostile Takeover

by Sovereign
May. 1, 2007, 3:06am | 6 Comments

New York, NY - April 30, 2007 - On April 29th, the Guild of Calamitous Intent corrected Monarch Corp LLC's hostile take-over of the Venture Brothers-related site The Mantis-Eye Experiment. Monarch Corp's actions were unsanctioned and in direct violation of Guild rules. Rules state that a hostile takeover must be performed on a registered arch-enemy, which Mantis-Eye and all related entities were not.

Guild operatives stormed Monarch Corp LLC's headquarters and removed all equipment being used to maintain the Mantis-Eye Experiment, and assumed control of the website. Ownership will be returned to the site's original owner shortly, as soon as he is located.

The Guild apologizes to the public for any inconvenience or misunderstanding this ordeal may have caused.

Stay Tuned

by Watch
Apr. 30, 2007, 4:38am | 9 Comments
The Guild's official comment is to come soon.

Interview With The Publick

by The Monarch
Apr. 23, 2007, 8:09pm | 7 Comments

I love old Spider-Man comics, but when I read them I wonder, what the hell do these guys want? What makes you put a costume on and start chasing somebody around? What makes you have a lifelong commitment to resenting a specific other human being? Because it's so pointless we've purposely made it more so. Also, I've known a couple of trust fund kids. Their goals are strange and take... a little longer to get to than some people who have to work a little more. It's pointless.

Okay, first of all, WHAT?! HE IS MY NEMESIS. What is so hard to understand?! Okay, well, he's not my nemesis any more because Dr. Girlfriend made me give that up, but if he was then... it's just... it's what we do! Super villainy! COME ON! Fuck it. Here's the stupid interview. Enjoy.

In All Its Glory

by The Monarch
Apr. 18, 2007, 6:49am | 20 Comments




I recommend watching only the first two episodes and then skipping right to Victor. Echo. November. and then Fallen Arches and then skipping to the last two episodes. NO GO AND WATCH!

BID ON THE MONARCH

by The Monarch
Apr. 17, 2007, 9:56pm | 1 Comment
Loyal minion Jackson Publick has once again updated his live journal with some auctions of art for the DVD we dare not speak the name of! They include sketches of Venture and Brock Samson as well as that loser Phantom Limb and of course, the mightiest sketch of all!



You of course will want to skip the others and bid on just that one I assume. In fact why even bother looking, I will just LINK DIRECTLY TO THAT AUCTION! There, saved you a bunch of time.

Spend, Spend, Spend

by Henchman 21
Apr. 17, 2007, 9:44pm | 0 Comments
Season Two is out on DVD, and the Monarch wants you to buy it because he thinks he gets a share of the profits since he's in it and all. Paying for a wedding is expensive. Sweet deal, plus maybe we'll actually get paid this year? Maybe?
So go forth! The Viceroy commands it! That was awesome.

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Hank

Apr. 19, 2023, 12:53am
First footage! Title revealed! https://youtu.be/eXJ5OM9RfV8 Synopsis and cast too! “In The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart, a nationwide manhunt for Hank Venture leads to untold dangers and unexpected revelations, while the Monarch is literally out for Dr. Venture’s blood. An imposing evil from the past reemerges to wreak havoc on the Ventures, the Guild, and even the Monarch marriage—it will take friends and foes alike to restore the Ventures’ world to order… or end it once and for all.” The voice cast includes the returning James Urbaniak as Dr. Venture, Patrick Warburton as Brock Samson, Michael Sinterniklaas as Dean Venture, Chris McCulloch as Hank Venture, and The Venture Bros. co-creator Doc Hammer as Dr. Mrs. The Monarch. (Hammer and series co-creator Jackson Publick also wrote the script, and Publick directed.) Other voice cast members include Nina Arianda as Mantilla, Clancy Brown as Daisy and Red Death, John Hodgeman as Snoopy, Hal Lublin as Clayton, Jane Lynch as Bobbi St. Simone, Charles Parnell as Jefferson Twilight, Jay Pharoah as Nuno Blood, Steven Rattazzi as Dr. Orpheus, JK Simmons as Ben, and Dana Snyder as The Alchemist. A project of Titmouse, Adult Swim, and Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment, all that radiant baboon heart blood will be gushing forth later this year. Go Team Venture! https://gizmodo.com/venture-bros-movie-adult-swim-warner-bros-animation-1850353234

CaseCrash

Jul. 4, 2019, 11:34pm
It's a month old but there's not much news here for two years at a time, so whatever :) https://www.denofgeek.com/us/tv/the-venture-bros/281421/the-venture-bros-season-8-jackson-publick-doc-hammer

cpc65

Jun. 7, 2019, 9:33pm
Okay, Venturoos. Here's what ya get for the Extras, at least on the DVD version. I felt it was a little light, but that's just my opinion. Deleted Scenes (as always) - Some are B&W sketches with the dialog, others are animated with the dialog. Ghost in the Pro-Blem - An extended view of the distorted images of events from the Pro-BLEM's point of view. Maybe there are some clues hidden in it if you like frame-by-frame advancing. Maybe not. Sirena Goes Off... - Cristin Milioti ad-libbing way more dialog than the script calls for. Poor Rocco. Promo - Basically the season 7 promo. Maybe there's Easter Eggs to find. I haven't done any extensive searching yet. If anyone finds any feel free to post them here!

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