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Re: The Amazing Shirt of the Week Club
« Reply #120 on: October 23, 2009, 10:14:28 PM »

The [spoiler]Marvel stuff[/spoiler] was cool too. Added a nice touch and call back to the Venture's roots in that sort of thing.

I am the first person in the thread to note that 2009 is the 70th anniversary of that release.  Not that this is a show that needs additional reasons to homage such material, but there one is.

I'm also, oddly enough, the first person to mention [spoiler]Memento[/spoiler].  That's pretty much the exact structure this ep had: [spoiler]two interwoven narratives moving in opposite directions[/spoiler].

Although one of the jump-cuts had me theorizing that we were actually watching [spoiler]two separate sets of Hank and Dean, occurring simultaneously[/spoiler].  That would've been a neat trick too.

Anyhow, what to say about the show that hasn't been said already?  It's got style and substance, it's funny and smart, and the writers are sharp enough that they could play the entire premise straight if they wanted to and would still have a damned fine show on their hands, but instead we get something that's goddamned hilarious.

Before now, I assumed that it was never going to be referred to again, just another element of the show meant to troll the viewers. Like the moppets.

Hm?  They had a pretty big role in season 3, all things considered.  And, as noted earlier in the thread, they're almost certainly the ones who [spoiler]detonated the car[/spoiler] in the season 3 finale.  (Went back and forth on whether to spoilertag that.  Decided I may as well.)

Or do you mean when they put the opening of season 3 up on adultswim.com and implied that they actually WERE going to be taking over the Cocoon?
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Re: The Amazing Shirt of the Week Club
« Reply #121 on: October 23, 2009, 10:26:36 PM »

Is it me or did Brock seem really off at the end.
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Re: The Amazing Shirt of the Week Club
« Reply #122 on: October 23, 2009, 11:56:06 PM »

He seemed to me a man who's tottering world view had suddenly been vindicated.
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Re: The Amazing Shirt of the Week Club
« Reply #123 on: October 24, 2009, 12:00:37 AM »

A copy of Marvel Comics #1 with dog shit on the cover is still worth twenty-two grand?
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Re: The Amazing Shirt of the Week Club
« Reply #124 on: October 24, 2009, 07:02:10 AM »

It's still a copy of Marvel Comics #1.

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Re: The Amazing Shirt of the Week Club
« Reply #125 on: October 24, 2009, 05:52:34 PM »

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Hm?  They had a pretty big role in season 3, all things considered.  And, as noted earlier in the thread, they're almost certainly the ones who [spoiler]detonated the car[/spoiler] in the season 3 finale.  (Went back and forth on whether to spoilertag that.  Decided I may as well.)

Or do you mean when they put the opening of season 3 up on adultswim.com and implied that they actually WERE going to be taking over the Cocoon?

More how during various interviews, Doc and Jackson have threatened to go "all moppets, all the time" because they've been receiving complaints about the characters being too creepy or not funny. Or when fans ask whether a popular character is going to get more screen time, and they're instead told that "a very special Pete White episode is coming up."
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Re: The Amazing Shirt of the Week Club
« Reply #126 on: October 25, 2009, 05:01:05 PM »

It's still a copy of Marvel Comics #1.

Nobody buys those things to read 'em.
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Re: The Amazing Shirt of the Week Club
« Reply #127 on: October 25, 2009, 08:28:54 PM »

That was quite possibly, the best laugh I've had at TV in years.  Thank you second episode of new season.
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Re: The Amazing Shirt of the Week Club
« Reply #128 on: October 25, 2009, 08:33:58 PM »

[spoiler]GHOST ROBOT[/spoiler]

It made me uncomfortable, but then it was funny. Good episode.
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Re: The Amazing Shirt of the Week Club
« Reply #129 on: October 25, 2009, 08:39:55 PM »

That was easily the most horrifying mid-episode break of anything ever.
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Re: The Amazing Shirt of the Week Club
« Reply #130 on: October 25, 2009, 08:43:29 PM »

Yeah, this was an amazing episode. I loved the incidental characters and [spoiler]Monarch and co.'s attempt to subdue Hank.[/spoiler] I missed the start of the episode--was [spoiler]28's new, "gritty" look[/spoiler] ever explained?
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Re: The Amazing Shirt of the Week Club
« Reply #131 on: October 26, 2009, 08:41:39 AM »

Nope.

There's lots of season to go though.
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Re: The Amazing Shirt of the Week Club
« Reply #132 on: October 27, 2009, 07:14:49 PM »

That episode was so, so good.
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Re: The Amazing Shirt of the Week Club
« Reply #133 on: October 28, 2009, 03:44:58 AM »

doc and jackson sure love their pedo jokes don't they

More how during various interviews, Doc and Jackson have threatened to go "all moppets, all the time" because they've been receiving complaints about the characters being too creepy or not funny. Or when fans ask whether a popular character is going to get more screen time, and they're instead told that "a very special Pete White episode is coming up."

I didn't know R.K.Milholland was working on Venture Bros. That's nice I guess.

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Re: The Amazing Shirt of the Week Club
« Reply #134 on: October 28, 2009, 04:18:07 AM »

jesus this show is amazing
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Re: The Amazing Shirt of the Week Club
« Reply #135 on: October 28, 2009, 06:41:23 AM »

doc and jackson sure love their pedo jokes don't they

Yeah.  OTOH, the "Batman is a pedophile" interpretation has been prevalent at least as far back as the 1950's, and working the sad-sack post-Jason Todd baggage in was a nice touch.

It made me uncomfortable, but then it was funny. Good episode.

This.  The most jaw-dropping bit was the Monarch taunting Sunshine -- holy fuck.  The idea of [spoiler]sexual overtones in the Batman/Joker relationship[/spoiler] isn't new, but [spoiler]shouting "Or do you want my COCK?"[/spoiler] sure as hell is. This is the kind of thing DC would sue over if not for the fact that they happen to be the same company.

Oh, and also, for those of you who didn't notice -- [spoiler]that was Kevin Conroy as Captain Sunshine.[/spoiler]
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Re: The Amazing Shirt of the Week Club
« Reply #136 on: October 28, 2009, 02:35:15 PM »

I'm just finishing Disc 1 of Season 3.

i'm hurrying i'm hurrying.
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Re: The Amazing Shirt of the Week Club
« Reply #137 on: October 29, 2009, 02:49:44 AM »

okay just finished S3. Are these things up on the torrent sites already
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Re: The Amazing Shirt of the Week Club
« Reply #138 on: November 02, 2009, 10:08:27 AM »

So on the one hand, I think this season is just constantly trying to make me uncomfortable [spoiler]jesus christ dean suit[/spoiler].  On the other hand, I'm actually really digging how so far, this season is genuinely about the Venture brothers and the growing disconnect between them as they get older.
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Re: The Amazing Shirt of the Week Club
« Reply #139 on: November 02, 2009, 07:14:35 PM »

Man, what the hell was [spoiler]that first album?  I've been googling for a while without luck.[/spoiler]
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