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Offline LucasM

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Re: TV News Thread
« Reply #825 on: May 14, 2018, 09:30:25 AM »
If only HB:AG were a series!  But I'll take what they can give us! :)
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Re: TV News Thread
« Reply #826 on: May 14, 2018, 04:57:04 PM »
Most Adult Swim cartoons don't do it for me anymore. When they were new, I ate them up (mostly).
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Re: TV News Thread
« Reply #827 on: May 14, 2018, 07:57:54 PM »
The only Adult Swim cartoons I really got into were The Maxx (adapted from the comics, of course), with the only originals being the early Venture Bros (first season especially, going downhill from there), and Harvey Birdman, Attorney At Law (loved the not-so-internal monologuing of Birdgirl and how no-one ever really heard it :) ).

I haven't actually tried watching any of them since around the time they came out, however, so have no idea how I would react to them now.  I have The Maxx, all the Harvey Birdmans, and the first season or two of Venture Bros on purchased DVDs, so could if I felt I had the time and felt in the mood.  But I just haven't been in the mood.

Possibly that leads me to the same conclusion you are at, EJG III. ;)
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Re: TV News Thread
« Reply #828 on: May 14, 2018, 08:29:38 PM »
I've found Harvey Birdman ages particularly well for an Adult Swim show. It didn't play to the gallows quite as often as its contemporaries, instead getting its humor from rapid fire in-jokes. It was ahead of its time that way.
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« Reply #829 on: May 14, 2018, 09:38:53 PM »
Glad to hear it ages well.  Maybe i'll dig 'em back out to watch (possibly tonight, since I wasn't sure what to watch to kill time for the next five hours).

At the time Harvey Birdman, AaL was on, I was particularly interested in and amused by the deconstruction of all the Hanna-Barbera characters... particularly since I grew up with them all when they originally aired ('60s).  And Steven Colbert's presence always elevated the episodes he participated in.
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Re: TV News Thread
« Reply #830 on: May 15, 2018, 06:03:50 AM »
Quote from: LucasM on May 14, 2018, 07:57:54 PM
The only Adult Swim cartoons I really got into were The Maxx (adapted from the comics, of course).

Wait, did they air The Maxx on Adult Swim sometime after it aired on MTV?

Speaking of comic books, there's going to be a Doom Patrol show.  A lot to ask for, but please be Grant Morrison-esque.

https://news.avclub.com/dc-universe-picks-up-a-live-action-doom-patrol-series-f-1826020957
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Re: TV News Thread
« Reply #831 on: May 15, 2018, 05:09:08 PM »
Quote from: Johnny Unusual on May 15, 2018, 06:03:50 AM
Quote from: LucasM on May 14, 2018, 07:57:54 PM
The only Adult Swim cartoons I really got into were The Maxx (adapted from the comics, of course).

Wait, did they air The Maxx on Adult Swim sometime after it aired on MTV?

I was going to ask the same thing. I used to love the Maxx, but these days I pretty much have zero interest in entertainment with rape (etc) in it, so I don't think I'll ever be going back to it.
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Re: TV News Thread
« Reply #832 on: May 15, 2018, 06:30:57 PM »
Quote from: Johnny Unusual on May 15, 2018, 06:03:50 AM
Quote from: LucasM on May 14, 2018, 07:57:54 PM
The only Adult Swim cartoons I really got into were The Maxx (adapted from the comics, of course).

Wait, did they air The Maxx on Adult Swim sometime after it aired on MTV?

Wow... I thoroughly spaced on that!  Nope, just MTV.


Quote from: Edward J Grug III on May 15, 2018, 05:09:08 PM
I was going to ask the same thing. I used to love the Maxx, but these days I pretty much have zero interest in entertainment with rape (etc) in it, so I don't think I'll ever be going back to it.

Very good point.  I haven't re-watched it in ages.  At the time I was working with survivors of often sexual trauma (usually in childhood, but sometimes again in adulthood) and found the take on post-trauma interesting.  I don't know how I would respond to it now, given how the head injuries have amplified emotional responses to the things I watch, as well as the PTSD from the three accidents making post-trauma material difficult to view.
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Re: TV News Thread
« Reply #833 on: May 17, 2018, 10:59:09 AM »
It's back...
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Re: TV News Thread
« Reply #834 on: May 18, 2018, 07:24:46 AM »
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Re: TV News Thread
« Reply #835 on: May 18, 2018, 10:20:55 AM »
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Re: TV News Thread
« Reply #836 on: May 18, 2018, 10:44:44 AM »
First reaction: Oh good. That's the voice cast. For a second there I was afraid we were getting some weird CW-Style reimagining of She-Ra.
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« Reply #837 on: May 18, 2018, 10:48:56 AM »
Quote from: Pak-Man on May 18, 2018, 10:44:44 AM
First reaction: Oh good. That's the voice cast. For a second there I was afraid we were getting some weird CW-Style reimagining of She-Ra.

Or maybe the re-imagining is a Waiting for Guffman-style mockumentary.
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Re: TV News Thread
« Reply #838 on: May 18, 2018, 02:23:08 PM »
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Re: TV News Thread
« Reply #839 on: May 18, 2018, 03:38:16 PM »
I dunno. I actually like Teen Titans Go (While still completely understanding why so many people hate it) but I don't really want ALL the old action shows to be turned into chibi-comedy vehicles.

I am very much a nostalgia-fueled man, but even I have to say at this point maybe we should just let the kids have their OWN pop culture.
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