Hollywood_Bob wrote:I bought mine at Target last night...I do know that not all BB stores carry the same merchandise so that is what you may have run into
Moriarty wrote:Awesome.
This is one of those times where I ignored everyone’s recommendations to see this show. I tried to watch five minutes towards the end of an episode, and it just irritated me. I never gave it another chance until I got back from my trip recently and found this at the top of a fairly formidable stack of waiting DVDs. That cover... that great iconic skull image... finally tipped me over and I had to check it out. I told myself I’d watch one episode, start to finish, and see what I really thought of it. And that one episode... well, that’s all it took.
This show is crack. I could watch another five seasons of it tomorrow if the DVDs were available. I’ve actually watched the full 13 episode run twice now. Jackson Publick and Doc Hammer (great names for both of those guys, eh?) are the creators of this crazy, beautiful series. It looks like this was originally designed to be a parody of JONNY QUEST and little else, but sometimes, things take on a life of their own, and this show evolved over the course of that first season into something much richer than a simple goof on another series. It’s got a rhythm and a style all its own, and a cast of characters that are so fucking bizarre that I would watch them do pretty much anything.
The Venture Brothers are Hank and Dean, but they’re hardly the stars of the show. I’d say their father, Dr. Rusty Venture, is more important to the series than they are. He was raised by his world-famous scientist father, and he spends every day trying to live up to his father’s reputation. All the pills he pops probably don’t help, and he can barely stomach his own sons as a result of his self-loathing. He’s more richly written than most live-action characters, to be frank.
And it can’t help that he spends all his time with Brock Samson, his bodyguard, who is like the most hyper-masculine exaggeration of macho I’ve ever seen. Voiced by Patrick Warburton, Brock Samson is one of the greatest comic characters in recent memory. In fact, overall I’d say this is the best Adult Swim show since the creation of AQUA TEEN HUNGER FORCE, and I think it’s actually a bit better as a show. ATHF makes me laugh like a crazy person, but THE VENTURE BROS. works better as a show for me. I like the universe they’re creating, the characters that fill out the edges of the world. I think The Monarch is a great arch-enemy, and Dr. Girlfriend cracks me up. I love Baron Underbheit. I love the way the JONNY QUEST cross-over was handled. I love Dr. Orpheus and his Hot Topic-addicted daughter Triana. I think it’s brilliant the way they fold in pop culture to this show, subtle in a way that Seth McFarlane can only dream of. What other show on TV would have an episode in which The Six Million Dollar Man and Sasquatch are on the run together, Dumbledore lovers marked for destruction by a government that doesn’t understand their love?
Warner Home Video has put a fair amount of extras on the disc, including some commentaries, deleted scenes, the original pilot, the Christmas special, and more. The reason to buy the disc, though, especially if you haven’t already seen the show, is for these episodes. Just check out the titles, which totally convey the pulpy feel of the show: DIA DE LOS DANGEROUS!, EENY, MEENY, MINEY... MAGIC!, RETURN TO SPIDER-SKULL ISLAND. Great stuff.
My one question is about the ending of the final episode from season one. Makes it hard to do a season two, doesn’t it? Still, we’re about a week away from the premiere of the second season, so I guess we’ll see how they handle it then.
Kilgore wrote:Season 2 started tonight - did not miss a beat.
Keepcoolbutcare wrote:Kilgore wrote:Season 2 started tonight - did not miss a beat.
HA!
I watched it on Friday, 'cuz I loathe TV and, well, I had nothing better to do...
it didn't measure up to my hopes, but what could? thought the intro was brilliant, but then it kinda dragged for a while, though the reason for King Gorillas incarceration was fucking hysterical. But then, just when the little lady said she wouldn't be watching if the boys didn't return, the utterly hysterical montage of their 14 previous demises, my faves being "gas, the silent killer" and the look of pure joy on Dean's face as he's running with the scissors.
Can't wait for next weeks "Hate Floats".
RogueScribner wrote:I missed it. Grrr.
Kilgore wrote:I can't decide whether my favorite line was 'If you have an accident-prone kid, you make him wear a helmet...' or simply the Monarch screaming 'You Assholes!' when no-one showed to help him escape.
There is so much good here.
MadCapsule wrote:My local Best Buy was sold out, so I went to Borders and it actually turned out to be a couple bucks cheaper.
Jackson Publick, by way of his blog, wrote:For those of you who bought the Venture Bros. Season One DVD, there is a "lost commentary" available for download at quickstopentertainment.com. We always knew there'd only be room for about four or five episode commentaries on the set, but we recorded a few extra ones as we worked out our various sound problems and tried to tried to acclimate ourselves to the idea of talking at our computer for 22 1/2 minutes. Also to give Adult Swim a variety to choose from. If you liked the commentaries on the DVDs, this is more of the same kind of fast and loose crap.
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Just for giggles, below are the titles of all of this season's upcoming episodes, in roughly the order they're to air. Figured I'd beat adultswim.com to the punch for once (titles and running order subject to last minute change, as is our habit):
"Powerless in the Face of Death"
"Hate Floats"
"Assassinanny 911"
"Escape to the House of Mummies"
"20 Years to Midnight"
"Victor. Echo. November."
"Love-Bheits"
"Fallen Arches"
"Guess Who’s Coming to State Dinner?"
"I Know Why the Caged Bird Kills"
"¡Viva los Muertos!"
"Showdown at Cremation Creek"
John-Locke wrote:The bit at the beginning with the henchmen humming the dramatic music had me laughing like a giddy schoolgirl, one of the greatest episodes yet, this show just gets better and better.
Leckomaniac wrote:Ugh. I keep missing the new Venture Bros. I tend to fall asleep early on Sundays because of work. And I keep trying to remember to watch on Thursdays...but it slips my mind.
I need Tivo.
Chairman Kaga wrote:John-Locke wrote:The bit at the beginning with the henchmen humming the dramatic music had me laughing like a giddy schoolgirl, one of the greatest episodes yet, this show just gets better and better.
I loved that since it was Holst's Mars- Bringer of War from his ochestral suite The Planets which has been used alot in film. Great episode.
The Garbage Man wrote:If you haven't checked it out, that audio track (linked above) is pretty good. They talk more about the show's origins and more behind-the-scenes stuff rather than just pointing out what's happening onscreen at the moment (something that irked me about the first commentary). Especially interesting is how The Monarch evolved - before The Venture Bros., they had written a script involving Aquaman and Black Manta as roommates, and their take on Manta lead to The Monarch.
papalazeru wrote:Just witnesseed Series 2 episode 2. Am going back to watch the rest.
Has a hell of a lot of promise as a geek comedy show.
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