I gave her everything... jewels, beautiful dresses -- with beautiful girls in them.

Spike ,'Sleeper'


Animation 1: I'm Not Bad, I'm Just Drawn That Way

A thread to discuss television and online animation.


Steph L. - Dec 02, 2015 7:23:25 am PST #658 of 1080
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe

Samurai Jack is coming back in 2016!!! [link]


Tom Scola - Jan 05, 2016 8:32:01 am PST #659 of 1080
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500

FINALLY


-t - Jan 05, 2016 8:55:59 am PST #660 of 1080
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I predict I will not remember enough to have any idea what is going on when it airs.


quester - Jan 06, 2016 6:42:15 pm PST #661 of 1080
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.

Our long national nightmare is almost over!


Tom Scola - Jan 14, 2016 11:39:36 am PST #662 of 1080
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500

I predict I will not remember enough to have any idea what is going on when it airs.

Recap


billytea - Jan 21, 2016 2:03:26 pm PST #663 of 1080
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

Just before Christmas, I finally got around to borrowing Adventure Time from the library, see what all the fuss was about. Ryan's been watching it with me. We got through Seasons 1 and 2, and I was pretty impressed. Some fun stuff. Lumpy Space Princess was funny, and Billy (BILLY!) was hilarious. (I've since been periodically following Riyi around and singing "Who slayed an evil ocean? Who cast the Lich King down? MUMMY!!" She's not as apprciative of this as Ryan is.)

For Christmas Ryan got a box set of collections (Jake the Dad, The Suitor and REIGN OF GUNTERS). We're now partway through REIGN OF GUNTERS. (GUNTERS!)

...This might possibly be the most brilliant animated series I've seen. I don't recall another series as deft at pitching to kids and adults (and tweens, and teens) simultaneously.


Tom Scola - Jan 21, 2016 2:07:55 pm PST #664 of 1080
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500

It gets WAY BETTER after season 2.


billytea - Jan 21, 2016 2:23:16 pm PST #665 of 1080
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

It gets WAY BETTER after season 2.

That's exactly the impression I'm getting. Ryan's box set is mostly post-S2, and it's like they've set up this world and this cast, and now look what we can do with them. (The answer appears to be emotionally complex character development, some truly creepy and disturbing stuff that goes right over Ryan's head, and occasional wall-to-wall WTF. Oh, and hilarity, like Jake the Dad. "Look, fellas, there's never gonna be a perfect baby.")

In conclusion, my favourite character right now might be Beemo.


Tom Scola - Jan 21, 2016 2:39:43 pm PST #666 of 1080
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500

[link]


DavidS - Jan 21, 2016 4:37:23 pm PST #667 of 1080
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Yup, I am drinking my vodka-tonic from one of my several Adventure Time glasses.

::checks to look::

It is, in fact, BMO! BMO is the best! Yay BMO!