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I thought that episode was awful. One of the reasons I love Adventure Time so much is how good the stories typically are. But in my opinion, Apple Thief was the worst episode of the show because it barely had one at all. It started off really promising and I thought we were in for an awesome mystery/crime story, and then it just pussed out at the end and rendered everything that happened before completely pointless. I have no reason to care about anything that happened in that episode. What was the point of showing us all that cool organized crime stuff without having it build up to anything? What if there actually was a big mystery involving Tree Trunks' apples and they got involved in a big mobster story and ended up having to solve the mystery just so they could eat apple pies? That would've been cool, right? Naaaah we can't figure out a good ending, just forget about all that mobster stuff and make it crows. What wasted potential. I'm gonna go watch a good episode like The Other Tarts or The Limit.
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Magpies.
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| # ? Oct 5, 2011 16:29 |
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Can we get some new Tree Trunks gifs up in here? I'd like to see a gif of her crying near the beginning of the episode, as well as her ears shooting up after they talk to Raggedy Princess. Also chewing on toilet paper. I'll start the party 
Millions fucked around with this message at Oct 5, 2011 around 16:55 |
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weirdojace posted:I thought that episode was awful. One of the reasons I love Adventure Time so much is how good the stories typically are. But in my opinion, Apple Thief was the worst episode of the show because it barely had one at all. It started off really promising and I thought we were in for an awesome mystery/crime story, and then it just pussed out at the end and rendered everything that happened before completely pointless. I have no reason to care about anything that happened in that episode. What was the point of showing us all that cool organized crime stuff without having it build up to anything? What if there actually was a big mystery involving Tree Trunks' apples and they got involved in a big mobster story and ended up having to solve the mystery just so they could eat apple pies? That would've been cool, right? Naaaah we can't figure out a good ending, just forget about all that mobster stuff and make it crows. The whole point of the episode was to have Tree Trunks being all  for ten minutes. It wasn't about the plot or the jokes. It's like you're listening to a piano sonata and saying, "Man, this could have had a guitar solo in it! What a waste of potential   "
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Well Manicured Man posted:The whole point of the episode was to have Tree Trunks being all
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| # ? Oct 5, 2011 20:01 |
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Jake's cooking has made me depressed about my dinner. 
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| # ? Oct 5, 2011 20:35 |
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Well Manicured Man posted:The whole point of the episode was to have Tree Trunks being all That's not a good comparison. A piece of music has to be taken for what it is, and there's any number of things it could be. Adventure Time has always been about telling stories (isn't that the goal of most TV shows?) and I don't think Apple Thief was a good one.
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Darth Windu posted:Yeah, it was awful of him to steal that toy's kid. Wait a minute...They never gave that toy his kid back! But yeah, I was pretty meh on Apple Thief. Jokes weren't strong enough to carry the story, story wasn't strong enough to carry the jokes. Not bad but one of the weaker ones of season 3
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| # ? Oct 5, 2011 22:29 |
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Oh god, Nat and Penn made a pokemon video with glorious fart jokes
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Winklebottom posted:Oh god, Nat and Penn made a pokemon video with glorious fart jokes That's actually brilliant. I'm still amazed they actually manage to make fart jokes funny. KingKalamari posted:Wait a minute...They never gave that toy his kid back! Gotta agree, I didn't feel like the episode had a very good flow. I was hoping at the end Tree Trunks was going to say something like "Now we've found my apples, could you boys find my diamonds which were stolen?" Or something a long those lines to connect the mafia stuff.
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| # ? Oct 5, 2011 22:38 |
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Wandering Knitter posted:Jake's cooking has made me depressed about my dinner. I didn't know that Korean food looked so good.
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weirdojace posted:I thought that episode was awful. One of the reasons I love Adventure Time so much is how good the stories typically are. But in my opinion, Apple Thief was the worst episode of the show because it barely had one at all. It started off really promising and I thought we were in for an awesome mystery/crime story, and then it just pussed out at the end and rendered everything that happened before completely pointless. I have no reason to care about anything that happened in that episode. What was the point of showing us all that cool organized crime stuff without having it build up to anything? What if there actually was a big mystery involving Tree Trunks' apples and they got involved in a big mobster story and ended up having to solve the mystery just so they could eat apple pies? That would've been cool, right? Naaaah we can't figure out a good ending, just forget about all that mobster stuff and make it crows. What? I get that you didn't like the episode but your criticism doesn't make much sense. A sudden twist at the end making almost all of the actions taken during the episode pointless is pretty much what this show does. Taking the 2 episodes you mentioned, in The Other Tarts they were carrying the wrong tarts all along and the whole trip was pointless, and in The Limit they have the psychic tandem war elephant just wish all the consequences away and fly off. So there's always a story, but then it's pretty much always resolved in a silly way you aren't supposed to see coming. Magpies may be a little weak on the 'what a twist' scale, but it certainly wasn't out of character for the show.
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If the magpies were taking the apples, then who attacked tree trunks and tore up her home? I can't help but wonder if she had a crate of diamonds she just forgot about. (Fun episode none the less --the other two threads in TV IV I follow are Dexter and Doctor Who, and it is so nice to come into this thread where people actually enjoy the show they're taking the time to post about.)
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| # ? Oct 6, 2011 00:41 |
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Silentman0 posted:I didn't know that Korean food looked so good. When you smell it for the first time you will have the same response as Finn. There is so much fish sauce in everything, and I think that was kimchi jjigae as well. Bibimbap is amazing though. I love the little details like giving them the chopsticks and spoon at the place settings. The pig was super cute too.
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| # ? Oct 6, 2011 01:28 |
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Wormo is tops. "Ok. Follow this guyyy~"
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| # ? Oct 6, 2011 07:36 |
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So according to Muto, Skyler Page is joining the storyboard team. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnA4u9CaK7A http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2asTn4FON10 Magnus Condomus fucked around with this message at Oct 6, 2011 around 14:50 |
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  Can anyone find the second gif without the text?
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| # ? Oct 6, 2011 16:23 |
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Can we get a gif of that cookie at the table?
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| # ? Oct 6, 2011 18:34 |
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Magnus Condomus posted:So according to Muto, Skyler Page is joining the storyboard team. I hadn't seen the other one before, but Crater Face is incredibly moving for being a story about a silly astronaut and two lumps of rock.
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| # ? Oct 6, 2011 18:56 |
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That guy must do crazy squats. One of my favorite one liners in this show to date.
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| # ? Oct 9, 2011 07:58 |
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I love that the pig was voiced by Ron Lynch, but that could just be because I marathoned Home Movies recently.
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| # ? Oct 9, 2011 08:24 |
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I thought they were gonna do some last minute gag about how they up and left Raggety Princess trapped in a ditch but it's somehow better that they just never mention her again.
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Magnus Condomus posted:So according to Muto, Skyler Page is joining the storyboard team. Wow, that is some really good work... Crater Face blew me away.
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Fortis posted:I love that the pig was voiced by Ron Lynch, but that could just be because I marathoned Home Movies recently. Everything is better when Ron Lynch is involved.
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| # ? Oct 9, 2011 11:28 |
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I love that there's a seedy underbelly of Ooo.
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| # ? Oct 9, 2011 19:48 |
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Not just Ooo, of the Candy Kingdom itself. PB why would you let this happen!
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| # ? Oct 10, 2011 02:37 |
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 Well then.. Guess there's no "Adventure Time" this week. But, good god drat. That was the creepiest "Regular Show" I've ever seen.
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| # ? Oct 11, 2011 00:29 |
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weirdojace posted:I thought that episode was awful. One of the reasons I love Adventure Time so much is how good the stories typically are. But in my opinion, Apple Thief was the worst episode of the show because it barely had one at all. It started off really promising and I thought we were in for an awesome mystery/crime story, and then it just pussed out at the end and rendered everything that happened before completely pointless. I have no reason to care about anything that happened in that episode. What was the point of showing us all that cool organized crime stuff without having it build up to anything? What if there actually was a big mystery involving Tree Trunks' apples and they got involved in a big mobster story and ended up having to solve the mystery just so they could eat apple pies? That would've been cool, right? Naaaah we can't figure out a good ending, just forget about all that mobster stuff and make it crows. I wasn't too thrilled about it either, but I thought it was kinda neat that they're supposed to be hero good guys and didn't do squat about legitimate crime because they were busy looking for apples for their weak little friend. Not terrible, but nowhere near the best.
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| # ? Oct 11, 2011 01:32 |
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TShields posted:
Yeah, this Regular Show owns, and next week's AT looks amazing.
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Anyone else feel like the short format of the show is hurting it? Nearly every episode I've seen lately has made me go "oh man, that's awesome, but I wish that episode was about twice as long". Maybe I'm just used to mostly watching hour long TV shows and, when not watching those, watching half-hour long ones, but it feels like AT's format is holding it back. I'd so much rather have 22-23 minute episodes than 11 minute ones so we can get more indepth in each one.
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Aw man, no new adventure time and the dvr chose HIMYM over a good sounding regular show. I grab the episodes on iTunes at least. AT/RS is a wonderful way to start my week. As far as the time format goes I like it. There are some episodes that really could benefit from longer formats but I feel like most might drag on a bit. Tunnelman fucked around with this message at Oct 11, 2011 around 04:33 |
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Lavender Philtrum posted:Anyone else feel like the short format of the show is hurting it? Nearly every episode I've seen lately has made me go "oh man, that's awesome, but I wish that episode was about twice as long". Oh god yes, AT and RS. I hope they'll give them more leeway in the future. They've both proven to be a success. How is that idiotic looking "Secret Mountain Fort Awesome" allowed more time than two proven successful shows?
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Lavender Philtrum posted:Anyone else feel like the short format of the show is hurting it? Nearly every episode I've seen lately has made me go "oh man, that's awesome, but I wish that episode was about twice as long". I think the short format is fine. I'm used to cartoons being two 11-minute shorts in a 30-minute block anyway from all the ones I watched as a kid. One of my favorite parts of Adventure Time and Regular show is how abrupt some of the endings can be. A good example is the end of "Tree Trunks" when it cuts to black almost right after Tree Trunks explodes. That had me laughing for like five minutes.
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| # ? Oct 11, 2011 04:43 |
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I loved that both Finn & Jakes AND the Finn & Jake crystal double just stood there in awe before it cut to black
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Tunnelman posted:As far as the time format goes I like it. There are some episodes that really could benefit from longer formats but I feel like most might drag on a bit. Yeah, as good as Mortal Folly/Recoil was, I think if AT expanded to a full half-hour, there might be issues where the plot drags. 11 minutes lets them do everything rapid fire and leave you wanting more rather than overstay it's welcome. The only recent episode I can think of that maybe would have worked better if it was longer was Fionna and Cake.
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| # ? Oct 11, 2011 17:51 |
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As far back as I can remember, most of the children's cartoons on Cartoon Network have been in 11 minute episodes, often two episodes per block thus taking up a 30 minute block. There's probably a multitude of reasons for this, one I can immediately think of is that it's cheaper and easier to just hammer out short scripts and animations rather than a 23 minute episode that would obviously require more action or more exposition. I think Cartoon Network is still experimenting with time-slots and different shows on that 8pm and after period and thus aren't doing the traditional 2 episode blocks.
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| # ? Oct 11, 2011 22:53 |
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A lot of shows used to be three separate seven minute shorts, if I remember correctly.
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TwoPair posted:Yeah, as good as Mortal Folly/Recoil was, I think if AT expanded to a full half-hour, there might be issues where the plot drags. 11 minutes lets them do everything rapid fire and leave you wanting more rather than overstay it's welcome. The only recent episode I can think of that maybe would have worked better if it was longer was Fionna and Cake. Some episodes benefit from the longer format, I think, and some don't. I think What Was Missing was way too short (and not just beause i'm some horrible shipper who wants more marceline and bubblegum) and I've also seen episodes that I thought went on a little too long. Maybe it just depends on the writer?
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| # ? Oct 12, 2011 03:21 |
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Yeah, What Was Missing could have been longer but probably not enough to warrant two episodes. They never showed that toy getting its kid back for one thing
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I'm a bit late to the party on this one but I'm surprised that anyone could *not* see a romantic subtext to Marceline's song in What Was Missing. Heck, forget subtext, the end of it was pretty much just text. Then again, a lot of people missed that Renly was gay in Game of Thrones (the book) and were surprised/upset at the overt gay scene in the show, so...
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