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Is this where I talk about the Harley Quinn show because god drat that first episode was funny as hell
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Nov 30, 2019 02:40
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So I recently cut cable and did the all streaming thing. Hulu recommended Golan the Insatiable. It's actually pretty loving good. It's a great mix of total stupidity with a more serious seasonal arc that is also stupid. Maria Bamford as the mom works so God drat well. Of course Fox killed it.
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Nov 30, 2019 08:00
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Escobarbarian posted:Is this where I talk about the Harley Quinn show because god drat that first episode was funny as hell It might be. Although you might have more luck with the Comic Book Animation Thread.
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Nov 30, 2019 08:10
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Fabulousity posted:So I recently cut cable and did the all streaming thing. Yeah it was a pretty cute show, if an animated adaptation of I Hate Fairyland ever happened they should definitely try to get some of the people who did Golan to work on it
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Nov 30, 2019 08:17
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Slightly Absurd posted:The creator also seems to enjoy leaning pretty heavily on the different eye deal thing. Heterochromia's pretty rare, so it's kinda jarring when there are so many characters with it. Yeah that stood out to me, and added to the feeling of "everybody here is trying to be the coolest person in the room" thing. They're ALL unique and rare and kooky and random, but.... in the same way. So it just feels... like something teenagers would do.
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Nov 30, 2019 08:21
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Golan the Insatiable was loving amazing, but only for the first season. I don’t even know what the gently caress was with that second season; they somehow managed to make all the characters so obnoxious or bland that it didn’t even seem like the same show. But oh man, that first season, 
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Nov 30, 2019 12:29
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Labes for days posted:Golan the Insatiable was loving amazing, but only for the first season. I don’t even know what the gently caress was with that second season; they somehow managed to make all the characters so obnoxious or bland that it didn’t even seem like the same show. The fact that the show was adapted from articles from the front page here was also pretty neat.
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Nov 30, 2019 14:11
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That part was really adding insult to injury. Took a great story, made it a great cartoon, and then made it “marketable.” Somebody acquire the Monstergeddon IP and don’t gently caress it up.
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Nov 30, 2019 14:40
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Labes for days posted:That part was really adding insult to injury. Took a great story, made it a great cartoon, and then made it “marketable.” Monstergeddon is perfect as is - I don't think it would translate too well due to the number of forums specific in-jokes anyway. I would be up for a series of shorts about the exciting life and incomparable deals offered by P.B. Fouke though.
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Nov 30, 2019 15:37
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SolarFire2 posted:I probably would have at least been middle of the road towards Mr. Pickles if it didn't have that thing where everyone is YELLING THEIR LINES. How else would you know where the jokes are?
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Nov 30, 2019 21:25
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I just watched the first ep of Momma Made Me Sheriff and it's not as unappealing as Mr. Pickles was. "Incompetent sheriff and his straight man deputy go on weird, sometimes grossout misadventures" probably helps ground the show a bit more than "edgy dog does grossout murders" (though I've heard that people who actually stuck with Mr. Pickles felt that it got better overtime, so that probably feeds into that)
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Nov 30, 2019 22:07
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Dec 1, 2019 18:30
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Thanks, I hate it
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Dec 1, 2019 18:35
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DoubleCakes posted:Thanks, I hate it 
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Dec 1, 2019 19:24
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DoubleCakes posted:Thanks, I hate it Unfortunately I’ve found that this is yet another fandom where a large portion of the people who enjoy it do so because they want to emulate the most horrible characters, eg Rick and Morty, the Joker, etc.
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Dec 1, 2019 20:24
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I watched the first four episodes of Epithet Erased, an animation on VRV from the guy who does the So This Is Basically... videos. I thought it was pretty good! Some of the "we have no budget" animation tricks were a little weird, but I might just not be used to them, and the characters are all well-designed and really likeable.
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Dec 4, 2019 04:08
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Digamma-F-Wau posted:I just watched the first ep of Momma Made Me Sheriff and it's not as unappealing as Mr. Pickles was. "Incompetent sheriff and his straight man deputy go on weird, sometimes grossout misadventures" probably helps ground the show a bit more than "edgy dog does grossout murders" (though I've heard that people who actually stuck with Mr. Pickles felt that it got better overtime, so that probably feeds into that) I don't really like the show, but since I'm up late a lot I saw most of it through reruns. I wouldn't say Mr. Pickles ever really got better, but there were a few tolerable ones. They occasionally let actual jokes have room to breathe and there was a glimmer of something if they could get past the edgelord and budget NewGrounds stuff. They started to do more gimmick episodes without Mr. Pickles, including a COPS parody that just followed sheriff around the weird town, which along with a few other Sheriff episodes is probably where this season came from. I saw a few rumors on Reddit from the couple of fans that Adult Swim told the creators to re-do the whole show around Sheriff, or it was getting canceled. Just weird that the rebrand is apparently real and sticking and that it was basically a stealth reboot. I assumed it was a one-off joke when I saw the commercials. Also, Squidbilles was good. "I said Blue Lives Matter 'til I'm blue in the face, what more do you want?" Adult Swim seems to be doing a horrible job of actually pushing out new shows though. I remember seeing some list of 20+ shows that they approved pitches for, and I'm not sure that any of them actually aired. They haven't done a pilot special run in forever. I thought The Jellies and Lazor Wolf sucked, even though I wanted to like them. Ballmastrz 9009 and Tigtone were decent too. A few of their live action shows have been alright (Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell, Dream Corp LLC.) along with their Infomercials series, but the rest has been so stale. Parakeet vs. Phone fucked around with this message at 10:43 on Dec 4, 2019 |
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Dec 4, 2019 10:34
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Escobarbarian posted:Is this where I talk about the Harley Quinn show because god drat that first episode was funny as hell You have no idea how surprised I am to be agreeing with you on this.
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Dec 4, 2019 16:57
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Parakeet vs. Phone posted:Also, Squidbilles was good. "I said Blue Lives Matter 'til I'm blue in the face, what more do you want?" What's weird is that they don't push out new shows, but the good ones they do have get lost in the shuffle and Squids is an example of that. What was it, 1 1/2-2 years between new seasons? There was also that oddball season which was only 6 episodes a while back. I had hope for The Jellies given the crew behind Loiter Squad was involved with it and it just never had any staying power.
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Dec 5, 2019 18:04
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Escobarbarian posted:Is this where I talk about the Harley Quinn show because god drat that first episode was funny as hell You could talk about it in BSS' Comic Animation thread although I wouldn't recommend it because it seems pretty much everyone over there dislikes it so you might find it a hard sell. Rand Brittain posted:I watched the first four episodes of Epithet Erased, an animation on VRV from the guy who does the So This Is Basically... videos. I thought it was pretty good! Some of the "we have no budget" animation tricks were a little weird, but I might just not be used to them, and the characters are all well-designed and really likeable. I thought it was cute (I've only watched the two on youtube) but I was under the impression that it would actually be ...animated. Like the intro. It's still kind of entertaining but I feel like for the story it's telling (you know, one with action scenes) it should be really be more animated than it is. Regardless of anything, the end theme is catchy as poo poo. TwoPair fucked around with this message at 00:32 on Dec 6, 2019 |
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Dec 6, 2019 00:28
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TwoPair posted:I thought it was cute (I've only watched the two on youtube) but I was under the impression that it would actually be ...animated. Like the intro. It's still kind of entertaining but I feel like for the story it's telling (you know, one with action scenes) it should be really be more animated than it is. Regardless of anything, the end theme is catchy as poo poo. It does occasionally have fully-animated scenes, mostly at big moments, like the conclusion of the fourth episode. Also yeah I totally wander around at work singing "Great at Crime" to myself.
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Dec 6, 2019 00:58
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Megillah Gorilla posted:You have no idea how surprised I am to be agreeing with you on this. It's really loving funny ...kite man
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Dec 6, 2019 19:16
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It really is. I have no idea what the people in the BSS thread are on about. It's comics/cartoons, you're allowed to have different versions of the same character. Kite man
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Dec 8, 2019 15:13
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Comic nerds are horrible for that. Personally, I'm in the Douglas Adams camp of thinking where every time you introduce a property to a new medium of entertainment you also get to remake that property. Why watch the exact same thing you've already read? Nerds. That's why! [you are now thinking of Ogre from Revenge of the Nerds] I just posted this in the DC thread, but I'm pretty sure the Harley Quinn cartoon is the best thing DC has on currently (this includes the streaming and CW stuff). It's actually funny. I thought it was going to be a lame trope filled cartoon like Drawn Together or something, but it actually has decent characterization going on.
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Dec 8, 2019 15:26
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Is there an anime thread?An Ounce of Gold posted:Comic nerds are horrible for that. Personally, I'm in the Douglas Adams camp of thinking where every time you introduce a property to a new medium of entertainment you also get to remake that property. I agree, especially Adams' stressed that works need to be remade when you switch mediums, because each medium has different strengths and weaknesses. Lots of the jokes in Hitchhiker's involve internal thoughts or notes which don't work as well in radio or film, so he changed the plot to emphasize other jokes more. That's smart stuff.
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Dec 15, 2019 00:42
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There's an entire anime forum
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Dec 15, 2019 01:40
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This is somewhat relevant to this thread. https://twitter.com/CNschedules/status/1206491860983853056
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Dec 16, 2019 17:29
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The Harley Quinn show is continuing to be a hell of a lot of fun. Also, this is the first time I think I've ever enjoyed Poison Ivy. Usually her character is so one note it's embarrassing, but her world weary big city girl routine is just great.
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Dec 16, 2019 19:18
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No.1 Special posted:This is somewhat relevant to this thread. They seem to reserve the longer bumpers for when somebody that's part of their community dies or retires, but at least there's confirmation he's out.
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Dec 16, 2019 22:09
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Megillah Gorilla posted:The Harley Quinn show is continuing to be a hell of a lot of fun. Counterpoint: https://twitter.com/xeiphaar/status/1206210580585078784
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Dec 16, 2019 23:05
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Well that's upsetting
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Dec 17, 2019 00:38
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Well that's a very new interpretation of the Penguin.
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Dec 17, 2019 00:58
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I think he was maybe implied to be Jewish in Gotham, but that's a pretty different interpretation of the character.
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Dec 17, 2019 06:38
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Also counterpoint: https://twitter.com/justin_halpern/status/1206707950737219589 https://twitter.com/justin_halpern/status/1206708445879005184 (Disclaimer: Have not seen the show. If it's uncalled for, I'll see myself out)
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Dec 17, 2019 07:06
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SomeJazzyRat posted:Also counterpoint: I have seen every episode of the show. That post is just Twitter being the cesspool of poo poo it always is and probably should just be ignored. It reeks of someone trying to reach at anything they can to make people hate the show. The show's great and nerds are just mad that Joker's not Mark Hamill or something. Though the first episode wasn't the best, it's been getting better and it wasn't Titans' first episode of nothing but "lol it's dark and edgy just because we're not on TV!". The violence and inane bullshit seems pretty spot-on for Harley's current comic appearance from what I've seen. At least Joker hasn't cut his face off (...yet..). Also, it's amusing to see Justin Halpern who did the poo poo My Dad Says Twitter do this show now. Especially since the SUPER watered down sitcom version of that Twitter was so poorly received.
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Dec 17, 2019 07:16
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i haven't seen the show either, but that seems like someone on the writing team made a specific (religious) change to the character and then no one noticed any of the bad implications that it (retroactively?) raised as a result. it looks like a pretty valid thing to bring up, at the least, instead of getting dismissive about it. like, the money bags bit would probably be funny if he was just a crime boss at a birthday, but making him jewish and at a bat mitzvah makes it get kinda Ehhh, i guess?? 
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Dec 17, 2019 08:18
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Booky posted:i haven't seen the show either, but that seems like someone on the writing team made a specific (religious) change to the character and then no one noticed any of the bad implications that it (retroactively?) raised as a result. it looks like a pretty valid thing to bring up, at the least, instead of getting dismissive about it. Or, someone on the writing staff intentionally made them their own religion so as not to offend other religions or appropriate, seeing nothing of it since the character was already greedy and also being that part of representation means not just token representation but for all kinds of characters. You should maybe read the "Hi, I’m a Jew and one of the showrunners of the show, Also the writer of this episode @janembecker is Jewish" tweet. Also lol "I haven't seen the show but..." 
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Dec 17, 2019 08:27
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the many dimensions of creating good representation in media (or sometimes, just not accidentally making bad representation) can be fairly complex and it's easy to slip up without meaning to. i'm perfectly willing to believe that it's just an unfortunate coincidence but drat is that not a great look
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Dec 17, 2019 10:12
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Zaphod42 posted:Or, someone on the writing staff intentionally made them their own religion so as not to offend other religions or appropriate, seeing nothing of it since the character was already greedy and also being that part of representation means not just token representation but for all kinds of characters. That does not mean they get an automatic free pass for unintentionally offending someone.
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Dec 17, 2019 12:58
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TwoPair posted:That does not mean they get an automatic free pass for unintentionally offending someone. lol, yes it does. There is a subset group of liberals who think Jews (and also Roma) are an acceptable target for bigotry because they are a "white" minority. Since the writers are Jewish this isn't the case, and there is nothing to be angry about.
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