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I managed to forget we had an episode tonight until a few hours ago. Now the minutes seem to crawl by... it's weird that a show will actually live up to my high expectations.
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Inuit? Into it.
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Jun 17, 2013 05:14
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Yeah, we're halfway done already. At least there's been some instant classics in this first half.
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Jun 24, 2013 06:02
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The Halloween special was pulled from this season's run, so there probably won't be another Orpheus/Triad centric episode. Hopefully they still show up, though.
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Jun 24, 2013 06:56
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St. Cloud was a little more flaccid this second time around, but Venture Brothers has always had some hit or miss characters. Hatred took me a while to fully warm up to, after all. At the very least, St. Cloud enables Billy and White to have some fun adventures. The other problem with the episode is how predictably the "twist" played out. A lot of the main story kind of packed backbone. I wouldn't say it was a bad episode, certainly no State Dinner.
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Jun 25, 2013 06:25
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GD_American posted:I'm gonna guess Colonel Gentleman and Action Man. Of course I don't think they even pay attention to these things, nor really should they. I thought the anticlimactic end of SPHINX was on par with the Orb in terms of deliberate nose-thumbing
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Jun 30, 2013 04:49
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As many times as I've seen "The Better Man", I only just noticed that The-Master-as-Dean is using what appears to be a Vacuum Boom-Vroom.
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Jul 1, 2013 01:47
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Lintwhite posted:I could not stop shaking during this episode. I haven't had a physical reaction like that to an episode since Operation P.R.O.M. Please tell me I wasn't the only one.
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Jul 1, 2013 06:32
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BIG HEADLINE posted:Probably Gorby. He was never popular with the hard-liners, especially early on, before he built up political capital with Reagan with the arms reduction talks and Perestroika/Glasnost. I can't remember if they gave a *year* for the Goodwill Games.
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Jul 1, 2013 08:30
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Pope Guilty posted:I feel like Season 3 has an actual plot to it in ways that the other seasons don't, which is interesting- there's very much a sequence of events, whereas the other seasons are all standalones or advancing themes and feelings for the most part, like Season 4 showing the boys growing up.
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Jul 2, 2013 03:07
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Blind Sally posted:Yeah, I agree. Besides, he can be developing breasts due to the Nomolestol AND be a super soldier. It's not like the two things need to be mutually exclusive. It's kind of interesting how Hank was so open to the transexual experience. It was a pretty surprising treatment from an irreverant cartoon show.
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Jul 2, 2013 06:33
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Not only were the escorts creator confirmed to be the Blackhearts, you can compare them to earlier apperances such as the end of Season 3. I find it weird that speculation is only interesting if there's some intricate plot unfolding at a particular design. You can go overboard and forget how little the show pays attention to itself, but there are building plot lines and payoffs to talk about.
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Jul 5, 2013 03:35
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Like, "O.S.I. Love You" delivered on a number of loose plot points in a way that was satisfying and organic - does it particularly matter that they hadn't more than a notion of the later plot line when writing "The Silent Partners" and "Operation PROM"? As long as it's put together well, I don't think a show needs a 7-season master plan in order to have a deep, rich element of mystery and anticipation of how things will unfold. What the writers dont care about are irrelevant details. If they want to make a joke and it fits the situation, it doesn't matter if it contradicts some throwaway plot point from seasons ago. (e.g. From the premiere this season: SPHINX not paying rent, and the Monarch not being Dr. Girlfriend's boss were once important plot points, both ignored in favor of a quick joke - and does that kind of poo poo really matter?)
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Jul 5, 2013 11:10
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I love the spoilers, it's been enough to pique my curiousity but nothing episode-ruining for me. Hearing it's a contender for best of the season has me incredibly hyped, in fact. So thanks guys, for keeping it mild in here.
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Jul 7, 2013 07:36
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What's this about potential David Bowie lawsuits? The reason they changed The Sovereign?
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Jul 8, 2013 22:18
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In "Assisted Suicide", there's the scenes with The Rusty's Id and its harem. Makes it likely it's someone we've met (Dr. Girlfriend being my favorite outside chance). Of course, they'll just as likely have a more interesting idea. I do think they have a mom, though - I don't think they're clones or test tube babies. Ben says about as much in the Halloween special.
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Jul 9, 2013 11:45
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Install Gentoo posted:The Monarch was doing unlicensed arching while he was still a Shadowman for Phantom Limb, but then he left Phantom Limb for good and eventually got guild licensed. Phantom Limb didn't pay attention to the Shadowmen identities because 24 was able to cover for him for a decent enough time, and wouldn't have paid attention to his henchmen's real names to prevent the Monarch from getting official guild membership. The whole deal with the Season 3 opener was poorly conveyed Danzou fucked around with this message at 23:38 on Jul 12, 2013 |
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Jul 12, 2013 23:36
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It is hard to ignore how the Guild member in the previews , Vendetta, is dressed in Venture Industries colors and has the whole V thing going on. Wonder if that's gonna go anywhere. Steppenwolf is the sillhouette that was made from taking Half-Jackal and making him full jackal, and I'm guessing they decided the councilman with Dr. Z's voice was, in fact, Dr. Z. I'm hoping there's a Monarch subplot secreted from the previews. Part of me wonders that it's odd The Revenge Society hasn't shown up this season after spending a couple episodes on them in 4.5, but the episode is pretty crowded as it is.
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Jul 14, 2013 07:39
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Reminder this is the penultimate episode of the season.
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Jul 15, 2013 05:00
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Phineas Phage!
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Jul 15, 2013 05:05
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Dueling robots is everything I hoped it would be.
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Jul 15, 2013 05:09
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Protagorean posted:It's funny, they clearly used most of the same assets, down to the voice, for Dr. Z, but the mustache in his silhouettes is off in all his appearances..
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Jul 15, 2013 05:14
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Bouncer won't let Augustine St. Cloud dork up the club.
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Jul 15, 2013 05:18
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Oh my god, Billy puppet.
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Jul 15, 2013 05:20
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I have no clue what's about to happen. Oh lord.
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Jul 15, 2013 05:22
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Whaaaaaat was up with Vendata there? Jonas? Monarch's dad?
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Jul 15, 2013 05:26
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Oh man, I was hoping The Monarch was going to replace Boggles, but Dr. Girlfriend replacing Vendata. And holy poo poo, the last two plot lines we hadn't seen this season, Killinger and The Revenge Society. What a great episode. I think it deserves a second watch.
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Jul 15, 2013 05:30
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Biggest oh poo poo moment was when the calamari guy called Shoreleave out. I don't think they'd do a Season 6 without Doc... I hope Vendata, and Ben from the Halloween special are foreshadowing a Rusty clone situation, or some sort of ressurection... man, this is shaping up to be one hell of a season finale.
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Jul 15, 2013 05:37
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Optimus Subprime posted:in the slate interview from a week ago, they talked about how a lot of things are related to the actions of the original venture crew, so it'll be interesting to see how it all pans put and what chickens are coming home to roost.
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Jul 15, 2013 05:42
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This was an even better episode than O.S.I. Love You, mainly because the jokes were a bit thicker on the ground. Don Hell's guild nightclub was such a fun setting, and the guild guys are pretty solid material.
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Jul 15, 2013 07:26
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I'm fairly certain the Monarch's parents are sitting in the speedboat during the first flashback in "Spanakopita!". I just think it's cool that the Vendata/Venture connection actually panned out as something interesting. Really, it took the picture reveal from "SPHINX Rising" and swerved from the obvious Rusty/Monarch plot twists to deliver a truly surprising resolution.
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Jul 16, 2013 07:11
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X_Toad posted:So, who do you think is the GCI mole who took away the picture of the Dragoon/Red Mantle hybrid we saw in episode 5? That could have been useful for the O.S.I. for their infiltration.
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Jul 18, 2013 05:29
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Were Venturestein and Ghost Lincoln the same voice?
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Jul 19, 2013 02:01
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The Fruit Bat!
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