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Shut up Meg posted:Where? Seconded, want the info in a format I can bear.
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There's obviously something supernatural about them...in addition to the aforementioned sentient disembodied hand, Fester can make lightbulbs light up in his mouth, they have a cousin who is a walking, squeaking mound of hair, and the kids can apparently do a reenactment of a sword fight from Hamlet and cut each other and be no worse for the wear.
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Sep 16, 2019 18:44
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DrBouvenstein posted:There's obviously something supernatural about them...in addition to the aforementioned sentient disembodied hand, Fester can make lightbulbs light up in his mouth, they have a cousin who is a walking, squeaking mound of hair, and the kids can apparently do a reenactment of a sword fight from Hamlet and cut each other and be no worse for the wear. People in real life can do that lightbulb trick. And it's called Theatrical Blood.
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Sep 16, 2019 18:46
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I thought Morticia was a dracula
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Sep 16, 2019 18:53
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Clearly Gomez and, to a lesser extent, the rest of the Addams family generate spooky vibes so powerful they bend the world around them to make it spookier. This, as well as his stupid amount of money, points to his as far as I can remember missing father is Hades, the spooky-ooky god of the underworld and wealth.
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Sep 16, 2019 18:53
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Wait is Granny an Addams? I thought she was Morticia's mother.
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HopperUK posted:Wait is Granny an Addams? I thought she was Morticia's mother. Wikipedia posted:In Charles Addams' original The New Yorker cartoon strips, the character was referred to as Grandma Frump, therefore making her Morticia's mother. For the original television series — as well as The New Addams Family, in which she is named Eudora Addams — her relationship to the family is retconned and she becomes Gomez's mother.
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RBA Starblade posted:I thought Morticia was a dracula she's implied to be a witch but really she's just turbogoth HopperUK posted:Wait is Granny an Addams? I thought she was Morticia's mother. it depends, the family members switch around depending on which interpretation it is. sometimes fester is morticia's uncle instead of gomez's brother. iirc in the 90's movies grandma is morticia's mom
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Sep 16, 2019 18:59
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Lurch is also superhumanly strong. They've always been vaguely supernatural, Thing obviously being supernatural aside.
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I always thought Morticia was supernatural and Gomez was just horny as hell for that. I mean they're both obviously supernaturally horny for each other.
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You all must be nuts if you think this level of expertise at a big box hardware store is remotely believable.
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RBA Starblade posted:I thought Morticia was a dracula You're thinking of the Munsters
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I’m not sure why they still make Addams Family stuff now that Raúl Julia is dead. He wasn’t the original but I don’t think there’s been an actor as perfect for Gomez since. The man’s eye fell out while he was filming one of the movies and he just put it back in. That’s the most Addams Family poo poo ever.
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Ambitious Spider posted:Season 5's made up serial killer is a little doofy and Brother Mouzone is a little comic booky, but even with some of its flaws it's still the GOAT. Haven't done a rewatch in a few years though. Probably should Defrauding government to keep municipal services at acceptable level of funding and serial killer having a weird kink are IMHO the lesser bad things. David Simon simply could not resist the urge to write in that self-insert super-editor who always knew better and went against the stupid managers who did not see the enlightenment of free-form investigative journalism, and focused on something pedestrian like keeping the paper afloat. Its definitely the collection of the worse writing and lesser ideas of the entire series, but still holds itself together to the finish line, like for example Breaking Bad did. And unlike shows such as Sons of Anarchy or Dexter in which everyone would be better off if the last season or three didn't actually happen. Der Kyhe has a new favorite as of 20:29 on Sep 16, 2019 |
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The true superpower that the Addams Family has is best summed up in a song... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkAVfsw5xSQ I challenge you to find a more loving, positive, and supportive family than the Addams in all of reality and fiction
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Der Kyhe posted:Defrauding government to keep municipal services at acceptable level of funding and serial killer having a weird kink are IMHO the lesser bad things. Hey, let the star who has also started dating the actress playing his character's step-sister executive produce. What could go wrong?
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Addams Family is the exact opposite of this thread title too because they are still a relevant satire of the lily-white hellscape of American suburbia and how even though they're a bunch of gothy weirdos they are immensely more loving and accepting than what American society deemed to be "normal families".
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Accordion Man posted:Addams Family is the exact opposite of this thread title too because they are still a relevant satire of the lily-white hellscape of American suburbia and how even though they're a bunch of gothy weirdos they are immensely more loving and accepting than what American society deemed to be "normal families". That scene in the police station where Gomez is demanding the police arrest Debbie(?) is so great. The viewer obviously knows there is a deadly scenario playing out and the family knows something is very wrong with Debbie alienating Fester from them but Gomez repeating what they know about Debbie marrying Fester, eloping to Hawaii, moving into a mansion and having sex constantly just gets THEM thrown in jail.
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Vincent Van Goatse posted:Jerry Orbach did the same thing. He played a defense attorney before becoming Lenny Briscoe. and much later in the series, Jeremy Sisto played a defense attorney in the season finale that preceded the season where he is introduced as one of the lead detectives.
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Sep 16, 2019 21:29
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Addams Family Values is such a good film; part of what makes that scene where Gomez is arrested great is because it's the exact experience that people who deal with abusers face: you describe the abuse and it's buried under so much normalcy, everyone treats you like you're the crazy one.
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Bogus Adventure posted:The true superpower that the Addams Family has is best summed up in a song... 
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Sep 16, 2019 21:32
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Bob's Burgers is just a poorer Addams Family with a less horny couple. The AF influence is huge.
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FactsAreUseless posted:Bob's Burgers is just a poorer Addams Family with a less horny couple. The AF influence is huge.  Although I do love Bob's Burgers, too
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Sep 16, 2019 22:16
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The Munsters are better than the Addams Family and also unquestionably have super powers
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Sep 16, 2019 22:18
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StrangersInTheNight posted:Addams Family Values is such a good film; part of what makes that scene where Gomez is arrested great is because it's the exact experience that people who deal with abusers face: you describe the abuse and it's buried under so much normalcy, everyone treats you like you're the crazy one. And the guy who has them arrested is the guy who did Timon's voice in the lion king
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Sep 16, 2019 22:32
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IIRC, there's a bit about this in the Addams Family broadway show where they realize they don't know who's mother she is, and then just shrug and go 'it doesn't matter, she's family either way!' It's great. 
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Too bad this upcoming animated Addams film looks like a stinker on par with what Illumination churns out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nF-SR2UwGQ8
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Sep 16, 2019 22:56
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The Austin powers movies have aged really bad
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oldpainless posted:The Austin powers movies have aged really bad The first is still kinda charming, the third is awful and very much of it's time.
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oldpainless posted:The Austin powers movies have aged really bad Fat Bastard aged poorly from the minute it debuted. The third movie was weird and not great at the time, aging aside. The first movie on the other hand is a hilarious take on the classic Bond films. All of Austin's 1960s chauvinism is portrayed as completely ridiculous in the modern time of the 1990s. There are so many little touches to that film I noticed know 20 years later. When shooting guns the bullet sounds occur noticeably later then the muzzle flash which I assume was deliberate. The No. 2 punchline is also the furthest I've ever seen a comedy go for the sake of a joke. Like a comedy nowadays would make that joke within 5 minutes of that name being used seriously.
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There's the part in the first movie when they're on a tour infiltrating the secret lair, and both their disguises are ridiculous over the top stuff (that probably come from some deleted scene) but as-is the joke is funny but not directly called out. On the other hand, the second movie has an extended Jerry Springer sequence.
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pentyne posted:The No. 2 punchline is also the furthest I've ever seen a comedy go for the sake of a joke. Like a comedy nowadays would make that joke within 5 minutes of that name being used seriously. Pretty much the entire film Dragnet (The eighties one) is in service of setting up the final line/sting. I'd put that at furthest gone for a joke...
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Inspector Gesicht posted:Too bad this upcoming animated Addams film looks like a stinker on par with what Illumination churns out. There's a new comic run starting at I think around the same time that's got some real promise, though.
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Re Addams Family superpowers: I always thought that they lived on the edge of 'actual' magic powers, and could explain all the wierd and wacky and supernatural poo poo that they live with as just being "different' from whitebread America. For example, Granny wasn't really a witch, she was just a spooky old lady from "the old country" who used the old ways and made weird spooky potions and used traditional medicinal methods from wherever the Addams are from. (Someone said that they are Castillian?) The same way Lurch is inhumanly strong, but that's just presented as being very strong. Cousin It is a hair monster, but that's just him being a weird hairy squeaky voiced midget. etc. Thing is actually supernatural though, (And I never liked how he became a self ambulatory hand, rather than a hand that came out of a box).
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Sep 17, 2019 03:42
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oldpainless posted:The Austin powers movies have aged really bad More like oldmojoless
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Sep 17, 2019 03:48
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I loved Austin Powers because of the penis jokes.
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Sep 17, 2019 04:28
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Swedish Penis Pumps enjoyed a small resurgence following the film, but sales overall remain flaccid.
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The first Austin Powers is a classic, but the sequels provide diminishing returns.
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The third one sucked so bad it made you forget Beyoncé was the female lead. It should have just been that fake Austin Powers movie with John Travolta as Dr. EVIL.
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Ambiguity's always been a big thing with the Addams Family iirc. Morticia is never stated not to be a vampire, and she's extremely pale, never smiles with her teeth, has cold and clammy skin. Funny thing is that in the old show, the sets were painted pink because that showed up as properly gloomy in black and white.
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