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Season 4 trailer is up on Adult Swim. (http://www.adultswim.com/video/?episodeID=8a250aae232d7b5101232eeeff310004)

Looks like #21 is going to have lots of screen time this season!

*squee*

 :drill: :drill: :drill: :drill: :drill:

God damn I love this series, and season 4 looks awesome.

Also, it jumped to the footage from the Comicon panel after the trailer, which was fucking hilarious.  Watch it if you can.  I go to the adult swim panel every year I go, and its always god damn great, but couldn't make it this year (or the last two, because of being in another country)   :cry:

Gyah! Thank god for internet streaming, or I'd be waiting for this to air in the UK for another 3 years. We've still only got Season 1 available on DVD here, and not even any release dates for Seasons 2 & 3. I'm not sure Season 3's even been broadcast here yet! I'm looking up the comiccon panel on youtube as the US adultswim site is being regionist with that footage for some reason.

New season starts Sunday.  Woooo!

Well...


Gonna need to see that about a dozen more times...


but I liked it.

Freaking awesome.

"You're getting face all over me! Hot, melting face!"

They really need to make more Venture Bros. episodes.  13 of them go so fast and it's probably the best cartoon on TV right now.

Both the mythos and the humor was quite excellent, but the disjointed story format holds it back.  But DH & JP tend to the first episode as a prologue for the season and from that preservative this episode was monumental as it provides so much to jump off from.

Dude.

I'm not complaining as long as they stick to actually doing annual seasons.  They were on 2-2.5 years between seasons for a while.

Via my Facebook Adult Swim feed:

[quoteSomehow there was a hiccup with our west coast feed last night. So, our bad, west coast Venture fans. To make it up to you, we're showing the Season Four premiere Monday - Thursday this week at 12:30am. Or, if you can't wait to watch it on ...your mini-big screen at home: you can watch it online right now. Giddy-up:[/quote]

I think it's more likely they're doing it so you can figure out wtf was going on.  I was gratified by the final explanation of the money number that kept being flashed on screen. I had no idea what that was all about the first 20 mins and thought I'd missed something important.  I love "ooooooh" moments like that.

So wrong, yet so awesome.

The Robot chicken lead fit right in. I felt like - needed a shower afterwaerds, but so awesome.

Captain Sunshine felt like going to the well one too many times, what with Sargeant Hatred's "problem."

I do really enjoy it when they let the Monarch cut loose and be an effective evil bastard. 

All the Batman riffing took it to a different level. I didn't equate it with Hatred at all.

I enjoyed the episode but the whole subtlely gay superhero+sidekick theme just felt done to death already, if not by this show then by others.  Also, I second the monarch sentiment, he's actually one of the most 'pure' villains on the show, a throwback to cobra commander, skeletor, etc.

I took it completely different than that. Instead of a subtle gay subtext, you had massive, over the top gay context with no actual indication that it was sexual.  I thought it flipped it on its head in a very funny way.

Okay.  You know what I really love about this show?

It gets better each rewatch.

Awesome episode, especially since they got Kevin Conroy for it. 

Great episode.  However, I miss Brock!

Patrick Warburton has himself spread pretty thin between two different TV series and the movies/ Video Games he's doing on a regular basis these days, so it's probably that he couldn't fit in another season.

Yeah, the whole lube thing with Hank got me just because I had by that point fully expected some a$$r4p3 joke that never came. I'm looking forward to seeing a bit more of Sphinx and Brock probably more than anything else.

Okay, the Captain Sunshine episode is growing on me.

- I hadn't realized Kevin Conroy voiced Sunshine.  There's a great line from one of the convention panels from the creators that Conroy stopped at one point because he thought he sounded too Batman-y....  and the creators told him "No, that's fine.  In fact, try  to sound more like Batman!"

It makes the Hank line about Batman sooo much better.

- I read somewhere that the Monarch's killing of Wonderboy is foreshadowed way back in Season 1.  God damn, this show is awesome.

The whole Captain Sunshine thing was brilliant, especially the aftermath of his powers. Bunch of butterfly costume guys with their eyes smoking just made me giggle uncontrollably. But yeah, best joke was the lube line. It set up the predictable joke so much then paid off a completely different joke. This season has been strange without Brock, but still top notch.

You aren't ready for the Court of the Crimson King!

He doesn't have the Shinning just because he's black!

In "Return To Spider Skull Island", Monarch is going down a checklist of orders with 21 and 24 to see which have been carried out.  One of those was returning the charred remains of Wonderboy to Captain Sunshine.

Holy hell. Someone pointed out that the 21's plan, "Eye for an I" is Exodus 21:24. That's fucking awesome.

Edit: Also it was awesome to see the Monarch actually bitch slap the moppets finally.

Another great episode.

The fact that all the minions are scared shitless of "General 21" now.
Hatred quoting The Time Machine.
The boys (and the henchmen) not recognizing the Monarch.
The Monarch scaring the shit out of the Moppets.

I cracked up at Dr Girlfriend feeding the Moppets under the table....  When they're walking off, one of the Moppets is licking his fingers.  Just a perfect image with how creepy/pervy the Moppets can be.

Crap! Half of the half-season is over!

Wish list for the rest of the season:

- Return of King Gorilla
- Badass 21 has it out with Moppets
- Hank and Dean develop further into the "Bodyguard" and "Super-scientist" roles
- Fuck Dermott.  The character has potential, but he's never lived up to it.
- Some Order of the Triad loving.  Jefferson Twilight cracks me up.

Edit:

I'd love to see Triana's friend from the double-date episode show up as a villain's assistant or henchwoman.  I'd probably have to turn off the TV I'd be laughing so hard.

And more of the rubber-mask pirates that are now henching for Jonas Jr.  Fuck, I love those guys! 

Bleh.  I think "Revenge Society" has to be about the worst episode they have ever made.  Maybe it gets better on repeated viewing, but it just didn't do anything for me.

LOL, it was great with a ton of references to old shows.  The GoCI is a failure.  Phantom Limb is a failure.  Even the great, grand conspiracy is a failure.

Sgt. Hatred is getting on my nerves.  I want Brock  back damn it!

I blame Patrick Warburton.

There were some good moments for Rusty, Dean, and Hank. 

- Rusty actually did a hell of a job as a parent, and Dean stepped up rather than curling up in a ball as he is wont to do. 
- I soooo want Hank to become more Batman.
- Phantom Limb going completely around the bend was decent.

LESS HATRED THE CRAZY PEDOPHILE.  It's just creepy.

There's no reason to blame Warburton.

From :  http://jacksonpublick.livejournal.com/

2. Brock's absence has nothing to do with Patrick Warburton. He didn't ask for more money, he's not too busy for us, he hasn't refused to come back or anything of the sort. It was a creative choice on our part, and Brock WILL be back in the show at some point. Just not this week. Or next.
 

FIFY.

This was an ep with quite a few funny one-liners/gags but plot wise wasn't much.

For some reason my favorite bit was the fact that the shoe was Dr. Girlfriend's.

You so rightly point out why even a weaker Venture episode is great viewing:  The depth.  The little in-jokes and one-liners that are spattered throughout that reward the assiduous viewer.  Rusty still calls the jumpsuits "speed suits", Dr. Girlfriend's shoe, the flashback to Sandow and Colonel Venture, the fact that "Chuck" proves his worth, Billy Quizboy wears the Rusty Venture pajamas, Phantom Limb calling himself the "Victor of the Battle of Cremation Creek".

Everything is so well set-up.

Even the use of the music from Boorman's Excalibur during the anointing scene made me giggle.

I just loved the first Sovereign/Bowie scene.

getting old

Good to hear.

The whole show is about failure - the creators have flat out stated that. The Revenge Society was brilliant, especially Hank telling Hatred that he needed to go kill himself to take care of "what God forget." I cracked the fuck up at that line.

Wooo, great Triad stuff. Love those guys.


And 21 v. Brock next week. Giggity.

They also said 'Season Finale' which seems like an awfully short season. Even for them.

I think they're going for two half seasons (?) Not sure where I heard that, might have just made it up.

The upside of that is we get 16 instead of 13 episodes.

I don't know what ran long, but the fuckers were about 10 mins late so I missed the end portion of it on my DVR.  Finally caught it a few mins ago and it felt like it petered out there at the end.

That happened to me, too.  I think it was all those stupid Xmas ads!

So are you saying I shouldn't bother DLing or or finding a rebroadcast to find out how it ends?

No kidding.  Assholes.  And apparently they don't play full episodes on the Adult Swim site and there are no more rebroadcasts.  :angryfist:

They dont play full episodes? I'm pretty sure they do since that's where I watch them but it is segmented.

Yeah the full ep is there..

Here's the link:
http://video.adultswim.com/the-venture-bros/the-better-man.html

Stops at 5:52 for me.

It will play another commercial after that and start the second section... unless you exit out of it or select to play that clip endlessly.  To view the next section click that link and then hit the section skip (|>) to watch section 2.

Seems it's Firefox the site doesn't like.

check your noscript settings. works fine on my FF

Stupid off time slot shows! Grrrrr.

My DVR taped it on the rebroadcast, and this time missed the first half.  At least I finally got to see the end..

I'm not able to watch Venture Bros. (or Metalocalypse etc) on the US adultswim site thanks to region restrictions, but I've finally managed to get back on the wagon with Venture Bros. on surf the channel (http://www.surfthechannel.com/show/3294.html). Links are all megavideo based so you're limited to about 80 minutes viewtime in a single stretch but that should be more than sufficient to catch up on an episode or two.

Good midseason finale. And they didn't even go for a cheesy cliffhanger!

I really like the way the 21 story arc has gone.

Loved Monstroso's diplomas: Rancor University, Brotherhood of Menace, Harvard Business School.

Fucking Brockness Monster and Jedi 21.

Bad. Ass.

"he's a lawyer AND a super-villain, that's like a shark with a grenade launcher"

Speedy!

Are we talking about Abagadro or Monstroso?

Shhh!  Don't give away his secret identity!

Great episode!

So was Monarch's head supposed to catch on fire?  Monstroso kept trying to get him to smoke a cigar and the lackey had the ether-soaked handkerchief.

Curses!

Would you like a cigar?

That was a great ending. Amazing that a show about failure and satirizing Johnny Quest can have character development.

Just saw a bump that said that Season 4.5 starts up September 12th. Since I invariably miss them restarting I thought I'd let folks know and also remind myself.

Can they really call it the second half of season 4 when it'll be something like nine months since the last new episode?  I just hope season 5 4.5 is better than season 4, which is the first season of Venture Bros. that was really disappointing.  They can start off by dumping Sgt. Hatred into a wood chipper.  Oh, and more Dr. Orpheus/Triad please!

Heh, in the bump they specifically said "Less Sgt. Hatred, more Brock Sampson."

The first half of season 4 was really good not quite season 3 good tho. I don't remember Sgt Hatred taking up that much screen time, but he is definitely the weakest link.     The #22 saga was inspired.

Considering it usually takes them 2-3 years to do a new season of Venture, 9 months to a half season sounds ahead of schedule.   :oh_i_see:


Season 4 was solid.  Season 3 was just so good, that it seemed a bit uninspired in comparison.  The only real misstep was Sgt. Hatred, and even then he had some good moments.

I give them a pass on Hatred only because Patrick Warburton was apparently really, really, REALLY busy.   If there's more Brock he must be down to only 2 "reallys."

Honestly, he deserves the title "hardest working man in show business" right now.  You hear him everywhere.

I thought the creators said they chose to push Brock to the side because of story reasons, not actor commitments.

I don't hate Sgt. Hatred, but I do think he's a very good joke that's been told too many times now. The entire idea of Hatred is typically brilliant; reformed/relapsed paedophile supervillain nanny/bodyguard, it's just there's only so many ways to swing him, and they've done them twice over already.
Still, he's at least redeemable as a character, as opposed to the Murderous Moppets - who remain the only genuinely amoral/repugnant characters in Venture Bros. They're great, it's just they are utterly horrible in every way - unique in the roster. Either way, the return of Brock is something to be celebrated!

I always though the moppets were there because they're so hateable. Fans hate them and it's one of the most obvious ways to make the Monarch sympathetic, he hates those little fuckers like any right minded human being should. Hell the fact they led to that scene where he bitches them out and Dr. Mrs. The Monarch (the woman that justified a holiday for the shift key) tells them to STFU when he's speaking made them worth it. Also last season brought us Neo-Sphinx, Neo-21 and Dr. Monstroso. It was awesome.

http://video.adultswim.com/the-venture-bros/venture-bros-season-45-trailer.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUH3JQjcweM

According to Doc and Justin, people either love or hate the moppets.  They talk about them quite often at the Comic-con and other panels, because the love/hate reaction at different venues is that strong.  Doc and Justin are both that funny in panels.  It's worth it to watch the panels, by the way... always hilarious.

I don't recall hearing that, but I do remember hearing he simply wasn't available for a full season.  I could be insane, it's quite possible.


Excellent.. I particularly like the Spider Man reference with proper web spinners.

Looks like they added a bunch of new computer aided animation.

I have a soft spot for Hatred ever since that episode where he went in the jacuzzi and we found out the "H" on his face proceeded down the length of his body to spell out "HATRED".  That had me chuckling for days afterwards.

SPROING!

Don't forget, starts tonight!

Check your dvr as mine had it as a repeat episode with an air date of last week, so if you have a pass it may not pick it up without some help.


EDIT: Jammed packed ep with lots of great stuff. 

Great episode, it sure does give me much hope another good halfseason.

Thought it was a little weak, still great stuff.

There was too much filler (music, unnecessarily long motorcycle scene) until Brock showed up!   Got MUCH better after that!  :)

Yeah they did cram alot into just one episode thats true. But I even though Sgt. Hatred was kinda funny this time around

Good start to the season. Lots of funny lines.

"So that's what happened to the 7's!"

Hatred getting hopped up on tranq darts and pure adrenaline was hilarious. Glad to see Brock back in some capacity and I love the Sphinx guys. Butter-glider was awesome, even the song.

F*cking punks. My DVR didn't pick this up - I'm pissed. Now I have to watch it online or some crap. Grrrr. Time to leave a dirty note on their Facebook page.

Try www.Surfthechannel.com Viin. Its pretty great for watching shows.

Will be great to see if 21 finally takes over from the Monarch or if he splits from him alltogether.

A TON of callbacks and crazy one liners in this one. This show is just epic.

Hank beating everyone of Sphinx's test was just hysterical.

"Batman is listed twice.

That's on purpose. Once for Golden Age Batman and the second time for Post-Crisis Batman."

So Batman.

I hated that they had to recast Dr. Impossible. Colbert did him so well, but I understand. The new guy is not quite so good.

OMG.

"It's like two suicide notes stuffed into a glitter bra sad."


I seriously love this show with the power of a thousand black holes.

The first 5 minutes of that episode had more funny than full episodes of many other series.  This season has been a little too self-referential and meta, though...  the episodes don't work unless you are into the continuity arc. 

Definitely one of their best episodes yet.  I haven't laughed that hard since last Sunday.

This last episode was hilarious. From Dr. Venture confessing to a Teddy Ruxpin to that banter between Brock and Hunter, to Henchman 1 being a badass, to Hank and Hatred's torture game, to the OSI's naked round table of useless villainy. I loved it when the shark guy tried to attack Brock and got hammered into the table. So much funny.

This might be the best goddamn show invented by man.

Was it just me, or was that last episode only 20ish minutes?  I was about to swear at the DVR for missing it when I had to fast forward through all those ads!  Turned out, it was just shorter than usual! 

Do you really want to spend any more time

However, Hank is a fucking genius.

That episode was just fucking awesome. "I HAD SEX!"

The hat was awesome.

Excellent episode, they are really on a good run!

Jesus that bear with the knife was funny. Somehow seeing supervillians coward to a psycho really brought it to a whole other level. Does anyone actually know what reference that was too by the way?

(Sorry cant get spell check to work)

The Shinning.

I liked the Ladyhawk reference.  Also, the little skull on Impossible's pipe.

I was worried that a Dean episode would be kind of "beat on Dean" boring. Oh no. That was as good as the Hank episode, especially the ending with successful Rusty. The Spider-Man clone was wonderful.

AS online being a week behind is a bit of a drag for discussion purposes, but yes, the hat is indeed awesome. 

"Get your ass to mars!"

Dr. Mrs. Monarch in a cheerleader outfit. Awwwww yeah!

Stop posting from the future! It doesn't come on for 20 more minutes!

I've tried to get my wife to watch this show, but while watching an episode with her I realized that basically every single scene requires a lengthy explanation of backstory and that if you haven't watched it from ep 1 it is almost incomprehensible. That is quite an achievement for a cartoon.

That...  was probably the best episode yet this season.  It had the amazing depth that I love about the good Venture episodes...  Multiple intertwining storylines that could have individually made up at least two episodes get told quickly but fully in only one.  And the potential fallout!

- Orpheus was awesome, as always.
- I cracked up when the Moppets busted into the Monarch's room to find the bondage scene.
- Monarch fucking up trying to kill Venture in a hilarious way.
- Potentially Rusty might start to be more functional?  I like how the creators keep exploring what went on to make Rusty the fuckup he is today.
- The Hank & Dean zombies!
- I like the Shoreleave, Brock, and Hatred interactions.  Hatred makes a great semi-competent but a little loser-ish character....  much better than the one note pedo portrayal.


And next week, it looks like the return of Abagadro Monstroso.

And it was...pretty boring.

Ya, not my favorite episode as Billy isn't one of my favorite characters.  Some good Sphinx (Sphinx!) stuff though ("I masturbated 12 times in one day just to see if I could do it.") and I like the Pirate Captain  (a great Degrassi shout out).

I didn't know they were doing more than the normal 12 or 13 episodes so I'm pretty happy with anything since I consider it all bonus.

Billy can be really great... but the character is too dependent on who they stick with him.  He works well with Rusty, and his origin episode was good.

He didn't work with Monstroso, outside of a few gags.

I have been watching a few episodes from the first season, liking it so far, are there any seasons I should/could avoid ?

Episodes, maybe. Seasons, no.

Now if only I could remember exactly what episodes were weaker than others.  I've enjoyed them all pretty thoroughly, though.  It's worth it to watch them all at least once as a new viewer.

I watched the first 3 seasons and pretty much didn't find a single episode that made me go "damn that was a waste of time."  All in all it's a pretty funny show and worthy of watching (can't speak for this season or the last since I missed them).

3=4 > 2 > 1

EDIT: 4 > 3 > 2 > 1. My bad.

So, season finale.  :drill:

This one gets my vote for the funniest episode of The Venture Bros thus far.   

Good episode, but I don't think it is quite that high up on the funny ep list. Actually much more character development and plot than gags. Some great stuff though (maybe it being an hour made the really funny stuff seem a bit diluted). The various descriptions of the "Rusty Venture" was classic, can't wait to hear that unedited on the DVD (tons of bleeps in this to the point they referenced it in a bump).   Best callback IMO was the throw away reference to The Nozzle which is one of my favorite bits of VB nonsense.

So very awesome.  :drill:

So. Much. :drill:

This just popped-up on Facebook via Adult Swim.

Limited Edition Brock Sampson Figurine from Sideshow Collectables.  Only 250 will be made for a price of $250.
http://www.sideshowtoy.com/?page_id=4489&sku=2001051

Go buy quickly.

Ok!

Sure lend me 250 bucks!

Wooooooo. VB renewed for two more seasons plus an hour and a half special.

So cool! That last season was really good.

Do you know when the season will start? Autum?

Great news!

The way the last season wrapped up, it could easily have been a series finale...  I know Cartoon Network loves the Jackson and Doc, but I was worried they were burning out.  Now, let's hope that it takes less than three years for season five to grace the airwaves.

Doubtful. The article I read said they are "starting production" in June. Considering how long animation takes I doubt we'll see it anytime this year and well into the next. Frankly they can take as long as they want if they keep up the quality in my opinion.

Yes when you put it like that I agree. One could still hope there airing date was in the horizont through.

If they start in June, I'd expect the hour and a half special to maybe be some kind of Christmas special. We can only hope.

Hour long special is on TONIGHT.  My DVR was hinky about it (Adult Swim is apparently terrible at updating their stuff with the services and it still isn't showing up on my guide) but heard about it and found it.  Its at Midnight eastern and is a behind the scenes look at the musical juggernaut Shallow Gravy.

Is this a new season?

No, its the one-hour thing that was in addition to the 2 season renew.

Sweet! Sleep is going to have to wait for another day.

Hmmm. Okay, apparently not the special, just a 15 minute amuse-bouche.

Fuck.

January.. so what else is good at the moment?

My DVR is telling me that there is a Venture Brothers special on this Sunday called "A Very Venture Halloween".

Y-E-S.

Thanks for reminding me. MUST WATCH TV.

So much looking forward to this! (I am such a fanboy of this series)

I'm a fanboy, but it's getting old waiting 2 years between episodes.

There is a teaser trailer kicking around for the Halloween episode...  all I remember is White is dressed as David Bowie ( :awesome_for_real:) and a group of regulars is taking bets on what part of the compounds security will chase off trick-or-treaters.  The Halloween episode is chronologically from midway through season five in production, so supposedly there are some character changes that will seem odd.

Youtube has a few of Doc Hammer and Justin Publick's con appearances.  They are generally pretty awesome if you have some time to kill.

Hasn't. Lost. A. Step.

Squeeeeeeee.

So, so good. I love how they tease a bunch of stuff just in character design that they don't even explain that will come up in the new season.

Bastards. Now I want that new season more than ever.  :heart:

I'm now depressed that there isn't more.  Though, like Ab, I'm anxiously awaiting the explanation of the characters current designs.

* Hank in a speed suit
* Emo Dean
* Hatred's "V"

And that's just the stuff I noticed on the first watch.

That was around at the end of the last season already. Since he joined the Ventures, he got the V and had all his other letters removed, except for the D, which was too difficult to get rid of.

Ahh, I missed last season since I didn't have more than basic cable.

Will be interesting to see why he has tits now though.

Probably a reaction to the chemo.

His name was Robert Paulson...

How the fuck did I miss the boobs..  :uhrr:

Our brains are just wired to tune out manboobs.  :grin:

I missed them too, I had to go back to check.

How to steal a moving car...
(http://i.imgur.com/sof8s.gif)

Premier date announced for season 5: May 19th.

How long has it been now?  2 years?

It's like it was playing chicken with Mad Men to see which one can take longer between seasons.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Venture_Bros._episodes

Two years is pretty standard for the time between seasons of Venture.

Ya, never seen a intelligible reason for the constant delays.  I guess they are a small operation and don't want to expand.

They have been pretty upfront about why it takes so long.  They say they just need that amount of time to write it so it has as high of quality that it does. Considering the track record I am not going to second guess that mentality.

Yah, I dunno.  I gave up on the Venture Bros. after it stopped coming out regularly.  It was about six months after it did, that I finally said screw it.   I mean, it's kind'a like BattleStar Galactica.  (the new one)   You see an advertisement, comes on Friday nights at 10.  You're sitting there waiting around on Friday 'till 2:30am (it's Saturday by then), and nothing even about the show comes on.

Finally you just get tired of it and say fuck it.  You'll either see the show when it comes out on DVD or you won't, but it's no huge loss. 

Or, in my case, I get super excited when this thread is bumped after a month long intermission expecting the next reply to be a reminder that new episodes start in a few days only to find this.

I'm only half kidding newer guy! :awesome_for_real: And there's a "new" battlestar, I had no idea.  And still no interest.

Well, the newest BSG.   Friday nights at 10!   Make sure to be there while all the rest of the world is out having a good time, and then we'll screw you over Friday nights at 10!

Ugh.

Giving up on VB because it takes too long to make is like refusing to wait for a Premier Grand Cru Bordeaux to age. Pure silliness.

If you've actually ever either not made or canceled plans on a Friday night to sit at home and hope that a cartoon comes on at 10, it's a pretty safe assumption that the screwing you got was the only screwing you could possibly hope for.

Also, it's the future, we have things like on-screen guides with the next 2 weeks of programming mapped out, and DVRs that automatically record new episodes of shows you tell it to whenever they come on.  I mean holy fuck dude, we all wish that we could get new episodes of the Venture Bros already (and The Boondocks, new season in 2012 my ass, fuck you adult swim!), but f13 is the last place that you're going to get people sympathizing with you over wasted evenings due to your poor choice in antiquated television watching technology.  I'd suggest you at least invest in a goddamn TV guide, either that or go find some amish dudes who'll quietly nod in agreement while you complain about how inconsiderate drivers keep scaring your horse as they shout profanities and honk angrily when they get stuck behind your buggy doing 3mph on a 55mph road.

For fans, on sale today only:

https://www.shirtpunch.com/tv/designs/details/the-venture-bunch

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Season 5! May 19th!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=nC8WMvxzRis#t

Oh hell yeah!!  :drill:

 :heart:

Hehe.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IfeGnr2lE4

Fucking. Awesome.

Sneak Peek of Sunday's Episode (http://video.adultswim.com/the-venture-bros/sneak-peek-what-color-is-your-cleansuit.html?cid=em_vb_s5)

"Is that a can of gasoline?"

Giggity Giggity Goo!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CHVLSY_Hrk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CHVLSY_Hrk)

Recap of seasons 1-4 if you need a refresher.

"How about just a handy?"

Love this show so much.

Somehow I had never seen the Venture Bros, though various friends had raved about it over the years... when somebody shared the season 1-4 recap a couple weeks ago, I decided to check it out (without watching the recap, didn't want to spoil the fun).  Since them I've ended up watching all four seasons and wow this is goddamn brilliant stuff.  Got really lucky to find out how great it is just before season five started...

It really is brilliant stuff. Tonight had references to Brady Bunch, Hart to Hart, Return of the Jedi, Soylent Green, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Battlestar Galactica, Trek, Buck Rodgers, and Planet of the Apes (just off the top of my head). Plus "sniffing" a chastity belt, man tits, etc. etc.  Just unreal.


EDIT: Oh, and Game of Thrones, Rocky, Gremlins, LoTR.

I love the crazy extended continuity -- a character that shows up for 10 seconds as (apparently) a throwaway joke or is referred to offscreen turns up later in a season or a following season as a major player in the venture-verse, all the little nods to stuff throughout -- it's a show that really rewards you for paying attention.   Also, amazingly, it has really really few bad episodes -- "Guess Who's Coming to State Dinner?" sticks out in my mind as one that was pretty mediocre, but there have only been a couple.  I'm glad they take their time making these, because the results are clearly worth it.

EDIT: That was a suitably epic start to season five.

EDIT2: Wow, AdultSwim published S05E01 on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ug3NUpBmw_g

Yeah. That was worth the wait.

This is why I like to read the wiki about the episode a few days after.  With so many reference I need a fucking cliff notes to get them all.

I do the exact same thing Tazalbain. It's almost impossible to keep track of all of them. They are really well worked into the show.  Also damn that was a good opener show.

Sgt. Hatred is Robert Paulson.

There are no names in Project Palaemon.

God, that was fucking awesome! I love me some emo pissed-off Dean. It needs more Brock but other than that, it was fantastic.

I'm not even sure how many sci-fi movie references they made in that whole Palemon thing but it was masterful.

We have no infrastructure!

I'm rockin' a Shai Hulud down there!

"Why are you still shouting?!"

I don't know how I didn't see the Cobra-Sphinx parallels before this episode.  /headdesk 

Was that the actual voice actor for CC? I thought he'd died.

You must have missed the first time in the series when they introduced the whole OSI/Sphinx deal.  It was a really obvious Joe/Cobra parody.

Probably. There's a few episodes here and there I've never seen because I didn't have a DVR and couldn't stay up late to watch.

C'mon! Makes me feel like a Wookiee!

Jettison the lunchroom!

I always smile when I get a joke/reference that I know not everyone else will.

This season is definitely starting out with high notes. Sphinx Commander and Hank in the Destiny outfit were just fantastic.

Chris Latta.  Yes, he died a while ago, sadly.  They were clearly providing an homage to him, yeah, but that was definitely not him.

Oh man, that twist ending was absolute awesome! So many side characters introduced and killed of..  Favorite has to be Agent Bum Rush + dog with his sign "Me and my dog are homeless"  :grin:

Now *that* was a great episode!  I'm sure it was just a coincidence that it was the first one to have so much Brock in a long while.

Tank Top was pretty good too. Plus, the "dog" was actually a dude in a dog costume.

Exactly! It kinda reminded me of Ted (the bear psycho). But I wonder where the dog went because we did not see him with the others later on. 

So  many interesting side characters..

That was a great episode, I'm also very glad Hank's out of that terrifying costume.

Was that blonde OSI couple supposed to be a reference to something, I didn't get it.

I thought it might have been 6-Million Dollar Man and Bionic Woman, but that's not it. We've already seen Steve Austin in an earlier episode a few seasons back. I couldn't figure out who they were supposed to be.

Another great episode though. The show definitely needs more Brock.

I think she was a riff on Scarlett.

Oh, and RIP Monstroso (?).

Yeah she was a rip on Scarlett, as shown by her accent and giant chest.  No clue why she was blonde other than 1) making her a redhead is too on-the-nose and 2) Scarlett was called Scarlett because of her red hair. So what was the woman's name? Some sort of blonde joke spinoff?  I'll have to go back and check it out because I can't recall.

Amber Gold. She makes a crack when her wig comes off that she wears it so her name isn't Dishwasher Blonde.

The guys name is Headshot.

There ya go then, totally spelled it out for us.

Though Headshot should be like "Earl" or "Jack" or "Wayne" since Scarlet was always paired with Duke, who wasn't a Glam-man like Headshot implies.  /nitpick.

Headshot is a sniper so it has a nice double meaning.

Clearly I missed more than I thought by staying up that late to watch. I'll have to catch it on the DVR.  So not a direct analog to Duke, but close enough to be amusing.  I like the double joke better.

Scarlett was always more in the Snake Eyes corner anyway.

Covergirl maybe?

I think it was Lady Jaye and Flint.

fixed  :why_so_serious:

Should I get some lotion or do you want to use blood and clown paint for lube.

My name means Hank Hank!

This season is just brilliant.

Godamn.. I thought I was the only one who remembered that Sprint commercial.  "Okanakapesai. This is Fiji!"

Loved the Cuckoo's nest reference.

You weren't the only one that remembered the commercial. I lost my shit and the wife looked at me like I was crazy.

You stay by the door in case it gets weird....er.

"Don't go fishing for trouble, Brock Cousteau!"

Wow.  That was fantastic end-to-end.  And then the after-credits reveal.  

Chew-brock-a.  ha!

And I loved the Munsters theme playing while they drove Dragula around.

Also I wonder if Vendata:

Holy crap I'd forgotten his parents died in a plane crash. 

The mumblings of Vendata were plane-crash related and since they love being self-referential you're probably right.  Heh, the Venture Bros wiki is also updated with this speculation.

The first statement he makes is robocop and the plane crash reference is from the six million dollar man.  I don't think he has anything to do with the monarch.

I'd like to know how Venture survives that ending.  I assumed the after titles would deal with that but it was Phantom Limb.

It'd be 6 million dollar man if it were the ramblings of a test pilot.  He mumbles about finding his wife, though.  We'll see in another 3 years, I imagine.

Ya, they've been dropping hints like the photo several eps ago of Monarch's dad with Jonas.

EDT: And VB already has a very clear 6 Million Dollar Man parody with Steve Summers.

I mis remembered robo cop and thought he had asked about his wife.  So yeah it's probably the monarch's dad.

Such a great episode. And when the ball fell at the end, I just exploded with laughter.

If I listen to them backwards will they make me want to smoke reefer cigarette marijuanas?

Don't go all Sarah McLaughlin dog commercial on me.

Who the fuck is Gary?

So wait.. this was the least episode of the season already?  Almost 3 years wait for 8 eps?   :uhrr:

Last season was broken up into two eight episode "volumes", so hopefully they have another eight more in the bank but I don't actually know.

This season was over WAY too soon but it was great all the way through.

Nope. Set for return late 2014/early 2015.

Shirt punch is selling this for the next 24 hours. I might just get one.

(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/148769012/SPTV%20-%20July%2031%20-%20IGNORE%20-%20Creative%20Outpouring_1200x1200.jpg)

Season 6 teaser.  Flamethrower!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=5WL4XfBTCe0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=5WL4XfBTCe0)

Sploosh.

Indeed.

They are not for the squeamish.  FLAMETHROWER.


I am so ready for season six.

Forgot to post a reminder of the 1 hour special that was on tonight so look for repeats if you missed it. It is glorious.

"Not you."

Huh, they got Stephen Colbert to do Impossible again.

By the way, there's an epilogue on the website: http://www.adultswim.com/videos/the-venture-bros/the-venture-bros-special-epilogue/ (http://www.adultswim.com/videos/the-venture-bros/the-venture-bros-special-epilogue/)

Yeah, it was a great reset and prelude to the next series. As you quoted, the stinger was the cherry on a great treat.

"Not you."

"Is that the Crash Test Dummies?"  :why_so_serious:

Rise chicken!

I'm been listening to the Welcome to Night Vale podcast, and interestingly enough Jackson Publick (co-creator) has a recurring role as Hiram, the literal five-headed dragon.  James Urbaniak (Rusty) has also just had a big part as well.

Season 6 start date has been announced for January 31st. 

http://spinoff.comicbookresources.com/2016/01/05/the-venture-bros-season-6-has-a-premiere-date-go-team-venture/ (http://spinoff.comicbookresources.com/2016/01/05/the-venture-bros-season-6-has-a-premiere-date-go-team-venture/)

About bloody time! Ahh how I missed this series.. That teaser episodes many months back was a great reminder of the greatness of this series and hopefully there will be more to come judging from the trailer.

Season 5 recap by Henchman 21:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2iltiQLSMo
(spoilers, of course)

Seasons 1-4 recap by Henchman 21:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CHVLSY_Hrk
(also spoilers)

RIP The Sovereign.

 :heartbreak:

I watched the season 5 recap just for fun and then realized that apparently I missed the second half, which is bad news because I accidentally spoilered myself, but good news because I have new episodes to watch!

Glad I watched the recap because I thought a lot of that was season 4 and I'd missed 5.  I'd forgotten all about the end of the season on Ventures part though. I only remember the Monarch and 21 getting back together and moving into the old Victorian house.

The new preview for season 6 they've been playing on AS is fucking awesome

They played the last episode of Season 5 on Sunday and I had forgotten how fun it was. I also caught the funeral I'd missed the first time around.

I'm pumped for this to be back.

I've been marathoning this show hard to be caught up in time to see the season premiere on Sunday at our new Alamo Drafthouse.  Halfway through season 5 now.  The increase in quality as the series progresses is pretty astonishing.

So glad the show is back. Brock, Fallen Archer, Night Dick, Warriana, so much great stuff.
 
Very happy Brown Widow is going to be a part of the season.

EDIT: Epilogue: https://www.facebook.com/adultswim/videos/10153810359556745/

ROOFLES!

God this was so good. NIGHT DICK! So many great one-liner jokes like that all set up with such an elaborate set of circumstances.

The swishing of so much fabric as Wide Wale walks in - "Can you even hear me over all that?"

I felt like it was a bit slow, but it was a setup for the new venue. A lot of good pieces being put into play and little jokes. Helper at the end got me as much as Brok being caught-up in Warriana's lasso.

Bespoke speed suit, Brock!

Seriously, the fucks alone in this made it worthwhile.

"My sticky victory"

Also, the Duran Duran references were gold.

Surely you mean the Spandau Ballet references ?

Actually, the Spandau Ballet reference was wrong. OMD did "If you leave".

Spandau Ballet did however do "Only When You Leave", and also appeared on a John Hughes soundtrack, and St. Cloud is meant to be a bit of a wanna-be poser character who just buys his way into the fandoms he professes to love, so that might have been an intentional mistake to show that aspect of his character. Strange that Billy and White didn't call him on that if that's the case though.

I'll have to watch it again.

Oh, and Ironwood. I just got the Spandau reference you made with Gold. The coffee just kicked in. Well played, sir.

Holy shit, that might be a top 10 VB episode which is saying a lot.

I wonder if this is the season we find out that Monarch is a Venture brother...

Half-brother, maybe. We know his dad wasn't Jonas at this point.

Not necessarily. We know who RAISED the Monarch as his dad, but they just showed Blue Morpho and Jonas having group sex (and things like "key parties" have been mentioned before in the show), so its actually more likely that if he is a half-brother it is through Jonas.   

I'm betting on half-brother, seeing as how the Monarch thought one of those was women in the VTR was his mom. EDIT: Also, the pointy beard.

Brick jokes a speciality.  There are still a couple floating around here from ages ago.

Know what.. I'm more convinced that Morpho is Rusty's dad. JJ was just some aberration of that orgy creating a fraternal twin Rusty consumed in the womb.

Rusty's mentioned a few times his dad's stuff wouldn't recognize him.

* PLOP *

God, I just cackled throughout the last half of this episode.

The same damn hole. I died at that. I hope it continues to swallow villains and they make some 300 or Well of Souls reference.

This show is fucking amazing. What kind of mad genius does it take to combine The Legion of Doom and The Factory and come up with characters that riff on BOTH AT THE SAME TIME.

Lex Luthor as Andy Warhol. I almost screamed laughing when the Monarch dropped the detonator. The way they build each episode up to a punchline like that is just brilliant.

There were some Doom Patrol nods in there also. And agreed, that was some of their best mashup characters since the Scooby-Doo serial killers way back when.

This season has been amazing, just gob-smacking amazing. 

My only complaint is last night was an odd place to leave the season until the next one. No real resolution to anything, making this whole season more of a setup for what I assume to be next seasons punchline. 

It's a petty complaint though and that was an amazing episode. 

Wait... that's the season finale? ... THE FUCK?

I need more Venture.

Just another 2-3 year wait for next season.   :awesome_for_real:

Last week's was supposed to be the season finale. Things got all fucked up in the production schedule per an interview. With this show you just need to ignore the usual rules when it comes to seasons, premiers, finales, etc.  Just enjoy it on an episode to episode basis and then rewatch it in toto when it is done and on DVD.  I've really liked this season. Some really good shit and this episode was amazing. Clancy Brown is a god damned national treasure.

So, it's been a while, and apparently, it's gonna be a while longer.

AS played a bumper the other night for those that haven't entirely given up hope.

http://nerdist.com/the-venture-bros-will-return-but-probably-not-until-late-2018/ (http://nerdist.com/the-venture-bros-will-return-but-probably-not-until-late-2018/)

Something to look forward to assuming the country is still here by then.

News came out yesterday that it looks like it may be this summer, so moved up a bit.

Episode one is streaming now.

http://www.adultswim.com/videos/the-venture-bros/the-venture-bros-the-curse-of-the-haunted-problem/

That is the very definition of "diving into the deep end".  If you aren't an obsessive you have no idea WTF is going on. I loved it.

I am so glad I heard season seven was on its way and rewatched the whole series ahead of time.

I am really liking this start to season seven, which, in true Venture Bros style probably would make more sense as the finale of season six...

That may have been the densest 90 minutes of television I've ever seen, and I loved every goddamn minute of it.

Those 3 episodes seem like they should have been the end of last season, but that's how this show rolls I guess.

New favorite gag character: Hate-Bit.

Amazing first episode. Can't wait to get some time free again to dig into the others!

It's just incredible they have been able to keep this series going for so long and develop it to where it is.

That was a weird one, did NOT end as expected. Dunno where it's going this season, but the ride sure is fun.

My fiancee is on an extended trip to the US so I'm finally catching up on TV shows  :awesome_for_real: :oh_i_see: Holy balls this latest season is fun!

Holy shit the season ending episode is lit.

That was pretty amazing. I love all the setup for next season, at the same time I hate it.

Merry Christmas.  I give you the gift of song

http://asitecalledfred.com/2009/12/25/holiday-havoc-the-venture-bros-2/ (http://asitecalledfred.com/2009/12/25/holiday-havoc-the-venture-bros-2/)

OMG I didn't know these existed. THANK YOU!  The recreation of the Crosby/Bowie abomination had me rolling.

The fuckwits at Adult Swim have canceled the show.  I'm inconsolable. The guys put together one of the most genius and subversive shows in a generation and the dipshits won't let them finish it on their terms despite them being deep into writing season 8. FUCK. FUCK 2020. FUCKITY FUCK FUCK FUCK.

Nooooo.... worst news of today. I could not agree more Abogadro. This show was something unique indeed. Clever, well thought out, and subversive. This sucks.

AS is saying they want Venture to continue as well...  lots of speculation that AT&T is slashing budgets everywhere.

AS said the same about China, IL. And Metalocalypse. And SuperJail. They lie.

I got excited when I saw the thread updated.

Fuck Everything.

Would anybody else pick up this show? A streaming service perhaps?

One can dream..

HBO Max has been thrown around since they have resurrected some other animated stuff and is part of the same ownership (AT&T) as Cartoon Network, but the way the creators are talking about it all it seems basically dead-dead rather than mostly-dead.

Yeah Publick comments are not encouraging at all I agree :(