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sickrubik
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beer geek.
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Korachia
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Oh hell yeah!!
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play his game!: solarwar.net
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Abagadro
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"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
-H.L. Mencken
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Surlyboi
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Fucking. Awesome.
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Tuned in, immediately get to watch cringey Ubisoft talking head offering her deepest sympathies to the families impacted by the Orlando shooting while flanked by a man in a giraffe suit and some sort of "horrifically garish neon costumes through the ages" exhibit or something. We need to stop this fucking planet right now and sort some shit out. -Kail
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HaemishM
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Abagadro
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Giggity Giggity Goo!
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"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
-H.L. Mencken
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Abagadro
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"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
-H.L. Mencken
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Abagadro
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"How about just a handy?"
Love this show so much.
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"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
-H.L. Mencken
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Quinton
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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... Hank: "Are you okay? Dr. O said you're probably insane now and that you'll never be the same?"
Doc Venture: "Are you kidding?" *laughs*
Doc Venture: "Okay, I'm just turning sixteen and having a birthday pool party. My father invites every girl he knows, and I'm not talking about girls my age. No, not Jonas. He invites Playboy Bunnies and models and I think actual whores, you know real prostitutes. So there I am in my giant bathing suit with nervous puberty oozing out of my gigantic pores. Just awful. So, the band suddenly stops playing and I hear 'and now, the man of the hour, Rusty Venture.' All eyes one me, right? Then suddenly, almost predictably, the Action Man shoots my groin with the shrink ray right as that fucking jackass Colonel Gentleman pulls my shorts down."
Hank: "Wow, that's like a nightmare."
Doc Venture: "Oh no, no. What I went through today was 'like a nightmare', what happened when I was sixteen, THAT is my LIFE."
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Abagadro
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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.
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« Last Edit: June 02, 2013, 11:49:45 PM by Abagadro »
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"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
-H.L. Mencken
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Quinton
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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
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« Last Edit: June 03, 2013, 02:39:27 AM by Quinton »
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Surlyboi
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Yeah. That was worth the wait.
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Tuned in, immediately get to watch cringey Ubisoft talking head offering her deepest sympathies to the families impacted by the Orlando shooting while flanked by a man in a giraffe suit and some sort of "horrifically garish neon costumes through the ages" exhibit or something. We need to stop this fucking planet right now and sort some shit out. -Kail
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tazelbain
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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.
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.
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« Last Edit: June 03, 2013, 12:17:23 PM by tazelbain »
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"Me am play gods"
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Korachia
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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.
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Bzalthek
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"Use the Soy Sauce, Luke!" WHOM, ZASH, CLISH CLASH! "Umeboshi Kenobi!! NOOO!!!"
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Surlyboi
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There are no names in Project Palaemon.
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Tuned in, immediately get to watch cringey Ubisoft talking head offering her deepest sympathies to the families impacted by the Orlando shooting while flanked by a man in a giraffe suit and some sort of "horrifically garish neon costumes through the ages" exhibit or something. We need to stop this fucking planet right now and sort some shit out. -Kail
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HaemishM
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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.
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Abagadro
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We have no infrastructure!
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"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
-H.L. Mencken
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Abagadro
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I'm rockin' a Shai Hulud down there!
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"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
-H.L. Mencken
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Merusk
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"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.
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Rishathra
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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.
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Merusk
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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.
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The past cannot be changed. The future is yet within your power.
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Surlyboi
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C'mon! Makes me feel like a Wookiee!
Jettison the lunchroom!
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« Last Edit: June 17, 2013, 08:09:04 PM by Surlyboi »
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Tuned in, immediately get to watch cringey Ubisoft talking head offering her deepest sympathies to the families impacted by the Orlando shooting while flanked by a man in a giraffe suit and some sort of "horrifically garish neon costumes through the ages" exhibit or something. We need to stop this fucking planet right now and sort some shit out. -Kail
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Bunk
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I'm rockin' a Shai Hulud down there!
I always smile when I get a joke/reference that I know not everyone else will.
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HaemishM
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This season is definitely starting out with high notes. Sphinx Commander and Hank in the Destiny outfit were just fantastic.
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Kitsune
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Was that the actual voice actor for CC? I thought he'd died.
Chris Latta. Yes, he died a while ago, sadly. They were clearly providing an homage to him, yeah, but that was definitely not him.
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Korachia
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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"
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Nevermore
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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.
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Over and out.
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Abagadro
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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" Tank Top was pretty good too. Plus, the "dog" was actually a dude in a dog costume.
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"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
-H.L. Mencken
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Korachia
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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..
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Miasma
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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.
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HaemishM
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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.
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Abagadro
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I think she was a riff on Scarlett.
Oh, and RIP Monstroso (?).
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"As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
-H.L. Mencken
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Merusk
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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.
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