Spritenaut 32 Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 I thoroughly enjoyed this season but last night's episode didn't really feel like a season's ending type of episode, more like the last episode before a mid-season break. See you in a couple of years. I'm assuming it became a season finale when Cartoon Network realized it would take them until 2018 to finish the back half of the season and said "Just give us what you got." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zev Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 Last night I started watching Season 6. I know, I' way behind, but I just wanted to say that a storyline based on the red ball from the Duran Duran video was possibly the funniest thing I've seen all year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingus Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 I thoroughly enjoyed this season but last night's episode didn't really feel like a season's ending type of episode, more like the last episode before a mid-season break. See you in a couple of years. Pretty much this. And on-the-nose "parodies" of Saw and Taken, really? I liked the episode, I never don't like this show, but last night's show felt campier than usual and with many more old tired jokes. "LOL, the security guard has a flashlight instead of a gun!" is not the level of wit that I've come to expect from this program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spritenaut 32 Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 Just finished watching the episode. I liked the ep, but, at the glacial pace this show moves, it's going to be 2021 before we get a payoff to the Monarch/Rusty Venture resemblance. I realized tonight that I'm not invested in anything involving the Ventures and Brock anymore. I really want more of the Monarch and Gary/Blue Morpho stuff. When the hell did that happen? Oh, and I stand by my earlier comment (made before I saw the ep). Nothing about that felt like a season finale, so I'm guessing it's a case of the creators getting so far behind deadline (again, sigh) that CN just took whatever they had ready. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVileOne Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 This might've been the first episode of the series I borderline disliked. Not that I thought it was terrible, but I was let down by Hammer and Publik doing a riff on Saw and the payoff to that gag. Not to mention by Red Death basically copying Liam Neeson's Taken monologue word for word. I mean Taken is seven years old at this point. I love Clancy Brown, and I think Red Death is a fun character for him. However, doing a Taken monologue joke in 2016 is sort of like when Madagascar 3 pulled "NUKULAR" out of the mothballs. Or like someone saying, "You are the weakest link, goodbye." Or having someone respond to "This is Madness" with "This is Sparta!" Venture Bros. has reached a couple points I thought could've been suitable endings for the show, now it seems like it's searching for a big payoff it can't really get to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spritenaut 32 Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 I dug the Saw gag myself. The payoff made sense since I didn't really believe Gary went through with killing the guy in the woods last ep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 On 3/22/2016 at 11:40 PM, TheVileOne said: This might've been the first episode of the series I borderline disliked. Not that I thought it was terrible, but I was let down by Hammer and Publik doing a riff on Saw and the payoff to that gag. Not to mention by Red Death basically copying Liam Neeson's Taken monologue word for word. I mean Taken is seven years old at this point. I love Clancy Brown, and I think Red Death is a fun character for him. However, doing a Taken monologue joke in 2016 is sort of like when Madagascar 3 pulled "NUKULAR" out of the mothballs. Or like someone saying, "You are the weakest link, goodbye." Or having someone respond to "This is Madness" with "This is Sparta!" Venture Bros. has reached a couple points I thought could've been suitable endings for the show, now it seems like it's searching for a big payoff it can't really get to. I'm rewatching the entire series again and it's not like using tired jokes is completely foreign to the show. They were doing Monica Lewinski jokes in 2006. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Ray Posted March 23, 2016 Share Posted March 23, 2016 I was loving the fact that Clancy Brown was voicing Red Death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 Finally caught the finale. I enjoyed it parodies and all even if said parodies were dated. Really though it was Red Death/Clancy Brown in general that made it. This definitely felt like an episode right before something big so I'm thinking Vic is on the money about CN just wanting them to get out some episodes already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spritenaut 32 Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 The Saw and Taken parodies were probably current when the script was written, many years ago. ...many, many years ago..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 I'm just finishing up season four of my re-watch and I don't think there's an easier show to go through than Venture Bros. It's so lovable and easily digestible. And watching in short order means you can actually catch the absurd amount of call-backs to earlier episodes without forgetting because seasons come out once every 2.5 years or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 Holy shit that looks beautiful, wild and it comes out in just a few weeks! I'm Jesse Spano levels of excited. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 Well, that was worth the wait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 I concur. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spritenaut 32 Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 Thirded. I'm really looking to the next episode, hopefully in a year or two. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 It airs tomorrow. I saw the online leak of the third part of the three eps(7 more this season), it confirms a lot of shit people have thought for awhile about various things. You'll see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zimbra Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 Re: the first three episiodes: Spoiler I am deeply loving the full Jonas Venture heel turn. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVileOne Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 Wow that fourth episode felt like a waste of time. And now Sirena is going after Dean? Seriously, what the hell with this show sometimes. It's so frustrating. I don't even get why the Guild is around anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustronaut Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 5 minutes ago, TheVileOne said: I don't even get why the Guild is around anymore. This is why wages stagnate and people keep getting more and more work shoveled onto them. Unions are insurance for the good times AND bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVileOne Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 Then these are bad times right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustronaut Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 Which is why the guild still exists! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zimbra Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 29 minutes ago, Betsy Zeidler said: This is why wages stagnate and people keep getting more and more work shoveled onto them. Unions are insurance for the good times AND bad. Damn, now I'm furious that no one has written a "Venture Bros as critique of capitalism" article yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVileOne Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 3 hours ago, Betsy Zeidler said: Which is why the guild still exists! That episode still sucked, and it just seems like whenever this story takes two steps forward, it will take five steps back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 Episode four was great and was the actual real start of the season. Way to automatically assume the girl is going after Dean, she's an adult, they can be friends. He's just an awkward idiot. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.H. Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 It will probably play out that Hank will misconstrue their friendship resulting in an eventual break-up... or not. I could be wrong James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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