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PostPosted: Wed May 13, 2009 6:18 pm    Post subject: That Birdman thing... Reply with quote

I'm finally watching it... although after watching The Venture Bros.... it seems pretty terrible. Boring, stupid, plus about a hundred million non-sequiturs that are supposed to pass for humor.

I'm just not getting it.
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PostPosted: Wed May 13, 2009 6:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Why do you hate fun?

No one would have said to watch Birdman because you liked Venture Bros.

Birdman is grouped with Sealab and Aqua Teen in terms of likability. You like all three of those if you like any of them probably. Venture Bros. is on a whole other level.
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PostPosted: Wed May 13, 2009 6:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

mchicken wrote:
Why do you hate fun?


I love fun... and I do appreciate that many DOOMComisms appear to arise from this show, but yeah. I just don't get it.
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PostPosted: Wed May 13, 2009 6:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Several of the first episodes are sub-par. That's a problem with getting into a show.
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PostPosted: Wed May 13, 2009 6:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

mchicken wrote:
Why do you hate fun?

No one would have said to watch Birdman because you liked Venture Bros.

Birdman is grouped with Sealab and Aqua Teen in terms of likability. You like all three of those if you like any of them probably. Venture Bros. is on a whole other level.


Clearly.

And no one ever said it. I had no idea what this thing was about.
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PostPosted: Wed May 13, 2009 6:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Harvery Birdman, Attorney at Law?

It's about Harvery, a Birdman, who is an Attorney at Law.

I mean, it's really not that hard to pick up on. Like the show "Cheers." It's about a bar.
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PostPosted: Wed May 13, 2009 6:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

mchicken wrote:
Harvery Birdman, Attorney at Law?

It's about Harvery, a Birdman, who is an Attorney at Law.

I mean, it's really not that hard to pick up on. Like the show "Cheers." It's about a bar.


By the way, nice avatar.
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PostPosted: Wed May 13, 2009 6:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thank you.
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PostPosted: Wed May 13, 2009 6:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

mchicken wrote:
Several of the first episodes are sub-par. That's a problem with getting into a show.


Uhhh... isn't this the thing that you constantly QQ about whenever Alex or I or anyone else talks about the beginning of pretty much every good television show ever?
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PostPosted: Wed May 13, 2009 6:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The Wire was top quality right out of the gate.

I never said Birdman was the best show ever or anything. It's one of my favorite 10 (?) animated shows.

All I said was that a show should show flashes of brilliance early before hitting its stride in season 2 and peaking in season 3 or so. You cannot be a good show and have unwatchable episodes, though. And for me, that Shoyu Weenie episode is unwatchable.
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PostPosted: Thu May 14, 2009 4:14 am    Post subject: Re: That Birdman thing... Reply with quote

kallie wrote:
I'm finally watching it... although after watching The Venture Bros.... it seems pretty terrible. Boring, stupid, plus about a hundred million non-sequiturs that are supposed to pass for humor.

I'm just not getting it.


Stop hating Hanna Barbera, imo.
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PostPosted: Thu May 14, 2009 12:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

So it is getting noticeably better.
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PostPosted: Thu May 14, 2009 3:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yeah, those first few episodes are abysmal. But later on? Brilliance.

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PostPosted: Thu May 14, 2009 7:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sigh. I've had the dumb song stuck in my head all day.
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