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kallie is +2 Lifthrasir
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Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 6:18 pm Post subject: That Birdman thing... |
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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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mchicken is dejected. Cover of Rush's Seminal Album
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Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 6:18 pm Post subject: |
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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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kallie is +2 Lifthrasir
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Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 6:20 pm Post subject: |
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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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mchicken is dejected. Cover of Rush's Seminal Album
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Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 6:22 pm Post subject: |
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Several of the first episodes are sub-par. That's a problem with getting into a show. |
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kallie is +2 Lifthrasir
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Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 6:23 pm Post subject: |
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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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mchicken is dejected. Cover of Rush's Seminal Album
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Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 6:25 pm Post subject: |
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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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kallie is +2 Lifthrasir
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Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 6:28 pm Post subject: |
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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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mchicken is dejected. Cover of Rush's Seminal Album
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Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 6:30 pm Post subject: |
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Thank you. |
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kallie is +2 Lifthrasir
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Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 6:33 pm Post subject: |
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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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mchicken is dejected. Cover of Rush's Seminal Album
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Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 6:47 pm Post subject: |
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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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hankr is 100% sold to a law firm for the low starting price of $160k/year, his soul, and his free time annex ghost
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Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 4:14 am Post subject: Re: That Birdman thing... |
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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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kallie is +2 Lifthrasir
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Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 12:44 pm Post subject: |
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So it is getting noticeably better. |
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lugo is unable to remember his password. Such an Aries
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Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 3:03 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah, those first few episodes are abysmal. But later on? Brilliance.
"Zombie guards, seize him!" _________________ ' What I'm thinking in my head is, 'Well, the truth is, Brian, we can't solve global warming because I f---ing changed light bulbs in my house. It's because of something collective'. |
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kallie is +2 Lifthrasir
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Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 7:35 pm Post subject: |
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Sigh. I've had the dumb song stuck in my head all day. |
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