Venture Bros. [Adult Swim]

120_Minutes · 04-10-2010 1:46pm #1

second half of season 4 is airing stateside, few eps in already. the writing is perhaps the best its ever been....

seriously, he looks like an empty gorilla costume wearing david byrnes oversized "stop making sense" suit...

BlitzKrieg · 09-10-2010 9:45pm

the last episode is possible one of the best the series has had

I HAD SEX!

Its been a great second half overall too.

kowloon · 15-10-2010 7:47pm

I'm Rusty, I'm Rusty

BlitzKrieg · 15-10-2010 7:52pm

yeah the venture brother's version of spiderman is pretty messed up in a cool way

kowloon · 16-10-2010 7:54pm

Where does the web come from? :eek:

Roar · 23-10-2010 1:13pm

i only just started on season one and i LOVE IT!

kowloon · 24-10-2010 3:40pm

Roar wrote: »

i only just started on season one and i LOVE IT!

It does have to be viewed from the start for full enjoyment as it references itself quite a lot.

120_Minutes · 10-11-2010 10:38am

Roar wrote: »

i only just started on season one and i LOVE IT!

there is a lot of greatness ahead of you....

Roar · 10-11-2010 12:41pm

there certainly is! just watched the ¡Viva_los_Muertos! episode from season 2, the Scooby Doo piss take. It was inspired. I laughed from start to finish....

"THIS DOG TALKS!"

Burky126 · 20-12-2010 12:34am

Just after catching up with season 4 myself,amazing show.Its just one of those rare gems of a show that is consistantly brilliant each season.Character development has been really strong especially on Henchman 21.

Would have been better if they included Dr Henry Killinger this season though.Not even a mention...

aidan_walsh · 22-03-2011 11:40pm

http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-venture-brothers-renewed-for-two-more-seasons,53476/

Co-creator Jackson Publick has announced via his blog that he’s just signed a contract to produce at least two more seasons of the show about super-scientists, super-villains, and their super-complex interfamily dynamics, with production on the fifth to begin in June. He also dropped the tidbit that the contract includes a long-form, 60 to 90-minute Venture Bros. special, adding, “Don't ask me when we'll make it, what it's going to be about, or whether it'll be on TV or direct-to-DVD, because we don't have a clue yet.” So, everyone go ask him that and he’ll be forced to figure it out sooner. In the meantime, Publick also revealed that he and co-writer Doc Hammer have been quietly prepping an 11-minute special he describes as “a sort of light-hearted, one-off little aperitif” that should debut later this summer.

120_Minutes · 08-04-2011 8:42pm

aidan_walsh wrote: »

http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-venture-brothers-renewed-for-two-more-seasons,53476/

mechashiva!!

rewatching it again, repeated viewing brings repeated goodness.

Burky126 · 01-09-2011 9:14pm

In case anyone missed this,they recently aired a short mockumentary Venture Bros special about Hank's band in season 4.

From The Ladle To The Grave: The Story of Shallow Gravy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaM3WwISoOQ

Roar · 07-11-2011 11:36am

Only finally caught up to season 4 now, I'd left this on the backburner for quite a while. It's complete and utter genius

Robbo · 26-10-2012 7:33pm

To bump this, a Halloween Special airs on Sunday in the States with the 5th series to start in the new year I think.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CO3q5nxzTW0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ISX-6Aw3lE

As ever, all Bowie references are welcome.

Roar · 27-10-2012 12:47am

I would thank this post twice if I could

BlitzKrieg · 27-10-2012 1:02am

how did I miss this sizzle reel?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gANSQosoaUE

???

Roar · 30-10-2012 10:27am

Halloween special was excellent.

serious lack of brock though

When does season 5 start?

BlitzKrieg · 30-10-2012 11:05pm

next year

so dean going emo was not a halloween costume, colour me interested!!! Also love how they can take a mundane sitcom joke and still make it hilarious (dermot having to go ring the door is much funnier with what the show has already revealed)

Burky126 · 12-05-2013 6:13pm

Just three weeks until season 5!

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

Roar · 14-05-2013 11:34am

I had a big LOL moment at the "Get up Rock ya bum!" line

Roar · 20-05-2013 12:53pm

Rewatching this at the moment ahead of series 5, just finished season 2 last night.

Brock Samson is definitely my favourite character. I love Patrick Warburton's delivery of every line, it's just spot on.

Big fan of Doctor Orpheus as well.

Really getting excited about season 5 now.

Roar · 28-05-2013 10:34am

Henchman 21 summarises the first four seasons!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CHVLSY_Hrk

kowloon · 03-06-2013 12:53pm

Leave us imp!

miralize · 03-06-2013 4:09pm

It returned last night & Adult Swim have put the hour long episode on Youtube

pixelburp · 03-06-2013 6:54pm

"I used to want to kiss the girl Gremlin with the lipstick"
Oh Dean, you poor sap

Welcome back Venture Bros. - it's crazy to think that it's nearly 3 years since season 4! :eek:

A great first episode, though; I look forward to the rest. I also forgot how this show almost demands to be watched twice. Once for the hell of it, twice to take in all the sight-gags and references (TARDIS in the background!)

Btw, given this airs on Adult Swim at midnight, technically this thread doesn't belong in Prime Time Cartoon

BlitzKrieg · 03-06-2013 10:04pm

God I laughed so hard through that.

The show is just so perfect at making call backs to prior events, the line from hank at the end about the watch had me in stitches.

I'm glad they are taking Dean somewhere interesting. Last season they absolutely turned Hank into the best character in the show with the hank-co episode and now they are spending time with the other venture brother but keeping what makes hank so likeable going.

Btw, given this airs on Adult Swim at midnight, technically this thread doesn't belong in Prime Time Cartoon

Is there *BEST FCKING SHOW ON TELEVISION* forum? cause its the only place to put it

120_Minutes · 05-06-2013 10:24pm

"Why do you still have tits?"

BlitzKrieg · 10-06-2013 8:06pm

only venture bros can do batman, Frankenstein and Apocalypse Now all in one episode and make it work.

Another brilliant episode.

Hank is now my second favourite batman (after kevin conroy of course

)

pixelburp · 10-06-2013 9:00pm

Not quite as awesome as last weeks, but worth the price of admission for Bat-Hank alone

Guy can really kick ass when he wants to; I wonder if we'll see Hank and Dean slowly discover themselves a bit more this season. Dean's the more obvious example - even if he's still tinkering in science - but Hank is quite capable in his own way.

Oh and I don't think it's a wild guess to suppose Sgt. Hatred's dream will be fleshed out in coming episodes

Roar · 10-06-2013 10:17pm

so many genius lines.

"This isn't a parachuuuuuttteeeeee"

"he ain't just gone off the reservation, he's opening his own damn casino!"

Also, Hank's narration had me in stitches.

pixelburp · 17-06-2013 7:14pm

Ready the Acid Magnet!

Man that was a good episode. And I love how a possibly-huge plot point is buried within the madness - that

Venture & Monarch knew each other as kids??

Oh and Hank traipsing around in a female powersuit was... disturbing. Especially with some of the camera angles they used lol

"Hank's an adult, he's ready to enter Destiny."

"I'm getting real tired of the ex-henchman being a better bodyguard than the ex-villain I hired... ... it's so depressing when you say it out loud."

Roar · 17-06-2013 9:40pm

"They grow up so fast... Well when you let them, that is"

Line of the night right there!

BlitzKrieg · 17-06-2013 9:46pm

Every season they have their episode that is very much a nod to a classic series.

This season it has to be the gijoe nod with all the cobra characters reimagined in venturverse.

Highlight was that they went for the shrieking cobra commander voice for the sphinx commander.

lowlight was how short lived it all was. Rather rushed conclusion left me wishing there was more to it.

Also liked the plot reveal hidden among the mess.

Also what happens to 21 now

pixelburp · 17-06-2013 9:54pm

Something worth pointing out & due praise is the animation this season, which has been pretty stellar & really slick in places; I dug out Sphinx' first appearance (itself a lampoon of the GI Joe title sequence) & it's quite rough compared to these latest episodes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pz59tFR2KMs

pixelburp · 24-06-2013 3:44pm

Spanakopita!

Roar · 25-06-2013 10:04am

"Irregardless..."
"seriously?"
"Ugh.. REGARDLESS"

Laughed at that quite a bit!

BlitzKrieg · 26-06-2013 4:53pm

that was a fun episode, but easily the weakest so far.

I'm hoping though they are doing what they did last season and the next episode will be the parallel of what happened while they were away with just the boys.

Also *lol* at hank still wearing the combat suit.

Burky126 · 27-06-2013 1:23am

"Go to hellron, L Ron!"

Roar · 02-07-2013 9:18am

That was utterly magnificent. Looking forward to watching it again after work!

BlitzKrieg · 02-07-2013 6:00pm

*farewell glorious tits*

pixelburp · 02-07-2013 7:16pm

Ha, so I think there's only 3 people on Boards who seem to watch this show - Roar, BlitzK and myself

- but damn Venture Bros. is deserving of a wider audience.

Season 5 has been some of the most entertaining, funny, and action-packed TV I've watched in ages; fantastic stuff altogether.

Also, between the boobs on Hank's strength suit & Sgt. Hatred's unsheathed fun pillows, I think the writers are trying to break our minds, or at least the Male Gaze anyway

miralize · 02-07-2013 7:42pm

I love the segways they make.

Gen. Gathers

"I was getting better tips"

Brock Samson

"No, not even the tip!"

Roar · 03-07-2013 9:23am

That image of a frail Hank in a pool of his own p!ss will stay with me for the rest of my life!

kowloon · 03-07-2013 10:53am

pixelburp wrote: »

Also, between the boobs on Hank's strength suit & Sgt. Hatred's unsheathed fun pillows, I think the writers are trying to break our minds, or at least the Male Gaze anyway

There's going to be a Fight Club reference at some point, there has to be.
His name is Robert Paulson.

Roar · 04-07-2013 12:37am

"I'm not a bedwetter you know!"
"Whatever, Puddles"

I can never ever get tired of listening to Patrick Warburton deliver lines.

BlitzKrieg · 08-07-2013 12:28am

They played this week's episode a day earlier.

I'll just say the Hank focused episodes are the best, his alternate personalities just crack me up.

Saying that they've tied up a few long running plot points this episode but a few things bugged me

Doesnt morpheus already know that dermot is a venture, he was with the alchemist when they looked into the pass with the key, so his surprise when he found dermot was odd. Also I thought the sudden reversal of Mira's control of the super villians a bit too quick

Roar · 08-07-2013 2:23am

BlitzKrieg wrote: »

They played this week's episode a day earlier.

I'll just say the Hank focused episodes are the best, his alternate personalities just crack me up.

Saying that they've tied up a few long running plot points this episode but a few things bugged me
Doesnt morpheus already know that dermot is a venture, he was with the alchemist when they looked into the pass with the key, so his surprise when he found dermot was odd. Also I thought the sudden reversal of Mira's control of the super villians a bit too quick

Ah feck I'd wish I'd known this before it was 230am and I was drunk on cider and had to go to bed.

Go Team Venture!

pixelburp · 08-07-2013 8:47pm

It's official: Hank can do no wrong

Or should I say Enrico Matasa!

BlitzKrieg · 08-07-2013 11:59pm

was it just me or was dermot less of an assh*le that episode and actually had some clever lines.

pixelburp · 09-07-2013 7:52am

BlitzKrieg wrote: »

was it just me or was dermot less of an assh*le that episode and actually had some clever lines.

Yeah, I'm happy his rough edges have been smoothed out because he was by far the worst 'new' character that came into the show. I think it's just a case that he realises his bluster is a bit needless now that he has actual friends & a life; plus he did seem genuine about wanting to help the Doc & make up for the ruse.

I have to say I was a bit peeved to learn Myra isn't the mother to the Venture Bros., after 4 seasons of letting that strand just sit there, to simply junk it like that was a tad glib. I wonder if we'll ever learn the truth; knowing this show, the mother's either someone completely effed up (the Doc is also their mother or something like that), or else were clones to begin with

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