Quinn Angstrom
[venture bros] initial impressions: this sure is an adult swim show from 2004
Quinn Angstrom
Rick and Morty is kind of a spiritual sequel to Venture Bros isn't it
Niamh Vibes
I don't remember most of the first season and I'm sure I'm not missing much
Niamh Vibes
100%
Quinn Angstrom
I've seen the first two episodes before
Quinn Angstrom
what I did not notice on my first viewing
Quinn Angstrom
was that the tech fetishist claims to be from the Onani Corporation
oh i'm scary
I should warn you there's at least one character whose entire deal is
oh i'm scary
intensely, violently transphobic
Quinn Angstrom
Dr. Girlfriend?
oh i'm scary
no
Quinn Angstrom
oh
oh i'm scary
infinitely worse
Quinn Angstrom
hm
Quinn Angstrom
ok
Quinn Angstrom
maybe I'll watch something else
Princess Emily
what, what character,
oh i'm scary
I don't remember the name but Brock's, like, old sergeant or whoever
EsperBot
Yeah uh, that bit's bad
EsperBot
and then they kind of walk it back a bit later
EsperBot
and then I stopped watching for unrelated reasons so I don't know what happened after that
EsperBot
but yeah, uh, it's bad
oh i'm scary
the way they walk it back is that he was only pretending to be trans for a mission, which, like
oh i'm scary
doesn't help
EsperBot
I recall there was a bunch of dialogue implying that he did like it and claiming it was for a mission was itself a cover?
Quinn Angstrom
this conversation has convinced me not to watch venture bros
EsperBot
But anyways I haven't watched it in ages and the best case scenario is that it knocks off like 5% of the bad
oh i'm scary
yeah, don't
oh i'm scary
it's not like there's not good material in there but the bad is at like
oh i'm scary
potentially lethal concentrations
Niamh Vibes
I genuinely forgot about this character until now
Niamh Vibes
I imagine I must have skipped past scenes whenever they showed up
Quinn Angstrom
maybe I can watch Foundation
shivorce
Yeah like VB gets really good as it goes on but the early seasons were extremely rough
A Grinning DM
VB certainly aged
A Grinning DM
I remember that teenage me thought it was hilarious.
EsperBot
A lot of it absolutely is hilarious
EsperBot
like, Escape to the House of Mummies is still one of the strongest half-hours of television of all time
EsperBot
But...certain aspects...
Niamh Vibes
Every season is better than the last but it also makes huge errors that it leaves in center frame way too often
A Grinning DM
yeah I still agree that it has very funny parts, but even if those are most of it, there is no amount of goodness that can override the transphobia