I don't like the show but I painted a birthday gift for my girlfriend using watercolors:
I'm mad because her neck's fang marks got smeared and now they're fugly. Oh well. I'll correct it with shading....
I don't like the show but I painted a birthday gift for my girlfriend using watercolors:
I'm mad because her neck's fang marks got smeared and now they're fugly. Oh well. I'll correct it with shading....
the majority of the official shirts come out through we love fine, and here's the one you want!
Man I still need to get Season 2 on DVD, it's been awhile since I watched the new episodes...but I hardly watch TV as much anymore. I take it the newest season is over?
But I don't think you can get season 2 on DVD: last time I checked, the DVDs are mixed up episodes from various series. I watched it on amazon instant video, which wasn't instant at all: lots of time spent waiting for it to load and interruptions.
no, they released complete season 2 on both DVD and Blu-Ray. i've been debating buying both of the first two seasons since i have every episode downloaded (in full HD, 5.1) are there enough extras that make it worthwhile? especially with neither season being in 5.1?
Adventure Time article in The New Yorker: http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critic...urrentPage=all
Great article. I honestly am in awe that the show has become what it is. The first 2 seasons were relatively "normal" zany fare and now shit is dark and crazy as fuck with amazingly complex characters. I think what the show does that makes it work better than most kids cartoons these days is that it develops the characters from ep to ep and season to season. If something happens to them, it will effect them later. There is no moment that exists in isolation. Avatar: The Last Airbender was like that too.
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i feel like, for the most part, this is getting a bit too dark/weird for me. i find myself being frightened by episodes (particularly last week's) rather than being fascinated by them.
i mean, i watched plenty of ren & stimpy as a kid, and it was a pretty weird and definitely gross, but it never got quite so existential/dark. so i'm wondering what kids who are watching adventure time think of it.
meanwhile, regular show just continues to get better with every episode.
I feel the complete opposite but I suppose its a matter of taste and what you expect/want from this kind of show. I'm actually surprised and stoked as fuck that they have basically fully committed to developing all the characters in such a complex way. They are so ballsy right now, most of the most important information regarding plot and psychological development is being done through strange subtext. I often wonder how the show even comes off to people who aren't watching every week or paying wayyy close attention.
My fave moments from this season so far:
Finn losing his arm b/c his dad is a dick
Finn's other time traveling self becoming his own sword O.o
The way Finn got his arm back was poetic as fuck
Princess Bubblegum being called out for being a bad person and stopping her surveillance
Jake creating and destroying a universe within himself
The backstory of Ice King's crown originally being programmed by a wish brought upon by child abuse o.O
Idk man this show is crazy. I've never really seen this happen to a cartoon, where it starts off like any other being funny shorts with fast paced gags and some plot development, and turning it into this like deep exploration of characters and circumstance. Its not even that that impresses me the most though. I can't get over how the writing style is so steeped in layers of mere implication. A lot of the most important character stuff most of the tumblr fandom doesn't even catch onto, im like who the fuck are yall even writing for? Me. lmao
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So what happened with Adventure Time? I feel it lost it. It lost that magic that made it special, that quirkiness.
Episodes I've seen from the most recent seasons I've found heavy-going, preachy, overly dark and surreal for their own sake.
I will keep trying, but damn, I feel something changed here.
You're not the only who has noticed this change in tone.
Hulu recently added the first five seasons so I can finally catch up with this show.
I would argue that its changed to be boundary pushing emotional and character driven storytelling, told using daringly abstract plot devices that are completely unprecedented in family programming. I stopped watching it primarily for a light good time a long time ago. There is 3 good seasons of that and they've said they feel a responsibility to do right by the characters and give them the most interesting creative story possible. So I guess it is for its own sake in a way?? I much prefer it myself.
That article actually is mostly talking about an LSP character aspect that was planted as early as early season 3. She has pretended animals talk to express her own insecurities in three episodes now. I would argue they are the opposite of reckless, but the show can be viewed recklessly since its most enjoyed and understood with reflection and analyses. Adventure Time def thinks LSP's depression is a serious problem, as thats what they've been exploring with her for several years now. It was hidden under an even more comedic tone before, and like with most the dark aspects of the show its more they are bringing them front and center instead of letting them fizzle in the background, as opposed to just introducing most of the ideas.
Is it a bit too dark for the youngest set? I think our culture is annoyingly obsessed with keeping kids away from dark themes myself, but if someone thinks so I would hardly consider it a valid criticism against the quality of the show as mostly quite responsible and thought provoking, without devolving into the kind of show that is there to give lessons. Not every kid's show should do the same thing and have the same purpose.
The 2 part finale gave me all the damn character feels. Finn :') He's 16 now. Harry Potter grew up with the character and AT is doin the same.
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Honestly never cared for this show (top post on this page even states it) but on a whim I watched some episodes and enjoyed them a great deal more than I ever had. Maybe I was a crab a few years back and tried watching it? Either way, consider me a noob fan now. I bought blu-rays of seasons 1-4 at a good price. I'll buy season 5 with my next paycheck. Sweet.
dear cartoon network,
if you're going to air an episode of one of your shows that is largely subtitled, maybe make sure your GIANT LOGO in the bottom right corner isn't blocking part of the subtitle text.
love,
maxwell
p.s. ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS??? that was SO ANNOYING.
home sick today and just binged the entire final season. can't stop crying right now. didn't think i'd have such an emotional reaction to the show ending, but i guess i was more attached to it than i realized, despite not really liking a couple seasons in the middle there.
Such a weird series in a good way! It managed to deftly balance between being a show that children can watch (probably caused a few nightmares but hey, nightmares are a part of life) and a show that adults can enjoy in several layers. I liked how it sometimes felt like stream of consciousness stuff, like stories that a child would improvise while playing. Yet it never talked down to children and dealt with some heavy stuff on the way. Quite moving at times too. The finale was great, a fitting ending to the world of Ooo.