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IChing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 11:43 PM
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I love "Adult Swim" don't you? Come on we're all adults right?










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Richard Steele Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 11:46 PM
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1. Adult swim is just the best. Except the shows that SUCK, of course.
The rest are the BEST.
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IChing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 11:55 PM
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9. Some of the shows say more than whatever could be said in a national Adult
sitcom.

Robot Chicken gets away with a lot. (i sit there and go man they got away with that? a lot of digs on society and politics)
Sea Lab 3000 also does so stuff that isn't even safe for HBO.


I must have a sense of humor that needs to be exorcised by the Pope's exorcist (damn Harry Potter)
but Adult Swim makes me laugh.
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Reverend_Smitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 11:47 PM
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2. When the hell are they ever going to show a new episode...
of Aqua Teen Hunger Force? I love that show but their seasons are wacky
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elperromagico Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 11:51 PM
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4. Be patient. It takes years to develop episodes of ATHF.
The writers have to make sure that the plotlines are completely grounded in logic. ;)
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Reverend_Smitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 11:53 PM
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5. you're right...
if they rush them, the plots will all come out nonsensical and just plain silly...strong reality based story lines is exactly why I watch that show...:P
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REP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 04:21 AM
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19. October
Just a few weeks away.
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Nicholas D Wolfwood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 09:14 AM
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29. I heard credible rumors that a movie is coming out soon.
That's probably why we haven't seen a new episode lately.
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elperromagico Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 11:49 PM
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3. I don't like Inuyasha.
Actually, I don't like anime in general; I have a problem with cartoon characters who all look like cats.

Other than that, yeah, I like Adult Swim.
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sakabatou Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 11:54 PM
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6. Inuyasha's a dog.
>_< INU (means dog in Japanese). YASHA (Another term for a demon).
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elperromagico Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 11:55 PM
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8. They all look like cats to me.
It just freaks me out.
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sakabatou Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 12:58 AM
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16. Well there's other anime other than furry.
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Ediacara Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 11:59 PM
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11. Inuyasha is really boring
Half man half dog all jackass goes on an EXCRUCIATINGLY SLOW quest that's EXCRUCIATINGLY UNEVENTFUL to do something EXCRUCIATINGLY UNIMPORTANT.

At least that's how it seems to me...
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sakabatou Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 01:00 AM
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18. The anime's based on the manga
And the manga is better. More or less, it's DBZ for girls.
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REP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 04:30 AM
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25. Better Art Than DBZ
And I'm trying to think of an anime that doesn't revolve around an endless quest for something... Ok, Cowboy Bebop, although one could argue Spike is questing for Julia.
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Benfea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 09:23 AM
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32. "DBZ for girls."
Hahahahahahahaha!

What a terribly accurate description.

PS -- DBZ is one of the worst shows on television.
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TheMightyFavog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 05:09 PM
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37. Someone's been reading VG Cats...
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Benfea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 12:00 AM
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12. Big O is even worse.
Edited on Tue Sep-05-06 12:09 AM by Benfea
  • The show is built around a delicious sci-fi premise that any marginally decent sci-fi writer could do wonders with.

  • The animation features a unique and interesting-looking drawing style.

  • The show has a gritty, noire feel that Batman would kill for.

  • The show makes self-referential humor about anime cliches.


So what do they do with all this potential? That's right: giant robots punching each other. What a damned waste!
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sakabatou Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 01:00 AM
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17. The studio that did Big O was never really into it
It didn't have a big audience in Japan, so they mainly marketed it to us. Where a lot of un-cultured otakus would lap it up.
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Benfea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 09:17 AM
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30. Being popular in Japan would've changed nothing.
It was still about giant robots punching each other. There's only so much you can do with that.
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sakabatou Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 11:54 AM
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34. Still it was a great premise
and under the right circumstances, it could've been better.
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Benfea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 04:55 PM
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35. Yup.
William Gibson would've had a field day with a setup like that (provided you cut out the giant robots).
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REP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 04:23 AM
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21. Big O Suuuuuu uuuuuuuuu uuuuuuuu uuuuuuucks
Even Jay (The Busiest Man in VO) Blum sounds bored reading his lines in it. Of course, he sounds pretty much exactly the same no matter what he's reading, but it just adds to the lameness in BO.
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REP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 04:24 AM
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22. Don't Be Dissin' My Stupid Cartoon
There's only one cat in it - see avatar.
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elperromagico Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 11:54 PM
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7. Dirtfoot has long been known to be rude,
but the biggest secret of Dirtfoot is that many witnesses claim him to be gay. The only known photograph of Dirtfoot is from this Gay Pride parade...

He's totally gay.
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Benfea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-04-06 11:56 PM
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10. Ghost in the Shell is the only good thing on Adult Swim.
The rest of it is almost entirely crap.
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IChing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 12:04 AM
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14. The family Guy, American Dad
It lets me watch them without watching Fox.




I use all of these in my debates in GD and GDP.

LOL
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Benfea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 12:08 AM
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15. I don't like either to be honest.
I admit I'll watch it if I can't sleep and there's nothing else on, but I certainly don't go out of my way to watch them on purpose. It gets monotonous and juvenile after a while.
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Ediacara Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 12:00 AM
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13. Venture Bros. is probably the best show on AS
although I was highly disturbed and disappointed in the recent episode that the Monarch played the part of a serial killer.
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REP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 04:26 AM
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24. But The Monarch *Is* a Super-Villian!
And he didn't actually kill the hooker. She made it through the Lake of Acid.
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buddhamama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 04:23 AM
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20. i like it
caught an episode of SeaLab the other night...frickin' hilarious.
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Ariana Celeste Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 04:26 AM
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23. I was just watching some Brak Show
:hi: :7

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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 05:05 AM
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27. God I love that show.
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Ariana Celeste Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 05:17 AM
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28. I do too :)
I just got Volume 2 a few days ago. I named my turtle after Mr. Bawkbagawk, :7.
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datasuspect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 09:18 AM
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31. his dad is a miniature puerto rican
for some reason that struck me as so fucking funny.

whatever happened to the actual funny shit they USED to show?
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 05:01 AM
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26. Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Harvey Birdman, Brak...
Some of the funniest shit on tv.
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RedStateShame Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 09:30 AM
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33. I luuuv me some Squidbillies, right down to the opening song
Sing along!!


My dreams are all dead & buried
Sometimes I wish the sun would just explode.
When God comes and calls me to his kingdom,
I'll take all you sonsabitches when I go.




"Santy Claus is dead!"
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TimeChaser Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 05:00 PM
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36. Adult Swim's getting BLEACH this fall
Maybe it's a good thing we didn't buy cable for our dorm. I'd probably be picking the dub apart and bitching about every little change. They'd just better not give my Byakuya a bad dubbed voice.

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Fox Mulder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-05-06 07:14 PM
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38. I love it.
Edited on Tue Sep-05-06 07:14 PM by Fox Mulder
My favorite show is Aqua Teen Hunger Force. When are they going to come out with new eposidoes, btw? I also love Robot Chicken, Harvey Birdman, The Venture Brothers, Family Guy, Futurama, and Moral Orel.

I haven't watched adult swim in ages, though, because I have to work from 10:30 pm - 6:30 am. :grr:
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