Fred is getting a tv show.
http://www.nick.com/shows/fred Why do we insist on taking things online into real life.
Today i saw a troll face t-shirt.
Next you know 4chan will get a television show.
hotsauceman1 wrote:Fred is getting a tv show.
http://www.nick.com/shows/fred Why do we insist on taking things online into real life.
Today i saw a troll face t-shirt.
Next you know 4chan will get a television show.
Tv isn't real life.
Nick figures it can make a few bucks off of it, I assume based upon the numbers they did for the tv movie special he had a while back.
I like Adult Swim when their not showing original programing (Venture Bros and Robot Chicken excepted). Adult Swim's original programing is made for morons.
I can understand the Tom and Eric crap giving the impression it is all trash.
As for the Fred show seems easy enough. Grab a random hyperactive teen, a camera and pitch bend the gak out of the results; pay him poorly for his stupidity. Simple entertainment for those still fascinated by bright flashing colours.
n0t_u wrote:I can understand the Tom and Eric crap giving the impression it is all trash.
As for the Fred show seems easy enough. Grab a random hyperactive teen, a camera and pitch bend the gak out of the results; pay him poorly for his stupidity. Simple entertainment for those still fascinated by bright flashing colours.
Adult Swim used to play awesome anime, but they started to push it further a d furher back a d kept shrinking the time block for it. Don't really have to care anymore though since I've not had tv service for a good year and just watch everything online with my comp hooked up to my tv set.
Except no one cares about fred anymore? Missed the boat by a couple years nick.
Also, I've never seen anything I've particularly disliked on adult swim besides robot chicken. Always though it was overly violent and sophomoric. Tim and Eric is fine, so's frisky dingo, metaljjdfknk, moral orel, venuture brothers, hunger force and squidbillies.
Although squidbillies often makes me literally sick to my stomach. Talk about grimdark... that show is oddly disturbing. Such a hopelessly violent and aggressive situation in a hopeless and bleak land.
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Aduro wrote:Adult Swim used to play awesome anime, but they started to push it further a d furher back a d kept shrinking the time block for it. Don't really have to care anymore though since I've not had tv service for a good year and just watch everything online with my comp hooked up to my tv set.
Used to have death note, bleach, samurai champloo, FLCL, GITS, a bunch of other ones. It was bomb as gak. And by that, I mean amazing.
Few days ago in a mall I saw a guy with a "Forever Alone" shirt. I yelled at him and called him a fake. Why you ask? Because who walks around with a pretty girl wearing a forever alone shirt?
Samus_aran115 wrote:Although squidbillies often makes me literally sick to my stomach. Talk about grimdark... that show is oddly disturbing. Such a hopelessly violent and aggressive situation in a hopeless and bleak land.
You need to watch the Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia and then re-watch Squidbillies.
You'll gain a whole new understanding of its genius.
CT Gamer pretty much '/thread' in his initial post.
I will instead contribute to the Adult swim discussion,
Robot Chicken: Unfunny + they steal jokes.
Aqua teen hunger force: Mainly good but can feel like a reaaaallly bad trip most of the time.
Metalapocalypse: Hideous animation and surprisingly little insight (i.e. injokes and references) into metal. Some of the songs are catchy though.
Xavier Renegade angel: Genius.
Tim and Eric: Genius.
"Adult Swim" is a programming block here on Cartoon Network. From 9pm to 5-6am, they show more "adult" oriented programs. Things like Family Guy, American Dad, and King of the Hill generally headline the program block.
To address the the topic, T.V companies, including execs, writers, etc, enjoy basing themselves on "what's in". The material writes itself and the ratings need not be earned through legitamate talent. Children's television shows are prime offenders, like with Cartoon Network and MAD, Adventure Time, and their latest offerings in general. Nickelodeon is 10 times worse with it. Almost all of their latest shows have their writings based on trends, popular ideas and memes. What's even worse is how wrong they get it. Usually they depict gamers as elitist losers or akin to the old skateboarder/surfer stereotypes (saying "Dude", "Bro", saying internet slang all the time). There are people like that but they are not the catch all image of "gamers". Gamers also don't go on wacky adventures all the time. Except to places like the Twilight Highlands, but that's hardly TV material. A gamer isn't someone you can usually point your finger at and know for a fact "Thar be a gamer". Gamers come in all shapes and forms, from a triange to a rhombus. It's like trying to find fans of "24", you can't simply pick them out. Another part of culture they get wrong is internet culture. They treat it like a playground but over the internet, with bullies who you can catch and a neverending source of plot devices.
The Cold hard truth is that the Internet is more like that back alley you warn your kids about. The bad part of town. You can get what you want, but it comes at price. There are things you thought you wanted to see but regret ever doing so. Those bullies will mug you and will never be found. Why do this? Like I said, it's nearly effortless to write for. The characters find themselves in a wacky internet related adventure, no different from say a magical induced one. Why give Fred a show? Easier, you can have everything but cut out the not internet part. Plus, you can use memes and internet ideas without paying a writer. It's like a gold mine. A creativity gold mine. Except, by the time this is all done Fred is a hasbeen and the show gets cancelled. He was not the first and he is certainly not the last.
TLDR: It's cause T.V execs like material that writes itself.
Johnny-Crass wrote:Few days ago in a mall I saw a guy with a "Forever Alone" shirt. I yelled at him and called him a fake. Why you ask? Because who walks around with a pretty girl wearing a forever alone shirt?
Who shouts at strangers in the mall?
I am disappoint, Crass. Very disappoint.
TheCustomLime wrote:The material writes itself and the ratings need not be earned through legitamate talent.
What is this "legitimate talent", and how can it be distinguished from "things I like"?
TheCustomLime wrote:
What's even worse is how wrong they get it. Usually they depict gamers as elitist losers or akin to the old skateboarder/surfer stereotypes (saying "Dude", "Bro", saying internet slang all the time). There are people like that but they are not the catch all image of "gamers".
Shockingly, character conventions have less to do with reality, than with entertainment.
Also, funny story, the second you used the phrase "legitimate talent" you became, at the very least, an elitist; whether or not you're a loser is not for me to decide.
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Gamers also don't go on wacky adventures all the time. Except to places like the Twilight Highlands, but that's hardly TV material.
And lawyers don't stand up and dramatically shout "Objection!", but Phoenix Wright seems to make a habit of it.
Entertainment doesn't "get things wrong" in the sense that there are factual errors, it gets things wrong when it fails to be entertaining to its target demographic.
TheCustomLime wrote:
It's cause T.V execs like material that writes itself.
Not really. Its more that having a property with proven success is better than having one that is of uncertain value. Because, you know, "legitimate talent" isn't a real thing.
Johnny-Crass wrote:Few days ago in a mall I saw a guy with a "Forever Alone" shirt. I yelled at him and called him a fake. Why you ask? Because who walks around with a pretty girl wearing a forever alone shirt?
Who shouts at strangers in the mall?
I am disappoint, Crass. Very disappoint.
who can blame him? they sell shirts with 4chan memes on them at fething hottopic, and these pretentious douchebags, like the one johnny yelled at are the reason why we can't have nice things on the internet.
Btw Remilia, you haven't heard of 'Lovely'(the country or the forum.) have you? I imagine they are both long gone and i doubt you would know them considering your in the states but i recognise your name...
LostSoulCasey'sLaw wrote:Haha, yeh that's true. Love and tolerance though!
Btw Remilia, you haven't heard of 'Lovely'(the country or the forum.) have you? I imagine they are both long gone and i doubt you would know them considering your in the states but i recognise your name...
I haven't. my username is the stage 6 boss from touhou 6: embodiment of the scarlet devil.
Johnny-Crass wrote:Few days ago in a mall I saw a guy with a "Forever Alone" shirt. I yelled at him and called him a fake. Why you ask? Because who walks around with a pretty girl wearing a forever alone shirt?
Who shouts at strangers in the mall?
I am disappoint, Crass. Very disappoint.
Seems like a pretty good joke on the shirt wearers part, maybe Crass was mad because he fealt mocked.
Metalocalypse: Pretty awesome, but not as great as the early episodes promised.
Robot Chicken: Excellent.
Squidbillies: I'm not much into the animation style, but iit's funny. IMO the writing is quite good and the satire pretty biting.
Superjail: Had its moments but overall not great.
Tim and Eric: Moments of brilliance largely drowned out by annoyance and dross.
Children's Hospital: Mostly great.
Aqua Teen: Lots of funny, some brilliant, and some not nearly as enjoyable if you're sober.
Mannahnin wrote:Metalocalypse: Pretty awesome, but not as great as the early episodes promised.
I've been pretty disappointed by the series' progression myself. We kept being led to believe that there was some sort of world-shattering calamity about to happen and here we are 6 years later and nothing! It's still very funny, though, and the music is ace.
Kan: That one's pretty good too. In truth, I don't actually watch the genre of shows that either is parodying, so they don't appeal to me all that much. But I can appreciate what they're doing when I do happen to catch an episode.
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Mannahnin wrote:Metalocalypse: Pretty awesome, but not as great as the early episodes promised.
I've been pretty disappointed by the series' progression myself. We kept being led to believe that there was some sort of world-shattering calamity about to happen and here we are 6 years later and nothing! It's still very funny, though, and the music is ace.
It always seemed likely to me that the conspiracy/calamity angle was filler. The best parts have always been a) Metal and metal culture in-jokes and references (like the first season's Troll episode taking place in Espoo), b) The really well-done music, c) the humor taking the piss out of shallow, egocentric musicians.
The other cartoons on Adult Swim is a delivery system for Robot Chicken in the same vein that the run of the mill Ork Boy in an Ork Boy squad is a delivery system for a power klaw.
Metalocalpyse is the only thing I know from adult swim.
That and robot unicorn attack.
Speaking of Metalocalpyse I'm assuming I'm going to have to wait until it comes out on DVD till I can watch it since their site only ever has tiny clips when I go onto it.
Kanluwen wrote:Space Ghost: Coast to Coast was friggin' glorious.
That was a funny show. I met the guy that does Space Ghosts voice in person, and the guy is kind of an donkey-cave. It felt like he wanted nothing to do with anyone unless they paid him for it first
"Drivin down highway 40 in ma big ol pickup truck"
Brak used to make me laugh. But my tastes have changed quite a bit, and like I said many posts ago, I pretty much hate everything on adult swim. Ill watch American Dad, and then its time to change the channel
KingCracker wrote:I get that way when I see women with guys in skinny jeans. Skinny jeans make KC want to vomit blood and smash things
Can we just pretend that guys in skinny jeans are zombies? Just for one day a year. We can make it some sort of holiday, maybe.....
If we do that, then France is going to get automatically quarantined... In my defense, I'd like to say that I avoid skinny jeans like the plague. Just...no.
Johnny-Crass wrote:*looks wide eyed at KC and the others* Get back I say! I promise I am not infected!... I just wear them because they are comfortable
Ok...you'll have to take off your pants, just for us to be sure.
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Wait, that came out weird .
Johnny-Crass wrote:*looks wide eyed at KC and the others* Get back I say! I promise I am not infected!... I just wear them because they are comfortable
Comfortable?! How can something that crushes your balls into your ass AND your stomach at the same time be comfortable?!?! That sounds like something an infected would say
Johnny-Crass wrote:*looks wide eyed at KC and the others* Get back I say! I promise I am not infected!... I just wear them because they are comfortable
Ok...you'll have to take off your pants, just for us to be sure.
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Wait, that came out sexy .
Fixed it.
I'm also surprised no one mentioned Brak or Sealab 2021, though to be honest I sort of forgot about them.
Yeah... good luck with that. I don't think it would go down too well - remember that time he put the kid in the oven?
Yup. Pure family entertainment.
Seriously though I've seen what's on most of the Kid's TV channels and it's mostly preschool brain solvent. As soon as my kids see the bright colours and flashing images they are hypnotised so I try to stear them away from TV and don't have one in the house.
Yeah... good luck with that. I don't think it would go down too well - remember that time he put the kid in the oven?
Yup. Pure family entertainment.
Seriously though I've seen what's on most of the Kid's TV channels and it's mostly preschool brain solvent. As soon as my kids see the bright colours and flashing images they are hypnotised so I try to stear them away from TV and don't have one in the house.
Yeah, My aunt and here daughter uses the TV as a babysitter. They have barely developed language skills. In my house when i have kids the only tv will be in the master bedroom. f we still Have tvs by then.
Yeah... good luck with that. I don't think it would go down too well - remember that time he put the kid in the oven?
Yup. Pure family entertainment.
Seriously though I've seen what's on most of the Kid's TV channels and it's mostly preschool brain solvent. As soon as my kids see the bright colours and flashing images they are hypnotised so I try to stear them away from TV and don't have one in the house.
Yeah, My aunt and here daughter uses the TV as a babysitter. They have barely developed language skills. In my house when i have kids the only tv will be in the master bedroom. f we still Have tvs by then.
Never put a TV in the bedroom! It ruins the better parts of a relationship.
My partner puts carefully choosen programs on for our kids. My 2 1/2 year old daughter is currently working on her letter recognition and basic number work; My 1 1/2 year old son can identify all major body parts by name and is working on his colours and just starting to name colours. If they spent all thier time watching sponge bob caper about I think they would just be inert blobs by comparison.
We are teaching them as many colour names as we can as studies have shown colour recognition is linked to language development.
Meh, though Salad fingers was a bit creepy, not something I'd show my children. However, I do agree that most modern TV is terrible, not just the stuff aimed at kids either.
As I don't have a TV I often get lost when people at work start discussing the eggs factor or some other peice of quality programming. I honestly feel that I am saving my life from a serious loss of time by skipping it.
I'll just step in to point out that some TV is actually really good for kids.
Sesame Street or Blue's Clues, for example, actually do an amazing job of educating small children. There have been TONS of studies done on Sesame Street and they all agree that watching it as a young child (pre-K) has long-term benefits throughout your life.
I'm not saying you can just rely on those shows. But, supplementing active parenting with those shows is, in fact, beneficial.
Sonophos wrote:
Never put a TV in the bedroom! It ruins the better parts of a relationship.
But how will you watch your homemade porn?
Sonophos wrote:
My partner puts carefully choosen programs on for our kids. My 2 1/2 year old daughter is currently working on her letter recognition and basic number work; My 1 1/2 year old son can identify all major body parts by name and is working on his colours and just starting to name colours. If they spent all thier time watching sponge bob caper about I think they would just be inert blobs by comparison.
We are teaching them as many colour names as we can as studies have shown colour recognition is linked to language development.
I'm a big fan of the concept of bilingual kid's shows. The earlier you can introduce children to multiple languages, the easier it is for them to learn.
Grakmar wrote:I'll just step in to point out that some TV is actually really good for kids.
Sesame Street or Blue's Clues, for example, actually do an amazing job of educating small children. There have been TONS of studies done on Sesame Street and they all agree that watching it as a young child (pre-K) has long-term benefits throughout your life.
I'm not saying you can just rely on those shows. But, supplementing active parenting with those shows is, in fact, beneficial.
Yup, Thats why baby einstein was recalled. we had kids building theories of relativity.
Grakmar wrote:I'll just step in to point out that some TV is actually really good for kids.
Sesame Street or Blue's Clues, for example, actually do an amazing job of educating small children. There have been TONS of studies done on Sesame Street and they all agree that watching it as a young child (pre-K) has long-term benefits throughout your life.
I'm not saying you can just rely on those shows. But, supplementing active parenting with those shows is, in fact, beneficial.
Yup, Thats why baby einstein was recalled. we had kids building theories of relativity.
I was more worried about the Mazer my little boy was making as a cot defense device.
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dogma wrote:
Sonophos wrote:
Never put a TV in the bedroom! It ruins the better parts of a relationship.
But how will you watch your homemade porn?.
I find a laptop and projector are far better suited to slideshow presentations as you don't damage the screen with your pointer.
I forgot Metalocalypse!
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