All This and Gargantua-2
January 20, 2015 11:21 PM Subscribe
The Venture Bros. return in a one hour special! "Join the Ventures--and pretty much everyone they've ever crossed paths with--as they rocket to the Gargantua-2 space station for an epic, hour-long adventure that will change the Ventureverse as we know it forever."
My bad, didn't know that was even a thing until pretty much just now.
posted by gideonswann at 11:24 PM on January 20, 2015
posted by gideonswann at 11:24 PM on January 20, 2015
Mmm mmm mmm mmm....
posted by painquale at 11:26 PM on January 20, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by painquale at 11:26 PM on January 20, 2015 [1 favorite]
I even started a thread on FanFare Talk earlier in the week before it aired.
Hope you didn't miss the epilogue.
posted by Catblack at 11:28 PM on January 20, 2015 [2 favorites]
Hope you didn't miss the epilogue.
posted by Catblack at 11:28 PM on January 20, 2015 [2 favorites]
If the whole thing is on the web, though, then this could still be a valid post.
posted by JHarris at 12:11 AM on January 21, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by JHarris at 12:11 AM on January 21, 2015 [1 favorite]
This special, which according to Doc and Jackson is the true finale to Season 5, is the latest proof that The Venture Brothers is the best show on television.
posted by Pope Guilty at 4:19 AM on January 21, 2015 [6 favorites]
posted by Pope Guilty at 4:19 AM on January 21, 2015 [6 favorites]
This special, which according to Doc and Jackson is the true finale to Season 5, is the latest proof that The Venture Brothers is the best show on television.
If Rick and Morty can put together a larger narrative, and it's starting to, then there's a new contender.
posted by Slap*Happy at 4:47 AM on January 21, 2015 [3 favorites]
If Rick and Morty can put together a larger narrative, and it's starting to, then there's a new contender.
posted by Slap*Happy at 4:47 AM on January 21, 2015 [3 favorites]
Thanks so much! I'm so glad this is online legally. :)
posted by Fister Roboto at 7:41 AM on January 21, 2015
posted by Fister Roboto at 7:41 AM on January 21, 2015
i was not expecting to have so many feelings this morning.
this is perhaps the best episode of tv i've seen in a year. can't wait for the next season.
posted by rebent at 7:42 AM on January 21, 2015 [2 favorites]
this is perhaps the best episode of tv i've seen in a year. can't wait for the next season.
posted by rebent at 7:42 AM on January 21, 2015 [2 favorites]
rebent: can't wait for the next season.
From the Wired interview with Hammer and Publick:
posted by filthy light thief at 8:13 AM on January 21, 2015 [1 favorite]
From the Wired interview with Hammer and Publick:
Season 6 is definitely coming at some point, but you might not want to hold your breath: Season 5 similarly kicked off with a special (“A Very Venture Halloween”), but then nearly a year passed before the rest of the episodes aired.In other words, no ETA for the rest of the season/the real start of Season 6.
posted by filthy light thief at 8:13 AM on January 21, 2015 [1 favorite]
consider my tiny mind flummoxed.
/sips red moko cooler.
wait, the space station didn't even have a laundrybrig?
//considers braving freezing temps for take-out delicious spinach-pie.
the halloween ep made so much sense, and all of s5 too. back then I had already stopped reading hammer/publick musings b/c they readily admitted stuff-will-eventually-happen, and that was ok, it was ok to leave it alone and be more than pleasantly surprised by new works. e.g. right now.
but this... is mostly just confusing? which, I know is not the most fair complaint for being given for free, something that I long to see.
every single (LIES.) familiar face was trotted out, and that was a little too much even for 47mins, but damn if it wasn't also nice to see all those personalities. and am I super-forgetting some subtext, or is 0, like, 24? (and if not, why was there no 24??!? at least there was good 21 involvement...)
random thoughts:
adventure time, even from S1, was solid tick-level-awesome.
rick and morty... I've been let-down alot, but I feel it still has serious potential.
posted by dorian at 11:13 AM on January 21, 2015 [1 favorite]
/sips red moko cooler.
wait, the space station didn't even have a laundrybrig?
//considers braving freezing temps for take-out delicious spinach-pie.
the halloween ep made so much sense, and all of s5 too. back then I had already stopped reading hammer/publick musings b/c they readily admitted stuff-will-eventually-happen, and that was ok, it was ok to leave it alone and be more than pleasantly surprised by new works. e.g. right now.
but this... is mostly just confusing? which, I know is not the most fair complaint for being given for free, something that I long to see.
every single (LIES.) familiar face was trotted out, and that was a little too much even for 47mins, but damn if it wasn't also nice to see all those personalities. and am I super-forgetting some subtext, or is 0, like, 24? (and if not, why was there no 24??!? at least there was good 21 involvement...)
random thoughts:
adventure time, even from S1, was solid tick-level-awesome.
rick and morty... I've been let-down alot, but I feel it still has serious potential.
posted by dorian at 11:13 AM on January 21, 2015 [1 favorite]
...y'dont-say?
posted by dorian at 11:24 AM on January 21, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by dorian at 11:24 AM on January 21, 2015 [1 favorite]
dorian, 24 died...
That hasn't stopped him from being an active member of the cast.
Well, until Operation: PROM
posted by Joey Michaels at 12:10 PM on January 21, 2015 [3 favorites]
That hasn't stopped him from being an active member of the cast.
Well, until Operation: PROM
posted by Joey Michaels at 12:10 PM on January 21, 2015 [3 favorites]
yeah, I was never clear enough on whether Gary's psyche eventually healed enough that the hallucinations stopped, or the writing and/or management felt that particular bit was done-with, or was he in fact haunted, or what.
posted by dorian at 1:02 PM on January 21, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by dorian at 1:02 PM on January 21, 2015 [1 favorite]
I suspect it was an "all of the above" thing. Jackson and Doc seem to have a good handle on when things are played out. There's a reason we haven't seen Girl Hitler in a few seasons.
posted by Joey Michaels at 1:14 PM on January 21, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by Joey Michaels at 1:14 PM on January 21, 2015 [2 favorites]
agreed, they've definitely got a great sense of (re)timing on subtle things - I loved seeing some rampant diamond-dogs today!
posted by dorian at 1:31 PM on January 21, 2015 [2 favorites]
posted by dorian at 1:31 PM on January 21, 2015 [2 favorites]
Was thinking. Composing two lists:
1. Important Venture Bros. characters whose deaths have (so far) stuck. (Important: his only real appearance isn't a throwaway gag, like the unknown Council members in the special.) Off the top of my head I can think of Henchman 24 and Mike Soriyama from Super-Crazy-NoWay-School (Hank has a way with words, sometimes). Jonas Sr. might count too, but he was dead when the show started. Maybe Race Bannon, depending on where you draw the line of importance.
2. Venture Bros. characters who didn't appear in the special, even in cameo. Someone on Twitter said "Truckules." Yeah, but more prominent: Pete White was nowhere to be seen.
posted by JHarris at 2:35 PM on January 21, 2015 [1 favorite]
1. Important Venture Bros. characters whose deaths have (so far) stuck. (Important: his only real appearance isn't a throwaway gag, like the unknown Council members in the special.) Off the top of my head I can think of Henchman 24 and Mike Soriyama from Super-Crazy-NoWay-School (Hank has a way with words, sometimes). Jonas Sr. might count too, but he was dead when the show started. Maybe Race Bannon, depending on where you draw the line of importance.
2. Venture Bros. characters who didn't appear in the special, even in cameo. Someone on Twitter said "Truckules." Yeah, but more prominent: Pete White was nowhere to be seen.
posted by JHarris at 2:35 PM on January 21, 2015 [1 favorite]
Pete White was visible in the funeral scene (in the epilogue - does that still count?)
No Trianna Orpheus - I think she's the most important non-dead character who wasn't in the episode, but I think that makes sense given her storyline.
posted by Guernsey Halleck at 4:37 PM on January 21, 2015
No Trianna Orpheus - I think she's the most important non-dead character who wasn't in the episode, but I think that makes sense given her storyline.
posted by Guernsey Halleck at 4:37 PM on January 21, 2015
re-watched, was very pleased to hear mention of a certain toaster, which I'd missed on the first viewing.
and also to notice (poor, no-longer-walking-eye, powered-down) Helper even if was only 1 short scene - I knew I felt an overall emptiness I hadn't been able to put a name to (and "did someone just throw a robot out of the ship?" - classic misdirection!)
it did feel quite weird having no Pete White.
not too surprised: absence of Molostro.
was-eventually-expected: return of Gen'l Pee-Pee-Cancer. although I don't think he had been quite dead when they launched his carcass into space?
hah, Scamp...
posted by dorian at 10:43 PM on January 21, 2015
and also to notice (poor, no-longer-walking-eye, powered-down) Helper even if was only 1 short scene - I knew I felt an overall emptiness I hadn't been able to put a name to (and "did someone just throw a robot out of the ship?" - classic misdirection!)
it did feel quite weird having no Pete White.
not too surprised: absence of Molostro.
was-eventually-expected: return of Gen'l Pee-Pee-Cancer. although I don't think he had been quite dead when they launched his carcass into space?
hah, Scamp...
posted by dorian at 10:43 PM on January 21, 2015
Was totally not expecting this last night, watched it and it was amazing! I can't believe how consistently great this show has always been.
posted by GoblinHoney at 11:51 PM on January 21, 2015
posted by GoblinHoney at 11:51 PM on January 21, 2015
Scamp is a callback to the original pilot, which is kind of a hell of a thing.
dorian, 24 died...
IN A CAR INTENTIONAL.
posted by Pope Guilty at 1:04 AM on January 22, 2015 [3 favorites]
dorian, 24 died...
IN A CAR INTENTIONAL.
posted by Pope Guilty at 1:04 AM on January 22, 2015 [3 favorites]
A.
CAR.
INTENTIONAL.
not sure whether I'm more impressed with the skill of that minimal yet hilarious language or the fact 21's voice is reading it in my head. I suppose it's the combination of both.
was Scamp ever non-inside-out? maybe as a vision when they were trapped in the orphan-soul-powered machine? or am I simply conflating too many mis-remembered JQ eps? (this happens to me far too often. which is brilliant but often frustrating.)
posted by dorian at 6:46 AM on January 22, 2015
CAR.
INTENTIONAL.
not sure whether I'm more impressed with the skill of that minimal yet hilarious language or the fact 21's voice is reading it in my head. I suppose it's the combination of both.
was Scamp ever non-inside-out? maybe as a vision when they were trapped in the orphan-soul-powered machine? or am I simply conflating too many mis-remembered JQ eps? (this happens to me far too often. which is brilliant but often frustrating.)
posted by dorian at 6:46 AM on January 22, 2015
In the Joy Can he is right-side out.
posted by Pope Guilty at 6:56 AM on January 22, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by Pope Guilty at 6:56 AM on January 22, 2015 [1 favorite]
Oh God, the Joy Can.
posted by Joey Michaels at 2:13 PM on January 22, 2015 [1 favorite]
posted by Joey Michaels at 2:13 PM on January 22, 2015 [1 favorite]
« Older Bigger & Better | Asteroid 2004 BL86 Newer »
This thread has been archived and is closed to new comments
posted by Catblack at 11:24 PM on January 20, 2015 [1 favorite]