James Urbaniak ([info]urbaniak) wrote,
@ 2008-07-13 20:25:00
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Venture Brothers: What Goes Down, Must Come Up

Online now at AdultSwim.com. Broadcast on Cartoon Network this evening at 11:30. Viewing is mandatory.


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[info]king_espresso
2008-07-14 03:40 am UTC (link)
Not if you don't live in the USA it isn't. ;-)

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[info]urbaniak
2008-07-14 03:51 am UTC (link)
Sorry, mate.

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[info]king_espresso
2008-07-14 03:55 am UTC (link)
That's okay, I'll catch it on DVD

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[info]the_automatik
2008-07-14 03:27 pm UTC (link)
That's "Sorry, eh?" to you.

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(Anonymous)
2008-07-15 08:26 pm UTC (link)
catch it on dvd - is that the euphenism for downloading it about an hour after it's appeared on television? As in, like most of us in Europe do? F'em if they're going to force us by giving no other option, I'm not waiting a year and a half. I'll still buy the dvd for the add-ons. But it's time adultswim got up to speed.

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[info]the_automatik
2008-07-15 08:33 pm UTC (link)
LOL, oh don't worry. I d/l them and then buy the DVD at the end of the season. No way I'm waiting that long, either.

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[info]sianmink
2008-07-14 03:40 am UTC (link)
Dude.

I've been looking for that music video for years.

Seriously.

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[info]numbereleven
2008-07-14 03:41 am UTC (link)

OHHHH.



That was me, getting the joke that you had to point out to me, all obvious-like.

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[info]panickedzebra
2008-07-14 03:41 am UTC (link)
Yay - O of the T t-shirt!!!

My wish has come true.

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[info]el_gray
2008-07-14 04:51 am UTC (link)
Ditto for me! It's perfect.

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[info]terrie
2008-07-14 03:58 am UTC (link)
I will see that video, and raise you this:

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[info]omega_ii
2008-07-14 04:37 am UTC (link)
Dido my post lower on the page.

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[info]dougo
2008-07-14 03:12 pm UTC (link)
Wait, was Dido a Rusty too? I didn't see her.

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[info]omega_ii
2008-07-14 06:14 pm UTC (link)
I meant Ditto. That was an embarrassing typo.

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[info]toolazytoblog
2008-07-14 06:49 pm UTC (link)
So, umm...I guess that makes him the Firestarter?

That's the thing about techno - the deep, cryptic lyrics. So many layers....

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[info]caindog
2008-07-14 04:04 am UTC (link)
"Hey guys, are you done with my uncle's Stradivarius? What did you need it fo--OH MY GOD, NO!"

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[info]craigjclark
2008-07-14 04:11 am UTC (link)
Viewing was awesome. I didn't pick up on the Art of Noise connection until the second time through (because the first time it just comes out of nowhere), but man, was this a great episode.

"To be in England, in the summertime, with my love, close to the edge..."

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[info]xzarakizraiia
2008-07-14 04:17 am UTC (link)
Excellent work. Thanks for posting the video, I was wondering what the hell that was referencing. Sometimes I think I'm too young for this show... but hey, that's what the internet is for.

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[info]urbaniak
2008-07-14 04:18 am UTC (link)
You're only as young as you feel.

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[info]_____hipshooter
2008-07-14 04:22 am UTC (link)
i'm still pondering the credit of m.u.t.h.e.r. playing 'herself'.
or did i just catch that wrong.

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[info]insanefishyfish
2008-07-14 04:31 am UTC (link)
I've been remiss in not saying how much I love this show.

By the way, who is responsible for all the Bowie references? They more or less rock.

-g.

ps. Cripes I love this show.

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[info]youngwilliam
2008-07-14 07:30 am UTC (link)
Re: Bowie

I think that's mostly Doc, if I recall?

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[info]toolazytoblog
2008-07-14 01:24 pm UTC (link)
Actually, both Jackson and Doc are huge Bowie fans.

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[info]omega_ii
2008-07-14 04:36 am UTC (link)
Thanks for the video. I knew I had seen those sewer dwellers before, but couldn't place them. You saved me a week, well, maybe a day, of searching for the answer.

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[info]makeitepic
2008-07-14 04:40 am UTC (link)
fucking. awesome.

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[info]jbacardi
2008-07-14 04:41 am UTC (link)
Hey, I got one too!



I didn't pick up on the Art of Noise lookalikes, though, until you posted that video. *smacks forehead* (ouch)

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[info]catwalk
2008-07-14 04:48 am UTC (link)
my vh1 classic squee came from recognizing
'wild boys' from the duran duran video :-)

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Curious
[info]santossparky
2008-07-14 05:18 am UTC (link)
I have the entire season on iTunes. They'll alert me later tonight.

Re: Dr. Quymn, Medicine Woman

I am the only one who caught that the entry way in the Venture house we see Colonel Horace Gentleman and Ms. Quymn greeted in was supposed to invoke the one in The Brady Bunch TV show?

Thanks for the only watchable show on TV this season!

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[info]crudelydrawn
2008-07-14 05:19 am UTC (link)
Ahh. This episode is definitely in my top five favorites. The awesome Shirt of the Week doesn't hurt either.

Also, VB has an interesting way of reminding me that I didn't like age/decade-appropriate stuff when I was little, creating the foundation for a lifetime of super-painful social awkwardness.

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[info]lycus_52
2008-07-14 06:00 am UTC (link)
Part of me hates episodes like this, because they make me feel like I'm just a handful of years too young for this show.

Fortunately, I have the Vouch to help fill in those pop culture gaps.

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[info]lizzymama
2008-07-22 05:57 am UTC (link)
Part of me hates episodes like this for making me realize that I am indeed old enough to get all the references...who the hell under thirty knows who the Art of Noise is?! It's depressing and cool at the same time.

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[info]sexualcabinetry
2008-07-14 06:03 am UTC (link)

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[info]omega_ii
2008-07-14 06:42 am UTC (link)
Ok, now that episode of MST3K where Mike destroyed the Earth make sense.

I'm (re)learning a lot tonight.

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Too Much For Single Viewings
[info]oldpoet
2008-07-14 11:02 am UTC (link)
...and was that a Shining reference in the flashback? One person going down on the other in the tram car? I'd hate to think I made that one up myself...

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Re: Too Much For Single Viewings
[info]craigjclark
2008-07-14 11:37 am UTC (link)
It was, indeed. As was the wave of blood that came pouring out of (elevator) shaft.

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[info]nothinganything
2008-07-14 12:21 pm UTC (link)
Was that General Boy?!

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[info]misterseth
2008-07-14 10:37 pm UTC (link)
Are you refering to this video?



It does look like him...

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[info]nothinganything
2008-07-14 11:38 pm UTC (link)
More importantly, it sounds like him!

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[info]sally_shears
2008-07-14 01:02 pm UTC (link)
All those hours spent watching MTV in the 80's weren't really wasted after all!!

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[info]autodidactic
2008-07-14 01:55 pm UTC (link)
Firestarter sampled Close To The Edit, if I remember correctly.

Jeez Louise, how many years ago did Art of Noise put that out? I think I did my eighth grade video project to it...

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[info]urbeatle
2008-07-14 07:13 pm UTC (link)
Yep... some friends of mine explained the Art of Noise/Prodigy connections last night.



They also caught the Bowie/Ashes to Ashes mutant, but I don't know if they noticed the Beneath the Planet of the Apes reference. The flashback to the tubes in their heyday looked more like THX-1138, but I'm thinking there was another movie with bubble cars in underground tubes that looked even closer. Either that, or it's Moonraker.

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[info]catwalk
2008-07-15 12:32 am UTC (link)
bubble cars on rails remind me of logan's run...

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[info]urbeatle
2008-07-15 04:46 am UTC (link)
That might have been it. I've blotted the movie and the series from my mind, mostly. Except for ROM, the robot man in the series. Back then, you could sell me any TV show with robots or space or the future in it, practically.

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Re: Firestarter
[info]lizzymama
2008-07-22 06:06 am UTC (link)
I think Kim Deal does the "Hey Hey Hey" also. Am I right?

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[info]the_automatik
2008-07-14 03:28 pm UTC (link)
I can't see it because I am in Canada!

But I knew that was Close to the Edit before I even clicked the link. Thank you USA Channel and Night Flight!

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[info]nothinganything
2008-07-14 11:40 pm UTC (link)
I never knew they had videos!

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[info]hardysmidgen
2008-07-15 04:46 am UTC (link)
Broadcast on Cartoon Network this evening at 11:30. Viewing is mandatory.

I don't think you even need to command viewers to watch anymore--all you'd really have to do was dangle the episode in front of most of humanity, and we'd be chomping at the bit like Pavlovian dogs just to sample a teensy piece.

I certainly intended to follow the mandatory viewing policy, as I have been for all of the season--oh and what a season it has been (ha, I'm sure you've heard that the umpteenth time over so sorry for being repetitive)! Then again, you folks always deliver unrelentingly brilliant, layered, and witty episodes with some of the absolute best design work, music, dialogue and character personality out there. Not an easy task to be sure, but one the entire staff of The Venture Brothers has demonstrated in a commitment to excellence. :)

Unfortunately, my usual trusty DVR chose this night of all nights to betray me while I was busy preparing for my parents' wedding anniversary. I've never been happier that Adult Swim now chooses to post the premiered episodes on their online fix, so that I won't miss out waiting for when the network does a repeat run of that particular episode.

Finally, since I didn't see anyone else mention it here, I just have to thank all those involved for all the amazing Brock x Venture sex jokes flying around in the current episodes. The Buddy System and What Goes Down Must Come Up were definitely favorites in that arena, especially Buddy System's "Yeah, I bet that foreign guy could totally trounce your dad’s lover," and the entire dialogue leading into the emergence of the phallic drilling machines. I'm only now realizing how incredibly phallic the majority of adventuring drills are...Maybe it's the BL lover in me, but seriously, it's one of my favorite aspects of the show. Perfect blend of humor and tantalizing "what if?" there. At any rate, thanks for delivering the edgy stuff undelivered by the rest of today's programming.

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(Anonymous)
2008-07-17 11:12 pm UTC (link)
and for some reason, a daschund.

Jtree

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