Venture Bros.

> Don't take it out on Rick and Morty.

aw,I got my baseball bat all ready,maybe I can take it out on a lone Morty instead..

Morty has it hard enough as it is. It's Rick that could stand to learn some humility.

Though if they were axed by Warner/AT&T, i don't know if this is likely. Isn't HBO Max owned by them too?

Edited by Cortez on Sep 11th 2020 at 7:01:07 AM

Yeah, but A, it's their top priority and B, HBO Max is already doing pretty good with its mature cartoons like Close Enough and it being chosen for the upcoming Boondocks reboot.

Plus, the Variety article about the show's cancellation mentioned HBO Max being a possible output to continue it. (Even if it's still in an early stage from actually happening.)

Edited by TargetmasterJoe on Sep 11th 2020 at 7:37:07 AM

Really? I'm glad HBO Max is doing better. It's a really good service. Way better than Netflix. It feels like a natural home for Venture Bros. (They recently added Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law, another legendary AS show.)

No Citizen H. No it is not fitting.

Out of curiosity how is it better?

For one thing, it has a much broader selection of modern and classic movies, which is something Netflix has always struggled with, imho. Pretty much every popular movie Warner Bros. has ever made is there. It also has a lot of classic cartoons, from Looney Tunes to 60's Hanna-Barbera stuff to Cartoon Network shows like Dexter's Lab, The Powerpuff Girls, Samurai Jack (including the new seasons), Adventure Time and Regular Show, etc. Their original series like Watchmen, Lovecraft Country and I'll Be Gone in the Dark are pretty fantastic too.

The biggest drawback is that they don't have as many subtitle options as Netflix. For most shows it's English or nothing.

Andy Forssell, builder for HBO Max chimed in last Thursday about The Venture Bros. and its dedicated fanbase.

(I'm betting that once Hulu's license to stream The Venture Bros. expires, we should hear an update on this crusade.)

What is a "builder"?

I think it's a fancy way of saying "Chief Content Officer", which is what he is according to his LinkedIn page.

> oozing with politeness.

I laughed so hard because it sounds so sarcastic

https://www.animationmagazine.net/features/adult-swim-greenlights-aqua-teen-hunger-force-metalocalypse-the-venture-bros-original-movies/

So, the show is getting a DVD movie.

Edited by jessicadicicco610 on May 12th 2021 at 9:08:13 AM

IT BEGINS!!!!

GO TEAM VENTURE!

DUN DUN DUN DUH DUN! ^note (Trying to phonetically spell out that jingle that plays after the season 3-7 cold open and the end credits. Not sure if I nailed it, though.)

Edited by TargetmasterJoe on May 12th 2021 at 2:24:01 AM

Aqua Teen Hunger Force and Metalocalypse are also getting the same treatment. I know Aqua Teen never has plot, but I'm not sure what kind of state Metalocalypse is in. I think I heard it has an ongoing plot. Did it end on a cliffhanger when it was taken off the air? Did it wrap up its plot points?

Anyway, this is good news. I really hope this ties up all the loose plot threads.

Metalocalypse was one movie away from ending the series and then talks broke down because adult swim wanted a whole season but the creator just wanted to do one more movie. It was just about wrapped up with its whole secret society trying to stop a metal group from disrupting their plans

I'm pretty sure you nailed it.

Though, I wish they would bring back the full opening sequence that played in seasons 1 and 2.

Metalocalypse basically was in the exact same boat as the Venture Bros, only a little bit further ahead. The last pre-cancellation season was a Rock Opera special, which set all the pieces in play so that the next season would be its last. Then it got cancelled.

Remember how Publick and Hammer were considering doing a graphic novel to finish the Venture Bros? That's basically what Brendan Small did for the story of Metalocalypse, in a roundabout way.

Small couldn't actually use his character names outside of the context of the show. But, he did have a completely separate musical project concept album, called Galaktikon. So basically what he did was put out a second Galaktikon album. If you listen to the songs in disc order, it continues the story of Galaktikon. But if you listen to them in vinyl order, the lyrics very clearly convey the general direction of where the final season of Metalocalypse would've gone, or at least, the events that happened could've been understood by people who followed the show closely enough.

According to [[our thread for that show]], apparently Lazzo didn't like how plot focused it was getting, so he cancelled it.

It gives me the same vibes of "wow, you guys made Moral Orel exactly what we asked for? You did too good a job. End the show now, please."

Edited by wanderlustwarrior on May 12th 2021 at 11:47:48 AM

The Venture Bros. is finally streaming on HBO Max on August 13th, 2021!

I know what I'm binging on!

So, new eps or just the shit we already got coming to HBO Max? I just ponied up for Disney Plus, I ain't made of money.

The stuff we already got. I got HBO Max for free thanks to the AT&T plan my family got at the end of 2020.

But who's to say we can't make new episodes come out by watching it a lot on HBO Max? Plus, we got that movie to look out for.

Oh shit, yeah! Finally, I get to watch that last season!

I guess this means they're not putting out a complete series Blu-ray set, but hey, I'll take what I can get.