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I'm not the kind of guy who watches something just so he can gloat when the quality begins to waver, but I have to admit a lot of AS has been off its game lately. Birdman's good- but since it's one of the few shows that actually has any production values, new episodes are few and far between. ATHF, while still the best thing they have to offer, hasn't been as consistent this last season, and too often they're falling back on blood for a punchline. And I've never liked anything about Sealab. Ever. Even if it is just a stupid comedy show, I don't see why I should give a damn about the characters if the writers don't.
Last night's Squidbillies stunt was a big middle finger. I wasn't expecting much from the new show anyway, since it looked more or less like an ATHF derivative, and there's not much sense in ripping off your own ideas. But what they ran instead was just phoning it in. Anime parody? It's been done, and better, by eighth-graders on Newgrounds. And the second half was just an excuse for blood jokes, a Meatwad cameo, and saying "penis" once every fifteen seconds. The whole thing literally gave me a headache.
As for Milk-Chan, I saw some fansubbed episodes a while back, with the original spoofy opening sequence and the foreign pop-culture references explained with onscreen notes, and it was genuinely funny, something like a Japanese Ren & Stimpy. This version feels a lot slower paced, and the whole cast sounds like they're on lithium. It also had the misfortune to premier after AS's bad Squidbillies joke, and I doubt if it'll catch on.
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Killing that robot makes me want to go home.
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