was it your xtian coworker??
this is totally a ren & stimpy gag:
http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lgzxvtORrs1qfy2kdo1_500.gif
― ℳℴℯ ❤\(◕‿◕✿ (Princess TamTam), Monday, 21 March 2011 02:26 (thirteen years ago) link
No it was an old friend of mine – I hadn't seen him in two years and that was how our reunion went. He made me go home after, too.
― Looking Man (Abbbottt), Monday, 21 March 2011 02:27 (thirteen years ago) link
He sounds delightful.
― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Monday, 21 March 2011 02:28 (thirteen years ago) link
"Can you BELIEVE this show is for KIDS?"this is the only kids show that I do believe is for kids.every other kids show seems to be aimed at stoner college doofuses.don't ruin this show too, stoner college doofuses, i beg of you!
― Philip Nunez, Monday, 21 March 2011 02:30 (thirteen years ago) link
I really should download some more. I promise the only drug I will enjoy while watching it is a knitting high!\
― Looking Man (Abbbottt), Monday, 21 March 2011 02:33 (thirteen years ago) link
I feel like a bad parent when I let my kids watch adventure time tbh
― I am sorry for my insensitive tweet (Edward III), Monday, 21 March 2011 02:34 (thirteen years ago) link
haha the guy Abbott was talking about is SOOO a stoner college doofus. But he's an old friend of mine as well, so he's alright.
― Threadkiller General (Viceroy), Monday, 21 March 2011 02:34 (thirteen years ago) link
I mean 98% of it is fine but then they throw in this sexytime stuff that is kinda unnecessar imo
― I am sorry for my insensitive tweet (Edward III), Monday, 21 March 2011 02:39 (thirteen years ago) link
extreme fantasy violence is ok but this mushy cootie stuff? not cool...
― Threadkiller General (Viceroy), Monday, 21 March 2011 02:40 (thirteen years ago) link
― I am sorry for my insensitive tweet (Edward III), Sunday, March 20, 2011 10:34 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark
haha, why?? tbh sometimes I do feel a little uneasy about the messages it sends - like that you can solve problems by hitting people with swords
― ℳℴℯ ❤\(◕‿◕✿ (Princess TamTam), Monday, 21 March 2011 02:40 (thirteen years ago) link
but i guess history shows that you CAN solve problems that way so idk
http://i46.tinypic.com/33d8k5d.jpg
― ℳℴℯ ❤\(◕‿◕✿ (Princess TamTam), Monday, 21 March 2011 03:08 (thirteen years ago) link
so does Batman! and like every other cartoon aimed at boys in the last 20 years... i mean, i kinda love the fact that they're actually allowed to use the word "kill" in the show, when that word was banned from kids TV for ages - not because I'm a homicidal maniac, but because of the weird crap they'd always do to get around saying it
not that this show is trying to make any kind of statement, it's just wonderful and funny
― Nhex, Monday, 21 March 2011 03:47 (thirteen years ago) link
My 4yo neice adores Adventure Time, and every time she visits she's quickly running up to my computer to watch more. The "dodgy" stuff just goes over her head, really, though she was a little upset by exploding Tree Trunks (and relieved to see her alive and well in a later ep).
Anyway, the next episode will have Marceline interact with Bubblegum for the first time (yay) but it's been put back for a week (booo).
Production blog: http://frederatorblogs.com/adventure_time/
― Duane Barry, Monday, 21 March 2011 11:52 (thirteen years ago) link
EdIII - what are some of the examples of stuff that you consider too sexy for kids? Off the top of my head, the only thing I can think of is when Tree Trunks comes back from the Crystal Dimension and is all lustful for Finn.
At any rate, our family has had a running "Adventure Time Night" on Mondays for the last six months. And then when they added the Thursday night rebroadcast, Thursday became Adventure Time night too.
We're also really big on Regular Show, which is consistently gutbustingly funny despite having the same basic plot every episode.
― kkvgz, Monday, 21 March 2011 11:56 (thirteen years ago) link
I dunno, it's weird that ppl think it's ok for a kids' show to throw the word "sexy" around so much. I don't mind the swordplay/fighting stuff cuz the show's pretty true to the ways kids playact that sort of thing, and I'm not bothered by jake teasing finn about how he wants to kiss princess bubblegum, that's pretty innocent stuff. but the tree trunks eps really pushes things - when an elephant puts on makeup and says "I'm tempting this guy with my body" it's funny and absurd but we're not in kids land anymore.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBdf68eRfUk
― I am sorry for my insensitive tweet (Edward III), Monday, 21 March 2011 14:16 (thirteen years ago) link
Lol that we both zeroed in on Tree Trunks. What can ya say - she's hot stuff. I hadn't noticed them throwing the word "sexy" around, but that may explain why my kid asked me what that word meant recently. I'll have to be a little more on the ball, I guess. Regardless, I don't think that the show teaches kids any particularly bad lessons, and my wife and I are very active in our parenting and will talk to our kid about why we don't let him watch media that we find objectionable (Flapjack, Fanboy and Chum-Chum, overly violent movies and games).
― kkvgz, Monday, 21 March 2011 14:20 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm glad this show has the confidence to not be overly safe and dumbed down. I think it exposes kids to a wild, creative sense of humor that they benefit from appreciating at a younger age, much like Spongebob. The tempting with body line was a bit blatant I admit, but overall I believe this show does great things for children's imagination.
― Wacky Way Lounge (Evan), Monday, 21 March 2011 16:45 (thirteen years ago) link
when an elephant puts on makeup and says "I'm tempting this guy with my body" it's funny and absurd but we're not in kids land anymore.
Seems roughly on par with Miss Piggy and Kermit to me.
― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Monday, 21 March 2011 17:03 (thirteen years ago) link
Good point!
― i have a hot bagel waiting for me in my bed so ill say this: (kkvgz), Monday, 21 March 2011 17:12 (thirteen years ago) link
"Moi speaks body language fluently, although with a slight French accent."
yeah like I said the good of this show outweighs the inappropriate bits on the whole
and it is nothing like the muppet show for so many reasons I can't even form words
― I am sorry for my insensitive tweet (Edward III), Monday, 21 March 2011 17:20 (thirteen years ago) link
I didn't say it was like the muppet show!
― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Monday, 21 March 2011 17:25 (thirteen years ago) link
ok but I don't remember kermit calling anybody a sexy pig
wish this clip had the part where marceline's dad shows up and tries to eat finn's soul... is this the family axe? did you turn it into some kind of lute?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XfpaRgjbqw
― I am sorry for my insensitive tweet (Edward III), Monday, 21 March 2011 17:42 (thirteen years ago) link
haha tree trunks makes me a lil uncomfortable too, especially how she keeps deeming things to be sexy or not sexy. this is her voice actress btw:
http://i.imgur.com/XJiNK.jpg
― ℳℴℯ ❤\(◕‿◕✿ (Princess TamTam), Monday, 21 March 2011 18:50 (thirteen years ago) link
I actually sorta love this show for it's sole consistency being the characters (rly seems like they're never in the same "setting" twice) but man do I wish they'd hire new writers. It's just entirely devoid of humor.
― poll: who is your favorite rice krispie? (kelpolaris), Monday, 21 March 2011 18:54 (thirteen years ago) link
It cracks me up all the time!
― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Monday, 21 March 2011 18:55 (thirteen years ago) link
iono. I tried to factor in the fact that I'm, er, not it's target audience but even then I can still watch a (new!) episode of Spongebob and find myself rolling. The humor here is v awkward and entirely dependent on bizarre situations to carry it thru. I'm curious to see if test audiences (kids) laugh as much as expected.
― poll: who is your favorite rice krispie? (kelpolaris), Monday, 21 March 2011 19:02 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah this show is hilar, me and my kids crack up nonstop watching it
― I am sorry for my insensitive tweet (Edward III), Monday, 21 March 2011 19:04 (thirteen years ago) link
I have to basically perform cpr on my kid every time we watch the show. granted, he doesn't get all the jokes, but the weirdness definitely appeals to him.
― i have a hot bagel waiting for me in my bed so ill say this: (kkvgz), Monday, 21 March 2011 19:04 (thirteen years ago) link
And more than just weirdness, it has serious heart. Finn is really easy to identify with.
― i have a hot bagel waiting for me in my bed so ill say this: (kkvgz), Monday, 21 March 2011 19:06 (thirteen years ago) link
what channel?
― ENBB, Monday, 21 March 2011 19:06 (thirteen years ago) link
It's on Cartoon Network but I've never been around for the actual broadcast. If you have Comcast OnDemand they've tons of eps there.
― poll: who is your favorite rice krispie? (kelpolaris), Monday, 21 March 2011 19:07 (thirteen years ago) link
I don't have cable anymore ;_;. Maybe it's on hulu.
― ENBB, Monday, 21 March 2011 19:08 (thirteen years ago) link
what's weird is this thing's on season 2 and no DVD or streaming options available
― I am sorry for my insensitive tweet (Edward III), Monday, 21 March 2011 19:10 (thirteen years ago) link
last two episodes are on Hulu, probably more on Hulu Plus.
― reggaeton for the painfully alone (polyphonic), Monday, 21 March 2011 19:15 (thirteen years ago) link
I have that!! :D
― ENBB, Monday, 21 March 2011 19:15 (thirteen years ago) link
Are there any sites out there that show rating stats for show? Is this fairly popular or anything sort of "cult classic" like Courage the Cowardly Dog was (my favorite cartoon show possibly ever)?
― poll: who is your favorite rice krispie? (kelpolaris), Monday, 21 March 2011 19:16 (thirteen years ago) link
― I am sorry for my insensitive tweet (Edward III), Monday, March 21, 2011 3:10 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark
you can get all the eps on itunes iirc
― ℳℴℯ ❤\(◕‿◕✿ (Princess TamTam), Monday, 21 March 2011 19:16 (thirteen years ago) link
o yeah I knew that? brain freeze
― I am sorry for my insensitive tweet (Edward III), Monday, 21 March 2011 19:17 (thirteen years ago) link
if you're willing to ~risk everythin~ a lot of these things are available via torrents and just by typing in "adventure time mediafire/rapidshare/etc/etc" into google. There's probably some law out there that says otherwise, but I really see no harm in watching something on your computer that was provided to you "for free" via your cable subscription anyway.
― poll: who is your favorite rice krispie? (kelpolaris), Monday, 21 March 2011 19:19 (thirteen years ago) link
― I am sorry for my insensitive tweet (Edward III), Monday, March 21, 2011 1:42 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark
that whole episode is great, plus the ending is my favorite punchline on the show ever. cannot identify at all with kelpolaris' inability to laugh at it. funniest ep for me might be the recent one where they descend into hell. here's the whole thing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2c20COAa_QY
the gatekeeper going "mannnn" kills me
― ℳℴℯ ❤\(◕‿◕✿ (Princess TamTam), Monday, 21 March 2011 19:23 (thirteen years ago) link
ENBB, you can also stream a ton of clips at cartoon network
http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/tv_shows/adventuretime/index.html#/video
― i have a hot bagel waiting for me in my bed so ill say this: (kkvgz), Monday, 21 March 2011 19:30 (thirteen years ago) link
Ty, ty! Will watch tonight. Why? Cause it look interesting.
― ENBB, Monday, 21 March 2011 19:36 (thirteen years ago) link
you can watch stuff on here too:
adventureti.me/
― ℳℴℯ ❤\(◕‿◕✿ (Princess TamTam), Monday, 21 March 2011 19:38 (thirteen years ago) link
:)
― ENBB, Monday, 21 March 2011 19:44 (thirteen years ago) link
Princess TamTam, that is bizonkers.
― i have a hot bagel waiting for me in my bed so ill say this: (kkvgz), Monday, 21 March 2011 19:56 (thirteen years ago) link
plus the ending is my favorite punchline on the show ever
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMw-d-EKPYU
― I am sorry for my insensitive tweet (Edward III), Monday, 21 March 2011 20:04 (thirteen years ago) link
ok i admit i lol'd ^
― poll: who is your favorite rice krispie? (kelpolaris), Monday, 21 March 2011 20:05 (thirteen years ago) link
haha i was gonna link it, but its best in the context of the ep~
― ℳℴℯ ❤\(◕‿◕✿ (Princess TamTam), Monday, 21 March 2011 20:05 (thirteen years ago) link
i couldn't even get through the "elements" one. marceline's was okay.
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Sunday, 4 June 2017 17:46 (seven years ago) link
We sat down to watch Islands, thinking it'd be good knockabout fun like Stakes, and were knocked sideways by how heavy it was.
Also I said at one point "I've no idea who they've got to do Minerva's voice, but it sounds a lot like Sharon Horgan.."
― Andrew Farrell, Thursday, 21 September 2017 13:28 (six years ago) link
Also the numbering is kind of off, because this is parts 3-10 of a bigger story with Preboot/Reboot - my girl hadn't seen those and there was a bit of babbling to fill her in, which probably sounded like a kid making up a story - which tbh is one of the best bits of Adventure Time.
― Andrew Farrell, Thursday, 21 September 2017 13:36 (six years ago) link
i know i'm a broken record here, but the new batch weren't much good... with the exception of the PB mythos ep which provided some helpful background on her character. very much ready for this to be let go.
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Thursday, 21 September 2017 13:43 (six years ago) link
I'm confused about how many eps/seasons are left to go.
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, 21 September 2017 13:53 (six years ago) link
Two more episodes.
― Andrew Farrell, Thursday, 21 September 2017 13:58 (six years ago) link
The end draws near:
#TheUltimateAdventure awaits. pic.twitter.com/ro6H2mWJ8n
― Duane Barry, Tuesday, 20 March 2018 00:33 (six years ago) link
i still have like 20 episodes to catch up on this show
― Nhex, Tuesday, 20 March 2018 02:29 (six years ago) link
Plot ideas: Finn and Hunter Princess "hook up" but their differences lead Hunter Princess to ask Jake and BMO how to be more civilized. Among other things they teach her how to dance.
― Woon... Doopee Time (FlopsyDuck), Tuesday, 20 March 2018 13:20 (six years ago) link
The recent New Yorker cartoon caption competition episode was A+ imo.
― Stevie T, Wednesday, 21 March 2018 19:14 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddJ8YYl7q-ANobody does it quite like Roilland.Also, "Over the Garden Wall" is on Netflix and you should watch it right now.
― oder doch?, Saturday, 30 June 2018 19:25 (five years ago) link
I'm looking forward for the minecraft episode
― He said captain, I said wot (FlopsyDuck), Saturday, 30 June 2018 22:08 (five years ago) link
The end is near. Enjoy an oral history.
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-ca-adventure-time-oral-history-20180823-htmlstory.html
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 23 August 2018 22:59 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiLdWXLXDeA
― oder doch?, Sunday, 5 May 2019 13:49 (five years ago) link
still have much love for this show but it's sooooo clear when the universe went off the rails in that video. but i stuck with it to the end.I want Peter C. to watch it and cry at the amount of lore
― Nhex, Sunday, 5 May 2019 21:17 (five years ago) link
I thought it brought off the ending quite well, but my problem is that out of the final season I've literally only seen the ending.
― Andrew Farrell, Sunday, 5 May 2019 21:37 (five years ago) link
same, but tbh if I had a kid I would def gladly sit through the entire run despite the quality dropoff in the last couple seasons
― Simon H., Sunday, 5 May 2019 22:24 (five years ago) link
I watched this show pretty religiously until midway through Season 5. It never really dropped off for me, just a slow kind of lulling? Is it worth finishing?
― flamboyant goon tie included, Sunday, 5 May 2019 22:51 (five years ago) link
it's definitely worth finishing. it's just that the lore gets SO crazy and sprawled out that it's impossible to remember everything covered in this video
― Nhex, Sunday, 5 May 2019 22:53 (five years ago) link
Seasons 5 and 6 have many of my favorite episodes, and 7 has "The Hall of Egress" which might be my single favorite. After that you could probably skip to the last 6/7 episodes and get enough of what's happening to enjoy it. But yeah at that point you might as well watch it all.
― Simon H., Sunday, 5 May 2019 22:55 (five years ago) link
Hmm yeah I think I'll pick up from the beginning of S5 again, I LOVED the trilogy that kicked it off
― flamboyant goon tie included, Sunday, 5 May 2019 22:55 (five years ago) link
Watching that video made me respect all over again the series' sense of scale and zen approach to cataclysm - constant cycles of rise, ruin and renewal in different forms. Actually much more grounded than most series of any kind.
― Simon H., Sunday, 5 May 2019 23:05 (five years ago) link
all of it is on hulu i believe.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Sunday, 5 May 2019 23:31 (five years ago) link
I've been going back and rewatching select eps including some I missed, partially inspired by this list
https://ew.com/tv/adventure-time-30-best-episodes/
...which is still missing a ton of my favorite episodes. I hadn't seen "The Other Tarts" and I almost died of laughter at the conclusion
Anyway for all the flailing about in later seasons it really is amazing how many killer eps there are, and all the format-busting and alternate timelines really help with that. I might end up springing for the DVD set, which is really pretty reasonably priced considering it's 22 (!) discs.
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Monday, 9 March 2020 03:33 (four years ago) link
I got Jen the Blu-Ray of the second half for Christmas - six discs for five seasons. We started with filling in gaps in what we saw for season 6 (we'd seen them in the more-or-less random order that Cartoon Central broadcast them) but we've been going through the rest in order, even the ones we saw before - we finished it all yesterday, by coincidence.
We'd actually seen the final episode but none of the rest of the last season (because CC thought that was a good idea?). Which is to say that I don't really think the back half has that much flailing? All three of the multi-episode stories are there, for a start.
The episode ranking notably has as its top two episodes with Rebecca Sugar songs at the center - I thought her playing the non-spoily song from the finale at Comicon is lovely, particularly the extent to which John DiMaggio can't keep it together.
https://youtu.be/Xr53S9vIbCE
― Andrew Farrell, Monday, 9 March 2020 08:04 (four years ago) link
awwwww DiMaggio <3
― bold caucasian eroticism (Simon H.), Monday, 9 March 2020 12:45 (four years ago) link
aw man, damn
― Nhex, Tuesday, 10 March 2020 00:57 (four years ago) link
New Special on June 25 on HBO Max
HBO Max be releasing Show dates pic.twitter.com/uvEdav3S2B— Scitoons | May 15th (@SciToons22__) May 13, 2020
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 13 May 2020 22:06 (four years ago) link
the first special was really good I thought! nice blend of cuteness and comedy, good lil cameos, and a lovely ending.
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Saturday, 27 June 2020 02:27 (three years ago) link
I've been watching through the entire series from the start. Considering that season six was the point I dropped off (at least watching it regularly) the first time, I'm a bit surprised at how much I've enjoyed it now. There's a lot of experimentation and expansion of Ooo lore, though it does drift off a bit too much from the show's core; there isn't very much, you know, adventure time with Finn and Jake (they even joke about it on one episode). I don't think I even understood the ending/resolution to at least three or four specific episodes. S7/8 have struck a better balance overall.
My most recent episode was the one where Tree Trunks is revealed to have alien hybrid offspring. I wonder if that painter who believes he lost his virginity to aliens was the inspiration for that one.
― Duane Barry, Tuesday, 29 September 2020 14:47 (three years ago) link
Forgive the thread spam, but I wanted to note that Adventure Time: Distant Lands is nominated in the 2020 ILX TV poll:
ILX's Best Television of 2020 Poll / VOTING AND CAMPAIGNING THREAD / Voting Ends After January 29, 2021
If you like this show and you'd like to see it have a good showing in the poll (running in February) all you need to do is submit a ballot including it and your other favorites (3 minimum, 25 maximum, ranked by your favorite to least favorite) to forksclovetofu at gmail. It'll take five minutes; get to it!
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 21 January 2021 19:44 (three years ago) link
RIP Tree Trunks :(
Polly Lou Livingston, The voice of Tree Trunks on Adventure Time, passed away recently. She had a wonderful and unmistakeable voice and was always a joy to have in recording sessions. Polly Lou really liked playing TT and she'll be sorely missed. pic.twitter.com/0rUql0gKFP
― Duane Barry, Friday, 5 February 2021 23:18 (three years ago) link
:(
― stimmy stimmy yah (Simon H.), Saturday, 6 February 2021 00:16 (three years ago) link
oh man that actually hits hard. her voice meant a lot to me.
― That's not really my scene (I'm 41) (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 6 February 2021 03:30 (three years ago) link