Aquabat
Anteater
"Give up your Hockey Hair!"
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Post by Aquabat on Dec 26, 2005 21:47:44 GMT -5
I just got this for christmas yesterday, pretty good stuff, Ill make sure to get some reviews later. Does anyone else own this by the way?
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Post by FredC on Dec 27, 2005 11:15:52 GMT -5
Si senor!
I got a copy for christmas as well! I'd already seen Sidehackers and The Unearthly, and haven't watched Atomic Brain yet. A word of warning if you've not yet prepared for the unearthly: BEWARE! Come to think of it, it might be easier if you skipped one of the shorts in the beginning, and then watch that AFTER The Unearthly, cuz Unearthly alone is a slow one.
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Post by SuperFreakOut on Dec 30, 2005 3:46:43 GMT -5
The Unearthly is an ungodly episode. I just can't take it all in one sitting. And I've managed to sit through Manos, and then Hobgoblins back to back!
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Post by jjb3k on Jan 2, 2006 12:55:06 GMT -5
I just picked up this set recently. My thoughts:
- "The Atomic Brain": Pure hilarity, from the delightfully twisted movie to the spot-on perfect riffs ("And she floats gently to her death"). The host segments are pretty dang funny too, especially the invention exchange - you can't top Trace Beaulieu as Dr. Forrester impersonating Crow.
- "The Unearthly": Decent riffing on a sluggish film, but the shorts are pure gold ("Tommy's the Lathe of Heaven!"). Nice host segments, but overall not a sidesplitter.
- "The Sidehackers": Depressing movie with early Season 2 so-so riffs. But some great host segments help to save it, especially the final one ("I will push the button...I will push the button...I will push the button").
- "Shorts Volume 2": The Joel-era shorts are actually kinda "meh" when placed next to the Mike-era shorts. I don't know what it is, but Mike's delivery on his lines seems to floor me every time ("A wheel slices into the crowd, killing three!"). A collection of hilarity.
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Aquabat
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"Give up your Hockey Hair!"
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Post by Aquabat on Feb 13, 2006 18:25:24 GMT -5
Sidehackers: Good riffs at points, but the movie drags on into nowhere especially with the whole "revenge" and all.
The Atomic Brain: Loved the riffs on this one. Overral very effective.
*narrator* "Making love to 80 year old woman in a 20 year olds body"
Crow: "Oh they do it everyday in LA."
The Unearthy: works best when bashing the main doctor guy (loved the operation scene "now kiss me hard right through the mask!") and I agree with superfreakout that is hard to finish.
The Shorts: I liked Catching Trouble, Day at the fair, and last clear chance a lot. the others were ok.
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Post by SOL Stowaway on Feb 13, 2006 19:57:50 GMT -5
I completely agree about The Unearthly. Both Manos & Red Zone Cuba are more of a pleasure to watch (due to top-notch riffing). For such a short film, it amazingly manages to feel like it's consuming 4 or 5 hours of your life!
Sidehackers is a mildly tough sit for me. The movie itself just feels greasy, uninteresting, fairly offensive, and there really isn't much of a comedic payoff. Most of the time I would actually rather watch The Hellcats! At least that movie didn't bother burdening itself with a plot. The Atomic Brain is easily the best episode among the three. That host segment with weatherbot Servo is hilarious!
IMO the best short is The Days of Our Years. M&TB take a would be depressing borefest and make it consistantly laughable. I never really cared much for Catching Trouble though.
I must say that volume three is a STRONG contender for weakest volume overall.
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Post by samtaco on Feb 13, 2006 20:45:11 GMT -5
This was the first set I got. I thought The Unearthly was really bad but the rest was A++. I think vol 6 is the weakest set
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Post by SOL Stowaway on Feb 13, 2006 22:09:35 GMT -5
#3 was actually the second set I bought. It's easy to see why you consider volume 6 the weakest, Ren. Out of all 8 released, #6 is my only other candidate for weakest (only because volume 7 has great bonus features). For me, Teenagers From Outer Space is the best episode on #6 and I'd rate it a B+. I really didn't care for Gunslinger or Leeches. The shorts are the best part of that collection and since I liked them overall better than the shorts on volume 3, I think #6 is slightly better, if not tied for worst.
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Post by samtaco on Feb 14, 2006 9:46:09 GMT -5
Mr. B's Lost Shorts was okay. But My favorite out of all the shorts Rhino has put out is Shorts Vol 2.
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Post by SOL Stowaway on Feb 17, 2006 4:13:14 GMT -5
I just remembered that "Keeping Clean & Neat" is on Shorts Vol 2, can't argue with that hilarity. But Mr. B materialized before me and threatened me with a pretty dangerous looking kazoo.
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