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Man, I'd totally dress up as Finn for Halloween if I could either find a Finn hood or have the ability to make one. A green backpack would be easy to find, and the role-play sword can be bought at Toys R' Us.

I've seen a lot of people dress up as Finn, Fionna, PB, and Jake for Halloween this year. I would too, but I've always felt silly in costume.

The two places that I know of where you can get a Finn hat is etsy.com or amazon.com.

You know, I have NEVER seen a police car or an officer at a donut shop....

I've seen them. But that doesn't mean I think they go hand in had.

Just found out there's a shop that sells a licensed Scorpion jacket (it adds +10 to your driving skill), but their 1st and 2nd run are already sold out. No word on a 3rd run.

http://steadyclothin...AGES/drive.html

I haven't seen the show, but I am willing to sit down and watch it.

But from what I saw at San Diego Comicon this past July...this show has "A CULT LIKE FOLLOWING"...

A-CULT-LIKE-FOLLOWING...

One of us! One of us! Gooble gobble! Gooble gobble!

Fun fact: The voice actors that play "Marceline the Vampire Queen" and "Marceline's dad/Lord of Evil" are father and daughter in real life.

Martin Olson and Olivia Olson

The infographic cracks me up.

http://hirschkraft.com/explotor/

That should cause the price of books to rise rather then drop in relation to other items (mass production in printing has a large effect on pricing, wargames, which are nearly dead, have had massive price increases due to the lower print runs)

I think what he meant was that people aren't buying books like they were in the past -- not that publishers are printing books in lesser numbers.

Though that is what I think will eventually happen: My guess is that we will see books meant for the masses -- books such as those on the NY Times Best Sellers List -- will eventually stop being printed; they'll all end up as e-books on the "Kindle 9" or the "iPad 7S".

And eventually the world of publishing will return to being more intimate/private, with only a handful of publishing houses around the world printing books in extremely limited numbers (think runs in the tens, hundreds at the most).

Eh, that's what I envison anyways.

Finn would be proud.

.... Eight dollars?

I mean, it looks neat / badass / wacky and still cheaper than the Japanese price... but $8?

Seriously, DLC is just getting too ridiculous.

I love Adventure Time. Have the 10" Finn figure sitting right next to the keyboard staring at me with his anger-face.

Its not for everyone, but I dig the strange ideas and clever humor of the show. One of my favorite parts was when Lady Rainicorn, who typically speaks with a lovely Korean voice, was made to wear a translation box so Finn could understand her and the only setting that made sense was "old man", which was an instant turn-off for Jake. I will admit though that I flipped past this show many, many times and wrote it off as being stupid. Wasn't until I really sat down and watched an episode from start to finish that it clicked with me and I fell it love with it. While it may have a lot of bizarre elements, at its heart it is a good old-fashioned action-adventure show with solid writing.

If anyone is thinking of getting the current DVD, be warned that its not a 'season' set and none of the episodes are in any kind of order. I think it has a handful of episodes from season 1 & 2. Not that continuity is uber-important with this show, but I kind of like watching things in chronological order.

Awesome fig!

lol the whole "old man voice" was a big turnoff for me as well.

The "good old-fashioned action-adventure show" is what initially drew me in, but the unexplained phenomena, and the innuendos that have popped up in the course of the series is what has kept me around. To me, the simple lines and bright colors of the art direction mask a dark and macabre layer of the show.

And then there are moments like this:

Huzzah!

If they made The Killing Joke an animated short with The Dark Knight Returns when it comes out, you'd make a lot of fanboys (and me) very happy.

Ditto. I had a nerdgasm the first time I saw the episode of the "New Batman Adventures" with the "Dark Knigh Returns" scene.

Can't wait for TDKR. And if DC does do "The Killing Joke"? sploosh

KND was awesome, but the last great new original cartoon I truly loved was Invader Zim, that was what a Nick or CN cartoon should be like. Too bad it was underappreciated during it's original run, and I hate that Hot Topic ran it to the gound after it knowing most people who wear that stuff didn't watch it till it became "cool".

I only watched "Invader Zim" a couple of times, but I liked what I saw. I didn't watch any more of it because I kept missing it on TV (back before the invention of the DVR).

I hate Hot Topic, period.

Didn't want to start a topic just for this, but Mark Hamill has said he'd reprise his role as the Joker if DC made "The Killing Joke".

https://twitter.com/#!/HamillHimself/status/128336011200708608

Just caught this. It was okay. If I want a fairy-tale drama though, I'll just read "Fables".

I wonder if there's anything more to the "Lost" references, or if they were just fan service? It kind of felt like cheap pandering to me, honestly. I felt kind of dirty afterwards.

Ha, that was a great ep. "And you're walking along..."

Another thing I love about "Adventure Time" is its Superflat aesthetic.

ZOMG! Strawberries protect the stomach from alcohol!

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-strawberries-stomach-alcohol.html

So would Disney, It would mean all the licenses were back in their hands instead of 20th Century Fox and Sony.

I don't follow that kind of stuff.

Who owns who?

^ +1

and what exactly is wrong with Kids Next door?

If I may plagiarize Dynaman: "everything about it".

I didn't like the animation, I didn't like the voice acting, I didn't like any of the characters, I didn't like the stories. I watched more than a few episodes, but ended up thinking to myself, "Why am I watching this? This is terrible." I disliked the fact that the characters took what they were doing so seriously as well. And the prop design; I get it, they're kids and they build things out of found objects, but still - yuck.

Honestly, it's been years since I've watched a show on Cartoon network that wasn't a rerun; and right now they only have a couple shows in reruns that i actually like. Cartoon network peaked in terms of original programing in the early 2000's when stuff was being done under the Cartoon Cartoons monicker; shows like Dexter's Laboratory, Powerpuff Girls, Courage the Cowardly Dog and Samurai Jack. Personally I don't think Cartoon network has introduced a wholly original show worth watching since Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends.

The era you mentioned is definitely the Golden Age of CN, so much good stuff there. I don't know what's on CN other than "Adventure Time", mainly because I mostly don't watch TV anymore (I just download shows and watch them at my convenience). All the shows you mentioned are definitely original in their own way, and I would put "Adventure Time" up there with them.

Hmmm, from a historical perspective you might be right about the concept of the summer blockbuster originating in the 80's. And I suppose the studios throwing money at a sci-fi production, in hopes of making it "good", is a natural reaction given the genre itself. But I wonder, was it done as often, and at the scale (taking into account inflation) with which we are seeing today?

Nope, just clever and witty.

Now, if you were to mention "Kids Next Door", that show was witty and clever.

Wow, KND? We definitely have completely different tastes.

Anyways, just watched last night's episode and geeked out at the references to "Dawn of the Dead" and "I am Legend".

I suppose the answer "everything about it" would not quite be what you are looking for.

To me it is just another run of the mill cartoon show, of which nick and CN are brimming these days. The writing is uninspired, to say the least. The plots likewise. So it's just another excuse to have a couple characters scream and yell and do stupid things - and unlike SpongeBob or Ren and Stimpy - it just isn't well done.

I think the writing is pretty good; it has that subtle (and sometimes, not-so-subtle) adult humour that Spongebob had in the first few seasons while Hillenburg was still around; even more so. The plot? Well for 10~ minute short subjects, I think they do pretty well. What kind of experience are you expecting? Inception?

Does Finn scream and yell? Of course, he's a kid. Does Finn end up doing stupid things? Sure, again he's a kid. For me, I find it somewhat quaint to watch Finn happily trying to solve a problem that sometimes does not exist. On the other hand, Spongebob and Patrick have recently started acting like (excuse my phrasing) retards for the sake of being retarded.

And I'm sorry, but Ren and Stimpy were terrible. To this day, for the life of me, I can't understand why people like it. I cringe whenever I hear someone say, "You EEEDIOT!" That's supposed to be funny?

Different strokes for different folks, I suppose.

I dunno, lighting looks fake and look at that grass... psh, crysis did it better.

DICE has said the lighting, shadows, and grass textures have already been sorted out. Can't wait for the beta.

Oh man, I forgot about "Jaws 3-D" and "Friday 3-D".

Truly, everything old is new again.

To be fair, that was also what was wrong with 99% of SF/Fantasy movies in the '80s, as well.

Haha, you're probably not wrong. But I just can't think of a movie, from a major studio, from that decade that I can accuse of trying to overcompensate for a paper-thin plot with massive SFX.

I'd just like to see Nick Fury try to recruit Wolverine and Spiderman in this movie.

Yeah, what a concept eh? Special effects and makeup not taking center stage for once.

Yup, this is exactly what's wrong with 99% of movies today. It's almost as if the studios have forgotten how to tell a compelling story. Today it seems Hollywood believes by throwing hundreds of millions of dollars into SFX, it can trick audiences into thinking a movie is good. Of course, it never works but people still buy the tickets. :/