Aqua Teen Hunger Force -- stupid, or just retarded? Defend it if you dare
#31
Posted 13 April 2007 - 01:05 PM
All I know is, when an omnipotent talking meatball wakes up Santa in the middle of July, and then ends up burning him horribly, and Santa, upon looking in the mirror at the wreck of his body, declares "I'm Horror Clause!".... That's pretty funny, to me.
#32
Posted 13 April 2007 - 03:34 PM
There was no good reason for the guy to not point out that it wasn't a bomb. There's really no other way around it. I don't care if he had faith in them or not, he should have tried to defuse things a little bit. He didn't even try!
And I'm not for the "EVERYBODY PANIC!!!!" atmosphere of a post-911 world either. It's stupid and it means the terrorists made us afraid. But you have to realize that some people will use any excuse to be afraid and when that happens -- and you are involved -- it is better to ease their fears than it is to call them stupid. As it is, these two losers face 5 years in prison, which probably could have been more easily sidestepped if they had given a little respect and hadn't been complete dicks about the whole thing.'
That's what I think, anyway.
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#33
Posted 13 April 2007 - 06:16 PM
1) There is no international terrorist conspiracy. "The terrorists" is not a phrase that refers to any organisation or even any ideology.
2) You can be arrested on "suspicion of terrorism" with no concrete charge ever filed. You can be held without trial indefinitely. That is the legacy of "post-9/11." Not that a world of terror made that sort of reaction necessary, but that the propaganda machine convinced Americans that it would be ok to allow that. Sure, I'm no terrorist, they'd say, so my freedoms won't be affected. Man, what sixty years will do to a culture's memory ...
3) Post 9/11, there have been zero terrorist activities remotely on the scale of 9/11. Terrorism is limited to activities targeting American soldeirs on foreign soil. This is not a testament to the great work being done by Homeland Security; this is evidence to prove point 1) above.
Back on topic, ATHF looks to be completely idiotic and I won't watch it. I would rather pound my nuts flat with a hammer. But yeah, if these guys saw police reacting to the adverts and thinking they were bombs, then they should have stepped in and mitigated damages. As it is the damages appear to have been unintentional, but they cross a line if the damage was not mitigated when known. So it looks like the advertisers were idiots as well.
#34
Posted 14 April 2007 - 02:26 PM
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#35
Posted 14 April 2007 - 03:55 PM
#37
Posted 16 April 2007 - 11:50 AM
The Lite-Brite thing was stupid, Police action wasn't required seeing as the devices had been up for several weeks and in 3 other cities.
It was an over-reaction and even though I dislike the show, I think their public statement, in which they would only answer question regarding hair, was hilarious.
#38
Posted 16 April 2007 - 02:14 PM
It's also cashing in on the parade of pointless arbitrary humour (thank you Conan) that has spilled out of the internet and all over eveything we hold dear.
No use crying about spilt humour.
Sorry to keep on topic.
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#39
Posted 16 April 2007 - 05:21 PM
Apology accepted. Just don't do it again.
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#41
Posted 18 April 2007 - 03:23 PM
To me, it's one of those shows where you have to wait a good 5 or 6 minutes in between each thing that is actually funny at all. I think the only episode that made me laugh constantly was the one with all the Pop-up ads. That was great. Also the 2-bit alien things are funny I quite liked the show simply because of its piss-taking of computer/internet related issues, and also its kinda funny take on other cartoons (like that crazy scientist guy at the start of most episodes)... But that's about it.
Still, I can see why some people wouldn't really like it! And in honesty if I were to watch it again, I'd only want to watch the pop-up ads one
http://www.youtube.c...h?v=hHsUZlJ7lug
This post has been edited by m0ds: 18 April 2007 - 03:25 PM
#42
Posted 20 April 2007 - 02:46 PM
-John Wayne
#43
Posted 21 April 2007 - 06:53 PM
I wouldn't say that the show is idiotic, because that term is reserved for stuff like jackass (also funny but in a different way), if you can't laugh at ATHF then you either take life to seriously or your not keyed into popular culture enough.
Either that or its just not your cup of tea.
#44
Posted 22 April 2007 - 09:13 AM
...Yeah, let's go with that.
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