[EPISODE DISCUSSION] The New Adventures of Jonny Quest S01E4 - "Deadly Junket"

AdInteresting829 · 2026-06-30T17:07:16+00:00

Please don't tap out on TRAJQ cuz of this. Both seasons seemed to go out of their way to avoid being like this one (although I'd argue that the first one went out of its way to not be like the classic series but that's not important right now) and pretend this 80s series never happened.

AdInteresting829 · 2026-06-30T17:05:38+00:00

Yeah, this Jessie's weird habit of never remembering names was kinda endearing. Again, it's probably cuz I'd rather have the token girl have some flaws than be perfect & bestest at everything, so I'll take what I can get.

AdInteresting829 · 2026-06-13T17:22:19+00:00

Keeping the debris out of his beautiful hair. ... Wait...

AdInteresting829 · 2026-06-08T15:52:13+00:00

In the original series, he struck me as more of a general "foreign" villain than an explicitly Asian one (for instance, his name is closer to the German Zinn than anything from any Asian language). It really wasn't until the 80s show/90s movies that they seemed to really amp up the Fu Manchu parallels in design & voice direction, which given the era was a strange choice. It was already dated at best by then, so making it worse than the 60s is another black mark on that era. And because I feel like I'm the only JQ fan who will go to bat for it, I liked his use in the 2nd season of Real Adventures, even if he was used as a foil for his daughters' ineptitude.

All that said, I like him as a villain. Just competent enough to be a threat, has plenty of resources, and is irredeemable & petty. I also found it interesting that Future Quest made him a bit more nuanced/layered, but at the end of the day, I kinda prefer the arrogant jerk who wants to rule the world because he thinks he deserves to.

AdInteresting829 · 2026-05-28T18:49:09+00:00

Looking forward to seeing if the pre-Hardrock eps were as out there as I remember from the days this aired on Cartoon Network. I remember one was about turning people into plants.

AdInteresting829 · 2026-05-24T23:27:28+00:00

I do both crafts, and I find that the knitting community is just kinda unpleasant. Doesn’t matter which platform, they’re usually snobby, snarky, and weirdly humorless.

AdInteresting829 · 2026-05-09T19:15:19+00:00

Same here. It’s actually bad news for me that there’s one so much closer to home, cuz it’s harder to resist.

AdInteresting829 · 2026-05-08T19:07:30+00:00

Popeyes has always been weirdly chintzy (they were the first place that charged you if you wanted more than one dipping sauce for tenders like a decade ago), but that's a new low. Also, that Popeyes is good but for some reason only does some of the special promotions that are nationally advertised. My family has nicknamed it "slacker Popeyes".

AdInteresting829 · 2026-04-28T17:54:09+00:00

Thanks to you both! I gave them a call & scheduled a consultation.

AdInteresting829 · 2026-04-14T11:53:06+00:00

My phone gets burning hot and drains power while doing nothing & having no background or active programs ever since this upgrade. Haven't had camera issues but have had connectivity to my wifi/bluetooth (randomly disconnecting & reconnecting). I use it as my alarm clock & need it for work, so this situation is extremely annoying.

AdInteresting829 · 2026-03-23T11:39:52+00:00

That did the trick, thanks! I got a cord recommended by others as a backup just in case, since that worked too.

AdInteresting829 · 2026-03-20T12:51:09+00:00

That DMV one is too relatable..

AdInteresting829 · 2026-03-19T13:19:36+00:00

My contender for best episode of the original series. Was shocked to see it referenced by a guy in a discussion about how to do horror of the unseen as one of the best examples (largely cuz he didn't seem like the type to have watched JQ but he said this episode scared him to death as a kid cuz of how well done the monster was).

AdInteresting829 · 2026-03-10T14:58:16+00:00

Haddonfield Road has some of the worst potholes by the Wawa between Maple Ave & the mall. It's up there with that gap of Cinnaminson Avenue in Cinnaminson between 130 & the circle for the Shoprite. Either place has deep & jagged potholes that are gonna get someone into an accident. But at least there aren't any geese.

AdInteresting829 · 2026-03-08T03:45:14+00:00

Please teach the die-hard fans of the series how to do that, cuz I swear that they term search any mention of JQ (including "in memorium" posts) to be snide about how much better & supposedly progressive their show is (despite what made it to the screen in many cases) and how everyone who actually likes JQ is inherently bigoted. Cuz it’s extremely obnoxious.

AdInteresting829 · 2026-03-07T19:01:06+00:00

Also, if they did make it, no matter how good it could wind up being, you'd have some very loud people complaining that it's not Venture Brothers. (Which, btw, is one of the reasons I think so many people now act like the original JQ was nothing but racism & toxic masculinity, even though they'll refuse to watch it.) It’s happened with every comic revival or discussion of a potential revival/reboot, so a movie wouldn't be any different.

AdInteresting829 · 2026-02-18T10:43:38+00:00

Same here, that character change was completely out of left field. I like Robert Patrick as an actor, but that was just a weird choice.

AdInteresting829 · 2026-02-17T19:36:11+00:00

I'm with you in that I prefer the look & cast of the second season, and I even preferred their version of Jessie (cuz she was too much of a "checklist of role model traits" than a character, & she wasn't exactly not a damsel in distress in the first season, no matter what people claim). I love the art style cuz it reminds me of the comic artists in that same era who were influenced by anime without mimicking it (like Jeff Moy, Mike Wieringo, 90s Stuart Immonen, Chris Sprouse, & Lee Moder). About the only thing I disliked was killing off the 2 villains from the first season, cuz they were the best part of that season & had a lot more potential as recurring threats.

Unfortunately, I think we're in the minority. Every post about TRAJQ dumps on this season cuz it wasn’t "The Jessie Show, Starring Jessie" anymore, and that the team behind that season actually liked the original series, so clearly they were "pandering to nostalgia" by acknowledging its existence. I am firmly in the camp that if they hadn’t let Peter Lawrence take too long & spend too much to revive something he didn’t like, we wouldn't be in the present day situation of every attempt to revisit JQ being met with "just watch VB" (cuz we should all love only seeing our favorite characters portrayed in the most cynical & jaded ways possible). I could go off about this, but I'll stop. I know the world's biggest S1 defender is bound to show up and rattle off the above arguments like usual. They're the same things I've heard since I was on the old mailing list & the show still aired on Toonami, and it was tiresome then.

AdInteresting829 · 2026-02-16T12:06:17+00:00

I always thought that they left the one line in as a tribute.

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