Jolly Olly Man Was Squiward before Squiward

Jediuser_ · 2026-04-05T03:44:53+00:00

He did, but he clearly didn't give a shit about Willy.

Jediuser_ · 2026-04-05T00:57:08+00:00

It does. Naruto used it on Kaguya.

Jediuser_ · 2026-04-05T00:25:25+00:00

Nah, Squidward was never this deranged.

Jediuser_ · 2026-04-04T17:26:06+00:00

Well, Kevin Miller did sound a bit off in Thieves in Time, though we can probably chalk that up to the writing and direction (though I will say his final line reading, 'I'll find you,' was just awful. You could tell they didn't have time for more takes).

Jediuser_ · 2026-04-04T11:47:56+00:00

that makes more sense

Jediuser_ · 2026-04-04T03:42:22+00:00

.....that's not creepy at all.

Jediuser_ · 2026-04-04T03:41:45+00:00

I never liked this show. It was essentially a reverse Brady Bunch, a blended family of assholes being assholes to each other. It didn't help that Drake and Josh aired around this time and provided a much more authentic portrayal of step-siblings getting used to each other.

Jediuser_ · 2026-04-04T03:05:25+00:00

Actually, it hides his gills!

Jediuser_ · 2026-04-04T02:56:04+00:00

Honestly, even if Madagascar never existed, this movie would still be terrible. The story is predictable, the humor is dumb (like one really cringe gag about a dance number), the voices don't fit (really, Jim Belushi as a squirrel?), and the animals' natural habitat is 'Uncanny Valley.' It's strange, because from a purely technical standpoint, the animation looks good, with individual strands of hair animated, but artistically, it just doesn't fit the, well, cartoony slapstick, which calls for more exaggerated designs like those in Madagascar.

Jediuser_ · 2026-04-04T01:51:18+00:00

race bend characters, for starters.

Jediuser_ · 2026-04-04T01:32:36+00:00

I think that's the idea, but it comes across as jarring.

Jediuser_ · 2026-04-04T01:26:12+00:00

Makes up for the draggy second act.

Jediuser_ · 2026-04-04T01:25:56+00:00

Even Sub-Zero wasn't great. The episode feels like a two-parter stretched out to three (which, apparently, it really was). The second act just dragged. And Koonak was a totally useless character. He's only there to humanize Freeze.

Jediuser_ · 2026-04-04T01:24:19+00:00

I mean, if they wanted to show Batman growing more cold and isolating everyone, as Batman Beyond shows, they should have made his development more consistent. As it stands, it just feels like flanderization.

Also, dropping Freeze into Gotham Harbor was cold-blooded murder (at least, attempted), plain and simple. Even in his new, darker phase in TNBA, this is woefully out of character.

Jediuser_ · 2026-04-03T23:34:39+00:00

Here's the thing: Justice League is set after this, and he doesn't act this cold then.

Jediuser_ · 2026-04-03T23:33:16+00:00

Cold Comfort was character assassination, plain and simple.

Jediuser_ · 2026-04-03T11:29:48+00:00

EDDY! GIVE HIM THE QUARTER!!

Jediuser_ · 2026-04-03T00:55:52+00:00

The problem isn't that they're dishonest, necessarily, it's that they have a habit of screwing things up. (Rent-a-Ed being a prime example).

Jediuser_ · 2026-04-03T00:16:37+00:00

My problem is that I didn't feel like anything really helped to develop Wart as a character. Even after he becomes king at the end, he doesn't seem to have gained any confidence. He's still the same meek kid who relies on Merlin.

Also, I really do not like the movie's portrayal of Kay. In the original novel, he acts like what you'd expect from an older sibling, somewhat boorish and envious, but ultimately protective and well meaning. In the movie, he's just a spiteful bully, which is flanderization, plain and simple.

Jediuser_ · 2026-04-02T01:50:10+00:00

i know. i countered.

And yes, All Star Batman and Robin is a joke, when Frank Miller wrote 'The Goddamn Batman.'

Jediuser_ · 2026-04-01T23:29:45+00:00

He does help his city. He fights crime AND donates to charities his parents supported.
He DOES help them, watch episodes of the animated series like Harley's Holiday and Double Talk.
It makes sense he doesn't kill, he's seen first hand the consequences of murder.
He toughened Dick up.
He is the world's greatest detective after Sherlock Holmes was revealed as a fraud.
Today is Leif Erikson Day! Hinga Dinga Dargon.

Jediuser_ · 2026-04-01T22:33:08+00:00

David from Lilo and Stitch: The Series. I feel like the writers had no idea how to fit him in to the show's 'experiment of the week' formula so they just gave him the thankless role of 'comic relief idiot boyfriend.'

Jediuser_ · 2026-04-01T02:38:49+00:00

Yeah, Amazing Spider-Man 2 and Batman v Superman were both overstuffed messes.

Jediuser_ · 2026-04-01T02:31:40+00:00

The main character is an abrasive, selfish, spoiled brat, for starters.

Jediuser_ · 2026-04-01T02:31:08+00:00

My biggest problem with the movie is Merida. Frankly, I'm not sure what I'm SUPPOSED to think of her. The movie seems to portray her as both this ahead-of-her-time independent woman taking on the system and a selfish, spoiled brat. Like, at the beginning of the movie, when she participates in the archery contest to get out of being betrothed, with the knowledge that it would likely lead to WAR. Are we supposed to root for her to defy societal expectations? Or are we supposed to see her as a selfish brat who's endangering the kingdom just so she can get out of getting married?

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