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 Red Paratroopa Level: 31 Posts: 123/165 EXP: 167918 Next: 17445 Since: 02-20-07 From: State College, PA Last post: 6116 days Last view: 6090 days |
I was so psyched for this. I love the show. We got a bunch of friends together last night for the movie.
It certainly had its moments, but man, what a letdown. For the most part, it tried too hard to be random and weird at the expense of what makes the show great. ATHF works best when it keeps the characters' personalities consistent and gives them time to interact with each other. It also works best when episodes are based around characters who consistently produce funny dialogue. One of my favorite episodes is Revenge of the Mooninites, in which a belt with the super powers of the rock band Foreigner wreaks havoc upon the Aqua Teens and Carl. The idea of the belt is randomly silly, and it works because its effects are visualized in amusing ways. And the character interaction is ace. For the most part, the beginning of the movie was great. I'm not going to spoil the opening, but I will say that it is a hilarious twist on typical pre-movie material. Afterward, the movie came off like the start of a good episode with a silly yet coherent plot setup and the Aqua Teens bothering each other while trying to get the exercise machine going. There was still good character interaction after the machine got going, but the movie became more and more random and less funny. I got tired of the Ghost of Christmas Past's stories about the exercise machine, the deus ex machina character skin switching, and the tangled explanations of the Aqua Teens' origins. I would expect something like that to be self-contradictory and unresolved because that is the nature of the show, but I would also expect it to be amusing. The character selection could have been much improved. The movie overused Dr. Weird and the robotic Ghost of Christmas Past, way underused Carl, and introduced a character who really wasn't that funny (though I did appreciate that his sidekick was Neil Peart of Rush). At least the Mooninites and Plutonians had some good dialogue. All in all, it wasn't a bad movie, but I thought it was going to be consistently funny. I laughed the most in the beginning and got more and more bored throughout, and the rest of the audience had similar reactions. It seemed like the authors didn't know how to extend a basic plot to movie length. It would have worked better to come up with another good episode plot and segue into that instead of being random and confusing for the sake of such. |
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 Porcupo Level: 40 Posts: 219/305 EXP: 422044 Next: 19265 Since: 02-19-07 From: Temple of Time Last post: 6119 days Last view: 6119 days |
Hmm, you're not the only one that's saying this.
It definitely doesn't sound like it lived up to expectations, but I do still want to go see it for myself. But from what I've heard from all over, doesn't sound too incredible or anything like it could have been. |
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 Buzzy Beetle Level: 44 Posts: 229/389 EXP: 607903 Next: 3382 Since: 02-19-07 Last post: 6169 days Last view: 5931 days |
It is an eleven minute show being stretched into an extended movie. C'mon. |
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Porcupo Level: 40 Posts: 235/309 EXP: 430379 Next: 10930 Since: 02-19-07 From: LaSalle, Quebec, Canada Last post: 6124 days Last view: 6100 days |
The funny thing is that the movie isn't coming out in Canada because they're afraid they'd lose money on it. :\
Not something I'd want to see based on the reviews but it's really rare for a movie to not receive a release up here. |
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Done. Level: 79 Posts: 321/1471 EXP: 4470215 Next: 109252 Since: 02-19-07 From: ??? Last post: 6088 days Last view: 6081 days |
Posted by Ziff That's about what I thought when I heard they made it. I saw it, went 'oh', and promptly forgot about it over a month ago. |
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Red Paratroopa Level: 31 Posts: 124/165 EXP: 167918 Next: 17445 Since: 02-20-07 From: State College, PA Last post: 6116 days Last view: 6090 days |
Posted by ZiffIf the show were based around characters and events that inevitably got old fast, or if it relied on randomness that was only amusing the first time you saw it, that would be one thing. The best humor of ATHF episodes could be carried on for much longer than 11 minutes. Furthermore, the extended movie could have been done as a series of episodes. The beginning was like this, segueing into the main "plot" when we found out that Shake was just telling a story. I would have been happy with this sort of movie as long as the episodes were funny. The South Park movie was stretched out of a 20-minute show. I thought it was brilliant, and I still enjoy rewatching it even though I've seen it 15+ times by now. Even the parts with some reliance on shock value ("Uncle Fucka", Cartman's cue cards) are consistently amusing upon repeat viewings just because of the way they are put together. |
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Buzzy Beetle Level: 44 Posts: 231/389 EXP: 607903 Next: 3382 Since: 02-19-07 Last post: 6169 days Last view: 5931 days |
South Park is very different though. It has multiple plot-lines and relies far less on sarcasm and the absurd as being the primary modes of humour. South Park has a lot more slap-stick humour that is in the open, some of the Aqua Teens humour is hidden. If you try to overdevelop that humour into something in excess of an hour (effectively more than 6 times the length). Even an overarching plot would be lame. The Spacecatez and Mooninites/alien sagas are funny because of the fact that there is little connection between anything other than the simple recurrence of Irk and Ignigkot. South Park has absolutely no inter-twining plot. It is a town where stuff happens. Some of that background information is turned into a repeating joke. But the show never has a consistent plot. Plus, South Park as a movie was something almost entirely new (name me adult-theme animation movies of the 90s with a big budget and big marketing campaign? FAST!). ATHF is more of a cult show with a cult following. It is put together in a simplistic fashion and it probably got zip support from the studio. That's what happens. |
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