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Posted by  TheArtrix on 02/15/2006, 21:16 CET (@886 BMT) |
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When I first saw the preview (It's not a trailer for it's too long, and it reveals too much to be a teaser) I was pretty skeptical about this show, I mean, it seemed like it was all about a "foxy" woman and a naive Disneyish princess tongue kissing eachother. I was like "meh, that's cheap".
Roughly 5 months later, I watched the episodes that were in circulation, still skeptical about what I saw earlier, my expectations were met. The main purpose of this series is to virtually offend every group, every minority, every person that lives on this planet. Just like South Park, but in another way.
The first thing I noticed, was the set of characters, and how they're put in some kind of rank order of power and screentime:
Clara (the naive princess): Get's a lot of screentime, probably because she's naive and thus the easiest victim for scams.
Foxy (the mystery solving musician): Less than Clara, constantly involved and getting lots of screentime, which is no surprise as the writers probably put her in the show to attract more viewers, you know.
Spanky (the internet download): He's so extremely extrovert, horny, peverted and loud mouthed, how can you not notice this little fella.
Captain Hero (the... hero): Although the preview would suggest that he's "just another person in the house", he's getting a nice share of screentime. And his personality is far from as 1 demensional as you would think.
Wooldoor Sockbat (the spongebob): He's Spongebob, he just looks diffrently. He nearly sounds indentical, sheesh. He doesn't get much screentime, but I'm glad he's there to prevent the show from becoming just a alcohol/sex/party-fest. Some of the things he does are actually amusing.
Xandir (the game hero): This guy has the weirdest personality of the crew. They say he's gay, but he constantly refers to his girlfriend, who needs saving... all the time, at least, till episode 1-03. Xandir spends his time reading Cosmopolitan and other, not, so manly stuff, in other words, he's a complete wuzz. Really, you cannot get a grip on his personality :\
Toot (The Betty Boop): She is the female outcast, doesn't get much screentime and is downright a bitch (and hits on all the guys). She's also the character of the show that deals with all disorders we have in society: Drinking disorder, eating disorder, drug disorder, bolemia, annorexia, obesity, cutting herself. This woman is NOT your role model.
Ling-Ling (the Pokemon): Least screentime, least attention, least interesting, which is a shame for he is pretty funny. His must-kill-everything-on-sight additude leads to the most priceless moments, for nobody understands what he is saying (he speaks Japanese, aparently). One good example is where Clara asked him for advise while he was just challenging her for a bloody battle.
Okay, so those are the characters, what follows are 6 (and still coming) episodes of random disorders, parties, situations, relationships and everything else that's normally considered taboo.
But you could at least appreciate the show for it's animation, which is well done. They really covered the styles of the respective characters and that's a big plus. Too bad many jokes are just so damn predictable, although some jokes just pop up and make you laugh your ass off.
Score: 7.0/10
A 7.0 for the animation's decent, it's a crossover of virtually all animation genres, it has some good comedy at times, just too bad it heavily relies on pop-culture, sex, alcohol, drugs, and all that other stuff. It's like the creators thought "Hey, if we just put sex and beer in this thing, it'll become a success". I'm not sure about that, this joke could become stale pretty fast.
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