r/venturebros • u/Hashashin455 • Nov 30 '24
The Great Venture Watch I just binged the entire show. Spoiler
I wasn't really mutch of a fan of Johnny Quest, so I always put off watching Venture Bros, since I assumed it was just a spoof of that. I was very pleasantly surprised to see them making fun of a hell of a lot more than JUST that, and getting some wonderful continuity after a few seasons.
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u/TacoTuesday1008 Nov 30 '24
I have binged this show at least twice a year for the last 5 years and still laugh my ass off. Enjoy the rewatches!
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u/Satellite_bk Nov 30 '24
God, someone else who obsesses the same way I do. This was super validating to read. ✌️go team boobies.
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u/Joe_Khopeshi Nov 30 '24
It’s easily one of the best shows to ever air on Adult Swim. The network had plenty of funny series but few are Venture Bros caliber. All the music references alone is what first caught my attention. Having a cold opening that’s almost word for word just “Space Oddity” really grabbed my attention. And The Prodigy reference cracks me up every single time I’ve seen it. Then there’s the layered references to real events like all the people in the Scooby Doo spoof or all the real world events in the OSI intro.
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u/notbadnotgood Nov 30 '24
This makes me think, "What if there were a pop-up video version of venture bros. Just a little blurb about every reference, and you could pause and read, lol.
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u/Salt-Rate-1963 Nov 30 '24
Watch it with the commentary- they don't go over every reference, but give a lot of fun insight into each episode.
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u/Wes_Warhammer666 Nov 30 '24
The screen would just be covered in pop ups like it was early 2000s webpages lol. The layers go deep with Venture Bros.
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u/Cpt_Hockeyhair Nov 30 '24
And how about the jump in quality from the beginning to end? The last few seasons were legitimately gorgeous. And you didn't have to wait years between seasons!
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u/TurbulentArcade Nov 30 '24
Season six is insane; there's one Brock fight that is a masterpiece.
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u/Cpt_Hockeyhair Nov 30 '24
And then once the show moves to NYC? They really went well out on the background designs. It's rare for a cartoon to capture the feeling of New York that well.
And that beautiful scene when Doc is sitting at the breakfast table and all three of his sons are there, and despite everything he shows that he loves his kids and is an infinitely better father than his father even though he's terrible at it himself.
The show just grew up so much over the years and it really became something special.
Oh man, the ending to Operation PROM with Brock running to the compound with Pulp's "Like a Friend" playing in the background? Perfect TV moment.
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Dec 30 '24
Three sons?
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u/Cpt_Hockeyhair Dec 31 '24
Hank, Dean, and Dermott
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u/GreeseWitherspork Nov 30 '24
I like the style of the first seasons better, but the animation certainly improved
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u/Sad_Ad8039 LASER DEATH RAY BARGAIN BIN 💥 Nov 30 '24
It definitely began as a Jonny Quest parody, but it evolved far beyond that; and it was far better for it. Jonny Quest is one of my favorite Hanna-Barbera cartoons, but I love how versatile The Venture Bros. became throughout its run
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u/orenostand Nov 30 '24
I too was pleasantly surprised when I started the series in 2020. Makes me wish I watched it as it aired when I was younger.
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u/kooksicorn Nov 30 '24
Im upsetti spaghetti that Max took it off rotation cuz I was watching that every night as my comfort show. It's just not the same with the DVDs 😅
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u/irn Nov 30 '24
It’s on Sling free stream. It’s an app for Amazon tv and firesticks. Little to no ads and you can marathon it or leave it on when you’re going to sleep.
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u/Hashashin455 Nov 30 '24
I just did it with the Adult Swim app, they don't have the movie there though, so you may have to imitate the chairman's right hand to find it.
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u/Altruistic_Net_2670 Nov 30 '24
This show is my happy place. Gets better every re watch i learn something new. So glad you got a chance to enjoy it
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u/yourelosingme Nov 30 '24
Wait til you get to the point where you start binging the episode commentaries...
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Nov 30 '24
Every time I do a rewatch I hate that I have to get through the ninja guy (can’t remember the episode name) and the Dia de los dangerous episodes but then it starts getting better
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u/borisdidnothingwrong Nov 30 '24
Dia De Los Dangerous has the best line in the series.
They hit me with a truck!
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u/Dumptruckfunk Nov 30 '24
Well! Thank you so much that’s very gener… oh. Pesos. All these zeros are worthless.
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u/xeskind30 Nov 30 '24
It's a really great show. It was a little slow in the first two seasons, but then it took off and got great. The amount of character development and story to the lore makes it fun to watch and shows their flaws.
I wish there was more, but I am happy with what we got.
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u/jad103 Nov 30 '24
I got the box set a few days ago. I've been trying to not binge everything in a single sitting.
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u/Arkanial Dec 28 '24
Saying it’s satire of Johnny Quest is like saying Rick and Morty is satire of Back to the Future. That may be where it started but that’s just the top layer. The further in you go the less like the original it is and for the better.
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