Robot Chicken really knows how to do subtle nostalgia

[Aerozord]

So I was watching the latest episode, can watch it here (http://www.adultswim.com/video/?episodeID=8a2505951f36f67f011f378fb7e70004), and the part that really got me was Arkham Redemption. Soon as I heard the Joker I thought it was awesome, and a moment later I realized why

[Seil]

Being a fan of RC, I can say that Seth Green and Matt Senreich (I know I misepelled his name) are two intelligent guys - Seth is a recipticle of pop culture through out the ages. Watching the series DVD's and listening to the commentary is, while not the intellectual oasis in the desert of life, a fun listen as they often pull their voice actors - McCauly Culkin, Danny Goldman (Brainy Smurf in the original Smurfs cartoon), as well as the cast from the newer Scooby Doo flicks, and Phylis Diller - to name a few.

[Magus]

Plus Mark Hammil. They should just reinvest in a new Batman cartoon and hire Kevin Conroy as well. Really bring back the good old days.

[Mirai Gen]

Slightly unrelated, but Mark Hamil is also doing Joker for the new Batman: Arkahm Asylum, and he sounds fantastic.

[Aerozord]

what I alluded to, my actual thoughts while watching that

HOLY CRAP The Joker sounds awesome I wonder who... oh right Mark Hammil is a VA for this show. No wonder it fits so perfectly

Mark Hammil is really one of the few voice actors that could do half a dozen of the characters on a show, and you couldn't even tall. Honestly I listen to any two people he did the voice for and cant tell its the same guy

[Magus]

Arkham Asylum is going to have Kevin Conroy as Batman, as well. I do sincerely hope it has good gameplay to go along with the production values, although the new trailer leaves me with some horrible feelings it may be a beat 'em up. Which isn't too terrible, as long as it's a really good beat 'em up, I suppose...

[Seil]

Old NPF Arkham Asylum thread (http://forum.nuklearpower.com/showthread.php?t=31092)
IGN Article (http://ps3.ign.com/articles/949/949590p1.html)

This Batman is going to have a few detective elements to it, as well as some brawling. It looks to be a really well rounded game, but since this is all my opinion after reading a few magazine articles, I'll have to find them online.

[Death by Stabbing]

Plus Mark Hammil. They should just reinvest in a new Batman cartoon and hire Kevin Conroy as well. Really bring back the good old days.

That would be sweet as hell!

Also they do seem to know how to treat their Batman fans...now if only we could get a good Spider-Man voice actor *cough*WebofShadows*cough*

[synkr0nized]

Whoever they had doing Morgan Freeman was damn good, as I didn't see his name listed in the credits when I saw that the other night. But if it was him, awesome.

[Seil]

I know for Family Guy it's a writer by the name of John Viener, and Alex Borstein asked if Viener did Freeman on RC, but Seth remarked that it was a guy who did Michael Cain. In there Batman spoof March Of THe Penguin, Both Seth Green and Matt Senreich thought someone was joking with them and that Morgan Freeman had actually auditioned.

[Mike McC]

Having watched more Robot Chicken than I ever wanted to, I can honestly say there's never been anything remotely approaching subtlety in it. Ever. For that is not how Seth Green works.

Also, wow, Robot Chicken is still pretty horrible. I could barely watch that episode. The Arkham Asylum sketch was the only halfway decent one in there, and even then it was a "Hur hur he crapped on Batman" joke. Mark Hamil's excellent voice acting can't save Robot Chicken from itself. Perhaps dropping all the ham-fisted scatological humor might help.

[Donomni]

It's Adult Swim. If it's not worshiping Venture Bros. and The Boondocks or trolling on anime ratings, it's awkward live-action and animated toilet humor.

Ok, a couple things like Superjail and Metapocalypse aren't as juvenile, but still pretty set in gross-out-land.

[TheSparrow]

I am fairly sure that outside a few shows, the people at adult swim have decided that everyone that watches adult swim smokes a lot of weed and want to cater to that audience. (To this point, the only people i know that like Squidbillies or Tom Goes to the Mayor are potheads)

[Mike McC]

It's Adult Swim. If it's not worshiping Venture Bros. and The Boondocks or trolling on anime ratings, it's awkward live-action and animated toilet humor.

Ok, a couple things like Superjail and Metapocalypse aren't as juvenile, but still pretty set in gross-out-land.Okay, that.. really doesn't change my point. It's more the ham-fistedness that gets me.

[Aerozord]

Robot Chicken works by using rapid fire humor. All jokes are hit or miss. Robot Chicken doesn't stay on one sketch long enough for a few misses to doom the episode.

I think its a great show, but to each their own

[Magus]

Oh, it doesn't handle the nostalgiac jokes well, but it seems like about 90% of every episode is based around nostalgia. Even something like Family Guy does nostalgia better, but the topic of, say, Batman, or Inuyasha, or what have you, isn't going to come up more than once or twice (Inuyasha not at all, of course, but anyway, Family Guy must've had at least one Batman reference).

Venture Bros. seems to do nostalgia perfectly, except it's a parody instead of a reference. Which is probably why it's superior. Or something.

[Mike McC]

Robot Chicken works by using rapid fire humor. All jokes are hit or miss. Robot Chicken doesn't stay on one sketch long enough for a few misses to doom the episode.

I think its a great show, but to each their ownThe problem is that it is far more miss than hit for me. There is maybe one decent sketch per show lost in a sea of misfires or ham-fisted mixes of nostalgia and crude humor. It seems to be stumbling torwards the black hole that the Movie Movies fell into, where they believe they can get by with references alone.

What I'm wondering, has there actually been a decent Sketch Comedy show in the past decade?Venture Bros. seems to do nostalgia perfectly, except it's a parody instead of a reference. Which is probably why it's superior. Or something.Oh, Venture Bros. is littered with pop culture references of past and present, and a lot of it is balanced rather well.

[Wyndon]

I've always felt that Robot Chicken was amazing, and possibly one of the greatest shows to exist.

I didn't get it for a while. For like a year and a half I was like "wtf is this bullshit, I dont get it".

Then I got high.

The show is amazing.

[Seil]

There's been a few really good bits of RC, like Benny Hill's funeral, the Smurf stuff, fun channel flips... I know I'm just speaking to deaf ears, as you and I never agree on anything.

[Professor Smarmiarty]

What I'm wondering, has there actually been a decent Sketch Comedy show in the past decade?.

To answer this: No.

[Fifthfiend]

What I'm wondering, has there actually been a decent Sketch Comedy show in the past decade?

I just looked it up and they canned Mr. Show in 1998. So, guess not!

EDIT: The Chappelle Show did have some good bits.

[Kyanbu The Legend]

Robot Chicken seems to be doing alright on it's fourth season. Arkham Redemption was just one of the few joys that made me love this show dispite the large number of bad sketches.

[The Wandering God]

Subtle, Robot Chicken is not.

Funny? Well, humor (along with a great deal of other things) is subjective. Still, I like it. It moves a fast pace and they have a good sensibility about nerd culture.

I particulary liked the Stars Wars special. (Still haven't seen the second one.)

The Wandering God