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Auggie Doggie
03-03-2002, 01:38 PM
Look, I know I'm a little late and I should have posted this when I had the chance, but I think the "Baby Blues" episode, "The Bad Family", is not funny or nice, but rather cold, cruel and disturbing.

As a strong Roman Catholic, I believe that everyone is made in the image and likeness of God. This episode, however, either says our beliefs are a whole load of bull dink or God is evil (can someone say "BS"?). To start things up, both Carl and Melinda find Wanda choking on alcohol and Darrel up a tree. They jump to conclusions with evidence that is not as concrete as it seems. Not knowing Darrel was hiding an egg for the Easter Egg Hunt and Wanda just happened to be choking on her last sip of the Alcohol she was dumping down the sink, they tell the neighbors. They too jump to conclusions. At the mass, the priest calls Darrel and Wanda "Satan", when, in the catholic church, that is the perfect way for a priest or nun to be stripped of his or her holy orders, as the pope does not approve of these people to act unpurified. Even the kids are involved, as Rodney and Megan tell the kids at Sunday School that Darrel and Wanda are Brain Suckers from another planet, as a fantasy of the under-12 audience. Thus, the Easter Egg Hunt does not attract a lot of kids and the old lady kicks Darrel off the team.

For the record, the only good parts of the episode were the following:
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Darrel and Wanda "pretending" to be a bad family as a joke and later on developing a habit (though that is just as bad as jumping to conclusions, strong h*** or anything else Carl and Melenda influenced, if their influence is not worse.)
The High School Scene where Zoe is decribed as "From a Bad Family."
The ending, where the nieghbors described Howard, the old lady's son who we do not see, but lives in a treehouse next to his Mother's house, as "The Leader". Looks like THEY had a dirty secret too.
The realism. As mush as it is poisin in my mouth, all of what happened in the episode is real and absolutly what is happening today.
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Sorry if that offended you, or if I was inacurate on the relgious side, but that is how I think.

On my way out, I will show you how I feel right now:
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Chibi Kageboshi
03-03-2002, 02:58 PM
what the hell are you talking about? its people like yourself that start saying shows like pokemon are satanic (no offense). You are way off on what that show was about. maybe you should enjoy instead of nitpicking at things that arent there.

VinceA
03-03-2002, 07:49 PM
In the immortal words contained within the MST3K theme:
"It's just a show, I should really just relax"

Learn it, love it, live it.... Jesus would really like it that way - remember that God has a sense of humor... he made the platypus

BTW, I'm also a Roman Catholic - so we share common dogma, just not senses of humor :)

Chibi Kageboshi
03-03-2002, 07:57 PM
im catholic too

Calhoun07
03-04-2002, 12:22 AM
Geez, I must have missed this episode. :( Was it on the week they stopped doing the Thursday night airing?

Scythemantis
03-06-2002, 01:32 AM
Uh...how does that offend your beliefs? I don`t get it...

It is just a show...

Auggie Doggie
03-06-2002, 07:46 AM
Originally posted by Sting chameleon
Uh...how does that offend your beliefs? I don`t get it...

It is just a show...

:mad:

IS THE GRAND CANYON JUST A HOLE IN THE GROUND?!

Scythemantis
03-06-2002, 04:39 PM
I mean, from your description, It doesnt sound offensive...

And nothing in the media ever offends me even if it would offend me in real life, because, well, it`s fiction. And most "offensive" material is usually just satire.

Killtacular
03-06-2002, 05:20 PM
Augie, these characters are supposed to be unrealistic and yet realistic. You know, exaggerated.

I seriously doubt they were trying to insult any sort of religion with this episode. The pastor in Baby Blues is a lot like the pastor from The Simpsons. Yes, he should be stripped of his duties, but WHAT WOULD THE POINT OF THAT BE?!

Would it be really THAT necessary to then show a 2 minute scene in "The Bad Family" where the pastor is stripped of his powers and told to leave, and then drives off, and THEN goes to the next scene? Of course not!

Such details are unimportant, and don't need to be examined. It's just comedy.

ZorBrak
03-06-2002, 05:48 PM
I am also a Christian and Like my friend once told me after I got pissed at George Carlin's insults to Christiany, "take it in jest, it's not like what he beleives has any power over you". Frankly I think Carlin is a fool, and alot of times I can get a laugh out of his stuff, by laughing AT HIM. But in the case of this episode, I seriously don't think this episode was out to attack Catholics or any other Christianity. Take it as a joke in it's irony that the family whom the preist makes accusations about is really alot better of people than he, as he is supposed to be a follower of his religion he isn't even performing his duties correctly, don't worry about what happened to the preist it has no relevence to the point of the show therefor his fate was not shown...

Chuckles
03-19-2002, 03:29 AM
I think it was just trying to show the hypocracy and ingorance inherent in all organized religions, not trying to offend anyone. I think Baby Blues is the most "PC" show on Adult Swim, and it is also the weakest.

Morgan Sloat
03-19-2002, 04:02 AM
I don't follow religion(s) too many out there to choose from, why should one fit me?

So I will take my time to say this:
Shut up.

Pathetic, whiney, losers such as yourself should turn off your TV and do something non-offensive to your sheltered being, as opposed to watching something fake. Thats all it is, just there for eye candy, mind stimulation and viewing pleasure.

I mean hell, so is Sex and people are having lots of that. Call me a loser but I turn down sex during AS and have her wait. (she will never let me live that one down, damn you AS!!!!) but either way, what I really am trying to say is this:

If you don't like it, don't watch it.

Killtacular
03-19-2002, 09:31 AM
Morgan, watch it..

No need for flames, no matter how wrong you believe him to be. If you intend to offend, do it with substance and not style.

Shnay
03-19-2002, 03:12 PM
Originally posted by Morgan Sloat
Call me a loser but I turn down sex during AS and have her wait. (she will never let me live that one down, damn you AS!!!!)

The members of the Eltingville Club would kill you if they heard that...and, uh...if they were real.

Jake
03-19-2002, 05:29 PM
Ever see The Water Boy? Mama always calls things she doesn't like "The Devil." Is this an insult to your faith? No, it's an insult to Mama, because when people laugh, they are laughing at her, not religion. I kinda think this is the same situation. I though the whole Satan thing was funny, but I wasn't laughing at your faith.

Spooky05
03-19-2002, 07:32 PM
my own little version of 'bad family'::

i grew up a southern baptist. they cater to rednecks that have called me satan. people there believe me to be this horrible person because i listen to secular music and read anne rice. my nick-name among the youth is 'dark side.' i don't pretend to be the bad child. they just precieve me as such. true, i enjoy messing with them by briniging my cd's to church, but i'm not putting up a facade. it is common place and many other people have experienced it.

what i'm saying is that this particular episode, in showing what happened in this fictional church, it showed what often happens in real churches of many diffrent denominations. it wasn't an attack on catholicism or god or religion in general. it was a show. it was saterical. get over it.

Calhoun07
03-19-2002, 10:40 PM
This thread is just spinning in the water. Nothing anybody has said here is going to convince anybody else of anything. There's been character attacks, insensitive remarks, and I think people have said enough. Thread closed.