Toon Zone Talkback - The Gift of "Knishmas": At Least It's Better Than Socks

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This is the talkback thread for The Gift of "Knishmas": At Least It's Better Than Socks (http://news.toonzone.net/article.php?ID=27391).
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Here I thought I was the only one not crazy about Chowder...

[Racattack!Force]

Eww, hope it's not as bad as you say it is. :sweat: Of course, it all boils down to opinion.

[Expirasin]

It seems a little unlike Chowder to have its own Christmas episode. And I'm pretty sure Panini will have her fair share of mistletoe under Chowder's head.

[mowub]

Sounds like Maxie Zeus is not a Chowder fan to begin with.

[nakak]

Well he did say he never watched the show before.

I'll take a look anyway, but only because I'm a faithful viewer of Chowder and have watched all the episodes that aired so far.

[Sammie]

I'll still check it out and see for myself.:confused:

[creativerealms]

Chowder is not for everyone so it may still please Chowder fans.

[Sammie]

Chowder is not for everyone so it may still please Chowder fans.

I am not a Chowder fan but alot of episodes don't please me.:( I hope this one turns out different though because it's a Christmas episode and I like to watch Christmas theme shows.

[Jacob T. Paschal]

Sounds like Maxie Zeus is not a Chowder fan to begin with.

Why should he have to be one to have an opinion of what he sees?

[Comics_the_QB]

I'm sure I'll like it. I love Chowder, and this won't stop me.

[Chykin]

That's just Maxie Zeus's opinion. For all I know, it could become my favorite episode of Chowder ever. :cool:

[The Huntsman]

The six-minute preview was fine, ergo I believe that the entire episode will be fine. This review doesn’t change my thoughts at all.

[WolfGran]

It won't change mine,either. Unless the episode really IS awful.

[Tash]

Normally I'd get annoyed with the negative review for Chowder, but ever since that Underfist review a while back, I've been keeping a point system for the reviewers. I read reviews for things I've already seen, and give or take a point depending on how much I agree wtih what they said. That way, I have an idea of how much I'll agree with their thoughts.

Maxie's at +3, so I should probably lower my expectations going into the episode.

[Maxie Zeus]

This was a tough one for me to review. I can only report what I felt as I watched it, but I was deeply conscious of the fact that I've never watched the series before--and that people whose opinions I respect like Chowder a lot. So I tried approaching it as a "Christmas special" rather than specifically as a Chowder special.

That is almost certainly too harsh a standard to use, but it's the only one I had at hand, and it's why I tried softening the notice at the end by saying that, as a Chowder special, it might be perfectly fine. That being said, it didn't leave me desperate to search out additional episodes. :sad:

[The Huntsman]

This was a tough one for me to review. I can only report what I felt as I watched it, but I was deeply conscious of the fact that I've never watched the series before--and that people whose opinions I respect like Chowder a lot. So I tried approaching it as a "Christmas special" rather than specifically as a Chowder special.

That is almost certainly too harsh a standard to use, but it's the only one I had at hand, and it's why I tried softening the notice at the end by saying that, as a Chowder special, it might be perfectly fine. That being said, it didn't leave me desperate to search out additional episodes. :sad:I don’t believe that you’ve done anything wrong. While there would have been obvious benefits if you would have seen the series beforehand, your unique perspective actually works as a contrast to the opinion of the creator. In his Blog, he mentioned that he tried to make a classic holiday story and he believes that he succeeded in that task, but as you’ve explained in your review, you didn’t see anything that would make it worthy of such a designation. That’s important. I may not agree with you, but as a neutral observer, you watched the episode as it was meant to be watched, as a holiday special. It was not harsh.


…I’m very proud of how it turned out and I hope everyone out there enjoys it. I think we’ve made a good, classic holiday story with a weird Chowder twist…

[judyindisguise]

There are things about Chowder that do bug me, and it's mainly the humor, which seems based more on outrageous behavior rather than on personality. Thus, I'm not a raging fan of the show. I'll probably watch this special, but only because...you know...it's Christmas! :p

[chdr]

This was a tough one for me to review. I can only report what I felt as I watched it, but I was deeply conscious of the fact that I've never watched the series before--and that people whose opinions I respect like Chowder a lot. So I tried approaching it as a "Christmas special" rather than specifically as a Chowder special.

That is almost certainly too harsh a standard to use, but it's the only one I had at hand, and it's why I tried softening the notice at the end by saying that, as a Chowder special, it might be perfectly fine. That being said, it didn't leave me desperate to search out additional episodes. :sad:

I would recommend seeing an episode or two to get a better feel of the series, but I respect your opinion. A review is someone's opinion, and if people disagree with that opinion, there's nothing stopping them from disagreeing and watching the show.

[Mickialla]

Well, I enjoyed the preview, so we'll see how it is. I don't think it'll disappoint me though.