The worst of Adult Swim

[Zyzzybalubah]

Post your least favorite shows and tell why:

Top 5 Worst
#5.) Welcome to Eltingville
Okay I can relate to this show and it had some funny jokes in there (the beginning with them playing Dungeons and Dragons or whatever). When it got to the middle, the trivia-off it was riddiculous. The Trivia-Off was very long and it was just a long attempted joke of nerd references. You see references can be funny if that's not going the only jokes that are going to happen. Who knows, maybe I'll like this show better the second time around.

#4.) Pilot Candidate
This is the only Adult Swim Action show that I can say I hate. This show is very childish to start off with (yeah I know it was originally going to be on Toonami) and those Digimon-like voice actors drive me nuts! I'll be honest and say I don't understand the story really well, but overall I get extremely bored with this show and it has almost no direction.

#3.) Baby Blues
Wow this show is annoying! With Pilot Candidate, it's probably one of the most hated shows on Adult Swim. I know that Cartoon Network might have wanted a show on the line-up that would differ from the William Street shows, but come on! IMO, there is almost no likeable characters (the neighbor dad is alright). Every week, it's something stupid about parenting and Daryl F***ing up and the parents b**ching each other out and whatever. I hate how the Baby sounds like Tommy of Rugrats while Rodney and his sister sound like Phil and Lil. Also any show that can botch a Drew Carey appearance has to be terrible.

#2.) John K. (Spumco) Hannah-Barbera shorts
I have seen all 4 (except I didn't finish Boo Boo Runs Wild), and I have to ask, what's so funny? When I heard about these they sounded funny and I was once a Ren and Stimpy fan, so how bad can it be. The problem here is that it doesn't have the kind of wackiness that was on Ren and Stimpy and alot of the jokes were just slow and dull. For these cartoons it was like they were either trying too hard to be funny and failing miserably or weren't trying at all. This may sound stupid but I didn't like the animation all that much either.

#1.) Lewis Lectures
Easily the worst of the bunch. This show represents all that is not funny on Adult Swim. Hell I laughed more at the Marbles Episode of Home Movies (the marbles part that is, not the mcgurk storyline). What went wrong? They had Jack Black as the voice of Lewis and they had a decent premise, the life of a dog. Minus the couch part, this show could be on day-time Cartoon Network with Ed, Edd, n Eddy. The humor was just not funny and it got real annoying. While it was short show, it felt like an hour watching that piece of ****. By all means Soup2Nuts, do not think of expanding Lewis Lectures into a series. Continue with Home Movies, Saddle Rash (if your behind it), heck make new eps. of Dr. Katz or Science Court (which should never come to Adult Swim because it's a kids show), just never let us see that kind of garbage again!!

[Jerry Mouse]

Lewis Lectures takes the "Awful Award" in my book.

[Dark Vicious]

Spumco did in MY book because I expected nuch more from them they dissipointed me terribly.

[gtracer72]

#5 Gundam 0083: Stardust Memories
#4 Home Movies
#3 Outlaw Star
#2 The Brak Show
#1 Space Ghost

[KingKoopa]

5) The Brak Show
4) Baby Blues
3) Spumco
1) Lewis Lectures
1) Pilot Candidate

[JDuncan]

Baby Blues. The show is a tired string of cliche's aimed at teenaged girls. It creates an all too obvious gap in the ASC lineup.
This beats any of the specials because insted of once or twice a year, this crap is being crammed down our throats every week.

[czyznyck99]

I mostly enjoy all of the Adult Swim shows, however, I don't like the shows that are not intended for the older audience, but are rather extreme TV-Y7 fillers.

That said.

Baby Blues-I like the show, but my twelve-year-old sister can watch it and enjoy it. Home movies is good because it's twisted mature humor, this is lowgrade Simpson-esque.

Pilot Candidate- The show should be on Toonami, if anywhere.

The specials in general- This is because more of them stink then rock. Eltingville was good only the first time. That Scooby-Doo parody was also good (they should use the end theme for their new series) Everything else, I just did not get.

The Brak show- A couple of episodes were absolutely funny, but the rest... Sealab and ATHF are consistently funny.

Mission Hill- I don't know, I just don't like it as much as I thought I would. It's too raunchy for my tastes.

[J-chan]

This is not my computer and the keyboard's awful, so I won't go into detail. That, and I can only think of four right now. Outlaw Star's only there 'cos it doesn't belong on AS. (I am a huge Hawking fangirl, otherwise.)

5.) Outlaw Star
4.) The Brak Show (with a few exceptions)
3.) Baby Blues
2.) Spumco shorts (just not up to Spumco standards..)
1.) Pilot Candidate

I'm sure I'd like Pilot Candidate if I were able to:
a) see more than white static, and
b) hear more than static.
I haven't heard anyone else complain about that yet (not that I've looked), but don't say it's my TV 'cos I tried all 5 household TVs. And it was fine once on one and then next week it was staticy again. Boogers. That show is just too too pastel.

[ZorBrak]

Originally posted by gtracer72
#5 Gundam 0083: Stardust Memories
#4 Home Movies
#3 Outlaw Star
#2 The Brak Show
#1 Space Ghost


Home Movies?....SPACE GHOST!? AKK! TIME FOR A TOWN LYNCHING! :p

...I like everything except Pilot Candidate, the John K. Shorts, and the Lewis Lectures

[Beat]

It's time for my 5 worst things that Adult Swim did.

5.- Not re-editing Gundam 0079.

Come on! The show was sitting on the shelf for almost a year! They could have done something!!

4.- Welcome to Eltingville.

This show wins the award for biggest loss in comedy, after that hillarious opening, it descended into pathetic nerd refrences.

3.- Pilot Candidate.

This is a show that couldn't pass for half decent on Toonami, much less AS. A true stinker with lousy voices, action, and a nonexistent plot.

2.- The Brak Show.

Brak's song and dance has to be the most inconsistent show on AS. Funny one episode, horrible the next. And Zorak is so underused.

And the worst thing done on Adult Swim.

1.- Y7 AS Action fillers.

What's worse than brining back two overplayed shows? Bringing back two overplayed shows that are edited for kids!

[IMIJericho941]

#5_removing Space Ghost from the block, even if it was jusrt for a month, it spawned adult swim

#4_the fact that they probably won't commision new Mission Hill eps

#3_the brak show

#4_the specials, only saw a few and they sucked...bad

#1_baby blues, and soon the oblongs, the WB cartoon, with the exception of Mission Hill are bad, realize this

[Mad Scientist]

Here they are, in order from terrible to the crappiest of them all.

5) Baby Blues - There's a reason why networks cancel shows during the first season (hey, that rhymes!), and this is a perfect example of one.

4) Saddle Rash - As I said in an earlier thread, I HATE Tom Snyder's works, though I will give this one credit for better animation than in his other shows (see #3).

3) Home Movies - See #4.

2) The overuse of editing on Adult Swim Action shows - Is this some kind of joke? Hey, CN, wake up: Do you see a logo that says "Toonami" on this block? Well, do you?! I didn't think so, so why do treat this block like it?

1) Lewis Lectures - I couldn't stand even just watching two minutes of this. Using both the French AND the English translations of the dialogue at the same time nearly broke my eardrums, and I turned it off immediately.

[noclist]

I like everything besides Baby Blues and the Spumco specials.

[KingKoopa]

Originally posted by J-chan
This is not my computer and the keyboard's awful, so I won't go into detail. That, and I can only think of four right now. Outlaw Star's only there 'cos it doesn't belong on AS. (I am a huge Hawking fangirl, otherwise.)

5.) Outlaw Star
4.) The Brak Show (with a few exceptions)
3.) Baby Blues
2.) Spumco shorts (just not up to Spumco standards..)
1.) Pilot Candidate

I'm sure I'd like Pilot Candidate if I were able to:
a) see more than white static, and
b) hear more than static.
I haven't heard anyone else complain about that yet (not that I've looked), but don't say it's my TV 'cos I tried all 5 household TVs. And it was fine once on one and then next week it was staticy again. Boogers. That show is just too too pastel. Whenever my TV sees an extreme white on cable, I hear loud static, too. It's probably a problem with a brand of TV or a cable company, or something.

[King Yertle]

5. Harvey Birdman - I enjoyed the first episode of this, but the recent episodes have just been completely stupid. I will say that the animation is pretty good for this type of show, but the writing is just a lot of redundant rapid-fire jokes. I'd rather see one good joke every minute than 10 terrible jokes in the same period.

4. the Brak Show - pointless. Dump this and bring back Space Ghost.

3. Baby Blues - Someone else said it best: this belongs on Lifetime or the Oprah network or Nickelodeon or the Toddler channel.

2. the entire Adult Swim anime block - These anime series put me to sleep. Crappy animation, dubbing, boring predictable and childish storylines.

1. Lewis Lectures - Surprisingly bad considering all the talent that's associated with this cartoon. Unwatchable

If the Oblongs were currently on, they'd deserve a slot in my list. I watched the pilot on WB and had to turn it off halfway through, it was so tedious. Bad move picking this show up, Cartoon Network.

[Kitton]

I like every thing accept for 2 baby blues in one night and the s. specials. They just make me hate t.v.... And I can't let that happen.

[SpaceCowboy]

my 5 worst shows on Adult Swim:

5) Welcome to Eltingville.
A show about obsessed fanatics is not funny, it's just stupid. I also find it quite disturbing.

4) Spumco specials.
These really dissapointed me as Ren & Stimpy was so much better. I could not find anything funny about the Jetsons and Yogi Bear parodies.

3) Baby Blues
I don't like this family sitcom. It does not belong on the block.

2) Pilot Candidate.
This show bores me to death. It has no plot, bad character designs, bad voice acting, and it does not belong on the block. This is the kind of crap that makes the block into a joke.

1) TV-Y7 Toonami shows.
This really disgusts me. Outlaw Star, Tenchi Muyo, Gundam 0079, and Gundam 0080 are not bad shows, but the fact that they are dumped onto the block with their edits made for kids. All the adult refrences are edited out. It's like putting Saban's heavily cut-up episodes of Dragonball Z on the block and sticking the ASA disclaimer on it. They could have put another episode of Gundam 0079 on the line-up. It dissapoints me that Gundam 0079 was not re-edited, but not much was cut from the show anyway. If they decide to put the first Big O series on ASA, they better restore all of the footage they prevoiusly censored, or I'll be VERY pissed.

[dawnyoshi]

I believe I did this topic about 2 months ago. oh well...

5) Pilot Candidate: That intro song reminds me of innoventions at Disneyland...oh, and the dubbing and edits just suck.

4) SealLab 2021- Same as #5, except for the fact that this one had NO comedic value after the pilot.

3) Saddle Rash- Utter crap. Original, but proof that original isn't always good.

I can't decide which one is #1 and 2 on this one, so they're both being labeled #1.

1) Lewis Lectures- Like my review: Pure utter dog crap. A reason why I hate Soup2Nuts.

1) Home Movies- I see rarely ANY comedic value in this show WHATSOEVER. The 2nd season wasn't TOO bad, but had some downpoints. That one downpoint: McGuirk. One of the most irrating excuses for a cartoon character I have EVER seen. The twisted humor isn't that twiste,d nor is it that funny. If season 3 isn't too bad, I'll bump this show up to #3 on the worst. But the show sucks, and it shows WHY it was cancelled from UPN in the first place.

k. Just to state; no, baby blues isn't a teenage girl show. It's a show that has humor for the new couple, interesting lessons to stupid lessons, and great spoof humor taken from Family Guy. I'd mark the show down for that, but Fam Guy humor ruled and this show came out around the same time.

[Kitton]

Gosh, I had no idea that there would be so much anger is this thread! Let's just be happy about the GOOD shows we do have. But I have to admit I like the response.

Is it just me or does anyone find Brak and the way he breaks into song annoying? I mean just some times I wish there was somebody their to counter act his personality like in the old days of Cartoon Planet. But genuis couldn't save this show now. The damage has been done.

[Sheamon]

I'd say Pilot Candidate's the only show I hate, on so many levels that I've brought up so many times I don't think I need to mention them again. While Outlaw Star and Tenchi certainly shouldn't be on there, I don't hate the shows,

I frankly haven't watched enough of Adult Swim Comedy lately to talk about any of the newer additions. (although many times its not intentional :() I never cared that much for Seaquest and Brak though and thought Space Ghost was rather dull.

Overall though a pretty good block with not much there to hate about it. :)

[Jethro_McB]

I don't do the numbers thing. Let's just go over what I don't like about Adult Swim:

Pilot Candidate: What the heck. I tried to give this show a chance, but by the middle of episode 2 (or episode 1, if you use their crackhead numbering system) I gave up. I couldn't care less about Zero Enema and his battles with the Victim. And THE VICTIM? What the hell kind of name is that for your VILLAIN?

The sudden obsession with marathons in ASA: I was TRYING to follow MSG and Stardust Memory (I missed like two episodes in a row in the first run and decided to catch it again the second time), but no, we need two weeks of YYH and then two weeks of CB (mind you, I'm a huge CB fan, but I still need to see "Cowboy Funk", and these marathons aren't helping any)

Lewis Lectures: I knew it would be crap the second the title sequence began. Thank goodness I spent those 15 minutes playing with a piece of string instead of watching that pile.

Baby Blues, Brak Show: Just not funny.

People that didn't like Welcome to Eltingville: Come on, this was hilarious! The trivia off was great because it was true; nerds actually do have arguements like that. I know, I've been in a couple. And for the record, I only knew the answer to three of the questions. The first time I saw it, anyways. Now I know just about all of them. Did I mention that I watched this show about 20 times?

[JTurner954]

Originally posted by Rad Recker
Post your least favorite shows and tell why:

Top 5 Worst
#5.) Welcome to Eltingville
#4.) Pilot Candidate
#3.) Baby Blues
#2.) John K. (Spumco) Hannah-Barbera shorts
#1.) Lewis Lectures



I agree with you 100%.

5. Nerd stuff annoys me very much. Some of the references were funny, but overall got annoying.

4. The show tried, but couldn't find the right pace. Definitely not the worst show on AS.

3. "It's all been done before". Do I really have to say more? At least some of the jokes were funny unlike ....

2. :yakko: is my expression while watching those. Where is the comedy suppose to be??

1. Was there even a point to this? What comedy?

[Ikwig]

Didn't see Lewis Lectures, so I can't comment on that show, but otherwise the biggest fault I have found has been the SPUMCO SHORTS. All the other shows on ASA and ASC have at least one or two redeeming features, but those shorts were nothing but annoying through and through. . . and pathetically unfunny! :(

[Steve Jester]

Originally posted by Ikwig
Didn't see Lewis Lectures, so I can't comment on that show, but otherwise the biggest fault I have found has been the SPUMCO SHORTS. All the other shows on ASA and ASC have at least one or two redeeming features, but those shorts were nothing but annoying through and through. . . and pathetically unfunny! :(

Even PC?

Anyway, worst episodes on ASA.

YYH: The third Byako epsiode, it was getting annoying.

CB: none (so far)

0083: Random Episode

MSG: Random Episode

OS: none (yet)

PC: unfortunately I will have to say the last one was a little dissipointing. but as this is my favorite show out of all of ASA, I can't say much.

If you haven't figuerd out yet, I don't watch ASC and I rarely watch 0083 and MSG.

[Zoraka]

why dont you guys like the brak show? its hilarious! but you guys do have opinions and i totally respect it!

i do agree on baby blues, its just not as classic as the others, and lewis lectures was terrible! ughhh! i love everything else.

[Floydian Slip]

baby blues.

[Kitton]

Originally posted by dawnyoshi
1) Home Movies- I see rarely ANY comedic value in this show WHATSOEVER. The 2nd season wasn't TOO bad, but had some downpoints. That one downpoint: McGuirk. One of the most irrating excuses for a cartoon character I have EVER seen. The twisted humor isn't that twiste,d nor is it that funny. If season 3 isn't too bad, I'll bump this show up to #3 on the worst. But the show sucks, and it shows WHY it was cancelled from UPN in the first place.

What the hell? I don't know what kind of shows YOU like but this is the kind fo comedy that you PAY ATTENTION to.

[Zechs]

Space gost.

[JTurner954]

Oh c'mon now. Without a doubt, the main reason Home Movies and Baby Blues were cancelled was because it was animated. The general public looks down on animation and automatically assumes it's just for kids.

Plus, Home Movies is getting another season so dawnyoshi's point shouldn't even be valid.

[livingfruitvirus]

#5 - The Finkel Files - Meh. It was ok. But it's still the 5th worst.

#4 TIE - Outlaw Star - It must be me, but I don't like this show. It's so BORING and repetitive. And Jim's the most annoying anime character I've seen in ages. Yak yak yak.

#4 TIE - Tenchi Muyo! - Gha. This show is so stupid. Most of the time it's people bumbling around like idiots. And Tenchi. Ugh. He's surrounded by girls and not attracted to them in any way. COMON MAN!!!

#3 - Lewis Lectures - Not very entertaining.

#2 - The Brak Show - I'm surprised people find this amusing at all. It's just so DUMB! And not funny either. Brak being stupid = not funny. Brak singing = not funny. Zorak cussing = somewhat funny. "War Next Door" is the only episode I enjoyed really.

#1 - Pilot Candidate - Do I have to explain?

[HomeMoviesFan]

5. The Brak Show

What happened? In the 10:30 slot, the four episodes they threw at us (maybe except "Hippo") were hilarious. Then, it just went totally downhill. I think the only episode after I enjoyed somewhat was "The Eye".

4. Baby Blues

Meh...is my reaction to it all the time.

3. Y7 ASA

Come on, CN! If you planned on giving Saturday night an Adult Swim block, then why add Toonami-like shows in like it was in the first place? Saturday Night Live is even better now than the four shows.

2. Harvey Birdman (After Hiatus)

Before the hiatus, Harvey Birdman was witty, funny, and original. Then, now, the episodes they give us are pure absurd crap. I think absurdity is at least a little bit funny, but it just makes the show muddled up to the point where you scratch your head thousands of times...

1. Spumco

Two years ago, they ran the Yogi cartoons on regular Cartoon Network without any parental warning. Then, they aired them on ASC...so, what is supposed to be funny?...

That is the worst things Adult Swim has done...

[JTurner954]

Originally posted by livingfruitvirus
#5 - The Finkel Files - Meh. It was ok. But it's still the 5th worst.


I never heard of this one. Did they show it this year?

[dawnyoshi]

This board is so wonderful. Adult Swim goodness. Freedom of expression. Opinions being bashed all to he...WHA?!


What the hell? I don't know what kind of shows YOU like but this is the kind fo comedy that you PAY ATTENTION to.

Apparently, I wrote an opinion> Apparently, it sucks. Just to state I watched all of the 1st season when it aired and a few of them through the reruns. I couldn't get into it, and I couldn't stand McGuirk OR Brendon. I remember paying attention to these eps too. Of course, I'm one to talk since I also like Baby Blues. Apparently I smoke them good leaves with all these weird choices. :D

Might to mention after the 1st season crap, I only saw about 1/2 half of season 2, which IMO was MUCH better. And for the record, I've always likes Melissa, her father, and (of course) Dwayne.



Plus, Home Movies is getting another season so dawnyoshi's point shouldn't even be valid.

1 point I stated. I am sure you've said the very same thing, so please don't get me angry about this.
Odd how I mentioned I'm giving season 3 a chance too. Or is my judgement too harsh, or too much my own truthful thoughts?

seriuosly, I expected a few joke comments, but THIS?! Lighten up people. :yakko:

[livingfruitvirus]

Originally posted by JTurner954
I never heard of this one. Did they show it this year?

Well, it's one of the upcoming October Specials, but it like ATHF, Birdman, Eltingville, Brak, and Sealab, made a sneaky airing in the depths of the night.

[Zyzzybalubah]

*I agree that Brak probably has some of the most immature jokes out of all the ASC shows (well little kids could easily enjoy Baby Blues though) but it's funny. The randomness, Brak's stupidity, Dad's comments, and how mean Zorak is just cracks me up. I find the songs funny.

*I agree Welcome to Eltingville started off funny and I agree that the nerd references were funny in the begining but they went overboard. I am a nerd (not as bad as most nerds but still I am one) and I've got in arguments similar but it seemed to me that the writers ran low on ideas on how to be funny so they decided to do a long "funny" spot with all nerd references. I hope if this becomes a series they'll expand the humor.

*Saddle Rash was all-around IMO a funny, clever show. The narrator cracked me up, I thought the concept of a no-arms hero character was cool, and H. Jon Benjamin's character was funny.

*Home Movies season 1 wasn't very funny to me but I did enjoy season 2. Season 2 just had funnier storylines and the situations were more interesting (I mean season one had an episode about marbles, I really HATE that episode!!!!). I'm hoping the best for season 3.

*I agree that CN is in a desperate need to fix up Adult Swim Action (or Anime). I like Tenchi Muyo and Outlaw Star (I can't follow this one real well though, not enough to tune me in more). I thought those two would of had the original content added back in when I heard of it and was dissapointed when it was just the episodes from Toonami. The Gundam shows are okay, but for me Gundam gets pretty boring. So I like only three shows on Saturday, Yu Yu Hakusho, Cowboy Bebop, and Outlaw Star. I hope Inu-Yasha is good and I hope AS adds some more show TV-PG, 14, and maybe an M show on (I'd like to see that).

*I'm interested in Finkel Flies but I already have a bad feeling about it from what I've heard online. Oh well at least Rejected was good, I've seen it on my friend's DVD and it was hillarious.

[spectre316]

Hmm... I'd have to say... "Baby Blues" indeed. And it's a hard choice to make because I actually like the show. It's just not like the other stuff.

I liked the Spumco stuff, but I think I'm biased in that area.

[Mackenzie Rainelle]

I despise Candidate for Goddess because it makes the creator look bad. I mean, the original manga was incredible. Good story, the characters were fleshed out more, the artwork was absolutely gorgeous......And then the crapfest that was the anime was made. Geez, no wonder she doesn't want an anime of DNAngel made.

[Zechs]

Yeah but you know how it is the anime almost never does the manga justice.

[Kitton]

Originally posted by dawnyoshi
Might to mention after the 1st season crap, I only saw about 1/2 half of season 2, which IMO was MUCH better. And for the record, I've always likes Melissa, her father, and (of course) Dwayne.[/B]

Thats not what you said the first time. This gets me to wondering what your real opinion is on this topic.

[Steve Jester]

Originally posted by Zechs
Yeah but you know how it is the anime almost never does the manga justice.

Amen! I personally would like to read the PC manga, but except for the people who go to Japan and buy it, and know enough kanji to read it, us unknowing in kanji folk can't get it until it's translated.

[Beat]

Makes you wonder why you still watch, huh?

[Lord of the Vortex]

The Top Five Worst of Adult Swim

5. Welcome to Eltingville: A lot of the Humour just went on past me and it being a half hour long made it seem quite lengthy, if they were to do a Eltingville show they should make the humor a little more Mainstream and make it 15 minutes long, the I would have nothing to complain about.

4. Lewis Lectures: as unwatchable as it is, it is only a less then 15 minute short, I hated it but there wasn't much to hate.

3. Baby Blues: Ok this show just isn't what I'm into, a Animated Sitcom that gives parenting advice, I don't see how it fits in or even how the advice it gives differs per episode, the show isn't worth watching

2. Pilot Candidate: This show wouldn't even fit on Toonami, Adults don't like because it's unfollowable and makes no sense, teens wouldn't like it because it seems childish, Little Kids wouldn't like it because well they don't like stuff like it. I see this show only appealing to 10 year olds I reaaly couldn't be sure all I know is it Sucks to me.

1. Spumco Shorts: Nasty and disgusting from start to finish sick and twisted and just plain awful like everything else that came out of Spumco, I just can't beleive that anyone would actually like this ****, I mean It completely sucks, I'd rather be tied to a chair and watch every episode of pilot candidate twice then watch those shorts again.

[Steve Jester]

Originally posted by Beatdigga
Makes you wonder why you still watch, huh?

ha, ha. :mad:

[Tabris La Fay]

I would have to agree that Pilot Canidate Aka Magami Kuhosei is one of the worst shows on the AS Circut. First time around is cute but for a supossedly adult show all the adult stuff is edited out. I.E. the blood and that bit in ep 1 where Zero is thown on top of Heade. And what about that line in episode 9 Aka Cericulum 08 sir titled Doom. Garu: If we don't do something Ernest will be in trouble.
::Snort:: Correction Ernest is all ready in trouble by that point. The line was really. that Ernest would die if they didn't do anything.

All in all this perticular Anime had all the flavor of the kind of drival that is debuted on toonami every so often.


And Outlaw star and Tenchi Muyo are also in their Toonami formats. If your going to show these perticular shows on an adult show block you should show the versions woth out the air brushed swim suit. For instance in the No Need for Swimsuits Ep it was rather pointless with the air brushed One peice Nagi was wearing. What is to wow about a One Peice in the un edited version Nagi is wearing a thong with spagettii straps. And refuring to all points where the charactors are drinking Saki as tea. When you plainly see they are drinking Alcoholic brevages. So these two shows suck in my book mearly for the fact they hold toonami flavor, insted of the Adult situations they are ment to have.

[Xevo]

It is important to remember that only YYH and the two Gundam shows have been edited for ASA, and even then 0083 could've been less edited, and of course CB was edited for the early days of AS when the editing restrictions were even tighter, so it really probably could air unedited except that that would cost them more liscensing money. Regardless, saying what your least favorite show is makes for flame-worthy discussion, but what's important is not where the blocks have failed in the past but what potential they have to pick up more shows that would fit just fine in the block and which weren't edited for children. I think ASC and ASA have a bright future in this regard, and I really hope we get more shows that the majority can agree are worth our viewing time.

[dawnyoshi]

Thats not what you said the first time. This gets me to wondering what your real opinion is on this topic.

ugh. Because I STILL HATE THE SHOW! 3 characters isn't going to change my opinion because I still hate the main focused character (brendon) and the one we always see (mcguirk). Not to mention my opinion on Dwayne and Melissa's dad were permanent, while Melissa could be irritating at times.

personally, if season 3 pleases me, i might think more highly of it, but some half-decent episodes from season 2 aren't going to sway my opinion, simple as that. Remember that not EVERYONE thinks highly of the show.

[King Yertle]

Sheesh, let the guy hate the show if he wants to. You have to keep in mind that there will always be people who hate the things that you love, whether they be TV shows, food, sunlight, or puppies. Accept it and move on.

[dawnyoshi]

Sheesh, let the guy hate the show if he wants to. You have to keep in mind that there will always be people who hate the things that you love, whether they be TV shows, food, sunlight, or puppies. Accept it and move on.

if I was a hypocritical christian, i'd probably say this:

"Amen to that brother!"

but since I only believe in the god part of christianity and nothing else, all I can say is thanks. :)

oh, and I hate sunlight at times too. it blinds me when playing online games. lol

[Defector]

I just dont like Harvey Birdman. and I dont much care for Sealab

[Zulu]

Pilot Candidate is by far the worst show currently on the AS lineup. The show doesn't make a lick of sense at all, none.

I can tolerate Baby Blues as I accept that it works as filler material and some people may like it, though I certainly wouldn't shed any tears if the series were to disappear in the future.

Simmilar story with YYH. I don't care for Yu Yu (even though many of you do, I respect your views but I just personally don't care for it at all), but I accept that there is an audience for it.

Oh well, who cares, a few bad apples is no big deal. I love AS and really look forward to it expanding and introducing great shows like Cowboy Bebop and Aqua Teen Hunger Force to even more people in the future (along with brand new shows and episodes).

[Bebopfanatic]

5. Pilot Candidate
4. Pilot Candidate
3. Pilot Candidate
2. Pilot Candidate
1. Pilot Candidate

why does everyone hate baby blues its not that bad they should have atleast one cartoon thats not apart of WS on ASC and it has some comedy and good storylines

[Bebopfanatic]

oh yea that was awesome, i didnt see CB on anyones list, i give props to the bebop fans!

[bassist]

Bebop rules and my only complaint about that is the problem with darkness in the most recent run (due to supposed video tape problems according to another thread and not an actual part of the show).

I'm really luke-warm on Mission Hill. Some parts I like and some parts I dislike. The really cartoon stuff is annoying (knives out of the eyes!?!?!?).

I simply can't stand Yu Yu or Gundam. In fact, the only ASA show I like is Bebop, but I wouldn't mind seeing the tank gundam that was on Toonami last winter.

-Big Ben

[Beat]

Just watch at 12:30.

[JetMaster5]

The worst of Adult Swim? I don't know really. I guess if you were to say the worst then I guessed it be the whole Adult Swim. In ASC, none of them were really that funny. I'm sure a few shows make people laugh really hard but most of them weren't that funny. All they do is make you grin and chuckle. But if that's how comedy suppose to be in Adult Swim, then I'll take it back.

For Adult Swim Action, I'm sure you guys have heard this a million times and I'll just repeat it again, it's not directed towards adults. Only one show does and 5 of the others doesn't. There's a huge problem because of that. It's not directed towards adults. It's more like for teens and pre-schoolers which is not what this block is for.

Of course, I realized that these blocks aren't a year old yet so I'm not complaining too much about them. Just listing out some few problems that WS have to sort, that's all.

[Beat]

I'm the pessemistic one, so I don't see WS fixing their problems any time soon. Adult Swim is going to die, and no one is going to care.

[Steve Jester]

Originally posted by jetwing5
For Adult Swim Action, I'm sure you guys have heard this a million times and I'll just repeat it again, it's not directed towards adults. Only one show does and 5 of the others doesn't. There's a huge problem because of that. It's not directed towards adults. It's more like for teens and pre-schoolers which is not what this block is for.

I agree, the shows, other the one exception, are directed towards teens. And I will admit, one of the shows *cough*PilotCandidate*cough* that I like off of the block isn't one of them.

[randomguy]

I'm the pessemistic one, so I don't see WS fixing their problems any time soon. Adult Swim is going to die, and no one is going to care.

Yikes. That's jumping to conclusions. Think about it- AS is gaining viewers and getting decent mainstream press (I predict a TV Guide cover within a year). A lot of people I know watch and love the block. I don't think it's going away anytime soon. Quite the opposite... I'd say Toonami has had its heyday and it's time for AS to shine.

As for me, I can't stand YYH. Mobile Suit Gundam I like, if only for its historical importance (when it comes to anime, that is), but I find YYH horribly dull and childish. I wouldn't mind it being purely a fight show if the fights were actually decent. Most of the time, however, the fights come off as pretty boring and not well done.

[Beat]

Can the American public accept adult animation in the mainstream. I see AS as an "idea ahead of its time"

[randomguy]

Can the American public accept adult animation in the mainstream. I see AS as an "idea ahead of its time"

Well The Simpsons was an enormous step in the right direction. And I feel the under 25-set already has, more or less. I actually don't think it's as big a problem as what it's made out to be.

[rhudson765]

Originally posted by Sheamon
I'd say Pilot Candidate's the only show I hate, on so many levels that I've brought up so many times I don't think I need to mention them again. While Outlaw Star and Tenchi certainly shouldn't be on there, I don't hate the shows,


Mabye if Williams st reedited the shows to Adult Swim standards and brought back all of the nudity.....

I frankly haven't watched enough of Adult Swim Comedy lately to talk about any of the newer additions. (although many times its not intentional :() I never cared that much for Seaquest and Brak though and thought Space Ghost was rather dull.

Overall though a pretty good block with not much there to hate about it. :)

[Mr.Glass]

5. The Brak Show: Laverne & Brak: Mobab: This just wasn't funny. I sat there and waited for this to get funny, as most Brak Show episodes tend to get off to slow starts. But unlike most of the other installnents, this never really went anywhere. It is evident they kinda just threw this episode together.

4. Welcome To Eltingville: In agreement with the general negative criteria here, got off to a great start, and plummeted into nothing but pathetic, purile geeks shouting at each other for 20 minutes. Although various parts would get a giggle out of me here and there, such as the kid who's "Filled with the juices of life", but those funny moments were surrounded by dry dialogue that more often than not went nowhere. And finally, the main character's sister (who's name I forget) was WAY overdone, yet underdeveloped if that makes any sense.


3. Saddle Rash: This wasn't funny. Period. There's SO much more they could've done with it, but they just kinda threw it out there like a steak that's still bleeding. The old man would have a funny line every now and again, but the main character was dry and uninteresting, which is amazing considering he's an armless cowboy.

2: Spumco - Jetsons: I loved the Yogi Bear stuff, but the Jetsons spoof was lacking in just about every area. This just wasn't like spumco at all. One of the things I always loved about Spumco's work is their dead facial expressions and sudden misfit sound FX, the latter of the two were there, but the former was missing. Add all that on top of a lame plot. And there you have it.

1. Harvey Birdman: Showuweenie: <---only funny part. The new judge wasn't funny at all, they filled minute after minute with utterly pointless dialogue (mostly involving that James Woods wannabe judge), the entire basis of HB:AAL (as someone mentioned earlier) was that the old cartoon characters brught their quirks into modern times. That basis is very funny, but it was completely abandoned here, and frankly, I think they producers had to have known that wasn't going to work, because they entire episode plays on one desperate, unfunny charade after another. Almost as if they were saying "PLEASE! Laugh at this!" No dice.

[rmarti3926]

Almost everything EXCEPT Cowboy Bebop and The Brak Show.

[Fabricated]

1. Space Ghost Coast to Coast.

I'm sorry, I don't really care if this is a cult classic, this isn't funny. A guest comes on screen, stumbles through halting, unfunny dialogue, and then Space Ghost shoots Zorak with his power bands. Pardon me while I change the channel.

2. Pilot Candidate

Yet another anime that wouldn't qualify as "adult" even if it was totally unedited. However, this is only a minor point considering that Pilot Candidate is a truly godawful piece of crap. I don't like Neon Genesis Evangelion, and I still think of this as "Eva Lite", only with even worse voice acting, and the same kind of cheap CG work that made the new Armitage move such a blasphemy.

3. The Spumco shorts.

Man Spumco...what happened?

4. Outlaw Star

Don't get me wrong. I actually really like Outlaw Star, and own the whole DVD set, but as mentioned several times...what's the point of airing the Toonami edit, and leaving out the fairly tame fanservice episode? Even totally unedited, Outlaw Star hardly qualifies as "adult".

5. Mobile Suit Gundam

While being somewhat historically important in relation to anime, it doesn't get much more boring than this. There's a reason they didn't even make it halfway through this series on Toonami.

[maddogmike]

I had no idea there were people who hated Home Movies and The Brak Show.

Home Movies has minimal animation. Granted. But the spontaneous performances and the kids' distorted view of the world makes this show great. I miss Paula Poundstone, though.

The Brak Show surprises me every time. The father's weird advice and pointless stories. Brak's singing. Zorak's nastiness. The story that seems like it's going to have a moral and then takes a twisty turn to an odd conclusion. I dig this as much as I liked Cartoon Planet. Very surreal and Loopy.

What don't I like? I'm hot and cold on SeaLab. Space Ghost can be great, but sometimes bores me. I don't even watch Baby Blues or half the anime robot shows. I guess if I don't watch something, I change the channel. I get the feeling some people here like to watch every episode of shows they don't like just so they can go online and rant about how they hate the show. ;)

[maddogmike]

Oops. I mis-typed.

"I guess if I don't watch something, I change the channel."

That should be "I guess if I don't LIKE something, I change the channel."

I should proofread more carefully.

[Steve Jester]

maddogmike, plese use edit if you made a typo.

[Skynet2029]

Originally posted by Fabricated


...CG work that made the new Armitage move such a blasphemy.



well my 2 cents is that i liked the new armitage dispite the different voice actors and stuff.

[Skynet2029]

anyway i think the worst on adult swim would have to be: That stupid warning : Parents strongly cautioned the following programs are for mature audiences over the age of 18........... Just hearing that just sounds so stupid and really gets anoying and with the fact that none of the shows are rated TV MA (Yet) i would like to see some more Explicit stuff :)

[Steve Jester]

Originally posted by Tabris La Fay
I would have to agree that Pilot Canidate Aka Magami Kuhosei...

I just noticed this :o silly me!

but if your going to but the romanji title for PC, at least spell it right. it's Megami Kouhosei please?

[Gruntling]

5: Mobile Suit Gundam
4: Pilot Candidate
3: Home Movies
2: The Brak Show
1: Space Ghost: Coast to Coast

[Dark Vicious]

Originally posted by jesteranimefrea


I just noticed this :o silly me!

but if your going to but the romanji title for PC, at least spell it right. it's Megami Kouhosei please? Not everyone's a edit freak like you. More to the point
Pilot Canidate and Spumco suck plain and simple not much more I can say about it.

[Beat]

Pilot Candiate seems to be in a tie with Eltingville for the worst thing ever. I defend Gundam with my dignity, and will keep doing so (though I did mention them not re-editing 0079 as #5 on the worst things WS did)

The Brak Show sucks. Plain and simple.

[Steve Jester]

Originally posted by Beatdigga
Pilot Candiate seems to be in a tie with Eltingville for the worst thing ever. I defend Gundam with my dignity, and will keep doing so (though I did mention them not re-editing 0079 as #5 on the worst things WS did)

The Brak Show sucks. Plain and simple.

The same way you defend Gundam is the the same way that I defend Pilot Candidate. :)

[KingKoopa]

5) The Brak Show
4) Baby Blues
3) Not making new SGC2C
2) Pilot Candidate
1) Oblongs

[Xevo]

The worst thing about AS? That it inspires people to complain about shows that wouldn't have aired at all if it weren't for AS, and that won't be airing soon as more new shows are picked up and the shows become more adult-oriented in general.

[Beat]

Originally posted by jesteranimefrea


The same way you defend Gundam is the the same way that I defend Pilot Candidate. :)

And I respect you for that. Of course, Zeta Gundam would be a proud addition to any lineup of anime.

[J J Gittes]

Dude, this is the most crazy tread ever! A bunch of people shouting their opinions out, and other people being semi-offended by them. Its kinda like Thanksgiving, minus the football and shirt-less distant uncles drinking on the couch at 9:30 in the morning. Ah.....good times.

Anyway....I only watch Home Movies, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, and Cowboy Bebop. The other shows dont do much for me.

[maddogmike]

I may regret this, but I'd like to hear what people have against Home Movies and The Brak Show. Don't just say they suck, put some thought into it. I promise I won't insult your mother. ;)

[bassist]

I can't say anything bad about Home Movies since I'm a huge fan, but they are certainly things I dislike about the Brak show.

1) I think the supporting characters (Dad, Zorak, Thundercleese, ..etc) are funny, but Brak rarely illicits a laugh from me. He's actually like several people I know, whom I find annoying. And no, I don't mean he looks like them. Brak just doesn't amuse me.

2) Brak's songs aren't really all that funny (except for the meteor song), they're just really childish. The upside to the singing is that it all parodies old songs, which, if you know about them, increase the amusement, but not by that much.

3) Some of the episodes don't even make enough sense to be funny. I love weird and out there humor a la sealab or Space Ghost, but a few episodes (like Who Moved My Chair?) just don't work for me. Like any show, there are a few gags in each one that get me to laugh, but it's rare.

4) It's just not that original anymore. I loved Brak back on Ghost Planet, but after the first 2 or 3 episodes of The Brak Show, it just got stale. That can happen to a lot of shows, but the rest of the AS lineup is just as good a 2nd or 3rd time as it was the first. I can honetsly say that I get something new out of each episode each time I watch Sealab or ATHF again, but Brak is only funny once or twice. The only Brak Show episode I still find amusing is The Eye.

By no means does my opinion mean that I think it should be cancelled, but The Brak Show definitely has not lived up to it's potential.

-Big Ben

[Sheamon]

5. Mobile Suit Gundam

While being somewhat historically important in relation to anime, it doesn't get much more boring than this. There's a reason they didn't even make it halfway through this series on Toonami.

Where were you last summer? They aired 37 of the 42 episodes. How many eps have you watched? Anyone will admit that the first 10 episodes or so are dull, but its total excellence after that.

[Mojo_Jojo]

5. Mobil Suit Gundam
4. Gundam 0083
3. Spumco Shorts
2. Home Movies
1. Pilot Candidate

[Gluttonous God]

After skimming through the thread I didn't see a single complaint about Misson Hill. It's not the worst show ever to air on the block but I gave up on it long ago. For a show with such subtle humor and the need to shove a moral down my throat every week, I need to relate to the characters more. I felt closest to the main character but was putt off by his incessant wining. I understand that relates to his job as a cartoonist but is still very off putting as a main character. He reminds me of Seinfeld(I didn't like that show either). The younger brother, the roommates and the boss were also sitcom characters I had seen a hundred times before. The male roommate did make me laugh but only because I recognize his voice from when he was on Mr. Show. To quote the theme song from Baby Blues, another cliche sitcom dressed up as adult flavored animation, "It's all been done" and done to death.

[Lord Trunks]

I've got two of the worst things I've noticed about Adult Swim
1.Mission Hill(I do not find this funny at all)
2.Pilot Candidate(at least this one got canned)
actually I just remembered more
3. having to wait every other week to see Brak show or ATHF(that got fixed too now they are both on the same night)
4.the Toonami filler on Adult Swim action(at least some edits slipped in Outlaw Star)
5. How Gundam 0083 got screwed up since it was originally headed for Toonami
6. Home Movies(Animation is too weird)

[Master Moron]

Well, the it's almost impossible to pay attention to the first two seasons of Home Movies since that squigglevision crap will give you a migraine. But, at least the new episodes are watchable. Though the character designs still look like crap. I mean, everyones arms and legs are colored the same way as their shirt and pants, it looks like everyone is wearing pajamas or something. It's retarded. And it took me about 5 episodes to learn that that brown thing was Brendon's sister. I thought it was a piece of dog crap or something.

The theme song totally sucks and it repeats throughout the whole episode. Seriously, this has to be the worst theme song on Adult Swim.

The voices for the kids are incredibly annoying. They all sound like they're holding their noses.

The series isn't funny. Okay, yes, every great once and a while they have a funny conversation, big freakin deal. Look at how much crap gets in the episodes. A recent episode involved this God awful dialogue. "Jason can't come to his walkie talkie right know, please leave a message, beep, beep, beep." Jason continued to make beeping sounds for another minute while making funny faces. What the hell? This is supposed to be funny?!? Someone please explain how this is funny?!? I'd rather watch a whole Adult Swim block of Mission Hill, Pilot Candidate, and Baby Blues than one episode of this crap. But, that's okay if you like it. Hey, everyones entitled to their opinions.

[JDuncan]

Originally by Master Moron
Well, the it's almost impossible to pay attention to the first two seasons of Home Movies since that squigglevision crap will give you a migraine. But, at least the new episodes are watchable.
Only season one was in squigglevision, two and up are in flash. Home Movies is more subtle, subdued humor. It doesn't appeal to everyone, but most people, myself included, seem to like it.

[maddogmike]

Master Moron wrote:

This is supposed to be funny?!? Someone please explain how this is funny?!?

I've learned that you can explain a joke to someone, but that won't make them laugh. Humor is so subjective. I love the character designs -- they're childlike, as if from a surrealist's coloring book. I dig the music too. Some things are just a matter of taste.

As for those who don't like the Brak Show, I've got to admit I've only seen about 4 or 5 episodes. Loved 'em. I used to love Cartoon Planet, too, so I came in with a certain appreciation for Brak and Andy Merill. I'll keep watching the repeats to see if I notice a dip in quality.

[Zorak]

I don't like Home Movies. Thats about it. I can't trash talk Baby Blues, cause it is kinda funny. Sorry.

[finger_sniff]

I don't think I have 5 worst, but I do have a couple:


#4 TV-Y7 on ASA (with as many that are on there they should just call it 'Toonami 11:00 Run.')


#3 The "Parents Strongly Cautioned" warning. (They don't have it on SNL on NBC and they have a TV-14 rating, and it's just anoying having it before every show.)


#2 Baby Blues (witty at times but it just wasn't that funny. I didn't even like it when it aired on the WB.)


#1 Lewis Lectures (It wasn't funny at all.)

[ShinjiFanGirl]

Myself, I'm not a big fan of the Brak show or SGC2C, but I never really gave them a chance, so my opinion isn't very valid.

As for Pilot Candidate, the only thing I really hate about it in general is that it's not on Toonami. I won't get into the VA, or the edits because it was meant to be a kid's show, and most kids can't tell if the voice acting is good or not. As for the edits, well, it's meant for Toonami, and I doubt a lot of kids will even realize it's edited.

I hear Outlaw Star does fairly well because it's adult themed, even with all the edits, and the ratings are up with Cowboy Bebop. Or maybe a lot of people fall asleep with their TVs on. Whatever. It would get a lot more respect if they re-edited it, but that won't happen, and I see it being replaced with Inu-Yusha, or GiTS TV.

[Tim Vee]

Lewis Lectures- It went against all laws of physics, but Jack Black was unfunny in this.

Season 1 of Home Movies- I hate Squigglevision.

Baby Blues-Not as bad as they say, but it just didn't fit the "feel" of ASC. The Oblongs does, Mission Hill sorta does.

Pilot Candidate-If you enjoy watching underage boys in skintight bodysuits pilot robots, fine with me. But I don't. Urgh.

I find the Brak Show to be funny, but anything is made better with Zorak.

[Teo]

Oblongs is bad. It seems like it's always on the verge of being enjoyable but just can't quite make it work.

Pilot Candidate was lame.

Baby Blues: I like, but it needs to air earlier if it's in ASC because it feels weird.

---
Gunnm

[Skiptastic]

I'm glad to see this, but I am really shocked that no one put down Aqua Teen Hunger Force. I really like the show, its goofy as h*ll and I really like the characters, especially Carl and Meatwad when he was with Ol' Drippy.

I really dont like Brak Show. Thats about it...

[Steve Jester]

OK! ENOUGH! We get the picture! geezz, this thread was almost dead. Someone close this!

[maddogmike]

Originally posted by jesteranimefrea
OK! ENOUGH! We get the picture! geezz, this thread was almost dead. Someone close this!

Or you could just NOT read it.

[Joe Tully]

Originally posted by jesteranimefrea
OK! ENOUGH! We get the picture! geezz, this thread was almost dead. Someone close this!

I'm not sure if I've never commented on this before, but this might be a good place to start.

THE MODS DO NOT NEED TO BE TOLD WHAT TO DO. IF YOU SEE SOMETHING SERIOUSLY WRONG WITH A POST, YOU MAY REPORT IT. OTHERWISE, KEEP YOUR THOUGHTS TO YOURSELF.

I'm sorry, but I'm getting sick of everybody moaning about what threads should be closed, what posts should be deleted...either report the post or keep quiet. Commenting on someone's post or thread like that is just rude, to the person who posted it AND to the mods. And I'm starting to get tired of all of the rudeness around here.

This is the ADULT swim board, right?

[Isondill]

The Shorts, Harvey Birdman, The Brak Show, and Sealab 2021.

How could ANYONE not like Home Movies? It is one of the funniest comedic shows ever created. I guess you have to be a certain kind of person to enjoy it...as in what you enjoy to watch on tv :)

[judgemightor]

my worst shows on adultswim are
1.john k shorts
2.baby blues
3.the oblongs
4.mobile suit gundam
5.night of the living doo

[Mr.Glass]

Bassist hit the nail on the head with Brak Show. It lost what little momentum it ever had VERY early in the series.

How can ANYONE not think that Night of the Living Doo was funny???

[Zyzzybalubah]

Thanks for backing me up Joe Tully. Even though I don't care if this thread gets closed or not, I'm surprised I actually made a thread that lasted this long and had so many responders. Well whether it gets shut down or not, I personally don't mind hearing more opinions. I also want to add that I find the Herculoid Babies skit is worse than Lewis Lectures. I won't count it because it's just a short but and was only the length of a commercial, but really though, what's so funny with baby voice-overs? That was so unfunny I could cry. Maybe if they drew the Herculoids and other characters in baby form I'd laugh, because it would be a little more amusing.

[Mr.Glass]

Wait, wait, wait...

Am I missing something? Why WOULD this thread be closed?

[Zyzzybalubah]

Am I missing something? Why WOULD this thread be closed?

One person earlier said something like "Alright Already, close this thread down please!" I guess he was tired of new people posting their opinions and bringing up a post that might be somewhat outdated.

[JetMaster5]

It's not closing...especially when a mod says he's not gonna close it.

[Mr.Glass]

Oh I know, I was just making sure that it was indeed just a whining punk and not an actual policy.

[RADSPS20028488]

Pilot Candiate :yawn: :yawn: :yawn: :mad: :mad: :mad:
Baby Blues :yawn: :yawn: :yawn: :yawn: :yawn: :yawn: :yawn:

and the Brak Show :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

simple as that

:yawn: - boring
:mad: - horible
:eek: - why did they even put this show on

[RADSPS20028488]

Well closing this thread would be a waste of time and for what