Robot Chicken versus ATHF

BrownEyedCat · Post by **BrownEyedCat** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 7:48 am

RemusShepherd wrote:I like and enjoy both of these shows, but I think I respect Aqua Teens more. It's harder to get a laugh with dialogue and a plot than it is with slapstick doll humor.

The reason I can't stand Aqua Teens is its terrible dialogue and lack of plot. And it still doesn't manage humor.

Robot Chicken is pop culture sketch comedy, and therefore inevitably dated, but I find it much less painful to watch. And a couple of those skits are great.

I loved the Empire Strikes Back one.

Sortelli · Post by **Sortelli** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 8:31 am

THE MOON RULEZ NUMBER 1

Grabmygoblin · Post by **Grabmygoblin** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 8:51 am

classic ATHF beats classic Robot Chicken.

Wrathofautumn · Post by **Wrathofautumn** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 9:24 am

Kat North wrote:Since I don't get the channel, I've never seen Robot Chicken...but I've heard that I need to. I've seen Aqua Teen Hunger Force over at my friend James house, and though its not my favourite thing in the world, I like it. Jim doesn't, though...he only likes Frylock.

But either way, I voted for "What the crap are these shows?"

Yeah personally, I only watch ATHF just to see Frylock.

RemusShepherd · Post by **RemusShepherd** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 9:24 am

BrownEyedCat wrote:The reason I can't stand Aqua Teens is its terrible dialogue and lack of plot. And it still doesn't manage humor.

I think the dialogue in ATHF is great, in a good episode. They have some crappy episodes. And it always has a plot, if surreal.

Note that Family Guy and Robot Chicken are done by the same guy (Seth McFarland). So if you like Family Guy, you're likely to enjoy Robot Chicken.

I may be a bit biased against RC/FG because of the bad press I'm hearing about Seth McFarland (mostly accusations of plagiarism).

Doll · Post by **Doll** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 9:33 am

Well, he's gone down in my estimations since I endured a couple of episodes of 'American Dad'... that's an hour of my life I'll never get back.

Kilre · Post by **Kilre** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 9:46 am

...I like both...equally...
Because you can't go through life with only pop comedy or only stupid funny.

Edit: With that answer, which should I vote for? "Both are stupid"?

Vorticus · Post by **Vorticus** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 9:50 am

Pimpette wrote:Tee... vee?

Exactly. The only thing I watch on tv is the local new, and only that because it's on during supper time.

The Neko · Post by **The Neko** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 9:55 am

I enjoy both programs to varying degrees, but I'm not emotionally involved with my pop-culture enough to fight about which one is better.

TheSuburbanLetdown · Post by **TheSuburbanLetdown** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 10:03 am

I always have adult swim on in the background when I'm inking so I listen to ATHF sometimes like it were some kind of weird radio show. Though yesterday I had "The Mummy" on in the background for some reason. Probably because it's hilarious.

Garneta · Post by **Garneta** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 10:18 am

Doll wrote:Well, he's gone down in my estimations since I endured a couple of episodes of 'American Dad'... that's an hour of my life I'll never get back.

I like American Dad as well as Family Guy. But Family Guy is better.

TheSuburbanLetdown · Post by **TheSuburbanLetdown** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 10:21 am

I'm not a big fan of American Dad, but it's not the piece of crap everyone says it is.

Garneta · Post by **Garneta** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 10:28 am

I actually had never heard anyone else say anything about it until this thread.

TheSuburbanLetdown · Post by **TheSuburbanLetdown** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 10:43 am

Really? I hear nothing but contempt for American Dad.

Garneta · Post by **Garneta** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 10:57 am

I had just assumed that people liked it. It's coming to DVD pretty soon, too, if it's not already out.

Ian Moulding · Post by **Ian Moulding** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 10:58 am

Sortelli wrote:I remember trying to get back into Adult Swim a couple of times in recent years, and it felt like someone was playing a joke on me to see how long they could get me to sit in front of the TV and pretend to be enjoying myself for the sake of nostalgia.

Yeah. Nostalgia has it's appeal, but it wears thin really quickly. I'd really like to see some new stuff, rather than just have random chunks of my childhood torn up and recycled as retro-ironicool product.

Time-Warner - Or whatever the company is called these days - uses DC Comics as a testing ground for potential movie or TV developments. I think a good move for a production company or cartoon syndicate would be to buy one of the webcomic hosting services as a sort of laboratory - See what develops a firm audience and gets a lot of attention on forums and blogs, and develop that as a print comic or show. It would help to get some new material out there.

Rkolter · Post by **Rkolter** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 11:18 am

Kat North wrote:I like American Dad as well as Family Guy. But Family Guy is better.

I concur.

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 11:30 am

If negative reaction at those shows is anything alike what I feel for them, than it is more due to the hype about them and the fact that they don't live up to that hype, even though they're not a total piece of crap. Back and forth swing reaction.

Skylark King · Post by **Skylark King** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 12:41 pm

ATHF v Robot Chick?

Easy... Venture Brothers

Jim North · Post by **Jim North** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 1:11 pm

RemusShepherd wrote:Note that Family Guy and Robot Chicken are done by the same guy (Seth McFarland).

Right shows, wrong Seth. Robot Chicken was co-created with Matthew Senreich by Seth Green, who does the voice of Chris Griffin in Family Guy.

Now, with that said, Seth Green = genius. ATHF = clawing-my-brains-out stupidity. Except Frylock. Frylock is the man. But Robot Chicken is still far superior.

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