Ripping Friends Premiere: Opinions

[bassist]

So, I'm excitedly awaiting the premiere. What are first impressions from those of you who catch it two hours earlier than us westies?

-Big Ben

[KingKoopa]

It's worse than Oblongs, Pilot Candidate, Baby Blues, the Xbox, and the moron who deleted the ASA openings combined.

[MattThomasM2B]

..............So I take it Koopa doesn't like it.......

[Sheamon]

Wow, after being geniuses with Ren & Stimpy, Spumco's really bombed here. No redeeming qualities about this show whatsoever. The various wacky Spumco traditions (like that pain machine at the end) was the only thing that kept me watching. They took Mission Hill off the air for this garbage?! :( Man, worse than even Pilot Candidate.

[Carl]

Yeah, I had a post about this, but it was at the same time as this one. =)

It sucks. It sucks big. It does have some Ren & Stimpy flavor, but it's recycled. I'm surprised the powers that be found it wise to put this on.

[snorlaxhead]

Ripping Friends was awesome.

I know what what youre thinking. "What is this snorlax idiot smokin?"

[Jerry Mouse]

It stunk! It made absolutely no sense to me.

[turbomog007]

I haven't seen in on AS yet but I watched it when it was on Fox Kids and I really hated it I hope they decide to either dump this show or burn it and blame it on machine failure but this just my opnion

[stanteau]

the Xbox

I'm gonna roll my eyes now

Anywho it stunk pretty damn bad.The Jimmy or Billy kid was just NOT funny,the character designs were attrocious,and not in a good R&S way,and jesus it sounded poor.The voices we're so disjointed from the characters and it was edited so horribly,a bad bad bad show

[Captain Harlock]

Pretty terrible. I found no redeeming qualities in it. I felt like I was watching an old Godzilla movie with the way the voices matched up with the mouths.

[G1Ravage]

I like things that are random and make no sense, so I found the show to be funny.

[JTurner954]

It was twisted in a good way, and it's not depressing unlike The Oblongs. If Ren and Stimpy wrote a show, you get this. Superhero stuff is usually cool, and this one was cool. Creative ideas and very entertaining all throughout.

It would of been so awesome if Powdered Toast Man showed up in the end.

[gtracer72]

Yeah, it sucked. I was not impressed with this episode at all. Oblongs are better than this.

[Achika]

I liked it. Pretty funny stuff so far. Better then Brak, Baby Blues, and PC which all are the worst of the worst so it has room to move up.

[Brak]

Man Ripping Friends is pure crap. I watched it on FOX and thought it sucked. Man the thing was just a bunch of filthy drawings after another. I'll never forget the half an hour it took out of my life every saturday morning when it was on. I could've been doing things so much better then watching it. I am not going to watch Ripping Friends when it comes on. I think it's not worth my time.

[BlueAngelGal]

Wow.

I got home early, just in time to watch it.

I'd give anything to have that half-hour back.

Ouch... that may have been one of the worst shows I've ever seen. I think I just might have lost brain cells just by watching it. Please, please, in the name of all that is good and holy, please, CN, get rid of it... it makes my eyes itch and my behind ache. :p

[bassist]

Well, it seems overwhelmingly anti-Ripping friends, and with 12 minutes to go until it shows here, I'm regretting not adding a poll. So if any of you mods feel like it, please add a poll to this thread.

-Big Ben

[Arde]

Just because I watched the whole 30 min of Ripping Friends hoping it would get better in any way, I just have to post.
Like anyone here had posted before me, this series stank, there's absolutely no redeeming value in this series.

Even though the Oblongs get boring a lot of times, the animation was still nice enough, in other words, watchable.
The Ripping Friends, however, just seeing that little girl and that Jimmy kid already made me want to puke (seriously).

I know this is Ren & Stimpy derivative, but it's another different thing when all they want to show is ugly disgusting animation over and over again.

Ethically, we shouldn't judge series by its opening, but it's hard to do that when the opening has NONE NADA ZIP funny scenes.

[IWDP Lim]

Going into this show, I had a hatred for John Kra(oh wiat, can't say the name I call him here...). Now? I absolutely LOTHE him. I wasn't impressed with Ren and Stimpy, his shorts that aired on Adult Swim I nearly fell asleep watching, the Tenatious D video Spumco did (which I'll guess he had a hand in) was just stupid, and this show...I'd rather see the Juicy Fruit commerical be the ONLY thing played in that half hour than watch this. It's not Scrappy Doo bad mind you, but it's close.

Can we make this show tank so bad that they have to bring Mission Hill back early please? :(

[bassist]

What's everyone's problem with Scrappy Doo? I mean, it's not like he's Scooby Dum, who was a character in the first episode of Scooby Doo ever... And anyway, it could be worse: we could all have herpes.

-Big Ben

[IWDP Lim]

Well, for me at least, it's just a refrence from here (http://www.brunching.com/scooby.html). Scrappy was the first thing that got an "F" rating, so he's just kind of seen as the watermark for rating anything. It's probably also due to most people finding him THAT annoying, unneeded, and jsut ruining the tone/flow of the show, kinda like Olivia, cousin Oliver, Seven, Sam, and Cousin Roy.

[Chibi Kageboshi]

Why would william street order another season? why? why? dear god why?

[SemperFi]

Damn, Ripping friends sucked! I love Ren & Stimpy, but RF is just really horrible animation, combined with recycled jokes that were funny the first hundred times I heard/saw them, but have since become just plain stupid. I've seen worse shows, but not many. Let's just hope Mission Hill, or at the very least Baby Blues, comes back and kicks the Ripping Friends out on there sucktacular asses.

And what's with all the Oblongs and Pilot Candidate bashing? The Oblongs is one of the funniest shows I've seen in a while, and PC was just a plain good show, IMO. Sure, it was a little hard to follow sometimes, and the dubbing was horrible, but it had a good story (once you decifer it), and they didn't finish it, which means more.

[zimbach]

Can anyone tell what footage was added to this episode that wasn't shown in the original Fox broadcast?

The only way to do this wold be to have taped both airings and watch them side by side, but I figure there are few who would subject themselves to such torture.

[meatwad945]

well i have yet to see it i have to go to stupid school but ill tell you around 4

[Zechs]

Worst show ever.

[Joe Tully]

I'm adding a poll.

[ButteredToast]

Well, it just goes to show you that no matter what new show WS brings to AS, there's going to be plenty of people who love it and plenty more who absolutely despise it. We rarely see a "sitting on the fence" with these new shows.

As for me, I greatly enjoyed it. I've been waiting to get to see these again since I missed most of them during their so-called "run" Fox.

[Sisto Kid]

I kept watching Ripping Friends because the guy who voices that one super hero (who's character name I forget) sounded a lot like Captain Murphy from Sealab 2021.

They rolled the credits at the end and it WASN'T Harry Goz. :mad:

I've said it before about John K., I'll say it again...I LOVED Ren and Stimpy, but oh, how the mighty have fallen. :(

[Killtacular]

I thought it was okay.

I'm sure I could come up with a really funny, extreme insult that I could throw out at the show, and "demand my half-hour back." Of course, I could've done that for The Oblongs. Or Mission Hill. Or Baby Blues. Or Harvey Birdman.

And not because I'm giving it a chance. That's irrelevent. The fact is, if it's not for you, it's for someone else. Adults 18-34 have a wide range of tastes, and it just so happens that a lot of them enjoy John K's work. No, they're not the most vocal, and can you blame them? The second they say something nice about the show(or any new show that premieres on Adult Swim), you guys chew them out, rip off their arms, and beat them to death with their own appendages.

So please remember that Adult Swim is not custom-tailored for everyone's individual tastes. This isn't Matt Wilson Swim or KingKoopa Swim or Shaemon Swim or Adult Lim (hehe). We're talking ALL adults in the pool. And these are mighty diverse waters.

[Charred Knight]

The ultimate problem with this series?

Where as most of the bombed shows came from networks. The ripping friends came when Fox kids was at its lowest.

The result, a poorly animated show that lacked the chemistry of R and S, and the creativity of it. The lack of chemistry is the thing that killed it. This is big because with IY on saturday and Sealab and ATHF on sunday you can see what good chemistry can do for a show.

[Sisto Kid]

So please remember that Adult Swim is not custom-tailored for everyone's individual tastes. This isn't Matt Wilson Swim or KingKoopa Swim or Shaemon Swim or Adult Lim (hehe). We're talking ALL adults in the pool. And these are mighty diverse waters. [/B][/QUOTE]


Point taken, Matt. And I'm not even saying that RP sucked sour-frog-a#* through a flavor straw like some of the posters here. It wasn't bad, just not up to the gold standard of Ren and Stimpy, a show that will be remembered as one of the greatest cartoons of all time (at least in the first season, BEFORE the powers that be at Nickelodeon decided to fix what wasn't even broken).

And you are right. A lot of the posters on this board seemed to be of the mind set of "why try to find something positive about the show when it's so much more fun to be negative and show what a clever dude I am?" :rolleyes:

The price we all pay for the first amendment, I suppose.

[Samurai Rocko]

Besides the Animation style I thought it was okay. I'm still waiting for a new original series.

[SpaceCowboy]

The show sucks. It's even worse when they considered to air it on Adult Swim. Why put a kiddy show on AS? This is like putting Saban-edited Dragonball Z on ASA and calling it "adult".

[Cyporiean]

I'll agree with the Majority, this show sucked.

A! would have been a better choice, its alot more adult them this crap.

[J.C.]

Meh. It was an okay episode, but think I'll continue watching South Park during the 11:00pm timeslot from now on. It was pretty much what I expected since this series had originaly been made for kids. That doesn't make it bad, as I enjoy many cartoons these days which are made for a child audience, but when I'm watching Adult Swim I'd rather watch more adult aimed animation. Will probably check out a few more episodes, but don't imagine I'll be able to really get into this series 'till the AS made episodes are released.

[Mr.Glass]

I'll vote 'Good', I thought it was very funny, and feel that Spumco has definitely rebounded from those AWFUL Jetsons shorts, but the program's 'adult content' is VERY disputable. It had a few innuendos, but so did Bugs Bunny cartoons.

[Harvey Birdman]

It's like ren and stimpy, minus the funny. oh the humanity! -_-

[Arde]

by Matt Wilson:
So please remember that Adult Swim is not custom-tailored for everyone's individual tastes.

I know, that's why we have Home Movies, Mission Hill, Oblongs, Space Ghost, Baby Blues(yes, I like Baby Blues), Harvey Birdman, ATHF, Sealab, and Brak.

Each of those shows differ from each other, and that's why it's good ...to some extent(this is my own taste of comedy talking).

Ripping Friends, however, is bad. It tries to be Ren & Stimpy derivative while making fun of superheroes. It's a good concept but the execution is just really really bad.
There are just too many immature jokes that are actually not funny at all.
I don't think kids will even actually like this show (this show was afterall made for kids in the first place) or I might be wrong?

Question: What made this show cancelled anyway? Is it because it's too vulgar for kids or because of bad ratings?

[Mr.Glass]

I don't know about the rest of North American, but the Fox affiliate in Denver put the show on VERY ealry on Saturday mornings. In fact, I think it was the lead off program. I don't know about you, but even when I was a kid I wasn't up that early.

[dino boy]

Okay, here's my verdict.

I actually didn't think the show was THAT bad. I liked the animation style - by this I mean I liked the overall look of the show, NOT the gross-out stuff.

Would I ever watch it again? No way. The problem is that this is a kid's show. It's obviously not made for adults. The silly sound effects, the music, the way they point out every joke to you loud and clear, the gross-out humor, etc. If I were ten years old, I might like this show. But as an adult, I don't find this kind of stuff funny - I prefer stuff like Space Ghost and Home Movies, which don't make the jokes painfully obvious to you, whose humor comes in the form of delivery, timing, subtlety, wit, etc. With kids, you have to point out the jokes to them, and they make the jokes so that they aren't really hard to "get." So when an adult watches a show obviously geared toward kids, it isn't funny for that exact reason - it is talking below your level.

Furthermore, I don't find fart jokes and gross-out humor funny, because they aren't clever. When I was a kid, I found that kind of humor funny partly because it was new to me, but by my age I have seen so much of it that it just isn't funny anymore. I don't mean to sound like a snob, but I require a little more than that to make me laugh, hence why I watch Adult Swim.

I don't think this show is inherently bad, it's just not made for adults, and hence should not be on Adult Swim. I think it sticks out like a sore thumb. I also think it is bad for AS, because some people who might be interested in AS might watch it and not take it seriously as a block of cartoons made for adults. And if they are going to make new ones that ARE adult-oriented, that's fine, but why are they showing these ones, that aren't?

[Scatha_the_Worm]

Amen, dino boy. My sentiments exactly. The worst part of ripping friends is not that it's unentertaining or poorly produced, but that it simply does not belong on ADULT swim.

[jrh31584]

I decided after watching that I will probably wait until the made-for-ASC episodes of Ripping Friends begin airing before I issue a final verdict on this show. I voted OK in the poll because I feel that it will be improved once the new episodes come pouring in.

[Joe Tully]

Just out of curiosity, what would you say differentiates something like Ripping Friends from Sealab 2021? Neither one of them are exactly highbrow, and we've discussed how naughty language isn't necessarily adult before.

I think that the only distinction that you could make is that the humor itself isn't as clever as something like Sealab or SGC2C. You could definitely argue that Sealab is similar with the explosions, electrocutions, vending machine accidents, scorpion attacks and so on. I think it's just the delivery of Sealab works a little better, maybe because of the different, rigid HB-characters style, but also because of the timing and surrounding dialogue, which is clever enough to get a decent amount of laughs.

Of course, there's also the problem that Spumco doesn't seem to quite remember where the line is between gross-but-funny and gross-but-just-plain-weird. Like watching the gum drinking spit, or the whole thing at the end with Rip getting tortured. That's not really something that I find even remotely funny. It's more like something you'd see in the early 90s by a company trying to copy Ren & Stimpy but not managing to actually make it funny, but just weird.

I rated the premiere as Okay. I got a couple of laughs out of it. I'm hoping that it'll get better from here, especially once the AS only episodes start. For now, it's wait & see.

I did like Slab's voice, though. A lot.

[KingKoopa]

Originally posted by Joe Tully
Just out of curiosity, what would you say differentiates something like Ripping Friends from Sealab 2021? Neither one of them are exactly highbrow, and we've discussed how naughty language isn't necessarily adult before.

I think that the only distinction that you could make is that the humor itself isn't as clever as something like Sealab or SGC2C. You could definitely argue that Sealab is similar with the explosions, electrocutions, vending machine accidents, scorpion attacks and so on. I think it's just the delivery of Sealab works a little better, maybe because of the different, rigid HB-characters style, but also because of the timing and surrounding dialogue, which is clever enough to get a decent amount of laughs.
Sealab was executed alot better. Sealab has GOOD random humor, while Ripping Friends has stupid random "humor". With Ripping Friends, it's just not funny.

[Opaque]

the ripping idiots makes me sad to be alive... i actually missed the rest of adult swim because i fell asleep watching something else...

[Idioteque]

The Ripping Friends as it stands now is fweh.. I don't like it much. Though I'm willing to give it a second chance once the AS episodes begin.

[meatwad945]

umm ummm holy god that was so awesome

[JTurner954]

The animation is good;it matches with the content of the episode. That's why it's entertaining. I really expected people to like it since it has a kind of randomness like ATHF (especially with the wad and RipCot). Even more so because there were actually people who like some of those Spumco shorts months ago (I was NOT one of them, BTW). It also helps to have an imagination (nitpickers, don't even bother) and keeping an open mind which leads to .......

It's pretty sad (and funny in a way) to see closed minded comments like "it was on Fox Kids so I hate it" yet they talk about Ren and Stimpy like it never aired on a kid's channel or block. Then there are people voting "I wish that I could destroy the part of my brain that remembers I watched this show" in the poll and continue to bash it (just like they did for Pilot Candidate and Baby Blues). Last time I checked, Adult Swim was for "mature audiences", not for children.

Looks like I'll have to open your minds like I am at the Toonami board. If the Toonami board can improve with my help, it most certainly could work here as well.

[davidklug]

THIS SHOW SUCKED. That's all I can say. I didn't like the animation style, and there was not a single thing I found funny. The ending with the pain machine was a worthless waste of my time. Thanks for nothing, I want Mission Hill back.

[Zechs]

I like most of the shows on ASC but this one sucked and I liked ren and stimpy and I like most animation but this shows just made me wanna scream what were you thinking when you came with this one.

[Mr.Glass]

One thinkg about the works of Spumco is that it is unquestionable 'Love it or Hate it'. I mean, of the 38 votes tallied as of this post, more than half of them (20 to be exact) have been 'Excellent' or 'Shoot me' (or whatever the last one is).

When it's all said and done, I too, would rather watch Mission Hill; HOWEVER, since Mission Hill is all repeats, I enjoy the fact that we're getting something new, Adult or not adult. Let's not kid ourselves here, this show, at least Sunday's ep. is/was NOT adult-aimed. However, there is room for improvement, so I'd stick around (for those who haven't seen more than one ep.) and give it a while to develop. I remember that King of the Hill got off to a rather dull start, too, but picked up within a matter of no time.

[David Lucas]

.....well I still remember loving Ren and Stimpy since the first day they aired it over a decade ago. I remember that fantastic freakin' song, "Royal Canadian Kilted Yaksmen". I remember the glory I felt when I heard John K was comin back with new eps of R & S.

But I'll be honest, I felt nothing with the ripping friends. I smiled at a few scenes, and chuckled at the "You're messing up my hair." joke, but other than that it really didn't have that Ren and Stimpy feel to it.

The only thing that had the magic of John K that I could feel was the pain machine at the end. I loved it, if the rest of the eps can be more like the last 5 minutes of the show rather than the first 17 or so, then I'll give it a shot.

If not, TNN's R&S rebirth isn't that far away ;)

[Behonkiss]

Man, people around here are FEROCIOUS.

Now, I'll admit that Ripping Friends isn't pure gold. And the first season(at least)does NOT belong on Adult Swim. But I didn't find it to be a bad show. It was just average, and nothing more. I'd be protesting for MH to come back if not for the fact that all the episodes have been shown, and I wanted something new besides Oblongs, and here we have it. We just have to wait for the 2nd season to make our final judgement.

[dawnyoshi]

my opinion...really...you want it....probably not...meh...

I fell asleep half way through this utter pile of dog ****. 4kids Productions making a good dub is more likely to happen over this show getting better. -_-0

pardon me while I listen to Ano Hi no GoGo now. ^_^

[Artemis]

Originally posted by KingKoopa
It's worse than Oblongs, Pilot Candidate, Baby Blues, the Xbox, and the moron who deleted the ASA openings combined.

My god, that is the PERFECT way to put it.

[Shnay]

Originally posted by Matt Wilson
Adults 18-34 have a wide range of tastes, and it just so happens that a lot of them enjoy John K's work. No, they're not the most vocal, and can you blame them? The second they say something nice about the show(or any new show that premieres on Adult Swim), you guys chew them out, rip off their arms, and beat them to death with their own appendages.

I wouldn't really say that people get chewed out for thier opinions. Sure, many people may be a bit...harsh in their criticisms of the show, but I don't think it usually extends to criticisms of the people who like it.

When someone said they liked Pilot Candidate, usually that would start a discussion about why so many disliked it and asked those who liked it what they saw in it. It rarely ever got to "You like that show? Wow, you're pretty stupid."

I can see why some would be a bit apprehensive to voice positive impressions in such a negative thread, but I'd say that it's very unlikely that they would get chewed out for their opinion.

Personally, I didn't like the show much at all. And not because of the animation, the Ren and Stimpy feel, or the fact that it was once on Fox Kids. I just didn't find any of it funny. I think I'll still watch the show in the futures, but I'm not expecting it to greatly improve.

[sprinkles]

I really didn't enjoy this show. I used to think Harvey Birdman was the most boring Adult Swim show, but even that seems funny compared to The Ripping Friends.
I mean, I could see some humor in it, but not exactly Adult Swim material. More like Nickelodeon material...
I enjoy Mission Hill alot better and I think they made a bad decision about The Ripping Friends.

[Mattashell]

Hi friends. I'd like to say that Ripping Friends does not point out every joke. There is blatent humor for kiddies and more subtle undertones for us older folk. Also I don't understand the stance that humor must be subtle to be enjoyed by adults. I have seen many episodes of the original run, and I can say The Indigestible Wad is not one of the best episodes. The last thing I can say is that maybe this isn't for everyone, you could use a word like weird, sureal, abstract, non-linear, psychedelic, experimental, or whatever, but offbeat stuff like this is exactly my style, and I never saw the conclusion to The Man From Next Thursday and a few other episodes, I'm glad that Ripping Friends has found a new home, and I prefer it to Slacker/Gen X humour like Mission Hill, which I might have enjoyed, had I not been bombarded with such stereotypes throughout my adulthood. Anyway I hope some of you will revisit this show and give it another chance, but I can't help but think that many went into this with either predjudice against it, or expecting something identical to 1st season Ren and Stimpy. I like it anyway.

[Shnay]

The last thing I can say is that maybe this isn't for everyone, you could use a word like weird, sureal, abstract, non-linear, psychedelic, experimental, or whatever, but offbeat stuff like this is exactly my style

It's interesting, because you'd think something fitting that description would be right up most AS viewers alley. Of course you can't please everyone, but people here generally tend to like the more offbeat type of humor.

Anyway, I'll give it another chance just because it's on AS. If it were on some other network, I'd probably just change to something else. But, as part of the block, I think I owe it another episode or two before I make final judgements.

[bassist]

Originally posted by Mattashell
I prefer it to Slacker/Gen X humour like Mission Hill, which I might have enjoyed, had I not been bombarded with such stereotypes throughout my adulthood.That's so true. Tears in my eyes right now, man.

After movies like Reality Bites, Singles, Empire Records, and TV shows like Friends, the Single Guy, and others which fall under the Gen X rip-off category, It's kind of hard to say that Mission Hill did anything even remotely original.

The Ripping Friends, while not the greatest show ever so far, has a lot more originality than that. Overall rating: Good. What makes it special, and what made Ren & Stimpy special, is the fact that no other show is like it. I, while abandoning hope for the Fox Kids episodes, can only dream of what is to come. Think of this preview of what The Ripping Friends will be as a scab slowly being picked to reveal the glorious spurting blood underneath.

-Big Ben

[DemonKrowno]

I enjoyed it. It had some pretty good jokes,but like HomeMovies you have to pay more attention to catch them.
I admit,it's not for everyone. There were some parts that I didn't find very entertaining myself,but I'm sure this isn't a better of the others....I was able to actually catch the last 5minutes of an episode when it was on FoxKids and I thought it was pretty good.....the reason I thought it failed on FoxKids was becuase of the time schedule....I would've watched it sooner,but I never got up in time on weekends.....and I didn't know which channel FokKids was on. It used to come one Saturdays then KidsWB came on Sundays around the same times way back when.....but now,I'm not sure. Too bad I had just awoken or I'd have kept better track on what channel I saw The Ripping Friends on that time.

[JTurner954]

Thank you Mattashell.

Nice to see that some more people voted higher than bad.

[hello_lola]

Well, I hate to say it, but I didn't much care for Ripping Friends. The thing is though, I never really liked John K.'s stuff - including the sacred cow Ren and Stimpy. It's no great loss, however, because all it replaced was MH reruns, and I can simply change the channel and watch South Park :cool: .

[2Divine]

*sobs*
They're...they're replacing Mission Hill with that?

[GKain]

OK, I'll admit first off that I've never really liked the Spumco animation style. The only thing about R&S I ever liked was Log. I didn't like the AS shorts, though I kinda liked the Tenacious D video.

Anyway, the point of this is that I may be a little biased in my opinion of the show, but I really did try. I just didn't find much of anything funny. The only time I laughed was when they gave the fly five bucks and sent him, only to see him stepped on seconds later. Other than that, I just watched the rest of the episode with a blank stare. I am glad for those of you who enjoyed it, really, I am. Just as I'd hope you're happy that some people, like myself, find the Oblongs to be really enjoyable.

So, for those of you who enjoy it, enjoy it while it lasts! For myself, I'll keep counting the days until Futurama.

[puzzlegut]

I didn't like the Ripping Friends episode. I thought the humor was very childish. I suppose if CN wanted to show this show, they probably should have put it on Toonami or something, not Adult Swim. I think that's why most people weren't real thrilled with the show: it's not adult related. I might try watching some of the other episodes, but I highly doubt that I will video tape them like I do the other AS shows.

For those who really disliked this show, look on the bright side. By November, the show will be pushed back to midnight to make room for the new HM and WS shows. So if you don't want to watch the show and don't care to watch the Oblong reruns at 12:30, then you can at least go to bed early before Ripping Friends.

Did Spumco create the music video for Bjork "I Miss You"? It looks like the same type of animation.

[Shnay]

Originally posted by puzzlegut
Did Spumco create the music video for Bjork "I Miss You"? It looks like the same type of animation.

They must have; the animation styles are identical. I couldn't imagine anybody else would try to copy that distinct style so blatantly.

[Fallout Boy]

Yes, that is a Spumco production.

[JDuncan]

My opinion on Ripping Friends is that, well, I don't like it very much in this state. It's obviously not "ASC material", which is inconsequential anyway because thanks to this airing, the term is now obsolete. I thought that the concept for the movie was good, but this strayed a lot. From what I read in the Chris Gore book, the "ripping" part of the name referred to their ability to rip through time. That whole idea was dropped, so leaving the title in just sound ridiculous. It seems that the only concept remaining from the movie is the orture, which was nonexistant in the main show, but at least it was in the short. I don't know if airing this was a good move for the block because people could assume that they're all aimed at 7 year old's and watch TNN instead when the new ones eventually air. I still don't see why this had to be aired anyway, especially if the new ones are going to be radically different, because IMO this compromises the integrity of the block.

[GPietrash]

I didn't personally like the show. Pretty much all the same complaints, not funny, blatant humor, no subtlety, etc.

I'm still glad they got the show though. Keeping the lineup fresh and new is always a good idea. I am a huge fan of Mission Hill, but I've already seen them all. No point in beating a dead horse.

[Supreme]

The Ripping Friends is an EXCELLENT show. It is well worth the 5-7 year wait for it to finally get on TV. It has both the subtle and overt humor styles that made Ren & Stimpy great.

I think that most of the nay-sayers are just jumping on the "Let's bash RF" bandwagon. Give it a chance. I don't remember any of the shows being a big hit right off the bat ("Talking food? WTF is that about?")

[Captin "Hank" Murphy]

Well I think the show will get a lot better when Spumco makes brand spanking new RF eps for AS because CN gives the creators of the shows a lot more freedom than Fox Kids or Toon Disney. Trust me, Spumco can go alot more raunchier than what they showed on Fox Kids.

[candy17]

I mean, people are entitled to their opinions, but the people who say the show is bad should have some respect for those who think otherwise.

Now personally, I liked Rippin' Friends and I'm surprised John K. is still working on cartoons despite what happened to him on Ren and Stimpy. I thought he'd never work in cartoons again because Ren and Stimpy was so...well, I don't know what. I don't want to use "surreal" because it's too vague, but I know this show caused controversy and lots of it.

The only cartoons these days that have R&S's gross-out jokes, risque material, and cartoonish weirdness are South Park , the later episodes of The Simpsons , the Adult Swim Comedy cartoons, and the Cartoon Cartoons (especially the second generation cartoons like Grim and Evil, Time Squad, and Whatever Happened to Robot Jones?). The only difference between R&S and these cartoons is that the cartoons I listed down are funnier (to some extent) and don't always rely on gross-out humor (unlike R&S, but that doesn't make me abhor R&S or even Rippin Friends)

Besides, this is only the first season and the first season was on FOX Kids.

Well, that's it. The conclusion is I like Rippin Friends and there's no one that can tell me otherwise.

[drippynmeatwad]

wow, all i remember is falling asleep :yawn: :rolleyes: :yawn: thank god i set an alarm to wake me up for sealab and athf :D :p :D

[Masamune2052]

Originally posted by Supreme
It has both the subtle and overt humor styles that made Ren & Stimpy great.
Yah but Ren & Stimpy had a cat and dog as the main characters. Don't forget.........POWEDERED TOAST MAN!

[Captin "Hank" Murphy]

Well I like outragious, gross-out humor, and slap stick comedy. That's why I'm glad to have the RF back on the air. Everybody got their own taste in entertainment. Some might like Dennise Miller-type smart comedy, some might go for slap-stick, some might like non-stop-shoot-em-up-fighting action movies, some might like govt. corruption suppension movies, some might like drama and romance movies, and some might like movies that can't fit into one catagory. CN knows this and that why they need to their AS block cover all kinds of Adult tastes in entertainment.

btw, I didn't know R&S got into some controversy, was it just parents ticked-off over the outragious humor or something else?

[Majin_Megabyte]

Originally posted by candy17
I mean, people are entitled to their opinions, but the people who say the show is bad should have some respect for those who think otherwise.

Now personally, I liked Rippin' Friends and I'm surprised John K. is still working on cartoons despite what happened to him on Ren and Stimpy. I thought he'd never work in cartoons again because Ren and Stimpy was so...well, I don't know what. I don't want to use "surreal" because it's too vague, but I know this show caused controversy and lots of it.

The only cartoons these days that have R&S's gross-out jokes, risque material, and cartoonish weirdness are South Park , the later episodes of The Simpsons , the Adult Swim Comedy cartoons, and the Cartoon Cartoons (especially the second generation cartoons like Grim and Evil, Time Squad, and Whatever Happened to Robot Jones?). The only difference between R&S and these cartoons is that these cartoons are funnier (to some extent) and don't always rely on gross-out humor (unlike R&S, but that doesn't make me abhor R&S or even Rippin Friends)

Besides, this is only the first season and the first season was on FOX Kids.

Well, that's it. The conclusion is I like Rippin Friends and there's no one that can tell me otherwise.

And to whoever posted it before, Time Squad is NOT pointless!

You pretty much say what I was going to say,and I'm also an Ripping Friends fan too.

[meatwad945]

ITS BETTER THAN BABY BLUES

[pabcool]

Meh. I'm Not Criticising Anyone, But I HATED RF.

And What's With All The Baby Blues Bashing? BB Rulez You All! (At Least The Strip Does...)

[The Drizzle]

Originally posted by meatwad945
ITS BETTER THAN BABY BLUES

Pilot Candidate, yes. Baby Blues, no.

[zimbach]

Originally posted by pabcool
...And What's With All The Baby Blues Bashing? BB Rulez You All! (At Least The Strip Does...) I love both the strip and the cartoon. The daily comic strip, while quite funny and insightful, is strictly family oriented. The animated series is much darker, with a broader set of characters, more sophisticated interactions, and LOADS of hilarious innuendo. What's not to like? Crudely drawn people with big heads? People who bash Baby Blues love Home Movies, so that can't be it.

[bassist]

Originally posted by pabcool
Meh. I'm Not Criticising Anyone, But I HATED RF. Does that mean you're going to write nasty letters to CN trying to get it off the air? I mean, Hate, man... it's such a strong word. Sure, you don't care for it, and it bothers you that it sits in the middle of all these other shows you like, but do you hate it? I mean hate it like a Nazi hates a minority? I doubt it. I mean, you could probably care less if it's on as long as it doesn't bother your TV watching time, right?

Hate, man... wow... hate... wow, man, wow.

-Big Ben (AKA A Ripping Friends Fan)