adult swim just cancelled the best show on television
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- "What if a raunchy parody of Jonny Quest and other old school adventure cartoons grew into one of the richest, funniest, and most human shows on television? What if two pop culture geniuses and their tiny crew spent 17 years and seven seasons crafting a show that quickly grew tired of making fun of its world and instead chose to invest in it with layered mythology, complex characters, and fascinating mysteries? What if the crude animation of the early seasons evolved into quietly beautiful work, showcasing stunning action, brilliant character designs, and a downright cinematic framing? The Venture Bros. was the quiet miracle of Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim line-up, an always-evolving magic trick that was never content to sit still. A silly cartoon that learned to let its characters, and stakes, matter."
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venture bros lasted so long because mike lazzo specifically liked it. he retired recently, so obviously venture bros gets instantly cancelled
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well, i think it's more than just that.. sure his retirement means they lost a powerful champion and ally but I don't think he's the sole reason they were kept on the air for 17 years.. it was a pretty popular show, tho more widely so in the earlier seasons but it still did have a pretty dedicated fan base and was still going fairly strong.. I doubt it was on the chopping block just because he was gone, but do agree his leaving did factor into it since he wouldn't be around to help fight for them..
I did see one interesting theory raised, tho it is conjecture but it's pretty plausible.. as it was backed by Williams Street/adult swim's follow up tweets to Publick's announcement about the series being cancelled.. the series had been cancelled actually for a few months actually before we found out just recently, according to his tweet.. that speaks to behind the scenes negotiations to continue perhaps, and/or also trying to shop it elsewhere and Jackson waiting to see how things shake out before actually making the announcement.. now the why is conjecture, but the fact is, it happen a few months ago.. a few months ago..
the cartoon network parent company Warner Media started reorganizing things pretty drastically and pushing several billions into and focusing a huge portion of their resources towards HBO Max, at the cost of other areas of their entertainment areas and subsidiaries.. and we are seeing the results in with the hundreds of layoffs that started last month.. again, there's a lot of conjecture there as the stated reason for the layoffs was the pandemic.. but there's a lot of circumstantial evidence and a lot of reputable outlets reporting that it's more than that and it's more than covid (tho it could partially factor still even if it is cover)..
so, just after the announcement by Publick, Adult Swim put out a tweet or two about how they are trying to find a way to keep the show going in some sort of format.. which is what points to that perhaps it was something that came down to more the parent company than adult swim itself.. it being a budget thing, cause after 17 years and contracts and their long schedule for output and that output not being voluminous.. on just a cost vs return business basis and not a creative one, it's a way to "cut some fat" for a suit as another new show could be made cheaper with better return on investment tho not with the same critical reception..
it's an age old thing in entertainment. the months taken before announcing, could be they were attempting to get the VB to be moved to an HBO Max exclusive.. thus saving the show, or at least allowing it a graceful exit.. especially since that's where the bulk of Warner media's resources are going these days (first year budget is 1-2 billion I believe, 2nd is the same.. don't quote me) as I believe Williams Street is also it's production company or distribution partner.. not sure.. I'm not that business savvy about how all this works to be honest..
I mean, it's plausible at least.. with at least a tiny bit to point in that direction.. but I don't at all claim it to be the truth, just total conjecture.. or that you are wrong at all.. it totally could be the new person who came in after just wanted to get rid of them, but that's a bit of conjecture too.. good conjecture as that's totally plausible as well.. the fact tho is regardless is they did lose a powerful ally at the company either way when he retired, so it didn't do them any favors.. it could have played a factor in either of these scenarios.. hell, the supportive tweets by adult swim could just be a bit of PR smoke and mirrors to preserve some face with the fans.. or it's genuine. I dunno simply cause I'm not there in person to witness it as a fly on the wall, so it's all just theory till people start spilling the beans down the road.. either way it sucks, but hopefully there will be some sort of reprieve in some way.. even if just a temporary one.. after 17 years of quality work, I'd think they'd deserve at least that in some form.. and it'd still be an opportunity for some streaming service.. it's a pretty respected show.. but that's just hope on my part, I don't think at this point it might, at least in Publick's mind as that's possibly why he finally made the announcement it was cancelled.
Thanks for the information by the way, I hadn't known that about Iazzo as this was one of my favorite shows of all time but I hadn't been keeping up on the news around it or anything.. in fact, I'd just been wondering when the next season was due (since there's usually SO much time between seasons) just before this news hit, breaking my heart.. all things end.. I'm good with that, and The Venture Bros have had a good run but I do hate it when there isn't closure on a long running series that I've invested in.. even a silly satirical one based on failed superheroes, boy adventurers, and pop culture..
@@Sgtspork You're underestimating it. Doc and Jackson themselves say the only reason they weren't cancelled is because of Lazzo
@@THEGREATMAX oh, ok. it was all just conjecture what I was saying, so with this information (which was new to me) and that it's been confirmed directly by the creators.. yeah. totally. absolutely then. I just didn't know about that at all and that certainly changes a whole lot to be sure.. I just thought it was more (very plausible) theory, my mistake.
thanks for updating me! it's helping me get a much clearer overall picture to be sure... I had no idea their position was as precarious all this time, tho I guess it's often so with the more critical darling but maybe not so profitable shows having a single higher up champion... If I remember correctly, that's how Hannibal even made three seasons with it's content on a major broadcast tv network..
Where did they say that? Source?
It's such a blow. This show was fantastic. So singular. I hope it gets picked up by someone else for some kind of resolution at some point.
I hate to say it, but if it’s the same situation like Metalocalypse, AS[S] likely owns the rights to the show and it’s going to stay locked up, with no hope of continuation. It may as well be dead with AS[S] only teasing a return as a way to piss off fans of the show and pull in the dipshit fanbase of a certain show with faux-well written characters.
They are getting picked up to finish.
Hbomax could pick it up(they have a few adult swim shows already)
@@DaFro3713 have I got some news for you
I read interviews from Publick and Hammer about how they never had an ending planned for The Venture Bros. They just wanted to keep the story going long enough to know the right time to end. I hope they get that chance again.
I saw another video that talked about how the two main factions, osi and gci, (good v bad) will never be triumphant over another as they need each other in order to exists. There will always be conflict and with this philosophy it reflects your comment greatly as it asks the question if there ever will be an end? I mean you the council members at the beginning of the show were super old still in the business so even if our characters story ends the conflict never will leaving tons of content to come from this
Yeah no offense but it sounds like they deserved to lose their show. They never planned out their show, they never delegated any duties, they took years and years to make shorter and shorter seasons. They got complacent and had the rug pulled out from under them. They had 15+ years to finish their idea and it seems like they never actually planned to end it. They were absolutely not popular enough to justify such a diva attitude toward production. Let this be a lesson to anyone else who wants to create using someone elses funding. If you take so long to finish your project, that the person who hired you gets replaced, you better prepare to see your project undone.
They’re working on a movie
@@nullakjg767 deserve is an interesting word.
From a business perspective, I can see the argument that their methods might not have generated enough profit to justify extending the relationship/contract from Viacom or whoever.
That makes sense to me.
But weird to say that artists don't deserve to make art if their methods aren't approved by some third party.
Which maybe isn't what you're saying but that's kinda the vibe I'm getting
@@duffykhalsa8281 They cna make their art, but they cant expect someone else to pay them for years. Adult swim could have funded 2 shows in the time it took them to not finish 1. Theyre free to finish ventures bros on their own dollar.
An interesting point made on [the deep end] podcast is that VB (and a lot of early AS shows) are products of a world where IPs are allowed to die and be analyzed, commented on, and subverted in new ways. In contrast to modern nerd media which has to be kept pristine by both license holders and fandoms. There's a few exceptions like the also-excellent Harley Quinn series, but yeah, modern IPs probably won't see the sort of reevaluation/rejuvenation that happened to Hanna-Barbara properties in the 2000s.
Also unrelated but I met Michael Sinterniklaas at a Summer Wars premiere and he's a very cool guy.
magic moments never last...
I assume you mean in the near term. That trend certainly cant be maintained forever.
>Harley Quinn
>Excellent
It was a hot woke mess, let's be real.
A desperate ploy to actually market comics derived media to the chittering hordes of non-fans that ruined it all beyond repair, despite not actually being the customer for things they ruined.
@@weaponisedautismresearchpr9668 the whiny nerd stereotype in episode 18 was too on the nose, lmao
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Stereotypes exist for reason, buddy.
All of 'em.
What's most dissapointing, is that the show felt like it was wrapping up. And that they've been cancelled and come back before in season 5. So who knows
i had seen season one, but after reading your tweets praising the show, i sat down and watched the rest. it was so weird to finally finish the series, be excited for the resolution, and then watch it cancelled all in the course of a week. i hope it comes back.
So we still have the slow decaying Family Guy, but this gem of a series is cancelled.
Thank you for pointing this out. Proof of the constant lowering of intelligence in society.
Dumbass poop and fart jokes get 20+ seasons. Well written characters and a story that is actually funny but also deep? Nope, stop producing that kinda stuff!
We want stupid shit. Smh.
And Simpsons, South Park, plus Rick and Morty for a promised 9 seasons. Just, ugh. Why must the beautiful things go.
@@musicwelikemang People have been saying that everyone is getting dumber since books were a new thing, and probably before that.
slowly decaying is too kind. its a propped up corpse.
So true. Family Guy has became frat bro jock humor full of edgelord bullshit. And this subversive and unique show gets cancelled. There is no god.
I'm going to miss The Nozzle.
I am failing to not be alarmed by this situation, and I feel like I'm letting down... The Nozzle
Do not look away from … The Nozzle.
The Nozzle misses you.
The Nozzle will always be watching you. Pay no attention to... The Nozzle.
It definitely will be a loss of .... the nozzle
Let's be fair, this was very silently cancelled a few months ago. This wasn't brand spanking new, just new for anyone who gave a hoot. Mike Lazzo is no longer a part of Adult Swim, and we should expect the network to shift entirely. That being said, this was a flagship for a new AS and AS decided to be as dumb as a sack of hammers and drop the show, despite already being in production.
Doc Hammer and Jackson have BOTH expressed that this may well not be the end. The show is NOT over. We have the option to go to more fringe networks. Theres even strong talks already over who wants to and CAN pick it up.
Super fans and casuals will be the saviours of this show.
If there is ANYTHING I ask of anyone who reads this comment, go to your streaming networks, voice your demand for the show. If we want the ending or the start of the end as we have been alluded to, we need to act NOW, not two months from now, TODAY, TONIGHT, and start fighting HARD for the VENTURE BROS
Netflix?
@@TylerjX5 Hulu might be the stronger option
Go team venture! ✌️
@@TheRealFacemanguy YES! GO TEAM VENTURE!
I'd like if they could make another season for Hulu. Unless Warner/HBO/Cinemax just don't believe in the show, wouldn't they be willing to carry it streaming?
If Publick and Hammer want to make more episodes, I'll definitely watch them, but if they're out of ideas, no worries.
I'm really going to miss this show. It was such a big part of my life. I remember sitting in my room waiting till midnight to roll around so I could watch it on adult swim on very low volume so I wouldn't wake up my parents or brother, and biting my hand to try not to burst out in laughter again for fear of waking up my family. It was truly a treasure.
Also as always StrucciMovies, beautiful video, and a wonderful send off to the series. Thank you.
I am so sad about the lack of love for Dr. Girlfriend/Dr. Mrs. The Monarch. I guess I'm saying I wish this video was at least an hour long.
The big challenge for me was to talk about the show with no spoilers so I ended up talking about almost nothing character/plot-wise haha. I do love her and would talk more about her in a long form piece!!
Dr. Girlfriend is my Queen! 🦋💜💛
Dr. Girlfriend/Dr. Mrs. The Monarch is really interesting in discussing the way the show evolved because she went from one of the biggest problems of the early seasons, an edgy punching-down joke, a gag-character heavily coded as a trans woman, to possibly the most developed and interesting character in the show, with the particularities of her voice and the early-series implications that at least some of the show's other characters believed she was trans never being commented on beyond just being a fact of her existance, instead her being seen as unambiguously beautiful, ultra-competent, and a driving part of much of the plot for most of the later seasons.
I started watching the Venture Brothers when I was 18 in 2006 before I came out as gay, and as weird as it is to admit I think it honestly had a lot of involvement in my coming to terms with my sexuality. It's always been there in the background of my young adult life, reassuring me that while things may be shit now, it's not all bad and it can be fun. It's really sad and heartbreaking to see it end like this, I hope it doesn't.
I'm just sad Hank never got his "coming of age" ark right after Dean had grown so much as a character.
I think the movie covers that fairly well but yeah, it would've been nice to get a full season instead
Venture Brothers has been my favourite show since I was 15 and I've desperately tried to get other people to watch it. Sometimes successfully. But I've always felt like no one else understands it in the way that I do. Not in a "I have the biggest brain" kind of way, but in a "I wish they saw the beauty that I do" way. This video put in to words so many things that I feel about it like I've never seen before. Thank you so much for making this. I really never thought I'd cry at a Venture Brothers essay, but duh of course I did. I wouldn't be the same writer without Venture Brothers and I hope more people find this beautiful anomaly of a show.
Sometimes the most beautiful things come from the most unexpected places
You know a show is good when it's arcs finish when characters get laid
Oddly enough; this video got me to watch the Venture Bros.
I will watch it for the first time, at 36.
It gets better and better. Season one has some great laughs but the writing just keeps improving each season.
What you think?
So, this is the video that got me into Venture Bros. Now, after all the waiting, it has ended. I hope Publick and Hammer keep creating, and I can't wait to see what they come up with.
P.S. Have you seen the big twist in the movie? Jesus, I wasn't expecting that.
I'm rewatching the whole Venture Bros series and that twist is fucking with me constantly.
adult swim just cancelled the best show in the history of american television. Just looking at random clips in this video made me cry a little bit.
WASTING ALL MY TIME-TIME!
rewatching this and blue morpho is the best incarnation of THE GREEN HORNET and i grew up watching the bruce lee one
as someone who lost their father at a young age....the blue Morpho story absolutely crushed me. I couldn't stop crying. these guys are brilliant story writers
This video is better than a rusty venture.
What's a rusty venture?
Damian Rice well that my friend is a very interesting question. With a very interesting answer. And you should look up the video of it being explained in the episode it airs in.
Nothing tops an Action Johnny though.
I remember watching bits of The Venture Bros back in the mid 2000s when it used to air on Bravo in the UK where it used to play alongside shows like Aqua Teen Hunger Force and Metalocalypse, and it was one of those shows that just stuck out in the back of my mind as a kid. Just recently I watched the entire series and it felt like some sort of lost media that I should have watched as a teenager - such a weirdly funny but often sad and affecting show.
Absolutely great video on the show. I think you've really summed up rather succinctly about the strange appeal of The Venture Bros, especially in a way that's approachable for people who've never even heard of the show.
I can't recommend Doom Patrol enough. It's not animated, but it does give me some of the vibes that Venture Brothers did. Loss, failure, frustration, a joke that contrasts with all of that so hard you cry laughing
I really hate this year...
Damn, I had heard so much about this show and was planning on binging it soon. But this is still sad because I know just how much this show meant to people and from everything I have heard just how creative and impactful it was when it comes to its world-building and characters. I saw a few articles mentioning that AdultSwim that they are still trying to figure out some way to give the show much-deserved finale. So let's just hope that it happens.
It broke my heart to hear this show was cancelled. I hope they can release that final season one day. This was a great video, your love for VB show shines throughout.
Came here after the news about the new Venture Bros Movie
I hope you've been able to see "Radiant is the Blood of the Baboon Heart" and that you relished it as much as I.
I've never been more upset about a show cancellation. Venture bros always came back, no matter how long the hiatus. Truly 2020 is the worst year.
im pretty devastated, i went and watched season 7 only a couple DAYS before i heard news that it got cancelled
Oh, that's harsh.
This show not getting a proper ending, although fitting with the show.... is so wrong. Especially the Monarchs arch. I have all the seasons and rewatch them all the way through before each new season comes out.
Hey Shannon, you don't know me, but your video made me go discover this show. And it really helped me. So, thank you. I hope you're safe and happy.
-a fan.
I absolutely loved this. I really think you understand Venture Bros on every level it's managed to create, and I appreciate you shining a light on all the nuances of it.
Watching these characters grow with the series was so much like watching long-distance friends and their families. That probably sounds really weird, seeing as they're entirely fictional, but they feel so three-dimensional!
It's inspired my writing style and has informed how I critique other media. I don't think I would be the same person without it.
P.S.
I absolutely loved Hannibal too. Hannigrahm for life!
I'm still sad about Hannibal.
same
yup. tho there is a new series coming based on Silence of the lambs but not by the same crew... tho that would have been season 4... sigh.. oh what would have been...
"Sing me a Technotronics song."
Both Venture Bros and Mike Tyson Mysteries were major losses. Damn shame Adult Swim would throw two of their best shows under the bus.
Mysterious got cancelled? Damn. There like no good shows on adult swim now. And I watched it for 10 years. Damn. I guess It sucks now
Damn MT mysteries too? ugh. tho that doesn't hit as hard as VB, which was my favorite show pretty much..
@Phineas Facing Forward well at least Tuca and Bertie is pretty good. I don’t think it compares to Mike Tyson Mysteries though.
Thankfully we still have Primal
Don't forgot squidbillies. They fired the voice of early.
god i’m so happy to have found this- it hits hard on what made this show so special to me. that strange humanity at the core of it. i think a lot about how many scenes in the show are just the venture family having breakfast or pete and billy having a silly nerd argument. there’s this way that anchoring this almost seinfeldian writing in a completely absurd world highlights the humanity of these mundane experiences. and i love it so so much. plus it has hank, and that’s all a show needs to be great
The best portrayal of a strip club I have ever seen.
When they introduced OSI and SPHINX, I almost died. I Bought a DVD of old GI Joe episodes for my sister's kids a few months before it aired. I actually said "OMG, they look like the village people." A couple of episodes in, and I was convinced that the twins(Cobra) were f*cking each other. It is weird watching your childhood shows as a stoned adult.
Sad, mournful t it s.
I’m of the generation that originally grew up on Jonny Quest; the thing I love most about this show is it’s Meta-commentary on what it’s like for a man to transition from pre-feminist to post-feminist society; the point you made about the way the characters speak being real is so true, and so important; these guys are truly wedded to outmoded ideals of masculinity, but because they don’t live in the real world with real people, they never had to change gradually, over time, the way the rest of us old farts did...and unlike other shows like this, they manage to keep us on these guys’ side, as most of them are good fellas with bad ways of thinking...
I really love how uncompromising you are in your content and how you refuse to peddle "relatability" to game the algorithm :)
Hi Shannon, I recently found your channel through the video essay podcast interview that you did. Just wanted to say how much I appreciate your work and how glad I am to have found it! Fake friends 2 completely changed the way that I think about and engage with online content and influencers, I honestly think it's the best youtube video I've ever seen. It should be a must watch for anyone who regularly visits this site. Keep on keeping on my dude! 😁
Another bonus about The Venture Bros.: Jackson Publick and Doc Hammer seem like people more enjoyable to hang around with than Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon. Yeah, I blame Rick & Morty for the VB's cancellation, because it looks and sounds cheaper, and it's a dumb show PRETENDING to be smart. With VB, they paid for QUALITY.
Sigh... I'm currently revisiting the series so I can finally watch the movie. I've also been revisiting UA-cam videos about the show. You summed up my thoughts and feelings about this wonderful series better than I could ever articulate. And yes, I also got emotional hearing that song again. It's fucking tragic that something so incredible has to die when there's so much garbage programming out there. You did a wonderful job, well done.
Turner Broadcast: *We want to make more money!*
Also Turner Broadcast: *We're moving production to California!*
It's amazing how the writers can craft so many likeable and well written characters. I don't remember a character that I don't like. Even someone like Jonas. I also respect their attention to details. They watched previous seasons to stay consistent and avoid retcons. That's great dedication.
It's quite a shame that Venture bros got the axe cause the cartoon is way better than Family Guy American Dad and Even the legendary Harvey Birdman (one of my personal favorites)
Calling White a starfucker
Me and babe STILL reference that scene all the time 😅
Its funny how often it's relevant
I keep telling people: VB is the best-written show I've ever seen, live action, anythinng, period. If you watch the show long enough to get it (i used to watch on justin tv before twitch and took many series loops before i really had a grasp of all the chars and the timeline etc), this show has the power to change you; I wouldnt give that level of um, whats the word, power, anyway to any old show, even if some stuff stays with you from other shows.
and .... the show really helped me. When I lost my best friend and, the arc of 21 and 24, which I had seen so many times... it suddenly
i cant explain it but it's true... you have your friends, loved ones voices in your head, and they are there, responding, de and reflecting, they are there. And when you lose someone,
after a while that voice goes away
and when that happens , it's really sad :C
i cant anyway this show really helped me to share and realize that greif and i will never forfget it. i dont really like baring this kind of thing in a dumb yt comment but screw it ill probably be dead in 10 years and so why not put it on this dying, corporatized stolen platform that is yt
anyway, thank you for covering vb
GO TEAM VENTURE
That joke hit mad hard.
"Where pick that stuff up from Hank, I never see you read?"
The venture bros is coming back as a movie in case you guys didn’t know
I want the show to come back but if the last scene we ever get is Hank in a batman mask it still works somehow.
I agree, though they're also making a movie sometime soon!
MOVIE ANNOUNCED LETS PARTY
started watching the show because of this vid. Enjoying it so far. cheers.
What you seemed to miss is that most importantly Venture Brothers is a story about broken people finding their place in the world, every single character of note finds their own fulfillment in life, the one that suits them, after decades of pursuing someone elses vision of success that made them more broken and miserable. We find the Red Death already being fulfilled in his eighties, we follow the Monarch fighting through the bueraucracy to in the end shape the guild in the image that suits him. Every single character goes through something that makes them full if they let themselves embrace the circumstance, even general hatred. And then we have Rusty, who was practically given his own redemption arc by the omnipotent telephatic demigod on a silver platter, who ultimately refused to embrace himself and this is his failure - he can't let himself be happy with who he is.
And Rusty can't even be blamed for outright rejecting that "perfect future". He knows that in the best possible scenario he'd get bored, because killinger did inded solved all of his problems. And in the worst possible scenario he'll be stuck - again - in the vision someone else had offered him. Someone else that might appear to have his best interests in mind and who has qualifications to ensure those best interests are met, but who in reality tries to enslave rusty in the web of puppy gratitude. He did throw away the material fruits of kilinger, but he kept his lessons. You can see him finally growing after that episode.
Have you seen the movie yet?
I have! I really liked it!
I love how Killinger says "Stinkin' Thinki', unt Dilly-dallying." the seriousness of his tone is undercut by the almost juvenile choice of words. Hilarious.
Early in the year you were talking about rewatching on twitter and catching up, which made me decide to rewatch and catch up, then months later its cancelled. Pretty depressing, altho I have to say there's been three other times I just assumed it was cancelled cause it took so long for the new season and I don't really keep up with popculture news, so it was always a nice surprise when a new season came out. And that it stayed so well written, I think its better written comedy than the original Arrested Development.
I'm just glad other people liked it this much, and that there's an actual fandom, I genuinely thought it was impossibly obscure and that it was a minor miracle that it got past season 5.
No way a movie does justice wrapping up the VB's story. Maybe if they do a LOTR style trilogy, maybe. They need/deserve a couple more seasons at least.
I'm reallly gonna miss Venture Brothers. It was always a really fun experience to just binge everything leading up to a new season as a refresher after the years between and finding some new thing to love, and just watching these incredibly real feeling characters just do their thing and somehow wind up getting things like The Guild of Calamitous Intent. I could gush incoherently forever about this show and I'm glad that it exists
I know you not
But your voice and Venture Bros passion has made me kinda love you
I am the cheese
A million years later (okay, two), I must say--this is an excellent video. Thank you, the Venture Bros is a real gem and I'm so happy you've articulated as such because good goddamn I couldn't.
I always saw this on the TV Guide between Sealab and Harvey Birdman as a teenager and never knew what it was about. This video convinced me to try it out. Hopefully stream numbers going up helps a revival!
Just found this show a month ago. I've binged all 7 seasons, & the "Best of" you tube vids multiple times. Love the deep story, & voice acting. Wish there was more!
“Ted and I met at that Applebee’s”
1. I used to watch venture bros and had a huge crush on dean venture idk why.. then dated a dude named dean.
2. can't believe that at 10:46 their faces look EXACTLY like venture bros characters. i thot it was cool that they had a STYLE but looking at that i don't think they do they'ree just representing real life.
They did actually put themselves in the show as part of the jury in the "Trial of the Monarch" episode in S1.
i mean it wouldn’t be the first time adult swim canceled a good series, they also canceled metalocalypse too.
you, my friend, have just earned a new subscriber. great vid about a great show
I finished this show
The last ep teased this show was coming back ...but when !?
I live this show......especially The Nozzle!
I made a sound I didn't know I could make seeing the title of this video. What an absolute tragedy.
Venture bros now on HBO max. Just binged S7.
I think what made the blow of losing this beautiful show a little bit softer for me was the fact that I kind of suspected it was on the verge of being canceled. I had a hard time imagining something as high concept, high budget, or as niche to survive anywhere near as long as The Venture Bros. survived, especially with its 2+ year production runs between seasons.
I get more emotional just thinking about what we were able to get out of those seven seasons: what starts as a dark comedy deconstruction of 1970s/80s pulp scifi comics and cartoons - ostensibly an adult spiritual successor to The Tick - transitions into a sprawling, emotional epic about entropy and the existential nightmare of constantly living in someone else's shadow. Everything from Rusty's oedipal resentment toward his father and the way that influences how he raises Hank and Dean, to Brock's slowly decaying sense of self in each season, to Billy's need to self-affirm as a super scientist in the face of constant setbacks and an overall disappointing career, to Morpheus's need to make peace with himself as he slowly loses everything he's ever loved - I could do this with virtually everyone in the main cast (don't get me started on The Monarch), but it goes to show the amount of thought and empathy put into building the world of The Venture Bros.
As someone who was so moved by the show that I spent the last decade constantly working and reworking a story for a webcomic I've jokingly called "The Venture Bros. if it was about 90's Shonen Anime", I owe a lot to Astrobase and the multi-level storytelling McCulloch and Hammer helped pioneer and normalize in modern adult animation. I always said that if the show ever got canceled, I wouldn't mind Astrobase adapting the rest of the show into a comic series like McCulloch had originally planned though it probably wouldn't have the same impact as beautifully hand-animated episodes with brilliant orchestral backing by the guy from Foetus.
So heart broken with this cancelation! This is my favorite show ever, every time I watch it I find new details. It needs a true ending or better yet picked up & continue for seasons to come. #saveVenturebros
So glad i got to see it on HBO max before it hit the self destruct button
Dr venture Sr is the worst and is the true villain of the show.
Hopefully the movie ties it all together
This is an underrated video essay, how dose it not have more views
Fun fact: Doc Hammer's black and white hair is all natural.
Intense chills from the ending of the invisible hand of fate with that song, thanks so much for sharing!
I dare say that Gary (henchman 21) is the greatest audience surrogate in the show
people were really shocked when you pointed out how the show’s “failure” theme focused on masculinity and masculine fantasy?
like, i couldn’t articulate it back then, but i noticed the pattern and picked up on that stuff as a teen boy lol. like, even if you just tally up everything that gets parodied in the early seasons, it’s overwhelmingly male-targeted myths, especially power fantasies: old superheroes, adventure serials, spy flicks, boy detective stories, all stories about individual boys and men rising to unrealistic heights.
i mean, Johnny Quest itself was basically the most masculine cartoon on TV back then. how can you parody it, keep the show about dudes, and NOT say something about masculinity?
like, it’s so built into the show that even if it wasn’t originally intentional- which I can totally believe was the case, the show was created by two men drawing from their childhoods, of course they’d have male-targeted media as a frame of reference- it was basically impossible for the writers not to recognize it eventually, with how self-aware they are
I did not even say the phrase "toxic masculinity" in the video, but some men have a kneejerk reaction to any analysis of masculinity that could possibly even be the slightest bit negative. But like you say, it's a core part of the show! I was just stating the obvious! But especially because I'm not a man, it made people mad lol
Can really tell how much you love this show. I'm gonna give it a watch
Go Team Venture!!!!!!
#saveventurebros #goteamventure
Very well said, wonderful commentary. I was a late arrival to the show, it had been on for many seasons before I viewed it for the first time. The first for me was the long episode "Cleansuit", and that's what hooked me into this remarkable show. I've since seen them all but lately I've been revisiting the series from the beginning. Even though I've got a lot of it memorized it's nice to keep going back to return to these characters and settings. Once again, heartfelt vid, sad that the series ended but they gave us 17 years and the fans treasure all of it.
its been cancelled before im sure it'll come back eventually!
@Broly The Sarcastic Savage yeah that come back season for samurai jack was amazing. lol hopefully we can get it sooner this time tho
I love every season, the best ever
What is the final song?
Discrot sent me... great video!!
ty. what is discrot?
WE NEEDED TO KNOW IF THE MONARCH AND RUSTY ARE BROTHERS AND HOW DEAN AND HANK CAME TO BE AND..SO MANY QUESTIONS LEFT UNANSWERED :(
(spoilers)
It's pretty explicit by the end of s7 they're half brothers I think? The blue morpho arc suggests it then either Watch or Ward announces it to everyone? Iirc the last line of the season is The Monarch reacting to finding out haha
@@StrucciMovies still a lot of questions unanswered or we will never get a straight answer of, very sad
Well, as of 2023, the wrap up movie has answered ALL of those questions.
I HATE that they got rid of it, SO DUMB! I used to be a HUGE adult swim supporter, but now... they're dead to me.
It’s almost perfect to have Rusty and Monarch realize they’re half-brothers and then end it. If not for me wanting to see Escape from the House of Mummies part 1, I think it’s kind of hilarious.
I got a feeling since the cancellation wasn't really noted as the show being non profitable that it has a great chance on getting picked up by HBO Max.
That said, it at least deserves a special to wrap things up like it kinda did with the Prom episode or the special Gargantua 2 episode (Which released as a special, not a first ep).
I heard about this, but this is the first media I've seen about it and you did a fabulous job. I'm gonna start emailing tomorrow,,
I got the book also. So lovely. You've also reminded me that its been too long since I'd gone down the VB con appearance rabbit hole.
Thank you!
I got the Art Book the show is so good and it's just my favorite shows it needs to go to HBO MAX!
We're back
The only thing I can say is at least it didn't end on any "major" cliffhangers.
"IGNORE ME!!!!!!!!!!!"
Well of course it got cancelled.
Why keep a show with parodies and a healthy mix of high and low-brow humor going when you have a cheaper, less funny and more marketable show called "Rick and Morty"!
I mean just think about it! One requires to be drawn by hand not to lose its comic aesthetic, the other has one guy voicing half the characters!
I'M NOT SALTY, YOU'RE SALTY
Fuck...
It's people like you who will give the show another season.
Thank you very much for sharing.