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Happy Tree Friends
Posted: 2010.10.25 (04:12)
by Vyacheslav
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugB7IfyeDgg
Cute, furry animated animals + nonstop gore and violence = My cup of tea.
EDIT: NSFW for blood and gore.
Re: Happy Tree Friends
Posted: 2010.10.25 (05:24)
by Tanner
But they aren't clever at all! These are for people who didn't realize that Itchy and Scratchy were satirical.
Re: Happy Tree Friends
Posted: 2010.10.25 (05:50)
by scythe
I remember Happy Tree Friends, from 2003, before it was cool.
Re: Happy Tree Friends
Posted: 2010.10.25 (14:40)
by SlappyMcGee
hairscapades wrote:But they aren't clever at all! These are for people who didn't realize that Itchy and Scratchy were satirical.
Itchy and Scratchy are brilliant.
Anyway, Tanner, I believe you are referring to the Simpsons' writers, since they wanted to give them a full spinoff.
Although, I will say this: why are I&S satire and this is not?
Re: Happy Tree Friends
Posted: 2010.10.25 (15:32)
by Heartattack
scythe wrote:I remember Happy Tree Friends, from 2003, before it was cool.
I remember remembering things before they were cool, before it was cool.
Re: Happy Tree Friends
Posted: 2010.10.25 (16:27)
by Tanner
=w= wrote:Although, I will say this: why are I&S satire and this is not?
That is a legit question. If we aren't expressly told by the creators that what we're seeing is satire, we have to interpret from the oeuvre itself. I feel that The Simpsons does provide a context through which we can interpret I&S as satire whereas HTF doesn't.
Thankfully, that's sort of moot point since, in the DVD commentary for Season 9's "Girly Edition" and Season 2's "Itchy & Scratchy & Marge", Matt Groening and Mike Reiss, respectively, state that I&S cartoons are used to satirize issues. The only references I can find to HTF being satire are from third parties.
Re: Happy Tree Friends
Posted: 2010.10.25 (16:49)
by Vyacheslav
I think it should be noted that I&S, while satirical, is also a parody of Tom and Jerry whereas HTF is not.
Re: Happy Tree Friends
Posted: 2010.10.25 (17:37)
by SlappyMcGee
hairscapades wrote:=w= wrote:Although, I will say this: why are I&S satire and this is not?
That is a legit question. If we aren't expressly told by the creators that what we're seeing is satire, we have to interpret from the oeuvre itself. I feel that The Simpsons does provide a context through which we can interpret I&S as satire whereas HTF doesn't.
Thankfully, that's sort of moot point since, in the DVD commentary for Season 9's "Girly Edition" and Season 2's "Itchy & Scratchy & Marge", Matt Groening and Mike Reiss, respectively, state that I&S cartoons are used to satirize issues. The only references I can find to HTF being satire are from third parties.
That is the disk I am missing from Season 9, and thus cannot confirm Tanner's claim.
Re: Happy Tree Friends
Posted: 2010.10.25 (20:08)
by Donfuy
scythe wrote:I remember Happy Tree Friends, from 2003, before it was cool.
QFE
Re: Happy Tree Friends
Posted: 2010.10.25 (22:27)
by Vyacheslav
I guess this is further proof I am 7 years behind everyone.
Re: Happy Tree Friends
Posted: 2010.10.25 (23:00)
by Heartattack
oeuvre wrote:I guess this is further proof I am 7 years behind everyone.
I realized that 7 years ago.
Re: Happy Tree Friends
Posted: 2010.10.26 (02:49)
by otters~1
I had my scathing "found this in middle school" comment ready, but, as usual, I am far too late.
As far as I&S goes, there are several obvious in-episode plots about TV violence just to make sure we all understand Groening's point in creating it. Whereas HTF is creepy and didn't even make me laugh when I was 13.
Re: Happy Tree Friends
Posted: 2010.10.26 (07:30)
by BluePretzel
WHY WASN'T THIS TOPIC MADE EARLIER??!!
QUICK!!! SOMEONE GET KMANN BEFORE ITS TOO LATE!!!!!
Re: Happy Tree Friends
Posted: 2010.10.26 (20:23)
by t̷s͢uk̕a͡t͜ư
BluePretzel wrote:WHY WASN'T THIS TOPIC MADE EARLIER??!!
QUICK!!! SOMEONE GET KMANN BEFORE ITS TOO LATE!!!!!
Who the hell are either of you?
Re: Happy Tree Friends
Posted: 2010.10.26 (20:51)
by Heartattack
T̷s͢uk̕a͡t͜ư wrote:BluePretzel wrote:WHY WASN'T THIS TOPIC MADE EARLIER??!!
QUICK!!! SOMEONE GET KMANN BEFORE ITS TOO LATE!!!!!
Who the hell are either of you?
I love when Tsukatu notices random faceless people. He's all like, this is still an open forum? The fuck?
Re: Happy Tree Friends
Posted: 2010.10.26 (22:27)
by t̷s͢uk̕a͡t͜ư
Heartattack wrote:T̷s͢uk̕a͡t͜ư wrote:BluePretzel wrote:WHY WASN'T THIS TOPIC MADE EARLIER??!!
QUICK!!! SOMEONE GET KMANN BEFORE ITS TOO LATE!!!!!
Who the hell are either of you?
I love when Tsukatu notices random faceless people. He's all like, this is still an open forum? The fuck?
I don't mind newcomers; I just think it's dumb when they
expect to be known for some reason.
Re: Happy Tree Friends
Posted: 2010.10.26 (22:42)
by SlappyMcGee
Heartattack wrote:T̷s͢uk̕a͡t͜ư wrote:BluePretzel wrote:WHY WASN'T THIS TOPIC MADE EARLIER??!!
QUICK!!! SOMEONE GET KMANN BEFORE ITS TOO LATE!!!!!
Who the hell are either of you?
I love when Tsukatu notices random faceless people. He's all like, this is still an open forum? The fuck?
There's like thirty people on this forum. It's not hard.
Re: Happy Tree Friends
Posted: 2010.10.27 (04:59)
by Rose
flag wrote:As far as I&S goes, there are several obvious in-episode plots about TV violence just to make sure we all understand Groening's point in creating it. Whereas HTF is creepy and didn't even make me laugh when I was 13.
Re: Happy Tree Friends
Posted: 2010.10.27 (21:59)
by otters~1
I remember in particular an episode in which one of the "friends" got his head stuck in a snack machine and screamed as the little corkscrew snack-pusher penetrated his eye. Ha.