Apocalypse Lane: Episode Six: Womanly Advice

[tea bags]

It has to be! Or it would be an epic fail!

 

[Ultrajoe]

My faith is rewarded. Thanks for the episode, I know you enjoyed making it but still, thanks.

 

[GodsOneMistake]

Best one yet, keep it up

 

[Jursa]

The part with cuddles showing cards at the window was hilarious. I'm looking forward to more of your show.

 

[Dahemo]

I have to say I'm not a fan of this series in any way, it's well drawn and I like the artist's work on Newgrounds but it's just very souless, the episodes seem to build up to a fairly boring or predictable pay off: everyone is eating cat doings or the gay zombie has an obscene story, and the comedy of the build up is in itself tired and not really pushing any buttons for me (spousal abuse or a cookery show with violence).

I'm not saying it's terrible, it just doesn't work for me although I can see that others may enjoy it. It all just feels terribly phoned in, in the writing that is, the art and animation is very good but the scripting is lazy and, at best, a hack...

I recommend sticking around for a few more episodes. It may surprise you.

I very much respected the way you challenged me last week so I challenged myself to give you a fair chance on this episode, and I don't regret the decision. It was a solid episode this week, a few genuinely funny moments, and your writing jumped in quality, while the plot was predictable you handled the comedy very well. Staple plots are fine if you can reinvigorate them with new energy or a fresh approach and you did both here, and I confess I loved your acoustic outro music, funny and poignant in one go.

Now I don't matter, I'm just one very unimportant person, and I'd need to see a few more episodes of this calbre to be fully sold but hopefully this is the beginning of an upward curve. However, you'd already got my respect with your response...

 

[TuryScrema]

Do NOT watch this while eating!

 

[Dorstlesser]

You know, I've been hangin around on imageboards for a while, collecting gore pics, loli doujins, anything god forbid, but this, I dunno I just can't stand to watch it, it's just gross. Bah.

 

[DazZ.]

I loved the rap at the beginning and laughed heartily. Enjoyed the whole episode and enjoyed bits of others (mostly Cuddles). Can see, as you say, your getting to the meat of it. Im eagerly awaiting your next episode!

 

[Nexus424]

Oh jesus I was not expecting this. The beginning was quite funny with the rap. I knew Gladus was a gangsta. Then the middle oh god the middle. I had to just pause just as the disco lights came. I said out loud "No" but I knew it to be true. This was classic. I am so glad I stuck around for this awesomeness. I knew I had good reason two. And lastly poor Cuddles. He is my fave and it sucks to see him sad. However that song was very nice fitting.

EDIT: Holy Crap!!!!! I just realized. KnifeFight is most likely a character now and I am sure she might not like this. But who knows with a name like that she should be a perfect angel right.

Lastly that group photo with Cuddles holding "Epic Fail" should be a screen shot I was so awesome

 

[Joeyd]

I think you could have done a whole 30 minutes episode with this story line, hope they'll still stick together, they're funny as hell Cuddles and steve are awesome! Love your stuff =], maybe make cuddles hang out with the girl on the picture steve had, i'm sure you could do something with that haha ! love the series

 

[Farson89]

Cuddles is my hero, I'm thinking of starting a religion based around his greatness. Cuddlestianity?

 

[Squiggers]

Christ, i thought i was going to piss myself laughing when the lights came on...

Good job.

 

[Stabby Joe]

Your first episode was terrible, but you recovered and I can now see the potential in this series.

Edit: Steve, rub my nipple.

Thanks dude. Those first couple of episodes were necessary to the story (believe it or not) but they also helped establish these characters. This episode would not have had the same impact if it was number one because it relies on the audience knowing that Steve and Cuddles are good buddies and Gladice is a *****.

It's exciting now to me because we can start getting to the meat of what this show is about, and It makes me happy that people are starting to like it.

Regardless I'm glad you stuck around and be sure to keep watching. It's gonna be fun.

-Jon
-Creator of Apocalypse Lane

You should also take pride in the fact that you listen to your community.

Dam right, I don't think I've seen other contributors in the forums beyond post topics for new episodes.

Aaaanyway, great episode and given the somewhat cliffhanger-esc ending, is the series going to have overlapping plot lines (one of episodes/jokes still of course)?

 

[Zuljiin]

It's been said before and I'll say it again. This show just keeps on getting better each week.

Eagerly awaiting the next episode.

 

[Caliostro]

This is seriously now... one of the best series on The Escapist. A true rival to Zero Punctuation.

Thanks man. I'm striving to have the best animated show on the site and I'm working my butt off to deliver. It's hard to compare my show with ZP since his is a review show and mine's an animated series. the only thing we have in common is being featured on the site. Not saying his stuff is bad or anything, it's fucking hysterical IMO. I would like to have Mr. Croshaw as a guest voice sometime.

I also appreciate UR for what it is. I'm not a big D&D or RPG fan so I feel some of the jokes go over my head, but it seems to have a nice fan following and that's all us creators can really ask for.

-Jon

IMO you're already the best animated series. ZP and Unskippable aren't really animated series, so it's a bit like comparing a gearbox and a pancake. The closest competitor you had was Unforgotten Realms, which is quite good as well, but to me URs has gone the way of Naruto...Filler-and-spam sandwich... Trying to stretch 2 episodes worth of jokes over 3 seasons, and thus has gone stale. I preferred UR when it was just making jokes on the nature of D&D style gameplay...

That said, been a fan of AL since the trailer, and honestly expected a lot worse, specially animation wise. Expected a lot more of a "South Park-cardboard-cut-out" feeling to it. But as I said, I was pleasantly surprised. The animation is actually quite professional, seen a - LOT - worse on TV (just pick most of the stuff on Cartoon Network). Also liked the attention to detail, like you (or your alias "Big Pete") dying in the first episode or the 2pac poster and "thug life" tattoo on Gladies (sp?). To me I look at AL like Fallout 3 happening in the Ed, Edd n' Eddy (one of the best and most underrated shows ever) world. And honestly it works very well.

Keep at it man, looking forward to more. AL has become a staple on my fridays.

 

[LumberWarrior]

Great Episode! XD I'm starting to see plot in it! It would be great if you could have a fight episode.

 

[Zombie_Fish]

At first, I was agreeing with Cuddles:

What the f*ck!?

But watching the rest of the episode, it was actually amazingly thought out.

Jon, you kept on commenting in the forums that by the sixth episode you would do something amazing that would bring this show around (Something which I was curious about for a long time), and I must say you have done a brilliant job at it. I didn't expect that ending whatsoever and it really has turned the series around following the first episode, and seeing the comments on this one it seems I'm not the only one who thinks that.

Personally, I don't find it as funny as other shows on the escapist, but that's another thing that's good about it, as it means that you're treating the show seriously, as well as having a lighter side to it, unlike ZP and Unskippable, which are just there for the comedy.

Anyway, very very VERY good show, very good episode, and seriously, keep it up.

 

[n00beffect]

poor cuddles.. never become a pussy for a pussy,if u know what i mean..

 

[razuk]

A disturbing but great episode...
Too bad for Cuddles.Now we have to wait for the next episode

 

[Zand88]

"Ho-Ly-Shit"