The Big Picture: The Prophesy of Freakazoid
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Maybe they didn't predict what the internet was going to be like, but rather, what the internet was already shaping up to be at the current time. As I remember having the internet around that time, back when it was crappy geocities websites about people's lives or pictures of their cat.
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My god, blogs, can I haz.... IT HASN'T CHANGED AT ALL!
Why did you do a Candlejack joke by cutting off mid sentence in his name, everyone knows you have to say the whole thing or he wo
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My god, blogs, can I haz.... IT HASN'T CHANGED AT ALL!
Why did you do a Candlejack joke by cutting off mid sentence in his name, everyone knows you have to say the whole thing or he wo
Freakazoid in and itself was a mixed bag for me, there was some American humour (which I loathed then and still do now), some fourth-wall breaking (which only now I appreciate), and some genuine insanity which has forever shaped me as a person.
But it paled in comparison to The Mask, who, for all the wejie-based jokes, still had more than enough insanity to make it a decent programme for children. Also, it had TIM CURRY as a villain, which is one of the best combinations!
But it paled in comparison to The Mask, who, for all the wejie-based jokes, still had more than enough insanity to make it a decent programme for children. Also, it had TIM CURRY as a villain, which is one of the best combinations!
The only parody of the Internet that comes close to Freakazoid are the trolls and (2 other characters) from Homestuck, which is a more intentional parody of the Internet and its stereotypes. These characters are a parody of specific parts or users of the Internet, while Freakazoid is the Internet as a whole.
I do find early internet ideas really hilarious considering how little the creators understood and/or how good they where at predicting the future..
Only thing I'm not sure if they implemented in Freakaxoid is dumb users whom believe everything that is on the net...
Otherwise fantastic way of celebrating 100 episodes, the rather accurate prediction of the (SFW) internet and it's trolls...
I don't get the Candlejack references could some
Only thing I'm not sure if they implemented in Freakaxoid is dumb users whom believe everything that is on the net...
Otherwise fantastic way of celebrating 100 episodes, the rather accurate prediction of the (SFW) internet and it's trolls...
I don't get the Candlejack references could some
Well, now I have some new things on my "to buy list". Though I'll be a little bit of a nitpicking jerk and say you used the Candlejack meme wron
I suspect the creators were at least somewhat aware of the "Internet culture" that was emerging even then. There are some Internet memes referenced even now that date back to the Usenet era. Heck, the term "spam" was born out of a Usenet meme that was a reference to Monty Python. And as for the creators' personal experience with those proto-freakazoids... well, just ask Tress MacNeille why she refuses to voice animal characters anymore. Yeah. It's exactly what you think.
He even has the hair for it!The Tall Nerd said:
The character i remember the most was that big fat alien guy but i don't know his name in english.
Can we stop it with all this nonsense? I mean, why are lines being cut off? Because of a character in a TV show from the 90s? That's so silly! There's no way saying 'Candle Ja--
I always loved Sgt. Mike Cosgrove and his "Cut it out" and everyone would just stop. Where are all the Escapists going? Candlejack, Cut it
Justified for the the 100th special. I wish you could of done a multipart episode.For anyone wanting to see the whole thing with CaveMan go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHDH6oIv-2o&feature=relmfu
I love that you did this episode, just wish you did more.
Though I think the episode Handman sums up the internet as a whole.
I love that you did this episode, just wish you did more.
Though I think the episode Handman sums up the internet as a whole.