Re: My thoughts on The Weekenders

Chika <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, ungvichian
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> > It's the first post of December, the 200th post of the thread, and...
> > well, it's cut and paste time folks. Thoughts follow real shortly.
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> So I get post 201. Does that mean I get the free passes to Chumbukkit?

Hmm, I was kinda expecting a smiley (as in ";-)") at the end of that
line... so that's how Tino won those "Tickets", right (replacing
"post" with "call", of course)?

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And here's another gem I just remembered (BTW, this isn't word per
word):
Partner: "I've been using cubbies all my life, and in middle school
I'll be using a locker, but I'm not sure if my books will fit. What's
your advice?"
Carver: "Uh, buy shoes."
Partner: "Buy shoes?"
Carver: "Uh... you can fit shoes in your locker..."

All I can say is, at least it was marginally more interesting than
that "Are my shoes enough?/Am *I* enough?" speech at the end, which
seems to have little to do with the plot. Speaking of which, as you
can plainly see, the writers have once again mined Carv's love of
footwear... like Chumbukkit, haven't we had enough yet?
Meanwhile, I made a post at the Toonzone forums about the theory that
Rocket Power might have cut short The Weekenders' lifespan. A couple
of similarities were pointed out, for example:
* Both take place in California towns with amusement parks
* Both shows' gangs have regular hangouts (even if the pizza place
changes trends every darn week)
* Both shows have mentioned rugby football
* Both shows have single moms
I also pointed out some diffs:
* TW doesn't use the ep title on the opening caption (or anywhere), RP
does
* RP is all about sports, TW is all about weekend life in general
* Since when did you ever see Otto Rocket at a museum?
* And since when (besides Tishing) did you ever see TW use fake slang?
Most importantly, I claimed that since RP was on cable, it couldn't
have done much damage to TW's ratings. Here's the thread:
http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=95692 .
Tell me what you think of it, and while you're at it, why not check
out this "clichebusters" thread (which also mentions TW quite a few
times as well)?: http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=94296