Does Invader Zim hold up? I've been thinking about trying to watch it again lately, but I was a lot younger when I originally watched it, and I'm unsure weather it's worth the effort of tracking it down.
>>82931989
Yes. It isn't hard at all to find the episodes.
>>82931989
No. I rewatched it last year and all throughout I wondered how something so disgusting lasted as long as it did.
>>82931989
It does, and if you still like it, go read the comic.
>>82931989
It gets better with age.
>>82931989
Yea, for the most part at least.
I own every DVD from it's early years (as in volumes and that special feature single disc) and I recently started watching the half hour specials first, as of last night. It's amazing how the voice actors are now that I'm about a decade and a half older to really appreciate it.
I really like the Tallests, they're a pretty good duo.
Story wise it's pretty creative and the backgrounds are still more detailed than most cartoons today, so even when there's not much happening at the time, there's still always something to look at. Music is still good as well as both the 2D animation and the 3D. It's amazing for it's time and it's only downside I can think of is the people it led to be those certain types you see when you just search it. Take that off and watch it yourself and it's probably better than when you saw it last.
>>82931989
Its like Steven Universe
>>82932087
Is itmean-spirited?
>>82934218
My grandma didn't get that Zim was an alien and thought all the shit Dib was doing was just to be a bully.
Man that was weird watching in front of her.
>>82931989
Funny you should bring this up. I had never seen a single second of Invader Zim up until earlier today, when I decided I'd give it a try on a whim, and watched the first episode.
It was actually a pretty solid show. It had a great sense of design and more interesting shot framing and such than you tend to see these days. The plot worked. It had some clever humor. Admittedly, it was hard to watch parts of it without feeling the cringe-by-proxy for what it begot, but I can't really blame the show for its audience.
I'll watch the second episode tomorrow. I hope it's as good as the first.
It does. The second season is especially incredible.
>>82934218
It can be, but it's no Catdog in that regard.
>its a Dib episode
>>82931989
The visual design is still top notch in every respect
Some of the jokes are a little cringeworthy in retrospect, though a few are still genuinely funny
Overall if you can stomach the occasional cringe it's worth sitting through again
I think it holds up, but I'm the type of person who re-reads JTHM every few years.
No, it's the epitome of all that is LOLSORANDUMXD!1.
I get that IZ was the source, but it's legacy has tainted it.
I wish the rabid fanbase was still aroundI am very attracted to the kind of girls who were in it.
>>82931989
If you squirm at random silliness, it still has that at times, and you might hate yourself for liking that as a child. But a decent amount of the show is more clever than that.
>>82938302
>it's the epitome of all that is LOLSORANDUMXD!1.
It's really not. Things like GIR only got it past the censors. Like jingling keys in front of a baby.
>>82937995
i used to think the kid in the background when they were all nodding said "soul riddde"
>>82934298
She must not have walked in on many scenes without Zim's disguise on.
johnny the homicidal maniac is better I think
>>82938302
You must be the kind of person who can't watch the old PPG anymore
>>82939253
it was either bestest friend or the one where dib threw the muffin at zim, or the one where he bologna'd him
>>82934381
Yeah it for sure has its-
>holds up spork-
moments.
I should rewatch it, haven't since I was like 14.
>>82939258
>johnny the homicidal maniac
Nah, that shit had shit animation.
Been watching it on Hulu, it's surprising how okay it is? There's a bit of TEH PENGUIN OF DOOM Xd but this show was kind of a trendsetter in that regards for children's animation. It also has a lot of self-referential and meta jokes that really work in its favor.
If you have the DVDs, the versions with commentary are way better because of the added insight to the humor and the cast/crew.
>>82940090
Why tho
I recently went back to watch those later episodes that ended up on DVD before finding their way to air, since I had never seen them. They're pretty weak. No idea how the rest of the show holds up.
>>82940725
It works for IZ because the world is so fucking shit and retarded. It's not supposed to be funny, it's supposed to accentuate how dysfunctional everything is.
>>82935116
Man that episode was shit. One of like the two truly bad episodes.
>>82942980
Aw man, I loved it. As a kid I ate up documentaries on UFOs and Bigfoot and shit and this episode was so on the nose.I wanted to be a paranormal investigator when I grew up, so I related to Dib a lot.
What's the other one?
>>82942980
Fuck off and go back to /x/, Dib.
>>82931989
Yes.
>>82932087
pic related
>>82943525
Chickenfoot
>>82940090
it got animated?
>>82943525
The Sad, Sad Tale of Chickenfoot?
I think it was one of the very few episodes that focused in Dib's paranormal investigations that didn't involve stalking Zim.
>reminder
The commentary is as funny as the show.
Why so mean to Richard though :(
>>82943935
>:(
>so mean
come on, just fucking leave
>>82943831
He might just mean the grossout humor, guy. Of which there really was plenty.
it surely needs to be released in 720p or even 1080p
a lot of it was computer animated anyway, if not all?
Does anyone have HDTV links?
I have some old Pilisades toys or whatever, some Gaz, Zim, Tallests, and those tiny little objects that came with them. Bitters' head broke off but I glued it back on. I don't think I have the complete set of any of them anymore.
is catdog really that mean spirited to you all? I really dont think its that bad, EEn'E was pretty mean spirited, but the slapstick was godtier so it didn't matter.
>>82947521
>mean-spirited
Children's shows aren't "mean-spirited" you fucking babies.
>>82947521
What do you mean "to you all?" It was a mean spirited show, pretty objectively. The extended cast existed purely to shit on Cat. You can argue it was funny doing it though, if you like.
>>82947637
this, there was an episode completely about shooting down every opportunity he got to be happy, and at the end he gives up, stops crying, and asks why they torment him constantly, the characters said they live to piss him off
it was pretty hard to watch after some time, because no matter what, if the episode is about cat wanting to be happy or "finding his calling" it's not going to work out. there was even an episode where it did but a few episodes later someone fucked him over still
>>82935116
Apparently it was the crew's favorite episode because it had the entire main cast playing off each other.
>>82948591
Unfortunately they didn't make it funny.
>>82948986
unfortunately thats your own opinion and not everyone shares it
just dont watch too much at a time. last time i rewatched it i busted quite a few times. its still fucking funny
>>82947631
I would agree with you, but Catdog was.
>>82949565
yea that gaz porn will make you bust it
I think so. GIR doesn't hold up that well. Everyone has had enough of lol randumb at this point to kinda cringe at that, but the show had so much more to it that it doesn't even matter.
>>82947521
It's about how it's presented. You can do mean spirited right and wrong. It's all about who you root for. EEn'E just knows how to shift that against their own main characters even though they're the main characters, and that's fine mean spirit wise. Catdog and Angry Beavers have this problem where you don't like anyone because everyone is just a dick to everyone and the constant conflict is just turning the whole world of assholes and forces of nature against our main characters with no resolution beyond "well that sucked"
>>82934298
Those people are real!
>>82951585
i like the beavers
i liked the catdog series for some time when it was newer
>>82934298
I watched the meat of evil episode when my grandmother was in the room. And people wonder why I don't like watching anime with others
It holds up. The animation and voice-acting is good, the background designs and use of crazy angles and perspectives is interesting to look at. I find both Zim and Dib genuinely funny.
The comics are great too.
>>82934218
Almost all characters in the show are dicks. Zim is a dick, Dib is a dick, the whole world shits on Dib constantly, the other Irkens shit on Zim constantly, all humans are stupid, smelly lazy-asses.
I'd call it mean spirited to some extent. It's not out to teach anyone about morals or being a good friend that's for sure.
Yeah, it's a funny cartoon with good design. Voice acting is top-notch.
People who are still getting mad about "the fanbase" need to calm their autism.
I used to watch it with my big bro, it was the shit when I was younger
Now I still love it but its like you know
>le so randumb
but IMO its easy to tolerate
I've always liked the animation and artstyle, since it comes from the same guy who made a series of comics about a guy killing people (which sprung up my edgy teen years)
I still love it, not like I used too, though.
Just watch it yourself and see how you like it, yknow?
The Nightmare Begins was a good first episode. I wish I could've caught it on premiere night. I've seen some recordings of the program before it and how it was a game show that showed the preview to everyone since it was airing that night, and some stuff like that, but I wish someone would come forward who recorded, with commercials, the full premiere.
>>82952444
ur a fag
>>82952459
wut?
>>82942980
Shit taste nigga, that episode is amazing.
I watched it the other night and I laughed really hard at the giant squirrel.
>>82949847
CatDog still had heartwarming moments. And the show's penchant for spite and conflict is obviously playing off the fact that the main characters are a DOG and a CAT fused together.
If this show came out today, it would be derided in the current scene, which favorite coziness, brightness, sentimentality and "feels" (actual word used by normies now.)
>>82952444
IIRC, the "gameshow" was every Friday. It was the the theme they were doing at the time for premier nights. That week just had an Invader Zim/FOP theme, because those two shows were airing that day.
I WANT MY SLAW
>>82942980
literally one of the best episodes of the whole serie
Anyone else see "Door to Door" when it premiered? Zims original apocalypse scenario featured the irkens attacking NYC. They were forced to change it since it came out right after 9/11. Personally I liked the original cut better.
>>82960374
It's a 90s early 2000s show. It wouldn't be made today.
>>82952261
That's why I liked/like it so much, it was actually realistic but still over the top. Dib and Zim both getting shitted on by their own races mercilessly is still funny to me.
