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darkCanuck writes "A year and a half ago, three guys wrapped up a Flash-based story taking three years of work, spanning twenty-four chapters in twelve hours. This afternoon they began offering Broken Saints as a DVD set (four discs), the entire series at $39.99 US. It's been tweaked, to say the least, to 5.1 surround sound, updated art and effects for more than half of the production, subtitles in six languages and voice narration from such people as Cancer Man from the X-files (William B. Davis), among other notables. It's an impressive feat for any studio, in my opinion, but three canucks in their spare (and not so spare) time ... that's incredible. If you haven't seen it, check it out since the chapters are still available at the website." Just as pressing -- An anonymous reader writes "You can now buy all 100 Strong Bad Emails as a boxed set of 3 DVDs. If you live under a rock, Strong Bad is freakin' awesome. You can buy it here."
I am pleased but sticky about this.
Yes it is great these are coming to DVD.
Yes it is huge for the sub-industry.
BUT, as with what we saw happen to anime, eventually the sludge will come too.
Beware!
Doooomed! Dooomed!
If you live under a rock, Strong Bad is freakin' awesome. You can buy it here."
Right. Because if I have no idea what Strong Bad is, I've been living under a rock.
And you wonder why they make that comic book store owner as annoying as they do on the Simpsons.
In the name of all the fans out there, let me serve as counsel.
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SB is part of the comedy nuvo, the online WTF OMGBBQ generation. For us, this kind of thing is just awesome.
Sometimes something that makes no sense, is completely off topic, or just utterly stupid gets the best laughs.
I know people who say out loud "Dot dot dot..."
The same crowd who's into these things
Flamebait?
I don't mean to feed the troll or anything, but he/she has a good point. I have quite a few Canadian friends, and I'm sure if I called them 'Canucks' I'd get punched in the face quicksmart.
Also, check out Dictionary.com - it lists 'Canuck' as an offensive slang.
It's just a matter of time before someone else gets offended.
remember typing on monochrome monitors
watch enough anime to appreciate certain exaggerated features
enjoy correcting and ridiculing spelling errors
can identify with characters who are bullied in a playful way, and remind us of our youth
used to own or play those pixelated console atari games
owned a single-tone keyboard with that cutesy demo song
can appreciate some clean humour
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The Happy Tree Friends has been doing this for quite some time aswell. Check them out as some of the episodes are hilarious. Currently they have released three DVDs.
The trailer seemed to be random rambling and cuts. Trailers are supposed to make movie more attractive, not less...