Frisky Dingo - Season 1
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Movie Reviews of Frisky Dingo - Season 1
Movie Review: Ba-ba-boosh!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is, along with the disc for season two, absolutely one of the funniest television series' I have ever seen. The voice acting is brilliant. I couldn't more highly recommend this, at least for those resilient enough to endure the vulgarity.
Couple minor factoids for all you FD enthusiasts out there:
When Killface gets run over by his friend Barnaby and then in his delirium sings out Barnaby's name, he does it to the theme of "The Courtship of Eddy's Father," a television series maybe starring Bill Bixby or somebody in the early 70s.
When Ta'Quil grabs the core of the Annihilatrix and makes his heroic dive, the sound effect was borrowed from "The Six Million Dollar Man."
There are some concealed elements of literature here, and a surprising depth of character and plot, at least at times. Didn't realize until this evening that when Barnaby gets soap in his eyes in the shower -- I just thought it was the lamest joke in the whole show -- turns out it was primitive foreshadowing for when, well you know. And (spoiler) when Kenneth spots the big pants first and wins the gold doubloon, that of course is straight out of Moby Dick.
This series is AWESOME, even if it's a little scattered sometimes. Like I had no problem whatsoever with Stan's cloning himself, but if I were to ever show it to my girlfriend I'm afraid she would need some explanation for that, just because it kinda came from out of nowhere. And lots of other little stuff, almost as if the process of scripting and writing this series was done partially on the fly, and little incidental "artifacts" got left in the story without any connection to anything else. It's inconsequential really, but you notice them if you watch a zillion times like I have.
And as for the vulgar humor, for example exactly what's a teabag? If you watch this with your girlfriend and she doesn't know what a teabag is, maybe you should steer clear of this one and go watch a more girlfriend-friendly movie. Which is one of the reasons I don't show this, one of my favorite comedy vids, to my GF. The lewd, juvenile male-oriented humor.
I really would like to form a Wendell Stamps fan club.
And I would really love to see a movie based on this series. And it would be really great to get Chris Penn to play Wendell Stamps, too. For Cody.
Movie Review: "Not With That Attitude"
Summary: 5 Stars
Note: Series gets five stars, DVD gets four stars. No extras, and on a series like this, folks would love some. Although not having any maintained the mystique, and I'm okay with that.
I loved "Sealab 2021," but in "Frisky Dingo," Adam Reed and Matt Thompson have brought their brilliant dialogue, randomly absurd and surreal situations, bizarre mix of the extraordinary and the mundane, and repeat viewer rewards to new heights. Killface is an archvillain trying to destroy the world . . . on a really, really tight budget. He's also a single father struggling to connect with his incomprehensible (in so many ways) teenage son. Xander Crews, a billionaire jackass with no redeeming features except for his face, has an alter-ego, superhero Awesome-X. Crews is now obsessed with finding a new archvillain . . . to provide the model for the nemesis of the Awesome-X action figure. And his henchmen are singlemindedly focused on . . . the changes to their health plan. Why did I not label any of this with "SPOILER ALERT"? Because by telling you the story arc for this season, I have told you nothing. The supporting cast is bizarre, the plot twists are incomprehensible, and there is literally nothing about this series that is not hilarious.
Okay, for the DVD, I could have used some backstory on the Sinn/Killface situation, and Simon's mother. I wasn't expecting much because the DVD for Sealab Season 1 had almost no extras, but I guess I kind of thought things would have been stepped up for FD; there is so much that could have been done, like a video for "Cat Party," or, I guess, you know, anything, since there were no extras. For doing that, the producers of this DVD were really, really, really, really smart. And pretty.
Movie Review: "Go Time!"
Summary: 5 Stars
From Sealab 2021 creators Matt Thompson and Adam Reed, Frisky Dingo takes the superhero spoof to new levels. Frisky Dingo introduces us to murderous supervillain Killface (who can be seen on the cover of the DVD set) who has plans to annihilate humankind. All that stands in his way is Awesome X, the superhero alter-ego of billionaire tycoon Xander Crews, and his incredibly inept team of X-ticles. As said before, Frisky Dingo is from the creators of Sealab 2021, so you can expect the same kind of ridiculous, insane, hilarity to be more than prevelant here. The animation is a step above and beyond what has been seen on Adult Swim in recent times, and the show features some of the absolute funniest dialogue and visual gags you will ever see from an original Adult Swim series. Along with Metalocaplypse, Frisky Dingo is the best newer show to hit Adult Swim in years, and this first season DVD set is sheer proof of that. An essential addition to any and every Adult Swim fan's library.Movie Review: NOT FOR KIDS!!!! AAAAAAAHHHH! NO KIDS!!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
Lol. I have a feeling most of those comments are from.......kids. Anywho.
If nothing else, you should watch it just for the opportunity to see a rapper correct a villains grammatical use of the apostrophe and the superhero's response to a white guy posing as an Asian in order to qualify for a small business loan with, "those loans are for non-threatening educated women of color" or when the superhero responds to the second in command with "well, not with that attitude" after he tells him he can't fax glitter. I could go on and on. They stuffed a lot into the first 6 or so episodes, so, the funny does taper off somewhat by then; almost as if they were forcing it. By the 10th episode, it's start to pick up again. I hear they were only on for 2 seasons, which is exactly why I never watch tv. In the rare event they actually make something good, they end up pulling it shortly thereafter. Good thing it was in my "recommended" section in my netflix account.
Movie Review: God, Those Are Some Huge Pants...
Summary: 5 Stars
And this is some awesome television. Frisky Dingo = Best. Show. Ever. You watch the first few episodes and think 'Oh, fun take on super-heroes/villains... how DO they finance all of their crazy machinations and vigilante hijinks?'
Then you're introduced to an ever-expanding cast of hilarious characters whose plot lines begin to intersect and weave into each other in increasingly unpredictable and gut-bustingly comic ways. Killface is the best comic 'toon villain to come out of television since Stewie Griffin.
Then you step back from the absurdity and good fun to realize that Frisky Dingo is also a meticulously plotted and well-executed show for its breed on a network where the standard doesn't need to be very high to at least score a pilot and a few episodes. Adam Reed and crew go above and beyond and definitely deserve a resounding B00SH and/or KA-KOW!
Yeah that's right, 'b00sh' is spelled with zeros.