Wet Shorts: The Best of Liquid Television
by Ed Bell, John Hays, Peter Chung, Robin Steele, Tim Boxell
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Actor: Japhet Asher, Mike WechDirector: Ed Bell, John Hays, Peter Chung, Robin Steele, Tim Boxell
Writer: Peter Chung
Producer: John Payson
Producer: Kit Laybourne
Writer: Melissa Salmons
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0
Format: Animated, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 30 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1997-10-29
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Sony
Movie Reviews of Wet Shorts: The Best of Liquid Television
Movie Review: MTV, You SUCK!
Summary: 1 Stars
I watched Liquid TV when it first aired. There was a lot of great stuff and a little mediocre stuff. it was entertaining to say the least and wetted my appetite for the wierd and bazar. What you have done MTV is labled the mediocre stuff as greatest when it was not. Just for starters, where the heck is "Snookles the Dragon"? It was first aired on Liquid TV and has to be the HANDS DOWN best thing ever shown on that once marvelous show. It was the only cartoon that caused me pain because I laughed so hard I fell out of the couch I was sitting in. The back of my head hurt from the strain of laughing so hard not to mention the not so soft landing on the floor. That is something that does not happen much if at all and yes that one cartoon is that funny the first time you see it.
TOO MUCH AEON FLUX!! You can get more from the AEON FLUX DVD (not the new live action movie) if you gotta have your Aeon Flux. Don't get me wrong about Aeon Flux, It is surrealistically bazar and intensly erotic. For what it is, it is cutting edge even for today's animation in the raw story and presentation. It invokes dark imagery and constant motion that is somethimes a trot that quickly goes to warped speed in an 'oil me down and spank me' sort of thrill ride for the eyes and ears. BUT It was not the best of Liquid TV (it is damn good though and I DO watch it). Where was all the one shot stuff we used to laugh at? Did Spike and Mike get it all? Where is Road Kill the Speed Bump Possum? Did that not air on Liquid TV as well?
Which came first? Spike and Mike or MTV? Who Had this animation first? Spike and Mike or MTV? I remember MTV when it was a half hour TV show at 9:00 PM on channel 9 in Los Angeles YEARS ago like in 1979. Spike and Mike didn't even have a show of their own untill the late 80's. I seen this stuff for the first time on Liquid TV and later at a Spike and Mike 'Sick and Twisted animation festival.' Could it be that MTV FOOLISHLY sold the rights to such brilliant gems of entertainment only for smart people like Spike and Mike to jump on the rights cheap? If so I bet that it was like tossing hotdogs to starving wolves. Sell the best and keep the rest??? What??? And loose later profit from great products??? HUH? Or maybe they never had the rights to the greatest stuff and didn't have the forethought to secure reprint rights when they released tapes and DVD labled 'THE BEST OF...'
This does have at least one endearing quality for animation from Liquid TV in that yes most of it is funny although Stick Figure Theater was funny once but after that it fell very short. For what this DVD costs do yourself a HUGE favor and go with Spike and Mike's Sick And Twisted but buy carefully. A couple of the later ones were stinkers while the earlier ones shined.
MTV, you are an embarrasment to yourself! SHAME ON YOU! You think you are the best. KEEP DREAMING!
POTENTIAL BUYER: For what you will be getting be certian it is worth the money to you to avoid buyer's remorse. I am not speaking out of a sense of egotistical aesthetic judgement but as a consumer who likes to get a decent product for a decent price. MTV is just jerking the customer here. I have to agree with the other reviewers. Too Short, Lacks the really great episodes, and TOO high priced. Practices like this lead to a thriving Piracy market.
Again, buyer choose well when looking for your wierd animation fix. THIS PURCHASE IS NOT WORTH THE CASH! You get more for the buck with Sick and Twisted and you are not spending so much MOOLAH! I would not even represent another product in a review if the one I was rating offered something for the dollars I spent but this is just outrageous.
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