Growing Around Growing Around: A slow moving trainwreck. (General Thread)

[Steamboat_Bill]

@the McD Mighty Wings: It's apparently supposed to be a pun on "kidding around." Which makes no sense. Shouldn't it be "Adulting Around" or something?

Other shows with pun-based titles aren't this nonsensical.

 

[Piga Dgrifm]

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_x5GgWBzGkXoXf2ksbGzXbNrslpOveI7CDZXQ9V6fxk/edit Growing Around character guide.

 

[Shokew]

Can we just admit that the title for this show sucks just as much as the product itself, please? I'm not trying to force anyone to do so and all, but the truth is staring us in the face, IMHO.

 

[Steamboat_Bill]

@Piga Dgrifm: He has a character guide but no series bible?

 

[Shokew]

@Piga Dgrifm: He has a character guide but no series bible?

Yeah - that sounds like total trainwreck in the making (if THAT hasn't been said better by someone else, already...) - That's a part of Rule #1 of setting out to make a fucking cartoon, isn't it?! Or ANYTHING that goes into something, for that matter, involving moving pictures.

 

[Piga Dgrifm]

And the character guide barely tells us anything. It does give us this, however:

Guilty Pleasure -- Gross out humor, this world’s equivalent of erotica.

 

[Steamboat_Bill]

@Piga Dgrifm: That's HIS equivalent of erotica, they mean.

 

[the McD Mighty Wings]

This whole show plays out like a poorly designed dungeons and dragons game. The characters are loosely cobbled together from existing cliches to the point where they don't even match what try are supposed to represent. Like look at that awful "how te parents met story". It still seems like the kids are just kids and enter forgets and throws in little bits like: reading a book = vacation, taking away coffee, etc...

I should probably look at more of the scripts (I really don't want to though) to see more examples.

 

[MrsFrizzle]

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_x5GgWBzGkXoXf2ksbGzXbNrslpOveI7CDZXQ9V6fxk/edit Growing Around character guide.

Apparently, it's really important that none of the characters are stupid. Or an asshole.

 

[Soul Craving Dead Dog]

I just love the "She/he is not stupid/an asshole" in ALL CAPS. He still can't let go, can he ?

 

[Steamboat_Bill]

A few stupid assholes would make the show more interesting.

 

[The Jumping Dwarf]

It's funny, from what I've read of Growing Around, Sally Dunn's pretty much only character trait is that she's criminally stupid.

 

[Dilbertmann]

The fact that it has last 4 seasons is already scary. Bronies will go awol if the show ended.

Found the GA theme song

Delightful

Christ, the autism just raped my ears!

Better break out my "anti-shitty theme" antidote. Where's that Armored Saint CD...

 

[KFC]

That theme song sucked. Here''s a breakdown of why:

-This fuck can't stay on tempo for the life of him.
-His guitar sounds horrible. It's very out of tune.
-He can't even play it. He gets really lost.
-Lyrics don't make sense.
-He can't sing, he's tone def.
-The video quality is bad. He's using the computer's built-in mic and is recording via webcam.

At least he's going for a genre that isn't usually used in kid's theme songs. Despite this, it was awful.

td;lr: It sucked, very little saves it.

 

[Piga Dgrifm]

Love how the only comment on the theme song video just says 'awful'.

 

[Simplicity111]

I just listened to part of that song, and it was an ABOMINATION! Knowing Enter though he'll probably accept it.

 

[Piga Dgrifm]

I love the fact that he made a character sheet, and left pretty much all of it blank.

 

[KFC]

I love the fact that he made a character sheet, and left pretty much all of it blank.

This show's days are numbered. Fucking failure.

 

[Simplicity111]

I don't know why he doesn't just give up the series already.

Although I do have an interesting revelation of info:

Mr. Enter and the others told me in the last stream there wasn't really a concept of a "teenager", and that it was mostly just kid and adult, and the transition age was 18, at least we now know that about the show, but then again they'll probably change it, seeing Nayolfa's attitude towards the show.

 

[KFC]

I don't know why he doesn't just give up the series already.

Although I do have an interesting revelation of info:

Mr. Enter and the others told me in the last stream there wasn't really a concept of a "teenager", and that it was mostly just kid and adult, and the transition age was 18, at least we now know that about the show, but then again they'll probably change it, seeing Nayolfa's attitude towards the show.

They change major elements at the drop of a hat. Where is that goddamn series bible?