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

[Anchuent Dictata]

Family trees could be necessary additions to show bibles, IF the ancestry of characters is going to prove IMPORTANT at some point.

A member of the cast's father is the evil overlord? Okay, that's a detail worth making note of among your other most important bits.

But this is tangential at best considering relevance based on what we know, there's just nothing we've seen so far that indicates any of the cast's extended families are important.

Regardless of whether or not he's going to share the bible, he ought to be working on it, because besides the critical groundwork that needs to be laid as a technical requirement to pitching the show, it would reflect an actual sense of coherency and professionalism/progress to be able to confirm its existence.

 

[P.K. Mt. Fuji]

Enter seems to be like the kind of person that's almost 'too' eager to share his brilliant, ground-breaking ideas to the undeserving masses, so my guess is that he's likely hasn't even started his series bible asides from a few disorganized dot-jot notes on notepad. That or he hasn't released it in fear of it being stolen by the child-murdering devils at Viacom, similar to plankton and the krusty krab secret formula.

 

[Headbanger General]

Enter seems to be like the kind of person that's almost 'too' eager to share his brilliant, ground-breaking ideas to the undeserving masses, so my guess is that he's likely hasn't even started his series bible asides from a few disorganized dot-jot notes on notepad. That or he hasn't released it in fear of it being stolen by the child-murdering devils at Viacom, similar to plankton and the krusty krab secret formula.

Well, I don't think it would make any sense to release a pitch bible to the public before even being finished. I'm not in TV, but I figure it's best to play your cards close to your chest, so to speak, at least until you get shot down accepted by the network.

But then again, he's releasing the scripts right now, so he's probably just a lazy-ass.

 

[Anchuent Dictata]

So in this edition of shocking news that shocks everyone, Enter's most recently unveiled script has made shit even more confusing than before.

 

[Konstantinos]

After some extensive thought on the subject, I've got to ask: What the fuck is Growing Around even about? It continues to elude me as to what the premise is supposed to be. Is it just like a really uninspired, toothless version of The Simpsons that's being played completely straight? Or is Enter trying to achieve something else altogether that I'm not seeing?

 

[Steamboat_Bill]

@Konstantinos: It's supposed to be, like, adults are in kids' place in society and vice versa... I think.

But besides that, I share your confusion.

 

[KFC]

After some extensive thought on the subject, I've got to ask: What the fuck is Growing Around even about? It continues to elude me as to what the premise is supposed to be. Is it just like a really uninspired, toothless version of The Simpsons that's being plaid completely straight? Or is Enter trying to achieve something else altogether that I'm not seeing?

It's Flip Flopped remade to his standards. All the show is, is just that. He also admitted that Chore Wars was "Rise and Shine [a Spongebob episode he didn't like] done right."

 

[Wabbu]

It's Flip Flopped remade to his standards. All the show is, is just that. He also admitted that Chore Wars was "Rise and Shine [a Spongebob episode he didn't like] done right."

And "Mind Games" is a body swap episode "done right as well"
like he said on his advice video

 

[Steamboat_Bill]

Trying to do something that somebody else did "right" rarely ever works out. John Boorman didn't like The Exorcist so he made Exorcist II: The Heretic - and you try to justify that as a good film.

 

[Johnny Bravo]

After some extensive thought on the subject, I've got to ask: What the fuck is Growing Around even about? It continues to elude me as to what the premise is supposed to be. Is it just like a really uninspired, toothless version of The Simpsons that's being plaid completely straight? Or is Enter trying to achieve something else altogether that I'm not seeing?

Aside from tragedy written as poor comedy? I think he's trying to make it about growing up, growing old, and finding the right balance between maturity and fun. This is obviously the perfect subject for an early 20-something live-at-home kid without a real job.

 

[Master Shake]

He also admitted that Chore Wars was "Rise and Shine [a Spongebob episode he didn't like] done right."

I don't get why Enter hates that episode, I think it's pretty funny for a post-movie episode.

 

[Wabbu]

I don't get why Enter hates that episode, I think it's pretty funny for a post-movie episode.

Enter hates Patrick's guts

 

[Konstantinos]

Aside from tragedy written as poor comedy? I think he's trying to make it about growing up, growing old, and finding the right balance between maturity and fun. This is obviously the perfect subject for an early 20-something live-at-home kid without a real job.

It really is tragic because going by what you said, this is some kind of escapist fantasy for Enter. The bland, idealized portrayal of youth in GA is something he wants to experience. He wishes to return to a simpler time when he was young and didn't get made fun of over the internet for being a self-important NEET douche bag.

 

[Piga Dgrifm]

And "Mind Games" is a body swap episode "done right as well"
like he said on his advice video

That's one of the things that really kind of rubs me the wrong way, it's up to others to judge if he did it 'right', as most people's perception of their own work is skewed in a positive direction. (It kind of bothers me when anyone pats themselves on the back for their own work in that way, though.)

 

[Wabbu]

That's one of the things that really kind of rubs me the wrong way, it's up to others to judge if he did it 'right', as most people's perception of their own work is skewed in a positive direction. (It kind of bothers me when anyone pats themselves on the back for their own work in that way, though.)

Yes
There is a line between Confidence and Pretention, Enter isn't even crossing the line, he never left the Pretention side.

 

[Johnny Bravo]

It really is tragic because going by what you said, this is some kind of escapist fantasy for Enter. The bland, idealized portrayal of youth in GA is something he wants to experience. He wishes to return to a simpler time when he was young and didn't get made fun of over the internet for being a self-important NEET douche bag.

I actually think there's something to this concept thematically. It just requires the hands of someone far more skilled than Enter.

 

[Anchuent Dictata]

I actually think there's something to this concept thematically. It just requires the hands of someone far more skilled than Enter.

What are your impressions?

 

[The Perplexing Ms. Escape]

Yes
There is a line between Confidence and Pretention, Enter isn't even crossing the line, he never left the Pretention side.

Well when you have something as well thought out and revolutionary as GA, there's no need to be humble.

 

[Trombonista]

So, how many years are adults in school anyway?

 

[Konstantinos]

So, how many years are adults in school anyway?

Wait, so adults go to school? Why? If being an adult in Growing An Erection means you get to screw around and never work, why would they go to school? Its not like they're learning any important life skills considering that they have no responsibilities whatsoever.

Speaking of which, if children are in charge of everything, does that mean they just have an intrinsic knowledge of how the world works? Or do they also go to school? Who teaches kids if all the adults are retards? Other kids? If this is like in Baby Geniuses as I fear it is, do children's mental capacities simply degenerate as they get older? Are people born with a breadth of knowledge as well as early onset Alzheimer's or something?

God, the lore in this show is so bewildering and poorly-conceived. Its also a little creepy and depressing to be honest.