On this weekend's season finale, the undead auteur gets picked as his own monster in the next iteration of The Cabin in the Woods, and he's feeling like a real "avenger"...of his own previous TV cancellations. Also on the show: The Oompa Loompa writer's room, the Looney Tunes hospital, and the Robot Chicken Nerd trades places with Thor.
The episode airs Sunday at midnight on Adult Swim, but we have a sneak peak video of Zombie Whedon after the jump...
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One thought was running through my head looking back at "The Cabin in the Woods": what kind of dumbtard installs a 'release all monsters' button?
A while ago, I thought, 'this is a "Robot Chicken" sketch waiting to happen'. I really hope that Seth Green doesn't puss out because he and Whedon are pals.
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My favorite skits were the ones that made fun of the logic of video games, cartoons, etc. Sure it all seems to make sense within its own little world, but when you look at it with real-world eyes, so many things don't make any sense.
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I remember when Robot Chicken was worth watching, you know, back before just referencing pop culture was considered in and of itself "comedy"
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@Gallen_Dugall I used to like the show quite a bit for its use of satire and how it knocked people down a peg or two. The other night I watched a few new episodes on my DVR, and I said to myself, "Wow. Now they're just being dicks..." There's no satire any more, just personal attacks. Other than maybe the specials, I'm done with it.
@Dancore @Gallen_Dugall Yes I agree it was a great show with actual satire (so very very rare) that meant something and what we have now is the result of politics. Satire is the a tool against those in power, when everyone in power becomes someone you've given your absolute unconditional unquestioning support of you can no longer do satire. You are reduced to flinging poop.
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@Gallen_Dugall I gave up on it when I realized that most of the 'comedy' in it relied too heavily on gory death. After the 100th decapitation/disemboweling joke, I knew that this was all the shows creators had to offer. I'm not against gore and violence, but without some actual wit and clever writing, it becomes a crutch.
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@Gallen_Dugall Isn't a show based on playing with action figures always going to be dependent on pop-cultural references?
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@Gallen_Dugall Well it's always been my 50/50 show. Sometimes you get one good episode. Sometimes it's one good segment in an episode. The jokes are reused. I'm sure though it's hard to keep a show like that fresh though.
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@Someguy @Gallen_Dugall one of the tough things about comedy is that it requires context, if the basis for your "joke" doesn't share a context with the audience or if you do not at the very least establish a context for the joke through some kind of pre-punchline preparation it cannot be found funny. Just doing things in reference to something else is not in and of it self funny. Much of what was funny about the show was very subtle, you had to know more than what they gave you or it just came off as weird but somewhere along the way it just got really lazy, it's not subtle it's "shock reference". From what I understand the "Movie 43" film was essentially entirely based on this new form of non-funny comedy. Oh I could go on at length about how this is the direct result of politics encroaching on entertainment, but I'll save that for another time.
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@Someguy and with robot chicken that is like most of the show.
50% intro
4% skit
4% skit
6% skit
3% skit
3% skit
30% ending
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I love when the nerds that worked together on something long ago stay close friends and continue to make awesome, nerdy things.
@rabidronnie Well, that and Whedon and Senreich went to Wesleyan. Not at the same time, but they've mention that they went to the school on Robot Chicken.
