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Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Funny but not helpful
#34676: Jul 18th 2016 at 5:27:00 PM

Pearl would have liked a hug sad

Forever liveblogging the Avengers
yoshimickster Since: Nov, 2012
#34677: Jul 18th 2016 at 5:27:31 PM

[up][up][up]

"They call me Sour Cream".

That line lead to SOME discussion whether it was a nick-name or not.

edited 18th Jul '16 5:28:09 PM by yoshimickster

Austin Since: Jan, 2001
#34678: Jul 18th 2016 at 5:28:41 PM

Yeah, I did wonder if it was his real name based on how he introduced himself to Steven. Granted, we have a character named Onion, so I wouldn't have been surprised if it wasn't a nickname.

wehrmacht belongs to the hurricane from the garden of everything Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
belongs to the hurricane
#34679: Jul 18th 2016 at 5:34:25 PM

I think the thing I like most about Marty's new design is how detailed his hands are in particular. I know that seems like a weirdly specific thing to point out, but it's honestly a pretty good artistic decision in making him old and slimy.

yoshimickster Since: Nov, 2012
#34680: Jul 18th 2016 at 5:37:09 PM

How weird would it be if he was the same age as Greg? Dude looks "Looks like a goblin" old.

KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#34681: Jul 18th 2016 at 5:44:13 PM

Dangit, I forgot about Steven. I always forget about premieres!

yoshimickster Since: Nov, 2012
#34682: Jul 18th 2016 at 5:48:43 PM

[up]You are dead to us. PACK UP YOUR THINGS AND GO!

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#34684: Jul 18th 2016 at 5:56:39 PM

[up] Huh now that's interesting.

I thought the car was something he started up.

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
yoshimickster Since: Nov, 2012
#34685: Jul 18th 2016 at 5:57:10 PM

[up]Holy crap, holy crap, holy crap, HOLY CRAP! HE BABYSITTED EITHER THE CARWASH OWNER'S KID OR THE CARWASH! EXCITEMENT!

thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#34686: Jul 18th 2016 at 6:00:18 PM

I thought the car [wash] was something he started up.
This doesn't mean it wasn't.

Collen the cutest lizard from it is a mystery Since: Dec, 2010
the cutest lizard
#34687: Jul 18th 2016 at 6:02:45 PM

[up][up] ...I'm pretty sure the kid is Steven.

Gave them our reactions, our explosions, all that was ours For graphs of passion and charts of stars...
WillKeaton from Alberta, Canada Since: Jun, 2010
#34688: Jul 18th 2016 at 6:03:10 PM

I am hoping they'll give us an explanation for where all Greg's money came from and how he hasn't seen one red cent of it up until this point. I also have this sinking feeling that Greg's going to be dead broke again in an episode or two.

AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
wehrmacht belongs to the hurricane from the garden of everything Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
belongs to the hurricane
#34691: Jul 18th 2016 at 6:23:39 PM

Just saw the episode.

It was ok, but I really wish they hadn't been so predictable. So much for Marty becoming a more complex or interesting character.

edited 18th Jul '16 6:23:48 PM by wehrmacht

dmysta3000 (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#34692: Jul 18th 2016 at 6:30:02 PM

[up]I guessing that the lesson here is that, even in this show's universe, some people are just assholes through and through.

GUNDAMU GUNDAMU
wehrmacht belongs to the hurricane from the garden of everything Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
belongs to the hurricane
#34693: Jul 18th 2016 at 6:33:18 PM

Truth in Television, but my main point is moreso that you can be an asshole but still be an interesting character with complexities. IMO It would have been more interesting if say, Marty did really want to connect with his son somehow, but he had his hands tied behind his back due to needing to promote the soda and his inherently manipulative nature just led him to sabotage himself.

As it stands Marty is just a straightforward asshole. It works sure but it's not the most interesting thing they could have done.

edited 18th Jul '16 6:49:24 PM by wehrmacht

thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#34694: Jul 18th 2016 at 6:47:34 PM

I figured for a bit that Marty was just trying to buy Sour Cream's approval, then get pissed when it's suggested that doesn't make up for the neglect. But he wasn't even doing that, and it seems like he doesn't even really have money anyway.

As it stands Marty is just a straightforward asshole.
The issue is that he's so predictable to the audience, even when he's not to the other characters.

edited 18th Jul '16 6:49:48 PM by thatother1dude

wehrmacht belongs to the hurricane from the garden of everything Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
belongs to the hurricane
#34695: Jul 18th 2016 at 6:49:47 PM

[up]that's a good way of putting it, yes.

WillKeaton from Alberta, Canada Since: Jun, 2010
#34696: Jul 18th 2016 at 6:50:05 PM

When Marty pulled up with that big bus I thought he was managing a popular band, like, right now. When the episode kept going and he wasn't managing a band I kept wondering what the bus was for. Turns out it's a bus of evil.

dmysta3000 (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#34697: Jul 18th 2016 at 6:51:39 PM

I knew this would happen sooner or later.

GUNDAMU GUNDAMU
AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Rock on, Gold Dust Woman
#34698: Jul 18th 2016 at 6:53:20 PM

God bless Chris Squire and Steve Howe.

Have you any dreams you'd like to sell?
thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#34699: Jul 18th 2016 at 6:55:12 PM

that's a good way of putting it, yes.
It's why I "liked" Marty a bit more in his first appearance. At least then I was surprised at how much of a sleaze he established himself as in such a short time ("See, Greg, this is your problem. You want one huge woman, when you could have multiple small ones.")

I knew this would happen sooner or later.
This makes it obvious that Steven's grunt is about a quarter-second early.

Ninjaxenomorph The best and the worst. from Texas, Texas, Texas Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
The best and the worst.
#34700: Jul 18th 2016 at 7:08:36 PM

You know, if Marty wasn't such a manipulative jerk, he could have used pretty much the situation as-is and it could have been a good thing ("I'm promoting a soda. I can get you a gig with professional equipment"). Well, except for the soda, I don't think any quantity of that can be considered a good thing.

Me and my friend's collaborative webcomic: Forged Men

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