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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
#34701: Jul 18th 2016 at 7:18:19 PM

[up] Yeah, that actually occured to me.

There was no real reason why Marty had to be manipulative and dishonest about what he was doing.

"Hey there kiddo! I have this gig I need to set up to promote a soda. Would you like to be a part of it and have fun DJ'ing?"

People would have still hated the soda since it was gross, but he made the situation unnecessarily unpleasant for everyone with absolutely no benefit for himself.

edited 18th Jul '16 7:22:00 PM by wehrmacht

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#34702: Jul 18th 2016 at 7:33:00 PM

There's gonna be some patience testing...New Stephen Universe episode has eluded the unconscious me. Thas lame. Now I have to wait for a predictable scenario.

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Austin Since: Jan, 2001
#34704: Jul 18th 2016 at 7:36:44 PM

Something just occured to me. Now that Greg is rich, I wonder if we'll be getting some Little Butler references. I can imagine Amethyst saying "Your father has too much money!"

thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#34705: Jul 18th 2016 at 7:40:40 PM

Looks like KBCW is back!
From the second I saw Ronaldo passed out from Guacola I was hoping this would get an entry!

I honestly found those six paragraphs funnier than the actual episode.

edited 18th Jul '16 7:40:54 PM by thatother1dude

Cailleach Studious Girl from Purgatory Since: Sep, 2015 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
Studious Girl
#34706: Jul 18th 2016 at 7:47:54 PM

Cail's sister has seized control of the keyboard in a bloody coup d'état. This is what she has to say:

I really like the recurring theme of parent/child relationships we've seen on this show. Parent themed arcs seem to be very popular among human characters. (Sadie, Connie, Buck, and now Sour Cream) And then of course there's Steven with his plots revolving around his dad and plethora of moms. I think this really emphasizes a contrast between Earth and Homeworld. When Peridot recounts her own creation there's no mention of any parental figures or parental love, just a "cold unfeeling robot arm", if you will. This is just something that doesn't exist on Homeworld. Then of course you've got a character like Rose who appears to want to separate herself from gems and be part of humanity. What does she do to achieve that? She becomes a parent.

MsAmiClassified Tired of givin' up the ghost from the fucking ocean Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
Tired of givin' up the ghost
#34707: Jul 18th 2016 at 7:48:13 PM

Guacola: The Soda That Can Make Even Ronaldo Hilarious!

I do have to wonder what the hell that company did such that 17 states are filing a lawsuit.

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thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#34708: Jul 18th 2016 at 7:56:00 PM

I think the biggest hints are

I’m sure Guacola has lots of other great uses, like mortaring in a brick wall.

Guacola Inc, a subsidiary of Gluggman Industrial Adhesives

The ingredients list was "100% Avocado + other natural ingredients".

edited 18th Jul '16 7:58:06 PM by thatother1dude

MsAmiClassified Tired of givin' up the ghost from the fucking ocean Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
Tired of givin' up the ghost
#34709: Jul 18th 2016 at 7:58:27 PM

Look at Ronaldo, struggling to not outright say "it's shit".

Yep, explains a lot.

edited 18th Jul '16 7:59:46 PM by MsAmiClassified

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MightyMatilda Mr. Clueless from New Jersey, USA Since: Jan, 2015
Mr. Clueless
#34710: Jul 18th 2016 at 8:02:51 PM

@Ami: I'm thinking that a spokesman insulted a lot of sports teams. That's probably lawsuit-worthy.

De Romanīs, lingua Latina gloriosa non fuī.
32ndfreeze Since: Mar, 2012
#34711: Jul 18th 2016 at 8:26:01 PM

I'm hoping we don't get a plotline where Greg ends up losing all of the money.

I feel like Greg's too financially responsible to do that and at the very least not set aside money for Steven.

thebandragoness Since: Feb, 2016
#34712: Jul 18th 2016 at 8:34:44 PM

Wow, I was ready to write this one off as a filler episode riiiiiight until those last couple seconds.

I've got Frozen, Spectacular Spider-Man, Crash, Spyro, and Paper Mario fanfics.
KarkatTheDalek Not as angry as the name would suggest. from Somwhere in Time/Space Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: You're a beautiful woman, probably
Not as angry as the name would suggest.
#34713: Jul 18th 2016 at 8:38:26 PM

Dammit Marty, you sucked me in with your sleazy old man charms!

Ah well. Would have been nice to have him be a more complex character, but I guess some people are just assholes.

I wonder what Greg's gonna do with the money. From what I've seen with "Mr. Greg", it looks like he's going to do something expensive in Empire City with Steven and Pearl, and it also looks like he's getting a new car (hopefully Steven and Connie don't trash it). If I were him, I'd set aside some for emergencies and for Steven, maybe donate a fair portion to charity...10 million dollars is nothing to sneeze at.

Oh God! Natural light!
randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#34714: Jul 18th 2016 at 8:38:37 PM

[up][up][up]It's gonna happen...just not in that cliche kind of way.

edited 18th Jul '16 8:38:56 PM by randomness4

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thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#34715: Jul 18th 2016 at 8:42:33 PM

@Karkat: The "Beach City Drift" preview showed he's still running the car wash while having extra money, so I think it's safe to say he's not even gonna let it alter his life to heavily.

edited 18th Jul '16 8:45:50 PM by thatother1dude

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#34716: Jul 18th 2016 at 8:57:05 PM

Shine, shine, shine. Glimmering.

Real-talk x5.

Marty sure likes to use slang, mang. Tryin' to stay hip wit da kids, yo.

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thatother1dude from Land of the Ill, Annoyin' Since: Jan, 2001
#34717: Jul 18th 2016 at 9:05:40 PM

Ian JQ is OK!

Those Creator Cameos extras were much more obvious than usual. I forget, who is that one lady with the hair that's short on the side supposed to be?

edited 18th Jul '16 9:06:14 PM by thatother1dude

KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#34718: Jul 18th 2016 at 9:16:30 PM

Ten... million...

I was expecting Greg to get into some money, but holy crap!

Can't wait to see what happens tomorrow on Steven (Owns The) Universe!

edited 18th Jul '16 9:17:57 PM by KnownUnknown

AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Rock on, Gold Dust Woman
#34719: Jul 18th 2016 at 9:19:48 PM

[up][up]

Amber Rodgers, maybe? I don't know all of them.

Have you any dreams you'd like to sell?
BlueBlaze64 The Watcher on the Tower from Empire City Since: Sep, 2012 Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
The Watcher on the Tower
#34720: Jul 18th 2016 at 9:31:38 PM

I agree that some people are truly assholes, and are beyond help. But it feels like they took an overly simplistic approach to it in this episode.

I would have thought they would make it more subtle, like how he would look less evil than he did in Greg's flashback, and seem genuine in wanting to help. Then, the facade starts to fade, and he begins introducing thing after thing that Sour Cream doesn't like until it's a bastardized version of his original idea. Then, the betrayal feels all the more forceful, especially if Marty admits that he knew what he was doing the whole time, and he was just using SC for his own purposes. And after it fails, then he begrudgingly brings up the check to Greg and leaves.

Having it happen all at once as a twist near the end made it very telegraphed, especially with how obvious his initial lie was. I think it would've been better to keep the audience guessing with whether or not he's really changed, rather than just wait for the characters to catch up with what the audience already knows, which is that he hasn't changed.

"The cruelest thing you can do to an artist is tell them their work is flawless when it isn't." -Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw
yoshimickster Since: Nov, 2012
#34721: Jul 18th 2016 at 9:36:12 PM

I'm hoping for more Marty, I don't know about y'all.

randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#34722: Jul 18th 2016 at 9:39:07 PM

I doubt it, did you see how old and simpsons-ish he looked? He ain't comin' back without flashbacks.

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MsAmiClassified Tired of givin' up the ghost from the fucking ocean Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
Tired of givin' up the ghost
#34723: Jul 18th 2016 at 9:39:11 PM

[up][up]/[down]same tbh

edited 18th Jul '16 9:40:21 PM by MsAmiClassified

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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
#34724: Jul 18th 2016 at 9:39:12 PM

[up][up][up] Idk. It feels like there isn't really anything more to his character, it feels to me that he was crafted to serve a basic role and has served his purpose. I mean it would be cool to see him make a surprise appearance in the future and show some more complexity, but I find that pretty unlikely.

[up][up][up][up] I agree. I think something that would have been cool is for Marty to have actually wanted to reconnect with his son, but his manipulative nature and greed ruin the whole thing. You know, made him feel a bit more like a real person instead of a simplistic asshole.

The setup/progression was pretty predictable and kind of underwhelming.

edited 18th Jul '16 9:42:10 PM by wehrmacht

ClownToy Since: Aug, 2015
#34725: Jul 18th 2016 at 9:42:07 PM

[up][up][up][up][up]You must considerate that we are seeing the things from Greg's perspective.
Also, I must commend, a lot of people can be actually quite sociopathic in real life. Marty is definitely not a mass murderer, but he's lazy, he lacks about empathy, and in real life, sociopaths and sociopathic people can be quite devoid of feelings. Hollywood shows people like that like if everytime they had an Freudian Excuse or a deepest character, but sadly, and despite the appereances, realistically enough, Marty might not have an Freudian Excuse or a sad reason to justify the way he behaves.

And even if they have some deep issues, that doesn't mean that people will automatically gonna know that just because they are in the same room, and if he doesn't show any redeeming quality to the people, people will not gonna have sympathy for him.

edited 18th Jul '16 9:43:16 PM by ClownToy


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