Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm (2022)
Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2022 2:27 pm
You can buy this for $20. I stole it off the internet, and I did it because I didn't wanna pay the money. See how easy that was? The Mooninites spend a large chunk of their on-screen time making fun of you (the viewer) for paying money for it, so I feel at least somewhat vindicated.
I came into the Aqua Teen game late, as I only realized five or so years ago that it was the funniest thing on TV, but by that point it was primarily relegated to 2 AM reruns on Adult Swim on weekends. I can't call myself a "superfan", but I am whatever is under that, because since then, I'll watch it 100% of the time it's on. I haven't seen every episode, and I'm happy about that, because I like every episode, and there's still more to go.
I was a similar "not-quite-superfan" of Beavis & Butthead, and felt pretty much the same way about this movie as the recent B&B movie. There are not a lot of belly-laughs on the menu, but it's hard not to smile through the whole thing.
It is an appropriately ridiculous story which starts with the Aqua Teens having broken up. Shake and Meatwad are homeless. Carl is still being Carl, though the Teens' house next door is condemned and abandoned. Frylock has taken an IT job at "Amazin'", which, the cultural commentary is not terribly subtle, if you see what I'm saying.
Anyway, the head of Amazin' is a crazy, retarded rich person, and eventually the Aqua Teens reluctantly join back up with Carl to unwittingly and accidentally save the world. Meanwhile, the Mooninites are... well, you know how the Mooninites are. Or you don't. (*)
Who cares, though. Ultimately (like B&B) the show still works better in 11-minute episodes than a 75-minute movie, because the story is never the point. Exactly like the show, the main laughs come in the form of Shake or Carl (or the Mooninites) being on screen, doing what they do. Everything else exists to provide structure for them being who they are: some of the funniest characters ever to be animated.
(*) I am fan enough where I know the Mooninites and what they bring to the table. I am fan enough to know that they caused the Great Boston Panic of 2007. But there are probably plenty of references in the movie that I didn't get or don't remember. I think your enjoyment of the movie is based on how much you enjoyed the show. However, Shake dispels some of the neophyte's concerns early, when he is confronted about being called a "Teen", and admits "I'm in my late forties, don't ask questions."
A perfect way to approach the movie, and the show it came from.
I came into the Aqua Teen game late, as I only realized five or so years ago that it was the funniest thing on TV, but by that point it was primarily relegated to 2 AM reruns on Adult Swim on weekends. I can't call myself a "superfan", but I am whatever is under that, because since then, I'll watch it 100% of the time it's on. I haven't seen every episode, and I'm happy about that, because I like every episode, and there's still more to go.
I was a similar "not-quite-superfan" of Beavis & Butthead, and felt pretty much the same way about this movie as the recent B&B movie. There are not a lot of belly-laughs on the menu, but it's hard not to smile through the whole thing.
It is an appropriately ridiculous story which starts with the Aqua Teens having broken up. Shake and Meatwad are homeless. Carl is still being Carl, though the Teens' house next door is condemned and abandoned. Frylock has taken an IT job at "Amazin'", which, the cultural commentary is not terribly subtle, if you see what I'm saying.
Anyway, the head of Amazin' is a crazy, retarded rich person, and eventually the Aqua Teens reluctantly join back up with Carl to unwittingly and accidentally save the world. Meanwhile, the Mooninites are... well, you know how the Mooninites are. Or you don't. (*)
Who cares, though. Ultimately (like B&B) the show still works better in 11-minute episodes than a 75-minute movie, because the story is never the point. Exactly like the show, the main laughs come in the form of Shake or Carl (or the Mooninites) being on screen, doing what they do. Everything else exists to provide structure for them being who they are: some of the funniest characters ever to be animated.
(*) I am fan enough where I know the Mooninites and what they bring to the table. I am fan enough to know that they caused the Great Boston Panic of 2007. But there are probably plenty of references in the movie that I didn't get or don't remember. I think your enjoyment of the movie is based on how much you enjoyed the show. However, Shake dispels some of the neophyte's concerns early, when he is confronted about being called a "Teen", and admits "I'm in my late forties, don't ask questions."
A perfect way to approach the movie, and the show it came from.