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Gravity Falls - Complete Series Blu Ray - July 24 2018
- Thread starter BWoog
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The ending is rushed and badly mishandled, but everything else is so good so I gotta agree with you here.
Prove me wrong. The first season focused on Wendy and Dipper too much. Then there was a giant hiatus because Alex Hirsch has a shitty work ethic. Then season two rolls around and the first couple of episodes were strong and then towards the middle it just shits the bed. The ending was lame as fuck. The first half of the ending was dumb robot shit.
Show had a lot of promise but Alex Hirsch can't run a show.
I'm on my phone so I can't really go into detail right now..
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Yeah, the second season should've been two full seasons instead, but it's a great show regardless.
Instead of replying with gifs, why not prove me wrong? You're not really contributing.
This is on Hulu? Is it really worth watching? Someone here compared it to early day Simpsons quality, and if that's true, I could watch an episode of two.
Rick and Morty Season 3 needs to hurry up and show up on Hulu.
Rick and Morty Season 3 needs to hurry up and show up on Hulu.
It's like, not at all like the Simpsons so if that's what you're expecting...
But it's very good cartoon TV. Better than the Simpsons imo, but I never liked that show so *shrug*
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Mileage may vary for everyone but honestly, it felt like a perfect ending. It wrapped up long running plotlines, gave nearly every character a great final beat while also wrapping up their individual stories, and gave the show a definitive conclusion.
Yeah, they fought the villain in a giant robot but that's always what the show has been: batshit insanity. They managed to pepper in hilarious moments throughout said final fight as well.
I was the one to say that and Gravity Falls isn't like the Simpsons structurally, but more in running with how funny it is and managing to balance humor with heart.
Sorry, I don't mean to expect it like the Simpsons, I meant quality wise, like each episode is written well and is entertaining. Haha.
Oh definitely, there's really no filler here that can or should be skipped, even the worst episode is high quality stuff.
Ahh thanks, I'll check out an episode or two tonight when I get home.
The only episodes I really don't like are Dipper vs. Manliness and Dungeons, Dungeons, and More Dungeons.
Cool. Although technically Hirsch is wrong, Gummi Bears never got a full release (at least in the US).
Me too, man. I miss Eileen so much.
Me too, man. I miss Eileen so much.
I don't know what kind of petty beef you have with Alex Hirsch, but your criticisms here are wrongeheaded as all hell. All through the hiatuses, Alex was complaining about the shows being ready to go, that was 100% Disney being dumb with scheduling and airing them, so fuck allllll the way off with that "shitty work ethic" crap.
The "can't run a show" dig... It was his first show. He ran it to completion. So that's demonstrably false. You're free to think he could have done things better, but intimating your dislike with 'oh the showrunner's just crap' is just really pissy and disrespectful.
Bullshit. How Robbie found the haunted CD or whatever the fuck it was never explained. Hirsch left shit open for no reason whatsoever and just rushed the ending. I felt no closure at the end of the show because the moment it went for a genuine moment with Stan forgetting everyone, it just says "fuck you lol" and reverses it. I did not feel anything for the show at the end. Bill was a fun villian but was completely ruined by making him look weak. Dreamchasers or whatever it was, the finale of season 1 was great. But Bill was made to be some pawn with his forgettable cast of demon characters.
Just extremely unsatisfying. You can tell there was to be more but towards the middle of the 2nd season they rushed to finished it.
No, Hirsch does have a shitty work ethic. The dude couldn't decide on where to go with the show and constantly went over schedule and overworked himself. Season 1 was solid because it had a plan. Season 2 didn't have a plan and it showed. He completely fucked up and rushed to finish the show because Disney was impatient. The hiatuses were Disney's fault but I understand they wanted to space out releases of the show. Hirsch seemed hard to work with because if you look at him now -- he has no shows going for him. He was going to have a show at Fox but that went down the tubes. Hirsch isn't the kind of person to be given all that power in a TV show. He can't handle it.
Also, I don't really have any beef with him. His twitter is pretty fucking bad, but whatever. I've drawn with him in Gravity Falls drawrooms late at night (around two times) and he drew some requests for me. Even one of my shitty ironic fanart was sent to him for whatever reason. He's cool, but needs control.
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I absolutely adore this show. I watch it every few months, and the finale hurts every time I watch it and realize it's done again. It's so, so good.
I am bummed we didn't three full seasons as originally planned, but I understand why the writer / director / voice actor made the decision he did.
Uh, even Alex absolutely admits he fucked up as a show runner. Did too much himself, delegated too little and ended up burning out. Yeah, Disney fucked the scheduling, but Alex wanted to quit after the first season he was so burned out.
$80 for 40 episodes— $2 an episode. Amazon sells each episode of $1.99 in HD and you don't get the special features. I usually wait until I can get an entire series or a season for $1 per episode, but Gravity Falls, like Avatar, deserves and exception.
This is cool, my son is super into this show, I bought him Journal 3 and he's got the twin pines hat, Bill Cypher plushies, all sorts of stuff. Is this show ever coming back or is it officially done with?
Gravity Falls is excellent. The comparisons in quality to classic era Simpsons are not misplaced.
I've got a pre-order on the Blu-ray set locked and loaded. Hope all of the web-only shorts and promo material makes it onto the set as extras.
Would also love to see some outtakes and "behind-the-scenes/making of" material.
I've got a pre-order on the Blu-ray set locked and loaded. Hope all of the web-only shorts and promo material makes it onto the set as extras.
Would also love to see some outtakes and "behind-the-scenes/making of" material.
It is weird to already be feeling nostalgia for the show? I saw it for the first time when I spent a summer in DC before my junior year of HS, got some great memories attached to it.
Show went overboard with "Mabel wants something dumb and Dipper has to give up time with Wendy to let her have it" episodes waaaaaaaay too quickly though. Still the best show on Disney in a decade though.
Show went overboard with "Mabel wants something dumb and Dipper has to give up time with Wendy to let her have it" episodes waaaaaaaay too quickly though. Still the best show on Disney in a decade though.
Sym bionic titan got a series release on DVD in Australia. I imported the Dvd and it's great.
Yeah buying from shout directly is usually expensive..I'm gonna wait to see if Amazon will sell it.
Steven Universe seasons 1-3 got blu ray releases on Australia..idk why Australia gets all this stuff.
Certain plot threads were left dangling on purpose IIRC, they've been really hinting about doing some kind of sister series or sequel or follow up in some form. I've heard more webisodes, a DTV movie, canon comic books, lots of things floating around. It's no secret he wanted it over and done with in 2-3 seasons but he hasn't really been secretive about leaving himself some doors to open if he wants to return to the world.
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Meanwhile, here in America we are only just now getting Season 1 on.. DVD.
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Haha wow. That's one way to never spend money on disc copies of anything, I guess.
Overworking and bearing too much burden onto himself sounds like kind of a different thing than having a shitty work ethic, though? Like, pretty much the exact opposite of that thing.
'Bad workflow management' and 'bad work ethic' aren't interchangeable criticisms.
Isn't this the show that people say has a lot of incest undertones, or am I thinking of something
Pissed me off about AT. I won't buy season 7+ until they release a BD version. Fucking cockheads
Pissed me off about AT. I won't buy season 7+ until they release a BD version. Fucking cockheads
Not in the show itself from what I remember, though the fandom certainly likes to run with it anyway.
Now Ben 10, on the other hand...
It's worth it, yes. As to your second point, this is literally unprecedented from Disney (both releasing a full series on BluRay as well as releasing one of their shows through a 3rd party) so we have no way of knowing. They have their Vault shit, it could very well be a limited run for more hardcore fans and never even show up on Amazon. Or it could show up, stay the full price, and then go out of print before ever dropping, and then potentially never drop but just go up.