Thread 149808419

What do you think about Invader Zim?

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Gay. Why is /co/ allergic to discussing anything that isn't political?

>>149808419 (OP)
im currently playing as irken invaders in the new rimworld dlc

>>149808419 (OP)
I think it will forever be one of the greatest wastes of potential.

Still has some good fanfic, if you remove all the shipping garbage.

>>149808419 (OP)
One of my favorite childhood shows growing up, and I remember it fondly. I’ve probably outgrown it a little by now and dunno if the humor would hold up if I tried rewatching it, especially outside of my most favorite eps.

Sort of unfortunate how abruptly it was canceled, and that those planned episodes never got made. But apparently a lot of the crew took the cancelation as an opportunity to go on to make Avatar the Last Airbender, so that makes living in this timeline worth it.

The Enter the Florpus reboot Netflix special was, eh, fine I guess.

>>149808550
>It's the drugs they're putting into the snacks turning the irkens gay and tiny.

>>149808419 (OP)
desperately needs a "spiritual successor"

>>149808419 (OP)
I can't name a single album that sounds like Invader Zim's soundtrack. It's so unique.

Is there ever gonna be any chance of a DVD/Blu Ray rerelease? The original one from 2006 was basically perfect but impossible to find.

>>149808419 (OP)
>What do you think about Invader Zim?
More Importantly, What do you think about Invader Tenn?

>>149808419 (OP)
Shit

>>149808419 (OP)
I've never watched it but I have seen a lot of cringe people being fans of it.

>>149808419 (OP)
Not a fan

>>149808419 (OP)
This show is my go to example for "Shows that don't need super serious dramatic deep lore but have it anyway even though you could never tell."/

>>149808550
Bots.

>>149810055
I could name a few off the top of my head that could fit the bill

>>149808419 (OP)
Perfectly hit the cultural zeitgeist like 1 year too early, if it came out in 2002 or 2003 it probably would have been a smash hit right out of the gate. Instead it got tepid ratings at first which gave Nick further incentive to kill it. Which is a fucking shame because visually it's one of the better cartoons made for TV and the writing was really unique. There's a good reason it blew up after the fact, it's a crime the series didn't get to see its full potential.

>>149808550
>Why is /co/ allergic to discussing anything that isn't political?
Its invader zim a show about a imperalistic alien with an autisitc robot fighting a chud .

>>149808419 (OP)
When I was a kid, my eyesight started deteriorating to the point where the doctors thought I’d be totally blind by age 10. As a result, I was pretty touchy about any eye related imagery and the reason I’m bringing this up is because I actually saw the premiere and fucking LOVED it… then next week they had episode 2 where bestest friend Keith gets his fucking eyes ripped out on screen (well in shadow but still). That shit turned me off the show until I was 14 or so my eyesight actually stabilized around 8 btw, it’s still dog shit but I can see just fine with glasses now and I caught a rerun or something (I don’t remember) and realized "Oh, wait this show actually is amazing and I was just being a pussy about the eye thing". Great show that I really wished I gave another chance before it was cancelled.
>>149812961
Actually, I remember hearing it got GREAT ratings however it was the 14-16 demographic which Nickelodeon has absolutely no fucking clue how to capitalize on. Also the previously mentioned 9/11 incident really put a damper on children’s television’s tolerance for anything slightly dark for a couple of years.

>>149813302
>Actually, I remember hearing it got GREAT ratings however it was the 14-16 demographic which Nickelodeon has absolutely no fucking clue how to capitalize on.
You're right, it's early in the morning so that slipped my mind. It ended up doing really well with kids later on tough, but by that point it was already too late. Also stupid as fuck that a company can see a big success like that and just go "TEENAGERS? WHAT THE FUCK DO I DO WITH THIS??????" instead of just leaning into it.

>>149808419 (OP)
Loved it when it came out, but doesn't hold up as well on rewatches.

>>149810180
It's a mix of industrial music and hardstyle techno music (gabber, hardcore, speedcore, etc). The Quake's OST is quite similar (as well as early NIN music who made the game OST).

>>149808419 (OP)
Loved catching it on TV, never got around to seeing the whole show.

>>149808419 (OP)
Great show, with terrible consequences to humanity with the fujos it wrought.

>>149808550
>image spam
This is an imageboard, sir.

Crazy how this show ended before I was born, it ended in 2006 and I was born in january of 2007

Enough time has passed. i can say Florpus was genuinely good.

I for one would welcome our new Irkan overlords.

i think that for being as gay as it was it was not as gay as i would've told you it was at the time.

>>149813871
Heavy use of orchestral instruments and choir is what sets it apart from typical dark industrial, techno, and similar electronic music. NIN lacks them, from what I've heard, and while Quake's ambient tracks share a decent amount of similarities, the more intense ones have little in common with Manthei's work. One more detail is a strong military feel, most apparent through the drums.

>>149810055
Jhonen had a really promising show called very important house that he was working on but Disney pulled the plug and effectively killed it forever since they own the rights to it. Super sad.

Pilot episode:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoV88J7DGdk

>>149811458
She's alright. I know a guy online who waifus her. I haven't messaged him a while.

>>149815707
https://youtu.be/7KnBq1H6H5w?si=9rgC-1M9HuEoe5rq

>>149816757
>I know a guy online who waifus her
do you mean the guy who has spent way too much money in Tenn commissions?

>>149808419 (OP)
Great show

>>149808468
>Yeaaaahhh

>>149815437
What?

>>149815707
>jhonen gets off his ass from playing vidya slop to make a cartoon again one time and disney cancels it
DTVA department is evil

>>149808419 (OP)
That Irken women need to be impregnated

The show is fucking great, the movie and comics are just ok.

Hypothetically, if you were the absolute ruler if IZ Earth and Humanity. What whould you do to prepare to defend Earth from an Irken Invasion? Bonus points if you are creative and dont do what Adult Dib did in that one episode where he destroys their snack supply and the Irkens go into "retard panic mode"

>>149808419 (OP)
If the show ever comes back, Jhonen Vasquez needs to be held on the same leash he was held on with Nick. Mild censorship breeds creativity.

>>149812961
>if it came out in 2002 or 2003 it probably would have been a smash hit right out of the gate

It came out on the wrong network. Billy and Mandy during its first season + the Grim and Evil era as well as Flapjack were equally dark, and Cartoon Network didn't intervene much at all with them.

>>149821288
I just use Zim against them. I'll pretend to surrender to Zim and entertain his delusions of grandeur and let him do his thing. When the Irken Armada arrives Zim will do what he always does and ruins everything for them. That Massive will probably blow up and most of the Armada with it. Im not sure what to do with Zim afterwards other then put him in a test tube or cryogenically freeze him. Whenever we have to deal with Irkens again i'll just release Zim and tell him the Tallest want to congratulate him on successfully taking over the planet again or some shit. I'll probably put a grown up Dib in charge of tard wrangling the green bastard

>>149821229
based

>>149821229
based

>>149821317
Flapjack came out way after Zim and its influences were already basically mainstream

>>149815707
Sometimes I feel like it's a waste that Johnen is content to coast and enjoy his pseudo-retirement, but then I look at the state of TV animation and realize that with the current state of things the real waste of time would be to actually try.

>>149822556
should Jhonen try going indie?

>>149822769
I'm no expert but I think he's got enough notoriety and experience that he probably could, but that's a pretty uncertain business if you don't have any solid financial backing. He might not want to take that risk.

>>149808550
This is /co/ now.
>Imgur style image dump threads that are clearly botted and always have the obvious question of "What do you think about X?".
>Several Homestruck threads now that's a animated pilot when there were usually saged.
>South Park thread are mostly /pol/ shit.
>Lazy Simpsons Quote thread...... but it's mostly /pol/ shit as well.

>>149821354
I question if Zim is THAT stupid to be manipulated like that. Not saying he wouldnt be, but he might figure out whats going on eventually. Also the risk of surrendering to Zim, even if its in pretend has the risk of him mind controlling you or removing your brain or some shit.