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While completely failing at it

Recently rewatched venture bros
Very funny and i noticed lots of gay and rape jokes, and they even said faggot. Hilarious every time. We lost something important recently

>>150930141 (OP)
Certainly Gunn's ideas aren't bad. But he's ultimately a Troma guy.

Superman 25 will be remembered fondly in due time, before we inevitably go back to soulless gritty grimdark capeshit of the 2010's

>>150930141 (OP)
Whatever helps you sleep at night, Snyder.

>>150931295
I think that VB is basically the anti-Snyder

>>150930141 (OP)
He wants it to be serious while cramming it full of reddit humor, and wants it to be empathetic while slaughtering characters for laughs. Venture Bros knows how to balance things unlike his egocentric ass

>>150930173
Well it eas the early 2000s where that was fine. The Monarch especially was completely sick in the head during the early seasons.

>>150930141 (OP)
Venture Bros works because 90% of the dialogue is the two main voice actors/creators having the same arguments they've had in real life as friends with funny voices.

>>150932542
Whereas James Gunn is literally talking to himself, which is why all his characters sound the same in the script

>>150932542
I feel like this describes many adult swim shows, like smiling friends

>>150932175
Was he? I think he was just acting tough in jail so King Gorilla wouldn't rape him

>>150932636
the weirdest thing i can think off is him eating a butterfly when hes obviously obsessed with them.

>>150930141 (OP)
He only made one superhero thing tho

>>150932636
I'm more thinking of him killing Captain Sunshine's sidekick, and then wearing his old costume and assuming CS would now want to rape him.

>>150932896
wasnt that before the show "even started"? but yeah that entire scene was fucking mental.

>>150932784
>The Specials
>Super
>Guardians trilogy
>Superman
>Suicide Squad/ Peacemaker

>>150930141 (OP)
NOPE
VB was intended as a send-up of specific things, which turned into it's own mythology due to the creativity and imagination of the two principals.

You might be confusing Peacemaker's two season with VB's what - 4 or 5 seasons?

>>150932909
>The Specials
Who?
>Super
Vigilante
>Guardians trilogy
Mercenaries
>Superman
Yeah
>Suicide Squad/ Peacemaker
Criminals and Vigilantes

>>150930173
Dr. Orpheus would kill everyone here

>>150932904
I thought that was done towards the end of Season 1 when he was going crazy over Dr. Girlfriend leaving him?

>>150933108
Nah

>>150932598
>Hey, it says here that, uhhh, the renaissance men are coming into town.

>>150933152
im sure the episode is like season 4 with captain sunshine. it might have been mentioned but i dont recall ever seeing him killing the first wonderboy

>>150933152
>>150933175
It was absolutely after Dr. Girlfriend came back and they hooked up, I could tell you that without even looking it up. Dr. Girlfriend was a big part of that episode.

>>150933192
i dont recall a single episode of him actually killing a wonderboy, is there some episode ive missed ?

>>150932929
All of those are superhero things, pedantic cuck.

>>150933206
>is there some episode ive missed ?
No. It happened entirely off-screen. Captain Sunshine only mentioned once in the early seasons (3, I think) where Monarc tells Truckulese about how he fooled Cpt. Sunshine into thinking he's invulnerable. When Sunshine actually shows up in a later season, Monarch tells Shiela about how he got drunk and killed Wonderboy when she was back with Phantom Limb in season 2.

>>150933253
right thanks, i was getting really confused then because i watched every episode about 4 times about 7 years ago when the adult swim site had a 24/7 stream in the uk (RIP)

>>150931919
Have the Venture Bros creators ever mentioned other projects they'd like to try besides this show? It's one of the best-written adult animated series out there, so I've always wondered what their sensibilities would be like with a different premise and cast of characters.

>>150931373
James Gunn wants VB but gets Supermansion. Snyder wanted Homer's Odyssey but got Bibleman

>>150932542
>How much Yaz do you have on here?

>>150933669
I'd love to see them do something else, but I'd also really just like to see more Venture Bros.
The show is probably not coming back, but we could get a comic or something. I'd love to see an anthology bouncing between different characters in Venture Bros, like have an issue focusing on the Order of the Triad, or one on Guild internal affairs, etc.

>>150932896
In another early season episode he straight up murders a bunch of accountants and then robs them and leaves after realizing they weren’t his target. He’s also responsible for having 21 execute the season 1 Venture Brothers

>>150930141 (OP)
I dont think so, Gunn's Superman for instance has no place in the Venture Bros universe. He's a classic superhero and a total boy scout. The Justice Gang is closer to the mark but even theyre just good guys. Nobody is "just a good guy" in the Venture Bros, everyone is self level of self interested and mundane; JJ is a businessman, Orpheus is a divorced dad plying a trade and The Venture Brothers are ultimately just kids being kids. If they're not mundane and self interested then they're morally complicated in some way; Captain Sunshine is a pedophile, OG Team Venture were bastards, Brock is a sadistic Gman, etc.

I think Gunn's going more for a Bruce Timm vibe. Things are grounded enough that nothing is too fantastical but at the same time its stylized enough to comfortably host someone like Superman. The many b side cameos are part of this.

>>150932542
They really have great duos and trios. Just good group pairings. The Alchemist, Jefferson Twilight, and Dr Orpheus are great.

>>150934123
>Gunn's Superman for instance has no place in the Venture Bros universe

I don't think OP is saying that Venture Bros is canon to the DCU. Just that Venture Bros is probably something Gunn is potentially using as a model for the DCU.

>>150934123
>Captain Sunshine is a pedophile
He very explicitly is not a pedophile. The joke is that he just SEEMS like one. He doesn't actually fuck his Wonderboys.

>>150934278
>makes out with an underage Hank
>forces Hank to lube up every night

Uhhhhhhhhhh

>>150930141 (OP)
Think the problem isn't just him but everyone who work on super hero media now. Everyone wants to be "Le subversive or Le superheroes are lame" but the problem is it's hard/impossible to do within the medium.

It's why most parody comics succeed at what the main line comics and movies fail at. No one wants to watch super man and see him shit on for 2hrs or for a whole comic run etc. But we'll check out a series that tries to re write him or take the piss at him because we know it's not him and it's just a 3rd party. Almost like your friends sitting around a table and shitting on some random plot line or character, theirs a level of divide from the real thing. But when they are in charge of these mediums and go "no you are right captain america is a nazi or a schizo american soldier, or spider man is a nerdy cuck loser, or superman is evil, etc" this ruins the fundamental thing they are trying to parody as you aren't in a position to parody it.


>Also most people that make good parody love or at least know the medium they are critiquing.
Aka why most know the boys comic is pretty cringe, but shows like venture bros with similar humor is much better. As you can tell the creators love or at least respect the medium they are parodying, unlike the boys which at times boiled into edgy hate power fantasy.

>>150934319
He’s an ephebophile

>>150934319
>makes out with an underage Hank
That was a godfather part 2 reference and Italians do it sometimes
>forces Hank to lube up every night
So his super suit slides on and doesn't give him a wedgie

>>150934129
Also White, Billy and St. Cloud

>>150934357
I've never seen Godfather

>>150934818
Well now you know
It's the kiss of death/departure

>>150934123
Orpheus is a a pretty decent person as far as I remember.

>>150934332
There is nothing subversive about Gunn's Superman nor Peacemaker even.

>>150930212
His execution is very bad and he constantly drops his good ideas
>Polka-Dot Man finds his purpose as a superhero
>LOL HE DIED
>Peacemaker's Earth X dad actually isn't a nazi and wants to make his world better
>LOL HE DIED

>>150930141 (OP)
Venture Bros is lightning in a bottle. Many people try; not because they are actively trying to be Venture Bros but because, it is a style that resonates with a lot of people. There are plenty of shows people say are tangentially like Venture Bros but I think that they lack something.

The most obvious example is the Harley Quinn Show. It doesn't work because 1) it is an official DC thing so it is subject to their stupid bullshit 2) it isn't really made by fans of comics. It still uses comic book morality without asking why people would act that way. The only difference between the heroes and villains in the show is that the heroes don't kill.

>>150930141 (OP)
Cigar?

>>150935699
Harley Quinn didnt work because it was ugly and not funny and had no sovl whereas Venture Bros was easy on the eyes, incredibly entertaining, and had max SOVL.

Oh great and powerful Zeus, I am but a humble servant

>>150932175
>>150932636
He picked up a hooker and made her go through a murder labyrinth
>This cocoon has witnessed your sins and she seeks vengeance!
admittedly it was a red dragon reference but still

>>150936329
>I can't believe that whore stole my stanza!

>>150931373
There's more thematic depth in VB's silly parodies than anything Snyder did that was meant to be serious

>>150935886
The style wasn’t bad

>>150936895
yes it was

>>150930141 (OP)
>guy who's only ever seen James Gunn movies

>>150937149
Nah

>>150933152
Monarch even explains it in the Sunshine ep: he killed Wonder Boy during the time they were split up

>>150933253
It happened offscreen but Monarch mentions "sending him the charred remains of Wonder Boy" to 21 and 24 when he's still in jail during the S1 finale

>>150930267
I unironically want pre-DKR Batman back, or at least we go back to the least-shit version: 90s animated series.

>>150937870
Yeah
It's so ugly that the titties stay censored

>>150938249
Meanwhile based VB bares it ALL

>>150930141 (OP)
It's weird the amount of things that were inspired by this show that still not many people have heard of.

Harley Quinn is basically a DC properties version of this show, and tries to imitate it every single way they can.

MODOK was the same but worse execution.

>>150932175
>>150932636
>>150932896
Season 1-3 Monarch was an inept saturday morning cartoon villain that was running around in a more real world setting where his antics had actual consequences towards everyone else. Like every time he attacked some place people died. When he invaded the Venture compound Brock killed a third of his minions.

Then Season 4-7 Monarch was the only same member of the main cast with real world experience and a grasp of the normal world, but still put on a costume and played hero and villain to entertain himself since he was a bored rich guy. Most villains by then were jaded rich or bored guys who put on a costume and used a villain name while still doing their normal thing like Doom Factory. Monarch spent more time narrating to the viewer how weird and stupid that world is since it's filled with people in costumes playing games in public.

>>150930141 (OP)
I feel like guys like Bendis took VB to heart way too much. Since he really seemed to like writing all villains as pathetic losers wearing pajamas in public and only maybe Doom is an actual supervillain that does villain stuff.

>>150938831
He became more corporate/into the system. Monarch was basically a really strong upstart in the villainy scene and other villains even ended up respecting him just for his passion of the thing, then he started spending more and more time with the Ventures, his wife started being the "bigger" villain as she climbed the Guild's ranks and he found himself a bit lost because all he ever cared about was fucking with Dr. Venture while everybody else seemed to be moving forward with their ambitions. The reason why he's the one that points out all the "stupid costume" stuff is because that costume stuff starts to limit him more and more as he grows more and more notorious. If Venture had remained a has-been shitty doctor, he'd be unironically happier, because then he'd be the only person that cared enough about him to arch him, but as Venture "improved", he couldn't "improve" as fast as him and started to resent the guild/villain rules.

>>150930173
>NOW GO OUT, AND WIN THAT INCREDIBLY GAY CONTEST GO! GO!

>>150934123
>He's a classic superhero and a total boy scout.
>Hes a mary sue with invincible plot breaking powers that uses said powers overtake anyone's perspective on their own way of heroism

Great character(sarcasm)

>>150941293
>>Hes a mary sue with invincible plot breaking powers that uses said powers overtake anyone's perspective on their own way of heroism
Shut up, secondary.

>>150941313
He's not a fan which wouldn't make him a secondary

I don't get majority of the references in venture bros but it's still one of my favorite shows of all time

>>150937904
That's what I thought

>>150942258
I understand most of the comic and cartoon stuff but not all the music references

>>150930141 (OP)
Press X to doubt.

>>150940145
>I care about the true spirit of the divine. I care about the universal truth. But being a magic superhero that keeps chasing the same guy? It's completely gay. That is coming from a guy that voluntarily has sex with men!

>>150943501
I'm the opposite, the music is about all I get

>>150935834
I don't smoke

>>150944385
Sorry but it's a fact

>>150936396
>I can't believe that whore made it through the lake of acid

>>150930141 (OP)
Tired of this show, and haven't even seen it.

>>150947128
Tired how?

>>150930141 (OP)
>James Gunn
Literally who? Can we ban e-celeb thread for duck sake!

>>150938768
Ducktales 2017 too

>>150947824
All the fellating it gets on /co/.

>>150949119
>duck sake

>>150949506
Yeah. It’s that good. It’s the rare case where even /co/ can’t be contrarian about it. Only people who never saw it are somehow botching about it.

>>150935699
Season 1 King Shark was peak comedy.

>>150945835
A fact should be provable.

Prove it then.

>>150950277
>be born after season 3 aired
>go online
>say its bad cause you could t watch it or understand the jokes
Sour grapes generation

>>150935886
Season 1 had an angle that worked. Then Season 2 came out and the superheroes are just as vain and superficial as the villains in almost the same way. In a hypothetical good Harley Quinn show, the heroes would primarily play the straight man but sometimes poke fun at being genre savvy rather than act like spoiled morally relativistic celebrities.

>>150950310
Not really.

>>150949178
People say this because of the adventure family thing but it is more like a G-Rated Rick and Morty.

Capeshit should find a way to not go all moralfagging on killing while not being edgy as well. Also, drop the Superman analogs. What do they represent besides Superman himself? I suggest just having a hero kill the badguy in the first issue and never do it again.

>>150951111
I never understood people who say the jokes/references were too obscure because half of the joke is that the references are not something the average person would know unless you're a huge fucking nerd. And besides, the delivery and context is what makes those lines funny anyways

>>150932542
I just wish it would be possible to hear this dialog with how LOUD THE MUSIC WAS MIXED
And if you try to marathon it it gets old really fast. On season 3 or so I was done with it.

>>150952757
Was it really that loud? I watched the dvd rips and I remember it sounding normal to me

>>150950899
>The Venture Bros take on Supergirl would probably involve some deep cut reference like her being wed to Comet or something clever.
>The James Gunn take on Supergirl is just “LMAO she’s a drunk cuz muh trauma or some shit”
Your image inadvertently proves OP right.

>>150933669
Sometimes creative juice either runs out or more realistically it just gets harder to "decompress" enough to have autistic scenarios in your head after 30

>>150930267
No, it will not. End your life.

>>150949178
How is that show?

>>150952798
The james gunn version is hotter though.

>>150945733
Cigar?

>>150954070
She looks like a chimp

>>150950277
The clips I've watched weren't very good or funny. But then, I don't like animated cartoons.

>>150954356
No.
Again, still don't smoke.

>>150938831
>>150939960
quality Monarchposts

>>150943501
For me it's the exact opposite as a /mu/tant

>>150930173
I will never not seethe over the Wab canceling the show mid-production because it was too similar in concept to the absolute dogshit that is the Harley Quinn show.

>>150954834
Cigar?

>>150956105
YES! FINE!
I'll have a Fucking cigar!

>>150954719
The show isn't the funniest one of current roster of adult animated shows. Its biggest selling point is masterfully knit fast paced plot, which you never get while watching youtube clips.

>>150953979
It gets convoluted as it expands it's cast in my opinion. Scrooge, Donald and the triplets get sidelined for less interesting characters that may as well be OCs

>>150949178
Really? Have the creators spoken on that?

>>150957114
Yes, I believe it was literally Frank who said VB was an influence

>>150957385
Pretty sure everyone hates the Bud Manstrong ep

>>150954719
Then fuck off

>>150956260
This is from the 2000’s

>>150959207
S1E2?

>>150959238
NTA but yeah, its just solid episode to episode writing about old school nerd media that season by season builds on top of itself to create a funny and absurd but consistent setting filled with likable characters.

>>150959207
the Lincoln one? nah, Lincoln redeems it

>>150954719
This here's my stomping grounds nigger! Get out!

>>150959770
>saaaaaaammmsssssoooooooonnnnnnnn

>>150930141 (OP)
James Gunn can only do GOTG over and over again. He's literally incapable of straying from formula and making it successful

>>150959809
Why is that a problem? I LOVE the Guardians of the Galaxy films!

>>150960545
I used too, then I read Annihilation and saw how hard we got robbed.

>>150937803
Apparently Gunn wanted his Guardians to be more like Farscape.

>>150930141 (OP)
Dean's hair looks so weird...

We need Season 8. If Gumball gotten a season, this should as well.

>>150961766
Warner Bros is on the brink of being sold off again, this time to Larry Ellison’s son. If we’re lucky, maybe someone in Ellison’s inner circle will want to revive Venture Bros

>>150930141 (OP)
Why is there a skull in the series logo again?

>>150961631
it's not that weird

>>150963221
Because the boys died 14 times

>>150964189
AEGIS does feel very much like OSI complete with their own take on The Nozzle. But then OSI is a pastiche of so many other organizations from SHIELD to GI Joe that this surprising. Plus the whole super villain whose gimmick was turning people into living furniture feels very on brand for Venture Bros. It's not like the people were suffering, they just had to keep being reminded they weren't a lamp or whatever.

>>150964189
Ah, makes sense.

>>150954719
Then why the fuck are you in /co/, you fucking retard?

>>150959770
>HERE COMES THE RAIL SPLITTER!

>>150933242
you're a tranny, therefore, you lose

>>150966284
What does this have to do with what I posted? This makes no sense as a response

>>150935142
He's a bad husband, and multiple characters give him shit for that.

>>150964189
I wanted there to be a reveal that the "originals" turn out to be alive the whole time, but I suppose that's a bit to obvious.

>>150949506
It can be hit-or-miss, but it's generally really funny and tightly written.
It peaks in like season 2 in terms of comedy, but the worldbuilding and plot writing peaks towards the end in season 6, and you just grow to love the characters as they change and evolve. I'm sure people who hate gratuitous comic book, cartoon, and music references hate it, but I love that shit.

>>150957385
I watched 'Dr. Quymn, Medicine Woman' twice, and I struggled to even finish it both times. Season 1 had a couple of duds before the writers got into the groove of things too.

>>150967353
Rusty falling off the jeep roof is one of my favorite jokes ever, but I don't remember anything else from the episode

>>150961631
its like a grown out buzzcut

>>150967565
All I remember is the annoying sweaty BPD lesbo, Dean getting raped, and Dr. Quymn having a seizure. There was nothing I liked about that episode.

>>150967301
The Sixth death gag of the boys being stuck in a mini submarine inside Doc was hilarious

>>150967631
To think they were wanting to originally imply Quymn was the boys' mom too, or related to Rusty.

>>150967301
There were some theories of at least one of the originals surviving, but closest we got was one of the previous Dean clones having survived in an episode.

>>150968532
Well... at least now I know it could've been worse.

the show starts taking a nosedive when dr girlfriend in every single scene just barks guild rules
all the guild shit in general is gay except for the two tech support guys

>>150969030
They kind of waffle back and forth between being a club for bored trust fund kids and a legitimate criminal organization.

I think once they started to turn Jonas Sr. into a full blown psychopath, it felt like the series was starting to up his own ass too much.

>>150969216
A true Ubermensch would come across as a psychopath.

>>150969282
Correction, a true Ubermensch would be a psychopath.

>>150969187
I always felt like the intention for the guild that it used to be more of a legitimate criminal organization and then over time has become more of a club.

>>150970229
Depends on if Red Mantle and Dragoon are remembering it correctly or not.

>>150953162
>it just gets harder to "decompress" enough to have autistic scenarios in your head after 30
what?

>>150970229
>>150970379
It seems like it started off as a legitimate Freemasons-esque secret society, then by the 60s and 70s, it just became a Hellfire Club deal, but now that all the old members have power and wealth, it's back to being a "legitimate organization", but it's still run by idiots.

>>150970229
I always saw it as intentionally seeming competent and menacing facing outwards but still just as human and petty on the inside as any real life organization.

>>150969216
Why shouldn't he be? All the original Team Venture guys were major bastards, plus it fits the fact that a lot of old mid-century icons were secretly pieces of shit behind closed doors (yes, more than they are now).
Plus, how the hell else would Rusty become such a detached, pathetic asshole useless his father was simultaneously neglectful and manipulative of him.

>>150959770
>honest abe's a 'mo, that's what happened

>>150972021
He could be a shitty guy and a neglectful father without being an irredeemable psychopath who's a douche 24/7.

An early episode had him calling Rusty in college and telling him he loves him, like he's an arrogant asshole but still at least tries to be kind & doesn't realize it isn't enough. But later he just became a 1-dimensional dislikable bastard, and that's boring.

>>150969030
The scene where the Monarch sits on the train and narrates about guild hierarchy was a good example of this problem. When you sidetrack the plot for that, you're a bit too in love with your lore about a boring bureaucracy.

>>150930141 (OP)
>While completely failing at it
It depends. This obnoxious "quirky genius chick" is a James Gunn tier character.

>>150973035
You could always imagine that flashback being tainted by Rusty's admiration for his dad, especially since it took place right before he died.
>>150973169
When has he ever made a character like that?

>>150930141 (OP)
Still need to finish the series. Never started Season 6. Without spoilers, do they stick the landing with season 6, 7, and movie? Or not really?

>>150973891
its great

>>150973169
she's just Doc or Jonas Sr or Billy or Pete or Short Division or Tara Quymn or Professor Impossible or Mike Sorayama or whoever but younger, she's gotta be 35 minimum if she used to date Monarch before he was with Dr Girlfriend

there's nothing particularly unusual about obnoxious quirky supergeniuses in VB

>>150973891
IMO, Season 6 is the best season, then season 7 is a slight downgrade.
Spoiler alert though; season 7 ends on a cliffhanger, and the movie really fumbles as an ending to the show. The last 15 minutes is some of the best shit in the series though.

>>150973948
>35 minimum if she used to date Monarch before he was with Dr Girlfriend

That would mean he dated her when she was 12. I don't think Monarch was into kids back when he was in collage or at the current of the timeline.

>>150974081
oh, yeah

I guess she's probably mid 40s then

>>150973169
>evil crazy genius mother
>intelligent crazy father but cuts corners too much and kneecaps himself professionally

How did these two spawn Hank and Dean? Hank kind of looks like her and Dean kind of looks like Rusty, but otherwise they’re nothing like their parents otherwise

>>150939960
It also starts to feel like he's being burned out by it all in the later seasons.
In the beginning he just legitimately hates Rusty. That's it, that's all that matters and it works and you don't even really question it. Later on in the series it feels like he has moments of genuine passion but is mostly forcing himself. Even his Blue Morpho phase feels like he's justspiting the system he resents than it does trying to get back his arching rights against Rusty.
By the final season it feels like he's mostly just comfortable and resentful of that. You hear it when 21 is promoted to a full villain status during Monarch's Tenning. The idea of starting over alone completely ruins it for him. He'd rather quit outright than be a level 10 villain by himself because he can't really do it anymore. He needs someone to make it all fun, his anger just isn't enough anymore. He's too old to start over.

>>150974646
It's almost like kids aren't clones of their parents
>yes I know the irony of saying that in regards to VB of all things, you get my point

>>150973881
>>150973035
You can ultimately have a sentimental core at the center of the vile human that was Jonas. There's a lot of parallels between Rusty and Jonas the difference being that we see Rusty's reasoning for why he became what he is as well as occasionally seeing him genuinely get over himself to care for the Boys but we never get that for Jonas. Not to mention even his "good parenting" is undercut by the fact he was doing so by tracking Rusty via the unknown locator tooth. Not to mention narcissistic parents love to maintain a presence in their children's lives even if they move away or even try to totally go no contact. Jonas being a "good parent" is still predicated on him being possessive of Rusty and not really respecting him as a person.

I will forever treasure the Venture Bros for introducing me to Charles Schridde and a few others. I was hypnotized by the architecture of the Venture compound and when I went looking for the source material I found something remarkable. This one room in particular, really. I've wanted to sleep in this room ever since the first time I saw it.

>>150969216
>>150973035
Inasmuch as there's a distinction I'd say that Jonas Sr. was a textbook malignant narcissist, not a psychopath.

>>150974646
Rusty coping about "Venture blood" while being a product of the worst nurturing imaginable is a theme throughout the whole show.

Do you think Jonas Venture loved Rusty? Obviously less than he loved himself

>>150977366
Yeah, he wouldn't have cloned Rusty to keep him alive if there wasn't some sort of affection.

>>150934815
I really want more of their awkward attempts at public arching just embarrassing everyone one present, only for them to have much better private arching like the trivia game to get HELPER back, or the "Please Please Tell Me" ball.
Eventually, they all realize that it's much better for all parties if they don't try to force themselves into the molds of their peers

>>150977366
Yes but not in the ways that mattered to Rusty.

>>150974646
>>150974824
>>150977300
Also, they are not really all THAT different from their parents when it comes down to it, they just happened to have Rusty as a parent that really isn't the best teacher/mentor to have. It's even mostly implied that Rusty is self-taught with his science stuff, just fiddling around with old Jonas inventions rather than Jonas being a particularly good teacher.

Rusty just didn't know how to even begin teaching the kids how to be proper scientists or adventurers and when given the opportunity to learn, the boys learned pretty quickly. Hank got through SPHINX training really well and was clearly a resourcerful person, especially in that episode where he was basically batman. Dean, when given enough reinforcement and support, started to improve as a researcher at the very end of the show. They were just stuck in this enclosed world of super-science and never got the chance to experience the world and test their skill until after the clones were all killed.

>>150930141 (OP)
He couldn't

>>150978557
Jonas just dumped Rusty in the learning bed; it's sort of interesting there are two (though Jonas may have been mass-producing them at some point, like the helpers, and there's another in the shelter complex under the compound). But Rusty comes over more as the Hank type than the Dean type, if anything, so he possibly wasn't listening to the learning beds very much and just assumes that was what he did wrong.

>>150975855
They used to build bars like that, with windows into pools, but they stopped because there's only one kind of guy who really enjoys that and his type tends to drive other customers away from the pool and the bar.

>>150957359
ayy I requested this, nice coloring

>>150977372
It could also just be vanity, not wanting his "creation" to fail

>>150978557
Rusty lives to fall upward