In this presentation I would like to show You one of my absolute favourites in terms of humour, aesthetics, animation and weirdness - the mighty Adult Swim.
I guess many of you can wonder - what is that?
The simplest answer to that is a real cartoon/animation/entertainment network made for (mainly) adult people.
The name 'adult swim' comes from areas in the swimming pools where only adults were allowed to swim. The basic idea was to create a night channel for Cartoon Network airing when the main target group is usually asleep.
This year we will be having Adult Swim's 15th anniversary and i think it is a good occasion to show you some interesting stuff that aired during that period.
1. Robot Chicken - it's the one of AS's most popular shows featuring action figures and parodying EVERYTHING - from the pop culture to the real world events
2. Rick and Morty - currently the most popular show on Adult Swim telling a absolutely twisted and incredible adventures of Morty and his grandpa Rick.
3. The Eric Andre Show - the most neurotic weird and incredibly distrubing show i have ever seen in my life - the "TALK SHOW" "hosted" by Eric Andre
WARNING - VERY DISTURBING
This is a very little of what the channel offers but i think it can show you quite well what kind of stuff you can expect from Adult Swim. Unfortunately it airs ony in North America, but luckily you can see all of the things they play for free on their website.
http://adultswim.com
Questions:
1. Did you like what you just have seen? Yes or no and why?
2. Do you like watching cartoons?
3. What do you think about weird stuff on TV/Internet? Do you have any recommendations?
I guess many of you can wonder - what is that?
The simplest answer to that is a real cartoon/animation/entertainment network made for (mainly) adult people.
The name 'adult swim' comes from areas in the swimming pools where only adults were allowed to swim. The basic idea was to create a night channel for Cartoon Network airing when the main target group is usually asleep.
This year we will be having Adult Swim's 15th anniversary and i think it is a good occasion to show you some interesting stuff that aired during that period.
1. Robot Chicken - it's the one of AS's most popular shows featuring action figures and parodying EVERYTHING - from the pop culture to the real world events
2. Rick and Morty - currently the most popular show on Adult Swim telling a absolutely twisted and incredible adventures of Morty and his grandpa Rick.
3. The Eric Andre Show - the most neurotic weird and incredibly distrubing show i have ever seen in my life - the "TALK SHOW" "hosted" by Eric Andre
WARNING - VERY DISTURBING
This is a very little of what the channel offers but i think it can show you quite well what kind of stuff you can expect from Adult Swim. Unfortunately it airs ony in North America, but luckily you can see all of the things they play for free on their website.
http://adultswim.com
Questions:
1. Did you like what you just have seen? Yes or no and why?
2. Do you like watching cartoons?
3. What do you think about weird stuff on TV/Internet? Do you have any recommendations?
Comments
Ahhahahaha, it i very funny. I have never heard about it and I’m disappointed. Thanks for topic of your presentation :)
I like your first example the most. I like watching cartoons,of course. Who from us don’t like it? Everyone like it, but not everyone talks about it :P
I don’t watch it everyday, but from time to time I watch.
I enjoy weird sense of humors. I can definitely recommend "Salad Fingers" but it's truly very, very weird and a couple years old. And a more mainstream choice which I loved is a movie made by "South park" creators called "Team America: World Police". Just watch the trailer :D
I noticed that a lot of people mention websites like Kwejk. I truly urge you to use any other English equivalent or even reddit - awesome website with both serious and funny topics. The content is so much better.
I do like watching cartoons, although the only one I watch regularly is South Park. I absolutely love it.
When it comes to 'weird' stuff, it depends what it actually is. Things that are weird for the sake of it are kind of pointless. On top of that, many things aren't actually that weird for me and I am not able to give you any recommendations right now.
Regarding to the question about weirs stuff in the internet or tv - for one of us one thing will be wierd, for someone else something different, so I think that concept "weird" it's very relative and based on our taste.
I'm glad someone finally knows the site :) I don't really see the connection with the things you posted as well but I wanted to mention it. It's a shame people have to settle for those websites when there are so many better ones.
I really like cartoons - both the 'adult ones' and the ones for teenagers. From the first category, I looove Futurama and Salad Fingers mentioned by Paulina. I can also recommend Cyanide and Happiness shorts.
But there are also really cool cartoons made for teenagers; I'm addicted to "The Amazing World of Gumball" and "Adventure Time" - they're so weird and surreal, and the animation is really nice :) Some members of my family tell me it's immature to watch them, but to be honest, I don't see the difference between watching cartoons and TV series, both are made for entertainment.
Geneally, cartoons are so full of hidden gems that we understand only as adults. I've recently read an article about disturbing moments in cartoons. You can find it here: [link]. I think, precisely because cartoons are so abstracted from reality, the creators are able to explore the weirdest/darkest themes in them. More than film, cartoons can have a very distinctive mood and aestheics. There are no rules of physics or drawing to obey. That's very freeing for the authors and the results are amazing!
Recently I had a chance to watch one of the Adult Swim animations as well. It's called The Venture Bros and it's hilarious. I can totally recommend it. :D
I prefere that one with a hidden message, when it's funny and prove some points it's a cool entertaiment.