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International Super DUD

posted 17 years ago by cfruge444
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I just watched International Super Spy, and I'm not gonna mince words when I say this (no flames please; this is just my personal opinion): That was, without a doubt, THE WORST EPISODE I HAVE EVER SEEN!!!!!!!!!!!!! Okay, before I start bashin', let me list the GOOD points:

1). PABLO IS THE BEST BOND EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2). Uniqua. Looked. AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!

3). I LOVED her evil laugh!!!!!!!!!!!

4). Austin's accents were SPOT-ON!!!!!!!!!!!

5). The way Austin said "Yo, anybody order a pizza?" was HILARIOUS!!!!!!!!!

6). In true Bond fashion, Pablo "got the girl", albeit with a different outcome.

7). The dancing to get the containers was pretty cool.

8). So were the different transformations Pablo's car went through.

9). I also appreciated how Uniqua and Tyrone stopped being bad guys (except for Uniqua, who is in fact a girl) and joined the spy agency. That's my kind of ending, everybody wins.; however, everybody only won because... (see reason #9 on my list of BAD points)

10). Pablo: "Do you expect me to talk?" When Uniqua responded, "No Mr. Secret, I expect you to laugh." I SHOUTED WITH JOY!!!!!!!!!! (seriously) I was HOPING she would say that and the WAY she said it would've made Auric Goldfinger JEALOUS!!!!!!!!!!

With THAT outta the way, let me list the BAD points:

1). (IMO) Agent secret is a STUPID CODENAME!!!!!!!!!!!!

2). Tyrone CONSTANTLY forgetting to call Uniqua "lady" (except at the end:|) got REALLY OLD, REALLY FAST!!!!!!!!

3). Even though Uniqua was "evil" in that episode, she was NOT the least BIT THREATENING!!!!!!!!!!!

4). Pablo kept forgetting that Austin was in disguise; it was ONLY during Austin's LAST disguise that Pablo remembered!!!!!!!!!!!!

5). Aside from guiding Pablo through his mission (and [unwillingly] letting the villain[esse] get the goods), Tasha was ABSOLUTELY USELESS in this episode!!!!!!!!!!!! M was more useful than her!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (seriously)

6). Pablo didn't have a panic attack. Now, I know that wouldn't fit his character if he did, but COME ON, that's one of the things he's KNOWN FOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

7). The focus of the episode (while - when you consider what was IN those containers) was SO ANTI-CLIMACTIC!!!!!!!!!!!

8). When Tyrone first called Uniqua “boss” and she said “Don’t call me boss, I’m a lady!”, That. Was. Pure. *beep*

9). ...Uniqua got the containers first, which means... THE VILLAIN[ESSE] WON!!!!!!!!!! That. Is. SO. Not. Bond.

10). And finally, the ONLY reason I watched this show in the first place: the "tickle torture" (or LACK THEREOF).

All I have to say about THAT is THIS: :F What. The. *beep*?!?!?!?!?! Okay, first off, why didn't Uniqua just do that HERSELF?!?!?!?!?!?! I mean COME ON, THAT's one of the things SHE'S KNOWN FOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Even Auric Goldfinger got his hands dirty ONCE IN A WHILE!!!!!!!!!!! Second, what she used was (IMO) a MAJOR DISSERVICE to my first statement; You call THAT a Tickle Machine?! THAT WAS JUST A ROBOTIC ARM WITH A WHITE GLOVE ATTACHED TO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!! >:E HOW UNORIGINAL!!!!!!!! Third, the way that scene was conducted turned me into A SEETHING CAULDRON OF RAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!; When I saw the mechanical hand, I was willing to compromise; Tasha SHOULD'VE been tickled for AT LEAST A FEW SECONDS!!!!!!!!!!!! But NOOOOOOOOOOO, Tasha didn't even GET tickled and PABLO wasn't even TICKLISH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I expected a little more content than THAT!!!!!!!!!!!! DAMNIT, all that suspense for NOTHIN'!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Pablo wasn't even TICKLISH?!?!?!?!?!?!?! WHO ARE YOU KIDDING WITH THAT *beep* Now, I KNOW that the Tickle Machine had NOTHING to do with THAT, but even though Tasha said “I’m really ticklish”(partial quote), SHE probably wouldn’t have felt anything EITHER; Also, since we’re now on the subject of what Tasha said, let me say that that made me CRINGE with just how BAD her acting was!!!!!!! And FINALLY, to be perfectly honest, apart from it being a way for Pablo to hand over the containers, why did they even DO that scene?! I mean, I KNOW it's a parody of the "laser torture" from Goldfinger, but, when I first read about it, I thought that it would be more of an interrogation sort of thing :j and neither Pablo nor Tasha knew ANYTHING about what was in the containers and Uniqua was gonna find out REGARDLESS!!!!!! Oh, a few other things (the first thing is an observation and the other two things are questions I’d like answered): IMO, lying there, Pablo looked awful fat in that shirt (look, I’m just sayin’, when you’re a chubby penguin secured to a table at an approximate 45 degree angle, white is not a very slimming color); Tasha: “NO! NO! I DON’T WANNA BE TICKLED!” Uh… WHY?!; and lastly… WHY IN HELL DID UNIQUA CAPTURE AUSTIN?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

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[–] cfruge444 17 years ago

No, but I DID expect a little more content!!!! When I saw the mechanical hand, I was willing to compromise; Tasha SHOULD'VE been tickled for AT LEAST A FEW SECONDS!!!!!!!!!!!!

[–] Tubular_Bell 17 years ago

You watched the episode ONLY for the tickle machine?

Do you think you were watching Saw IV, by any chance?

Maybe you should start watching some GOOD movies, for a change. :)

[–] cfruge444 17 years ago

< You watched the episode ONLY for the tickle machine?

You call THAT a Tickle Machine?! THAT WAS JUST A ROBOTIC ARM WITH A WHITE GLOVE ATTACHED TO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!! No WAY that would've worked!

< Maybe you should start watching some GOOD movies, for a change. :)

Why you...>:E I hope The Lady in Pink secures YOU to one of those Tickle Tables and makes you laugh so hard you wet your pants!!!!!!!!!!

[–] Tubular_Bell 17 years ago

Well, to be honest, I can't imagine a more fitting "tickling machine" than that. It was both a nod to the absurd torture/execution contraptions from James Bond AND to the kind of wacky physical humour of "Looney Tunes" and Walter Lantz cartoons. Besides, I think the highlight of the episode was the dancing password sequences. It's the kind of joke that makes you think "why didn't *I* have that idea before?".

As for my last comment, don't take it personal. I just never waste any opportunity of making fun of Saw.

[–] ImOnImdb 17 years ago

Did anyone else think it was hilarious when Uniqua jumped off Big Ben? The syrup falls, Uniqua looks at it for a second, then dives - and starts screaming. *Other 4 look on in horror* I also laughed out loud at the way Uniqua said "Don't call me boss, I'm a LADY!" Still, I was a little disappointed, but that was only due to the huge add campaign that Nick launched. Did anyone hear the radio spots for it? They actually had the DJs on Z100(NYC's most listened to station) stop talking about body parts for a second to promote it.

[–] cfruge444 17 years ago

< Well, to be honest, I can't imagine a more fitting "tickling machine" than that. It was both a nod to the absurd torture/execution contraptions from James Bond AND to the kind of wacky physical humour of "Looney Tunes" and Walter Lantz cartoons.

Maybe so, but, IMO, "HOW UNORIGINAL"!!!!!!!! Also, to be perfectly honest, apart from it being a way for Pablo to hand over the containers, why did they even DO that scene?! I mean, I KNOW it's a parody of the "laser torture" from Goldfinger, but, when I first read about it, I thought that it would be more of an interrogation sort of thing and neither Pablo nor Tasha knew ANYTHING about what was in the containers and Uniqua was gonna find out REGARDLESS!!!!!! Was she just flaunting how evil she was or something?

[–] Tubular_Bell 17 years ago

"Was she just flaunting how evil she was or something?"

Well... I thought that was a given. Also, maybe you are judging the episode based on what you WANTED it to be, not on what it is... which is pretty useless, as far as The Backyardigans are concerned.

[–] cfruge444 17 years ago

< maybe you are judging the episode based on what you WANTED it to be, not on what it is...

I think that was a given FROM MY FIRST POST!!!!!!!!!!!!