"Trade-Off" Reactions & Commentary!
You know, I was going to do reactions & commentary for Alien Swarm, but I couldn't do them while watching it the first time through do to lack of computer-type circumstances. And family. Cuz the whole lot of us were watching it and wishing we had Kevin's car. Yeah.
But I did the new episode! 8D Reactions as I watched in normal font, post-episode watching commentary in small font. I didn't do my usual "AHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHA" lines when things got funny because I was laughing too hard to type. Just assume that I was laughing my brains out the whole way through.
And of course, spoilers. Because that's really all these posts ever are. Spoilers.
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12.4.2009 - Trade-Off
I can honestly say that I have absolutely no idea what is about to happen. Let’s cross our fingers and hope it’s good. (Jim Krieg? Please?) Awwww, no Krieg. But this Len Wein guy's alright. But only alright. I think he's taking relationship-writing advice from McDuffie.
Oooh, theatrical supplies?
OH MY GAWD IT’S MIKE MCTWINKLETOES. Hitherto referred as "Twinkles."
What’s with the giant book…
Kevin’s gonna smoosh him? As if.
SPARKLE POWERS.
“I wanted you to find me Kevin. Both our lives depend on it.” Ooooooooooh. Ominous dialogue is ominous. I love it. And maybe just maybe kind of ship it on the side. XD
And Chromastone’s still in the theme song sequence. **headdesk**
I think I should be worried about Kevin’s life energy being sucked out of him? Nah, the magical speedo will protect his precious energy. 'Sides, vampires like their victims fleshy. This guy's made of rock.
“Butt-ugly, energy-sucking, vampire.” I THINK THIS JUST MAKES MIKE’S TWILAME-SPOOF PURPOSE MORE OBVIOUS, Y/N/SPARKLES?
“Written by Len Wein.” Dude. That’s the second Len to write for the show. How common of a name is ‘Len,’ anyway?
Normal again? That’d be nice.
Transferring energy is nice, but yeah, why are you telling Kev all of this?
Kevin and Mike are gonna go island hopping. Yayyyy.
And to make things better, Ben’s carrying Gwen around like a rag doll. XD
You know, this super high-tech airship flying to a remote, volcanic island thing? Reminds me of “The Incredibles.” This is a good thing. Dammit, I wanna watch that movie now.
SPEEDO. I think Kevin’s dressed perfect for the locale. Beach + Speedo = Yay.
Lol Rapanui. I did a report on Chile in high school. Had a big huge section on Rapanui. That stuff's hard to explain en español.
BOOBY TRAPS? OH MY GAWD, IT’S LIKE INDIANA JONES. But the pygmies are giant and made of rock. 8D
KEV SMASH!! Mike just jumps.
Old man giant pygmy. I bet he’s scary when he comes to life.
Booby trap? Please let there be another booby trap, pleeeease let there be another booby trap.
Yup, the pedestal trick makes the place collapse. Like always.
Told you giant pygmy man was gonna come to life. HAND GRABBY.
Oooh, flooding. This is like National Treasure II now.
PYGMY MEN GO FLOOOOOOSH!
I think I know why the place was under water before this. All that rain, geez.
Now… how do you work the artifact-a-ma-jig?
“Shutting down both of our powers permanently.” Uh… this ain’t gonna turn out well.
Wheeee glowy magic.
SPARKLES!!!!!!!!!!
I SEE NORMAL SKIN!!!!
I see a lot of normal skin. A LOT OF SKIN. HELLOOOO SPEEDO.
Now, is Mike normal? But they are both normal. No powers, nothing. Just a good black eye. (I still want Twinkles to come and steal Gwen away. Girl’s too annoying. They’d be perfect together.)
Awwwwwwww, he’s got his ‘Keu’ shirt back on. No speedo for Benji?
Grease spots. What’s with the shiny face thing Gwen's doing?
“Oh, I feel your skin.” No, REALLY?
You’re no closer than when you started, Gwen? Yeah. Cuz you suck now. Go back to being ten, okay?
“I wished upon a STAR last night…” I C WAT U DID THERE, KEU.
No powers, no nothing. I think this is going to fail. Reaaaalllllly badly.
Forever knights are made of metal. Kev’s the weakling now. He’s just the chauffeur… heeeey, I typed that before he said it. GET OUTTA MAH HEAD, KEU.
HUMONGOUSAUR!...Big Chill. Yet another example of “Ben never gets the dinosaur.”
I like how Kevin still is strong enough to throw giant metal pipes around (PLOT FAIL).
Kevin sounds weary. Tired. BUT BEN SAYS HE’S STILL ON THE TEAM, SO IT’S ALLLLLL GOOD. I thought the tired thing was gonna be important. Guess not. Damn.
Oooh, creepy weirdness.
What the fuck? If Gwen could trace Twinkles’ mana this whole time, why did they let him run around for so long? (Oh wait, they said he could be free if he helped with the Highbreed… NEVERMIIIIND.)
And is Gwen going solo? Against Twinkles? ARE WE ABOUT TO SEE AWESOME!GWEN? (Pffft, doubt it.)
Oh, sorry, we’re just seeing “lovely Gwen.”
So, Mike’s got a gold thingy absorbing energy for him. And Gwen’s getting sucked up like a little vampire bait.
Gwen, doing something stupid? Nooooooooooo.
AHAHAHAAHHAHAA. I guess we’ll just have little Echo Echos… awwww. YES. CAR PARTY!!!!!
What? She’s still shooting pink things? I thought he sucked her energy?
Ah ah ahh… finger waggling Mike waggles his fingers.
SWAMPFIRE! “hey, the Omnitrix got it right this time.”
“It tastes… delicious.” YOU’RE A FUCKING CREEPY VAMPIRE, TWINKLES.
Hmmm, he’s sucking Ben’s powers.
I think Mr. Human Kevin is gonna have to save the day. Cuz he gots no powers to suck!
Eeeew, shrively Gwen.
As long as Gwen is safe? So, what, the other guy on the right there is useless? Good to know Kev makes Ben a car later. Apology for forgetting about him when Twinkles' is sucking his energy.
BOOOOM. I’m guessing we have ugly Kev… yup. He’s ugly again. OH SHUT THE FUCK UP GWEN.
Oh. Twinkles is ugly again. And swearing revenge. I want him to come back.
Where’s Ben? In a box?
THIS AIN’T KARMA, DUMMY. I JUST WROTE A 3006 WORD PAPER ON BUDDHISM. THIS IS THE CONSEQUENCE OF POOR MERIT GAINED FROM CRAPPY CHOICES, YOU JACKASSES. KARMA IS THE REBIRTH DESIGNATION PROCESS. Whoops, got carried away there...
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THE END. TUNE IN NEXT WEEK FOR THE CONTINUATION OF THE ADVENTURES OF SPEEDO MAN AND TWINKLES AS THEY TRACK DOWN THE ELUSIVE HOLY GRAIL. SPECIAL GUEST APPEARANCE BY SPEEDO MAN'S FATHER. (HE CALLS SPEEDO MAN "JUNIOR." I'M GUESSING THE DOG WAS NAMED KEVIN.)
What? I'm not nerding out.
Uh... we need to kill the Gwevin. Like... with SPAAAAARKLES.
Crossing my fingers and hoping I didn't bork up the HTML. Boy I hope no one saw that.
But I did the new episode! 8D Reactions as I watched in normal font, post-episode watching commentary in small font. I didn't do my usual "AHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHA" lines when things got funny because I was laughing too hard to type. Just assume that I was laughing my brains out the whole way through.
And of course, spoilers. Because that's really all these posts ever are. Spoilers.
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12.4.2009 - Trade-Off
I can honestly say that I have absolutely no idea what is about to happen. Let’s cross our fingers and hope it’s good. (Jim Krieg? Please?) Awwww, no Krieg. But this Len Wein guy's alright. But only alright. I think he's taking relationship-writing advice from McDuffie.
Oooh, theatrical supplies?
OH MY GAWD IT’S MIKE MCTWINKLETOES. Hitherto referred as "Twinkles."
What’s with the giant book…
Kevin’s gonna smoosh him? As if.
SPARKLE POWERS.
“I wanted you to find me Kevin. Both our lives depend on it.” Ooooooooooh. Ominous dialogue is ominous. I love it. And maybe just maybe kind of ship it on the side. XD
And Chromastone’s still in the theme song sequence. **headdesk**
I think I should be worried about Kevin’s life energy being sucked out of him? Nah, the magical speedo will protect his precious energy. 'Sides, vampires like their victims fleshy. This guy's made of rock.
“Butt-ugly, energy-sucking, vampire.” I THINK THIS JUST MAKES MIKE’S TWILAME-SPOOF PURPOSE MORE OBVIOUS, Y/N/SPARKLES?
“Written by Len Wein.” Dude. That’s the second Len to write for the show. How common of a name is ‘Len,’ anyway?
Normal again? That’d be nice.
Transferring energy is nice, but yeah, why are you telling Kev all of this?
Kevin and Mike are gonna go island hopping. Yayyyy.
And to make things better, Ben’s carrying Gwen around like a rag doll. XD
You know, this super high-tech airship flying to a remote, volcanic island thing? Reminds me of “The Incredibles.” This is a good thing. Dammit, I wanna watch that movie now.
SPEEDO. I think Kevin’s dressed perfect for the locale. Beach + Speedo = Yay.
Lol Rapanui. I did a report on Chile in high school. Had a big huge section on Rapanui. That stuff's hard to explain en español.
BOOBY TRAPS? OH MY GAWD, IT’S LIKE INDIANA JONES. But the pygmies are giant and made of rock. 8D
KEV SMASH!! Mike just jumps.
Old man giant pygmy. I bet he’s scary when he comes to life.
Booby trap? Please let there be another booby trap, pleeeease let there be another booby trap.
Yup, the pedestal trick makes the place collapse. Like always.
Told you giant pygmy man was gonna come to life. HAND GRABBY.
Oooh, flooding. This is like National Treasure II now.
PYGMY MEN GO FLOOOOOOSH!
I think I know why the place was under water before this. All that rain, geez.
Now… how do you work the artifact-a-ma-jig?
“Shutting down both of our powers permanently.” Uh… this ain’t gonna turn out well.
Wheeee glowy magic.
SPARKLES!!!!!!!!!!
I SEE NORMAL SKIN!!!!
I see a lot of normal skin. A LOT OF SKIN. HELLOOOO SPEEDO.
Now, is Mike normal? But they are both normal. No powers, nothing. Just a good black eye. (I still want Twinkles to come and steal Gwen away. Girl’s too annoying. They’d be perfect together.)
Awwwwwwww, he’s got his ‘Keu’ shirt back on. No speedo for Benji?
Grease spots. What’s with the shiny face thing Gwen's doing?
“Oh, I feel your skin.” No, REALLY?
You’re no closer than when you started, Gwen? Yeah. Cuz you suck now. Go back to being ten, okay?
“I wished upon a STAR last night…” I C WAT U DID THERE, KEU.
No powers, no nothing. I think this is going to fail. Reaaaalllllly badly.
Forever knights are made of metal. Kev’s the weakling now. He’s just the chauffeur… heeeey, I typed that before he said it. GET OUTTA MAH HEAD, KEU.
HUMONGOUSAUR!...Big Chill. Yet another example of “Ben never gets the dinosaur.”
I like how Kevin still is strong enough to throw giant metal pipes around (PLOT FAIL).
Kevin sounds weary. Tired. BUT BEN SAYS HE’S STILL ON THE TEAM, SO IT’S ALLLLLL GOOD. I thought the tired thing was gonna be important. Guess not. Damn.
Oooh, creepy weirdness.
What the fuck? If Gwen could trace Twinkles’ mana this whole time, why did they let him run around for so long? (Oh wait, they said he could be free if he helped with the Highbreed… NEVERMIIIIND.)
And is Gwen going solo? Against Twinkles? ARE WE ABOUT TO SEE AWESOME!GWEN? (Pffft, doubt it.)
Oh, sorry, we’re just seeing “lovely Gwen.”
So, Mike’s got a gold thingy absorbing energy for him. And Gwen’s getting sucked up like a little vampire bait.
Gwen, doing something stupid? Nooooooooooo.
AHAHAHAAHHAHAA. I guess we’ll just have little Echo Echos… awwww. YES. CAR PARTY!!!!!
What? She’s still shooting pink things? I thought he sucked her energy?
Ah ah ahh… finger waggling Mike waggles his fingers.
SWAMPFIRE! “hey, the Omnitrix got it right this time.”
“It tastes… delicious.” YOU’RE A FUCKING CREEPY VAMPIRE, TWINKLES.
Hmmm, he’s sucking Ben’s powers.
I think Mr. Human Kevin is gonna have to save the day. Cuz he gots no powers to suck!
Eeeew, shrively Gwen.
As long as Gwen is safe? So, what, the other guy on the right there is useless? Good to know Kev makes Ben a car later. Apology for forgetting about him when Twinkles' is sucking his energy.
BOOOOM. I’m guessing we have ugly Kev… yup. He’s ugly again. OH SHUT THE FUCK UP GWEN.
Oh. Twinkles is ugly again. And swearing revenge. I want him to come back.
Where’s Ben? In a box?
THIS AIN’T KARMA, DUMMY. I JUST WROTE A 3006 WORD PAPER ON BUDDHISM. THIS IS THE CONSEQUENCE OF POOR MERIT GAINED FROM CRAPPY CHOICES, YOU JACKASSES. KARMA IS THE REBIRTH DESIGNATION PROCESS. Whoops, got carried away there...
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THE END. TUNE IN NEXT WEEK FOR THE CONTINUATION OF THE ADVENTURES OF SPEEDO MAN AND TWINKLES AS THEY TRACK DOWN THE ELUSIVE HOLY GRAIL. SPECIAL GUEST APPEARANCE BY SPEEDO MAN'S FATHER. (HE CALLS SPEEDO MAN "JUNIOR." I'M GUESSING THE DOG WAS NAMED KEVIN.)
What? I'm not nerding out.
Uh... we need to kill the Gwevin. Like... with SPAAAAARKLES.
Crossing my fingers and hoping I didn't bork up the HTML. Boy I hope no one saw that.