Does anyone have a review of Tripping the Rift?

[Fast Learner]

It thought it was very funny, and really enjoyed a lot of the humor. I admit,though, that I too was shocked at the amount of adult humor. For example, at one point the purple guy and his robot (the big gold one) are in a spaceport. Some attractive women (of some sort) walk by and the purple guy says

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"I'd like to bang her!"

and

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thrusts hard with his hips

. His robot says that it's impolite (or something similar) to call it

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banging

, and the purple guy says

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"That's because you can't afford the banging attachment."

Not that racy, right? But then a big silver robot, similar to the gold one, walks by with a big, metal

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penis swinging between his legs

, clanging against them and making a loud metal banging sound at every step, and the gold robot does indeed look jealous and disappointed.

Shocked me, it did, but maybe I'm an old man.

Still, I laughed out loud many times. There were lots of little references to things, from the Wizard of Oz to religious profiling of Muslims (including

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big bird aliens wearing burkas

) that made it pretty darned funny, though they definitely leave it to the viewer to decide whether it's inisightful social commentary or just shock mocking, much like the way people have different perspectives on some of the stuff in South Park.

I'll definitely be making a point to catch the next one.

 

[Fast Learner]

Well. The second episode sucked. Really, really badly.

Very disappointing. It's going to take a very good episode for me to recover and make a point of watching it regularly. One more bad one like this last one and I'm certain that I'll never watch it again.

 

[Fast Learner]

Third episode: lame. It didn't suck like the second one, but it was just lame. One funny joke ("Someone's birthday party is going very badly right now"), and the rest just sad.

It's now a show I'll only watch if I stumble into it. I certainly won't watch it on purpose again.

 

[Villano]

I might be alone, but I've been enjoying it. Well, the 2nd episode wasn't really that great, but this one was pretty good.

 

[MrFilthyIke]

I loved Tripping the Rift. A++ eBay stuff.

 

[buzzard]

Still, I laughed out loud many times. There were lots of little references to things, from the Wizard of Oz to religious profiling of Muslims (including

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big bird aliens wearing burkas

) that made it pretty darned funny, though they definitely leave it to the viewer to decide whether it's inisightful social commentary or just shock mocking, much like the way people have different perspectives on some of the stuff in South Park.

The bird joke went right past you. They were nuns. You know penguins? Traditional nun nickname (think Blues Brother et al).

Though on the show in general, I saw that episode and it was sufficient to sate any desire I have to see the show. The show was crude enough to make South Park look prim and proper. Mind you I have nothing against crudity (used to be a regular on alt.tasteless and all that), but this show seemed to be crudity for crudity's sake and little more. There was none of the wit which makes South Park worth watching.

buzzard

 

[Fast Learner]

The bird joke went right past you. They were nuns. You know penguins? Traditional nun nickname (think Blues Brother et al).

No, I caught that, too, but it was a double joke -- I pointed out the burka part... you saw how they were detained as terrorists later because of their penguin outfits/burkas? IMO, anyway, they were serving double duty.

That's the kind of social satire I enjoy. Not all the boobs and violence and stuff. Alas.