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Ledo and Ix Episode 5

ÄlphämönkëyÄlphämönkëy Administrator, Penny Arcade Staff admin

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  • YaYaYaYa ... ...wanna fight?Registered User regular
    well I'm intrigued!

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  • GoatmonGoatmon Registered User regular
    Ix was a little more adorable than usual this time around.

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  • Alfred J. KwakAlfred J. Kwak Registered User
    these are pretty fun

  • Roger WilcoRoger Wilco Registered User regular
    Ugh. These things are an atrocity. The people involved should be arrested for crimes against Humanity.

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  • HoukHouk Nipples The EchidnaRegistered User regular
    Ugh. These things are an atrocity. The people involved should be arrested for crimes against Humanity.
    The Internet, ladies and gentlemen

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  • John MatrixJohn Matrix Registered User
    I genuinely don't understand how these are funny. That's not a criticism; I just don't get it. I suppose it's good to watch at work because it makes little difference if you watch with the sound on or off.

  • TaskmanTaskman Registered User regular
    Ugh. These things are an atrocity. The people involved should be arrested for crimes against Humanity.

    Nah.
    The Adventures of Ledo and Ix uses the visual vocabulary of retro video games to explore the human fear of both the unknown and the known.

    I'll be the first to admit I don't always get what set glands they're trying to squeeze in an attempt to wring emotions from the soulless husks of the internet populous, but I appreciate the fact they're brave enough to make the attempt. I think you just have to file some things under the category of 'not for everyone' and leave it at that.

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  • BlueBlueBlueBlue Registered User regular
    I liked the part where they had a trifling argument and then were confounded by some aspect or glitch of their videogame reality that they didn't understand.

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  • LanglyLangly Up, and to the RightRegistered User regular
    haters gonna etc.


    I love this series.

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  • ProprietyPropriety Registered User regular
    My fondness for this thing swells with each passing week. It is just packed with charm.

    Ix is apparently intensely afraid of tiny green men in hats? Hm.
    I genuinely don't understand how these are funny. That's not a criticism; I just don't get it. I suppose it's good to watch at work because it makes little difference if you watch with the sound on or off.

    Good gravy, not everything has to be funny, you know. Stop coming at it with the expectation of humor; from thence stems your disappointment.

    They are character studies, vignettes, windows into two characters' souls. Sure, there's some underlying structure there, but maybe the point isn't to know the whole story. Maybe the point is each moment, self-contained, and the feelings it evokes.

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  • AdusAdus Registered User regular
    Two very dull characters.

  • JubehJubeh Registered User
    I like this a lot.

  • LanglyLangly Up, and to the RightRegistered User regular
    also, even if I didn't like this so much, I infinitely prefer these to the mega 64 videos.

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  • GaslightGaslight It's not your fault Video games are amazingRegistered User regular
    Langly wrote: »
    also, even if I didn't like this so much, I infinitely prefer these to the mega 64 videos.

    It's a good thing you put in that first part, because otherwise this would be like the uber-example of damning with faint praise.

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  • Virgil_Leads_YouVirgil_Leads_You Registered User regular
    I've liked these. I will probably rewatch them in one go, when this season finishes.

  • Caulk Bite 6Caulk Bite 6 Registered User regular
    another good one. I found it just a little creepy, which is likely what the creator of the series intended.

  • Speed RacerSpeed Racer Rose, shut the hell up about my bedroom and save my game already!Registered User regular
    I like that they're running with the idea of them struggling with the fact that they seem to be the only people in the world that actually have brains

  • 2 Marcus 2 Ravens2 Marcus 2 Ravens Registered User regular
    Oh yeah, this is the good stuff. This is the first one that pretty much demands continuity. I want to know what happens next, dangit!

  • XehalusXehalus Registered User regular
    I thought she was the tail of a monster at first.

    Then I realized she was one of those NPCs.

  • PikaPuffPikaPuff Registered User regular
    good episode. didn't really get the ending

  • BrooksyBrooksy Registered User
    Yeah the ending wasn't great.

    Still lovin' this series, though. "DOES EVERYTHING HAVE TO BE MY FAULT ALL THE TIME?" earned a good lol.

  • MichaelLCMichaelLC In what furnace was thy brain? ChicagoRegistered User regular
    PikaPuff wrote: »
    good episode. didn't really get the ending

    Think Ix figured out why she was following him, (the gems) but decided he liked it.

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  • TankHammerTankHammer Extreme Ghostbuster Registered User regular
    It's obvious at this point that this show isn't meant to be funny. There are moments that are cute but nothing that comes off as being a real punch-line.

    The show is obviously building towards something plot-wise so I'll keep watching it out of sheer curiosity. They've asked a bunch of questions but given no answers and I'm curious as to what the creators are trying to do here.

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  • yurnamehereyurnamehere Registered User regular
    This is the sort of thing Samuel Beckett would have made if he was into video games.

  • zacpariahzacpariah Registered User
    Very much enjoy it. Dark and something very sinister seems to be just out of the current scope the story is being told at. Complex, haunted characters are unveiled at a seemingly plodding, relaxed pace, while realistically the episodes are extremely short. Needless action, effects and distractions are kept to a minimum. Nostalgic, obscure gamer references galore. Masterful craftsmanship.

  • Big Red TieBig Red Tie gem flipping just to get by stack your billions till they get sky highRegistered User regular
    i like it

  • PikaPuffPikaPuff Registered User regular
    MichaelLC wrote: »
    PikaPuff wrote: »
    good episode. didn't really get the ending

    Think Ix figured out why she was following him, (the gems) but decided he liked it.
    ooooooooooooooooooooooooo I like this explanation. thanks.

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