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vsp · 06-08-2003, 10:04 PM

An acquaintance of mine has a job-related connection to the television industry, and managed to borrow a preview copy of the new Ren & Stimpy pilot for the weekend. (It's going to air on Thursday, June 26th on Spike TV (TNN) at 10 PM, followed by Gary the Rat, Stripperella, and Ren & Stimpy Classics (the old Nick episodes with the Nick censorship removed.))

A few mostly-nonspoilerish insights:

* You'll never think of baseball the same way again.

* The relationship between Ren and Stimpy has... changed a bit.

* This episode, for lack of a better description, may be a decade's worth of Nickelodeon-censor frustration coming out in a thirty-minute broadcast. Whoof. If you thought the gross-out humor was their trademark in the old days, wait 'til you get a load of them now in their South Park-esque time slot.

Which doesn't surprise me at all, really. I do wonder if John K. will do what Parker & Stone did with South Park -- attract initial viewers by being raunchy, then hook 'em with some nifty writing and inventive storylines -- or if he'll keep playing the booger-joke card that got him here. Either way, it should be epic in the telling.

06-08-2003, 10:04 PM	#1
vsp Syndrome of a Down Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: West Chester Posts: 1,367	So I watched the NEW Ren & Stimpy... An acquaintance of mine has a job-related connection to the television industry, and managed to borrow a preview copy of the new Ren & Stimpy pilot for the weekend. (It's going to air on Thursday, June 26th on Spike TV (TNN) at 10 PM, followed by Gary the Rat, Stripperella, and Ren & Stimpy Classics (the old Nick episodes with the Nick censorship removed.)) A few mostly-nonspoilerish insights: * You'll never think of baseball the same way again. * The relationship between Ren and Stimpy has... changed a bit. * This episode, for lack of a better description, may be a decade's worth of Nickelodeon-censor frustration coming out in a thirty-minute broadcast. Whoof. If you thought the gross-out humor was their trademark in the old days, wait 'til you get a load of them now in their South Park-esque time slot. Which doesn't surprise me at all, really. I do wonder if John K. will do what Parker & Stone did with South Park -- attract initial viewers by being raunchy, then hook 'em with some nifty writing and inventive storylines -- or if he'll keep playing the booger-joke card that got him here. Either way, it should be epic in the telling.