My brain is pretty much fried right now. I just remembered the other reason I hate Christmas, you know, besides working retail: shopping. In any case, I’m not up for much in the way of words today, so here’s an easy one.
Metalocalypse is the brainchild of genius Home Movies creator Brendon Small. It’s similar in the way that it parodies shit really well, but completely different in the way that it’s not disguised as a children’s program. Nope. Metalocalypse is full of swearing, blood, and metal. Oh, and it’s hilarious too.
The season one DVD set is host to 20 episodes. They’re all great, but I’m pretty sure I’ve gone over that somewhere on the blog here before. The real meat of this DVD set is the special features. As wonderful as the actual show is, the special features have to be twice as funny. There are almost a dozen band “interviews” on disc two, which have the band members give their opinions on various topics. The stuff on disc one is more varied, including a guitar “lesson” by Thor Von Clemson (Small), some random clips/compilations, and 20 minutes of Nathan Explosion reading Shakespeare. It’s epic, and really puts most special features on other DVDs to shame. Stuff like this is the reason for DVD extras, not bullshit stuffing like set photos and cast bios.
Yeah, that’s it for today. I could talk about how much I enjoy Metalocalypse forever, but not right now. Right now I need to decompress from a full day of shopping and fast food. Get the DVDs, if even only for the wonderful assortment of extras. Oh, and they’re all hidden too, but not very well.