I can honestly say that HTF is the line for me. I can handle any blood and gore you can throw at me but that shit.... just no. How can anybody possibly think it's funny?
Why I Hate "Happy Tree Friends"
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I hate Happy Tree Friends because it is shit boring. Movies that are only shocking because of their high gore levels I find rather bland.
"Oh my god he is drilling through his hand that is so scary!!!" No, no it isn't.
At least HTF is somewhat comical about it gore kinda like Tarantino.
"Oh my god he is drilling through his hand that is so scary!!!" No, no it isn't.
At least HTF is somewhat comical about it gore kinda like Tarantino.
Saw wasn't that graphic and I am yet to see Hostel. What is in Martyrs?Pirate Kitty said:
The one time I tried watching it I quite literally had insomnia for three days.... and I LIKE horror movies and it was too much..... I mean to put it into perspective here, watching Sweeny Todd, when the bodies go out the trap door in the floor and hit the floor of the basement, they bounce.... I find this amusing (for reasons yet unknown) and yet cartoon humor like that made it impossible for me to sleep......
i personally think that it Should have had a small Limited Episode run, and then stopped..., but it still seems to be going...
It?s humorous because of the juxtaposition of the happy smiley visuals being tainted with the awful happenings, not to mention it does seem a parody of typical cartoon violence. I laugh at it for the same reason I find a lot of horror films funny, it?s ridiculous. The amount of gore and awful think has hit the point of ridiculousness.
As a sick and twisted, fucked up human being I can say I don't hate it but I just don't find it funny. The shock humour is shocking but it forgets the punchline in the same way maybe less graphic cartoons with similar humour styles have, such as Tom and Jerry
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1273235/
Go watch Saw 3 and tell me that angel trap isn't gory. Let me sum up hostel for you, rich people pay to torture and kill travellers in creative ways, the most gruesome being; a blow torch to the eye, being eaten alive (and having bits slowly cut off) and death by hooks. Some pretty nasty shit but not nearly as bad as Serbian FilmKeepitclean said:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1273235/
I tend to view Web original series in general as being like this, and I'm honestly disappointed in the Internet, which had so much potential to elevate the level of mankind, being a prime example of how the lowest common denominator reigns supreme.FallenJellyDoughnut said:
Stupid Internet.
I've seen many a shock on teh interwebz, nothing will beat me!
I personally think HTF is quite entertaining, in the sick muthaf*cka kind of way
I personally think HTF is quite entertaining, in the sick muthaf*cka kind of way
Happy Tree Friends is as much post-modernist parody as it is an ironic examination on the widespread acceptance of cartoon violence. I would say these factors exceed the black comedy in merit, as the latter's entwining with a little too much slapstick humour rather spoiled it for me.
The gore is a way to comment on shows like Loony Toons and Tom and Jerry in which quite dramatic violent acts are carried out upon characters but never have any realistic effects, even in the face of dismemberment and a character being, for example, sliced up. I find it amusing that the only reason we consider Happy Tree Friends to be 'worse' is that it shows the blood, and perhaps a degree more eye scream.
The gore is a way to comment on shows like Loony Toons and Tom and Jerry in which quite dramatic violent acts are carried out upon characters but never have any realistic effects, even in the face of dismemberment and a character being, for example, sliced up. I find it amusing that the only reason we consider Happy Tree Friends to be 'worse' is that it shows the blood, and perhaps a degree more eye scream.
Spoken like a true man whose never gone outside himself.burntheartist said:
I've been outside plenty of times, and I've never once been horribly marred or gored.
But OP, a friend showed this to me some 6-7 years ago, and back then it just made me cringe and was too much for me. And I happened to enjoy the first two Saw movies, and nothing I have seen in a film has come close to Happy Tree Friends. I still don't see how its funny.
i dont find it shocking or hard to watch, but i also dont think HTF is funny. it´s too repetitive and low on content.
Maybe next time think before you post.Pirate Kitty said:
Its because Saw and Hostel are very popular and well known and have nation-wide theater releases with millions spent on advertising. Whereas the movie you just said seems to be relatively obscure compared to the aforementioned movies.
I don't even really mind the violence (though it's pretty fucked up at times), I mind the complete lack of talent it displays.
Happy Tree Friends reminds me of a 2-year old banging on a pan for attention.
Also, the whole "look, it's adorable forest critters killing eachother in horrible ways"...That isn't just retreading old ground, it's fucking bulldozing it.
Happy Tree Friends reminds me of a 2-year old banging on a pan for attention.
Also, the whole "look, it's adorable forest critters killing eachother in horrible ways"...That isn't just retreading old ground, it's fucking bulldozing it.
I completely agree. There is nothing to it apart from the violence and to be honest I think it's kinda fucked up to get enjoyment out of pure gore without any meaning or necessity to it.
It's not black comedy simply because there's no comedy to it. Unless you find it comical to watch little stuffed animal things get killed in very bloody ways. That might work for one joke, but that's all there is to the show, it's just repeating that same not-very-good joke over and over again.SextusMaximus said:
