TVSquad

I've got lots of Venture Bros. related tidbits to share that, individually, aren't quite enough to fill up one entire post, but are still too important to ignore. So, join me as I take you through a very Venture update! Take notes if you know what's good for you.

If you've purchased the season one DVD already (and if you haven't, why not?), you've probably noticed that not all of the episodes have commentary. For those of you that wanted more, Quick Stop Entertainment has a special "lost commentary" for episode three, "Home Insecurity". It's pretty much the same sort of thing as the other commentaries, same tendencies to stray off-topic.

It looks like AdultSwim.com is going to continue premiering episodes two days early on their Friday Night Fix. However, if you want to be a good little fan and obey your masters, Jackson Publick and Doc Hammer are both pushing everyone to wait until the 10:30 Sunday premieres "to see it in the way it was intended, in GLORIOUS EXTRA-COLOR" (as Doc tried to convince me. Alas, I couldn't help myself to the Fix... C'mon, I have Broadband).

After the jump, the names of all the episodes for season two (names and running order are subject to change), followed by my personal thoughts about the current season, and some random trivia... Don't look if you don't want things spoiled, of course.

"Powerless in the Face of Death"
"Hate Floats"
"Assassinanny 911"
"Escape to the House of Mummies"
"20 Years to Midnight"
"Victor. Echo. November."
"Love-Bheits"
"Fallen Arches"
"Guess Who's Coming to State Dinner?"
"I Know Why the Caged Bird Kills"
"¡Viva los Muertos!"
"Showdown at Cremation Creek"

I think the season is shaping up beautifully. Although the whole "Hank and Dean are clones" thing was pretty much expected, I didn't think it took away from the show. You've gotta admit, it left a pretty great cliff-hanger last season. It caused the Venture blog world to buzz with questions about changing the title of the show. The season premiere almost had me fooled when they used the introduction with Rusty and Jonas, Jr. (by the way, his voice kind of surprised me... it sounded a totally different character). Oh, and I love the influx of geeky references. Number 21's "Porkchop Sandwiches" shirt alone was enough to throw me over the edge.

If you want to see more, there are some joke-spoiling clips online and they're all hysterical. I'm telling you, the geek culture references are almost Spaced-like in number.

And some final notes: The music from the opening of "Hate Floats" is Gustav Holst's "Mars". And yes, Triana has changed her hair color. It's now violet-black. Why? Because it was always supposed to be black, that's why.