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Series Discussion / Re: Did the Read family wear surgical masks?
« on: November 20, 2013, 12:13:26 am »
Are you that weird guy from deviantART who has a fetish for surgical masks for some reason?
Care to elaborate?

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Series Discussion / Re: Did the Read family wear surgical masks?
« on: November 11, 2013, 01:55:14 am »
I agree with Magnezonomon, I think the only times they wore masks were in "Operation D.W." and "Hic Or Treat." Out of curiosity, why did you need to know?

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General Discussion / Re: Hello people, I'm a new member
« on: November 09, 2013, 08:25:40 pm »
Welcome, welcome. The community is small, but we try to not be such a closed circle to new members. The whole community is quit new as well, if I recall correctly it's only been here for a bit over a year.

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Postcards from Buster / Re: PFB: Success or Fail?
« on: November 09, 2013, 08:24:13 pm »
I originally gave up on Arthur just before PFB premiered. I don't recall much from PFB, though the concept sounds fairly interesting - not sure about the live-action bits though.
It's more like live action with some animated bits. It's really a good show, but just be aware that it's almost completely live action.

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Characters / Re: Favorite Arthur Character
« on: November 09, 2013, 08:23:15 pm »
I almost voted for Alan, because I really enjoy his dialogue and his character in general, but I ended up voting for Arthur because... he's Arthur. He's the star of the show, he's pretty much the main character of the series.

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Series Discussion / Re: The Tone of Arthur
« on: November 09, 2013, 08:20:40 pm »
they need to take a leaf out of cinar(cookie jar's? whatever. the name of the first company that produced arthur)'s book...
At first it was Cinar, but they were involved in a tax scandal and they had to become Cookie Jar.

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Episodes / Re: Magnezonomon's Season 17 (P)review
« on: November 03, 2013, 01:46:42 am »
Very nice! Might I ask what this secret source is and what language they are in?

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Series Discussion / Re: The Tone of Arthur
« on: October 29, 2013, 08:15:28 pm »
Cerebus Syndrome.

It happens quite often to long running series that are usually humorous; M*A*S*H had the same problem, it started out as a sitcom, then is slowly, but progressively became a comedy with dramatic undertones, before becoming a full-blown preach fest with little-to-no comedy whatsoever.
I remember this happening with 21 Jump Street (the TV show, obviously), the first season was a cool show about undercover cops busting kids with drugs in schools. The second season literally had almost every episode have a moral of some kind. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy the morals, but sometimes I just didn't want them handed to me when I just wanted to see some people get the law handed to them.

I still enjoy Arthur, but I enjoyed it more when it was just a show without a huge amount of life lessons given to the viewers.

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Games / Re: Arthur Episode Survival Game: SEASON 1
« on: October 28, 2013, 07:29:20 pm »
Arthur's Eyes - 5
Francine's Bad Hair Day - 4 Francine didn't have to be THAT sloppy
Arthur and the Real Mr. Ratburn - 3
Arthur's Spelling Trubble - 7
D.W. All Wet - 3
Buster's Dino Dilemma - 3
D.W.'s Imaginary Friend - 3
Arthur's Lost Library Book - 5
Arthur's Pet Business - 6
D.W. the Copycat - 4
Locked in the Library! - 5
Arthur Accused! - 7
Arthur Goes to Camp - 6
Buster Makes the Grade - 6
Arthur's New Puppy - 6
Arthur Bounces Back - 7
Arthur Babysits - 3
Arthur's Cousin Catastrophe - 5
Arthur's Birthday - 7
Francine Frensky, Superstar - 7
Arthur's Baby - 6
D.W.'s Baby - 6
Arthur Writes a Story - 3
Arthur's Lost Dog - 3
So Long, Spanky - 3
Buster's New Best Friend - 5
Arthur the Wrecker - 7
Arthur and the True Francine - 3
Arthur's Family Vacation - 7 Really funny episode
Grandpa Dave's Old Country Farm - 6

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Characters / Re: D.W. Always Off the Hook
« on: October 27, 2013, 11:00:04 pm »
In the earlier seasons, D.W was also kind of insulting. I rewatched "Arthur's Treasure Hunt" one of my favorite episodes, and I was practically crying with laughter on the bit where Arthur dug up the Roman city. Another bit that I laughed at was when D.W asked Arthur if he was burying his report card. Then, I watched "Buster Baxter and the Letter From the Sea" and it was so boring and blatant. There was practically no humour, D.W was the most boring part of the episode, and the part where Buster cleaned up the beach seemed very goody-goody. A lot of episodes from season 14 are like that for some reason.
Why did the writers change D.W from the source of humour in an episode to the worst part of it? After the Time Trouble episode, she was basically a different person, until Baby Steps in Season 16, when she again insulted Arthur.
Totally agree, D.W.'s early personality was amazing. The constant rivalry between her and Arthur was also a favorite of mine.

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Episodes / Re: What's Your Favorite Arthur season?
« on: October 27, 2013, 10:56:24 pm »
My favorite season has to be season two. It had a lot of episodes, a lot of them being good, and many of the episodes started to become more complex in this season. The show was also still new enough to have more general episodes, rather than having to get into specific topics. On that note, it was also still innocent, and did not step into the more "mature" topics (not that I dislike the mature episodes strongly, but I do prefer the more light-hearted episodes).

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Series Discussion / Re: What if Prunella Deegan got ran over by a car?
« on: October 27, 2013, 10:52:56 pm »
Instead of your assumed intentions to abolish a decidedly-annoying character*, it would turn into another "Very Special" episode revolving around the hospital system.

* I always thought she was funny, albeit ungrateful every now and again - oh well.

Speaking of hospitals, let's count up every time an Arthur Character has gotten sick, injured, gone to a hospital/doctor, or forced by writers to suffer some type of ailment as part of an episode:

1. Arthur's Chicken Pox
2. Sick As A Dog
3. Arthur's Tooth
4. Arthur's Knee
5. Buster's Breathless
6. The Boy With His Head In The Clouds
7. Jenna's Bedtime Blues
8. Is There A Doctor In The House?
9. Vomitrocious
10. Arthur Weighs In (?)
11. Binky Goes Nuts
12. Operation D.W.
13. Germophobia
14. The Great MacGrady
15. The Wheel Deal

I'm sure I've missed a few in this list, and there are a few that almost count, such as So Long, Spanky and Arthur's eyes, but I didn't count them here.

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Series Discussion / Re: Season 17
« on: October 27, 2013, 10:32:32 pm »
I like the animation. I think that the jerkiness was an encoding error from when the promo was being edited. The animation looks a lot better than early season sixteen, but I am still noticing some oddities. The colors are still a little too bright, and the characters' axes still seem to move just a little bit too independently. As a whole, the animation does seem to be a big improvement from season sixteen.

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Series Discussion / Re: What if Prunella Deegan got ran over by a car?
« on: October 16, 2013, 10:15:28 pm »
What if Prunella Deegan got ran over by a car?
There would be yet another episode about a character being affected by some sort of ailment.

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News / Re: Arthur @ NY Comic Con 2013
« on: October 05, 2013, 08:44:28 pm »
This is the big chance to be in the audience and ask  about any deep dark secrets about the making of the series. You will have  the one time only chance to get all these that  people that never hang out together in one venue and in the spotlight. There should be some fireworks. I will be there and hope to see some well posed questions in the Q&A section.
I keep telling myself that I don't want to go... but it sounds like it would be so interesting to hear.

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