After surviving terrorist bombing accusations in Boston, MA and producing a movie that even the most adamant of fans found themselves comfortable with missing, Aqua Teen Hunger Force has returned for it’s third season. Containing nothing but disgusting and mildly uncomfortable jokes, Aqua Teen is one of the most quoted shows in a majority of the college age audience. The humor is often in the obscurity, for example your main characters are a Milk Shake (Master Shake), Floating McDonalds-style French Fry’s with container (Frylock), a brainless meatball (Meatwad), and their over weight forty something neighbor who is still stuck in the 80’s (Carl). Each episode usually includes a new or returning character causing trouble or scheming with the main character.
I had a chance to preview the episode that will be airing tonight and I would like to say that If the first episode of Aqua Teen Hunger Force season three is any indication of what the rest of the season has to offer then I am sorely disappointed. The episode involves Carl showing the Teen’s house to prospective buyers when a family of robots decides they would rather purchase it themselves, with no money. The rest of the episode shows the unfunny robots annoying Carl through all hours of the night. I won’t ruin the ending for you but I assure you that if you were a fan of seasons one and two, the writers handled that for you.
It’s hard to call what I’m feeling “disappointed” because I never really had any expectations for Aqua Teen from day one. It was just a show that you watched when you were up way too late. Unfortunately with the writers strike, people (myself included) are hungry for any form of new content , bringing higher expectations to where they don’t belong. My biggest issue with how they kicked off this season is the lack of any established characters besides Carl. I’d say that’s a fairly poor decision for any show on it’s third season.
By 11:45pm EST tonight, I will be fast asleep to make sure I don’t have to watch through Cartoon Networks premiere of Aqua Teen Hunger Force. If you still want to watch it, I would recommend going to Cartoon Networks website and watching it while you have a root canal.
