Adventure Time: My Two Favorite People

Love. it.
I can't get enough of this show. People seeing clips or previews could really misunderstand just how awesome Adventure Time is. Give it a chance and watch a few episodes. I have been totally jaded on American cartoons for the last 10 years or so, but I gave Adventure Time a try and it has made me an obsessed fan. I like that the main characters Finn and Jake care for eachother. I like the D&D and video game references. I like the unique animation style. The ADHD storytelling is actually very fun once you get used to it. It's a show that's very life-affirming whether it seems that way on the outside or not. I'm a 27 year old married career woman and I'm proud to say I love Adventure Time and am totally buying this DVD!

One caveat
5 stars for content. A word of dissent on formatting. The list of included shows appears non-sequentially, and across seasons 1 and 2, I believe. I'd have preferred a complete Season 1 in sequential order, then season 2, et al.

Great, for what it is
I'm a little ashamed of how much I enjoy Adventure Time.

The land of Ooo is a wonderful blend of fantasy tropes and adventuring cliche (in a good way), cleverly wrapped in a post-apocalyptic world where magic has reappeared. That isn't really part of the story, but it's a setting that could easily have fallen out of a particularly irreverent Dungeons & Dragons campaign. I sometimes wish I could live in Ooo.

Finn and Jake thwart evil and face peril, but generally seem like pretty easy-going folks. In fact, all of the inhabitants of Ooo seem extremely happy most of the time. To be a hero in Ooo seems like a sweet life, and maybe that's what lures an older audience to the show. Living in an awesome tree house and fighting monsters seems like a way better life than working for rent money.

The show is awesome. This DVD is somewhat less so, unfortunately.

I got this DVD in the mail today, and it contains 12 episodes of Adventure Time. That...

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