Reddit reviews From Hell with Love (The Forsaken Comedy Book 1)

Hey, Brendan, wanted to say right away that the Doomstar Requiem was one of the best things I’ve ever experienced, and, personally, makes you one of the Greats by itself. From the music to the climax of the Metalocalypse universe, I was enthralled during my first viewing and only listened to the album for weeks afterwards. I’ve been watching your stuff since Home Movies, and I’ve been looking forward to Galaktikon II ever since I heard about it. After listening to it all morning, I’m definitely pleased with the next direction.

All prostration aside, I have a couple questions for you. Since Metalocalypse couldn’t really finish like you wanted, I’m sure you have a bunch of ideas that you had to give up on. Is there any plotline from that universe you’d ever resurrect somewhere else? For example, if you could, would you want to do make a Galaktikon project in the style of Metalocalypse(or something more serious), or has the experience with Adult Swim kinda ruined that? As a writer, I can’t imagine how much it would hurt to leave something as massive as Metalocalypse “unfinished.”

My second big question is whether or not you would be interested in scoring a movie/series that isn’t completely yours? I would love to hear your material anywhere, but since Dethklok was a big contributor to my writing playlist for my Horseman of the Apocalypse trilogy, it’s hard to imagine some of my scenes without your music in the background. It’s a pipe dream, but when I eventually get these books on a screen, I know exactly who I’d want to turn to for the score.

Thanks, I know this post was way too long, but I’m a big fan and couldn’t help it.

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>My second big question is whether or not you would be interested in scoring a movie/series that isn’t completely yours? I would love to hear your material anywhere, but since Dethklok was a big contributor to my writing playlist for my Horseman of the Apocalypse trilogy, it’s hard to imagine some of my scenes without your music in the background. It’s a pipe dream, but when I eventually get these books on a screen, I know exactly who I’d want to turn to for the score.


Had to come back to this, even if it took me way too long to find again. That book was damn good, I loved it. My only complaint is that I stayed up way too late finishing it. If I didn't need to get to sleep hours ago I'd be buying the rest right now. I definitely know what I'm doing after work tomorrow.

Thank you for your shameless self promotion. Seriously.

Ive been reading this book trilogy called From Hell With Love. Its about The Horseman of Pestilence and Death, who uncover an assassination plot to kill Satan. It is really interesting and have enjoyed it a lot. There is a lot of action and it is good at keeping your attention. The two horseman also encounter a lot of different mythical demons and other creatures. The whole book takes a very different approach to Hell as most people know it, and anyone with even a passing interest in Heaven, Hell, and mythology should check it out.

http://www.amazon.com/Hell-Love-Forsaken-Comedy-Book-ebook/dp/B00EDRBGKE/ref=sr_1_2?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1414772369&sr=1-2&keywords=from+hell+with+love

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[+plzjustthrowmeaway](https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/6w7oii/im_brendon_

small_creator_of_dethklok_and_my_new/dm5z3x6/): Whoa its Brendon Small. Huge

fan of Home Movies and Metalocalypse. This will probably get buried but I have

a pretty specific question I've been wondering for years; Who/what might have

influenced the creation and development of the character Nathan Explosion? Im

wondering if it wasn't an amalgamation of metal-archetypes because while

attending a certain college a particularly metal teacher of mine mentioned that

you may have taken a few lessons with him/known him, and I was curious if there

might be some basis to this or if I can put the thought to rest! Regardless,

thank you for taking the time to do an AMA



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[+hardrocknguy](https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/6w7oii/im_brendon_small_

creator_of_dethklok_and_my_new/dm5xm8v/): Loving the new album. Always loved

the first Galaktikon also. First Question: I like the little odd time

signatures in the song 'The Agenda'. Was that always planned to do something

like that in the song? Second Question: Was there any particular piece of gear

(guitar, pedals, amps, etc.) you loved using for the new album? Third

Question: Do you plan on continuing doing more story/concept albums in the

future? Thanks Brendon.



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: ll_creator_of_dethklok_and_my_new/dm5zx7u/): It's funny that song SOUNDS

: like an odd time signature in the chorus but it's in 4/4- we're just

: accenting the triplet underneath. I used 2 distortion pedals throughout the

: album the EVH 5150 pedal and the Andy Timmons JHS pedal for leads- I also

: used the HELIX and if you go into line6.com theres a little video with

: isolated tracks where you can hear how I used it on OCEAN GALAKTIK and TO

: KILL A GOD- very cool piece of gear ha ha galaktikon is a little bit like

: grown up Star Boy (and the captain of outer space)

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[+DeniseDeNephew](https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/6w7oii/im_brendon_smal

l_creator_of_dethklok_and_my_new/dm5xb84/): First of all, let me say that your

appearance on Comedy Bang Bang as Victor Diamond is one of the funniest

things I have ever seen, and I have had that episode (and ONLY that episode)

saved on my DVR for.... a year, maybe two? I keep it cued to Victor's entrance

because that's why I kept it. "Adult freckle". I show it to everyone who

comes over to my house and it has never failed to make people laugh. He's such

a great character. Anyway, how much of a typical episode of Home Movies was

scripted and how much was ad-libbed?



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: ll_creator_of_dethklok_and_my_new/dm5y0r3/): Thanks for digging Victor's CBB

: TV appearance. He was a character I had before home Movies. I love doing

: anything with Scott Aukerman & CBB podcast- so much great creativity and fast

: brains in the same room. So much damn fun. Home Movies 1st five episodes

: were improvised off of outlines and we got into trouble w story telling but

: the characters and tone were totally there- so when we came back on the air

: Bill Braudis (amazing writer for Dr Katz) and myself wrote all the scripts.

: And we's read through each scene and try to do it from memory and allow for

: tons of improv. so it'd be a combo of both but the improvised performance

: were always better and more human

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[+Kauffmann616](https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/6w7oii/im_brendon_small_

creator_of_dethklok_and_my_new/dm5y7qu/): Hey, Brendan, wanted to say right

away that the Doomstar Requiem was one of the best things I’ve ever

experienced, and, personally, makes you one of the Greats by itself. From the

music to the climax of the Metalocalypse universe, I was enthralled during my

first viewing and only listened to the album for weeks afterwards. I’ve been

watching your stuff since Home Movies, and I’ve been looking forward to

Galaktikon II ever since I heard about it. After listening to it all morning,

I’m definitely pleased with the next direction. All prostration aside, I have

a couple questions for you. Since Metalocalypse couldn’t really finish like

you wanted, I’m sure you have a bunch of ideas that you had to give up on. Is

there any plotline from that universe you’d ever resurrect somewhere else? For

example, if you could, would you want to do make a Galaktikon project in the

style of Metalocalypse(or something more serious), or has the experience with

Adult Swim kinda ruined that? As a writer, I can’t imagine how much it would

hurt to leave something as massive as Metalocalypse “unfinished.” My second

big question is whether or not you would be interested in scoring a

movie/series that isn’t completely yours? I would love to hear your material

anywhere, but since Dethklok was a big contributor to my writing playlist for

my [Horseman of the Apocalypse trilogy]( https://www.amazon.com/Hell-Love-

Forsaken-Comedy-Book-ebook/dp/B00EDRBGKE/), it’s hard to imagine some of my

scenes without your music in the background. It’s a pipe dream, but when I

eventually get these books on a screen, I know exactly who I’d want to turn to

for the score. Thanks, I know this post was way too long, but I’m a big fan

and couldn’t help it.



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: ll_creator_of_dethklok_and_my_new/dm60tz9/): as a writer it doesn't hurt

: because I know the story. As a show creator actor musician writer

: Metalocalyspe is a jackpot scenario. Im lucky I got to do it. I'm always

: open to working with other people on things. I love collaborating-- I've just

: been lucky enough to have long lasting projects that kept me from doing so

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tor_of_dethklok_and_my_new/dm5ye8x/): I've always wanted to hear an extended

version of Dwayne's solo from

Guitarmageddon. Any chance you

have one of those lying around?



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This is the final update to this thread

+Kauffmann616:

Hey, Brendan, wanted to say right away that the Doomstar Requiem was one of the best things I’ve ever experienced, and, personally, makes you one of the Greats by itself. From the music to the climax of the Metalocalypse universe, I was enthralled during my first viewing and only listened to the album for weeks afterwards. I’ve been watching your stuff since Home Movies, and I’ve been looking forward to Galaktikon II ever since I heard about it. After listening to it all morning, I’m definitely pleased with the next direction.

All prostration aside, I have a couple questions for you. Since Metalocalypse couldn’t really finish like you wanted, I’m sure you have a bunch of ideas that you had to give up on. Is there any plotline from that universe you’d ever resurrect somewhere else? For example, if you could, would you want to do make a Galaktikon project in the style of Metalocalypse(or something more serious), or has the experience with Adult Swim kinda ruined that? As a writer, I can’t imagine how much it would hurt to leave something as massive as Metalocalypse “unfinished.”

My second big question is whether or not you would be interested in scoring a movie/series that isn’t completely yours? I would love to hear your material anywhere, but since Dethklok was a big contributor to my writing playlist for my Horseman of the Apocalypse trilogy, it’s hard to imagine some of my scenes without your music in the background. It’s a pipe dream, but when I eventually get these books on a screen, I know exactly who I’d want to turn to for the score.

Thanks, I know this post was way too long, but I’m a big fan and couldn’t help it.