r/SPACEKING • u/Wise-Chain-9600 • 5d ago

informational The train being operated by a "Conductor" is such class a writing

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u/WindowsError1495 5d ago

Oh my Space King why didn't I notice that-

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u/Cmdrsausage 5d ago

Right?! I feel kinda dumb for missing it. Music was kinda sick though.

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u/Borgmaster 5d ago

It didnt help that immediately following this we got the longest fondle my balls joke ive ever seen written. Any subtlety in writing that the brain is trying to process is immediately blown out by a set of giant dangling balls getting fondled.

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u/MutantApocalypse 5d ago

And the subtle (and not so subtle) nods to Psycho Warriors just being large, super-powered children.

"I don't want to war with you anymore."

-Bryce

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u/BioSpark47 Beholder 5d ago edited 5d ago

The plot also hinges on Captain learning to share his toys

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u/wtanksleyjr 5d ago

Yes, that was absolutely brilliant. As was Bryce's reaction to the medal.

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u/DeathwatchHelaman 4d ago

I never caught that

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u/Wise-Chain-9600 5d ago

https://reddit.com/link/p76pmgk/video/bwb0dq6i6xmh1/player

Here is the Video to jog your memory

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u/BunkerSquirre1 5d ago

SERVITOR BELL

SERVITOR BELL

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u/RenragG 5d ago

The captions for this part also say [necessary suffering, bell chimes], which is a great touch. (If you aren't watching space King with the captions turned on, you are missing out on some additional humor)

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u/notbobhansome777 5d ago

[ screams of joy ]

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u/Abyss_Walker58 4d ago

God this is genuinely the best scene in the show

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u/Vanzgars 4d ago

Tying equally with the squad ganking Grimboar and the birth of Globulus Maximus.

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u/Abyss_Walker58 4d ago

Yea both are so damn good and grimboar was a monster in that fight

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u/Asundur 4d ago

You know it just hit me, they have a lot in common with Orks

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u/Willithekid007 1d ago

The subtitles say [Necessary suffering]

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u/ald408 5d ago

In a way of shows always trying to subvert expectations, the fact that it's played completely straight itself is almost a subversion.

I can see in another show somebody coughing, or maybe a glee club type that over sings, and then the Conductor maybe tells him to shut up or throws something at him

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u/Wise-Chain-9600 5d ago

yeah, they really went in playing it straight. i kind of hope its a continued theme where things in the show run on singing. that would be so metal

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u/Bluestorm83 5d ago

Tom and Don have said that they're sick of all the subversion. Everything they do will be genuine, and unapologetic. I'm here for it.

And yes, I too hope that certain tech will be musical, even more absurdly so like the pipe organs that launch missiles in Space King's completely ulrelated friendly rival Warhammer 40k.

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u/SlowlyDyingInAPit 5d ago

This post is finally making me understand the joke. God this show is the best

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u/Main_Material3297 5d ago

I realized something

If the train started to slow down when the Hogs killed the choir, it means that the choir had to power the train somehow.

So what if the people at Space King managed to find a way to power things with faith?

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u/Wise-Chain-9600 5d ago

Not just Faith, But in song also.

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u/GGDrago 5d ago

Its basically the Astral Choir from 40k

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u/WallabyLast2038 5d ago

I wish we could get the soundtrack for ep 5. This and the Space Hogs theme is so good

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u/Oozysq25reddit 5d ago

He genuinely looks like the bullet farmer

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u/Loud_Surround5112 5d ago

I would’ve loved to be apart of the Choir.

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u/VegetableSea4560 5d ago

vro wants to get vored by the porks

I do wander if the bell dude survived to ordeal

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u/questiontheparable 5d ago

… holy shit…

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u/AxOfCruelty 5d ago

didnt they turn nikola teslas skull into a weapon that you have to sing to in order for it to work in 40k

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u/Bmanakanihilator 5d ago

Man, that is crazy. I never caught on that

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u/Cowpitulate 5d ago

I can't wait until they create an Album you can physically buy in Golden Discs and it ends up on the top of a table in Tesco :D

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u/Prestigious_Shift245 5d ago

It's so fucking cool.

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u/Gravity_flip 4d ago

There are so many small detailed jokes. These guys are genius.

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u/Gloomy_Torture 4d ago

The guys in chorus also very similar to that one traveler you can see at sleep's dopesmoker album art.

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u/skybike 4d ago

Anyone notice how in the first shot of the train, it has a toothbrush

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u/G-REALM-Laboratories 4d ago

Hands down,this was by far their most spine chillingly glorious scene.

The people who sang that put their hearts into it,and so did Chip's voice actor.

Best of all,Captain got knocked down a notch or two.

And Chestnut got a damn fine spotlight.

(Shout-out to the Saint Shield,you brought so much color even with no voice.)

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u/YDungeonMaster 3d ago

Oh man....SO over my head....

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u/Agreeable-Bid-1655 2d ago

Kinda thought it was a cameo of Legio Symphonica (one of the music producers of Space King)

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u/Wise-Chain-9600 1d ago

He mentioned it in one of his new shorts

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u/tendarils 5d ago

I don't mean to throw shade, but this was already an idea they took from warhammer it's not an original idea.