The on-screen duo get the ’70s buddy cop treatment with the late Issac Hayes turning their TV show theme song into the “Theme From Shaft”‘s evil twin, and it’s all aptly titled, “Two Cool Dudes”. Turns out this album is essentially the love child of late ’90s alternative and Beavis and Butt-head-approved metal, only with a little comic relief for good measure - a perfect mix for such a confused yet brilliant decade. The duo who shunned “wussy” bands like Winger or Poison and hailed both Metallica and Radiohead were given their own big screen debut, so one had to wonder what to expect from their corresponding soundtrack? Though, in the moments before Judge’s creation found its grave, this movie became a pop culture icon cementing a laundry list of beyond stupid catchphrases like “Come to Butt-head!” or “I am Cornholio” into our feeble teen minds. And while it cost about five million to make (pocket change nowadays), …Do America grossed over $60 million dollars for its domestic box office run, a feat attributed to timing as the height of Beavis and Butt-head‘s popularity only dwindled shortly thereafter. The animated film was probably the last thing anyone expected to receive praise by Siskel & Ebert, but lo and behold the critics gave many positive reviews. While Judge may be remembered now for his cult classic hit Office Space, or his longest running victory, King of the Hill, it’s the success of Beavis and Butt-head that allotted Judge these pop-culture marvels. By sheer coincidence, the pseudo-geniuses in music video critique became the basis for an entire series riddled with fart flames, head banging and rather cruel outlooks on ’80s bands, all glazed over with basic crude humor that hallmarked our nation’s “benevolent” youth. To clarify, Judge began with two animated shorts, the rambunctious duo that is Beavis and Butt-head and the lonely yet rattled Milton. Spawned from MTV’s prime-time cartoon sludge fest Liquid Television (of Aeon Flux and Milton fame), characters Beavis and Butt-head were pegged as controversial by many, though lauded as idiot savants by a whole generation… and more! Even Patrick Stewart liked them, and in the mid-90s the two Highland,TX morons amassed a large following and in turn a 1996 feature film, Beavis and Butt-head Do America. I won't give away how it's solved, but lets just say Beavis gets bitten and trampled before he finally gets to squeeze some teets.What is there to say about Mike Judge’s magnum opus, Beavis and Butt-head? Everything has been thrown at these two obnoxious yet addictive animated metal heads. It's not long before the duo will realise that a bull is not a cow, and that an egg fight will actually smash what you're after. For example, the Agriculture department needs you to milk a cow and collect some chicken eggs. You have to collect check marks from each department before you are allowed to join a uni frat party, and each department head needs convincing before you can go. It's slightly more difficult than that other game but still on the easy side. When it comes to puzzle design, though, it's actually very good. It left a bad taste in my mouth, and that is entirely down to the poor base-note writing. Just a couple of oversexed teenagers harassing everyone - and everything - with mammaries. No subtle statement on social structures or the class divide. No hidden indictment on gang culture or school heirarchies. Remove that, and all you're left with a couple of vulgar over-the-top reprobates trying to be funny. Like I said in my Virtual Stupidity review, I'm not exactly the biggest fan of Beavis and Butt-Head, but I do enjoy the subtle satire of that game and the movie that came out at arond the same time. With the exception of some well executed puzzles, it's an overall lesser, dumber, and more offensive experience. Even the animation suffers at times too, with stilted dialogue and often perfunctory sentences. The screens are now wider that your monitor which scroll when the cursor is placed near the edges, but the composition and staging look weird on occasion. It looks crisper than the first game with some nice 3D rendered cutscenes when you enter certain areas, but for the most part, the locations look a little sparse and unpopulated. Graphically, the game is a bit of a mixed bag.
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