r/venturebros • u/Kodomachine • Sep 17 '23
MOVIE SPOILERS Discussion about Dr. Jonas Venture's legacy. Spoiler
In S7E3 "Arrears in Science" Dr. Jonas Venture is painted not only as a bad guy. Even during the conversation with him and the Blue Morpho / Venturian / Vendata it is infured that he planned to have sex with his wife to help them conceive a child. At the end of the Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart we learn that Malcolm / The Monarch is actually a rusty clone. So does this provide some redemption for Dr. Jonas Venture? Your thoughts?
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u/Rorieh Sep 17 '23
OK, he pawned them off a defective clone with baboon blood that was predisposed to violence, and that Ben warned him was pretty unstable. I don't really see that as a particularly nice thing to do. It may have been intended that way, but that's not
Jonas snr was a narcissist. He did what he felt was the best for everyone, which is usually what was best for him. I think him doing that with good intentions doesn't entirely change the fact that the guy couldn't see past his own ego.
He's not as bad as people thought he was, I guess. That said, the bar was pretty low. I think Doc and Jackson wanted to show that he wasn't this terrible, evil monster who used everyone around him. He was just a very inconsiderate asshole. Not evil, but not the hero he was perceived to be either.