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Hedrigall posted:It immediately made me wish I was watching Futurama instead so I started a rewatch of that on Disney plus, gonna binge it all And that is the most damning thing about Disenchantment. I've seen my friends venting frustrations that any potential interesting plotlines get squashed fairly quickly, eventually it ends up boiling down to "I'd rather use my time to rewatch Futurama".
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Robindaybird posted:And that is the most damning thing about Disenchantment. I've seen my friends venting frustrations that any potential interesting plotlines get squashed fairly quickly, eventually it ends up boiling down to "I'd rather use my time to rewatch Futurama". Nothing more frustrating than a show that keeps threatening to be interesting and going 'Psych!'.
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Robindaybird posted:And that is the most damning thing about Disenchantment. I've seen my friends venting frustrations that any potential interesting plotlines get squashed fairly quickly, eventually it ends up boiling down to "I'd rather use my time to rewatch Futurama". I dropped off of it awhile ago but yeah my core beef with it is that the show feels like it's in a very awkward middle ground between caring about the plot and not caring about the plot in a way that is unsatisfying. There's some good moments to be sure and the voice cast is fantastic but it gets to be a pretty frustrating watch since there's enough time spent on the overarching plots that you can't ignore that aspect of the show.
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Apr 8, 2022 15:59
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I thought I had no idea what y'all were talking about with Disenchantment but then I realized I've tried to watch it like 3 times and never made it more than about 1.5 episodes in
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Srice posted:I dropped off of it awhile ago but yeah my core beef with it is that the show feels like it's in a very awkward middle ground between caring about the plot and not caring about the plot in a way that is unsatisfying. It feels like what it is: a show run by men that have seen what younger talents have been doing with shows like Gravity Falls, but are unwilling or unable to fully break away from the old formulas and jokes that brought their initial success.
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Apr 8, 2022 18:00
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Acebuckeye13 posted:It feels like what it is: a show run by men that have seen what younger talents have been doing with shows like Gravity Falls, but are unwilling or unable to fully break away from the old formulas and jokes that brought their initial success. They've spent too long in their comfort zones and just don't know how to break out. I mean gently caress, being involved with post-2000 Simpsons probably does horrible things to you.
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Apr 8, 2022 18:07
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Darth TNT posted:I'm just curious if any bothered to check out Disenchantment season 4, which apparently secretly dropped at some point. Total waste of a show. I wonder how it does for Netflix and if they're tied into finishing whatever story it has because they want to keep a relationship with Groening.
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Acebuckeye13 posted:It feels like what it is: a show run by men that have seen what younger talents have been doing with shows like Gravity Falls, but are unwilling or unable to fully break away from the old formulas and jokes that brought their initial success. But they're also unwilling to stick to the old formulas too, so the show doesn't work as an episodic comedy either in addition to not working as an adventure show with a connective plot.
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Apr 8, 2022 19:43
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Is Sonic talk okay in here? Saw Sonic 2 last night and feel it did a great job expanding on the first film. There are some parts that drag the momentum a bit, but overall better than the first by miles (pun intended). Lots of easter eggs to hunt down. oh Carrey knocks it out of the park again, and Idris Elba is fantastic as Knuckles.
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Srice posted:I dropped off of it awhile ago but yeah my core beef with it is that the show feels like it's in a very awkward middle ground between caring about the plot and not caring about the plot in a way that is unsatisfying. I remember watching the last episode of season one and thinking, "oh, the show is finally going to knuckle down."
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I completely forgot about the "Samurai dogs and cats meets Blazing Saddles" movie that I heard about in this thread. Then I saw the fart scene in the trailer before Sonic. It is a pale imitation of the fart scene.
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hiddenriverninja posted:Is Sonic talk okay in here? Saw Sonic 2 last night and feel it did a great job expanding on the first film. There are some parts that drag the momentum a bit, but overall better than the first by miles (pun intended). Lots of easter eggs to hunt down. Sonic whips rear end, and I made a much longer effort post in the Sonic thread, but I'll post the Knuckles part: quote:Finally I have to talk about Knuckles. I really can't stress this enough: He is absolutely PERFECT in this movie. Like don't get me wrong, they nail Tails as well, there are no issues with him. But they really go the extra mile with Knuckles. Idris Elba does such a good job voicing him. I love that they actually make him incredibly strong and powerful and he feels like a genuine threat to Sonic and also he is loving dumb as hell. Just incredible. They do such a good job with Knuckles.
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Just realized I probably posted this in the wrong animation thread, so:Data Graham posted:So Human Resources (the monster-focused spinoff of Big Mouth) isn't really anything to write home about I guess, but it does have the Need Demon:
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Big Mouth has plenty of detractors but I love it. I can never seem to convince anyone how insanely funny and creative the show is, everyone's always hung up on "but they look ugly" and won't give the show a chance But I have not been feeling Human Resources at all. I think it's because it feels like the exact opposite of Big Mouth: - Big Mouth takes something mundane (teens going through puberty) and adds ridiculous fantasy monsters to it. It's so weird and fresh and funny. - Human Resources takes ridiculous fantasy monsters and makes them mundane by putting them in a workplace sitcom. It feels like any number of cookie cutter adult cartoons, for example Ugly Americans Maury and Connie feel like special guest stars awkwardly shoehorned in from a better show to help get a spin-off off the ground. Two episodes in. Should I keep going? Hedrigall fucked around with this message at 13:17 on Apr 9, 2022 |
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Hedrigall posted:Big Mouth has plenty of detractors but I love it. I can never seem to convince anyone how insanely funny and creative the show is, everyone's always hung up on "but they look ugly" and won't give the show a chance I read somewhere - and it might've been here - that the character designs needed to be horrid because we see these literal children's junk, so anything that even almost resembled something that might be visually appealing got jettisoned to keep things from getting too creepy. I'm not sure if its true but it's a pretty funny explanation. (I know you don't have the complaint, your comment just made me think of it) Boxman fucked around with this message at 13:31 on Apr 9, 2022 |
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Apr 9, 2022 13:28
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The Big Mouth character design is just so disgusting to look at I'll never give the show a chance. It could actually be great and the funniest show in world, I cannot look at with my eyeballs without being repulsed.
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I just didn't find it funny, at all. And you don't need to make the artstyle awful to make it "unsexy", Bob's Burgers does the same horny teen thing with Tina but with better art and actually funny jokes.
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Boxman posted:I read somewhere - and it might've been here - that the character designs needed to be horrid because we see these literal children's junk, so anything that even almost resembled something that might be visually appealing got jettisoned to keep things from getting too creepy. I'm not sure if its true but it's a pretty funny explanation. That's a thing that comes up a lot, though I suspect the ugliness is also just kinda part of the style.
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They should've gone with a style that's not ugly IMO
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Hedrigall posted:Big Mouth has plenty of detractors but I love it. I can never seem to convince anyone how insanely funny and creative the show is, everyone's always hung up on "but they look ugly" and won't give the show a chance It does get funnier in the second half of the season but it's still only alright
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Macaluso posted:They should've gone with a style that's not ugly IMO Turn on your monitor
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Ghost Leviathan posted:That's a thing that comes up a lot, though I suspect the ugliness is also just kinda part of the style. Plus it's like 80s middle school. None of that "foundation + blush + clothing budget" or "4 hours of lifting and manscaping" middle schools these gen Zeeners have no.
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I’ve seen a few episodes randomly and I couldn’t stand the style either. But I have to ask…why do we have to see the kids junk? If the trade off is bad style- kid genitals vs good style - no genitals….
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I think the big issue with humans resources compared to big mouth is that coach Steve, Lola, and Andrew are by far the funniest characters in big mouth and human resources doesn't have anything that comes close.
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Pinecone & Pony is up on Apple TV and, I will say, is definitely, and definitively, another Dreamworks animated TV sitcom e: it’s based on a Kate Beacon book so the characters are generally drawn in her style including the starring (Fat) Pony, the first season is 8 episodes of 2 11-minute stories each (so 16 episodes basically). the design generally matches the book, even for extras, so it all fits in the world. It seems like it's mostly aimed at younger audiences so I'm cool with it, it's not trying to be a prestige show, so don't expect major drama or characters being stabbed. it is more low-stakes. While She-Ra and Kipo came out of Dreamworks, most of their fare is along the lines of this show, not meant to build rabid fandoms. Just harmless fun. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIinnh1TYio The 7th Guest fucked around with this message at 16:48 on Apr 9, 2022 |
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CelticPredator posted:I’ve seen a few episodes randomly and I couldn’t stand the style either. But I have to ask…why do we have to see the kids junk? If the trade off is bad style- kid genitals vs good style - no genitals….
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Papercut posted:I think the big issue with humans resources compared to big mouth is that coach Steve, Lola, and Andrew are by far the funniest characters in big mouth and human resources doesn't have anything that comes close.
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I watched the first season of Big Mouth when it came out and I thought it was pretty funny. I just didn’t feel an impetus to watch the next season though. Fartington Butts posted:I completely forgot about the "Samurai dogs and cats meets Blazing Saddles" movie that I heard about in this thread. Then I saw the fart scene in the trailer before Sonic. Man this movie has a history. Back in 2015 a studio in Toronto called Arc got it as their first big feature since Gnomeo and Juliette. At the same time they had half a dozen other shows ongoing and colossally mismanaged everything and the studio collapsed, leaving many artists unpaid. The film languished for years in redevelopment and finally got completed by Cinesite in Montreal. History repeats itself as upstart feature studio in Toronto called Tangent was working on Monkey King for Netflix this year, something went wrong, they collapsed, it was reassigned to Reel FX in Montreal. A sad story of home grown Canadian studios not knowing how to manage projects and instead having them completed by British or American studios that set up outposts in Canada for the tax credits.
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FilthyImp posted:Junk is a formative part of your middle school experience! I'll also vouch for Big Mouth in that regard because it's honestly a pretty frank and healthy discussion of puberty and relationships. It goes through all the weird, ugly, embarrassing stuff with an optimistic hand and it comes across as very reassuring that all your goofy awkwardness is part of the shared human experience. And I really like Connie and love watching her both guide and freak out with children.
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^^^ Connie is a gemCcs posted:I watched the first season of Big Mouth when it came out and I thought it was pretty funny. I just didn’t feel an impetus to watch the next season though. We watched season one, and fell off at the beginning of season two. Then a friend said season 3 wasn't that great, but you can start season 4 with the recap and be good. So we did that and thoroughly enjoyed seasons 4 and 5! I feel bad that I have a friend directing on Human Resources, and I just have no desire to watch it based on the trailers.
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gently caress yeah Connie. The animation when she says a sentence full of B-alliteration BUH-BUH-BUH-BUH
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I enjoy Big Mouth but several of my middle school students have told me they watch it (unprompted; I’m not in the habit of telling them what hosed up TV I watch lol) and that freaks me the gently caress out. I wonder how many of their parents just went “oh it’s a show about puberty, it’s totally for 12 year olds” and haven’t given it a second thought
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It's a better sex ed than many kids get Stateside! 
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I still contend that Connie is the funniest animated character on tv in the last decade or more Maybe just the funniest character full stop
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I kind of wish Connie were even more central to Human Resources, I love her a lot. Das Boo posted:It's a better sex ed than many kids get Stateside! Right?! God. Honestly a good chunk of Big Mouth is raunchy as hell but probably on the whole a little comforting to watch for a kid going through puberty, but Coach Steve and Jay’s plots both woulda hosed me up real good as a kid. I’m sure there’s more I’ve just forgotten about. Some 13 year old somewhere is going “man I thought I was bad but at least I’m not Andrew” lol
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I love Andrew’s evolution into an absolute villain amongst the kids, it’s hilarious And Jay’s from a complete joke into having his own arcs and being some actually good bisexual representation on tv Coach Steve is funny only in very small doses so I’m glad he’s moved into the background more lately Lola is up there with Connie among the best animated characters of this century imo
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I do respect the hell out of Jenny Slate for apparently deciding on her own to step away from playing a non-white character to make room for a non-white actor to play her. An extremely valid decision.
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There was a bit in season 2 or 3 where they're discussing a "word pass" and Missy is like "no. *I* can not say that word. For various reasons". That she got recast and sounds pretty much the same is awesome. They're also doing some good stuff with her re-biculturalism .
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The 7th Guest posted:Pinecone & Pony is up on Apple TV and, I will say, is definitely, and definitively, another Dreamworks animated TV sitcom I had no idea this was coming out and my kids are apeshit for this book. I'm personally a huge fan of Kate Beaton too, so whatever this ends up being, I'm on board.
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