Let's talk about BoJack Horseman, the new Netflix animated series (starring Will Arnett, Alison Brie, Amy Sedaris, Aaron Paul, etc)

i’m more horse than a man (I’m more man than a horse)

trying to describe how I feel about this show in retrospect and the only concrete statement I have today: the Mr. Peanutbutter/Pickles relationship dragged on too long

Forgive the thread spam, but I wanted to note that this show's 2020 season is nominated in the 2020 ILX TV poll:

ILX's Best Television of 2020 Poll / VOTING AND CAMPAIGNING THREAD / Voting Ends After January 29, 2021

If you like this show and you'd like to see it have a good showing in the poll (running in February) all you need to do is submit a ballot including it and your other favorites (3 minimum, 25 maximum, ranked by your favorite to least favorite) to forksclovetofu at gmail. It'll take five minutes; get to it!

Finally got around to watching this show. Yeah... pretty amazing. Also, maybe too soul-crushing to binge the entire series in one month, but yes. The first couple seasons I was already hooked because the drama worked AND it felt like peak-Simpsons and The Critic mixed together. For a second (basically, that amazing under-water film festival episode) I thought the show might actually be getting lighter... but, of course not.

The final season felt particularly brutal, and it was extra long at 16 episodes (split into two parts on release, I see) so that was tough to watch all the horrible threads of the series come together.

that penultimate episode still makes me shudder when i think about it (in a good way)

i guess this is a good spot to put raphael bob-waksberg's list of favorite tv shows

When Rolling Stone polled dozens of showrunners, actors, and critics for our 100 best shows ever list, we got a very unusual ballot from BoJack Horseman creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg. I had many, many questions, and he was gracious enough to answer: https://t.co/AANrLfbwWf pic.twitter.com/jO4mJnT32Y

— Alan Sepinwall (@sepinwall) September 30, 2022

That's great. Thanks for sharing

Tuca & Bertie has become my partner's Favorite Show, Ever.

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Really just the most spot on depictions of mental illness in this show.

And so many details found on subsequent rewatches. My personal best catch to date was from the scene where Mr peanutbutter is sniffing Beatrice in an attempt to get her scent to find doll. He immediately runs over to hollyhocks coffee cup, which we later learn was being spiked with diet pills by none other than Beatrice.

Also, there’s a great recap of the view from halfway down by some you tuber that schooled me on so many aspects of that episode that I’d completely missed.

thanks for reminding me that I need to rewatch this soon!

You got it

this show was pretty good

not sure why fans are compelled to post the most didactic and moralizing bits from it all over twitter tho

Aspect of fan culture and most fans not entirely understanding why they’re a fan of something, and naturally just grab at the most explicit bit that sorta feels akin to why they like the show, perhaps

tbh the line I still quote the most is "two refrigerators?!? give my regards to the Rockefellers"

hahaaha

Not that I give much credence to Rolling Stone lists but they at least got this right:
https://imgur.com/mSSwvtH

oh fine:
BJH 2 No.1

https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-lists/best-netflix-shows-1386323/3-russian-doll-2019-present-1386359/

Congratulations Bojack and use a pretty font

lol

" . . . why is this so hard?"

No, I said "D" as in "Birthday Dad"

not sure why fans are compelled to post the most didactic and moralizing bits from it all over twitter tho

I'm sure this show is great and all (seen 3 or 4 episodes, some bits are funny, should probably watch more) but yeah that "all the red flags look like flags" line gets posted everywhere and makes me rmde every time

first few episodes are mostly not great and put me off for a long time but they set up important stuff so you can't skip them either - I imagine a lot of people who'd love what the show becomes have given up too soon because of the generic "edgy adult cartoon" vibe early on

the emotional or moralising moments don't hit nearly as hard when presented out of context though

overall I probably prefer tuca & bertie though I wish I liked the 3rd (apparently last) season more - the first 2 are so good

The first season (especially the first half) is mostly set up because it's not a wrap-it-up in 22 min show. Its multi-ep arcs over season arcs, over multi-season arcs, over series arcs, and over a million other relevant and seemingly irrelevant arcs. Densely layered sight gags, goofy jokes, incredibly smart jokes, devastating subtext, and moments that will make you feel so seen you'll cringe. You need the setup.

I don't think the point of it is to be edgy. It's just not catchy like other adult cartoons. The jokes aren't always easy and neither are the storylines. They're long and complicated, although often they're not. I guess I'm trying to say watching this show is a commitment and you'll probably need to do it a couple of times. Watching a few episodes really isn't going to give you a clue.

And, yeah, the most quoted lines (red flags, etc) aren't going to hit like they would if you first heard them in context but they're such a small part of the series and aren't worth judging it on.

Tuca & Bertie is great, really sucks that it got canceled.

I need to watch Tuca and Bertie. Was it taken down in the great Netflix cancellation flood a few years ago?

I think it predates the flood. It was only carried for 1-2 seasons before getting picked up elsewhere

Season 1 is on Netflix, season 2 & 3 are on HBO 'Max' I believe

ahh okay. Yeah, im just mindlessly watching youtube supercuts these days so I might start this.