this show is epic.
― Ste, Tuesday, 2 June 2020 14:23 (three years ago) link
I didn't love last week's story, but the finale made up for it.
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 2 June 2020 16:10 (three years ago) link
Need to watch that one. The vat of acid episode was some dark shit.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 2 June 2020 17:32 (three years ago) link
A lot of the past 2-3 years of TV seems like high-concept for the sake of high-concept and that episode was one example imo.
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 2 June 2020 17:37 (three years ago) link
lol “high concept for its own sake” is the entire usp of this show tbf
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 2 June 2020 17:39 (three years ago) link
Yes but there are usually other things going on that make it fun.
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 2 June 2020 17:42 (three years ago) link
My mistake, Vat of Acid was good. I was referring to the camping trip episode.
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 2 June 2020 17:51 (three years ago) link
the second half of this season didn't sit well with me
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 2 June 2020 19:31 (three years ago) link
i haven't actually seen s4 as yet, it's only on Netflix UK in a couple of weeks I believe. I only just watched the first 3 seasons.
― Ste, Wednesday, 3 June 2020 10:23 (three years ago) link
the new episodes are on All4 right now
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 3 June 2020 10:28 (three years ago) link
the show has a habit of filling harmon's "fun stuff" segment with bland violence.
― wasdnous (abanana), Wednesday, 3 June 2020 10:34 (three years ago) link
Has anyone seen Solar Opposites? Because the one (shitty) episode I saw played like a b-story Rick & Morty with none of the stuff that makes R&M good. In case anyone is wondering about Roiland's contributions vs. Harmon. With Solar Opposites in mind, the gross violence in particular I presume is Roiland's contribution.
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And indeed, back from a visit to Wikipedia:
At Channel 101, participants submit a short film in the format of a pilot, and a live audience decides which pilots continue as a series. Roiland, then a producer on reality programming, began submitting content to the festival a year after its launch, in 2004. His pilots typically consisted of shock value—"sick and twisted" elements that received a confused reaction from the audience.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 3 June 2020 13:17 (three years ago) link
the WACKY SUBVERSIVE CYNICAL world of Roiland is unfortunately getting family guy formulaic imo
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 3 June 2020 14:44 (three years ago) link
Yeah it was fresh in the channel 101 days, less so now
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Wednesday, 3 June 2020 14:45 (three years ago) link
i enjoyed the solar opposites season but i wouldn't recommend it to ilx
― Mordy, Wednesday, 3 June 2020 15:20 (three years ago) link
i'll watch anything with andy daly in it tho tbph i'm even all caught up on bananas for bonanza
― Mordy, Wednesday, 3 June 2020 15:21 (three years ago) link
It's def not highbrow enough for ILX.
I'm halfway through the season. The wikipedia says it eventually gets more serialized which is a bummer because I expected a lower stakes outlet for Roiland-style chaos ie House Of Cosbys. Instead it's sci-fi Bob's Burgers with weaker jokes. But otherwise the stories are bizarre and engaging and I'm enjoying it.
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 3 June 2020 15:45 (three years ago) link
I found Roiland voicing the lead to be massively distracting, since he plays a scientist who sounds like Rick, right down to the stammer. The first episode I thought had some good jokes in it, but also a lot of not good jokes. So ... totally average.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 3 June 2020 15:57 (three years ago) link
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!
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 21 January 2021 19:40 (three years ago) link
Dunno if anyone has been watching this season, but after a great first episode, the last few have been pretty bad. episode 4 was probably my least favorite episode they've ever done
― Vinnie, Wednesday, 21 July 2021 08:03 (two years ago) link
Still some great gags and ideas, but definitely feeling like more of chore this time. I think the unpleasantness of it all is starting to grind me down - kind of feel that now is not the right time for art this deeply cynical.
― chap, Wednesday, 21 July 2021 08:17 (two years ago) link
the episode names bear little relation to the contents, and aren't referenced outside the epg. if episode 4 is the cenobite episode then i think i agree.
the decoys episode seemed like a episode-length version of the snake civil-time-war sequence from the previous series and became hard to follow after 5 minutes. i did like the wooden puppets though.
― koogs, Wednesday, 21 July 2021 08:22 (two years ago) link
still need to watch the last couple of eps, still love this show, stop watching and shut up if you're not into it
― Southgate Serves Imperialism (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 21 July 2021 08:22 (two years ago) link
became hard to follow after 5 minutes.
This was part of the joke surely?
I look forward to the fascinating future of this thread, nothing but NV posting unequivocal praise.
― chap, Wednesday, 21 July 2021 08:27 (two years ago) link
I remembered this show existed yesterday and caught up to the point of the vat of acid episode which was pretty great tbh, structured kind of like a Stewart Lee shaggy dog story gag
― hiroyoshi tins in (Sgt. Biscuits), Wednesday, 21 July 2021 08:40 (two years ago) link
Yeah the show's at its best when it's playing with structure.
― chap, Wednesday, 21 July 2021 08:42 (two years ago) link
> This was part of the joke surely?
i know, but it's a thin line between writing something clever that loses the viewer and writing something that's nonsense and loses the viewer and if the viewer's lost then how do they know which this is? (and does it matter?)
― koogs, Wednesday, 21 July 2021 08:46 (two years ago) link
haven’t watched this week’s, but i thought the first couple eps were top tier, the third was spotty with a few funny moments speckled within way too much wanton violence, and the fourth was just too much
― bezos did the dub (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 21 July 2021 13:21 (two years ago) link
i loved this week's, didn't mind the cum episode fwiw, even if it was very lowbrow.
the Cenobite ep was pretty hilarious
― making splashes at Dan Flashes (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 21 July 2021 13:31 (two years ago) link
the 4th one seemed… off? I’m not a huge R&M stan but I enjoy it and catch up every now and again. thematically v much in the wheelhouse, but the writing seemed particularly lazy and comic beats seemed forced or something idk. might have been the edible I took. anyway, I’m probably thinking about this way too much
― Washington Generals D-League affiliate (will), Wednesday, 21 July 2021 16:23 (two years ago) link
I didn't like the one with Captain Planet, seemed so pat I was waiting for a twist. It's hard to care about characters they've worked so hard to make you dislike or not care about.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 21 July 2021 18:15 (two years ago) link
Exactly how I felt about ep 4, will. Most of the jokes fell flat and every element felt like something they'd done better before. I didn't find the most recent episode that funny either but at least it had something new
I did totally love the first episode with the time door and the king of the ocean, instant classic
― Vinnie, Wednesday, 21 July 2021 23:19 (two years ago) link
Forgive the thread spam, but I wanted to note that this show's 2021 season is nominated in the ILX TV poll, with voting ending this weekend:
ILX's Best Television of 2021 Poll / VOTING AND CAMPAIGNING THREAD / Voting Ends After January 31, 2022
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 26 January 2022 20:56 (two years ago) link
This show is still really hit and miss these days, but having Peter Dinklage doing the voice of the Alien Hans Gruber was an inspired choice.
― earlnash, Wednesday, 28 September 2022 03:02 (one year ago) link
agreed on the hit and miss, that last "nightpeople" episode is the worst it's ever been but they've connected a few eps prior this year
― “Cheeky cheeky!” she trills, nearly demolishing a roadside post (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 28 September 2022 03:59 (one year ago) link
forgot that this was back
― comedy khadafi (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 28 September 2022 04:16 (one year ago) link
Yeah it's weird that it's back so soon (haven't watched any of the new season yet)
― Vinnie, Wednesday, 28 September 2022 12:50 (one year ago) link
I saw a couple of eps and they were solid/more of the same/meta/dark/funny/nihilistic/sentimental. But then I forgot it was back again, lol.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 28 September 2022 13:18 (one year ago) link
the one i saw, probably the 1st episode, did feel like fan-service and nothing else.
― koogs, Wednesday, 28 September 2022 13:45 (one year ago) link
i was hoping that the resolution to season 5 would've stemmed the fan service a bit. still gonna watch tho
― comedy khadafi (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 28 September 2022 16:35 (one year ago) link
to me, the plot-heavy episodes where a million things are happening (like ep 1) are so disappointing. so much writing and animation effort to make something overwhelming and unpleasant and usually not even that funny. I've liked all the other episodes so far, and the night people one was actually my favorite
― Vinnie, Thursday, 6 October 2022 00:31 (one year ago) link
we're definitely looking for different things out of this show i think. at this point i'm happy for it to be a self referential nihilistic sci-fi romp that breaks the fourth wall while doing teraflop twilight zone bullshit.
― “Cheeky cheeky!” she trills, nearly demolishing a roadside post (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 6 October 2022 02:40 (one year ago) link
I mean, there's a good chance I'm in the minority on that opinion. My favorite eps have tended to be low on overarching plot, low on sentimentality and seriousness, high on sci-fi concept
― Vinnie, Thursday, 6 October 2022 03:01 (one year ago) link
The Fortune Cookie one was pretty funny.
― earlnash, Thursday, 6 October 2022 04:10 (one year ago) link
i think i liked the "summer does a die hard" episode best fwiw
― “Cheeky cheeky!” she trills, nearly demolishing a roadside post (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 6 October 2022 15:08 (one year ago) link
^finally watching now and lolz, love Grandsonism as well
― Fash Gordon (Neanderthal), Thursday, 29 December 2022 05:38 (one year ago) link
"holy war""Holier war""Holiest war ever!"
― Fash Gordon (Neanderthal), Thursday, 29 December 2022 05:39 (one year ago) link
This season had some inspired episodes, a step up from the previous season. Finale was great
― Vinnie, Thursday, 29 December 2022 08:21 (one year ago) link
not great
Justin Roiland has been charged with one count of domestic battery with corporal injury & one count of false imprisonment by menace/violence/fraud/deceit.(Source: https://t.co/YZwm5vuJjU) pic.twitter.com/kR9DUDckWB— DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) January 12, 2023
― sault bae (voodoo chili), Friday, 13 January 2023 14:35 (one year ago) link
I had only watched the first episode of this show before yesterday. My son had shown it to me when he was in middle school and I was thoroughly repulsed and never went back for more. For whatever reason, yesterday I decided to give it another chance and threw a few more episodes on. I'm still skeptical that I'll find much value in it, but my plan was to keep trying to engage. Then as soon as I flipped it off, I went to check the news and saw the news about his domestic violence.
― peace, man, Friday, 13 January 2023 15:09 (one year ago) link