Board 8 > So that new series by Matt Groening is out

(+) Yeah! (+)

Watched the first two episodes so far.

It's enjoyable so far, just feels like fantasy Futurama a bit? Luci is the best.
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That's the netflix show?
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Yep, called Disenchantment.
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Watched the first episode. Won't say I hated it, but I don't think I laughed once.
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My concern is just that, that its Dungeons and Dragons Futurama and wont be very different.
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Me and a friend are going to Marathon it tomorrow
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Obellisk posted...

My concern is just that, that its Dungeons and Dragons Futurama and wont be very different.

You're probably right!
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It's okay.
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i'll probably give it a go soon, would it be appropriate for the kids?
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Obellisk posted...

i'll probably give it a go soon, would it be appropriate for the kids?

I would say probably not. I mean, we're watching with my daughter, but you don't pick up much at 6 weeks.
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I thought the MC looked really dumb and that kinda killed my interest.
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Just watched the first ep. Was pretty fun.

Not all the jokes hit but they never did in Simpsons/Futurama anyways.

Luci is <3
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Shaduln posted...

Obellisk posted...

i'll probably give it a go soon, would it be appropriate for the kids?

I would say probably not. I mean, we're watching with my daughter, but you don't pick up much at 6 weeks.

Yeah, a 4 year old and 5 and a half year old... But we are currently watching the Super Mario Brothers Super Show and they love that! Same thing right?
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if its anything like futurama then im in
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Watched a couple more eps and I'm honestly enjoying it a good amount. It's got quite a bit of humor that's right up my alley.

It's definitely not at Futurama Levels of amazingness yet, but it is still a lot of fun.
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MysticBrohan posted...

if its anything like futurama then im in

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I've heard it's no Futurama, but I'm likely to check it out anyway!
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i think netflix might not be a good thing for this show. episode 1 needed to be half its length... 36 minutes was far, far too long
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I saw this this afternoon when I went on to see if American Dad was on there. It's not but this gave me something to watch for tonight. Hope it's good, I liked the trailer.
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I met Matt Groening once.
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Is the main character literally Fry except fantasy?
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The elf character is more the Fry of the cast. The main character is more like Leela and Bender did a fusion dance. Of course the third character is just straight up Bender, because that wasn't enough Bender yet.
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episodes 2 and 3 are so much better than the first

still feels like the comedic timing would be better improved by shortening the episodes down a bit, but they're already tighter-feeling and funnier.

ending the wedding storyline was definitely for the better. i didn't expect the cast to live in the castle but it's kind of a pleasant surprise.
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kevwaffles posted...

The elf character is more the Fry of the cast. The main character is more like Leela and Bender did a fusion dance. Of course the third character is just straight up Bender, because that wasn't enough Bender yet.

I've watched the first three episodes and this is a pretty apt comparison.
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SeabassDebeste posted...

episodes 2 and 3 are so much better than the first

still feels like the comedic timing would be better improved by shortening the episodes down a bit, but they're already tighter-feeling and funnier.

ending the wedding storyline was definitely for the better. i didn't expect the cast to live in the castle but it's kind of a pleasant surprise.

I agree with all this including what's in the spoiler.
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Zigzagoon posted...

Not all the jokes hit but they never did in Simpsons/Futurama anyways.

There are absolutely seasons of the Simpsons where all the jokes hit
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Jakyl25 posted...

Zigzagoon posted...

Not all the jokes hit but they never did in Simpsons/Futurama anyways.

There are absolutely seasons of the Simpsons where all the jokes hit

Namely seasons 4 and 5.
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Top tier Simpsons is super high quality. I wouldn't say literally every single joke hit, but yeah, that stuff is nearly untouchable.
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Boy I sure looked at her....what

Everything feels a bit stiff so far still in ep 1 but they usually need at least a season to figure out where they want to go
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I'm up to ep 7 now and still enjoying it quite a bit. I'm sad that I'll be done soon :(
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Oh that was good actually

The bottom of the sign to the forest said beware of racist antelope and I thought that was just the joke, the sign, but then it showed up
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So I consider myself a simpsons aficionado, and Futurama is great too

I can't judge it too much since I've only seen one episode

but the thing is, yea, not all jokes hit, and some were just too corny and failed before they started

but I feel like these jokes hurt even more considering theres only 10 episodes. Its precious and valuable time wasted.

and I agree that it runs for JUST a bit too long

I feel the characters were generic. Any characterzation they DID have was thrown out the window once they got together

but I'm willing to forgive that, I'm sure it'll get better once the status quo kicks in

the jokes that DID hit were just random one offs. Like that king randomly goin "you jerkin me around?" to the chick
or him randomly slapping that kid

and yea, the racist deer joke

it was a one off joke on a sign

and when he showed up, it was just funny that had a pay off at all, the actual racism wasn't funny

its such a weird show

but some of yall saying it gets better gives me hope
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As someone who has seen every episode of futurama like 100 times, literally, I do not like this show (after 3 episodes). And that sucks

Probably going to stop watching
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I watched the whole season, and I have to say, the show is kind of an extension of the problem with streaming release everything at the same time type shows.

It seems like the whole first season is a pilot. Everyone kind of bounces off each other awkwardly, and there's no defined character lines until the last two episodes, the second it starts to pick up steam, it's over. Which seems typical for shows I've seen air on Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime.

I'll watch season 2. I didn't expect this show to be great going in, but I love the people who work on it enough to give them the benefit of the doubt.
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SantaRPidgey posted...

I watched the whole season, and I have to say, the show is kind of an extension of the problem with streaming release everything at the same time type shows.

It seems like the whole first season is a pilot. Everyone kind of bounces off each other awkwardly, and there's no defined character lines until the last two episodes, the second it starts to pick up steam, it's over. Which seems typical for shows I've seen air on Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime.

I'll watch season 2. I didn't expect this show to be great going in, but I love the people who work on it enough to give them the benefit of the doubt.

Hmm. Maybe it will be like a Bob's Burgers where the first season is kinda meh and flies under the radar, but then picks up steam and becomes really popular.
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With new Bojack a month away, it's probably now or never if I'm gonna watch this.
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I think I'm the only one liking this :(
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Underleveled posted...

SantaRPidgey posted...

I watched the whole season, and I have to say, the show is kind of an extension of the problem with streaming release everything at the same time type shows.

It seems like the whole first season is a pilot. Everyone kind of bounces off each other awkwardly, and there's no defined character lines until the last two episodes, the second it starts to pick up steam, it's over. Which seems typical for shows I've seen air on Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime.

I'll watch season 2. I didn't expect this show to be great going in, but I love the people who work on it enough to give them the benefit of the doubt.

Hmm. Maybe it will be like a Bob's Burgers where the first season is kinda meh and flies under the radar, but then picks up steam and becomes really popular.

hopefully it being matt groening get's enough people to watch it that it doesn't get cancelled right away, as netflix has been doing a lot lately with shows that were probably better than this one is.

maybe "a lot" is an overstatement, but i'm pretty bitter that everything sucks and the break both got cancelled immediately despite both being really good shows. everything sucks took a little while to find itself, but finished really strongly, at least for the female leads. the male characters were all pretty mediocre. the break was great from the beginning.
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Underleveled posted...

SantaRPidgey posted...

I watched the whole season, and I have to say, the show is kind of an extension of the problem with streaming release everything at the same time type shows.

It seems like the whole first season is a pilot. Everyone kind of bounces off each other awkwardly, and there's no defined character lines until the last two episodes, the second it starts to pick up steam, it's over. Which seems typical for shows I've seen air on Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime.

I'll watch season 2. I didn't expect this show to be great going in, but I love the people who work on it enough to give them the benefit of the doubt.

Hmm. Maybe it will be like a Bob's Burgers where the first season is kinda meh and flies under the radar, but then picks up steam and becomes really popular.

I mean, this was a common thing in television for decades before streaming was even thought of.
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Zigzagoon posted...

I think I'm the only one liking this :(

I love it.
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Just finished the 10th and final ep currently.

Damn, I didn't expect that at all out of the last 2 eps. The ending of Ep 9 in particular actually had me pretty surprised.

I need more episodes dammit, I don't want to end off like that!
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Ep 1 kind of started to drag a bit. Ep 2 was a significant step up.
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Watched the first episode. The only things that made me laugh were Shocko the elf being shocked and Leavo the elf being the only person to leave, but I'll give the second episode a shot.
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Anagram posted...

The only things that made me laugh were Shocko the elf being shocked and Leavo the elf being the only person to leave

Those are weird choices for being the only things you laughed at >_>
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I found it weirder those were the things that MADE HIM KEEP GOING

especially since the Elves are out of the spot light
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i watched a couple eps

it's like groenig agreed to put his name on it but someone else is just trying to emulate the more mediocre parts of Futurama

EDIT: and not really succeeding
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So yea, me and my friend watched a few eps

decided it was dreadfully mediocre

then watched some simpsons DVDs after episode 4

its just...mehhhhhhhhhhhhh

we were gonna watch all of them but there was no reason to keep going

I guess I'll finish them on my own time at some point
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I'm sad this is getting such mixed reviews. I want this show to do well and have multiple seasons and such :(
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I finished it today. It's serviceable, but I absolutely agree it just feels kinda like a worse quality Futurama. There's some good stuff in there (I think the king and Eric Andre demon are pretty consistent), but overall it doesn't quite step out from under the shadow of Simpsons and Futurama.

That said, the ending is pretty intriguing and I'll definitely watch a S2 to see if the show finds a unique voice.
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S2 has a ton of potential and really liked the direction they were going with the last couple episodes. Would really like it to take off from here.
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