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Will Arnett thing looks like sub-Californication (which is pretty sub)

i saw really bad reviews and stayed away

glad i stuck around for bojack horseman, at first i thought it was going to be an archer redux...

I wondered why I hadn't heard a single thing about this new Will Arnett show that had suddenly popped up on Netflix. Sounds like there's a good reason why not.

Bojack is so good that I got a giant Bojack tattoo on my chest.

i'm kinda not enjoying Fear The Walking Dead right now. which is on Hulu. have one episode to go. only six episodes! makes me appreciate the original show a lot more though. The big difference is i don't really care what happens to anyone. they could all be eaten to bits for all i care. whereas with the original i was rooting for Rick (and then everyone else) from episode one.

don't feel like reviving a walking dead thread...

Bojack is something i would never watch! or Archer. i don't know why. the idea of adult cartoons has never been that appealing to me. the king of the hill or bob's burgers is as adult as i get.

Archer is awesome. Couldn't take Bojack for even an episode.

I struggled to make it through about 4 episodes of Archer. I guess that kind of adult animation bugs me too.

i'm not a big adult swim kinda person either really. no offense to those who are.

Let's face it, most animated series are garbage. It's why I'm over the moon about the ones that aren't.

i didn't watch that 70's kingofthehill-esque one on netflix either.

you don't really need to go "adult" when you've got adventure time out there. that show is a wonder.

archer was good for about 1.5 seasons. then it started to get more and more aggressively bad.

bojack starts off making you think it's archer mach two but midway through the first season it becomes dark and then the second season is like an exploration of depression & is ... pretty singular

could never get into Archer, it seemed like an empty parody. i'm sure there are funny jokes.

Bojack is amazing though, it's like 30 Rock-level writing and the emo moments feel more mature and earned than most non-animated shows i can think of.

xp

it's still got a corny-looking animated talking horse ... put me down in the "just can't do cartoons" column.

The real star of Bojack is Vincent Adultman.

I don't think it's on Hulu or Netflix yet, but I'm enjoying the hell out of Baskets. Very Louie-like production with Zach Galifianakis as a rodeo clown and Louie Anderson as his mom.

I love Archer. I think it says something, though, that me & Helen are the only two adults we know (three including our friend/ex-roommate I guess!) who enjoy Archer. Otherwise it's like, my 22 year old step-brother. It can be incredibly vulgar and borderline offensive but IMO there are a lot of good, smart jokes. I enjoy jokes about Kissinger, Lord of the Rings, alcoholism, and Nazis in Brazil. I also really like that the main character really loves animals. I def agree that it has gone downhill! the "Archer Vice" season was pretty bleak watching. I still find new things to laugh at when I'm re-watching episodes of seasons 1-4, though. It's crude, and it's not for everyone, but put me down as a big fan.

It's actually one of the only cartoons I can think of that I enjoy. Bojack was okay, didn't watch all of it though. Not a fan of king of the hill, or south park, or family guy or any of that stuff. Adventure time is pretty good though!!!

cheers & god bless,
ian

king of the hill was great. i still won't let my kids watch south park or family guy. they kinda gross me out. even though they can obviously be clever and all that. there is a dumb form of meanness that bugs me and those two shows go there a lot. a white guy meanness, i guess. and yes i did grow up reading the national lampoon and when i look at old issues of that magazine they gross me out too. where were my parents!? obviously gahan wilson and sam gross 4ever though.

do you like Bob's Burgers, scott?

Not sure if it's on Netflix, but Wander Over Yonder is pretty great.

there is a dumb form of meanness that bugs me and those two shows go there a lot. a white guy meanness, i guess.

god it feels good to read this summarized so well. thank you!

The characters is terrible

"do you like Bob's Burgers, scott?"

yes indeed!

i love archer, ian otm

The characters is terrible

― i believe that (s)he is sincere (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, March 15, 2016 2:04 PM (33 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Ahem. The characters are terrible.

But seriously, folks. Based on the trailer I saw, I don't know how it could've been otherwise.

is Archer as good as the Bottom Biting Bugs? if it is i might give it a try.

I watch Archer for the same reason I like Sunny in Philadelphia. Jerks being mean to each other and smart call backs.

I tried the Will Arnett show & didnt like it. "Lame sad white guys" only goes so far with me

what about lame, sad, white horses tho?

lame puffy saddo so over for me in general on t.v. and in movies. i know how to look in a mirror. no need to see it on t.v. too.

except for louie. the puff daddy of them all.

feel like everything in comedy nowadays is about fragile males and relationship troubles like the aziz show and love and it absolutely does not connect with me at all and i hate modern comedy basically.

there is still funny stuff. there is always funny. it is definitely the age of awkwardness though. awkward situations. uncomfortable moments. squirming. worrying. not a lot of pies in the face.

i really liked River; did any of you guys like river? mental ill white man.

i hadn't seen much Workaholics past the first season and i put on a later episode and there was a scene where all three Workaholics guys were masturbating in a car together. it wasn't a pie in the face, but it was uh memorable.

none of these shows are as good at awkward terrible depressed males as Peep Show, it should be said

that show is incredible

feel like everything in comedy nowadays is about fragile males and relationship troubles like the aziz show and love and it absolutely does not connect with me at all and i hate modern comedy basically.

In this vein, I've started DVRing Dawson's Creek and The OC because some channel shows 1 and 3 of each every afternoon. I miss shows being so earnest. Even the teen/twentysomething shows to day are either awkward or jaded.

Freaks and Geeks would be a good antidote to that. (Unless it counts as awkward.)

If i can't stand James Franco, will I be able to enjoy Freaks and Geeks?

I think so, he wasn't really the current version then.
I was a bigger fan of Undeclared but that's a much lighter, goofier comedy.

Freaks and Geeks was wonderful and Franco was wonderful in it.

feel like everything in comedy nowadays is about fragile males and relationship troubles like the aziz show and love and it absolutely does not connect with me at all and i hate modern comedy basically.

Seems to me there are two strains in comedy tv--yeah, these shows featuring stand-ups (Louie, Maron, Aziz, etc.) about their emotions & luv troubles & then the shows coming more out of UCB/Improv scenes (Broad City, Kimmy Schimt, all the Paul Scheer stuff, etc.)

i can't stand either of those strains

Abso Lutely Productions (Tim & Eric, Eric Andre, Review, Nathan For You, etc.) is another strain, I think.

Review def falls in the UCB/Improv realm

Andy Daly is the king of that world

Bad people behaving badly is another strain - You're The Worst, Man Seeking Woman, Casual, etc.

those are in the relationship context, the bad people behaving badly within no main context has Always Sunny in its park