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Sure, it’s never gonna be “original Henson”, but this Muppet spinoff was the first post-buyout iteration I actively *liked* – a real return to the Muppets just “being fun” rather than being funny. The celeb cameos all felt a lot more “knowing” than in the old days, and some of those references were a little…
I’ll be brutally honest and say I don’t remember specifics on this one – it’s the ongoing story of a couple of women thrust into friendship through some death & treachery, with layers of secrets at work and some ludicrous scenarios. I do enjoy watching it though, even though the plot finds itself reaching a…
A rewatch of Rick & Morty HAD to be done, because… well… infant to supervise, right? And when she’s a bit older I won’t be able to watch shit like this during the day. Just sublime writing. So much more to see on a rewatch.
Mainlined this accidentally, without being convinced if I enjoyed it. Obvious lineage to Rick & Morty, dialled up a bit in the adultness – I was also surprised at the depth of nerdy detail they went to. Probably the biggest draw was the idea of Danny deVito playing Satan.
No less absurd than the first season, but whatever you think of this show you CERTAINLY couldn’t say it was formulaic or clicheed. Multi-faceted espionage caper constantly upended by the completely underequipped Cassie Bowden, with a concluding sequence that was bizarrely unrelated to the plot elements you might expect. Ridiculous, but it’s got my interest.
Having a tiny baby to feed naturally lends itself to having The Simpsons on in the background, which explains how I mainlined this whole season in 2 weeks. I’m really, really impressed by these last couple of seasons – given that it’s a show that started in 1989, here in 2022 they’re turning out interesting…
Continuing the quality streak from season 31 – some good (coherent) stories, and really watchable. And we learned that Superindendant Chalmers’ first name is Garibaldi. 👍
I found it hard to assess what I thought of the material of this, so caught up was I in how Armando Ianucci it was – even with everyone in it being American. While desperately missing Chris Addison and Peter Capaldi, this seemed a solid show and I’m looking forward to cruising through the rest…
The Orville’s now almost totally shed its comedy roots and transmorphed into a late-90s space scifi serial. Season 3 was a “replatforming”, that saw a new titlecard (The Orville – New Horizons), and longer episode lengths – which made for slightly more self-indulgent plotlines. As well as this, the writers leant into reincorporation/revisiting of story…
Iconic, and part of the culture – no idea how I got this far in the UK without having consumed this. I paid for a compilation on Amazin that claimed to be the whole of The Fast Show – no idea if it was complete, but I got a great sense of the initial innovation…