Finally making some time to kind of binge Bojack instead of watching it weekly. Pilot is nothing like the show would eventually become but it is still fun.
Great concept, a very very good casting. A first episode that puts a solid base for the characters, story and humor style. I still have a hard time seeing how it can span 6 seasons, but we'll see. Several real laugh out loud moments, which is pretty rare for me, so I have high hopes for what comes next.
Wow. Not what I expected.
I expected it to be more light-hearted and funnier, but BoJack has a seriously dark undertone that made me depressed. It's still a good first episode, though. I'm interested. The sex jokes weren't too obnoxious, and the animation is tolerable. And so far, nothing was laugh-out-loud funny. We'll see.
"Back in the '90s, I was in a very famous TV show."
This line summarises BoJack's character at the moment. He used to be famous, but now he's depressed. He does nothing all day but reminiscent of the old days. To see his almost lonely existence and the show where he's a father of three children being the only thing to make him laugh or smile was so sad.
I'm guessing it'll be more light-hearted in the future. I don't know. It wasn't dull, but I did check when it would end twice throughout.
It's okay.
6.5/10
Bojack is me with the anxiety attack and taking it easy for 18+ years. I too didn’t write the piece that I should’ve written since the start of this quarantine. Just eps 1 and I’m loving this series!
Also, I decide to watch this series after I saw a YouTube video comparing it to the Good Place.
Right from the first episode, the show seems pretty down-reaching. A sitcom which points out the hypocrisy in our daily life.
These days, viewers aren't short when it comes to animation featuring anthropomorphic characters aimed at adults. It's a crowded field, and I have to confess that when BoJack Horseman originally came out it washed over me completely. It's come highly recommended, however, and I've decided to give it a go.
Based on this first episode, I'm not too impressed. Will Arnett stars as BoJack, a washed-up former sitcom star who spends his days drinking away his sorrows and avoiding putting pen to paper on an autobiography. He's surrounded by Todd, a house guest who's become an involuntary roommate; Princess Carolyn, his spiky former girlfriend and current agent; Mr Peanutbutter, a sitcom rival from the 1980s; and Diane Nguyen, the ghostwriter who's hired by his publishing house to write his memoirs for him before they go bankrupt. It's a promising set-up, and the show seems to position itself as a satire on fame and trying to regain it in Hollywood. There are several swipes at the vapid culture that surrounds the film and television industry, but they either fail to land properly or are so obvious that they do little in the way of provoking a reaction. Most, if not all viewers will know that Hollywood is a place that's deeply superficial and filled with social climbers and feelings of alienation. There are other, better works that explore the shallow nature of the west coast of America.
What's got far more potential is the exploration of BoJack's character, his internal contradictions and the way he relates to those around him. There is some promise here: rather than being presented as a wholly self-absorbed dullard, BoJack is shown to have some insight into his own character which makes things a little more refreshing than they would be otherwise. His loneliness is contrasted with his total inability to connect with anyone other than his past self, and there are some great lines exploring this; I particularly liked his interjection that his fascination with an old picture of himself was more to do with what 'it represents'. So there is an intelligence to the writing here at times, and I'm hoping this will develop over time to explore and deepen these characters rather than simply try to push weak satire about Hollywood and its stars of yesteryear. The cast are all game, and do a good job of making their characters memorable; Will Arnett's gruff voice and asides make for a good match with an anthropomorphic horse, Aaron Paul is laid-back and reasonable as Todd which makes a nice change from other roles he's had in the past. Amy Sedaris brings a knowing exasperation to Princess Carolyn and Paul F Tompkins gives Mr Peanutbutter exactly the kind of personality I'd want to see him have to rub BoJack up the wrong way. Finally, Alison Brie gives Diane a down-to-earth, easy-going Millennial quality that I liked, and I'm interested to see more of the interplay between her, Mr Peanutbutter and BoJack.
At the moment, there isn't much that I feel distinguishes BoJack Horseman from its many contemporaries. The potential is there, and I'm very much hoping that the show grows into its premise and takes the opportunity to make itself a character study rather than simply a satire with cutaways (I'm always apprehensive about these lest a show sink into sub-Family Guy misery).
Has a very Archer-esque vibe to it, with a hint of Family Guy-style cutaways. I enjoyed how the anthropomorphic animal shtick is more or less taken for granted on the show, but not so much that you can't have things like cats hissing and raccoons rummaging through garbage. Bojack's baby fear sequence was the highlight for me. There was a lot of setup. (It's a first episode after all.) But the humor clicked for the most part, and the premise, while pretty contrived, has promise.
Actually pretty funny, that it was.
Shout by KevibVIP 3BlockedParent2024-04-26T16:53:57Z
Good start, some strong elements in this show, for now undecided whether I'll love this or not.