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Season 5 releases Sep 14th. Figured the new season deserved a fresh thread. Finally got around to watching this, binged it over the last 5 days. What follows is my tl;dr reaction to the series:

When comparing the greatest animated series of all-time, I think it is important to keep some perspective. Simpsons was the pioneer. Then there were 2nd generation productions like Family Guy, Futurama and South Park. Bojack fits into the 3rd generation greats, alongside Archer and Rick and Morty. It is fair to compare those 3.

Archer is pretty much a pure comedy. Yea it has a few plot threads that run through the series. Yea there's some "spy thriller action elements" to it. But mainly everything exists to set up the jokes. R&M, by comparison, spends a little more effort tackling serious themes, but remains a comedy at its core. Bojack has pretty much the same style and quality of content, but it moves the needle much more in the direction of serious, dramatic plotlines with less time spent on pure comedy. That doesn't mean there are no jokes. Quite the opposite. There are many hilarious jokes. Quite a few times throughout the series I had to pause the show to let my laughter subside before I could continue.

But there is so much depth to this show. It almost makes an attempt to hide its depth behind fluffy anthropomorphics to absolve the audience of responsibility of looking closely at the nuance if they would rather not invest the effort. But you can always feel the emotional pull at least a little, even if you don't mean to.

I'm satisfied ranking Bojack as the 3rd best, behind both Archer and R&M. But it's right there with them in the top tier.

This post was edited by Kayeto on Aug 27 2018 06:34pm

Yesss, almost forgot. Great show. Love the humor

Archer is for sure the best, although I couldn't get into Rick and Morty at all

Agree on all accounts. This took me a bit longer to get sucked in than the other two shows did, but by halfway through the first season I was hooked. The second season had just aired when I started and I've binged the entire season upon their release within a day or two each time since. I of course plan to do the same with season 5.

Really? What about rick and morty did you not like? Because I'm right there with you on archer and bojack. Butnrick and morty is very well done.

This post was edited by xmarksdaspot2124 on Aug 28 2018 07:18am

Maybe I need to rewatch it again, just seemed like a lot of things went over my head. I get that it's more of intellectual humor, though

is it really though? i thought that was a meme. i just love it because it feels like a totally different take on curb your enthusiasm. i havent even finished the series yet though. im real slow at watching things but i enjoyed the episodes ive seen very much.

Perhaps 'intellectual humor' isn't an appropriately worded name for R&M's type. But, regardless, that type of humor has been traditionally labeled 'intellectual humor'. Semantic arguments over the words used in the label aren't really that important.

i wasnt trying to be nitpicky. its just a known meme, wasnt aware it was just actually branded that way.
now idk if i even catch everything. oh dear

This post was edited by MutatedBeaveR on Aug 28 2018 06:22pm

I lost interest in Bojack and not sure why. Maybe i'll give it another shot. I watched the first two seasons, generally enjoyed them, (i really liked mr. Peanutbutter and Todd) and started on the 3rd and abruptly stopped to watch other shows. I think both R&M and Archer are significantly both better.