BoJack Horseman

[flyonthewall2983]

For those very few of you who don't have Netflix, Comedy Central is going to start showing reruns in a few months.

[Soothsayer]

The ending of season 3 has one of the best music cues I've ever seen put to a moving image. Gives me goosebumps just thinking about it.

[Murdoch]

I enjoy the show when it focuses on BoJack's depression and self-destruction since I think the writing excels in those ruminations on personal failure and regret. But I also am baffled when I read praise of its comedy as I find it the most unfunny comedy series to receive critical acclaim in recent memory. Aaron Paul's character is just tiresome for me and every gag falls flat. Comedy of course is subjective but the show's humor makes up such a large part of the runtime that the parts I find compelling are weighed down heavily by the attempts at being a comedy.

[flyonthewall2983]

Even though there is comedic gold on the show that has nothing to do with him, I hear you on Aaron Paul's character. For maybe the first 2 or 3 seasons I felt like Todd was an important part of the story, even as things got more silly, but I grew tired of it by the 4th season.

I hesitate to say this as I've been pretty vocal here about my love for the show, but last year's season wasn't as good for me as what came before. I'm hopeful it can turn around this year though.

[Boosmahn]

Season five trailer

[flyonthewall2983]

S5 is a marked improvement for me, I'm happy to say. I feel like they went the extra mile in terms of stretching the form of a half-hour animated comedy, in ways last year's season didn't. It's extremely prescient and also keeps things moving along story-wise, with decent character development throughout.

[Boosmahn]

Agreed, this was a great season. Some people might be mad that BoJack's development isn't linear, but I feel that it's necessary (not to mention it's one of the main themes of the show).

Also:

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[flyonthewall2983]

They even managed to make Todd's arc more compelling than in previous seasons.

[Soothsayer]

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The monologue episode is up there with the best this show's presented yet. Esp. with the intro as an indirect form of exposition.

Another quality of this show is how they have different levels/approaches to showing the flaws of major characters. With Bojack it's extreme, stark, and violent. However, esp in the last 2 seasons, there's an equally critical examination of Mr. Peanutbutter, but shown in a more "polite" way which reflects his character.

[dwk]

Shout Factory is going to release Bojack Horseman on disc.

[flyonthewall2983]

That's great, especially if this signals a more general deal between Netflix and Shout.

[Boosmahn]

This is excellent news! However, the "multiyear" part makes me think we won't see the fourth season on Blu-ray until at least 2020...