I feel no shame that despite my age, I find this show immensely entertaining. For the sake of space I won't describe the show here. Just scroll down the page and read someone else's review for that.
I know I'm fawning here, but the characters in this show are amazing. Both the character design and their personalities are fantastic. The dynamics and relationships both within families and also with secondary characters are realistic, though definitely caricatured for comedic purposes. The art style and the integration of mediums is charming and well done, and the diverse design adds emphasis to how different each character is, along with a strange symbolic realism. The individual jokes in each episode are mostly entertaining, as well as the running gags and wordplay with the names of many characters that you might have to dig a bit more to understand. If you're a fan of comical musical numbers, then you've come to the right place in this show. You can find anything from hilarious raps to extravagant Broadway style songs here if you know where to look.
I'm hardly the first to mention Elmore's strange logic and unclear rules. The line between "people" and things is blurred at best and non-existent at worse. This odd system leads to sone blatent black comedy and even darker implications upon examination. Also,let's not forget the pizza baby from The Job. Other episodes, namely The Joy, The Picnic, and even The Name have very dark plots (though taking into account that no one truly dies in The Joy, that could be one of the happiest episodes, only seeming dark from Simian's POV because she despises happiness).
If you appreciate occasional drama in a cartoon, there's plenty here as well, though it's often somewhat dampened by the abundant comic relief. Characterization is vague and inconsistent in the early episodes, but later in the series definite personalities are present and characters change and develop. I would suggest The Hero, The Shell (obviously),and even The Man and The Kids.
And how about action? There's plenty of that too. No specific action-oriented episodes come to mind, but it is amply sprinkled throughout
throughout.
While I don't have any problems with the show in general, there are a few dud episodes like in any series. All in all, a show I'd recommend to any cartoon lover.
A great show, well animated and extremely entertaining. In my opinion, at least.
I feel no shame that despite my age, I find this show immensely entertaining. For the sake of space I won't describe the show here. Just scroll down the page and read someone else's review for that.
I know I'm fawning here, but the characters in this show are amazing. Both the character design and their personalities are fantastic. The dynamics and relationships both within families and also with secondary characters are realistic, though definitely caricatured for comedic purposes. The art style and the integration of mediums is charming and well done, and the diverse design adds emphasis to how different each character is, along with a strange symbolic realism. The individual jokes in each episode are mostly entertaining, as well as the running gags and wordplay with the names of many characters that you might have to dig a bit more to understand. If you're a fan of comical musical numbers, then you've come to the right place in this show. You can find anything from hilarious raps to extravagant Broadway style songs here if you know where to look.
I'm hardly the first to mention Elmore's strange logic and unclear rules. The line between "people" and things is blurred at best and non-existent at worse. This odd system leads to sone blatent black comedy and even darker implications upon examination. Also,let's not forget the pizza baby from The Job. Other episodes, namely The Joy, The Picnic, and even The Name have very dark plots (though taking into account that no one truly dies in The Joy, that could be one of the happiest episodes, only seeming dark from Simian's POV because she despises happiness).
If you appreciate occasional drama in a cartoon, there's plenty here as well, though it's often somewhat dampened by the abundant comic relief. Characterization is vague and inconsistent in the early episodes, but later in the series definite personalities are present and characters change and develop. I would suggest The Hero, The Shell (obviously),and even The Man and The Kids.
And how about action? There's plenty of that too. No specific action-oriented episodes come to mind, but it is amply sprinkled throughout throughout.
While I don't have any problems with the show in general, there are a few dud episodes like in any series. All in all, a show I'd recommend to any cartoon lover.