Allow me to echo your thoughts on season 4. While I thought it was weaker than the past seasons, but I didn't think it was that bad. I too wonder if people would've been as critical of it if Aaron was still working on the show. Most of the episodes aren't that different than some of the episodes that were in season 2 and 3.
It nothing else, the Freedom Rider episode was pretty funny. And I think it was worth it just to meet Ed Wuncler the Second. With the First being a corporate crook, and the Third being a street thug, making the Second a mafia guy was a great idea.
When it came to Season 4, I guess I had mixed feelings about it. I would say it was hit-or-miss (a bit more "miss").
I guess my favorite episode from this season was "Freedom Ride or Die", it was fairly funny and had some good fight scenes. I thought that the episodes with Ed Wuncler II ("Good Times" and "Freedomland") were okay, but I think they could have been done better.
"Pretty Boy Flizzy" was mostly an unnecessary repeat of "Tom, Sarah and Usher". And then "Stinkmeaner: Begun the Clone War Has" - did we really need another Stinkmeaner episode?
"Breaking Granddad" and "Early Bird Special" were rather weak. I think that "Granddad Dates a Kardashian" and "I Dream of Siri" were the worst episodes. And "The New Black" was a very unsatisfying (de facto) series finale.
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A surprisingly entertaining show
Hey guys, here for my second review. Thanks for reading. =)
To bring in something positive compared to my last review, I'm going to do a review Boondocks, a show I never expected to like. When first seeing pictures and stuff about it, I thought it was some stupid show. But I somehow ended up watching it one day, and I'm pretty surprised on how awesome the show is.
First off, the action scenes of the show is just amazing, they are so well animated and entertaining, that it's even better than most western animation and animes can present. In Season 1, it was a little awkward, but as most shows do, it got way better in the later seasons.
The humor of the show is great. The humor is a good mixture of "gangster" humor and just general humor. A good example of this is "The Fundraiser", which is one of my personal favorites. Sure, some jokes can be considered immature, but another thing that surprises me is that it doesn't feel immature or cruel mostly all the time, which is good for an Adult Swim show.
Another good thing this show has for being an Adult Swim show is great writing. The episodes are almost always interesting, with little plot holes and contrived stuff. The best part of the writing is that you can tell the writers had put some good thought into this, instead of throwing out lazy writing like others do.
And lastly, the animation. People have compared the animation to anime, which I can somewhat agree on. It's similar to ATLA's influence from anime, but it does show at times things that are from western animation. Back to my main point, I think the animation is great. Like I said earlier, Season 1 was a bit stiff, but it got way better as the second season started, as expected with shows.
UPDATE: So my thoughts on Season 4: It's not horrible, it's not the best either, but it still feels like Boondocks. Most of the episodes are really funny, and still had it's crazy satireish feel like in the episodes with Ed Wuncler Jr. I honestly think people just don't like it because the main writer left, because it personally feels like any other episode in the past seasons. Although this season felt like the writers were experimenting what they could write, I still liked the season for what it was.
So overall, I think this is an entertaining and funny people should watch. Thanks for reading. =D