Originally Posted by beach tribe:
Season premiere is on YouTube.
This may be the most cleverly creative show I have ever seen.
I think I agree. It is a brilliant set up. They can avoid all kinds of problems that sitcoms/animated series run into. They can have extremely serious material that feels slightly lighter since it is animated, and they can have ridiculous events occur because it is animated and takes place in an infinite multiverse. There is literally no limit to what they can do, and it remains plausible within the rules of the universe(s) they created. I fucking love it. [Reply]
Originally Posted by bowener:
I think I agree. It is a brilliant set up. They can avoid all kinds of problems that sitcoms/animated series run into. They can have extremely serious material that feels slightly lighter since it is animated, and they can have ridiculous events occur because it is animated and takes place in an infinite multiverse. There is literally no limit to what they can do, and it remains plausible within the rules of the universe(s) they created. I ****ing love it.
Originally Posted by Rausch:
BTW is "Harmantown" the huge boost to understanding his writing I've been hearing about or is it just fanboy preachings?...
Hard to say. Its . . . a lot of things.
It's a live show, with Dan, Jeff Davis [as 'moderator], Spencer Crittenden [a former audience member Dan took under his wing who interjects wisecracks and DMs role playing sessions], and usually a guest or two.
A lot of it is driven by Dan's steam of consciousness. Sometimes he's drunk and rambles. Sometimes he's mad, . . . and rambles. Sometime's he's political. Sometimes it's just random fun. For instance there are regularly impromptu extended freestyle rap sessions, . . . just 'yo mama' lines rapped of the top fo the dome. For a long time, they held D&D type role playing adventure sessions.
The only way to have an idea what to expect is to listen for a while. But it's very often entertaining and funny in some manner or another. And the best reply to your question is you do get a good sense of Dan's personality., but it's rarely and only tangentially focused on his television work. It's not a 'here's what's happening on my TV show, show.
They've moved away from the role playing part, but only because it's so popular they turned it into a series. But this will still give you a compact glimpse into the nature of the proceedings.
Originally Posted by bowener:
I think I agree. It is a brilliant set up. They can avoid all kinds of problems that sitcoms/animated series run into. They can have extremely serious material that feels slightly lighter since it is animated, and they can have ridiculous events occur because it is animated and takes place in an infinite multiverse. There is literally no limit to what they can do, and it remains plausible within the rules of the universe(s) they created. I fucking love it.
I just watched the Purge Planet episode and it was funny as shit while clearly tossing out a ton of social commentary.
Originally Posted by Baby Lee:
A lot of it is driven by Dan's steam of consciousness. Sometimes he's drunk and rambles. Sometimes he's mad, . . . and rambles. Sometime's he's political. Sometimes it's just random fun.