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I just finished watching the new animated show on Netflix "BoJack Horseman", big shock, right? The thought of yours-truly watching a show where the main character is a horse who's a has-been on a 90s family sitcom going through his crappy life trying to get a memoir written about how great he was?
Oh shut up, you knew I was going to sit down and watch the entire thing! I love horses exclusively, as much as I love all animals in the world, equines are the heart that pumps and the brain that move blood around and think and stuff. Look, I love horses, okay? Probably mad enough to marry one.
Anyway...
It was funny, I watched the first three episodes and it got late and decided to come back to it whenever I could and not wanting to waste any time, I finally got the chance toni--last night to this morning to finish watching all 12 episodes, at first it seemed like it was going to be just a straight ridiculous comedy I would've loved either way and just accept it as dumb-fun goodness I'd defend to the death despite the irony.
Funny thing about the show though...
Yes, it has lots of good comedy, it's in a world I would gladly live in where anthropomorphic animals (or furries) co-exist with humans (FURRIES REJOICE!) so a lot of humor is to come...but even so it's done in a way that becomes genuinely funny, nothing like Ugly Americans or Superjail, but genuine comedy and even that is just the half of it.
The other half, surprisingly, is some very serious drama and it's done with characters you really grow to love in the end, I know I sure did, it even has a lot of scenes that are very complicated, I know deep down I was crying my eyes out as I kept going, I couldn't stop watching the rest of it I HAD to know how it ends.
But it wasn't just for the end, it was because I actually cared about what was going on, specifically BoJack who is the focus but he is definitely not alone when you have other characters like Mr. Peanut Butter a crazily upbeat star of another family sitcom who loves everyone and BoJack even though he's clueless that BoJack doesn't like him (He's basically Spongebob without the terrible annoyance and unlikable-ness), Princess Carolyn who is BoJack's pink cat agent who used to date him but...she's great, Todd who is BoJack's roomie who is also a total slob, and Diane who is Bojack's ghost-writer for his book and whom gets to know the real him.
I love all of the characters, I genuinely love all of them and they never fail to make me laugh whenever they're on screen, I just want to hug them all and keep inside my heart and mind forever.
The writing on this show is very spot-on, watching the first three episodes really draws you in to see more, as it made me do these passed few hours and each and every episode has their own uniqueness, their own thing that makes each of them likable I can't really think of what would be considered a shit-episode I dare say the people working on this pulled a bit of a Breaking Bad on the writing part that kept a consistent flow to the story. Beautifully written, well-paced, it's just great.
The animation is something that's very note-worthy, being someone who LOVES 2-D hand-drawn animation, even though this was mostly flash but they were still drawn to life, it was very good, very colorful, very comforting and it really brought out all the characters' personality especially when it really works well with the voice work (the voice acting is really good in this :3), so it's great as well.
BoJack Horseman is a show I've waited to see become a reality, when I myself as someone who has nothing, can never convince a studio to ever follow in my ring of ideas, and this show giving me more ideas for my own work to follow in terms of telling a great story, it was much more than I expected it to be, even to the point where down the line its end may come off as bitter sweet to most and it is not a terribly upbeat story...
...but it's still hopeful and optimistic, comedy comes from pain and the sadness in our lives, no matter what animal or human you are we all feel the same torment in our lives, and this show gives that in spades while giving itself an ending that fits perfectly even if it leaves me wanting more.
That is truly unbelievable.
Raphael Bob-Waksberg created this masterpiece of a show and certainly couldn't do it without everyone working on it, along with the cast of Will Arnett, Amy Sedaris, Alison Bre, Paul F. Tompkins, Aaron Paul and Kristin FUCKING Schaal who is awesome in everything she's in!
I look forward to whatever happens to BoJack, hope it gets another season, but if it doesn't I'm happy with the show I got.
I highly recommend this show to anyone who may have over-looked this thinking it was a dime-a-dozen comedies that are trying too hard to be something their not, but BoJack Horseman KNOWS exactly what it wants to be, it doesn't need to be like everyone else, it doesn't need to dumb itself down or to make itself gelded (HA! A HORSE PUN!), it's just right.
Give it a watch! I look forward to the DVD when it comes out!
10/10