![]() I love Bean and everything she stands for. What makes Disenchantment different from Futurama or the Simpsons (apart from only having 20 episodes so far, and a season-long plot, to boot) however, is the fact that both of those programs don't have a main character that lives to make an important statement. ![]() It's situational antics and shameless social commentary, and that junk is candy for the eyes and ears of your average viewer, myself included. Some people have enjoyed that for 30 years. Futurama and The Simpsons are meant to be "soup of the day" shows, and people enjoy that. When I see Futurama in medieval times, I want it to be Futurama in medieval times. Do I want it to be Game of Thrones? Absolutely no. The plots are endearing, it's easy to binge, it's nice to look at, and the world is interesting. ![]() ![]() Don't get me wrong, I love the first season. Season 2 picks up right where they left off, and not only kept the narrative, but proved that it also gained a personality somewhere along the way. At the eleventh hour, it suddenly gained a multi-episode narrative that finished off with a Game of Thrones-esque cliffhanger, and suddenly it became a strange, if not interesting departure from the formulaic sitcom it made itself out to be. Season 1 began with an episodic construct that was similar to any fraction of Futurama or The Simpsons.
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