5/16/2023 0 Comments Shion takeuchi shows![]() ![]() The first episode begins with protagonist Raegan Ridley (Caplan) trying to stop her dad from making a fool of himself in front of the White House as he shouts crazy dribble through a megaphone. Like "Ghosts", the show's premise is a winner and there are memorable moments. Although it has some of the cynicism of "Rick and Morty", it's co-created and executive produced by Alex Hirsch (along with Shion Takeuchi) who's most famous for the imaginative yet child-appropriate "Gravity Galls." It's a dark turn for sure from the creator and the complexity of the subject matter is heightened by giving the central protagonist (Lizzie Caplan) the Aesperger's label. In the final analysis, Inside Job is a slick but soulless example of what is most commonly wrong with most corporate TV shows today, where the focus is too much on fabricating a bright and sassy product that can be reliably marketed, rather than telling a story anybody felt compelled to tell.Īn animated cartoon about a federal government department that does damage control in a world where most conspiracy theories are true. If I was to try isolate what is chiefly wrong with it so that it could be fixed in the future, I guess I would sack most of the staff writer hordes, leaving only two or three of them to focus on building unique and relatable characters they personally find amazing and care about, and then start building up the individual episode scripts from there, rather than having the Family Guy manatees generate meaningless plots and situations from random pop culture references. The script is one-liner after one-liner after one-liner and yet I didn't laugh once. None of the characters are even slightly likeable or relatable and the tone is too relentlessly busy, with no building of necessary tension or intrigue from one scene to the next. This new sci-fi cartoon's premise has a lot of promise, with endless clever ideas and attention to detail, but it feels coldly generic and too much designed by committee: the basic idea is Men In Black all over again, and the alcoholic dad is an obvious attempt to appropriate some of that Rick Sanchez vibe.
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