Disenchantment (NetFlix) [Matt Groening][2018]

corkie · 25-07-2017 5:54pm #1

Simpsons creator teams with Netflix for series about a hard-drinking princess

Matt Groening is returning to television four years after Futurama came to an end with Netflix’s Disenchantment.

Disenchantment is a show about “life and death, love and sex, and how to keep laughing in a world full of suffering and idiots, despite what the elders and wizards and other jerks tell you,” Groening said in a press release. The series will follow a “hard-drinking” young princess named Bean, her elf friend Elfo and her own personal demon Luci. Since Disenchantment is based in a magical realm where anything and everything is possible, expect to see a variety of creatures including, “ogres, sprites, harpies, imps, trolls, walruses and lots of human fools.”

The Simpsons and Futurama creator has a brilliant new show on Netflix

Given that Groening has created The Simpsons and Futurama, we will always be interested in watching his work, but his new show is coming to Netflix and it has a superb cast including Matt Berry (The IT Crowd), Noel Fielding (The Might Boosh) and Futurama's own John DiMaggio and Billy West.

Netflix Orders Matt Groening Animated Comedy ‘Disenchantment’
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ixoy · 25-07-2017 10:24pm

Very interesting. I think Netflix's comedy output is very strong, more so than their dramas and that, coupled with Groenig and the cast is promising.

corkie · 23-05-2018 6:07pm

First look at Matt Groening's first new show in two decades

The series, whose 10-episode first season launches Aug. 17, also will feature the voice talents of John DiMaggio, Billy West, Maurice LaMarche, Tress MacNeille, David Herman, Matt Berry, Jeny Batten, Rich Fulcher, Noel Fielding, and Lucy Montgomery.

Mr E · 28-06-2018 5:48pm

First trailer.

Out August 17th.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rV8vTGcv5Jc

icdg · 28-06-2018 6:09pm

It’s most of the same cast as Futurama then? Doing for fantasy what the former did for sci fi I assume.

pixelburp · 28-06-2018 6:53pm

I have an immediate mental block / bias to work against, because the fantasy setting & Groening character styling makes me think of that execrable "Benders Game" feature-length episode of Futurama

Mr E · 22-07-2018 5:58am

This is looking good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gp_RnJcb8Ig

pixelburp · 17-08-2018 8:39am

"Part 1", consisting of 10 episodes, has dropped. Kinda looking forward to this given the pedigree, though like Futurama (and the Simpsons too in fairness) before it I expect it to take a while to bed down & find its voice.

gmisk · 17-08-2018 12:55pm

I have watched the first episode....I enjoyed it! Not sure why its getting pretty poor reviews.
The 3 main characters are excellent.
It looks terrific lots of little details in the background.

Also couple of the side characters they bump in to are great fun, the fairy and the priest in particular.

17-08-2018 8:33pm

Hmmmm first episode was poor.

Maybe it will improve.

Matt Berry playing his character from the IT crowd is promising

Oafley Jones · 17-08-2018 8:47pm

Just watched it. It's just flat and lacking in energy. Even the opening sequence trying to establish Bean with the Poker fight was just absolutely lifeless. It's as if every interaction goes on a beat too long. I'd like to see it more aggressively edited for better timing.

edit: also better writing. And while I'm at it, some of Groening's established players are making it sound like a best of his other works. Did DiMaggio really have to go to that well again.

pixelburp · 17-08-2018 9:00pm

Yeah the first episode is a mixed bag. Some of the gags were chucklesome, some not so much but it's the usual complaint with Netflix comedies: the pilot was too damn long with too many scenes stretching past the punchline.

Curious to know the plot though, and I kinda liked the characters anyway so the good generally outweighed the bad on balance.

cython · 17-08-2018 9:24pm

My, how far(ahem!)-reaching some Father Ted jokes seem to be, unless there was a massive coincidence in the writing of that first episode!

flazio · 19-08-2018 12:27am

3 episodes in and I quite like it. Bean is a good lead. The gags do raise a chuckle.

PenguinEggs · 20-08-2018 1:57pm

Only a couple of episodes left and I really like it. Its not brilliant, but I thought the same of Futurama for the first few shows as well, but I do think its getting better and better so hopefully Part II will have ironed out the uneveness

I like the balance of crap magic and semi realistic medieval living conditions vs outright fantasy. The characters and plots as well as series spanning sub texts are fine. It just needs better jokes

pixelburp · 20-08-2018 10:31pm

Only popped on episode 2, penned by Futurama alum David X Cohen himself, and it was a much funnier, sharper beast. Lots of great rapid fire asides that felt very similar to that previous Groening show in its pomp.

21-08-2018 2:29am

A lot of the humour stinks of zombie simpsons. Really shallow stuff.

flazio · 22-08-2018 5:48am

Got to the end, which ends on a bit of a cliff hanger, and I have enjoyed it enough to be annoyed if they don't get renewed to resolve the new developments.

pixelburp · 18-09-2018 8:16pm

Finished up with those first, released 10 episodes and ... uhm, well, it was Okay. There are laughs to be had, but in between masses of bloat and flatlining comedy. It was a more serialised beast than previous Groening shows - for better and worse. Honestly I didn't care about half the cast so the big cliffhanger at the end didn't leave me eager to know everyones' fate. Elfo was particularly annoying and his whole arc a total dud.

corkie · 01-10-2018 11:12pm

Disenchantment Theory: Is The Netflix Series Set In The FUTURE?

Theory from clip: -

Set in destroyed New York, which we see when FRY is frozen.

flazio · 22-10-2018 5:48pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Odur-c5B59g

New episodes stretched out over the next 3 years.

pixelburp · 22-10-2018 5:51pm

Because when your show gets broadly lukewarm reviews and a tepid reaction, what you really should do is stretch out those remaining episodes?

Yeah, I don't get it. Weird decision.

corkie · 22-10-2018 6:05pm

New episodes stretched out over the next 3 years.

Is that clip just confirming that there will be 3 more seasons of the show? (And not one spreadout?)

pixelburp · 22-10-2018 6:07pm

Yeah, it's a bit unclear. Though it'd be equally surprising if Netflix were committing to 3 more seasons too.

Daxve · 22-10-2018 6:10pm

IGN reporting it as one more season (season 2) split in 2 (10 episodes each) with the second half of Season 1 (10 episodes in 2019). 30 episodes total over the next 3 years but only 2 seasons (40 episodes in total).

https://ie.ign.com/articles/2018/10/22/disenchantment-season-2-renewed-netflix

Frank O. Pinion · 23-10-2018 9:11am

pixelburp wrote: »

Because when your show gets broadly lukewarm reviews and a tepid reaction, what you really should do is stretch out those remaining episodes?

Yeah, I don't get it. Weird decision.

It's 10 episodes a year, for a few years, like many other modern shows.

Aisling(",) · 23-10-2018 9:27am

I quite enjoyed Disenchantment so I'm glad it'll be coming back.
It was a bit middle of the road but it was shut off your brain entertainment so this will be back to be commuting entertainment for me

Perfect epsiode lenght for me on the bus.

flazio · 16-05-2019 4:33pm

Next, part, series, season, new episodes on September 20th
https://twitter.com/disenchantment/status/1129031247827595266?s=19

pixelburp · 16-05-2019 4:44pm

A show I completely forgot I even watched. Possibly not a good sign, though there's definitely potential in there, somewhere.

Agent Coulson · 29-08-2019 3:51pm

pixelburp · 05-09-2019 3:34pm

Full trailer has popped up; looks like it still has that weird mix of serialised drama & comedy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q00bB9o7Eok

pixelburp · 20-09-2019 5:21pm

The next batch of episodes dropped today BTW

hereforthechat · 22-09-2019 6:14pm

What did everyone think of part 2?

J. Marston · 22-09-2019 6:15pm

A bland, joyless series. I'll be surprised if it gets a season 3.

flazio · 22-09-2019 6:16pm

hereforthechat wrote: »

What did everyone think of part 2?

I'm 5 episodes in. I'm a bit meh about it so far.

flazio · 22-09-2019 6:18pm

J. Marston wrote: »

A bland, joyless series. I'll be surprised if it gets a season 3.

It already has.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Odur-c5B59g

corkie · 22-09-2019 6:26pm

J. Marston wrote: »

A bland, joyless series. I'll be surprised if it gets a season 3.

flazio wrote: »

It already has.

Looking for season 3, when we are still watching season 1?

Is Part 2 of the same season. In there stupid reasoning they split the seasons in half and showing over different years.

"Disenchantment, which hails from Simpsons and Futurama creator Matt Groening, debuted in August with its first 10 episodes — aka the first half of Season 1. The second set of 10 episodes will release sometime in 2019, while Season 2 will also be split among two, 10-episode releases in 2020 and 2021."

https://tvline.com/2018/10/22/disenchantment-renewed-season-2-netflix-premiere-return-date/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5363918/episodes

seamusk84 · 22-09-2019 6:36pm

Seems to be getting decent reviews for whatever reason. Frankly I thought part 1 was better.

Have yet to laugh out loud watching this new batch of episodes.....

pixelburp · 15-12-2020 11:01pm

Trailer for the new season popped up; some gags made me laugh,so who knows maybe the show will finally find its groove

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwuxsXfwl2I

corkie · 13-01-2021 5:29pm

^^^ Bump this Friday 15th

pixelburp · 15-01-2021 3:56pm

corkie wrote: »

^^^ Bump this Friday 15th

... annnnnd is out today...

pixelburp · 22-01-2021 11:46pm

Man, this show is so frustrating. The jokes are so completely half assed for something this slick a production, coming from someone in as high regard as Matt Groening. The actual story and characters are interesting enough, but the gags always feel like the writers would forget so throw in some random brainfart.

Need a Username · 02-01-2022 5:20pm

Is there going to be a season 4 ?

I watched the first season over the first few months it was released but never got the chance to see 2 & 3.

pixelburp · 02-01-2022 6:34pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118406093#Comment_118406093

AFAIK there's no update on a season 4. Dunno how you found season 1, but it doesn't improve or change much through the second and third run.

Need a Username · 02-01-2022 8:22pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118406594#Comment_118406594

I really enjoyed it. I wasn’t expecting there to be a “serious” element to the story and characters. There were moments were I wanted it to just be all out comedy (not that the serious part didn’t work (it did)) but becassue I just wanted all out comedy’.

Futurama had serious and dramatic moments but it had laughs all over those moments.

I quickly adapted though.

pixelburp · 03-01-2022 10:07am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118407226#Comment_118407226

Story and plot surface more in later seasons, to the point where it's interesting enough without the need for comedy - especially as I've found that part of the show really subpar. Can't think of a single moment or episode I found especially funny it lingered in memory, while the actual story of Princess Bean and her friends' arcs have been the most intriguing part.