Rob McElhenney's new show - Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet

icdg wrote: »

It’s quite good - one of only two shows I’ve watched on Apple TV+ (the other being the Morning Show) despite having been on a twelve month free trial for well over a year now. Don’t be fooled by the name or the weird marketing as some sort of fantasy drama, it’s a work com based in a video gaming firm and is quite funny. (Oddly and though they share some of the talent, I simply can’t bring myself to like Always Sunny, but I like this).

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

Bighead does a great job of playing young CW.

that's the joke

This has been picked up for seasons 3 and 4.

Apparently not a nice guy. And allegations of inappropriate actions.

I enjoy the show quite a bit. (The standalone episode in season one of the couple was just fantastic). Without isolating a mainstream audience they manage to get in enough nerd culture to satisfy. Much more so than the awful big bang theory. The white tester for example does the voice of Aloy in Horizon.

I had to Google what an “Aloy in Horizon” is :p

my first reaction to “inappropriate behaviour” was (like with Frank Langella) “dirty old man” - but then I think, what did these guys actually do it say?

Are they creeps or was it just harmless banter and people today are too sensitive? But also with people being hypersensitive these days could these lads not reign it in?

a pity though as I really liked the character

I thought Big Bang was funny during the first season with all the characters being likeable but didn’t watch season 2. Saw a few episodes years later the four guys had turned into mean spirited assholes. And the nerd thing was just dated and tiresome

Same. For my sins I thought the first couple of seasons were quite fun but then it became more and more obvious that it was a case of "Let's make fun of the guys on the spectrum". I saw one scene with Mark Hamil and Will Wheaton which was funny but that's mainly 'cos Hamil is awesome. But I remember the exact moment when I went from "This isn't very good" to "I hate this" It was an episode where they wanted to get a table in the apartment. Sheldon protested. They capitulated and he said "See? Sometimes being a baby wins". That EXACT moment I realised this show hated the "nerds" they were supposed to be "accepting"

But... Back to MQ: I don't know what the story with F Murray Abraham was. I thought there was some issue but he has found work elsewhere so maybe not. I think maybe it was just the statement they put out "He's not coming back and that's all we'll say on that". I liked him but I thought they kind of twisted his character too. Those two episodes about him (The flashback one and the one visiting the Frenemy.... Or was that one episode) really turned me against the character. Moved him from older generation inappropriateness to nastiness. So maybe they were just done with the character or he didn't want to return given his character arc.

It will be interesting to see where it goes. I mean, the show isn't going to change the world. But it's entertaining.