Thorgi Duke of Frisbee Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 Just finished watching the first season of Archer on Netflix Instant. It is absolutely amazing! If you've ever watched Frisky Dingo or Sealab 2021, this has similar humor (made by the same people, just aired on FX), but takes a much darker direction. I am hoping the second season comes to DVD soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staySICK Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 second season isn't finished yet, iirc. I've been watching them as they air. Good show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterDex Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 Archer is great. The latest episode of the second season was funny as fook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicitizen Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 Frisky Dingo was absolutely brilliant and I'm still sad it got cancelled. Archer is almost as good, though. I've been holding off on watching Season 2 episodes so that I can watch them all without interruption once the season will be over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 Assuming Season 2 comes to streaming, which I really hope it does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorgi Duke of Frisbee Posted March 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 Oh man. Tonight's episode was amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staySICK Posted March 25, 2011 Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 hilarious! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. GOH! Posted March 29, 2011 Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 First season was better. They've cut back on the more esoteric references this season in favor of more obvious jokes, unfortunately, but it's still a riot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted February 3, 2013 Report Share Posted February 3, 2013 Started watching this as part of "Operation find something to watch now all the shows I carry on picking to watch finish/get cancelled". Picking a show that's currently 4 series in and is about 10 episodes a series and only 20 minutes per each show was probably not the best idea. But still it's pretty good. I'm nearing end of series 2 at the moment. I should probably pull back on the pace. The character development is weird for some there's hardly any at all, yet others like Cyril they've spent a fair chunk in expanding them a fair bit. It's a bit uneven, but not like it's ruining my enjoyment of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waldorf and Statler Posted February 3, 2013 Report Share Posted February 3, 2013 the show isn't much about character development though. It's more of a "day in the life of this group of people". Like Arrested Development. Over-all it didn't have much character development. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted February 3, 2013 Report Share Posted February 3, 2013 Also they'e all sociopaths. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waldorf and Statler Posted February 3, 2013 Report Share Posted February 3, 2013 Also sploosh 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorgiShinobi Posted February 4, 2013 Report Share Posted February 4, 2013 In time you learn that everyone is nutcase, but what makes it special is the kind of nuts that make up ISIS. I think the only one you could consider normal is Brett, a.k.a. the bullet magnet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted May 23, 2013 Report Share Posted May 23, 2013 Been working my way through S1 of Archer and while I'll probably be treated like a pariah for asking this...does it get funnier? I can't deny that Archer himself is funny, and the delivery is great but everything else already feels stale. I don't mind the general 'plot of the week' formula they have going but already I'm tired of the same Lana and Cyril relationship stuff every episode along with side characters like Pam and Cheryl just there to hang out and talk weird sex stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waldorf and Statler Posted May 23, 2013 Report Share Posted May 23, 2013 Lana and Cyril becomes less of a focus later on, not to mention the gay guy becomes a bigger character, Barry which you probably haven't met does as well, and there's a bit more continuity. If you haven't enjoyed this season though that might be weird as alongside the latest one it's considered one of the better seasons. It's similar to Arrested Development with witty dialogue and callback humor.But yes you're a weirdo kill yourself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted May 23, 2013 Report Share Posted May 23, 2013 Hmm. I wouldn't class it anywhere near Arrested Development's level of humour or dialogue. That had clever, interweaving plotlines. Archer has completely unrelated side stuff where the humour is just from being weird. Though, I won't deny there have been better episodes that are well-structured. This is probably just a bad run. I guess it's down to taste, because I don't mind the recurring 'Archer is a stupid jerk' stuff or the funnier meta things ("Yay for metaphors!") but the other stuff seems to rely too much on shock value. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted May 24, 2013 Report Share Posted May 24, 2013 Yeah the start kinda sucks, but it does get character development and plots and arcs towards the end. The Archer-Lana-Cyril triangle gets mostly dropped about halfway in the first series. A fair chunk of it is still based on the weirdness and dialogue though. I'd say a major issue I have is how much of the first series characters are dropped (apart from Barry...hehehe). Well I guess Conway makes a cameo later. And how a lot of the bomb threat plots are pretty much the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waldorf and Statler Posted May 24, 2013 Report Share Posted May 24, 2013 This is basically the new AD for people since Community blows now.But then again AD is coming back for one more season. And maybe a movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted May 24, 2013 Report Share Posted May 24, 2013 Yeah the start kinda sucks, but it does get character development and plots and arcs towards the end. The Archer-Lana-Cyril triangle gets mostly dropped about halfway in the first series. A fair chunk of it is still based on the weirdness and dialogue though. I'd say a major issue I have is how much of the first series characters are dropped (apart from Barry...hehehe). Well I guess Conway makes a cameo later. And how a lot of the bomb threat plots are pretty much the same. Hmm, well, I've just watched the seventh episode of S1 and it was still going there. Also, I have no idea who Barry is but I guess that's coming up. I guess, to sum it up, what irritates me is just that I get the feeling they have no idea what to do with some of the ancillary characters most of the time. What Dean says makes me think that things will improve a little though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoStarr Posted May 24, 2013 Report Share Posted May 24, 2013 I really hope they bring back the gay hitmen at some point; but I've been hoping that for 4 seasons now. I think they've just kind of put all their gay material into Ray, who I don't think was one of the main characters yet at that point in the series. Still my favourite episode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted May 24, 2013 Report Share Posted May 24, 2013 Oh you know how I said halfway through? In double checking; the penultimate episode of the first series. I forget it's so short so episode 9 is right near the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saturnine Tenshi Posted October 10, 2013 Report Share Posted October 10, 2013 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7HkG6OSo3E&feature=youtu.be 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCP Posted October 10, 2013 Report Share Posted October 10, 2013 Krueger wailing on the flying-V had me cracking up. Can't wait for this show to come back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted November 8, 2013 Report Share Posted November 8, 2013 http://youtu.be/zR1y6uFD8IM 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRevanchist Posted November 8, 2013 Report Share Posted November 8, 2013 The bad part is having to wait until January. They took the Archer episodes off of On Demand once the season ended. And the re-runs only air at some f'd up time when no one is awake. I've been recording them, but they have been mysteriously disappearing off of the DVR. I suspect my wife is making room for recording Lifetime and foreign IFC movies (not the cool kind with dragons, swords, and guns, but the shitty kind with depressed French people). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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