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Birdgirl First Look (Premiering April 4 on adult swim)
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Not feeling the art style, but excited for more of this style of humor and for keeping Paget Brewster as Birdgirl.
The premise is that she inherited her father's evil company so.....
Also the whole Colbert thing lol
Seems like the same quality of animation as the first show with just a different art style
Well, yes but it's also not the same year as the original show.
The lazy secretary who is only there to be torn in the lead character is a trope that is tiresome. The set up and execution is totally predictable.
Mind you I don't want shakespeare but I also don't want tropes and lazy writing.
I'll give it an episode or two, but man I am not feeling these previews at all.
Idk, when you've got some of the best shows done with so little animation it doesn't make sense to "sakuga out" now.
The original show was good but not an all timer for me so I'm might be the best judge but this looks more of the same.
I wouldn't expect anyone but Birdgirl in this series. It's being called a spin-off for a reason
Fucking whaaaaa?
I had no idea they were making this. Day one.
edit: I'm surprised to hear people are mixed on this. I think both the clip and trailer seem pretty strong. It likely won't be quite as out there as Harvey Birdman was (re-watching it more recently has really made this apparent), Birdgirl was always a great character and the humor seems pretty solid here. The only thing I'll miss is if the show excises all the Hana Barbera cartoon references and cameos of the original.
I had no idea they were making this. Day one.
edit: I'm surprised to hear people are mixed on this. I think both the clip and trailer seem pretty strong. It likely won't be quite as out there as Harvey Birdman was (re-watching it more recently has really made this apparent), Birdgirl was always a great character and the humor seems pretty solid here. The only thing I'll miss is if the show excises all the Hana Barbera cartoon references and cameos of the original.
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Yeah I think this is running into the Venture Bros. problem where WB suddenly sees those characters are possibly profitable and wants them away from stuff like this.
Then again Scooby is getting a mature rated prequel show about Velma somehow so maybe this is just a creative choice from the showrunners.
Seems fun. Kinda wish there was more Hanna Barberra stuff
Bit of a late bump, but may I ask what exactly happened with the Venture Bros.
ERA was down when this premiered but eh, I wasn't feeling that pilot. Feels like they're going for something like Harley Quinn (right down to a moment in the pilot where the main character realizes the person she idolized was a dick and said it out loud to her light green confidant). I'm not sure if anyone was really asking for the deconstruction of a minor character from Harvey Birdman, and I don't know if it really worked well enough to justify doing it anyway.
It was kind of fun though, there's definitely something there and I'm hoping it finds its footing. I'll probably watch the rest of it, there's only 5 episodes left anyway. Also I'm glad Adult Swim are playing around more with 22 minute run times, between this and Tuca & Bertie I think they're trying to make sure they have enough shows they can fill the Family Guy/Bob's Burgers shaped hole in the schedule with after they lose those shows.
It was kind of fun though, there's definitely something there and I'm hoping it finds its footing. I'll probably watch the rest of it, there's only 5 episodes left anyway. Also I'm glad Adult Swim are playing around more with 22 minute run times, between this and Tuca & Bertie I think they're trying to make sure they have enough shows they can fill the Family Guy/Bob's Burgers shaped hole in the schedule with after they lose those shows.
I didn't realize there was more recent Birdman than Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law. One of my fave shows back in the day.
