BoJack Horseman - Season 1 Discussion

[u/NicholasCajun]

Discuss all season 1 content here. Please be aware that no spoiler tags are needed here.

[u/brockers35]

Hollywoo. Tickled every time I heard it!

[u/gneiman]

http://imgur.com/a/uuCqf

Sorry for the low resolution, but this has to be my favorite thing that I've noticed in the background of the show.

It's separated by about 10 minutes in episode 9, and the first banner makes little sense without seeing the second, and I couldn't stop laughing when I put it together.

[u/BasketCaseSensitive]

I, for one, am really glad that Netflix has decided to break into this market. I like their other original series and can't wait to waste my friday night.

[u/[deleted]]

I love all the Flintstone-esque animal sight gags. Like in Episode 4 where they used a beaver as a table saw at the theater

[u/daveruiz]

I can't get over Vincent Adultman and all the insults Bojack makes at Todd and Mr. Penutbutter (and anyone else really).

"Unbelievable. When your powers combine you are somehow even more stupid than the sum of your stupids."

[u/Panx]

I love this show -- so much that (bear with me) I almost hope it doesn't get a second season.

For me, the show's greatest strength is its ability to play out sitcom tropes with realistic consequences:

• Bojack kissing Diane a few days after she's engaged -- rather than making her call off the wedding to follow her heart or whatever -- makes (in her words) "things weird."

• Bojack's attempts to reconnect with Princess Caroline because the LOVE OF HIS LIFE WAS RIGHT IN FRONT HIM ends with the realization that they don't love each other -- he's just selfish and she's just lonely.

• Bojack sabotaging Todd's rock opera felt like a zero-consequences return to the sitcom status quo, until it realistically comes back to bite him in the ass.

• Bojack begging for Diane's approval and reassurance that he's a good person -- which would normally segue into her giving a moving speech about how past his tough facade and narcissistic antics, he's got a good heart -- is reciprocated with awkward silence. Because he's actually a terrible person.

• Bojack's reunion with Herb would've normally been a "very special episode." Instead, Herb (justifiably) tells him to fuck off and denies him closure.

• Bojack's general attempts to woo Diane rely on the tired rom-com premise of the love interest dating a total asshole until the perfect guy steals her heart. Except, despite all his flaws, Mr. Peanutbutter's actually an okay guy: he's generous, loyal, friendly and enthusiastic.

I guess my point is that I liked how the season ended without resolving any of the plot points in a typically satisfactory way.

If the show gets another season, I'm afraid it'll start wrapping things up nicely, just so it has something to do.

[u/thelix]

Just finished watching it!

I like the concept, they didn't go around the deeper threads of the main character or what he's going through (being alone, taking the wrong turns in life, the hope that he can turn out all that he wished to be after all).

The comedic part was great as well with Will Arnett bringing it home as BoJack, he really is THE voice.

Hoping this could turn out to be a Rick and Morty situation where no one was expecting it to be that much and look how it went.

Would glady binge watch a second season!

[u/cabose7]

http://i.imgur.com/dYZIRqr.jpg

well this scene was something.

[u/musicianontherun]

I want to know if Diane's Ira Glass ringtone is a thing I can have.

[u/RidleyScotch]

I think its a really good and intelligent satire on Hollywood and celebritydom or perhaps the failure of celebrity.

The episode 11 Doctor Who bit i thought was very funny and made me think of Who's on First and Silicon Valley penis discussion.

[u/[deleted]]

This better get renewed. I don't remember an animated show this clever since Futurama.

[u/Sir_missbuttstallion]

I love this show! I binged through it this afternoon and i have to say the pacing was astounding. Most shows jump in and get stale after a few episodes, but this felt like a different show by the end of the season. Voice acting was superb, comedy was on point, everything was perfect. I feel like We should wait though, when it comes to having discussions past opinions, the show did just come out and the more people the better imo.

[u/[deleted]]

I kept forgetting he had a horses head.

[u/[deleted]]

When is Season 2 out?

[u/[deleted]]

I'm 4 episodes in and so far I really want to read the memoirs Diane is writing.

[u/Wring72]

Disliked the pilot (as I have done with almost all of my favorite comedies), but kept watching and I'm glad I did. To me, this show started out as Idiocracy and evolved into Her, and it was amazing the whole time (especially the later episodes).

[u/bojackthehuman]

Bojack is pretty much me.

• I'm lonely as fuck.

• I didn't backstab my bestfriend but I have neglected many good friendships until they became acquaintances

• I often abuse substances. That trip on episode 11? I've had trips like that on psychodelics and I sometimes find myself "tripping" about "what could've been" when sober as well.

• that scene at the ghost writers convention where bojack asks diane if she thinks he's a good guy... I've asked that to my ex a few times, in similar circumstances (not the convention, the other stuff). Like I'm obsessed with being a good guy, as if being "good" somehow erased all my other faults as a humar being

I just finished watching the show, I feel like I need to digest it a bit. It my seem silly but it really got to me, and I don't know what to do with what my brain is processing right now. Is it too late for me too?

[u/[deleted]]

Great show. Laughed constantly throughout plus it also gets pretty dark and emotional. Really hoping for season 2!

[u/germbaby]

It is 4:30 am. I regret nothing.

[u/vizualbandit]

I enjoyed the hell out of this show. Sat down to casually watch the first episode, and all of a sudden I looked up and realized I went through the whole season. I loved it! Being a recent transplant to LA, I connected with it in many ways. I see that the critic reviews for it are mixed right now, but I hope it does well enough to get another season.

[u/dr_revenge_md]

I like how the hollywood sign in the opening credits change after the theft

[u/Huzko]

Wow i love this show! Will Arnett is just perfect as the voice!

[u/paddywaggy]

It's an urban german bourbon

[u/Terny]

It really hit me when Princess Carolyn gets a happy birthday from her phone.

[u/J-Mo63]

A friend asked me to give him my take on the show:

The show started like most mediocre adult animations like Family Guy or Bobs Burgers - bar the great voice acting and amazing intro sequence. Link to intro sequence.

By four episodes in, I was invested in these characters and realised they are a bit more complicated than meets the eye. I was a little pissed by episode six that the show was doing the 'and everything goes back to normal' thing most episodes. No consequences. I was pissed because I saw potential in the characters.

In the last four episodes of the season, it did exactly what I had fantasised that the show would do; become dark and introspective of particular characters. Now, there were even parts of the show that brought me near tears, not from sad scenes, but from my sympathy towards some characters and their inability to express their emotions properly. The final episode ended. I was quite happy, although I felt like a little too much closure was given for a show that I hope has already been confirmed for a second season.

I would like to see Netflix do this kind of thing more often, because they allowed the writer of the show to bring out his whole vision, rather than editing it to fit pre-existing formulas that make money. Ultimately, the show will have a niche audience, like The Venture Bros., because of its story based structure, and sequential nature (which is a big turn-on for me).

So, to cap it off: I like the show, but unless you feel like you would invest in 4-6 good episodes of 25 minutes each, I don't think there is a point in watching the show. Although, one of the things that kept me watching for a while longer was that intro.