#disenchanted merkimer

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['Tis not the sizzling pork platter I dreamed of.]

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started watching What We Do In The Shadows last night and all my sister and i could focus on for a minute was that the actor who plays Laszlo (Matt Berry) voices merkimer is disenchanted

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keep your friends close, your enemies closer, and your political allies closest of all, at least the important bits.

source: disenchantment s01e01 ~20ish min into

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Lovely Prince Merkimer and Princess Cecily for @honeyflask

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Prince Merkimer

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Prince Merkimer commission

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Netflix Series Review

By Jared Fradette

Title: Disenchantment

Released: 2018-08-17 Creators: Matt Groening, Josh Weinstein Stars: Abbi Jacobson, Eric André, Nat Faxon

Rating: 5/10

Abstract: Disenchantment as the latest project from the Simpsons and Futurama create Matt Groening is disenchanting to put it on the nose. While this series definitely stands out from his previous works, it fails to be memorable. A promising show with lots of characters and world to explore, already slated for a second season on Netflix, I hope we get more depth out of it.

Background: The story follows three main characters Elfo the Elf (Nat Faxon), who wants something other than the monotony of happiness found in the Elf world, Luci the Demon (Eric André) who is bound to and serves to corrupt the Princess, and Princess Tiabeanie Mariabeanie De La Rochambeaux Drunkowitz "Bean” (Abbi Jacobson) the rebellious heiress trying to escape her royal duties. The story follows our protagonists on their medieval misadventures throughout Dreamland, their home kingdom, and neighboring lands.

Review: First and foremost if you are worried this will be a duplicate the Simpsons with a Bart-esque looking troll, or an extended rendition of “Bender’s Game” from Futurama, you may rest at ease. It is definitely not like either previous work from Groening. That being said, I am personally disappointed that is nothing like his previous work. The fantasy show walks a wide line between comedy and trying to be serious failing to be neither. The season sets up with Princess “Bean” facing a cruel fate, a royal marriage. Try as she might she simply cannot escape it, until the wedding itself becomes so inconvenient that King Zøg simply calls it off. That’s it. The main premise and highlights pointed out in the trailers are resolved after 2 episodes. This leaves Bean to focus on being drunk, unruly, and an overall very unlady like princess; a point which really seems to be hammered at the audience again and again. If there were a trope opposite of a Mary Sue, it would be a Princess Bean, as we are reminded time and time again that she is good at nothing. A slightly more interesting plot arises in the form of Luci the Demon. While the character himself is nothing more than a devil on your shoulder, he is “gifted” to Bean on her first wedding day by two mysterious people, who watch the plot unfold via magical fire. Sadly after episode three they by and large receive little screen time and are all but forgotten about. Luci is exercised, but Bean and Elfo agree the group isn’t as fun without, and so rescue him and hundreds of other demons from their volcano-y fate. Luci almost serves less as a bad influence and more as a reason for the plot to advance as he’s there to fill in awkward silences and to reveal plot devices the other characters missed. Least interesting of all is Elfo the Elf, He is hunted and nearly exsanguinated for his magical Elf blood in the pilot, that King Zøg might obtain the Elixir of Life, only for the King to nearly forget about it soon after. The character’s main motivation then becomes dancing around his awkward friend-zoned crush on Bean. Episodes 4-7 try to expand the realm that we find ourselves in featuring characters and plots that don’t really seem to matter. We are introduced to the Which Gwen whom doesn’t gather much attention but who owns a copy of a cookbook which might yield the Elixir of Life! We are introduced to the Dankmire kingdom where King Zøg’s current queen Queen Oona comes from. We learn that giants are rampaging monsters and the castle seems to have an alchemy parlor. But it isn’t until the end of the season that we seem to return to any semblance of plot. It seems with some regularity Elfo has had his blood taken, but in smaller less deadly volumes. And now the King may finally gain immortality with just a mere drop of Elf blood. Quickly over two episodes we find a lost city to obtain an amulet and reveal their terrible statuesque fate, we learn that Princess Bean’s Mother, Queen Dagmar, is not dead but herself a statue (the victim of an assassination plot on the King gone wrong!) These are interesting turns of a events that would’ve been used better to pad out the season including the finale. At last we have a motivation for the King’s obsession with immortality, we know now why he has been so cold and distant with his daughter. Now in a comedy do we actually need motivation and plot and reason? Possibly no, but I say that to highlight this next point. The show just isn’t that funny. It lacks the wit of Futurama and the zany antics of the Simpsons. I could only see about half the sight gags, and what I could see were light chuckles at best. When the humor falls flat the show needs something else to stand on. I would’ve loved for this to have been a more serious show with occasional humor, but it’s not. If you’re looking for something to just binge this weekend on Netflix while you fold laundry or wash the dishes this will do the trick, because you won’t miss much only paying half attention. Here’s hoping Season 2 gives this cartoon some depth.

Plot points left unresolved: The alliance (or not) with the Kingdom of Brentwood, The fate of Prince Merkimer, The alliance (or not) with the Kingdom of Bozaks, Releasing of several hundred demons onto the world, The lineage of Elfo, The alliance (or not) with the Kingdom of Dankmire, The lineage of Princess Bean and Queen Dagmar

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[No, wait, me lady, I'm a squealer. I'll tell you everything.]

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[Sign: Aggressive questioning parlor]

[Guard, this demon is hurting my feelings.]

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[Ooh. My pork rinds. And anus.]

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[Yo, I won't even mind if the severed head watches.]

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[Ugh, shouldn’t you be wallowing in your own filth?]

[If only! You know that’s been banned.]

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[But you are king. I beg of you on behalf of all the deviants of Dreamland.]

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[And you. You’re not at all what you seem. You’re a prince.]

[Yes, I was the handsomest prince in all the land.]

[He’s not lying. He really believes that.]

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[Remember the wankers!]