I’m not a huge fan of everything on Adult Swim, but I always take notice whenever Adam Reed and Matt Thompson, creators of Sealab 2021, have a new series in the works. This time around, Adam Reed has struck out on his own to do a new show for FX called Archer, and after watching the first episode I can say that it’s very much in the same vein as Sealab and Frisky Dingo.
The show is a James Bond parody of sorts about a douchebag egomaniac spy whose mother runs the International Secret Intelligence Service (ISIS). As you might expect there’s not a ton of action and it focuses more on the mundane, but the animation is slightly higher calibre than Adult Swim. Episodes are also a full half-hour, but the only thing that sucks is that the show doesn’t actually start until January and the season is only 6 episodes long! Well I guess it’s all about quality over quantity, right?
I greatly enjoyed both of the other shows and this looks like more of the same from them. It is a good thing to be sure.
Jon Benjamin! Alright! Looking forward to this one!
Yeah Greg, I’m looking forward to this too. Let’s hope there will be more seasons afterward. They’ve been pushing promotional ads for the show pretty hard. Let’s see if anyone watches.
Wow I watched the pilot, very funny stuff. What’s amazing though is that I thought it reminded me of sealab a lot even though it’s really not like it at all and then I googled archer and sure enough same people… something about their style I guess.