The BlackBear Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 *Prods old tired dog thread back to life* It's kept me amused so far but not truly in love with it as I was back in the early days. I mainly just wanted to comment on how brilliantly brutal that Last Supper scene was. Damn, Other Barry Dutch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaxom 1974 Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 Really? I'm absolutely fascinated by what they've done... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The BlackBear Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 I think it's a step up from the last few seasons, to be sure, but it's still not back to when the show was first around. But then when a show has been around this long that'll always be difficult. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmanion Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 It hasnt been quite as good since probably the first 3 seasons but it is still one of the best shows around and the episodes seem to end so quickly. Im still loving it and yeah that last supper scene was pretty brutal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 The eighth season of Archer is now available in full on Netflix in the UK and Ireland (and other markets, I suspect). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A True Kaniggit Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 But not the U.S. What a disappointment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PetyrPunkinhead Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 Dreamland was a great season, the best since Vice, and one that's great to binge. According to creator Adam Reed there are two more eight episode seasons in the works, which would end the series at ten seasons. Hopefully they do another "theme" season like this one. I enjoy seeing all these characters in a fully realized "What If?" season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A True Kaniggit Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 Still haven't had a chance to see the new season of Archer. But I took my niece to the zoo and I saw an Ocelot for the first time ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 I agree, Dreamland felt surprisingly fresh for an eighth season and they made a big effort to avoid some of the running gags they used to lean on a little too heavily. It was good to see Krieger being a bit more central to the story as well and I think the fewer episodes really helped the story focus. I was surprised that Archer didn't wake up at the end of the season and I'm worried that a second Dreamland season, or one set in a different time period, would feel repetitive. I'd like to see them do something different with Archer waking up again in the real world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RumHam Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 Season nine to premier april 25th, just like the old gypsy woman said. http://deadline.com/2018/02/archer-season-9-premiere-date-fxx-danger-island-1202305830/ Only one season to go after this, and personally I really hope it's a prequel. preferably set just before the first season. They could have each episode framed by one of the characters remembering the now dead Archer. So each episode would be from a slight different perspective depending on who was reminiscing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMC Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 Wasn't a big fan of stretching the Dreamland noir shit for an entire season. Honestly don't really remember how it ended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spring Bass Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 I can't remember how Dreamland ended either, although it was underwhelming. Danger Island sounds like more fun, particularly if they do a lot of ensemble storylines (Archer is at its funniest when the whole gang is present and bouncing off of one another, like in "Vision Quest"). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch-MaesterPhilip Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 9 hours ago, dmc515 said: Wasn't a big fan of stretching the Dreamland noir shit for an entire season. Honestly don't really remember how it ended. I think they show Archer in a hospital bed in a coma. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A True Kaniggit Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 Haven't seen dreamland yet. But I checked last night and it looks like it's now on Hulu. I'll probably binge it some time this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spring Bass Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 Maybe it will be better binged, especially given how serialized it was compared to earlier seasons of Archer. I think it was a mistake in Seasons 7 and 8 to center the show so much in a single area (California). Archer was more fun when they were getting into wacky adventures all over the place alternated with hijinks back home in the HQ. That's the only part of Danger Island that gives me pause - the show being stuck in a small location all season long could get dull. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 On 02/03/2018 at 0:18 AM, Fall Bass said: Maybe it will be better binged, especially given how serialized it was compared to earlier seasons of Archer. I think it was a mistake in Seasons 7 and 8 to center the show so much in a single area (California). Archer was more fun when they were getting into wacky adventures all over the place alternated with hijinks back home in the HQ. That's the only part of Danger Island that gives me pause - the show being stuck in a small location all season long could get dull. I think the "standard" Archer paradigm was getting a little long in the tooth. Seasons 1-4 were pretty strong but they were starting to run out of ideas towards the end, and Season 6 tried to reconnect with the classic paradigm but ran into that problem again. Seasons 5, 7 and 8 had issues, but by changing things up they did at least come up with some fresh ideas. I think it's the problem of how you long you keep a show going when you reach the point where you've run out of the ideas inherent in the premise but you can't go too whacky and experimental without annoying your core fanbase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spring Bass Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 6 hours ago, Werthead said: I think it's the problem of how you long you keep a show going when you reach the point where you've run out of the ideas inherent in the premise but you can't go too whacky and experimental without annoying your core fanbase. One of the problems with Archer is that they're in this weird place where they're not a totally episodic show like the Simpsons, but they also don't seem really willing to let any of the characters undergo significant personal growth and change as part of that serialization. They almost seem to perversely enjoy letting you think that so-and-so is undergoing character growth, only to throw it all back at the end (I remember one of the reviewers at the AV Club making that point a while back). I think that's why going back to the classic paradigm in Season 6 didn't work that well. I don't think it's that trying to make a second go as a spy agency was doomed*, it's just that they weren't willing to let much of the change from the prior season carry over into it and make it seriously different from ISIS 1.0. The show even more or less joked about that with the prank on Mallory Archer in the first episode of season 6, where they present a new office only to reveal that - haha - it's exactly the same except an effectively meaningless difference with the onsen. Honestly, aside from "Vision Quest", the best part of the season was the ending, when they finally admit that they're just tired of sucking at espionage and need to do something else. * Although I do agree that by Season 4's end, that was starting to get kind of tired. It was good that they showed them leaving espionage for good at the end of Season 6, regardless of my issues with the season's quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briantw Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 I just finished the most recent season of Archer, but decided to go back and re-watch the entire thing now. Honeypot is such an amazing episode. "How do you say 'the Hulk' in Spanish?" "El Hulk." "Gay." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Chatywin et al. Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 Figured I'd leave this here in case anyone is interested. It's a funny interview with H. Jon Benjamin. https://the1a.org/shows/2018-04-26/h-jon-benjamin-on-how-to-fail-your-way-to-success Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The BlackBear Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 Is there a S9 thread? I just noticed it on Netflix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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