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May. 30th, 2020 07:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
babydracoSo I watched Space Force.
It's definitely not a shill for the current administration or all Rah Rah America. They've never named the president, which is probably making it easier to mock him continuously (and please continue doing it).
I can't, obviously, really critique the military details. But bear in mind also that the Space Force as portrayed on the show is canonically not particularly well run. I mean, just like real life, it's a superfluous branch (space travel is traditionally Air Force territory) we don't need right now and nobody has any faith in, but has no budget and a serious time crunch.
It's making an attempt at passing the Bechdel Test and avoiding White Male Protagonist Syndrome.
But is it actually funny? Am I ROFL yet? Not sure. I think there's a pacing issue, and places where the energy flags when it should have been more intense. Good jokes that absolutely should have landed somehow aren't. It's a great, all star cast with great chemistry, so that can't be the issue.
Maybe it's the director. Maybe they need a new director?
But I'd also say some of the best moments aren't the ones that are trying to be hilarious but heartwarming, anger inducing or just kind of low key satire. So maybe we're misunderstanding the type of comedy this is supposed to be?
It's definitely not a shill for the current administration or all Rah Rah America. They've never named the president, which is probably making it easier to mock him continuously (and please continue doing it).
I can't, obviously, really critique the military details. But bear in mind also that the Space Force as portrayed on the show is canonically not particularly well run. I mean, just like real life, it's a superfluous branch (space travel is traditionally Air Force territory) we don't need right now and nobody has any faith in, but has no budget and a serious time crunch.
It's making an attempt at passing the Bechdel Test and avoiding White Male Protagonist Syndrome.
But is it actually funny? Am I ROFL yet? Not sure. I think there's a pacing issue, and places where the energy flags when it should have been more intense. Good jokes that absolutely should have landed somehow aren't. It's a great, all star cast with great chemistry, so that can't be the issue.
Maybe it's the director. Maybe they need a new director?
But I'd also say some of the best moments aren't the ones that are trying to be hilarious but heartwarming, anger inducing or just kind of low key satire. So maybe we're misunderstanding the type of comedy this is supposed to be?
