Of all the shows recommended to me, this one was the most confusing from the trailers … it just did not seem good. I even watched other trailers of comedy shows to test my perception.
This is where I landed on it. Better than Big Bang Theory, worse than Silicon Valley. I found it to be a pretty watchable workplace comedy, and if it didn’t capture game dev well, it did capture a certain funhouse reflection of what people think game dev might be, and that’s what it needed to set the characters into motion, letting the actors cook. I know people giving it shit for its two best episodes not starring anyone from the main cast, and while true, they were two really good episodes and the floor of the main show is adequately high.
Now, in fairness, I’m not in love with IASIP and sort of checked out a long time ago, after they “died” on the cruise ship, so Rob and David Hornsby acting “similar but different” was no problem for me. I do think we were just about at the point where ending MQ makes sense, though. The show didn’t really have the bones for the characters to withstand a lot of growth, and the comedic situations for them as-is had sort of played themselves out. Obviously, for a sitcom, that’s the time to bow out. Going forward, I would love to see Charlotte Nicdao in something produced by Tina Fey and Robert Carlock.
I’m caught up, and not at all upset or surprised that it was canceled. It was struggling for a very long time, but it had a few actors and characters I liked. They ended up watering those down, too, though.
With the difficult characters being annoying for no reason, and over playing the shtick of others, it just dragged on.
Yeah I just watched the first episode a few weeks ago and it was not my thing. It was like I understood it’s a joke and why it’s funny, but I just couldn’t laugh.
It was… OK… I guess. It wasn’t IASIP, which is fine. But, the characters were unlikable in a not terribly funny way. The tech aspects were all off enough that the audience that would be drawn to a WoW developer drama should cringe.
I haven’t gotten through the first two seasons, even. There were some interesting storylines but it didn’t seem well thought out.
the first season i saw clips of was bad, and it was clear Ubisoft was just use the show to promote its propaganda as a good company, plus ROB machelenny was in it for the money grab, outside of shows rob and his wife are very thirsty and desperate to stay in the hollywood spotlight (look into all the side projects he has been in, wierd relation ship with brady and RYAN reynolds around football). it dint have the draw that ISAIP had for 1-12 seasons, 13+ is considered terrible.
Of all the shows recommended to me, this one was the most confusing from the trailers … it just did not seem good. I even watched other trailers of comedy shows to test my perception.
Was I wrong?
It’s got its ups and downs. I overall like it
Ashley Burch was in it and was a writer (Tiny Tina from borderlands)
This is where I landed on it. Better than Big Bang Theory, worse than Silicon Valley. I found it to be a pretty watchable workplace comedy, and if it didn’t capture game dev well, it did capture a certain funhouse reflection of what people think game dev might be, and that’s what it needed to set the characters into motion, letting the actors cook. I know people giving it shit for its two best episodes not starring anyone from the main cast, and while true, they were two really good episodes and the floor of the main show is adequately high.
Now, in fairness, I’m not in love with IASIP and sort of checked out a long time ago, after they “died” on the cruise ship, so Rob and David Hornsby acting “similar but different” was no problem for me. I do think we were just about at the point where ending MQ makes sense, though. The show didn’t really have the bones for the characters to withstand a lot of growth, and the comedic situations for them as-is had sort of played themselves out. Obviously, for a sitcom, that’s the time to bow out. Going forward, I would love to see Charlotte Nicdao in something produced by Tina Fey and Robert Carlock.
Also Aloy.
I’m caught up, and not at all upset or surprised that it was canceled. It was struggling for a very long time, but it had a few actors and characters I liked. They ended up watering those down, too, though.
With the difficult characters being annoying for no reason, and over playing the shtick of others, it just dragged on.
Yeah I just watched the first episode a few weeks ago and it was not my thing. It was like I understood it’s a joke and why it’s funny, but I just couldn’t laugh.
I wonder if my expectations were too high.
i dint find anything funny, like what was even going on the show?
It was… OK… I guess. It wasn’t IASIP, which is fine. But, the characters were unlikable in a not terribly funny way. The tech aspects were all off enough that the audience that would be drawn to a WoW developer drama should cringe.
I haven’t gotten through the first two seasons, even. There were some interesting storylines but it didn’t seem well thought out.
It was pretty bad, in my opinion, but still watchable. Mac just plays Mac but in a different universe.
the first season i saw clips of was bad, and it was clear Ubisoft was just use the show to promote its propaganda as a good company, plus ROB machelenny was in it for the money grab, outside of shows rob and his wife are very thirsty and desperate to stay in the hollywood spotlight (look into all the side projects he has been in, wierd relation ship with brady and RYAN reynolds around football). it dint have the draw that ISAIP had for 1-12 seasons, 13+ is considered terrible.