Krapopolis

I will start this by saying I don't think this is a perfect show but I did enjoy the first few episodes. A lot of people were complaining about how it doesn't measure up to Rick and Morty. A valid but pointless observation in my opinion. This isn't Rick and Morty set in the past and that's what we need. Rick and Morty was lighting in a bottle not every show is going to be a home-run from the start but there's plenty of shows that didn't have a strong start and now are phenomenal Bob's Burgers being one. I think if you just ignore Dan Harmon's name and watch it don't think about the drunk science man show and critique it for not being that show. I think you will find yourself enjoying most of the first 3 episodes at the least. Now my really big issue with it that I just couldn't seem to look past is the voice acting from Matt Berry seems a little wooden to me and can't look past it. The first episode does start a little rocky but I thought the second two were completely better and have no where to go up from there. While the episodes aren't perfect I will say they are more consistently funny than new Family Guy episodes. Long story short. ITS NOT RICK AND MORTY GET OVER IT. Berry could do better. Give it a chance I think you will find a new comfort show for humor in this comedic romp through the Age of Mythology.

Seems like people didn't give this show much of a chance considering how many 1-3 star reviews popped up after just the first episode or two. Yes it's not R&M or Community but damn people at least wait until after the first few episodes to leave such bad reviews.

Really this show is in the 5-7~ range IMO, parts are good and parts are bad but it does have its moments. If you like Greek mythology and goofy comedy it's entertaining at least, the setting is interesting and the style of humor does seem a bit more like Community than R&M though it shares themes with both like dysfunctional family dynamics.

Seems like the kind of show that will improve over the first couple seasons as it spends more time world building and building up the character dynamics. Wasn't sure about it during the first few episodes but it does improve and going in blind helped, if you have high expectations you'll probably be disappointed but it seems like a lot of people are being overly harsh due to it not being Rick and Morty 2.0.

Hopefully it gets another season or two and a chance to improve.

I'm a huge fan of Dan Harmon so my expectations for this were high. Unfortunately this show didn't come anywhere close to meeting those expectations. I love the concept and the cast, but this show ultimately lets its own potential down.

The first issue that stuck out like a sore thumb was the poor comedic timing. Harmon's comedic timing is usually on point, but this felt way off. In fact it felt similar to other Fox duds like Duncanville or Housebroken.

The show isn't horrible, and it did manage to get a few chuckles from me, but I need more than that from a comedy. Both Community and Rick & Morty managed to make me laugh out loud with nearly every single episode. They also managed to make me care about their stories with each episode. That didn't happen with Krapopolis. The stories here are boring, the characters are boring, and the comedy is boring.

I'm honestly shocked that this is a Dan Harmon show because the quality I associate Harmon with is nowhere to be found. I wanted this to be so much more, but sadly it ended it being on par with the typical mediocrity found in modern Fox animated shows like Duncanville.

Just look how many of these bad reviews give ridiculously over the top score and/or clearly have an agenda.

If they're not even talking about shows that have little to nothing to do with this one.

One of them even admits watching 5 mere minutes of it before deciding to quit and give it a 1/10.

One other cries something about cultural appropriation like the most unhinged alt-right bozo you could find on the internet.

I'm only on episode 5, but I'm really enjoying it so far.

It's really funny and pretty clever, too.

Definetly a Dan Harmon show. And I suspect, like most great shows in the making, it hasn't even found its pace yet.

This show successfully entertained me for the entire duration. That's saying more than almost anything else streaming right now. I laughed out loud a few times, I connected with the characters and I enjoyed the setting. What more could you want?

It's important to recognize that the goal of this series is very different from that of Rick and Morty, to which many viewers are comparing it. For one thing, it's not over-the-top gross, nor does is it have a fast talking crazy man moving the plot forward faster than we can keep up. The humor is not shocking and the concepts are not groundbreaking, but it's also not attempting to achieve those goals.

Krapopolis is more grounded, slower and easier to digest than Rick and Morty. It feels a lot more like a Matt Groening sitcom, which isn't a bad thing. The question is: is it succeeding at what it's trying to accomplish? I think it's doing a fine job. I liked it a lot more than Disenchanted, for example. The characters are more interesting, the world appears to be more developed and I actually laughed a few times.

The strength is in the dynamics of the relationships. It looks like each episode is going to pair different cast members together to get a unique chemistry each time. The story rests more on the group rather than on one single lead. In that, it reminds me more of Community than of Rick and Morty. Like Community, Krapopolis might need a few episodes to find it's stride. Right now, I'm giving the show an 8, which is generous, but I can see it reaching a 10 with time if it's trajectory continues to match Community's.

There are three noticable weaknesses of the show so far: 1. Some of the jokes are a bit forced, and would thus be better left unspoken. I think we can all agree that being unfunny is not a good look. Thankfully, this has only happened a few times. 2. The characters are still a little two-dimentional. Aside from Tyrannous and Dementia, each personality can be summed up in a single sentence. I think this could have also been said about Community in the first episodes. 3. The stories are not as polished as in Harmon's other projects. Both in Rick and Morty and Community, you knew exactly what the objective and the stakes of each episode were and the conclusion paid off every time. Here, the story arcs aren't as well defined.

That being said, if the quality of the jokes stabilizes, the characters find more depth and the plot becomes more clear, which I could easily imagine happening, Krapopolis could turn out to be another 10/10 Harmon show. I'm excited to see if it does!