Captain Fall

This is something I haven't seen before. Not that I can think of, anyway. At first I thought it would be like Archer. But it's much darker. It's such a complete juxtaposition. Silly on one hand and on the other hand, uncomfortably dark. I could see people being offended by the way the subject matter is treated. But it's not all for superficial laughs. There is a very sinister undertone. I found myself laughing at the buffoon looking through the wrong end of the binoculars in an episode about child soldiers. Includes many tonal shifts and many levels. It's absurd and serious at the same time. People saying this is just normal comedy that they've seen before must be watching it while they're ironing. It's a show that says "Look how silly this guy is. He doesn't even realize that he's being used to murder multiple people (on screen) and kidnap people to be used as sex slaves. Haha isn't that funny?" Isn't it?

This show has a great animation style. The background characters actually have life to them. At the end of each episode you are left wondering what will happen next and how it will go down. Compared to most of schlock animated series that are Netflix, this one stands out as a unique one for me amognst some of the better ones. I can see why some wouldn't like this show due to how the protagonist is presented to be dry or some of the humor in it might not click with them. Overall, I was invested from start to finish with this Netflix animated series. I'd say give this a go and see if you like it.

Netflix originals are hit or miss, very hit miss and these days usually on the miss. But this time Netflix has a seriously good hit that most people seem to agree on. Captain Fall is hilarious. From the premise to the characters to the very dark adult humor, it all just works. It is ridiculous, it is crude, but it is so dang funny. The writing is actually clever, and I dont mean like Big Bang theory let's make a math joke clever but clever in the sense that the schemes this criminal trafficking enterprise gets more ridiculous with each passing episode. And yet it works.

Is this show for everyone? No. But if you liked Archer or Pacific Heat and other animated shows in that venue, then check this out.

This is an example of a great adult animated tv series which doesn't overstay its welcome in any of the episodes and the season of 10 episodes is perfect for a show like this... there is so much room to explore multiple more seasons and in many ways I hope this is the next long lasting animated tv show.

Not only are the characters well developed and relationships don't appear forced but the arks of each of the characters is intriguing and none of the individual plot points seem shoe horned into the series.

The over arching plot line is also consistent within the first season and is set up to continue hopefully into the many seasons to come... whilst each episode has its own 'subplot' which has significance to the character development or main plot line.

Unequivocally, it is a tv series I would recommend everyone to give it a watch and it definitely deserves more love then it had received (due to the lack lustre marketing)...

PLEASE RENEW

P. S. for at least an additional 2 more seasons...

It started out rocky, had a vibe of an Archer wannabe be, closer to the infamous Velma. The amount of unnecessary violence is through the roof.

However, after 5-7 episodes it kind of grows on you. I enjoyed most of the characters having multidimensional personalities, which is kind of rare at Netflix.

Also the plot is pretty fresh and creative, and absurd enough to be fun.

Animation is nice, nothing special but not bad.

I like that a lot of characters have their own accents, or speak different languages. Voice actors did a good job as well.

I'm looking forward to see where it will get in the second season.