Some of the biggest movies and TV shows of our time are tackling the idea of multiple alternate realities that can often bleed into or connect with our own, with great results. But 22 minutes of not slight misinterpretations but grossly ignorant ones is too much.Much like an alien threat from another world, the multiverse is taking over. I get it, the idea is that even those who imagine themselves superior, observing "inferiors" from a safe remove can be mistaken in their judgements. A minor example, If you'd been observing earth's broadcasts for any amount of time, HOW could you be aware of Roman Catholicism but entirely ignorant of the correct pronunciation of Roman Catholicism? Little things like that seem off. Too random for "superior" aliens who have been observing us for longer than a few weeks. It can be quite amusing, aliens misinterpreting the doings of wacky humans but some of the things that they do and do not understand seem oddly random. (This seems like the perfect show for 11 minutes.) Dragged out too long, not so much. Similar to some sketches on a comedy show. "Aliens News Desk" should be an occasionally recurring character but not a main character and never the focus of an episode. This may be an awkward comparison, but imagine that all the shows that you watch and enjoy share a reality, each show like a character in that reality or a sitcom. They also apparently play hockey on their home world, because given the show's incoherent nature, they know what that is to. They can't pronounce catholocism, but they know about chrisitianity, and they know who the pope is (even as an anti-theist, I've found the bits on christianity to be ham-fisted at best). They're clueless about horseback riding, but they totally know what centaurs are. systems that aren't run by a singular overlord, have no concept of cruises/guided tours, and don't understand how evolution works, What they do understand, is seemingly random pieces of information. Despite being so advanced, thus far they've been confused by what airports are, have never heard of gambling, don't know a monument is, confused by govt. Collected reports are broadcasted by anchors Drexx Drudlarr, and Tuva Van Void. So, these advanced alien races have been monitoring human/earth's progress for about the last billion years or so. The premise of the show is ultimately ruined by it's horribly anachronistic writing. I don't see this becoming a long-term gig for anyone involved. The second star is because, while it was painfully bad, it wasn't overly offensive. If you want a glimpse of humanity as seen from an external viewpoint with humor, there's always ALF, Third Rock From the Sun, and Mork & Mindy, which were all much better, and not so grating on the nerves. Sorry - I wanted to like this, but there's nothing here to like. The writers (hopefully new ones) should pick one and stick to it - preferably the comedy stuff, as it is a cartoon. It seems to be trying to do two things at once, and failing at both of them. The fundamental problem is that as comedy, it just isn't very funny, and as social commentary it is too glib and shallow. Will Forte has been in some funny things either someone tricked him into doing this, or his previous work in actually funny shows has just been lucky. I have seen teen-produced sketch shows on Nickelodeon that are better written than this, which sounds as though it was written by college students whose self esteem greatly exceeds their talents. Premise: Two cartoon aliens talking about how stupid humans are, without touching on much of the real stupidity, instead opting to engage in what I guess the writers think (erroneously) is clever social commentary.
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