Common Side Effects is the best show that I hear too little about. Animated show on Max by Mike Judge and the folks behind Scavenger’s Reign (another banger.) It’s hilarious, surprising, moving and profoundly relevant. Full recommendation.
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#SignalGate will hopefully last as long as the Benghazi hearings. All the way up to and after the 2026 elections so we can get to the true bottom of it all.
“He’s not even smart enough to be evil. He’s just a functionary of demonic forces. He’s like the devils idiot butler…” 😂🔥This show hooked me in the first 10 minutes. Thanks again.
Indeed. Though I do find it funny that anyone held out hope that netflix would buy another season once the show moved there. It was obvious netflix had no interest in continuing the show.
Started watching it 3 weeks ago. Also nice the episodes are about 23 minutes long.
Randomly have gotten more excited about Common Side Effects than The White Lotus and The Righteous Gemstones in regards to new episodes.
I love the show also because I have always been just so fascinated with mushrooms; they are such unique and amazing organisms. Plus Mike Judge is a legend.
If they don’t get renewed for a second season I will be so disappointed. Joe Bennet got so hosed with Scavenger’s Reign, it would be so insane if HBO slept on another banger
I adore the art direction! It allows
for so much minute expression to be animated in an engaging way. And the watercolor and lighting ✨ It’s a beautiful show
I absolutely love this show. Gonna have a big gap in my life when the season finishes. Fully expect it not to be renewed because everything I like dies.
That show NEEDS more love. The entertainment market is so saturated with chaff, that it's almost sad when a truly amazing new show comes through to minimal reception.
Scavengers was so fucking weird. Like watching an alien train wreck but it's not a train, it's a planet and you kinda wanna get with it as much as you wanna run away. Loved it but feel kinda gross after. 🤣
I won't support anything by Judge in the same way I won't support Chappelle or Parker and Stone's efforts. I know... I loved KING OF THE HILL as much as anyone but I can't deny the message of Judge's work is stealth Reactionary BS.
I read the cast of characters, and was disappointed to see there is no mysterious and politically connected Silicon Valley billionaire who favors unconventional ideas with monopoly potential and backs up a money truck to this venture. Maybe next season?
Checking it out now, from the trailer it’s giving “The Animation Show” energy, a short films collection Mike Judge & Don Herdzfelt assembled in the 2000s (that I watched on a lot of substances) and I feel like I’m finding this at the right time. Also, go watch the Animation Show Vol 1 & 2
It's absurdly good how the story is developed and how the fluidity of the animation is perfect with the artist's style. I'm loving every episode. It's a sad the season is almost over, because I already want more
Great show! Took me by surprise. Recognized Mike Judge’s voice before realizing he was on the project. Been watching it every week since it premiered. Really truthful on aspects of market earthquakes. It’s such a complex issue of how things can drastically change overnight, (by mushroom or tech).
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Also have to give a MASSIVE shout-out to Pantheon for anyone who needs more stunning storytelling through animation.
Mike Judge really rides that line between cynical edgy genxer and a true heartfelt artist.
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Thanks for the recommendation, Kumail. This seems like it's gonna be wonderful.
Randomly have gotten more excited about Common Side Effects than The White Lotus and The Righteous Gemstones in regards to new episodes.
Great show.
Have to get back to it.
for so much minute expression to be animated in an engaging way. And the watercolor and lighting ✨ It’s a beautiful show
Genesis 18:25
thanks for the reminder that it's out
Yes, severance is great.
So is Common Side Effects, give it a watch now.
I won't support anything by Judge in the same way I won't support Chappelle or Parker and Stone's efforts. I know... I loved KING OF THE HILL as much as anyone but I can't deny the message of Judge's work is stealth Reactionary BS.
Nothing that's not already been talked about by many... And rejected by many who don't want to see it. I just happen to agree.
Judge's work, like Parker and Stone's, is LIBERTARIAN Claptrap that culturally set the stage for MAGA.
I know it's an unpopular position.
I read the cast of characters, and was disappointed to see there is no mysterious and politically connected Silicon Valley billionaire who favors unconventional ideas with monopoly potential and backs up a money truck to this venture. Maybe next season?
Thanks for the reminder!