After reading some of the reviews on here, it leads me to believe this don't have a clue as to what they are saying or are entirely missing the "Adult" part of Adult Swims lineup. Adult's swim creative and off the wall shows like the popular "Aqua Teen Hunger Force", "Sealab", "Stroker and Hoop" , "Harvey Birdman" all revolved Adult humor mixed with in with random humor, dark humor, and yes offensive issues. Get a clue!!! If you have a problem with that perhaps you should be watching correct cartoons Pokemon or some garbage like that.
Anyhow this is no different from them, no different from a show like South Park, which takes a subject which might be holy or not, makes fun of it, presents some social commentary, and then leaves you the viewer to decide what exactly the creators were getting at or they were just trying to presented a really demented funny show. Seeing as we are living in an immoral society right now (War in Iraq, greedy governments, bad educational sectors that don't give a damn about training students), then I really don't see what the big deal in presenting a show that shows us all of that.
Anyhow, this show is very funny, the animation reminds me out of those Davey and Goliath cartoons from the 1960's (which we're somewhat politically correct) and adds a new twist on the whole family thing with todays more than obvious issue of the dysfunctional family. The Dad works in some crummy job he detests but puts a brave front for his wife when he gets home. The wife is 50's life "Happy Housewife" of sorts, but the Orel is the brainchild of mischief and fun. Through Orel we are presented with a kid who commits right and wrong, sometimes committing wrong for all the wrong reasons (just because he can). That's pretty evident in today's society where we have people in high places with power doing evil just because they can not because they are serving the community. Anyhow Orel sometimes learns his lesson and sometimes he doesn't the creators blend in a lot of jokes that are both meant to be taken at face value and some that clearly so exaggerated that one has to laugh.
The Christmas episode was a mixed bag, some people didn't know what to expect from the pilot but Duh this is Adult Swim we we're of course going to see some content not appropriate for pc viewers. I found the episode to be funny in some parts and not in others. The new episodes seems to be taken on a family direction, like I said Orel does something he knows is bad, then at the end he learns his lesson. In today's episode, the kid was selling his own urine to make a profit!!! LOL Of course no one knew that and of course this was the major gag. Eventually at the end Orel's father finds out what's going and sets him straight which leads Orel to confess that he knew it was wrong but wanted to prove to his dad that he could try to be successful at something. At which point the Dad gives a reality lesson about how the real world works and the episodes ends on a very positive note. The humor isn't for anybody but if it's on 12 am and you know it's Adult Swim what the heck do you expect? The Care Bears?
It's a pretty funny show, and at least the production values look good as compared to some cheap slop like Squidbillies. Anyhow it ain't that bad, and those people who say it is, and don't have a clue about what the whole purpose of Adult Swim's lineup is shouldn't bother watching or complaining about the content.
Anyhow this is no different from them, no different from a show like South Park, which takes a subject which might be holy or not, makes fun of it, presents some social commentary, and then leaves you the viewer to decide what exactly the creators were getting at or they were just trying to presented a really demented funny show. Seeing as we are living in an immoral society right now (War in Iraq, greedy governments, bad educational sectors that don't give a damn about training students), then I really don't see what the big deal in presenting a show that shows us all of that.
Anyhow, this show is very funny, the animation reminds me out of those Davey and Goliath cartoons from the 1960's (which we're somewhat politically correct) and adds a new twist on the whole family thing with todays more than obvious issue of the dysfunctional family. The Dad works in some crummy job he detests but puts a brave front for his wife when he gets home. The wife is 50's life "Happy Housewife" of sorts, but the Orel is the brainchild of mischief and fun. Through Orel we are presented with a kid who commits right and wrong, sometimes committing wrong for all the wrong reasons (just because he can). That's pretty evident in today's society where we have people in high places with power doing evil just because they can not because they are serving the community. Anyhow Orel sometimes learns his lesson and sometimes he doesn't the creators blend in a lot of jokes that are both meant to be taken at face value and some that clearly so exaggerated that one has to laugh.
The Christmas episode was a mixed bag, some people didn't know what to expect from the pilot but Duh this is Adult Swim we we're of course going to see some content not appropriate for pc viewers. I found the episode to be funny in some parts and not in others. The new episodes seems to be taken on a family direction, like I said Orel does something he knows is bad, then at the end he learns his lesson. In today's episode, the kid was selling his own urine to make a profit!!! LOL Of course no one knew that and of course this was the major gag. Eventually at the end Orel's father finds out what's going and sets him straight which leads Orel to confess that he knew it was wrong but wanted to prove to his dad that he could try to be successful at something. At which point the Dad gives a reality lesson about how the real world works and the episodes ends on a very positive note. The humor isn't for anybody but if it's on 12 am and you know it's Adult Swim what the heck do you expect? The Care Bears?
It's a pretty funny show, and at least the production values look good as compared to some cheap slop like Squidbillies. Anyhow it ain't that bad, and those people who say it is, and don't have a clue about what the whole purpose of Adult Swim's lineup is shouldn't bother watching or complaining about the content.