I rarely give out 1 star reviews because I don't go out of my way to watch bottom of the barrel shows and movies. My Dad The Bounty Hunter falls face first into the bottom of the barrel. This show is so bad, not even the passable at best animation was able to save it from the lowest score I could give on this sight.
Created by Everett Downing Jr. And Patrick Harpin, this show follows 2 kids discovering their father is an intergalactic bounty hunter and they go on space adventures. I'd normally go into how each episode plays out, but I refuse to watch the rest of the show because episode 1 was AWFUL! By Yoda's pointy ears, this is among the worst first impressions I've ever seen! The show starts off on the wrong note immediately as we're placed into the middle of a chase scene as opposed to being introduced to this world from the kids' perspective. I mean, for a show called "My Dad The Bounty Hunter," you'd think this story starts with the kids telling some friends or the class about their Dad's job as a bounty hunter. Even if they did, that wouldn't change how sluggishly paced the show is. This is such a slow moving show with the chase scene in the beginning not having the intensity or speed of a typical chase scene. The episode also takes way too long for the kids to find out their Dad's a bounty hunter. And because there'd be no show if he took them home immediately after he caught them, he begrudgingly takes them slong for the ride. In addition to having atrocious pacing, the humor sucks harder than vacuum in a stove pipe. The jokes range from cringy, eye rolling to just plain frustrating because of how poorly they're set up and executed. If this is how a standard episode is structured, I'd be bald, naked and completely insane by the last episode because I can NOT be sitting on the couch bored out of my mind for almost 5 HOURS!
If I can describe this cast of characters in one word, it would be hatable. These are all some hatable characters and I can't for the life of me understand what the creators were going for. Starting with our title character, Terry, guess what? He's another incompetent cartoon father! He doesn't have a clue why his kids are such brats, why his son is so stressed out or how to properly spend time with them. All he does is think about the future he wants with his kids rather than focusing on the present. If that's the point, it's handled very poorly because I absolutely cannot stand him. His kids, Lisa and Sean, are some of the brattiest, stupidest and annoying kids I've ever seen. They never assume their Dad has their best interests nor to they act like good kids. Lisa's a straight up hustler and a thief and Sean is just a disobedient and annoying kid. Their Mom, Tess, isn't much better as she tries to be the voice of reason for Terry, but because he's so thick headed, her purpose is superfluous.
The voice acting is honestly pretty bad and it's once again unfortunate because I know they're trying their best. Laz Alonso wasn't as sly or caring as Terry as I would've hoped. Priah Ferguson was very stilted in her performance as Lisa, as she sounded less sneaky and clever, and more awkward and unenthusiastic. Jecobi Swain never sounded right as Sean, as he sounded very awakward and reserved. What little Yvonne Orji had to work with as Tess, it wasn't enough to do her justice.
Visually, the animation is alright, but still lacking in significant visual flare. France based company, Dwarf Animation Studios, providing the animation and they did alright for the most part. The designs of the characters are very natural and unique with the humans having different body types, unique hair styles and contemporary clothing. I also like the design of the aliens such as the liquid fugitive and the space angler creature. The character animation itself is...a bit of a mixed bag. Sometimes it looks find like when the characters are walking or having a conversation. But when they try to move real fast it's not snappy or clean. The lack of mass on the characters is also evident, which would work fine in space, but not on Earth or in the ship where hravity brings you down. It's not bad animation, but it's not above passable either.
This was so bad it makes the Star Wars Holiday Special look like The Empire Strikes Back. My Dad The Bounty Hunter is about as low as I've seen Netflix get with their animation division. The writing is atrocious, the characters are hatable, the voice acting is bad and the passable animation doesn't even come close to giving it an extra point. There really is nothing redeemable about this cartoon, and as such it deserves the worst fate to be bestowed on a show this bad: to be ignored and forgotten. Do NOT watch My Dad The Bounty Hunter, not even out of small curiosity. Watch Kid Cosmic instead, as it its infinitely better and much more worth your time than this cartoon -.-
Created by Everett Downing Jr. And Patrick Harpin, this show follows 2 kids discovering their father is an intergalactic bounty hunter and they go on space adventures. I'd normally go into how each episode plays out, but I refuse to watch the rest of the show because episode 1 was AWFUL! By Yoda's pointy ears, this is among the worst first impressions I've ever seen! The show starts off on the wrong note immediately as we're placed into the middle of a chase scene as opposed to being introduced to this world from the kids' perspective. I mean, for a show called "My Dad The Bounty Hunter," you'd think this story starts with the kids telling some friends or the class about their Dad's job as a bounty hunter. Even if they did, that wouldn't change how sluggishly paced the show is. This is such a slow moving show with the chase scene in the beginning not having the intensity or speed of a typical chase scene. The episode also takes way too long for the kids to find out their Dad's a bounty hunter. And because there'd be no show if he took them home immediately after he caught them, he begrudgingly takes them slong for the ride. In addition to having atrocious pacing, the humor sucks harder than vacuum in a stove pipe. The jokes range from cringy, eye rolling to just plain frustrating because of how poorly they're set up and executed. If this is how a standard episode is structured, I'd be bald, naked and completely insane by the last episode because I can NOT be sitting on the couch bored out of my mind for almost 5 HOURS!
If I can describe this cast of characters in one word, it would be hatable. These are all some hatable characters and I can't for the life of me understand what the creators were going for. Starting with our title character, Terry, guess what? He's another incompetent cartoon father! He doesn't have a clue why his kids are such brats, why his son is so stressed out or how to properly spend time with them. All he does is think about the future he wants with his kids rather than focusing on the present. If that's the point, it's handled very poorly because I absolutely cannot stand him. His kids, Lisa and Sean, are some of the brattiest, stupidest and annoying kids I've ever seen. They never assume their Dad has their best interests nor to they act like good kids. Lisa's a straight up hustler and a thief and Sean is just a disobedient and annoying kid. Their Mom, Tess, isn't much better as she tries to be the voice of reason for Terry, but because he's so thick headed, her purpose is superfluous.
The voice acting is honestly pretty bad and it's once again unfortunate because I know they're trying their best. Laz Alonso wasn't as sly or caring as Terry as I would've hoped. Priah Ferguson was very stilted in her performance as Lisa, as she sounded less sneaky and clever, and more awkward and unenthusiastic. Jecobi Swain never sounded right as Sean, as he sounded very awakward and reserved. What little Yvonne Orji had to work with as Tess, it wasn't enough to do her justice.
Visually, the animation is alright, but still lacking in significant visual flare. France based company, Dwarf Animation Studios, providing the animation and they did alright for the most part. The designs of the characters are very natural and unique with the humans having different body types, unique hair styles and contemporary clothing. I also like the design of the aliens such as the liquid fugitive and the space angler creature. The character animation itself is...a bit of a mixed bag. Sometimes it looks find like when the characters are walking or having a conversation. But when they try to move real fast it's not snappy or clean. The lack of mass on the characters is also evident, which would work fine in space, but not on Earth or in the ship where hravity brings you down. It's not bad animation, but it's not above passable either.
This was so bad it makes the Star Wars Holiday Special look like The Empire Strikes Back. My Dad The Bounty Hunter is about as low as I've seen Netflix get with their animation division. The writing is atrocious, the characters are hatable, the voice acting is bad and the passable animation doesn't even come close to giving it an extra point. There really is nothing redeemable about this cartoon, and as such it deserves the worst fate to be bestowed on a show this bad: to be ignored and forgotten. Do NOT watch My Dad The Bounty Hunter, not even out of small curiosity. Watch Kid Cosmic instead, as it its infinitely better and much more worth your time than this cartoon -.-