Bit of a clifffhanger in the last episode eh? Or was it. Because it doesn't get addressed.
Instead, Bean wants to be like anyone else but can't get people to treat her that way. Elfo wants to be with Bean. And things are contrived to send the king away for a bit.
So it's party time at the castle! Will Bean get to live like the common people for one night?
Hmm. Fitfully funny. But only in fits and stats. You can actually feel more sympathy for Bean in this one than I've had so far. But this one drags. Terribly. The pacing just doesn't feel right at all.
Did make me laugh as mentioned. But there's work still to be done here.
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Edvis-199719 February 2021
Castle Party Massacre
nebohr9 February 2022
Disenchantment S1 E4
Castle Party Massacre
Luci has the best murder plans ever!
Who put the dead horse in the fountain?
Aren't they getting dangerously low on villagers?
Why is it? Every time a huge pile of dismembered corpses falls out of a fireplace the first thing King Zog does is yell for Bean?
Castle Party Massacre
Luci has the best murder plans ever!
Who put the dead horse in the fountain?
Aren't they getting dangerously low on villagers?
Why is it? Every time a huge pile of dismembered corpses falls out of a fireplace the first thing King Zog does is yell for Bean?
Was expecting something a bit more...interesting?
mxkov5 October 2018
Warning: Spoilers
If you remember, in my review of episode three, I said that even though the episode was..pretty bad, I was still highly anticipating how the writers were going to approach the demons "released demons" storyline in episode four and onwards.
Buuuttt...we got sex rituals instead!
"Castle Party Massacre" was certainly way less exciting than I expected. These past two episodes, both have been mostly filled with...well, filler (getting high, throwing a party, etc.) and the last two minutes actual "plot" (if you can call it that). It feels like, after the Merkimer plot ended, all the writers were left to follow was a loose story arc, an unimportant plot, and not much else. Without any structure, the episode just turns out crazy and random. Eventful stories can be very beneficial to a plot of a show as a whole, but without any meaning to the craziness, it can turn the wackiest stories to be the worst developed.
It doesn't help that this episode starts in the most infuriating way possible. At least, in my standards. I've seen this same "story starter" used quite a few times in "The Simpsons", and every time, I've never enjoyed it. The starter I'm talking about is starting a plot...with an unnecessary, incredibly ridiculous joke. It bugs me every single time, and I don't know why Matt Groening and his other writers keep using that format.
The jokes in this episode seem even blander than before, and the characters have no purpose either. Bean doesn't improve or get worse in this episode, neither does Zøg. In fact, nobody does. There is no plot advancement except for the last 30 seconds when King Zøg "grounds" Bean...or whatever. I know that Matt Groening is used to writing and storyboarding for a stand-alone episode format, and this episode would work fine in those cases. But in this semi-plot driven, time constricted show, every one-off character or unnecessary scene can feel like a total waste of the viewers time, especially for someone like me, who is especially invested in plot driven shows.
"Castle Party Massacre" is a mess of a show. It seems to try and focus on "teen troubles" and therapy torture (btw, that whole b-plot was useless) instead of demons and magic and what this show is supposed to be all about. I understand what this episode was MEANT to be/show, but it ends up a mess of Vikings and people named Chazz. This can't get worse. I sure hope it can't.
Favourite Line: Hand me 10ccs of brick.
Rating: 4.6/10
Buuuttt...we got sex rituals instead!
"Castle Party Massacre" was certainly way less exciting than I expected. These past two episodes, both have been mostly filled with...well, filler (getting high, throwing a party, etc.) and the last two minutes actual "plot" (if you can call it that). It feels like, after the Merkimer plot ended, all the writers were left to follow was a loose story arc, an unimportant plot, and not much else. Without any structure, the episode just turns out crazy and random. Eventful stories can be very beneficial to a plot of a show as a whole, but without any meaning to the craziness, it can turn the wackiest stories to be the worst developed.
It doesn't help that this episode starts in the most infuriating way possible. At least, in my standards. I've seen this same "story starter" used quite a few times in "The Simpsons", and every time, I've never enjoyed it. The starter I'm talking about is starting a plot...with an unnecessary, incredibly ridiculous joke. It bugs me every single time, and I don't know why Matt Groening and his other writers keep using that format.
The jokes in this episode seem even blander than before, and the characters have no purpose either. Bean doesn't improve or get worse in this episode, neither does Zøg. In fact, nobody does. There is no plot advancement except for the last 30 seconds when King Zøg "grounds" Bean...or whatever. I know that Matt Groening is used to writing and storyboarding for a stand-alone episode format, and this episode would work fine in those cases. But in this semi-plot driven, time constricted show, every one-off character or unnecessary scene can feel like a total waste of the viewers time, especially for someone like me, who is especially invested in plot driven shows.
"Castle Party Massacre" is a mess of a show. It seems to try and focus on "teen troubles" and therapy torture (btw, that whole b-plot was useless) instead of demons and magic and what this show is supposed to be all about. I understand what this episode was MEANT to be/show, but it ends up a mess of Vikings and people named Chazz. This can't get worse. I sure hope it can't.
Favourite Line: Hand me 10ccs of brick.
Rating: 4.6/10
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