SummaryThe animated series from Dan Harmon based on Nathan Pyle's webcomic and graphic novel of the same name about blue beings who do familiar things on another planet.
Created By:Dan Harmon
Strange Planet
Season 1 Premiere:
Aug 9, 2023
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Generally Favorable
68
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Mixed or Average
5.4
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Aug 9, 2023
84
For a show that doesn’t actually have any humans in it, it manages to have quite a lot to say about humanity and the wondrous gift life on our particular little pale blue dot it can be. And, these days, that’s no small thing.
Aug 8, 2023
80
Bright, sweet and cheerful, if unusually concerned with mortality, it is, as satire, highly affectionate — keen to human frailty but understanding, hopeful, more engaged with our possibilities than our limitations.
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Aug 14, 2024
8
a radical take on what a sentient species in a big ass, easy difficulty, earth-like planet achieving a post-scarcity post-differentiation post-religion libertarian municipalist eco-socialist utopian society would look like.
Aug 18, 2023
70
Most of this, though, hits the level of wry amusement and not much more, not unlike the experience of reading a comic strip, smiling, and saying, “I get it,” without actually laughing. But the softer humor is buoyed by a reliable level of sweetness.
Aug 8, 2023
70
Plain-spoken sentiments give purpose to the beings’ endearing — though inconsistent and occasionally overdone — vocabulary, and give the show a unique gravitas. More often than not, “Strange Planet” is cute and delightful. But when it settles in to its more ephemeral musings and universal thoughts, it’s more than just cute: It’s funny and it’s warm … like a cozy pair of fabric foot tubes right out of the tumble heater.
Aug 9, 2023
60
“Strange Planet” is undeniably clever and an easy, amusing watch. But its current iteration lacks much deeper resonance beyond its acute yet surface-level observations about the quirks and paradoxes of modern life. The idea that our society is inherently absurd could pack more punch if explored through a larger narrative or tied to a more specific lead character.
Aug 8, 2023
60
Strange Planet is mild enough for kids, but what it really feels like is a children’s show for grownups, in the way that Millennial slang like “adulting” and “feels” are baby talk for grownups. This can be a very nice thing, depending on your taste, your mood and your tolerance for twee terminology.
Aug 10, 2023
45
The incessant asking that viewers unwrap the show’s technical language for everyday occurrences is not too unreasonable of a demand, but it keeps a thin layer between the art and its audience, one that not even Strange Planet’s beautifully rendered animation and some pleasant voice acting can perforate.
Oct 14, 2023
6
Watched a few episodes in the first season and it really caught my attention. The art style is amazing, especially the cute design of the characters. One of my only gripes is that despite how most characters have some defining traits about them, they don't really stand out from one another and say things in about the same way. I'd like to see at least one character that looks slightly different, says things in plain English (mostly Layman's terms), and is a different color from the common blue of their species that could serve as the main character and finds ways to fit it, despite their differences.
Aug 10, 2023
5
I like the poverty of the characters and their world. It's as if the theme of the show was thesaurus. I even like that it's upbeat and the world is full if niceness. What I can't get into is the color scheme. Pastels make me queasy.
