As a massive fan of #TheCritic, you'd think I'd be excited.

But the post-2000 webisodes they did were fucking awful, and half the cast that made the show so special are long gone.

Could it work? Sure? Will it? The odds are about as good as any other show at this point.

I'm open to it, but oh-so-very skeptical.

https://nerdist.com/article/the-critic-reboot-close-to-happening-mike-reiss/

Viva Jay Sherman!

Viva Quebec!

https://www.polygon.com/the-critic-reboot-update/

#TheCritic #Cartoons #animation

There's errors here that I'd fix (the 'flesh' glove in the Bee one, a missing dog collar in 'Bark'), but this was some fun upscaling/remastering using Invoke and Flux Klein of some title card gags from #TheCritic. :)

#aiart

I’ve been rewatching “The Critic”, many years since it aired, and I understand now why it failed. Imagine the pitch: “It’s a bit like The Simpsons, except that it’s targeted to people who live in NYC and LA and think they’re smarter and more sophisticated than people in the rest of the US.”

I mean, yes, that’s me, absolutely, but you can’t build a network show on that audience.

#nyc #theCritic

So this guy over on /r/TheCritic (AndyDiplodocus) has made these utterly fantastic #TheCritic webcomics that perfectly captures the style and voice of the series in comic form.

I'm kind of in a bit of a panic because I want this guy to get famous for this and get a 'deal' of some kind.

I think these are way, way better than the official godawful 'webisode' Flash episodes they cranked out in the early 2000s. (Then again that's an easy bar to clear.)

- #1: https://www.reddit.com/r/thecritic/comments/1qpwa4t/repost_the_critic_returns_1/
- #2: https://www.reddit.com/r/thecritic/comments/1qqjs7w/repost_the_critic_returns_2/
- #3: https://www.reddit.com/r/thecritic/comments/1qrha6j/repost_the_critic_returns_3/
- #4: https://www.reddit.com/r/thecritic/comments/1qs4ka1/repost_the_critic_returns_4/
- #5: https://www.reddit.com/r/thecritic/comments/1qu75wd/the_critic_returns_5/

(Okay, look, I just hate those webisodes, okay? :D)

"When Richard Nixon coined the “war on drugs” in 1971, he was speaking metaphorically, assimilating the fight against illegal narcotics to armed conflict. We live in an age where nuance is regarded as an affectation, so it was not entirely surprising that Donald Trump should have taken the expression at face value."

@yuanyiz.bsky.social

(Prof. Zhu's field of expertise is in international law.)

https://thecritic.co.uk/issues/december-january-2026/should-we-blow-up-drug-boats/

#uspol
#TheCritic

Der gefürchtete Theaterkritiker Jimmy Erskine zieht mit seinen schonungslosen Artikeln und seiner unverblümten Schreibweise immer wieder Kritik auf sich.

#Film #Filmtipp #IanMcKellen #TheCritic #Thriller #Wow #WasLäuftHeute

https://detektor.fm/kultur/was-laeuft-heute-the-critic?utm_campaign=share_on_mastodon&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_source=fediverse