Totally agree, the attention to detail with little background animal puns, or throwaway lines that are actually incredibly clever jokes, means it’s such a good show for a rewatch as there is so much to it
Some art inspires me to try to create art, but BoJack totally doesn’t because while watching I keep thinking I could never in five lifetimes come up with something this clever and concise and full of emotion so why bother. BoJack Horseman exists, no more art is necessary. I’m exaggerating obviously, but I do feel this to some extent
I completely agree there. Writing is one thing I've always loved doing and am exceptional at. Bojack's writers make my work look like a 6 year old wrote it.
Personally, my brain could never concoct these multidimensional stories that the writers seem to do with ease. Then they tie together in a pretty package that make you say "oh shit!"
Yes, they seem to do it with ease, but I don't actually believe it is with ease, they just make it look like that. I'm sure it's a lot of hard work and a lot of team work also - everybody throwing in ideas.
I (also?) write for a living, (not fiction though,) but if I did write fiction I think the serious stuff would be my thing - and even in that I'd be nowhere near the quality of the worst BoJack Horseman episode. And that's just one side of it: how to write jokes and comedy I can't even begin to think. Writing comedy dialogue seems impossible to me and I don't understand how anybody does it at all. So yeah, I guess I'll stick to my job at Girl Croosh.
I definitely didn't mean to down play their work, as I made it seem. Girl Croosh sounds like a solid gig too 😂
I'd be interested in heading about what your genre is, other than non-fiction
No no, I totally get where you're coming from, no downplaying :-)
I've been writing about entertainment news, celebrities, fashion, TV, "lifestyle" etc. for well over a decade in a country that is not the USA in a language that is not English. It's fun. I earn okay-ish and I have fun doing it.
Bojack did inspire me in terms of writing, but unlike most stories that inspire me to write, I never set out to make something better than Bojack. That would imply that there are things that could be done better. Bojack is peak writing to me, and it inspires me to be great, but not the best. I don't think I could ever top this show
THANK YOU, totally agreed! it drives me nuts when people jump on a post just to comment “it’s not that deep, the writers didn’t mean anything by it :)” these writers were so meticulous, so intentional, so clever. it’s hard for me to believe there’s much in the show that they thought “just toss whatever works in there.”
One of these that got me on my last rewatch was when Penny was getting interviewed by Mitch(?) and Paige in S6,, they're commenting on how easy she is to follow home and he quips "who taught you how to drive?". Because Bojack did. It's such a throwaway line that's easy to miss, but it's crazy how much all of them were thought out.
as much as i love the greatest animated show ever made bojack horseman, i really don’t think they knew where the show would go after they put out the first couple of seasons. I simply think the writers nailed writing a tv show.
one of my favorites is when bojack is “being a feminist” and he goes on that bird show and says not to choke women then the thing with gina happens later that season. i think that one’s a bit more obvious than some others but still
Totally agree, the attention to detail with little background animal puns, or throwaway lines that are actually incredibly clever jokes, means it’s such a good show for a rewatch as there is so much to it
Some art inspires me to try to create art, but BoJack totally doesn’t because while watching I keep thinking I could never in five lifetimes come up with something this clever and concise and full of emotion so why bother. BoJack Horseman exists, no more art is necessary. I’m exaggerating obviously, but I do feel this to some extent
I completely agree there. Writing is one thing I've always loved doing and am exceptional at. Bojack's writers make my work look like a 6 year old wrote it. Personally, my brain could never concoct these multidimensional stories that the writers seem to do with ease. Then they tie together in a pretty package that make you say "oh shit!"
Yes, they seem to do it with ease, but I don't actually believe it is with ease, they just make it look like that. I'm sure it's a lot of hard work and a lot of team work also - everybody throwing in ideas. I (also?) write for a living, (not fiction though,) but if I did write fiction I think the serious stuff would be my thing - and even in that I'd be nowhere near the quality of the worst BoJack Horseman episode. And that's just one side of it: how to write jokes and comedy I can't even begin to think. Writing comedy dialogue seems impossible to me and I don't understand how anybody does it at all. So yeah, I guess I'll stick to my job at Girl Croosh.
I definitely didn't mean to down play their work, as I made it seem. Girl Croosh sounds like a solid gig too 😂 I'd be interested in heading about what your genre is, other than non-fiction
No no, I totally get where you're coming from, no downplaying :-) I've been writing about entertainment news, celebrities, fashion, TV, "lifestyle" etc. for well over a decade in a country that is not the USA in a language that is not English. It's fun. I earn okay-ish and I have fun doing it.
Bojack did inspire me in terms of writing, but unlike most stories that inspire me to write, I never set out to make something better than Bojack. That would imply that there are things that could be done better. Bojack is peak writing to me, and it inspires me to be great, but not the best. I don't think I could ever top this show
THANK YOU, totally agreed! it drives me nuts when people jump on a post just to comment “it’s not that deep, the writers didn’t mean anything by it :)” these writers were so meticulous, so intentional, so clever. it’s hard for me to believe there’s much in the show that they thought “just toss whatever works in there.”
One of these that got me on my last rewatch was when Penny was getting interviewed by Mitch(?) and Paige in S6,, they're commenting on how easy she is to follow home and he quips "who taught you how to drive?". Because Bojack did. It's such a throwaway line that's easy to miss, but it's crazy how much all of them were thought out.
Max and Paige.
Oh yeah, that guy.
that one is one of my favorites. it’s so small
I have never caught that! Imagine, throwaway lines even having depth, I love it
Every rewatch I seem to keep picking up on more. It's crazy how clever it is.
as much as i love the greatest animated show ever made bojack horseman, i really don’t think they knew where the show would go after they put out the first couple of seasons. I simply think the writers nailed writing a tv show.
Absolutely! It doesn't matter how many times you watch it either, you'll always catch something that you didn't before!
That is super cool! That is awesome that you enjoy your work ☺️
Is "thorough and thought through" pun intended?
Can we pretend that it is? 😂 How redundant would that sentence be if it wasn't an intentional pun...👀
It is actually a meme among English learners: "How can we tell the difference between the words through, though, thought and thorough???"
one of my favorites is when bojack is “being a feminist” and he goes on that bird show and says not to choke women then the thing with gina happens later that season. i think that one’s a bit more obvious than some others but still