Disenchantment comes straight to Netflix, bearing Matt Groening's byline, following The Simpsons and Futurama. Both of the prior two series took years to become unfunny, but Disenchantment managed to get to the point of tired straight from the first episode. As Vice noted, in large part it's a retread of Futurama: Bean is a more reckless Leela, Elfo is Fry but with a whinier voice, and Luci is Bender as just Bender. You can predict what Luci will say based on thinking of him as Bender, who wanted to exterminate humans: Luci says he'd take away all problems plaguing humans and replace them with new ones, and in this second episode, adds "To me" to Elfo's toast "To us." His response to the prince's apparent death in For Whom the Pig Oinks: laughing and smoking and pointing out he's laughing and smoking.
Aside from the predictable Bender Lite, there's very little funny in this episode, as with the pilot, and plenty of lameness, such as a slain "enemy" actually being the country's closest ally. And the prince turning into a pig. People didn't really buy into Futurama when it first aired, but Disenchantment truly got off on a bad start.
Aside from the predictable Bender Lite, there's very little funny in this episode, as with the pilot, and plenty of lameness, such as a slain "enemy" actually being the country's closest ally. And the prince turning into a pig. People didn't really buy into Futurama when it first aired, but Disenchantment truly got off on a bad start.