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I suppose this is considered science fiction. I believe it has just started airing. I've seen the comics on occasion around the internet and had no idea they were planning on adapting this into a series.

Has anyone seen the first episode yet? I'll probably check it out tonight.

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[–] [email protected] 46 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The voices kill it for me. They've always just been monotone, nearly robotic voices in my head while reading the comics.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago

Yes, this is exactly what I came here to write.

The humor is all about decoding the language from the images alone, so the inflections and other verbal cues actually spoil every joke. There's no ah-ha moment, because the meaning of the words is telegraphed to us simultaneously with the cryptic language.

I don't understand how anyone can make an entire show about this without understanding the fundamental principle here.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Yep my exact reaction too. They're way too emotive and human sounding.