NEW PILOT: Eggland | adult swim

[@Crwfishh]

cant wait for this show to have 6 episodes, get cancelled, have the network never mention it again, and then see a 6 hour retrospective

[@stinkmeaner8189]

😂

[@mrplayfulshade]

XRA basically

[@1stcome1stserved]

Facts😂😂😂

[@jetbluedeath]

Yess

[@anthonylarajr8892]

Don’t forget about commentary channels talking about and seven years later, a reboot

[@vanaddoteye3334]

This is scary, I work at a retirement home and this is uncanny.

[@deserthare1]

Basically a documentary huh?

[@vanaddoteye3334]

@deserthare1 It sure is, right down to how they're talking at each other instead of listening to each other in conversation. Lol

[@msannethropp7497]

​@@vanaddoteye3334 I've worked at a grocery store for 8 years....This is all triggering af.

[@G8tr1522]

i feel like the creator lives in the villages, lol. or Naples, FL

[@dreaminginnoother]

I'm in a job where I have to deal with a lot of elderly people, and I agree with you.

[@GramOfAdderall]

The thing I love most of all is the fact the characters barely listen to one another. Whenever I'm around old people, they're just taking AT each other and no one's really listening. Just talking into the void.

[@Funhaus_Fr34k]

One if the first things I noticed about this show tbh

[@Airfriedfroglegg]

That’s what kids do, too. Our lives are bookended by toddlerhood

[@KingOfElectricNinjas]

Boomers have always been like this, they never stopped acting like teenagers their entire lives.

[@holdenwinters68]

​@@AirfriedfrogleggWe don't have to choose that. We can change that.

[@Airfriedfroglegg]

@@holdenwinters68 I hope so. A lot of stuff seems to follow a human development flow chart

[@germanshepard6336]

Glad to see Adult Swim keeping up the tradition of terrifying people waking up at 3am

[@josron6088]

🤣🤣🤣

[@cadavher]

Lmfao this was top of my reco page, and it's 3:20am

[@spongeblue_depressedpants]

If i ever wake up to this creepy ahh s$%# im #$%^ing $#@!ing myself.

[@craigrobbins2463]

that buttered bagel though.

[@jeremiahbarth4363]

The voice acting is so on point for each character. It really distinguishes what type of personality and background they are

[@marccamp6376]

I reaaally like the Soda sipping elder one, I have met those old people who love drinking their soda and eating burgers but openly joke about how its slowly killing them :D They are so much fun to be around

[@joemungusphart]

It's very King of the Hill. I love it.

[@Can0spam]

I agree on the voice acting, great job!

[@Mattened]

@@joemungusphart a more cynical, slightly mean-spirited king of the hill, yeah

[@UrbanFlow3825]

This is an honest retelling of the insanity of elderly in florida

[@terribleturtle3489]

😂😂😂😂q

[@Metapharsical]

"insanity" ? It was just droll and unfunny from start to finish.

[@thecluckster3908]

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@MetapharsicalI have to disagree with this, I found it delightful charming yet somewhat haunting. I don’t know why, but I cried near the end.

[@Metapharsical]

@@thecluckster3908 Idk what to say..I'm sorry to hear that. has your psychiatrist adjusted your medications lately ??

[@Pluralofvinylisvinyls]

They allowed AI to show mountains in the some scenes. Florida doesn’t have mountains, obviously

[@Cyranek]

11:19 "and I'm a veteran" killed me. they've nailed the old folks talk

[@Kometheus]

Absolutely lol

[@JC_500]

They've nailed every aspect of the old folks

[@lambda653]

Folx!

[@christdolphin69]

holy hell, you are the target demo "where do they come up with this stuff! old people are CONSTANTLY saying 'im a veteran, i watch fox news!' lolol" braindead

[@Seeattle]

“I served on a 3 year contract at 20 years old and wear that as an identity for the rest of my life”

[@PlaySA]

A bizarrely heartwarming conclusion to a truly terrifying, dystopian vision of what I assume to be some kind of horrifying Florida retirement community

[@mutated_jakalope]

i love how this perfectly captures the way that boomers will have two one sided conversations with eachother at the same time

[@Levipaulsen]

Dude, I know -- it's painful yet pretty cool there's a whole show to showcase it though

[@leonelmartinez2486]

Sign of dementia lol

[@FA9082]

Lol yh this is literally a documentary about boomers 😂

[@toolittletoolate]

It's not just boomers. Socially inept people do it in general. They're not interested in talking about anything but what they want to talk about and basically just ignore what other people say. When you get two of them in conversation that's what it turns into. I see it all the time.

[@PirateJohnson]

​@@toolittletoolate Did you also get the suspicion that the Son, and maybe others, were AI voices?.? If not, that the VoiceActor should have been provided their recordings last, with only their own lines missing.

[@hondaaccord1399]

This is such a strange mixture of cringe, confusion, social commentary, and discomfort

[@leonelmartinez2486]

Dementia

[@LAZER-WoLF]

And I love it 😂

[@lurker7808]

I haven't seen anything quite like it. It's both incredibly bizarre and milquetoast and inoffensive at the same time somehow.

[@poopsmcgee2k6]

The only thing it's missing is entertainment

[@ufolandings]

It reminds me of the 3D models joe cappa makes but moderately less grotesque-looking

[@cyber_nuggets8302]

The bit about them being happy despite just giving each other basic things they wanted as anniversary gifts was actually really nice

[@ThatChadWithTheAnchorArms]

It touched me.

[@skwerleyz]

Yeah I was REALLY hoping they weren't gonna kill one of them right before they kissed lol

[@blknightsixtyfo]

Life goals.

[@bloodkip9462]

But the sad part is they know absolutely nothing about each other then the basics of likes milk and needs pills.

[@dounhi]

It has something special

[@natilyfe]

The scene where he flips out over ketchup reminds of my grandad. Old people get so stuck on specific brands and will act like children if you try to change or substitute anything😂

[@rinrinstrikes3745]

Im so happy the new generation of comedy is just normal conversations and appreciating the absurdity in them

[@anthonyontv]

That makes one of us

[@papaspooks8531]

i think the cool kids call this post-irony

[@RedRumOnE]

"Show Son Photo!"

[@davidl6325]

ever heard of Seinfeld? The show about nothing!

[@anthonyontv]

@@davidl6325 yeah the only difference is that Seinfeld is actually you know…. Good..

[@ethantarpley]

I like how the son gets his parents two 8oz water bottles for their anniversary.

[@andrewhirtle3525]

I like when the guy just tossed that greeting card behind him

[@DogethanDogestarASMR]

Hey to be fair that's more than I've ever gotten my mom for one of her anniversaries 😂

[@G8tr1522]

i have a feeling the son is a self insert of the creator.

[@adamfriedland5950]

Because hes an Uber driver lol

[@3y3mtr1pt5]

@@adamfriedland5950Didn’t get that at first lol

[@theansweriscola]

this pilot is the sorta thing the smiling friends would be watching

[@jakethehooman988]

Exactly my thoughts

[@isaacargesmith8217]

has very ham show vibes

[@hondaaccord1399]

@@theansweriscola Omg imagine a Mystery Science Theater-esque episode where they just watch this and comment on it 😂

[@PlutoniumSlums]

It’s like interdimensional cable from Rick and Morty

[@brokenboneswizard]

omg fr

[@anything_goes_no_one_knows]

Part of what is so third eye open about this production is the deeply unnerving pov of food getting eaten. the wonky food jiggling dynamics contribute to the clammy aesthetic masterfully, and I think this animation was partially playful (and contrasted flavorfully against the ominous news monologue about the police displaying a dead officer's skull). I also was reminded by these digestion povs of the physicality of being old. (also by when the older woman couldn't even see the card in her hands.) it's easy to think of being old as an idea; sitting with the reality of existing as a slowly decomposing body is so much more intense, and I respect the producers for insinuating that feeling. the composition was so masterful at making moments feel immediate and claustrophobic. I felt how existentially alone Elizabeth was when she was talking to herself about the politically correct milks, just how the scene was composed.

[@omegaXjammur]

"I'm just so glad that James won't be able to fight because he's a former small business owner." 😂😂😂

[@jklol1680]

😂

[@capcaptainmycaptain4771]

"I just want to talk to someone about the Royal family!" Hahaha!

[@SpheresVA]

this is an unsettlingly accurate depiction of old people

[@fumomofumosarum5893]

even worse - of yourself when you're old! x_x

[@tracymurray6840]

@@fumomofumosarum5893 I am 61 and this is going to be me in the near future.

[@maxwell_edison]

Yeah I thought this was gonna be garbage but it seems well written

[@maxwell_edison]

@@tracymurray6840 Nawhh you got a while to go, especially if you try and stay sane

[@erikrivera5946]

I used to work at a nursing home and found everything hilariously accurate.

[@MrNoobPride]

Oh these writers 100% worked in service. Bless them for making such a mocking portrayal of that generation (and all our societal weirdness). I hate it, I can't wait to watch more.

[@MrPeanutToes]

Spot on this was so good. So tired of this generation thinking they’re entitled to everything

[@TheJohhnyE]

​@@MrPeanutToesstop it. Your generation and all before it all thought they were entitled to everything. You're just regurgitating what you saw some grifter on the internet tell you to repeat. 😂

[@i_eat_soap792]

@@TheJohhnyE p sure he meant that* generation, otherwise he wouldn't have said spot on.

[@CreativeBlake]

They spent their entire lives watching movies and TV, and now they all think their the main character and that anything you say is beneath them.

[@gamooor1386]

"SHOW SUN PHOTO!" 🗣🌞📸

[@alexandermonroe5046]

PFP is a classic bro

[@judy-9999]

After I actually heard these words I went back to “like” this comment 👍😅✅✅✅

[@Ehh.....]

The blind lady on the scooter with the gun is a real one.

[@trucadio]

The fact that she's blind and has a scope on her revolver did it for me lmfao

[@itz_akuma]

@@trucadioshe’s not blind , she noticed the milk too soon

[@imaginify6173]

@@trucadio i know it's such a perfect detail haha

[@omusubibi]

Elizabeth, take the milk home

[@user-ek7xm3hu1w]

She wanted to see the card too, but she can't see it, lol!

[@ufolandings]

This is the best Dementia Slice of Life anime I ever saw. I swear the old lady with the sunglasses feels like she's based off the Maxine Greeting Cards but more unhinged. Gimme 4 seasons

[@Cinnamations]

Moist critical get off your alt account

[@cocomotippin9135]

sweet jesus yes she's literally the incarnation of that old trope of woman

[@deserthare1]

Wait til you see the Isekai spin off, "I used to be hated in my former life, and i am not doing anything different in this new one."

[@Percowitz]

​@@deserthare1 😂😂 "I was the most popular guy In school, until I was reincarnated as an insufferable white boomer in Florida!" 😭😂 Episode 1 - "Why Do I Suddenly Hate Immigrants So Much!?!?" 💀

[@godiswithyou.5358]

WAIT THIS MAKES SO MUCH SENSE.

[@blue_is_not_sad]

They both seem so annoyed and yet at the end they got each other the same card I love it it’s very sweet honestly

[@scruffy191]

Somehow I can't shake the feeling that this ain't even exagerated, but an acurate depiction of what the US and it's boomer generation is like. It scares me

[@M00glemuffins]

It absolutely is

[@Lovehandels]

Right! on the outside this makes no sense but on the inside it make perfect sense. It really captures to feel of the old and confused

[@joantoons]

I knew from the thumbnail this was a conner omalley joint

[@QEDAGI]

@@Lovehandels And who TF wants that on [as]?!

[@LogsMaggot]

I've worked for Princess Cruises. This thing gave me flashbacks from when we were cruising in the Caribbean with turnaround day in Fort Lauderdale. It screams Florida to me.

[@scchharoundthecorner]

Their voice actors are sooo good for this. The whole boomer 1 way convo idea is completely realized by all of them.

[@wayneradiotv]

PLEASE let this be more than a pilot. incredible

[@xghrawtime]

Hi wayne

[@xghrawtime]

Thanks for sharing

[@Mr.Gribble]

OH MY GOD I DID NOT EXPECT TO SEE YOU HERE

[@nidomeister24]

The feeling is mutual, Wayner.

[@conscioussubconsciousness1976]

I’m physically shaking in the wait for HF2 but AI is self aware 😖😭

[@Hxk93]

This show masterfully captures the quiet absurdity of existence. It immerses us in the mundane rhythm of daily life - the trivial conversations, the obligatory social engagements, the rituals we perform without truly knowing why. Yet, beneath this surface of normalcy, there's a subtle acknowledgment of the extraordinary forces at play within us. Our digestive systems, our eyes, our minds - all these intricate mechanisms working tirelessly to keep us alive, even as we engage in the most frivolous pursuits, like cursing a waiter for watery ketchup. The specter of death looms large, mentioned repeatedly, yet the characters remain unfazed, almost desensitized. They chug soda, knowing it's detrimental, a poignant reflection of our own self-destructive tendencies. But amidst this sea of meaninglessness, a beacon shines through - the profound love shared by the two main characters. It's a love that elevates the mundane, that gives purpose to the seemingly pointless. In the end, the show seems to suggest, it is love, in all its messy and complicated glory, that truly makes life worth living. It's a message that resonates deeply, reminding us that even in the face of absurdity and mortality, love is the force that gives us meaning and keeps us going.

[@VanBaylen]

“Bro pass the blunt already”

[@shredmajor700]

"ohhhh chicken feathers"

[@aaravos1199]

this makes me unconfrotable, makes me think about my future, about aging, and seeing everyone become less cabable phisically and mentally, about seing the wolrd around me become confusing and everyone that i call friend become increasingly more crazy. I want more

[@yourmaker8786]

@@kendall3571 "and look to Joe Rogan" jesus christ shut up lol

[@BDyoungster1997]

@@kendall3571 DO NOT look to Joe Rogan lmao

[@kn_halo]

@@kendall3571It’s over for you

[@NooniesHome]

I love Joe 😘🥰😘

[@Disla305]

You can make the change, I know plenty of cool old people then there’s the miserable close minded ones

[@natt2567]

I love how anytime the news it’s on you can hear it saying dystopian type stuff, but things like self-checkout at a grocery store scares them and makes them think the world is becoming more dystopian

[@MooMooMooMooMooMooMoo]

Ham is better than Vegetable

[@commaJim]

Put that on my gravestone

[@number1Saintsfan23]

Slurp

[@MightGuy15]

*dramatic eating*

[@PlutoniumSlums]

Veg table

[@shlemekian]

He’s right 👍👍😼🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥🙏🙏🙏

[@Soundcastle25]

I would tune in to watch this. I grew up in FL and this was spot on for the type of elderly shenanigans that would happen. I sympathized with every single one of the service/hospitality workers in this.

[@ominousbottleoflube]

I really want a BTS of this. The fabric physics are hilarious, the faces are so uncanny, it’s creepy and kinda adorable at the same time.

[@NotTheLarryDavid]

Some visual artifacts tell me this is rendered in real-time with Unity.

[@sushifish55]

Oh boy Connor and his Blender Artist Pals are sharing their nightmares with a larger audience. We all know this was only possible thru the Endorphin Port.

[@mackalrath]

this isn't even a parody, this is just how grandparents are.

[@davidsv1123]

Your own loser gps

[@Spaghettaboutit]

I’m in my 30s, this is how PARENTS are.

[@ens0246]

"I just want to talk to someone about the royal family" destroyed me. Oh Ma 😂

[@nullnullnullvoid]

@@Spaghettaboutit hate to break it to you man but thats grandparents age, you just dont have kids

[@Madchris8828]

​@@nullnullnullvoid only if you had kids really young lol. Most grandparents I know at earliest are in their mid 40s up to 50s

[@AKAVANISHX]

This has got to be the exact way old people feel. 100% old vibes, pointless conversations, behind with the times, recieving it like a dumb *ss and responding like one too. This is a show way ahead of its time. This is for the inbetween old amd young age.

[@thefrub]

Really nailed the way old people just kind of talk to themselves and ignore everything around them

[@Calxmity]

No literally

[@thetapeloops9522]

Possibly because no one listens to them, you know how young folk arrogantly think they know everything and in a few decades they'll be the old people being ignored and the wheel goes around. Enjoy the ride.

[@corbinallen4562]

​@@thetapeloops9522I'm not gonna get old

[@thefrub]

@@thetapeloops9522 Sorry were you saying something?

[@alexwangisasian3190]

@@thetapeloops9522so ? I’ll enjoy my youth for the time being idgaf about no boomer 😂

[@Kyle-Thor420]

Deeply unsettling. Close up food eating scenes pushing my limits. Charicters I can see are awful on so many levels. This should get a season

[@MrFuzzyGreen]

Just read like Americans to me

[@Ehh.....]

@@MrFuzzyGreen It is. This is a retirement community in Florida as a show.

[@2Loto]

Ai comment for sure. "Charicters"

[@birdflox1337]

​@@2LotoI don't think spelling things incorrectly is a sign of something being written by AI

[@MsMiddleEast]

​@@Ehh..... I live in Florida and this is so true

[@gavinpikcom]

I could tell Conner O'Malley was involved based on the thumbnail alone

[@commaJim]

(Conner*)

[@gavinpikcom]

@@grdfhrghrggrtwqqu they got me 😔

[@MeisterburgerBurgermeister]

You can hear his voice @1:50

[@livebackwards]

@@commaJim *Corey

[@chucklebutt4470]

@@MeisterburgerBurgermeister lol good ear, didn't catch that the first time. I mostly hear him screaming.

[@wyitzyk]

Was really impressed with how trying to focus on the tv dialogue about the bone artist made me almost tune out those eating shots

[@robotword]

This was horrible. God awful. Wanted to tear out my eyes. I would love to watch a whole season of this.

[@Madchris8828]

Iove how common this type of comment is on here 😂

[@robotword]

@@Madchris8828 God bless

[@clacclackerson3678]

I feel the same way except for the wanting to watch more.

[@Redman8086]

Bro why

[@AMERICANPICKLEISMYFAV]

Unironically waiting for the next episode

[@paulburg5741]

'Heated fridge handles can increase your life expectancy by 6 months.' Perfect

[@SCWood]

So crazy how the worst people you know are living a life of luxury you can't even imagine, and they're still unhappy.

[@abbemartensson3850]

Hey hey hey now... They had to work VERY hard at the factory pulling one lever for 3 hours. Then being able to buy a house, 3 cars, vacations and swimming pool.

[@nickc1425]

Money definitely doesn’t buy happiness.

[@FelipeEliezer]

Money would buy my happiness 🤣

[@Communalmilk]

Underrated comment

[@jonathanz.9675]

@@abbemartensson3850i wish factory jobs were that easy

[@TalesOfIsolation]

love how trippy and unique the animation style is, those inside the mouth and the bread/butter shots were UNREAL!!

[@scottcitron]

Any idea what this animation is called or who makes it?

[@drewtastic22]

the checkout scene was trippy, like eating too many mushrooms and trying to buy a sandwich.

[@Randomguytheo]

DESERVES a season. Simaltaniously so strange and so comforting

[@punkdrunkmonk824]

One of the longest lived generations on earth that takes the heaviest amounts of medications, with the highest risk of dementia/altimers coupled with the growing isolation of a world they grew up in long dead with only a small social group that is slowly dwindling. Thank you for this.

[@orangetoes223]

For real. I mostly just wanted to punch the old man in the face, but the old lady’s frustrations were actually pretty valid imo. Having so many service jobs automated away is pretty annoying especially when communicating with a person can make so many tasks easier. Robotic phone operators are literally useless half the time. It is legitimately atomizing and half the time you feel like you’re doing more work than you have to just to pay a bill or buy a product. Maybe I’m just a technologically inept cro-mag but that is something I can 100% relate to and I’m 24.

[@nobodyburgen4594]

The Silent Generation is the most depressing generation in human history.

[@user-vi4xy1jw7e]

Very deep

[@Guywithaclub]

alzheimer’s

[@quitepipe]

@@Guywithaclub altmers'

[@hotdog782]

i work at geek squad near a retirement village and it's actually making me angry how accurate this is lmao

[@hotdog782]

just throw in a scene where they swear their email doesn't have a password and it's perfect

[@United_femboys]

@@hotdog782 lmao

[@awoo_hoo]

@@hotdog782 THIS!!! I do the same and it's nuts. Especially when they swear they've been hacked over trivial things like a single spam email or not remembering passcodes for ipads

[@jcdenton4847]

Thank you for your service

[@demetriuswright9982]

im not even joking when i say i work at a geek squad too near an old folks home and this show is giving me the heebie jeebies. its wild how accurate it is. especially with them getting mad at service workers for reasons beyond the workers control / trying to start some sort of fight/argument or whatever

[@MATTERSGAMES]

I love that adult swim hires people who actually have a distinctive art style

[@ScotGardi]

Dirt bike kid got the death penalty.

[@hellomynameisdav]

That's so sweet 😊🥰

[@Ehh.....]

He got off light, if you ask me.

[@zjwmusic1936]

tried as a black adult

[@tylerpalmer8722]

if you listen to the news in the scene where they kiss, youll hear he got sent off to a camp and his bike is being incinerated

[@atdesk9394]

I almost feel sad for these semi-delusional retirees struggling to get by in the modern world, but their exaggerated, satirical dialogue helps to counteract that feeling.

[@marccamp6376]

Yeaaah haha, this is some kind of Xavier Renegade Angel but about insane elders functional enough to pay bills

[@redfrog1628]

What's weird is I kinda relate to them and I'm only 25. A lot of the new phones will have weird errors I haven't seen before. A lot of our new tech is really fragile compared to previous tech generations too. Like Playstation 3 controllers, you could full-send those things at hardwood or concrete and they would still work fine. Playstation 4 and 5 are nowhere near that. Maybe I'm already old? 😅

[@montee827]

Yeah, I think this is like the perfect balance of surreal satire. The middle age guy getting angry about the checkout machine. Younger men either having low investment in their work, or dumping their identity into tech startups. I don't think it takes place in the current time though, don't know if that is good or bad. Needs kids doing "pranks" and terrible parentings to really fit in to today.

[@pavle480]

good to know that you acknowledge that jews are literally make you feem less sympathetic to struggling elders that are out of touch. the self awareness will soon come to a head.

[@redfrog1628]

@@pavle480 can you retype that? Nobody knows what you're talking about.

[@petermurphy9860]

5:20 Thank you whoever animated this wafer-thin ham fluttering in the breeze, I really enjoyed it ❤

[@Bloodywasher]

hahahaha 😂 so true and I love the animation in general as well

[@tuckernutter]

Managers that comp food for rude customers instead of defending their employees is symptomatic of why our nation is in decline

[@harrydsgn]

The people saying that AI had any part in this clearly haven’t spent a single second around an old person in the past 5 years

[@Pluralofvinylisvinyls]

AI absolutely was used to make this.

[@lightspaceman5064]

AI couldn’t make something this uncanny on purpose. It just fails at trying to make things look perfect.

[@Pluralofvinylisvinyls]

@@lightspaceman5064 obviously the entire episode wasn’t created by AI, but they definitely used it in parts

[@PongIsDrawing]

@@Pluralofvinylisvinyls Examples?

[@AngeloXification]

I mean maybe GPT3 and under when it comes to incoherence, hallucinations and losing context lol

[@Gamma_Hydra]

Flipping brilliant! Blaming the waiter for the restaurant changing the ketchup is so real. I've seen elderly people going at wait staff for things not in their control or their fault. They are just there to take the brunt from these codgers. The manager showed up before they had a chance to demand to speak to the manager.

[@eldritchbidoof]

right, and then the waiter gets blamed for it and reprimanded, it's complete and utter insanity

[@Shyknit]

​@@eldritchbidoof and doing all that to obviously get a free meal like they deserve it when they probably could already get a senior discount

[@mintystellar4268]

This is the most accurate depiction of old people that I've ever seen. Absolutely so excited to see more!

[@kitterbug]

This is the peak of "waking up at 2 a.m. to see this on TV" style adult swim content

[@ogsleepdealer]

The most genius satire Adult Swim since The Shivering Truth and before that Xavier, I need the full series now

[@nijego]

One second I was watching Rick and Morty Post Credit Scenes, the other I'm watching the most traumatizing depiction of old age that is straight sucking my soul out

[@Blad3sofWaR]

Is it really traumatizing? It shows that “SOME” things NEVER age. Their love for each other, Remembering it’s their Anniversary, their dining room table discussions, Falling asleep watching TV together, etc. So in one aspect, yeah it could be considered disgusting to see what life usually does to people, but even so, they still can’t break the bonds they forged together for each other.

[@nijego]

@@Blad3sofWaR I don't really know where you see the love in this. Looks more like codependency to me

[@Artorias920]

@@nijego I dunno, I found their relationship oddly endearing. Still unsettling as a whole though.

[@gc1200]

"And I'm a veteran!!" I see my father in 80% of these jokes, the other 20% is me.

[@samharris4050]

As someone who works in retail in a town inhabited by old people, this is hauntingly accurate and i will not watch another episode

[@CommonTater100]

i'm guessing that each episode will rip a different generation on down to dirtbike boy's gen and then devolve into some kind of utter insanity from there

[@Thomakazi]

@@CommonTater100 I am pretty sure that the description kind of disproves that idea but that is still neat .

[@griffimania704]

The food close-up shots felt more like a relief than discomfort, thinking that the show was going to take a different direction. It was a struggle to watch all the way through, with it only being tolerable knowing that I'm not actually there and I can safely observe without having any interaction with them. If I watch more of this show when it comes out, I might become brainwashed into hating every old person I see. God, I don't wanna end up like them

[@EntrancedOptics]

This felt like it went on for an hour despite only being a third of the time. Its depiction of boomer life was haunting, uncomfortable, and yet grounded. I feel like I know all of the characters depicticted irl. Great job!

[@cl7657]

Everything in this is like art to me. its near perfect. i watched it like 10 times now. just the timing and the animation is near perfect. i hope they do more episodes and its close to the quality of this one

[@DEADPEDAL]

I am currently living with my boomer parents while I'm waiting for my new house to be built. They live in Florida, in a retirement community. I know this was mostly satire, but let me tell you - this was more accurate than parody. Like, in a very detailed way. I loved it.

[@davidlane1248]

It's the little things. The way they talk at each other. The conflating of minor inconveniences with the death of the society. The waiter scene... It's all so real while being just over the top enough to make it feel like a big joke instead of pretty accurate, mundane commentary The end was really cute though

[@victorianisreal]

this animation style would've scared tf out of me when I was younger 😭

[@DiagonalTanooki]

this is like xaviar renegade angel but in a different style

[@carolyns4519]

I'm almost 30 and it's scaring tf out of me now!

[@s3dchr]

You say that, but people absorb ANYTHING as children. In actuality, I bet it would've become your favorite style of animation for the rest of your life :P

[@QueenKunta]

I’m 34 and it’s scares me now.

[@KmtcKards]

I guess you didn't watch Xavier when you were a child. It's this but on lsd. Adult swim classic

[@veaceslavstoianov4378]

Adullt swim never fails to rip my limb apart one by one as I scream in excrutiating pain and agony meanwhile my consciousness slowly fades away

[@jacobmiguelbalcos1163]

@@veaceslavstoianov4378 what?

[@GreatestGames777]

You all right there Carl

[@raptorskilltor4554]

Oh so that’s whose been taking my organs when I went to Egypt

[@maniacovenator3048]

Last month 😅☝️

[@gabeyeah297]

def felt my consciousness fade away while simultaneously feeling like my brain was dying from an unknown anxiety

[@austinrose8982]

I’ve never heard a show get old people speak so accurately.

[@princylady1]

The fact that the watch was Navy Seal Approved made Pops grunt in defeat😂

[@timmy-oranguta]

No. It's because it said 'Made in USA'

[@niewsky]

"give her $100 in singles and put it in a shoebox" 😂😂😂😂😂

[@CinnamonQuills]

It's SO something my dad would've said.

[@martianhighminder4539]

​@@CinnamonQuillsIt has a real 'Printed in the magazines you read while waiting for your tires to be rotated at Sears in 1975' vibe to it.

[@Trinsid]

I've met every one of these people in real life. Can't name one of them.

[@spacegene]

They're not really people. They're just stereotypes taken flesh.

[@jaysenjohnson2456]

Connor O'Malley helped to make this, wow!? I'm happy for him. Hes fantastic!

[@cromtuiseagain]

This made me realize that a lot of anger old people have stem from not having conversations with people as much as they would like. I should talk to my parents more.

[@brianmattei7134]

Which is entirely their own fault. They don't know how to have an actual conversation. They're so condescending and know-it-all that they've lost the ability to communicate beyond berating anyone that isn't themselves.

[@BlackMigo702]

@@brianmattei7134or maybe they just want someone to vent too a little. The world has literally changed overnight to them.

[@brianmattei7134]

@@BlackMigo702 I have family like this, it's their own inability to change or adapt to the times coupled with their own narcissism.

[@DZrache]

I remember being in a clothes shop when I was a teenager, and this random old woman (probably older than boomer, like silent generation or smthn) was just complaining to me about the prices. Like... ok? I think about it a lot because I'm worried I'll become that bitter when I'm old, and if I do I'm probably going to hide behind a computer screen and do whatever the future equivalent of tweeting about it is.

[@Millticker]

​@@brianmattei7134 that's the thing, it's an inability to change. They grew up taught these ways and most people don't come out good from being taught bad ways. I've got old family that's pretty much on both sides this, either you learn to adapt or you become stuck in the ways you were taught because it hurts too much to admit to yourself they're wrong

[@mrpopenfresh]

The real sad thing is that ending up like these charaters is the best most of us can hope for.

[@nullnull7352]

How in the ever loving heck can they make something so unnatural looking yet make the dialogue so casual and believable??

[@CZRWK]

AI generated :/

[@stealthiestboy]

​@CZRWK what the hell is wrong with y'all attributing this to AI. If you've ever been around elderly or retired people this is legitimately what they sound like.

[@saganrak]

@@stealthiestboy Right? It's so weird & so frustrating! They come out with this very carefully written satirical show & folks are attributing every little moment of its incongruity to AI 😭

[@stealthiestboy]

@@saganrak it really grates me when people say Xavier Renegade Angel sounds like it's AI generated. AI could never hope to achieve that.

[@saganrak]

@@stealthiestboy EXACTLY!!! There's love & craft in surrealism & dada art that AI can't ever approach

[@_echo_off]

like looking into a digital mirror of life, i also appreciate the balance of realistic and CGI, imperfections is what makes this great, also the actors and or writers get retired life spot on, mindblowing

[@johncoursey2582]

This animation is perfect. Everyone has a drastically different sized head/body, the facial animations are genuinely very well done, ham physics. It's a fever dream but also feels accurate enough to suspend disbelief that these aren't real people.

[@eccentricjoe8786]

I'm honestly 100% tuned into this. It's so jarringly unlike a lot of media, it's weird even for weird stuff on youtube because it doesn't actually fully go where you think it might, I was expecting something horrible or disturbing, like a horror twist where it becomes a gore fest or something, but got surrealist humor and it was disturbing, but in ways I hadn't expected like emulations of human behavior with some social commentary. Maybe the strangest thing about this could be how sort of... weirdly optimistic and hopeful it seems in the end despite it's disturbing and overall helpless feeling moments. I'm genuinely not sure if I like these characters, part of me wants better for them but is saddened by how they treated the employees.

[@tylerpalmer8722]

Thats what I really liked too. I think shows are turning back to having a good message at their core i.e. smiling friends. Or at least willing to explore something without completely vilifying the characters. If this came out in the 2010s it would be cynical, and they WOULD turn into gory monsters or something horrible. But the animation here just keeps you on edge until the heartwarming ending which is very satisfying explicitly because it didnt turn into some eldritch horror, it just ended softly on a positive note.

[@hehe8012]

it was very unique. i was disappointed in how they treated the waiter, but a flawed character is more impactful. this was VERY surrealist. with humor that is not quite in your face but very funny.

[@stonyponyofficial]

grotesque and beautifully mundane, with a 3d rendered beating heart at the center. i love the dialogue, it has so much character like u can feel how they think as they talk right past/around each other about pills and china and dead wives. i think the milk/haircut scene where we enter the ladies' minds eyes and especially self checkout scene encapsulates it a lot, like sure chatty boomer customers arent my favorites either, but they just want to talk at someone and will maybe let someone else talk at them, even if neither are really listening just to get it out. and feeling alienation at not being able to do this in the modern day is scary for the boomer, so a lot of the time they just talk about the things they're afraid of in a veiled sense or their past. raymonds part in his first scene is probably my favorite for how roberts anniversary reminds him of his wife which turns his at first jokey nature, still light hearted at mentioning "the widowers joy", becomes him recounting his wife's death to his friends for what is surely not the first or even hundredth time, just to go right back to teeing the ball. and then roberts answer was found in actually listening to his wife and what she needed. id understand if others think this is just a show about gross, out of touch boomers eating grossly, but it's uniquely humanizing. anyway yeah this was pretty good, id probably watch more ^_^

[@GramOfAdderall]

These are some good observations. Anyone that is around old people, they 100% talk AT each other and no one is listening. I personally find it unbearable to be around, but they will literally be in a group, all of them talking about different things and NO ONE is listening to each other. Bizarre.

[@2Loto]

Go away lol

[@WolfxxBite]

The way all the boomers yell at employees/waiters/staff and machines is hilariously accurate

[@stonyponyofficial]

@@2Loto lol

[@samanthab8540]

“MY WIFES PILLS” is my new vocal stim.

[@toddn1128]

10:47 these people are real and ive dealt with them. There have been freakouts and borderline boycotts of a few resturants near me because they didnt have that heinz 57 ketchup.

[@benw3029]

To be fair everything except Heinz is trash

[@ericweiss719]

Completely and totally justified.

[@hunterhowe3205]

This is what we'll be

[@freezedriedicecream]

Heinz is so gross I can't understand it

[@billbadson7598]

In fairness, that Hunt's ketchup is watery bullcrap

[@teddy5416]

i love the old lady with a gun. just casually holding a revolver lmoa

[@CraftyArts]

Finally a show to represent boomers and at least half of gen X

[@sub-jec-tiv]

I don’t personally know any GenXers like this. But then i’m not fond of anyone like this.

[@CinnamonQuills]

@@sub-jec-tiv We're getting there for sure.

[@BananaPhoPhilly]

Ehhh, gen x isn't quite old enough yet I think. However there are a ton of entitled gen x'ers, who grew into a cynical attitude despite it still being quite easy to get a high-paying job and a home in the 80s and 90s. I'd say they are an off-shoot of the boomer mentality. The "oohhh I can't stand my middle-management job that pays 90k a year where I do nothing all day" mentality. More cynical than the boomers, but at least they're funny.

[@Guywithaclub]

Boomers yes, but the gen x people I’ve known are too cynical and defeated to act like this. Yes they are a product of boomers, but they didn’t get to enjoy the same level of prosperity. They’re still relatively young and living in the real world. I think they’re mostly trying to accept the way things are now.

[@ud0ntevenkn0wme]

HoW DARE you they gave us the MATRIX

[@elwoodziggurat]

This made me so unfomrotable because I just saw my parents in these people...I hate that people lose their minds when they get old, especially in today's crazy times :(

[@viraltwitchmoments]

"He's always been so good at reading calendars...." Now that's a talent to brag about to your friends in the book group

[@FatherHail]

This is like working a retail job and then your irl POV is ripped from your head forced to follow an elderly customer into their day to day and I hate it beyond words Perfect give it four seasons and a movie

[@bananachild1936]

This actually feels like a real life movie

[@TheGlowingManYT]

Please turn this into a show and don’t cancel it!

[@PongIsDrawing]

The billowing ham was incredible.

[@sawaoffline]

comforting, give this show a season

[@kat_cit]

I'd watch 2 seasons, but it's too hopeful for as to renew.

[@steeliewheelies]

yeah the ending caught me off guard, I liked it very much

[@ianmurdoch6247]

It's comforting because it reminds you of your narcissistic boomer parents.

[@ianmurdoch6247]

It's comforting because it reminds you of child hood home where your Narcissistic boomer parents live.

[@steeliewheelies]

@@ianmurdoch6247 i bet you’re a hit at social events

[@11Legorex]

This was great, the humor reminded me a lot of King of the hill in that it uses characters that are subtlety outlandish or dumb and just lets them interact with others. The voice actor the main wife did a fantastic job, spot on delivery for everything to a degree that it seems like it wasn't someone acting but just hooking up a mic to their grandmother. I hope this gets greenlighted, feels fresh and funny while still being able to maintain some heart despite how grim the character's lives seem to be.

[@hollowstampede]

they copied Dale

[@crustyboogers]

king of the hill: lead poisoning edition

[@trash_bender420]

I love how Conner managed to write a “Chinese CIA” reference into this. Amazing

[@lightspaceman5064]

Now this is that high level existential horror I stay here for.

[@Apollucas]

I feel like I'm watching a really long GTA cutscene

[@AngeloXification]

A gta 6 cutscene no less

[@OVER9000-ej8om]

GTA 6 looking amazing

[@paintedsuccubus2407]

RIGHT??

[@sheikahcicada4510]

GTA cutscene with big head cheatcode activated

[@DrSCHNO]

For me as a European, this reinforces all the prejudices I had about US citizens. Bravo!

[@cottonhairedaesthetic2005]

Odd

[@CreativeBlake]

An adult swim clip from KZbin fuels your hateful ways. That's sad.

[@elkefransisca3747]

That is, honest to god, depressing

[@jcdenton4847]

Least condescending eurocuck

[@joshyost318]

I think a show about older people is pretty unique so I think it deserves a season, I watched the whole pilot.

[@flomoyo]

The old scooter lady with the gun deserves a whole show based around her

[@brianmattei7134]

Yeah it's called Maxine comics lol

[@dombaron5485]

GIVE EVERYTHING JIGGLE PHYSICS ITS WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT GOD DAMNIT

[@Handhandme]

I want an episode where they go all out on the physics and it's just absolute mayhem

[@SilllyGooose]

"Yes! Even the trees!"

[@mgproductions2007]

I don't like how accurate this was yet somehow entirely wrong at the same time. Them buying the same card for each other at the end was kind of wholesome.

[@NoneAccou]

Greenlight this immediately for 17 seasons

[@maxwell_edison]

i don't think the actors will last that long

[@devonosborne9866]

I’m 24 and live with my mid 80’s grandparents and this is absolutely accurate. I’m in Colorado but the vibes are pretty much the same. Lead poisoning did a number on the boomers man, it’s really sad.

[@madmagdelena]

Arent people in their mid 80s still part of the silent generation?