The Reel Rejects - TED SEASON 2, EPISODE 3 & 4 REVIEW – THE D&D QUEST GOES SURPRISINGLY HARD!!

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Starting point is 00:01:45 Who plays Maddie? Uh, yeah, we gotta learn that guy. He voices Steve in American Dad. Does he? No. Yeah. Oh, Steve. Steve.

Starting point is 00:01:54 Not at Stan. Yeah, Steve. I was going to say, he's in band of brothers. Oh, for real? He's a dramatic actor, too. That's cool. Uh, because, yeah, that guy's really, like, that's the, that's the, fun thing about the casting across this show is like they go go back for a sec what go back go back

Starting point is 00:02:13 eight hours ago mark walberg returns to ted with new animated series whoa there's oh set mcfarland's doing an animated ted series what i guess so a new show called ted the animated series will pick up right after the events of the 2015 film ted too so it's a sequel confirmed that a man Seifred and Jessica Barth will also return to voice their characters. A couple of fresh new voices. Liz Rickman and Kyle Mooney. S&L. Well, look at that. What a trip. We got more Ted coming our way. They're faithful. They gave them this budget boost. It's clear that they're...

Starting point is 00:02:53 Ted's Cinematic Universe. TCU. Maybe we can get a Dennis spin-off. We have the prequel. We have the movies and then we have the sequel. Yeah. There's so many possibilities here. Wow. And now... Cool. More TED.

Starting point is 00:03:07 More TED. Welcome to the TED Chess. Scott Grimes. Scott Grimes. He's a name I see a lot. Oh yeah, he was in Oppenheimer. No way. He probably gets a lot of like that guy kind of roles where he's like, because he's got an older timey like...

Starting point is 00:03:24 Oh yeah. He was in an episode of Dexter that Andrew and I watched not long ago. Yeah, Steve Smith. Good call. CJ slash LJ. Wow. Yeah, that shit was really good. The full reaction watch

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Starting point is 00:04:12 Fresh baked bread. Where'd you get that cool, real reject shirt? And then you tell them they went to blindwave.com and where they sold them. That's right. Wow. I went to the Jeffiott store. So that first episode was... The D&D one.

Starting point is 00:04:26 The D&D episode. Brennan Mulligan episode. Which allowed them to really... flex of John Riskyl, Seth McFarland likes to do he likes to play within genre often. That's what's kind of been fun about this show

Starting point is 00:04:39 is because it's been such a hangout show. Yeah. And this is like very set. That was such a Seth MacFarlane type of episode. And then you get this other side of Seth MacFarlane, which is very heartfelt and as big John, sorry, Humongo John.

Starting point is 00:04:52 Yes. H.J. Hydrogen John. As John's, John over here said that it seems like he might want to make a dramatic movie or something at some point. But I think that was like the cool right mix. Like as much as it was making fun of rom-coms and such,

Starting point is 00:05:08 it seemed to have a bit of that line of romantic comedy in a sense of having like the right amount of drama and heart and comedy all kind of intertwined in once. Like it seemed that there's an actual reverence for it. Like the dialogue seemed kind of sincere. Yes. On what a rom-com is supposed to do for you. So I was really impressed that you got two very different sides.

Starting point is 00:05:31 in the in both of these episodes are very they're very different to to each other and yet thematically in complicate they also like compliment each other in a lot of ways right um so it's a really cool world they've fleshed out how are you feeling lj you sad no no that was actually pretty cool i like yeah the d and d episode i'm not a big d and d person so i don't know the references yeah you rake of what like you seem like you're a dungeon man i don't even know what that means you're like a level major. Like a dweeb, I'd give no geese to. Yeah, stuff you in a walker.

Starting point is 00:06:05 A nerd. Give you a swirly. Yeah. You could do that. Go ahead. Sleep with your mom. Yeah. Yeah.

Starting point is 00:06:12 And then become your step dead. Dude to your nerds. Yeah. Oh, what the? And then we'll raise you. Raise you. Raise you. Teach you responsibilities.

Starting point is 00:06:20 Yeah. I'd be a real man. Take you hunting. Sure. That works. You shout to make your own beef jerky. Yeah. Geese jerky.

Starting point is 00:06:27 All right. Cool. You nerd. Yeah. a freaking nerd. Apparently Join scouts with us Sure

Starting point is 00:06:35 So sorry What were you saying? Uh Trying to remember now It's a part of Be respectful And hear you out Um

Starting point is 00:06:45 Yeah the D&D episode is fun I like the production value And the hair and makeup And all that stuff That was sick But also The have the humor within that world Is always so

Starting point is 00:06:55 It's very entertaining It reminds me of like Family Guy episodes That are very like Like almost bottle episodes of like specific genres like the Star Wars kind of spoofs and parodies. But yeah, the second or the fourth episode of this season, that struck a chord mainly because I love my romantic comedies and my dramas.

Starting point is 00:07:18 So they really, they leaned on the pretty woman thing, which was hilarious and funny and amazing. But yeah, it was a real like going through a breakup and then all that, that's it. But it was really emotionally complex for. a TED episode. So I appreciate it both. Yeah, very different. And yeah, I feel bad for Humphrey

Starting point is 00:07:36 kind of being spoiled a little bit. Nah, that's fine. I didn't really get any. I didn't really get anything that I could really hold on to. Fair, that's good. You got emotional, though. Yes?

Starting point is 00:07:46 Yeah, no, totally. Well, yeah, like, there's the cool thing about the, especially the fourth episode is that like they're both, both these episodes really funny and really immersive. Yeah. Uh, in a weird way.

Starting point is 00:07:59 But yeah, the second one had, these undercurrents of like real character anguish that were like actually yeah by the end like I wasn't like weepy but like I you know I got a couple tears in my eyes just watching Maddie go through like that's the great thing

Starting point is 00:08:15 about Seth McFarwin's dramatic inclinations is you know he had to cast an actor like Scott Grimes who can do that who can go through this whole like this silly heightened character but when he's silently crying to these movies with blare over his shoulder you're like this guy's going through

Starting point is 00:08:31 in this silly world and yeah like this episode like what's happening with Sue's is so sad it's so sad and her portrayal she's tremendous too because her portrayal of the character is over the top but driven from this

Starting point is 00:08:47 motivation of you can tell she cares so much and it breaks your heart a little bit in like a fun way that yeah is like part of the great charm of when this show or the Ted world a Seth McFarland thing at all is firing when it's firing on all cylinders, like those are the kinds of beautiful tonal combinations you can have.

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Starting point is 00:11:03 parents wanting to be involved with John that was very much like yeah these are real that's a real motivation as for real caring parents that just don't know how to navigate that they just happen to go on a D&D adventure and then the yeah the team building exercise exactly and then yeah the that

Starting point is 00:11:22 that what Maddie has to go through to kind of realize what Susan's going through, like, damn. As much as it's funny and hilarious, they're really saying something, which is profound. And, yeah, I like it. What are they saying?

Starting point is 00:11:38 It seems as if there's a real commentary of how real we should take our emotions. Like, it's, almost like looking into your, like, it's, it's, because Seth MacFarlane's audience is so specifically used to their

Starting point is 00:11:54 comedy, it's almost the same audience that should go to therapy. Like, I know that sounds weird. I don't want to accuse anyone anything, but I'm like, yeah, like as much as this is raunchy. Yeah, I mean, but also it's advocating for that, I think, in a good way,

Starting point is 00:12:11 in a healthy way, in my opinion. Well, I mean, in today's culture, there's so much emphasis on, okay, so like, if you look at the American dad character of Stan, it's very much similar to Maddie, which is like a hardcore, hard writing, right

Starting point is 00:12:27 all right kind of your character right like a hardcore conservative guy where underneath that bravado of republicanisms

Starting point is 00:12:36 it is actually a really sensitive guy yeah but with that being a cartoon of a CIA agent it makes it it's less attainable in a way

Starting point is 00:12:47 oh sure it's much more on a different level whereas like Maddie's more of like your everyday guy living in America yeah yeah and even

Starting point is 00:12:55 even though it's a very specific 90s, he's still representative of a very big part of our culture. You know, there's a lot of unpacking of like, what is masculinity, what is toxic masculinity, and you know, what is also the value in

Starting point is 00:13:11 getting in touch with your emotions? When can you be too emotional where you don't get anything done in life? There's a lot of things that, I think, having a maddy character like that explores and it also is an encouragement of longer-term relationships. as well.

Starting point is 00:13:26 Definitely. That they also do nurturing and stuff because like their dynamic is very much like a couple that's been together for a long time where there's a lot of like weird fallacies and whatever the fuck and like a lot of poop jokes and whatever. But, you know, it's like it's so much mundanity and how do you, but you still have to communicate that love and find that love again. So there's a lot of sweetness to it all as well. I'm waiting for something that kind of happened with Ted and John.

Starting point is 00:13:54 where we can get more of like an emotional thing with them, you know, because it seems like they reserve a lot more of the emotional stuff for the other characters. Yes, and they're going through all the bits. Yeah. Like crazy hijinks. Yeah, I mean, they're still great. Oh, absolutely.

Starting point is 00:14:08 They're still hilarious. But yeah, I'm waiting a little bit more for like, that's why I kind of like the finale episode of season one a lot. Yeah, yeah. Because I was more focused on them in that regard. So, yeah, I mean, they're younger and everything. So they're their maturity levels like a lot, like, there's no maturity.

Starting point is 00:14:25 Yeah, that's true. It's interesting because, yeah, it feels like we've had one very Ted John-centric episode where they were making the phone calls and then after that it was like a super TED-focused episode. Right.

Starting point is 00:14:37 Yeah, like a very ensemble episode and then like a Sue's Maddie Blair episode. Yeah. You know, but it's cool just to see the, yeah, the different film styles, the use of effects and stuff like that. Like it does seem like they got a bigger budget and thus

Starting point is 00:14:51 they got the license to imagine bigger, which is fun. Yeah. And, yeah, like, I imagine Derek Mears, who played Jason and who has played Predator, and he's, like, a famous creature actor. He's probably at least the big devil guy at the end. And, like, that performance, that creature performance is a physical, you know, you have specialized actors, but, like, the notes of the actual conversation were really fun.

Starting point is 00:15:18 Yeah. And, like, require an actor with a good amount of charisma. And, uh, absolutely. And yeah, Brennan Lee Mulligan, I've just seen from. like comedy sketches online but apparently he's like a big D&D dude too and he's super funny he cracks me up hell yeah well I like the intercutting too

Starting point is 00:15:31 kind of like I remember really like Princess Diaries yeah I was trying to figure out what I was being reminded of there and I couldn't place it that's good well it's like they're they're acknowledging that it's a fantasy but land but the fantasy pretend land they still manage to like make an engaging narrative out of it yes even though they're so like the inner cutting and the end was actually really cool on how they did it

Starting point is 00:15:52 hell yeah it was like Like when, you know, Finn Wolfhardt told us 11 was still living by the waters. Yeah. By the waterfalls. Do you watch Strangers Day? Nope. Have you seen any of it? Nope.

Starting point is 00:16:05 Whoa. John. You can never watch it. Do you know what happens? No. Not really. Well done. Well done, dude.

Starting point is 00:16:14 I never got into it. So I haven't seen, like, even the pilot or anything. Yeah. No spoilers, no other? The show is loved in reverse order. Yes. So season one's week. but season five is great yeah okay I'll take your word for it but you sound very sarcastic right now so I don't know I'm not as being sir I'm not sorry start at season five and work your way back okay watch the quality dip is it like momentum oh yeah yeah it is it'll reward you for doing so yeah okay watch it reverse chronological order I also like out the end too with their breakup how that how they managed to find a way to like be like well without this momentum of events there's a blessing in disguise that can happen yes

Starting point is 00:16:54 out of pain. Right. That's an interesting thing is this is a show where you could really easily do the, whatever they call it, Ned Flanderification, where it's just, oh, this character does this silly thing or that silly thing. And they haven't, they're not yet fully to a place like that, and that's cool. It's like I would have expected that more out of a show like this, but I think the live action necessitates, and it's good that they took the opportunity to, yeah, like, actually let the characters be and grow. And, like, that works in hanging. out but it also works in these bigger developments too.

Starting point is 00:17:27 The whole conversation with Blair and her girlfriend was like super, again, this is not the place I would have expected like, oh, there's actually a nuanced argument to have about a queer experience. I'm sure a lot of people have had this argument before. And to like have it where it's like I cheated on a teddy bear and that's still real and it's still, you know, impactful. Impressive. I forget my wife when she cheated on me with the teddy bear.

Starting point is 00:17:54 Cool. It happens to more people. people yeah oh some people's first you know uh safe places is a teddy so that's the next time i watched okay that's a harking back to episode too yeah gave them notes cool the same okay good to know take some pointers guys on that note i think it's time we end this video what did you think about l j's lies throughout this entire experience leave your thoughts down Dweeb Dwee

Starting point is 00:18:28 Dwee Dirk You dork All right Cool That's good Gosh we're trying to teach you out To punch back

Starting point is 00:18:37 Yeah Fighting back Call us something I don't know what to call you guys Because we earned your respect That's right That's right Because you know who's boss

Starting point is 00:18:47 God damn Americans around here I'll tell you about Okay All right I'll see you guys Bye Bye.

The Reel Rejects - TED SEASON 2, EPISODE 3 & 4 REVIEW – THE D&D QUEST GOES SURPRISINGLY HARD!!

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