Steve Reviews: Don't Hug Me I'm Scared (TV Series)
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- The famous Don't Hug Me I'm Scared series has finally had it's Television debut! But having been so long since the original series ended, and shifting over to a whole new medium, how does the new series hold up?
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Did you guys think it managed to carry over well? And did you manage to come up with any theories, or spot any easter eggs? I've already seen a couple floating around online, but curious what you guys think!
After five months the little princess end I can finally relax until DisneyCember
Found the show entertaining
One thing that I notice is that in the theme song if you slow down one of the transitions you can see yellow guy dad’s eye peeping through a crack
In episode 2 (death), the magazine that Duck is reading has a section that reads "WORM FIRED FOR HARRASSMENT," which foreshadows Warren the Worm who’s the teacher in episode 4.
Also in episode 2, the lyrics in the credit music mention most of the teachers.
"If you meet a business man (briefcase), you must shake him by the hand"
"If you meet a choo-choo man (train), you must shake him by the hand" and etc.
Notice how Yellow Guy’s overalls have a letter D. In episode 2, David is engraved in it, but it’s not Duck’s name. In episode 6, Lesley says that Yellow Guy isn’t her real son. Yellow Guy gets run over by the car in episode 5 (transport), implying that the series was made for David’s (Lesley’s son) memory.
The car the gang are driving in Episode 5 has the number plate “LE5L3Y”, which foreshadows the reveal of “Lesley” in the finale.
ok
The trio and the computer roasting the fuck out of the worm was amazing
That was clearly an eagle they were mocking
@@cradiculous You sure? He looks like a bit of a larger animal that fell off, or an infection I once had up my anus
@@cradiculous yeah obviously a handsome confident worm-EAGLE
EAGLE
It was kind of uplifting seeing the computer, one of the characters putting them through hell in the YT show, just kind of acting like one of the group as if he belonged there the whole episode. Getting shots in just as much, even printing out a nice Eagle wiki page. XD
Steve please review Wolf Children. I’ll keep asking until ether he does it or I’m dead.
I was a little worried about how it would translate to a different format but it turned out amazing. I hope it finds success and we will see more episodes in the future.
wow, the yellow guys puppet has improved so much since the very first episode.
I really REALLY liked the new show, I felt the music wasn’t as catchy as the original, but I sure did like the Job song and the Stress song. I feel like they did a really good job bringing back the show in a good way.
One of my favorite cartoons (Bee and Puppycat) did a reboot recently and I personally didn’t really like how it turned out. I was worried DHMIS was gonna go down the same route. But surprisingly it didn’t which made me happy.
Seems like a great project. Would love to watch it. Wish it would be released in America already so I can, you know, watch the damn thing. Definitely wasn't like waiting for it to come out for years or anything just to get horribly disappointed that it won't air in America. Smh. Guess I'll have to watch the pirated versions on RUclips and not support the creators. Didn't want to do it, but they're leaving me no choice.
Red Guy is basically Neil from the young ones.
I definitely reckon I'll be in the minority here, however after watching the series on TV, I honestly did not think it translated too well. I think the show works well as short 5 minute episode songs, but as a 20+ minute show it does feel far too stretched and, in my opinion, the mysteries etc are now as interesting as those in the original 6 shorts and felt rather pandering. It does not detract at all from the original internet series, however I feel that it might have worked far better at a shorter run time.
I disagree, the longer run time allows the characters to be more fleshed out
Steve can you please review genndy tartakovsky's primal please.
Well this is something I never knew about
(Edit: This is the original post, everyone on other videos is a spammer.)
I have to say I really appreciate this show for realising that "adult" can simply mean "too complex or disturbing for children to understand or experience" rather than "whoo sex, nakeyness, tasteless references to real events or people"
Like the old Yahtzee Quote....
"Why doesn't this mature game have any Blood, Tits and Swearing?"
"That sounds more like an immature game to me...."
Its like smiling friends humor expect it's dark and alot of lore instead of chatting and perfect timing jokes
I mean
Bob's Burgers, Smiling Friends, Daria, Home Movies, King of the Hill, Seasons 1 -8 of Simpsons already did this.
Because these people are smart.
@@frogglen6350
there is a difference though.
The shows you mentioned are adult, but adult in the sense that small children can still watch it and walk away with little risk of nightmares.
and now folks, we wait 6 years for season 2. honestly though, was an amazing experience to go back and watch this after so long.
_"Drink this space alcohol and come with me to the 6th dimension!"_
@@poweroffriendship2.0 lol
@@poweroffriendship2.0 "They're not here!"
What’s the show on?
@@PeixeDeEstoque _"Aw what?"_
I love Episode 3. Not only because it sends the message that a family can be three guys sharing a home, because of the hypocrisy of the twins, that just wanted to maintain their "perfect family" in order to satisfy their gluttony.
And poor Red Guy trying to fit with his biological family that obviously doesn't want him.
Edit: someone copypasted this comment to put it on Saberspark's video, lmao.
I actually thought the same, it was the one episode that actually had a deeper symbolic meaning of family being the people in your life
You... L O V E it..?
@@screech7664 almost as much as Duck loves his ✨S H R E D D E R✨
Edit: grammar XD
They also have the same lawyer
@@bluesheep7 W hat about my..
S H R E D D E R...?
WHAT ABOUT MY SHREDDERRRR
Red guy is such a mood every line he speaks is utter gold
Agree
“We live in an actual NIGHTMAAAARE!!!”
he's literally constantly dying inside, and is desperately keeping himself in denial in an attempt to make everything go back to normal 💀
apart from the psychological horror aspects, i agree, he is _just a mood-_
@@prof.laytonfan764 "I'M DEALING WITH IT"
He's basically Neil from the young ones.
Between this and Smiling Friends, I'm so glad we're finally starting to see more creative and good adult shows coming into the ring. These two have been a breath of fresh air.
Have you been living under a rock? There have been PLENTY of good adult shows, both on basic (restricted) and premium (not restricted in terms of content). Babylon 5, The Sopranos, Tales from the Crypt, The Twilight Zone (original), the good episodes of Game of Thrones (and I've heard that House of the Dragon is surprisingly good), not to mention the whole bunch of Seinen-oriented Anime shows you'll find when you hop over to Japan.
@@NebLleb how did you know?
@@nathanielzuranski I lived outside the rock, and I spent a lot of time with non-Western Animation TV. Live-action and Anime.
And to be honest, you can find a lot of good stuff that's not on streaming services in second hand retailers or on RUclips. Oh, I forgot to mention the good seasons of The Simpsons! (Though that is aimed more at teens and families in general than strictly adults.)
@@NebLleb do you always assume someone's entire entertainment catalog and set of interests by one RUclips comment or am I just a special occasion?
@@nathanielzuranski I uh......
...Sorry.
It's pretty odd to see that _Don't Hug Me I'm Scared_ finally get an actual plot instead of a short musical with disturbing imagery and we get to see the Red Guy, Yellow Guy, and Duck communicate with each other.
This is like what happens if Amazing World of Gumball aired on Adult Swim.
This is what happens if Smiling Friends was british
the dhmis team actually worked on an episode of gumball.
ehm. The "Puppet" episode.
The web series had a plot also
@@angelpr2477 No it doesn't, the creators have stated that. They simply said the plot is whatever you want it to be, and that they love theories.
GBH. I think Yellow and Red’s normal reaction after watching a literal Coffin come to life in their house, right in front of them is probably my favourite joke in the series. They aren’t even phased in the slightest, they just say hi to Coffin pretty normally
Also now for a theory of my own. In Episode 3, the Family one. Roy (Yellow Guy’s father, and the RUclips series’ main antagonist) shows up and kills the family. Many assume it’s because he went there to save Yellow Guy. But I think given on how it cuts to the chicken before Roy starts going “nom nom nom”, I think it’s heavily implied he killed them so that he can have the chicken all to himself
Edit: Also. According to an interview. The reason the original TV series was never finished, was because one of the US company (dunno which it is), was pushing Becky and Joe into making the series how it did: By having the series in Clayhill, and by including all these new characters, like Big Ian (Who I always thought was named Big Ear) Mayor Pigface and others.
Also fun fact: One of the Clayhill residents (the one that appears next to Duck in the Wakey Wakey thumbnail), was repurposed into one of Yellow Guy’s brain friends in Episode 4 of the TV series, now named “Shy Imaginary Older Brother”
In fact, when yellow guy says “I knew you’d come for me,” Roy literally just shoved him out the way and keeps walking
Red Guy's "Alright." in response to the coffin was great. Just like "Yeah, sure, this might as well be happening. Fuck it."
Almost like him eating all the chicken by himself was getting back at the twins for saying he wasn’t an actual family considering how much the episode set up only families can eat family related things
@@zegop5736 headcanon accepted
That was literally my initial assumption. I KNOW Roy doesn't care about his son since he psychologically tortured him for catching his father looking at porn. In the original series, but still.
What I like about the show is that they can in a way poke back at the "teacher" characters. Like Duck being annoying to the coffin and the coffin having no choice but to put up with it 😂
They make those characters seem more multi-dimensional in character
I think it's a needed change for the longer episodes we see in the tv show, but I do think it takes away from the darker qualities. The original run had a feeling of being absolutely powerless against the freakish visions given to you, everyday an unending nightmare.
Because the trio can actually "fight back", it doesn't feel as they're as trapped in this nightmare dimension as previously.. which is good to add some Plot and character, but it's not as freaky imo.
Oh the poor electric teacher who...seemed to genuinely want to help teach about electricity but got their batteries switched out and spends the rest of the episode basically drunk. Even in this state they try to warn Red and Green about not overloading on too much technology otherwise it's going to set off the circuit breaker. they seem to be the only one that, I don't know, actually cares...
@@luketfer I actually think there have been several characters without bad intentions in the show, especially compared to the webshow where everything is a trap.
Electric teacher seems nice enough, the coffin aside from trying to convince that you are dead, didn't seem to have any malicious intent, infact he was being very kind and understanding.
The fleshy goo "duck replacement" was also super nice and had a positive outlook on life.
I personally believe its a different trio. The first trio were actors on a childrens TV show that became corrupted by corporate greed, Red left, then Duck, then finally Yellow Guy after Red takes control away from Roy. Then they all start a new indie show, in their respective favorite colours.
The TV series I believe is a puppet show imagined by Lesley, existing only in her imagination/the attic playhouse. Maybe she used to be a fan of the original TV show and decided to use those characters as her playthings. Maybe her dead son was a big fan of the original TV show, and his favorite character was yellow guy. She has no malicious intent, and therefore the teachers are not mean spirited this time. In fact Lesley didnt like the way the characters were treated in the original series, so she thinks up much nicer scenarios for them. She is also a bit wacky in the head though so some messed up stuff does sneak in their sometimes, but its just her having a laugh. Yellow guy asks why shes doing it all and she says "BECAUSE ITS JUST SO FUNNY!". Which I also think is Becky and Joes way of saying not to read into the lore too much because at the end of the day, they create the show to make people laugh and freak them out a bit, and the lore etc is an afterthought to that.
Not only that, the original teachers are slightly calmer this time. Sometimes they spew out a lot of strange nonsense but they never outright kill the main characters
in terms of censorship i noticed that the tv show had way less gore then the web series, i can understand why they cut it but there's just a little bit of impactfulness that i feel is missing without it, i do love how we get to see more of the personality of each character and how they interact
To be fair with 20 minutes episode the gore would become pretty quickly less shoking and boring so dumbing it down was a good choice making it less can make it feel like more
@DomeHead facts
The classic: less is more
The gore hit in the web series because it came out way less often and it was almost an exclamation point to the episode. With such long episodes being released weekly they'd feel a bit samey and more status quo than shocking.
I feel they substituted the gore with more psychological horror, which I think was a great decision. The last episode was imo the most terrifying DHMIS I've seen yet
If you ever plan on doing another animated series, I highly recommend Genndy Tartakovsky's Primal. It's violent and disturbing, but also beautiful and tragic.
That is one of the best shows I’ve ever seen in recent years and I also recommend Steve to look up House 1977 which is a Japanese horror/Comedy movie it must be seen to believe and Belladonna of Sadness.
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I would love to see them review Primal
Jesus christ only few words from the mouth about the series while on reddit there's tons of bitching.
ya primal is a really good show tbh
One thing I love is how every character who returned from the web show seems to be more fleshed out. Red Guy is more expressive. Duck is sassier. Yellow Guy is still a joy. Colin the computer is extremely more likeable, as he joins in on roasting the worm-eagle guy. Larry the lamp isn't as mean, as he gives Yellow Guy some pretty deep advice about death. Tony is just chilling in the background of almost every episode on the wall and delivers the "They're not here" line perfectly. Really like how all the characters have more CHARACTER, but I guess that's to be expected when the episodes are 23 minutes each.
Freelancers deserve to die
While I know the creators aren’t happy with how the pilot turned out, I’d be so down to seeing that be released some time. I’m also morbidly curious on how they’d have covered Boris Johnson.
Other than that, I’m pretty happy with how the show turned out. They really did do well in adapting to TV. While it’s definitely cliche, I think this show would fit on Adult Swim.
I wouldn't mind if the original unaired pilot gets put on the DVD as a bonus feature.
Maybe have a disclaimer from the creators (it can also be Red Guy, due to his monotone voice) saying how this pilot doesn't represent the final product, but a vision that almost ruined the trio's way of life.
The TV series did had a joke about the pliot in Episode 5. With the GPS suggesting a location (one that in-universe doesn't exist anymore). I mean, Red Guy wants to let the road take the trio anywhere instead of either a predetermined location or going back home.
In the joke case, the location suggested was Clayhill. The original location in the unaired pilot.
@@MegaMet98 You also had the 'eww Claymation!' joke as well which was another little shot at the unaired pilot.
In a way, I think those shots felt like a reminder that the unaired pilot is non-canon to the tv series, which I'm fine with.
The unaired pilot has enough to be its own thing, putting current affairs aside.
It felt also like it was made for a theatrical release, this was shown at the 2019 Sundance Film Festive after all.
@@MegaMet98 "peaks Red Guy's interest."
*piques Red Guy's interest.
If your interest is piqued, it's increasing, and you want to know more.
If your interest is peaked, it's no longer increasing, and you probably don't want to know more.
Piqued was the word I was missing.
You ever find it funny how the jab of the pilot is basically to a location that never exist?
My favorite part of the show is how they've expanded on the main trio. They've all been given much more personality (especially red guy) and we see how they function in their day to day life, how they interact with eachother and their dynamics. It's everything I could have asked for with a DHMIS tv show
After a decade of waiting, I’m still shocked that we actually got a show!
I have to say Red cracked me up so much during the new season. Something about him wanting to die to his more monotone moments to cussing out Yellow guy is downright hilarious
Love the new TV show, I think it gives a good spin of what he had before, with an obviously amazing budget, I just hope that they can get more money to make more!
The Duck may be the most insufferable thing out of all three of them, but damnit if he doesn’t have the best lines!
“Attention freaks! It’s me!” 😂
"Weird. They're pretending they don't respect me!"
He's the best one
I love his line delivery of “Let’s crack into these Chuddy D’s!”
"what about my shreeedeerrrrrr"
I am very glad how this evolved from a web series to a TV show. I couldn't help but grin the whole time while watching it. It's neat to also see some development of the characters and the comedic tones mixes well with the dark side of each episode. I'm very much looking forward to where this show will go.
They never develop that's the point
In a world riddled by cheap money grabs and soulless reebots or live action adaptations, DHMIS was a breath of fresh Air. I love that they kept the spirit of the original series and expanded on it in a creative and interesting way, and that it stands unique in it's presentation and story telling despite being a TV series now. I hope it will inspire other shows, for any ages, to take more creative liberty
It's actually pretty funny. I stumbled upon the original series in high school back in 2011 with some of my friends. We watched it accidentally on the school computer and well the teachers flipped because we were watching this crazy piece of crap and well we have to rewatch it at our friend's house. I had to say it's interesting. Really was to this day. I still laugh at the fact that we were caught using a school computer and almost got in detention for it. I don't regret it
I don't know if the Creators did this out of mere Passion to make an amazing Series or to scare like tormenting Little Children with a seemingly "innocent" Series of Wicked Nightmares, in both cases they always win
Considering the fact that the web series message was that sponsorship is bad
@@redhood7650 i don't know if it was so much 'sponsorship is bad' as it was 'sponsors who go on to change the thing they're sponsoring to suit their agendas is bad'
what's with the random capital letters?
i think they did an absolutely phenomenal job with this with this deranged nightmare fever dream. i love the focus of comedy because the writing is just impeccable and it helps keep the horror elements actually horrifying.
It would be cool to see you review the Long, Long Holiday.
Not sure if you heard of it, but it's a short French series about the ocupation of Normandy by the Germans in WWII as seen by the local children.
It's only 10 episodes long (only a single season), but I think you'd really enjoy it. Not only does it not talk down to its child audience (people die), but they also portray the German forces as people, as their own characters, not just as demons. Definitely seems like your kind of show.
Nice to know other people have seen that nice show
I love that series and man for a kids cartoon it's really brutal and honest in its portrayal of War and ain't shy from it.
Since you asked for fan theories, heres one!
During episode 2 when yellow guys thinking about what happens after death with the lamp continuing by stating some ideas himself such as "some think we get reincarnated as our favorite animal, or *object*" what I'm thinking is that the teachers in the show were at one stage normal human beings, then died and were reincarnated as these new objects
We could also guess what the teachers were in a previous life. The sketchbook may have been an artist, the briefcase may have been a businessman and the clock may have been a clockmaker
Interesting.
Bonus theory: red guy and duck are gay
No context needed other than that one scene in TV episode 6 where they're in the dark
@@alpine8590 I'm actually pretty sure the creators said they loved the ship and wanted to see more fanart of it! I think it was on twitter or something but I'll look for the source.
I watched every episode on RUclips the day it came out. I was so worried this series was gonna fall flat, but unlike the color green, this show was creative and perfectly fit the DHMIS brand!
I think the tv series is about as accurate as you can get while also trying to make much longer episodes with more of a plot.
two major differences since the web episodes is that the characters have a lot more time for talking to eachother, which gives us a better impression of their "friendship" and also their general mood outside of nightmarish encounters.
The second thing is that our protaganists appear to have more agency in their encounters than they typically did in the orignal episodes. Usually stuff would happen -to- them and they'd get forcefully pulled into strange twisted realities. This still sometimes happens but the three friends appear to actually change things and make real impact in these encounters... sometimes they even casually overpower the guests, which would never have happened in the web series.
For example, Duck actually is the one to mentally torture the coffin, not the other way around, whilst red and yellow guy both appear extremely weird and creepy to new member of the trio... A character who aside from looking like a fleshy morphling, is actually decently rational and friendly compared to every other character we've met untill now.
we also see the trio steal electricity's batteries, completely desotrying it's powers.. they are phyiscally and mentally able to overpower their would-be tormentors in the tv series, where as they were powerless victims in the web show.
A little easter egg I've noticed is that yellow guy constantly wears a watch throughout each episode, only time he wore one in the web series was for a breif moment in the Time episode, when the clock raised his arm pointing out you can wear one on your wrist. Maybe it means nothing but it seemed like a weird small detail to me which I can't quite explain why is it there in the first place. Maybe it is vital to something. Also, the briefcase from the first episode wore that exact watch.
A man of culture, this and season 2 is the best television I saw all year. The creativity and invention are BEAUTIFUL, the dark artistic vision not compromised at all. Its true art
I remember seeing those first episodes and damn those were quite horrifying
The ending of the fourth episode was one of the funniest things I have ever watched. I seriously thought I was gonna die from laughter! XD
"I'm DEALING WITH IT!!!"
@@jonathankent1517 I have been crying laughing every time I think of this scene. Its one of the scenes where things escalate so quickly(the other being Unemployed Brendan).
I always thought it would be good, but damn this show is what I've always wanted from the series. Seeing Becky and Joe get the budget to do whatever the hell they want, however they want was totally the right decision. I also really love how British it is, from accents to slang words and even the Wallace & Gromit ripoff show.
Oh my god 9:33, the coin hitting duck's eye followed by the hard cut to your outro had my sides hurting from laughter. Thank you for that.
I think it’s just so refreshing to have something so creative. Sometimes shows nowadays are just stale retakes of old ideas. But this show really keeps it fresh!
I absolutely loved this show, i really liked the comedic elements which gave me some slight comfort between the really creepy stuff
Steve, you need to review the japanese anime from 1986 called Silver Fang (or Ginga: Nagareboshi Gin), its extremely popular in Finland and Sweden, and its rated for 11 even though its very scary, and pretty grim and dark. Its about bear dogs and hunters, but mainly the dogs, taking down an abnormally large and aggressive bear.
Omg you just unlocked a childhood memory for me
grim and scary; i think the swedish release of the show had about 4-5 episodes worth of material cut away because it was too dark and bloody,
i found and purchased the DVD collection some decade ago, and there was a lot of scenes i didn't recognize from my childhood, the DVD-collection being the uncut version with original japanese language and multilanguage subtitles.
there's also a 2nd series; Ginga Densetsu Weed, or the son of silver fang.
I liked the show, but I REALLY wish they played more into the horror aspect. Each episode was mostly jokes/building tension that would result in one kinda disturbing scene (office machine scene, worm scene, etc). I wish they played up the horror more and made more scenes such as those listed above
As much as I wanted to see the Clay Hill plotline, I'm glad we actually got something instead rather than nothing.
I absolutely loved this series. The original internet web series and the new television show. I hope it gets released outside the UK and it continues far into the future. Mostly because I want some answers to which I’m very disappointed more people aren’t talking about Yellow Guy and his batteries. It’s incredible and I hope it continues
Wtf people aren’t?! That’s what had me hooked on the last episode! I was praying for his safety because I thought Leslie would kill him… but I had a feeling that she knew what was gonna happen, and wanted that book to be shredded.
@@gracekelley2907 Yeah! It’s kinda sad because I have tons of theories and not many people are talking about it, the show did just come out though
I loved how everything was sewn and looked like it was made of felt, like you could really see and feel the effort the producers put into making it and even though the "creativity" episode was the first and had a low budget and you can clearly see that the TV series now has a bigger budget, it still works in tangent and looks authentic like the webseries did. I loved this series and I will watch it plenty of times more until I patiently await season 2, whenever that may be
Personally I kinda theorize that this show is an different iteration of what happened in the first season where now Roy doesn't have as much control over it to try and teach Yellow Guy how he believes the world works seeing how most of the previous teachers are pretty nice to em now but seems that like an new one is in control of em and has took a liking to yellow guy and seems prepared to replace the duck each time he dies which now isn't even same duck as before since he was replaced by the clay guy
Wait, but didn’t Duck kill Clay Guy? Or was it the other way around?
@@_meriessa nope clay guy killed duck since the older duck was the one who had maggots on em
@@huntserston3579 holy shit i didn't even notice, omg lol
Loved the show. I think it’s definitely lived up to the hype
honestly love how this series is more of a dark comedy
got some very genuine laughs and neat little references to the original series in some of the episodes (returning characters like Colin the Computer)
for me it was a really fun watch
The show made green guy my favorite character with how funny he is. Same with the 4 of us song that was actually pretty good.
The show still has it's comedy and feel I just loved almost everything about it. Favorite episode was probably green guy dying and how the funeral went from a joke to more real than I thought it would be.
Only episode I didn't like was the puppet family episode. The joke ran too long and but I did like green guy wanting to be the dad. It felt too drab
I'll admit, there was something visceral seeing the book being sent into a shredder with everyone around excitedly screaming and the camera zooming out.
My theory is that the trio was plugged into a new system. This explains why they're in their original colors unlike the finale of the web series, and why the "teachers" from that series make cameos.
It's so stinking good. I was blown away at the level at which they were able to bring the web series over to a television format and still make it work. I feel like the jokes were a welcome addition, even though some didn't quite land for me.
My only complaint is that there's only 6 episodes.
I really want them to release a Blu-ray or something so we can buy it here in America since All4 seems to be a European service. It’s frustrating that it’s hard to legitimately support this series, I want to see more.
I think this show is incredible because it showed that you can make an adult show without using any sex jokes or reference to real events and peoples! Finally some quality we deserved!
I watched this show earlier this week, and I really enjoyed it. To someone who has never watched the original webseries , I loved it through a presentation perspective for how phenomenal everything was. I recommend it to anyone who likes dark comedies or fans of the original. 👍
Roy watching through the hole was a nice small detail. Same with how he shows up basically being a tease o theory people showing up a few times but barley doing anything
I absoluley adore the more comedy focused approach of the show
My favorite episode has to be 'Family'. It managed to creep me out and not in the "wtf is happening?! / Suddenly, blood everywhere" that the show is known for, but rather by actually creating an unsettling atmosphere. Many horror movies can't get this right in 2 hours, but they manage to do it in just 20 min. And the final plot twist, even if you know something disturbing is brewing, is just gold and took me by surprise despite the foreshadows.
They went as far as to hire Megan Ganz (wrote and produce a lot of sitcoms, currently with Always Sunny) to help with script and story. A lot of effort went into this series that I really appreciate and I hope it continues for a few series yet.
I really hope this gets a second season
I feel like its much more toned down, as in the web series it was way more graphic and disturbing in many segments, however, I feel like it does not suffer from it, instead, the jokes, the animation and the handling of subjects makes a more intriguing viewing as opposed to the shock factor many wanted to look in the original, pretty solid!
One thing that was improved by it becoming a show was that the three main characters actually had more personality due to there being actual plots now, but still kept their basic traits from the webseries. Like how Red Guy is still the straightman but he has moments where he has more expressive reactions.
Also my favorite joke is the one with the GPS where they reference Wakey Wakey being cancelled, like the way the GPS says "It just shriveled up I reckon :)" always kills me.
i was gonna write a huge comment about all the tiny things i loved about this series but i'll just say this. i've been a massive fan of dhmis since it came out, and i went into this series with honestly pretty high expectations. needless to say, it took my expectations and threw them out the window
i really hope we get a second season
I only got into the series last year, but both the web series and TV series are great. I am hyped for more DHMIS content
I was blown away with how good it is. When I watched the first episode, I had no idea how they'd stretch the skit out to 20+ minutes but found that the show moves focus onto the three main characters rather than the special guests, which I liked more. Looking forward to a 2nd season.
You should review Primal. It’s a perfect combination of brutal action and emotional story-telling.
I loved it personally. Binged the whole thing today. Hoping for a second season in the not to distant future.
The ending was very interesting and seeing them cheer not knowing what they were doing was devastating in a way.
Can you review Drawn together? It's the first animated reality show. Ever.
I think they made it perfectly! You can really see the love and care in each episodes
I think personally it is a successful following to the web series to the point where I suspect it what the creator had in mind when they did the original series, and episode 5 is my favorite episode of the whole show (and maybe even all show I've seen) all absolutely love the ambiance (with the neighborhood sequence for exemple or the moment spoiler***************************************when they escaped the "house/supposed show") the characters emotion felt more real then ever and spoiler***********the moment in the junkyard is absolutely incredible the colors, the music is really good
Aaaa thank you for making this!
I really love this show 😊
Me too
I want a second season.
That might take a few months
sometimes the slowed down pace was difficult to wade through, but the payoff at the end of the episodes always made it worth it.
the characters are different but their personalities are more balanced so we don't have to see the same characters reacting the same way to every situation which definitely makes the episodes more interesting for the longer duration.
I am happy with the direction they chose though i do hope they release the original pilot. from what i got from the potato cam vids it seemed great in it's own right.
I really enjoyed the little references to the old "teachers" from the original web series. Such as the clock from ep 2 returning in the background at all times (pun not intended) and the computer from ep 4, returning in ep 4. Hope we will see the notepad from ep 1 and the butterfly from ep 3 return in the show aswell.
Well the notepad did return... Just as a cameo in EP 6 right beside the fridge.
you can see the head from the cult episode sitting on one of their shelves
I just watched the first three episodes and they were a blast. I enjoyed some of the jokes they did like the duck getting a coin in his eye and the ending with the chips in the 3rd episode. I was surprised by the darkness, even though I knew it was coming. One of the most shocking part for me was when red guy actually yells. I wasn't expecting that. And the fact that Roy eats every person in the messed up family (just what I think happened cause of the blood and munching) it's creepy. But I love it. I wonder how I could make a dark series as good as this. Don't hug me I'm scared is definitely a must watch for people who like horror and people who want to see something more original for an adult series.
I’ve seen the wakey wakey pilot and it was really good and I feel it should still be released eventually it’s definitely not dated it’s fun and works as a great creative small scale episode
I was initially worried for the pacing as well but DHMIS works really great with a 22 minute format! There isn’t an episode of this I don’t love, they’re funny, well crafted in all aspects, have great messages, and really added more to the main characters! My favorite is the third episode because of how creepy and unexpectedly funny it is. Every time I think of “The call, darling. Move your fingers and make the call” and Yellow saying “That’s the dad?!” Always gets me.
Two things I noticed (which I don’t mind) is that the gore got toned down and the teachers from the web series returning but being pretty friendly towards the main characters. It was actually pretty sweet seeing Yellow talk to Lamp in the second episode and nothing bad coming out of it.
The funniest thing during the family episode was that I was thinking to myself “Man, the twins eerily remind me of Sarah and James from Fireman Sam”
Turns out while I was still pondering this, Steve also pointed it out here in the review XD
Just like with Smiling Friends, we need more creative stuff like this...
As creeped out I am at this show at times even on that I love how the Creators still got to have their complete vision even in a TV format
I think it carried over very well. My favorite episode is definitely the first one. It was hilarious. XD
I was hesitant to start this series due to knowing nothing about it, but this review definitely makes me wanna give it a shot
I highly recommend review both the hobbit 1977 and the lord of the rings 1978 and lotr 3 the return of the king as well when you are free.?
Fav part of DHMIS is the MatPat explanation helped confirm how it has more a point then random spooky
How I’d describe the episodes of the new series:
Episode 1 - Great but Forgettable
Episode 2 - The funniest episode of the entire show!
Episode 3 - Easily the most disturbing episode of the new series
Episode 4 - I wanna punch that worm in the face
Episode 5 - Easily my favorite episode in the new show, its about travel, and I love traveling!
Episode 6 - The oddest episode of the new series, but great!
This show is definitely one of the most creative shows out there right now. I love it so much, it is such an inspiration
excuse me what do you mean the songs weren't as good? "when you meet a buisness man you must shake him by the hand" is a whole bop!
I'm so glad they finally came back! It takes YEARS for creators to get their passion projects out there, let alone get on a network.
Score one for creators!
Wakey wakey was canceled because the creators felt like just making it around current affairs wouldve ruined it so yeah, you nailed that.
As far as the show itself goes, I absolutely loved it! The one issue I had was that it was such a massive jump from only a few minutes to nearly half of an hour worth of content. Some moments in the show did feel like they dragged on just because I personally wasn’t expecting things to be so lengthy compared to the original. But aside from that, it was amazing!
I definitely agree that the last episode was taking a potshot at fan theorists. Maybe it's because I've never much gone for deep fan theories unless there seems to be solid material to support them, but I just get the idea that Don't Hug Me I'm Scared is meant to be taken at face value--It's a children's show gone horribly wrong and by the end of it, the characters start to become aware of how bizarre their reality is only for it all to be reset at the end anyway. It's just having fun with how weird it would be to exist in such a strange reality.
Guys Sam O’nella is back
One of the best things that happened in the show is red guy, yellow guy and duck bantering with one another. It was really neat how much personality they had and a lot of jokes depended on character moments. Cant wait for s2.
Never watched the webseries but I've just finished the TV series and one thing I did like was how certain segments were animated to riff from various animated British kid show. As mentioned, the two twins and the kids from Fireman Sam/Postman Pat, the claymation style of aardman and in the transport episode having a segment based on Chigley/Trumpton/Camberwick Green for example
I hope we don’t have to wait too long for season 2. I feel like it will come a lot closer since they don’t go through a scrapped series idea.