Resident Alien is currently in the middle of S3, with new episodes on SyFy (before switching over to Netflix). It's obviously a showcase for Alan Tudyk, who is having an enormous amount of fun as Harry Vanderspiegel. Tudyk uses his talents as an A-level voice-over artist to give Harry a distinctive, "alien" way of speaking and the scripts make room for lots of physical comedy.
I do like the supporting cast. The relationship between Harry and Asta is an ideal platonic friendship, and it grounds Harry without destroying his essential weirdness. (I also like that the Native American population of Patience, Colorado is a big part of the series.)
If Resident Alien was just Harry interacting with irritating humans and navigating human culture, it would be perfect. (I love the "informational" comic strips in the credits.) But it also has this huge, increasingly dramatic plotline that tends to work against the comedy and vice versa. I don't want to give away s3 spoilers, but trying to squeeze certain characters into comedy bits tends to diminish their effectiveness.
Still, as long as Tudyk is given a wide berth to be funny, it's going to be worth watching.
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Date: 2024-03-24 06:13 pm (UTC)I do like the supporting cast. The relationship between Harry and Asta is an ideal platonic friendship, and it grounds Harry without destroying his essential weirdness. (I also like that the Native American population of Patience, Colorado is a big part of the series.)
If Resident Alien was just Harry interacting with irritating humans and navigating human culture, it would be perfect. (I love the "informational" comic strips in the credits.) But it also has this huge, increasingly dramatic plotline that tends to work against the comedy and vice versa. I don't want to give away s3 spoilers, but trying to squeeze certain characters into comedy bits tends to diminish their effectiveness.
Still, as long as Tudyk is given a wide berth to be funny, it's going to be worth watching.