Look At This Cool Bee I Drew.
Nov. 15th, 2025 11:08 pmWatching the first episode, I wasn't sure whether I was going to carry on with this show. I wasn't a big fan of the visual style, and it was pretty strange and a little stupid. It wasn't quite clicking.
Then, twenty minutes into the episode, one of the characters commented on the villain's actions: 'This is dumb and weird.'
'Well,' said the villain, 'uh, y-yet... you're still watching it!'
Rarely have the characters on a screen looked quite so directly at me. Yes, I thought this was weird and stupid! And, yes, I was somehow still watching nonetheless. Evidently this show knew exactly what it was doing. I think that moment singlehandedly convinced me to carry on with the rest of it.
The last time I was so personally attacked by a fictional character, incidentally, was in Die Hard 4, when I mentioned how pleased I was that McClane was bleeding just before this exchange:
Farrell: I'm not a doctor, but you're hurt.
McClane: Yeah. Sexy, right?
Farrell: No!!
(McClane is correct and Farrell understands nothing.)
Anyway, I've now seen all six episodes of The Amazing Digital Circus to date, and I ended up having a good time! There are some interesting themes and surprisingly good character moments, and I appreciate the show's willingness to go for the unexpected punchline rather than the obvious one. But, uh, I don't know whether I'd recommend it.
I particularly enjoy the dynamic between Jax and Pomni, because 'cynical arsehole and the person who makes them a little less cynical' apparently remains a combination I'm guaranteed to ship even when one of the characters is a jester and the other is a rabbit twice her height.




