metal_stars t1_j2b85ba wrote on December 30, 2022 at 11:41 PM

Because it sucks this season.

There is no story happening.

There is no narrative thrust to Poppy and Ian starting their own studio. It's not a story. It's just a different setting. A story has characters trying to accomplish a goal, and obstacles in the way of that goal, with the audience invested in watching them overcome those obstacles.

This season has none of that. This season has nothing like that.

What a wasted opportunity. Why is the season not about their company finding its footing, dealing with setbacks, iterating the game, bargaining with investors, etc?

Compare this with, say, Silicon Valley. Different kinds of shows, to be sure. And Mythic Quest is never going to be a show that takes place in a lot of locations, etc. But both are about tech geniuses starting a new company. But within that frame Silicon Valley has storytelling.

Or even when Michael started to try to start a new paper company on The Office. There were story dynamics there. An arc was happening.

This season of Mythic Quest just... does not have storytelling. It's actually very weird.

peanutbudder t1_j2b9nq2 wrote on December 30, 2022 at 11:51 PM

> But within that frame Silicon Valley has storytelling.

You mean the same story every season is story telling?

metal_stars t1_j2bep5x wrote on December 31, 2022 at 12:27 AM

I mean, sure. I enjoyed Silicon Valley, but the point I was making wasn't that it's an infallible masterpiece, I was just comparing how it had story arcs to how this season of Mythic Quest doesn't.

DZ_tank t1_j2baarg wrote on December 30, 2022 at 11:56 PM

Completely agree with this. They had Ian and Poppy split off from MQ…and for what? The change hasn’t impacted the show at all, except now half of the scenes take place in an empty Apple Store (my iPhone autocorrects “apple store” to uppercase, that’s crazy). Everything just feels like filler B plot. The Christmas episode was awful, which is so disappointing because the previous Christmas episode they made was fantastic.

I don’t know what happened, but it’s reminding me of the 4th season of Community. It feels like shitty fanfic writing, and absolutely nothing of any consequence has happened.

StuffonBookshelfs t1_j2bdvei wrote on December 31, 2022 at 12:21 AM

And for what?

Idk…but I am interested in watching the rest of the season to find out the answer to this question?

DZ_tank t1_j2bete6 wrote on December 31, 2022 at 12:28 AM

There are two episodes left. They made a huge change at the end of season 2, and 80% of the way through the following season it’s had zero impact. It’s been long enough to show this plot point was made with zero long term plan in mind, and it’s been handled very poorly.

StuffonBookshelfs t1_j2bh9c8 wrote on December 31, 2022 at 12:46 AM

They made a lot of changes. CW had to be written out, they’re still doing partial Covid shooting, and this season was for working through them. And the first few episodes of this season were not written with a lot of jokes. But the end of this season has been great. If this is where they wanted to go with Ian and poppy, it was a hard place to get to.

After_Hovercraft7822 t1_j2bfnxl wrote on December 31, 2022 at 12:34 AM

I like this season of MQ quite a bit.

I feel like more of them trying to work on an MQ expansion would have gotten stale and we’d still be complaining about it. Having Ian and Poppy be forced to intensely look at themselves and their relationship is a good way to keep things moving forward.

At the end of this season, both characters are going to have to make some dramatic internal changes, which allows this story to fold them back in to MQ as evolved characters. I don’t think this is story that could have happened while they were at MQ.

I will say, I think the B plot of MQ and the movie feels like it’s been really slow, and the C plot of the HR lady and monetization team seems to exist solely to keep these two characters around. I would have left Ashly Burch in school and had her remain a tester to pay her tuition. I would have left Pudi in prison, with a work release program at a department store. Then, when Grimpop finally works through their issues and secures finding, be told they need to figure out monetization and arrange to have Pudi work with them.

Samarski910 t1_j2fdn2g wrote on December 31, 2022 at 9:30 PM

I loved Silicon Valley. There’s nothing like it.