Most descriptions for this show really really make it sound dumb but its really really not. I actually don't know if this is based on an actual comic since it feels like a comic/cartoon itself as there are parodic elements to the show, such as the faux-teletubbies which are part of children's entertainer Sonny Shine's universe who shoot rainbows out of their rear end, or the scene in the first episode where Nick is in an ambulance waving a gun around and intoxicatedly commanding the EMTs to give him more meds. Basically, Christopher Melloni stars as Nick Sax : your bog standard washed up 'best detective on the force' who turned to contract killing after leaving/getting kicked out. He's a massive alcoholic and is obviously fed up with life, suffering from his career loss and major heart issues. During one of his hits he has another heart attack and subsequently meets Happy (voiced by Patton Oswalt) : a not so imaginary friend of his (unknown to him) daughter, Hailey : who was kidnapped by a man dressed up like if garbage and the concept of foulness itself had a santa (played by Joseph D. Reitman) : Along with the inevitable confrontation with Bad Santa, he has also contend with the mob! During a hit, he guns down 4 nephews of Francisco Scaramucci, the head of the Scaramucci family (Ritchie Coster): one of whom was in possession of a 'password' that was meant to be relayed to (). As the nephew dies in Sax's arms, he whispers something to Sax-- presumably the password-- and as a result Nick has to contend with them as well along his apparent journey of redemption and possibly finding a reason to live. Also starring are Lili Mirojnick as the ambiguous Detective Meredith McCarthy: Medina Senghore as Amanda Hansen, Hailey's mother: and Patrick Fischler as the creepy enforcer/torturer Smoothie: I remember hearing about this show some time ago and not being interested, but it's actually rather good and I'm excited to see how they can play this blend of gritty hyper violence and cartoony humor. (I don't know why those pics are so large; they are screen grabs from a windowed video, yet I have to scroll to see the entire image?) e: It feels comicy because its a story by Grant Morrison.
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# ? Dec 9, 2017 23:51 |
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# ? May 4, 2024 09:51 |
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Watermelon Daiquiri posted:
You said the two magic words. Grant Morrison Now people will be upset.
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# ? Dec 10, 2017 03:47 |
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The reason this show is so crazy is because the other creator of the show is Brian Taylor, who used to be the /Taylor of Nevaldine/Taylor. The guys behind Crank.
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# ? Dec 10, 2017 05:27 |
Rocksicles posted:You said the two magic words. Grant Morrison Uh-oh. Does he have a bad rep? All I know is he writes comics; i'm not a big fan or anything. I just made this thread 'cause I enjoyed the show, couldn't find the thread and thought I'd be the change you want to see in the world
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# ? Dec 10, 2017 06:01 |
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Watermelon Daiquiri posted:Uh-oh. Does he have a bad rep? All I know is he writes comics; i'm not a big fan or anything. I just made this thread 'cause I enjoyed the show, couldn't find the thread and thought I'd be the change you want to see in the world Depends on your comic allegiances, nerds are fickle and opinionated.
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# ? Dec 10, 2017 08:00 |
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Watermelon Daiquiri posted:Uh-oh. Does he have a bad rep? All I know is he writes comics; i'm not a big fan or anything. I just made this thread 'cause I enjoyed the show, couldn't find the thread and thought I'd be the change you want to see in the world When he's on, he's one of the best comics writers ever. When he's phoning it in, he phones it in harder than just about anyone else. e: FWIW, the Happy! comic is very definitely on the "phoning it in" side and extremely not worth checking out. The show is spinning crap into gold.
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# ? Dec 10, 2017 08:20 |
Ahh, of course nerds are the answer. I kind of wonder if he meant happy! as a tv show, and phoned in a comic to show the concept?
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# ? Dec 10, 2017 09:09 |
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Head's up, Syfy put the first episode up on Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9pVkry8jJA
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# ? Dec 10, 2017 17:28 |
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this is a shameless ripoff of The March Hare but all things considered, that's a good thing. a great thing even.
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# ? Dec 10, 2017 18:23 |
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LORD OF BOOTY posted:When he's on, he's one of the best comics writers ever. When he's phoning it in, he phones it in harder than just about anyone else. Which other Morrison stories do you count as him phoning it in? (asking out of genuine interest)
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# ? Dec 10, 2017 19:16 |
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okay so i just finished the first episode and yeah if it keeps this up it's gonna be a hell of a great show. full Unhinged Stabler is great. the Happy parts can be grating, and i know that's intentional, but as long as it stays to a minimum it should be fine. there's a lot visually that was just super well done, including the action scenes.
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# ? Dec 10, 2017 20:32 |
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Escobarbarian posted:Which other Morrison stories do you count as him phoning it in? (asking out of genuine interest) JLA/WildCATS and his Spawn run are the two biggest examples that come to mind. DC One Million was also pretty meh, though I'm not sure if I'd call that "phoning it in" so much as an experiment that failed.
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# ? Dec 10, 2017 21:18 |
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omg it's Jerry Springer
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# ? Dec 14, 2017 09:39 |
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muscles like this! posted:The reason this show is so crazy is because the other creator of the show is Brian Taylor, who used to be the /Taylor of Nevaldine/Taylor. The guys behind Crank.
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# ? Dec 14, 2017 13:49 |
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Autism Sneaks posted:omg it's Jerry Springer I didn't even know you were still on the air
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# ? Dec 15, 2017 00:20 |
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CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK posted:I didn't even know you were still on the air I was watching that with a ridiculous hip hop lyric stuck in my head. I sit in my crib glued to the telly No food in my belly, I'm losin' it tuned into Jerry But this is my final thought - right now it's time for war Better decide if you're fightin' for a righteous cause Like me an' my cyber force, we walk tall swing swords slay the minotaur I scrutinize rhymes 'til my eyes are sore We from the underground, raw like iron ore Jerry Springer for president
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# ? Dec 15, 2017 08:04 |
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this is a good show.
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# ? Dec 15, 2017 08:58 |
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LORD OF BOOTY posted:JLA/WildCATS and his Spawn run are the two biggest examples that come to mind. DC One Million was also pretty meh, though I'm not sure if I'd call that "phoning it in" so much as an experiment that failed. I went to a panel about a comic he was doing about Indian Gods as Superheroes and it was the most phoned in thing I have ever seen. When he's on, though, he's great.
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# ? Dec 15, 2017 09:03 |
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Mimir posted:I went to a panel about a comic he was doing about Indian Gods as Superheroes and it was the most phoned in thing I have ever seen. When he's on, though, he's great. That's a version of an ancient Indian epic called the Mahabharata. It kind seems like exactly the thing that would be his jam, although I don't think it properly really got off the ground. From what I remember it got some pre-launch publicity then went silent for a year or two then started getting published as Grant Morrison's 18 days a few years back but with other people listed as the writer - like they were working off his notes or something.
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# ? Dec 15, 2017 10:13 |
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Since first meeting Nick, Happy has: * swore (sort of, it was a squeak) * cheated * and snuffed cocaine Nick destroys what is pure.
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# ? Dec 16, 2017 02:55 |
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BSam posted:this is a good show. my only problem with the pilot was Happy himself, and he was great in this episode, so yeah. this is fuckin' awesome so far. ending the ep on "Mountain Song" was pro tier
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# ? Dec 16, 2017 03:16 |
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So are syfy uploading every episode after they air on YouTube or just the first two?
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# ? Dec 16, 2017 20:13 |
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I’m glad this show has a thread. My parents DVRed the first two episodes and I’m impressed with what I’ve seen so far. Christopher Meloni as Nick was a grade motherfucking A pro-tier casting choice.
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# ? Dec 18, 2017 01:43 |
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Meloni is also an executive producer on the show and highly highly highly involved in the writing and development of his character.
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# ? Dec 18, 2017 04:45 |
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muscles like this! posted:Head's up, Syfy put the first episode up on Youtube. What the Hell did I just watch?
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# ? Dec 18, 2017 05:19 |
Dr. Gitmo Moneyson posted:I’m glad this show has a thread. My parents DVRed the first two episodes and I’m impressed with what I’ve seen so far. I know, isn't he? Bruceski posted:What the Hell did I just watch? Something amazing
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# ? Dec 18, 2017 06:04 |
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Meloni was fantastic as a comedic actor in Wet Hot American Summer and he's killing it so far in Happy.
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# ? Dec 18, 2017 14:58 |
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I read the comic last month because I was interested in the show, and I have to say every change so far has been for the better. In the comic Nick Sax is just an awful dude, really not a whole lot of redeeming qualities. Meloni does a great job giving the gruff no fucks of the comic Sax, but while also making him watchable. The comic is just kind of hard to read and doesn't seem to be putting the reader through discomfort for any reason other than "GRIM DARK COMICS!!!!" I also loved the picture of Nick when he was a famous cop seemed to be a screencap out of L&O:SVU
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# ? Dec 18, 2017 18:21 |
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Big Mouth Billy Basshole posted:Meloni was fantastic as a comedic actor in Wet Hot American Summer and he's killing it so far in Happy. He's got great range, which makes it all the more sad that he spent so many years working the meat-and-potatoes SVU gig.
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# ? Dec 18, 2017 19:10 |
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Nick Sax is absolutely Elliot Stabler. Then that flashback got really dark.
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# ? Dec 21, 2017 05:39 |
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Thank you Happy! for showing me Christopher Meloni's bare rear end. .....or was that a stunt rear end?
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# ? Dec 21, 2017 06:46 |
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I got a feeling he would show his real rear end. He showed his real dick in OZ. I think he even urinated on camera?
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# ? Dec 21, 2017 06:54 |
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I'm not sure I've ever liked a syfy show. This is aces, though. Was kinda sad to read that Happy was originally voiced by Bobby Moynihan. He seems like he could use work more than Patton.
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# ? Dec 21, 2017 07:02 |
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DoubleCakes posted:I got a feeling he would show his real rear end. He showed his real dick in OZ. Yeah, on Oz you saw him nude peeing into a bucket. Also after that flashback it's no wonder that he drank so much that he's lost chunks of his life.
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# ? Dec 22, 2017 02:28 |
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Big Mouth Billy Basshole posted:Meloni was fantastic as a comedic actor in Wet Hot American Summer and he's killing it so far in Happy. If you haven't done so already, do yourself a favor and find the episode of Veep that he guested on.
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# ? Dec 22, 2017 03:31 |
I rreeeaaallllyyy hope they don't explain what happy is and how people can see him
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# ? Dec 22, 2017 05:05 |
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Holy hell that flashback I don't know how I should feel about Meredith seemingly unaffected throughout that whole sequence.
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# ? Dec 22, 2017 05:07 |
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I just remembered what Happy's design reminds me of. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7B-X0wk41xo&t=315s
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# ? Dec 22, 2017 06:26 |
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Watched the first two episodes. Still not sure what to think about the show but I'm pretty sure I really like it. It's just extremely different from pretty much anything I've been watching recently.
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# ? Dec 23, 2017 08:58 |
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Went in knowing nothing except "Grant Morrison" and was hooked from the first scene. Nitpick 1: people keep calling happy a horse. It has a straight horn coming out of forehead, and can fly. To me this looks like a unicorn. Watermelon Daiquiri posted:I rreeeaaallllyyy hope they don't explain what happy is and how people can see him I see Happy as an early manifestation of Hailey's superpowers brought on by traumatic events. Inherited from her father, maybe. But who knows.
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# ? Dec 25, 2017 17:04 |