I grew up with shows like Fraggle Rock, The Muppet Show and Sesame Street and still have a very soft spot for puppets.
Sadly "The Barbarian and the Troll" only manages to look great - the characters and premise are one big miss. The whole thing reminds me of the equally bad "Disenchantment", full of tired old tropes that were maybe somewhat fresh about 20 years ago.
Take a look at the main character for example: a rebellious (ex-)princess (oohhh, never seen that before!) turned barbarian, who takes herself completely serious in a show that tries its hardest to be funny and witty and fails miserably. It's cringey. Really cringey.
The troll character is a wimp who's at odds with his father (never seen that before either!) and is smitten with the barbarian at first glance. Could... we maybe stop with father-son-conflicts for a while?
My goodness, you'd think it's not THAT hard to do a decent parody but apparently it is. Shame about the puppets and nice backgrounds, both of which invoke nostalgia and for that get two stars from me.
Sadly "The Barbarian and the Troll" only manages to look great - the characters and premise are one big miss. The whole thing reminds me of the equally bad "Disenchantment", full of tired old tropes that were maybe somewhat fresh about 20 years ago.
Take a look at the main character for example: a rebellious (ex-)princess (oohhh, never seen that before!) turned barbarian, who takes herself completely serious in a show that tries its hardest to be funny and witty and fails miserably. It's cringey. Really cringey.
The troll character is a wimp who's at odds with his father (never seen that before either!) and is smitten with the barbarian at first glance. Could... we maybe stop with father-son-conflicts for a while?
My goodness, you'd think it's not THAT hard to do a decent parody but apparently it is. Shame about the puppets and nice backgrounds, both of which invoke nostalgia and for that get two stars from me.