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ARCHER SEASON 14 REVIEW
In 2008 the highly anticipated James Bond sequel to Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace, premiered to much negative scrutiny. Long gone were the days of Roger Moore running across alligators while dead panning at the camera. The spy genre was now immersed in self seriousness with a tortured Daniel Craig more interested then cracking skulls then wise. Enter 2009 and the premiere of Archer. Created by Adam Reed, for 14 seasons the animated spy comedy has pushed the envelope on comedic timing, enduring banter, and returned the genre to wacky hijinks. In the final season, Lana Kang (Aisha Tyler) with her big ol truckasaurus hands, has laid down the gun and smashed the glass ceiling. Now as head of the private spy company formerly known as Isis, she teams up with ex interpol agent Zara (Natalie Dew), Archer (H. Jon Benjamin) and the crew to solve mysteries, protect assets, and infiltrate foreign countries. All of this is going on while also trying to prove to the United Nations how important privatized spywork is to national security and job security. Bradly, Jordan, and Michael discuss Archer‘s impact on the spy genre as well as the adult comedy., fangasm over the curtain calls of voice acting and comedic legends such as Chris Parnell, Amber Nash, Judy Greer, and Lucky Yates, and get personal with tales of yore on how this long running series has affected their lives and quite possibly their future as lovely creative people.
CREATED BY: Adam Reed
STARRING: H. Jon Benjamin, Judy Greer, Amber Nash, Chris Parnell, Aisha Tyler, Lucky Yates, Natalie Dew, Adam Reed, Dave Willis, Kayvan Novak
YOUR REVIEWERS
Bradly Martin (Screener Squad, Eye on the Prize, Breakfast Pub)
Bradly Martin was born in the united states and grew up on a healthy diet of sports, films, and books. A rather shy lad who kept to himself, Bradly soon discovered the best way to know a person was to know what people liked. Throughout the years Bradly became a fan of many things and a fanatic of none. From Doctor Dre, to Doctor Strange and the who’s who of Whos. From Playstation to the Dreamcast and Marvel to DC. From LeBron James to James Bond and Lord of the Rings to Lord Palmerston (or Pitt the Elder if you agree with Wade Boggs) and is a huge fan of dad jokes and randomly obscure Simpsons references. Armed with a vast knowledge of comics, films, and pop culture. Bradly traveled the world making friends and sharing takes. As a young man Bradly married the love of his life young and grew older every year with each new child brought into the brood. If trends continue, Scientists predict that .2% of Canada (where Bradly and family reside) will be populated by Bradly’s children by the year 2029. You can hear him leading and listening to his favorite critics on the Screener Squad and Eye on the prize and maybe even provide some comments of his own.
Mike J. McAllister (Screener Squad, Staff Writer, Head Video Editor)
Mike J. McAllister is a filmmaker, editor, writer and animator. He is also a film junkie, dog lover and Surge-aholic (Hi, Mike). He grew up in a small town in Western Pennsylvania, where he earned the reputation as the “human IMDb” and was on a first-name basis with every video store clerk in town. He later studied film in Pittsburgh. He has since written several unproduced screenplays and TV pilots. He has also produced a number of short films, some of which have appeared in festivals across the country. He is a ninja with Final Cut Pro and is armed with a mind full of mostly useless pop-culture trivia. He also enjoys animation, MST3K, classic video games and being the “music geek” among his friends (which really just means he buys vinyl and listens to music that doesn’t come from an anime soundtrack). He resides in Austin, Texas, and can be followed on the Instamagrams at @ohheyitsmikejm.
Jordan Cobb (Screener Squad)
Born with a comic book in one hand, a camera in the other, and in front of the television as WrestleMania played out, Jordan Worth Cobb was thus birthed into this crazy world. A Digital Filmmaking major from the University of Central Arkansas, Jordan has done it all in film from directing, writing, editing, and producing in addition to skills involved in film and TV criticism, journalism, and years of podcasting experience. On any given day, her ADHD riddled brain bounces focus from film to pro wrestling to TV to superheroes to noir to video games to espionage and yes, even to sports. She played little league you know. For more of this eccentric nerd, you can follow her on Twitter here and read her original writings on Deepest Corners of My Notebook.
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