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:: Sealab 2021 season 1 ::
by William the Bloody
In the year 2021, man has established an underwater research/living facility, the SeaLab! Join Captain Murphy, Dr. Quinn, Debbie, Sparks, Hesh, Stormy, and Marco as they live their lives underneath the sea, try to get along and keep their trillion dollar laboratory from exploding for once. Season one is comprised of 10 episodes (plus unaired pitch pilot) clocking in at roughly 11 minutes each.
The Good: Sealab has a sense of humour that is truly unique, out there, and hilarious. The oddball crew members simply dislike one another to the extreme and have such bizarre personalities: Captain Murphy the dim-witted leader with an obsession for his EasyBake-esque Oven, Dr. Quinn who is too smart for his own good, Marco who is caught up with his own good looks, Sparks the cynical and dark communications officer, Stormy, resident idiot and just a little racist, Hesh the slightly insane, obnoxious and loud reactor core technician, and Debbie the sometimes flaky marine biologist all clash with funny results. But don't take MY word for it. I cannot even begin to describe the wit of SeaLab, so please try these dialogue excerpts:
From episode "I, Robot" wherein the crew discuss the possibility of implanting their brains into robots in the not-too-distant future:
Stormy: Okay, okay. So,
say I put my brain in a robot body and there's a war. Robots versus humans. What
side am I on?
Debbie: Humans! You have a human brain.
Sparks: But... the humans discriminate against you. You can't even vote!
Marco: We'd better not have to live on a reservation. That would really
chap my caboose.
Captain Murphy: Yeah, but... nobody knows you're a robot. You look the
same.
Debbie: Uh-uh. Dogs will know. That's how the humans hunt you.
Stormy: They're gonna hunt me? For sport?
Marco: That's why we have to CRUSH mankind! So you might as well get on
board for the big win, Stormy.
Or how about this, one of my personal faves from episode "Chickmate" where Debbie decides she wants to have a baby and Sparks presents her with another point of view on the subject:
Sparks: Debbie, I have something for you.
Debbie: Oh yeah? What?
Sparks: A book.
Debbie: What's the book?
Sparks: "A Modest Proposal".
Debbie: Who's it by?
Sparks: Jonathan Swift.
Debbie: And what's the book about?
Sparks: ...Eating babies.
Sparks: Like veal... only babies.
Debbie: WHAT?!
Sparks: I'm talkin' real baby-back ribs...
Oh yeah. That's what I'm talking about! At eleven minutes per, the episodes never become tiresome, boring, or too much of a good thing. Erik Estrada is just great as the voice of Marco, not afraid to have a sense of humour about himself (re: CHiPs references abound!).
The Bad: Of course, the whole basis to the show is that all they do is reuse clips from the original SeaLab show, with altered bits and added stuff. So basically, THE ENTIRE SHOW is recycled animation!
All in all, SeaLab 2021 is absolutely HILARIOUS. Seriously, you won't find a show like this anywhere else. Yes, the animation is recycled, but who the hell cares? And for me to say that, you know there has got to be some incredible writing to back this series up, and there is. So, watch Cartoon Network's Adult Swim , rent or buy the DVDs, I don't care, just see this show!
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