Doom Patrol: Immortimas Patrol
October 19, 2023 5:35 PM - Season 4, Episode 9 - Subscribe
The Doom Patrol emerge from an apocalyptic event transformed.
It's an Immortimas miracle! If this episode is, um, a little derivative of "Once More with Feeling," that's okay -- the whole storyline is pretty derivative of the Jasmine plot at the end of Angel season 4, so, you know, whatever. It's fine! It actually is fine, because we get to see Brendan Fraser and Matt Bomer, and the musical numbers are all extremely fun, and really, I found myself arguing that they should stay in the world of delusion, because the real world is a fucking drag (I always felt the same way about The Matrix).
It's an Immortimas miracle! If this episode is, um, a little derivative of "Once More with Feeling," that's okay -- the whole storyline is pretty derivative of the Jasmine plot at the end of Angel season 4, so, you know, whatever. It's fine! It actually is fine, because we get to see Brendan Fraser and Matt Bomer, and the musical numbers are all extremely fun, and really, I found myself arguing that they should stay in the world of delusion, because the real world is a fucking drag (I always felt the same way about The Matrix).
Ah, that explains why we got a limited amount of Matt.
I also really loved the vocals on the theme song. I'd vote for keeping that version.
I think, on average, the singing was a bit better than a typical TV musical episode (Brendan pull the collective score down) but the dancing was worse, outside of Dorothy's opening number and the closing finale. There was something about the overly dramatic arm waving and posturing that seemed more akin to a parody of what a Broadway dance number should be rather than an actual musical dance number.
I'm behind in my watch list, and I had forgotten that a musical episode had been planned, so this was a nice surprise when I finally had a few minutes to sit down and shut my brain off work for a bit. I usually skip through the credits, but the music had me hooked from the opening few notes.
It wasn't the world's best musical episode, but it was exactly what I needed today.
posted by sardonyx at 5:10 PM on October 26, 2023
I also really loved the vocals on the theme song. I'd vote for keeping that version.
I think, on average, the singing was a bit better than a typical TV musical episode (Brendan pull the collective score down) but the dancing was worse, outside of Dorothy's opening number and the closing finale. There was something about the overly dramatic arm waving and posturing that seemed more akin to a parody of what a Broadway dance number should be rather than an actual musical dance number.
I'm behind in my watch list, and I had forgotten that a musical episode had been planned, so this was a nice surprise when I finally had a few minutes to sit down and shut my brain off work for a bit. I usually skip through the credits, but the music had me hooked from the opening few notes.
It wasn't the world's best musical episode, but it was exactly what I needed today.
posted by sardonyx at 5:10 PM on October 26, 2023
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1. The a cappella theme song! So good!
2. The sex ghosts shuffling by singing, “Papa loved hot chocolate, too bad he’s dead!” It beats “They Got the Mustard Out” in my book.
3. Immortus’s final musical number! Hilarious yet chilling! Yet another great interpretation of the theme song! And the choreography and camerawork for the Doom Patrol’s forced dancing/lurching was simultaneously thrilling, distressing, and awesome. I feel like rewatching that scene now as I type this.
And as kittens for breakfast said, always great to see Brendan Fraser and Matt Bomer in the flesh. It was so funny to watch Brendan, who won over a dozen best actor awards this year (including an Oscar), do a musical number about masturbating and piss in the garden firehouse-style. As for Matt, it was unfortunate that they apparently could only get him for one day of filming!
posted by ejs at 6:22 PM on October 20, 2023 [1 favorite]