# Please, Sir, I want some MODOK! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** disney-hulu, cartoons-animation\ **Created:** [May 21, 2021, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-sir-i-want-some-modok/942657 "2021-05-21T22:49:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2021, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-sir-i-want-some-modok/942657/1 "2021-05-21T22:49:59Z")
So this dropped today and I’ve watched the first episode. Not suprisingly at all, Patton Oswalt gives good head. And it looks like it is going to be filled with deep-catalog Marvel easter eggs. (The first episode includes Fing Fang Foom and Lila Cheny.) > **[M.O.D.O.K. (TV series)](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.O.D.O.K._(TV_series))** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > > Marvel's M.O.D.O.K., or simply M.O.D.O.K., is an American stop-motion adult animated television series created by Jordan Blum and Patton Oswalt for Hulu, based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. The series is produced by Marvel Television, with Blum and Oswalt serving as showrunners. > Oswalt stars as M.O.D.O.K., a supervillain struggling to handle his company and family. Aimee Garcia, Ben Schwartz, Melissa Fumero, Wendi McLendon-... ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2021, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-sir-i-want-some-modok/942657/2 "2021-05-22T17:39:19Z")
I heard good things about this, so I hope it’s going to be enjoyable for people like me who aren’t huge Marvel super fans. I found the Harley Quinn animated series with Kaley Cusco as the voice of Harley to be surprisingly good. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2021, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-sir-i-want-some-modok/942657/3 "2021-05-22T18:20:37Z")
I watched the first two episodes on Patton’s live Twitter feed the day before, with commentary before and after each episode. It has got that “Robot Chicken” vibe I love. ---
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-sir-i-want-some-modok/942657/4 "2021-05-24T13:54:39Z")
I watched the first episode the other night. It was entertaining for the most part but needs a few episodes to grow legs. Patton Oswalt is great voicing MODOK so no complaints there. I can’t figure out where I’ve heard the voice of the silver robot thing before. The one that kinda looks like Ultron. His voice is familiar. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-sir-i-want-some-modok/942657/5 "2021-05-24T16:10:00Z")
That is Jon Daly as Super Adaptoid. > **[Jon Daly](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Daly)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > Jon Daly, sometimes credited as Jonathan C. Daly, Jon C. Daly or Jonathan Barney Daly, is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer best known for his sketch comedy work on the Comedy Central series Kroll Show. In 2013 he starred as Hobbes in the Amazon Studios original series Betas, and also played Agent Filippo in Zoolander 2 (2016). > Daly was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He first became involved in improv performing in P... > **[Super-Adaptoid (Earth-616)](https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Super-Adaptoid_(Earth-616))** > > Originally simply the Adaptoid, the Super-Adaptoid was created by Advanced Idea Mechanics. It was built using Unstable Molecules and incorporated a portion of a Cosmic Cube into its design. On its first mission, the Adaptoid tried to replace Captain... ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-sir-i-want-some-modok/942657/6 "2021-05-24T16:18:06Z")
BTW, Patton Oswalt was also a writer on a recent 4-issue M.O.D.O.K. Comic series. > **[SERIES REVIEW: Just can’t take it anymore? Consider M.O.D.O.K.: HEAD GAMES!](https://www.comicsbeat.com/series-review-just-cant-take-it-anymore-consider-m-o-d-o-k-head-games/?amp)** > > In the four issue series M.O.D.O.K.: Head Games, A.I.M.'s leading super scientist does what he does best -- suburban living?! ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2021, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-sir-i-want-some-modok/942657/7 "2021-05-25T05:06:34Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > It has got that “Robot Chicken” vibe I love. I told a friend “If you love Robot Chicken, try it for an episode. If you hate Robot Chicken, try it for ten minutes.” (I figured either way, he’d hear MODOK ask Iron Man if he’s bingeing The Great British Baking Show while fighting…) ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-sir-i-want-some-modok/942657/8 "2021-05-27T11:55:14Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > It has got that “Robot Chicken” vibe I love. I’ve only watched one episode so far, but it reminded me of SuperMansion (a show that I liked-but-didn’t-love, also from the Robot Chicken team). ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-sir-i-want-some-modok/942657/9 "2021-05-27T12:03:50Z")
I binged all ten episodes in a single night. Loved it. Ironically, I’m not a fan of Robot Chicken. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-sir-i-want-some-modok/942657/10 "2021-05-27T12:47:13Z")
An article explaining a few of the characters from the season. They used some _really_ obscure ones. (My favorites were the teenage party murder turtles.) > **[MODOK: The Most Obscure Marvel Supervillains in Season 1](https://www.cbr.com/modok-season-1-marvel-supervillains/)** > > Hulu's M.O.D.O.K. Season 1 features some of the most obscure (and strangest) Marvel Comics supervillains brought to the screen in recent memory. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-sir-i-want-some-modok/942657/11 "2021-05-27T12:52:51Z")
I am proud/shamed that not not a single one of those villains were obscure to me. 😁 ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-sir-i-want-some-modok/942657/12 "2021-05-27T13:10:08Z")
I would really love it if Gwenpool or Howard the Duck showed up in season 2, if there is one. (Howard didn’t deal with M.O.D.O.K., but he did face [M.O.D.O.T.](http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix8/modothtd.html)) ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-sir-i-want-some-modok/942657/13 "2021-05-27T13:18:07Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > An article explaining a few of the characters from the season. They used some _really_ obscure ones. (My favorites were the teenage party murder turtles.) They were definitely pulling some deep cuts and out of Modok’s crew, the only one I knew was Armadillo. I had never heard of the Ciegrimites but I knew exactly who the Brood were. For the most part, the only Marvel titles I read as a kid were Spider-Man, X-Men, and mutant related titles on a regular basis. It’s easy to forget both Marvel and DC have a stable of characters most casual fans will haven ever heard of. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2021, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-sir-i-want-some-modok/942657/14 "2021-05-27T13:22:48Z")
> [@Odesio](#): > > For the most part, the only Marvel titles I read as a kid were Spider-Man, X-Men, and mutant related titles on a regular basis. Same here. Except I didn’t even have Spidey–it was pretty much all-mutants, all the time. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2021, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-sir-i-want-some-modok/942657/15 "2021-05-30T04:04:52Z")
I finished watching all the episodes. I thought it improved after the first episode, but it was still a little uneven. I liked it more than SuperMansion, but less than Harley Quinn (say). MODOK’s figure skating daughter made me wonder if it was a reference to this old comic (with MODOFS, the Mental Organism Designed Only for Figure Skating): [https://www.angryflower.com/241.html](https://www.angryflower.com/241.html) ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2021, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-sir-i-want-some-modok/942657/16 "2021-07-02T22:10:00Z")
Jeez, that took a dark turn at the end, didn’t it? I have a question about that. Are we supposed to understand that MODOK sat and allowed past-MODOK to kill his family because he knew it was the only way to achieve world domination, or is it rather that he realized he could do nothing to prevent it? I enjoyed the whole season. I think the screaming goats were a high point for me. What surprised me is that it actually tried to tell a cohesive story, and… It worked. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2021, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-sir-i-want-some-modok/942657/17 "2021-07-02T22:19:37Z")
I think he allowed it, then regretted it. ---
**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/codinghorror/32/4242_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/codinghorror)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2021, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-sir-i-want-some-modok/942657/18 "2021-07-02T23:35:43Z")
This is really quite funny. I’ve always loved the absurdity of MODOK. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/oSEWdhHBlYU/maxresdefault.jpg "Marvel's M.O.D.O.K. - Trailer (Official) • A Hulu Original") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSEWdhHBlYU) wait… there’s MODAM? The Ms. Pac-Man version of MODOK? 🤯 ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2021, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-sir-i-want-some-modok/942657/19 "2021-07-03T00:41:00Z")
I would love to watch this but I’m more than a little pissed that it’s in Hulu and not Disney+. Disney+ is sold as the home of all things Marvel…but some piece of shit bean counter didn’t see enough people opting into the stupid bundle and here we are. Wouldn’t it be nice if just once you could actually get what you pay for? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2021, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-sir-i-want-some-modok/942657/20 "2021-07-03T00:48:26Z")
IIRC, the deal for this show was inked before Disney+ was a thing. It was one of the last productions out of Marvel Television before it got folded into the film department. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-sir-i-want-some-modok/942657.md?page=2)