# Solar Opposites **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** disney-hulu, cartoons-animation\ **Created:** [May 8, 2020, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solar-opposites/853433 "2020-05-08T20:56:55Z")\ **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 8, 2020, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solar-opposites/853433/1 "2020-05-08T20:56:55Z")
So [this new series](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_Opposites) dropped today. I have watched the first two episodes…and it is _Rick and Morty_. If you like _Rick and Morty_, you will like _Solar Opposites_, because _Solar Opposites_ is _Rick and Morty_. ---
**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 11, 2020, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solar-opposites/853433/2 "2020-05-11T02:07:20Z")
I thought the episodes were pretty clever, but I didn’t actually laugh that much. In particular, I found the character of Korvo mostly annoying and not very funny. The shrunken human subplot was surprisingly gripping, though. As far as comedy goes, I think I prefer the show “Jeff & Some Aliens” which has a roughly similar formula (aliens are on a mission to Earth; they use crazy alien gadgets to solve relatively mundane problems and things go horribly wrong). ---
**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 11, 2020, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solar-opposites/853433/3 "2020-05-11T02:14:32Z")
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**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 11, 2020, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solar-opposites/853433/4 "2020-05-11T02:51:16Z")
As much as I love R&M, I did NOT have high hopes for this show as the trailers did not grab me. So glad I gave this show a shot anyway. I fucking loved it. The daughter (I forget her name) is my fave. On the surface, she seems like such a sweetheart. But she really is an evil shit. I’m also enjoying the “Human Farm” subplot. Tim looks like a grown up Steve Smith from American dad. That was a little distracting. ---
**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 13, 2020, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solar-opposites/853433/5 "2020-05-13T12:49:05Z")
I love R&M so I was looking forward to this. It’s not bad, and it shows Justin Roiland clearly is responsible for the entire animated look and the sci-fi plot machinations of R&M. It’s like he’s saying “look at this! Who needs Dan Harmon?!” But is there some element of comedy or satire, or an edge missing that Dan Harmon brought to the table? My 17 yo son, who also loves R&M, watched this and pronounced it “meh”. Not that Justin Roiland can’t be funny on his own-- back in the day he created around 4 animated web shorts called “House of Cosbys” (in pre-scandal days the Cosby estate issued a cease and desist letter before he could make any more). It’s about a Cosby fan who is so obsessed he obtains one of Cosby’s hairs, invents a cloning machine, and starts obsessively cloning Cosbys, which come out in different versions. It’s very funny. It’s on YouTube and can be easily found by searching the title, but I won’t link to it in case linking to content that was legally shut down violates anything. ---
**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 13, 2020, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solar-opposites/853433/6 "2020-05-13T15:33:06Z")
The girl alien Jessie was definitely the funniest and most interesting alien character. The other aliens were “yelling guy”, “yelling guy jr.” and “dumb guy”. And I also thought “House of Cosbys” was funny and crazy. ---
**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:** [March 27, 2021, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solar-opposites/853433/7 "2021-03-27T01:29:10Z")
New season is out. ---
**Author:** ![CastletonSnob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ea924/32.png) [@CastletonSnob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solar-opposites/853433/8 "2020-03-25T23:06:48Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/tLjo8IQLa9o/maxresdefault.jpg "Solar Opposites - Teaser (Official) • A Hulu Original") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLjo8IQLa9o) Synopsis, from Collider: > [@](#): > > Co-created by Justin Roiland (Rick & Morty) and Mike McMahan (ex-writer’s assistant on Rick & Morty), Solar Opposites centers around a team of four aliens who escape their exploding home world only to crash land into a move-in ready home in suburban America. They are evenly split on whether Earth is awful or awesome. Korvo (Justin Roiland) and Yumyulack (Sean Giambrone) only see the pollution, crass consumerism, and human frailty while Terry (Thomas Middleditch) and Jesse (Mary Mack) love humans and all their TV, junk food and fun stuff. Their mission: protect the Pupa, a living super computer that will one day evolve into its true form, consume them and terraform the Earth. I hope this doesn’t end up being a Rick and Morty clone. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solar-opposites/853433/9 "2020-03-25T23:38:02Z")
Well, once again fucked because Hulu isn’t available in Canada. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2020, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solar-opposites/853433/10 "2020-03-26T00:50:10Z")
Greaaaaaat; something to take him away from creating more Rick and Morty episodes. Awesome. And hey, the characters seem to be pretty much the same characters as Rick, Morty, Summer and Jerry. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2020, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solar-opposites/853433/11 "2020-03-26T11:31:59Z")
You can’t terraform the Earth, it’s already terraformed. ---
**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:** [March 26, 2020, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solar-opposites/853433/12 "2020-03-26T12:50:31Z")
I wish there was a second season of “Jeff & Some Aliens”. I liked that show. ---
**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 14, 2021, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solar-opposites/853433/13 "2021-05-14T15:00:30Z")
Bumping this thread now that Season 2 is out. I’m quite enjoying it, although I find that winking self-aware comments (“Gee, it’s not like we’re in a TV series, hyuck hyuck”) are more lazy than funny. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2021, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solar-opposites/853433/14 "2021-05-14T15:15:12Z")
Our daughter’s a big fan (especially of the In the Wall segments), but I think I’m just not attuned to Roiland’s style and humor ---
**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 14, 2021, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solar-opposites/853433/15 "2021-05-14T15:22:44Z")
Season 2 not nearly as good as season 1 in my opinion. ---
**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 14, 2021, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solar-opposites/853433/16 "2021-05-14T16:43:53Z")
Maybe merge with this thread? > [@Solar Opposites](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solar-opposites/853433/): > > So [this new series](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_Opposites) dropped today. I have watched the first two episodes…and it is Rick and Morty. If you like Rick and Morty, you will like Solar Opposites, because Solar Opposites is Rick and Morty. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2021, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solar-opposites/853433/17 "2021-05-14T16:51:43Z")
Threads combined. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2021, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solar-opposites/853433/18 "2021-05-14T16:56:23Z")
Okay, I was a little confused how there could be 11 months + 1 year between May 2020 and May 2021. ~Max ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2021, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solar-opposites/853433/19 "2021-05-14T16:57:24Z")
I spent most of yesterday on the couch after getting my second vaccine shot on Wednesday and figured I’d give it a shot. Did not feel like watching more than one episode. I’m just going to wait for another season of R&M. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2021, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solar-opposites/853433/20 "2021-05-14T17:18:43Z")
@Ike_Witt, hi from 2021! It’s now available in the UK and Canada through Disney+ ST★R. > **[Solar Opposites is finally available to stream in Canada - NOW Toronto](https://nowtoronto.com/movies/solar-opposites-justin-roiland-disney-plus-star)** > > Thomas Middleditch, Sean Giambrone and Justin Roiland talk about playing an alien family in the animated series Solar Opposites ~Max [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solar-opposites/853433.md?page=2)