I think that despite being "Rick and Morty's" less seen little brother, "Solar Opposites" has been pretty good after a couple of shaky opening episodes. There is an elephant in the room with this run though, as conduct allegations forced Justin Roiland to depart his roles on both shows. Whereas "R&M" went for soundalikes, "SO" goes another way.
After an incident with a voice changing ray Korvo (Dan Stevens) looks for a promotion at work, but it instead goes to Terry (Thomas Middleditch) causing tension between the two. Within the wall, the temperature is falling dramatically, and investigations into why lead to a conspiracy to engage a holy war. Meanwhile Glen (Kieran Culkin) falls in with a group trying to take down the Silvercops.
Divisive as though I'm sure it has been, I love Dan Stevens and I think he does a great job in taking over and 'englishing' up the role of Korvo. He does manage to match the energy that Roiland established but change the character to suit his personality a little. I felt that this was perhaps the strongest season that "Solar Opposites" has done so far. I thought it was certainly the funniest run.
The actual family are left to have unconnected adventures, but the story in the wall again is a season long arc, that features in several episodes and provides yet more lore. The Silvercops story comes back again too, though this is restricted to one full episode. I really like how the series has managed to establish these two mythologies storylines which frees up the family for wackier adventures.
"Solar Opposites" has become one of the shows I really look forward to and I can't wait for season five.
After an incident with a voice changing ray Korvo (Dan Stevens) looks for a promotion at work, but it instead goes to Terry (Thomas Middleditch) causing tension between the two. Within the wall, the temperature is falling dramatically, and investigations into why lead to a conspiracy to engage a holy war. Meanwhile Glen (Kieran Culkin) falls in with a group trying to take down the Silvercops.
Divisive as though I'm sure it has been, I love Dan Stevens and I think he does a great job in taking over and 'englishing' up the role of Korvo. He does manage to match the energy that Roiland established but change the character to suit his personality a little. I felt that this was perhaps the strongest season that "Solar Opposites" has done so far. I thought it was certainly the funniest run.
The actual family are left to have unconnected adventures, but the story in the wall again is a season long arc, that features in several episodes and provides yet more lore. The Silvercops story comes back again too, though this is restricted to one full episode. I really like how the series has managed to establish these two mythologies storylines which frees up the family for wackier adventures.
"Solar Opposites" has become one of the shows I really look forward to and I can't wait for season five.
