Pixar's Win Or Lose

That final moment was a brilliant way to end the first episode.

Let's talk likes and dislikes.

I like that the characters' designs seem outside of the Pixar style. I also like getting a new short franchise with new characters that isn't either dialogue-free or a humorless, empowering-message cartoon. There's some of that, but that's Pixar. At least it's not ALL that this time.

Coach Dan is the worst father ever.

Laurie seeming to be religious and praying to God is a pretty damn off-putting way to open the episode, and also raises further questions about what her shady parents have been teaching this kid.

As far as wacky cartoon sidekicks go, Sweaty quite lacking. Neither funny nor cute. As a freaking metaphor? Outstanding. She's literally riding Laurie's back by the end of the episode. It Gets. The Point. Across.

Promising first episode. But that's just my take. Other people may have seen it differently. 4 1/2 stars.

Him having a picture of RBG in his front hallway makes me like him.

Saw the ending with his ex coming. It's an interesting turn the sad-sack was the one who dumped the understanding hottie. But that's the reason he should regret it.

I also feel a little cheated the actual ending was only a split second past the last episode.

This specific episode had almost nothing to do with the previous one, which is clever. What I hope is that the more people whose stories are told, and the more they interact in scenes we've seen two or three times, the more cohesive of a whole this feels. The repetition in the opening sequence makes me hopeful things WILL come together there.

That being said, and this being Rashomon, Disney+ should have dropped all the episodes at once. I have a feeling this specific show would be mega-rewarding to binge because of all of the details and converged plotlines in the same timeframe. This is NOT an ideal series to release on a weekly basis. It's kills me they dropped the crappy Dream Production all at once, but didn't have the foresight to do that for the Pixar project that would have actually benefitted from it.

Pretty good, I think. Although this is the wrong show to drop an episode a week. But that's just my take. Other people may have seen it differently. 4 stars.