i'm on to you i'm on to you if there's nothing else i'm gonna do monsters inc is
my second favorite disney pixar film of all time so naturally when i heard that they were making a
sequel in the form of a new show on disney plus i was both cautiously optimistic and extremely
excited the original film left a huge impact on my childhood and to this day is held in such high
regards personally as a testament to animated storytelling and comedy while not as good but
still a fun time monsters university was a fun hangout with familiar friends but more importantly
it left me wanting more from this universe so i guess my wishes were granted with this
monsters at work a direct sequel to the film that sets itself right after the events of the
original film the series is set for 10 episodes two of which have been released on its first day
of streaming with one new episode a week maybe at the end of the series being fully out we can come
back together and discuss this series as a whole but for today i wanted to talk about the first
two episodes my thoughts on the show itself and if monsters at work is a worthy follow-up to monsters
inc so i hope you enjoyed the video make sure to drop a like as it truly helps the video out
and you're like three times cooler if you do so like i said the show takes place right after the
events of the original film where in which now monsters inc no longer gets their energy from
scaring children but instead from making them laugh as it's more powerful with smaller doses
mike and sully are actually promoted to running the company and assuring the long continuation of
new power to keep all of monstropolis power their new dynamic here would be them dealing with all
the problems around the change and preparing the scarers to become jokesters essentially comedians
to fill the canisters with laughter but these two are not our real protagonists throughout the show
albeit these two do play a large part in this series so far they're not the main person we
follow we start our new journey with tyler tuskman a top scarer at monster university who even beats
sully's original scores he was accepted to be a new scare at monsters inc via mr water noose
the only problem is that well things have changed scaring is out comedy is in he doesn't know that
yet until he arrives at work only to be completely confused when everything is different and all that
he thought it up to be gets flipped upside down and now due to him not being well needed he gets
transferred to mift the monsters incorporated facilities team which descends tyler into the
deep lower levels of the building i think this was a fun angle to take the show in as you see as we
discuss further it becomes a fusion of a fish out of water story mixed with and stay with me here
the office yeah i did just say that after sitting back from watching both episodes a couple times it
really dawned on me that monsters at work took the characterization aspect of the office and applied
it here within the show literally this character here val is voiced by mindy kaling who was in the
office there's a dwight schrute type character duncan that holds himself in these high regards
in an all too serious manner albeit a little bit more personality driven there's cutter who's a mix
of multiple characters from the office if you were to compare them and even the boss fritz voiced by
henry winkler is a i overly love my job type of boss who isn't the brightest but has a heart of
gold and reacts purely based on emotions literally this is the office oh can you imagine tyler falls
into the gym category with bigger aspirations who wants to get out of this gig and make his way back
up to the laugh floor and wants to try his best to become funny oh yeah and there's banana bread
he's actually just this guy from spongebob now the show itself doesn't directly feel like the
office in the sense of a camera crew filming everything and it isn't just purely based on
shenanigans at least not yet anyway it still retains its own identity which is important
because if that weren't the case you'd just be making the office here the main focus is tyler's
struggle accepting what he wanted and where he wants to be as well as what it takes to get there
in the first episode we follow him on his first day struggle getting used to the new direction
of the company and trying to finesse his way onto the now laugh floor and fake it till you make it
this results in him making a less than excellent performance which quickly turns into chaos looks
like chaos laugh containers flying around doors falling off the railings a whole freaking child
on the loose it was something to behold even pooh made an appearance when the craziness all comes to
an end sully and mike give him quite the cheering up in an inspirational pep talk mike decides that
he will start teaching scares in a comedy class to help them make it to the laugh floor and able to
make the children laugh tyler accidentally comes up with a new company slogan and all seems to
start looking up the rest of the miff team comes up to clean up the mess just made and tyler with
a smile on his face gets to work helping them clean up he then sets his goals on now becoming
a jokester embraces the new changes and commits to working hard to make it where he wants to be
our second episode finds tyler struggling juggling his miffed co-workers while trying
to learn the basics of comedy within mike's comedy class straddling that office-like line
we do see here some miffed office shenanigans like miffed initiation that's full-on nonsense
some practical jokes and when there's no real work to be done just a whole lot of messing
around we also see the stresses of the change from scaring to comedy with monsters getting worn out
from carrying the load while others learn how to be better at said comedy mike even wires himself
up with a 36 and a half hour energy drink and when he's all amped up he continues to overwork
himself to the point he gets trapped within a door that is malfunctioning meaning the whole myth team
have to kick it into gear and fix the situation everything continues to go wrong with the system's
malfunctioning and when a rusted nut needs to be loosened out of place they need someone who is
stronger with longer arms to help twist it to save the day tyler realizes that he's actually part of
a team effort and can contribute in a meaningful way understanding more about mift and their actual
importance in the workplace getting the job done ends up giving him more hope and happiness for
where he currently is in his position and even when banana bread gets promoted to the laugh for
because he's a comical genius tyler doesn't get jealous he congratulates him and sees that there
actually is a viable way out of miffed and to make his way to his actual dreams within the company
it's a nice heartfelt moment for tyler and seeing how close the rest of the mifters actually are
i want to talk about how great the animation quality is it looks just as good as a full
theatrically released disney pixar film i mean the fur alone looks so lifelike digital fur technology
now this is the first time a disney or pixar film property turned into a show actually keeping the
3d animation from the movie most turn into a 2d version like tangled big hero 6 etc but here
you can tell that the budget was large enough for disney plus to keep it on brand and up to
the quality of the actual films there's also a short at the end of the second episode that
features a musical number from mike going over the dangers of comedy it was a fun little bonus
at the end but at the expense of a slightly shorter episode so i'm not sure if it'll be
a thing within every episode going forward or something here and there to pat a couple minutes
on to the end of the run time billy crystal and john goodman reprising their roles as mike and
sully is for sure the biggest treat though i was so nervous that they would not come back for this
but the fact that they are had me so excited for the series and here they don't disappoint
it's like they never stopped playing these characters billy crystal doesn't miss a beat with
how frantic mike can be and jon goodman keeps that humble and warm feeling that sully would give off
even jennifer tilly here still does a great job as the voice of celia and even having what felt like
a bigger role for that character made everything just feel right at home i'm so glad that these
characters again at least for these two episodes are not just cameo bits or small side roles while
not being the main characters they share a fair amount of screen time as their stories are about
running monsters inc and keeping the company afloat within its new direction a great choice
based on where we left the characters last time and how we were finding them now even the intro
and outro credits for the show keep that same look from the movies with the 2d stylized pipes
and doors and the music instantly putting you back to when you watched the films to me it shows the
love put into the series like legitimate passion to make this new iteration into the monsters inc
universe feel truly connected in something special so overall those are my thoughts on monsters
at work a fun return to a world i personally hold near and dear to my heart i think there
is potential for the show to not only give enough of the stuff that we know like the characters in
the setting but also explore more of it show us more of monsters incorporated flesh out the new
characters and make their story just as impactful as the journey of mike and sully in the original
film i look forward to seeing what the following eight episodes have to offer and where we leave
off at the end of this season i would love to make a follow-up video in september when all
the episodes are out to discuss my thoughts on the show as a whole so hopefully we can all have
a larger discussion than too i appreciate you all checking out this video it means a lot to
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