Archer

Tuesday, 26 April 2011

Archer

If you like your cartoon characters to be sauve, cool, chauvinistic, politically incorrect super spies
then Archer is probably going to tickle your fancy.

Occurring in what appears to be a hybrid time setting (1960s US vs Russia albeit with modern
computer technology and gadgets), this show follows the exploits of ISIS agent Sterling Archer
(voiced by H. Jon Benjamin) and his fellow workmates – but concentrating more greatly on their
personal exploits over each other than their wins against the KGB and close competitor agency
ODIN.

Watch this show with an open mind – if you don’t have a problem with ample swearing, nudity,
gun battles, derogatory banter, sex jokes and stereotypes then you’ll probably love it. The script
seems a little unpolished at times, and don’t expect much of a sensible plot in each episode – I found
you keep putting on the next episode straight away to continue watching the hilarious relationship
developments between the characters.

As Archer himself says when likened to James Bond – “Well, I don’t like to make that comparison,
but yeah, basically.”