Daria, Seasons 3, 4 and 5
May. 14th, 2013 09:23 pm“Taking candy from babies…literally! Sticky fingers and stinky diapers, tonight on Sick, Sad World.”
I had watched most of Season 1 of Daria a few years ago, and seasons 2 and 3 slowly over the course of several years. As watching 22-minute cartoons that don’t require extensive focus became a very useful distraction recently, I burned through the rest of the series in the past few months. (I’ve been watching a set of TV rips the internet was kind enough to provide for me. I’ve seen a couple of episodes from the DVD collection that was released, and the picture quality is much better, but the 90s incidental music—which really makes the show in a lot of ways—needed to be stripped out of that version because of rights issues.)
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Overall: It’s a fun show, and I’m glad I finally watched all of it. I suspect I’ll revisit it periodically. If you do watch it, don’t try to marathon the whole thing—you’ll appreciate it more in smaller bites.
I had watched most of Season 1 of Daria a few years ago, and seasons 2 and 3 slowly over the course of several years. As watching 22-minute cartoons that don’t require extensive focus became a very useful distraction recently, I burned through the rest of the series in the past few months. (I’ve been watching a set of TV rips the internet was kind enough to provide for me. I’ve seen a couple of episodes from the DVD collection that was released, and the picture quality is much better, but the 90s incidental music—which really makes the show in a lot of ways—needed to be stripped out of that version because of rights issues.)
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Overall: It’s a fun show, and I’m glad I finally watched all of it. I suspect I’ll revisit it periodically. If you do watch it, don’t try to marathon the whole thing—you’ll appreciate it more in smaller bites.