I initially watched Daria in my freshman year of high school. Kind of kismet. I genuinely can't imagine a more perfect time to have come into contact with this show, and I don't know that I would love it nearly as much as I do now if it had come into my life when I was already an adult. It's my all
My goal is not to wake up at 40 with the bitter realisation that I've wasted my life in a job I hate because I was forced to decide on a career in my teens
I really wanted to write a big, lengthy review about this show but it's kinda hard to put into words. I like it. That's all that matters.
Daria is a far from perfect show when looked at episode to episode but it stands out as something special when looked at as a full project. At least to me.
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(Copied and pasted from my letterboxd review of “Is It College Yet?” as it contains plenty of notes on the rest of the series)
Okay, so first and foremost, I'm leaving for college in a Literal week, so if there's a time in my life where it's going to be fitting for me to give this a 5/5, it's right
Unfortunately a bit of a downgrade. Has some of the shows highest highs (literally has the best episode), but also has some of the shows lowest lows (literally has the worst episode). Overall tonally, comedically, and in terms of overall pacing this was much weaker than S2-S4. S1 was probably more c
Lots of really silly premises here but it’s good stuff!!! Alr touched on most of what hits for me here thematically w what I wrote on season 2, but ig if there’s any expansion on those ideas to be found here, I think it’s that the plots are much more regularly centered around Daria’s insecurities, w
Better and worse than I remember episode to episode, but about the same as a whole.
Its a necessary jumping off point for the show, but it's probably the worst season.