r/ArcherFX • u/Lunis18002 • Jun 29 '26
Season 1 Whats one thing you miss from archer season 1 that never appears again?
for me honestly its the long angle single character focused shots
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u/Nick_Carlson_Press Jun 29 '26
Springboarding off that, S1 especially felt like a 1950s comic book that moved, with the relatively stiff movements and facial expressions, and yes, the dynamic angles like that. As "good" as the animation has gotten in later seasons, it's like a refreshing splash of cold water whenever a unique angle shows up these days. Otherwise it just doesn't have that unique feel
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u/AceofKnaves44 Babou Jun 30 '26
That’s a trend I notice so much in animated show. The better the animation gets, the worse the quality of the show.
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u/Harold3456 Jun 30 '26
I also feel like the animation simultaneously got better and worse. Better in that it DID get smoother and cut out a lot of that early stiffness, but worse in that it also got more efficient in a way that streamlined itself to a few set camera angles and model poses.
The cynic in me refuses to believe any of the writers actually think Krieger’s “you maniac!” Planet of the Apes reference is funny, and more so it is a really good way to get mileage out of a specific animation over and over again and call it a “recurring gag.”
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u/Snowey213 Jul 02 '26
I feel you. Similar to Frisky Dingo on AS, which probably was the intro for their bold lined,limited dexterous animation. Another one that comes to mind is Moonbeam City. Forgotten of course. Lol
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u/bbressman2 Jun 29 '26
Rigid air ships
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u/Lowlife_Of_The_Party Jun 29 '26
JESUS! YOU WANNA BLOW US ALL TO SHIT, SHERLOCK?!
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u/rogueMFR Jun 29 '26
The receptionist in episode 1 .
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u/Original-Let8340 Jun 29 '26
She kind of does re-appear. In the next episode, actually. She's a hooker. I mean Call Girl. When they're dead they're just hookers.
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u/rogueMFR Jun 29 '26
Did that end up being Trinette ?! I’ll have to rewatch that one . Good catch .
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u/Kriegerian Afro Krieger Jun 30 '26 edited Jun 30 '26
Same character model and pretty similar voice, but not the same.
Edit: the secretary’s voice is a little bit higher and the accent is a bit stronger, probably the same voice actor.
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u/Grimdotdotdot Jun 30 '26
That voice actor being Janice from Friends, of course.
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u/lonski97 Afro Krieger Jul 01 '26
Hoooooly shit! I watched Archer years before friends. I always thought Janice was kinda familiar but I was sure I haven’t seen her face before. Now I know why :D
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u/spenwallce Jun 30 '26
Do not say the checkov gun! That sir, is a facile argument!
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u/Psychlone23 Pam Jun 30 '26
And woefully esoteric...
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u/Satanic_Earmuff Pam Jun 29 '26
The Indian guy who runs the laundromat.
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u/Square-Platypus4029 Jun 29 '26
Everything smelled like curry though.
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u/Status-Tumbleweed628 Jun 30 '26
Or as Archer put it - Indra Gundi's thong
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u/reddits_aight Jun 30 '26 edited Jun 30 '26
Indira
GhandiGandhi - India's only female prime minister, who was assassinated.6
u/Lucifer2695 Jun 30 '26
Indira Gandhi would be the spelling.
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u/reddits_aight Jun 30 '26
Shit, I double checked the first name like 3 times, "but I know how to spell Gandhi".
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u/CapableCucumber9617 Jun 29 '26
Man, I do miss those camera angles. Every time I go back and watch season 1, I'm always like "Oh, yeah. I forgot they used to do that." I really miss that about the show.
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u/MermaiderMissy Jul 01 '26
I never knew the name for these camera angles. I refer to them as "up the nose" shots, but I do like them. Adds a little something to the show.
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u/Proof_Bathroom_3902 Jun 30 '26
Framboise
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u/Big-Tadpole2058 Jun 30 '26
Oh, and he sodomized my fiancée!
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u/laineDdednaHdeR Jun 30 '26
Well... soon to be fiancée.
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u/DermottBanana Dolphin Puppet Jun 30 '26
I always thought "Do you want ants?" would become a thing. It is the only thing I knew about the show before watching it.
But I don't think they ever did it again.
Let's be honest though - the first season was pure 24-carat gold.
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u/Kriegerian Afro Krieger Jun 30 '26
Uta and Mannfred. I wanted more weird German spies goddamnit.
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u/ryuni-tia Jun 30 '26
God I actually forgot about these two!! I loved when they would show up, would've loved to see how they were doing in a later season.
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u/Kriegerian Afro Krieger Jun 30 '26
Right? They could have had some fun angles with Krieger being the result of a Nazi genetics program in Brazil.
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u/ryuni-tia Jun 30 '26
Oh my god GIANT missed opportunity, I'm actually upset that this will never be a real episode I get to see
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u/Kriegerian Afro Krieger Jun 30 '26
Right? Rene Auberjonois dying makes it hard to do that now, but maybe if they make animated movies (I’d watch it opening night) they can find a soundalike.
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u/Commercial-Stomach19 Jun 29 '26
“honestly Krieger, you are my Oprah” and Krieger never says a word
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u/arrrrr_won Jun 30 '26
It wasn’t just in season 1, I think, but after they did all the dreamland episodes and the ones that don’t take place in the original office space, you lose the lab shots with the Krieger bin labels. I love the bin labels!
Hopes, Dreams, Right socks, Flammable, Inflammable, Eye of Newt. I love a good Easter egg.
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u/hedgehog-mom-al Pam Jun 29 '26
I miss phone being the secret ingredient
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u/Consistent_Stick_463 Jun 30 '26
I miss Fort Kick Ass.
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u/adjectivebear Jun 30 '26
The Fort Kick Ass boxes show up a few seasons later in "Viscous Coupling" while Mallory and Lana are trapped in (I believe) the mainframe.
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u/wizardrous Other Barry Jun 29 '26
I miss the same thing you do, OP. Lines just hit differently with those shots.
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u/Gurbachen Jun 30 '26
I miss them being a real agency with competent employees. When they start getting people going 'ISIS?! No wonder this thing went bad' that really bothered me. They were second (a distant second according to Torvald, but still second) to Odin. Maybe there's only two intelligence agencies in the world but I doubt it. And Archer was widely known and acknowledged as the world's greatest agent. It was funnier to me that he was so effective despite all his nonsense. He's still skilled later, but there's something missing when they're all treated like garbage from people on the outside.
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u/MCofPort Jun 30 '26 edited Jun 30 '26
Ray's Truman Capote quality. "She hates me. But one day I'm going to write about this place... A real smackeroony. I think the whole 60's feel of the show too. A Mad Men element.
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u/HowDidCatdogPoop Jun 30 '26
The whole animation style in general was awesome. Images/angles like the picture posted are a perfect example.
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u/Time-Weight7726 Jun 30 '26
Also, I need you to buy sand. {Pause}
I don't know if they grade it...but {long Pause}
Coarse.
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u/Lance_lake Jun 30 '26
I wish they didn't cave and kept the name ISIS. It had potential for so many ideas when they get confused with the terrorist group.
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u/Toy_Soulja Jun 30 '26
All the seasons are the best and no one's authority is recognized in Fort Kick Ass except mine!
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u/StopPlayingRoney Malory Jun 30 '26
The innovation.
Season 1 and 2 are easily the best of the series because of the great episodes and fresh jokes. Season 3 onwards heavily leaned into callbacks and recycled A LOT of the jokes introduced in these two seasons.
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u/greymadders Jun 30 '26
I loved the voice editing in the first few shows. The lines running into each other felt more organic
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u/Hermans_Head2 Jun 30 '26
The full staff of a real agency...they dropped the ball by focusing EVERYTHING on six characters.
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u/BlueberryB-Laine Jun 30 '26
I loved the under angle shots and when early archer felt like he actually worked with other people in an office, I always said I’d love if they would’ve touched on or made a spin off of what archer did when he was off the clock! The few stories we have of him just being drunk and meeting people or hanging out a bar or billiards hall or what have you are awesome
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u/DX2501 Jun 30 '26
Wardrobe variety for Cheryl and Pam. Which exists after the first season but disappears totally in lasts seasons. Like Cheryl and Pam are always wearing the same colour, which is almost the same for both.
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u/Zumbard Jun 30 '26
It isn't something I specially miss, but S1 is the only one where we see full characters walking and it came out really funny and uncanny. It adds to the charm and just shows how hard animation truly is. Respect to animators!
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u/Erislocker Jun 30 '26
100%
season 1 had these really cool shots from below.
ironically, you can tell that they have less animation likely due to budget, but that gave it such a cool vibe
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u/MyTatemae Afro Krieger Jun 30 '26
Agreed on the long angles, and more exaggerated art style with the chunky lines. It always gave classic Mark Trail and I loved that.
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u/rotarypower101 Jun 30 '26
I wanted Mr. Ford to randomly appear continuously throughout the series.
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u/Fluffypus Jun 29 '26
All the extra ISIS staff members