Season 1 – The Midnight Gospel

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Oscar S. @EVILCORPSE999 Dec 27 The only downside of this show is that it was never renewed for a season 2. A genuinely thought provoking, and beautifully animated show. This may be one of the best single season shows to exist. It's a shame it's release was through Netflix, who cares much more about views, than ratings or good television. Maybe one day it can see a resurrection, yet for now we shall have to settle for rewatching it's only existing gem of a season. See more Lance H @SpawnRezzy 01/19/2025 Amazing show. Watched it at least 2 times all the way through. Best to watch on some legal psychedelics. See more Beau J @RT13469046 12/29/2024 As thought provoking as it is entertaining. I could watch this over and over again. Wish they had continued this series! See more Silas R @RT05398740 09/05/2024 This is a great experimental series. It doesn't follow a traditional format, and I think that makes it hard for some people to understand. I've seen criticism online that it's just "pseudo intellectual" nonsense and very "pretentious" but that does not reflect the truth of this series. I believe the truth is more complex than that, sure there is a lot of wacky nonsense but that was intentional; It was never meant to be a serious intellectual endeavor. It's simply just conversations that take a deeper look into the mind, without taking itself seriously. There are plenty of brilliant remarks and also ridiculous ones. It was made to be good fun to pass the time, and maybe make you think a little deeper in the process. It does not claim to hold any truths, it's simply just exploration of thought. Some people find this unsatisfying because it's not what they expect, but it doesn't make sense to hate it for being "pseudo intellectual". it's much deeper than any Netflix series I've seen, but why would you go into a Netflix series expecting intellectual brilliance? It's good fun to pass time with occasional insights and intriguing visuals, if you want something more "intellectual" then stop watching Netflix. See more Abigail A @RT94061772 06/15/2024 this show tackled many hard subjects and has spectacular and unique animation to match. it can feel slow and i can understand if this isn’t everyone’s cup of tea but that last episode makes me cry every time. well worth a watch if you haven’t yet See more ArtystaPisarz P @ArtystaPisarz 02/14/2024 This show is perhaps the most New Age thing I have ever watched, and let me tell you – I am not a great fan of New Age spirituality. It took me quite a while to get back to it and finish it, as on my first try I stopped midway trough. "Midnight Gospel" can be an exhausting show to watch trough, and this is in my opinion due not only to the gravitas of themes that it attempts to tackle, but also because the narrative consisting here of real-life podcast interviews by Duncan Trussell is so disjointed from whatever happens in the animation of this particular episode. The animation itself can be brilliant and you can really see the influence and patronage of Pendleton Ward himself. Trough Clancy's eyes we get to experience here really imaginative, cool worlds and concepts that unfold themselves more and more the longer we are watching, which is really neat to experience. The otherworldliness of the animation also lulls you into a state where you almost imminently accept the otherworldliness of the interviews, which can be absolutely bonkers. Let me be honest here – I was not at all impressed by the selection of people Trussell interviewed for his podcast. His conversations with him can really be hit-or-miss, his guests are at best practitioners of religious belies that are alien and unconvincing to me personally and at worst deluded weirdos like the guy who practiced "ceremonial magic". What those people say can be rather incoherent and although there is a discernible mystical aura of deep thought in all of those interviews, none of them contain any really profound or original philosophical thoughts that will stick with me in the future, I think. This is how people who know nothing about philosophy think philosophy look like, while in reality it much more rigorous science and much less free-form, oneiric, narcotic musings of spiritual gurus and the like. And in those interviews Trussell himself presents himself as a deeply impressionable person who seems to be easily amazed by new concepts, but has little critical thought. Of course there is also his easy-going demeanor and sense of comradery that he seems to have with anyone that he speaks to. His self-insert in the show, however, Clancy, is a deeply flawed individual who never learns any true lessons about himself. On the whole, "Midnight Gospel" is passable, and can even be enjoyable at certain moments, even though the holier-than-thou act of many of Trussell's guests makes me want to stay far away from New Age (and adjacent) for long time to come. See more Read all reviews

The Midnight Gospel — Season 1

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