Should They Watch It?
Should They Watch It?
Ep. 64: Hilda
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Bring your Earth-tones, your love of nature, and your best British accent...we are reviewing the Netflix hit, Hilda! Clearly, this show has a LOT of fans...but what do Laura and Kara think? Grab your favorite troll bestie and tune in to find out!
The views and opinions expressed by the should they watch it podcast are those of two moms who happen to be a registered play therapist and a voice actor for cartoons. So while they may feel their opinions come from a knowledgeable place, they are still in fact just opinions. Should they watch it? A podcast that takes the task of reviewing your kid's favorite shows up your to do list Hey there and welcome to the should they watch it Podcast. I'm Kara Edwards
Laura Orr:I'm Laura Orr. Today
Kara Edwards:we are talking about Hilda Hilda I mean in the theme song has no words but sounds a little like data data
Laura Orr:there is a lot going on and yeah song but at the same time, it feels like such a basics.
Kara Edwards:We did it no justice whatsoever. Like that is a fact.
Laura Orr:I mean, how much more justice does it need to be honest, do you love this song?
Kara Edwards:I love it. Okay, I love the music. You inhale dI dt music in general has this like I could play this soundtrack throughout the day and just be happy all day. You're right.
Laura Orr:It adds so much value to this show. The but I will say most overwhelming opening credits for me go into Hilda
Kara Edwards:what is going on with the open credit. What is wrong? Opening credits?
Laura Orr:It's just underwhelming the music. Oh, yeah.
Kara Edwards:I thought you were saying like the credit like the whole because there's a lot of like stuff going on while this visually Yeah,
Laura Orr:visually speaking, it's fine. This is just me. You know how I am. I love a good opener. I love when that can kind of stick in your head that you can hum throughout the day. If someone doesn't do this
Kara Edwards:one, isn't it? I mean, but this isn't me. It's a musical. It doesn't have any lyrics. There's nothing it's not like necessarily even a catchy musical, which some of them are. It's just a nice, lovely and instrumental instrument. Sorry. Yeah. And it's, of course, my
Laura Orr:coffee, no sound of music and I will not be lending you mind. So I'm so tired. We've got this weekend. I'm gonna check this whole thing while we talk. No, but nothing. They can all be wonderful.
Kara Edwards:They can't all be one. But they do use the intro to actually give some hints about some things that are you're going to be going on in the seasons like, throughout season one on the intro. There's like you see so much love between Hilda and her mom. But then the intro for season two. We actually it looks like Hilda is actually avoiding her mother, Joanna and who fails to catch her as they're running around and playing and it's kind of this foreshadowing of things to come? Yeah, it's a season so
Laura Orr:so if anyone who's wondering what we're talking about, we are talking about the show Hilda? It is a Netflix show cartoon. It's about it's got two seasons so far. About 25 minutes long. piece. Yes.
Kara Edwards:2324 25.
Laura Orr:So before we dive into the premise of the show, Kara, should they watch it?
Kara Edwards:Oh, heck yeah,
Laura Orr:you're Yeah, but
Kara Edwards:I'm an enormous Yes, I was the one who actually suggested we review Hilda because Michael and I have been watching this show for years. And it's just one of those shows that always makes me smile. I will go through my long list of why I think this is such a great show. What could be problematic depending on your kid. But first, Laura, what do you think? Should they watch it?
Laura Orr:I'm a yes as well. Okay. Yes, I am. I
Kara Edwards:wasn't sure if you were gonna like this one.
Laura Orr:I I feel like I should have liked it more than I did. But the things that I didn't necessarily love about it, I think are just a matter of taste, but I feel like I should like knowing who I am. This has a lot of elements to it that that feel like this is right up Laura's alley, but I don't know if it was the mood I'm in I don't know if it was just, you know, the wrong time for me to be watching this. I just did not cling to the show. Like I thought I might. Okay,
Kara Edwards:I can see that. I could see that I felt
Laura Orr:it felt a little sleepy to me. All right at the same time. Um, I think we'll we'll argue our case for this show as we move forward. I bet I mean, at the very front, I would say yes, this is a show that they should watch.
Kara Edwards:Okay, sure. Okay, so what is it about we have a girl Hilda and her mum who live way out in the woods where monsters and talking wood people are abundant. But there is a new prime minister of the trolls because there's also trolls out in these woods and they believe that the house belongs to his people so they attack and after much to do and an accidental flattening of their house Hilda and her mum moved to the city which is otherwise known as troll Burg Um, while there Hilda struggles as she learns how to make friends for the first time in her life, live with out nature and wilderness, and her giant controls and things that she loves. And yet, she still manages to find the monsters and, you know, learn many things along the way.
Laura Orr:Yeah, so the majestic things that she saw in the forest are still, you know, are living in her life in the city as well. They just look a little bit different.
Kara Edwards:Yeah, this is a British show like this is imagine it's like it's like Peppa Pig only like a completely different concept. Yes, your
Laura Orr:children will be talking like Hilda by the end of this journey for sure. No
Kara Edwards:question. So wait. Acting is so good. You like it? Oh, I love it. I mean, outside of the fact that to me, the mom sounds like Minnie Driver. Hilda's mom. And I kept like, picturing Minnie Driver and it is not Mini Driver. But all of the voices the voices of the monsters are unexpected and wonderful. The trolls and there's Yeah, for me, there's just so much to love on with this one.
Laura Orr:It's all very gentle.
Kara Edwards:The voices I felt very gentle.
Laura Orr:It needs like big characters, because there are trolls like you said scary monster monster monsters, but I didn't. But I felt like they approached even these creatures very softly. And I felt like that makes it more palatable for a younger audience if you if they are to watch it, that these be potentially scary. Imagery is also accompanied by a much softer. Ad. I don't know
Kara Edwards:voice I mean, they're nice. Yeah, even when they're screaming, it's not super scary screaming. And the colors are very subdued colors. Like whoever did the coloring on this animation. I want them to come and design my entire house. It's like the most relaxing, earthy, natural tones neutral colors with some bright splashes of her hair. Hilda's hair is blue. And her outfit has this amazing. I don't even know what color that is. orangish type of color. Yeah, that they repeat. Like everything kind of matches and goes together very sweetly, which I think is so surprising to me, because I know how much you loved puffing rock, which I basically slept through. And now we're on Hilda, which is the calmness and color of puff and Ron but has a story.
Laura Orr:I thought of puff and rock when I watched this. I was like this is definitely poppin. I mean, we're we've reviewed several shows where the overall, you know, vibe, I guess is very calm and purposeful. And this slides right into that. And so I can't help but think of pop and rock whenever we do this because it's just funny how you and I react so differently. This style is show rarely do we either we either like love it so much. And we're on we're in for the ride or we fall asleep. I don't and I can't figure that
Kara Edwards:doesn't make sense how that like because yeah, puff and rock for me. Again, I loved it. It was calm, and it's great for children. But for me to sit down and watch it like news, bad news fast. I know. But Hilda for me, I mean, like I said, Michael and I've been watching this show for years like this is one I have always said enjoyed sitting down and following the story. And even jumping in and out like this isn't it is sequential. And it is good to start from the beginning. But this is one where you can jump in and just watch an episode and enjoy it. Yep, yeah. And then go about
Laura Orr:your day. It's not plot. It's not super plot heavy. They kind of do a lot of the same thing in different episodes, but just put a different twist on it or it's a different monster different challenge that she's dealing with. But yeah, it's not like these heavy heavy shows that we've reviewed in the past where if you miss an episode, you're gonna be totally lost, which I can totally appreciate that.
Kara Edwards:I like that too is show is based on a series of graphic novels by cartoonist Luke Pearson. He was actually also a writer on the Cartoon Network series Adventure Time. So no, but I've definitely heard of so. So this is not not a newbie to the writing and creating business. This show has a huge fan following yeah huge has 8.5 out of 10 on IMDb. It is rated TV, why seven? But it is let me tell you it is gone. Read it go online and it is like fanpages four
Laura Orr:days so it's a TTY seven. Do you agree? Who do you think is the audience?
Kara Edwards:You know what I feel? I feel a younger audience can handle this. I know I'm in and I understand why they did why seven which means basically they don't believe anyone under seven should be watching this a youth under seven but I disagree it no yeah, this is another and we we preach this on our podcast is no your kid there are monsters there are scary imageries there are creatures that disintegrate into green dust and give you nightmares at night there's there is what could be considered scary stuff like Laura mentioned, it's not done in a way that is overly scary. There it is very subdued. But yeah, if you have a kid that's going to be sensitive to stuff like that, then then yet just go ahead and give them a few more years. And then you can sit down and enjoy it together. And I already
Laura Orr:would say just skip a few episodes because there are some episodes that aren't particularly scary, right? And my two and a half year old, actually watched one of them and she was engaged the entire time. It wasn't one of the scarier ones. It was one of the ones towards the beginning. And she actually liked it. And I think it's because of the the calm sounds and the pretty visuals. It's a very dreamlike show. Yeah, a lot of times it feels like it's just that other worldly type of show very. Yeah, just very much like that. And
Kara Edwards:you got to suspend your this is a suspension of reality. Oh, yeah. This is fantasy shows. This is actually based on Scandinavian folklore. Okay, so it is, it feels very fable like in the way that the monsters interact in these creatures. And you just have to accept that that is part of this world.
Laura Orr:Yes. Yeah. And I think they introduce that to you right at the very beginning, from minute one. Yeah. And they do it in a really sweet way. I really enjoyed how they introduced the elves, those that they are actually my favorite characters that they love paperwork. It's just like a really cute group of people or characters or, you know, whatever, that you've heard of 1000 times, but they're presented so differently, that was really fun to get to know them, and that they were recurring characters throughout the whole series is really fun. So yeah, I think as far as an age cap, I would say probably, I don't know if a tween would get into it as much.
Kara Edwards:I love this show. I'm telling you. Reddit is full of people
Laura Orr:who think like tweens and teens would be into it. I
Kara Edwards:think so I think this is a show that people can get into, you know, obviously the, and that's going to be a little bit of a gray area, because they're gonna go through the like, is it going to keep their attention? I don't know. I feel like it's something that adults can appreciate.
Laura Orr:Yeah, I think when you present a cartoon to a tween and teen you've got you've got to have something to catch their attention because they're just going to see it as a cartoon. Right? Unless it appeals to them in a certain way. And so I don't know, it may or may not it has like an indie feel to it that might catch their attention. Yeah, I think I put in my notes any Pacific Northwestern hippie is gonna love because it is a lot about nature. And it is a total mood, like the mood of this is like going out in the woods and seeing what you can you know, what is under that rock? What's under that rock.
Kara Edwards:And it is very like I love I mean, there are these giants. There's an episode where there are these giants and one of them it tells this great story of how the Giants were so misunderstood and they were basically run out of town. Nobody wanted them there. And one of the giants is waiting on another one and she turns into a mountain and again, it has such a fairy tale fable s ness to it. And then my one of my favorite scenes in the whole series is the Giants find each other. Hilda resolves everything with the trolls and the elves and we're gonna stay and everything's great. And one of the giants steps on the house and crushes the house. And they realize they have to move and the mom watches the giant walk off and she says they didn't even notice what they'd done. Yeah. And then Hilda looks down and realizes the entire time her mom has now crushed one of the little elves houses, the troll houses and she says, Oh, and it's just this great symbolism of like, Yeah, watch what's under your feet. Like there's there's so much more going on and the consequences of actions and then I just love so much of the story and the lessons but I hate saying lessons. But
Laura Orr:no, I think that they reinforced that a lot on this show to have this idea of wherever you choose to go. You need to understand that somebody was probably there before you and just because you haven't seen in just because you don't see Yet there might still be somebody there now. And I think that that's something that we talk we encounter a lot as humans. Yeah. When we are trying to do something the the impact that it has on nature even which I think is a big message here that they try to explore, the impact that we have on our earth is something we usually don't see until we've already made a huge impact already. And there's already been quite a bit of devastation, I think like, and not to get too like high on a pedestal about it. But you know, there's these issues with like almond milk now and what the almond you know what planting almonds have so many almonds have done to like the soil, our soil, and so we didn't realize that until it was too late, we had all these almond groves. And so I think that that's a big message that they are trying to bring out in this is just the fact that merely existing without constant conscientiousness. Yeah, can, you know, put a burden on something or someone else and I that's at least what I picked up out of it, and 100% Another thing I really liked about it, that kind of ties into this is this idea of the origin of things, how things were made to be like you said, the mountain and where things come from, and how we tell stories about them today, yes, was a big message that they were that they were, you know, exploring in this that I really appreciated. And so, you know, how how things are now or how we view things, things as they are now and are not necessarily how they started out. Right? And so that time can kind of change. The stories that we tell in the trench can change the truth. And so, through this, you know, beautiful imagery and all this symbolism. I think that those were two of the big messages that I walked away from I don't think my kids are walking away from that, right.
Kara Edwards:They're definitely more adult concepts. i But I do think that kids are going to grasp on to things like kindness to animals. Yes, a love of the wilderness that there is magic out there if you're willing to go and find it. You know, there and I love this sort of explore. Brave Hilda's such a brave little adventure of a character fearless, completely fearless to meet someone new understand who somebody is. Don't just judge a book by its cover, ask questions and figure out why they're acting the way they're acting. There's there's having to meet new friends when she moves to troll Burg. She's there's there's some great stuff in there about, you know, being the new girl and navigating that.
Laura Orr:Yeah, for sure.
Kara Edwards:And you know it. I love the mom and daughter relationship as well. I love the way that they interact with each other. The mom, you know, I go back and forth when I watched this series of is this Hilda's imagination? And sometimes her friends and mom are willing to get into her like imaginative play with her? Or do we just accept Hilda as a reality? Like, yeah, no, this is the world we're living in. And Mom is seeing it because sometimes mom sees things and sometimes she doesn't. But she's always willing to try and just get down on Hilda's level and be like, Okay, so the Raven talks or whatever thing is going on?
Laura Orr:Yeah, whenever that question comes up, I personally like to err on, it's all real. It's just more fun to watch it that way than just like this misunderstood child is making all this stuff up. And she's a sort of, you know, a sore thumb or whatever. In a world of, you know, straight and narrow. I like to
Kara Edwards:think that and then my writer's brain is like, where's the twist?
Laura Orr:Yeah. What's the symbolism here? And she does feel like she doesn't fit in, in many ways. And, and, you know, I would I, the way I saw it was more so that these things did exist. She was just more open to it than maybe other people were okay. And that's what made it kind of fun for me to watch as you know. Yeah, it made it easier for me. I got it. What do you think?
Kara Edwards:You know, I totally agree. I and I, you know, one of the things that reminded me of a little bit is when I was a kid, you know, we didn't have access to television like kids have today. I mean, it existed but there were basically three things you could watch. Do you want Mr. Rogers? Or do you want Sesame Street or Carebears and I was a big fan of the old comic strips. He nuts in heaven and Hobbes and all of those things, and I couldn't wait for the Sunday paper to come out every week so that I could grab it and read all of it. comic strips. And there is something very similar to me when watching this, that the pacing of it and the comedy, if you will, and the the lessons learned was held a comic book or a comic strip? No, it was actually it was a graphic novel. So that would be Yeah, that would be very similar. Yeah. Was how it started out. And of course, I never read the book. So it would make sense. It's based on that. But we see stuff based on graphic novels all the time. This one I feel really honors. What a graphic novel does, when it does it in that capacity of just, you know, each adventure is kind of slow. And you you know, there's little little bits in between that you can kind of marinate on before you get to the next big thing. Yeah. And I that's just something that I super enjoy with the with this.
Laura Orr:Yeah, the same.
Kara Edwards:I like that. It's you know, it's it's okay to be different. I love shows where they take a kid that's just a little bit different, and Hilda is a little different, and her two besties that she makes when she moves to Joburg, except that she's a little bit different. And again, they join her in that. And they even acknowledge it like it's okay that some of this stuff you take us to do is a little bit scary, because that's who you are. You're an adventurer. And if we're going to be your friends, we're going to accept who you are.
Laura Orr:I really also liked the episode where the were Hilda's teacher is trying to basically figure out what to do about Hilda?
Kara Edwards:Yes, because she hasn't had the best episode. Yes, because she's very different.
Laura Orr:And she learns differently than the other children. And so that was making it hard for the teacher to keep structure in the class, because Hilda just wasn't following the rules that she had established, and then all the other kids were going along with. And I thought that was really interesting, because it kind of raised the question for me of whether or not children who learn differently should be separated from their peers and put into special learning environments, because that is what the teacher was trying to do for her. And so on a grander scale. I was really pondering that as I watched that episode, and ultimately, in this episode, the teacher decided to keep her in the class because it was better for her to be around her peers. And it was suggested that the teacher just needed to be more flexible, which is asking a lot I know. But it felt like the right choice for the the show at least. Yeah, it did have me thinking about that. Because I know that that's a question that is asked a lot of times at schools in our
Kara Edwards:world. And yeah, I think you're right, like it is a lot to ask of a teacher. But what is better for the child? Right?
Laura Orr:I mean, I don't know, I don't know the answer to that. Because I think I think the solutions are complicated, I think you can see benefit. And then also drawbacks, I mean, because I remember growing up, they did something pretty similar to that in our school where the kids were divided into classrooms based on their skills. Oh, and so you had a class for the quote unquote, smart kids. And then you had a class for the average kids and Okay, class for the kids who are taking longer to learn things. And so I know that this has been done. I don't know if it's necessarily good.
Kara Edwards:I don't know if it's good when I think about okay, and I obviously I come at this with no expertise, no, right. I can only speak on it as a parent. And I have one of those kids, that can be a challenge to teach. Just because his brain does work a little differently. And it works at high capacity at all times. And so I know that if asked like I want my child is exposed seems like the wrong word. But I want him in an environment with as many different children as he can be with, like, I would hope for kids that are smarter than him, I would hope for kids that are not quite as smart as him, I would hope. You know, I think that makes for the best life. I had an acting teacher that was always so important to me, a great mentor. And she would always say the best actors lived the most interesting lives. And I think that applies to kind of all people and all children is the more we expose ourselves to the more that we adventure, like a Hilda and get out there and accept people and just get to know them. And don't don't prejudge somebody, but actually accept them our lives become so much richer, right? Because of those experiences. And that's like when Yeah, I love that in that episode. I love that the teacher had to come around and be like, okay, so she's not because it ultimately Hilda was just so misunderstood because they hadn't encountered each Other before there were someone like that person. And so I've loved how that was resolved. I love how everything in this show is resolved. Yeah, there's and there is resolution like they have a problem. And it's resolved and it's almost always resolved with communication with compassion with kindness. And that's something that I could cheerlead all day long.
Laura Orr:Yeah, there's a lot being said in the show. Which makes me think that while this is going to get the attention of kids, it definitely is written with an older audience in mind, should they take the time to watch it? No question, because this is stuff like I, our kids would just be like, yeah, the teacher wanted her out. And the teacher changed her mind and let her stay like that's, you know, and yeah,
Kara Edwards:and we see all these other things. So yeah, if all these are their topics, so Okay, so we've clearly loved all over Hilda pretty hard did you find anything problematic?
Laura Orr:Oh, personally, it was not just the scary imagery. And then, you know, the pace of the show could be boring for some people. But other than that, I didn't find a lot of things about you.
Kara Edwards:Same. I mean, the monsters could be scary. We've touched on that. If you really want to dig for something and boy do I think this is a stretch Hilda does argue with her mom a little Hilda does argue with the teacher a little there is some sneaking going on. There is a little bit of attitude here and there. Boy, I mean, I that I feel like I am reaching the stretch arm out as far as I can to grab on to those because No,
Laura Orr:I think it's pretty light, her personality could be seen as defiant. I mean, she is very spirited, she grew up in a different place where she was allowed a lot more freedom. And then she was asked to be in an environment that is much more structured and has a lot more rules and expectations of her and so she is adjusting to that. And while she adjusts to that she is a little defiant and yeah. And so you can see that and she and her mom have very frank and open conversations with each other. And so depending on what kind of relationship with you you have with your child, this could be seen as something that you wouldn't want your child to emulate. But maybe you do maybe you do value that kind of a conversation with a child so again, it's that thing where you say Yeah, it's
Kara Edwards:really good to know your kid know yourself know what what kind of relationship you have. This speaks to me because this is exactly how Michael and I interact. This is how I interact with my stepdaughter is very frank very open and listening to who they are. So you always look up one star reviews on IMDb. I was looking this time and boy are they hard to find. Yeah, extremely hard to find. Because this is such a well loved show that I could not find easily a one star review. I did find a seven star review that I thought I thought it came so close to a one star review. I thought it was funny that it was given us seven. Oh, let's hear it. Oh, this is the seven out of 10 review.
Laura Orr:I'm already laughing.
Kara Edwards:It's good, but not that good. Oh, the score would be 6.8. If I could. It's got so many great reviews. And I don't know why. Yeah, it's a great one. But you just have to endure the first couple of episodes. That's a quote from reviews. I mean, it's not that bad at all. But I could not rewatch a season or even watch an episode twice. And sometimes I got real bored during it. I could sum the whole show up with one sentence without any spoilers. Keep your friends and have a great relationship with your parents. This is the main thread and the stories just building on this no matter how cool they are. They will always end up with this track in the end. I'm not saying that this makes the story predictable, because it doesn't, but it just gets really boring. Okay, so generally just that hope I like that it's the score would be 6.0.
Laura Orr:That's interesting. And that that opening song I'm feeling bad about what I said about it. It's written by Grimes. Oh, yeah. Oh, that's interesting. So Elon Musk has probably watched this probably so they probably wonder if they like have the soundtrack going in their house. They should it's so dreamy it's so dreamy it kind of reminds me of I don't remember the name of the episode and bluey but it's the episode where bingo has like this really awesome dream. It's one of that most beloved episode so I'm sorry maybe it's called Dream I don't remember but it has that same just like very awesome music to accompany all of the movement that just puts you in a trance. It's very like very cool. Anyways, that's a silly review. I feel like that person was saying a bunch of
Kara Edwards:say a bunch of really positive things but saying they were bored. They were saying no Did you write this review?
Laura Orr:I feel way more interesting. I was gonna say that person said one thing in 20 different ways. But what could you write? Don't buy, like I'm
Kara Edwards:writing, but I'm bored. And I'm telling you that it's fine, but I'm bored. Yeah, like,
Laura Orr:Okay, do you we get it, you don't like it? It's funny because that that is a person I think, who is struggling to see all the meaning behind the show? Because we haven't even touched on the, the monsters and like, I feel like the way that even the monsters to me represented like nature and animals, yes, because a lot of times the monsters would appear scary. But really, they were just trying to get their baby back because of, you know, their habitat was disrupted, and they're having to deal with the consequences of that. And so, I mean, how much can we relate to that when we oh, that's
Kara Edwards:all I can think about. What is that saying? That's like it's not coming to my brain, but it's basically like, you never know what someone is going through. Like don't judge someone because you don't know what they're actually going through. Hmm. And it was so much like I was like, I feel like that was a lesson that was just being like, proven again and again and again. I mean,
Laura Orr:I feel like they could have replaced like, whenever a troll got into the school as like they could replace this with any story you've read about a bear getting into someone's backyard yet you know, because it's like we are living among animals and we are in in we are intruding on the habitats so many times that yeah, predators often end up in our space because of the way that we have decided to inhabit this earth. And so that's how that is what I glean so much from this show is like it's very environmentally like I feel like it's sending a lot of environmental messages and so when I was
Kara Edwards:it's after my own heart and like no question Kara
Laura Orr:you were meant to love this
Kara Edwards:I am there's a reason i i honestly
Laura Orr:I just probably need to watch it again. I don't know what's going on with me it's spooky season. This is not a it's funny it's not a spooky season show to me but it definitely gives me a foul mood like it is an autumn the colors
Kara Edwards:that I'm telling you those colors like if I ever move and then can afford to have someone come and like die like literally from the ground up redo my house I'm gonna be like can you go watch Hilda and then kind of just decorate my house after that who
Laura Orr:are autumnal autumn no show like you can watch this while knitting oh I cooking hot cocoa in front of a fire if I miss out like, like an odd it is just it is. What is that Taylor
Kara Edwards:Swift sweater Sweater Weather what is that
Laura Orr:album she came out with last year and it was just fall what it was? Oh, yeah. What was that one call?
Kara Edwards:You can like listen to that after watching Elda Yes, I
Laura Orr:mean, this is a company that so hard and so yeah, if that's if that's your vibe, and you definitely see some guys ease and
Kara Edwards:get in and season three. So there is also a movie. I have to scroll up in my notes. There is a movie Hilda and the Mountain King, it picks up where Season Two left off. Hilde actually starts the story as a troll living with trilla pregnancy that wrong. My son started the movie I was not there. So I haven't seen this movie yet. She enjoys her new freedom and her powers that come with being a troll. But of course there's going to be problems or it wouldn't be an interesting show. And then season three has been announced the Creator did come out and say season three we'll move on from the events of the movie and venture into some new territory. So apparently Hilda is going to appear older. She's going to be dressed a little older. I've all the characters are going to have grown up just a little bit. It's still going to be Hilda he assured us
Laura Orr:I like that you don't see that often in cartoons. Yeah. Where are
Kara Edwards:they actually this is going to be where Hilda does grow up and so it can't put her into a new mindset and new things going on. Fans are really hoping that Hilda develops a long term fear I did read that on. He hasn't said if that's going to be happening or not.
Laura Orr:Why do they want that so badly? Because she's fearless.
Kara Edwards:She's fearless. So I guess they want to see that dynamic of her being afraid of something. Yeah, so that I guess that's the dynamic they're hoping for but um, so it should be very interesting. They haven't said when season three is coming out that I could find but there is a season three in the works awesome. And then that should be the final season. We're going to be done with Hilda this was supposed to be two seasons, but it was so beloved that they did the movie and season three but he has been very clear that this will be it. Okay, so there's more to come.
Laura Orr:I think some of the best shows have a short run time.
Kara Edwards:I think some of the best shows are British. Really I do. I think I have a thing for British shows. I love the pig. I love Have like anytime there's that just that lovely, you know, calming British accent I just love listening to it. Oh, okay.
Laura Orr:I, I don't I I like I want to. I feel like I'm missing something because I like British comedy has never grabbed me
Kara Edwards:like Monty Python type stuff. Oh my gosh, I watched it so much as a kid I watched I watched the heck out of Monty Python Did I did I love it? I think I love the British. I follow a thing on Twitter. That's like, no context British. And they just post videos of British people being British with no context. And it is by far the best thing I follow on Twitter.
Laura Orr:It's a Twitter thing. Yeah,
Kara Edwards:it's hilarious. It's hilarious. I love British people. I do. They're just they just don't dress.
Laura Orr:Well, since we're talking about British people. Did you know that the there's a movie that or is it a series that came out with Rowan Atkinson called Man versus B? No, I didn't know this to have seen it yet. I haven't seen it yet. But it came out on Netflix a few months ago and it's
Kara Edwards:it's a kid friendly. Is this something we're going to review?
Laura Orr:I mean, I would hope so because it's Rowan Atkinson. He's Mr. Bean. Right. So Atkinson. He is Mr. Bean. So, and I I did watch that as a kid. I mean, I've seen it to lots of body humor. I think it's literally him trying to get a bee out of the house and he can't and he trashes the house so who doesn't love that?
Kara Edwards:I mean, that sounds amazing. And that's sort of like something we're going to review
Laura Orr:for sure. Yeah, so
Kara Edwards:um, so if you love British accents, we've got a show for you Hilda and we've got one coming up that will review something really quick one last final thought and then I'm done is I noticed that I thought it was interesting in those first couple of episodes that the big monsters all had American accents.
Laura Orr:I did not notice
Kara Edwards:that I did oh, well of course you mean wonder logon voice actor notice all right, yep. But I mean, the the voice acting is so good that you wouldn't notice it. But I was like, I find it interesting. But then like the trolls and elves did have British accents or different types of accents. But those those really really big giants and kind of scary. First things that were scary. Definitely had American accents. And I was like, What's the message here? Guys?
Laura Orr:Do you have a theory now? I don't know. Really. There's got to be
Kara Edwards:a reason but there's a reason cuz you don't just have all British accents. All right,
Laura Orr:back to Reddit. We go you know, someone's talked about this. Yeah. So if
Kara Edwards:you know if you know what the thinking was behind the casting, I would be really interested. Yes. Same. Okay. I think I mean, I think this is this is all I got too. So please do let us know your thoughts on Hilda or your favorite British show because apparently I love them.
Laura Orr:I've seen Shaun the Sheep. No, I
Kara Edwards:haven't seen Shaun the Sheep.
Laura Orr:I tried. I go more for the crown. That one is Oh, like adult. Yeah, got it. Yeah, that makes anyway
Kara Edwards:Shaun the Sheep is that when we need to review
Laura Orr:the arrow it's always nominate No, please don't. It's always nominated for like, okay. It's always nominated for Academy Awards. Yeah, no, it's very, I think there are a lot of either movies or TV shows. It's a very beloved show. It is British. It's nominated for awards all the time. I tried to watch it. I wasn't into it. So I was curious if you liked it. I don't know if it's a British thing with me or not. Or just I've had bad luck. I don't watch the crown. Camel. Camel.
Kara Edwards:Yet I never ever I don't know who else in it. But it's fantastic. It's so good. Yeah, you gotta go watch the crown especially with it. It's the tis the season. Go watch the crown. No,
Laura Orr:it's spooky season. Is the crown spooky.
Kara Edwards:Well, no, just because like there's been changeovers with the like, the monarchy and things have been going on and it's no longer life. Okay, so get through this spooky season, get through fall season and then go watch the crown over winter.
Laura Orr:Okay, I'll think about it. Okay, deal. All right.
Kara Edwards:Let us know what you guys think you can find us on all the places online Instagram, Twitter on our website, should they watch it.com? Should they should they watch it? Don't watch it. Watch it.
Laura Orr:And next week, we're going to have a guest Alexis from the satirical mommy is going to be here to help us review Alpha blocks in the
Kara Edwards:studio, which is really exciting. That hasn't happened since Brina Plensa who comes in studio, which means there's gonna be some Sharon with the mics because I only have two ports to plug them in. And great. And yeah, she's actually going to be here with us. So that'll add a whole new fun dynamic.
Laura Orr:Thank you everyone for listening. See you next week. Bye. Scribe and follow us on Instagram.