I started watching this as a guilty pleasure. A guy who’s sexual arousal destroys the world was a hilarious premise. And I enjoyed the show, really. It’s pervy fanservice, without the need of inexplicable beams of light and oh so convenient steam clouds. So why didn’t I enjoy it more? Two things: one is the fact that the comedy has to take a back seat in the final third of the series in order for the story to play out. I really hate that when that happens. The premise is ludicrous and silly, but the series takes a serious turn, because of the serious story they present. Like halfway through the original writer hit a wall and had to hire someone else to finish the story. But writer two didn’t know it was a comedy.
Second is more of a personal thing. It comes from being a fan of science and science fiction and is in two parts. First is the time travel paradox. I won’t spoil anything here but let’s just say either time IS absolute therefore no action one takes can affect the outcome; or time ISN’T absolute therefore there cannot be dire consequences for effecting history.and Punch Line tries to have it both ways. Otherwise the show wouldn’t make it to 12 episodes. The other part is according to Dr. Kaku, conservation mass says you’d have to atomize an asteroid to prevent it from causing widespread destruction. Even if you reduced it to golfball sized pieces, there’d be so many of them the would cause destruction over a vast area of the world.
Now I know the seems petty in a comedy, but as I stated earlier, the comedy takes a back seat in the last third, so I have to rate what they give me. Watch it, or don’t; either way you’ll be no better or worse for it.
