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Post by Woody Alien on Jan 24, 2020 10:14:17 GMT -5
Finally watched and finished the two seasons of Matt Groening's "Disenchantment" new cartoon series. Maybe I was a victim of the hype, but I can't help but call it "Disappointment" since it felt okay at best and kinda dull/dragged out at worst. As a comedy it's kinda funny but nothing special and the characters and main plot still feel under-developed even after 20 episodes. I should describe it with a resounding "meh".
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Post by Snake on Apr 23, 2020 13:41:02 GMT -5
Crash Landing On You
A K-Drama that, while managing to stay formulaic, still is pretty interesting as far as its depiction of North Korea. It certainly pokes fun at itself, and is quite self-aware, as K-drama writing goes. But I really enjoyed a South Korean take on North Korean daily life, status and standing, etc. And for all that goes on, there is no reference nor mention of Kim Jong Un at all, to my memory. For the most part, it shows the humanity in people, the complications of a budding, accidental romance between a man and a woman who live on opposite sides of the border. I normally don't get emotional, but I did shed a few tears. Moreso than any other movie or drama.
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Post by windfisch on Jun 25, 2020 19:07:10 GMT -5
The Orville
I'm a bit conflicted, as this is probably the closest to TNG we'll get these days. And FX, sets, make up and constumes all look great. And hey, they got their own Worf, their own Data... almost everybody's here in one form or another. The writing on the other hand is mostly decent, but certainly closer to the lesser episodes of TNG, DS9 or Voyager. It tends to feel rushed. And of course there is the humour. Don't get me wrong, I don't mind humour in Star Trek and to be honest that is certainly one aspect about Trek in general that could be a bit sharper. And there were moments in The Orville that I found genuinely funny. But I really wish there was more restraint when it comes to out of place jokes and pop cultural references, those can be quite jarring. And is it just me or would the show be a lot better, if Seth McFarlane wasn't acting in it? I get that this is probably his childhood dream or something, but I just cannot see him as anything other than him playing himself (and frankly, I don't like him). However, I was delighted to see Penny Johnson Jerald of DS9 fame.
Overall it's fine, but at the same time it makes me yearn for the real thing.
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Post by Woody Alien on Aug 26, 2020 12:40:05 GMT -5
Has anyone seen the "High Score" 6-episode series about video games on Netflix? Several people bashed it, and not totally without reason, but I enjoyed it. It doesn't sells itself as the definitive documentary about games, it's a series of vignettes from the Golden Age of arcades to the mid-90s every time mostly centered around a topic such as RPGs, the rivalry between Nintendo and Sega, or the rise of arcade beat-em-ups and the subsequent crusade against violent games, and so on. I quite enjoyed it even if many topics could be fleshed out more (I hope there's a new season) and the perspective is still too US-centric, what with the 1983 crash of the market and half an episode spent talking about John Madden games. I enjoyed the lightly humorous tone complete with faux-pixelated animations, Charles Martinet as the narrator (no, he doesn't do the Mario voice even when speaking about Nintendo) and several interesting interviews with big names from Roberta Williams and John Romero to "Hip" Tanaka and Yoshitaka Amano.
(As a side note, and I don't say it to make a shitstorm, I was sad about seeing people complaining that the authors had an "agenda". So what if the winner of the first gaming tournament and subsequent famous programmer is a transgender person? And if a gay black dude worked on the Madden games? If anything the only "agenda" I saw is that almost everyone interviewed says that games helped them hone their skills, become better people and not feel themselves left out.)
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Post by kaoru on Aug 26, 2020 13:20:20 GMT -5
To some people, showcasing any kind of minority is automatically a political agenda ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2020 13:44:48 GMT -5
It seems these people think use of the word agenda somehow legitimises their own closed mindedness as an actual argument. Surely these people can't possibly think if they make this complaint diverse groups will disappear?
As for the documentary, I'm going to save it for a rainy day sometime if I ever get the house to myself again. I'm going in knowing what to expect so I think it should be enjoyable.
I was gifted 'The Boys'season 1 on Blu Ray today as an anniversary gift and I don't know much about it. Has anyone here seen it?
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Post by Snake on Aug 28, 2020 10:32:12 GMT -5
It seems these people think use of the word agenda somehow legitimises their own closed mindedness as an actual argument. Surely these people can't possibly think if they make this complaint diverse groups will disappear? Can't fix confirmation bias that easily. Some people are dedicated to being miserable and getting riled up over strawmen. Frogs in a well who know not of the vast ocean. Started on Legend of Korra. Interesting way to continue the Avatar/Airbender storyline. The writing is decent mix of mature themes mixed in with catering to a young kid target market, that gives me a feeling of the 1990's X-Men, Batman animated series, and Gargoyles.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 28, 2020 11:42:50 GMT -5
It seems these people think use of the word agenda somehow legitimises their own closed mindedness as an actual argument. Surely these people can't possibly think if they make this complaint diverse groups will disappear? Can't fix confirmation bias that easily. Some people are dedicated to being miserable and getting riled up over strawmen. Frogs in a well who know not of the vast ocean. Started on Legend of Korra. Interesting way to continue the Avatar/Airbender storyline. The writing is decent mix of mature themes mixed in with catering to a young kid target market, that gives me a feeling of the 1990's X-Men, Batman animated series, and Gargoyles. Young kids? I still watch them pretty frequently. Actually think I've worn out some of my Batman discs. Perhaps this says a lot about me.
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Post by Snake on Aug 28, 2020 12:28:52 GMT -5
Same here. I watched a lot of the episodes frequently too. I really like "Almost Got Him," and the Clock King. Just keeping in mind, I was like 10 or 11 when this stuff was being televised on Fox and the Disney Afternoon, around the deluge of cartoons from 3:00 PM ~ 5:00 PM after school, and before re-runs of Married with Children.
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Post by windfisch on Aug 28, 2020 13:04:39 GMT -5
Batman The Animated Series is a fairly unique show. The art direction in particular still stands out with nuanced animation and beautifully textured backgrounds. I also like the general pacing with lots of breather moments with very little going on, not even in terms of music - just pure atmosphere. Not every episode is perfect, but even the weaker ones are generally pretty enjoyable.
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Post by shelverton on Sept 15, 2020 2:41:47 GMT -5
Away with Hilary Swank on Netflix is not entirely what I though it would be. I have only one episode left and it’s been a very slow season. It’s barely about space at all which is disappointing and I’m genuinely not interested in the dad and the daughter back on earth.
I’m also not sure how I feel about any of the characters. I’m gonna go read some reviews now. Maybe I’m crazy for thinking this is pretty dull.
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Post by lurker on Oct 11, 2020 19:34:08 GMT -5
So a promo for the new Animaniacs has dropped...
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Post by Woody Alien on Oct 12, 2020 7:58:30 GMT -5
What's the joke? That Spielberg produced both Animaniacs and Jurassic Park?
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Post by Woody Alien on Mar 30, 2021 8:43:39 GMT -5
I'm cheating a bit because it's not TV but rather Youtube, then again nobody watches this forum anymore so I can write whatever at this point...
Recently I found ENA, this surreal series of shorts made by a Peruvian animator I didn't know and I quite enjoyed it. It looks like a parody of vaporwave and the current retro-internet late 90s/early 2000s aesthetic, but it's actually more clever than it seems at first sight and it is full of nods to art, technology and games, taking inspiration from a lot of stuff including Osamu Sato, Talking Heads, cubism and several more. The music, made by other artists, is quite good too.
I'm posting here the first two brief episodes so you can judge by yourself:
The longer second one is much more influenced by games in its structure and ups the weirdness even more:
If you enjoyed them you can go to the author's Youtube page and see for yourself the epic, 17-minute (!) third (but apparently not last) part of the series, with even more references and lots of "aesthetic" panoramas. It was actually made in Unity and then recorded as far as I can understand.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2021 14:08:10 GMT -5
Squid Game! I watched it! I can't unwatch it! But you can watch it too (I recommend it).
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