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17YO: Criminal Minds, Supernatural
8YO: My Little Pony:FIM, Some Assembly Required
Me: Lost In Space
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Man, my capacity to read a room is getting worse and worse with age. I’m at McDonalds and Emily is in the play area having fun. I’m bored so I start watching YouTube clips (there’s nobody around me), and end up settling on The Sopranos. Fast forward five minutes and I realize my phone is broadcasting f-bombs at full volume in a goddamn MacDonalds. I was so mad at myself I started swearing out loud at myself. I must look like a total lunatic unbalanced prick.
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hotseatgames wrote: Westworld season 2 premier was pretty decent. Not earth-shattering, but sets up what will surely be some interesting surprises.
Yeah, I thought it was just okay. A bit too long and plodding. I'm starting to pick up some "Lost" vibes, which I guess shouldn't be surprising since JJ Abrams is the executive producer, and Abrams is a fucking hack. So far, on Westworld we have:
- Mysterious island.
- Weird, shady corporation with some as-yet-unknown nefarious plan.
- Hidden underground hatches with unknown purpose.
- Multiple characters spread across the island, each seeking their own redemptive character arc.
- Ham-fisted philosophy that tries to sound deep and profound, but it really just kind of nonsense
- Characters who speak to each other in maddening riddles, instead of TALKING to each other like actual humans (or human facsimiles, in this case)
- Flashbacks
Anyway, I still enjoyed it (I enjoyed Lost too, back in the day), but it's just not as compelling as it seems to think it is. Clearly, HBO wants this to be their Game of Thrones replacement, even slotting the show into the spring premiere that GoT would normally take. This show is nowhere near as fun and entertaining as GoT. It's just too cold and clinical. There's no character here that I like, or want to root for. The show is interesting, in a "I wonder what happens next" sort of way, but there's no emotional engagement at all.
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SuperflyTNT wrote: Netflix is making some bad ass shows. The Killing, Lost In Space, Altered Carbon...
Man, The Killing was great. Was so happy to see Netflix resurrect it after AMC killed it. I don't think Joel Kinnaman will ever surpass his role of Holder in his career.
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It's definitely an anime series about war. If my memory serves me, not a single episode is without something blowing or someone killed. Of course, it's probably the product of the era. Unlike most new series which focus on characters interaction, this is definitely about war. The series tell the story about the ship White Base and its crew throughout the war, and it's never delayed--not by character angst, school festivals or love stories. It's just going forward. Even when affected by war-weariness or defection, the crew rarely loses (much) of its combat effectiveness. The small bits of non-war things that made it to the series are just the right amount, with characters having their development without hindering the overall pace.
Also unlike other Gundam series, while the White Base is important, it's not the only thing in the war. A lot of other things happen. Battles were truly massive, with lots of death and destruction (and repetitive animation).
If you are interested in anyway in Gundam and have the time, you may want to see this. Or at the very least the abridged version.
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hotseatgames wrote: I've been watching The Killing, based on the recommendations here. I am enjoying it, although I've seen very similar shows / plots before.
I am so over detective shows. My wife has watched The Killing, The Fall, Broadchurch, etc. multiple times each. While I'm not actively watching them, I'm still in the room and I'm sick of them.
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