@EaglyTheKawaiiShika
It's honestly my favorite streaming service right now, the movie library alone puts Netflix to shame, kind of reminds me of like 2011-2014 era Netflix.
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@EaglyTheKawaiiShika
Reality shows are not going to ruin the quality scripted content on the service, at least not any time soon. I mainly subscribe for the movies and HBO shows neither of which are currently going anywhere. All the streaming services have a lot of reality crap on it so that's nothing new.
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Finished watching season 3 of Doom Patrol. Honestly, the show is getting better and better. But dear lord, there is so much character development that I wouldn't blame anyone for dropping the show early on. I don't know who thought it was a good idea to focus so much on character development in a comical superhero show. At least season 3 had a more interesting and hilarious plot with less character development compared to the previous seasons. And for the first time, I'm actually looking forward to the next season lol.
@RogerRoger
Considering how polarizing the games and other media of the whole Sonic Boom retooling was (or whatever the hell you call what it was), I imagine a lot of Sonic fans didn't even give the show a chance despite it being surprisingly good.
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I'm sure if Sonic Boom was classic 2D, it would have drawn in alot more viewers.
I still need to finish watching the series myself, stopped after Season 1 ages ago. I own the blu-rays but just haven't gotten around to watching them yet. Same thing goes for Sonic X.
Just finished watching season 1 of House of the Dragon. What an absolutely insane ending! The season in general was really good. I thought though it felt a bit strange with the show having so many time skips, not to mention switching out actors due to the characters aging. I really liked the young versions of the characters, so it was a bit disheartening that they got rid of those actors. Hopefully they'll dial it down for the next season. The whole point is that you become attached to the characters, which also includes the actors.
But yeah, it's so nice to be watching Game of Thrones again. It's truly one of the best franchises ever created. Game of Thrones is back baby!
I forgot to mention but I've finally finished all the City Hunter TV anime series awhile ago.
City Hunter - It's a longer series (over 50 episodes) & gets pretty formulaic (it doesn't have a large extended cast, so how much mileage you'll get from it depends on how well you gel with it's central comedy loop between Ryo & Kaori, which consists of him being an unrepentant perv, before ultimately succumbing to her hammer. Not to mention that many of his antics could be considered "problematic" by today's standards), but it's also just a really fun show, totally 80's (I love the neon infused aesthetic), and a narratively relevant episode popped up just often enough to keep it interesting. Also tons of random M&M's product placement for some reason (it got to the point where I was actively looking out for where the logo would appear in any given episode, lol).
City Hunter 2 - Even longer than the first series (over 60 episodes), everything that can be said about that one applies to this as well (although the M&M's product placement drops off somewhere early on). Don't see why it's marked as a sequel though, as it's clearly a directly continued production of the first series (what I mean is, the last episode of the first series had a preview of this series' first episode as the next episode, so there was clearly no break in production between the two), with the art style, budget, and everything else being identical between the two.
City Hunter 3 - Now this was a bit of a change in direction for the series. It was much shorter (only 13 episodes), however the animation quality seemed a bit higher across the board. Unfortunately I didn't care for it as much. They gave everyone more "realistic" hair colors (Kaori went from red to brown, Saeko from blue to black) which could be more manga accurate for all I know, but I was used to the old colors by this point, that and the neon infused color palette of the first two series was replaced with a much more drab autumnal look (seemed to have a lot of browns, tans, oranges, & creams) & even the humour seemed a bit more muted (or at least not as stand out, even if there was a good episode here & there).
City Hunter '91 - the final series, it too took on the form of a 13 episode series with better than average animation than the first two series, and this one I though was much stronger in the other areas compared to 3 as well. It's once again much more colorful (albeit in a pastel 90's kinda way instead of 80's neon), which includes fixing everyone's hair colors, the humor seems back on track, and although it ultimately doesn't offer a narrative conclusion it has some darn good episodes (especially the duel between Ryo & Umibozu).
Currently Playing:
Switch - Blade Strangers
PS4 - Kingdom Hearts III, Tetris Effect (VR)
i renewed my Hulu a week ago or so and started rewatching Switched at Birth. Been a long long time since i last saw it on either Netflix or on tv years ago.
That and rewatching little bit of Lost since that also used to be on Netflix before Netflix got rid of it awhile back
Just finished The Peripheral last night and… real interesting show fair play. Not sure they completely pulled off what they were trying to do but real deep cyber fiction for sure. Never read the Gibson source material but, having seen his name pop up at the start of episode 1, I expected nothing less.
@colonelkilgore
I am surprised nobody has ever tried to do a Neuromancer series. Three books, three seasons; would work perfectly. Get HBO or Amazon or whoever to take a crack at it.
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Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion + R2 (Blu-Ray)
Mecha anime set in an alternate universe where the British empire (now referred to as the "Holy Britannian Empire") never collapsed and with the advent of mechs known as Knightmares, have recently conquered Japan (& renamed it Area 11). It centers on a spurned (& believed dead) Britannian prince named Lelouch, who vows to get revenge upon his family by destroying Britannia, and with the aid of a power that let's him control the minds of others, he begins with a plan of liberating Japan.
I only ever watched this once before when it aired on Adult Swim back in the day, & although I remember liking it I never fully followed it through, so it felt good to finally get back to it. Wasn't a huge fan of the character design at first (I think I prefer 80's & 90's anime designs), but it grew on me and the story is so full of twists and turns it had me on the edge of my seat (even if I wasn't a big fan of the "reset" at the start of the second season). My only main gripe is that it's so reliant on those narrative twists that I probably won't want to watch it for another 5-10 years that way I can forget the fiber details, lol.
Currently Playing:
Switch - Blade Strangers
PS4 - Kingdom Hearts III, Tetris Effect (VR)
Parody of the magical girl genre that sees a young girl (Natsumi) tasked with transforming into the flower goddess Mei in order to stop the revived destruction god Ongo (the latter trapped in an artifact her archaeologist father brought home), however things take a more humourous turn when the fearsome being appears and isn't nearly imposing as led to believe.
I'm very mixed on this. Most of the parody elements take the form of wild fan service & innuendo, and while I'm generally of a fan of such things (and don't have much of a problem when it comes to the "Mei" side of the character), it seems to awkwardly give the "Natsumi" side her fair share as well (I'm not sure I even want to describe what she has to do to even transform in the first place, and the classmate who gains the power of the water goddess may even be worse in this regard). Plus, there's Ahem the Earth god, who might make Mr. Popo (of Dragon Ball fame) look like a progressive case of Black representation (this, coming from someone who generally doesn't care about such things in anime, shows just how blatant it is).
That said I can't dislike it. When it's not being completely awkward there's times when the humor hits (again, I don't have a problem with the fan service when focused on Mei), I think they could have had something with the various god/goddesses in terms of lore & story had it actually been longer (it's a 3 part OVA), and the more I watch the more I realize that I think 90's anime both in terms of aesthetic & tone may just be my favorite. I just like looking at it, & it may be a slapstick magical girl show, but that doesn't stop them from dedicating animation resources to lovingly recreate detailed renditions of various military equipment (including a scene with Mei going into detail about the spec load out of a US air force jet), which is an element of otaku/anime culture which has unfortunately been removed in today's anime culture from what I can tell.
Currently Playing:
Switch - Blade Strangers
PS4 - Kingdom Hearts III, Tetris Effect (VR)
@LN78
Some of the episodes of the original Twilight Zone can be hit or miss but there are truly some bangers among them. "Five Strangers in Search of An Exit", "The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street", "To Serve Man" and "Eye of The Beholder" are just a few of the classics that hold up.
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@LN78 I’ve been saving ‘1899’, because I think that’ll be something that’s going to demand my full attention.
Is it worth having on, in the background while gaming? Unfortunately that’s how I consume most of my shows nowadays.
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