@Malaise As one of the people who thought that "Arcane' was excellent, I'd be interested to hear your recommendations or thoughts on what you regard as being a good animated show.
I'm trying to hold off on Shogun until around the time AC Shadows comes out, but I might give in and watch it sooner because of everyone's high praises here and reviews. But I love to really dial in on eras with AC games with either shows or podcasts set in or about the time periods.
It's probably going to be the best thing available through Disney atm though, right? And I did resubscribe recently anyway
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@Malaise@LN78 Coming from a person who thought Arcane was fantastic, I was really surprised how much I liked Blue-Eyed Samurai. I liked it much better than Castelvania, although not quite as much as Arcane (but close). I’m not sure why I slept on it so long. I think I suspected it was Japanese anime styled storytelling (which I don’t always gel with), but really it has a more Western feel to its narrative, despite taking place in feudal Japan. Definitely give it a try, Mal.
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Still keep forgetting to start watching Blue Eyed Samurai, it’s been in my watchlist since it was released. These comments have reminded me to get on that.
I’m going to save a rewatch of the first season of Arcane until closer to the launch of the second season.
Started watching Yellowstone again. It's probably been over a year since I last watched it. I felt like it was fitting to start watching it again now that I'm playing Red Dead Redemption II. And it is honestly very fitting, it's like I'm watching a modern day version of the game. There are also the prequel shows that are closer in history with RDR2, so I'm looking forward to watching those as well.
Been trying out a couple of Apple TV+ series lately and while the streamer has the highest hit-rate with me than any of the big streamers out there, these two weren't top shelf for me.
The first one, Sunny, is a drama starring Rashida Jones, a woman living in Japan who loses both her husband and son in a mysterious plane-crash and then gets sent an advanced AI robot (the titular Sunny) from her husband's employer, stating it was his creation. Having thought her husband made refrigerators for a living, she now faces the realization that not only did he lie about his work, but that he may have hidden a lot of things from his family... including possible ties to the Yakuza.
A highly interesting premise, in my mind, but the series was just too slow for me and didn't really connect. I threw in the towel after five episodes, but your mileage may vary, so if you think it sounds interesting, absolutely give it a try.
The other one is Taikia Waititi and Jemaine Clement's re-imagining of Time Bandits. I'm four episodes in and I've had quite a few laughs already, but I'm struggling to connect with this one as well. It doesn't help that I find the kid incredibly annoying, which he is supposed to be, I guess, but that doesn't change the fact that I'm getting annoyed. Lisa Kudrow is good, but she's more or less playing an alternate version of Phoebe (the third sister?) again. That's not necessarily a bad thing, though, as I quite enjoy her schtick. After four episodes I'm not ready to call it quits just yet, but it's far from the slam-dunk hit with me that I expected it to be.
In a bit of a TV show rut... seem to be bouncing off a few things, and still failing to fill the almighty hole that Succession left in my life!
Finished the final season of Barry last week with mixed feelings. I felt Barry was definitely a good show, but with some really missed potential that stopped it from being great. Bill Hader and Henry Winkler are brilliant, both showing real range throughout. My biggest problem was with the jarring shifts in tonality.... this show can go from slapstick comedy ---> seriously dark/gritty moments, and this just didn't work for me. I would say though I think it has one of the best endings I've ever seen in TV, a fantastic sign-off (Despite a bumpy ride)
About to start watching Atlanta, heard good things
@CJD87 I reccomend Slow Horses on Apple TV+, if only to watch Gary Oldman who is brilliant. The rest of the characters and story is also great too.
I see that the people that made Love, Death & Robots are making a new show all based on video game IP. The downside that is that it will be on Amazon Prime. Boooooo!
@CJD87 I second @JohnnyShoulder on Slow Horses - really good grimey British spy show that makes me laugh every time Oldman rips the **** out of everyone he interacts with.
I reside in the UK, so of course I have plenty of time for Gary Oldman - I see he's also an Emmy nomination for this year's Outstanding Male Actor in Drama Series.
@JohnnyShoulder that Video Game anthology show doesn't look too bad - especially the Keanu Reaves / Armored Core episode?!
@colonelkilgore yeah, I was just messing. He's played some weird characters as well as good serious roles. I feel like when I had 6 months of Apple via PS5 I watched absolutely nothing as they had jack shhh, but now it seems they have some good stuff on there. I'll try to remember it for if I sub to it again
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Apple actually has some really solid stuff on there from back when I also had that 6-month thing. Silo was awesome (even my wife who doesn't usually watch scifi was into it), Severance was good albeit a little too slow paced for my taste, Masters of the Air was good, Manhunt was great, etc. From my experience it's about HBO levels of quality consistence.
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