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[McTraveller]

That's contradictory; if a sentiment doesn't turn into action, it's not the same response. It's indeed difficult now; my lamentation is, how did it get that far in the first place. If we can stop these "less politically entrenched" people, why didn't we earlier? Why the difference? Is it really just something as petty as money?

Anyway, this is unrelated to television shows.  Back to our regularly scheduled programming - heh, that's become an anachronism, hasn't it?

[Il Palazzo]

Gaiman is toxic now? My literary idol? The gentle giant? What?

[Starver]

Gaiman is toxic now? My literary idol? The gentle giant? What?

First I'd heard of it but, inevitably, its: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Gaiman#Sexual_assault_allegations

Without making any uninformed judgements on this case, it is the current zeitgeist. Either:
* for long-standing muted complainants to now have the courage to become unmuted,
* for long-standing honest errors/misunderstandings to become raised as actual accusations, or
* for other, far less actionable (or even deliberate/realistic/actual), grievances to emerge in an inspired wave of complaints-du-jour.
Pick and choose your 'favourite' interpretation.

Spoiler: To clarify... (click to show/hide)

We know he's an outwardly affable person. We know (some) sex-pests can be outwardly affable. But so can actually affable people. If I look like I'm pushing back against due process, I'm not, just a bit wary of The Court Of Popular Opinion dogpiling on anyone like this.

I've no sympathy with the late Mohammed Fayed, but would have prefered a legal process to decide his guilt (prehumously, ideally) or otherwise, as with Saville/etc.

And whether the whole lot of the Gisèle Pericot accused are as complicit as her husband might (probably will) be deigned to be is best left to the courts.

In a different vein, see how rapidly general opinion turned on Chris Kaba, at least outside those who always assumed he was a wrong'un (for fewer reasons than made me comfortable) and those who still hold him up as a wronged angel (despite the revelations).

Not that I'm expecting to see GO s2 any time soon, anyway, due to the increased multipaywall-fragmentation of the entertainment industry and my sheer stubborness (plus practical reasons, like bandwidth) in never subscribing to anything. By the time I might, hopefully proper justice has served whoever actually deserves it. Though stains and suspicions do tend to stick around even upon "the wrong done to them now having been righted" parties...

[Folly]

I finished watching Agatha All Along.

Much like Wandavision before it, AAA had a rough start. First episode badly spoofed old detective shows, then there were several episodes which leaned heavily upon one musical number. But it all led up to a strong finish, with multiple mysteries unraveling in a very satisfying manner.

[Yoink]

I'm normally not big on reality TV, but I've started watching this new show called Famous House and it's pretty great. They have some real characters on there - it seems like whoever cast it really scraped the bottom of the "aspiring reality star" barrel, and the result is pretty fun.

Finally started watching What We Do In The Shadows. I think I'm near the end of S2. I've really enjoyed it so far, it's sensible chuckles all day and Matt Berry is just fun to listen to, period.

You've seen the movie, right?
I should watch more of the show. I watched part of the first season with my mum ages ago and I remember liking it, not sure why we stopped.

[Il Palazzo]

Watched that Cyberpunk animated show Netflix had made. It's an excellent anime. A very good cyberpunk adaptation. And a good-but-flawed tv show overall - where it suffers it's mostly in how it leans too much on anime tropes in its second half.
Still, one of the most engaging things I've seen in a while.

[Travis Bickle]

Watched that Cyberpunk animated show Netflix had made. It's an excellent anime. A very good cyberpunk adaptation. And a good-but-flawed tv show overall - where it suffers it's mostly in how it leans too much on anime tropes in its second half.
Still, one of the most engaging things I've seen in a while.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

I thought the show was pretty good overall, but having the hero die to a guy who's only been mentioned once before in passing and has a whopping twelve minutes of screen time was pretty lame. The show probably could have used another episode or two of build up.

[Rubidium]

The Total Drama Island 2023 and 2024 reboot. Chris and Chef are hosting again (albeit with Chef being in a different uniform resembling his Total Dramarama uniform, and the two having different voice actors).


Interesting how Terry McGurrin (voice of Don from Total Drama Presents: Ridonculous Race) voices out Chris now.


I remember back in 2015 I was watching new episodes of The Ridonculous Race.


Love the new characters, they're so fun to watch.


Too bad we'll probably never see any of the other Total Drama casts

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

other than Owen in 2024, Episode 7

again... probably since they're done with Chris

[hector13]

I watched the Yakuza: Like a Dragon series.

Pretty poor all round, really. They changed an awful lot from the game, but even not considering that it was all over the place.

[Folly]

I finished watching The Penguin.

Batman shows are always hit-or-miss, but I was rather satisfied with this one. Oswald Cobblepot is a deeply deranged individual, who stumbles, muscles, and manipulates his way through the various gangs and mobs of Gotham on his way to the top. He's not the most creative or dangerous villain out there, but his origin story managed to keep me entertained through eight episodes.

[Folly]

I finished watching the third season of From. It was pretty solid.

The mysterious town where our characters are trapped continues to find new and intriguing ways to torture people both physically and psychologically, with an ever expanding array of weirdness around every turn. Yet despite the endless insanity, we somehow also started to get some real answers and make progress towards some sort of eventual conclusion.

Looking forward to more! A fourth season has already been greenlit, but it probably a year or more away.

[Jopax]

Just got trough the first season of Secret Level. Varied bit of stuff, most of it really good. I initially got in for the 40k and Armored Core episodes which were a solid bit of show, nice and snappy action and badass, very broken characters leading the show.

Of the other stuff, unexpected highlights were Pac-Man and Unreal Tournament. Both delivered a way more interesting story than was expected and were neat little expansions of the universe. (the reframing of Pac-Man as an eldritch horror was pretty fucking cool). Crossfire was a weird inclusion, it's a mostly obscure RTS that's been all but abandoned by the dev for a good while now, nothing particularly interesting or noteworthy there. Sifu was ok but again, nothing beyond what the game offered, merely some cool fight scenes. The D&D one was fine also, fairly generic and tropey as one would expect from something like this I guess. Biggest letdown was New World, which felt both as a thinly veiled ad for the game itself (being an amazon property, surprise surprise) as well as a horrible misuse of Arnold. Not sure if it was him being flat or the lip-sync being bad but it never felt like he was a character that was speaking, more like he was a puppet being voiced by Arnie (might be because he's such a standout voice and presence generally that you can't see him as anything other than Arnie playing a role).

Either way, there's another half left I think and this one was a pretty good couple of hours of time so I guess I'm looking forward to more.

[Funk]

Star gate.
Haveing only really seen it in odd episodes, doing it in order is a real call back to the way TV used to be made and plotted.

[Akura]

Watched the most recent episodes of Helluva Boss and The Amazing Digital Circus.

Spoiler: Musings on Helluva Boss (click to show/hide)

In "Queen Bee", it's stated that the Sins get power from lesser demons engaging in their associated sins, hence why Beezlebub throws food/drug orgies for her hellhounds. Likely why Mammon and Asmodeus do business despite loathing each other; Mammon gains from the sale of sex toys produced by Ozzie while Ozzie gains from their use. And as an aside, I guess the reason that Asmodeus runs the factories is that not only is Mammon creatively sterile, manufacturing requires investment that Mammon wouldn't want to provide. At the same time, developing new products sounds like something the Sin of Lust would be good at.

This would explain Satan's actions during "Mastermind", broadcasting IMP's execution to all of Hell. He claims to want to keep the imps in line and suppressed(it's not his only lie), but in fact he's doing the opposite, angering them and pushing them to rebel. Which is exactly what he wants. He's the Sin of Wrath, so his imps being angry empowers him instead of threatening him. Stolas even hits on this during the song, with the line "Let this imp take the blame, take the fame, Let his name light a fire in the hearts of his race?"

What's more, Satan knows the whole trial is just a pissing match between two Goetic demons, but he turns it to benefit him by riling the imps. Satan's lyrics also indicate this, that the plans of even the royal demons are nothing to him. He doesn't even care about them to the point he can't even come up with a punishment for Stolas. Stolas did need to be slapped down, which Satan does banish him at the insistence of Andrealphus, though he does give Andrealphus a good kick by only banishing Stolas for 100 years.

Spoiler: Musings on Amazing Digital Circus (click to show/hide)

Holy crap, Gangle came so close to abstracting.

I think I've figured out what mental issues each of the cast has/represents.

Pomni has PTSD, especially since she ends nearly every episode traumatized.
Jax is a psychopath, that's pretty obvious.
Zooble has body and/or gender dysphoria, as evidenced by their dislike of their body and trying to find parts that "fit" them.
Gangle has manic/depressive bipolar disorder, as made very clear in this episode. She even calls her personality when wearing the mask Zooble gave a manic episode.
Kinger has dementia. His wife Queenie may have had Alzheimer's, and their last moment of peace after she abstracted could have been a case of terminal lucidity.
Kaufmo may have severe depression, leading to his suicide/abstraction. Trying to find the non-existent exit from the circus drove him over the edge.
I'm not sure what Ragatha's issue is, but this episode did imply that her nice personality may not be 100% genuine, which is something I low-key suspected as well. The next episode is supposed to focus on her, though, so it might make it more clear.

[Il Palazzo]

Star gate.
Haveing only really seen it in odd episodes, doing it in order is a real call back to the way TV used to be made and plotted.

But how is it as a show? I've never seen a single episode, I think. All I recollect, from what I gathered though cultural osmosis, is the guy who did Kratos' voice with Rimmer's hologram mark plastered onto his forehead. I remember I kinda liked the original film when I first saw it as a kid - the ancient aliens vs marines camp and all.