Great jumping Jehosaphat, the Netflix Voltron series is freaking amazing! I was tardy on this one (it's about to start season 7!), but I'm catching up, having finished third season yesterday after a binge. This is absolute quality. Despite some familiarity in a few characters (a little Sokka here, a little Bolin there) and storylines (lotta Star Trek-esque exploration), this is just wonderful. Animation is great, the characters are fantastic and well-written, a lot of the humor works, and the emotion is there. This just flies. I love the turn toward internecine intrigue starting in season 3 among the Galra ranks and the backstory to Zarkon and Haggar. I can't wait to see what develops!
EDIT: Never been a Voltron fan either, btw. Only flirted with Power Rangers when I was younger when it comes to this....genre? If that's what it is.
"How is education supposed to make me feel smarter? Besides, every time I learn something new, it pushes some old stuff out of my brain. Remember when I took that home wine-making course and forgot how to drive?"
--Homer
Also, there's never a bad time for Perry Bible Fellowship, but now's the perfect time for this panel:
"How is education supposed to make me feel smarter? Besides, every time I learn something new, it pushes some old stuff out of my brain. Remember when I took that home wine-making course and forgot how to drive?"
--Homer
Yeah, Voltron is pretty awesome.
Just finished the current series run. What a terrific, well-rounded show. Lots of wonderful little complexities and nuances. And the animation for the last few episodes is quite a wonder to behold. Season 7 should be out mid-August and then the eighth season after that is the wrap-up. Looking forward to it.Quoting [ETM] (view post)
I think "Reunion," where Pidge finally tracks down her brother, might be one of my favorite episodes. Really strong and beautiful.
"How is education supposed to make me feel smarter? Besides, every time I learn something new, it pushes some old stuff out of my brain. Remember when I took that home wine-making course and forgot how to drive?"
--Homer
Quoting Philip J. Fry (view post)
I just caught on the last two seasons and boy, they were incredible, specially the decision of [], shifting things to the more morally complex and interesting Lotor + the ensuing civil war. And what about the last episode's fight scene? It reminded me of a kaiju-sized version of a Dragon Ball Z fight, but with actual choreography, lush colors, crazy camera angles and movements, a dazzling sense of speed and more palpable stakes. It was incredible.Quoting Wryan (view post)
I honestly believe this last 13 episodes propelled the show from very good into something truly special.
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Chris Rock will have major role in season 4 of Fargo. Will be set in 1950.
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I like Chris Rock, but he's a terrible actor. Weird choice.Quoting Morris Schæffer (view post)
https://www.thewrap.com/patrick-stew...picard-return/
Patrick Stewart returns as Captain Picard.
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Well, he was always himself, nor has he ever tried to be anyone else, or has he ever been challenged by others to be anyone other than Chris Rock.Quoting Ezee E (view post)
Maybe it'll surprise us.
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Soooooo I happened to watch all of these new trailers back to back and I'm now sure whatever slump I've had in really engaging with a lot of TV as of late is going to be over REAL soon:
MANIAC
ESCAPE AT DANNEMORA
KIDDING
And THEN, I stumbled over to the full first episode of Random Acts of Flyness that HBO had posted and, wow, having known very little about it going in: It's pretty astonishing.
I didn't know until the end that A24 helped produce it, but of course them + HBO would be a perfect collaboration to facilitate a vision like Nance's here (especially in how pure it feels brought to screen).
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Last 11 things I really enjoyed:
Speed Racer (Wachowski/Wachowski, 2008)
Safe (Haynes, 1995)
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (Parker, 1999)
Beastie Boys Story (Jonze, 2020)
Bad Trip (Sakurai, 2020)
What's Up Doc? (Bogdanovich, 1972)
Diva (Beineix, 1981)
Delicatessen (Caro/Jeunet, 1991)
The Hunger (Scott, 1983)
Pineapple Express (Green, 2008)
Chungking Express (Wong, 1994)
Master Chief will star in Showtime's Halo show.
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So, it finishes next season. Can't wait since it's been on fire the last 3-4 seasons. Including S7 which managed to somehow raise the stakes more.
My brother and I are watching Ken Burns and Lynne Novick's The Vietnam War. To say that we are mesmerized is an understatement.
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Finished recent new season of Voltron. Gotta admit, I thought it was slow going at first, but hoo boy it absolutely catches fire in second half and barrels to a stupendous finish. Really exciting to see what happens in the next (last?) season. I could offer some minor faults, but the great parts are so effective it seems silly.
And ffs []
"How is education supposed to make me feel smarter? Besides, every time I learn something new, it pushes some old stuff out of my brain. Remember when I took that home wine-making course and forgot how to drive?"
--Homer
Indeed. I believe from episode 6 onwards, it was the strongest stretch of the whole show, and that's saying something since the show has been fantastic for the last 3-4 seasons.Quoting Wryan (view post)
Shiro is too good for this sinful world.
One of the things about the show that I have a lot of admiration for is how it takes what otherwise would be pretty damn tropey elements ([]) and somehow actually makes them still work. I think that's a creditable tribute to the writing and directing as well as voice acting. It knows when to use tropes flatly and when to subvert them. It's just good fun.
"How is education supposed to make me feel smarter? Besides, every time I learn something new, it pushes some old stuff out of my brain. Remember when I took that home wine-making course and forgot how to drive?"
--Homer
Indeed. It's nearly flawless at that.Quoting Wryan (view post)
I watched Final Space. It was really, really good. It was fairly funny the first few episodes, although Gary, the main guy, was getting dangerously close to a Seth MacFarlane kind of character, sort of annoying; however, he got progressively better (and actually likable) while the show became more dramatic and emotional. The last five episodes were really strong.
Can't wait for S2.