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@Auspice "When the Yogurt Took Over" is another Scalzi story, and was cute. ("Alternate Histories" is also Scalzi.)
I really did not like "The Witness", and there were a few others that I wasn't blown away by (though no others I actively disliked).
"Good Hunting" was superb, one of my favorites. "Helping Hand" was excellent but super hard for me to watch.
But my enjoyment of Frontlines and love for the original short side story still bias me in favor of "Lucky 13".
a.k.a. Packetdancer (or "Pax" for short)
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@Sparks Also, very scientifically accurate. I can appreciate that part. Whoever made that one, did their homework on how physics and movement work in space.
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Lucky 13 gave me a crapton of BSG feels.
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If you have Hulu, though, you should really watch the series.
This is, in fact, how I know it’s good.
I normally skip the credits but watching the Chibi Titans dance differently each season is fun.
Season 3 is my favorite, if only for "Riding the Dragon," which is possibly the best spoof on RPGs I've ever seen. (Also, horribly accurate.)
I noticed that these characters all come from Raven’s campfire horror story, too. I haven’t started Season 3 yet, but “random with call backs” is fun.
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Stranger Things Season 3 Trailer
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"Good Hunting" was superb, one of my favorites.
I'm only through about half of the shorts, but so far "Good Hunting" just wouldn't get out of my brain. The story is amazing but the mixing of genre makes it difficult for my brain to process. The best part though? Victorian Steam-Punk Hong Kong would make a kick-ass game setting.
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"Good Hunting" was superb, one of my favorites.
I'm only through about half of the shorts, but so far "Good Hunting" just wouldn't get out of my brain. The story is amazing but the mixing of genre makes it difficult for my brain to process. The best part though? Victorian Steam-Punk Hong Kong would make a kick-ass game setting.
No joke, right? I had the same thought of "Victorian steampunk Hong Kong with hidden magic that's dying out? That would make a brilliant tabletop campaign setting."
a.k.a. Packetdancer (or "Pax" for short)
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"Good Hunting" was superb, one of my favorites.
I'm only through about half of the shorts, but so far "Good Hunting" just wouldn't get out of my brain. The story is amazing but the mixing of genre makes it difficult for my brain to process. The best part though? Victorian Steam-Punk Hong Kong would make a kick-ass game setting.
No joke, right? I had the same thought of "Victorian steampunk Hong Kong with hidden magic that's dying out? That would make a brilliant tabletop campaign setting."
Honestly, a lot of them are like 'ooh that'd make a fun game... That'd make a fun game!' and so on.
Good Hunting would. Lucky 13 would.
Shit, 3 Robots would TOTALLY make a fun little quirky TT game. 'Okay everyone, here's a robot randomizer chart.'
(ETA: btw, using Samira Wiley in L13 made it even better. She was awesome for it.)
Saying the quiet parts out loud since 1996.
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Lucky 13 would.
Honestly, if you liked the Lucky 13 setting, I really do recommend you read Frontlines. The first couple of books of the series at the least; Lucky 13 takes place just after the second book. Military SF with politics, hard choices, camaraderie, and (eventually) a downright awful first contact scenario.
(I would not touch the comic miniseries—Frontlines: Requiem—until you're much further along in the story, though, unless you want a fairly important milestone event around the... fifth, I think? ...book semi-spoiled way in advance. Requiem is a self-contained story like Lucky 13, but the circumstances of the story are spoilers in and of themselves.)
ETA: The first book is Terms of Enlistment. Yes, I will shill this series to people.
a.k.a. Packetdancer (or "Pax" for short)
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So, remember how I mentioned the Love, Death, and Robots episode "Shape-Shifters" was based on another story by Marko Kloos (the author of Frontlines), but it was a story that was never published?
Just noticed he decided to publish that one as well, even though he never wrote the series that story was meant to be a prequel for.
a.k.a. Packetdancer (or "Pax" for short)
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So, remember how I mentioned the Love, Death, and Robots episode "Shape-Shifters" was based on another story by Marko Kloos (the author of Frontlines), but it was a story that was never published?
Just noticed he decided to publish that one as well, even though he never wrote the series that story was meant to be a prequel for.
I really dug that story, but then... Werewolves are rarely done well in film and I actually thought it grasped the feel of them appropriately. I especially dug how they went around barefoot.
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Apparently, "Good Hunting" is based on a short story by Ken Liu (whose work I also like), though I didn't know that, and "Beyond the Aquila Rift" was by the excellent Alistair Reynolds.
There's actually a list of what author's work each of the episodes was adapted from.
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I'm only three episodes in, but Sonnie's Edge was pretty fantastic. Yes, it glossed over a bunch of things, but it also hit so many of my favorite storytelling themes so quickly that I think I will always adore it.
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True Detective, Season Three.
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Yanno, banned or not, I really did like True Detective 3.
Delete the Hog Pit. It'll be fun.
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@Ghost There's a reason I spared that post
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I'm grooving so freaking hard on The Orville, Star Trek Discovery and Brooklyn 99. How three shows could be so freaking different and yet simultaneously make me squeal "WHY IS THIS SO GOOD!?" at the screen and mourn when each episode is over, is strange and delightful.
Discovery is just freaking gorgeous. So. Pretty. And I love me some of those characters. Spock is so different and yet so good as portrayed by Ethan Peck. Anson Mount's Pike is just... perfect. He's the Reese's Peanut Butter Cup of Kirk and Picard. Michael is so complicated, but her heart shines through so strongly. Saru and Tilly and fuck.. all of them. So many feels.
And speaking of feels... Who the fuck would have thought a Seth freaking McFarland Star Trek ripoff would make your heart ache in new and different ways while making you laugh at the dumbest stuff like Cliven eating a cigarette with the most amazing look on his face. "I wanted to see what it tasted like." Even the characters I didn't think I'd really ever relate to, like Gordon, get their moments to shine and become beloved.
As for the 99... it's just comedic genius. I can't stop laughing at it and it still makes me go 'awwww' in that great way. Rosa's relationship with Jocelyn, and the whole Captain Holt of it all... just. Melty. Love it.
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@AeriaNyx The level of second-hand awkwardness in the latest Orville made me turn it off, because it's difficult for me (the Gordon storyline, basically) and I love me some Leighton Meester. I will eventually go back and watch it. But it hit me hard.
"Excuse the hell out of you. He's a bag of dicks. I'm a carefully curated box of cocks." -- to @GirlCalledBlu upon being misrepresented.
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@Coin I can see that, yeah. It took me years to make it through American Pie because my empathy for the humiliation was so acute. I think it was awkward, but it was also sad and sweet at the same time. The writers/directors do a really good job, in my opinion of easing those difficult feelings with the B plot silliness without treading too far into overt bathos, a la Guardians of the Galaxy 2 or Ragnarok.
