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@ganymede If it helps, I'm constantly watching and rewatching it.
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I watched it once in English and absolutely loved it. Then on a whim I fired up an episode in Japanese to see how the voice acting was.
Oops, I rewatched the whole thing in Japanese. And the lead voice actresses absolutely nail the poignant bits in Season 5.
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I watched it once in English and absolutely loved it. Then on a whim I fired up an episode in Japanese to see how the voice acting was.
Oops, I rewatched the whole thing in Japanese. And the lead voice actresses absolutely nail the poignant bits in Season 5.
And now it seems to no longer be available in Japan, which is garbo.
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Snowpiercer is an enjoyable show, but it’s nowhere near the masterpiece that Bong Joon-ho’s film was.
It kinda makes me wonder how stupid showrunners must think American audiences are, since the major difference I noticed between the movie and the show is how obtusely the writers felt the need to spell out all the themes in as literal a fashion as possible.
In the movie, they show the protagonist moving from left to right as he progresses through the social classes of the train. They jump straight into class warfare without explaining or ever even directly mentioning the word “class”. They just assume you get it.
In the show every other spoken line is ‘eat the rich!’ and ‘this train is a fortress to class!’ Like no shit Sherlock, we understood that by your ragged clothes and their jewellery.
They also dumbed down a lot of the moral complexity and erased any room for guesswork in the narrative. The movie sets up the dominos and reveals the missing pieces gradually; the show just tells you everything you need to know upfront because it seems to assume you’d be too confused and frustrated otherwise.
So anyway I recommend the show, but watch the movie first. (Or even instead.)
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GAH. I wonder if the trick I used to get the Japanese Audio Track is gone too, now...
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEe-ZeVbTLo
Morning. Nice day for fishin, innit?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEe-ZeVbTLo
Morning. Nice day for fishin, innit?
That was really, really good, lol. I saw what it was and laughed, intending to watch a couple of seconds, and now here I am having finished it. I'm impressed with a lot of things about it, but particularly the actors' ability to convey emotion and intent.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEe-ZeVbTLo
Morning. Nice day for fishin, innit?
That was really, really good, lol. I saw what it was and laughed, intending to watch a couple of seconds, and now here I am having finished it. I'm impressed with a lot of things about it, but particularly the actors' ability to convey emotion and intent.
Agreed. VLDL is under-rated in general, but this was some quality YT entertainment in my book. I hope they get all the views.
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I'm watching Taskmaster and damn is it funny.
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@silverfox said in Good TV:
I'm watching Taskmaster and damn is it funny.
You must mean the British TV show? For a second I thought this was something to do with the Marvel MCU and was like "Wait wtf?!"
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@silverfox said in Good TV:
I'm watching Taskmaster and damn is it funny.
You must mean the British TV show? For a second I thought this was something to do with the Marvel MCU and was like "Wait wtf?!"
I lowkey love that villain.
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@silverfox said in Good TV:
I'm watching Taskmaster and damn is it funny.
You must mean the British TV show? For a second I thought this was something to do with the Marvel MCU and was like "Wait wtf?!"
I lowkey love that villain.
From what I understand, he IS coming to the MCU. It's worth noting that I think I read somewhere that Taskmaster and U.S.Agent had dealings in the comic books (or maybe that was BattleStar, who is, sadly, dead, because tropes.
Yeah, quick Google shows in Earth 616 Battlestar was trained by Taskmaster.
Also yeah, looks like Taskmaster is the antagonist in the Black Widow movie, which should be VERY interesting/fun....
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@ganymede So hey this is a couple days old but I have a lot of Thoughts about She-Ra and I'll take this as an excuse to word a few more of them out.
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My response to your comments are these videos by a YouTube critic who does an excellent job breaking down all of the themes in the series.
Lessons, shortly:
- Abuse is a cycle with causes and sources.
- Abusive cycles can be broken.
- Abuse is about treating people like things and objects.
- Villainy is about perceived safety.
The videos are really worth the 45 minutes to watch.
Also learned that, according to Stevenson, Light Hope and Mara shared something more than a working relationship, and the evidence is sitting there in front of us. And this just adds to your point about sentience overcoming functionality.
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@ganymede This actually sidetracts into a concept on The Orville that I found to be a very unique take: artificial intelligence developing emotions through creating sub routines to increase efficiency when with someone.
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Jupiter's Legacy was very good! I binge watched the crap out of it.
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Jupiter's Legacy was very good! I binge watched the crap out of it.
It was. My only gripe is that the special effects for their powers and the fight choreography is not on par for contemporary superhero shows. But it was otherwise really good. Even the aging make-up effects weren't (too) jarring.
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