The best movies i watched recently were both stop motion: Mad God and The Wolf House
Both are unique masterpieces in their own fashion. Mad God is steeped deeply in a post-war, Heavy Metal magazine zeitgeist. It's as grimdark as it gets and i adore every second of it. The soundtrack was stuck in my head for days. I will say though, you can tell that it was cobbled together from several different short movies, overall it still works as a whole but some scenes feel more out of place than others. Definitely worth a watch though if you can stomach it.
The Wolf House is more artsy fartsy, but in a good way. It's like arthouse ASMR. It hypnotites you, puts you into a trance with its slow building of every scene and the constant, quiet crackling of ambient noise. And the idea of turning the entire room into a canvas to draw the movie on… unlike anything i've ever seen.
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I caught up with Superman and Lois. The 1st season was a refreshing take on Supes. The 2nd season slogs a bit and falls into the Arrowverse format too often.
Only so many times I can watch a character storm off, leading to a heart-to-heart that doesn't resolve because "there is too much going on right now."
Got done watching Kimetsu no Yaiba (Demon Slayer) yesterday, i didn't bother with the anime at first since the manga left me very unimpressed. But since it's apparently breaking every record in anime history i figured i'd give it another shot. And yeah, it's a super fun show. The story is dumber than a sack of hammers but i don't exactly expect (or want) a storytelling masterpiece when i'm looking for an action adventure anime. Shonen is about 3 things: Action. Characters. And manly tears. And it got all of it right.
The action is well directed/animated, when it wants to make you cry it will make you bawl and Tanjiro is too good for this world. I love the whole cast, even the gag charatcers like the weapons smith are fun. And then there's Inosuke…I love Inosuke so freaking much. Soooo freaking much. He is best boy, don't even argue.
Thor love and thunder.
I came away feeling somewhat ambivalent. Taiki Watiti (however you spell it) mostly got it right with Thor ragnarok, even though it did lean perhaps a little too much towards wacky humour. With this he takes the wackiness too far and it's generally cringe worthy. That said it's a fun some of the time.
Mad god looks interesting.
I've been catching up with Solar Opposites- It's by many of the same people as Rick and Morty, the animation and character design is straight from there and the voices too.
So the humour is quite similar too. It's also pretty savage…
I think the differences in shows stem from the very different setup: It's four aliens that have crash landed on earth and making it their home. There aren't any portals or Rick type characters that are super smart and can never lose, so that makes it a very different show, even though the starting conditions are the same, if you know what I mean?
They could all exist in the same world almost.
Soap.
That great sitcom parody of soap operas that ran from 1977 to 1981. Binge watching it, I'm halfway through season 2.
It's in the 50 of the top 100 greatest sitcoms of all time and the Tates/Campbell's are in the top 20 favorite TV families of all time.
Every bit as good as I remember it from way back when I was in high school. Actually more funny now that I've lived some crazy situations like on the show..
Remembering Bert Campbell got me through a lot. ;D
Decided to catch up on Attack on Titan, and immediately remembered why i stopped watching it. This show is the anime equivalent of Lost, it's so bad at moving its own plot along. Every time a question gets answered it brings up a million more questions as to wtf is actually going. It's such a frustrating experience…
Another thing that i actually enjoyed and is comic boook related: How the Maxx broke Sam Keith, a very intricate look on how the Maxx was made. The dude here really went out of his way to do research, even did interviews with some of the creators. That's the kind of passionate content i watch youtube for, and it's a crime it's not getting more views. Too niche i guess.
@Bravo- I tried to get into soap back in the day but it was just too silly for me back then haha! It wasn't shown in Australia when it was first aired in the US. With the fame of Katherine Helmond from Who's The Boss and of course Billy Crystal, that gave it enough reason to be shown in the late 80s/(maybe the early 90s?), but it was a bit dated by then and didn't pick up an audience in Australia unfortunately :(
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Oh dear, Attack in Titan is so depressing, I couldn't get into it, and shows that propose questions and more questions are too frustrating!
I love the MAXX, I'll have to watch that!
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I've been watching The Inbetweeners.
It's a UK series about 16 year old boys. It centres on nerdy nebbishy Will who's been pulled out of private school because of bullying and put into a comprehensive state school. He makes friends with Simon (sort of normal), Neil (tall lanky moron), and Jay (sex obsessed inveterate liar).
It's an interesting dynamic- it's a hilarious comedy, gross-out at times, with the characters acting very realistically with realistic scenarios, although exaggerated for comedic effect.
It's really interesting to see a comedy done with such an unbalanced setup. The boys are different kinds of characters but they don't balance each other out or compliment each other in any useful way (not in intelligence, social dynamics, coolness, luck, strength, or anything), and that results in things going out of control ALL the time.
Despite the CRASSNESS of Jay and the sex obsession of all of the characters I liked it a lot.
The secret of watching Attack on Titan is just seeing the two live action movies. The whole plot condensed into a four hour narrative where it actually makes sense as linear story telling. And the swinging around isn't nearly as unbelievable and the angst so overwhelming.
Seen them both around three times each and they're a lot better than the drawn out anime.
"The Imperfects". The lead characters are three young people who have been turned into reluctant superheroes. The writing is comedic, but more in a quirky word-wit way, rather than slapstick. The first three-quarters of the plot is tightly written, but then in the last quarter, the plot becomes unfocused and confusing.
Just watched Atlantis Inferno (1983), commonly known as The Atlantis Interceptors (1983), on Netflix. Fairly straightforward, italian 80's action flick for the most part.
Lots of explosions, lots of brutal kills.
Comes with a positively bewildering sci-fi theme, about ancient Atlanteans - who all look like they came out of a Mad Max movie - returning from the depths of the ocean to reclaim the surface world, that I feel gave this movie that extra add of visuals and atmosphere it needed to not be mediocre. Loved it👍
Also, now I know where Noah Antwiler, aka the Spoony One, got the theme for his Reb Brown themed reviews from back in the day:P
Spoiler-y, I guess.
I thought I would give Birds of Prey a go, since the clips made it look like a fun movie, it is not a fun movie, it is full of psychopaths and ghastly tortures and deaths, I have no idea who decided to give it this urgh! factor but they need help. Stopped watching, even though, yes, I'm probably missing the more fun scenes ahead.
I liked it, it was pretty fun :)
Not a fan of the brutality and torture but Harley was cool.
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I watched Uncharted.
With Tom Holland and Marky Mark… Mark Wahlburg.
It wasn't bad for a movie based on a videogame. It's obviously influenced by Tomb Raider and Indiana Jones, with a bit of James Bond in there. Obviously not anywhere NEAR as good as Indiana Jones because that series embraces cultural tropes and an iconic pulp style while this movie is just a bit of a pansy modern take on all that stuff (as is the game I imagine), but its still a fun action romp.
I think Tom Holland would be great in a live action version of Team Fortress 2 as The Scout. That'd be a dream movie :)
I didn't understand why Sophia Ali had an Australia accent. It was a really good Australian accent too but There didn't seem to be any reason for it… unless she's directly based on a game character?
I've been watching the world's scariest youtube poop. As well as other analogue horror series, like the Tangi Virus and Gemini Entertainment.
The sudden temperature drop we experienced here (from 28°C to 12°C in a single day no less) put me in a very Halloween like mood. I've been sitting wrapped with a blanket and hot cocoa in hand hotly anticipating the spooky season, going on a general horror movie/game/book binge.
I find Creepypasta is a fascinating genre of horror media, and one that could never have existed outside the internet. No one would run a film made like the Mandela Catalogu in theaters.
I watched the British series "Benidorn"
It stared some notable people like Steve Pemberton (The League of Gentleman) and Johnny Vegas.
It follows several groups of British Tourists who're staying at an "all inclusive" resort at the Spanish beach town Benidorn. It's a cheap holiday and everything is included in their holiday package as long as they stay within the resort, so it mainly attracts a particular class of people… or at least people who are quite cheap with their finances for various reasons, but still want a holiday.
There's the "Lancashire pub quiz champion" and his elderly mother, this is their annual get away. There's a family with the dad off work on benefits, a pregnant 16 year old daughter, jealous suspicious wife, gullible young boy, and a horrible stinky mean grandmother, the grandmother paid for the holiday as a gesture to the one daughter who still tolerates her. A middle-class couple, the woman is dissatisfied and doesn't want to be on the trip, the man is fawning over her and clearly paid for the cheap trip in a mistaken and stupid attempt to rekindle things with her. There's a gay couple who're bemused at the goings on and who clearly think they're a bit "better" than the rest of the group, but then why are they there? And finally a couple of fat, cheap old swingers who're long past their prime but still on the search for willing partners.
The setup is good and the actors have chops but overall it's not really a very notable series. The writing is pretty tame. It does the job, it's entertaining enough but doesn't go anywhere exciting.
Ozoneocean wrote:
I liked it, it was pretty fun :)
Not a fan of the brutality and torture but Harley was cool.
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I watched Uncharted.
With Tom Holland and Marky Mark… Mark Wahlburg.
It wasn't bad for a movie based on a videogame. It's obviously influenced by Tomb Raider and Indiana Jones, with a bit of James Bond in there. Obviously not anywhere NEAR as good as Indiana Jones because that series embraces cultural tropes and an iconic pulp style while this movie is just a bit of a pansy modern take on all that stuff (as is the game I imagine), but its still a fun action romp.
I think Tom Holland would be great in a live action version of Team Fortress 2 as The Scout. That'd be a dream movie :)
I didn't understand why Sophia Ali had an Australia accent. It was a really good Australian accent too but There didn't seem to be any reason for it… unless she's directly based on a game character?
I think she played the character voiced in the games by Claudia Black.
I'm planning to watch some cartoons from the {former} Saban Entertainment/FOX Kids library this week, same as last year.
The Secret Files of the Spy Dogs - It's like a predecessor to the Cats and Dogs movies. That show's art style, right off the bat, has a Simpsons/FOX Kids-like influence.
What's with Andy - Teenager and sidekick often plan out pranks that go way outta hand that they either backfire or they succeed, depends on the outcomes. This is YouTube before YouTube. CinéGroupe owns the full rights to this series.
Eek! The Cat - Purple cat goes through LOTS of slapstick in each situation. That one was alright in my opinion, but (heh heh) it wouldn't hold up in today's times.
Eek! The Cat - Purple cat goes through LOTS of slapstick in each situation. That one was alright in my opinion, but (heh heh) it wouldn't hold up in today's times."It never hurts to help!"
I love that show, one of my favorites from Nelvana. Just good old fashioned cartoon slapstick, no further brain cells needed. One of the best episodes is the one where Sharky turns into Marlon Brando… because you know, every kid's gonna understand an Apocalypse Now reference. Just evidence that the Animaniacs era of cartoons were sneakily targeted more to adults than kids.
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