The animation is really cool. The new Cowboy Bebop is live action. Harold from Harold and Kumar is the lead, very odd casting choice. It definitely is true to the anime source material, moreso than most live action anime crossovers which tend to be terrible.
Not overly impressed with Paramount+ so far. Mayor of Kingstown just made itself so convoluted to kill a criminal for a stupid reason after an awesome first episode. I like this Coyote show a bit with Michael Chiklis but it got cut to six episodes with no concrete renewal and it’s desperately trying to be Breaking Bad.
So I recently put on Jojo's Bazzare Adventure (Netflix) not really expecting much... But I find it to be pretty damn good. It's a typical anime with power ups and bigger/more explosives fights, but it also makes fun of the classic anime tropes in ways I find hilarious.. like having a character named Weather Forecast who can control the weather, another character named Speedwagon, or a conversation about getting turned on by looking at the moon through prison bars and masturbating and getting caught by the guards (this is the first conversation of the new season)..... The writing and the characters taking the rediculus things they say serious definitely made me laugh more than once. The whole first season is in a real silly version of old English that will make some laugh and probably really annoy others.
S6E1 of The Expanse was just released. I keep waiting for the letdown season, and for me it hasn't happened yet. Every time I think I'm going to sour on a season, they kill it. Before this series started, I had heard of only 2 of the actors.
'Dexter: New Blood'. It sucks on so many levels. Female cop pulls over Dexter without cause and feels him up and sexually assaults him. They're role playing in upstate NY. Dexter's son shows up and in a span of 3 weeks, they're all I love you, Dad! I love. you, son! I would do anything to protect my son! Harrison had been living in Argentina and knows many languages. He somehow winds up in America and lived in shitty foster homes and took a bus from Miami. He goes to High School and becomes the most greasy haired teenager in world history to become a chick magnet. He aces all of his tests. He's deemed a genius. He Facetimes. And then suddenly, he's a wrestling maven, probably learned in the Amazon Basin. At the same time, the Holiday Season somehow goes on for 50 years. Some Social Media jackass has a podcast Murder Something thing and almost gets murdered until Dexter shows up. The guy who plays the shit cop stepfather in Pet Sematary 2 and shoots the Husky, too bad he didn't get to shovel more mashed potatoes into his face. I knew he was the serial killer from the very first close-up with him wearing a white balaclava. This show is so laughably terrible, hahaha. At least I'm pirating it. So that's my review.
Anyone streaming "Inhumans"? Just found it and it got me hooked. Well written and great character development.
I mean this review is extremely inaccurate, but your opinion of not liking it is if course fine. The cop was his girlfriend, not understanding the sexuality assault claim. The second paragraph, you watched the show? It's a genuine question as again none of this happened in the events you described. The whole show is about their rocky relationship because Dexter won't open up and Harrison doesn't understand his violent urges. There was no love fest until the end after Dexter opened up. The reason he's beloved at school is like a huge plotline in the show. Are you just trying to prevent spoilers? I have no idea where you get chick magnet from. There's a very specific event that happens that causes his fame. He didn't just walk in and all chicks wanted to bang him. The foster care, Argentina and wrestling plotlines are borderline throw away lines or segments that have zero impact on anything in the show. He spoke a different language like once for two seconds. I think your going for humor. Lol? The killer was very obvious. His trophies were pretty epic though. I give it a 7/10, there were some real dumb moments actually relevant to what was going on and some real questionable decision making. But Dexter also wasnt crisp and detailed Dexter from Miami so some of his mistakes felt legit... It wrapped up Dexter way better than the original. The last episode had some good payoff and consequences.
I know it's his gf, I said they were role-playing. The rest is how it all struck me. As to spoliers, I don't dime. The original 'Dexter' should have ended long before it did, which would have given it an A-, but they unnecessarily dragged it out into complete stupidity and ended up with a D. I can't possibly think of any reason to do a reboot of this show unless the show's creators are trying to somehow redeem themselves for the stupid af ending, which they aren't doing a very good job of IMO. To each his own, but we'll see, I guess. I have to commend you for being rational (no sarcasm). You should have seen what it was like back in the day with the show 'Lost' (which I hated). "OK, so Hurley is on a deserted tropical island without food, but instead of losing 100 lbs he keeps getting fatter." "They explained that!" Angry mob ensues. It's absolutely amazing to me how some people get so worked up over TV shows that they would stab you in the neck with an ice-pick if they could. IT'S A TV SHOW, YO.
I watched lost until someone got killed by a puff of smoke. That was the end for me, I think it went like 5 more seasons
Not for me. Too many rediculus events that just pass by the either don't get explained or just totally ignored like it never happened. Like the guy getting killed by a puff of smoke. It was explained to me that was never directly answered, but the smokes existence was near the end of the show in a very "we had to say something" sort of way. Also like 5 plus seasons after it occurred. And I like sci Fi, so it's not easy for me to get annoyed by stuff like that.
Never watched Lost but the Americans is super underrated IMO. Anyone watch the new half season of Ozark? I wasn’t overly impressed. They’ve made the Byrds a bit too larger than life and protected for my liking.
Anyone watching 1883, the prequel to Yellowstone? I'm liking this one a lot. Not bad acting from a couple of country singers.
I thought it was decent too--hated the ending but not because it was lame--just love the guy. As entertainment goes, it was top-notch if you liked original Dexter--at least for me.
'Ozark' is so good. Julia Garner deserved her two Emmy Awards. I mentioned her in the horror thread for the movie 'We Are What We Are' some years back (it's actually a remake of a Mexican film). Anyway, "You'll have to fcking KILL MEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" Over the top performance. I'm sure the memes are in full force. She's from the Bronx, so it's really straight up unbelievable acting. I could never get away with a Southern accent, haha.
Just watched "The Line" from Apple TV (there are ways to watch without being subscribed). It's about the Eddie Gallagher case - a Navy SEAL who was accused of stabbing an ISIS prisoner of war to death. The Line was very well done, anyone with any interest in the topic will probably enjoy it a lot.
