I haven’t been. Sounds like I should.
I also missed that Invincible is back with new episodes. I have a few weeks to catch up on.
Little more than half way through episode one of Fallout, and my lord they absolutely nailed everything so far.
The look and feel is absolutely perfect.
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Excellent news
Got through to episode 4 today. It’s fantastic.
And Walton Goggins chews the fuck out of the scenery at every opportunity.
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That’s new and different
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Exactly as expected from him. Gonna cancel plans and get into it tonight.
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X-Men '97 definitely lives up to the retro hype. Animation very much in the style of what one remembers from one’s youth. Also, I can see how people were so moved by the most recent episode (#5). As for me, though, not so much.
I am not steeped in the X-Men world; I don’t read the comic books so my only exposure is through the movies of wildly varying quality. The show has so many characters that I’ve never heard of, and so many characters in general, that there is not enough time to introduce them all to the uninitiated like me.
So when tragedy strikes, I get that they are trying to make it meaningful but, to me, it’s just a red shirt. Or maybe I’m just getting old.
My bottom line: It’s a perfectly watchable show; just don’t worry about making it a priority.
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Very much enjoying Fallout. The retro-tech is superb.
Watching Norm pull up information on the Vault computers gave me flashbacks to using Wang Word Processors back in the day.
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When he pulled up the password screen for hacking the terminal, I felt the most nostalgia I’ve ever felt for a video game while not playing it.
Right to my soul.
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I got caught up over the past few days. It’s authentically a 90s cartoon in two important ways:
- Using actual voice actors (including many members of the original cast) instead of well-known celebrities
- Alternating between unwatchably corny episodes and holy-fucking-shit-that-was-metal episodes
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Aaron Moten would seem to be an easy, plug ‘n’ play replacement to play Kang. He appears easily to have the range, based on what he’s done in Fallout.
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My wife had a childhood lacking in X-Men animated series viewing opportunities so she is watching that before we get to ‘97 but it’s been fun watching the old episodes.
Apple has renewed For All Mankind for a fifth season and greenlit a Star City spinoff series, where we just might see the whole damn series over again from the Soviet perspective. In Soviet Russia, seatbelt buckle you.
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Star City might succeed if Margo isn’t involved
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Is she, or is she not, the worst character on that show since about S3?
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Ed might like a word with you.
But yes, she’s bad.
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Ed’s not boring. The show grinds to a halt when she’s onscreen.
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I saw Fallout (s1); I love it. That is all.
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Last week’s Disco was a half-decent episode of Trek. This week’s? Syrup tsunami.
Rayner is the best character on the show. Too bad all the other characters are dead set on changing him.
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