[Tsundoku]

worry, on 24 January 2024 - 10:00 AM, said:

Looks pretty good!

Shit yeah! Quietly pumped for this.

And how nice of them to release it on my birthday. Very considerate.

[worry]

Well happy birthday! Makes sense, blowing out birthday candles is a cherished custom among the Air Nation, for its obvious symbolism.

[Abyss]

Tsundoku, on 24 January 2024 - 12:04 PM, said:

worry, on 24 January 2024 - 10:00 AM, said:

Looks pretty good!

Shit yeah! Quietly pumped for this.

And how nice of them to release it on my birthday. Very considerate.

The trailer sells it well.

[Raymond Luxury Yacht]

I want it to be good but it’s going to let me down as soon as I allow myself to hope.

[TheRetiredBridgeburner]

Up for giving it a shot, it's a great looking trailer - but I'm more excited about the new animated content that's on the horizon from the original creators.

[Tsundoku]

TheRetiredBridgeburner, on 31 January 2024 - 11:11 AM, said:

Up for giving it a shot, it's a great looking trailer - but I'm more excited about the new animated content that's on the horizon from the original creators.

Yes I would.

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[TheRetiredBridgeburner]

Here you go!

Avatar: The Last Airbender — the new animated movie comes out in 2025 - Polygon

I think there are supposed to be two others as well, though don't necessarily quote me as I can't find anything newer than 2022 mentioning that.

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[Tiste Simeon]

Disney+ showing Shogun as being due 27th Feb. I am so excited about this! If I didn't have so much to read anyway I'd consider a re-read (it is a big book after all) but I'm half tempted to anyway!

[Slow Ben]

New season of Fargo is solid so far. They always cast so damn well.
John Hamm is awesome. Juno Temple (Keeley from Ted Lasso) is awesome. Jennifer Jason Leigh is awesome. David Foley (yes, Kids in the Hall David Foley is awesome. And the dude who plays Old Munch and Steve’s from Stranger Things are both awesome.

Also watched the first 2 episodes of the new True Detective. I’m in.

[Abyss]

Slow Ben, on 01 February 2024 - 02:52 AM, said:

Also watched the first 2 episodes of the new True Detective. I'm in.

I bailed on S2 and haven't watched 3. Am i going to be lost if i jump in w S4?

[Azath Vitr (D'ivers]

Abyss, on 01 February 2024 - 04:48 PM, said:

Slow Ben, on 01 February 2024 - 02:52 AM, said:

Also watched the first 2 episodes of the new True Detective. I'm in.

I bailed on S2 and haven't watched 3. Am i going to be lost if i jump in w S4?

Yes, but no more than people who watched S2 and S3 will be. Possibly less actually, since iirc it primarily references season 1. Might be worth rewatching S1 first though.

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López has conceived of Night Country as a response to the series' first season, a mirror image that reverses the thing it reflects while offering a fresh path forward. Instead of humid rural Louisiana, the setting is frigid, small-town northwestern Alaska during the time of year when the sun never rises above the horizon. [...]

[LINK CONTAINS SPOILERS]

Spoiler

True Detective Season 4: Night Country isn't a return to form. It's better. (slate.com)

[Edit: to clarify, it's apparently a self-contained story that doesn't require having watched any of the prior seasons in order to follow the plot. However there are allusions to / inversions of season 1....]

This post has been edited by Azath Vitr (D'ivers: 01 February 2024 - 05:57 PM

[Gorefest]

Abyss, on 01 February 2024 - 04:48 PM, said:

Slow Ben, on 01 February 2024 - 02:52 AM, said:

Also watched the first 2 episodes of the new True Detective. I'm in.

I bailed on S2 and haven't watched 3. Am i going to be lost if i jump in w S4?

Same here. Loved the first season but just couldn't get into the second one. It was such a jarring shift in pace and feel.

[Slow Ben]

Gorefest, on 01 February 2024 - 06:05 PM, said:

Abyss, on 01 February 2024 - 04:48 PM, said:

Slow Ben, on 01 February 2024 - 02:52 AM, said:

Also watched the first 2 episodes of the new True Detective. I'm in.

I bailed on S2 and haven't watched 3. Am i going to be lost if i jump in w S4?

Same here. Loved the first season but just couldn't get into the second one. It was such a jarring shift in pace and feel.

I started both 2 and 3 and bailed. Season 4 is much better so far.

[Raymond Luxury Yacht]

Finished peaky blinders. Good stuff. Watching generation v now, it’s ok but not as good as the boys which it is a spin-off of.

[Azath Vitr (D'ivers]

Connections between True Detective season 4 and season 1 might be more substantial than I thought---Pizzolatto (creator/writer of seasons 1-3) says he wasn't consulted or informed about this and responded to one apparent plot connection with 'Haha so stupid':

(image in link contains mild spoilers, not sure if they've been confirmed or not)

Spoiler

Nic Pizzolatto makes some interesting comments about Night Country on Instagram : TrueDetective (reddit.com)

Apparently at least one character from season 1 has a cameo.

[Aptorian]

Slow Ben, on 01 February 2024 - 11:05 PM, said:

Gorefest, on 01 February 2024 - 06:05 PM, said:

Abyss, on 01 February 2024 - 04:48 PM, said:

Slow Ben, on 01 February 2024 - 02:52 AM, said:

Also watched the first 2 episodes of the new True Detective. I'm in.

I bailed on S2 and haven't watched 3. Am i going to be lost if i jump in w S4?

Same here. Loved the first season but just couldn't get into the second one. It was such a jarring shift in pace and feel.

I started both 2 and 3 and bailed. Season 4 is much better so far.

True Detective is an anthology series, so no need to watch the other seasons. I jumped from season 1 to 4.

I watched the the first 3 episodes and really liked it, though the setting is really jarring. The fact that it's constant night is unsettling, their "day" and "night", on/off duty activies melt together making it seem like work and private life blurs.

Also that corpsicle thing is fucked up.

[Tsundoku]

Sweeeeeeet.

[Abyss]

oh screw it, i'm crossposting this here too....

Abyss, on 15 February 2024 - 04:21 PM, said:

TV related but belongs here too... the X-MEN '97 cartoon trailer just dropped.

https://youtu.be/pv3...Gs9xba7unPm86K9



Mind. BLOWN.

Jean pregnant.

Bishop grunting to the music.

The Wolverine Gambit thing!!!!

CYKE SAID THE WORDS HE FRIKKIN SAID THEM.



...i was thoroughly meh about this.
now? Hook me rtf up.

[Tiste Simeon]

Reporting Abyss for repeat spamming

This post has been edited by Tiste Simeon: 15 February 2024 - 06:45 PM

[HoosierDaddy]

Percy Jackson and the Olympians - Disney +

Look, I read all of the first 10 books. As an adult. It is thoroughly YA. Very thoroughly YA for both books and tv. However, it is an entertaining series and the Disney + series is pretty on point.

It looks clean, its acted well enough for kids, and it stays very true to the series (not shocking as the author (Rick Riordan) writes the scripts).

If you liked the books, I think you'll enjoy the first season. It's definitely more book based, and definitely does not have Alexandra Daddario there to distract from the subject matter with her sheer... Alexandra Daddarioness.