Thread: It's 2018, is The Wire still the best TV show ever made?
As mentioned, it's probably the first seasons scores dragging it down. Season one is still incredibly entertaining, but it's decidedly more uneven than the later seasons. The magical thing about it, though, is the show uses that unevenness as a place to grow from. The unlikable things about the characters from season one are directly brought into the light and addressed as they're growing. The show is built on a foundation of about five characters and takes place over a total course of ten years, and each character by the end is so shockingly different from the one at the beginning, but with a distinct through-line that makes it clear they're still the same person, but defined by the intervening events of the show's four seasons. The thing about HaCF is that it's about computers and such for sure (every season is satisfying to watch as an enthusiast because they touch on various real tech developments from 1984-1994 in pretty accurate ways) but it's less just about computers, it's about the people who are compelled to be part of the next big things, the people who want so desperately to build, to create, to be on that bleeding edge. No single show captures the struggle, suffering, and absolute thrill of what it means to be part of the driving force of the future. Even knowing that somebody will come along to do the next big thing after. And the people you're in the trenches with then can just as easily by your best friends or worst enemies, and this show understands that incredibly well. I don't think any show has handled the concept of time in a storyline so well either. Rarely have I seen a story that handles the feeling of seeing someone who has been both a confidant and tense rival years and years after you both interacted and the storm of conflicted but faded feelings that brings, or the feeling of looking back at who you were ten years before and coming to terms with all you've done and all that's been done to you in that time. Halt And Catch Fire is about trying to stay in the moment, to try to catch the future and hold onto it, about the relationships that are created and destroyed in that process, and about the way that time is both cruel and kind to our relationships and our dreams. Definitely give it a look if you get the chance!
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Thread: Misfit teenagers tried solving a murder ten years ago - It's the 10th Anniversary of Persona 4
I don't know if I could ever say any one game is my absolute favorite game of all time, but Persona 4 is an easy top 3. Obligatory:
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Thread: It's 2018, is The Wire still the best TV show ever made?
Just because it's terribly under-watched I want to make sure Half and Catch Fire is thrown in the ring. It's a masterwork.
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Thread: Motion Matching: The cutting-edge technique powering The Last of Us 2
Anim tech is some of the coolest stuff. The innovations, challenges, and experimentation in the space is never dull to keep up with. And the results speak for themselves. No surprise that Naughty Dog continues to impress with what they're doing on the animation end.
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Thread: Wallowing in melancholy, movie tunes or just songs you like
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Thread: Your favorite albums that no one has ever heard of
Shugo Tokumaru's "In Focus?" His musical style across the board, but personally in this album especially, is so intriguing and refreshing.
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Thread: Movies that made you cry unexpectedly
That scene was so good that when someone linked it and I saw it for the first time it completely convinced me to see the movie. Like I just had to see what preceded it. It's a really affecting scene.
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Thread: SPOILERS: God of War SPOILER Thread (SPOILER THREAD, BEWARE OF SPOILERS!)
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Thread: B the Beginning |OT| #2 Netflix Original Anime from the Creators* of Kill Bill
Just finished Episode 6, taking it at a fairly slow pace in between other things. All in all it's fairly entertaining; the characters are solid, if not remarkable for the most part, though I enjoy Keith Flick's scenes especially (as tired as the cliche he belongs to is), the text overlay they do for his thoughts is a very nice added effect to give the impression of just how much time he spends piecing things together. The biggest I'm not sure about yet is the evil clown villains. With ep. 6 we actually learn who they are in a general sense, but I still have no idea much about their motivations besides doing bad things. I'm hoping we get more from them in the second half of the season. A big highlight is just how good the dub's been. This is one of the best voice casts I've heard in a while. All the main cast feel very well acted. Compared to other shows recently I'd say it's currently a fair bit behind Devilman and great leap ahead of Darling in the Franxx.
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Thread: B the Beginning |OT| #2 Netflix Original Anime from the Creators* of Kill Bill
That sounds really intriguing. Would you say all that wackiness makes for a particularly good story or is it just straight up weird?
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Thread: Brandon Sanderson's Cosmere |OT| Journey Before Destination
I go to that point in the audio book about 2 weeks back and hoooo boy what a moment. One of the most riveting segments of a book I've read yet. Hot. Damn. what a scene
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Thread: Easy Allies |OT| The New Era
This is great! One thing I always wish there was more of for EZA was specific short highlights from their content like this in a simple and digestible way like an animated short. It makes it so much easier to show to friends to give them an idea of what EZA content is like. MBMBAM hooked me through animated clips alone so it's great to see this for these segments too, nicely done!
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Thread: The Negativity of Keita Takahashi (Creator of Katamari Damacy, Wattam)
Keita Takahashi just keeps putting out some of the most interesting and downright compelling stuff of the medium. I hope he finds some measure of personal success in all the wonder and thought his games bring to so many. Wattam is literally my most anticipated game this year.
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Thread: Most Depressing Anime Character Deaths
Glad someone beat me to this one.
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Thread: Voltron: Legendary Defender |OT| Season 6 Out Now
Just finished S6, my favorite season so far! They did some great character development and only a few questionable choices.
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Thread: God of War |OT2| Mad Dad Redemption
Haha, this is incredible.
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Thread: Easy Allies |OT| The New Era
That Box Peek first episode was sooo good. That shows's gonna be such a fun time, can't wait.
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Thread: Easy Allies |OT| The New Era
Kyle definitely needs to just to do an album after Box Peek. Ever since the Final Bosman Battle of the Bands I've really enjoyed the music he puts into his stuff. What a rap
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Thread: Easy Allies |OT| The New Era
Holy shit this is legitimately incredible. I've had a smile on my face practically the whole time I've been watching this video.
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Thread: Easy Allies |OT| The New Era
This is really cool to see. I dropped by the stream for a short time yesterday but it's cool to have a sort of highlight reel video that's a lot more easily digestible. What's especially interesting is that the Easy Allies youtube account replied to a question about who did the editing and it seems like it was actually Kyle himself. Didn't know he was into editing at all, always figured Don/Ian/Jones were the main folks to do that in the crew.
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Thread: Easy Allies |OT| The New Era
Good to meet all of those of you I did at the meetup! Those are always a blast. A lot of good highlights of the night, like Kyle's over-10-win -streak on the EZA fighting game with his OP character. Looking forward to the next together! Also, that was one of my favorite episodes of Easy Update in a while, damn what an ending, Kyle with those acting chops.
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