Discuss and Rate the Last Thing You Watched (non-movies)

[gorfias]

Season 4 premier of Rick and Morty. It was spectacular. If you don't know the show, imagine Doc Brown and Marty from "Back to the Future". Doc is a brilliant dimension hopping psychopath. Morty is his kinda wimpy grandson who reluctantly joins him.

 

[Chimpzy_v1legacy]

The Mandalorian episode 1 - 6/10

There's been talks of a live action Star Wars tv series since the prequel trilogy, but here it is, the first episode. And it's alright. Cast seems fine. Production values are good for a tv show. Score is nice. Action scenes were entertaining. Plot, while pretty basic and rather slow-paced, is fine. Surprisingly low-key, but I guess that makes sense for a tv show, plus I enjoy the smaller scale compared to most Star Wars fare. Getting a bit of a western "Man With No Name" vibe from it. Overall decent outing, albeit surprisingly short at about 36 mins without credits. Shows some promise. Will give it at least another episode or two.

 

[gorfias]

The Mandalorian episode 1 - 6/10

There's been talks of a live action Star Wars tv series since the prequel trilogy, but here it is, the first episode. And it's alright. Cast seems fine. Production values are good for a tv show. Score is nice. Action scenes were entertaining. Plot, while pretty basic and rather slow-paced, is fine. Surprisingly low-key, but I guess that makes sense for a tv show, plus I enjoy the smaller scale compared to most Star Wars fare. Getting a bit of a western "Man With No Name" vibe from it. Overall decent outing, albeit surprisingly short at about 36 mins without credits. Shows some promise. Will give it at least another episode or two.

About the same. 7/10. It was good. My daughter begged for Disney plus so I got it for the free week. $7 a month. I can do this for a bit and give it a chance. But I've already seen End Game. Live action Lady and the Tramp got meh reviews. So Mandalorian is about it for me. 7/10 isn't enough to keep me watching long. But I'll check out another episode.

 

[happyninja42]

Been watching Rising of the Shield Hero. Actually finding it pretty fun so far, at least in the fundamental premise. The amount of "assholes aligned against the protagonist", and the amount of biases and misconceptions that is needed to put it all in place is....annoying to say the least. But that just seems to be a common thing in anime I guess, so I'll have to deal with it.

But yeah I like the idea that the protagonist isn't the protagonist, because of his ability to kill things, but because of his ability to protect and defend, and heal. It's made for a far more enjoyable viewing for me than most anime, where it's all about how big of a baddy the hero can uber slice because he's unlocked his Ultra Death Spear of Fate and Awesomeness lvl 2000.

 

[Saelune]

The Mandalorian. Its really good. Like, was immediately hooked episode 1, no 'I will keep watching but I am not sure' feeling. I like that it has lots of aliens, the current trilogy is lacking in aliens. Weird seeing Brian Posehn in Star Wars though, even if it was just for a nameless bit character.

It definitely wants to go 'Hey, remember this thing?' but like, actually expands on those things rather than just being a circle-jerk fan-service thing. We got Urgnots, we got Jawas, we got those squidhead guys from Mon Calamari that are not the squid-headed guys named after the planet. It feels like an expansion of the Star Wars universe, which is what I enjoy.

Only seen 2 episodes though, so who knows. So far, so good.

I got more to say, but dont want to spoil things.

 

[Hawki]

Once Upon a Time: Season 6 (3/5)

Before we go any further, let me establish that this season has the best episode in the entire series, and that?s the musical episode. And if you don?t agree, you simply have no soul.

Right, now that we?ve got that out of the way, let?s establish that one great episode doesn?t redeem an entire season. And no, this season isn?t good, but then, what else is new? I will say that I do hold it above season 5 (ergo, the second worst season in the show), but that isn?t really a statement of praise. Season 5, as my review for it demonstrated, outright irritated me in a lot of ways. It was a double whammy of the season being the apex of the show?s failings, added to which my frustrations with the season itself. Season 6 has failings too, but they?re failings that didn?t irritate me as much. Though, granted, it might be because I simply don?t care anymore. So, let?s ignore the fact that the show still forgives everyone for everything, is still doing the Gold rigamarole (stop trusting Gold FFS!), is still treating ?happy endings? as an actual in-universe mechanic, and everything else that?s irritated me beyond season 1.

Well, for starters, this season feels like a composite of various ideas that the writers couldn?t make into whole stories, so decided to just throw in here. We have the Land of Untold Stories, the Count of Monte Cristo, Jekyll & Hyde, and Regina?s evil half becoming its own entity. Out of all of those things, only the doppleganger plot point remains relevant throughout the season, and even then it?s more just returning at the end. Added to which that this season brings in Aladdin and Jasmine from Agrabah, which is weird for me to watch in 2019 having just seen the live action film. By itself, it isn?t bad. But in the context of the season as a whole, it?s more ?stuff? that happens that feels tangential to the main plot thread.

So, what is the main plot thread? Well, Emma?s going to die in ?the Final Battle.? I use proper nouns, even though this is a show where a ?Final Battle? is basically two people in 21st century clothing fighting with swords on a 20th century street, so, yay for drama. But above all else, the big bad for this is Rumple?s mother. The Black Fairy. A villain that we?ve never seen before, and unless I missed something, has never even been mentioned. Which isn?t bad in of itself. But when the show is selling me on the idea that pretty much every bad thing that?s happened in the series up to this point can more or less be traced to her, then, yes. Yes it does get bad. You don?t?you don?t DO this in fiction, okay? You don?t? write a series and in the final instalment throw in a villain and claim ?see? She was the big bad all along, how dare you suggest that we?re pulling stuff out of our arse?? I might not have minded as much if for her motivations being a combination of ?Light and Dark are destined to clash? and ?I want to destroy everything so I can control magic to do anything.? So, basically, the mechanics of the setting dictate two characters facing off who?ve never interacted before the fact, and some asinine power fantasy. Yes, we see a flashback for her, but it does nothing to make her sympathetic. The whole becoming the evil you sought to destroy might have worked better if she was actually doing terrible things before going all, y?know, evil and shit. And furthermore, it?s even iffy in the context of the series because I thought we did the whole Light vs. Dark thing in season 5 with the Dark One and stuff. In the in-universe chronology, I assume Nimue predates the Black Fairy, but nup, the Black Fairy is meant to be the big bad.

Also, Hook killed David?s father, and David?s pissed with that. Good for him. Shame that this is perhaps the only case in the show where people seem to care about murder, or tyranny, or anything like that. Nup. Dear ol dad was killed by my future son in law. Heck, even the musical episode has Hook singing, quote, ?I?ve plundered and pillaged, razed every village, deeds that I?m justly proud of,? and the Charmings don?t bat an eye at Hook admitting to razing villages IN THEIR OWN KINGDOM. I know I keep harping on this, but I can?t help it.

Y?know, this being season 6, it reminds me of Lost. Watching season 6 of Lost, it was clear that the writers hadn?t planned everything in advance (e.g. the skeletons in the cave), but it still felt congruent. It still felt like this was the grand culmination of a plot that had been going on since day 1, even if it stalled in season 5 (hey, both shows? fifth seasons are the weakest). Here, it doesn?t work. It doesn?t work in planning, and the Black Fairy isn?t the Man in Black.

So. Shit happens. Day is saved. Saved in a manner that?s reminiscent of earlier seasons, and Henry being so doey eyed and insufferable that I just want to punch him. But yes, day?s saved, and everyone lives happily ever after. Which, okay, isn?t too bad an ending. The show could have ended in season 3 bar the Marian revelation, but the ending isn?t too bad here. It even arguably completes a character arc for Gold, but no doubt season 7 will make him a villain again because the show just can?t stop doing that. Oh yes, season 7. That?s still coming. I?m still going to see it because god damn it, I finish what I start, even though I just want to stop. I?fine. Sure. Whatever. Least Henry?s an adult now, so he might be a bit less insufferable.

Having watched these six seasons, and looking at the category?s entry on ff.net, I have no idea why this show is so popular. I know that?s hyperbole, but still, I just don?t ?get it.? Again, I?ll reiterate, Once Upon a Time is a case of taking a neat idea, doing a decent job with that idea in the first season, but failing to properly exploit that idea. Added to which is a bizzare system of morality, and playing tropes like ?happy endings? and ?you just have to belive!? so straight I want to puke, and what you have is a sacharrine show that has its moments, don?t get me wrong, but it?s like chocolate on brussel sprouts. You may enjoy the odd bit of chocolate, but you?re still eating sprouts at the end of the day. In the end, I?d much rather just have ferro rochets.

Also, at the end, the series goes full Kingdom Hearts with its use of ?realms? and various doorways to those realms with iconography. Make of that what you will.

 

[Johnny Novgorod]

Crisis in Six Scenes

Woody Allen's first and hopefully last foray in episodic storytelling. This is basically a chopped-up feature length that has been padded and stretched into a six-parter, each episode barely scrapping 25 minutes. At 2 hours 30 minutes this is Woody's longest movie and, simultaneously, the biggest non-event of his career. The whole plot could easily be reduced to a 20 minute subplot in another vastly more interesting movie.

The premise: it's the 60s, the American youth is protesting Vietnam and civil rights, and a Weatherman/Black Panther type radical is on the run after escaping prison and shooting a cop. She decides to lay low in a suburban household, where an 80-something couple decides to hide her for a while until she can make her escape. The set up may sound kinda cool but it's all quickly explained and brushed over. The rest of the show is 95% endless bickering between the radical (Miley Cyrus, not the least bit convincing) and the couple, played by Allen and Elaine May in a send-up from their earlier marriage in Small Time Crooks.

I like Woody's shtick and I got a couple of laughs from him, but I was never invested in the story. Which, by the way, reminded me of Whatever Works, which opens up with a similar masturbatory scenario about a supple young runaway hiding in an old dude's house (Larry David, playing Woody Allen). This time around Allen has the sense of not making himself into her love interest, supplying instead a young, neurotic stand-in (John Magaro, playing a character called "Allen") to fret over whether he wants to side with the dangerous, impulsive chick or stay with his beautiful but safe girlfriend. Story of Woody's life.

Anyway. I never bought Miley's fuck-the-man routine, didn't care for the character or her acting nor did I feel any mounting suspense or tension regarding her possible apprehension, which is what's supposed to be driving the (paper-thin) plot. All of this leads to one of the most anticlimactic endings I can remember in TV, so lazy and bland that it managed to annoy me despite how little I cared for the whole thing.

 

[Casual Shinji]

Watched Beastars. Eight episodes so far.

The whole furry aspect of it might be a hard sell for most people, but the series makes great use of the difference in species and there's little fetishizing as far as I can tell. I'm not a furry at all, and I never really felt like I was watching something squarely aimed at furries. Not that it never plays up this aspect, but considering it's anime (manga) this could've easily turned into something like Monster Musume, and it didn't. There's also not the typical racism angle you might expect with how much it focusses on carnivores vs. herbivores.

I really like all of the characters, and I particularly like how the main two female characters aren't the typical anime girl archetypes. Haru for example is actually sexually active and will go for the jugular whenever a recurring gang of bullies target her, eventhough she's weak and also kind of a damsel. Just the fact that there's sex in this high school anime, and not the cockteasing, fanservice nonsense that never follows through, is worthy of praise.

So yeah, pretty good show so far.

 

[Saint of M]

River Monsters: Going to get the nope fish at the nope river, and its still an awsome show.

Mother's Basement on the sucsess of Pokemon.

Guijin Goomba's video on the rival system for the Connect.

 

[ObsidianJones_v1legacy]

Black Summer (Netflix Original): Season 1 (6.8/10)

Ok, I'm tired of zombies.

I'm saying this as someone who has... let me check... 113 hours logged in playing Left 4 Dead, 620 hours logged in playing Left 4 Dead 2. You might recognize that combined number as a month's time. And that doesn't talk about the Dead Risings, Dying Light, State of Decay (1 and 2), How to Survive (1 and 2), Almost every Resident Evil (no light gun games, ORC, Umbrella Corps, or Code Veronica), They Are Billions, The Walking Dead (Telltale games), and countless others.

And I don't even have the brain power to try to recall all the zombie movies I've seen.

And Black Summer is... like there. It's just there most of the time. It doesn't cross any line or bring any new narrative that the Walking Dead hasn't tried to revive (DAD JOKES, I GOT THEM) forever ago. Quick turning zombies. Everyone's infected. Death means zombies, not just bites. They just took the Marathon Runners from Dawn of the Dead.

However.

It gets a full 1.8 points to raise it to above average for one thing alone: The last three episodes. It depicts perfectly why America would be screwed in a quick turning, fast Zombie event. The accessibility of guns would not be a strength.

If you don't have the time to waste with a kind of ok zombie story, and you love spectacle, I can fully recommend just watching the last three episodes. It gets... rough, with women having to trade on their bodies for safety. That part still makes me very uneasy on the inside. I had to pause for a few hours and fast forward. But that area kicks off the finale in an amped up way

 

[Dalisclock]

Finally finished "The Boys" Season 1. I did get pretty engaged with it, despite a few slow spots, for the most part. Despite the fact the world of "The Boys" feels a lot like our own despite having a buttload of supes running around in plain sight, I rather appreciated the whole focus on the Supes as celebrities and how that fame and general lack of accountability(both due to close corporate ties and sponsorship) turning them into selfish jerks(Though Homelander's issues seem to be much deeper, like he never had anything resembling an actual family or childhood). While I dread to use the term "realistic" for anything like superhero fiction, the idea of supes being merchandised to hell and heavily handled by the Vought Marketing/PR department felt spot on in this day and age.

Karl Urban was a lot of fun to watch as Billy, being a rogue, yet surprisingly good at this kind of thing nutcase.

I was a little dissapointed we didn't learn more about the Supes themselves. Starlight/Annie got a lot of screentime followed closely by Homelander(though it's still unclear if he was a created supe or something else). Black Noir is just kinda there and never talks. The Deep is a major creep but does have some good bits. Queen Meave is...Wonder Woman but not apparently. None of them are ever really seen outside their job other then Starlight(Does Corporate make them wear the uniform all the time or do they just feel more comfortable in their costumes?)

Also it had a scene where a baby with laser eyes is used as a weapon, which is both awful and hilarious at the same time.

 

[Hawki]

And I don't even have the brain power to try to recall all the zombie movies I've seen.

Brains...

It depicts perfectly why America would be screwed in a quick turning, fast Zombie event. The accessibility of guns would not be a strength.

Can you elaborate? I always thought that if a zombie apocalypse did occur, the US would actually fare better than most countries, thanks to the amount of guns, plus a reasonably low population density.

 

[ObsidianJones_v1legacy]

And I don't even have the brain power to try to recall all the zombie movies I've seen.

Brains...

It depicts perfectly why America would be screwed in a quick turning, fast Zombie event. The accessibility of guns would not be a strength.

Can you elaborate? I always thought that if a zombie apocalypse did occur, the US would actually fare better than most countries, thanks to the amount of guns, plus a reasonably low population density.

Absolutely sorry, I didn't see this until literally right at this minute.

So, the second you die in Black Summer, you convulse for 12 seconds and then you become a track star Zombie.

Now, the problem with actual society is that they think owning something is the same thing as being prepared for an event. Some people might recall I'm a prepper. I have several items I bought in terms of an emergency, but I've tested them out in non-emergency times so I know how to use them and/or their limitations.

For Instance, I have a Propane Big Buddy Heater in case the power goes out. It's freezing in Western New York most of the time, and we have wind storms (which I didn't know is a thing) that sometimes can knock out power. I figured I should know how it actually works, so a few times I turned down the heat and opened some windows around my home. When it was sufficiently cold, I hooked up the Big Buddy with a carbon monoxide alarm next to it and turned it on. I wanted to see if it would actually warm my bedroom (that's all I'd actually need) and see how long two propane bottles would last. From there, if there's a situation, I have a good idea of knowing how I'd fare.

That's the difference between Just buying something on Amazon, and having a tool to help you through a situation.

I honestly think most people in America who owns guns just bought something from the firearm store. I don't think they are at the range practicing, I don't think they are taking classes, and what happens is that you have a object in your hand that does something instead of a tool that you control to do what you want.

And even if you have a firearm as a tool, what is the likelihood that everyone in a 5 mile radius of you who owns a gun does the same? Handling a firearm, Trigger Discipline, Sighting and reloading under stress... That takes development. That takes a teacher taking you by the hand and making sure you're not going to end your life through being unprepared.

The majority of people in this movie are unprepared. In the final episode, one of those things I mentioned created 5 new zombies in 30 seconds.

To sum up, real life isn't like the movies we watch. Where a person gets a gun in their hand and becomes an unstoppable bad ass because he was the wrong guy to mess with! People have that delusion and it couldn't be further from the truth. Sure, there are people who are naturally talented, but those are so damn rare that most likely we are not those people.

The equivalent is like giving a random guy a hammer and expecting that to be enough to have them build a house. It takes knowledge and time (not to mention other things) to have that person be able to build a house. Likewise, just having a gun wouldn't mean people would be able to survive life or death situations, to the sudden chagrin of many real-life people who sadly passed thinking that were the case.

 

[Dalisclock]

And I don't even have the brain power to try to recall all the zombie movies I've seen.

Brains...

It depicts perfectly why America would be screwed in a quick turning, fast Zombie event. The accessibility of guns would not be a strength.

Can you elaborate? I always thought that if a zombie apocalypse did occur, the US would actually fare better than most countries, thanks to the amount of guns, plus a reasonably low population density.

Absolutely sorry, I didn't see this until literally right at this minute.

So, the second you die in Black Summer, you convulse for 12 seconds and then you become a track star Zombie.

Now, the problem with actual society is that they think owning something is the same thing as being prepared for an event. Some people might recall I'm a prepper. I have several items I bought in terms of an emergency, but I've tested them out in non-emergency times so I know how to use them and/or their limitations.

For Instance, I have a Propane Big Buddy Heater in case the power goes out. It's freezing in Western New York most of the time, and we have wind storms (which I didn't know is a thing) that sometimes can knock out power. I figured I should know how it actually works, so a few times I turned down the heat and opened some windows around my home. When it was sufficiently cold, I hooked up the Big Buddy with a carbon monoxide alarm next to it and turned it on. I wanted to see if it would actually warm my bedroom (that's all I'd actually need) and see how long two propane bottles would last. From there, if there's a situation, I have a good idea of knowing how I'd fare.

That's the difference between Just buying something on Amazon, and having a tool to help you through a situation.

I honestly think most people in America who owns guns just bought something from the firearm store. I don't think they are at the range practicing, I don't think they are taking classes, and what happens is that you have a object in your hand that does something instead of a tool that you control to do what you want.

And even if you have a firearm as a tool, what is the likelihood that everyone in a 5 mile radius of you who owns a gun does the same? Handling a firearm, Trigger Discipline, Sighting and reloading under stress... That takes development. That takes a teacher taking you by the hand and making sure you're not going to end your life through being unprepared.

The majority of people in this movie are unprepared. In the final episode, one of those things I mentioned created 5 new zombies in 30 seconds.

To sum up, real life isn't like the movies we watch. Where a person gets a gun in their hand and becomes an unstoppable bad ass because he was the wrong guy to mess with! People have that delusion and it couldn't be further from the truth. Sure, there are people who are naturally talented, but those are so damn rare that most likely we are not those people.

The equivalent is like giving a random guy a hammer and expecting that to be enough to have them build a house. It takes knowledge and time (not to mention other things) to have that person be able to build a house. Likewise, just having a gun wouldn't mean people would be able to survive life or death situations, to the sudden chagrin of many real-life people who sadly passed thinking that were the case.

This kinda reminds me of how I feel about people who apparently really love the idea of the post apocalypse. Not just as a setting for the story and character potential, but those wierdos who apparently relish the idea of society collapsing so they can be free to do what they want unconstrained by rules and regulations and such. Or maybe just want the government to collapse for the "Libertarian Paradise" or some such bullshit.

Because they somehow assume They'll be the ones to survive and thrive, rather then think about the misery and ramifications of services and supplies being cut off, possibly forever and how that effects people.People who just assume they'll go live in the local walmart or the mall or some such because they saw it in a film, or that they could totally learn to live off the land given a few weeks because wilderness survival and farming is easy.

Not to mention the idea of power vacuums that would be caused by the government ceasing to exist in any meaningful way.

Granted, most fiction really doesn't bother to show this kind of shit. How gas has a shelf life of like a year, how society is based on integrated and vast supply chains, how much of what we do now is networked and computerized, etc. So people just don't even think about it.

 

[Thaluikhain]

This kinda reminds me of how I feel about people who apparently really love the idea of the post apocalypse. Not just as a setting for the story and character potential, but those wierdos who apparently relish the idea of society collapsing so they can be free to do what they want unconstrained by rules and regulations and such. Or maybe just want the government to collapse for the "Libertarian Paradise" or some such bullshit.

Argh, yes.

Now, fair enough for the ones who've got a bunker and 20 different AR-15s that they've customised themselves and they are always doing paramilitary training (of which there's a lot available in the US). That's taking it seriously and being honest, at least.

And rich enough to be able to buy many more AR-15s than you need.

As an aside, apparently once a Dirty Harry film came out, people suddenly would buy .44 magnum revolvers, and then suddenly there'd be second hand ones for sale a month later once people realised that there's a lot of recoil associated with the most powerful handgun in the world (even if it technically wasn't).

 

[ObsidianJones_v1legacy]

This kinda reminds me of how I feel about people who apparently really love the idea of the post apocalypse. Not just as a setting for the story and character potential, but those wierdos who apparently relish the idea of society collapsing so they can be free to do what they want unconstrained by rules and regulations and such. Or maybe just want the government to collapse for the "Libertarian Paradise" or some such bullshit.

Because they somehow assume They'll be the ones to survive and thrive, rather then think about the misery and ramifications of services and supplies being cut off, possibly forever and how that effects people.People who just assume they'll go live in the local walmart or the mall or some such because they saw it in a film, or that they could totally learn to live off the land given a few weeks because wilderness survival and farming is easy.

Not to mention the idea of power vacuums that would be caused by the government ceasing to exist in any meaningful way.

Granted, most fiction really doesn't bother to show this kind of shit. How gas has a shelf life of like a year, how society is based on integrated and vast supply chains, how much of what we do now is networked and computerized, etc. So people just don't even think about it.

God, I remember how cool some of my friends thought it would be to live in the post apocalypse. And I remember looking at them with side eye. We're talking hard stereotypical nerds and geeks here. Gym was the bane of their existence in high school. Never put on an ounce of muscle in the entire time we've known each other. But they suddenly feel that when the time came, they would be able to outrun a horde of zombies while doing perfect headshots all the time.. and never seeing a gun up close.



And I'm SO GLAD SOMEONE TALKS ABOUT GAS SHELF LIFE. In Jurassic World, where they took a jeep from the old abandoned park (the jeep covered in uncontrolled plant growth, fixed it up, and drove it off into a park. Seriously?

This kinda reminds me of how I feel about people who apparently really love the idea of the post apocalypse. Not just as a setting for the story and character potential, but those wierdos who apparently relish the idea of society collapsing so they can be free to do what they want unconstrained by rules and regulations and such. Or maybe just want the government to collapse for the "Libertarian Paradise" or some such bullshit.

Argh, yes.

Now, fair enough for the ones who've got a bunker and 20 different AR-15s that they've customised themselves and they are always doing paramilitary training (of which there's a lot available in the US). That's taking it seriously and being honest, at least.

And rich enough to be able to buy many more AR-15s than you need.

As an aside, apparently once a Dirty Harry film came out, people suddenly would buy .44 magnum revolvers, and then suddenly there'd be second hand ones for sale a month later once people realised that there's a lot of recoil associated with the most powerful handgun in the world (even if it technically wasn't).

I can admit hypocrisy when I say a few of those guys scare me. I know to others I'm just a hardcore paramilitary class away from looking exactly like those people, but what can I say, I'm in my mind and I know I truly just want to be self reliant if horrible things come to pass.

Some of those people want horrible things to come to pass. Not all, but some. Those people worry the hell out of me.

 

[Dalisclock]

God, I remember how cool some of my friends thought it would be to live in the post apocalypse. And I remember looking at them with side eye. We're talking hard stereotypical nerds and geeks here. Gym was the bane of their existence in high school. Never put on an ounce of muscle in the entire time we've known each other. But they suddenly feel that when the time came, they would be able to outrun a horde of zombies while doing perfect headshots all the time.. and never seeing a gun up close.

I worked recruiting for the US Navy a couple years back(and yes, it can be brutal). You'd be shocked(or maybe not) how many people say they want to be a Navy SEAL and apparently believe its realistic on a short timeline(as opposed to, I'm gonna spend a year or so doing a lot of physical training first). Dudes who can't even run a mile and half without falling over from exhaustion or do 50 pushups in a row.

But man, they could totally be a commando. So yeah, I see the same kind of thing in the wanna-be apocolypse survivors.

 

[Thaluikhain]

The Great Martian War 1913-1917, a mockumentary based on War of the Worlds happening instead of WW1.

They put a lot of effort into making it look like a somewhat over the top historical documentary, some nice historical touches there, but a lot of flat out stupid stupid that annoys me. Yes, in the real world, bolt action rifles with bayonets were widely used in that time period, you don't keep making them to fight 20 foot tall martian war machines. Now, sure, the original footage you are editing (and that's a bit murky as well) has real world stuff in it, of course, but nothing stopping you from getting some people in period costumes holding large calibre rifles and reducing the image quality.

I can admit hypocrisy when I say a few of those guys scare me. I know to others I'm just a hardcore paramilitary class away from looking exactly like those people, but what can I say, I'm in my mind and I know I truly just want to be self reliant if horrible things come to pass.

Some of those people want horrible things to come to pass. Not all, but some. Those people worry the hell out of me.

Yup...I've got a youtube video paused in another tab that's by a survival teacher talking about how to make a fire in the rain, I definitely agree about increasing one's skills base for that sort of thing, but the wannabe straight to dvd dystopian action heroes...yeah, no. Same as the people that get a gun because they want someone scary to break into their house to kill.

Not to mention, in most dystopian fiction, it's certain types of people that get to be hardcore survivor types, a lot of demographics just don't exist anymore, which may or may not be part of the appeal.

 

[McElroy]

True Detective Season 3

From what I haven't forgotten, it's decent. It goes weirdly cookie-cutter near the end. Why did Amelia ever fall for Wayne? Physicality only, I guess.

 

[McElroy]

This kinda reminds me of how I feel about people who apparently really love the idea of the post apocalypse. Not just as a setting for the story and character potential, but those wierdos who apparently relish the idea of society collapsing so they can be free to do what they want unconstrained by rules and regulations and such. Or maybe just want the government to collapse for the "Libertarian Paradise" or some such bullshit.

It's quite simple, really. In the post-apocalypse only survival matters. No complexities of modern life to care about. Very much romanticized, but a lot of people yearn for a simpler life. Sometimes it sucks to be a modern person, soft and dependent.