I remember the first time I ever heard one of Sakamoto’s compositions in high school (Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence, like many folks) and continued listening to his work for years afterwards. I always found it difficult to pin him to one particular genre (especially with Chasm, the album I probably ended up listening…

It actually makes sense, considering how risky the whole enterprise was from the jump. I can’t think of any other risk they took since then that was as gutsy.

It’s one of the details in the latest movie that stood out to me, but not in a bad way. The imagery evokes kids playing with super soakers.

He was referring to the word people use to disparage those with mental disabilities.

The other commenters have fair arguments - in that anti-semitism could just be a longstanding cultural import everywhere. Though I think it has more to do with the fact that the symbol still holds meaning in the original religions that have used it long before far-right Europeans misappropriated it. Its symbolism in…

But that doesn’t really answer the question. HBO Go came well after the cable channel, and yet the company found it to be a worthwhile service to offer. So clearly something has dramatically changed in their model, now that they charge for that streaming access on its own without cable and yet find the endeavor…

I think Netflix pigeonholed themselves by their attempt to make the Defenders feel “grounded” when the strength of those characters is not their realism but their placement “on the ground” - or rather, in the streets. Their stories are more akin to Spider-Man’s, connecting with local problems in a way the Avengers…

This makes me incredibly sad. Kevin deserved better.

That’s one of my favorite episodes from STAS. They did a great job with that story.

I thought the opposite. The first part felt like the early parts of Dr. Strange MOM, trying to find an emotionally resonant core but failing, all while trying to be funny. At least the goofiness that follows was amusing, if very obviously done in the Volume.

Naw. Lumping all “superhero origin stories” into a single shorthand suggests no creativity or inspiration, when we get “origin stories” in other genres all the time with no problem.

I can’t believe Nintendo is making me seriously consider getting a Switch just to replay Battle Network and yet here we are

I guess the point of comparison would be the short time jump from Intel to Apple Silicon, but then again, hopefully shoppers are discerning enough to know the difference.

I kinda view them like roller coasters. They all kinda blend together after awhile, even if a few stand out in some way. There’s just little to distinguish between them because the general emotion they evoke is about the same for all of them.

I get the spirit of what you’re saying, but Maddox was still a minor (14 I believe) when the incident happened. So he still was a child at the time, and no child should have to defend themselves against a drunk grown man - especially their father.

You articulated my problem with 3D animation perfectly, thank you. The art of key and intermediate framing seems to be totally lost here.

That’s been my take on the few newer series I’ve checked out recently (this, Spy X Family, Jujutsu Kaisen, My Hero if you wanna include that). There’s a weird compromise going on with these writers where they want the fast pacing of simpler stories like Dragon Ball, but want to hit the “emotional” beats of Naruto or…

Probably less money in it for for good ol Bobby and his band of marauders

I get where you’re coming from, but I disagree. The reason Supergiant is able to stay so small and provide a healthy working environment for their staff is because of business models like this. If anything, avoiding the development practices that are inextricably linked to demanding a large QA staff seems to be why…

Oh absolutely, I should have worded that better. It’s not on the kids for having the freedom to chase their impulses at will, and our economic reality is not designed around protecting or educating them. I was more commenting on how the simplicity of narrative in some respects seems to have occured noticeably in…