Next time I'm in the mood for that sort of thing I will check it out. Well, maybe after Umbrella Academy which I do feel more urgent about...
Oh, at first it was confusing. Just the idea of computers was like — whoa! I'm eleven hundred years old! I had trouble adjusting to the idea of Lutherans.
Anya ,'Get It Done'
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-t - Aug 19, 2020 6:37:35 am PDT #806 of 2212
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Gris - Aug 19, 2020 10:59:30 am PDT #807 of 2212
Hey. New board.
Just an FYI that my wife is consuming Doom Patrol (maybe only on HBO Max in the US?) At an alarming rate. She tried Umbrella Academy and finds this way better.
She just compared it to Doctor Who in terms of the line it walks that happily hits super weird, heartwarming, and funny.
I watched the pilot with her but she has left me in the dust now.
Also it has a character called Danny Street who is a sentient, genderqueer, teleporting street. Just seems like a Buffista kinda show.
Zenkitty - Aug 20, 2020 8:18:23 am PDT #808 of 2212
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Also it has a character called Danny Street who is a sentient, genderqueer, teleporting street.
Do what now? Non-human sentient character is totally my jam. I have to check that one out.
Zenkitty - Aug 20, 2020 8:24:58 am PDT #809 of 2212
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Did I say how much I liked The Witcher? I figured out it was multiple timelines about halfway through the second episode. I love that sort of thing, and it was done really well. Everything came together in the end with no plot holes or dropped balls or shit that didn't make any sense. Most multiple-timeline stories get tangled up by writers who can't juggle all the moving parts.
Was anyone else ultimately disappointed by DEVs? I wanted it to be the story I initially thought it was, and what it turned out to be was predictable and unsatisfying. But I don't want to turn anyone off from watching it. Someone who isn't me might be happy with it.
Gris - Aug 20, 2020 12:24:30 pm PDT #810 of 2212
Hey. New board.
There are also rats and cockroaches that go on revenge missions and think they are prophets of Ezekiel (respectively) on Do Patrol, all with funny subtitles. And Meg says it's doing a great job tackling interesting sexuality issues. Definitely seems worth a try by most Buffista types.
chrismg - Aug 20, 2020 1:52:57 pm PDT #811 of 2212
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
The great part is, Danny the Street is actually from the comics. That's probably less surprising if you know Grant Morrison wrote that run.
Gris - Aug 20, 2020 4:52:33 pm PDT #812 of 2212
Hey. New board.
Apparently it's actually pretty loyal to the comics, if modernized.
Jessica - Aug 20, 2020 5:04:44 pm PDT #813 of 2212
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Was anyone else ultimately disappointed by DEVs?
No, but only because I'd run out of fucks to give about three episodes in? It was so so pretty and so so serious and so so not as clever as it thought it was.
Zenkitty - Aug 21, 2020 7:51:39 am PDT #814 of 2212
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
so so not as clever as it thought it was.
That sums it up.
Zenkitty - Aug 21, 2020 7:55:33 am PDT #815 of 2212
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Plus. DEVs was another story driven by a rich white man's pain and in the end rewarding him by giving him exactly what he wanted, never mind the awful things he did to get there or the people who died in his wake. I wish I hadn't gotten my hopes up in the beginning.