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Saw that Army of the Doomstar is up on Max. While the plot was nothing really the write home about I did enjoy all the interesting imagery, especially everything around the possession.
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Larryb posted:What is the official explanation for the magic weakness anyway (assuming it’s still a thing in modern day)? From what I recall being told: Unlike Earth, Krypton just didn't have any native magic or supernatural poo poo! So he's about as vulnerable to magic as everyone else, maybe ever so slightly more than the average joe on earth, assuming the wizard or whatever isn't trying to brute force through his physical invulnerability.
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muscles like this! posted:Saw that Army of the Doomstar is up on Max. While the plot was nothing really the write home about I did enjoy all the interesting imagery, especially everything around the possession. It only had like one song too! The Klok Opera really set the bar high, I listen to the score often. My husband and I were just bored with the new one despite the gorgeous animation. Brendan Small made a whole movie for people who are way into the lore while forgetting the band is supposed to be a bunch of dumbasses
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I Am Fowl posted:From what I recall being told: Unlike Earth, Krypton just didn't have any native magic or supernatural poo poo! So he's about as vulnerable to magic as everyone else, maybe ever so slightly more than the average joe on earth, assuming the wizard or whatever isn't trying to brute force through his physical invulnerability. While that hasn't come up before, funny thing is it makes sense, kinda. DC Earth has shitloads of magic going around, quasi mystical forces like the Speed Force and plenty of divine and semi divine beings. Krypton had Rao in some things, but that's about it. Superman is probably less magical than the average human. Also realising the possible implication in Man of Steel that Kryptonians aren't physically suited for Earth's atmosphere, but their adjustment period might just be absorbing enough yellow sun radiation that their powers kick in and it doesn't matter anymore.
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I also just started watching Royal Crackers s2 and holy poo poo does this show go hard. poo poo gets so nonsensical but it somehow doesn't feel out of place. And the violence. We're talking American Dad levels of violence that has incredible detail. I did not see the spin class deaths coming and that poo poo made me wince. This season does seem to be more focused on characters like someone else said and it's so much stronger for it. Theodore Hornsby is an absolute and unrepentant monster and it helps you to not feel bad for him because of his current circumstances or the lovely way he is treated. He deserves every second of it. Stebe in the interview killed me. Amazing.
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Ghost Leviathan posted:While that hasn't come up before, funny thing is it makes sense, kinda. DC Earth has shitloads of magic going around, quasi mystical forces like the Speed Force and plenty of divine and semi divine beings. Krypton had Rao in some things, but that's about it. Superman is probably less magical than the average human. There was a tumblr I liked that went diving into piecing together what Kryptonian society was apparently like, and Ithink it's real neat. https://kryptonculture-blog.tumblr.com/ It's a mix of classic sci-fi weirdness, vague ideas of retro utopianism, and just straight-up bizarre old school comic weirdness. Krypton isn't really meant to be an example of a society that earth should aspire to or a cautionary tale, it was just a very weird and different (although high-tech) place that is gone and never coming back.
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If you're super into DC lore in general, HubCityQuestion/Alex Jaffe (@alexjaffe.bsky.social) does a lot of really good deep dives into lore in a very "I'm excited about this and I want to share this cool thing I found with you" way rather than a  way.
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royal crackers seems pretty good based on the first 3 eps of s1. there are some clunker jokes but it's actually made me laugh.
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It really picks up when it decides to just be super weird. Like I wasn't a fan of the first episode where it seems like just a knock off Succession.
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It can also have some very out there jokes that you'll only get if you have a very in depth knowledge of whatever they are talking about. I know quite a bit about nu-metal but I'm sure there are a few jokes that go over my head because I'm not an expert on nu-metal. Stebe is good about that too. When they are on the yacht I feel like he rattles off a bunch of jokes that would be hilarious if I understood what they were referencing, or at least understood it better. When you do get the reference though its incredible. My favorite joke from Season 1 is when someone busts into Matt's room and it shows him playing an anime porn game while messing with the model's boob sliders. Not a word is said as Matt stares the person down and they leave looking disturbed. It was perfect.
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roomtone posted:royal crackers seems pretty good based on the first 3 eps of s1. there are some clunker jokes but it's actually made me laugh. I found the first season very take it or leave it. It opens up and shows that they are willing to go places in Season 2.
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Dapper_Swindler posted:yeah, to me its the modern aqua teen hunger force mixed with sienfeld but like most of the cast are decent people. i love it, can't help but think "this is like if a PFFFR show remembered to have a plot"
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roomtone posted:royal crackers seems pretty good based on the first 3 eps of s1. there are some clunker jokes but it's actually made me laugh. I just started watching this too and I can't believe I slept on it. It's genuinely hilarious. Somehow Adult Swim is still picking winners even given the generally degraded state of cable TV with stuff like this and Smiling Friends.
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yeah i'm into season 2 now and enjoying it. royal crackers is a good show and i'm glad it exists.
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I love the running gag that whenever someone talks about or does something sexually explicit Matt is around with his mouth open and has a 1000 yard stare. "You almost died there Theo! Luckily Matt was there to find you!" Cuts to Matt:  Even the most recent episode where his parents are talking about how much they want to do each other before Stebe gets out of the car and Deb drives away while Matt is in the backseat
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I finally watched Army of the Doomstar, and other than the incredible visuals and animation I thought it sucked. The audio mixing was bad like the movie before this where dialog was so quiet it was hard to hear while other poo poo was going on. The songs were good, its just too bad we only got 3-4 of them in the whole movie. I also was under the impression this was a comedy series but the movie was so loving serious all the time. Its like they forgot to include jokes. I honestly thought the show started to fall apart when they moved from 11 minute episodes to 22 minutes episodes, and the movies didn't make it better. This premise just worked better in short bursts. I'm not going to sit here and say it ruined the rest of the series, because it didn't, but it wasn't worth the wait.
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limp_cheese posted:I honestly thought the show started to fall apart when they moved from 11 minute episodes to 22 minutes episodes, and the movies didn't make it better. This premise just worked better in short bursts. I'm not going to sit here and say it ruined the rest of the series, because it didn't, but it wasn't worth the wait. Yeah this is kind of where I ended up with Metalocalypse. The first season is a ton of fun and at no point did I think the shadowy conspiracy was anything beyond a framing device to underline how absolutely stupid and funny the premise of the show is. The latter seasons of the show really leaned into it at the expense of the comedy and for the life of me I can't figure out why. I guess at some point they decided that people were actually watching because they were invested in the mythos, not because they were cracking up at parodies of heavy metal excess taken to extremes? The closest comparison I can think of is the continued inclusion of the modern day plots in the Assassin's Creed games. Someone making this stuff clearly thinks this matters, but do they really think that's why these games became popular?
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The last time I watched Metalocalypse was years ago in college. The student lounge was open before classes started in the morning, and the tv was set on CN. One morning the Diversityklok episode came on, and it was real awkward being one of the only white people in the room... Hilarious episode though.
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I always enjoy episodes of The Great North where everyone just kind of spirals out of control. Moon Court episodes must be really fun to make.
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muscles like this! posted:I always enjoy episodes of The Great North where everyone just kind of spirals out of control. Moon Court episodes must be really fun to make. I've been keeping up with Krapopolis, which has improved as it's kinda realized Hippocampus is a much more appealing protagonist-character of the cast, since Tyrannis is too charisma-less to really keep that role.
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I like Great North, but it mostly lives on having a good grasp on the characters and just enough heart behind the writing. I don't think there's been too much of a notable shift in anything from the first season to now, so if you didn't really jibe with it early, it probably won't hit now. Krapopolis I still think kinda sucks. I can see why and how it could be funny but all the pieces don't really come together in a satisfying way.
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Sockser posted:I like Great North, but it mostly lives on having a good grasp on the characters and just enough heart behind the writing. I don't think there's been too much of a notable shift in anything from the first season to now, so if you didn't really jibe with it early, it probably won't hit now. I never hated it, it just didn’t spark enough joy to keep watching. I guess I’ve been hoping for an American Dad-esque shift in the show’s direction. It was always very ‘and these people are all just nice’, which, sure, ok.
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Just watched the first three episodes of Delicious in Dungeons and what a great show. All the good things I want from an anime and none of the problematic* bullshit. The characters are all distinct and fun, the monster are inventive. Most of all, the food looks delicious. * creepy
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https://x.com/art0donnell/status/1785071053623922862?s=46&t=DPAZGva0MqEin1jSO1y2kw venom zorak
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The_Doctor posted:I never hated it, it just didn’t spark enough joy to keep watching. I guess I’ve been hoping for an American Dad-esque shift in the show’s direction. It was always very ‘and these people are all just nice’, which, sure, ok. I think the show has plenty of enough weird edges to it that keep it from becoming too much of a bland nice-in, but if you're looking for a more American Dad-ish feel you can try Grimsburg or Housebroken, the latter is sadly probably not getting a 3rd season as far as I know. Grimsburg in particular has embraced surrealism, wordplay, playing with expectations that feels more like American Dad's vibe.
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Something that must be fun for the writers of Grimsburg is coming up with all the serial killers. Like this week's episode with the Death Guard and Killex (serial killer Skrillex.)
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DOPE FIEND KILLA G posted:https://x.com/art0donnell/status/1785071053623922862?s=46&t=DPAZGva0MqEin1jSO1y2kw SP:CtC continuing to be funny as hell.
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