What TV Shows Are You Watching? 8: Streaming Is the New Cable
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Chukchi Husky
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Another problem with making cartoons during the eighties was censorship. Anything that could in any way be interpreted as harmful to children had to be removed. One of the writers for Superfriends talked about how he wasn't allowed to show Superman punching through a wall because it was seen by the censors as too violent. In a later episode where all the characters were shrunk (an example that the writer said of the show running out of ideas) Robin kicked a spider off a table. They then had to show the spider running away to show that the spider wasn't harmed.
Then Who Framed Roger Rabbit was made and Spielberg wanted a cartoon on TV for his kids, which ended up being Tiny Toons and American animation started to change.
Then Who Framed Roger Rabbit was made and Spielberg wanted a cartoon on TV for his kids, which ended up being Tiny Toons and American animation started to change.
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I was disappointed that The Micronauts didn't get the Saturday-morning cartoon treatment. I had a few of the toys, and was a fan of the comic.
Finished the Pryor-Bergin-Gould disc of SNL season 1, wrapping up 1975.
Liono uses his sword to psych-see into the distance
Iirc the thundercats toys were massive, even compared to the already too big he-man/she-ra toys. I had a few of the he-man ones, including the castle of Skeletor. Can't say their quality was good, though.
Anyway, Playmobil/Lego were just better.
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Oh yes, Tiny Toons changed things. The utter derangement of the Animaniacs and Pinky and the Brain, plus the timely arrival of Genndy Tartakovsky, was enough.
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Watched this recently, really enjoyed it as well. Was kinda hoping the main guy would remain a bit more skeptical of the halls of power, but hey, let's see what season 2 brings.
Yeah, same here. Enjoyed Castlevania a lot.
Blood of Zeus was similarly decent (made by the same studio), but the animation was subpar at times, particularly in comparison to Castlevania.
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For my part, my wife and I have just got to end of S6 of our rewatch of Once Upon A Time. The last time we watched this we processed things a bit differently for IRL reasons, so it's been good to go through it again. Robert Carlyle is a great actor, just, hands down. Love the guy.
Binged The Night Agent (as above), binged the only available season of The Daily Life of the Immortal King (good shounen fun, very self-aware). Working my way through Andor, but that actually required me to have my brain working, so that's going at a slower pace.
Got Alchemy of Souls on my own to-watch list (as well as everything Star Wars), and my wife and I are finally getting to S8 of Brooklyn 99 once we're done with Once Upon A Time. Looking forward to that.
Huh. Archie, anyone? After all, there were decades' worth of comics. I'm talking 1960s.
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Pretty good season, I thought.
There's not a lot of news about season 4 yet. I'm guessing if season 4 were going to be released this year, they'd have said so by now. I have read that Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Rosemarie DeWitt are joining the cast, and I like both of them. There's also a promo picture of 2 new supes, Sister Sage and Firecracker. I put the names in spoilers because I've never read the comics, so I don't know if the introduction of these characters could be important.
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"Take Me Out to the Holosuite", DS9 S7E4. I'm in a baseball mood...
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First episode of Mrs. Davis (2023) was outstanding. Of course I'd watch Betty Gilpin wash her hair, but I'm pretty sure the episode was good anyway. I already knew that Margo Martindale and Jake McDornan were in it, but Ben Chaplin was a nice surprise.
Also...
Come to think of it, the whole episode had a whiff of a Coen Bros movie about it. I hope that continues.
Now that I've put the idea in my head, watching Betty Gilpin wash her hair sounds awesome.
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Now that I've put the idea in my head, watching Betty Gilpin wash her hair sounds awesome.
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Ha...agree. And I've only been familiar with her for the last couple of years or so. Saw Glow and ..and what was it....The Hunt (she was great in that too). Lovely actress.
I hope to see Ms. Davis but I think it is on the Peacock app.
Have the Coens ever made anything for any medium other than cinema?
I'm finally finished watching Merlin.
Yeah, I'm annoyed with how the series ended. There's so much they should have included (there are 'deleted scenes' videos on YT that I'm going to go back and have another look at, now that I have context for them), and some things they had were just fluff. I can't believe they had an obnoxiously jokey ending to the episode where Lancelot dies. There's a fanfic story that had the knights holding a proper memorial for him. There's another story in which this is done for Gwaine (gotta wonder what Percival did with Gwaine's body; in the one scene of him trying to track Morgana, neither Gwaine's body nor the horse he had were anywhere around, and unlike the other Round Table knights who died, there wasn't even a mention of his death, let alone a funeral).
So these deaths on the show and the fanfic stories that had a more complete ending to those events left me in a weepy mess this morning.
That said, however, the lack of Gwaine's body or a funeral means that the fanfic idea I had could fit in without contradicting anything on-screen.
There's a script online for 13 episodes of the 6th season that never got made, and it takes place in the 21st century. I'm nearly finished reading that, so have no idea how it ends.
Yeah, I'm annoyed with how the series ended. There's so much they should have included (there are 'deleted scenes' videos on YT that I'm going to go back and have another look at, now that I have context for them), and some things they had were just fluff. I can't believe they had an obnoxiously jokey ending to the episode where Lancelot dies. There's a fanfic story that had the knights holding a proper memorial for him. There's another story in which this is done for Gwaine (gotta wonder what Percival did with Gwaine's body; in the one scene of him trying to track Morgana, neither Gwaine's body nor the horse he had were anywhere around, and unlike the other Round Table knights who died, there wasn't even a mention of his death, let alone a funeral).
So these deaths on the show and the fanfic stories that had a more complete ending to those events left me in a weepy mess this morning.
That said, however, the lack of Gwaine's body or a funeral means that the fanfic idea I had could fit in without contradicting anything on-screen.
There's a script online for 13 episodes of the 6th season that never got made, and it takes place in the 21st century. I'm nearly finished reading that, so have no idea how it ends.
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