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On 2/15/2021 at 9:22 PM, blackdog said: If you like gangster stories, you can't miss on ZeroZeroZero. It’s basically Sicario (the first) extended for 8 hours -in terms of pacing, tension, action.

I just couldn't help myself and watched the last 4 episodes, half of the mini series, in one sitting.

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I'm at the same time impressed and in disbelief this comes from a core of Italian writers/producers. Makes me so angry that we don't spend money in producing cinema that clearly has an international audience.

It's co-produced by Amazon, so I guess it's on Prime in the US.

This is the most vicious show I've ever seen. Pretty damn good

Invincible was fantastic. A mix between The Boys and the darkest DC animation

The voice cast is incredible.

Eh, sorry @ThunderKeil for the time sink ??‍♂️ I guess I have low expectations from animation stuff so it struck me better than it is.

if you analyse it yes, there’s an up and down and plot that strays in different directions but I guess it’s to setup the scene/world.

but I wouldn’t over-analyse animation

some stuff comes back later as a reference/brief appearance.

No idea about Eve’s logo, I took it as a nod to woke culture but eh, ignored it. I agree it took me a couple episodes to get it right.

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It's just her suit in particular, it's such a ridiculous oversight. And even in the handful instances where they do draw the hoops, they haven't drawn the rear sides of them. I learned about this entire IP a day ago so I shouldn't care the slightest but come on what the fuck

I get your point but it’s barely visible most times, for the instances where it’s close up like you linked, it’s a matter of visual clarity, you would understand even less with the back part of the loops

That show seems a bit cringe to me. Like for people who want to watch DragonballZ but don't want to admit they want to watch DragonballZ. Come on, son

who doesnt want to admit they watch dbz?

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6 hours ago, Bunglo said: who doesnt want to admit they watch dbz?

I only watched the first Dragon Ball series.

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28 minutes ago, Radu said: I only watched the first Dragon Ball series.

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comparing the animation quality in this to Invincible, this thirty year old show... fucking owned.

I remember watching Dragonball VHS tapes as a kid, because it leapt off the Blockbuster shelves like nothing else. It was just right there in a league of its own. But I think DBZ had a more epic narrative arc and I don't think there's a teenager or young person on earth that wouldn't get swept into that formula, there's a reason it's so popular. I don't think I would go back and watch it as an adult though because it wastes an astonishing amount of time. It's so poorly edited that everything else it does well becomes irrelevant. Maybe that's what Invincible is trying to do, just edit DBZ to be watchable, but I think plenty of youtubers have done that already.

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7 hours ago, FMPONE said: comparing the animation quality in this to Invincible, this thirty year old show... fucking owned.

I remember watching Dragonball VHS tapes as a kid, because it leapt off the Blockbuster shelves like nothing else. It was just right there in a league of its own. But I think DBZ had a more epic narrative arc and I don't think there's a teenager or young person on earth that wouldn't get swept into that formula, there's a reason it's so popular. I don't think I would go back and watch it as an adult though because it wastes an astonishing amount of time. It's so poorly edited that everything else it does well becomes irrelevant. Maybe that's what Invincible is trying to do, just edit DBZ to be watchable, but I think plenty of youtubers have done that already.

Look up Dragon Ball Z Kai, it's an official recut/remaster with all the fluff removed. The pacing is soooo much better

DBZ is even more watchable now than before imo. It made me appreciate how it's such a deep and consistent world!

I will second minos, especially regarding dbz kai. I binge watched dragon ball super a couple years ago as an almost 30 year old and loved almost every second of it. The animation quality compared to dragon ball, dbz, and gt is pretty shit but once I got over that, Super became something I wanted to keep watching. Which is a rare thing for me to say because the only other series I've binge watched was Game of Thrones, which I stopped watching completely after season 4 or 5.

Watched The Sound of Metal. really good movie. i went into it knowing nothing and would recommend that others do the same, it's not like most movies and the performances are really, really exceptional.

Finished Mr Robot a few weeks ago. I had watched S1 when the show started, but then dragged my feet to start the rest... for some reason when I started S2 found it boring and abandoned it. Watched everything from the start and found it as one of the finest shows, it's a tremendous thriller sometimes. I just feel it should end 4 episodes earlier than when it does. I know it's done to drive home and resolve the complexity of Elliot, but i guess the reveal just takes too long and feels disconnected from the tease that takes place at the beginning of the season.

Anyway there are a couple of highlight episodes that are just too good (The silent episode and the one following above all)

Watched another one of Adam Curtis' gems on Amazon Prime. This one is about how we gave away control to machines and adopted theories that see everything and everyone as just agents in a system, a system that supposedly can be tweaked to try to achieve stability. But as history and science shows, nature isn't stable and is constantly changing and human psychology is inherently chaotic. Attempts to control them, even if well intentioned, often lead to catastrophes in the past. Anyways, nice history lesson with amazing footage from the past. It's hard to believe this guy has so much space at BBC

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On 5/25/2021 at 3:57 PM, Minos said:

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Watched another one of Adam Curtis' gems on Amazon Prime. This one is about how we gave away control to machines and adopted theories that see everything and everyone as just agents in a system, a system that supposedly can be tweaked to try to achieve stability. But as history and science shows, nature isn't stable and is constantly changing and human psychology is inherently chaotic. Attempts to control them, even if well intentioned, often lead to catastrophes in the past. Anyways, nice history lesson with amazing footage from the past. It's hard to believe this guy has so much space at BBC

Reminds me of Teddy K

Some excerpts from article: https://kk.org/thetechnium/the-unabomber-w/

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fun movie, definitely a product of it's time. but the writing and set design really impressed me, they didn't age much (compared to the special effects)

Rewatched it about a month ago, still a stellar movie! I watched it thousands of times on VHS when I was a kid... xD

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fun movie, definitely a product of it's time. but the writing and set design really impressed me, they didn't age much (compared to the special effects)

Yes! Had the same impression when I watched it, which was only in the last two years I think.

Was going to watch the remake just for curiosity

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8 hours ago, blackdog said: Yes! Had the same impression when I watched it, which was only in the last two years I think.

Was going to watch the remake just for curiosity

Supposedly the remake is actually quite good, I’ve heard good things. Might need to watch that next.

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On 5/28/2021 at 10:00 PM, FMPONE said: Supposedly the remake is actually quite good, I’ve heard good things. Might need to watch that next.

The remake could have been a masterpiece (it's from the same director as Elite Squad, the dude knows how to make gritty violent movies). However, the studio interfered creatively a ton, and mandated that the movie be PG 13