western-series

[jade siren]

I can’t wait

[sage remnant]

[rich meadow]

Daaaaamn really? I’ve still only seen first 2 eps so far

[sage remnant]

Mostly just the difference of show telling a different sort of story than one I'd like for the premise

and being very slow

if it was like idk same eps told in just like 6 eps, it would have been a stronger series for me

[rich meadow]

Would you say it’s still worth watching tho? I enjoyed the first 2 eps but I wasn’t the most hooked I’ve ever been about a show tbh

[sage remnant]

I am in the minority here

everyone else likes it

so it's probably worth watching lol

Personally tho, this was my first Vince show and I was excited for even BB with how much I liked ep 1 of this, but now I don't want to check his other stuff out

[modern lichen]

It’s definitely worth watching

[spiral quest]

I really enjoy Pluribus. I am interested to see the route it goes for the remaining seasons, though I can see why people wouldn't be as gripped by it as Breaking Bad

At least at the start

[rich meadow]

Wait what lol?? I swear you’re a BB/BCS fan

[hazy patrol]

dang u haven't watched bb

[rich meadow]

Am I tripping?

[sage remnant]

I have never watched a single episode of BB or BCS

[rich meadow]

Wow

[hazy patrol]

should give bb a try someday

if u have good enough attention span u will love it

[sage remnant]

wait I have watched like a few seconds back when Windows 8's official movie/tv app somehow was showing BB

[rich meadow]

I’m not gonna let popularity and internet adoption skew my opinion of BB. It is genuinely good

[main lion]

just lock in and watch BB youd probs get hooked pretty quick

[hazy patrol]

I have irl friends who didn't like bb, but that was just because they have tiktok level attention span and dropped due to 'slow pace'

[sage remnant]

My tv show watch is very specifically police procedural/detective series and scifi

[main lion]

you can change that tho

[sage remnant]

really takes me a lot of self convincing to go full way with other stuff

[rich meadow]

I have friends like this and I basically ignore all their opinions nowadays

[main lion]

BB doesnt even have a slow pace

[sage remnant]

cuz like every time I have done that (like Stranger things recently), it ended up being not as good

well even ST is scifi so it's not a godo example

uhh

[hazy patrol]

same , only good thing that friend recommended me was green mile

[main lion]

stranger things has been getting shit on since season 2 bro

whyd you watch taht instead of bb

[raw gate]

May I direct you to a little show called Twin Peaks?

[main lion]

[rich meadow]

Coz it’s shit

[sage remnant]

cuz it's getting a final season and it's a idk internet phenomenon

[main lion]

fair enough

[sage remnant]

gotta catch up to that and join in with others "yooo I was there since day 1, I am so emotional blah blah"

[main lion]

idk if its as much a phenomenon as bb

[sage remnant]

/s

[main lion]

but fair

[hazy patrol]

I definitely think s1 of st was its peak, but mannn I still enjoy it ngl

[sage remnant]

been in my list since foerver

[raw gate]

Top one fiction

Watch it

[rich meadow]

I think it’s mostly a phenomenon due to the Netflix/binge watching culture that was heavily associated with it when it first came out

That’s basically the Netflix show model

[sage remnant]

I think S1 is geniunely amazing

[hazy patrol]

^

[rich meadow]

I think s1 was fun and worth a watch

[hazy patrol]

I loved s4 too ngl

[sage remnant]

It does like the || first contact || sort of story so so well. Stranger things

[hazy patrol]

s2 and s3 were relatively mid tho

[sage remnant]

I really really really hated s4

[hazy patrol]

why

[rich meadow]

But I’ve been so out of that show for ages now. The appeal is completely gone for me. Don’t think I even finished s4 and have no intention of doing so

[main lion]

season 4 of stranger things is the only one Ive watched.

It came out the same weekend I went on a trip with my friend so before bed theyd watch new eps

[rich meadow]

Damn

[main lion]

Ive no interest tho

[rich meadow]

I don’t think it’s your kind of show lol

Lol my brother actually got so mad at me yesterday over stranger things. I got the “you’re just a contrarian that gets all his opinions from twitter” accusation 😔

[sage remnant]

|| characters progressed in ways that I didn't fit their character before given what they have been through. And it retread the Bullying sort of plotline, which I am just never a fan of and which I always loathe. And the Upside Down place lost its appeal as a supernatural eldritch horror sort of thing when Vecna was introduced || Stranger things s4

[modern lichen]

Best shows of 2025 for me:

1. Andor S2
2. Severance S2
3. The Mighty Nein S1
4. The Pitt S1
5. Pluribus S1

[rich meadow]

Stranger things s4 ||The last part you said is sooooo fucking true man. Vecna fucking blows and I didn’t even finish the season. It completely took me out of the mysterious and frightening nature of the upside down. ||

[main lion]

I get this sometimes since my friends are just superhero and isekai fans

[modern lichen]

Honorable mentions: The Studio S1 and Adolescence

[sage remnant]

Mighty Nein above The Pitt?????

it's that good??

[main lion]

weirdly enough the one superhero movie they DIDNT like is The Batman

the best one

smh

[rich meadow]

I mean yea for reference, my brother and his friends went crazy over solo leveling so

[sage remnant]

My fav show of the year might be The Pitt

[main lion]

yeah...

[spiral quest]

One could argue seasons 1 and 2 were

[modern lichen]

It’s really fucking good

[sage remnant]

Noah Wyle my goat

[spiral quest]

3-5 so far have let me down significantly

[raw gate]

Severance S2 already feels like three years ago. Also, I learned that we won’t have Stiller on board for S3…

[main lion]

I think I only watched severance from western shows this year

[spiral quest]

I made the mistake of watching Severance too soon after season 2's release

[raw gate]

Lmao

Same

[spiral quest]

Now I am waiting like everyone else

[rich meadow]

Andor really that good huh? Might be my next watch tbh. I wouldn’t mind some quality Star Wars content

[modern lichen]

It’s the best Star Wars since Empire

[hazy patrol]

Stranger things s4||Any specific example that stands out the most when u say charactes progressed in ways u didn't like, I personally think I didn't like the progression of mike and will (kinda feel their character go through up and down throughout the series), el became kinda weird too ig. Honestly I forgot the bullying plotline that u mention 😭 ..

Can't relate on the upside down appeal opinion tho, I feel that appeal was really regressing for me before the vecna reveal but that reveal and the final connnection between the number 1 being vecna made me actually appreciate it more than the intermediate seasons ||

[rich meadow]

Probably not as good as rise of skywalker but we’ll see

[modern lichen]

True

[rich meadow]

Rise of sky walker ||one of the few movies I’ve actually fallen asleep during my theater watch. I don’t actually know what happens in most the movie. I woke up for the last 30 minutes or so and yeah….||

[sage remnant]

Stranger things s4 || also on the last part room, everything other than Henry being the same guy as One/Vecna was predictable. Like it was so predictable what happened in the facility and about One/vecna ||

[modern lichen]

Have you seen that clip of someone yelling “I fucking hate Star Wars” as the ending comes up in a theatre?

Incredible

[rich meadow]

Actual slop

[spiral quest]

JJ Abrams is not very good at making movies

[sage remnant]

is that the Star wars all || "Somehow Palpatine returned"||?

[modern lichen]

I like Super 8 and the first Star Trek film

[rich meadow]

Yea

[modern lichen]

Yes

[rich meadow]

Star Wars sequels main spoilers ||Rey is Palpatine’s biological granddaughter too. So 😭 😭 take that as you will||

[sage remnant]

Man that scene is so hated and memed that I did'nt even know about || Darth Vader being the dad guy || but I knew that scene. [STAR WARS] major spoiler

[rich meadow]

Huh???

[sage remnant]

I have 0 knowledge of Wars evan. I was a Trek guy

[rich meadow]

Damn

Not even og trilogy stuff?

[sage remnant]

Nope

😎

[modern lichen]

Rise of the Skywalker ending || https://fixupx.com/wehavecomefor/status/2003362121665720793?s=46 ||

SomeJollyThing (@Wehavecomefor)

Never forget that this movie gave us one of the funniest movie theater recordings ever

Quoting Star Wars Holocron (@sw_holocron)
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Funniest shit ever

[main lion]

I feel bad for anyone in that theater that wasnt as loathing of the movie

hate that performative shit

[raw gate]

LMAO

[hazy patrol]

Stranger things s4||Idk man , the whole henry flashback with him exploring the upside down and like seeing how exactly the hive mind thing came into play (discovery of mind flayer and stuff) was not something I could have personally predicted lol. And yeah the final hawkins condition was a shocker for me too, even tho it was being built up. ||

[sage remnant]

Shapiro

[main lion]

change his mind

[sage remnant]

ST s4 || yeah the final thing was way less of a casualty sorta thing w/e for me ||

||lesser stakes than what I would have wanted ||

[rich meadow]

Hmm I wonder why Ben Shapiro is a big JJ Abrams fan

[crimson bane]

I'd say more a Rian Johnson fan

[worthy crypt]

Goro Why are you defending the sale of substandard copper

[sage remnant]

Because Ea nasir was framed by Nanni

I was there. circa 1750 bc

[worthy crypt]

If they did somehow conserve the complaint for the future to see that's an incredible act of petty revenge

[hazy patrol]

Fair

[scenic terrace]

I’m pretty sure he has a lot of fans here so I thought I’d share my Dad’s opinion on Brian Sanderson:

He is way too wordy, it feels like he’s getting paid by the page. He’ll take 5 pages to describe how a character walks down the stairs by commenting on every art portrait on the wall or the texture on the stairs.

Instead of just writing: He went down the stairs.

[sage remnant]

So your dad wants Tell, Don't Show?

Instead of Show Dont Tell?

I do agree he isn't as economical with his prose as I would have wanted

Also I am interested what he thinks of Robert Jordan when he reads Wheel of Time

Cuz Jordan's 10x than that

[frank rivet]

Stranger Things S05E07 - || lol the big reveal was Will coming out also when did Kali become such a bitch 😭 leave El alone ||

[worthy crypt]

Wheel of time didn't have to be 14 books

It coulda been like 10

[sage remnant]

I have already given too many contrarian-esque takes today so I would not give my WoT takes

[worthy crypt]

Wot || though I do think it's appropriate for rands progress to stall after his ordeal ending in dumais wells ||

[sage remnant]

Okay I'll get with it
|| The Slog isn't that bad. It's only one bad slooooow book and the rest are okay pace and content || WoT

🏃‍♂️

[frank rivet]

Stranger Things S05E07 - || man it felt like nothing happened this episode fr. Next episode probably gonna be a 2hr movie ||

[worthy crypt]

Wot || I forget which one it was but I remember there was only one book I thought crossed the line to bad, the rest of the slog books were just a let down ||

[sage remnant]

Enjoying this batch?

CoT

The slog was mostly by ongoing readers who had to wait years

[sage remnant]

90 page prologue : D

Perdido Street Station @tawny parcel this is what I was talking about earlier in the morning

Do lmk what you think of it

[frank rivet]

honestly last batch was better

[frank rivet]

Stranger Things S05E07 - || https://vxtwitter.com/noah_edgeworth/status/2004408679911886990?s=20
i get that this was in the time where people thought being gay was scary, but watching the episode 😭 i could see people thinking this lol its like last Episode where Max was just Yapping instead of running to the gate.
||

Noah Edgeworth (@noah_edgeworth)

How did Stranger Things go from such a great show to the only way they could defeat Vecna is if Will tells everyone he’s gay first

vxTwitter / fixvx · Dec 26, 2025, 4:27 AM

[modern lichen]

watched the first 2 episodes of the second ST batch

fucking nothingburgers

goddamn it

[lone bay]

@fallow saffron BCS big spoilers || it’s the Kim stuff. Like I just feel so sad for jimmy. I know how things end up going down but it would be too sad for me to see the process. Idk I just feel for him too much ||

[fallow saffron]

Ohhh

[tribal forge]

BCS || and i was scared you were gonna say its because of chuck ||

[lone bay]

Who

[tribal forge]

BCS || the crazy fuckass brother, idk if you saw clips of him before ||

[lone bay]

Ohhhhh

Yea yea I know what you’re talking about

BCS || I know about the trial stuff and his crazy fear of electromagnetic fields lol. He’s a wack job ||

[tribal forge]

BCS || he had everything coming ngl ||

[pale trellis]

My NYC souvenir

[raw gate]

Nice. Strand is very cool

[pale trellis]

They didn’t have what I was looking for

But thats alright it was a longshot

[raw gate]

What were you looking for?

[pale trellis]

For some stupid reason

Tor only printed book one of Malazan in the big hardcovers. And the rest are the mass market paperbacks

I was gonna see if they had used hardcover versions

Since those are oop

[main lion]

sieg gave up on the medium of manga after his goat wronged him

bro went full western series

[pale trellis]

Shhhhh

[white smelt]

Spill the deets

[main lion]

His fav mangaka was Hiro Mashima. Liked Rave Master, Fairy Tail, and Edens Zero a lot. I think Edens Zero turned out badly and he turned on both it and Fairy Tail and now only likes Rave Master 😔

[white smelt]

😭

[pale trellis]

I love rave, like ft, and hate ez

[rich meadow]

There being a shitty writing breaking point for Hiro Mashima fans is quite interesting

[pale trellis]

Kiss fairy tail
Marry rave master
Kill edens zero

[main lion]

oh ok so not full betrayal

what about his new series

[pale trellis]

dead rock is meh

He is starting a new weekly manga

Supposedly

[main lion]

😭

[pale trellis]

I’ll read it

For old times sake

But im not gonna expect anything anymore

[pale trellis]

Semi wrong

I read Kagurabachi

But as far as new manga thats all ive read

[mint kiln]

Just rewatched the entire Knives Out trilogy

Knives out series ||Glass Onion hate is way overblown this is the best ending set piece of the entire series||

[leaden depot]

||Pain|| Strange Adventures #212

[thorn gull]

Stranger things season 4 episode 5 || not too big of a fan of this season at all so far just kinda going through the motions with a lame antag||

[frank rivet]

I must be the only one that didn't instantly hate season 4 lol

[tawny parcel]

Damn this kinda fire

Anyone seen marty supreme yet

Think i might go watch it this weekend

[split radish]

Stranger things S5 EP5-7 ||lol it felt like a whole bunch of nothing ngl just like what was the whole point of making us wait a month for that. There was no risks or anything||

[spiral quest]

I said it back in Season 3 Stranger Things series ||the show was taking a nose dive in the quality of the writing and was getting worse. I liked season 2 except for the Kali and the Bad Teens Gang™️, which wasn't an entertaining storyline at all. But then season 3 just realllllly jumped the shark for me with Russian mall stuff. Duffer's were victims of their own success. Stranger Things coulda been a fantastic anthology series and ended up being whatever this is now||

[scenic terrace]

dw he bitched about jordan too

and grrm

[sage remnant]

Then its mostly a fantasy genre thing

[scenic terrace]

I am sure my dad has read 20x more fantasy than you have

i doubt it's a fantasy thing

[sage remnant]

It's the same for LoTR

Well its worse for LoTR but at least people like the prose so maybe due to that its not eggregious

[sage remnant]

I dunno. Your dad named like 3 of the most prolific authors of 3 decades

of fantasy

[scenic terrace]

He's also 3x older than you

[sage remnant]

Obv

[scenic terrace]

and dont forget he can bitch about them because he's read them

[sage remnant]

But like Fantasy from LoTR to GRRM was so tolkien derivative that they had same issues as Tolkien

[sage remnant]

I have read them too 😎

Ask your dad about what he thinks about that in LoTR

👀

[young compass]

he's right

[sage remnant]

I also agree for Jordan

[young compass]

your dad is very good

you should learn from him adam

[sage remnant]

reading anything fun lately juba?

[young compass]

i read wounded by percival everett

saw it in a book store

and remembered that macks said everett reminded him of me

was a fun little book

ive been malding through the expanse lately

[sage remnant]

I dropped at first book

[young compass]

watched the show then started again with the books

i like the first and second books lol

just goes off the rails after that

[sage remnant]

I like scifi when it's more philosophical or wild with concept

so just PKD and the likes

[young compass]

i just enjoy the time period it's placed in, feels a bit underplayed

in the genre

and for sci fi i just want it to be politically meaningful in some capacity, unlike most of it

expanse does pretty well

until it doesnt anymore

[sage remnant]

what do you think of Three Body Problem

It's set in ||Cultural Revolution ||

[regal root]

I’m sure someone posted this earlier

But if it

https://fxtwitter.com/toonhive/status/2004596444460974533?s=46&t=pXQJc3J2PXQAFlV5CoXIbw

ToonHive (@ToonHive)

20 years ago today, ‘Ben 10’ premiered on Cartoon Network.

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[sage remnant]

Peakkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

rewatched it last year
soo so so sooo fun

so many rough edges but it's a kids show so who cares about them

[young compass]

three body ||it's okay but not really what i want as it's taking an existing historical event and kind of twisting it into this reactionary and fantastical event. i prefer when they make a theory of what life will be like after some amount of time and write in the political implications||

[frank rivet]

Goat

[young compass]

i remember when ben 10 came out i thought it was too old for it

but secretly liked it

[tawny parcel]

Juba have you read 11/22/63

[sage remnant]

Three Body ||

i prefer when they make a theory of what life will be like after some amount of time and write in the political implications

Dude if you ever get anything which does this satisfactorily over the course of even just 100 years, let me know

The reason I mostly only read social scifi and like which only explore concepts in vaccum is because whenever I read anything of that kind, it's disappointing ||

Wombat when will you be reading Perdido Street Station

[tawny parcel]

Idk bro in a long time

I have a bunch of books on my shelf

[sage remnant]

since you liked the prologue's excerpt that I sent

[sage remnant]

they aren't written as wonderfully as Perdido Street Station tho!

[worthy crypt]

Hey I read three body

[tawny parcel]

I’m reading RoW as we speak

[sage remnant]

Your RoW takes are boring me so read smth which I knwo you would have probably better takes

so Perdido street station

[tawny parcel]

I’m gonna finish the book bro

I’m not just gonna stop

[worthy crypt]

I said I was gonna start stormlight on my travels but didn't at all

The travels are almost done

[sage remnant]

I was planning to get through with Malazan too but haven't had the mood for it after breakup

I had really liked what I had read tho

[worthy crypt]

I loved malazan especially the end

It's like wot with no slog

The crippled god is an outstanding book

[young compass]

the expanse books one and two lol

[sage remnant]

Smth else
I didn't like how it was written

Plus I don't think I found that aspect satisfying but I don't think I read enough to have a proper opinion on it

[modern lichen]

hainish cycle by ursula k le guin

[young compass]

commonwealth peter hamilton

[sage remnant]

Noted

[young compass]

characters are stupid like the expanse but it's just well written as a world

[modern lichen]

honestly you cant go wrong with le guin

the dispossesed and left hand of darkness especially are seminal scifi

[sage remnant]

Oh that's Pandora's star's author...

....

[young compass]

that's the first book in the series lol

do you not like it

[toxic pebble]

I should read the Expanse books some time

[sage remnant]

Ohh

[toxic pebble]

I remember watching the Amazon show years ago

[young compass]

the first two are definitely worth it re expanse

[copper phoenix]

3 body is more about the author exploring some of the craziest scifi concepts but failing miserably at everything else while expanse is just a cool concept thats mostly used as vehicle for political intrigue

its kinda game of thrones in space

they're both good in their own ways but nothing is perfect

[sage remnant]

It was good but for me stuff where its very good and one aspect is really disappointing leaves a far more bad taste than just bad stuff.

Been a while but for me it was|| How aliens didn't feel alien beyond their design || Pandora's Star

[copper phoenix]

honestly im just so starved for good scifi nowadays that I'll take anything

[worthy crypt]

Have you read 2001 series

[copper phoenix]

sure amazon fucked up expanse but I'd rather have more seasons

[copper phoenix]

idk I propablly didn't even read 100

[worthy crypt]

No like space odessy

[sage remnant]

He means 2001 space odyssey lol

[copper phoenix]

I watched the movie

[sage remnant]

The arthur c Clarke one

[worthy crypt]

There are 4 books

[sage remnant]

Deni V making rendevous with Rama

Make that movie fast man

Dune 3 can wait

[copper phoenix]

I dont really feel like reading it after watching the movie tbh

the only times I do that is if I absolutely hate the adaptation

like one piece lulw

[worthy crypt]

2001 is just the first book

[copper phoenix]

I didnt know that

[worthy crypt]

2010 I think 2056 or something then 3001

[copper phoenix]

I'll have a look

[worthy crypt]

They made a 2010 movie with John lithgow

It's not that good but it's right before the Soviet union fell interesting time capsule

[sage remnant]

For scifi I will probably read more Simak

[modern lichen]

2001 was written during the movie production

the film was conceived first

published after the release of the film

[sage remnant]

Way Station really hit the several scifi wishlist sorta things/stuff I like in scifi

So hopefully he gas other good stuff

[modern lichen]

2010 is based more on the book that came before it

[worthy crypt]

Hitchhikers is also pretty peak scifi imo

[sage remnant]

It's my fav series

😎

That and Discworld

[worthy crypt]

The last one written by someone else is kinda mid but all the rest are great

[modern lichen]

eoin colfer

the artemis fowl author

[worthy crypt]

It wasn't horrible but it was a step down

[copper phoenix]

people are slandering st 5 so much I'm kinda losing my will to even watch the rest now

[modern lichen]

i've started my 2026 reading list early this time around

[sage remnant]

I thought batch 1 was better than s4 so I am hopeful

[copper phoenix]

I was doing it mostly due to sunken cost so its tough news

[tawny parcel]

I watched the first episode and shit was goofy ngl

[sage remnant]

I was doing it for "yo I watched finale when it was relevant" or smth

[tawny parcel]

Like comically over the top

[copper phoenix]

s5 feels as mid as s3 which is at least better than s2

[tawny parcel]

But i promisedmy brother who loves it i would watch the finale in theaters with him

[sage remnant]

I always catch up to the tv stuff in such time

[tawny parcel]

So I have to at least get to the end of batch 2

[sage remnant]

binged GoT in 6 days leading to finale

[copper phoenix]

this is the future of warner bros]

and dcu

yall aint ready

[sage remnant]

Better than Ellisons getting it

[young compass]

yes it's like billy bat but bad

but i have read perdido street station and you should too

[tawny parcel]

I’ll put it on my list

[waxen gazelle]

Taxi driver season 3 episode 3 ||I don't know if anyone watches this, but it caught me off guard 😭 ||

[hybrid skiff]

No way
Is that a one piece reference

In the one piece server

[modern lichen]

Stranger Things season 5 episode 7 is one of the worst things I’ve seen this year

ST 5x7 ||one of the worst scenes of anything I’ve seen this year is Will’s coming out scene, utterly devoid of emotion and feeling, accentuated by incredibly bad performances throughout||

[copper phoenix]

is it worse than s2?

[modern lichen]

It’s magnitudes worse bro

[earnest pollen]

To think, the Ben 10 omniverse began through this cartoon!

[sage remnant]

ST s5 e5 || MAN Steve Dustin fight.
The whole angle to how these two characters have behaving to each other doesn't make sense. ||

Also the dialogue... || The whole conversation between El and 6. What the hell was the delivery in that ||

[modern lichen]

spoiler tag that

[sage remnant]

ST s5 e6 || Ummm what 💀 ||

[modern lichen]

ST 5x6 ||you hit the info dump ep||

[brave orbit]

Netflix try to finish a show well challenge

[sage remnant]

They really took it way long and ran out of ideas

ST s5 e6 || This sort of reveal would have been cool if it was idk season 3 maybe..not 5 eps before the finale ||

[copper phoenix]

whats the reveal I kinda gave up on that shit already

[sage remnant]

ST s5e6 || Upside down isn't a mirror dimension/parallel world but a wormhole between 2 worlds ||

[copper phoenix]

st || this is almost as bad as vecna replacing the mindflayer ||

they really ran that shit to the ground

[frank rivet]

ST S5 - || part of me thinks the mindflayer is still the final villain ||

[copper phoenix]

not that it matters much atp

its over

[waxen gazelle]

Stranger things s5 vol 2 end ||a lot of the "heartfelt" moments look so silly with the world ending threats going on||

[sage remnant]

Eh

|| This is the time when those moments feel most genuine. When you have done and tried everything and nothing seems to work and you just give up changing anything in the absurd circumstances you have been in, that's when you open your hearts completely ||

Stranger things s5 vol 2

I think anything other than emotional moments has been bad in this batch, and more than most emotional beats have worked

They are so incompetent at stakes or tension that || They neither want to give the crew any real W but also they give the crew so much plot armor ||

It's such a weird blend that it ends up being worst of both worlds

[modern lichen]

ST S5 ||no one is fucking dying||

[sage remnant]

ST s5 || They had to bring in a reformed -Steve clone to kill cuz they can't kill old characters ||

[limber urchin]

I purchased a Batman: The Long Halloween issue this week 'cause I loved the art. It was issue 10 though, so I might need to find the others first.

[scenic terrace]

@wooden swift @jolly ruin since people don’t talk about it much since it’s older, here’s a very recent thread about your goat’d show https://www.reddit.com/r/television/s/qoa3Jvq4SY

[main lion]

is it that good? how long is it?

man, 60 1 hour episodes is a lot

I aint got time for allat...

[worthy crypt]

You can skip the last season it's kinda dumb

[main lion]

thats still 500 hours

[frank rivet]

ok so what

One piece is 600 hours

[main lion]

yeah but have you considered

[leaden depot]

You meant 50 hours? lol

[brave orbit]

!nevercookagain

[main lion]

no bro its western series that shit feels 10x longer

😔

[frank rivet]

Western series needs one hour

So they can make camera cuts of the city at night

[wooden swift]

No it isn't 😡

[wooden swift]

I'll put it this way
Myself, Adam, Juba, and Fats all have watched it and loved it and rank it amongst our best television series'
It's absolutely worth the time especially if you have a particular care for the sociopolitical implications of crime/police/the drug trade
It doesn't do all things/commentary perfectly but it gets very very close and doesn't pull punches and is coupled with excellent excellent acting and character arcs
I think people talk sopranos more because it's a bit more digestible and "memeable" than the wire, but I think the wire is the better of the two and the more important of the two in terms of content and overall legacy to the medium of television

[frank rivet]

The wire or sopranos

[white smelt]

Unfortunately it isn’t Japanese and about super powered high schoolers 😭

[main lion]

youve convinced me bro

Im going to watch City Hunter

nah Ill consider it. Live action television as a medium is less interesting to me than animation as a medium so I usually only find myself diving into shorter things these days

but if I find the time and motivation Ill peep

[wooden swift]

The wire

Not a contest for me even being a NJian

I also have somewhat ties to Baltimore as my brother went to John's Hopkins so I went there alot as a kid

Which isn't to say that like I saw the shit that happened in the wire lol

But I have somewhat of a connection to the city. Memories of certain areas

[white smelt]

This channel will crucify me for saying but sopranos is kinda so bad it’s good tier. The actors are great but the quality episode to episode is so varying and the camera work and choreography sometimes makes it look like a soap opera.

Recently rewatched it

[rich meadow]

Anti-Italian discrimination

[wooden swift]

I wouldn't say bad insofar as predictable/tropey

And from that angle I have similar frustrations that make me enjoy the wire more

[white smelt]

Every time there’s gun play at work it’s like ????

Everything looks so incredibly fake

[main lion]

I feel like your point about the camera work and choreography applies to a lot of television series of that era. Somewhere along the way they started viewing television as something to lock in on as much as cinema

[white smelt]

But the characters are compelling and the acting is great

[main lion]

ik the wire is from the same time obv but a lot of shows Id see on tv or my parents would watch were like that

[white smelt]

That’s true

[wooden swift]

Fun fact about the sopranos

1. I live 10 minutes from Tony's house
2. As a kid my mom always took me to where the last scene of the show was shot + I still sometimes visit

[white smelt]

It’s a product of its time

Just looks silly viewing it from a modern lens

[main lion]

I enjoyed the sopranos but idk if Ive ever felt the motivation to rewatch

I dont think Ive ever rewatched any western television series. Not that ive watched a whole lot

[white smelt]

Did you rewatch arcane leading up to the season 2 premiere

[main lion]

I had rewatched it like a year prior already

so not leading up exactly

I said western but I meant live action

[white smelt]

Oh okay lol

[arctic flax]

Weird thing is I can sit thru several hour long episodes of Western series but not anime. I rmber binging all of the wire in a week, it hooks you in pretty quick

[main lion]

yeah just depends what you're most interested in about media ultimately.

I did binge tf out of breaking bad as a lad. And I did recently binge tf out of The Penguin

[arctic flax]

Currently rewatching scooby doo mystery inc, such a fun series.

Might be top 10 western animation for me

[white smelt]

For me it’s that there’s stuff to look at in your average live action stuff. With an average anime it’s mostly a slide show until the Sakuga episodes.

[main lion]

thats changed a lot even for television anime in recent years

series like the summer hikaru died, apothecary diaries, heavenly delusion, etc all have a lot going on

[young compass]

It’s just a television show, they all kind of suck to some extent

sopranos has a few qualities that push it past the rest

this was especially true when it released and tv was awful for the most part

[copper phoenix]

generalizing like that doesnt really help much

sopranos and wire are from hbo, it would be somewhat the equivalent of watching a ufotable/madhouse/gainax etc

you know you in for a good time the moment that static opening hits

well not anymore

it fell off plus the netlix deal is just the nail on the coffin

[tawny parcel]

time tow atch stranger things season 5 more

i kinda dont really care for this so i mijht just make it 2nd monitor content

[sage remnant]

Fire and Ash low key better on rewatch

Now that I have set my expectation from first watch

[tawny parcel]

'i shouldnt have promised my brother I would watch the finale in theaters in him 😞

stranger things s5 ||the saving grace of this show is that nancy is hot and her haircut reminds me somewhat of ellen ripley who is also hoty||

[sage remnant]

....

-# not like I don't agree

[tawny parcel]

see

we can agree on things

[tawny parcel]

ST s5 ep 2 ||wtf happened to robin this season why does she talk like a cartoon character 😭 ||

[tawny parcel]

ya ill finish this eason but this feels like stranger things written and directed by mr beast

[sage remnant]

Yeah liked Avatar 3. There's some really bad implications of some story beats but its the best one so far

[sage remnant]

|| especially Aeva killing the same people who had lost their way due to her not saving them ||

[ruby flume]

||yeah more tears were shed that’s for sure ||

[modern lichen]

https://x.com/filmupdates/status/2005222583965503750?s=46

Film Updates (@FilmUpdates)

Brigitte Bardot has died.

X · Dec 28, 2025, 10:21 AM

[crimson bane]

[modern lichen]

Famous racist and all round bad person

[sage remnant]

Halfway through ST s5e7
This is a really good episode so far. The discourse was making it seem like the worst thing ever

[copper phoenix]

https://tenor.com/view/laughing-duck-gif-1363576254939741235

[sage remnant]

|| Henry's manipulation of the kids is really well done. The planning to how to deal with Henry is really well done. And while I don't like the reveal of Wormhole and the fact that it retcons so much shit, it actually makes the previous retcons make sense. || ST s5e7

|| it makes sense why Henry's options in previous seasons so less. The number of demogorgons in first season being too less and too erratic. Mind Flayer suddenly coming in s2. The number of beings just increasing and increasing.
With the bridge being formed and slowly the creatures travelling and then Henry getting more and more under his control, the previous retcons are way less eggregious ||

17 minutes left. Still good

[crimson bane]

Still ok at 14?

[sage remnant]

The delivery of the infamous scene was p cringey, but plenty parts of the show has been as cringey and bad before

And its just like 5 minutes and the rest of the episode has been really good lmao

[copper phoenix]

https://tenor.com/view/laughing-duck-gif-1363576254939741235

[sage remnant]

[sage remnant]

@blazing rune scammer here too

[blazing rune]

Thanks 🙏

[frank rivet]

@foggy mirage
Predator Badlands - || https://x.com/IGN/status/2005145459392713066?s=20 ||

IGN (@IGN)

Hideo Kojima would be interested in creating a video game adaptation of Predator: Badlands.

"That felt quite game-like, traveling with Elle Fanning on your back."

Via Wired: https://t.co/LAxf2zuwEa

X · Dec 28, 2025, 5:15 AM

[foggy mirage]

Predator badlands ||i can see him pull that off tbh||

[frank rivet]

its basically DS

[foggy mirage]

Just reminded me I have to watch stranger things

[frank rivet]

what season you on?

[outer tulip]

Smash hit

https://x.com/cosmic_marvel/status/2005310433079836804?s=46

Cosmic Marvel (@cosmic_marvel)

‘AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH’ has already grossed over $760M at the worldwide box office.

X · Dec 28, 2025, 4:10 PM

[regal root]

https://tenor.com/view/smug-face-sips-tea-dead-gif-24160201

[sage remnant]

It will

[frank rivet]

FOUR 😭 WTF

[sage remnant]

Avatar looks really fucking awesome

[frank rivet]

ya back in like 2009 😭

[sage remnant]

????

[frank rivet]

way of the water did look pretty good fr

fire and ash looked good

[sage remnant]

Dude this movie is also way better than anything

Give me a single full cgi movie with water that realistic

with such realistic scenery

[frank rivet]

i honestly thought Way of the water was better but to each their own

[sage remnant]

way of water was also cool

These movies are leagues ahead anything in the visuals

[modern lichen]

some moments i felt like i was watching a cut scene

especially near the climaxes of the later 2 avatar films

[sage remnant]

I don't understand this comparison

[modern lichen]

felt uncanny

its not even a comparison

it literally looks like a video game cut scene at moments

[sage remnant]

I dunno

I was blown away most of the time

any scenery shot or water shot

I had rewatched it today and I don't remember any instance where it felt the way you are describin git

[foggy mirage]

Water is wet

[foggy mirage]

Just need to watch the new eps

I already watched the ones before

[sage remnant]

I am enjoying this season way more than s4

[foggy mirage]

I have no opinion

Its for completion

[modern lichen]

this season is perhaps the worst TV season i've seen this year

[sage remnant]

I don't think it's very good but way better than s4

I didn't like any episode of s4 at all

Nothing can reach the peak of this year that's The Pitt

wait s2 is in jan

[frank rivet]

lol i am the one against all odds

S4 was GOOD

[foggy mirage]

Favorite show is welcome to derry atleast this season

[sage remnant]

watch The Pitt Lisa

it's vey very good

[foggy mirage]

Its on the list

[sage remnant]

@modern lichen what did you think of The Pitt

[frank rivet]

thats without question, WTD is way better

[sage remnant]

lucy watch The Pitt

[frank rivet]

i already watched the Pitt

[sage remnant]

[modern lichen]

great show

[frank rivet]

it was pretty good

[sage remnant]

more people should watch The Pitt

need new show to obsess over since Leverage Redemption is over

[modern lichen]

Best shows of 2025 for me:

1. Andor S2
2. Severance S2
3. The Mighty Nein S1
4. The Pitt S1
5. Pluribus S1

Honorable mentions: The Studio S1, Adolescence

[sage remnant]

You liked Pluribus more than Adolescence? damn

[modern lichen]

probably never going to watch welcome to derry because i dont really care about the IT universe and i dont like how it looks

yeah i like pluribus more than adolescence

[sage remnant]

Never heard of the studio

[modern lichen]

really good show on apple plus

[frank rivet]

ill probably go best 2025 for me:

1. WTD
2. Severance
3. Daredevil Born Again
4. King of The Hill S14
5. The Pitt

[modern lichen]

born again was just ok

[sage remnant]

1. The Pitt
2. Murderbot
3. Alien Earth
4. Pluribus
5. Stranger Things s5

I think I am missing smth

[mild seal]

Stranger things lmao

[sage remnant]

only watched 5 shows soo

even 4/10 make the list

[frank rivet]

lol wait oyu only watched 5 episodes

i would hold up on that ranking then till you finish 🤣

[sage remnant]

I finished it

I liked ep 6 and 7 decent amount

[frank rivet]

https://tenor.com/view/boi-aint-no-way-boi-gif-22591242

[sage remnant]

nothing I do will change the ranking cuz like bro
I gotta make it 5 entries

I do like it way more than s4

but it's still very bad

I wasn't a fan of ep 6 initially but it won over me

|| I like the upside down being worm hole decision now || st s5 all

[sage remnant]

lmao I unintentionally did that

sorry

[limber urchin]

Dune, ~3/4 of the way through I think ||I got past the 2-year time skip . Can't believe Oda stole this concept from Herbert. And Paul just rode his first worm. ||

[outer tulip]

did you just google "Is Nami Swan right? Is Avatar 3 a smash hit?" 😭

[regal root]

?

I searched what A3 would need to make to break even

[outer tulip]

oh.. yeah it needs a bil, pretty sure they all did

well the 2nd one had a bigger budget

but the budget really doesn't determine if something is a smash hit to me.. like if you're crossing a bil after 2 weeks. That's a hit movie

[limber urchin]

Is Avatar 3 good on the narrative front?

Like, I can go see it and say "wow, that's a damn good story."

[outer tulip]

you saw the first 2?

[limber urchin]

yeah

had no desire to see either of them a second time

but i enjoyed them

[outer tulip]

yeah then you'll like Avatar 3

story wise it doesn't get better imo.. but movie wise its really good

[young compass]

No

just the same as ever

[tame ridge]

Basically same level as 2 narratively, it feels like a continuation in that same way, just on a grander scale

As stated b4, if you like 1 and 2 story wise then you’ll like 3

[rich meadow]

You’re falling for James Cameron’s trap if you think any installments of this franchise are going to be narratively distinct. They’re for visual spectacle and that’s it

Think 4 and 5 are already confirmed to happen right?

[leaden depot]

||Jim fuckin Steranko man|| Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD #2

[leaden depot]

||Dan Adkins also goated|| Dr. Strange #170

[copper phoenix]

https://tenor.com/view/don’t-smile-don't-laugh-trying-not-to-laugh-funny-giggle-gif-6467512265182122147

[sage remnant]

I would say in some character arcs it does, but as a whole, not really

[worthy crypt]

They had severance on a plane. Pretty interesting but no apple TV gonna have to bug my sister to get the rest

And can do pluribus after

[sage remnant]

AppleTV+ is really good on scifi front

Every Scifi series there, even the ones I didn't end up liking, are at least worth a watch

[worthy crypt]

I'm pretty sure my sister has it and we share all streaming we can

I got like 2 more hours of united after this layover I'm hoping the next plane has it too

[copper phoenix]

apple tv surprised me

feels like the old syfy channel

a lot of hidden gems

[tawny parcel]

unless I die a terrible terrible death

I think

I can finish rhythm of war before the end of the year

I am on chapter 91

[rich meadow]

I should read wind and truth but I literally have no motivation to do so

[tawny parcel]

ur a stormlight reader evan?

[sage remnant]

It great

[rich meadow]

I’ve read 1-4 ye

[sage remnant]

My fav book fr fr

[copper phoenix]

if you have no motivation I doubt you gonna enjoy it

dont trust goro

[tawny parcel]

lmfao

[rich meadow]

You not a fan?

[sage remnant]

Y'all have bad taste that's what it id

[copper phoenix]

I like stormlight a lot but book 5 aint for the weak

[sage remnant]

I would say Evan.
It hits the same notes for me that Haikyuu final arc did

[rich meadow]

Lmfao that’s an interesting comp

[tawny parcel]

I just think Brandon needs to edit these books down ngl lol as much as Ive enjoyed them

Make them a nice punchy 800 pages or something

[copper phoenix]

he changed editors during ob

the new one is a pussy and doesn't keep him chained

[sage remnant]

|| It's slow Catharsis upon cathartis building up, and then a sense of wrongness is also built up and then the sanderlanche hits || WaT non spoilery

[tawny parcel]

maybe I didnt feel it as hard during 1-2 because I was still getting used to the world

[rich meadow]

Wombat you’d literally die reading wheel of time if you think stormlight needs some cutting down

[tawny parcel]

i can handle wheel of time i will one day

[rich meadow]

Good luck

[sage remnant]

I ain't a plot reader so it being more character and world focused is more positive for me

[copper phoenix]

famous last words

[sage remnant]

Wheel of Time is easy man

Read Malazan fr

[copper phoenix]

pluribus hater btw

[tawny parcel]

LOL

[sage remnant]

also spice I continued GOTM

I reached || Paran's death and Gods meddling || GoTM

[copper phoenix]

what is gotm

[sage remnant]

Malazan book 1

Weren't you a fan smh

[tawny parcel]

i think after rhythm of war I will read one or two of the normal sized books on my shelf then go into wind and truth

[copper phoenix]

oh right when did you stop

I legit took a break between books and didn't remember anything

I had to reread a summary

so much shit to remember

[sage remnant]

I had life lifing (breakups and shit) so wasn't in right headspace
Finally continued today

[rich meadow]

Malazan is just super rich and complex so it does take quite a bit of effort to read. Wheel of time has some real bullshit slop sections that are actually a pain to read through. Only the strong survive

But it’s worth it in the end

[sage remnant]

I was expecting it being way more unfocused

The way people describe it

I thought characters didn't return until have a book later lol

[copper phoenix]

malazan is good

[tawny parcel]

although Stormlight archive 1-2 ||I do wonder how these two would feel on reread now that i know the world and the magic and systems and such if they would fair as well on reread. But I also think book 1 and 2 is probably where these characters are (for the most part) most interesting lol||

[copper phoenix]

its like so much stuff happening

its not a bad thing but makes it hard to remember stuff unless I super focus

[rich meadow]

It is a tough read as far as fantasy series go

[sage remnant]

What I do like is
It doesn't give exposition on which parties are allied with whom

and that is fun to understand

[tawny parcel]

whats your favorite fantasy series evan

[rich meadow]

Not including Tolkien stuff?

[sage remnant]

He's a WoT nerd

[tawny parcel]

Do wheel of time fans even like wheel of time

[copper phoenix]

I need to finish it but I must gather all my energy for that first

atm I got other stuff to do

[rich meadow]

Coz it’s Tolkien by default

[tawny parcel]

I still havent read lotr

i own it its sitting on myt shelf

[rich meadow]

Any wheel of time fan that doesn’t acknowledge its flaws aren’t real wheel of time fans

[tawny parcel]

i will read that this 2026

lotr and dune are both getting read 2026

[sage remnant]

WoT should have started in CoT

[copper phoenix]

crazy you didn't read lotr yet

[sage remnant]

and book 1 to 9 shown as flashbacks

[tawny parcel]

i only started reading last year

[copper phoenix]

ur like reading all the fantasy stuff but skipped the goat

no way its been only a year

[tawny parcel]

game of thrones is what got me back into reading

[sage remnant]

LoTR isn't in my top list anymore.

Don't enjoy the world like I used to

[tawny parcel]

game of thrones and then I read some individual books and then stopped for like a month or two and then picked up twok i think in august

or september

i have the date

[sage remnant]

Might also be an effect of endless rewatches and a couple of rereada

[tawny parcel]

8/01-8/17 was twok so ya

[sage remnant]

Farseer, Discworld and Black Company are my three goats

[tawny parcel]

is discworld a graphic novel or books

[sage remnant]

Books

[tawny parcel]

i always hear it thrown around

[sage remnant]

41 books

[tawny parcel]

Wtf

[sage remnant]

They are very short books

200-300 pages

[tawny parcel]

june-july tho i didnt really read anything

[sage remnant]

Wait I would say Vampire Hunter D instead of Black Company but I was counting VHD as scifi

[tawny parcel]

so yea from middle of september last year to now is when ive been reading

[rich meadow]

Eh idk what my favorite fantasy series outside of Tolkien is tbh. I probably just don’t have one because they’re pretty hard to compare.

Wheel of time will always be special to me and even tho there are some dogshit sections throughout it, it honestly does feel like an epic story

Terry pratchett’s discworld series are the most fun and digestible fantasy books easily

I think the first law trilogy is really tight narratively and if you like character work and a gritty setting, it’s really good.

I think GRRM is for the most part really good but we all kind of know what the deal with that series is. But it’s definitely worth reading

[sage remnant]

room read VHD

[rich meadow]

So idk

Tolkien is by far clear of everyone so it doesn’t matter

Just read him

🙂

[copper phoenix]

wheel of time is my western one piece equivalent

[tawny parcel]

TFL also sitting on my shelf

also getting read in 2026

get ready

[copper phoenix]

really good stuff with some huge stinkers in between

[sage remnant]

Both have a LRLL too

[copper phoenix]

and long af

[sage remnant]

[tawny parcel]

The winds of winter will also be getting read in 2026 becasue it will be out

[rich meadow]

https://tenor.com/view/how-do-we-tell-him-gif-8272342975911687520

[tawny parcel]

and then we can finally put to rest all the hooplah about martin being a bad author

[sage remnant]

Read more fantasy

[leaden depot]

Me since 2015 every year

[tawny parcel]

because he will have made everyone remember how good he is

[sage remnant]

You should actually read The Tainted Cup evan

It's super good

Fantasy whodunnit

[tawny parcel]

you gotta manifest or else it wont come true

[copper phoenix]

me reading winter "look at all that cool stuff happening it would be a shame if we never saw the conclusion"

[tawny parcel]

no because before he dies he'll drop it like an mcu reveal

"I was writing both the whole time"

[sage remnant]

Winds of Winter would be the final book Martin would write

Surely

He's old

and probably tired of Asoiaf

[tawny parcel]

Im holding out

i believe

[sage remnant]

Also Wombat

when will you read Perdido

[tawny parcel]

bro

[sage remnant]

even juba recommended you thay

read it after RoW

[tawny parcel]

ya and juba is a hack who doesnt like anything so I trust his word even less

[sage remnant]

Hr doesn't like anything so him liking that gives it more credit

Trust me. You will like it smh

that and Second Apocalypse

[tawny parcel]

its on my list do not worry

[rich meadow]

Book of the new sun series by gene wolfe is some real shit tho. It’s not pure fantasy but it’s a pretty deep cut

[tawny parcel]

but first i will read books i already own

[sage remnant]

It's scyfy

Evan read Tainted Cup

You would finish it in less than a week

And would love it

[rich meadow]

Lemme search it up

[sage remnant]

Its by author of City of Stairs and Founsryside

if you are familiar with those

[tawny parcel]

i love that lala land song

[sage remnant]

I have fallen so behind on reading

legends and Latte sequel, Monk and Robot book 2

all remaining...

[tawny parcel]

Strangee things s5 time

Stranger things has been demoted to 2nd monitor content while I play slay the spure

[sage remnant]

Interested?

[rich meadow]

Yeah it sounds really interesting and fun actually

I’ll check it out

[sage remnant]

[tawny parcel]

Liked episode 3 more than the past two episodes at least

also winona ryder has not aged at all so its funny seeing her next to Noah Schnapp

[sage remnant]

Ep 4 has both the best and worst aspect of that batch

Enjoy

[tawny parcel]

ya ill watch it tomorrow

my brother said it was his favorite in the series

or near it

but tbf not to diss on my brother I dont view him as the highest harbinger of taste

no hate tho

[sage remnant]

Too extreme...

[worthy crypt]

I gave up hope on twow like 5 years ago

I did a reread with a friend thinking it'll probably be out by the time we're done. Twice. Two different friends a couple years apart

[tawny parcel]

st s5 ep 3 ||what is this home alone ass house they built this part isnt hating im enjoying this demigorgon shit 😭 ||

[tawny parcel]

nah but 2026 different tr5ust

st s5 ep 3 ||dont know how I feel about the dustin change im okay with having a little edge but tehy kinda just made him a whiny little bitch this season like shut up bruh||

[worthy crypt]

Though I usually envy optimism, in this case you're just setting yourself up for disappointment

[tawny parcel]

any day now

[worthy crypt]

He's too rich too distracted by too many projects it's just never happening

[tawny parcel]

oh ya hes making a knight in 7 kingdoms or whatever right

[worthy crypt]

Yeah. Should be good. He wants to write another book in that series too lol

I think the idea is he wants that timeline eventually to end at the tragedy of summerhall

[tawny parcel]

im ngl and I hate to keep hating on this season

does it normally look this ugly

or am i jsut crazy

like the cgi and shit just looks ugly

[sage remnant]

Yeah I really don't like where.they took some characters

At least Martin is writing

It's not like Kingkiller where he advertised as 'I have already written the entire trilogy. I won't make you wait like other authors' and the hiatus since book 2 is same as Wait for Winds of Winter

[worthy crypt]

I dunno if I believe he's actively writing. The only thing that makes sense is he's constantly rewriting

Not only was the (already written) end of adwd cut and moved to twow but there's also like 20 sample chapters done as of like 7 years ago

The progress makes no sense if he is actually spending the majority of his time writing

[sage remnant]

Since he's not really a plotter

He probably writes stuff

then checks ir

then rewrites

[worthy crypt]

Well whatever style it is it's not working out

[sage remnant]

Yeah

He probably is too perfrctionist

[worthy crypt]

Ados seems impossible at this point. There's still a small chance of twow

[modern lichen]

Of Stranger Things?

[tawny parcel]

ya

its ugly this season lol

[sage remnant]

I think every season has looked bad than before 🏃‍♂️

[tawny parcel]

idk maybe its just becasue im more conscious of the media i consume

maybe it always looked this ugly

but i dont remember it being that that ba

ST s5 ep 3|| Like the scene in episode 1 where john and steve are climbing up the tower for ecample||

shit looked fake asf

[modern lichen]

Yeah, the framing and composition of images is bullshit

I like the Darabont directed episodes more

But the Shawn Levy directed eps look fuck ugly

[tawny parcel]

which ones did which

i wasnt paying attentions to names admitteddly

[modern lichen]

in this latest batch, episode 6 is darabont

episode 7 and 8 were levy and duffer brothers

[copper phoenix]

I hope he gets better soon

[sage remnant]

https://fxtwitter.com/thamosdeaf/status/2005379471583617187?s=20

youth code orange (@thamosdeaf)

This will probably be one of the strongest video game adaptations just by virtue of having a real director but it doubly helps that the source material is just boilerplate HK crime stuff. Which literally always hits.

Quoting DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm)
︀
Timo Tjahjanto is set to direct the live-action ‘SLEEPING DOGS’ movie
︀︀
︀︀Starring Simu Liu

**💬 19 🔁 393 ❤️ 5.8K 👁️ 110.1K **

FxTwitter · Dec 28, 2025, 8:44 PM

[copper phoenix]

when is the doomsday trailer supposed to drop officially

I wanna talk about it but leaks are against the rules 😔

[sage remnant]

why do you of all people care about it

[copper phoenix]

???

tf you mean why me

[sage remnant]

I don't even like it and you dislike it more than me

[copper phoenix]

since when

[sage remnant]

spice a mcu truther???

[copper phoenix]

I cant talk about it

because leaks

[sage remnant]

so smth in the trailer got you excited for doomsday?

[copper phoenix]

its something I have talked about here before

[sage remnant]

ah

[copper phoenix]

not the leak specifically but something that would excite me

for the future

[sage remnant]

Yeah I got it now

[copper phoenix]

you know what I'm talking about?

[sage remnant]

ye

with MCU you have only ever had one wish lol

[copper phoenix]

anyway aside from that doom himself is one of the best characters in mcu

[sage remnant]

this movie seems to be leaning full on nostalgia bait

[copper phoenix]

idk about rdj tho

[sage remnant]

and rdj as doom...

[copper phoenix]

I still think hes not the real doom

its too desperate

they cant be THAT desperate

I dont care about the nostalgia bait I care about the future

[sage remnant]

Doomsday first teaser || they brought back Steve Rogers bro ||

they are full on nostalgia bait for this movie

[copper phoenix]

well yea but thats not the part I'm excited about

[sage remnant]

I understand

[copper phoenix]

but I cant talk 😔

when is it DROPPING

WHEN

[sage remnant]

what I am saying is, even if they did that, it already feels so so nostalgia bait that I woudl rather it be happened after || reset || MCU this phase end

cuz they are probably aiming for that

[copper phoenix]

well yea its gonna work with some people

not me tho

[sage remnant]

give me some || retro future-ish universe instead of MCU bland New York || MCU

[mild seal]

you know thats not gonna happen

[copper phoenix]

yea lol

[sage remnant]

😔

A man can dream after Fantastic Four

[copper phoenix]

thats something it can happen in comics

but mcu plays too safe

[mild seal]

MCU/Doomsday/Secret Wars ||they're gonna create 1 universe and have all the marvel heroes they want in it so consolidate the multiverse||

[copper phoenix]

at best it can have some side plot in an alternate universe but never the main thing

[sage remnant]

true 😔

[sage remnant]

I mean after that

[copper phoenix]

I like multiveses tho

wish they went full crazy on it

[sage remnant]

|| wait you mean the 1 universe as in the one after the supposed reset || MCU new phase Glex?

[sage remnant]

that's why it never worked
Cuz MCU played it too safe

the best sequence of Multiverse of Madness was || the crazy universe switching sequence and it was barely 10 seconds ||

[mild seal]

blame whats his name for being an asshole off screen and having to scrap kang

[sage remnant]

they could have just recast him man

[copper phoenix]

kang is kinda mid tho

I stg I'd hate to have to wait another 20 years for doom

and 20 more for apocalypse

even thanos was kinda mid too

[sage remnant]

what are your thoughts on Fox's movies spice

well other than X3 and dark phoenix and two shit wolverine ones

[copper phoenix]

a guilty pleasure but they're trash af

so much shit wrong

at least they really got wolverine, prof and mag right

[sage remnant]

At their best, they are better than any MCU movie ngl

but their worst is much much worse

[copper phoenix]

the bar is hell

at least mcu tried to be comic accurate

[sage remnant]

First Class and Days of Future Past are very goated

for me, atleast

[sage remnant]

okay I take it back lmao
that has some really exciting stuff

it's probably gonna drop in like 2-3 days tho

that was the case for the first one

[copper phoenix]

HYPE

https://tenor.com/view/dog-shaking-car-gif-18172444298932988716

[mild seal]

lol thats my dog when he sees the dog park

[frank rivet]

Oh did they release the trailer

[modern lichen]

no

[frank rivet]

Being an X-Men fan is a great test of patience

[modern lichen]

the trailer leaked

[frank rivet]

https://tenor.com/view/soon-gif-19121692

Lol I want to see the official because maybe I'm just getting old but I literally can't tell if it's a real leak or AI 😭

[sage remnant]

someone give me a good movie

preferably scifi

[modern lichen]

Possessor

[sage remnant]

every torrent taking too long to download

[modern lichen]

The Thing

[sage remnant]

already done

[modern lichen]

Brazil by Terry Gilliam

[hazy patrol]

Nvm

It was my ghost ping

Goro

[frank rivet]

Malcolm in the middle Sequel - || https://vxtwitter.com/DiscussingFilm/status/2005641631551373415?s=20 ||

DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm)

First trailer for the ‘MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE’ sequel series

Releasing April 10 on Hulu

▶ Play video

vxTwitter / fixvx · Dec 29, 2025, 2:06 PM

Bryan Cranston is reprising his role

[copper phoenix]

im so scared this is gonna be shit

mitm is one of the best sitcoms ever created

also hal > walter white

[spiral quest]

I mean it doesn't erase Malcolm in the Middle even if it sucks

[frank rivet]

im excited to watch it even though it will probably be like the Full House remake

it just looks weird in HD to me 😭 , similar to its always sunny

[limber urchin]

There's definitely gonna be a few Breaking Bad easter eggs in it. In fact, I'll bet anything one episode will either have him dressing up as Walter or reenacting one of the more iconic BB episodes through some shenanigans.

[scenic terrace]

This is one of the few sequel series I’ve been excited about

[peak pilot]

Oathbringer chapter 13 ||”Shallan froze, then yelped and tucked her bare safe hand behind her back” bro||

[sonic tree]

Of course it's gonna suck lol

When has a sitcom coming back after decades been good

[limber urchin]

Oathbringer ||I love how much the safehand thing annoys you lol||

[peak pilot]

Oathbringer ||I just find it really stupid. Not even like feet which are covered all the time anyways but your HAND. And you know I might be able to tolerate it if it weren’t be treated the same as being naked lol||

Other than that though I’m enjoying this book start more than words of radiance

[limber urchin]

Dune thought I had (Death Note has to be mentioned, as well) ||I finally have a way to describe Dune's inner monologues: all the Death Note mind games that get played between Light and L and N. That's literally what it feels like at times, especially when the Duke is involved.||

[obsidian basalt]

dont' worry if falls off

WoT book 11 || ain't no way the entire fucking empire got offscreened man what am i reading||

[tawny parcel]

RoW ch 93 ||very good chapter but “I’m your veil” was a little silly but thats just hating||

[modern lichen]

https://fixupx.com/filmupdates/status/2005689226197913803?s=46

Film Updates (@FilmUpdates)

Directors expected to return in 2026:
︀︀
︀︀Greta Gerwig
︀︀Christopher Nolan
︀︀Denis Villeneuve
︀︀Steven Spielberg
︀︀Emerald Fennell
︀︀Maggie Gyllenhaal
︀︀Robert Eggers
︀︀Alejandro Iñárritu
︀︀Ridley Scott
︀︀Gregg Araki
︀︀Nia DaCosta
︀︀M. Night Shyamalan
︀︀Aaron Sorkin
︀︀Zach Cregger
︀︀Boots Riley
︀︀Antoine Fuqua
︀︀Craig Gillespie
︀︀Kristoffer Borgli…

FixupX · Dec 29, 2025, 5:15 PM

[tawny parcel]

Are movies back

[modern lichen]

Seems like it

[tawny parcel]

RoW ch 94

RoW ch 94 ||Maya and Adolin the GOAT??!??!!||

[limber urchin]

ROW ch 94 ||We chose! ||

[raw gate]

Peak arrived

[white smelt]

You’re a yearner

[raw gate]

Fallen Angels or 2046 first

Tempted to watch In the Mood for Love, but it’s the one I’ve rewatched the most recently

[tawny parcel]

Do you rewatch stuff often

I rarely ever do

[raw gate]

All the time

Especially films

[tawny parcel]

I think i like the idea of rewatching more than I do actually rewatching just because i want to be looking at new stuff all the time

Which is probably a bad thing

But like I’ll still rewatch movies occasionally

I think I’ve only ever rewatched a tv show like once

[copper phoenix]

rewatch is reserved for the top 10 of anything

aint nobody got time for more

[tawny parcel]

Exactly

[young compass]

︀︀Emerald Fennell

[tawny parcel]

Ya i think i only rewatched live action op because i watched it with two different parties

[young compass]

like lmao

[raw gate]

OPLA is a helluva choice, but understandable if you were watching it simultaneously alongside different sets of people

[tawny parcel]

Other then that i can’t think of any other time I’ve rewatched a tv show

Cause I only watch like 1-2 shows a year

[frank rivet]

lol I'm in the boat where I rewatch movies/tv that are trash but I love the idea of rewatching something that was very interesting and critically acclaimed

[tawny parcel]

One a op fan and the other with my parents who had never seen it

[raw gate]

Well anyways. I’ve seen so many movies at this point that the “first time watches” are typically reserved for contemporary or upcoming films

Like duh I spent $150 on the box set of films I already know I love, and duh I’m gonna put it to use

[tawny parcel]

I guess i get movies because theyre 2 hours

[frank rivet]

Ya I stoped doing that because I never watched that shit

[tawny parcel]

Tv shows are just sooooo long man

Aint no one got time for that

[frank rivet]

It's basically a collectable at that point

[tawny parcel]

My brother did a whole rewatch of stranger things before s5 and he has a wife and a kid

How did you find thr time and energy man i barely even want to watch s5 itself

[young compass]

damn even your younger brother is married wombat

arent you embarrassed

[frank rivet]

Lol

[tawny parcel]

No because he’s the oldest brother

Lmfao

Idk where u got younger

Im the youngest in my family

[frank rivet]

Lol why you catching strays

[tawny parcel]

When you tryna hate but you genuinely don’t know the dude you hating on so you just say shit hoping it will stick

[young compass]

you can lie all you want

[tawny parcel]

Also if I had a younger brother who was married bro I would be worried I am TWENTY

Ain’t NO one should be getting married before like 25 at least bruh let alone before 20

[raw gate]

Ridley Scott and Gregg Araki, though. This is how I win

[tawny parcel]

Are we sure about Ridley Scott

[frank rivet]

So directors coming back meaning what exactly?

They making movies next year ?

[tawny parcel]

Haven’t the last two movies he made been buns

[frank rivet]

Lol so

[raw gate]

I’ve got faith in him still

[modern lichen]

I’m dreading Wuthering Heights the most next year

[winged forge]

[tawny parcel]

Is the social reckoning a social network sequel

[modern lichen]

Yeah it’s about the failures of Meta apparently

[tawny parcel]

Lmao that name is so dumb

I have faith in the movie tho

[white smelt]

What the heck is fall 2?

[tawny parcel]

Sequel to summer

[white smelt]

Me imagining a gritty anatomy of a fall sequel

[modern lichen]

That’s what I was wondering