Media (General)

[full wolf]

But his video is more anti-Moffat writ large than just anti-Sherlock, despite the title

[topaz oyster]

I do too but his criticisms of Sherlock have little or nothing to do with why I watched and enjoyed Sherlock

[gritty sierra]

there is SOME sherlock stuff, like he does actually touch on how bbc sherlock is NOT novel sherlock, and elementary comes closer to the character by far

he DOES go into it!

[minor ledge]

What do you like in sherlock

[gritty sierra]

bbc sherlock being your basic cumberbatch asshole character instead of what made sherlock holmes the guy he was....

[minor ledge]

genuine question

[ionic lily]

Unfortunately it was written by ALW, so it’s fire

[burnt shale]

https://tenor.com/view/the-road-to-el-dorado-both-both-is-good-gif-8304204

[topaz oyster]

I enjoy Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock stuff, I've read it all, but I don't think his mysteries are on the whole nearly as good as Christie's mysteries on their merits as mysteries

[burnt shale]

I disagree in general

I think they both are in the same tier of quality just different

[minor ledge]

oh i agree here

but concan doyle is still a great author

you dont basically create an entire genre without being a good writer

[frail mulch]

hmmm so I guess Love Never Dies is also loosely based on a book called The Phantom of Manhattan which I think is on a similar level to Wicked https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phantom_of_Manhattan

which reminds me of the MANY many Jane Austen mysteries or whatever where it's like, Jane Bennett and Darcy solving regency era cases and those are published fanfic imo

[topaz oyster]

Quality as books, yes sure. Quality as mysteries, I dunno man Agatha Christie just has it and Sherlock makes up for it in other ways

Absolute gold standard

[burnt shale]

Doyle is better at looking at the mundane and considering its application as a detective where as I think Cristie is more focused on the structure of the narrative. In this regard her stuff is more inline with the classic who done it that has become the standard in television drama's but i don't think just becuase its priorities are different

Like cirstie will focus on twists and turns in the reveal of information where as I think doyle can make a narritive by doing something very simple and very smart

[minor ledge]

speaking of murder mysterys is the new knives out good

[burnt shale]

Like Blue carbunckle is not a classic who done it most of its reveals are done in the first few pages but its a masterclass in mystery writing imo

[topaz oyster]

When I evaluate a mystery I do think of kind of the game of it all

And that's kind of what I mean

Blue Carbuncle is an excellent story that happens to be in the mystery genre but it isn't good at being a mystery's mystery and now that word is starting to sound weird in my head

[midnight compass]

I just don't think that hard about any mystery and watch them for characters running around more than anything else

[gritty sierra]

there is something to murder mysteries that isn't just the quality of the mystery and how it's constructed and revealed, but also to do with the personality of the detective and how the victims and story and murderer are framed that are all part of the bag, and bbc sherlock fails the rubric on more than one category

[midnight compass]

My brain is too smooth to actually try to solve the mystery

[topaz oyster]

There are also stories that aren't overtly mysteries that are fairly good at being a mystery, The Sixth Sense comes to mind as kind of meeting that definition

[burnt shale]

I think thats where ill disagree. Cristie created a framework and alot fo other mysteries use that framework. Doyle doesn't view the world that same way and it makes its distinct in comparison to its peers. The story is about how they solve not the act of solving and I don't think they should be viewed less for it. \

[gritty sierra]

who is the story sympathetic to? who is framed as smart or stupid, clever or foolish, kind or cruel? that changes a great deal. and in bbc sherlock, the answer is "everyone but sherlock is a big dumb idiot including you the person watching" which is like. come on now

[topaz oyster]

I don't really view it lesser when I'm evaluating it on the whole

I'm more differentiating between mystery (genre) and mystery (structure) and Agatha Christie is a master of both

[minor ledge]

Sherlock fails as a mystery about as much as is possible too

[steep bramble]

I kind of want to look up if Jane Eyre was still in copyright when Wide Sargasso Sea was written. I doubt it though. Its amazing how that is just so well regarded in the criticism world that it shows up on so many university courses.

[minor ledge]

you can only really guess based off of mystery tropes

[frail mulch]

oh right I guess in terms of success, James by Percival Everett won several literary awards, and it's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn centered around Jim

[ionic lily]

Now

Is Bible fanfic fanfic?

What about Homer fanfic?

[frail mulch]

and wiki says its film rights were bought so that could also be in a movie adaptation of a book reimagining category too

[minor ledge]

i dont think it counts as fanfic tbh

[frail mulch]

hm, bc it doesn't come across as necessarily being a fan of the original work, or because it's a reimagining instead of taking Twain's world and doing new stories with it?

[gritty sierra]

i've read actual fanfiction on all the usual websites that do both of those things it's uhhhh actually really hard to define fanfiction in such a way that doesn't exclude real things posted to ao3

including and excluding on "just vibes" isn't the most convincing thing in the world

[minor ledge]

because adventures of huckleberry finn is enough of a cultural staple in the west and old enough that it kinda becomes like a cultural work of refference where i dont think it really counts

[minor ledge]

ao3 isnt just fanfic though

[topaz oyster]

Taking shots at Virgil with both of these questions tbh

[gritty sierra]

the ones i'm referring to even you would agree are fanfiction.

and it's so far the majority on ao3, the distinction is being more than a little facetious

[ionic lily]

https://tenor.com/view/the-office-office-dwight-schrute-sniper-gif-25130487

[minor ledge]

is lets say a modern superman comic a fancomic

[gritty sierra]

i've read one or two meta essays on ao3 which accounts for less than a fraction of a percent of the stuff i read

[gritty sierra]

are we doing this based on your vibes? is this just genre discussion 3.0 with you again?

[winged mountain]

it's hard to pin it down because, like, I can even think of one or two things that Brandon Sanderson wrote during his professional career, but would certainly be fanfiction (Cosmere & WOT) ||such as the Kelsier & Moiraine scene||

[gritty sierra]

mostly this has been you chipping in to go "that's not fanfic" and honestly, is this worth it? you haven't changed anyone's mind

is this edifying?

[minor ledge]

no its a question im genuinely asking because like whats the difference between something publishedo n the internet and something published by DC

other than copyright

[gritty sierra]

everyone is also going on their vibes and internal sense of "what counts"

[lucid haven]

genres i think as a concept are much better to be fluid vibes and spectrums rather than hard and fast lines and rules

[steep bramble]

Yeah James was a big deal in the past couple of years. Its the last book we'll cover in my American Fiction module

[winged mountain]

vibes are a part of it for sure, like I'm really inclined to avoid calling legal professional works fanfics, but there are exceptions that make me say it's not so simple

[lucid haven]

always feels gatekeepery to be like "well this genre is exactly this specific thing and nothing else can be in it and your wrong if you put this thing in that genre bucket"

[gritty sierra]

there are fan writers who get tapped to write official books for the ip they've BEEN writing fanfic for and there is a difference, yeah

[frail mulch]

we read it for book club earlier this year and loved it, so a couple of us tried to read Huck finn afterwards and we were less enthused (first time read for the retired German in my club)

[gritty sierra]

i've read them talk about the process, mentality, and writing process for the two different types of writing it is

[ionic lily]

I hated Huck Finn, one of the very few school books I didn’t finish

I couldn’t stand the dialect, everything was so painful to read

[lucid haven]

oh yeah there are points where things become other things, its just like how sometimes there are distinctions between liquids and gasses and sometimes there isnt

[topaz oyster]

There's a whole subgenre of "works based structurally off The Odyssey specifically and very much in dialogue with that story" that don't feel terribly fanfictiony to me

[midnight compass]

It works much better as an audiobook

[frail mulch]

like is madeline miller's Circe technically fanfic? sure

[topaz oyster]

Ranging from The Aeneid to O Brother, Where Art Thou

[ionic lily]

Does Homer count as mythological fanfic?

[frail mulch]

(i have not read it but it is in that Odyssey thing)

is it reductive to call it fanfic? depending on the context you talk about in, maybe for fanfic vs reimagining or whatever terminology you prefer

[topaz oyster]

You're stumbling into the "are the written works of Homer a fanfic or adaptation of oral tradition" argument here

[ionic lily]

Wdym stumbling, I was aiming!

[topaz oyster]

There's a certain kind of academic hardliner that does not consider The Odyssey we have as being any more the "real" Odyssey than the upcoming Christopher Nolan movie

[minor ledge]

I kind agree with this

tbh

[gritty sierra]

https://archiveofourown.org/tags/The Odyssey - Homer/works

ba bam

[ionic lily]

Since biographies always get things wrong, do they count as RPF?

[lucid haven]

2069 nice

i have for the longest time tried not to click on ao3

i think its bad for my mental health to dig into that place too much lol

well, better put bad for my ability to succed at life because i might spend too much time reading specific things

[full wolf]

I do think modern comics have a uniquely fluid canonicity that is shared between multiple writers and passed down in a succession over time

(and if you want a comic series that plays with the concepts of that uniquely comic canonicity and the kinds of struggles writers in those spaces have making anything "real" when they lose control of those characters later, the Kid Loki Journey into Mystery run deals with this question implicitly and the Loki: Agent of Asgard run that follows it leans on the fourth wall to address it more explicitly)

Part of my definition of fanwork would include that the author, as a fan is someone who does not have any claim to authority of the original source material

[dusk hound]

Who do we think? https://x.com/thebatmansaganw/status/1996332143753212161?s=46

The Batman Saga News (@TheBatmanSagaNW)

Scarlett Johansson is in talks to join ‘THE BATMAN 2’

(Source: https://t.co/jl7pTId0ed)

X · Dec 3, 2025, 9:34 PM

You know what

Is it crazy I could see her as Poison Ivy

[distant birch]

I'm getting sinners in my feed... is this a sign that I should rewatch it...

[lucid haven]

Youtube recap was cool

And not surprising and I think it captures my brain well

[acoustic pewter]

There's a YouTube recap too? Interesting.

[minor ledge]

i listen to music on youtube so idk when ill get mine

[keen flax]

There is! Here's mine

The After Party makes my high school self very happy

[minor ledge]

where do you view your yotuube recap or wtver

[acoustic pewter]

I was also wondering where and how to find it

[minor ledge]

as i say that

i get it

[distant birch]

Is it app only?

[keen flax]

Its in your profile! As for that... im not sure

[minor ledge]

top channel in 2025 was darkviper

lmao

[lucid haven]

I spend a lot of time on YouTube so im glad it reflects my interest and my brain

Next year this channel will probs feature tho

[gritty sierra]

youtube.com/recap

perhaps

[minor ledge]

POINTLESSHUB MENTION RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

also why is LS mark there

what

i accidentally let one video fo theres autoplay

[winged mountain]

YouTube's recap thought I was into cooking shows, which just freakin puzzled me because no, I wasn't

[minor ledge]

it thought i was into watching politics on youtube

when i dont

i read for my politics

[lucid haven]

If you dont watch much YouTube the ai that makes these probs got confused or has small data sizes for like clips or shorts you watch

[minor ledge]

i watch loads of youtube

[gritty sierra]

now this last one is weird, I don't think I watched that much destiny 2 stuff

[lucid haven]

👀 I just cant get into task master beyond some of the fun clips

[gritty sierra]

maybe a little? but not enough that I really remember it

[gritty sierra]

I just put on a season - or series - as a playlist

[lucid haven]

I could see that as a decent background noise

[minor ledge]

guy i blocked was someone who ended up being a bad person and i dont wanna promote them

[gritty sierra]

lol

my late 2025 should be "you watched a lot of Chernobyl reaction videos"

[cobalt onyx]

Fascinating, from what I've heard it looks like Youtube's hard censored any direct references to politics in their year recaps

[minor ledge]

oh it just said i was media smart and i didnt read that int othe card so i assumed it meant something related to news

[cobalt onyx]

(And/or replaced politics with "Exploring AI Topics")

[forest wigeon]

My top channels were all tech channels. Which... I watch a lot of tech content, but I watch a lot of other things too. I feel like some weird mathematical weirdness is going on

[lucid haven]

There's a good chance the tech vids are longer mabey ?

[dusk hound]

WE MARRYING HORSES WITH THIS ONE https://x.com/mlertora/status/1996322670271496277?s=46

Matías Lértora (@mlertora)

TRAJE de #Supergirl en la @CCXPoficial

X · Dec 3, 2025, 8:56 PM

This looks so amazing

Best suit we’ve had by far

[dusk hound]

Omg dude, I really hope they do Phantasm https://fxtwitter.com/x0starlight/status/1996344637720764817?s=46

Starlight 💫 (twitch.tv/x0starlight) (@x0Starlight)

If Matt Reeves casts Scarlett Johansson as Phantasm (Andrea Beaumont) I will be levitating in the theatre in 2027

Quoting Apocalyptic Horseman (@ApocHorseman)
︀
EXCLUSIVE: Scarlett Johansson In Talks To Join ‘The Batman - Part II’
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FxTwitter · Dec 3, 2025, 10:23 PM

Matt Reeves you genius

[lucid haven]

The thighs above the boots

[magic dust]

The absolute territory strikes again.

[lucid haven]

That look of small skirt large boots thicc thighs above the boots gets me every time

Love that look

[dusk hound]

Definitely the best costume design we’ve had in the DCU so far

[placid river]

Lady Shiva

[dusk hound]

Nah, Lady Shiva’s Asian

I think it’s gonna be Andrea Beaumont AKA Phantasm and they’re gonna adapt Mask of the Phantasm

[placid river]

That’s the joke. ScarJo has a history of playing Asian roles lol

[cold sequoia]

Poison Ivy feels like the simplest guess but we'll see

[minor ledge]

nah its talia

[hushed moss]

Just watched Wake up Dead Man. Loved it. It’s been awhile since I have seen a movie which approached religious themes with that level of nuance. ||And wow were those some crazy twists and turns. Every time I thought I had a theory the next scene killed it then raised it from the dead and killed it again.||

[ivory night]

https://tenor.com/view/im-the-problem-its-me-hi-im-the-problem-it's-me-gif-6357058135770459337

Everybody gets to see knives out but me

[hushed moss]

Only about a week before it comes to Netflix, where I probably will watch it again.

[ivory night]

But the vibes of the theater

I am deprived

[hushed moss]

Theaters shmeaters is what I would say, but that would be lying.

[ivory night]

https://tenor.com/view/sad-stitch-lilo-and-stitch-disney-sad-emotional-gif-7759620637003337609

[acoustic pewter]

I just watched my YouTube recap and I think it kind of got me

I don't know what "cultured" means, but I'm flattered. I definitely became savvy for a couple games I haven't played this year (E33 and DS2), and I'm always story-obsessed. One of the reasons I watch YouTube is for comedy, no surprise, and I end up watching lots of Zelda lore videos. However, I don't understand what "delved into social media trends" is supposed to mean. That's very vague. I will, however, proudly accept that YouTube award.

Oh, would you look at that, Lorien Testard and Toby Fox at the height of a recap list. Again. 😅 All the Alice is wrapped with Lorien, Woodkid would be for constant replays of "To The Wilder", and Luke Pickman was a pleasant surprise.

Hahahahaha. YouTube truly knows me so well. These are absolutely the top five games of my year, and I've never even played two of them (again, E33 and DS2).

Now, this is something I feel embarrassed about. My #1 song I listened to on YouTube was... one of my own? 😞 Uh, I know I relisten to my music sometimes to reflect on what could be improved and/or to bring a scene to mind, but I didn't know I did it this much.

However, the others are no surprise. Lumière dominates a tracklist yet again, hahaha. We Lost is there for the same reason, I used the TSFH karaoke track a lot for school, and Echoes of the Eye speaks for itself.

[tight dove]

my award was

which feels accurate

[steep bramble]

how do you find that?

[stoic falcon]

Here's my top 5 channels

[ripe stag]

Seems to only be viewable via the mobile app.
-# Like so many of these recap things, which I don't understand. Do they think no one uses desktops/laptops anymore?

[steep bramble]

Ughh this is annoying

I don't have the app

[frail mulch]

Haaaaa I was watching a lot of WOT reactions at the beginning of this year because I really wanted to help boost numbers showing an interest in the show (and I genuinely like seeing and discussing new material for a completed series), and Nerdy Nightly has been reading Cosmere for their book club

[distant birch]

🤔 the internet told me it was available on desktop, but that it just wasn't out in some regions

[ripe stag]

Might be the case, and if so I must be in one of those regions...

I could only find it in the app.

[distant birch]

Ah, idk

The article I read said north america first and then elsewhere over the next while, but I don't think it was an official yt article

[ripe stag]

Ahh, well I am not in North America, so that could well be it.

[distant birch]

Neither the website nor the app have it for me right now

[main dew]

I'm on the app and don't see it

Is it a button? Does it look like an ad? A short?

[stoic falcon]

You can also go to youtube.com/recap. Thats how I got mine

[ripe stag]

It's in your profile on the app.

Looks a bit like an add, though...

[azure fern]

hey, this worked. Idk if I always had it available for me on desktop or not, but I looked yesterday and couldn't find it. Turns out you can actually click "You >" in the sidenav and that's the page the recap button is at

big lmao, though, it's a mobile view looking popup on desktop as well

[gritty sierra]

go to youtube.com/recap

it is clearly MADE for mobile but it is viewable on desktop

[acoustic pewter]

I don't have the YouTube mobile app, and I was able to find it on my computer browser after I searched youtube.com/recap

Aaaaand if I scrolled down first, I would have known Grey already posted that. 😆

[gritty sierra]

hehe

[lucid haven]

https://x.com/appletvnewshub/status/1996591348141392255?s=46

Apple TV News Hub (@AppleTVNewsHub)

#Severance Season 3 is set to film from April to December 2026.

Expected to release on #AppleTV in Summer 2027.

X · Dec 4, 2025, 2:44 PM

[winged mountain]

I suppose that's interesting, I didn't really care for the second half of season 2 but I'll at least check out season 3

[azure fern]

smh Blaze being ignored by all but me

[gritty sierra]

lol

I said it yesterday too!

[azure fern]

smh me ignoring Grey

[ionic lily]

https://youtu.be/gJxzhUAGBDw?feature=shared

[dusk hound]

Finished Wicked

Twas good

I’m not really a musical person but I really enjoyed it

Now I see Part 2 tomorrow

[velvet oriole]

I think at mine it is all automated.

[verbal lintel]

Crazy that you know who did it in the beginning if you just lock in

[minor ledge]

first fnaf movie was already ass and 2nd one is worse apparently

scott destroying the fnaf ip yet again

[small quarry]

Don't say this the fnaf fans are gonna come put you in an animatronic suit if you do

[dusk hound]

Also a note about Wicked, Cynthia Erivo can SING, holy crap

She did great with Defying Gravity

[minor ledge]

ive stood against FNAF fans before

[dusk hound]

R.I.P. https://x.com/tmz/status/1996760227044057218?s=46

TMZ (@TMZ)

'Mortal Kombat' Star Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa Dead at 75 https://t.co/ubC11HGnow

X · Dec 5, 2025, 1:55 AM

https://tenor.com/view/maruyama-soul-mine-finger-wind-gif-23195500

Man behind this iconic meme ^^^^

[oak ivy]

@molten jetty merphy napier is reading stover's revenge of the sith with no star wars knowledge

[molten jetty]

Hysterical

I do like her a lot

RotS novel is a great Star Wars thing tho

I’ve adored watching her transformation as she became a weeb

Going from fantasy youtuber to One Piece YouTuber is 10 / 10

[sage finch]

Pluribus ep6 ||had a good chuckle when John Cena showed up. He was prob the best one to tell us about HDP||

[dusk hound]

This could very well mean the death of theatrical releases https://x.com/discussingfilm/status/1996800604908519555?s=46

DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm)

Netflix has won the bidding war to purchase Warner Bros. Discovery.

They are now entering exclusive deal talks, with Netflix offering $30 a share and a $5 billion break-up fee.

The sale is not yet finalized, as the U.S. Department of Justice could also interfere due to

X · Dec 5, 2025, 4:35 AM

[ivory night]

I don’t think Netflix is stupid enough to kill theaters

Considering how they burned like 400 million on some film nobody watched earlier this year

Their ability to actually make movies with wide audiences is limited

[dusk hound]

Me being a DC fan I’m more concerned with how this effects the DCU

I think Gunn stays, but I’ll be really pissed off if they do straight to streaming

[dusk hound]

True, and from what I’ve heard, Netflix does intend to let WB films have a full theatrical release

They probably learned their lesson with the insane amount of money the KPOP Demon Hunters theatrical release made

[ivory night]

40 billion revenue for Netflix currently. Not gonna pass up billions/hundreds of millions for theaters if you have a hit

[winged mountain]

I'm sure Netflix will continue to do some theatrical releases. I wouldn't doubt they'll do some straight to streaming things too, but maybe not via WB

[dusk hound]

I think it’ll likely be a case by case scenario

Obviously the really big movies like DC and the such will get full theatrical releases

[forest wigeon]

is it bad that I trust Netflix more than their current management

[winged mountain]

not necessarily but consolidation doesn't usually go well, even if you like the new owners more, a worse owner always comes

[sage finch]

Which one

[ivory night]

It had MBB and I think Chris Pratt. I only learned it existed last week when looking at her film list

Electric state

[sage finch]

Oh yea I remember that one lol, scrolled past it multiple times

[ivory night]

320 million reported budget (no clue what Netflix spends on marketing) for a FOURTEEN rotten tomatoes score

[sage finch]

Convinced these bloated budgets are money laundering schemes

[ivory night]

Russo bros phoning it in

[ivory night]

Just wanting to burn money for laughs

[feral flower]

Pluribus episode 6 ||So they need to collect stem cells from the immune people to infect them and they cant do that without their consent… but Carol had that line in episode 3 about freezing her eggs. And the Hive specifically said “No stem cells would be collected from your body”. And we just established that the Hive can use lawyer speak to obfuscate what they are doing.||

[minor ledge]

oh

god

its over

[minor ledge]

literal death of western cinema

[west escarp]

https://www.tumblr.com/alligator-gothic/795057495153557504/the-trouble-with-trabubus

The Trouble with Trabubus

-# #star trek #star trek tos #labubu

Tumblr · Sep 18, 2025, 8:05 PM

[cold sequoia]

I mean, this is at least better than Paramount/Skydance

Given that Netflix still does theatrical releases idk why this would kill WB theatrical releases

Like, they even set up theatrical releases for KDH that was never supposed to get those. They see that theres a value to theatrical releases

What i do think is in more danger is physical releases

[cobalt onyx]

I could still see them doing special edition style releases, but yeah, right now standard edition physical/digital releases directly compete with their flagship product

[turbid narwhal]

This is better than Ellison and paramount

Just have to roll with the lesser of two evils here

[cold sequoia]

Yeah if I had to pick between these two I would pick Netflix 10 times out of 10

[turbid narwhal]

The worrying thing is that Sarandos is already saying he’ll make the release windows shorter

[turbid laurel]

https://theonion.com/just-six-corporations-remain-1819564741/

[frank quail]

I see the website but I cannot stop my brain eating the onion on this one

[turbid laurel]

What’s funny is that the “blockbuster $112 billion deal” no longer sounds like that much of a blockbuster

I think this Netflix deal is valued close to $80 billion so we’re almost there

[dusk hound]

It’s actually quite terrifying and somewhat funny that this company that started as an alternative to Blockbuster eventually evolved into a media empire

[winged mountain]

those were my favorite days of Netflix, when they were a mail order DVD rental company

[frank quail]

BB was also something of an empire

if they'd survived to today, I have no doubt they would be doing the same thing as netflix is now

[winged mountain]

the whole 'no late fees' was revolutionary, just pay your subscription fees for X discs at a time, and go at your own pace

[frank quail]

consolidation and vertical integration are the name of the game

[winged mountain]

I think they may have attempted some sort of video streaming thing, but I wonder if they would have gone in the same direction as Netflix with original content, which is really what seemed to take them to the next level?

[frank quail]

yeah, I'm specifically talking about the original content

though I suppose that requires streaming as a prereq
I don't see physical media being able to upgrade from "straight to home movie" to "prestige television"

[dusk hound]

https://x.com/discussingfilm/status/1996941840134598788?s=46

DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm)

Netflix teases that Warner Bros’ theatrical release windows will evolve to become shorter

“My pushback has been mostly in the fact of the long exclusive windows, which we don’t really think are that consumer friendly,” says Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos

X · Dec 5, 2025, 1:56 PM

Yeah, it’s actually so over

[turbid narwhal]

This is good training for when they eventually just download the movies straight to your brain

[lucid haven]

Its okay the new Harry Potter TV series will be on netflix

So it will only have 2 seasons

[winged mountain]

or season 5 will be announced and the kid who was playing Harry Potter will be 35 years old

[dusk hound]

Time will also tell if this goes through anti-trust, there’s a very long legal battle ahead for WB and Netflix and we probably won’t even see the ramifications and effects of this until like 2027 or 2028

Can’t wait for the eventual Harry Potter and Squid Game crossover

[sacred slate]

It will be interesting to see if there is international exposure on the antitrust stuff where I think you might see limits on exclusivity to Netflix for distribution or something.

My current theory is the news about a new Rush Hour film is to help smooth over the US side of this. (WB owns New Line)

[dusk hound]

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a larger gap in critics score vs audience score

[lilac hull]

You could argue Minecraft Movie

[crimson kelp]

gonna sound like a terrible old person but I feel like taste has gotten worse over time

probably because of all the internet brain rot

[minor ledge]

Critics are right

[tight dove]

I was gonna go see WUDM today but i have a flat

So ig im fixing that

Ill rate my flat in my usual rating style

[frail mulch]

Pluribus 6 ||this Bond pastiche in Vegas is really funny||

[empty locust]

Hey guys

Should I watch avatar 3 on imax or 4Dx

or 3D

[tight dove]

1/10 ||the patch broke half way there so now im walking my bike about a mile, and i had to buy a new pump but at least i have a new pump||

[empty locust]

ugh

hows B23?

[frank quail]

best you're going to get

those are all horrible, too close to the screen

[muted solar]

One thing I love about my local theater is that even the front row seats are acceptable

[empty locust]

Im gonna watch zootopia 2 today!

[dusk hound]

But… but they told me Snyder was coming back!!! https://fxtwitter.com/supersaganews/status/1996951850126307697?s=46

Superman Saga News (@SuperSagaNews)

David Zaslav is set to stay as the head of the new WBD studios
︀︀
︀︀It will be kept operationally separate from Netflix to make and distribute movies and TV shows
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︀︀(www.ft.com/content/6532be94-c0bf-4101-8126-f249aa6be3c5))

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FxTwitter · Dec 5, 2025, 2:36 PM

They told me the Snyderverse would come back if Netflix buys

[crystal brook]

Zaslav staying lol

[gritty breach]

do you ever wonder why we even bother keeping the antitrust laws on the books anymore

[lucid haven]

There's a lot of laws right now that probably need better enforcement if they are going to stay on the books

[tight dove]

I am the only person gere

[minor ledge]

Netflix owns and zaslav stays

are they like

going for worst possible options

theaterical release is doomed though sadly

[winged mountain]

Kinda feels like there are a lot of laws on the books that they don’t even pretend to enforce, sometimes for better and sometimes for worse

But yeah antitrust is dead

I don’t really expect Zaslav to stay long, maybe a year or so after the merger is final

[dusk hound]

Some really good news tho https://fxtwitter.com/discussingfilm/status/1997008540461134013?s=46

DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm)

Warner Bros is in talks to license DC Comics IP for new attractions at Universal theme parks.
︀︀
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FxTwitter · Dec 5, 2025, 6:21 PM

Gotham City in Epic Universe coming soon??? 👀 👀

[crystal brook]

I watched One Battle After Another today, it was so good

||the car chase sequence over the peaks and troughs was phenomenal||

[tight dove]

Wake Up Dead Man
10/10
|| Holy [REDACTED], there was like 7 twists and i saw none of the coming. I liked it way more than glass onion and maybe even the original get back to me on that||

Highly reccomend

[gritty breach]

https://bsky.app/profile/theonion.com/post/3m7bid2l5yg2h

The Onion (@theonion.com)

Netflix Confirms Cancel Membership Button Will Be Leaving Streaming Service Next Month

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[frank quail]

||I ate the onion||

[minor ledge]

Didnt this already happen

and you ahve to call them to cancel it

[dusk hound]

Wicked for Good twas good

Not as good as the first was, but still fine

Wicked: For Good ||Was also nice to see the 2nd most famous resident from Kansas, Dorothy||

[cold sequoia]

Nope

https://www.netflix.com/cancelplan

[sage finch]

They put kill bill out in theatres again, both movies stitched into one

Tempted to go rewatch em

[ionic lily]

Clark, because he never wanted to go home

[dusk hound]

My Grandmom was a Wizard of Oz fanatic, so whenever I would watch it with her as a kid I would be so confused as to why Dorothy wanted to go back to Kansas so badly, Oz seemed liked a much better place than freaking Kansas

[keen flax]

I.... dont think ive seen the Wizard of Oz

[dusk hound]

You’ve seen Wicked but not the movie it’s based on??

[keen flax]

Tbf! Ive seen The Wiz! That has to count for something right 😂

And best believe ill watch The Wiz again and again before I ever see the original once 😌

[inland jetty]

I know I've seen Wizard of Oz but I remember almost nothing about it

I know about what happens in that movie from pop cultural osmosis than I do from actually having seen it

[thin ridge]

She does eventually move there in the later books iirc

[inland jetty]

I do think I'm far more likely to read those than to rewatch the movie (Same for Wicked tbh)

[sage finch]

Same with me but for the Star Wars movies lol. Have never seen the original trilogy or the prequels but I know more about them than I have any reason to

[forest wigeon]

You should!

[thin ridge]

They get insane towards the end

[empty locust]

I bought tickes for zootopia 2 yesterday, but I am tempted to get a refund because I am so tired and sleepy!

[minor ledge]

its like

a movie that eixsts

idk

[empty locust]

Zootopia 2 was okay

I fell asleep at the middle

[lone canyon]

Damn Netflix

[muted solar]

Yeah of all the services I want having more stuff, it’s not Netflix. Ever since they cracked down on account sharing their user experience has been garbage

[lone canyon]

I guess all the new HP and GoT stuff will be made on a stranger things schedule

Harry bout to be balding by the time he faces off against Voldemort

[muted solar]

Making a new Harry Potter still feels like the most pointless thing to me. They got their movies. People liked the movies afaik. And it’s just giving more money to Rowling

I don’t understand the constant remaking of old stories. It doesn’t even have the argument Disney has with making live action remakes of animated stuff

Why do you need two live action adaptations of the same books unless people hated the first one (like Percy Jackson, eragon, etc)

[turbid narwhal]

the shareholders need the money 🥹

[verbal lintel]

Netflix has the rights to remake The Lord of the Rings trilogy, but written like the later season Netflix Witcher

[odd fable]

-# more money for the transphobia machine

[turbid narwhal]

netflix ordering a 10 episode lord of the rings show with shawn levy as the show runner, i'll be there

[lucid haven]

clearly the accelaration of jk's wealth wasnt good enough for the shareholders of said wealth so that means that they had to push a new thing to a new generation

i would probs bet that her merch sales have been going down in recent years

[muted solar]

I mean, I would love to see HP fade into obscurity

[lucid haven]

same

but that is not the case when you are a billionare

[muted solar]

Yeah… I mean I enjoyed it as a kid and all. Granted idk that I ever saw movies 6 or 7 part 1. But nothing they do will ever get me to engage with the franchise again

[frank quail]

Pluribus E6 (first 5 minutes) ||The White Powder is people. Oh My Goooood https://tenor.com/IFJ9.gif ||

||Mr King of the World actually makes me nauseous||

[lone canyon]

I can get it if they want to focus on the slice of life aspect of HP

It’s gotten a lot of controversy straight off the bat because of Rowling and then also the Snape casting

[lucid haven]

snape casting is just dumb

[lone canyon]

But I assume it will still do numbers

Just by being HP

[lone canyon]

It feels in bad taste to me on multiple levels lol

[lucid haven]

so many levels

it just changes the story soo much

[crystal brook]

Id argue lots of the HP characters are already made in bad taste so its just par for the course

[frank quail]

Pluribus E6 ||This is exactly where my mind went. She should have said "no derivatives of my body"||

[oak ivy]

i just looked it up. why would they do that

[molten jetty]

No fr because why

[keen flax]

I learned HP lore just to know more about the shape pick 🙃

[oak ivy]

the truth is that harry potter doesnt have the narrative bones to sustain expansion and spin offs and such. rowling barely held it together in the seven books. all of this seems to be floundering

[keen flax]

I, for one, cant wait to see how they try to do the backstory from a distance 🥴

God im cracking up already and its sending me into a coughing fit 😭

[ivory night]

fantastic beasts 2 is one of the worst movies I’ve ever seen

[oak ivy]

real

[heavy anchor]

I maintain that fantastic beasts should have been a high budget faux documentary show

With newt traveling all over

[ivory night]

The first movie was fine! It was a solid movie

[keen flax]

So what happened 👀🍿

[ivory night]

They made an incoherent mess of a second movie which also undercut the ending of the books

[keen flax]

I knew that first part, not the second though 🤔

[oak ivy]

i dont think the first movie holds up on rewatch

movie 2 is actually a 1/10

[ivory night]

Broader story: incoherent mess, terrible decisions

Actual movie part of movie: just absolutely awful on every level

[molten jetty]

Do you mean snape

[frank quail]

we already had the perfect doc to copy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walking_with_Dinosaurs

[oak ivy]

the male comedic relief character getting drugged and held against this will by a hot woman and this being played for laughs was a wild narrative decision

[minor ledge]

all the hps are horrible

[keen flax]

Yes I did queen, thanks 😂

[minor ledge]

i thought this before rowling did her bs too lmao

[molten jetty]

No prob because I know exactly what you’re talking about

[ivory night]

I went with a friend and they asked me what was happening with the story mid film and I legit was like “I have no clue”

Just an absolute mess

Oh no I’m fine with it being terrible

[keen flax]

It wasnt even a "so bad its ironically kinda funny" kinda thing??

[ivory night]

Nope

[keen flax]

[oak ivy]

it redefines what it means to be bad

the baby swap mind control nonsense was insanity

[keen flax]

The... the what

[oak ivy]

it is worse than you think

[ivory night]

A plot line delivered via the most nonsense flashbacks

[oak ivy]

https://youtu.be/9AYVX6_6R2U?si=WZKmpYZaFXMvowMB

just watch this and save yourself 2 hours

[keen flax]

I LOVE COSMONAUT!

[gritty sierra]

I know him from overwatch videos a million years ago

[molten jetty]

The new HP show + books all ||race swapped Snape. Which in and of itself is fine. What is not fine is the fact Harry’s dad bullied Snape badly. Harry also immediately dislikes Snape upon meeting him. It will be very 🫤 because yeah. ||

[turbid narwhal]

2 and 3 just don't work because of how much they tried to shoehorn the dumbledore and grindelwald stuff, I don't get why that had to be involved

the acting also just kinda sucks

[keen flax]

||funny enough I havent read a page of the series and yet I know they apparently hung Snape from a tree????? And now you want him to be black?????? Oh yeah, I cant wait for this mess 🥴||

[molten jetty]

HP ||race swap literally anyone else and its fine but why pick the one that will be super problematic||

[molten jetty]

EXACTLY

[cold sequoia]

||specifically bullied him for his status as a mudblood...||

[oak ivy]

||rowling didnt write any not white characters bc UK and has been trying to cover her ass for 15 years||

||but bc the story is narratively bankrupt she cant just write new characters||

[molten jetty]

||which is fine but like swap Mcgonagol or Dumbledore or smth||

[ivory night]

SMH || Cho Chang|| erasure

[oak ivy]

||is hermione black in this one too?||

[minor ledge]

not the worst possible raceswap

[ivory night]

She really named her that

[molten jetty]

Also idc but the original cast is too iconic

[cold sequoia]

||yes i believe so||

[oak ivy]

||she made out with harry once||

[oak ivy]

race swapping hermione does literally nothing

[molten jetty]

True

[keen flax]

Who's the one dude... (HP) ||my man kingsley?? Kingsley shacklebolt, theres him 🥴||

[cold sequoia]

This is hermione
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabella_Stanton

[oak ivy]

inb4 voldemort is afgan

[ivory night]

Oh yeah him

[keen flax]

I think about him once a month and I dont even know what he does, if he does anything at all

[ivory night]

Like I get the kids signing up to the show but the adults…

[molten jetty]

Maggie Smith and Alan Rickman cannot be replaced okay

[oak ivy]

ok he was a baller but yikes all around

[odd fable]

their arguments so far have been "well SOMEONE's getting a lot of money so it might as well be me"

[turbid narwhal]

||The irish character called seamus finnigan blowing everything up was a bit too on the nose||

[minor ledge]

Oh yeah thats such a bad name bc there both surnames and ones korean too 😭

[keen flax]

Wow did Rowling just have beef with everyone what is this 🤣

[ivory night]

Also like people just played these roles like 15 years ago!!!!

[oak ivy]

not being that good a writer is tough

[odd fable]

https://tenor.com/view/hello-money-giveittome-mr-krabs-spongebob-gif-4184913

[oak ivy]

also the perils of writing modern/urban fantasy

dresden files has similar quirks

[molten jetty]

And the movies were such cultural hits that it’s impossible to fulfill that huge shadow

[odd fable]

glad I dropped out of the fandom around the time she claimed that learning to be an animagus requires crystal phials and death's head hawkmoths...but that Native Americans had been doing it forever

[minor ledge]

feel bad for the kids

tbh

[molten jetty]

It’s gonna be a disaster

[keen flax]

I will admit the lil new Harry is super cute

[oak ivy]

is dresden files ever getting another adaptation

[keen flax]

That would be my son if I gave a damn

[odd fable]

they're gonna get Phantom Menace Anakin'd so hard

[molten jetty]

Yeah I don’t mind the kids as much but like this is a series where my mind is forever ingrained either the movie cast so it isn’t the new cast’s fault (aside from signing up for a pointless cash grab) but it really is impossible to make this a hit again

[turbid narwhal]

the only good casting is anton lesser as Ollivander

i can't take any of the other ones seriously

[ivory night]

It’s funny because the audience was there for the video game but this show is just nostalgia bait for millennials

[empty locust]

I was gonna comment about the netflix issue but I guess yall beat me

[minor ledge]

increidlbe that with how horrible it is for the fate of movies it was still probably the best outcome

[molten jetty]

instead of remaking HP they should reboot Wheel of Time

[oak ivy]

i wouldnt hold your breath on that one

[keen flax]

or just hard focus on the eragon tv show haha what about that guys

🥴

[oak ivy]

im thinking more adapting asoiaf side material

[molten jetty]

https://tenor.com/view/so-pissed-im-work-mad-gif-23416426

[oak ivy]

camille be honest do you have a bot that pings you whenever asoiaf is mentioned

[molten jetty]

George write the damn books

[lone canyon]

The thing with got is that, even thought the ending is disappointing or non existent the world itself is so rich! Harry Potter works best as just a Harry Potter story

[molten jetty]

Camille was summoned by ASOIAF

[cold sequoia]

Empire of Yi Ti any day now

[turbid narwhal]

documentary style a world of ice and fire

[cobalt onyx]

A Summons of Ice and Fire

[cold sequoia]

Great Empire of the Dawn show rahhhhh

[oak ivy]

patchface fancams when

[lone canyon]

Hi, here I am

[ivory night]

Oh god we’re like 20 years from them doing a series about the making of the first series

[lone canyon]

If grrm publishes twow I am dropping out of grad school

[oak ivy]

i dont think we talk often enough about how insane the asoiaf and kingiller situations are

its literally been 14 years

[cold sequoia]

Huh?

We are 20 years from a re-adaptation

[turbid narwhal]

i've gone all in on twow 2026

[minor ledge]

im sure one already exists

[oak ivy]

flash forward if grrm publishes twow i am dropping out of my postdoc

[ivory night]

I was thinking more them doing a show like CBS/Paramount did for the godfather because they’re out of ideas

[oak ivy]

i hope asoiaf get re adapted

[lone canyon]

||that’s not true, she wrote the two Indian twins with no personalities and Cho Chang||

[oak ivy]

prime candidate

[lone canyon]

SAME

THEY SHOULD PUT ME IN CHARGE OF IT

[minor ledge]

my secret to immortality is that i made a deal with a eldritch god that ill die when twow comes out

[molten jetty]

Hear me out: Wheel of Time but it doesn’t get cancelled

[cold sequoia]

A book accurate ASOIAF adaptation would go so hard

[ivory night]

Gentleman bastards is up their too

[cold sequoia]

Don't even need TWoW

[odd fable]

no more remakes. let us enter the era of spiritual successors

[minor ledge]

Also not made by amazon

[lone canyon]

I’m basing the Lannisters on late 1400s Italy and the Starks and Northmen on the people of the Caucuses

[turbid narwhal]

asoiaf anime when

[molten jetty]

Amazon lost rights to it

[cold sequoia]

Give me [asoiaf] ||Lady Stoneheart, Patchface, Ghost of Highheart, etc|| and my life is yours

[oak ivy]

wot has the inverse problem the asoiaf show had

[lone canyon]

If grrm publishes twow I am quitting my job and abandoning my husband and children to liveblog about twow for five years

[minor ledge]

wheel of time can only truly be adapted when we return to 24 episode seasons to truly replicate the filler and meandering

[molten jetty]

No I agree

[oak ivy]

wheel of time needs to be a CW show

[molten jetty]

Give me 24 episode seasons with Merlin levels of budget

[ivory night]

-# I think it would’ve been fine with like 10

[molten jetty]

It would be perfect

[ivory night]

I am sad we’re never getting the edited down version of the slog

[oak ivy]

i want more brandon crashouts

[ivory night]

Don’t worry y’all there are 3 more seasons of rings of power coming

[minor ledge]

wheel of time needs like 10% of it cut out

[molten jetty]

I’m mad about a lot

[oak ivy]

35%

[molten jetty]

So many scenes I wanted to see

WoT show ||doesn’t help I was robbed of epic Rand in s1-2||

||I get why but he is my fav character ||

[molten jetty]

No keep it all

[oak ivy]

yall the 2045 malazan hbo series will go hard trust

[keen flax]

Oh that reminds me

No i dont need to read malazan

I need to watch Bladrunner

[cold sequoia]

You do

[molten jetty]

I thought you were gonna say “I need to read WoT” 😭

[oak ivy]

the crazy thing is malazan is still going

[ivory night]

Studio execs gonna be confused by the series to the point where they insist on the dumbest changes

[cold sequoia]

The original is good but 2049 is a rare legacy sequel that is head and shoulders above the original

[dusk hound]

Yes, Woman of Tomorrow

Great comic

Read it

[oak ivy]

reading wot is a commitment

malazan. light and breezey

[dusk hound]

It’s only 12 issues smh

[keen flax]

stares at the books... and movies.... and tvs shows i promised everyone id watch 🫩

[dusk hound]

Can read it in a day

[keen flax]

Not vefore I finish absolute superman

My fictional not real bf comes first... second, after my real bf 😂

[molten jetty]

Lmao

[cold sequoia]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/400656097544896512/1446919640201695292/IMG_3277.png?ex=6935bc6c&is=69346aec&hm=d43f95062cf264d8c8bb46512b198834b05dc29c62be6dc6d4a345db6e7beec1&

[crystal brook]

He has a half japanese child too

[lilac hull]

If Netflix acquires Warner bros, put their movies on your platform, dang it.

[frank quail]

that won't happen for a a few years
I'm sure they'll be making a pinky promise to keep Max and Netflix separate to "maintain market competition"

[smoky root]

In those countries where HBO Max isn't available already, it's shows would just be made available through Netflix

After 3rd party distribution agreements lapse

[lone canyon]

This is the lowest estimate I’ve heard lol

By page count it probably needs 50% cut

[winged mountain]

I think I'd put the 'needs' at around 30%, though it could certainly survive a 50% cut

[cold sequoia]

I think they will keep it seperate (at least at first) more for marketing reasons rather than for legal reasons. HBO and Netflix have different connotations and I think they will want to keep the HBO brand

[cobalt onyx]

If I had to make a guess, I'd suspect that they'll keep as technically separate platforms for a while because of bundles and ongoing contracts, but start bundling HBO subs with the ad-powered Netflix sub and Netflix subs with whatever the cheapest level of HBO access is. That'll probably last until someone decides it's cheaper to kill the remaining active contracts/bundles and merge the consumer data they've been collecting than it is to maintain two tech stacks

[cold sequoia]

Yeah I don't think they will keep them seperate apps for long but I think the HBO brand is too valuable to toss

[ivory night]

HBO still makes a bunch of money from cable subs

[cold sequoia]

Sure but for streaming I dont see them keeping the apps (or more importantly subscriptions) seperate

[ivory night]

Yeah I think there might be separation like Disney+ and Hulu

Where you can bundle them and then raise prices but not enough that people who just want Netflix will drop it

Like if you merge and bake the hbo price into Netflix all at once it’s probably not ideal given how churn heavy Netflix is already

I am worried about what they’ll cancel due to regulatory pressure

[west escarp]

https://www.tumblr.com/timetoboldlygo/802229669195890688/okay-the-thing-is-is-gotham-is-in-new-jersey-and

the gay force unites us all

okay the thing is is gotham is in new jersey and in new jersey it's illegal to pump your own gas which means there is a non-zero chance that the batmobile has pulled into a gas station and some minimum wage teen has to literally go out there and pump batman's gas

-# #realistically they buy cans and fill up the batmobile in the cave #but play with me in this space #batman's NEVER had a long day and realized he spent way more time in teh car than he thought and is low on gas? of course he has #and batman sends out his 12 yr old to run into the gas station with twenty bucks like everyone else who doesn't want to go out in the cold #some bored teen is wiping down batman's windows with a squeegee and u kno it #dcu

Tumblr · Dec 7, 2025, 12:03 AM

[dusk hound]

We’ve never been more back in the entire history of back https://x.com/screentime/status/1997404201362620672?s=46

ScreenTime (@screentime)

The first trailer for 'SUPERGIRL' will reportedly release online Thursday, December 11

(via: @DanielRPK)

X · Dec 6, 2025, 8:34 PM

0/10 trailer if they don’t show the horse

Give the people what they want James

[dusk hound]

She really kept her composure, crazy https://fxtwitter.com/popcrave/status/1997075706392584373?s=46

Pop Crave (@PopCrave)

Ariana Grande reacts to Adam Sandler saying “6 or 7” during their #ActorsOnActors convo.

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FxTwitter · Dec 5, 2025, 10:48 PM

[forest wigeon]

the face of "oh no someone's going to clip this"

(she was right)

[muted solar]

Wild Robot was such a cute movie omg

Watched Bone Lake and then Wild Robot tonight. Both very enjoyable movies. Wildly different vibes. Very interesting set of movies to do back to back lmfao

[buoyant scroll]

She actually commented on instagram that she was just reacting to the idea of doing that many emotional scenes back to back and has no idea what 6-7 is xD

[west escarp]

https://www.tumblr.com/plipaya/796223278339555328/cringetober-2025-day-1-overpowered-shes-just

P L I P A Y A

Cringetober 2025 Day 1: Overpowered

She's just saving it for later <3

-# #cringetober 2025 #cringetober 2025 day 1 #cringetober 2025 overpowered #mary poppins #moonlight greatsword #fromsoftware #fanart #digital art #my art #plipaya

Tumblr · Oct 1, 2025, 4:54 PM

[stoic falcon]

Having never played a souls game, I assumed that was a shardblade until I read the tags

[crystal brook]

I have and still thought it was a shardblade at first glance

[sage finch]

Moonlight greatsword has a distinct look

[verbal lintel]

https://tenor.com/view/bloodborne-ludwig-guiding-moonlight-gif-5220904500856857901

https://tenor.com/view/moonlight-ludwig-bloodborne-gif-21829853

[paper hull]

It's so iconic they even put it in Armored Core

And E33 has a sword that is in an extremely obvious homage to it

[crimson kelp]

Me who played dozens of fantasy rpgs before ever reading a Brando book: it's a generic fantasy bigsword

[paper hull]

GLOWING fantasy bigsword thank you very much 😤

[crimson kelp]

it does concern me a little that there's a segment of fantasy readers whose entire entry in to the genre is <every single thing Brandon Sanderson and also lots of cosmere fanfic> who get "Boss Baby vibes" from everything when they begin to step outside of BS output.

[paper hull]

TBF I think most of that segment are confined to this server.

Or the strange land of forums that I sometimes hear about.

[small quarry]

i've seen it somewhat often out there

[paper hull]

Anecdotally I've not met many Sanderfans just in the wild. 😔 Most people's knowledge of fantasy comes from LoTR, GoT, and/or romantasy.

[crimson kelp]

not to demean them or say it's their fault but it's kinda a... casualty? I guess of how all-encompassing Sanderson is and the enormous amount of output he has, though maybe it's just a fandom thing in general? I see it from, like Harry Potter Adults who never read anything outside of that when they see/hear of something tangentially fantasy-ish too.

[paper hull]

When I first began reading the Cosmere I boss baby'd Shardblades off the Spirit Blades from Dragon Age Inquisition.

Which are glowing fantasy bigswords made from a willing spirit brought from across the Veil (realm transition)

[crystal brook]

I saw a big sword in a brandon sanderson server at a glance

are there that many people that only read Brandon?

[crimson kelp]

I feel like it's somewhat common when people begin

[west escarp]

Yes, they’re mostly on Reddit and deeply annoying

[crimson kelp]

at least from interacting with people on here and reddit

it's why /r/fantasy kinda hates Sanderson

[west escarp]

To the point that Reddit now hates Sanderson

Jinx

[paper hull]

Wait r/fantasy actually has a good reason for hating Sanderson?

I thought they just hated him as a groupthink kinda deal

[crimson kelp]

people got real tired of "I've read 50 fantasy books and they're all by brandon sanderson and he's the greatest fantasy author ever and I will now recommend him in every thread"

[west escarp]

Scroll through any rec thread and see how long it takes to find someone trying to get you to read him

[crimson kelp]

"I want a recommendation for a fantasy romance"
"Brandon sanderson"

I think it's a lot less now than it was at the height of his explosion of growth

but for a few years it was everywhere

[crystal brook]

arguably the same could be said for the majority of r/fantasy readers only reading fantasy

which im certainly mostly guilty of myself too

[small quarry]

i don't think its nearly the same? in a sense of like. Like, i think everyone could read more than fantasy from time to time but as a genre it is a million times wider than all of brandon works

[silver oyster]

Mistborn was what got me back into reading, so there was a good chunk of time when Brando was the only author I read

[paper hull]

And also still remarkably niche in the broader literature world

[crimson kelp]

I think it's natural he's very accessible and has a lot of content, as I said not trying to demean people just sorta explain the reaction I guess?

[molten jetty]

Redditors? Annoying? /s

[paper hull]

He's dipped his toe into many aspects of fantasy. Like, he's not a romantasy specialist by any stretch but someone could still legitimately throw Yumi in the rec list for that genre.

[molten jetty]

and Yumi is better than most romantasy I’ve read

[molten jetty]

Nowadays I see Malazan recced for everything instead lmao

[crimson kelp]

heh Malazan is like the anti-sanderson in a lot of ways

I just do my duty and lob Earthsea at everyone who walks past.

or RotE for people who like emotional damage

[paper hull]

Back in 2022 we had a glorious moment of fandom alliance with Malazan for the r/place 😤

[crimson kelp]

lately I need to get back to reading new things tho, too easy to fall in to comfort rereads but depression is 🙁

[crystal brook]

I finished Assassin's Apprentice recently and I dont think theyre massively similar, but the tone and possibly some of the prose felt more similar than anything else ive read, to a wizard of earthsea

[molten jetty]

Oh that’s the other one that gets recced a lot

[west escarp]

Also Dungeon Crawler Carl, and I’m so tired of that I refuse to read it

[crystal brook]

I still need to read the farthest shore and tehanu

[small quarry]

oh this one i do get annoyed at

[crystal brook]

I read wizard and atuan far too long ago

[small quarry]

i dont want to read this DCC thing idk if people enjoy it just stop shoving it down everyone's throat 😭

[crimson kelp]

I can see that, I think both are very well written and while their style of prose isn't exactly the same in both cases I'd say it's more evocative than overly descriptive and somewhat minimalist (not that they aren't descriptive but both Le Guin and Hobb can paint a picture with a paragraph that might take writers more inclined to dense description pages) and thematically both are more introspective and to some extent melancholic, and not really focused on action.

[small quarry]

and like, i read similar stuff to it, i feel it would be something i enjoy but the vibes are off lol

[crimson kelp]

and yeah I think this does happen with other things that are newer and popular

see also Cradle and in general the explosion of LitRPG and progression stuff

[silver oyster]

only times I get annoyed at recommendations are when people blatantly ignore the specific types of stories a person asked for and just drop their favorites
bonus points if they recommend the thing you actually mentioned reading before

I don't really get being annoyed at specific things I haven't read and never will, but whatever floats your boat

[small quarry]

I like a specific subset of progresion fantasy and lit-rpg adjacent stuff but cradle which i have read fully and DCC are so not my thing

[silver oyster]

actually, no I lied

[stoic falcon]

For me its less the generic big sword and more the specific looks of it. I recognize greatswords are a standard fantasy thing of course. I would also say I'm hyperfixated on the cosmere, so even recognizing that I'll be more likely to make a connection to the cosmere than other ips

[silver oyster]

I hate when people recommend One Piece

[small quarry]

see i was thinking i could recommend you this manga-

[crystal brook]

I wouldnt know anyone like that

[crimson kelp]

"just trust me bro, 1000 issues and you'll be caught up"

[crystal brook]

being caught up is the worst bit

because then theres no more

take your time and savour it!

its certainly a shorter read than things like RotE or Malazan

[muted solar]

Wait what does this even mean?

[crystal brook]

its a meme about people who have only seen one thing before and compare everything new they see to it

[muted solar]

This is the most compelling pitch for Earthsea I’ve ever gotten.

Granted I already was planning to read the series eventually and just bought them all on Audible the other day

[silver oyster]

I find it harder to check out people's book recs than media, for obvious financial reasons. Streaming services are great at letting you check out new stuff

[muted solar]

Ken Liu also does an incredible job at doing a lot with very little. Like he has told a whole love story in a few pages more effectively than some do in entire books

[crystal brook]

Ive only read the first two and they were both instant five star reads for me

[muted solar]

Ahh very interesting

[muted solar]

Will have to figure out how to slide them into the docket sooner rather than later. Will probably aim for them to be 2026 reads at some point

[west escarp]

Man imagine how annoying it would be for someone to constantly try to get you to read their favorite manga

[novel bear]

Codenames you should read Kasane

[west escarp]

That would be annoying for you and them, right

[muted solar]

I don’t think I’ve ever read any manga now that I think about it

[oak ivy]

I disagree

[topaz oyster]

I wish that were the case. It is kind of a known hazard in other book spaces and especially in fantasy book spaces that if you ask for a specific recommendation for some kind of book you're interested in reading, a good percentage of your recommendations will be Sanderson books that do not fit the bill at all

To be honest, I was not expecting the DSNX crowd to be a lot more normal and a lot less greasy than other similar crowds I've encountered over the years as a result

[west escarp]

Well I dont find it annoying. It’s shifted to being funny

[west escarp]

Hey now it’s not a MtG con.

[topaz oyster]

That actually is what I was expecting

[west escarp]

The worst part about dating trans women is how many of them want to get me into Magic. Sorry, I don’t want to spend time with the typical player of that game. While stereotypes aren’t always accurate, that one is

[muted solar]

That’s when you get her into Flesh and Blood instead

[dusk hound]

https://x.com/taiphamsmanager/status/1997479107026927683?s=46&t=T8X7TRwP-DqXI19LDmH3Hw

yoki ꗞ (@TAIPHAMSMANAGER)

Green lanterns are just magical girls targeted towards a male audience if you really think about it

X · Dec 7, 2025, 1:31 AM

[oak ivy]

Green lanterns predate magical girls

[dusk hound]

https://tenor.com/view/no-pixels-cant-see-ben-chang-community-ken-jeong-gif-17361588

[dusk hound]

BANGhttps://fxtwitter.com/supergirl/status/1997773200202314183?s=46

Supergirl (@supergirl)

Teaser trailer this week. #Supergirl

**💬 73 🔁 237 ❤️ 570 👁️ 2.7K **

▶ Play video

FxTwitter · Dec 7, 2025, 9:00 PM

[frank quail]

what is this? A teaser for a teaser for the actual trailer?

which just a teaser for the actual move

[wraith sand]

https://youtu.be/Tuy6IdyW5B8?si=xpAy0qxzItFM7b9D

Pretty catchy song.

[dusk hound]

Trailer drops on Thursday, this is just a teaser for the trailer

A lot of movies do it, I think it’s stupid

[topaz oyster]

https://tenor.com/view/di-caprio-eyes-glance-gif-2455388870915915456

[dusk hound]

The drip is immaculate https://fxtwitter.com/discussingfilm/status/1997774193815888123?s=46

DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm)

First look at Milly Alcock as Kara Zor-El in ‘SUPERGIRL’
︀︀
︀︀In theaters on June 26, 2026.

**💬 87 🔁 721 ❤️ 8.7K 👁️ 122.1K **

FxTwitter · Dec 7, 2025, 9:04 PM

Performance of the decade coming

[cold sequoia]

For better or worse its seen as more serious fantasy and also doesn't have the baggage of ASOIAF or Rothfuss (the main series is finished)

Oh

Didnt realize discord had be that far back

Also thought this was #1404497733108236318

[ionic lily]

I really dislike that it’s almost always without any content warnings

[cold sequoia]

I do not think thats unique to Malazan

But yeah in a well written rec it'd have content warnings

[ionic lily]

Malazan needs more of them than most

[cold sequoia]

#1404497733108236318 message

[gritty sierra]

pluribus all general ||someone on tumblr just drew the connection between the hive and conversion camp (which carol WAS sent to! 😭) and honestly, the intelligence of the fandom around this show makes me wish i like the show, it's bringing out a LOT of good meta||

||they ARE trying to forcibly convert her into being something other than she is! it's all just conversion therapy!||

also oh no, i saw a post on tumblr and now feeling the STRONG desire to watch m*a*s*h all over again.... but i just did this with homestuck and am now deep into act 3 😩 when will the urge to reread/rewatch let me out of its claws

[muted solar]

There is no escape

[gritty sierra]

nostalgia wins by renewing itself, all the time

if a piece of media isn't actually that good, i'll realize in the reread and eventually the feelings sort of fade

but if a media has Something to it, something good, something magnetic.... i'll reread and go, oh damn this IS good actually

and there i go, in my feelings and thoughts about it again after a decade

[keen flax]

.... maybe I should rewatch my little pony friendship is magic

Youre making a good argument to return to my roots

[gritty sierra]

👀

it's fun to reread!

2025 was kinda... Bad!!! in some ways!! i reread/rewatched a TON this year

i guess my brain needed the comfort of something i KNEW was gonna be good

[keen flax]

It is very comforting to go back to the Happy Place™️, agreed

[dusk hound]

All in all this was a very meh year for me

Not much happened

Obviously DC made a comeback in cinema and I’m not longer ashamed to say I like DC

But other than that

Just meh year

[keen flax]

Oh I was never ashamed of liking DC, I knew my truth

I was just sick of people looking at me crazy whenever I said I did

[gritty sierra]

(12 tamora pierce books reread this year, for a START)

[ionic lily]

Are you sure that was about DC?

[keen flax]

🥴

[gritty sierra]

what if i cosplay dave strider.......................

y'all..............

i guess i might have to cut and dye my hair

[keen flax]

That would be cute!!

[muted solar]

Yeah the eragon reread didn’t go so well for eragon…

Meanwhile atla and korra rewatches always are a good time, and I enjoyed all of the partial shirts creek rewatch I had been working on

Though the Eragon reread brought great disappointment because it was foundational for me as a kid

[keen flax]

-# it didnt go well for me either

[oak ivy]

It is funny when you return to something you used to love and it feels like god flips a coin

[gritty sierra]

ooop, made it to the Intermission in Homestuck! :D

[distant birch]

Mmm do I watch Wicked today

[keen flax]

yessssss haze

[distant birch]

Mmmmaybe

I'm not 100% sure it's my sort of thing but everyone I know* says so many good things about it

-# my gf is the only person I know who didn't love it

[dusk hound]

Perhaps

[molten jetty]

(It’s me I didn’t love it)

[distant birch]

Nvm then now it's two people

[molten jetty]

But I’m a musical boomer who was just too used to the original vocal sound to like anything new

[keen flax]

And im on the other end where Elphaba is literally me and I love her because shes so me sooo take that as you will 😅

[distant birch]

Elphaba is the green one?

[keen flax]

Yes :3

[distant birch]

Right

And glinda is the pink one

[molten jetty]

Which is super valid and awesome

[keen flax]

Mhm! I will say nothing else

[distant birch]

Maybe ill at least get a copy of it today

I've also got Succession I'm meant to be watching...

I've got enough I want to be watching right now for me to end up watching none of it

[molten jetty]

Also we stan Elphaba the goat. Formative character fr.

[west escarp]

@james Gunn I need the shapeshifting magical angel Pegasus horse boyfriend. Comet or bust!!!

[ionic lily]

Its just Loki

[west escarp]

No, it’s Comet

Supergirl’s horse/boyfriend who is sometimes a Pegasus and sometimes an Angel and sometimes a guy cursed to change forms

And sometimes a woman (#diversity, genderfluid bisexual shapeshifting magic horse Angel Pegasus)

[keen flax]

It kinda felt like finding a disney princess again

[molten jetty]

Watching Wicked as a kid defined me lol

Love Elphaba so much

[keen flax]

Yeah i can see how 😂

[west escarp]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet_(DC_Comics)

[dusk hound]

She looks like a person that would have a relationship with a horse

[muted solar]

It is in fact very good

[muted solar]

I think you mean the inferior one

[dusk hound]

If you told me they were related I would NOT believe you

Which is exactly how it should be

[minor ledge]

finished what was existing of ST s5

what the hell was that finale

[distant birch]

What part of it?

[lucid haven]

What do you mean by st here

[minor ledge]

stranger things

[minor ledge]

ST S5||Will getting powers and the weird psychic lady from s2 coming back||

[sage finch]

ST s5 ||I liked it. Will suffered from the upside down, about time he gets something back||

[sage finch]

Have fun, goated movie

[distant birch]

I've now got a copy of Wicked. I'll probably watch it tomorrow

[placid river]

Badlands was pretty solid! ||Thia made the film for me. Otherwise very fun if a little cliched. Bud being a kallisk actually got me, I wasn’t expecting that at all||

[velvet oriole]

I watched stranger things s5 e1, I feel like I need a recap of 1-4

[west escarp]

https://www.tumblr.com/oasisr/735810560343588866/after-hearing-simply-having-a-wonderful-christmas

꧁𝕵𝖊𝖘𝖚𝖘 𝖎𝖘 𝕷𝖔𝖗𝖉꧂

after hearing "simply having a wonderful christmas time" by paul mccartney 74 times while working in retail, I came to the conclusion that they shot the wrong beatle

-# #meme #christmas #Christmas music #paul mccartney #the beatles #beatles #dark humor #retail #fast food #work #job #seasonal #seasonal worker #funny #lol #yes i am using a lot of tags because i want everyone to see this and laugh with me #welcome to the comedy of hate

Tumblr · Dec 4, 2023, 9:00 PM

[frank quail]

so glad I don't work retail anymore

[inland jetty]

At my old store, we gradually shifted from "no christmas music" to "all christmas music" throughout the entire month of november, and even in december we still played some non-christmas stuff every once in a while.
At my new store, we stopped playing non-christmas music on November 2nd

[winged mountain]

there's always another christmas song, if they stop playing one that drives you crazy it'll be another

[molten jetty]

Wait Netflix owns Game of Thrones lmao

[frail mulch]

I wonder if there'll be weirdness like when Disney acquired Fox and projects were in limbo (mostly thinking about the reintegratino of X-Men into MCU)\

[cold sequoia]

I don't think there is anything that Netflix owns which will be reintegrated with something Warner Bros owns

I think the Disney/Hulu merger is closer to what this will turn out to be

[frail mulch]

I guess I'm thinking along the lines of these: https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/cnfixp/a_comprehensive_list_of_all_the_former_fox/

oh nvm some of that is somebody having fun

confusing because some of those WERE projects that are still floating around like The Sims movie https://thedirect.com/article/the-sims-movie-margot-robbie-barbie-lego-movie

[dusk hound]

This is actually crazy to me https://fxtwitter.com/godsandmortais/status/1998099975306428470?s=46

wonder. (@godsandmortaIs)

supergirl’s teaser preview has already surpassed both superman’s teaser preview and the full teaser in likes btw

**💬 12 🔁 39 ❤️ 610 👁️ 6.3K **

FxTwitter · Dec 8, 2025, 6:38 PM

Superman really gained people’s trust back in DC

[lucid haven]

superman really showed me mabey there is some hope left in the world

and we can address and talk about issues in the world in hopeful ways

[dusk hound]

And now you get to watch a movie about a girl who watches her entire planet explode as she’s helpless to do anything

This movie really needs to nail Kara’s backstory

It’s one of the things that makes Woman of Tomorrow click for me

[west escarp]

We must now cancel Jimmy Olsen

[dusk hound]

https://tenor.com/view/walter-white-walter-hank-walter-screaming-walter-yelling-gif-26473309

[ivory night]

What the hell is this

[dusk hound]

“NO JIMMY!!! NOOOO”

[placid river]

Silver Age Superman was wild

[west escarp]

https://comicsarcheology.com/index.php/2021/02/24/jimmy-olsen-86/

For context, this blog has the whole story

[inland jetty]

It was somehow less coherant than I was expecting, and I'm familiar with why those silver age stories are like that

[west escarp]

Yeah Jimmy just becomes a Nazi

[lucid haven]

Well... it was more hopeful because we can still treat superman as the Uber woke

And I dont expect supergirl to be different on that front

[dusk hound]

It’s gonna be very akin to Guardians 3 I think

Space adventure with humorous moments but also very serious undertones

[ionic lily]

What the hell

[minor ledge]

not that bad for silverage comics

[dusk hound]

Honestly would love to see him direct a Constantine or Justice League Dark movie https://x.com/SuperSagaNews/status/1998170903591399914?s=20

Superman Saga News (@SuperSagaNews)

Guillermo del Toro says he isn't involved with the DCU, but contacts James Gunn from time to time and loved 'Superman'

"Now and then, I write him about something else he's doing right. I think he's remarkably smart. I loved 'Superman'. I really enjoy the way he's viewing the

X · Dec 8, 2025, 11:20 PM

[distant birch]

That was in talks for a while wasn't it?

[dusk hound]

Really?

That would have been dope

[distant birch]

Pre gunn I think

[empty locust]

The Hunger Games has so many good scenes!

[distant birch]

Wicked time 🍿

Part 1

Wicked pt1 ||glinda has dead wife flashbacks of elphaba||

||goodness me her dad is horrible||

[distant birch]

Wicked ||yikes, I wasn't expecting this to be quite so serious||

Wicked/stormlight ||what's adolin doing here?||

[dusk hound]

Wicked/stormlight ||Boq is Renarin and Fiyero is Adolin, my headcanon||

[distant birch]

Wicked/sla ||fiyero screams adolin to me||

Wicked ||mm I don't love galinda||

[heavy anchor]

I had no idea what I was expecting but that was far more wild than I could have possibly imao

[distant birch]

Wicked ||galinda's getting better but it still feels... wrong. It feels like she's doing it more for her than elphaba||

||I did not expect fiyero to help out||

[acoustic pewter]

Um... What.

Is this from the same era of comics where Superman spanks Jimmy Olsen for being a bad boy

[west escarp]

Yes

That’s less wierd though. Spanking used to be a legit form of discipline for a child. There is no excuse for joining the Nazi party, James

[inland jetty]

For reference, the story as I've been told is that for this era of Superman, one common tactic for getting people to buy issues was for the artists to make the cover first, and for the writers to figure out how the hell you arrive at that point afterwards

[distant birch]

Wicked pt1 ||elphaba is very cool||

[placid river]

True, but usually the cover is just “clickbait” for lack of a better word. If Jimmy joined the Nazis on the cover but the story turned out to make more sense that would be one thing, having the actual story be “Jimmy joins the Nazis” is just bonkers

[wet quest]

Final Review of Stranger Things Season 5:
Good

[topaz oyster]

I keep forgetting that exists, and is (mostly?) out

[forest wigeon]

It's gonna be a while before I can watch it

[sacred slate]

New Stargate Show runner is going to do his first interview since the announcement on this YouTube program tomorrow https://youtube.com/live/sZZaAgn0YWM

[gritty sierra]

i bet youtube recap cut off before the MASSIVE INFLUX of chernobyl reaction content i've been watching lately

now youtube is just shoving it in my face and i'm just like, mmm again? don't mind if i do...

[minor ledge]

i do not agree lmao

[buoyant scroll]

A Guillermo Hellblazer would be rad, but he's not one to be too beholden to comic source, so I wonder if it would make Hellblazer fans double annoyed at adaptations xD

[wet quest]

I've been seeing vague things online of people not liking it, so tomorrow I'm gonna delve into why that is

[minor ledge]

my biggest issue is that it felt afraid to actually say anything

[ionic lily]

Only if he brings back Matt Ryan

[wet quest]

That's kinda the whole show tbf. There's a much bigger focus on aesthetics and getting to really cool scenes than there is on having a deep emotional message

Plus, it's not entirely released yet, just the first four episodes

[distant birch]

Does stranger things actually have anything to say?

[minor ledge]

theyre so close to actually saying something about homophobia and prejudice but then just dont

[distant birch]

I dont think its impossible that they do in vol2 or 3

[small quarry]

When is that even coming out

[distant birch]

Christmas, New Years

I think

[small quarry]

70 years?

[distant birch]

Respectively

[minor ledge]

Dont think itll happen considering S4 was even worse in that regard

[ivory night]

S4 || I mean this season was pretty overtly about teen suicide/depression||

[distant birch]

ST S4 ||I suppose. I guess for me I feel like theres a distinction between having themes and having something to say, and I feel like ST leans more to the former||

[minor ledge]

God s4 would be infinetly better if the ||Russia|| stuff didnt happen and they spent that time on the satanic panic stuff

[minor ledge]

another big issue is that they dont know what to do with like hafl the characters

[acoustic pewter]

My general take on Stranger Things is that season 1 was great, season 2 was even better, season 3 was okay but not on par with the first two, and season 4 was awesome. Yeah, there are kind of some character problems frequently, but the story is good and the series does an incredible job of building up tension.

I forgot part of season 5 is out now. I can't watch it yet though, since it's a show my family watches together, so we each need to be available for it.

Looking forward to it.

[minor ledge]

my take is 1 > 4 > 2 > 3

5 isnt out yet but so far prob goes inbetween 2 and 3

[acoustic pewter]

I think mine is probably 2 = 4 > 1 > 3

I watched Season 2 in such a weird way.

[minor ledge]

2 alright

4 probably has moments where its weaker than 2 though (Most of the last third and the ||russia and bits where mike,johnathonwill and the comedy relief guy are all alone|| plotlines)

overall much stronger tahn 2 though

1s by far the best though

[acoustic pewter]

I saw the first four episodes of Season 2 at a friend's Halloween party the day they released and just didn't get around to the rest for over a year. Then finally, sometime in December of the next year, I finally got around to watching the rest of the season and binged watched all five episodes in one night without my family knowing, going to bed sometime after 2AM.

Goody-two-shoes me felt like such a rebel for that 😆

[minor ledge]

idk its hard bc s5 just feels like nothing

[empty locust]

I really really love love at first sight scenes!

KDH ||When Rumi first sees Jinu||

or when Truman first sees Lauren

or when Adaline first sees Ellis

Reminds me of my own experience

I remember time slowing when we locked eyes

I wonder how they are doing

Probably forgot about me

[civic trellis]

Today on fun news stories: https://www.dexerto.com/tv-movies/woman-hospitalized-after-pluribus-ad-on-smart-fridge-triggers-psychotic-episode-3290678/

[sonic trench]

The idea of a fridge playing you ads at all is already dystopian enough

[full wolf]

Pluribus through 6 ||I feel like I should stop watching at this point but I am kind of willing to see it through to the end of the season. I just feel like there's so much emptiness in this show, like the plot developments feel like a drip feed of pretty simple information, stretched thin to try to make it last, and in between those developments, I'm just not getting enough character work to carry it. There's so much focus on spectacle but it doesn't feel like there's a lot of meaning in it. ||

[civic trellis]

That feels like sunk cost fallacy in action 😅

[ripe stag]

The only conversations I've really heard about Pluribus are about how either ||it has no character development or bafflement at how people can think that because it's packed with character development||.

As I haven't seen it, I cannot comment. But it does appear to be a trend.

[full wolf]

Pluribus 6 ||Like, I get it. It's very creepy and bizarre that they can hack a hotel signboard to talk to her and they can set up a whole grocery store just for one person, and airlift a construction digger into her backyard and they can do these weirdly overpersonal things but it just feels a little repetitive.||

Pluribus ||Carol herself does have... character but there just isn't a lot of space for her to actually develop anything because she spends a lot of time fully alone and even when she's interacting with other characters, the cast is so sparse. It's like the hivemind and the French guy. And I sympathize with the fact that this situation horrifies her and she doesn't really get to grieve the way she needed to, but they do a lot to show that she's kind of an innately miserable and spiteful person even at her best and something about it doesn't really... work for me.||

Pluribus all ||I feel like I can see what they were going for, but it doesn't fully click. Especially because the writing wants this dynamic where the Joined are just so nice and want to give Carol whatever she wants and she's still rude and binchy towards them and doesn't want it. That's the whole premise, right? Everybody's happy but this one miserable person just wants to be miserable. But there's this whole thing where every time she's mean to the hivemind or yells at them or takes her anger out on them, they suffer all this psychic damage and thousands of people die. And I just can't really sympathize with the fact that she keeps doing it because her right to take her emotions out on whoever is around her is more important than a bunch of people's lives. ||

Pluribus 5, legit spoilers ||I think I'm supposed to be on her side with the idea that everything should go back to normal (and the fact that the hivemind is cannibalizing itself and still won't be able to avoid starvation is pretty horrific so we probably should fix that). But she treats the Joined so badly a part of me just wants them to infect her so she stops doing that. I'm way more sympathetic to them than I am to her.||

[lucid haven]

plubrius all ||i think i have enough lived experience of others forcing their beliefs on me or trying to in ways that make me more sympathetic to carol than most. But the show is starting to wear thin on me by just HOW predictable it all is and how i just dont see a world where this dosent turn into some small not impactful and stretched too long concept like other post apoc stuff like last man on earth||

like others have said its basicly a long eppisode of a tv show concept rather than a full drawn out multiple series thing

i kinda wasnt on that side to begin with but the most recent epp has pulled me much more towards that side

Plubrius 6, spoils || the fact that it was literally as predicted to be soylet green just makes me sad, theres so many better angles than we cant feed ourselves because we cant kill, but we can eat humans||

[crystal brook]

pluribus all ||The next episode seemingly is going to follow the Paraguayan a lot more, if not fully, considering its called The Gap and to get to North America he has to drive through the Darien Gap||

[winged mountain]

Pluribus general ||I think it's just more like an '00s show than a '20s show, in the sense that it has a premiere, a finale, and then a bunch of episodes in the middle that just kind of explore the world state without necessarily driving it forward||

[gritty sierra]

Pluribus all even though I'm not caught up ||I think the premise from ep 2, I do not think there's a single thing the hive could do to get me to support it, it's so hideously invasive and violating. the comparison to conversion camp cannot be overstated, and the "nicer" the hive is doesn't take away from how... insidiously violating they are and continue to be. I'm all Carol all the way, even when I didn't want to watch anymore, a great deal of it was because of how thin I found it all, sure, but even in ep 2, I knew I didn't want to watch a whole series of Carol going through the bleakest possible experience of loneliness, violation, and tainted grief that I can imagine||

||let her burn it all down tbh||

[lucid haven]

this

agreed there jmc

[wet quest]

I have yet to see any features of a smart fridge that make me go, "ohhhhh yeah that would be worth connecting another thing in my house to the internet"
But knowing that I can have it auto-boot guests from my house by hitting them with psychic damage is quite the pitch

[civic trellis]

wait hol' up, i haven't watched the show but i've gotta ask ||why was their first solution "cannibalism" and not "going vegan"? Is the implication that there's not enough food with just plants (which makes no sense, our food troubles are due to insufficient logistics, not insufficient production) or is farming considered harming things for them?||

[lucid haven]

||they cant farm because they cant willingly harm any living thing including plants||

[civic trellis]

...

pluribus all? ||i feel like the final plot twist has to be that the virus that joined them all is supposed to make a species wipe itself out||

||like an alien bioweapon that kills you with kindness (and autocannibalism)||

[crystal brook]

pluribus all ||Theres that but it might not be supposed to do anything at all, it might just simply propagate, like a virus||

[lucid haven]

pluribus all || its less auto cannibalism and more it is able to use resources from dead things, so if humans die they can use them for food kinda thing||

[winged mountain]

Pluribus all ||I think that's basically it. 90% of the population is going to die from starvation in the next decade, they projected in the latest episode. I assume that the hivemind will seek to build a giant interstellar radio to replicate itself to the next world before it dies, and that'll be all it cares to do||

[civic trellis]

ah, so it's probably one of those stories

Pluribus all ||One of those "we might save our world but the universe is pretty much dead cause it's just this virus going around everywhere"||

[oak ivy]

Question: is pluribus good?

[civic trellis]

i have not watched it, but opinions here seem to be on the negative side

on the other hand, i have a few coworkers that really enjoy the mystery of it, or at least did a few weeks ago

[lucid haven]

i love the premise

its just explored in ways im not enjoying that much right now

it might come around by the end of the season but idk

[oak ivy]

Is this a “really shouldnt have been 8 episodes” situation

[crystal brook]

I like the cinematography and acting

[crystal brook]

vince gilligan is hoping that its 3 or 4 seasons

[gritty sierra]

that's a "depends who you ask" if I've ever seen one

[oak ivy]

That every prestige high concept story needs to be 8 episodes and multiple seasons is really sad for me.

[ripe stag]

Everyone I know in real life who has seen it (all two of them) seems to really like it.
No one here (so far) seems to like it. :P

[oak ivy]

Very few have been able to justify that structure

[agile drift]

Pluribus all I guess? ||I stopped watching at ep 3 I think, but y'all are saying they start eating people? When does that happen? Might be curious enough to see how that works out||

[crystal brook]

Pluribus all ||I think its mostly speculation for now because its so slow in getting to what the hivemind is doing or thinking about||

[gritty sierra]

I've seen TONS of good stuff around the show, so it's finding its audience and I think the audience is doing some interesting thoughtful stuff (like Crazy Stupid Podcast) but it's also definitely not hitting with everyone

[lucid haven]

pluribus all big spoils answering cultist's question || they are using human derived protein from dead humans they have frozen and then cut up to add calories to their diet because they cant kill ANYTHING||

[agile drift]

That's certainly something

[crystal brook]

||theyre drinking a super milk with all the nutrients and stuff they need without hurting any life or plant life, so for efficiency theyre putting already dead human in it, its not much more interesting than that||

[lucid haven]

oh i replied to the wrong message sory lloyd

[gritty sierra]

||I guess they ran out of already dead plant and animals pretty quick||

[full wolf]

Pluribus all ||I admit I simply do not think they are going to make someone bushwhacking it alone through the Darien Gap interesting. Like, famously there are no roads, no infrastructure there at all. It's one of the most inhospitable places ever and I don't know how this guy who has, himself, been starving for a little while, is going to make it through. But that also doesn't really sound like... plot. Like is he going to find something in there or is it just him surviving in the jungle or something. Ahhh, I'm very cynical.||

[gritty sierra]

how many more episodes this season?

2?

[winged mountain]

it's a 9 episode season

[gritty sierra]

what ep are we at now?

[winged mountain]

6 recently aired

[gritty sierra]

cool

[full wolf]

Ahhh I marked some of my posts wrong

Fixed them

[lucid haven]

same

[muted solar]

Is pluribus worth watching? Idk what it even is. If so I’ll just go in blind, not looking for context or info other than yes watch or nah

[minor ledge]

i should prob watch pluribus but im in the middle of BCS rn so

[frank quail]

I'm enjoying it

[lucid haven]

im enjoying it, i just worry about its longevity also go in blind

[frail mulch]

pluribus all ||yeah, been thinking about that and the radio signal for the RNA sequence because like technically, this isn't so much an alien invasion as something we did to ourselves, but like we generated the RNA virus by copying it by hand... with the radio signal, I almost wonder if it's like a cordyceps thing where it hijacks the host to climb to the highest point to spread spores further||

[full wolf]

I'm not particularly enjoying it anymore, but I admittedly went in with extremely high expectations and probably did it a disservice there

[oak ivy]

feather have you seen the trueman show

[full wolf]

I don't know if I've ever watched it all the way through but I am familiar

[oak ivy]

it reminds me a lot of the way people describe pluribus

but the trueman show is a masterpiece and two hours long

[winged mountain]

The pilot episode was pretty widely acclaimed. It's the episodes that follow that I think people are a bit more mixed on. I think it's absolutely worth watching even if you don't stick around

[topaz oyster]

This is an episode of the X-Files

Not four seasons of TV

I realized that the parts I was enjoying most were the Breaking Bad callbacks and it wasn't close, which meant I wasn't enjoying the show on its own merits

[full wolf]

Four seasons???

Noooo, surely not

[topaz oyster]

That is the stated goal

[full wolf]

I feel like this really needs to be a one-and-done, wrap it up at the end here

There is not four seasons worth of content in this premise!

I don't even think there's one

[full wolf]

I agree, the pilot and probably the episode after it are the strongest

[gritty sierra]

I think there's two if they squished all the plans into fewer

not knowing what their 2 through 4 seasons ideas are, just... pull em forward

let's just see it then

[full wolf]

I know my problem was that I really wanted this to be another Severance. Highly produced present-day-ish sci-fi that explores deep truths about the human experience and what it means to be a person in a unique premise with an intentionally unsettling vibe

And it just doesn't have the same level of oomph in any category as Severance, and the comparison in my head is damning it

The characters aren't as deep, the questions it's asking aren't as interesting, and even the unsettling aesthetics and spectacle aren't hitting as hard

[gritty sierra]

I was hoping it was going to be more horror ||but that completely ended after the first episode 😭 ||

[full wolf]

Lumon is a way creepier and more interesting exploration of human-ness pulled just off center enough to hit max uncanny valley than the Pluribus group imo

But they both felt like they were aiming for that niche

[turbid narwhal]

I watched Blue moon today and it's a great movie. Ethan hawke is brilliant in it, one of the strongest performances of the year

now I wait for sentimental value and no other choice to come for cinema

[crystal brook]

Citypool remains ever strong

[turbid narwhal]

i didn't know the movie was named after that song, so I made a face when they started singing it

[minor ledge]

is it anyone near in quality to breaking bad and bcs?

[full wolf]

i haven't watched those, so

can't compare

[frank quail]

I've been seeing things Vince Gilligan has said about writing both Pluiribus, and BCS and BB before, that make me think he very much follows a pantser philosophy

So I'm here for the season at least, and we'll see if he makes me care enough for S2 and beyond

[topaz oyster]

BB was very much not pantsed, there are two major deviations from the original idea and as far as TV goes that's actually quite low

Breaking Bad ||The deviations were keeping Jesse around and giving a lot more time to develop Gus, resulting in an additional season||

[ivory night]

So um The Lowdown might be the best show I’ve seen this year