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[McTraveller]

That's contradictory; if a sentiment doesn't turn into action, it's not the same response. It's indeed difficult now; my lamentation is, how did it get that far in the first place. If we can stop these "less politically entrenched" people, why didn't we earlier? Why the difference? Is it really just something as petty as money?

Anyway, this is unrelated to television shows.  Back to our regularly scheduled programming - heh, that's become an anachronism, hasn't it?

[Il Palazzo]

Gaiman is toxic now? My literary idol? The gentle giant? What?

[Starver]

Gaiman is toxic now? My literary idol? The gentle giant? What?

First I'd heard of it but, inevitably, its: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Gaiman#Sexual_assault_allegations

Without making any uninformed judgements on this case, it is the current zeitgeist. Either:
* for long-standing muted complainants to now have the courage to become unmuted,
* for long-standing honest errors/misunderstandings to become raised as actual accusations, or
* for other, far less actionable (or even deliberate/realistic/actual), grievances to emerge in an inspired wave of complaints-du-jour.
Pick and choose your 'favourite' interpretation.

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We know he's an outwardly affable person. We know (some) sex-pests can be outwardly affable. But so can actually affable people. If I look like I'm pushing back against due process, I'm not, just a bit wary of The Court Of Popular Opinion dogpiling on anyone like this.

I've no sympathy with the late Mohammed Fayed, but would have prefered a legal process to decide his guilt (prehumously, ideally) or otherwise, as with Saville/etc.

And whether the whole lot of the Gisèle Pericot accused are as complicit as her husband might (probably will) be deigned to be is best left to the courts.

In a different vein, see how rapidly general opinion turned on Chris Kaba, at least outside those who always assumed he was a wrong'un (for fewer reasons than made me comfortable) and those who still hold him up as a wronged angel (despite the revelations).

Not that I'm expecting to see GO s2 any time soon, anyway, due to the increased multipaywall-fragmentation of the entertainment industry and my sheer stubborness (plus practical reasons, like bandwidth) in never subscribing to anything. By the time I might, hopefully proper justice has served whoever actually deserves it. Though stains and suspicions do tend to stick around even upon "the wrong done to them now having been righted" parties...

[Folly]

I finished watching Agatha All Along.

Much like Wandavision before it, AAA had a rough start. First episode badly spoofed old detective shows, then there were several episodes which leaned heavily upon one musical number. But it all led up to a strong finish, with multiple mysteries unraveling in a very satisfying manner.

[Yoink]

I'm normally not big on reality TV, but I've started watching this new show called Famous House and it's pretty great. They have some real characters on there - it seems like whoever cast it really scraped the bottom of the "aspiring reality star" barrel, and the result is pretty fun.

Finally started watching What We Do In The Shadows. I think I'm near the end of S2. I've really enjoyed it so far, it's sensible chuckles all day and Matt Berry is just fun to listen to, period.

You've seen the movie, right?
I should watch more of the show. I watched part of the first season with my mum ages ago and I remember liking it, not sure why we stopped.

[Il Palazzo]

Watched that Cyberpunk animated show Netflix had made. It's an excellent anime. A very good cyberpunk adaptation. And a good-but-flawed tv show overall - where it suffers it's mostly in how it leans too much on anime tropes in its second half.
Still, one of the most engaging things I've seen in a while.

[Travis Bickle]

Watched that Cyberpunk animated show Netflix had made. It's an excellent anime. A very good cyberpunk adaptation. And a good-but-flawed tv show overall - where it suffers it's mostly in how it leans too much on anime tropes in its second half.
Still, one of the most engaging things I've seen in a while.

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I thought the show was pretty good overall, but having the hero die to a guy who's only been mentioned once before in passing and has a whopping twelve minutes of screen time was pretty lame. The show probably could have used another episode or two of build up.

[Rubidium]

The Total Drama Island 2023 and 2024 reboot. Chris and Chef are hosting again (albeit with Chef being in a different uniform resembling his Total Dramarama uniform, and the two having different voice actors).


Interesting how Terry McGurrin (voice of Don from Total Drama Presents: Ridonculous Race) voices out Chris now.


I remember back in 2015 I was watching new episodes of The Ridonculous Race.


Love the new characters, they're so fun to watch.


Too bad we'll probably never see any of the other Total Drama casts

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other than Owen in 2024, Episode 7

again... probably since they're done with Chris

[hector13]

I watched the Yakuza: Like a Dragon series.

Pretty poor all round, really. They changed an awful lot from the game, but even not considering that it was all over the place.

[Folly]

I finished watching The Penguin.

Batman shows are always hit-or-miss, but I was rather satisfied with this one. Oswald Cobblepot is a deeply deranged individual, who stumbles, muscles, and manipulates his way through the various gangs and mobs of Gotham on his way to the top. He's not the most creative or dangerous villain out there, but his origin story managed to keep me entertained through eight episodes.