I’m on episode 5 of Great Pretender, bit of a rollercoaster.
Spoiler maybe
has that Parasite feel to it
Cross-posting here and the Podcasts thread. On the latest episode of Slate’s Working, they interviewed Noelle Stevenson on creating a diverse kids show. This is a great interview talking about her original comic Nimona, and also all about She-Ra.
If you’re a fan of the show, just want to listen to a good interview, or are interested in Noelle Stevenson’s process, give this a listen:
I liked how Great Pretender ended.
Abigail is easily my favourite character.
Ronnie del Carmen has signed a contract with Netflix.
This man has quite the resume. Previous projects include The Prince of Egypt, Up, Inside Out, and Batman: TAS.
Holy cow, this show! I didn’t know anything about it and just saw it pop up as a recommended new show on Netflix. Watched episode one Saturday morning during breakfast, they are 16-17 minutes long and it was quickly apparent these were short vignettes that were going to be silly and fun, so it felt like an adult way to have a Saturday morning cartoon. Fun premise about a former Yakuza being a stay-at-home house husband and do the cooking and cleaning and shopping while his wife goes to work at the office. Unexpected, fun, a little silly. Then we watched episode 2 and nearly choked on my food laughing multiple times and want to just binge the rest of the short season (but holding back to ration the enjoyment). So far, A+ premise and execution of humor. The cat stories have a lot of potential, looking forward to see where they go with that.
Yeah, I watched it over the weekend and it was extremely funny. Definitely recommended. I do have two gripes with it though:
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The animation style is somewhat distracting. Comedies dont need great animation, but this show is really static, more like manga panels with maybe some mouth-flaps on it. I don’t usually have a problem with this. I watched and thoroughly enjoyed shows like Astro Fighter Sunred, Skull-face Bookseller Honda-san and Detroit Metal City that use a similar animation style. However, here it is a bit over the top when people talk while in weird poses such as putting on their shoes, or when the act of picking up a cat is shown in three panels that are scroll-wiped to one another. Supposedly this style was done at the request of the original creator.
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The title of the show in german regions is “Yakuza goes Hausmann”. Yes, three words from three different languages.
S2 of Love Death + Robots May 14th!
The Mitchells vs. The Machines is a great movie. Go watch it!
Teaser images from Netflix’s new He-Man series.
Premieres July 23.
The nostalgia is strong with this one!
I don’t know if any of you are into League of Legends or the Runeterra universe in general, but this looks legit good:
Yeah loved the pastels (the medium not the color) art style that the trailer had. Also there was some really great body animation on Jinx’s breathing in that close up.