In Luke Cage, Danny Rand worked because he was just casual santa.
I think it’s going to be difficult in general to write a likable or interesting rich white male character who (also) inherits a orientalist trope of a (still rather underpowered) legacy belonging to a foreign culture with relatively minimal effort / investment (compared to far more capable members of that culture), and yet still finds the time to whine/brag about it. Not to mention the readily apparent lack of actual fighting skill that the choreographers and editors have to work around, and still can’t make quite convincing.
So American Vandal Season 2 is just as good as Season 1 if anyone’s been curious about. Still in the Top 3 of Netflix shows out there cause it’s so amazingly cut, shot, told. Still funny, still compelling mystery, still very current messages about social media.
Better Call Saul keeps me invested every week. I do forward to seeing the threads that tie it to BrBa sinch closer and closer, but I also really like the story elements that it has developed that lead on their own paths. In part because I feel a lot of them will end up looping directly into the BrBa story in ways we just don’t see yet.
I really am interested in The First, but I don’t have Hulu and don’t want to start, but might be worth a trial period.
The Dragon Prince, on Netflix, by a bunch of Avatar and Star Wars alum, was outstanding. At first, the animation threw me off a bit, but after getting used to it, I was hooked.
Incredible show with fully fleshed-our characters, amazing art, a great story, and a world that I just want to know more about.
I recently watched Killing Eve & really enjoyed it. It’s in the same vein as Utopia (violent topic treated with an absurdist humor). A kind of Coen brothers flair with two bi women at the center.
Anyone check out the new Titans series? It’s on Netflix but only in other countries besides the US. For the US you have to subscribe to DC Universe streaming service.
Yea it’s coming out weekly, I saw the first eps, It wasn’t bad, though it was a jarring experience having just been watching Teen Titans Go, in Titans they are like killing folks brutally. We’ll have to see how it plays out, I also have to catch up on Clock and Dagger and finish Runaways.
Take a drink every time the white protags violate a black person’s physical, verbal, or professional boundaries; every time their demands or expectations are framed as more important/justified; every time a black male body is a narrative shortcut for threat.
That and the gun scene with Karen which is fucked in a whole lot of ways. Karen is super problematic towards black characters in general. Also the Foggy interaction with Tower. I’ve only watched about half the season so… I’m sure there will be more.