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PaperclipPerfector  10mo ago (text post)   2490 thread views

Friday Fun Thread for June 16, 2023

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Favorite TV Series anyone?

Rome, Arrested Development, and The Wire have all been mentioned, so to add some variety I'll say The Venture Bros. I rewatched it these past few weeks and it still blows me away how good it is. It starts off as a pretty straight forward send up of Johnny Quest, but the more it develops the more it becomes an exploration of the dysfunction of being raised by tv, and of living in a world where technology outpaces our capacity to understand it, and the way older generations look down on the younger ones for not having to deal with the very hardships they fought to eliminate, and how that gets taken for granted and the apathy it generates and... I could be here all day. And it manages to do all that while also being funny and fun. God I wish it wasn't cancelled.

Also I have been on a detective procedural kick recently, so my favourites there are - high concept wise: Person of Interest (pop-sci ai powered batman), comedy wise: Psych (fake psychic solves crimes through shenanigans) and no frills wise: law & order criminal intent (just great mystery solving with minimal personal drama).

God I wish it wasn't cancelled.

I managed to completely forget about the movie being in production until a few weeks ago and am now trying to avoid hopping on the hype train for the next ~month.

Dude you have made my day, because I had forgotten about the movie too! They better tell us who that bear with a knife is.

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