StraightziHere we may reign secure, and in my choice,To reign is worth ambition though in HellRegistered Userregular
This weekend I finished up the first season of Motherland: Fort Salem.
And man, I think I really liked it? It is a show that I picked up to be a dumb background TV show - specifically I was looking for something that I could talk about with one of my distant friends, who used to come over and watch bad movies/television like every week before she moved to New York. A trashy Freeform show about supernatural teens seemed perfect. But, like Teen Wolf before it, it ended up charming the hell out of me.
So here's my pitch, I guess. Motherland: Fort Salem, is about an alternate universe where, in the middle of the Salem Witch Trials, one of the witches made a deal. All witches born in the colonies (and eventually the United States) would be magically sworn to serve as soldiers, in exchange for, y'know, not being hanged. Over three hundred years later, that deal still stands, and every year, witches who have come of age are drafted and brought to Fort Salem, where they go through basic training in combat magic. Witches now form the backbone of the United States military, a fact which is fiercely opposed by the magical terrorist group The Spree, who are trying to end the conscription laws.
Specifically the series focuses on a group of three girls (witches are trained in sets of three, because, y'know, witch stuff) - Abigail, the daughter of a four star general; Raelle, the rebellious daughter of a mother who recently died in service; and Tally, who joins despite coming from a long line of conscientious objectors with special permissions to avoid service.
It is absolutely a supernatural teen drama that is focused around those characters being angry teens who eventually become friends, and if you're not into those, it's not going to be for you. Personally I was struck by how seriously they seem to have taken their alt-history world building, the degree to which they balance out the viewpoints of the Definitely Correct Terrorist Group and make it seem like maybe the military is a bad thing, and how unapologetically queer it was (one of the main characters is gay, and also there is a fairly delightful orgy at one point which rounds some things out there).
Anyways, check it out. It's definitely not like, prestige television, but it's a lot of fun.
The Siege of the North arc in A:TLA is maybe some of the best animated tv ever.
Maybe even just tv. It's so good.
The Gaang's frontal assault on the Earth palace might be my favorite bit.
...I like the Beach episode...
"The western world sips from a poisonous cocktail: Polarisation, populism, protectionism and post-truth"
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FX has greenlit American Horror Stories, a weekly hourlong anthology (spinoff of Ryan Murphy's American Horror Story) that will feature a different horror story in each contained episode
There are actual stakes with Zhao going for the Moon Spirit. So many "childrens" cartoons never feel like stuff is actually on the line. Nobody is ever really in danger and everything always works out. Having the Moon Spirit actually be killed, and Princess Yue sacrificing herself and going all Obi-Wan to restore balance is gut wrenching. They spent 3 episodes developing a love interest between her and Sokka and then didn't pull that punch at all.
You also get to see Uncle Iroh really throw down for the first time in the show and God knows my favorite trope of all time is "unassuming and genial character turns out to be the baddest of all asses."
Aang going full Spirit Godzilla and wrecking an entire fleet, Katara also being a badass, and its scored perfectly. The music was always so strong in that show.
It also set the stage for Zhuko's redemption arc, which is like, maybe one of the few good ones ever?
Also, I had forgotten that Dave Filoni directed a ton of episodes in this show which explains a good bit. Apparently he just makes good stuff regardless.
Eyeroll at headline, ya I guess you could call pushing thru two herniated discs from a stunt "too much work"
I ment to respond earlier, but there is a part of me that is happy for her to make this decision, after learning about the difficulty Tom Welling had on Smallville and Stephen Amell's telling of how hard it can be, i cant fault her for stepping away.
This weekend I finished up the first season of Motherland: Fort Salem.
And man, I think I really liked it? It is a show that I picked up to be a dumb background TV show - specifically I was looking for something that I could talk about with one of my distant friends, who used to come over and watch bad movies/television like every week before she moved to New York. A trashy Freeform show about supernatural teens seemed perfect. But, like Teen Wolf before it, it ended up charming the hell out of me.
So here's my pitch, I guess. Motherland: Fort Salem, is about an alternate universe where, in the middle of the Salem Witch Trials, one of the witches made a deal. All witches born in the colonies (and eventually the United States) would be magically sworn to serve as soldiers, in exchange for, y'know, not being hanged. Over three hundred years later, that deal still stands, and every year, witches who have come of age are drafted and brought to Fort Salem, where they go through basic training in combat magic. Witches now form the backbone of the United States military, a fact which is fiercely opposed by the magical terrorist group The Spree, who are trying to end the conscription laws.
Specifically the series focuses on a group of three girls (witches are trained in sets of three, because, y'know, witch stuff) - Abigail, the daughter of a four star general; Raelle, the rebellious daughter of a mother who recently died in service; and Tally, who joins despite coming from a long line of conscientious objectors with special permissions to avoid service.
It is absolutely a supernatural teen drama that is focused around those characters being angry teens who eventually become friends, and if you're not into those, it's not going to be for you. Personally I was struck by how seriously they seem to have taken their alt-history world building, the degree to which they balance out the viewpoints of the Definitely Correct Terrorist Group and make it seem like maybe the military is a bad thing, and how unapologetically queer it was (one of the main characters is gay, and also there is a fairly delightful orgy at one point which rounds some things out there).
Anyways, check it out. It's definitely not like, prestige television, but it's a lot of fun.
This sounds like CW's Legacies and now im all in.
need to get into that show.
I got nothing for you now. Try again later.
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There are actual stakes with Zhao going for the Moon Spirit. So many "childrens" cartoons never feel like stuff is actually on the line. Nobody is ever really in danger and everything always works out. Having the Moon Spirit actually be killed, and Princess Yue sacrificing herself and going all Obi-Wan to restore balance is gut wrenching. They spent 3 episodes developing a love interest between her and Sokka and then didn't pull that punch at all.
That’s rough, buddy
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I guess the real villain all along was me, Zonugal.
"The western world sips from a poisonous cocktail: Polarisation, populism, protectionism and post-truth"
-Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
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StraightziHere we may reign secure, and in my choice,To reign is worth ambition though in HellRegistered Userregular
What a weird backwards way for me to get spoilers for the TV show I just started
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...yeah maybe we should be a bit more careful about A:TLA spoilers since a lot of folks are seeing it for the first time ever now that it's on Netflix.
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There are actual stakes with Zhao going for the Moon Spirit. So many "childrens" cartoons never feel like stuff is actually on the line. Nobody is ever really in danger and everything always works out. Having the Moon Spirit actually be killed, and Princess Yue sacrificing herself and going all Obi-Wan to restore balance is gut wrenching. They spent 3 episodes developing a love interest between her and Sokka and then didn't pull that punch at all.
That’s rough, buddy
That's rough, buddy is maybe one of the best reaction/response lines I've ever, ever heard.
There are actual stakes with Zhao going for the Moon Spirit. So many "childrens" cartoons never feel like stuff is actually on the line. Nobody is ever really in danger and everything always works out. Having the Moon Spirit actually be killed, and Princess Yue sacrificing herself and going all Obi-Wan to restore balance is gut wrenching. They spent 3 episodes developing a love interest between her and Sokka and then didn't pull that punch at all.
That’s rough, buddy
That's rough, buddy is maybe one of the best reaction/response lines I've ever, ever heard.
something something live long enough to see yourself the villain
sorry, straightzi
No sweat, I don't super care in this instance
It mostly just struck me as funny
I've also not seen any of the new Star Wars, and only know about Kylo's deal from cultural attrition and various spoilings, so the whole thing is a big nested spoilers problem
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so, one of the smalltalk prompts I saw on twitter recently is "what's the reason that Jerry would use to break up with you in an episode of Seinfeld"
the lady asked me this and I said, my habit of directing every conversation into an area of my own interest, but they'd have some very snappy term for it
she initially said "the WHISTLING" but then changed her mind and said that it's because I say "porno"
which I like, because it's a lot dumber than the first two, which are legitimately irritating in some small way
(for the record hers was a lot easier because she leaves used tissues all over the goddamn place)
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But why would you say "porn" when you can say "porno," which is way more fun to say.
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I know!!
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Mine would be that when I make a mistake while typing I often delete everything after the error rather than click to it and click back.
Inspired by/set in the same world as Love, Simon, the series focuses on new student Victor and follows his journey of self-discovery: facing challenges at home and struggling with his sexual orientation. He reaches out to Simon when it seems too difficult for him to navigate through high school on his own
Narrated by Nick Robinson (Simon from the original film) and starring Michael Cimino (Annabelle Comes Home) as Victor
Cast also includes Ana Ortiz (Ugly Betty), James Martinez (One Day at a Time), Rachel Naomi Hilson (This Is Us), Sophia Bush (One Tree Hill; Chicago PD) and Keiynan Lonsdale (The Flash)
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edited May 2020
I have to assume it's because I'm a You Know That's Interesting fact guy, but I can't imagine Jerry could start dating me without that being oppressively apparent.
So probably because I think it's funny to either mispronounce or overpronounce foreign loan words.
"I can't do it! He rhymes 'Chipotle' with 'total!' And he calls it 'lah khwaaaaaah!"
"He calls what 'lah khwaaaah?' What is that?"
"La Croix!"
"Oh. I don't care for La Croix. It's a weak drink."
"Have you tried the key lime flavor?"
"I tried it. Weak. It's a weak lime. If a fruit is gonna be key, I should know it's there without asking."
I have to assume it's because I'm a You Know That's Interesting fact guy, but I can't imagine Jerry could start dating me without that being oppressively apparent.
So probably because I think it's funny to either mispronounce or overpronounce foreign loan words.
"I can't do it! He rhymes 'Chipotle' with 'total!' And he calls it 'lah khwaaaaaah!"
"He calls what 'lah khwaaaah?' What is that?"
"La Croix!"
"Oh. I don't care for La Croix. It's a weak drink."
"Have you tried the key lime flavor?"
"I tried it. Weak. It's a weak lime. If a fruit is gonna be key, I should know it's there without asking."
"I like a key lime Lah Kwah."
"A what?"
I love purposefully mispronouncing non-english words. The dumber I can sound doing it, the better.
edit: to be clear, dumb here means me sounding like a complete idiot, not the word itself being dumb.
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I think the way that Americans have settled on pronouncing La Croix is extremely funny, because it's half nonsense
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Maybe even just tv. It's so good.
And man, I think I really liked it? It is a show that I picked up to be a dumb background TV show - specifically I was looking for something that I could talk about with one of my distant friends, who used to come over and watch bad movies/television like every week before she moved to New York. A trashy Freeform show about supernatural teens seemed perfect. But, like Teen Wolf before it, it ended up charming the hell out of me.
So here's my pitch, I guess. Motherland: Fort Salem, is about an alternate universe where, in the middle of the Salem Witch Trials, one of the witches made a deal. All witches born in the colonies (and eventually the United States) would be magically sworn to serve as soldiers, in exchange for, y'know, not being hanged. Over three hundred years later, that deal still stands, and every year, witches who have come of age are drafted and brought to Fort Salem, where they go through basic training in combat magic. Witches now form the backbone of the United States military, a fact which is fiercely opposed by the magical terrorist group The Spree, who are trying to end the conscription laws.
Specifically the series focuses on a group of three girls (witches are trained in sets of three, because, y'know, witch stuff) - Abigail, the daughter of a four star general; Raelle, the rebellious daughter of a mother who recently died in service; and Tally, who joins despite coming from a long line of conscientious objectors with special permissions to avoid service.
It is absolutely a supernatural teen drama that is focused around those characters being angry teens who eventually become friends, and if you're not into those, it's not going to be for you. Personally I was struck by how seriously they seem to have taken their alt-history world building, the degree to which they balance out the viewpoints of the Definitely Correct Terrorist Group and make it seem like maybe the military is a bad thing, and how unapologetically queer it was (one of the main characters is gay, and also there is a fairly delightful orgy at one point which rounds some things out there).
Anyways, check it out. It's definitely not like, prestige television, but it's a lot of fun.
The Gaang's frontal assault on the Earth palace might be my favorite bit.
...I like the Beach episode...
-Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
I do too! I was just talking about cool animated sequences.
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You also get to see Uncle Iroh really throw down for the first time in the show and God knows my favorite trope of all time is "unassuming and genial character turns out to be the baddest of all asses."
Aang going full Spirit Godzilla and wrecking an entire fleet, Katara also being a badass, and its scored perfectly. The music was always so strong in that show.
It also set the stage for Zhuko's redemption arc, which is like, maybe one of the few good ones ever?
Also, I had forgotten that Dave Filoni directed a ton of episodes in this show which explains a good bit. Apparently he just makes good stuff regardless.
To me it seems that someone was paying attention to history (Smallville, Arrow) and decided it wasn’t for her.
I ment to respond earlier, but there is a part of me that is happy for her to make this decision, after learning about the difficulty Tom Welling had on Smallville and Stephen Amell's telling of how hard it can be, i cant fault her for stepping away.
It couldnt have been an easy choice
This sounds like CW's Legacies and now im all in.
need to get into that show.
I have an extremely hard time picking a favorite arc or episode because so many of them are so good
Toph's introduction is prooobably my favorite individual episode, I'm not sure I could be more specific than that
I will say that when I'm feeling really down I'll go and watch the entire series finale and it never fails to cheer me up at least a little
He's never seen any of it and I never finished season 3.
He likes it and after 4 episodes says airbending would be his preferred style.
And apparently I already ruined the series
atla spoilers (sorry, I'm terrible)
That’s rough, buddy
-Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
Can’t be a shocking reveal if we knew all along
sorry, straightzi
That's rough, buddy is maybe one of the best reaction/response lines I've ever, ever heard.
No sweat, I don't super care in this instance
It mostly just struck me as funny
the lady asked me this and I said, my habit of directing every conversation into an area of my own interest, but they'd have some very snappy term for it
she initially said "the WHISTLING" but then changed her mind and said that it's because I say "porno"
which I like, because it's a lot dumber than the first two, which are legitimately irritating in some small way
(for the record hers was a lot easier because she leaves used tissues all over the goddamn place)
Inspired by/set in the same world as Love, Simon, the series focuses on new student Victor and follows his journey of self-discovery: facing challenges at home and struggling with his sexual orientation. He reaches out to Simon when it seems too difficult for him to navigate through high school on his own
Narrated by Nick Robinson (Simon from the original film) and starring Michael Cimino (Annabelle Comes Home) as Victor
Cast also includes Ana Ortiz (Ugly Betty), James Martinez (One Day at a Time), Rachel Naomi Hilson (This Is Us), Sophia Bush (One Tree Hill; Chicago PD) and Keiynan Lonsdale (The Flash)
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So probably because I think it's funny to either mispronounce or overpronounce foreign loan words.
"I can't do it! He rhymes 'Chipotle' with 'total!' And he calls it 'lah khwaaaaaah!"
"He calls what 'lah khwaaaah?' What is that?"
"La Croix!"
"Oh. I don't care for La Croix. It's a weak drink."
"Have you tried the key lime flavor?"
"I tried it. Weak. It's a weak lime. If a fruit is gonna be key, I should know it's there without asking."
"I like a key lime Lah Kwah."
"A what?"
I love purposefully mispronouncing non-english words. The dumber I can sound doing it, the better.
edit: to be clear, dumb here means me sounding like a complete idiot, not the word itself being dumb.