What are you watching now ? Movies and TV

[Ronald Sandoval]

The final season of HomeLand has started https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eLT82JYsP4

[Ketraar]

The final season of HomeLand has started https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eLT82JYsP4

Thanks for the heads-up, I now realize I have missed season 7 completely.

MFG

Ketraar

[Vertigo 7]

Can you recommend any good anime you would say works for non-anime lovers?

Volume 1 and 2 of Sword Art Online, I really enjoyed those.

We are at the end of the first chapter (Volume I, Episode 14) and I have to admit it was quite enjoyable I think we have a winner right here
At first, I was worried when in episode 1 the typical anime tropes started popping up, already.* And when the younger probably underaged sibling erotic tension started happening in Episode 4 - Japanese people have a serious serious problem. However, I cared a lot for this girl and also for the rest of the cast, so I was kind of hooked to the storyline. The ever changing character sets and environments even within one episode alone keeps the show interesting. It has an ending as well.

Thank you.



* This would make a great drinking game.

lol you're very welcome. Just a warning about volume 2. I'll try to be vague as possible without spoiling but there was a thing that almost made me stop watching it.

Spoiler

Show

The antagonist gets really really creepy, like, should be on "to catch a predator" creepy.

. I suffered through it and still enjoyed it, however!

I haven't followed up on it in a while, but I believe a volume 3 is in the works.

[Stars_InTheirEyes]

Sword Art Online is really the only decent anime I would recommend for people less familiar with anime. I'm nearing 8000 episodes watched (University and post-graduation unemployment ftw?) going by my MAL profile (see sig), so can say with some confidence that the vast majority of anime is total trash.
There are the classics, like Neon Genesis Evangellion, Steins;Gate and Clannad+After Story which nothing comes close to, while 95% of anime shows reuse the same tropes and twists, like the studios throw up some labels into the air with tropes written on them and just make a show out of whatever lands face up, disguising lack of narrative quality with cute art instead.

Not sure if any of these are on Netflix, but I'd recommend anything rated 10 on my MAL list, then if you've still not had enough, go for the 9s: https://myanimelist.net/animelist/Sorat ... 4&order2=0

I finally signed up to Netflix recently, and watched season 1 and 2 of 'Dark' (not anime), which is a pretty good if not slightly hard to follow sci-fi. About to start 'The OA' next.

[Vertigo 7]

Can you recommend any good anime you would say works for non-anime lovers?

Volume 1 and 2 of Sword Art Online, I really enjoyed those.

We are at the end of the first chapter (Volume I, Episode 14) and I have to admit it was quite enjoyable I think we have a winner right here
At first, I was worried when in episode 1 the typical anime tropes started popping up, already.* And when the younger probably underaged sibling erotic tension started happening in Episode 4 - Japanese people have a serious serious problem. However, I cared a lot for this girl and also for the rest of the cast, so I was kind of hooked to the storyline. The ever changing character sets and environments even within one episode alone keeps the show interesting. It has an ending as well.

Thank you.



* This would make a great drinking game.

I can't believe I completely forgot... watch RWBY. The first few volumes are up on Netflix and Amazon. That's another anime I would highly recommend. There may be others, but this is the only one that I'm aware of that's produced in the US. There's another new one that Rooster Teeth is producing, Gen: Lock. Also really good. You would have to catch season 1 on Youtube, for now. Season 2 is going to air exclusively on HBO's new on demand service they're rolling out this year, I think.

[fiksal]

Venture Bros.

Having hard time buying it all digitally. Where's even season 6?.... Maybe it's time to buy DVDs.

[esd]

Just finished Orphan Black, which is good. Started the new series of Van Helsing... not sure about it yet.

[Vertigo 7]

Season 2 of Altered Carbon is up on the Netflix! I'm gonna try to binge it this weekend.

[Redvers Ganderpoke]

Season 2 of Altered Carbon is up on the Netflix! I'm gonna try to binge it this weekend.

Just watching the first season again, so I can remember what was going on.

[berth]

Season 2 of Altered Carbon is up on the Netflix! I'm gonna try to binge it this weekend.

Just watched the first episode and I liked it. Season 1 is a tough act to follow but initial indications are good .
I prefer not to binge stuff I enjoy but each to their own

[burger1]

Freejack (1992) on Crackle (US region locked) - It's mainly set in 2009 - emilio estevez, Mick Jagar, Rene Russo

Knights of Badassdom - Vudu free with ads, Tubi tv free withs ads (both US region locked) - Steve Zhan, Summer Glau, Peter Dinklage

[esd]

Nearly done with Altered Carbon... Enjoying it, even if I've predicted everything so far

Also found a show on Netflix called "Glitch" - a bunch of apparently unrelated people climb out of there graves, in perfect health. Some died recently, others over a hundred years previously. It's quite good.

[Vertigo 7]

season 3 of Castlevania is up on Netflix. If you haven't seen the series, it's anime style is very similar to Full Metal Alchemist, and the story tone is very dark.

[fiksal]

Lost in Space on Netflix

[burger1]

Lost in Space on Netflix

It looks like one more season then it's done.

https://twitter.com/NXOnNetflix/status/ ... 1367652355

[Redvers Ganderpoke]

Nearly done with Altered Carbon... Enjoying it, even if I've predicted everything so far

Not quite as good as the first season, had a slightly different tone.

[Vertigo 7]

New West World season on HBO starts this weekend, I believe.

[fiksal]

Lost in Space on Netflix

It looks like one more season then it's done.

https://twitter.com/NXOnNetflix/status/ ... 1367652355

yes indeed. I dont hate it, necessarily, I think the constant sense of danger in each episode could get tiring for me after three seasons. I do enjoy it though! It's a nice family action sci fi.

[felter]

Not quite so much what I'm watching now but what I will certainly be watching soon.
KONOSUBA -God's blessing on this wonderful world!- Legend of Crimson is coming to Crunchyroll on March 25th, that's only two weeks from today, that's the Japanese version, if you don't like subs the English version will be released on Crunchyroll in April. If you can't wait of course you can always rewatch the first 2 seasons on Crunchyroll while you wait.

Bad news, Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World season 2 which was suppose to start airing in April has been postponed till July, this is due to effects from the Coronavirus.

[burger1]

Not even sure this is real? A Red Dwarf 1.5 hour movie special. Red Dwarf: The Promised Land Releasing in the summer of 2020.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkVOYnV ... e=emb_logo