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TV/MoviesRe: What Series Are You Watching Now? Part 2 by Baddestguyp(m): 3:12pm On Jun 13
oyaskii:
Silo S2 (2023-)

My least favourite genre of media right now is dystopian, especially one set in a confined space.

I dropped this after one episode because it was an extreme slow burn, which is a trait of the genre, but my patience has been on the decline since. But i saw that the S3 trailer dropped recently and i decided to pick it up again.

It is still slow paced, but i was able to see it through, and very little is revealed.

The fact that this still has 2 seasons more to go before it wraps up, irks me, but it is an Apple TV prod, so it means the production is of the finest quality.

Good show if you are patient enough, bad show if you want something spontaneous.👍🏿
The pacing was absolutely terrible when I watched it. They stretched pages in the books into a full season...
TV/MoviesRe: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by Baddestguyp(m): 3:10pm On Jun 13
Mortal Kombat II (2026)....6/10


Feels like the entire budget was spent on the CGI backgrounds and VFX powers.
The worlds never felt alive. The sets were all super small just like Video Game dungeons.
The dialogue was cringe af as well...not that I expected much from an arena video game adaptation without much story...

"Most" of the fights were good tho...

TV/MoviesRe: What Series Are You Watching Now? Part 2 by Baddestguyp(m): 9:52am On Jun 13
pu7pl3:
Since this afternoon i've been on that site and I've only been able to downloade 3 episodes
Please plug me somewhere else, life isnt supposed to be this hard
Use PC, if you have an ad blocker its super easy to download from there
TV/MoviesRe: What Series Are You Watching Now? Part 2 by Baddestguyp(m): 9:51am On Jun 13
geezyk:
Anyone here watching Ling Cage? It's a Chinese Donghua. Hoping the 3rd season drops soon cos the gap between the season 1 and 2 was 6 years.
On my list. Downloaded since last week after the hype on twitter
TV/MoviesRe: What Series Are You Watching Now? Part 2 by Baddestguyp(m): 9:50am On Jun 13
pu7pl3:
Where do i search for these OVA's and what's the full meaning cos i cant find it
OVAs mean Original Video Animation.

I got banned when I posted a source


1. ilse's notebook is the first episode of that OAD

2. No regrets

3. Lost Girls (3 episodes)

Don't watch Lost Girls until you complete season 2. One episode has a spoiler

For the seasons, the watch order is-

1. Season 1
2. Season 2
3. Season 3 part 1
4. Season 3 part 2
5. Final season part 1
6. Final season part 2
7. Final chapters or Last Attack movie (Last attack is a combined movie)

TV/MoviesRe: What Series Are You Watching Now? Part 2 by Baddestguyp(m): 2:15am On Jun 12
pu7pl3:
Finally decided to start Attack on Titan yesterday
This is really peak
🔥🔥🔥
Don't forget to watch the OVAs.
While not compulsory, they are great additions to the story...

They were released at different intervals and are mostly appropraite after season 1 but since one of them contained spoilers for a season 2 reveal, you can binge them after season 2.

After season 1:
ilse's Notebook OVA - the scouts a few years ago find a journal belonging to a dead female scout who got trapped in an old expedition outside the walls.

After season 2:
No Regrets OVA Part 1 and 2 - Backstory of Levi in the underground city before he joined the scouts

Lost Girls OVA (3 episodes) - The one about Mikasa can be watched after season 1. The other two episodes must not be watched until after season 2 for spoiler reasons

The ilse, Mikasa and the Levi OVA are a must watch in my opinion. There are a lot of hidden clues in these episodes
TV/MoviesRe: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by Baddestguyp(m): 10:45pm On Jun 04
The Summit of the Gods (2021).....9/10


I absolutely recommend this movie.

Synopsis:
It is a 2021 French animated movie based on the Japanese manga series of the same name.

In 1924, British mountaineers George Mallory and Andrew Irvine vanished on Mt. Everest, leaving behind a mystery: did they actually the summit before they died? Decades later in Nepal, a Japanese photojournalist discovers the existence of a camera that may have belonged to Mallory. The camera could rewrite the history of mountaineering and who was the first ever to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
His search for the truth leads him to a climber named Habu and the deadly world of mountain climbing.

Thoughts:
Everything about this movie was brilliant. From the animation to the voice acting to the amazing music.
The human strive to always reach the top is astounding even when it is hard to understand.
I kept asking myself why people would do this, risk their lives to climb mountains, to take dangerous paths or even climb solo, and to achieve different things that have never been done before.

It is not an answer that cannot be explained with words. Only those who do it truly understands what drives them to that purpose, even at the cost of their lives.

TV/MoviesRe: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by Baddestguyp(m): 9:20pm On Jun 04
Kaczynski:
Slop A1.
huh
TV/MoviesRe: What Series Are You Watching Now? Part 2 by Baddestguyp(m): 3:58pm On Jun 04
Lana1:
Silo
Season 3?

Wow...
Let me start the new season...
I didn't know it would start airing today
TV/MoviesRe: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by Baddestguyp(m): 10:11am On Jun 04
In the Grey (2026)....6.5/10


Synopsis:
A covert team of elite operatives embarks on a mission to steal back a billion-dollar fortune from a ruthless tyrant.

TV/MoviesRe: Thread For Anime Lovers (NO HENTAI PLEASE) by Baddestguyp(op): 11:15pm On Jun 03
Angel's Egg (1985)


Synopsis:
In a decaying city, a little girl takes care of a large egg which she believes was laid by an angel and crosses paths with a gun-toting young man searching for a bird he saw in a dream.

This movie was produced by the director of Ghost in The Shell and it's regarded as a timeless masterpiece anime movie.

Thoughts:
First of all, the animation and art style is genuinely impressive especially for a work that old, but it has very little dialogue.
This movie is layered with a lot of religious (christianity) symbolism and deals mostly with the struggles of faith and loss of faith.
It takes place in an alternate world where after the flooding of the world, Noah sends a bird out of the Ark to seek dry land, but in this alternate world, the bird does not return, symbolizing a world forsaken by God.
(Remember its just fiction).

It mostly follows a young girl carrying an egg she believed would hatch into a dove showing her faith despite living in a world of despair.
She comes across a young man carrying a weapon that resembles a cross with bandages on his hands (the cross and the injuries from the nail?)
Unlike the girl who's actions are mostly guided by pure faith, the man is more rational and knows the egg she protects is empty as a forsaken world. And just as he knew, when he cracked open the egg, it was empty.

To cut the story short, upon her death through her fall and drowning, her faith leads to the birth of many other eggs with these eggs actually containing doves. We also see a stone image of her rising from the ocean with a sun (that probably represents god) among the angels in worship leaving the forsaken world.

The movie is quite complex but packed with a lot of symbolism. There is very little dialogue as well with the first words coming over 20 minutes into the movie.
There is a lot open to interpretation like the scene of men with hooks trying to catch shadows of fishes moving in the city but fail and end up destroying parts of the city.

I do not recommend, unless you are willing to dissect the movie. It is not a movie for casual viewing.

TV/MoviesRe: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by Baddestguyp(m):
Angel's Egg (1985)


Synopsis:
In a decaying city, a little girl takes care of a large egg which she believes was laid by an angel and crosses paths with a gun-toting young man searching for a bird he saw in a dream.

This movie was produced by the director of Ghost in The Shell and it's regarded as a timeless masterpiece anime movie.

Thoughts:
First of all, the animation and art style is genuinely impressive especially for a work that old, but it has very little dialogue.
This movie is layered with a lot of religious (christianity) symbolism and deals mostly with the struggles of faith and loss of faith.
It takes place in an alternate world where after the flooding of the world, Noah sends a bird out of the Ark to seek dry land, but in this alternate world, the bird does not return, symbolizing a world forsaken by God.
(Remember its just fiction).

It mostly follows a young girl carrying an egg she believed would hatch into a dove showing her faith despite living in a world of despair.
She comes across a young man carrying a weapon that resembles a cross with bandages on his hands (the cross and the injuries from the nail?)
Unlike the girl whose actions are mostly guided by pure faith, the man is more rational and knows the egg she protects is empty as a forsaken world. And just as he suspected, when he cracked open the egg, it was empty.

To cut the story short, upon her death through her fall and drowning, her faith leads to the birth of many other eggs with these eggs actually containing doves. We also see a stone image of her rising from the ocean with a sun (that probably represents god) among the angels in worship leaving the forsaken world.

The movie is quite complex but packed with a lot of symbolism. There is very little dialogue as well with the first words coming over 20 minutes into the movie.
There is a lot open to interpretation like the scene of men with hooks trying to catch shadows of fishes moving in the city but fail and end up destroying parts of the city.

I do not recommend, unless you are willing to dissect the movie. It is not a movie for casual viewing.

TV/MoviesRe: What Series Are You Watching Now? Part 2 by Baddestguyp(m): 8:46pm On Jun 03
samistry:
Giving superhero series a high rating? Watching romcoms like offcampus? Nah,this is an impostor not Baddestguyp.
grin grin

I have my reasons for watching both shows. High ratings and online praises. Along with Nicolas Cage.

Besides I didn't have much else to watch since I have been waiting for several shows and anime to finish airing in order to binge them
TV/MoviesRe: What Series Are You Watching Now? Part 2 by Baddestguyp(m): 10:43pm On Jun 02
Spider Noir (2026)..... 7.8/10


I gave up on Marvel shows a long time ago due their poor writing quality. I only gave this a chance because of Nicolas Cage.
And this was pretty enjoyable.

The show was mostly grounded with almost no over-the-top fight scenes. Instead it was more of a character focused story with the early 1900s mob setting.

A major issue i had with this was that for a show set in a City with over 2 million people, the city did not feel alive...budget constraints i believe.

I also think Nicolas Cage carried this show as hard. The script/writing was nothing special and it felt generic a lot of times.

Overall, the show was enjoyable but nothing special. If you want a reason to watch it, watch it for Nicolas Cage...

I watched the show in color btw...I do not see the appeal in watching this show or any show in black and white.

TV/MoviesRe: What Series Are You Watching Now? Part 2 by Baddestguyp(m): 3:44pm On May 26
DieRich5:
All of them are new and the talk of the internet, I’ve only watched number 1 and 8 few episodes and I’m not feeling it and the rest waiting to complete.

The reviews I’m seeing on No 2 and 6 will definitely be interesting anime.

1: Do You Like Big Girls?
2: Agents of the Four Seasons
3: classroom of the elite (new season)
4: Daemons of the Shadow Realm
5: the rampart of ice
6: Marriage toxic
7: Gals Can't Be Kind to Otaku!?
8: Witch Hat Atelier
I am waiting for 2-8 to finish airing. I have only seen about 2 episodes each. I feel I'd enjoy them better through a binge
TV/MoviesRe: What Series Are You Watching Now? Part 2 by Baddestguyp(m): 11:06am On May 25
DieRich5:
have you watched MHA anime?

I’ve watched S1 in 2016 but don’t remember much so does the series worth watching again since it won Anime of the year award and I’ve seen some videos of the S8 ending too
Honestly I enjoyed it for about 3 seasons then slowly started losing interest. I completed it tho...

It has too many characters, too many backstories, too much internal monologue and too much talk...
I didn't like most of the characters or their quirks
TV/MoviesRe: What Series Are You Watching Now? Part 2 by Baddestguyp(m): 3:36pm On May 24
Off Campus (2026)

TV/MoviesRe: What Series Are You Watching Now? Part 2 by Baddestguyp(m): 9:36pm On May 20
The Boys didn't even know that Soldier Boy was kept in the box by Homelander, yet the invaded the white house with no plan to stop Soldier Boy who they had witnessed 2 episodes ago side with Homelander...
TV/MoviesRe: What Series Are You Watching Now? Part 2 by Baddestguyp(m): 8:13pm On May 20
IMDB hiding the ratings for The Boys finale.

Just because its produced by the same Amazon that owns IMDB lmao

TV/MoviesRe: What Series Are You Watching Now? Part 2 by Baddestguyp(m):
The Boys (season 5).... 2/10


A terrible finale to a terrible final season.

Spoilers for the finale ahead -

The only positive in the finale was the last conversation between Hughie and Butcher. Every other scene was terrible, right from the cringe dialogue and anàl jokes during Frenchie's funeral.

I've seen this trend for years now in Hollywood where movies/series seem averse to emotional moments and constantly interrupt them with jokes and this scene was one of the biggest offenders. Its almost as if the writers think the audience cannot handle serious emotional scenes without interrupting them with jokes. It kills any emotional tension in the scene when its constantly filled with anàl jokes.

Sister Sage - what can I even say about this dúmb character. She was a running joke in the entire series where for a smart character she actually seemed pretty stúpid. Her conclusion was equally stúpid. Truly, a character can only be as smart as their writers. Her only purpose was to appear at the end of every series of random events and claim "it was my plan all along" with no logic behind it.

Everything about this season felt small. From every setting taking place in a small room or deserted street, to every superhero fight amounting to small punches with barely any powers used. Fake Black Noir who was immune to bullets from auto rifles somehow died to a table knife.

The entire finale taking place in a small oval office was disappointing. They didn't even destroy the room, just a few holes and scattered wall paint for a supposed final battle of some of the strongest characters in the entire series. How they even got past the non-existent security made no sense. So apparently the white house was still using the same access codes to tunnel entrances after like a year?
All the security of the white house being just access codes and no other form of security or manpower made no sense.

That's not to talk about homelander addressing just a room of people. Zero scale. Homelander had been teased of reaching a boiling point and snapping for how many seasons so far?
It all amounted to nothing but empty threats in an office...no public massacre, nothing.

And we are supposed to believe that the character so fast that he kept up with A-Train just a few episodes ago cannot escape an open room when he was actively trying to? The same character who flew off to space and back in like 3 seconds in the same episode cannot escape a room with significantly slower characters?

The Deep's conclusion was a clear case of plot convenience. Starlight didn't even know about the threat to Deep from the ocean. She just happened to fly him out to a beach for another low budget fight? How is it strategic to fly out someone who is stronger in the water to a beach surrounded by water? She had no idea the sea creatures were out to kill him. So she apparently just did the most foolish thing she could have done and ended up with pure luck? What a coincidence...

There just happened to be a giant squid that close to the shore as if it was waiting for him to land there. What a coincidence....And what even can the deep do? Shouldn't he be able to swim way faster than a normal human and reach depths and endure water pressure way stronger than any human?

Soldier Boy was another wasted character. Revived just to be put back in a box. The writers really did him super dirty. His character's only existence was to market the spin-off.

The entire season, just like season 4 was a waste of time. Cringe sèx jokes and filler episodes.

There was no active buildup in the season to the finale. The characters in the final episode just decided in like 2 minutes to go attack the White House. And they infiltrated and reached the oval office in like 3 minutes.

What exactly was the point of V1? You could literally delete it and barely anything would change in the show...

Kimiko who was cut in half by Homelander's laser in the first episode of the season can suddenly tank the same laser like its nothing...

Despite these negatives, Homelander's character ending was good after he lost his powers. His pathetic state after losing his powers was in line with his character but I wish we got a slight longer speech after he saw his begging wouldn't work when he switched to declaring that he was homelander and god. A longer speech of homeland declaring his godhood would have worked better.

A sad pathetic ending to such a series. Only the first 2 episodes of the final season were worth watching especially the character conclusion of A-Train.

The show should have ended in season 3 with a rewritten two hour finale. The past two seasons were nothing but a waste of time.

Right now I cannot recommend the show to anyone, unless I am recommending up to season 3. Its best to pretend the last 2 seasons do not exist. Such a shame what corporate greed could do to a show once regarded as the best superhero show on TV.

TV/MoviesRe: What Series Are You Watching Now? Part 2 by Baddestguyp(m): 2:05pm On May 20
Trailer for Avatar: The Last Airbender live action season 2 launches tomorrow

TV/MoviesRe: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by Baddestguyp(m): 9:39am On May 20
The Shadow Strays (2024).....3/10


Please don't waste your time on this Netflix slop like I did.

TV/MoviesRe: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by Baddestguyp(m): 11:26pm On May 18
samistry:
I will not forgive you, Oyaskii and Baddestguyp for misleading me 😭
Misleading you how?
The movie is good.

Everyone has different tastes and you cannot like every single movie people like here...
TV/MoviesRe: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by Baddestguyp(m): 6:33pm On May 18
Kaczynski:
Yes .
None of these movies are slop.
You don't know what you're talking about.
TV/MoviesRe: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by Baddestguyp(m): 6:33pm On May 18
Kaczynski:
Oldboy is one of the best. The last best korean film is burning 2018.
I've seen Burning years ago.
TV/MoviesRe: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by Baddestguyp(m): 5:27pm On May 18
oyaskii:
"The Odyssey" (2026)...The long calm before the storm...

‎Long read...pardon 🙏🏿

‎Christopher Nolan is arguably one of the best filmmakers in modern cinema, one of the very few auteurs whose films are instantly recognizable through a common set of traits, but I fear his latest foray might prove to be his undoing.

‎From Memento (2000) to The Prestige (2006) to TDK (2010) , you always knew what you were getting from his movies...exceptionally high technical filmmaking prowess, so much so that people were genuinely fearing that he was going to use an actual atomic bomb! 😩 in Oppie (2023). All these make for great blockbusters, and yet he has also come under criticism for focusing solely on the technical aspects of filmmaking at the neglect of other areas, particularly dialogue, handling of female characters and emotional nuance.

‎I personally have noticed that he struggles to deliver emotional subtlety through his characters, often making them feel robotic, mechanical, and devoid of spontaneity. There is a reason why Tenet (2020), which I loved by the way, is many people’s least favourite film of his. People simply could not grasp it. The technicalities of the film overshadowed everything else, coupled with an over-convoluted plot that often felt convoluted for the bare sake of being convoluted, serving no real purpose beyond spectacle. Some people even argued that perhaps he made films this way because he wanted that elusive Oscar.

‎The elusive Oscar finally came, and he picked "The Odyssey" as his next project and, from what we have seen so far, this appears to be the project where he has decided to relax his usual high technical standards and flex a bit stylistically. But I personally think he could not have picked a worse film to do this with.

‎The Odyssey is perhaps one of the most important literary works from ancient Greek mythos, and if a filmmaker like Christopher Nolan is adapting it, there should be an air of seriousness and originality to it..nobody should think it is a parody. But the trailer and promotional materials released so far suggest otherwise. From the dull cinematography, to the game-like costumes, to the out-of-place dialogue for a period piece like this, everything feels oddly artificial and so so unlike Nolan.

‎But perhaps the most obvious blunder so far is some of the casting choices, which scream unnecessary DEI. The elephant in the room is the casting of Lupita Nyong'o in the dual role of Helen of Troy and Clytemnestra. The argument can be made that the story is fictional and therefore subject to reinterpretation, but I still think the casting choice is wrong for reasons that are obvious enough not to require extensive explanation. And it begs the question..why do black actors continue accepting these obvious “pick-me-up” roles? What purpose does it serve? It certainly does their careers more harm than good.

‎Misappropriation in casting used to happen far more often than many people realize, but the world has changed so much that you would never see white actors doing the reverse today. Jenny Slate had stepped down from her role on "Big Mouth", because she felt it was out of place for her, a white woman to be voicing a Black character, and it was recast to Ayo Edebiri. Lupita Nyong'o and Paapa Essiedu have only opened themselves up to vile rhetoric from racists. Elon Musk has been on Christopher Nolan’s case for the better part of a week just because of this casting discourse. Imagine such a charlatan speaking ill of the work of a famed film auteur like Nolan.

‎Now, whether the film will perform well at the box office is not really in question. The IMAX tickets reportedly sold out months in advance, and mind you, this is largely off the strength of the Nolan brand alone. But it should still be said that no filmmaker is above making a bad film, not even him.

‎I mean, Asghar Farhadi, one of my favourite directors, had seemingly never put a foot wrong, and yet his latest film was met with severe rebuke at Cannes last week and currently sits at an abysmal 18% on Rotten Tomatoes!. But then again, I would be a terrible gambler if I bet against Christopher Nolan. He has proven his mantle over and over again. Still, I hold far more fear for The Odyssey (2026) than excitement.

‎Has my GOAT sacrificed his career for scraps from the woke table?
‎Only time will tell.

‎Side note: On the subject of casting misappropriation, if they eventually make a sequel to "Michael" (2026) and cover the period where MJ transitioned to full on white, do they recast him with a white actor, or do they simply keep Jaafar Jackson and “leather him up” with makeup? 👀
Nolan is my favorite Hollywood director but i fear he has fumbled with The Odyssey.

Was discussing with some colleagues at work who are also fans of his and no one is holding out any hope for the movie.

I have not seen a single positive thing about the movie. From the trailers to the costumes to the casting...everything feels so wrong and out of place for someone like Nolan.

I don't know if he was pressured or what? But right now I have zero hopes for the movie.
It has all the tellsigns of a terrible movie so far
TV/MoviesRe: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by Baddestguyp(m): 5:21pm On May 18
Kaczynski:
slop. anything netflix = slop + south korean propaganda.
Wtf are you even talking about?

Are these Netflix korean movies also slop then?

TV/MoviesRe: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by Baddestguyp(m): 5:16pm On May 18
Kaczynski:
Only number one is the proper movie there others are slop. The movie was written by the director's assistant a woman which he took all the credits for.
The others are definitely not slop.

The number 1 - The Handmaiden is one of the best movies of all time...

The others are really good movies but not on its level.

I could have recommended movies like Oldboy but I assume everyone would have watched them by now
TV/MoviesRe: What Series Are You Watching Now? Part 2 by Baddestguyp(m): 9:08pm On May 17
DieRich5:
Wistoria: Wand and Sword Season 1. 8.5/10

I didn’t know it’s was really that interesting and it on my watchlist since, The hype on S2 airing now make me watch it and I love it.

If you like “black clover” than check this out.
I'm waiting for season 2 to finish airing to binge it.
I watched season 1 when it aired
TV/MoviesRe: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by Baddestguyp(m): 8:14pm On May 17
By the way, here are some Korean movies I absolutely recommend.

1. The Handmaiden - this in my opinion deserves an Oscar. One of the best movies I've ever watched.

2. Assassination - Spy thriller set in the era of Japanese occupation of korea

3. The Last Princess - about independence fighters set in the same Japanese-korean occupation era

4. The Berlin File - Spy thriller about some North Korean operatives in Germany

TV/MoviesRe: What Movie Are You Watching Now? by Baddestguyp(m): 8:08pm On May 17
Humint (2026)....7.8/10


Synopsis:
An espionage action film depicting North and South Korean secret agents clashing while investigating crimes occurring on the Vladivostok border.

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