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The White Lotus

Omo to finish first episode na war. The actress and two friends scenes are just so cringe and awkward.

E dey tire me.

ProverbBaelish:
The S-Ranks are extremely weak compared to him even the ants are not too and he knows that - he's just like one punch man - very strong with no real villains compared to him. But we're getting to a point where he'll be extremely weak compared to the villains coming and not to spoil it for you but it's actually one of the villains that gave him the ability to solo level

oh wow ..

Can't wait...

Baddestguyp:
What celeb?

I watch Solo Levelling weekly...
I enjoy it for what it is...

But stop acting like it has anything to offer other than good action scenes and aura moments..

Even the fight scenes are good for animation and hype but have 0 stakes or emotional attachments

Laughing. I rest my case

ProverbBaelish:
The S-Ranks are extremely weak compared to him even the ants are not too and he knows that - he's just like one punch man - very strong with no real villains compared to him. But we're getting to a point where he'll be extremely weak compared to the villains coming and not to spoil it for you but it's actually one of the villains that gave him the ability to solo level

I knew it. I just don't understand why the villain needs him

Baddestguyp:
How was that earned?
It was literally gifted to him...

Since he became OP sef he abandoned the girl who stood by his side when he was weak

Laughing..like I said.. you never watch solo leveling.

He earned it. It's called COURAGE OF THE WEAK! That's why the system saved him and gave him power.

Abi you are watching it without subtitles? Lol..

Shrinking : 8/10

I saw Shrinking as a recommendation for those who loved Ted Lasso on Reddit stating it involved some of the guys behind Ted Lasso. And so I jumped on it. Fantastic show.

Surprisingly, the show did well combining comedy and drama (not full comedy o but subtle humor here and there). What makes this Shrinking stand out for me were the characters. Although little or nothing is at stake in most part of the show, the interactions between the characters as they navigate their daily lives, work, relationship will make you love them and the show in general.

In other words, it is the exemplary human relationship that makes Shrinking a great show. Mehn!!! I wish life was as simple as they make it look in this series.

Sometimes the way the show handled therapy, therapist-patient relationship seem unrealistic due to the ethics of the profession. And the fact that all the characters seem to be super okay financially and all genuine may feel a bit awkward, but once you get past that, you get to enjoy the show for what it is.

Harrison Ford was fantastic in this (Baba don old o). And I finally got to see Jessica Williams in full role compared to what I got in fantastic beast (pretty babe).

If you love Ted Lasso for the positive energy, heartwarming story, and you likable characters, you will likely enjoy Shrinking.

Note: Gay couple Dey here o.

NobleStag007:
Laughing..like I said.. you never watch solo leveling.

He earned it. It's called COURAGE OF THE WEAK! That's why the system saved him and gave him power.

Abi you are watching it without subtitles? Lol..

You can laugh all you want.
Claiming I never watched a show I follow weekly is wild...

A weakling was gifted powers you said he earned it by courage? Lol...

Even with his courage, he could have been left to die without being gifted anything...

He didn't earn anything, he was gifted because they have a plan for him...but we don't know what they plan for him yet...

Even if you argue that he trained to level up the power he was gifted, in so little time he is already S-Rank level compared to people who have trained the whole life but are forever stuck to the same rank...

For a while now he has been sweeping every enemy with ease and comfort, and achieved his goal of saving his mom easily, but apparently he worked hard

The 100 levels were even so easy for him that most of the fights were offscreen...man was clearing floors so fast

Someone was gifted a power that breaks the rules of the world in the show but you said he worked for it....

By the lore, he should have been stuck at E-rank forever or even died since...

Not only that, he even uses skills from different classes of hunters...him dey use Mage skill, assassin skills etc...

Baddestguyp:
Someone was gifted a power that breaks the rules of the world in the show but you said he worked for it....

By the lore, he should have been stuck at E-rank forever or even died since...

Not only that, he even uses skills from different classes of hunters...him dey use Mage skill, assassin skills etc...

You criticize any anime that isn’t called “attack on titan.” We see through you man.

Baddestguyp:
You can laugh all you want.
Claiming I never watched a show I follow weekly is wild...

A weakling was gifted powers you said he earned it by courage? Lol...

Even with his courage, he could have been left to die without being gifted anything...

He didn't earn anything, he was gifted because they have a plan for him...but we don't know what they plan for him yet...

Even if you argue that he trained to level up the power he was gifted, in so little time he is already S-Rank level compared to people who have trained the whole life but are forever stuck to the same rank...

For a while now he has been sweeping every enemy with ease and comfort, and achieved his goal of saving his mom easily, but apparently he worked hard

The 100 levels were even so easy for him that most of the fights were offscreen...man was clearing floors so fast

Kai.. it's either you hate the show or you have no idea about what you are saying. You are the 1st person I'll see to say jin woo doesn't deserve his power.

Despite being the weakest, he literally save them. Despite being the weakest, he's ready to sacrifice his life to save others, despite being the weakest, he knew he couldn't win the guardians, even though he's injured, he refused to give up but fight...

And here you saying something else totally.. oro e ya mi lenu lol

TemporaryHansel:
You criticize any anime that isn’t called “attack on titan.” We see through you man.

Laughing

This season of The White Lotus is boring

Baddestguyp:
Someone was gifted a power that breaks the rules of the world in the show but you said he worked for it....

By the lore, he should have been stuck at E-rank forever or even died since...

Not only that, he even uses skills from different classes of hunters...him dey use Mage skill, assassin skills etc...

He won against those class of hunters in fights as presented by the system. Hence, he inherited their powers.
What's difficult for you to understand there.

System owns his life and can kill him at anytime.
System puts him through tests and he proved worthy.

No wonder you love arcane that has absolutely nonsense plot lol

TemporaryHansel:
You criticize any anime that isn’t called “attack on titan.” We see through you man.

What a way to deflect legitimate criticism lol...

Just so you know, I have posted a very long criticism of even Attack on Titan here. So your agenda is flawed...

And I have recommended many anime shows like Vinland Saga, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Monster and Legend of the Galactic Heroes and showered them with praises here.

It seems you're the one who can't take criticism of a series you enjoy...so you find a way to deflect it

Baddestguyp:
ATTACK ON TITAN POST LISTING SOME FLAWS, PLOTHOLES INCONSISTENCIES, ETC


Season 1
One clear plothole is in season 1 episode 5, the 60m tall Collosial Titan completely vanished into thin air after breaking the gate of Trost District.
This makes absolutely no sense as nothing we've seen from this show explains it. While it is Canon that Titans, especially the Collosial can control the speed of its evaporation, there's nothing to show that it can simply vanish into thin air in a split second. Clear plothole/inconsistency

Season 2
Weird plot convenience. In S2E12, after Eren expends all his strength healing his limbs. He encounters the Dina Fritz Titan (Smiling Titan) and is unable to transform cos he's out of strength.
However he conveniently just threw a useless punch on the Titan's arm not really expecting anything to happen.
Because of Dina being a Titan of Royal blood, the powers of the founder is activated saving Eren and the scouts. You could explain it as Eren punching it out of frustration but still...
Funny tho, S4 revealed a twist of Eren once controlling the Dina Titan. Meaning he could have purposely sent it to child Eren to have contact and activate the power to save his friends

Season 3 part 2
Plothole/convenience of how Armin was able to survive with his entire body burnt to crisp and falling off that height. He probably fell like 30m and still survived after his body was burnt. Maybe Eren helped him land? Dunno
But how did he somehow remain alive during all their arguments about Erwin V Armin.
Plothole imo

Also the Reiner plot armor. Reiner showed an ability to spread his consciousness across his body. But that ability was never mentioned again, possibly because the author realized how dûmb that idea was and how much obvious plot armor it could lead to.

Season 4 part 2
Unanswered question/potential plothole?
In the episode "From You 2000 years ago", we see the origin of the founder Ymir. We learnt how she married King Fritz and that the Titan powers split after her kids ate her côrpse and their children further ate theirs.

The question here is if all subjects of Ymir originated from Ymir and her daughters, what is the difference between subjects of Ymir and those of the Royal Blood.

While there are many theories that could solve this question, the fact is that the story never explicitly addressed this. We never got an official answer and thus this could essentially be a plothole since it was left unanswered by the author.

Season 4 part 3 special 2
Minor complaints, but we never fully explored the origin of the Hallucigenia. Zeke addresses it but a lot of fans felt it needed to be addressed more.

Minor complaint, but the show leaves a lot to interpretation on the Ymir Fritz and Mikasa relationship. While most fans can piece together things, I believe the show should have delved further into the explanation as to why it had to be Mikasa.

Minor funny complaint, but how TF did Mikasa get back to Paradis to bury Eren?
She didn't seem to have any exclusive means of transportation. ODM gear can't get her that far. The flyingboat was also destroyed. I didn't see any means of transportation she could handle by herself carrying Eren's head.
This didn't make any sense to me


There are still a few minor issues or unexplained contrivances that I feel aren't really worth mentioning cos they could be easily theorized



Overall....ATTACK ON TITAN remains undoubtedly one of the best TV shows ever produced.
And in my own opinion the best show I've ever watched.

One thing people can all agree on is how great the lore, story, allegory, characters, themes and Dynamics are. For a series that is constantly changing or adapting genres, it manages to pull off everything well. It links and ties up plot points better than most TV shows could ever dream of and it pulls off incredible levels of foreshadowing and plot twists. It also teaches us many valuable lessons like how to appreciate the small precious moments in life


It also holds its place among the best anti-war pieces of fiction ever created. All its realistic war themes and allusion to real life events including some of the allusion to how the Nazis operate, it's allusion to the 1st and 2nd World War and even most wars in history.

The final season coming out during different real-life conflicts is able to shed light on different perspectives of war, genocide, propaganda, human nature, etc

This show has opened my eyes to different perspectives of war even more than any other show I've seen beforehand do. This is because it has some of the most realistic portrayal of the effects of war, racism, etc


Overall a 10/10 masterpiece that will be talked about for years to come as one of the greatest shows of all time.

.

@ TemporaryHansel

Your agenda won't "agend" today

NobleStag007:
Kai.. it's either you hate the show or you have no idea about what you are saying. You are the 1st person I'll see to say jin woo doesn't deserve his power.

Despite being the weakest, he literally save them. Despite being the weakest, he's ready to sacrifice his life to save others, despite being the weakest, he knew he couldn't win the guardians, even though he's injured, he refused to give up but fight...

And here you saying something else totally.. oro e ya mi lenu lol

Where did I say he didn't deserve it?
I said he was gifted the power.

Let's analyze -

Was he the first person in their world to show courage despite being weak?

Was he the first person left to die?

There have been many unknown E-rank hunters before him and they get stuck at E-rank forever and even die in a dungeon despite their courage...

In his case, he was gifted a power that literally breaks the established Lore and power system. While "almost every other Hunter" gets stuck at their Rank, he gets to keep upgrading and becoming more and more powerful because the system has a plan for him...

I used the phrase "almost every other Hunter" because I know he's not the first Hunter to have their Rank upgraded during reassessment but it's incredibly rare.

I am not saying Sung Jin Woo did not do any hardwork...
I am saying he also got gifted powers that made him OP....
If he wasn't gifted, he would have died and been forgotten like many other previous courageous E-Rank Hunters that died in dungeons

Before the system gave him power, he literally had absolutely no way of saving his mum. As an E-rank Hunter he was only able to make ends-meet

NobleStag007:
Laughing

Your agenda won't agend

NobleStag007:
He won against those class of hunters in fights as presented by the system. Hence, he inherited their powers.
What's difficult for you to understand there.

System owns his life and can kill him at anytime.
System puts him through tests and he proved worthy.

No wonder you love arcane that has absolutely nonsense plot lol

Without the levelling powers gifted by the system, where would he be?
Was he the first ever courageous E-Rank Hunter?

Yes he passed challenges and tests set by the system, but acting like everything he got is down to his hardwork is funny when he could have simply been left to die alone in the dungeon and forgotten.

The Levelling power he was given is extremely OP and completely breaks the power system of the world.


Ah yes...I thought some of y'all said I hated Arcane before...

If I praise a show, it means I am a fanboy...
If I criticize a show, it means I am a hater...

Just so you know...I heavily criticized Arcane season 2 on this thread

Baddestguyp:
Without the levelling powers gifted by the system, where would he be?
Was he the first ever courageous E-Rank Hunter?

Yes he passed challenges and tests set by the system, but acting like everything he got is down to his hardwork is funny when he could have simply been left to die alone in the dungeon and forgotten.

The Levelling power he was given is extremely OP and completely breaks the power system of the world.


Ah yes...I thought some of y'all said I hated Arcane before...

If I praise a show, it means I am a fanboy...
If I criticize a show, it means I am a hater...

Just so you know...I heavily criticized Arcane season 2 on this thread

FACTS!!!!
You guys arguing against baddestguyp are somewhat clueless what he means - he’s not saying the show is bad! It’s one of the best animes I have watched for what it is- it is not known for its complex storyline like AOT or Castlevania it’s known for its superb animation and fight sequences and it’s not pretentious about it and that’s what I love about the show🤷🏾‍♂️ it knows what it's and doesn't take itself too seriously. Just enjoy great visuals and animation that Hollywood would probably use 2 billion to make

ProverbBaelish:
FACTS!!!!
You guys arguing against baddestguyp are somewhat clueless what he means - he’s not saying the show is bad! It’s one of the best animes I have watched for what it is- it is not known for its complex storyline like AOT or Castlevania it’s known for its superb animation and fight sequences and it’s not pretentious about it and that’s what I love about the show🤷🏾‍♂️ it knows what it's and doesn't take itself too seriously. Just enjoy great visuals and animation that Hollywood would probably use 2 billion to make

My issue with him is he complained that invincible plot dragged only to turn around then complain that Jin Woo healing his mother is too soon.
He's forgotten that AOT took 10 years for the anime to wrap up.

samistry:
My issue with him is he complained that invincible plot dragged only to turn around then complain that Jin Woo healing his mother is too soon.
He's forgotten that AOT took 10 years for the anime to wrap up.

😂😂Maybe he probably forgot this is just like 10% of the manga

samistry:
My issue with him is he complained that invincible plot dragged only to turn around then complain that Jin Woo healing his mother is too soon.
He's forgotten that AOT took 10 years for the anime to wrap up.

Completely different complaints...

In Invincible, after season 1, many episodes have felt like filler without focusing on the central plot. Even the final villain of season 2 was someone who appeared in like S2E1 and was forgotten only to reappear in the finale after the audience have forgotten he existed...

Season 3 of Invincible is following the same format. Different random villains every week while little is there for the main plot...

I heard the issue with Invincible is the comics...
That the comics didn't even have a central plot but just random superhero stuff around Mark's life...but the animated series basically rewrote the season 1 to make the plot more streamlined...


For Solo Levelling, the issue here is different...
Sung Jin Woo's main goal was to cure his mother...
But very little has been established since this was revealed in episode 1.
He's just been clearing dungeons in the hope of finding a cure somehow...and now without much effort he found a cure...

It feels like the main character achieved his aim easily without giving the audience any reason to be emotionally attached to his goal... without struggle...

Imagine if Luffy ate the devil fruit, became Emperor Level in a single season and became the Pirate King by season 2.

Or Naruto suddenly became the Hokage without stress...he clears the Akatsuki and all the villains easily, saves the world in season 2 and becomes the Hokage...

It's not just about length of time, but emotional attachment and buildup is needed to make the audience care.

In Naruto, we know how much he struggled, rose and fell, suffered...etc...

In Solo Levelling, Sung Jin Woo has not struggled against any enemy since like S1E5 or 6

ProverbBaelish:
😂😂Maybe he probably forgot this is just like 10% of the manga

And the main character has achieved all his goals already...with little stress...

He has cured his mother...
He has gone from probably the weakest Hunter in the country to S-Rank and one of the strongest Hunters in the country in like what? A few weeks or months?

He literally has girls all over falling for him...when he was a loser that had only one girl who cared for him before...

If the MC has achieved everything in like 10% of the story...then it feels unearned...

Baddestguyp:
Without the levelling powers gifted by the system, where would he be?
Was he the first ever courageous E-Rank Hunter?

Yes he passed challenges and tests set by the system, but acting like everything he got is down to his hardwork is funny when he could have simply been left to die alone in the dungeon and forgotten.

The Levelling power he was given is extremely OP and completely breaks the power system of the world.


Ah yes...I thought some of y'all said I hated Arcane before...

If I praise a show, it means I am a fanboy...
If I criticize a show, it means I am a hater...

Just so you know...I heavily criticized Arcane season 2 on this thread

Your argument is out of point. The reward of his courage is to become a hunter that' levels up.

Ehn tell us about another hunter who is weak and brave like jin woo na


Show you haven't seen to half and you are already jumping.. read the Spoilers. The guy said he would meet foes that are greater than him.
The foes he's been winning so far is because of his generals (igris mostly) they're always fighting together.

Go watch the show and stop dragging us back jare

Baddestguyp:
And the main character has achieved all his goals already...with little stress...

He has cured his mother...
He has gone from probably the weakest Hunter in the country to S-Rank and one of the strongest Hunters in the country in like what? A few weeks or months?

He literally has girls all over falling for him...when he was a loser that had only one girl who cared for him before...

If the MC has achieved everything in like 10% of the story...then it feels unearned...

Little stress. Laughing

This guy no see Solo leveling jare

Baddestguyp:
Completely different complaints...

In Invincible, after season 1, many episodes have felt like filler without focusing on the central plot. Even the final villain of season 2 was someone who appeared in like S2E1 and was forgotten only to reappear in the finale after the audience have forgotten he existed...

Season 3 of Invincible is following the same format. Different random villains every week while little is there for the main plot...

I heard the issue with Invincible is the comics...
That the comics didn't even have a central plot but just random superhero stuff around Mark's life...but the animated series basically rewrote the season 1 to make the plot more streamlined...


For Solo Levelling, the issue here is different...
Sung Jin Woo's main goal was to cure his mother...
But very little has been established since this was revealed in episode 1.
He's just been clearing dungeons in the hope of finding a cure somehow...and now without much effort he found a cure...

It feels like the main character achieved his aim easily without giving the audience any reason to be emotionally attached to his goal... without struggle...

Imagine if Luffy ate the devil fruit, became Emperor Level in a single season and became the Pirate King by season 2.

Or Naruto suddenly became the Hokage without stress...he clears the Akatsuki and all the villains easily, saves the world in season 2 and becomes the Hokage...

It's not just about length of time, but emotional attachment and buildup is needed to make the audience care.

In Naruto, we know how much he struggled, rose and fell, suffered...etc...

In Solo Levelling, Sung Jin Woo has not struggled against any enemy since like S1E5 or 6

He has not struggled and he's fighting foes with the help of his shadow generals lol.

You no know what you are talking about


Show hasn't even reached middle, you are saying something that's way wrong like this lol

samistry:
My issue with him is he complained that invincible plot dragged only to turn around then complain that Jin Woo healing his mother is too soon.
He's forgotten that AOT took 10 years for the anime to wrap up.

Maybe he wants all movie plot to be like AOT lol...
Wants all character to suffer like AOT characters lol

Baddestguyp:
Where did I say he didn't deserve it?
I said he was gifted the power.

Let's analyze -

Was he the first person in their world to show courage despite being weak?

Was he the first person left to die?

There have been many unknown E-rank hunters before him and they get stuck at E-rank forever and even die in a dungeon despite their courage...

In his case, he was gifted a power that literally breaks the established Lore and power system. While "almost every other Hunter" gets stuck at their Rank, he gets to keep upgrading and becoming more and more powerful because the system has a plan for him...

I used the phrase "almost every other Hunter" because I know he's not the first Hunter to have their Rank upgraded during reassessment but it's incredibly rare.

I am not saying Sung Jin Woo did not do any hardwork...
I am saying he also got gifted powers that made him OP....
If he wasn't gifted, he would have died and been forgotten like many other previous courageous E-Rank Hunters that died in dungeons

Before the system gave him power, he literally had absolutely no way of saving his mum. As an E-rank Hunter he was only able to make ends-meet

O ya...name those weak hunters Na that's brave as jin woo..

We're waiting ...


You don't understand the movie.


Ranks don't get increased you can only hone your rank to bet better.
Jin woo is not limited by rank. He's a player. He's solo leveling.. his Rank will always increase and he'll always get better.

Why do you think the S rank hunters find it difficult to know if he's an assassin or a mage? Lol

So, with all these back and forth about AOT and Solo Leveling, I think for peace to reign, we should just call it...Solo Attack on Titan Leveling.

Thanks for prominencing this for me.

abduleez1:
The Plot Against America......8.5/10


Based in an alternate history where popular (real life) American aviator and former military officer Charles Lindbergh becomes the president of America, defeating Franklin D Roosevelt in the 1940 Election. The story narrates how Lindbergh goes on to enshrine a Xenophobic and Fascist regime in the US; an isolationist government hell bent on avoiding joining WWII against Nazi Germany, as well as romanticising the Germans. He viewed the war as Europe's petty war which America shouldn't involve itself in and pushed a populist 'America First' mantra— for peace.

It's a very politically charged, dialogue-heavy drama, told through the eyes of a working class Jewish family.

The political undertones and subjects were so charged it was very much believable as it would easily pass off as events that truly did happen and/or is happening in real time in present day America.

It touches on repression, oppression, propaganda, family resettlement and segregation, systemic racism, prejudice, political bigotry and extreme nationalism.


Kudos to John Turturro who could pull off the reprehensible Rabbi Lionel Bengelsdorf who sold his people to the enemy just for political gain. Then there's Morgan Spector who plays a Jewish working class man — Herman Levin who watches his country and family unravel before his very eyes with the whole divisiveness and chaos that came with Lindbergh's government.

Funny how HBO released this in 2020 and it's still relevant in today's political climate, even more profound than it actually was when it initially came out.

It just mirrors Trump and his administration during his first term and now his second term and how he rose to POTUS and his destabilising rhetoric or body language to some minorities.

A fitting watch especially during these tumultuous times with one of the biggest political divides the American citizenry and the world has ever experienced.
Just juxtapose the scenarios and characters and it fits perfectly:

Donald Trump as Lindbergh, Joe Biden as Roosevelt, Vladimir Putin as Adolf Hitler, Nazi Germany as Russia, poor Europe as Ukraine, the Jews as Immigrants. All the nuance & ingredients to boot..... what's not to like?
Heck with the right fit you can even mirror Nigeria's political and tribal climate in the past two years.


I almost initially gave up on this because it's probably one of the slowest of slowburns I've ever watched and can be really boring and a harrowing watch, at first; but the political subject and the themes talked about holds so much weight to be ignored as well as the top tier writing and performance from the cast which shines bright. And I'm glad I stuck with it.

Premium storytelling and probably the most politically charged HBO show I've ever watched.
it's highly underrated and one the HBO shows that I'm surprised don't have more prominence and being talked about like it should. It's one of those gems I'm glad I found in all the mountainous great content from HBO.

NobleStag007:
Your argument is out of point. The reward of his courage is to become a hunter that' levels up.

Ehn tell us about another hunter who is weak and brave like jin woo na


Show you haven't seen to half and you are already jumping.. read the Spoilers. The guy said he would meet foes that are greater than him.
The foes he's been winning so far is because of his generals (igris mostly) they're always fighting together.

Go watch the show and stop dragging us back jare

It's a waste of time arguing with you

NobleStag007:
Little stress. Laughing

This guy no see Solo leveling jare

Okay...
Na Squad Levelling I watch