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Arcane was the best show to come out in a while. If you can get past all the clichés that piled on at once in the beginning. (And ignore how that scene of Vi/Powder's separation, that creates the whole future plot, is incredibly contrived at the very least.)

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Something can have objectionable material, without it being an endorsement of said material.

@Fabricant451

Well, I could at least see that argument being used in fiction and animation. Say "Big Mouth", because at least it's not real...

But it would be like a snuff film that has rolling text of 'violence is bad' on it. And the person who gave it awards was subsequently convicted of being a serial killer. And the snuff film had thousands of 'tryout victims' going through the scenes dozens of times. Ya know. To find the best bare pieces of meat.

I digress. I don't want to think about this movie anymore. ^-^'

Anyway, I keep being told that Avatar the Last Airbender is good but I'm starting to think I was lied to.

@Fabricant451

I had the same thought about the Dragon Prince show on Netflix.

For some reason, I remember you talking about the Legend of Korra. Did you happen to watch that show first? Or am I confusing you with somebody else?

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the movie that wasn't even bad or anything

@Fabricant451

I'd rather imagine that you straight up didn't watch it, if you think that movie didn't have any replusive content.

Or you're that one reviewer on youtube that went 'it's supposed to make you think, look at the cute blonde one'.

But in perfect fairness, there's plenty of other terrible decisions/programming Netflix has made over the years. Just happened to be the final nail that made sailing the high seas seem all the more appealing.

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I love Matt Mercer, hate how people try to make D&D sessions exactly like Critical Role. Blech X(

@Dark Cloud

Copies of original works, are usually missing several parts that make it good in the first place. So I concur.

What are your thoughts on Inside Job?

@Dark Cloud

Trailer did not appeal to me. (Will never support Netflix, after Cuties.) But I know some people say that's one of the good ones.

But you gave me something good to watch. So I dunno. What are your thoughts? :P

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The most recent cartoon I guess you can consider it a cartoon i've been watching The Legend of Vox Machina, which is really good and hilarious so far, but very gory at times as well to.

@Nallore

Im so srry.

I implore you to give the actual "Critical Role" D&D streams the show is based off of a shot. If you have a billion hours to spare, that is.

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So, for some reason, I read more books than I watched western cartoons as a kid. (So because I basically watched anime exclusively as a teenager.) I've tried to watch more recommended cartoons as an adult. (Because I usually don't find bad things entertaining. Thus, I avoid the ones that get universally panned.)

Anyway, here's some more recent shows that I've watched.

Modern/Cal Art Era
First Seasons of...
Owl House - 4.5/10 That was a show alright?

Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart - 7/10 Fun enough. Episodes are very hit or miss. (Still prefer cartoons with an actual story/arc in them though.)

Older shows
Gargoyles - 8.5/10 First season is genuinely entertaining. (Like most cartoons, the gun control episode is always the worst one.) The second season is a massive filler arc and grows tiring to watch very fast.

Batman Beyond - ?/10 Yeah, this one feels very much "of its time". And something I might've liked more as a teenager. But aside from its art style in places, there's very little I enjoyed about the episodes I watched. It was simply okay/average feeling.

Adult Cartoons
Smiling Friends - 8/10 Very predictable humor a lot of the time. But pretty entertaining and well-animated in parts overall, actually. (Being shorter helps.)

Legends Of Vox Machina - 2/10 It's first two episodes are almost insufferable to watch. (Granted my tolerance for lowbrow "cussing/gross out" shit humor is fittingly quite low.)

Plans to watch in future maybe?
Infinity Train - I've been looking for actual story-driven cartoons. (And the only modern "best era eva" show that I've liked so far is most of Gravity Falls.) And this cartoon has the fewest "this show I praised endlessly and wasted hundreds of episodes on, now sucks a lot y god y" videos. So I'm hoping it managed to stick the landing?

Over The Garden Wall - Haven't heard a single negative thing said about it, really. (Plus it's a mini-series. So it's not that much time investment.)

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@Dark Cloud Haven't seen that.

The second half of the season is pretty good.

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Let me know what you think after watching it.

@Dark Cloud

Episode One Reaction:
> Oh, it's the "it's funny because the art style is fugly" ala YouTube animator comedy.
> It's literally Mike from Red Letter Media, that's not fair. How can I not laugh?

Dark comedy worked. I laughed/enjoyed most of it. (And I'm admittedly harder to please in this genre than most seem to be.) 6.5/10

Will watch more.

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MY PC IS NOT UPDATED TO RUN WINDOWS 11!!!!

- My windows update screen.

Thanks, not using that. So fuck off Microsoft.

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Watch Smiling Friends, it's new on Adult Swim. Fucking hilarious.

@Dark Cloud

I meant on Prime. I need a T.V subscription for that show. :P

But I found a place to watch it on my computer anyway.

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So instead, I watched two full episodes of Amazon's absolute bastardization of Critical Role's first D&D game. "Legends of Vox Machina" and got treated to one of the worst-paced beginnings to a show, I've seen in a very long time. (Borderline unwatchable for the first half of the episode, where 'my friend wanting to see it' was the only reason it stayed on my screen.) With an obvious animation error within the first 15 minutes.

And I'm only familiar enough with the Twitch streams to know how much more entertaining the show itself is, by comparison. So I don't know why it's IMDB rating is so high right now.

But I'll get to the recommendations that I was given at some point.

What Are You Listening To?

Shuffle your playlist 10 times 2: Every Day I'm Shufflin'

1. Anger - Groundbreaking
2. Wolves - JJ and The Pillars
3. Doomsday - Choir Noir
4. Beauty Queen - BLVK SWVN
5. The Dreamer's Hotel (Acoustic) - Enter Shikari
6. Tailspin - The Wise Man's Fear
7. Sledge - Dance With the Dead
8. Mars Attacks - Tim Tymo
9. Zombified - Falling In Reverse
10. Judges Of The Underworld - Venom Prison