Super old show called scrapheap challenge or junkyard wars, which depends on whether it’s the british or american version. I loved this show as a kid.
I’ll take the UK version any day. Robert Llewelyn did a great job as host. Did anyone ever have a successful build using hydraulics?
Severance is an all too graphic caricature of life in corporate America and I had a visceral reaction to watching it that made me feel dead it was awful don’t watch it because the show is magnificently well done and immaculately satirical stay away from this terrifyingly good show watch it
Years ago I picked up the book ‘Gone Girl.’ I got about twenty pages into it and put it down because I couldn’t stand the smug, entitled yuppie narrator.
Later, I watched and enjoyed the movie, and read some of the author’s other books.
It made me realize what a good writer she is; she made me hate a character so much that I couldn’t read the book.
When I played Cyberpunk 2077 for the first time, I chose the “nomad” backstory which defines essentially a character who has been so burned by late stage capitalism that they ran away to live in a small commune in the desert.
While playing through the game, I thought the advertisements littering Night City were incredibly jarring like they were supposed to be from a Borderlands game, or at least one that was way more tongue-in-cheek. The world of Night City was far too depressing to reasonably include those utterly ridiculous ads and it made it hard for me to feel immersed. Then it hit me; that’s exactly how I was supposed to feel, and then it paradoxically made me feel like this game set in a future world with insanely high-tech appliances available to all its citizens was indistinguishable from my own. I literally forgot multiple times that this game was set in an alternate future and not just in some city in California
Arcane
Second season wasn’t the best
! Viktor literally wanted to make an utopia, and he is a villian? !<
I’ve been doing Doom Patrol lately, switching between it and What we do in the Shadows.
I can recommend them both with the caveat that I’m not very far into either.
I loved doom patrol. I’m sad there’s no more.
It was amazing, then got weak after Dalton left. mho
Something I haven’t seen mentioned is Ghosts. Recently got caught up on it and it’s definitely a fun watch!
Which one? Both are good but UK is the best.
I’ve only seen the US version so far, but will probably watch the UK version too!
It’s British humor so it’s a bit dry and winded at times. But they don’t talk down to their audience like the American version.
!showsandmovies@lemm.ee has weekly discussions thread on that topic
I’m watching the dune show, it’s not great.
I’m also watching creature commandos which is pretty good if you don’t mind animation.
Marvelous Miss Maisle is solid from om beginning to end. Not a minute, scene or note is wasted. The writers know how to pack every scene with as much energy and storytelling as possible. Just perfect.
A lot of my picks are already mentioned so I’ll pick an odd one:
Air crash investigator (called Mayday in NA). It’s dramatizations of the reports from air crashes, organized like a murder mystery. Surprisingly compelling.
I’ve never been nervous about flying but this show really underlined how safe flying is, it’s actually kinda crazy how thorough the reports are and how often they lead to rule changes. I wish the same institutional dedication to safety was practised in other industries (especially cars).
Episodes that take place in the 80s have you face palming at how stupid the mistakes are, more modern episodes are almost always a combination of many many different small low chance events and minor mistakes from the pilot piling up. I usually skip the terrorist episodes though.
Yes! I binge watched Mayday. Very well done documentary with only a minimum of dramatization, you do get some “Get this into the lab!” type acting and shoop shoop edits but not much. Looking into the events they are good about getting like 90% of the info. They have the actors reading straight from the CVR records. It really does point out how the vast majority of accidents require a lot of star all lining up. It also points out how important thorough maintenance is. You’ve got things failing in ways you’d never expect if they had only, say, put some grease on a single screw. The really frustrating ones are where the crew ignore their instruments thinking they (the pilot) must be right or the crew sit and watch the pilot fuck up without intervening. The cash in Portland OR where the pilot obsessed over a landing gear light and ignored that they were running out of fuel is a case in point.
The most disturbing ones are where a pilot likely suicided and took all the innocent people with him or someone attacked the crew. Insanely selfish a-holes.
After watching all of the episodes, some repeatedly, I think I could assist a crew in a crisis now.
I started watching Scavengers Reign recently on a suggestion from a friend. I normally don’t go for animated shows, but this one is really enjoyable for me. Calm & explorative.
Secret Level.
The OutsiderI’ve recently fallen down an Anime rabbit hole after almost a decade of being out of the loop.
The fact I’m re-watching “Bocchi the Rock” is a pretty big recommendation.
I just finished Only Murders in the Building. I love it. Its a whodunit with Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez. The whole cast always feels to me like they’re always having a lot of fun!
Silo. It’s so fucking good. So are the books.
Jury Duty, binge watched and loved it, I couldn’t stop laughing.
Silo.
Severance (rewatching cause season 2 is around the corner).
Star Trek Strange New Worlds (also rewatched waiting for next season).
Came here to say Severance. Great show, I just watched it this week.
