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It's certainly not the horror movie the originals were.
More of an Action Buddies film.

If anything it felt closer to Star Wars. Learned a lot of lessons from the Mandolarian.

But it was fun

Well....Kaya-Chan isn't scary has taken on a very different feel after episode 5. The show itself is still following the same formula of short stories that end in Kaya-chan one shoting any ghost she finds but the recent revelations have really shifted the tone.

Kaya-Chan might be very scary indeed

Finally got around to watching this and It was pretty good.

For all those folk complaining how Dek didn't look like a regular Predator. Turns out that is literally a plot point. He is a Malformed Runt, which is why he has to prove himself hunting the biggest baddest thing out there.

Don't think any of the games are set in Colorado so that is unexplored territory I think. Although I think I heard something about Vault 0 being there.

As for the Blue Prints. Liberty Prime...AKA Giant Robot and likely one of the main reasons the Commonwealth branch of the Brotherhood is in charge of things

Liberty Prime Alpha sounds like a Version 2.0
so...Rock'em Sock'em giant robot battle in the future?

Nice wrap to season 2, lots of problems for Season 3. Curious what House is going to think of Lucy and Maximus

Plus End Credits scene....ooh boy, that is a big potential problem

...that's mean man

you know Gotta think about the rumours of the Vault Dwellers in the world. For most folks clearly it's "Vault Dwellers are soft little cowards who hid in the ground while the world burned"

But then there has to be the other rumours. About how 1 single Vault Dweller comes out of a Vault and kills every single thing that crosses his path.

I can't help but want a scene with Norm running into some raiders and one of them goes into complete panic at seeing a vault suit.

ah man....If you aren't someone familiar with the Games, it's hard to express just how badly Cooper F'ked up in the past, handing over that thing

Suffice it to say. He thought he was handing it over to someone Good, and he was so very wrong.
but that is the variable House was talking about.

Stumbled across Hell Teacher Nube over on Amazon.
first impression: "Those are some old school Eyebrows"

and yeah despite the presence of tablets and Iphones this has the feel of an old school show. Teacher with a demon hand protects his students from evil. Probably another revival series, been seeing a few of those lately.

I think the stuff they did with him in Clone Wars and Rebels was pretty interesting. Actually developed him as a character and not just an plot beat.

ok this looks fun

I'm enjoying Kaya-Chan isn't Scary.

Kaya herself feels pretty authentic. She's a little kid. Even though she can see and fight ghosts, she is still a little kid. She can't tell people cause they will think she is lying, so the only way to protect the other kids is simply Stop them doing things.
No...you can't use the Swing. Tape all the books shut so no one can read them. She's doing her best but it just looks mean to other kids. She sulks and she pouts cause she knows she's doing good but no one listens.

So important to get that one teacher who believes in her

That said. Something is going on in this town cause there are a LOT of hostile ghosts.
Kaya is not infallible. She almost got tricked in the 2nd episode and the issues with her mother are definitely a weak point for her. She needs more than an understanding teacher. She needs someone who can teach her how to use the power she's got.

If you are a fan of Ghost stories give this one a shot.

Interesting...they seem to be setting up the Super mutants slowly using the Norm subplot. Wonder if we are going to see something connected to the Master.

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The holy grail of Eris A young lady finds herself the target of aristocratic plotting and as her life and reputation crumble from the false accusations she begs anyone to save her. And a Ghost agrees to do so. Handily crushing her rivals with the wiles of one who is an expert at courtly games the ghost allows the young lady to leave with her reputation intact and her nemesis now the target of malice.

The young lady awakens to find she is now expected to uphold her end of the bargain, and aid the ghost in her revenge against those who executed her.

A new Scarlet ready to deal out justice. Though this one is less into fisticuffs and more the a mastery of vicious social manoeuvring. Looks like fun

We gave it a shot and before the first episode was over the wife told me to turn it off and put on Berserk. It wasn't so much the lack of violence that turned her off but the, according to her, terrible dress choices and how the people all acted as though they were dumb middle schoolers.

She's not wrong. I mean the lead character is supposedly 15 years old, as is the girl who was trying to ruin her.

The holy grail of Eris A young lady finds herself the target of aristocratic plotting and as her life and reputation crumble from the false accusations she begs anyone to save her. And a Ghost agrees to do so. Handily crushing her rivals with the wiles of one who is an expert at courtly games the ghost allows the young lady to leave with her reputation intact and her nemesis now the target of malice.
The young lady awakens to find she is now expected to uphold her end of the bargain, and aid the ghost in her revenge against those who executed her.

A new Scarlet ready to deal out justice. Though this one is less into fisticuffs and more the a mastery of vicious social manoeuvring. Looks like fun

Kaya-Chan looks neat. To outside perspective you have a little girl who sometimes lashes out violently, but the reality is she is smashing things other people can't see.

Kind of puts me in mind of Dark Gathering, another show about creepy cute little girl fighting ghosts. Was a good show but I stopped because one story arc gave me the heeby jeebies.

New Season, New shows.

First up for me Kuon the Sorcerer can see. A young noble is born with a curse inherited from the Great hero of the past who founded the kingdom. He is missing his sight. Depressed and gloomy child with no motivation until he discovers magic. Suddenly filled with a zest for life he throws himself into learning, mastering not just magic, but history, swordplay and etiquette at a rapid pace. Until he learns to use magic to replace his lost sight.

Got 2 episodes released already. Looks like it is mostly going to be fun magic school shenanigans. Kuon's blindness remains a factor though he has learned to compensate somewhat using magic. Plus some creative and amusing uses for Water Magic.

...(face palm)

Maximus is definitely working the Idiot Savant Perk.

Seen an interesting theory popping up.

Maximus' friend could be a Commonwealth Spy
They mangled their own foot to avoid becoming a Knight. As a Knight they would get sent out of the camp and into the wilderness. By staying in the camp they stay close to the people they needed to spy on.

I mean, a heads up on the basics of Vegas would be a good idea. Fill her in on the factions, tell her to avoid the Supermutants, Avoid certain critters..all critters, etc.... little bits of useful details

That is fair. Ghoul could certain stand to give her more details on the world while they walk.

Well...that was unexpected. Tojima wants to be Kamen Rider, has a crossover with Air Master. Apparently they were done by the same author.

Airmaster is kind of a lesser known street fighting series from...must be like 20 years ago. Basic plot is you have a young girl who's mother trained her to be an Olympic Gymnast. As she got older however she inherited her father's physique. IE: She got HUGE, not great for being a Gymnast.
Turns out she got something else from her father, a love of beating the crap out of people. So she took her gymnastics training and turned it into a street fighting style.
Was a fun anime, although there was one character who's voice was Nails on a chalkboard bad.

Apparently after her own series she went on to become a Cop....then got fired for crushing an entire Yakuza gang single handedly. Now she teaches martial arts to children.

Season 2 shaping up nicely so far

but she really needs to consider. If the Ghoul thinks a group is so bad you don't want to deal with them...maybe listen to him

FKing Caesar's Legion

That gruff older Captain is something of an Archetype I think. Tends to show up in a lot of places.
variations of Team Grandis show up a lot too. (hell if someone told me Jessie from Team Rocket was her daughter I would half believe it)

After something like 10 years
Saga of Tanya the Evil, Season 2 is coming.

Yeah that was some nice payoff on just about every front.

Can't wait to see where it goes next

New pair of episodes and ...I have many questions

but the biggest one is; Rosie our lovely cannibal queen.
A Sinner, even an Overlord would not have the power to grant his request. Nor would they want to as it would, by definition, mean making him more powerful than they were.

So....She is not what she appears to be.

There is one thing that hasn't been said that could become a root of fear in Heaven.

The fact that a Sinner can be redeemed means you're still being judged. The Assumption till now has been Heaven and Hell are the end points. If you made it, you are done. Final Destination

Except now there is proof in Heaven's face you aren't done and the idea that a Sinner can be redeemed and enter Heaven is one thing and certainly to be celebrated.
But the unasked question is "Can the Heavenly Fall?" and for some that question will become "Can I Fall?" They aren't going to say it out loud, but it's going to rattle around in their heads. Sir Pentious isn't just a symbol of Redemption he is the suggestion that maybe even Heaven isn't forever.

The music really is something. Great job capturing the mood of the scenes

Sanda is a weird one
In a world with ultra low birthrates children are a highly protected national treasure. But even in the first few episodes you can feel the presence of a Distopia.

So into this world a young girl with a knife approaches a young boy with one goal in mind

Unleash Santa Claus

Santa raises the red flag of rebellion as an Anarchy Superhero set to fulfill the dreams of children, against the control of the state.

"Tojima wants to be a Kamen Rider"

So this started off as; Adults who still want to be Superheroes in the regular world

And then it took a weird turn when they discovered the Supervillain organization is actually real, complete with Monsters.

There was also a Spelljammer comic as I recall. I remember when the shift to 3rd edition happened it was reflected in the comics too. They had a scene where the Party Wizard was muttering about how Magic Missile was less effective now and other changes to magic with the shift from Mystra to Midnight

Kinda meh on the last episode. Wouldn't be bad if there werent years between seasons but for right now.. meh.

I was kind of expecting an epilogue episode that set stuff up for later and I got that. On that front I'm satisfied but the main problem I had with it was they clearly padded it out with basically cheap music videos.

I liked season 1 better but overall I think season 2 was solid.

and it took me a full day to clue into the "Salvation Run" link.

Checkmate

also WTF was that ending?

Honestly not nearly as fun as Absolute DC or even Ultimate Marvel. ESPECIALLY with the new Absolute "Justice" League.

I think Brainiac is about to make a Significant Mistake

OK so first one to really catch my attention this season is "May I ask one final Thing".

Start up looks very familiar
A young noble lady engaged to the 2nd prince of the kingdom, finds herself dumped for a new girl in front of the his court of sneering supporters. She takes his false accusations of her misdeeds with grace.

and then she beats the ever living tar out of everyone present starting with his smirking new fiancee and ending with him.

Gotta love a girl who can throw hands with style and grace.

welp, that confirms that

Just finished last night.

Overall I enjoyed it.

Thing is, if they do a season 2,

Getting a chance to watch this now. Grabbed a Free Week of City TV and this is available there.
Just finished episode 5.

Show isn't bad got some interesting new ideas and I am all in favour of having some new critters

The idea of the Ticks makes me squirm but the Eyeball probably scares me the most. That thing is horrifying and it is clearly smart. Plus there is the Zombie factor as we have clearly seen it doesn't matter if the body is alive or dead when it takes over.

Still two critters to reveal for me though.

Galaxy is a terrible place full of horrible things. This reinforces that quite nicely.

As another example; The new animated Superman has Jor-el describe Krypton's military expansion across the galaxy until they ran into a foe they couldn't defeat. The version of Brainiac there is a Military AI who refused to be decommissioned.

So reworking the Background is nothing new.

but personally I like to imagine it's something Lex did and he's still privately gloating about it. Just this extra bit of pettiness that he counts as a win.

I get that they insist the message is real, multiple times from multiple people during the film but...

It's Lex Luthor.
If anyone could Deep Fake an Alien Transmission it's him. If the guy saw a way to make Superman just a little more miserable, he would take it, just to undermine one of Superman's core beliefs about himself.

Welp, I have a reason to pick up Disney+ again

My first childhood Anime Crush is back

New Cat's Eye series

Peacemaker origin story

Is it just me or are there a lot of Record stores in the alternate universe?

...oh wow
I saw that Peace-cycle and the first thing that popped into my head is a movie called Megaforce.

I wonder if they are setting Harcourt up to become Peacewreaker

Still trying to process calling up your buddy to help dismember your own corpse so it will fit in the extra-dimensional cat incinerator.

and to have Vigilante be ridiculously happy about doing so.

and again Eagly...hardcore.
and the strut back inside when he was done with those guys.

lol
They literally just Retconned it and walked away, nuff said.

and the whole Other Peacemaker thing turned out even sadder than I had imagined

I think it's probably just Fan-shipping (unless something happens after the Camp episode that I'm not aware of)

In the first season she had more chemistry with Enid than either of the two male leads and people picked up on it.
Personally though I don't think Wednesday is a character who has tolerance for romance of any sort. But Enid is hers so she is miffed at the idea of someone killing her.