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https://web.archive.org/web/20230316074603/https:/thespectator.com/topic/george-santos-interview-promises-performance-art “And while he's seen every Lord of the Rings movie, he said the Hobbit prequels are better as they "give you more depth" and that The Battle of the Five Armies is ‘my favorite fucking movie.’" THROW THIS FUCKER IN JAIL

*Insert Winds Of Winter joke here*

Completed Gankutsuou. I didn't completely get it the 1st time around as a teen but thought it was cool. Now I can confirm it's a masterwork. I will say, anime age inflation is real because you're introduced to 2 of the MCs as they leave home for weeks at a time for a moon casino pussy quest and they're FUCKING 15. THE FUCK. Considering everything else they have to deal with you'd think they're at minimum 18 to 21, but at the same time what is Albert's situation? He's not at school but he's got no job. Oh shit, I just realized this is also an anime version of The Graduate. Bravo Gonzo, goddamn. ｌａｙｅｒｓ　まタケ

Shonen series dropping the F bomb? I've not seen that before. I dig it.

Literally Hollywood right now.

Sometimes collateral damage is necessary. Watch How To Blow Up A Pipeline.

The biggest "Fuck You" I think is the Artificial Intelligence clause (studios flat out rejecting not replacing writers with AI). This could be the turning point in seeing whether they're scumfuck enough to never come to an agreement because the tech exists (or will exist next month/week/tomorrow with how fast it's advancing).

Crux of the issue [Fuck the studios]

Proposals vs. Offers

Air Texhnolyze you pussies.

So no Zaslav bukkake?

Whelp time to reverse this trend: I'm a few episodes into Gankutsuou.

Viewers Battle the Klan | The Jerry Springer Show | Nosey

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA I love being right, this shit is fucking TRASH. The PS1 cutscene stuck-at-SD Gonzo visuals, the music, the goddamn kid Anakin-level "yipeeeee"-ness ay fuck nah Last Exile is obsolete. My future work is not so much a spite manga anymore as it is a service: A replacement for dead untertainment. So being I dropped that LE rewatch after an episode, I moved on to Gonzo's succeeding work Gankutsuou and what a night & day difference in texture and mood. I had to stop after like 10 minutes unfortunately because pre-HD digital animation injures my cornea when trying to watch it on my OLED, but luckily I found a semi-upscale of the JP Blu-ray so that should help me out. Oh, and the bassist from THE STRANGLERS crooning over the opening? The post-punk masters responsible for "No More Heroes" and "Golden Brown"??! Fuck...

Finished Now And Then, Here And There: A dour slog with an insufferably righteous MC. I love characters suffering as much as the next guy, just don't bore me in the process. Made In Abyss is much more effective misery porn in comparison (which is funny to say because I wouldn't be surprised if there was some influence from N&T, H&T). Last Exile and Gankutsuou are next. Haven't seen either in over a decade through some really shitty Kissanime streams but I remember really digging the latter. With LE however, I recall being pissed off enough at the show squandering its potential to make a spite manga. Maybe I'll change my mind this time (maybe I won't).

Lawrence Kasdan wrote a draft? That sounds like a lost holy grail the likes of Gore Verbinski's Bioshock.

Interlaced beta tape scans of Pilot Candidate confirmed for 5/20.

Midway through Now And Then, Here And There and I'm annoyed the MC has no other character traits other than "heroic."

Still not seen S2 and not sure I care enough to see more (I paused Mugen Train halfway through and never got around to watching the rest).

no me mortifique

I can't see Ari Aster doing Akira. Evangelion tho...

HBO had Real Sex. That was... a show.