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From having read a bit of the simulwatch thread, my impression is that the answer would be ‘no’, but would you get a reasonable impression of what TTGL is like from watching the first three episodes? I’ve seen two or three from the middle, including the recap episode (so I know about The Thing...

Sinners A pair of successful gangster twin brothers (both played by Michael B. Jordan) return to their poor, segregated hometown in depression-era Mississippi to open their own dance hall, but as they collect a crew of familiar faces to put on an unforgettable opening night, including their...

I think there might be a little too much to do in the wasteland, tbh. I spent so much time on little quests in the wilderness that I actually lost interest in the game before I even got to Vegas. I don’t hold it against them, I enjoyed my time with the game, but it still feels weird to me that...

Dante Makes Cookies ep2 I don’t know. This is a nice enough looking series, but I think the attempts at ironic witty dialogue just make it feel like a Saturday morning cartoon with more gore - maybe if you’re deeply in touch with your inner edgy 12-year old, this is great, but I’m already...

Gurren Lagann is a show whose appeal has always been a bit lost on me too, but it probably doesn’t help that I came into the show around the middle, at what is probably the least favourite part of it. My overriding memory is that there was just something annoyingly smug and self-congratulatory...

Ms .45 (1981) Having survived a sexual assault that leaves her with a body in her apartment and a cheap handgun, Thana, a traumatised young deaf-mute woman (Zoë Lund) finds herself attacking the men she encounters on the streets of New York, in this faintly notorious revenge thriller from Abel...

It was the director’s cut I saw, yeah. I’m probably being a bit hard on the film really - if I’d gone into it with no expectations, I’d likely have enjoyed it more, it’s just that I was hoping there’d be more meat on its bones, so to speak. It has such a strong and interesting cast, but it...

Dark City (1998) In a noirish retro-futuristic city, an amnesiac man (Rufus Sewell, ‘we have young Michael Keaton at home’) wakes up in a hotel room next to a dead body, with no recollection of who he is or what he’s doing there, only to be hastily pursued by his wife he can’t remember...

Dante My Cringe ep1 Oh boy. Other than the scene of Dante being introduced with all the charm and wit of a used car salesman on magic mushrooms, I didn’t hate it - it’s decently animated so far and the late Kevin Conroy adds a touch of class to the dub. Quite why they’ve gone for this weird...

I’m interested in seeing Lazarus, but I wasn’t all that sold on the trailers and this current debacle hasn’t done much to endear it to me any further. It came up on the discord, but in case anyone hasn’t heard, there have also been questions over whether Adult Swim was given an early master...

Sorairo Utility ep12 [end] A quiet, dignified sort of conclusion to the series, I suppose. It certainly looks as if the desire to continue it is there, although I don't think there's been any definite mention of another season. It's been a very pleasant little show overall, but I think the...

Possession (1981) Intelligence agent Sam Neill quits his job and returns to his home in West Berlin to try and save his collapsing marriage to dance teacher Isabelle Adjani, but is unable to fathom her self-destructive behaviour. At first he blames her new-age lover, but the further he digs...

I really only watched Sorairo Utility, but I was entirely satisfied with it. I think it being a show about golfing (and not even a show about Xtreme Golfing) was a hard sell for some folk, but while it didn’t quite come up to the level of Laid Back Camp as ‘cosy outdoor activity’ shows go, I...

From Beijing With Love (1994) Stuck in the rural backwoods of mainland China, drunken reserve secret agent and expert butcher Ling-Ling-Chat (Stephen Chow) is over the moon when he's suddenly dispatched to Hong Kong in search of a valuable tyrannosaurus skull stolen from the Chinese government...

Shikabane Hime (Corpse Princess: Aka / Kuro) Ep10-15 Honestly, I expected to watch a few episodes of this, think ‘oh yeah, this is where I dropped it’ and give up on it again, yet here we are. Considering that it doesn’t have any of the Gainax ‘big names’ attached to it, it’s proven stylish...

Shikabane Hime (Corpse Princess: Aka) Ep6-9 This has genuinely picked up a bit, especially now that personality placeholder Ouri actually has some character development, having formed a pleasingly natural and unforced relationship with a girl other than Makina, for whom he seems more like a...

Gundam GQuuuuuuX: Beginning A great start to something, but there is little suggestion that this is anything more than an extended cut of two (three?) episodes from a longer series sandwiched together. Really, it just stopped when I was getting into it. As other folk have mentioned, the first...

Shikabane Hime (Corpse Princess: Aka) ep2-5 Continues to be broadly fine in that way that’s frustratingly just below the point you’d call it good. The production is still the best part of it; what strikes me most is that it’s nicely lit, there’s good use of colour filters and deep shadows to...

Sorairo Utility ep6-8 Away from the magical girl simulwatch, this is really all I’ve been watching lately, but I find that it’s not one I have much to say about on an episode-to-episode basis. It continues to be a very charming little series; a few hints of conflict are seeping in around...

I had intended to watch Full Bloom, but reading you guys’ comments, eh, I dunno. The idea intrigued me, but it doesn’t sound like the execution made much of it, which is a shame - much as it is clearly a nostalgia grab, I think there is potential in revisiting these kind of narratives with a...