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  • ARROW – Season 2

    Posted on February 26, 2020 1:14 pm by Offkorn Comment

    This season picks up from where the first left off following a short time skip.

    It’s nowhere near as focused and mostly just comes across as a random assortment of ideas thrown at a wall: Arbitrary resurrections, sudden sci-fi elements (though some might consider those a positive considering the series didn’t start off very superhero-like), some questionable costume choices, and the appearance of a ninja army (not quite as bad as Daredevil‘s, but still pretty bad).

    I’m generally not one to mourn a loss of realism, but here that was in a sense the show’s defining trait. The corporate elements don’t work well either. As for positives… well, I guess Laurel’s arc is solid enough and I’m certainly not sad to see the (apparent) end of Thea’s questionable romance.

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    This entry was posted in Movie & TV Related and tagged Action Arrowverse Comic Adaptation DC Comics Drama Romance Science Fiction Series Televised
  • ARROW – Season 1

    Posted on February 26, 2020 8:40 am by Offkorn Comment

    The first season of the CW’s Arrow TV series combines an assortment of themes/genres.

    It starts off quite good as a mixture of action-focused revenge story and courtroom drama, eventually adding police procedural elements, military survivalism flashbacks, thrillerish conspiracy-related developments, assorted familial/relationship drama, and a fairly large number of romantic subplots. Some parts work better than others.

    The action scenes are solid throughout and I have no complaints regarding the acting or casting (though some characters seem overly similar to one another). The justice-themed monologues however pretty much universally fall flat, him working alone initially plays better than him working with employees (once the tech expert joins it evens out), the background conspiracy is pretty sketchy, and I don’t buy that simply wearing a hood magically makes someone completely unrecognizable.

    It’s a good show, but perhaps just a bit too meandering. I think this season would’ve been better at about half the length with most of the secondary subplots, particularly the ‘crisis of faith’ and re-occurring secret identity drama, cut out to focus entirely on the main revenge/conspiracy.

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    This entry was posted in Movie & TV Related and tagged Action Arrowverse Comic Adaptation DC Comics Drama Romance Series Televised
  • THE BOYS, WATCHMEN

    Posted on February 6, 2020 6:55 am by Offkorn Comment

    The Boys is an adaptation of an ~adult~ comic of the same name, which is to say it features graphic violence, sex, cursing, and dark themes. It’s not a 1:1 adaptation though, making a number of changes which (after having read the original’s synopsis) I think end up significant improvements. Homelander and Butcher are fantastic, the majority of the other characters are solid, and only Hughie seems miscast. His acting is perfectly on point, it’s just that its highly visually discordant to see him grouped with everyone else.

    Considering how the first season ended, with a massive departure from the source material, I’m not sure how things can be believably resolved considering that Homelander is not altruistic in the slightest. At the very least I hope they have a different ending in mind for Butcher, since the way the original story plays out is incredibly dumb.

    The Watchmen TV series is also related to a comic, though in this case it’s a sequel rather than an adaptation. With the earlier Watchmen movie being my only previous experience with this franchise I didn’t really have any expectations going in, yet considering the bizarre combination of rural anachronisms and dystopian cosplay on display it doesn’t seem familiarity would’ve helped. It’s strange. Very strange, skipping between being a period piece, a murder mystery, a police procedural, a psychological thriller, and a romantic drama. Heavy on violence, both physical and otherwise, with little counterbalance.

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    This entry was posted in Movie & TV Related and tagged Action Comic Adaptation Comic Relief DC Comics Drama Mystery Paranormal Romance Romance Science Fiction Series Televised Thriller
  • Assorted, Mostly DC, Movies

    Posted on February 2, 2020 2:39 pm by Offkorn

    Went on a brief movie kick recently in a fit of boredom (though I watched the first two on the list below at the time they were released):

    • Detective Pikachu: Reynolds and the pokémon are good; the humans are all extremely cringe.
    • Avengers: Endgame: Does a fantastic job wrapping up all the disparate plotlines featured across the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Surprisingly, a good chunk of it leans strongly toward comedy.
    • Mad Max: Fury Road: Most of it is quite strong… if a little odd in places. The third act however (revisiting the citadel) is a disaster.
    • Suicide Squad: The prologue bits (before they’re captured) are pretty good and the visuals are stellar throughout, but the rest is pretty meh and I wasn’t feeling the ‘forced to fight for the government’ angle.
    • Wonder Woman: Eh. The first two Captain America movies do something similar far more competently.
    • Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice: This is a very strange movie which plays out like a TV miniseries for the first two-thirds, featuring more thriller elements than action. But then Doomsday appears and holy shit. It’s like night and day; an insanely strong finish worth the price of entry alone (and Wonder Woman is better here than she is in her own movie).
    • Justice League: Not sure what this was supposed to be. An imitation Infinity War? It doesn’t succeed. It’s closer to the first Avengers movie… which is not a good thing.

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    This entry was posted in Movie & TV Related and tagged Action Batman Comedy Comic Adaptation Comic Relief DC Comics Drama History Marvel Comics Movie Paranormal Romance Romance Science Fiction Thriller Urban Fantasy
  • Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne

    Posted on July 7, 2019 5:11 am by Offkorn Comment

    Normal highschool student by day Maron Kusakabe’s true identity is that of Kaitou Jeanne, the reincarnation of Jeanne d’Arc who spends her nights tracking down and stealing demon-possessed paintings with the help of her guardian angel Fin Fish. She’s not the only one after the paintings however, and in addition to police interference and hostile demons she also has to contended with rival thief Kaitou Sinbad.

    A multi-genre magical girl phantom thief hybrid. Primarily focused on comedy and action, it periodically dips into drama and romance as well.

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    This entry was posted in 1999 - Autumn 1999 - Spring 1999 - Summer 1999 - Winter Anime Related and tagged Action Comedy Comic Adaptation Dramatic Support Dropped Magical Girl Romance School Life Series Televised Urban Fantasy
  • FLCL: PROGRESSIVE

    Posted on July 6, 2019 4:59 am by Offkorn Comment

    The war between Medical Mechanica and Fraternity continues to rage unabated across the galaxy. A state of affairs which doesn’t mean much to the reserved Hidomi Hibajiri until she herself comes under attack and, through the meddling of Raharu Haruha, awakens a secret power hidden deep within.

    A sequel to FLCL with similar attributes and a mostly different cast. It’s available in both episodic and movie format.

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    This entry was posted in 2018 - Spring Anime Related and tagged Action Amazon Prime Anime Original Comedy Coming of Age Crunchyroll Dramatic Support Ecchi Finished FLCL Movie Romance Science Fiction Series Televised
  • Kenja no Mago

    Posted on June 27, 2019 8:33 am by Offkorn Comment

    Reincarnated into a fantasy world upon his death and raised by a reclusive sage, the newly named Shin Wolford is taught a number of powerful magic and combat techniques over the years. Eventually the time comes for him to set out on his own… but just how will everyone react to a boy with memories of another world who can instantly master any skill he tries his hand at?

    A fantasy-themed school life comedy featuring frequent action scenes alongside a small amount of drama and romance.

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    This entry was posted in 2019 - Spring Anime Related and tagged Action Amazon Prime Comedy Crunchyroll Dramatic Support Fantasy Finished Funimation Incomplete Source LN Adaptation Romance School Life Series Televised
  • Senryuu Shoujo

    Posted on June 23, 2019 12:43 pm by Offkorn Comment

    A cheerful and outgoing member of her school’s literary club, Nanako Yukishiro fell in love at first sight with noted delinquent Eiji Busujima. Turns out Eiji isn’t anywhere near as harsh as his appearance suggests and the two of them quickly hit it off, sharing their observations and feelings through the use of senryuu.

    A daily life romantic club comedy with an educational subtheme, minor love triangle elements, and large variety of comedy styles.

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    This entry was posted in 2019 - Spring Anime Related and tagged Comedy Comic Adaptation Crunchyroll Educational Finished HiDive Incomplete Source Romance School Life Series Slice of Life Televised
  • Midara na Ao-chan wa Benkyou ga Dekinai

    Posted on June 23, 2019 9:45 am by Offkorn Comment

    Determined to get away from her perverted father as quickly as possible Ao Horie has been focusing all her attention on studying to get into a top university. A plan derailed one day when Takumi Kijima suddenly confesses his love to her, triggering a cascade of lewd thoughts that make it all but impossible to concentrate on schoolwork.

    A romantic comedy focused on ecchi-centric situations and misunderstandings.

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    This entry was posted in 2019 - Spring Anime Related and tagged Comedy Comic Adaptation Crunchyroll Ecchi Finished HiDive Partial Adaptation Romance School Life Series Televised
  • Middlegame, Siren’s Song, & Honors

    Posted on June 20, 2019 2:28 pm by Offkorn Comment

    Seanan McGuire‘s Middlegame is a standalone story with no relation to any of her various series. It’s pretty remarkable for framing thematically dark fairy tale prose with time resets more commonly at home in science fiction. I had been avoiding her Wayward Children books, but may have to check them out after all just to see if they happen to resemble this in any way.

    Kristin McTiernan’s Black Magic’s Prey is a very… raw story. It starts out well enough, only to very quickly escalate into magical mind rape, lots of crying, sudden lesbianism, casual racism, razorblade gargling, situational rape, satan worship, and small town vindictiveness. And that’s all just in the first half (a pretty impressive accomplishment considering the book’s only about half the standard length), which is where I had to stop; I’m not keen on continually victimized protagonists and the summary for the followup just raises all sorts of questions I think I’d be better off not knowing the answers to.

    The Honors series is a sci-fi work co-authored by Rachel Caine and Ann Aguirre which (at least initially) brings to mind Aguirre’s earlier Sirantha Jax series. So, it’s more than a little odd that the ‘about the authors’ section make it seem like everything was Caine’s idea while going well out of the way to pretend that series doesn’t exist. Oddity aside, while the first book is quite engaging the second has a completely different atmosphere to it with: A forced focus on social justice issues, a bit of character assassination where the protagonist is concerned, an overall devolvement into battle shounen tropes, and a cliffhanger ending.

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