TheSeventhAnimorph

TheSeventhAnimorph t1_j6hiu4t wrote

They merged into other genres like fantasy and science fiction. Now people who want the drama still get it, but they also get people who specifically want those genres one way or another.

Edit: At least when it comes to network TV shows and some streaming shows. There are still also some streaming or cable teen dramas that aren't fantasy or science fiction. Euphoria is an obvious example.

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TheSeventhAnimorph t1_j6fzp2t wrote

I watched Edgerunners with the subtitles and they were completely fine except for episode 3 for some reason. I don't know what happened to them on that episode, but they were bizarrely bad on that one.

> So yeah next question which is closer to the original dialogue, sub or dub?

Subs are the most literal translation and dubs try to also account for mouth movements. (That being said, Netflix sometimes has two subtitle tracks available - one which is that "most literal translation" and one which is closed captions for the dub.)

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TheSeventhAnimorph t1_j5booi7 wrote

> This is going to sound like a super dorky complaint, but I'm disappointed that they won't be adapting the comics.

Technically we don't know what the theatrical animated movies are going to do. The first one is going to be focused on the main Avatar characters again and be directly canon to the original show, so it's possible that they might take something from the comics. (But it's also still possible that they might do something else entirely; an adaptation of anything from the comics would have to pretty much assume the audience had seen the show, which Paramount might not want to do for a theatrical movie.)

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TheSeventhAnimorph t1_j54lq1w wrote

I've only once ever had a bad experience with other people in a movie theater, and I used to go to movies practically every week. (I don't go as much now, but it has nothing to do with the actual experience or anything; there's just more to watch at home and stuff usually comes out to watch at home faster than it used to.) That experience was at The Secret Life of Pets, and there was a group of (presumably) teenagers that just kept being obnoxious throughout the whole movie.

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TheSeventhAnimorph t1_j53m2e5 wrote

I honestly think that if the Velma show had the exact same script but used classic designs (aside from possibly being made to a look a bit younger so high school makes sense) and used the regular voice actors, it would come across more like a parody rather than a different show that's Scooby-Doo in name only and would be getting somewhat better reception.

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TheSeventhAnimorph t1_j2eqe1w wrote

The Santa Clauses show is actually good. And some of the Star Wars and Marvel stuff is good. And Monsters at Work, Chip and Dale: Park Life, and basically all the animated shorts miniseries they've done are also good. (If anything the biggest issue with the latter is just how little content there is for them.)

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TheSeventhAnimorph t1_j1y5flu wrote

I really think anyone who asks stuff about a show's score needs to specify "music score" in their titles; these posts always get downvoted for no reason, and all I can think is that people assumed it meant review-type "score" without actually looking at the text of the post.

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TheSeventhAnimorph t1_j1t2phr wrote

It's rare that I see any instance where the way it's used doesn't work. In fact, offhand I can't even think of a single specific instance of it not working.

But on another note, the best fourth-wall breaking I've ever seen in anything TV or otherwise was in the Minds arc of the Cerebus comics. It's done in such a way that it's basically a culmination of everything that came before, feels like it couldn't have been done a different way, and actually matters to the storyline, too. (The creator definitely went off the deep end for a while in the Reads arc right before Minds, but it didn't impact how well Minds worked.)

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TheSeventhAnimorph t1_j0shull wrote

...and on the next streaming-related post, the top comment will be someone complaining about shows getting cancelled.

Seriously, the predominant views on this subreddit are bafflingly contradictory; people simultaneously complain about too many quality shows being cancelled, while also espousing the idea that reducing quantity is a good thing because it means they'll focus more on "quality" (while ignoring that their definition of "quality" is obviously not the one the services are using given the shows that are being cancelled - they're effectively advocating for the services to cancel more of the shows that they do like).

In reality, reducing quantity won't increase the quality of content at all; it will actually decrease the number of quality shows by anyone's definition and will reduce the number of niches that are getting any content at all.

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