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  • star trek strange New worlds, love death and robots, star wars visions, scavengers reign, Star Trek the lower decks, wandavision at the start at least, what if, Guillermo del Toro’s cabinet of curiosities, black mirror, electric dreams…

    half of all sci-fi/fantasy anime, like space dandy, kekkai sensen, death parade, dr. Stone, mushishi, natsume yujin-cho, Pluto, psycho pass…

    they’re still out there, some better, some worse. some more overarching, some more straight anthology. I think we have more variety than ever in tv. you’ve just got to look for it. unless you want long seasons. they don’t really do 20-50 episode seasons anymore, but most shows have more effort and budget per episode, so I’m cool with that.


  • from the future with more episodes out.

    i thought the same thing before it came out. i expected to hate it, but it’s actually quite good. the kids feel like kids that are out of their depth and face genuinely harrowing and dangerous problems. them being and feeling like actual kids makes it feel that much worse when any of them get hurt or almost die. for the most part the adults in the series easily manipulate and handle them. they don’t get to be heroes. at least so far.

    there’s a couple of big mysteries in it that keep stringing you along, dropping just enough hints at the larger story underneath as it goes. who is this mysterious force sensitive pirate that’s clearly manipulating them? what the hell is the deal with at atin? where did that ship come from anyway? the latest episode genuinely had me on the edge of my seat and kind of hating the system that

    episode 6

    created the augmented child that almost died as the augments failed.

    I’d definitely agree that it’s the only other star wars show that gets anywhere near as good as andor. it’s a much lighter, more adventurous vibe that manages to avoid being about the Jedi or the sith. which is where I think the star wars universe shines.