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I don't know much about Castlevania aside from watching a youtube retrospective of Symphony Of The Night. I started watching this show not even realizing it was a followup to a previous Castlevania anime.

Going in decently blind, I've been rather enjoying the show. The character design and especially the way faces are drawn reminds me of Aeon Flux, but toned back. The action is the main draw of this show for sure. I appreciate that every action scene has multiple angles and moving perspective. The integrated CGI aspects are for the most part not jarring.

The story is moving along, and while some of the twists are obvious, they aren't dragged out, so I'm feeling like the plot is clipping along. Similarly, the protagonist characters are not overly complex, but they've avoided pitfalls that would have made them unlikable. They each have flaws or quirks, but never to the point of derailing the flow of the main plot by going off on some character specific side tangent.

Anyway, not done with it yet but I wanted to post some unfiltered thoughts so far.

The war against "The Cosmic Order" ... begins.Watch Season 6 of THE DRAGON PRINCE July 26th, only on Netflix!

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It just struck me recently and I'm sharing.

As a millennial who enjoyed these shows as a young(er) adult ... I cherished them both, and at the time probably like 30 Rock more, and probably would have said that it's "the better comedy".

Over time though I've noticed I basically don't really think about 30 Rock ... frankly I almost certainly think about Seinfeld more ... but Community has "seeped in" to my TV subconscious fabric.

If I were to re-watch either right now, it'd be Community hands down. It'd be heart warming and comfortable and, I suspect, more relevant or still meaningful. By comparison, I wouldn't be surprised if 30 Rock would feel more dated, "noisy", and kinda culturally narrow and specific in a not-coincidentally SNL-like way.

30 Rock may still be "the better" TV Comedy (whatever that means). But it was written by a TV writer about making TV in New York, while Community was written about TV and its fans, IE "us", living in any random city.

The stakes couldn’t get any higher. Don’t miss the two-episode premiere of FX’s The Old Man, September 12 on FX.

It’s finally time for The End. The Umbrella Academy final season on August 8 only on Netflix.

cross-posted from: https://fedia.io/m/moviesandtv@lemm.ee/t/967404

Starz has revealed the trailer for Season 2 of "The Serpent Queen," starring Samantha Morton. The series will return to the platform July 12.

SOLVED So the tv show was City on a Hill, starred by Kevin Bacon and Aldis Hodge.

The characters I described were played by Amanda Clayton (Rob A’s wife), Mark O’Brien (Punchable brother) and Jonathan Tucker (Rob A).

PS: I found it just browsing throw IMDB, checking the casts of tv shows similar to The Wire and trying once and again.

ORIGINAL POST:

What I am about to tell may be a “side story” and not the main plot of the series.

There is a robbery of an armored vehicle. During the robbery the robbers kill the vehicle’s guards. One of the robbers (Rob A) has a wife and daughter(s). He also has a brother who is a bit of a loose cannon. The thing is, the loose cannon brother gets in trouble with the police and tries to sign up for the next heist Rob A is planning so he can snitch.

Other info: Rob A is married and has a daughter or two, and when he’s not robbing banks he has a job at a supermarket (or some other sort of retailer job). They lead a middle-class family life. Rob A’s wife owns a hairdresser.

I don’t remember the name of any of the actors, nor any other series or movies they’ve worked on.

EDIT: for example, this could be a side story of The Wire or The Shield, but checking their casts in IMDB doesn’t ring any bell.

EDIT2: Chatgpt and alike weren’t of any help with this one.

EDIT3: Rob A and his wife hide the cash from the robberies behind a mirror in their home. Also, the mood of the series is quite dark: similar to The Wire or The Shield.

In pursuit of a new Viking home, our heroes must venture further than they ever have before. From Constantinople to Greenland to the edge of the known world. But before they can set sail for new horizons, they must travel back to where it all started for one last battle.

Heroes will become Legends in this final chapter in the Vikings: Valhalla saga.

The epic Vikings: Valhalla saga returns to Netflix July 11, 2024.

Good article about Nexstar’s race to the bottom. Maybe they can hire David Zaslav to help them run the CW further into the ground.

https://www.pajiba.com/tv_reviews/jared-padalecki-fires-a-parting-shot-at-the-cw.php

Long may she roll. The final season of #Snowpiercer premieres July 21 on AMC and AMC+