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2026/05/13 13:48:30
Subject: Tiny TV Reviews - Short Reviews For The Small Screen
IDK. S1 had a good start that become very eye roll by the end and S2 really starts with more eye roll. IDK who decided to make a DMC adaptation an ultra hamfisted political ramble but they shouldn't be allowed to adapt anything else. They kind of suck at it.
I had a good laugh at season 1s "I know writers who use subtext and they're all cowards" moment. Kind of looking forward to the sequel series; I see they included the lawn chair.
2026/05/13 16:00:08
Subject: Tiny TV Reviews - Short Reviews For The Small Screen
IDK. S1 had a good start that become very eye roll by the end and S2 really starts with more eye roll. IDK who decided to make a DMC adaptation an ultra hamfisted political ramble but they shouldn't be allowed to adapt anything else. They kind of suck at it.
That would be Adi Shankar, who rode the coattails of the actually good writers and showrunners of Castlevania by being a producer on it and making sure his name was all over the marketing to give the impression he was actually involved in the creative side of it. And, after many of them left to make a Castlevania show he was not involved in (Nocturne), he sued them to put his name on it as a producer despite doing nothing for it.
IDK. S1 had a good start that become very eye roll by the end and S2 really starts with more eye roll. IDK who decided to make a DMC adaptation an ultra hamfisted political ramble but they shouldn't be allowed to adapt anything else. They kind of suck at it.
I had a good laugh at season 1s "I know writers who use subtext and they're all cowards" moment. Kind of looking forward to the sequel series; I see they included the lawn chair.
Yes, the lawn chair kind of sums up the entire thing. Devoid of any actual understanding of the material beyond that which can be easily digested in memes.
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2026/05/14 13:26:03
Subject: Tiny TV Reviews - Short Reviews For The Small Screen
A Town Called Malus wrote: Yes, the lawn chair kind of sums up the entire thing. Devoid of any actual understanding of the material beyond that which can be easily digested in memes.
When I saw the first season opening was set up like one of those cringy YouTube AMVs from the early 00s, I took it as a good sign.
I was naive.
After season 2, I honestly think that whoever was running the show never played any of the games or anything. They just watched a bunch of those cringy 00s AMVs and thought that was what the entire thing was about. It would explain a lot, especially how the series constantly back references everyone's favorite edgy teen songs from 20 years ago and has numerous references to memes about the series while basically not really being about the series or its characters at all.
A Town Called Malus wrote: Yes, the lawn chair kind of sums up the entire thing. Devoid of any actual understanding of the material beyond that which can be easily digested in memes.
When I saw the first season opening was set up like one of those cringy YouTube AMVs from the early 00s, I took it as a good sign.
I was naive.
After season 2, I honestly think that whoever was running the show never played any of the games or anything. They just watched a bunch of those cringy 00s AMVs and thought that was what the entire thing was about. It would explain a lot, especially how the series constantly back references everyone's favorite edgy teen songs from 20 years ago and has numerous references to memes about the series while basically not really being about the series or its characters at all.
I think it says it all that Shankar was disappointed and annoyed that DMC5 came out before his show, not because it meant he couldn't incorporate any of its story into his show, but because he thought the franchise was "dead" and he could "resurrect" it, like he thought he did with Castlevania. So, yeah, he isn't really a fan and he definitely doesn't get the themes of the games stories, and it's not like DMC is subtle.
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The Laws of Thermodynamics:
1) You cannot win. 2) You cannot break even. 3) You cannot stop playing the game.
Colonel Flagg wrote:You think you're real smart. But you're not smart; you're dumb. Very dumb. But you've met your match in me.
2026/05/16 21:39:08
Subject: Tiny TV Reviews - Short Reviews For The Small Screen
[DCM]
Chief Deputy Sub Assistant Trainee Squig Handling Intern
Tales from the Crypt
Mentioned earlier, the first three seasons are available for streaming on Shudder;
Good gravy I love this show. Not as old as I thought, as it began in 1989. And being on HBO, it could show somewhat more metaphorical leg than other, similar shows. For example, Tales from the Darkside.
And there’s a real playfulness about it. The Crypt Keeper is a superb character and confidentially sets the mood. Yet it doesn’t go completely camp. There is genuine horror at play here, just tongue in cheek enough to tamp it down some.
Seems there have been a few attempts to resurrect the show, none of which have borne fruit. Including one involving the Master of Mediocrity And Strictly Limited Range, M Night Shyalaman.
I’m genuinely glad none have worked out. The charm, as I set out above, is that whilst mostly played for laughs, the nasty is there. Go too far either way? And it just wont be Tales from the Crypt. So whilst I’d love a revival? It has to be one in the same, ahem, vein.
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Oh no.
I’ve made a terrible mistake.
On a whim, I decided to watch an episode of Eastenders. For the first time in easily 25 years.
Misery! Dysfunction! Horrific People Incapable Of Basic Civility. Lazy If Not Necessarily Negative Stereotypes.
I swear the show isn’t set in London, but Purgatory. A place where the denizens are doomed to repeat their erroneous behaviour forever. Never learning. Never developing. Never seeing the abject futility of their internal and external petty hatred. A land where any form of joy, warmth and happiness is strictly rationed. A Cursed Plane Of Existence.
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On a whim, I decided to watch an episode of Eastenders.
You voluntarily chose to watch a whole episode? Not just accidentally land on the channel for 5 mins ,but actually intentionally set out to watch it and complete the whole episode?!
I'm sorry Doc, I know you just moved house and all, but I don't think you're safe living on your own. I think you better get yourself into one of those assisted living places!!
next thing you know you'll kick back with an episode of Mrs Browns Boys and do yourself permenant dammage
I have in the past seen some of Mrs Brown’s Boys. But like being a witness to any atrocity? It’s not an experience I care to repeat. It’s actually worse than The Mighty Boosh, which I didn’t think possible based on our current understanding of the laws of the universe.
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Loved Monkey back in the day. It is, of course, irrepressible! might have to make time to track it down myself.
It is, also of course, part of the inspiration for martial-arts-action-comedy-meets-The-Wizard-of-Oz with Jackie-Chan-vs-Jet-Li thrown in for good measure Forbidden Kingdom
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2026/05/22 09:24:01
Subject: Tiny TV Reviews - Short Reviews For The Small Screen
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I remain impressed by its production values. It uses a lot of the techniques we probably know better from Power Rangers and the other Saban Imports and their action scenes. So clearly it was nothing especially new in terms of Japanese TV.
But the costumes and set dressings are really cool, particularly for exterior segments.
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