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Great plot, great acting, great production design. I would be very surprised if this doesn’t get its flowers come awards season.
Crimson Sky and the final conversation between Toranaga and Yabushige are some of the things that I’ll be thinking about for quite some time. I’m not very familiar with Anna Sawai’s work, but I loved her acting here. The tea ceremony with her husband is another one of her great moments that’s sort of seared in my memory.
May 28, 2024
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Pretty fun and got the vibe of the games fairly well. I ended up finishing all episodes in one sitting.
The Westworld folks produced this, so while it’s no Westworld, you can feel Jonathan Nolan/Lisa Joy‘s influence all throughout.
Not perfect but still one of the better video game adaptations (The Last of Us episode 3 is pretty hard to top). Plus the setting is a goldmine to tell more, better stories in future seasons or spin-offs.
Apr 16, 2024
My Lady Jane is a fun, entertaining, binge-able fantasy retelling of the life of Lady Jane Grey, queen for all of nine days. Sometimes, that’s all you really need.
Sep 24, 2024
Filed under: emotional songs about personal struggles and high-key poor mental health.
I just want to talk about this song, cause I feel like with it being a Japanese release/anime OST and the release roll out being around the same time as the AMAs Bye Bye Bye/Chk Chk Boom performance, Falling Up (and NIGHT) has been a bit overlooked.
Tower of God the anime? It’s just alright. Nothing to write home about. But Stray Kids, especially HAN, have produced some of their best work doing the OP/ED for season 1. So much so that I wasn’t sure this season’s OP/ED could be as good as TOP and SLUMP. SLUMP, especially. That one was truly special. It’s 2024 and I still watch SLUMP’s The First Take video.
Honestly, I’m not sure yet which between Falling Up and SLUMP I consider the better song. But Falling Up did give me the same feeling and put me in the same headspace emotionally as SLUMP. It successfully captured the feeling of not doing so hot but pushing through it anyway.
I can see and appreciate the character development from SLUMP, wherein it’s all about being afraid of getting left behind, whereas Falling Up is about choosing your own path and going forward regardless. Just keep walking and taking the next step. It reminded me of that one The Stormlight Archive quote -- the most important step a man can take. It’s not the first one…It’s the next one.
Also helps that the opening rift is very reminiscent of old emo and alt/rock songs. Stray Kids have a way of inhabiting that soundscape when not doing EDM or even pure pop, and thank God for that.
Oct 8, 2024