TV Shows

[Hydra009]

So...the final episode will be out in theaters starting June 4th 2026 but it won't be on the internet until June 19th. That's 15 days later.

I can't say I'm terribly happy with this decision, because early moviegoers are going to Snape Kills Dumbledore the hell out of this. If you aren't planning on seeing it in theaters, you might as well bash your phone and router in with a brick, because I guarantee you, the internet will be abuzz.



Abuzz. Get it? Like bees. *dead silence*
*hydra's eye twitches and the virtual world briefly glitches out*

Well, anyway. I got my ticket because paying $13 to watch a 98-minute (why not 57 minute?) animated movie sounds pretty amazing. In case you guys can't tell, I like animation. But I really like jaw-dropping, heart stopping, mind-bending paraphernalia just like TADC. And the team is incredible and deserve financial support (support what you love and there'll be more of it!). And I can't wait to be surrounded by fellow fans who probably smell... great! They probably smell great and are totally normal and sane and won't have any incendiary hot takes and dammit, I'm one of them, aren't I?! *schedules three showers that day and fresh laundry the night before*

I'm going to see the movie on June 5th, and I'll just have to go offline and read only paperbacks for the 24-hour period between the earliest theatrical release and my viewing.

I promise not to post anything TADC-related until June 20th, the day after it hits the internet, so you guys better watch it by then or prepare to be spoiled. >:[

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Whoa! Snape kills Dumbledore?

[Hydra009]

The CEO of Glitch put out a statement essentially saying that the two-week gap isn't ideal - he wanted one week or less but the movie theaters wanted at least a month, so this is the compromise solution.

The theaters consider a mere two weeks' exclusivity to be "unheard of" for them (my opinion: the theaters need a reality check, because two weeks on the internet is a pretty long time. This gap is really going to screw up critics/fan reviews, because normally, new episodes of shows get dissected in a matter of days, if not hours. Asking them to hold their horses for a fortnight is ridiculous and takes a lot of wind out of those sails - by the time the internet watchers get up to speed, the moviegoers might have largely moved on)

He also said that taking the indie internet show to theaters is a HUGE deal, not only for this show, but all the ones that come after and that even getting this far was a major uphill battle. (I agree, this screening will probably be looked back as a watershed moment in getting indie animation into the mainstream)

That and they're trying to get more theaters to join up, especially in their home country of Australia (IIRC, Europe is still very under-served, which is ridiculous) but fans asking for it really makes the difference.

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In the Invincible fandom, one guy posted that it's not fair that a "Support Main" (a character who doesn't do a lot of direct combat, but helps out the group tremendously) gets undervalued compared to the people who punch faces.

This is a bit of a thing in a lot of action shows, and it's understandable since the main focus is on the action, but the other stuff is so incredibly important. Take XCOM for example - without the scientists and engineers to research and produce better tech, XCOM is dead in the water. It doesn't matter how amazing your soldiers are, without the proper equipment, they're hosed and the aliens win.

And for a lot of Superhero shows, there's a guy in a chair who directs the hero and supplies him/her with intel. Without intel/direction, superheroes don't know where to go or what to look for. Without a guy in a chair, it's mission fail.

In Invincible, you have Thaddeus - a statesman who built a giant coalition of planets with vast armies to liberate Viltrumite-held worlds - and Allen, who built a much smaller but equally important team of superheroes to fight the Viltrumites directly. They synergize with each other - either approach would be pointless without the other one. And to be honest, the outcome of the war is already mostly decided when you've assembled a great alliance. And that's not just true in fiction.

Anyways, they figure out their enemy's weaknesses and use that against them, which is big. Hell, even something as simple as a distraction to pull away a chunk of the enemy's forces or delay them can make or break a battle. Yes, the grunts do the actual fighting and of course that's important, but the non-grunts giving them the edge is incredibly important.

The point is, the "little people" in the operation deserve so much more praise than what they actually get.

[Hydra009]

Meta-gaming video game show similar to Reboot or Meta Runner. Definitely made with love towards classic games like Star Fox, Super Mario, Echo the Dolphin, JRPGs, and a few others I can't place. This show is kinda goofy, but when it's serious, it's mega-serious. I get mood whiplash. I can't quite place it, but something is kinda off - maybe it's the animation or the voice acting, but it doesn't quite gel. Feels kinda clunky. It's hard to describe. Hopefully, when it get past the pilot, it'll be more fluid and natural.

So how's the show out of 10? I'd give it a 5. Maybe 6. It's okay, but it's not amazing. Definitely towards the middle of the pack in terms of Glitch's lineup.

Also, I don't recommend watching this show with subtitles because mine were significantly different in terms of tone if not meaning. "Oh no!" is rendered as "Woe is us!" which I guess is technically the same thing, but is a bit archaic and a bit more melodramatic. Probably auto-generated. Now that I'm rewatching it, the captions appears to be far more true to what was said, so maybe that was just an early hiccup.

Finally, I behave exactly like Gobbles when I'm a passenger in a car. You'll see.

[Blackleaf]

I saw that pilot just yesterday. I like it. Looking forward to what they do with it in the future. The idea that a video game's world is erased after the hero wins is interesting. I kinda have to wonder, though. Lots of games get sequels. How does that work? Do these game worlds not get sequels? Are there new versions of the same characters that get generated for them? Imagine Kit and Kabootle meeting alternate versions of themselves from their sequel. Also, who is that Sephiroth looking guy?

[Hydra009]

I saw that pilot just yesterday. I like it.

It's growing on me. While I'm not completely into it, I'll admit that there's a lot of great stuff here and tons of potential: the protagonists are pretty likable and the homage to old-school RPGs and edutainment games is very touching.

The people who like it tend to REALLY like it, often saying that it's on par with TADC, which I think is a bit much. We'll see when new episodes come out. Still, I can't deny that it's making a splash, with LOTS of fanart (yes, including that), which is a tad fast. Definitely not lacking in fan enthusiasm.

Lots of gaming communities are already imagining Kit interacting with their own favorite game:



Also, I really want there to be reference to other Glitch shows, and these quick outfit changes seem like the perfect place:



I've gotta say, plenty of games are pretty open-ended, like Skyrim or any sort of MMO or Tycoon game, so it's likely that future episodes will mostly stick to console action RPGs or arcade games. Though they did say that not every game world has a hero/villain pair, and it'd be interesting to see a game with a less obvious win condition.

Gobbles' ability to learn might not seem like all that much, since his skills are initially far below Kit and Kabootle. But he has already noticeably improved even on a single outing (being more heroic and inspiring, also he nailed inserting the straw into the juice box on his second try after having noticeable difficulty the first time). So he'll likely become a powerhouse of talent in future episodes. After all, learning is half the battle!

Looking forward to what they do with it in the future. The idea that a video game's world is erased after the hero wins is interesting.

It's like Reboot where the user victory harms a portion of the mainframe - except in this show, it wipes out a whole game world - a whole planet. I presume it's akin to a game being removed from a computer's memory. I wonder if just one game world is active at a time or if there are multiple game worlds running simultaneously?

I kinda have to wonder, though. Lots of games get sequels. How does that work? Do these game worlds not get sequels? Are there new versions of the same characters that get generated for them? Imagine Kit and Kabootle meeting alternate versions of themselves from their sequel.

We're likely to see sequel versions of their games in the future episodes. So we may see the heroes and villains interacting with their own doubles. That'll be fun.

Also, who is that Sephiroth looking guy?

Dusk. Apparently, a villain from another game who somehow survived his own game's destruction, rescued Kit/Kabootle from their game's destruction, and recruited them into his organization Farcade, with the goal of saving lives by preventing the destruction of game worlds.

[Hydra009]

I just finished The Boys.

On one hand, I kinda see the criticism, especially of the last season. It seemed kinda aimless, with a lot of stuff just thrown at the wall for shock value, much like the comics. It's just stuff happening. Lots and lots of stuff happening, then roll credits. Imho, it overstayed its welcome. Should've been 3 seasons instead of five. Too many side characters and retreads of the same sorts of scenes over and over again.

I will say that the casting choices were perfect and the acting is flawless. The writing, however...

There was some weird stuff about some megalomaniac lunatic wanting to be worshiped as a god, complete with a golden statue and "Christians" rejecting Jesus as "too liberal". Hahaha! Can you imagine? Where do they come up with this stuff...

I will say that the ending was more or less perfect. Very much a logical end result of the events of season 1 and very much in-character.

The main message I guess is "Don't be a C%NT" which I suppose is a bit nebulous, but you can pretty easily deduce the meaning behind that from the misdeeds of the bad guys: fascism, Christian nationalism, racism, misogyny, and more SA than Harvey Weinstein's entire career. In comparison, the good guys treasure and respect their loved ones, care about democracy and the rule of law and separation of church and state, etc. Eagleland Type 1 (fascist, intolerant, violent, myopic) VS Eagleland Type 2 (democratic, tolerant, peaceable, forward-thinking). This message was about as subtle as a crowbar to the face, but some anvils need to be dropped.