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Anyone else enjoy the amazon series based on Tales from the Loop? Some great gems in there.
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I saw the first episode, and the photography, soundtrack and general vibe were beautiful, but I found it … well, long, slow and understated. Which isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but I’ve only so much free time in the evening (and not usually enough to watch an hour-long episode of anything).
Is it worth sticking with?
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Same. I’d also like to give it another try, but it didn’t hold my attention in the first episode.
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Its definitely slow but I think it’s got some great meat to it. Most episodes are their own thing but there is an overall thread between a majority of them.
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The second episode really sets up the big thread.
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Good to know. My Justified binge is coming to its natural end, so I need something lined up. Kids will just have to go to bed earlier (or I’ll have to get less sleep, or I’ll have to split an episode across two evenings).
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Justified was awesome!
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I’m not sure whether I’m more in awe of Walton Goggins’ ability to make a ruthless murderer so sympathetic, or of Timothy Olyphant’s ability to make a “good guy” so hair-raisingly terrifying.
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I have no idea who is character is, but I can’t wait to see him in tonight’s episode of The Mandalorian.
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He is trending on Twitter because of that. DO NOT LOOK AT THAT TREND IF YOU DON’T WANT SPOILERS.
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My favorite is Simon Stålenhag’s “The Electric State.” an odyessey in a haunted alternative America. The publisher also makes a tabletop RPG of Tales of the Loop which plays like an 80s kid adventure movie.
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It was a slow burn, but I didn’t mind. Sometimes it’s nice to just relax and enjoy something as a pretty piece of art.
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We watch a lot of scifi at casa de akbar and no show stimulated more discussion this year than TftL. And that cameo at the end… Chefs kiss perfection.
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I liked the setting and the “main” story (which was about 2-3 episodes of the season as a whole) but … so many hours spent at the center of a venn diagram of “emotionally dead”, “dreamlike” and “sloooooow”, waiting for the magic to happen.
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I like the animatics in the kickstarter trailer for the new book; they really add an extra level of disquieting to the images.
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Free League also produces an rpg set “After The Flood”; aimed at a recreating the disquieting encounters of an older group of characters; more “Lost Boys”, than “Goonies”. 
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I wanted to enjoy Tails from the loop. But the first 3 episodes were too depressing, and sad.
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