Not the US???
Good thing we already own them all anyway! (Yes, sometimes being a semi-Luddite works out.)
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I think that Netflix have the rights to stream all the movies worldwide, but another company have the rights for the North America.
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We just finished season 1, and thought it was excellent. Good writing and acting, loopy story, and the music is tasty, too (especially if you are a Soundcarriers fan).
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Thanks for the confirmation.
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Two things:
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It’s the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auswitz-Birkenau this month. I watched this movie last night and so should you:
It’s horrific and oppressive, but an excellent film. Reminded me of the Soviet era film, Come and See, but even more oppressive than that film, which gives you moments of breathing space. That does not happen at all in this film, it’s all tight, tight shots, from Saul’s POV, with almost everything around him in a blur as he moves through the camp doing the work he’s been forced to do, with one goal in mind.
It’s not a film that’s uplifting, and it’s deeply upsetting, but it’s about deeply upsetting events, so that’s as it should be.
Anyway, as the last generation of those who survived the camps and those who lived through the second world war in general are dying, it’s going to be films like this that educate younger generations about what happened in the second world war. I feel like softpeddling this atrocities and others only serves to make it possible again.
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I´m a fool for crazy cartoons…
The lowest ranked killer of the world has to fight for a good reputation and money to get his memories back. In his way to the top, he deals with gender issues, ageism, cross-dressing, pirates and veganism.
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I finished Voyager. Mixed feelings.
Hot take:
Wish they’d have written Neelix out earlier.
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One of my favorite episodes, how’d you know? 
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Saw this headline, and my first thought was, Missy Elliot as Cinderella and John Mulaney as prince charming? YES PLEASE@!!!11@!!! Would be the best version of Cinderella… well, ever.
But it turns out they are just both playing minor roles, though… kind of disappointed. Me from reading the headline to me reading the story…
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Also… relevant to what’s happening right now, an old Doctor Who (Pertwee, with Jo as companion):
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A Japanese cartoon that is a humorous declaration of love for cartoons, especially cartoons made in Japan.
Three high school students decide to circumvent school rules and create a club devoted to cartoons, just to be able to use school resources to create their own anime.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keep_Your_Hands_Off_Eizouken!
The opening music is very good too.
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Anyone seen that Melissa McCarthy movie, Can You Ever Forgive Me? It was quite good.
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Oh yeah, I really enjoyed it.
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McCarthy was great in it and I loved Richard Grant, too. It was really a love letter to early 90s NYC, too and the literary community that existed then, I thought.
And it had Jane Curtain! We need more Jane Curtain in things.
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It’s a delightful show that I enjoy a lot too! Rather than just a story about anime-loving kids, it’s more of an (idealized) allegory of setting up an animation studio, as well as just an ode to all the creative power behind cartoons as such.
That said, the latest episode finally came close to addressing something that I haven’t seen being addressed by shows/stories of this kind before: why anime, in particular? That is, I suppose it’s inevitable, but these stories tend to focus on a fairly specific kind of creative people, the ones who are mostly interested in the technical aspects of creating animations - in this case the animation, storyboarding/directing, sound design, etc. But as a lover of animation (and anime) I’d really like to see some attention on “why animation, in particular”, that is, what makes someone interested in cartoons over live action, novels, etc.? What makes someone want to create an anime of a story instead of writing it as a novel or whatever, what is the aspect that animation adds to a viewing experience over live action or one’s own fantasy, etc. That would be a whole lot more relatable to me, and I hope Eizouken will finally be the story that discusses it.
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Right now, they are making a version with real-life actors in Japan.
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I think they got to that point very quickly in the first episode.
Despite the humor and the stylish and bold art, Eizouken ends up falling a little into the niche of didactic animes, which are explaining a certain theme very dear to the author. I’ve seen some comics like that about football, shushi etc.
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This looks good. Not sure when I’ll be able to watch it, but it’s going on the list:
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This reminds me of Montenegro’s 2012 Eurovision song by Rambo Amadeus, Euro Neuro…
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