I finally watched Puella Magi Madoka Magica, its extremely good. It isn’t exactly rationalist fic, but is likely to be of particular interest to members of the LW community anyways (the reasons for this are hard to explain without spoilers).
It’s one of my all-time favorite anime. I was first introduced to it by the February 2012 Media Thread, and there’s a rot13ed discussion of it there. I recommend everyone to watch the series as unspoilered as possible, so everyone: first see the series, only then read that discussion. :-)
A new season of Arrested Development is premiering in May. If you haven’t watched the show’s 2.5 earlier seasons, you absolutely should go back and do that. AD is an absolute masterpiece, the funniest show I have ever watched. It also really rewards people who watch closely.
I missed Arrested Development the first time it was on, but as I’ve recently become a fan of Archer I really want to watch it. Archer is a great comedy/spy show with several of the same actors as Arrested Development, I recommend it for anyone who’s into that sort of thing.
Archer is also a great show and has a similar comedy style, but there actually isn’t any writing/producing overlap between Arrested Development and Archer, as far as I can tell. However, Adam Reed is obviously a fan of AD and has hired several AD stars to do voice work on Archer.
If you like Archer, you might also like Reed’s earlier shows (Sealab 2021, Frisky Dingo) or the work of Loren Bouchard (Home Movies, Lucy, the Daughter of the Devil, Bob’s Burgers).
Netflix’s House of Cards is superb. Some of the reviews of imply that it is merely good, but I think they missed a lot of the subtext and misunderstood some events. Kevin Spacey’s character is basically Professor Quirrelmort (if Quirrelmort was House Majority Whip). Spacey is outstanding, and the other acting is good as well. I’ve heard that the BBC original version is also excellent, but I haven’t seen it.
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I finally watched Puella Magi Madoka Magica, its extremely good. It isn’t exactly rationalist fic, but is likely to be of particular interest to members of the LW community anyways (the reasons for this are hard to explain without spoilers).
Relevant fanfic, for those interested.
It’s one of my all-time favorite anime. I was first introduced to it by the February 2012 Media Thread, and there’s a rot13ed discussion of it there. I recommend everyone to watch the series as unspoilered as possible, so everyone: first see the series, only then read that discussion. :-)
Same here! And I strongly second that recommendation to watch it unspoil(er)ed.
If you’re still unconvinced, here’s a review of why PMMM is so awesome.
A new season of Arrested Development is premiering in May. If you haven’t watched the show’s 2.5 earlier seasons, you absolutely should go back and do that. AD is an absolute masterpiece, the funniest show I have ever watched. It also really rewards people who watch closely.
I missed Arrested Development the first time it was on, but as I’ve recently become a fan of Archer I really want to watch it. Archer is a great comedy/spy show with several of the same actors as Arrested Development, I recommend it for anyone who’s into that sort of thing.
Archer is also a great show and has a similar comedy style, but there actually isn’t any writing/producing overlap between Arrested Development and Archer, as far as I can tell. However, Adam Reed is obviously a fan of AD and has hired several AD stars to do voice work on Archer.
If you like Archer, you might also like Reed’s earlier shows (Sealab 2021, Frisky Dingo) or the work of Loren Bouchard (Home Movies, Lucy, the Daughter of the Devil, Bob’s Burgers).
I’ve edited my earlier post for clarity.
Netflix’s House of Cards is superb. Some of the reviews of imply that it is merely good, but I think they missed a lot of the subtext and misunderstood some events. Kevin Spacey’s character is basically Professor Quirrelmort (if Quirrelmort was House Majority Whip). Spacey is outstanding, and the other acting is good as well. I’ve heard that the BBC original version is also excellent, but I haven’t seen it.