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Carmen Sandiego (2019)
Kim Sandiego is fun
Great to see Kim Possible back on the airwaves. Slightly different shade of hair colouring.
Excellent voice cast, strong animation - just threw me with the double beats in some eps - a 5yo joke then a 45yos quip.
Still - a quality all family entry for mine.
Do wish the virtue signalling mob would get over it though. Having strong female leads was only new in 1940s when Wonder Woman appeared.
They're all just people.
Oh noes actually they're not.
Titans (2018)
Solid start - needs polish
Strong casting choices but the writing needs work.
New Supe fare needs to be more than soap opera with capes - the 13yos already have CW
Personally had no issue with the multi thread eps structure.
But writing needs both more narrative edge and greater whit - Spider-Man the comic is no 1 seller because of quips
A dark universe supe story can lean into a more adult mordant/sarcastic/observational-self aware humour and it increases suspension of disbelief by grounding the show with 'real' Reactions to unreal situations
They need to avoid physical fights in favour of cgi and dramatic tension - too many fake punches really hurts the awe factor for characters like Raven and Starfire.
Just one false move and an otherwise well choreographed conflict loses all believability. I stopped watching multiple eps for that reason and restarting later.
But for all the notes I found the cast effecting and with some genuine chemistry in places - and what a superb if unexpected choice for the Batman himself.
Just need the writers to build on solid foundation to make it a worthy alternative to The Boys.
There's definitely room for both if Titans can shed some slightly adolescent aspects.
Top eps inc s1 eps 1-4 and s2 eps 4-7
Weediquette (2016)
Nuanced investigation of a taboo topic
Weediquette delves into every layer of the intricate US cannabis ecosystem - from the illicit backwoods growers, to people with rare ailments for whom natural cannabis derived medicines sometimes present the sole relief or even cure.
Often when libertarian journalists investigate an area that's close to their own interest, objectivity can feel as if it is the first casualty.
In presenting Weediquette however, Krishna Andavolu for the most part sustains a sympathetic but ultimately objective distance.
That frees the subjects to humanise the taboo topic under discussion - the merits and flaws of their own drives and reasons - that ultimately inform the viewer's impressions - and in the end fire our own conclusions.
I would ever have expected to hold a great interest in the topic - and yet this series, in enriching and thoughtful ways, brings me back episode after episode for just one more hit.