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Not my problem if you want to write off a whole type of visual media... your loss

I am more concerned that you write off people who enjoy animation in that way though - that is pretty harsh
 
Although there are a few bits that due to their sci-Fi nature are properly cgi’d, the great majority of footage is little more than live action film painted over. This is a typical frame, as an example

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Is it really that much of a leap for you Spymaster from, say, a filmmaker today choosing to film something in black and white instead of colour, or using some moody sepia filter?
 
Watching White Boy Rick I think has given me a much better idea of the sort of thing people who advise against ever going to Detroit might have in mind.I am a little surprised it hasn't attracted more attention on this thread.It was a genuinely tragic tale and I found it absorbing to the extent that I was surprised when the film reached its end-seemed to me I had only just settled down to watch.
 
Proudly so

Also just want to add - I'm Spartacus and so is my wife.

I can't imagine just denigrating an entire medium and everyone who enjoys it

I like a lot of anime too, Steins Gate is one of my favourite things that I have ever seen in any medium, I've watched loads of stuff that is properly thoughtful and engaging stuff, I just don't get this viewpoint at all.
 
I’m looking for recommendations. The last two I had were duff.

Cursed. Got 5 mins in. The acting was dreadful, but I don’t blame them. If I had dialogue that bad I’d give up too.

Maniac. Nope. Not for me. Got 12 mins in. Not in the mood.

What do I like? Scandi noir. Space sci fi (not superhero sci fi). Documentaries that aren’t all melodramatic. History preferably. I liked Dark 1 & 2 but couldn’t follow 3. I liked Mindhunter. I thought the Alienist 1 was great but 2 was too long. Don’t think we need another. Thought Messiah was OK. But I think Netflix were right not to make another season. I like Montelbano, Marcella, the Fall. I liked Bordertown. I like Discovery. I hate the Crown.

I just want something to binge when Mrs la rouge is watching baking.
 
I’m looking for recommendations. The last two I had were duff.

Cursed. Got 5 mins in. The acting was dreadful, but I don’t blame them. If I had dialogue that bad I’d give up too.

Maniac. Nope. Not for me. Got 12 mins in. Not in the mood.

What do I like? Scandi noir. Space sci fi (not superhero sci fi). Documentaries that aren’t all melodramatic. History preferably. I liked Dark 1 & 2 but couldn’t follow 3. I liked Mindhunter. I thought the Alienist 1 was great but 2 was too long. Don’t think we need another. Thought Messiah was OK. But I think Netflix were right not to make another season. I like Montelbano, Marcella, the Fall. I liked Bordertown. I like Discovery. I hate the Crown.

I just want something to binge when Mrs la rouge is watching baking.
Have you tried Ozark?
 
There’s a second series released this year, Manhunt: Deadly Games, which is also very good and looks at the Atlanta olympics bombing from a very interesting angle. Not on Netflix yet but it is on Amazon Prime.

Cheers, didn't know that. I thought Unabomber was one of the best series of that year.
 
Cheers, didn't know that. I thought Unabomber was one of the best series of that year.
Deadly Games is just as absorbing as Unabomber, but from a different perspective. I think it's on the Starzplay add-on in Amazon Prime but you can get a free trial, binge it over a weekend and cancel if you don't want to keep it.
 
There’s a second series released this year, Manhunt: Deadly Games, which is also very good and looks at the Atlanta olympics bombing from a very interesting angle. Not on Netflix yet but it is on Amazon Prime.

Manhunt: Deadly Games is a better Richard Jewell biopic than the "Richard Jewell" movie directed by Clint Eastwood.
 
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