Bee and Puppycat! The original pilot webseries starts off as a bit of a fever dream with a lot of stuff just... happening. I still found it enjoyable as a spectacle, but over time the show started to pull on some plot threads and start tying things into longer running arcs. It also had some absolutely lovely and somber parts in the later episodes. The Netflix series did even better, reworking the story a bit to establish characters earlier and more deeply and planting seeds for deeper intrigue. The type of humor may not be for everyone, but it's ended up being one of my favorite shows.
Also, Summer Camp Island. Starts off with some pretty charming but generic episodes, but it really started to dig into that Julia Pot weirdness from the second season onward. They also started doing some longer 3-episode arcs that explored character backstories much more deeply.
Oh that's interesting. Never even heard of Bee and Puppycat. Somehow this totally flew under my radar. The first season appears to only be an hour long too. Will probably watch it all today or tomorrow. Thanks for the rec.
Love to hear it! Just to clarify, there's the original webseries on YouTube and then Lazy in Space on Netflix. The latter is roughly a retelling of most of the webseries episodes but with more characters and a story that goes a bit past where the webseries ends. If you watch one, I'd do the Netflix one if possible, but both are good.
Ooh on a first watch now you get the newer seasons too, there was a gap of a few years. Then roll into Bad Batch that starts with order 66 and continues the story, incredible animation.
I've lost my girlfriend to this episode even before I met her. I was able to bring her back to the series with One Million Merits in her second attempt :D
The first two series of black mirror were originally done for channel 4 in the UK, it wasn't until after that that Netflix took over. I think that episode is great and much better than a lot of the newer ones, but maybe it doesn't translate as well for an international audience.
Not a brit, and I still think s01e01 is one of the best black mirror episodes ever. I whish any country in the EU would have a prime minister with the courage to f* a pig to save a life, although I know that's not the message of the the episode.
Might get some pushback for this but I feel like this represents Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood.
I think because they assume most people have already seen the original they kind of rush through a lot of the setup so the first dozen or so episodes aren't as good as they could be. But then it becomes real good real fast. Especially after episode 19. The final arc is just chef's kiss.
They do, and for that reason I always watch the original up to whatever point (I forget) then switch over to brotherhood as if they're two halves of the same story.
Yeah I’ve only watched the show but my wife has done both. The first season attempts adaptation, the second diverges, and the third abandons the books outside of characterization and themes. And like, I love the way they both stick to the theme of “the cishet white man with pain isn’t the main character of the world” but in very different ways. Oh also several characters from the books either had their names changed or were combined in the show.
Cishet? I hope you don't think you're referring to Quentin that way. Maybe you're due for a rewatch. Also if anything, I think it showed how it can be pretty great having someone around with the sense of responsibility that can only be instilled by delusionally thinking you're a main character in a story driven by irresponsible gods and shit.
In the books he was straighter apparently. But yeah he’s very much bi in the show. Though I could go for a rewatch.
As a character he is beneficial but his “chosen one” shit is routinely subverted. He’s a linchpin of this apocalypse, those are a regular occurrence. More than anything he’s a mentally ill grad student who happened to be obsessed with a world that was coming to destroy shit.
