Cyberpunk Edgerunners Season 1

Cyberpunk Edgerunners Season 1 (Hiroyuki Imaishi, 2022)

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Anime, Sci-Fi, Action, Drama

Rating: AQ=8, AP=10 / Drooling

Scale O=4, Scale P=4, Scale Q=3, Scale R=3, Scale S=4

This show is vibrant, absorbing, strange, and wonderful. I love it. The animation is superb--some of the most beautiful images I've seen in a while. Studio Trigger is amazing. I don't run to watch the newest anime, but I have thoroughly enjoyed many series, especially Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Shamploo. Cyberpunk Edgerunners is a show about bounty hunters in a dismal/post-apocalyptic future where people are modifying their bodies with technology to become "better" and dreaming of getting out of their bleak existences. So it reminded me a lot of Blade Runner and also Judge Dredd.

I would watch this show again and again. Really enjoyed it.

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Disenchantment Season 4

Disenchantment Season 4 (Matt Groening, 2018-)

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Animation, Comedy, Middle Ages, Fantasy, Coming of Age, Adventure

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Season 4 Rating: CSS=6, CSS=5 / The Giggles

Scale F=3, Scale G=2, Scale H=1, Scale I=3, Scale J=2

    Favorite from Season 4 = "What to Expect When You're Expecting Parasites"

Well, season 4 of Disenchantment amplified my catchphrase from season 3 to: "What the hell is going on?" While I still enjoyed the randomness and quirky fun, I found that far too much was going on all the time. The subplots had subplots and the main thread of the story felt buried beneath all the over-the-top humor and weirdness. Again, Bean and her friends feel like they are just wandering around blindly in a confusing psychedelic rabbit hole. Everything just keeps getting curiouser and curiouser. I will watch the next season, if there is one, but I think this show is falling apart.

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Cobra Kai Season 5

Cobra Kai Season 5 (Various, 2022)

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Check out how I rated Season 1, 2, 3, and 4.

Rating: DSQ=9, SP=6 / Sweet Treat

Scale A=3, Scale B=3, Scale C=3, Scale D=3, Scale E=3

Karate, Complex Relationships, Bullying, High School

I had high expectations for Cobra Kai Season 5, and I must say it was satisfying. Although I was a little disappointed in Miguel's search for his father subplot. It felt very short and too dramatic. Otherwise, though, the series sparkles. The addition of Chozen was definitely my favorite part. The dynamics really worked. And I felt that the joining together of both dojos forces to fight the greater evil worked well. Will this be it for the series? It certainly feels like it could be done, but they do leave a lot of things unsaid and just getting started--Johnny and Carmen's future? Robbie and Tory? And what about Chozen?

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Rock 'n' Roll High School

Rock 'n' Roll High School (Alan Arkush, 1979)

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Rating: Q=4, P=3 / Thanks But No Thanks

Scale 1=2, Scale 2=2, Scale 3=2, Scale 4=1

High School, Comedy, Rock 'n' Roll, Punk

I had never seen this cult classic until now, not sure why. This late-70s comedy features The Ramones...it's a silly and weird film full of tropes and stupid gags. The best part is the music. The story is unimportant and that shows. Entertaining, but not really for me. There are way better rock films and even better high school films. Glad I watched it once, though.

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