As a guy who’s not only grown up with animation (both Western and Japanese) but also decided to start working toward making a career out of it, I think that animation might serve as a better medium for capturing the larger than life nature of a lot of fantasy stories than live-action. I’m just wondering if anyone else might share a similar opinion.
The Wheel of Time has been renewed for a third season at Amazon Prime Video, with a pickup for a fourth season also potentially on the way.
The news, somewhat obliquely, came in a Deadline article discussing the return of Criminal Minds. As cast-watchers should be aware, Wheel of Time star Daniel Henney was a regular on both Criminal Minds and one of its spin-offs for several years. During the article, Deadline confirms that Wheel of Time has been picked up for “two more seasons.”
It’s unclear whether Deadline was including the already-filming Season 2, which wraps in the next few weeks, in their count. If not, Wheel of Time will make it to fourth season, halfway through its planned eight-season run. If not, the show will definitely get a third year.
This is a bit of a no-brainer. Despite a mixed critical reception, especially its divisive season finale, Wheel of Time became Amazon’s biggest-ever TV premiere when it launched in November, outperforming the …
I looked for a recent post about this and didn’t see one, so hopefully this isn’t a duplicate post.
I knew of Critical Role but had never read, watched, or listened to any of it. So, aside from knowing that this story was based off one of their early (earliest?) campaigns, I was going in blind.
And gottdang, I am really enjoying it. The characters are great, the plot is engaging, the fight scenes are cool AF, and I’m really digging the lore. I wasn’t sure how I was going to feel about it after the first episode because I’m kinda tired of shows being too aware of themselves and making some sort of metacommentary on the thing that they are. But that seems to go away as the show goes on.
What are y’alls thoughts? Particularly you non-Critters.
I haven’t posted here in quite a while, but I wanted to talk about something, that is currently happening in the German fantasy-sphere. Why? Because it might be interesting to the English speaking part of the fandom as well. Especially considering that I have indeed seen the book mentioned on this sub a couple of times.
I am talking about the modern German fantasy classic “The Elven”. If you go by the cover it was written by Bernhard Hennen – but this is only half the truth. Because in fact it was written by two writers: Bernhard Hennen and James Sullivan. The two of them co-wrote the book with about equal parts.
So, why isn’t James Sullivan on the cover? Well, the official story goes something like that: When “The Elves” released in Germany back in 2003, Bernhard Hennen had already published a couple of Fantasy books (mostly novels related to the German TTRPG world of “Das Schwarze Auge”), so he was a known name. Meanwhile James Sullivan was unpublished at this point. So …
Mine would be: The young adult genre is a joke. I have read the popular ones and I have read the ones with negative ratings, and I have also read some of the ones that people don’t usually talk about. All thanks to my YA lover friend. And there was nothing of substance, nothing memorable, nothing which made me think about the book even a day after finishing it. It’s a complete waste of time. And don’t even get me started on the Hunger Games and Harry Potter rip-offs (looking at you Divergent, Maze Runner etc.)
And that was MY UNPOPULAR OPINION, what is yours?
I was originally drawn into the TV series of Dirk Gently and started reading the books. I found them every bit as entertaining and clever as the Hitchhikers series. Why do people not love it in the same way as Douglas Adams other work? I’d add that the TV series is much better than the TV/film version of hitchhikers too.
I heard about Libby 2 years ago but never really dabbled in it until I looked at the virtual library on offer at my library.
Before I would look at the length of a book and make a judgement call if it’s “Really worth the money” but so much is available for free through my library and it’s been incredible.
Take the time and look into it
Edit: Also the liberty to just drop a book you don’t like and return it is incredible, no longer feeling guilty that I spent money on something I don’t want to read.
You’ll find these ‘quotes’ attributed to Orwell online, thousands of times a day. None of these are genuine Orwell; they are all either totally wrong, written by someone else, or are misquotes only loosely similar to things he really wrote. [These have all been researched throughly].
“The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it.”
“In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
“A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves and traitors are not victims, but accomplices.”
“It’s not a matter of whether the war is not real, or if it is, Victory is not possible. The war is not meant to be won, it is meant to be continuous.”
“The people will not revolt. They will not look up from their screens long enough to notice what’s happening.”
[EDIT] For those people saying that the fourth quote, ‘It is not a matter of whether the war…’, is in fact Orwell, it isn’t. It’s a direct quote from the movie …
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I was hooked on The Da Vinci Code from the first page. I don’t mind the historical inaccuracies because I read it as a work of fiction. Is it true that all his other books are exactly the same ? “Same plot, one dimensional male character, typical female love interest and predictable antagonists.” This is what I usually see on Quora. I don’t expect to be moved/inspired by the book - like Harry Potter. But are the other books worth reading ?
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why y’all downvoting my post lol. It’s a Question.
These are truly unique books! So much focus on the technology and what could be possible in the nearish future. If you are into hard sci fi at all, I highly recommend checking out at least the first book in the trilogy (Red Mars, which won the Nebula award in 1993).
The books start in the year 2027, and humanity is colonizing Mars. 100 scientists, engineers, and astronauts take the first colony ship to cross the interplanetary gap. Red Mars follows ten of the first hundred colonists and tells the story of the first forty years of life on Mars through their eyes. They use automated construction equipment to build towns and cities, seed the planet with heat-producing windmills and genetically modified lichen that can survive the harsh environment, dig kilometer-wide moholes to release the heat of the planet’s interior into the atmosphere, become self-sustaining, and are joined by tens of thousands of additional immigrants from Earth.
Green Mars similarly takes place over the next …
It could be anything - climate / cosmic event / asteroid/ pandemic / war… and humanity survived either here in earth or in some kind of generational ship or in a different planet etc. But life isn’t high tech and rosy, so humanity never really has been able to bounce back but somehow clinging to life and coping with limited resources.
Sorry I forgot mentioning i would prefer something which isn’t too bleak
Better if hard sci-fi but open to softer takes.
No YA please ! Please don’t suggest YA even if it fits the bill.
We’ve all had that awkward experience where a fondly-remembered book you read as a teen turns out to be full of cringe-inducing misogyny/awkward metaphors/ham-fisted political sloganeering.
But what in your view has stood up really well? Say, books published in the 60’s and earlier which are still great now?
I see these three books talked about and mentioned more than any others. Seeing them so much intrigued me, and I finally got around to reading Children of Time. My thoughts on them vary greatly…
Hyperion- I thought there was no way this book could live up to the hype this sub created for it, but it did. I loved this book and couldn’t wait to read it every night. It living up to the hype and then some have me high hopes for the second book of the three I decided to read… Blindsight
Blindsight- completely opposite end of the spectrum. I don’t understand the hype about this book. It is trying so hard to be a ‘big ideas’ book and just comes across as pretentious. The vampire was the most out of place thing I’ve ever come across in a book. If you like it, more power to you, but I thought it was awful.
Children of Time- this book fell right in the middle. I liked some elements and didn’t like others. I think it could have been half as long and it would have been a nice, tight, …
I think for me it’s a tie betwixt Rustum Battachariya (Cold as Ice) and Zaphod Beeblebrox (Hitchikers Guide).
Rustum is just a very unique character whom I thought I would hate but ended up loving, this 500lb mammoth hardcore introvert who is hella smart and can be quite the host, and then Beeblebrox is the most unique shitshow politician I’ve ever seen.
What about you? What is your most memorable character you’ve read in print sf?
It could quite possibly be one of the best films I’ve ever seen, period. The cinematography is absolutely incredible. The soundtrack is a masterpiece. The performances are great (Natalie Portman and Oscar Isaac are both excellent). The atmosphere is dreamlike and unsettling. The Shimmer is both beautiful and terrifying.
It has some of the most disturbing and intense scenes I’ve ever seen in a movie. Every second keeps you on the edge of your seat. I cannot recommend it enough.
https://www.thewrap.com/razzie-nominations-diana-the-musical/
WORST PICTURE
“Diana the Musical” (The Netflix Version)
“Infinite”
“Karen”
“Space Jam: A New Legacy”
“The Woman in the Window”
WORST ACTOR
Scott Eastwood, “Dangerous”
Roe Hartrampf (as Prince Charles), “Diana the Musical”
LeBron James, “Space Jam: A New Legacy”
Ben Platt, “Dear Evan Hansen”
Mark Wahlberg, “Infinite”
WORST ACTRESS
Amy Adams, “The Woman in the Window”
Jeanna de Waal, “Diana the Musical”
Megan Fox, “Midnight in the Switchgrass”
Taryn Manning, “Karen”
Ruby Rose, “Vanquish”
WORST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams, “Dear Evan Hansen”
Sophie Cookson, “Infinite”
Erin Davie (as Camilla), “Diana the Musical”
Judy Kaye (as both Queen Elizabeth and Barbara Cartland), “Diana the Musical”
Taryn Manning, “Every Last One of Them”
WORST SUPPORTING ACTOR