What I’m Watching: Castlevania S2E6-8

Finishing Castlevania S2, here’s where all the slow burn finally pays off. And then back to slow burn. The stand-up fight Carmilla’s been plotting finally comes up, and… I’m a little dubious how powerful an undead Bishop (Matt Frewer!) can be given that in life he couldn’t keep one vampire out of his church. But … Continue reading “What I’m Watching: Castlevania S2E6-8”

What I’m Watching: Castlevania S2E1-5

Like Castlevania S1, the art is fantastic, but the animation varies from nearly Hanna-Barbera to perfectly smooth, mostly in combat scenes. Much of the first few eps are in Dracula’s court, with his hilarious Viking vampire subject Godbrand (“I like boats! I’m a fucking Viking! We’re supposed to make boats out of things!”), slutty & … Continue reading “What I’m Watching: Castlevania S2E1-5”

What I’m Watching: Love Death Robots

Anthology series of adult SF cartoons, produced by David Fincher and Tim Miller (Deadpool director). Which is like Netflix said “hey, Mark, we made a thing exactly for you!” I <3 you too, Netflix! 18 episodes, I watched 8 so far, will see the rest next binge. Sonnie’s Edge: I instantly recognized this, but couldn’t … Continue reading “What I’m Watching: Love Death Robots”

What I’m Watching: Disenchantment

The new Matt Groening cartoon, at long last! Surely after 4000 years of the Simpsons, and a few seasons of Futurama over the 30-some years it was on and off and on and off, has taught him how to craft a tightly-wound, kickass cartoon! Imagine the Dark Ages. Imagine plague, filth, terrible rulership by inbred … Continue reading “What I’m Watching: Disenchantment”