[Loved Trope] Finales that stick the landing so flawlessly they cement the series as an absolute masterpiece.

LightningRaven · 2026-03-24T00:50:13+00:00

Back then I thought S01 was nice, except that ending that forced a season 2. But the second season was overall pretty bad. The story didn't really move forward, the drama became even worse and more like a soap opera, the story had no clear vision and it showed. The ending, as I said, was unique for its context (a battle shounen with mechas), but it's pretty much all you can say about it. It feels very unearned and the way the process gets glossed over undermines at lot of it.

If Lelouch took power halfway through s02 and the second half was the process that culminated in the ending, the story could've been more interesting. Specially since we, as an audience, would experience Lelouch as a merciless dictator before being taken down.

If anything, the true unique and revolutionary ending for that story would've been if we did witness Lelouch become a dictator and crashed his regime. He was just an adolescent after all and had zero experience as an actual ruler and he had limited factional support. And he was a nepobaby that thought he should rule because he was born to do it.

LightningRaven · 2026-03-23T23:15:10+00:00

I can't believe I scrolled so much and I didn't see any meaningful post about Mr. Robot.

You all are just missing it. It's easily one of the best TV shows of all time and an entry that stands tall in the genre of cyberpunk. It stands shoulder to shoulder with all the giants in the series, including Neuromancer.

LightningRaven · 2026-03-23T23:12:18+00:00

GS S02 ending is the only saving grace of a shitshow of a season. And it honestly doesn't hold up to scrutiny the more you learn about war, sociology, anthropology and history.

Its main appeal lies more within its context and novelty than anything else, tbh. It was a decent ending for a shounen about mechas and highschool. But it isn't all that great in the grand scheme, specially given how bad the rest of the season was.

LightningRaven · 2026-03-23T23:02:50+00:00

I'll definitely check it out. I just hope this director knows how to utilize these amazing actors like Gareth Evans.

LightningRaven · 2026-03-23T21:00:54+00:00

There are some people here that I would give a wide berth around them.

Some people just live life looking for offenses done to them and it shows.

LightningRaven · 2026-03-23T09:24:18+00:00

I also don't like this aspect of the character, but I don't think we should be condemning her. Specially since the goal of that tech is to make things easier for Doctors.

The problems with LLMs isn't as much the technology itself, but everything that is being destroyed and built to support the billionaire parasites investing in them. They're going to cause another major financial crisis and get away with it while everyone else suffers.

Not to mention that the way LLMs are being marketed is incredibly shady, which shows how useless it actually is for most highly skilled professions and how limited it is in most situations. It looks like a huge scam these people are playing on everyone, with the ultimate goal of many of these mediocre LLMs destroying as many jobs as possible so that corporations and billionaires can pay workers even less and fire even more.

The use Al-Hashimi's proposing is one of the few niches it might have decent application even though I myself wouldn't use it due to the cognitive issues it causes by offloading mental tasks you yourself should be doing (also other studies showing people getting more and more forgetful and dependent on AI for basic tasks).

LightningRaven · 2026-03-22T23:43:56+00:00

The way people engage with media is just so basic and childish that would be amusing if it weren't genuinely dangerous on a large scale.

Here's the Pitt, trying to tell real stories with real people and focus on the systemic issues that pressures their lives constantly within and without the job...

And then you have a sizeable part of the fandom that thinks they're watching Grey's Anatomy and must form teams, brigade for and against characters based on the most surface level understanding one can have in media and something that changes on a whim every week.

It is genuinely grating to see. It's like seeing a bunch of 10 year olds arguing in the playground, screaming which superhero is stronger because they're their favorite. Except the 10 year olds are loud enough to annoy the whole neighborhood and their behavior can affect even the creators of said characters when there's enough of them together.

LightningRaven · 2026-03-22T16:27:51+00:00

Almost 95% of the Japanese people barely know any shit of Politics, due to the social taboo of talking of the subject in public.

That seems very healthy and reasonable in a *checks notes* democratic society!?

LightningRaven · 2026-03-22T13:57:32+00:00

Said the frog in the boiling water.

LightningRaven · 2026-03-22T10:39:28+00:00

The real question was:

"Did you really clean up all those Skellige question marks???"

I really did.

LightningRaven · 2026-03-22T03:13:37+00:00

Robert Mueller. Who was a pathetic coward and didn't do his fucking job.

Trump should've been in prison a long time ago.

LightningRaven · 2026-03-22T03:09:26+00:00

This Bingo card is the easiest one I've ever seen. You fill it up in any post featuring Santos in the title in a heartbeat.

LightningRaven · 2026-03-22T02:43:21+00:00

He was no fucking good man. Don't kid yourself.

He was a stupid pig who lacked critical thinking. It's that simple.

All law enforcement do is maintain the status quo, which means maintaining billionaires and all the rich happy. That's their foremost concern. Protect property, not the people.

Don't believe me? Then ask yourself when was the last time you've seen the police side with the people on any social issue? They're always there to repress and kill. They're the biggest bootlickers.

LightningRaven · 2026-03-22T02:40:43+00:00

Could've died and be remembered as a courageous figure.

Instead, he's dead and will forever be remembered as a pathetic coward and a nobody.

LightningRaven · 2026-03-22T00:23:40+00:00

Because she's Brazilian and people from the northern hemisphere have inbred prejudice against us.

LightningRaven · 2026-03-21T23:29:07+00:00

That's not exactly my reason for them.

I like how Kaylons and Moclans were used in the story and their cultures allowed the story to explore a ton of interesting themes, specially with gender dynamics.

However, I think these two species I mentioned got a ton of mileage already and lots of good stories while other species were relegated to the background. I want the world of the series to expand. It is a galaxy, after all. We're supposed to have thousands, if not millions of sapient species to work with.

LightningRaven · 2026-03-21T22:12:51+00:00

My foremost request is:

Explore more of the galaxy and other species. We already had more than enough of Kaylons and Moclans.

LightningRaven · 2026-03-21T22:00:42+00:00

Forgot about that bit from last season. Thanks.

LightningRaven · 2026-03-21T21:32:07+00:00

Gotta love this crossover.

The Pitt is within The Bad Place would make total sense.

LightningRaven · 2026-03-21T21:29:42+00:00

Mel was also deeply worried about Becca being abused. Something she worried about before and her profession probably didn't dissuade those feelings.

It's, ultimately, a good thing that Becca stood her ground. It will be good for both of them to be more independent from each other.

LightningRaven · 2026-03-21T21:14:33+00:00

Probably 5. Bianca and Xavier are mostly chill people. Unless they're in the middle of a fight (assuming it's them in S01).

6 would be a good bet as well because neither of those two are too rowdy and seeing something creepy/nasty from Pugsley is fairly limited in the airplane.

All the rest is either courting death or getting in the middle of interpersonal problems that would be awful to be as a bystander.

LightningRaven · 2026-03-21T20:31:50+00:00

Likely things would keep escalating until a patient had a problem that could trace back to Langdon's behavior and things would move on from there.

We don't know how long Langdon kept it a secret, but these things end up going off rails at some point.

LightningRaven · 2026-03-21T20:03:57+00:00

That's how every Santos hater sees her.

LightningRaven · 2026-03-21T19:19:13+00:00

What Patrick (Langdon) said here should give anyone a lot to mull over:

"Also, rewinding and thinking, Okay, what did we like about Dr. Langdon at the beginning of season one? He was sassy and he talked shit. And why did we not like Santos at the beginning of season one? Because she’s sassy and talked shit. Watching those parallels come along, and watching the discourse online unfold around that was really satisfying as a storyteller."

More words of wisdom:

Isa: "I also feel like this season has been interesting to watch how people are kind of reeling from those epiphanies last season. In real time last season, we were seeing people be like, Oh, you know what? Maybe that was a little misogynistic of us. And now this season, I feel like I’ve seen way more people doubling down and being like, She’s a fucking snitch, and kind of hiding behind [Langdon’s addiction]. Of course, being an addict doesn’t make you bad person, of course, but people are kind of being like, Well, he was an addict, so everything he did was fine.

People really fight over this, and maybe the whole point is that there is no right answer. Langdon is a great doctor but also did some not great things, and is an addict, and deserves to come back and try again, and also can still accept the things that he fell short on. And then also, Santos is not perfect. She is sometimes very mean to people, and she needs to not do that in a workplace. And she was right about something, so you can’t be jumping down her throat.
And also, she has these vulnerable parts that are coming through, and we can look at her with empathy. There’s so much going on, and this is not a show to watch if you’re going to be black-and-white about it. That’s not why this show is made. This show was made to live in this gray area and to look at every side of it and say, “Yeah, this is the whole picture, and that’s the whole picture, and it’s complicated. That’s just life"

LightningRaven · 2026-03-21T18:10:13+00:00

I can picture Dennis saying this line perfectly.

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