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Revelation34 posted...

I need R2D2 especially.

R2-D2 was one I was conflicted on given that I have a lot of R2-D2 merch and the Pop! doesn't really jump out at me for whatever reason. However, I found it used for $3 which was hard to resist. But, on that subject, I'll once again complain about Funko dragging its feet in releasing other R2 units since they're pretty basic colorways. It's even more annoying considering that Funko previously released some of those R2 units in other lines. In particular, I want a R2-Q2 (which, oddly enough, connects into the CCG discussion since the Decipher SW CCG is what first got me interested in that particular unit). I have the Wacky Wobbler, which is alright but it's not quite the same.

I will mention that I paid full pop for the Gamestop-exclusive R2-B1 just to have one of the colorways. Humorously, I kinda like the look of the Pop! more than the actual droid, which is the reverse of the issue with R2-D2.

Revelation34 posted...

I forgot about AAAAAH! Real Monsters until you mentioned it. That was a great show.

It holds up remarkably well, probably because the concept and art was so different.

Revelation34 posted...

After the Vegas shooting they made an episode during that season to make a political statement about guns being bad even for government agencies. Also I really liked the first season of both. I would say they both peaked at about season 3 though

Virtue-signaling current issues in shows annoys the fuck out of me. Blacklist keeps doing that, including working in a wage gap subplot into an episode just so the issue could be discussed.

The smaller throwaway lines can be a bit of a distraction that painfully dates the show, although it's less of a nuisance. It often depends on the set-up. In a later season of Supernatural, parallel Earth Bobby recounts a few things -- some of which are egregious and then works Trump's election into it to imply a negative association -- where his Trump jab feels out of place, although had it just been a Trump jab it might have been more amusing. It's also worth noting that some of the Supernatural case had been vehementally anti-Trump, including Mischa/Castiel.

The same sorta thing annoys me when it comes to the Harley Quinn cartoon, where the creators feel the need to pepper it with a lot of SJW jokes that probably are only funny to the choir and broadly feel out of place.

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