jwz

Recent movies and TV.

Normally I try to keep my reviews focused toward "these were good and you should watch them" but I've watched a lot of garbage in the last couple of months so this one has more complaining than usual. You're welcome. The Bluff...
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Show threadr1ck6d ago
@jwz I'm a fan oh Guy Ritchie's early movies style (yes I like Revolver), but have just watched the first Downey movie. It was kinda fun, but I don't know, it was missing something. Didn't watch the second yet, but the new series also didn't catch my attention.
Show threadmhd6d ago
@jwz One of the weirder times I've seen Sherlock Holmes surface in pop culture was as a kid during a Brave Starr episode, speaking of animation with horses…
Show threadChristian Horn6d ago
@jwz We have a pretty amazing Ghost in the Shell exhibition here in Tokyo, in case you happen to be in the area:
https://chaos.social/@globalc/116150562474988374
https://www.tokyonode.jp/sp/exhibition-ghostintheshell/
Show threadRick Osborne6d ago

@jwz No Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)? Oddly enough, it's kindof a prototype for the 2009 Guy Ritchie film — more plot overlap than you'd expect.

We tried getting into Watson (2025), but were actively hurling insults at the TV by the end of the first episode. It's like someone ran House through an LLM trained only on scripts for the CW.

Young Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson meet as boys in an English Boarding school. Holmes is known for his deductive ability even as a youth, amazing his classmates with his abilities. When they discover a plot to murder a series of British business men by an Egyptian cult, they move to stop it.

The Movie Database
Show threadbeasom6d ago
@jwz The GitS obsession with immigration is tied to the setting. War and disasters resulted in collapses in many formerly-first world countries, with resulting immigration. Plus, well, real-life Japan perennially blames foreigners for crime and social unrest even though we make up less than 3% of the population. The current prime minister is a far-right nutbag who wants to get Article 9 out so that Japan can have an active military again. I think it’s aged too well, actually.
Show threadMike J👹🐀 🤘🏻6d ago
@jwz I always think of all weirdo detective shows as Sherlocks. Poker Face was a sherlock. David Mitchell's Ludwig is a sherlock. I enjoyed those two.
Show threadjwz6d ago
@mikej That's fair but Poker Face was very specifically a Columbo.
Show thread🅼🅰🆁🅺6d ago
@jwz Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die was so much fun but couldn’t stick the landing. Bummer because it was so enjoyable up to that point.
Show threadjwz6d ago
@markm68k Yeah the last 10 minutes was "and here's where our entire budget went"
Show threadhackillu2d ago
@jwz You're a Sherlockian? I'm surprised for some reason.
Show threadTrammell Hudson2d ago
@jwz one of the timeless truths in the modern Sherlock Holmes reboots is that Watson is still a veteran of the war in Afghanistan.