Comrade Detective, Ep. 1 The Invisible Hand
Do you like making fun of Americans? Or if you are an American, do you like being made fun of? If yes, then this is the show for you. Channing Tatum, Nick Offerman, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt dub a Romanian crime show form the Cold War era and tap into the darkness of my nightmares: A killer in a Ronnie Reagan mask… and capitalism. Mainly the Ronald Reagan mask, though. Shit, that’s creepy…
Grades
Story: B+ (Funny and great but more novelty than instant classic)
Visuals and Sound: A (see Visuals and Sound for Glow)
Where to Watch:
Amazon.com
Space Dandy
“Space Dandy is a dandy in space.” From the director of Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo comes a space opera about every D and D character I’ve ever played traveling through space trying to collect rare aliens with the help of a vacuum cleaner robot and cat-alien.
And he loves butts. Like really, really loves them.
Grades
Story: A- (It will make you laugh, cry, and question yourself as to why you are watching this)
Visuals and Sound: A- (Music and animation: よくやったね！)
Where to Watch:
Hulu.com
Dark Valley (Das finstere Tal*)
Unforgiven meets The Sound of Music, except they’ve replaced all the music with straight-up murdering people.
Grades
Story: A (If you’re into revenge films, this will be right up your alley. If not, then maybe let’s call this a B+)
Visuals and Sound: A
Where to Watch:
DVD and Blu-ray available on Amazon.com
*Austrian-German with English subtitles
GLOW
Laughs, leotards, and liberation: Women in the ’80s search for empowerment and equality… with the help of wrestling, spandex costumes, and two men.
Grades
Story: A (Binged watched in one day)
Visuals and Sound: A (for Aesthetics)
Where to Watch:
Netflix.com
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