Media in General

     Has anyone ever made anything that involves the main character finding out about and getting dragged into an (urban?) sci-fi/sci-fantasy wainscot society hidden under a civilization resembling modern humanity's right under its nose without it noticing? (Bonus points if the setting includes:

• Mecha.
• Genetically-engineered fur-people (in the sense of 'Intelligent Gerbil' and 'Funny Animal') and/or furry 'Aliens Among Us.'))

Edited by RandomDSdevel on Jul 23rd 2019 at 5:25:02 AM

I don't think that it's a perfect fit, but perhaps Epic?

Edited by ArsThaumaturgis on Jul 24th 2019 at 8:40:58 PM

     Nah, that's more 'medieval fantasy' underneath modern society (those are actually somewhat common,) albeit with a mild dash of rudimentary scavenger tech, than it is sci-fi/sci-fantasy. Not a bad film, though; I saw and liked it.

I would just like another 'therapeutic' show. And by that, I mean that can combine easy on the eyes visuals and audio and just help me feel relaxed, especially after a very stressing day. Some examples: -Sara and Duck -Hilda -Bee and Puppycat

Hiya!

I saw the film adaptation of Noises Off yesterday. I was utterly amazed (also laughed my ass off). I want to see another piece of media where a Show Within a Show is important to the story in one way or the other. A story revolving around a Troubled Production will also do. (I love the Super Lopez album La Gran Super Producción, to put an example for the spanish/hispanic readers out there) (¡Esto es una birria!)

Thanks so muchin advance!

Edited by SpiderSpiegel on Jan 1st 2020 at 5:45:56 AM

the ongoing the amazing mary jane is pretty fun. It's about a biopic Mysterio is making about himself disguised as a famous director, and it's a very Troubled Production.

Edited by WikiWanderer on Jan 25th 2020 at 9:20:02 PM

I'd like some recommendations of works that make use of both Rule of Cool and Rule of Funny

I'm not that sure where to put this, but... I watch a lot of stuff. I find most of it by serendipity, unintended search results, ways like that. I often check the creators for other interesting works, and, not intending to do so, get to see their views on Real Life topics. And here's the thing: They are all Democrats, or a local equivalent, or Democrat fans from abroad. All of them. Whether it is music, podcasts, writers, YouTubers, or anything.

I would chalk it up to algorithms, bubbles, et cetera, but with some of the content they were provably not involved. And it is not that the content would naturally lend itself to such views, either. I understand that the creators of Life Is Strange are likely to support social justice, but why the creators of The Stanley Parable? Typically, these views are completely orthogonal to the work.

I randomly discovered Welcome to Night Vale through a song used in there, and guess what their stance on Trump is? Guess which themes found their way into the story? Same goes for webcomics. Same goes for any science-y or mathy topic. But same also goes for David Grann, a collector of strange stories whose work I found by taking a book in a library at random.

This boggles me. There are still at least 100 million Americans who would vote for Trump this very day. What are they creating? The only creator of anything I know to ever have been pro-Trump is Dilbert's Scott Adams. That's it.

The only reasonable explanation I could find is that conservatives tend to be older, while content creators (especially of the internet) tend to be younger, but that does not feel like enough. The numbers are not that definite. There should still be some overlap.

I am not asking for hypotheses on why this phenomenon happens. I especially do not want to start a discussion about politics, especially since we all know the stance of TV Tropes. I instead want to disprove it, because I feel like I'm probably missing out on something.

So here I ask, do you know of anything you personally enjoy that was made by people with public conservative views? Or, for that matter, even ambivalent views?

Jim Carrey and Tim Allen, kind of?

Hello? This thread still open? Recommending a cyberpunk novel.

Encryption Straffe

Hello. Can I get recommendations for works using the LightDarknessJuxtaposition? I don't mean themes, I mean the literal definitions of the word and/or its magic system. Examples: Kingdom Hearts or Star Wars or certain parts of the Final Fantasy series. It's fine if it flips the tropes like FFXIV did with Dark Is Not Evil and Light Is Not Good.

I am fine with any form of media. Book, anime, manga—whatever you have. I'd appreciate it.