New posts

Reply to thread

Message: [QUOTE="Ezri_Muldoon, post: 283494, member: 29375"] Man, you have no idea how obscenely happy it makes me to meet some one else who not only remembers Shadow Raiders but appreciates aspects of it for being better written than some "horror" novels. Honestly Cosmic horror "dumbed down for kids" plays to the genres strengths. You're not supposed to be able to understand/interact with a cosmic horror. So in the context of a children's series, which 9-times-out-of-10 has to abide to strict guidelines. The characters & setting aren't allowed to even come close to comprehending the horror. If done right, as the Beast was. You were watching a genre-mash up where the kids show is slowly eroded away when faced with absolute oblivion. Reboot hits a similar tone in its third season, same writers & animation studio. It's not a cosmic or eldritch threat but it presents the meta horror of "End of Episode status quo? That safety net is gone." Highly recommend. I also need to gush over Blokk, because when else will I have the chance to do so. You remember, the big dumb lumbering comedic relief villain who's responsible for 2/3rd's of the Beasts apparent defeats in the show... [SPOILER=]Not being incompetent. He was just awaiting orders. And Blokk never fails to accomplish an order.[/SPOILER] Is writing we need more off. Villain's rarely maintain their menace throughout media. Fewer manage to heighten it upon command. As for Animorphs, I read the whole series using my phone during the pandemic in-between shifts at an intensive care ward. Holy heck it's a shining example of Young Adult literature, as in its for all ages, and as such it's story can go anywhere. Honestly freaked me out more than both Stephen King & Clive Barker because the journey from goofy kids story to a depressingly realistic depiction of government subversion, hopeless war and C̶͕̥̲̮͍͍͙̐͑̉̓̒̎̒̆̋̈́̕̚͘ͅṙ̶̳̼̰̺̖̥̣̺̱̝̤̐͛͐̍̒̉͐̉̀̄͂̂̚͝a̴̧̙͈͈̪̲̣̥̼̮̤͇̪̹̅͂ͅy̵̡̧̢̬̥̤̯͇͙̬̘̲͗͊̄͜ą̴̣͔̭̗͓͓̮̂͂̀̂͛̃̉͝͝k̴̨̢̠͎̪̗͕̊͂͛̋̏̿̎̈́̔̈́́͘̚͘͝ 10/10 [/QUOTE]

Verification

Online statistics

Members online: 134

Guests online: 1,590

Total visitors: 1,724

Totals may include hidden visitors.

Forum statistics

Threads: 11,191

Messages: 274,799

Members: 848,148

Latest member: Kuralime

Reply to thread

Online statistics

Forum statistics

Advertisers