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I'd say Brick

I want a show with a good Myth Arc, a mischievous, snarky sense of humor and with at least one Avengers Assemble storyline.

Look no further than this. It has an awesome Myth Arc, complex, scholarly yet occasionally snarky language, and deep analyses of the would-be team of (anti?) hero.

I said show fer a reason, Argeus. I also want something Aesthethically pleasing. With cameras, before all the philosophers in the world jump me.

edited 17th Mar '11 8:03:12 AM by juancarlos11

Ah, show.

Can't help you there, I'm afraid.

I want something in similar vein to Freeway. One of those "dat is some hilarious fucked up shit" kind of works. Though not necessary, Rule of Cool would also be nice. Any suggestions?

Rule of Cool is probably debatable, but I'm pretty sure it is not possible to outdo Drakengard in the 'hilariously messed-up' category.

Looking for things on the idealist side of the sliding scale, that have cool stories, are pg13 rated or less, and preferably possible for me to get for free (i.e. webcomics, freeware, web originals, etc.)

Any help?

I should get to that. I've been linked to The Dark Id's lets play several times, but I think I should play it myself.

um... I can't think of anything. all I can think of on the nearly cheery side is Cave Story.

What's a good "character study" work you guys can recommend to me?

Character study, huh? Scorsese's work is almost all based aroun this stuff. Goodfellas, the Aviator, Taxi Driver, etc etc.

Mean Streets was one of my favorites.

I am looking for something which favours these kinds of tropes:

• Kudzu Plot
• Ensemble Cast
• Guile Hero
• Science Hero
• Cloudcuckoolander
• Psycho Supporter
• Madness Tropes
• Loads And Loads Of Characters
• Morality Kitchen Sink
• Vast Conspiracy
• Thirty Xanatos Pile Up
• Earn Your Happy Ending
• Shown Their Work

And has minimal (not necessarily zero) fantastic or speculative-fiction elements.

Any suggestions?

Lost, Lost, Lost, Lost, Lost, Lost, Lost, Lost, Lost, Lost, Lost, Lost, Lost, Lost, Lost, Lost, Lost, Lost, Lost, Lost, Lost, Lost, Lost, Lost, Lost, Lost, Lost, Lost, Lost, Lost, Lost, Lost, Lost, Lost, Lost

Or Angel, but I don't see you watching that anytime soon.

edited 13th Jun '11 6:19:07 PM by juancarlos

Lost is already close to the top of my list, Juan. :) Anything else?

I'm pretty sure Angel fails the "minimal fantastic elements" request. :P

edited 13th Jun '11 6:21:07 PM by Noaqiyeum

I know, I know, it still fits the whole rest of things in there.

And, well, it is already close. Now you have an excuse to put it at the top. ^_^

The only reason it's not already at the top is that it's more difficult for me to arrange to watch things than it is to read them, and I have a queue to finish.

The last part is kind of the most important, though... I'm swearing off Eldritch Abominations and Our Monsters Are Weird for a while. :/

edited 13th Jun '11 6:28:08 PM by Noaqiyeum

Welp, that takes Lost out as well...

Hmmmm, lemme see in my backlog of stuff...how about Planetary?

...no, that doesn't take out Lost, Lost is not nearly as spec-fic-y as Angel merely by virtue of not being Monster of the Week.

...Smoke Monster is Smoke Monster who Smoke Monsters people with his Smoke Monster-ness while Smoke Monstering.

Yo dawg

Also, only Angel's first and fifth season qualify as "Monster of the Week", to be perfectly honest.

-_- Same monster every week does not 'Monster of the Week' make... We're contrasting Monster of the Week with, say, Four Lines, All Waiting, not I-don't-know Our Monsters Are All Conventional.

Something without the anything-goes setting/antagonist flexibility that Doctor Who has. Let me try putting it that way.

It's not just the Smoke Monster, I'm just not spoiling anything, silly.

Well, fine. That leaves me with no recommendations, then.

Hmmm, OK, how about Sleeper?

The comic. Didn't know we had 4 works called Sleeper.

edited 13th Jun '11 8:00:38 PM by juancarlos

...which...?

Interesting. I'll look into it further.

edited 13th Jun '11 8:04:10 PM by Noaqiyeum

Thread has been moved to Media, in its very own category.

So...this was moved, huh?

OK, then. (For some reason, it appeared on my watchlist even though I'd already read the latest reply)

^Damn it, ninja Eddie.

edited 14th Jun '11 11:04:23 AM by juancarlos