ArisKatsaris comments on March 2013 Media Thread - Less Wrong

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Comment author: ArisKatsaris 04 March 2013 10:36:14PM 0 points [-]

Television and Movies Thread

Comment author: ArisKatsaris 06 March 2013 11:29:16PM *  1 point [-]

Sasami-san@Ganbaranai doesn't have a very good score at myanimelist, but I'm currently at 8/12 episodes and it has rather impressed me at points.

It's from the same company (SHAFT) that produced Madoka Magica, and I think the element it shares with it is that both attempt to do a sort of redemption of the ludicrous, as Adam Cadre would call it. But where Madoka Magica merely redeemed magical-girls anime, Sasami-san@Ganbaranai attempts the even harder task of attempting to redeem a story about a shut-in girl and incestuous fanservice.

Comment author: Kutta 05 March 2013 09:12:48AM 1 point [-]

Very recently decent fansubs have surfaced for Mamoru Hosoda's new movie The Wolf Children Ame and Yuki. I wholeheartedly recommend it.

Comment author: leonm 30 March 2013 08:53:41PM 0 points [-]

Nick Bostrom gave an interesting talk on existential risk reduction at TEDxOxford 2012, which has recently been uploaded at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0Nf3TcMiHo and has the rather ominous title "The End of Humanity". I suppose most of the people reading this will be quite familiar with the concepts (and the talk is aimed at people who aren't), but it might be a good resource to point people to who need introducing.

Full disclosure: I am involved with TEDxOxford, though I wasn't involved with TEDxOxford 2012.

Comment author: OrphanWilde 08 March 2013 09:21:12PM 0 points [-]

Ruby Gloom.

Available on Netflix (American, for some reason Netflix Canada pulled it?) for instant viewing, a surprisingly good children's show with a cheerful Gothic theme.