So, Netflix canceled 1899 after one season.

Like Netflix do. I’m not gonna lie, though: I’m not entirely upset about it. I enjoyed the first one, because 1899 was a legitimately creepy and weird little alternate-perception show (that you really should watch with subtitles*). It had its reveal, the reveal was cool, the second season had an excellent chance of being a disappointment. From an artistic point of view, better to end it at a dramatic moment.

Of course, I wasn’t counting on a paycheck from the show. I suspect that the actors and production crew might have a different opinion about how things went down.

Moe Lane

*I missed at first that there were two versions: one where everybody spoke English, and one where everybody spoke their own languages and nobody was a polyglot. I had to backtrack and rewatch the subtitled version from the start, because it completely changed the tone and flow of conversations.

The DAY SHIFT Netflix trailer.

Not gonna lie: Day Shift looks like fun.

“Working-class professional vampire hunters” always fits my aesthetic, and Jamie Foxx has the right look for it. I also figure that there’s going to be action scenes in it. Like, a lot of action scenes. Lastly: according to the trailer, Snoop Dogg is going to show up with a minigun. …I understand that there are people out there who would not want to watch that, and that’s their privilege, but I like my way of life better.

Cast revealed for the live-action AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER…

…and, shockingly, they seem to have cast actors who look at least somewhat like the animated characters. Look, I don’t beat the representation drum overmuch, myself. But if you’re going to make a show that draws on Chinese/Japanese/Inuit/East Asian cultures as much as AVATAR did, the least you can do is not cast, you know, blonde people. I feel that this was a reasonable objection to make about the live-action movie. I am sympathetic to it.

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