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Here are the Answers to your Questions! I'm sorry for the questions I couldn't answer.

Here's the video by Just Write I mentioned: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiGQGmnMt0I

Here's are examples of awesome animation I like: - Legend of Korra: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCHWiw9Jxyw- Video essay I like about Norio Matsumoto: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6Z9m_0-DVo- Demon Slayer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWrwJNrS6RU

Let me know if there's anything else I forgot!

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RedX2099

Completely forgot about "some more news" for some reason even though i watch it every week. Perhaps the most obvious successor to Jon Stewart. Thanks for bringing it up and I'm glad you'll be talking about it in the retrospective. I totally get what you were saying about how your goal isn't to just break down cop shows one by one. Still I feel shows like Star Trek and Stargate were a little different in terms of how they present the military specifically because they try to connect military action with science, research and exploration. The MCU doesn't do this quite as much. I thought a video on those shows would therefore be a little more interesting because it creates a sort of link between scientists and those who monopolize use of force. Hope that makes sense.

blusocket

Really interesting and thoughtful perspective on Korra! I totally agree with you that a lot of people's distaste for LOK came from the fact that the lead was a visibly brown, active/powerful woman, and the development of her bisexuality certainly didn't win the show points with these kinds of people (though it certainly won points with me!) On a more critical note, I did also really enjoy this series from leftuber Kay and Skittles about how the series handles its political themes, it provided some great food for thought https://youtu.be/ModX151Ipgs

Heather Mendick

Thanks for replying on Columbo. I really think you need to watch it. I agree that in a way any show that has a cop as its central character is de facto copaganda. I also guess that my enjoyment of the show leads me to make excuses for it. But it is different than many cop shows. Columbo never carries a gun. In one episode, he has to do a test to renew his firearm certificate and from memory, he first tries to avoid it and then gets someone else to do the test for him. In this and other ways he's shown as different from other cops, working on his own and often against other cops when we get glimpses of them. It's not unusual for him to arrive at a crime scene and to be told to leave by a cop because his scruffy car and appearance mean they don't recognise him as one of them. Another difference between Columbo and the majority of other cop shows is that all the killers are white and rich (most are men). Columbo is one of the 99% and he is bringing members of the 1% to justice. It is their sense of entitlement and superiority that is their downfall in every single episode. The pleasure in watching is in seeing their feeling that they are above the law unravel in the face of Columbo's persistence and intelligence. Finally, my favourite episode is Death Lends a Hand which is one of the few instances I can think of in mainstream US pop culture that puts private services up against the public sector while depicting the former as both inefficient and corrupt.