This was an absolutely delight to read! It always is a treasure to peer into the side of a friends mind that brings them joy.
Oh before I forget they witty retort I shared via discord,
"You call her A but she sounds much more like a B."
What's double fun is to see where we would disagree and then reflect back to see if it was a bad take the first time. For instance I will give jury duty another try. I likely wasn't in the headspace for it on first watch.
Would you consider adding Anime to your future installments? I feel like there has been a peak renaissance of the genre this last year and am super excited to see where it takes us.
As a closing question what do you think is the bar for making any of your lists here? Was it just enjoyment factor or the lasting impression it provided? Its funny how the mind sometimes grabs onto a specific form of joy over others.
I was very suspicious of Jury Duty at first, and I think the show lives on the fact that Ronald is just such a good-hearted dude; we want to see him succeed and figure things out. Weirdly, if he was more of a snarky asshole, I think the whole experiment would seem more cruel. Maybe that's overly voyeuristic, haha.
I honestly engage with very little anime/manga -- not categorically opposed, it's just not often in my view. But I'm happy to take recommendations!
Your question is great, and I don't think there's one set answer. But yeah, I do think lasting impressions go a long way towards list placement. For instance, when I was watching it, I thought The Last of Us would make this list, but at the end of the year, I find it hasn't stayed with me as much as these others have. That doesn't diminish its quality, just a mark of my impression of it. There's also the matter of a banger first impression, though -- for instance, my memories of Spider-Verse are mostly going "oh damn that's so sweet!" while looking at it on the screen.
This was an absolutely delight to read! It always is a treasure to peer into the side of a friends mind that brings them joy.
Oh before I forget they witty retort I shared via discord,
"You call her A but she sounds much more like a B."
What's double fun is to see where we would disagree and then reflect back to see if it was a bad take the first time. For instance I will give jury duty another try. I likely wasn't in the headspace for it on first watch.
Would you consider adding Anime to your future installments? I feel like there has been a peak renaissance of the genre this last year and am super excited to see where it takes us.
As a closing question what do you think is the bar for making any of your lists here? Was it just enjoyment factor or the lasting impression it provided? Its funny how the mind sometimes grabs onto a specific form of joy over others.
I was very suspicious of Jury Duty at first, and I think the show lives on the fact that Ronald is just such a good-hearted dude; we want to see him succeed and figure things out. Weirdly, if he was more of a snarky asshole, I think the whole experiment would seem more cruel. Maybe that's overly voyeuristic, haha.
I honestly engage with very little anime/manga -- not categorically opposed, it's just not often in my view. But I'm happy to take recommendations!
Your question is great, and I don't think there's one set answer. But yeah, I do think lasting impressions go a long way towards list placement. For instance, when I was watching it, I thought The Last of Us would make this list, but at the end of the year, I find it hasn't stayed with me as much as these others have. That doesn't diminish its quality, just a mark of my impression of it. There's also the matter of a banger first impression, though -- for instance, my memories of Spider-Verse are mostly going "oh damn that's so sweet!" while looking at it on the screen.