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Had an extremely bad day at work so I'm gonna make myself feel better by doing a thread of my 30 favorite media things this decade.
30. Rick and Morty
*sigh* I know, I know. There's a couple like this but a show can't help if it's fans are assholes. (Please don't point out they can, I'm on thin ice here)
The sauce thing and Pickle Rick aside, the show is genuinely funny a lot of the time.
*sigh* I know, I know. There's a couple like this but a show can't help if it's fans are assholes. (Please don't point out they can, I'm on thin ice here)
The sauce thing and Pickle Rick aside, the show is genuinely funny a lot of the time.
29. High Violet
Look the whole list is gonna be full of shit like this you can make fun of me for. Just let me do this thing. Bon Iver *will* show up at some point too.
"I still owe money, to the money, to the money I owe.
I never thought about love when I thought about home"
Look the whole list is gonna be full of shit like this you can make fun of me for. Just let me do this thing. Bon Iver *will* show up at some point too.
"I still owe money, to the money, to the money I owe.
I never thought about love when I thought about home"
28. Firewatch
It's probably not fair to call it a video game as much as an audioplay you move through, but it was deeply affecting to me.
It's probably not fair to call it a video game as much as an audioplay you move through, but it was deeply affecting to me.
27. Joe Pera Talks with You
This is the most recent addition but I feel comfortable including it. Besides being one of the funniest shows I've seen in the past few years. It's got a real heart and soul that make it strangely beautiful.
Long live the Upper Peninsula
This is the most recent addition but I feel comfortable including it. Besides being one of the funniest shows I've seen in the past few years. It's got a real heart and soul that make it strangely beautiful.
Long live the Upper Peninsula
26. Red Dead Redemption 2
Deliberate, slow, and devastatingly, thematically ominous. RDR2 is all about what it means to be good and the morality of how someone lives their life. Pretty haunting from the same people who wrote *checks notes* Nico Bellic.
Deliberate, slow, and devastatingly, thematically ominous. RDR2 is all about what it means to be good and the morality of how someone lives their life. Pretty haunting from the same people who wrote *checks notes* Nico Bellic.
25. The Eric Andre Show
The advent of Twitter ended up exposing a lot of people to Dadaism, and I wonder how much more niche EAS would be if it weren't for that.
It might still be pound for pound the funniest show on television.
The advent of Twitter ended up exposing a lot of people to Dadaism, and I wonder how much more niche EAS would be if it weren't for that.
It might still be pound for pound the funniest show on television.
24. Bon Iver, Bon Iver
I don't care. It's a good album dammit.
I don't care. It's a good album dammit.
23. The Zero Escape Trilogy
A bunch of games about a 'Jigsaw'-like figure named Zero locking nine people in escape room style puzzles where the must solve them or die.
The games start out as pure psychological thriller but bend and morph into something more high concept.
A bunch of games about a 'Jigsaw'-like figure named Zero locking nine people in escape room style puzzles where the must solve them or die.
The games start out as pure psychological thriller but bend and morph into something more high concept.
22. I See You
The xx's self-titled album is considered one of the best in recent years, but I See You was just as good while taking more risks and feeling really complete. At least to me.
The xx's self-titled album is considered one of the best in recent years, but I See You was just as good while taking more risks and feeling really complete. At least to me.
21. John Wick
It's stupid, but also the most complete action film I've seen. Don't kill dogs.
It's stupid, but also the most complete action film I've seen. Don't kill dogs.
20. Nathan For You
I don't want to get carried away into some Marxist tangent about how the real strength of Nathan For You is it shows just how absurd the world of capitalism we've build is, so I'll just say it's really good.
I don't want to get carried away into some Marxist tangent about how the real strength of Nathan For You is it shows just how absurd the world of capitalism we've build is, so I'll just say it's really good.
19. Life is Strange
There's Pacific Northwest vibes, and a very simple concept. The game starts slow, as a teenage reconnection story, but builds into a final choice that will absolutely tear you apart.
There's Pacific Northwest vibes, and a very simple concept. The game starts slow, as a teenage reconnection story, but builds into a final choice that will absolutely tear you apart.
18. My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected
Yeah, there's anime in here. The story centers around prickly loser Hachiman as his teacher forces him to join the service club.
It wrongfoots you in the best way and explores what it means to let people into your life.
Yeah, there's anime in here. The story centers around prickly loser Hachiman as his teacher forces him to join the service club.
It wrongfoots you in the best way and explores what it means to let people into your life.
17. You're the Worst
I remember when they first did a roll-out advertising campaign for the show, I though it seemed self-indulgent. An avatar of the young urban professional whose navel gazing threatens to bend them in half.
I was right, but it's also thoughtful and funny.
I remember when they first did a roll-out advertising campaign for the show, I though it seemed self-indulgent. An avatar of the young urban professional whose navel gazing threatens to bend them in half.
I was right, but it's also thoughtful and funny.
16. Art Angels
It's been a rough few years for Grimes reputation, but I still think Art Angels is a really great album. K-pop rip off or not.
It's been a rough few years for Grimes reputation, but I still think Art Angels is a really great album. K-pop rip off or not.
15. Bioshock: Infinite
Less of a good video game and more of a good story, Infinite ages well in that it has the right view of what Columbia (America) really is, but was doing so before it was vogue to do so in 2013.
The final act is also just one of my favorites ever.
Less of a good video game and more of a good story, Infinite ages well in that it has the right view of what Columbia (America) really is, but was doing so before it was vogue to do so in 2013.
The final act is also just one of my favorites ever.
14. John Mulaney: New in Town
I don't think it's really appreciated how much this one permeated into the collective zeitgeist. There's just so many comedy specials especially those that more end up being personal essays, and it's just extremely funny from beginning to end.
I don't think it's really appreciated how much this one permeated into the collective zeitgeist. There's just so many comedy specials especially those that more end up being personal essays, and it's just extremely funny from beginning to end.
13. Nothing Feels Natural
It's hard for me to find music that makes much of an impact on me anymore, (I can't tell Kurt Vile and Father John Misty apart) but Nothing Feels Natural just does so much right for me. It's one of my favorites.
It's hard for me to find music that makes much of an impact on me anymore, (I can't tell Kurt Vile and Father John Misty apart) but Nothing Feels Natural just does so much right for me. It's one of my favorites.
12. Mad Max: Fury Road
In a similar vein, I've seen so many movies in my life that something has to be standout to make much of a mark on. Mad Max definitely does.
In a similar vein, I've seen so many movies in my life that something has to be standout to make much of a mark on. Mad Max definitely does.
11. Community
The further away from it we get (10 years!) the more preposterous it seems that this was ever on network TV. The running theme of people vs. systems always stuck with me and there's a surprising amount of heart and... well, community.
The further away from it we get (10 years!) the more preposterous it seems that this was ever on network TV. The running theme of people vs. systems always stuck with me and there's a surprising amount of heart and... well, community.
10. Every Open Eye
CHVRCHES synth pop does more for me than most people, and I think that's fine. All that said, I'd be fine only hearing Clearest Blue for the rest of my life.
CHVRCHES synth pop does more for me than most people, and I think that's fine. All that said, I'd be fine only hearing Clearest Blue for the rest of my life.
9. Nier: Automata
Andriods fighting robots in a human-alien proxy war on what's left of earth.
A simple scifi concept, but Nier really shines once you beat the game and try it again from a different perspective showing more and more of what's really at stake.
Glory to Mankind
Andriods fighting robots in a human-alien proxy war on what's left of earth.
A simple scifi concept, but Nier really shines once you beat the game and try it again from a different perspective showing more and more of what's really at stake.
Glory to Mankind
8. March Comes In Like A Lion
A really beautiful story about loneliness and finding a place where you belong. Technically about a professional shogi (Japanese chess) player, after about eight episodes you get a better idea of what it's really about.
Also on Netflix right now.
A really beautiful story about loneliness and finding a place where you belong. Technically about a professional shogi (Japanese chess) player, after about eight episodes you get a better idea of what it's really about.
Also on Netflix right now.
7. Review
The story of Forrest MacNeil runs only 2.5 seasons, but it's one of the best ever told. Review masquerades as a sketch show about a man reviewing life experiences, but as the show bleeds over into Forrest's life, the show becomes something even better.
The story of Forrest MacNeil runs only 2.5 seasons, but it's one of the best ever told. Review masquerades as a sketch show about a man reviewing life experiences, but as the show bleeds over into Forrest's life, the show becomes something even better.
6. A Silent Voice
The best movie I've ever seen, full stop.
You should really just watch it for yourself.
The best movie I've ever seen, full stop.
You should really just watch it for yourself.
5. Check it Out! with Dr. Steve Brule
John C. Reilly's titular character is weird, depressing, and extremely funny. A spiritual companion to Review but somehow even darker.
John C. Reilly's titular character is weird, depressing, and extremely funny. A spiritual companion to Review but somehow even darker.
4. Moth
Chairlift's farewell album was everything I hoped it would be.
"But hope hides inside the cliche"
Chairlift's farewell album was everything I hoped it would be.
"But hope hides inside the cliche"
3. Bojack Horseman
The depression horse is polarizing. I get why.
A lot of the same criticisms for You're the Worst apply here about media made for people who think about themselves a lot.
That said, I think it's larger messages hold true and are good.
It's never too late
The depression horse is polarizing. I get why.
A lot of the same criticisms for You're the Worst apply here about media made for people who think about themselves a lot.
That said, I think it's larger messages hold true and are good.
It's never too late
2. Monogatari
Artistically complete, it's packed with wonderful things you appreciate more each time you watch it.
There's some uhhh, problematic, stuff in there, but it never soured me on what I think is the best viewing experience one can have, start to finish.
Artistically complete, it's packed with wonderful things you appreciate more each time you watch it.
There's some uhhh, problematic, stuff in there, but it never soured me on what I think is the best viewing experience one can have, start to finish.
1. The Danganronpa Trilogy
On paper, they are mystery VN's about unmasking the killer who has trapped you with others and is making you kill each other.
In truth, all three are stories about finding out that things are too awful to comprehend, and pushing through anyway.
On paper, they are mystery VN's about unmasking the killer who has trapped you with others and is making you kill each other.
In truth, all three are stories about finding out that things are too awful to comprehend, and pushing through anyway.
If you like a lot of the stuff on this list (maybe music aside because that's pretty individualized) you'll probably like a lot of this other stuff.
If you play Danganronpa you can enjoy content like this
Thanks for the nice feedback about the thread it made me feel better after yesterday.
Just in time for JJ Abrams to ruin it
Just in time for JJ Abrams to ruin it
