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Season 2 of the acclaimed science fiction series Andor is set to debut on April 22, prompting Kattullus to create a post about season 1. In the thread we talk about the show's anti fascism and Marxist outlook, along with why this particular show is among the best fiction that occurs in a galaxy far, far away.

Pixar Oscar by Marcin Wichary (cc by)

The Week of Living Dangerously: Your FanFare Roundup: Oscar contenders , new series and episodes and, of course, the Super Bowl.

Bonus inside this week: a massive list of all of the A24 films posted on Fanfare.

Making You the You You Are brings us Best Documentary Feature nominees, new movies, what's new in TV, special events, and much more, including a new episode of Severance ... and its fictional self-help book "The You You Are" gets a real e-book. Enjoy! and thanks, DOT!

Oh, no! The other Oscar, actually!

And the Oscar goes to FanFare. This week in fanfare, Oscar-nominated films with FF posts, rebooting the Wolf Man, a new take on the haunted house in Presence, One of Them Days, Star Trek: Section 31 ... but wait, there's more! We have recently released movies, older releases that are new to FanFare, current TV Shows with New Posts, vintage stuff, and "American Rapture," the 2024 novel, to mention a few. Effusive thanks as always to DirtyOldTown!

Fix Your Hearts or Die! Special events, new movies, FF's complete David Lynch, current TV shows under discussion, new comments on older posts, and more in this week's roundup!

Society to Advocate for the Return of Intermissions in Movies: For your delectation, a loving roundup of what's new, what's cool, what's the haps in FanFare this week! Thank you, DirtyOldTown!

Check out something new and fantastic: This Week in FanFare, on the blue!

completely unknown? Ways to promote Fanfare on the site ...

In Metatalk, people are talking about ideas for promoting and surfacing more Fanfare activity, and in Fanfare itself, Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, Nosferatu, Yacht Rock, and A Complete Unknown are among current hot topics. See more at the Watercooler!

Oh hey, the Metafilter Card Club swap is still vibing ... continuously for nearly seven whole years now! Wow! Check the thread for how to participate in this ancient tradition. Thank you, Sparky Buttons!!! Also, CMcG is sharing their 2024 Fanfare EXTRAVAGANZA, a place where folks can share their recommended books, movies, tv, music, games, and podcasts from the past year. Nice!🥳

Nose candy, suitcases of cash, T-shirts under luxe European suits, ubiquitous pastels, shoes with no socks, speedboats, fast Ferraris, bikinis, boat life ... and ohhhh the music: There's something in the air tonight, and it's NotMyselfRightNow's most magnificently mega of mega posts on Miami Vice. 🕶

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OrangeDisk asks why TV and film characters don't seem to wipe blood, dirt, etc., from their faces any longer, and gets some helpful answers, including this one from nouvelle-personne about the differences between old and new screen dirt. Interesting!

"I'm a millennial and I didn't quite "get" what kind of show this was ..." fire, water, earth, air has questions – many, many questions – about The Muppet Show: Tell me everything you know about The Muppet Show!

Eyelash would like recs for funny shows with a similar vibe, especially if they have philosophy as a central theme.

The tv adaptation of the retro futuristic game Fallout has premiered on Amazon Prime, and MetaFilter is digging it on the FanFare sub-site. Each episode has its own thread to discuss the particular episode, you can subscribe to an RSS feed about the series, so what are you waiting for, come watch it with us!

"The first Eyewitness News theme was literally lifted from the 007 James Bond movie theme" ... Wow! flug has a fantastic, chewy answer full of background and context for nouvelle-personne's fascinating question, "Tell me more about news music. What is it doing to me?"