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FX's brilliant comedy / drama / exploration of humanity, Atlanta, is as noted for its music as it is for the writing, directing, and acting. The show's soundtrack is a perfect combination of brilliantly-selected gems like Funkadelic's "Hit It and Quit It," as well as of-the-moment Soundcloud rap like Amindi K. Fro$t's "Cocoa Butter Shawty." Hell, even Migos have popped up on the show. It's brilliant, and to explain it would be deceptively simple, given the multitude of layers the program features, but at it's heart, it's about Donald Glover's Earn trying to help his cousin, Brian Tyree Henry's Al, become a hip-hop star, while trying to navigate his other relationships. One of the most-accurate skewerings of pop culture zeitgeist came from the second episode of Atlanta's Robbin' Season. The episode, entitled "Sportin' Waves," sees Al and Earn visiting a tech company and the various ways the majority-white company responds to them. The episode ends with a white-girl acoustic YouTube cover of Al's rapper self, Paperboi's big local hit. It's hilarious and it's perfect and it's by an actual YouTube cover artist. Her name's Bryce Hitchcock, and she has a slew of original music as well, and it was a great conversation when we spoke with her last month about the show, acting, and her original music.
March is well underway, which means we’re nearly a quarter of the way through 2018- time for our first 2018 TV Resolution check-in! Noel and Kate report on their progress on their TV resolutions this year for Noel to keep up with local news and for Kate to explore prominent TV from the ‘00s and earlier that she overlooked because it wasn’t directly geared to her demo. Before this, however, we have a full week of TV to discuss. We kick things off with the reality and comedies, including the finale of Top Chef: Colorado, Atlanta, Drunk History, and Superstore. Then we move over to the drama and genre offerings, including the premiere of The Good Fight, UnREAL, the beginning of Jessica Jones season 2, The X-Files, Legends of Tomorrow, The Flash, and Arrow. Which show are we breaking up with, which shows have our shipper hearts going pitter-pat, and which show can we not wait to dive into next week? All of this and more on the latest episode of The Televerse.2018 TV Resolutions Check-in #1 (1:14:59)Our Week in Reality and Comedy Top Chef: Colorado finale (5:11) Atlanta (12:39) Drunk History (17:42) Superstore (23:45)Our Week in Drama and Genre The Good Fight premiere (32:24) UnREAL (39:56) Jessica Jones Season 2 (44:36) The X-Files (53:23) Legends of Tomorrow (56:09) The Flash (1:03:23) Arrow (1:07:37)Music Featured: “Paper Boi” by Bryce Hitchcock, as performed on Atlanta; “Schöne Maid” by Die Alpenkracher; “Careless Whisper” by Arthur Darville and Keiynan Lonsdale, as performed on Legends of Tomorrow
With the hype starting to build around Final Fantasy XV, based on a fan suggestion Lauren and I discuss why it could end up being great and why it might not be. It actually ends up being a rather lengthy discussion and topics range from the director, the characters to the depth of announcements and gameplay. We also have another community fan gathering come up on the 19th of March, 2016. So if you're in the UK, be sure to check out the site to find out more information. There will be triple triad tournaments, a massive quiz and even Bryce Hitchcock is attending! In addition to running our main Final Fantasy XV topic, we also have a couple of news stories. In a related angle, we get to talk about the previous Active Time Report, but also talk about the release of Final Fantasy IX on iPhone/Android and Final Fantasy II being free on the portal app. We also have some questions related to character design and Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings, rounding out a rather packed episode!