Second Wind's Favorite Movies and TV Shows of 2024

[@snakeson9246]

What I love about the latest Dune movies is just how mundane the sci-fi stuff is depicted. We have massive spaceships and interplanetary jihads, but they're treated as just normal by the characters, which helps highlight the human drama at the heart of the story.

[@KingBubblesV]

For me, the best non-animated show of the year was also the one I thought I'd care about the least: The Penguin It has no right being as beautifully shot and engaging as it is! It lives up to the hype and then some!

[@FlyingCIRCU175]

I forgot that technically, Frieren is a September 2023 show, it just ended in March 2024. Makes sense for Dandadan to be the one to fight Arcane, even if it's technically just halfway through the TV run.

[@PendragonDaGreat]

I was definitely about to get big mad until I remembered this. Not that I dislike Dandadan, I absolutely love it, but given the option between it and Frieren I'll take Frieren 99 times out of 100.

[@MravacKid]

I'd put Apothecary Diaries right up there as well.

[@eannamcnamara9338]

Personally my favourite movie of the year is the short anime movie "look back" it's from the author of chainsaw man. The manga was great, a really touching story of two friends, but seeing it come to life on a screen, with movement, colour and a stunning soundtrack while looking exactly like fujimoto's art style was even better. I cried a dozen times at the movie and it's soundtrack, it really is that good

[@elcheshireilustracion9396]

I'm honestly surprised that none of fellow 2W weeb folks mentioned Look Back. It's such an incredible piece.

[@eannamcnamara9338]

@elcheshireilustracion9396 same lol. I imagine they haven't watched it, hopefully they see my comment and give it a go

[@elcheshireilustracion9396]

@@eannamcnamara9338 Yeah, that's fair. I don't think I saw it get advertised a lot, so I imagine it flew under a lot of people's radar.

[@eannamcnamara9338]

@elcheshireilustracion9396 i only knew it was coming because I've been reading chainsawman for years, and of course read look back and goodbye erie while at it. (I'd you liked look back, go read goodbye erie it's great)

[@elcheshireilustracion9396]

@@eannamcnamara9338 I'll check it out! Thanks for the recommendation!

[@angelnickl]

About Dandadan, because of all the talk about it I read through the manga without watching the anime and am caught up with the weekly releases. The flashback/backstory sequences are some of the most impactful moments I have read in recently, they are stand outs in a series where everyone seems to be struggling to cope with their current problems. I have been so close to crying over some characters stories that I can't really explain it, the author just knows how to hit me where it hurts. While I may watch it sooner rather then later, I know I will need to own a physical copy of it.

[@Fuuntag]

4:56 when *The Room* meets a budget and a bit of talent.

[@BeanMagoon]

just a small correction here to Marty's (great) pick of I Saw the TV Glow, but the director Jane Schoenbrun's pronouns are they/them!

[@koketsok1513]

personally been enjoying the Harley quin animated show,still in season 1,but I am having fun.

[@HGForrest]

At this point, the credits/patron ramblimg is the sole reason I click these videos. Peak couchtalk journalism

[@aturchomicz821]

No Nathan Fielders The Curse?? What the hell, my Passive Home Investors wont like dis D: Edit: Wow ORB is really so amazing it made me cry like 5 times in 10 episodes, wtf?

[@cubicuboctahedron]

Speaking about popcorn, I recently figured out a tasty mashed potatos recipie that uses kewpie mayo, olive oil, dried onions, toasted sesame seeds, chili powder, and toasted then crushed sichuan peppercorns (the cream/butter gets replaced with the mayo and olive oil). If you add too much to the mash and dry it out into a crust, you can crush or blend it into a nice flavor powder that went pretty well as a seasoning for popcorn (among other things).

[@MisHarmony]

Prima!

[@SageofStars]

For series, I think it was Go Go Loser Ranger. That one is a very VERY personal sort of story, as you have to be into both the odd story of characterizing a foot soldier of an evil army, and into the tropes of the Sentai/Power Rangers genre type it's actually set in the universe of. It reminds me of Chroma Squad, and in all the right ways. The anime is better than the manga even, due to being able to cut some of the bloat of that one's run, which had a tendency to run long on some arcs. That being said, I can see others not getting into it, so I'll also say I quite enjoy Lego Ninjago: Dragon Rising season 2. It is an interesting take on the story arc style, and even calls into question what makes a villain, without breaking the conventions of a children's cartoon, allowing the viewer to understand someone making a bad call, simply because their information is limited. If you haven't seen the series yet, it's one of the few series that try to be a sequel that understand you need to put space between the epic opening of your new series, while also preserving the good vibes of the happy ending of the original series. It helps too that it IS the same team behind a lot of it, and Ninjago was weirdly continuity driven, without hitting continuity lockout, something this series has kept up with strangely well.

[@saaga_46]

Happy New Year Second Wind

[@arvidp.247]

Great, now I have to check out Interior Chinatown as well. As if my list wasn't long enough already.

[@OMentertainment]

wait, you're saying Dune wasn't workshopped? They homogenized the vast majority of the politics, culture, and religion. Don't get me wrong, the cinematography is a work of art, but the Syfy miniseries is still the closest to the book.

[@galdrack5402]

Surprised "Small Things Like these" didn't make the list but maybe it's cause it's only released in Ireland currently and not in the US?

[@zq1734]

It had a very limited theatrical run in the US a month ago

[@onibobo]

I found it really boring and uninformative about its subject matter for people who went in blind. All I saw was Cillian Murphy doing blank stare acting in 90% of its runtime.

[@galdrack5402]

@@zq1734 I thought that might be the case but Darren is Irish so thought he'd have seen it here, guess they're just waiting for the US audience which is a bit of a shame for the non-US people too.

[@xcBlackDiamond]

Odd Taxi AND Sonny Boy mentioned?! I’m late to discovering this channel

[@ukroads757]

Both out in 2021 ya goose.

[@ty_sylicus]

I loved Interior Chinatown

[@sharkkebunni]

popcorn top tier

[@acemcjace168]

Jentry Chau vs the Underworld on Netflix is my favorite show. It came out at the beginning of December 2024 and no one is talking about it! It's under the kids section of Netflix for some reason even though the show is pretty horrific at many points. That's probably why no one noticed it. What a shame!

[@moosevelt9148]

Shout out to The Diplomat season 2 on Netflix, really good political-drama thriller

[@Luke-z6n8p]

24 secondssss ago peak was uploaded

[@Aran.Tech.Television]

Did anybody watch The Wild Robot? It was amazing. Spectacular cinematography, stellar voice acting, and a fantastic story. I saw it three times! Surprisingly, the time I saw it with no audio and just subtitles on an airplane I was on the verge of happy tears multiple times, I feel like that speaks to how amazing it was.

[@FuriosHobbitGaming]

@@Aran.Tech.Television I saw it in theaters a week after we put down our final and favourite rat. We cried, so hard. It absolutely is now one of my favourite films of the past couple of years

[@stevejakab274]

Watching this, I can only say the Second Wind team may have good tastes in games, but they have (mostly) terrible tastes in movies.

[@zq1734]

Could it be possible that people like different things. At least they didn’t pick the new Crow or Red One or Borderland or Kraven. Megalopolis was dogshit tho

[@kkattrap]

@@zq1734 That was my understanding of the take: "if you like shit movies, Megalopolis is your juice" or something like that.

[@shadowSquall1]

We have very different tastes in TV lol. Weebs all over your staff and not a single shout out for Shogun!? Production value, writing, cinematography, and acting all elevate it to arguably one of the best shows of the year.

[@SecondWindGroup]

I didn’t have time to contribute to this one, but Shogun would have been my number 1 show this year - Nick

[@IIIIIIllllllllllllllllllllll]

tfw no felvidek

[@tretretre1111]

Definitely Arcane Season 2

[@dcashley303]

Way to ruin The Substance! If anyone hasn't seen the film, please skip the section here and just go watch the film. It's great and the blinder you go in the better.

[@rocko7711]

❤

[@Ayyke]

Lovely to see the I saw the TV glow shoutout! One thing to maybe check: by my knowledge Schoenbrun uses they/them pronouns

[@MegalomaniacalMuser]

I found megalopolis so jarringly pretentious and boring

[@aturchomicz821]

Which is what elevated it! Its such a disaster, how can you not love it!

[@FreelanceTriacanthos]

Thought this was SuperEyepatchWolf's end of year vid lol

[@FellaGuy2]

Bro actually picked Megolapolis lol

[@LockeRobsta]

There were movies in 2024 other than Sonic 3?

[@orangekitty377]

Damn, no one mentioned shogun 😢

[@bernes222]

first

[@Mortified_Penguin]

Fourth* 🤭

[@lissy.d5150]

I highly recommend the Austrian-German television crime drama series "Pagan Peak" (Der Pass). The plot is exciting, full of twists, dark atmosphere and deep characters. Close to the German-Austrian border, two detectives are sent to investigate a dead body in the Alps and hunt a serial killer who is using a Krampus mask as a disguise. As they dig deeper, they uncover shocking clues.

[@electricmiragemedia]

"Sex is power" uhhhh... some interesting takes in here. All look worth exploring!

[@Darren_Mooney]

It’s an Oscar Wilde quote.

[@mattwesto]

Sadly, I did see Madam Web, and yes, it was horrible.

[@honourablelordmayor]

damn, i'm early