I remember when Evangelion was the hot new thing, but was so over-hyped by so many that I never wanted to watch it as I doubted that it would ever live up to everything I had heard. There’s a lot of shows, even non-anime ones, that I’ve had the same reaction to.
If the show has a serialized plot arc that spans multiple episodes, or even the whole season, any episode that doesn’t advance that plot is considered a filler episode.
The issue with remaking Sci-Fi movies is that sometimes that camp and limitations of the original are part of it’s charm. Remakes run the risk of ruining it by trying to make everything look and feel too realistic.
Different strokes for different folks.For me it’s mostly a matter getting tired of seeing certain tropes getting run into the ground. Generally what I’ve liked are ones that tried for some original world building, stories, and trusted it to stand on it’s own and not pigeonhole something completely unnecessary into the original idea. Because I’ve certainly run into a few that I felt had such potential if they had just left this one thing out. Usually it ends up being the addition of something magical, supernatural, or technological that I find derailed what could have been a much better story.
In Texas, not having things like a winter break in February like some places in the US do, gets you through the school year quicker. Plus schools usually start at least the week before Labor day (sometimes two weeks). In 12 years I think the latest the school year ended for me was June 1, which only happened once.
If I still had a job like that, I’d miss the days of not having a cell phone and having to rely on a land line. Because then you can always claim you weren’t in the house and couldn’t hear it ring.
Turns out, gruntled is a real word. I was really, really old when I learned that.