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BoJack Horseman : Beautiful, Traumatising and relatable

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Anime/Animated shows never fascinated me. As a child, I've watched a ton of cartoons but when you grow up, your entertainment preferences change. Some may end up watching anime which is totally cool and some may just not find animated shows amusing which is fine as well. I, on the other hand, belong to a different category. I've watched a few anime shows like Death Note, Detective Conan, etc and there are times when I just want normal human beings on my screen and not animated characters being voiced by normal human beings. This might be one of the reasons why I'm not attracted towards anime/animated shows.  Shows like Family Guy, The Simpsons, etc are still on my watchlist. The only show that I've been minutely interested in is Rick & Morty and that show has always left me wanting for more. With the dark humour and all the science related stuff, Rick & Morty may not be relatable but it is humorous and provides me with the adequate amount of entertainment requir

Dan Brown: Books vs Movies

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Reading books is somewhat an obsolete task for some people in the world and they prefer to  watch movies based on popular books. I, on the other hand love to do both i.e. read as well as watch  movies. There is a procedural flowchart that I follow for movies which are based on books. I make an  e ffort to finish the book first and then try to watch the film. This ensures that I understand the storyline  completely and it also offers a scope for comparison between both. Although, the backbone of the story always remains the same, there are some minute details that are  removed entirely from the film. Now there are ‘n’ number of reasons for that like the duration of the  film, production value, creative differences, controversial subjects, copyright issues, etc. Nevertheless,  it’s always observed that whenever a full-blown visual representation of a particular books happens,  the readers are not always satisfied but those who haven’t read the book feel connected to the  characters as th