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They could have put all the episodes together and made a short film rather than 7 short episodes.
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I agree, but that's Dust's format. 15 minutes.
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I don't know what Dust is, or that there is even a fanbase, but I am honest: After Episode 2, it made me resume The Expanse This guys eyeliner game kept me from concentrating on the show. His eyelashes look magnificent.
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I finished watching Star Wars Visions - the anime take on Star Wars.
I think it's on pair with Halo Legends and Animatrix - some are weak and miss, but overall it's worth watching.
No spoilers or very delicate ones:
Episode 1 - 5/10, kinda generic samurai story, but I like the twist at the end (and I almost got tricked into another Skywalker vs younglings).
Episode 2 - 3/10 kids anime trash Tatooine rock concert band, albeit good graphic.
Episode 3 - 8/10, kinda...good? Both visually and story wise, even if a bit over the top silly (hyperspace ramming, hold my beer, we're going to the next level!).
Episode 4 - 10/10, I like this one the best, good graphic, story and music.
Episode 5 - 9/10, most star wars-isch wibes and lightsaber fights and story is nice.
Episode 6 - 0/10, WTF is this trash! Robo-Jedi-Pinokio? and graphic looks neither SW nor anime. It's atrocity like dreaded SW Christmas Special.
Episode 7 - 7/10 very good graphic, but the story is rather simple, generic and bland.
Episode 8 - 10/10 SW Furries, but despite that has very good old school anime vibe and even proper SW wibes, plus the story is interesting to the point I would like to see more (as a bonus nice scene with Raider corvette).
Episode 9 - 2/10, to me the drawing style is very ugly and if not the light sabers, this would have zero SW wibes.
I think it's on pair with Halo Legends and Animatrix - some are weak and miss, but overall it's worth watching.
No spoilers or very delicate ones:
Episode 1 - 5/10, kinda generic samurai story, but I like the twist at the end (and I almost got tricked into another Skywalker vs younglings).
Episode 2 - 3/10 kids anime trash Tatooine rock concert band, albeit good graphic.
Episode 3 - 8/10, kinda...good? Both visually and story wise, even if a bit over the top silly (hyperspace ramming, hold my beer, we're going to the next level!).
Episode 4 - 10/10, I like this one the best, good graphic, story and music.
Episode 5 - 9/10, most star wars-isch wibes and lightsaber fights and story is nice.
Episode 6 - 0/10, WTF is this trash! Robo-Jedi-Pinokio? and graphic looks neither SW nor anime. It's atrocity like dreaded SW Christmas Special.
Episode 7 - 7/10 very good graphic, but the story is rather simple, generic and bland.
Episode 8 - 10/10 SW Furries, but despite that has very good old school anime vibe and even proper SW wibes, plus the story is interesting to the point I would like to see more (as a bonus nice scene with Raider corvette).
Episode 9 - 2/10, to me the drawing style is very ugly and if not the light sabers, this would have zero SW wibes.
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- Immanuel Kant (1724-1804), Metaphysical Foundations of the Science of Nature, 4:470, 1786
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So apparently Babylon 5 is getting a reboot, lead by J. Micheal Straczynski (same dude that wrote the original).
JMS has said this will be a new story line, not a continuation of the original. No idea if this means he'll be using elements from the original or something completely different. But he seems eager to apply what he's learned from his work with other things, like his involvement with the MCU, and use more modern technology to breathe new life into Babylon 5.
It's set to air on the CW network at some future date. No word on what streaming services this will be brought to, yet.
JMS has said this will be a new story line, not a continuation of the original. No idea if this means he'll be using elements from the original or something completely different. But he seems eager to apply what he's learned from his work with other things, like his involvement with the MCU, and use more modern technology to breathe new life into Babylon 5.
It's set to air on the CW network at some future date. No word on what streaming services this will be brought to, yet.
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Could have been nice a decade ago, but now after The Expanse, I'm not so keen on the shows with alliens that are just humans with funny ears (coz aparently CGI is still very expensive, 10+ years after Avatar).
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Squid Game (Netflix) Trailer (Spoiler)
If you are searching for a good series currently, have a look at this one.
It is about a fictional Takeshi's Castle, lead by a mysterious organisation, where people fight for their lives in order to win money. The participants have to answer some difficult ethical questions. The series is surprisingly heterogeneous, if this makes any sense. With that I want to say, it doesn't just go from one game to another, as the premise of the series' pitch would like to tell you. The story alternates quite a bit, including different parallel storylines and character developments. Keeps things intersting
If you are searching for a good series currently, have a look at this one.
It is about a fictional Takeshi's Castle, lead by a mysterious organisation, where people fight for their lives in order to win money. The participants have to answer some difficult ethical questions. The series is surprisingly heterogeneous, if this makes any sense. With that I want to say, it doesn't just go from one game to another, as the premise of the series' pitch would like to tell you. The story alternates quite a bit, including different parallel storylines and character developments. Keeps things intersting
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Watched Dune yesterday and am a little disappointed. Not even sure why. Maybe because it has a hard time to compete with the 1984 version or because it is only part 1 which does not cover the "good stuff". I do not mind multi-part movies (The Matrix, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings etc.) and do appreciate that the entire story has not been squeezed into 2.5 hrs. (the very first concept by Jodorowsky was aiming for a 6+ hrs movie). I'll wait for part 2 (or even part 3) before making any further comments
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I only saw the first two episodes by now because I am watching it with someone and we did not get further into it. If it holds its quality then I certainly think it might be a contender for series of the year, even though the premise is not exactly original, the execution is brilliant.Tamina wrote: ↑Mon, 4. Oct 21, 14:37Squid Game (Netflix) Trailer (Spoiler)
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Watched Dune last night on IMAX and oh boy was it a great experience. My man Villeneuve knocked it out of the park 9/10, one of the best cinematic experiences I had since the first Matrix. Wil go and watch it again (non IMAX this time).
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I loved it too. But to be honest I would have preffered Dune be turned into a TV series. I just feel the books are better adapted in that format since they give more freedom and allow all the weird stuff in the Dune books to shine. Getting them on Audible is also worth it.
As for what I'm watching:
The TV series Black Sails. Still have 3 episodes left, but it's pretty good. I like how real the conflicts are and how well thought out they are.
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Someone mentioned Babylon 5... I've found you can watch Babylon 5 on IMDB TV btw (it's advert supported), and if you've Amazon devices, it uses IMDB as a source too - so can find it in there.
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The movie does not exclude this possibility, in fact I'd argue it may create the needed buzz for such a series to be green lit. But it would need Game of Thrones type budget to truly shine, but I doubt the genre has enough watchers for that.Star_Raider15 wrote: ↑Wed, 10. Nov 21, 17:31But to be honest I would have preffered Dune be turned into a TV series.
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The Witcher season 2 is now on Netflix.
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Just watched the last episode of season 3 of The Expanse, and there was a lot of wooting, I have to say. - Will start on season 4 tomorrow.
And watched the last episode of season 1 of the Witcher Yesterday. - The series has improved, and I'll dig into series 2 on the weekend (next year.)
The streaming services have such good content for such a reasonable price, I am kinda regretting signing up to 18 months of Sky, other than for the sports package.
And watched the last episode of season 1 of the Witcher Yesterday. - The series has improved, and I'll dig into series 2 on the weekend (next year.)
The streaming services have such good content for such a reasonable price, I am kinda regretting signing up to 18 months of Sky, other than for the sports package.
“Man, my poor head is battered,” Ed said.
“That explains its unusual shape,” Styanar said, grinning openly now. “Although it does little to illuminate just why your jowls are so flaccid or why you have quite so many chins.”
“I…” Had she just called him fat? “I am just a different species, that’s all.”
“Well nature sure does have a sense of humour then,” Styanar said. “Shall we go inside? It’d not be a good idea for me to be spotted by others.”
“That explains its unusual shape,” Styanar said, grinning openly now. “Although it does little to illuminate just why your jowls are so flaccid or why you have quite so many chins.”
“I…” Had she just called him fat? “I am just a different species, that’s all.”
“Well nature sure does have a sense of humour then,” Styanar said. “Shall we go inside? It’d not be a good idea for me to be spotted by others.”
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IMO, Witcher season 2 is a total letdown.
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Too many long boring dialogues (I had to skip forward like 60% of the season) too few of a real action.
Really cheap take on the monster fights, except the fight with Bruxa (if entire season would be like first 2 episodes, then S2 would be on par with S1):
- Eskal-Leshen fight - totaly bland, a few swings of swords and that's all, totally unmemorable.
- big fight with Forest Leshen? Nope, Giant Bug come and kill it with one strike.
- big fight with Giant bug? Nope, Geralt comes from the back and one-swing decapitate it.
- big fight with Tshernobog? Nope, Geralt gulp one elixit and ambush-jump, one-slash kill it.
- Final fight with powerful Witch? Nope, lets have Jurassic Park instead, with Basilisk that looks more like Raptors and just fight in the background with some rando witchers. For all the quality CGI they put into Basilisks, it was waste of resources.
Last, but not least, the soundtrack is totally bland and barely existing. Nothing the quality of season 1 soundtrack.
None of Yaskier songs are as memorable or quality of "Toss a coin for the witcher".
If anything improved, it's Nifgard Armor, but all other things are worse in Season 2, so I'd rather have Season 1 with cheap scrotum-armor.
Oh, the second and the last good thing of Season 2 is that they got rid of Season 1 unchronological mixed timelines.
<Light spoilers below>
Too many long boring dialogues (I had to skip forward like 60% of the season) too few of a real action.
Really cheap take on the monster fights, except the fight with Bruxa (if entire season would be like first 2 episodes, then S2 would be on par with S1):
- Eskal-Leshen fight - totaly bland, a few swings of swords and that's all, totally unmemorable.
- big fight with Forest Leshen? Nope, Giant Bug come and kill it with one strike.
- big fight with Giant bug? Nope, Geralt comes from the back and one-swing decapitate it.
- big fight with Tshernobog? Nope, Geralt gulp one elixit and ambush-jump, one-slash kill it.
- Final fight with powerful Witch? Nope, lets have Jurassic Park instead, with Basilisk that looks more like Raptors and just fight in the background with some rando witchers. For all the quality CGI they put into Basilisks, it was waste of resources.
Last, but not least, the soundtrack is totally bland and barely existing. Nothing the quality of season 1 soundtrack.
None of Yaskier songs are as memorable or quality of "Toss a coin for the witcher".
If anything improved, it's Nifgard Armor, but all other things are worse in Season 2, so I'd rather have Season 1 with cheap scrotum-armor.
Oh, the second and the last good thing of Season 2 is that they got rid of Season 1 unchronological mixed timelines.
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If anything from Netflix 2021 is worth endorsing it would be Arcane.
Seriously, I have very little to none knowledge of Legue of Legends universe, but the show got me hooked.
Great animation, world building (even if you know nothing about it), soundtrack, story, character development, cool action scenes and fights (like legit good boxing from Vi).
It's strange, cuz for me, till now any Anime from Netflix was synonym of boring, bland and generic, yet somehow Arcane is none of it.
It's almost like someone actually put 200% serious effort into making something good.
Seriously, I have very little to none knowledge of Legue of Legends universe, but the show got me hooked.
Great animation, world building (even if you know nothing about it), soundtrack, story, character development, cool action scenes and fights (like legit good boxing from Vi).
It's strange, cuz for me, till now any Anime from Netflix was synonym of boring, bland and generic, yet somehow Arcane is none of it.
It's almost like someone actually put 200% serious effort into making something good.
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Added that to my watchlist a couple of days ago. - Trailer certainly promised it'd entertain.
“Man, my poor head is battered,” Ed said.
“That explains its unusual shape,” Styanar said, grinning openly now. “Although it does little to illuminate just why your jowls are so flaccid or why you have quite so many chins.”
“I…” Had she just called him fat? “I am just a different species, that’s all.”
“Well nature sure does have a sense of humour then,” Styanar said. “Shall we go inside? It’d not be a good idea for me to be spotted by others.”
“That explains its unusual shape,” Styanar said, grinning openly now. “Although it does little to illuminate just why your jowls are so flaccid or why you have quite so many chins.”
“I…” Had she just called him fat? “I am just a different species, that’s all.”
“Well nature sure does have a sense of humour then,” Styanar said. “Shall we go inside? It’d not be a good idea for me to be spotted by others.”
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Yes I agree its very good and I too had only known of LoL that it exists but have no knowledge whatsoever. Arcane has several good story arcs about characters with actual personalities and "shades of grey". Also has good action and worldbuilding, making it very immersive, so much so I often forgot I was watching animation.
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