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May 24, 2023 7:47:45 GMT -5
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Post by johnnypt on May 24, 2023 7:47:45 GMT -5
The first Foundation episode of the podcast should start showing up in the feed soon (stuck doing this on the phone so can’t easily copy the link). Short version- some interesting concepts, some very woke elements and needless drama make it a mixed bag right now.
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Post by garbanzo on May 24, 2023 8:20:10 GMT -5
Haven’t read through the thread so maybe this has been discussed, but The Outpost is a pretty fun fantasy series.
It’s campy - almost painfully so in the beginning. But stick with it, it’s finds a good middle ground after a few episodes.
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Post by johnnypt on Jun 13, 2023 12:36:29 GMT -5
The first Foundation episode of the podcast should start showing up in the feed soon (stuck doing this on the phone so can’t easily copy the link). Short version- some interesting concepts, some very woke elements and needless drama make it a mixed bag right now. OK done with the first five episodes, here's all the links to catch up Episode 1-https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/d3uaAZrrBAb episode 2-https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/GLQ8SpxrBAb Episode 3--https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/iEaD0XyrBAb Episode 4-https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/tzddt0ArBAb Episode 5-https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/PWcvs3BrBAb
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Post by Jason Aiken on Jul 22, 2023 8:33:01 GMT -5
It's going to be interesting to see how this One Piece live action adaptation will be received.
The Cowboy Bebop live action failed miserably, but this might have a better shot. It actually looks pretty good to me. They are definitely going for a stylized show and that's the right move given all of the special abilities at play.
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Post by bonesaw on Jul 25, 2023 8:07:53 GMT -5
I know this is late coming and everything that can be said probably has, but I finally got around to watching Breaking Bad. Picked the bluray seasons up off eBay used for a few bucks a pop. Like most, I thought it was tremendous.
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Post by hyrkanian on Jul 25, 2023 8:53:02 GMT -5
I know this is late coming and everything that can be said probably has, but I finally got around to watching Breaking Bad. Picked the bluray seasons up off eBay used for a few bucks a pop. Like most, I thought it was tremendous. A masterpiece.
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Post by bonesaw on Jul 25, 2023 11:45:03 GMT -5
It really was. That last episode has stuck with me ever since. Its been quite a while since anything TV related actually affected me that way. One question that I would love to know- during one of the family parties where Hank is showing some of the bizarre behavior of Gale's including his meth diary and shows the W.W. to Walter in an almost questioning way...was he just playing around or did he at that time have even a slight suspicion...probably supposed to be left up to the viewer I guess.
Now I am on to the original Twilight Zones. I have seen a few here and there during my life and am aware of a couple more that are regarded as the best, but otherwise, there is a lot to get through. The first season so far has been hit or miss. The best so far has been the Bourgeois Meredith episode where all he wants to do is read.
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Post by Jason Aiken on Jul 29, 2023 14:48:57 GMT -5
I can highly recommend this South Korean fighting-crime mini series on Netflix.
It's about two former South Korean marines turned boxers who team up with a generous money lender to take on a vicious loan shark/gangster. We don't get productions like this in the west anymore.
The two lead characters are stand up men, not degenerates.
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Post by themirrorthief on Jul 30, 2023 3:11:21 GMT -5
I like the dresden files a lot for some reason....I want to be a warlock although i already am one
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Post by kemp on Jul 30, 2023 7:14:21 GMT -5
I can highly recommend this South Korean fighting-crime mini series on Netflix. It's about two former South Korean marines turned boxers who team up with a generous money lender to take on a vicious loan shark/gangster. We don't get productions like this in the west anymore. The two lead characters are stand up men, not degenerates. Right. really dig all the pugilism.
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Post by almuric on Aug 24, 2023 9:24:18 GMT -5
So, there's an "adaptation" of Bernard Cornwell's Warlord Chronicles and it sounds like it falls into all traps you'd expect a Current Year production to stumble into. www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2023/08/21/the-winter-king-review-not-actually-the-winter-king-but-certainly-a-crushing-disappointment/?sh=2f96744772fe"Then again, had I been put in charge of this adaptation I would have stuck to the actual text. The diversity here feels inauthentic, for one thing. The racial tensions that this story deals with are largely between Britons and Saxons and Silurians and so forth. It is frankly bizarre to have black people among each of the warring clans, as though Briton and Saxon are very important distinctions but being black or white is not."Black Saxons, man. I feel dumb just typing that. The writer goes on to talk about the actual black character Cornwell actually included in his series, Sagramor the Numidian. Cornwell gets it right in that he's depicted as an outlier, not the norm. It also highlights a problem I'm seeing with fantasy and historical productions across the board. Every single culture across all of history and all fantasylands are being depicted with the same racial demographics as the modern West. Every. Single. One. Things are so "diverse" that there's no diversity. They all look like the same culture. There's no way to tell where a character is supposed to be from. It's ahistorical in the worst way and it's fake diversity at its worst.
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Aug 24, 2023 14:24:43 GMT -5
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Post by johnnypt on Aug 24, 2023 14:24:43 GMT -5
Wow, that’s bad. If there’s one place you wouldn’t expect a lot of diversity, it’s the medieval British Isles. Southern and Eastern Europe yes. Northern Europe no. I wouldn’t expect diversity in a story about ancient Africa or medieval China or Japan either. At least in a fantasy world you can try to explain things away. If you’re trying to do a historical story, you can’t be jamming things in and expect to be taken seriously.
Hell, even And Just Like That backed off this season!
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Post by Von K on Aug 24, 2023 19:35:59 GMT -5
Judging by what I'm seeing out there and things my friends have said about them the original books by Cornwell are great. But I think fans of the books are going to be very disappointed in what looks to be just another generic post modern politically correct TV 'adaptation.'
Sir Sagramore (le Desirous ie 'impetuous') was introduced to the Arthurian cycle by Chretien de Troyes (12th Century). According to the Vulgate Cycle (13th Century) he was Byzantine, nephew of the Emperor of Constantinople. Also - he was never mentioned in the original Welsh legends (6th - 9th century). Even Cornwell it seems is playing somewhat fast and loose with literary tradition if not necessarily actual history. For the TV adaptation - in the wake of the Roman occupation there are at least a few ways to do this kind of thing sensibly, historically and organically (some Sarmatian auxiliaries even ended up in Ireland for instance). Cornwell knows this: He makes changes to the literary tradition but at least keeps them historically organic.
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Post by Jason Aiken on Aug 24, 2023 20:58:44 GMT -5
I'm a big fan of Bernard Cornwell's Warlord Trilogy and Last Kingdom series, but thanks for the warning regarding the Winter King fiasco.
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Aug 25, 2023 6:01:39 GMT -5
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Post by johnnypt on Aug 25, 2023 6:01:39 GMT -5
Judging by what I'm seeing out there and things my friends have said about them the original books by Cornwell are great. But I think fans of the books are going to be very disappointed in what looks to be just another generic post modern politically correct TV 'adaptation.'
Sir Sagramore (le Desirous ie 'impetuous') was introduced to the Arthurian cycle by Chretien de Troyes (12th Century). According to the Vulgate Cycle (13th Century) he was Byzantine, nephew of the Emperor of Constantinople. Also - he was never mentioned in the original Welsh legends (6th - 9th century). Even Cornwell it seems is playing somewhat fast and loose with literary tradition if not necessarily actual history. For the TV adaptation - in the wake of the Roman occupation there are at least a few ways to do this kind of thing sensibly, historically and organically (some Sarmatian auxiliaries even ended up in Ireland for instance). Cornwell knows this: He makes changes to the literary tradition but at least keeps them historically organic. I figured the only way to make it work is via the Roman route but you REALLY have to stretch it. If he wants to go pillage Cliges from the CDTU (Chretien de Troyes Universe), have at it.
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