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Post by KiramidHead on Sept 20, 2017 18:55:21 GMT -5
It would have to be actively trying to be worse than Iron Fist.
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Post by Erik on Sept 21, 2017 9:18:08 GMT -5
Yes, Iron Fist left a lot to be desired. I liked The Defenders, but even that wasn't as good as Daredevil season 1 or Jessica Jones. I'm getting tired of all this Hand stuff, so at least it'll be nice to pull away from that for awhile. I just hope that 13 episodes isn't too long - sometimes that long length leads to boring filler episodes.
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Post by KiramidHead on Sept 21, 2017 9:31:48 GMT -5
Steve Lightfoot worked on Hannibal, which handled 13 episodes well.
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Post by Erik on Sept 23, 2017 8:25:31 GMT -5
Yes, Iron Fist left a lot to be desired. I liked The Defenders, but even that wasn't as good as Daredevil season 1 or Jessica Jones. I'm getting tired of all this Hand stuff, so at least it'll be nice to pull away from that for awhile. I just hope that 13 episodes isn't too long - sometimes that long length leads to boring filler episodes. Films, television, comics, they take these characters and stories that Frank Miller came up with more than thirty years ago and they flog them to death, losing most of the excitement along the way I don't read a lot of new comics nowadays, but when I check out, say, a recent Batman collection in my local library, I'm surprised by how much in thrall to his Dark Knight or Year One they still are. I saw how smug Zack Snyder was when he showed off the clash between Batman and Superman for the first time, but what he didn't get was that by taking it out of the original context and changing Batman's motivation - and not forgetting dropping it into a crap story - he was diluting the impact that the original had. Same with Daredevil, Elektra, Stick and The Hand; I know Miller has a bad name nowadays, but his run of a half-dozen-or-so comics featuring those characters (also Bullseye, Punisher, Kingpin) was as good as comics got for me, unlike the TV show that keeps his characters and ideas but spreads the stories out over too many episodes. I dread to think that they'll turn their attention to his and Mazzucchelli's Born Again stories and inflict the same process on them. ......  I don't mind them expanding upon some of Miller's story elements, but I wish the writers would have done a better job of it. The one hand villain I still like is Madame Gao, but I was kind of disappointed in the others. Alexandra Reid was getting interesting, but that ended a bit too abruptly, I think. For the Punisher, I'd love for the show to use some of Garth Ennis' story, 'Welcome Back, Frank', from 2000/1 (some of which they used fairly poorly in the Thomas Jane film). |
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Post by KiramidHead on Sept 23, 2017 15:22:25 GMT -5
Just based off of cast lists I've read, they're using Rawlins from MAX, as well as Russo/Jigsaw and Curtis Hoyle (a very minor character from the old Mike Barron stuff.)
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Post by Erik on Sept 24, 2017 11:55:09 GMT -5
Just based off of cast lists I've read, they're using Rawlins from MAX, as well as Russo/Jigsaw and Curtis Hoyle (a very minor character from the old Mike Barron stuff.) Ah Jigsaw...how could I forget about him? They should definitely include the Punisher's first major villain.  |
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Post by KiramidHead on Sept 24, 2017 22:14:26 GMT -5
Just based off of cast lists I've read, they're using Rawlins from MAX, as well as Russo/Jigsaw and Curtis Hoyle (a very minor character from the old Mike Barron stuff.) Ah Jigsaw...how could I forget about him? They should definitely include the Punisher's first major villain. Hopefully we can get a version of Jigsaw that I don't find annoying. XD |
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Post by Erik on Dec 9, 2017 10:39:29 GMT -5
Check out this mini series if you get the SyFy channel. A little girl gets her imaginary friend, Happy, to recruit a hitman to help rescue her from a deranged man dressed as Santa. I read the comic years ago and loved it, and the show is just as good so far.
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Post by Jason Aiken on Feb 18, 2018 10:52:22 GMT -5
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Post by andys on Feb 19, 2018 2:16:05 GMT -5
I've been watching The Alienist. It's alright - I'm holding off final judgment until I see the whole series. It looks absolutely great. Just a wonderfully detailed realization of late 1800s New York. The cast is a mixed bag, though. Most of the older actors range from good to excellent, but of the main stars, who are mostly younger, Luke Evans is pretty good and I guess the guy playing the main character is okay, but Dakota Fanning struggles mightily to deliver the period dialogue convincingly. The guy playing Teddy Roosevelt is just freaking lousy. Doesn't look like the real guy and absolutely doesn't act like him. It's not like this is some mythical character as we've got film footage and voice recordings of the guy. I read that Sean Astin was originally cast in the part but commitments to other jobs and the travel involved forced him to step away. I think he would have been better. The writing is okay. I never did get around to reading the novel, so I don't know how faithful it is, but it generally comes across like a period version of the 1990s serial killer boom. The killer is made to look superhumanly clever and the good guys are always talking about the importance of understanding "the mind of a killer", getting in touch with their dark sides, how anyone can become a killer under the right circumstances, and stuff like that. I did like that in the latest episode, the alienist (in a bad mood) sarcastically suggests to his friend that he go ask a dentist for a clue, so the guy does just that and actually does get very important information. Sometimes real detective work beats the profiling stuff  |
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Post by kemp on Mar 26, 2018 8:10:49 GMT -5
I hardly watch TV these days, but there is one TV series I watch on a regular basis, or tape and watch later if I can't make the session.
Knightfall, loosely based on the Knights Templar. It is set in early 14th century France, with plenty of medieval intrigue, drama and action to keep me glued to the telly for this one.
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Post by kemp on Mar 26, 2018 8:22:17 GMT -5
The other show, with all the episodes online is the Forged in Fire series.
In each episode, four bladesmiths compete in a three round elimination contest to forge bladed weapons, the two remaining smiths have to forge an iconic blade from history, the winner receives $10,000 and the day's championship title. These blades are put through strength and cutting tests to determine the winner.
I really like this show, I came on late and just finishing Season 2, but that just means I have many episodes to look forward too, and I tend to stretch them out, with some time in between episodes. They are currently into Season 5.
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Post by finarvyn on Mar 27, 2018 6:36:28 GMT -5
I've been watching The Alienist. It's alright - I'm holding off final judgment until I see the whole series. It looks absolutely great. Just a wonderfully detailed realization of late 1800s New York. The cast is a mixed bag, though. Most of the older actors range from good to excellent, but of the main stars, who are mostly younger, Luke Evans is pretty good and I guess the guy playing the main character is okay, but Dakota Fanning struggles mightily to deliver the period dialogue convincingly. The guy playing Teddy Roosevelt is just freaking lousy. Doesn't look like the real guy and absolutely doesn't act like him. It's not like this is some mythical character as we've got film footage and voice recordings of the guy. I read that Sean Astin was originally cast in the part but commitments to other jobs and the travel involved forced him to step away. I think he would have been better. The writing is okay. I never did get around to reading the novel, so I don't know how faithful it is, but it generally comes across like a period version of the 1990s serial killer boom. The killer is made to look superhumanly clever and the good guys are always talking about the importance of understanding "the mind of a killer", getting in touch with their dark sides, how anyone can become a killer under the right circumstances, and stuff like that. I did like that in the latest episode, the alienist (in a bad mood) sarcastically suggests to his friend that he go ask a dentist for a clue, so the guy does just that and actually does get very important information. Sometimes real detective work beats the profiling stuff Unfortunately, this is another example of a film or TV show that might've seemed fresh and original if it had been made when the book first came out, but now it just seems a bit derivative and cliche-ridden - what with that and the bad casting, it reminded me of that horrible film version of From Hell from a few years ago. With all the money they're reported to have spent on it, it should look good, but it also has that look common to all these new shows that are filmed in Europe. Some reviews commented on how gruesome the series was, but it all seems very tasteful and lacking in chills, and the story isn't strong enough to drag out over ten or twelve episodes. A bit of a disappointment all-round. ......  My wife really likes the show and watches it regularly, but I've only seen parts of a couple episodes. So far, I just can't get into the thing. I want to like it, but so far it just seems sort of meh. |
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Post by andys on Mar 27, 2018 9:21:07 GMT -5
Well, The Alienist finished up last night, and I have to admit that it grew on me and my wife as it went along. It never corrected its flaws - the guy playing Roosevelt was as bad at the end as at the start - but I guess we just got used to them We're going to check out The Terror next. It premiered last night but we missed it because we were finishing off this other show. |
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Post by KiramidHead on Mar 28, 2018 22:33:41 GMT -5
I'll have to get around to watching The Terror. I read the book a few years ago, and thought it was magnificent.
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