LeMarchand Posted January 30, 2022 Posted January 30, 2022 Finished The Witcher Season 2, which I enjoyed as much as the first season (possibly more).
Rob_D Posted January 30, 2022 Posted January 30, 2022 I see Raised by Wolves is back on HBO this week. Does anyone know when season 2 is going to be on Sky?
ICTDirect_Dave Posted January 31, 2022 Posted January 31, 2022 The Legend of Vox Machina Warning! Trailer IS VERY NSFW! Beautifully animated interpretation of some of Critial Role's first D&D campaign. It's quite brilliant. A funny, very rude, gory and altogether grown-up cartoon. This is a marvellous homage to the genre and every tabletop roleplayer who ever tried so desperately to be a hero but ended up messing things up along the way. Great stuff, here's to 3 more episodes next week! 3
CHiLL Posted January 31, 2022 Posted January 31, 2022 (edited) Binged Arcane over the weekend. I had high expectations for it, since everyone and their dog seemed to rave about it. It didn't disappoint me, I really enojoyed it. Next on my list is The Book of Boba Fett. Edited January 31, 2022 by CHiLL
AlistairB1983 Posted January 31, 2022 Posted January 31, 2022 The Legend of Vox Machina Warning! Trailer IS VERY NSFW! Beautifully animated interpretation of some of Critial Role's first D&D campaign. It's quite brilliant. A funny, very rude, gory and altogether grown-up cartoon. This is a marvellous homage to the genre and every tabletop roleplayer who ever tried so desperately to be a hero but ended up messing things up along the way. Great stuff, here's to 3 more episodes next week! Completely agree - a very good watch even as someone who, despite many attempts at trying, can't get into the 'real' Critical Role even though I've played D&D since AD&D 1
Koldov Posted January 31, 2022 Posted January 31, 2022 Due South is one of my absolute favourites and it still held up quite well the last time I watched it, about five years ago. It veered into self parody a little bit in the third season but it's still a good series. I enjoyed Due South (from what I can remember of it now), not like 'OMG that was amazing', but watchable if nothing else was on... in the last few years (maybe longer) or so for me anyway, Netflix and Prime have at least opened my eyes to a world of (mainly US) television shows as we previously didn't have have any way to watch SKY and I can never be bothered to scroll down through the Virgin channels just to try something I don't really know anything about. Favourite TV shows/films (or at least watchable by both the OH and myself) that I can remember off the top of my head but might not necessarily be the big hitters: Orphan Black Haven Locke & Key Jupiter's Legacy The Boys Lost In Space Travellers Limitless (TV series) Glitch Umbrella Academy The OA Russian Doll (TV series on Netflix) What Happened To Monday (Film, but thought it could easily have been a series) 12 Monkeys (TV Series) Legion The Good Place Probably a few I've forgotten and plenty of others that we lost interest in after a few episodes or that appealed to one of us and not the other... I'm more 'Love Death + Robots, Space Force, Cowboy BeBop' and the OH is more 'You, The Sinner and Justified'... (so the shows above seem to mostly be a good compromise). We also watched Monster Hunter over the weekend and my word that is a waste of 1h 44m even for someone who likes sc-fi and Milla Jovovich... 5Foot2 and I have just finished box setting "The Responder" Link: [TV Trailer] The Responder Despite Lord Sugar's (London centric?) objections to Martin Freeman's Liverpudlian accent (a BBC's decision, apparently ) I thought it was good stuff! I didn't hear about that... what were his objections...? That it wasn't a very good portrayal of the accent? That he couldn't understand what they were saying? Or that it was based in Liverpool at all...? Binged Aracne over the weekend. I had high expectations for it, since everyone and their dog seemed to rave about it. It didn't disappoint me, I really enojoyed it. Next on my list is The Book of Boba Fett. Arcane? I haven't enjoyed Boba Fett, too similar to the Mandalorian really for me, which didn't wow me either (ones for the die-hard fans imho).
Koldov Posted January 31, 2022 Posted January 31, 2022 Snowpiercer - it's BACK!!! Snowpiercer fell by the wayside for me at least after season 1, it just seemed that for me it didn't really have anywhere to go (not just because they are stuck on a train). I seem to remember enjoying the film but stretching it to a series feels too much. Finished The Witcher Season 2, which I enjoyed as much as the first season (possibly more). I am starting to feel the same way about The Witcher and I can feel a theme in my watching habits, after a while I just want something different to happen. I get the characters evolving in the plot needs to be fleshed out, but feel like a lot of the series is pretty much chased by monster, kill monster (regardless of the back story and reasons why). Feeling a little bit like this about Walking Dead, the seasons are told slightly differently with slightly different bad guys and situations of (mostly self-induced) jeopardy but under all the different guises it just feels like the same story line.
CHiLL Posted January 31, 2022 Posted January 31, 2022 Arcane? I haven't enjoyed Boba Fett, too similar to the Mandalorian really for me, which didn't wow me either (ones for the die-hard fans imho). Yeah, sorry! My typing was on poor form this morning. I've enjoyed The Mandalorian, though I do know that The Book of Boba Fett hasn't had nearly as good reviews.
6Foot2 Posted January 31, 2022 Posted January 31, 2022 ...I didn't hear about that... what were his objections...? That it wasn't a very good portrayal of the accent? That he couldn't understand what they were saying? Or that it was based in Liverpool at all...? Link: [Lord Sugar Text Tweet] 1
Garacesh Posted January 31, 2022 Posted January 31, 2022 Completely agree - a very good watch even as someone who, despite many attempts at trying, can't get into the 'real' Critical Role even though I've played D&D since AD&D Ditto, as someone that's been playing on-and-off since 3.5, episodes of Critical Role are just far too long for my attention span. But I'll probably give Vox Machina a look in.
mavhc Posted January 31, 2022 Posted January 31, 2022 I enjoyed Due South (from what I can remember of it now), not like 'OMG that was amazing', but watchable if nothing else was on... Umbrella Academy The OA Russian Doll (TV series on Netflix) Legion The Good Place Justified mavhc approved! dueSouth, a tv show that actually had metaphors yet was on in the 90s
Koldov Posted January 31, 2022 Posted January 31, 2022 dueSouth, a tv show that actually had metaphors yet was on in the 90s I think @LeMarchand alluded to this... this is probably because it used devices that were fairly, if not uniquely, new at the time but are common now. Unless I've got it completely wrong and was talking about 'mobile phones' or some other type of device...
6Foot2 Posted January 31, 2022 Posted January 31, 2022 ...Unless I've got it completely wrong and was talking about 'mobile phones' or some other type of device... This video captures that idea, with Shakira discovering camera phones: 1
LeMarchand Posted January 31, 2022 Posted January 31, 2022 I think @LeMarchand alluded to this... Unless I've got it completely wrong and was talking about 'mobile phones' or some other type of device... Although both Rays were early mobile adopters, I did mean storytelling devices and techniques. Due South had loads of very surreal moments that weren't the sort of thing you'd see in shows at the time such as most of "All the Queen's Horses" which featured, amongst others, a train car of gassed mounties awakening in unison to continue singing "Ride Forever" just where they left off and Fraser's hat somehow being sheared 'toon style by a bridge as he was too engrossed kissing his boss to notice. Which is an excuse to post... Oh, and it listed the music used in the credits (very handy in the days before TuneFind) which introduced me to Sarah McLachlan. 1
LeMarchand Posted January 31, 2022 Posted January 31, 2022 The video that comes up first on a YT search as above (I used that one for its higher resolution) has a cool story in the comments.
CHiLL Posted February 1, 2022 Posted February 1, 2022 (edited) Started The Book of Boba Fett last night. I am liking it, mainly because I like being in that world. However, I have noticed that not only is it slow in terms of the story...but the actual action sequences seem very slow too. The first encounter with the assassins for example, the fighting seemed like it was shot at a lower frame rate or it was more evidently coreographed/timed. It's not enough to make me stop watching it, but it was quite obvious to me. Edited February 1, 2022 by CHiLL
ICTDirect_Dave Posted February 1, 2022 Posted February 1, 2022 The first encounter with the assassins for example, the fighting seemed like it was shot at a lower frame rate or it was more evidently coreographed/timed. It's not enough to make me stop watching it, but it was quite obvious to me. I watched this laat night and it was evident that a producer really wanted a parkour scene in there! It felt a little out of place to be honest.
hallb15 Posted February 1, 2022 Posted February 1, 2022 I watched this laat night and it was evident that a producer really wanted a parkour scene in there! It felt a little out of place to be honest. Don't worry, it does get better!
mavhc Posted February 1, 2022 Posted February 1, 2022 Although both Rays were early mobile adopters, I did mean storytelling devices and techniques. Due South had loads of very surreal moments that weren't the sort of thing you'd see in shows at the time such as most of "All the Queen's Horses" which featured, amongst others, a train car of gassed mounties awakening in unison to continue singing "Ride Forever" just where they left off and Fraser's hat somehow being sheared 'toon style by a bridge as he was too engrossed kissing his boss to notice. Which is an excuse to post... Oh, and it listed the music used in the credits (very handy in the days before TuneFind) which introduced me to Sarah McLachlan. Indeed, the removal of the hat is a metaphor related to his more human side. He's never injured while wearing it, in fact wearing the full red uniform makes him able to do superhuman feats, having it chopped in half made him vulnerable. See also: Snow, especially in Victoria's Secret
CHiLL Posted February 1, 2022 Posted February 1, 2022 I watched this laat night and it was evident that a producer really wanted a parkour scene in there! It felt a little out of place to be honest. Yeah, it was quite jarring. I'd expect action scenes when you have Ming-Na Wen in your cast, but I was hoping for better production at least!
mavhc Posted February 1, 2022 Posted February 1, 2022 If you film at a slower frame rate the action speeds up when played back, standard technique in action films
CHiLL Posted February 1, 2022 Posted February 1, 2022 If you film at a slower frame rate the action speeds up when played back, standard technique in action films Yeah, but it looks like they forgot to run it at regular speed and it looked slow.
mavhc Posted February 1, 2022 Posted February 1, 2022 it would just look choppy then. Wonder if they planned to film it undercranked and then couldn't on the day because the cameras/vfx wouldn't do that
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