Maryokutai Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 Some artwork for Season 4 of Castlevania: Looks like Camilla will be going on a rampage at some point and Alucard is carrying his classic shield. Not much else to take from this I think. It's also going to be the last season Warren Ellis is involved with since him and Netflix parted ways after his me-too thing last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmmark Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 What the hell, that would look bad in a game as cut scenes never mind a show they expect you to sit through. Looks awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwful. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one-armed dwarf Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 Sorry Nag he's right on this one so it's you who needs a punch ? ? ? <-- this is Nag 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maryokutai Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 It's no Pixar for sure but already closer to the source material than the live action movies ever were. I think 3D or 2D animation is the way to go for videogame adaptations and I hope there will be more projects like this in the future than the recent MH movie for example. Claire's vacuum shirt is a bit weird though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCH Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maryokutai Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 I hope this has another Bloody Tears moment. That scene was phenomenal in Season 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nag Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 July 8th.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiofloyd Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 Here’s a recent list from Polygon. https://www.polygon.com/21266801/best-movies-on-netflix Some of these are on my watch list (Da 5 Bloods, Good Time, Lady Bird, The Night Comes for Us). A good few of them aren’t on Japanese Netflix as far as I’m aware. A few of them I wouldn’t put anywhere near the top 25 (Crimson Peak, The Ritual, Under the Shadow), although they are decent enough. After I’ve seen some of the more high profile movies on my watch list I might make a list of my favourite 25 movies on (Japanese) Netflix, I could probably stretch it to 50 (and it still wouldn’t include the three movies above). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DANGERMAN Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 I can vouch for Ladybird. It's a good coming of age film, of sorts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimboxy Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 That seems like a fairly robust list, quite a few things I'd like to watch anyway. I need to get back in the habbit of watching films again. Haven't really watched anything interesting for ages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craymen Edge Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 Midnight Special is pretty good. I haven't seen the majority of that list, I don't watch a lot of films these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmmark Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 23 hours ago, radiofloyd said: The Night Comes for Us Get that watched, its wonderful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maryokutai Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 Witcher prequel with young Vesemir. It's also a movie, not a TV show. Visually it's really nice to look at but I'm not convinced of the rest as of yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCH Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 What a timely adaptation this turned out to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nag Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 Watched 4 episodes of Brand New Cherry Flavor tonight... wtf! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiofloyd Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 Any good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nag Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 Finished the last four the next night, it's weird as fuck but we'll watchable. @radiofloyd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCH Posted August 29, 2021 Share Posted August 29, 2021 Somewhere, a while back, I mentioned the book series 'The Wheel of Time'. A series so long (written from January 15, 1990 – January 8, 2013) due to hiatus and what not, that the author died (2007) before it was complete. There are fourteen books, in total. Why is this relevant? Quote Robert Jordan’s beloved high fantasy series The Wheel of Time is coming to the screen. Finally. The first book, The Eye of the World, arrived on shelves in 1990. And now, decades later, Amazon Prime Video is bringing the world of Rand al’Thor, Matrim Cauthon, Perrin Aybara and so many more to life. It’s a rich story, dense with lore, magic, and about a million characters. The Wheel of Time series contains 14 novels, with Brandon Sanderson completing the last three books after Jordan’s passing. Adapting that much story is a challenge, and a TV series seems like the best way to approach it. We know season one has eight episodes, but we don’t know how much story those eight episodes will cover. It’s possible they’ll cover roughly one book per season. Or more likely that they’ll bring in elements from different books as the adaptation dictates. That would be a more flexible way to tell the story. We’ll certainly update you when we have concrete information about this. Season one’s directors include Uta Briesewitz, Wayne Yip, Salli Richardson Whitfield, and Ciaran Donnelly. Rafe Judkins is serving as showrunner We know titles for the first six episodes: “Leavetaking” “Shadow’s Waiting” “A Place of Safety” “The Dragon Reborn” “Blood Calls Blood” “The Flame of Tar Valon” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maryokutai Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 Watched Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf yesterday. Completely missed that it came out already. I really liked it, it's a well done sort-of origin story for Vesemir but it also goes a bit further than that but I won't go into too many details. As a tale it's detached enough from the usual Witcher media content to be considered standalone, but I wouldn't advise anyone without prior knowledge to watch it as there's only so much lore they can explain during its 100 minute runtime. In fact I think the runtime is its only "major" problem, as some characters – most importantly the antagonist, whose ultimate motivation gets quickly exposed in a single sentence – fall a bit flat. Ten minutes more for some additional character-building scenes here and there would have helped, especially as the story feels a bit more convoluted than it actually is at the start. The production was done by Studio Mir, who rose to fame with The Legend of Korra, but this is on another level. It shows what they can achieve when they're not limited by TV-show budgets and in some scenes it actually comes very close to classic Disney levels of animations. There are some heavy anime influences though, so you kind of have to accept that a character jumping means going ten, not one meter through the air an that Igni is not just a short fire wave but a screen-filling fireball. You could argue that this contradicts the lore but I looked at it as embellishments from a storyteller with a penchant for exaggerations. Definitely recommended if you have a faible for the Witcher universe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shinymcshine Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 Cinderella (2021, Amazon Prime) Updated musical starring Camila Cabello in the title role and a bunch of comedians who've been on Taskmaster in support - Doc Brown stands out as a rapping town crier, Rob Beckett, Romesh Ranganathan, and James Acaster support, whilst Idina Menzel, Pierce Brosnan and Minnie Driver add some star quality. But, and it's an enjoyable but, it all feels a bit like watching a pantomime, with modern pop songs making up most of the musical numbers. It's pretty, it's fun, and it's updated to reflect modern values - and decent enough all round if you're a musical theatre fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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