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Post by Nth on Jun 13, 2021 16:15:31 GMT
Speculation video on possibility David Lynch's upcoming TV series Wisteria/Unrecorded Night may be connected to Twin Peaks.
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Post by Nth on Jun 23, 2021 20:27:29 GMT
Breakdown of the upcoming Warhammer+ streaming service content.
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Post by Nth on Jun 29, 2021 17:34:55 GMT
Going through Z Nation and Black Summer for the first time now. Also Soprano's getting a prequel.
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Post by Nth on Jul 25, 2021 22:02:34 GMT
Started going through the new Netflix He-Man series, it's been kinda meh so far. I do think Kevin Smith has become a complete pillock though. I know that Sarah Michelle Gellar cast as Teela was a huge mistake. Her voice doesn't fit the character at all and comes off as shrill and nagging. But it has got me interested in He-Man again. Some of the stuff in the new series I really like and some has me facepalming really hard. Only the first 5 episodes are released so far and I'm hoping things will get back on track in the next half of the series. I hear season 2 has already been greenlighted and hopefully they will take some of the criticisms from the first series to heart as it's pretty much getting panned by the He-Man fandom but praised by "Critics" leaving the same sort of skewed fandom vs critic rating ratio the Star Wars sequel trilogy got (only 3 more months until Kathleen Kennedy's contract expires, thankfully)
I've been collecting all the boxsets of the old cartoons I used to watch as a kid with He-Man, Voltron and Transformers all on the shelf and a pre-order for a republishing of the GI Joe cartoon boxset coming in September. So I can at least watch the original series again, which I really haven't seen since the mid 80's.
I missed out on the 2002 He-Man series so I am going to start that after this one.
I also splurged on the 1500 page He-Man hardcover omnibus because A: It was the last one Amazon.ca had in stock and B: it was the only one I could find for sale under $200 even after checking Ebay.
Even more people say the comic series is truly the way to go for the expanded lore and world building and say that it's actually much more adult oriented than any of the animated versions and I'm up for seeing some actual decapitations in Eternia.
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Post by OrochiGeese on Jul 25, 2021 23:22:20 GMT
I missed out on the 2002 He-Man series so I am going to start that after this one. I can't recommend the 2002 series enough. It's the definitive "anime" style He-Man series for adults. Growing up, the He-Man cartoon was my favorite of the 1980's "toy" cartoons. I thought the 2002 series perfectly "upgraded" the original series and put attention on the parts ripe for more exploration. There was one episode that blew me away completely from Season 2. My only criticism was that it ended too soon. It just got 2 seasons. As a result, they weren't able to follow through on the awesome third story arc that they were clearly building to. I don't want to spoil it for you at all because Season 2 was so great. I think Season 3 would have been even better. When Kevin Smith's Netflix series was first introduced, I had high hopes for it. But even before I knew anything about it, I doubted whether it could hold up to the storytelling of the 2002 series. And that's just because it was such a high bar to clear and so it was unlikely that it could be cleared. I doubt the new series will come close based on all I have read about some of the motivations of the new series. I am going to give it a chance though. It worries me that Kevin Smith recently said that he was a fan of the series but that tweets from a few years ago revealed the opposite. That, and some other aspects, leave me concerned. That being said, I was very excited when I saw some of the trailers for it and they do seem to have deep storytelling. Whether those stories are consistent with character canon, and whether many of those characters are respected, is a different question. I still need to watch Castlevania: Season 4 but I think that series is still the gold standard for recent animated TV shows based on 80's/90's fandom. Cobra Kai being the gold standard for live action. |
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Post by Nth on Jul 26, 2021 12:21:34 GMT
I missed out on the 2002 He-Man series so I am going to start that after this one. I can't recommend the 2002 series enough. It's the definitive "anime" style He-Man series for adults. Growing up, the He-Man cartoon was my favorite of the 1980's "toy" cartoons. I thought the 2002 series perfectly "upgraded" the original series and put attention on the parts ripe for more exploration. There was one episode that blew me away completely from Season 2. My only criticism was that it ended too soon. It just got 2 seasons. As a result, they weren't able to follow through on the awesome third story arc that they were clearly building to. I don't want to spoil it for you at all because Season 2 was so great. I think Season 3 would have been even better. When Kevin Smith's Netflix series was first introduced, I had high hopes for it. But even before I knew anything about it, I doubted whether it could hold up to the storytelling of the 2002 series. And that's just because it was such a high bar to clear and so it was unlikely that it could be cleared. I doubt the new series will come close based on all I have read about some of the motivations of the new series. I am going to give it a chance though. It worries me that Kevin Smith recently said that he was a fan of the series but that tweets from a few years ago revealed the opposite. That, and some other aspects, leave me concerned. That being said, I was very excited when I saw some of the trailers for it and they do seem to have deep storytelling. Whether those stories are consistent with character canon, and whether many of those characters are respected, is a different question. I still need to watch Castlevania: Season 4 but I think that series is still the gold standard for recent animated TV shows based on 80's/90's fandom. Cobra Kai being the gold standard for live action. I just started the 2002 series and actually seeing Skeletor being a bad ass duelist with those double swords is my current favourite moment, when I’m so used to seeing him just get ragdolled all the time. |
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Post by OrochiGeese on Jul 27, 2021 7:27:50 GMT
Yeah, the 2002 series gave a lot of respect to Skeletor throughout.
He wasn't just "CURSES! You foiled my dumb plan!" while walloping his employees 😄
One of my friends watched the Netflix version and was annoyed at it. I got some spoilers that are making it pretty hard for me to watch. Not sure I want to sit through that. I know it's not all bad though, but the good parts seem like they aren't even so relevant to this universe. I really wonder if the people who made it would have been better off doing an entirely different series and not coasting on the Masters of the Universe IP.
If I do watch it, I'll have the 2002 version ready as a chaser 🥃
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Post by BakFu on Jul 27, 2021 12:53:02 GMT
It has been fun reading these last few posts. I’ve only seen a few of the original series, the vaunted 2002 one slipped right under my radar, and I was thinking about checking out the new one. I’ve been a fan of the concept for as long as I can remember, and how can you not be, a bunch of jacked dudes with giant weapons smashing each other into paste, a skull faced mr universe trying to take over the world?
What I find entertaining about the discussion is when I take a moment to recognize the lore that has been built around this franchise and what it means to fans, and then I take all of that into the context of the masters of the universe episode of the toys that made us (of you haven’t seen it, watch it!). It’s incredible to think of the entity that evolved from a toy line that was slapped together in such a fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants method, and a cartoon that was an afterthought made solely to sell more toys. Maybe there is hope and a place for the wonderful imaginations of humans after all! 🙂
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Post by faulknasty on Jul 27, 2021 13:43:58 GMT
It has been fun reading these last few posts. I’ve only seen a few of the original series, the vaunted 2002 one slipped right under my radar, and I was thinking about checking out the new one. I’ve been a fan of the concept for as long as I can remember, and how can you not be, a bunch of jacked dudes with giant weapons smashing each other into paste, a skull faced mr universe trying to take over the world? What I find entertaining about the discussion is when I take a moment to recognize the lore that has been built around this franchise and what it means to fans, and then I take all of that into the context of the masters of the universe episode of the toys that made us (of you haven’t seen it, watch it!). It’s incredible to think of the entity that evolved from a toy line that was slapped together in such a fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants method, and a cartoon that was an afterthought made solely to sell more toys. Maybe there is hope and a place for the wonderful imaginations of humans after all! 🙂 Second the toys that made us episode of He-man. It is wild and very entertaining even if you aren't into He-man. |
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Post by El Marsh on Jul 27, 2021 17:44:56 GMT
Well, there are obviously more episodes to come for the new Masters of the Universe cartoon. I don't mind certain changes as much as some people on the internet but I dislike the writing of the story. I actually have no problem with the story itself but the dialogue is tough to stomach and not in that nostalgic way that hearkens to the original series from the 80s; this is just bad writing. And it's a shame because I like the story and I like the action (what relatively little of it there is but I guess there was always the slow build to the head bashing) but the lines really bring it down. Also, I loved Mark Hamill as the Joker. It's one of the greatest villain performances in any medium. I do NOT like Mark Hamill as Skeletor doing Joker's voice (and personality). Seriously, what the motherfuck were they thinking with that? Likewise, I think Sarah Michelle Gellar was miscast as Teela. Nth pretty much hit it on the head. Even with better writing, her voice would still be wrong for the character.
I don't "hate" what's there but through 5 episodes it's probably at a 5/10 for me. Here's hoping it finishes stronger than it starts.
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Post by gotchism4life on Jul 27, 2021 18:53:33 GMT
Ghostbusters 2016...Terminator: Dark Fate...Charlie's Angels...The Last Jedi and the Disney Star Wars debacle...new Teela show...
Go woke, go broke.
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Post by BakFu on Jul 27, 2021 19:02:18 GMT
Well, as bad / polarizing as the new series might be, it could be worse. 😁
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Post by faulknasty on Jul 27, 2021 21:22:52 GMT
The last Jedi is the best star wars movie it's a shame they never made an episode 9.
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Post by gotchism4life on Jul 27, 2021 23:45:13 GMT
Well, as bad / polarizing as the new series might be, it could be worse. 😁 Frank hammed it up as Skeletor, I liked that. I also likied seeing the teacher from back to the Future.
But other than that, yeah, Golan-Globus and the Cannon Group really made a turd of a film.
1987 was also the same year they released Superman IV
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Post by gotchism4life on Jul 27, 2021 23:46:30 GMT
The last Jedi is the best star wars movie it's a shame they never made an episode 9. *Comic Book Guy noises*  LOL |
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