Total disappointment! I am just watching it real quick to follow up if it has something to do with the "FBI' and "FBI: Most Wanted".
Otherwise its a waste of time!
Story, acting, characters, "oh here comes the FBI and does everywhere anything they want at a foreign land", really!?
The show is as wrong as it gets!
It's becoming annoying really... A bipolar, opinionated, middle-management operative that knows everything best, does everything best, defies the system and everybody else, and gets her way... Makes CIA look like a bunch of amateurs and she's the star. Not convincing any more. Sorry to the fans.
Finally watched this classic!
Not bad – especially the user interfaces ;)
Amazing Amazing Acting across the board. The plot and characters is so moving and powerful that it reminds me of The Wire. James and Maggie were Fantastic.. there best work ever. Definitely needs more following.
Can't wait for the next season.
I wasn't expecting much out of "Free to Play", but it seems Valve did a good job. It was interesting to see what it takes to be a professional gamer.
Amazing episode and OMG the Tardis is just amazing!! Really love it, can't wait to see what adventures they'll have
Wargames was a movie that was way ahead of its time and remains one of the most important films ever made.
The whole political bullshit is totally realistic and I hate it. Venus becoming Eros 2.0 is awesome tho.
my new favorite episode, hilarious and strangely thought provoking. Great episode.
The film was okay, but ultimately it is like one of the 5000 friends you have on your facebook profile, quickly forgotten and your unsure why it is there in the first place. Delete.
Where is season two, I am Jonesing!!!!
Something very interesting happened between the time I did stream this pilot from Amazon Prime for the first time, and eight months later, that I'm checking it out again. In the weeks following the premiere, writer Agness Kaku complained about that many of the japanese signs in the show were utter non-sense, like the word "Respect" written all over the place, an ad for "Viper Pharmacy" hanging in a place of honor in the Aikido dojo, the fact that naming San Francisco's International Airport as "Hiroito" and the bus station as "Imperial" violates Japanese naming customs and Joel de la Fuente delivering a line that was apparently written using Google Translate ("Yes, let us go then, you and I, when the evening is spread out against the sky. Ta, my good suspect!"). Well, the producers made a different cut, that's the one available for streaming now: the scene with the badly translated line was cut entirely, and several signs on the street (and the one in the dojo) were digitally changed for something more realistic. The Hiroito International Airport and bus station stayed, oddly. Also the Blade Runner homage in the Sunrise Cafe was cut short, and the pilot now has a different narrative, adding more bits here and there, and a whole different ending, with more scenes mashed up to add exposition and increase the story's relationship with the I Ching (as in the source material). Isn't a bad cut at all, and it feels different, probably better than the original.
Well after seven episodes the show still is very weak. Bad acting, script errors, cheesy dialog. I was expecting so much of this show but a big let down so far. But i have to agree V was much worse.
more please, I am totally in for this!
to put it short and simple, I'd give it 15 out of 10 if I could
Completely raised the bar for video game adaptations. It's definitely the gold standard from here on out.
Situations are too forced, acting over the top, jokes are not funny. Too awkward.
Not the strongest episode of the season, definitely a bit bleak for a season finale but still enjoyable to watch with some both funny and sad moments. The overall second season was good and I enjoyed it.
I am looking forward to season three and I hope that people responsible for music are going to raise the bar once again ;)
Next Gen is a 2018 “Netflix” film with funding from Alibaba’s Movie division and produced by Baozou Manhua, an animation studio I haven’t heard of. When I say the film is from “Netflix”, what I’m actually saying is that Netflix paid 30 million for the world wide streaming rights, an insane amount. It’s apparently based on Wang Nima’s original webcoimic “7723”, with “7723” being the name of the main robot. I have not read “7723” but it has it’s own stories with recent issues with the Chinese government claiming it’s too vulgar and the site being taken down for a bit.
I’ll admit that movie’s semi-“Cassette Futurism” aesthetic is what got me curious. I love the retro design of 7723 & Mai the main protagonist. However, Netflix throwing down 30 Million for a movie from an “unknown” animation studio, based on a webcomic which seems to be in trouble with China’s government added to my interest in the film. The real questions, is it any good?
Next Gen isn’t a flawless movie and the plot is fairly simple, almost laid out from the beginning. The world has become obsessed with robots with everyone having Q-Bots, personal assistants. Pin, the guy that sells these robots is actually evil and has an evil plan that’s over the top. Mai & 7723 need to save the day and defeat evil guy. Straight forward. The story isn’t going to leave you questioning life or viewing the world in a new perspective. That being said it’s a really enjoyable movie with some nice emotional moments and actions scenes. Mai’s back-story and rebellious nature will probably resonate with those from broken homes, loss parents, not fitting in, etc… As well, the way they explained her hatred for robots and the reason her dad left was done nicely. I also like the way they ended her emotional journey, finally admitting her dad was kind of a piece of shit for leaving, and how she was ok with it. She’s still a little mad but ready to move on. It was just… nicely done.
Along with decent character building, the world is well developed and it seems the writers took a moment to think how this world would work if robots did everything, to a point that it’s ridiculous. Hell the ramen bowls are robots that compliment you when you eat them, weird but I loved it. In addition the the city which the story takes place in seems to be a future New York/Beijing. It looks like the team pulled inspiration from Ghost in the Shell, Blade Runner, & WALL-E. You get a cutesy world with fun little robots on the surface, yet in the background a Blade Runner-esc skyline with a dingy lower level with hints of cyberpunk (not overwhelming). I wanted to explore the city more and seeing as Netflix dropped 30 million for distribution of the film I wouldn’t be surprised if they want to push for a series. Not sure where they would go with the story.
I also want to take a moment to talk about the directors, Kevin R. Adams and Joe Ksander, who in my opinion did a great job. Multiple scenes had good shot composition and clever transitions, and the camera work in general was lively and kept the movie interesting. Despite the fact so many big budget animated movies are CGI, most of them seem boring and flat. I would also say the movie had good lighting which gave a few of the scenes a great atmosphere. Overall Next Gen was a tight, and a well put together film. I’m not sure if I’m over selling their work. Maybe because I was expecting this to be a generic Disney/Dreamworks/Illumination “safe” PG movie so I had lower exceptions, but I was actually pleasantly surprised. Speaking of PG…
One of the most surprising bits of this movie was the TV-PG rating in the US, which shows the freedoms you get when distrusting with Netflix. I’m no saint but this movie caught me off guard with it’s swearing, or its lack of swearing, honestly the way it was handled was something I haven’t seen in a PG movie before. You have characters like the Dog & Mom screaming shit, fuck, motherfucker, etc.. except that it's all bleeped out, with hard bleeps. Not your usual convenient truck passing-by drowning out the language. Hard bleeps, like “the [bleep] you say to me?”. Not that I disagree with reasoning behind the swearing. At the end of the movie when the villian is attacking Mai, the mom attacks the him screaming “get the fuck away from my daughter”, which is honestly the most mom/parent thing to do in a situation like that. I would be interested in watching the film uncensored.
Net Gen has some great moments, likable characters, interesting world, good enough story, a good English voice cast, and was a well put together film that feels like it came out of nowhere. I hope to see more of Wang Nima work and Baozou Manhua, if they can produce similar quality films. If you have Netflix and like animation, watch it. If you don't have Netflix I would still recommend you watch, get a one month subscription and binge a bunch of stuff including this movie.
Just finished watching this amazing show!
Great to see the new team work together to make things happen.
Good to see Graham connect with his Step Son even though he doesnt want Graham to connect with him.
Can't wait to see if we get to meet those two "racers" again as they obviously wanted to bring the doctor and the others with them
Anyways this was an amazing second episode of Dr Who more than what I expected with this episode and I'm hoping to see more!
P.S: Loving that new Tardis Design.
Cant wait this show is gonna be BIG!
Great movie, totally recommended! :)
What the hell is Bert eating? Looks like whipped cream and ketchup...
aww. zoidberg did something good
Much better than expected. It felt like they didn't quite know what it should be. Should it be taken seriously or not? Should it be drama or comedy or a mix of the two? Could have been real good if they had figured that out. I really liked the idea and the setting a lot. That carried the show. If you don't like the setting/idea you shouldn't watch it. It doesnt has mucch to offer aside from that but it has short episodes so you can give a try.
I feel like I'm in the minority when I say I liked the first season better.
Don't get me wrong, this season was very enjoyable and great character development but there was something missing for me...
Fairly average pilot.. a bit far-fetched. None of the actors speak German or Japanese, which kind of kills the realism (some of the soldiers are supposed to be American Nazi's, which is fair enough).
I might come back to it eventually.
