More, more, more. I could watch hours of this stuff. It really shows how much respect all those people have for the source material. They see this not just as something that is there to make them money. And that makes all the difference in the world.
Seeing George on set with Grogu put a HUGE smile on my face.
Feels similar to Gantz, just without aliens or monsters
I keep wondering how horny she is and then i remember how i would be almost touching myself over hot actors lmao
Omg Big fucking mouth all she had to do was keep quite unbelievable
Every episode this season is absolutely Terrible! CBS, please just stop! Discovery is done. I love the Star Trek shows & this ain’t it! Just call this prog discovery & leave the Star Trek bit off, coz discovery isn’t even close to the high standards the normal Star Trek series has set.
pailfull acting, terrible dialogs, laughable action scenes, and lazy plots. sad to see that my favourite action show has come to this.
from hunting international nuclear terrorists to neo natzis MMA fighters. really?!
Best episode ever. Old team meet new team.
Broke in and out of prison in less than 48 hours? Eat your heart out Michael Scofield!
Great episode. Tense all round. Having Clarissa back on the scene is definitely an interesting element. I felt for her previous story despite her very extreme methods.
Ok, bets are on. Will Sean Bean survive the entire second season? ;)
Let's bring The Hammer down !
O_O
I read somewhere they've already ordered 2 more seasons ! OMG, yes please !!
On the surface this film is about a group of people who have been labelled “villains”, working together to save the world. But really, this film is about one man and one man alone, he isn’t strong, but yet he defies all odds and sacrifices his life to save his friends. His only power is his bravery, he is the driver of the van and the main character of this film, Milton.
Here we go again - another mystery type show that will get cancelled before any answers or conclusions to the story.
legitimately such a visually stunning and fun entry into the action genre. the number of times bullets run out is one of my favorite aspects of the action sequences, but also there's a scene later on that, combined with mary elizabeth winstead's increasingly horrifying deterioration, puts this on my body horror list. it's not a horror, but it's pretty and there's bodies being horrific, so it works. i'm really digging the recent action films that use just enough stylistic choices borrowed from video games to bump up the immersion.
when i was checking on who the stunt coordinators were i saw some Highly Bitter articles calling this a john wick clone but honestly every action movie follows a formula because the formula works and being poisoned with radiation is a great reason for revenge even if it didn't involve a dog.
also, i don't even fucking care i loved that ridiculous car chase scene
The plot kept me interested throughout the whole movie, with a good twist, the fighting was decent and I was very charmed by Miku Martineau her performance. And it’s small things that make me love it: the way Japanese characters speak Japanese to each other (I hate when movies make non native English speaking characters talk English to each other) how you hear only Japanese music in this movie set in Japan or how people actually run out of ammo frequently while shooting their guns. I think it’s a very well done movie over all.
It also gave me a little bit of a Cyberpunk 2077 vibe but I’m not sure if that’s just cause of the neon lights, the protagonist with a time limit cause they’re dying thanks to a mission gone wrong, the powerful Japanese as the antagonist or because there’s someone named V. Also fun but unrelated: BAND-MAID are in this!! My favorite rock band!!!
Absolutely hated the seizure/motion sickness inducing night scene. I would've much preferred the infamous "I can't see anything" dimly lit cinematography from The Long Night episode of Game of Thrones.
But I loved everything else, especially the tug-of-war. The cast is just phenomenal and the way Number 1 delivers the monologue and his team transforming into warriors is easily the best scene to date.
AND IT'S CONFIRMED!! You don't understand how much I enjoyed hearing Eugene (from Mr. Sunshine)'s voice come out from behind that mask during these episodes ahaha.
I maybe in the minority, but I appreciated Gaal's backstory. If any, I thought her backstory should've taken even more time. I find it astounding that a teen prodigy raised by a religious tribe can learn and grasp complex mathematical theories in few months to few years, from scraps of books and scrolls no less. While the first episode was visually stunning, it was emotionally sterile. Her backstory brought more emotional depth.
Jumps between the present day Gaal and Terminus were only occasionally effective, and mostly distracting. The episode should've focused on Gaal and Gaal only. A relative newcomer Lou Llobell delivers a stand out performance.
Back in Terminus, clumsily choreographed fight scenes aside, the crash was an amazing sight. Yes, the empire crew were blinded by arrogance and meet their demise all too easily, but man, the crashed looked awesome.
Salvor is starting to come into her own. No longer a tough-as-a-nail-misunderstood-star-child-warden, she's starting to embrace and understand her roles in Terminus.
Foundation is a complex sci-fi novel and while this adaption is dumbed down, it still pays a great respect to intellectual details, requiring more deliberate pacing and patience. But puzzle pieces are starting to fall into places.
Nailing the look and feel of the original. Love this! I get it, I'm a fan of the original animation as well, and nothing will ever take its place but I think this is a worthy adaptation. Only thing I'd change is Vicious.
There's something just not connecting for me here. It's a tonal shift from the original that I haven't been able to get past that I'm not sure I'd like even if I wasn't comparing it to its predecessor. It's corny, tongue in cheek presentation rather than stylized cool and fluid. I'm not sure that was intentional. It doesn't feel like it. It feels more like a lot of independently well made parts just not coming together to make a cohesive whole. That's unfortunate, as there are a lot of good design decisions made.
Edit after finishing season 1:
Normally, I try to separate the source material as much as possible from an adaptation or remake. But in a case like Cowboy Bebop, that's a lot easier said that done. The original isn't just a story or characters in a particular setting. It's a collective ensemble of music, tone, style, and writing that set it apart as something unique and inseparable from its parts. That's why people love it. All of those individual pieces are often chaotic, but riff off of one another like a jazz ensemble to make one of kind experience.
It's a tall order for anyone to try and replicate that into something new. If they pulled it off, it would have been amazing, but sadly, this series never hits that stride. The greatest strengths of this adaptation are the pieces of the original. The changes are questionable. The original content is mediocre at best.
I wouldn't have wanted a straight copy. So, I applaud them for making some bold decisions, but, at the end of the day, they just aren't good decisions. The injection of campy humor makes it feel like the best dialog is written by Michael Bay instead of something Tarantino-esque. Vicious feels more Viserys Targaryen than Deacon Frost. The best casting of all in Jet goes from being a disgruntled cop to an absentee father at the butt of jokes. The mystique of the characters' background is filled out with underwhelming and frankly boring rambling that takes away far more than it adds. Less is more would have gone so far here.
It's not completely awful. There are redeeming factors, but at the end of it. I'm questioned wondering do I like what's left because it's good or simply because of the echos of the original. That's a rough position for any content to sit in. Hopefully, they can find a different tempo that better matches their choices in season 2. That is if I can get over the new ending.
At this point I simply couldn't care less if it isn't exactly like the books, this show is setting a new standard for sci-fi and storytelling like The Expanse did a couple years ago or the Wachowski's did a few decades ago. Apple TV is winning the streaming war right now ( if we judge on quality )
How did they manage to make this episode even better than the others ! I hope the team behind this show goes on and makes way more stuff in the future.
LOL at the councilor still trying to figure out the child's puzzle all those years later.
I really don't understand why they left Ethan with a trained killer.
So the Queen played her hand which helped Kofun came to conclusion.
This episode was great, even I was ready for war after the Queen's speech. Please get rid of Sibeth, Baba please.
Amazing finale! Holy moly was that battle freaking epic. And then that ending 0_0.
This has easily become one of my favourite shows. The characters and cast are fantastic and this episode proves that. Baba Voss' battle speech made me want to pick up a sword and fight alongside him :grin:.
