Would love to see this finished in some way. Just loved this show as a child.
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@2borno2b You're in luck. Some fans recently did a fan-made version of the final episode script.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1_6SeRRflo
A fun romp that manages to balance the high fantasy and the cheesiness well. It's not overly complicated, making itself pretty accessible while still paying enough homage for the die-hard fans. The use of practical effects was also a pleasure to see in this day and age. There will probably be a bunch of redditors that want to nitpick story-choices in comparison to actual game mechanics but they're forgetting the most important rule of D&D - the Rule of Cool.
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@the_argentinian Thanks for the comment. Here are a few examples:
- Jarnathan's costume - https://twitter.com/JohnFDaley/status/1642561067472629761
- Dragonborn puppeteering - https://twitter.com/JohnFDaley/status/1642622261332004864
- Orbiting Camera - https://twitter.com/JohnFDaley/status/1641997958504910851
Pride Month 1 film a day challenge:
#2
Where do I even start with this film.................................................... Gosh it's so lovely, it's making me want to cry.
I'm gonna have to do bullet-points cus there's so much i want to talk about.
The fact that this film is based on a novel written by a woman, it's written for screen by two women, directed by a woman, and has two incredible female leads.
The way it gets w|w love so perfectly right (probably due to reasons explained in point 1). It's shown through subtle looks and growing tension, through friendship, understanding and romance. The characters fit so well together. Each of them is a complex, multifaceted, well built character with their own struggles and strength, and they each bring out the best in one another. Jean helps Lydia see her worth, helps her see she can stand on her own. Lydia helps Jean let herself go, conquer her past and breathe out.
Charlie and the bee subplot - honestly amazing. This film said gay rights and bee rights and literally that's all we, the human race, should care about too. The recurring idea of a beehive being composed of mostly females, living in perfect harmony. The recurring theme of bees listening to you, and keeping your secrets. The way Charlie finds purpose in keeping them. The way the bees freaking save the day!!!!!!!!! Oh my god... a dream literally a dream.
Still on Charlie: the way the film destroys toxic masculinity with the figure of his absent father and the way he tells Charlie he needs to be a man, just because he cares about nature.
Annie's subplot: telling yet another woman's story, and adding a interracial relationship too. The scene where they force her miscarriage is haunting and really drives the point of how little women could dictate their own lives then home.
The photography!!!!!! Rural Scotland's a breathtakingly beautiful scenery, but there are countless gorgeous shots all around (when Jean's watching Lydia take a bath........................................... and she looks back......................... poetic cinema).
The only reason I'm not giving this a 10 is, whilst i understand the ending, i still don't think there was a big enough reason for them to end up apart. Just let them be together for god's sake.
9/10
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@2016moonlight
I totally agree with your review. And especially with point 7. I was totally disappointed. They should have lived happily WITH each other. Not separate.
I'm enjoying it so far (3 episodes in), but I want to rate it higher just because it's upsetting so many people that don't like shows about empowered women
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@adashovelace That is, unfortunately, the norm, but especially so on Trakt. It's heavily male dominated with a certain 'nerdy' flavour. Certain stereotypically male TV shows will show support that seems unprobably high, and vice versa.
Something common here is that people watch one episode, decide they hate it, and rate the entire show down (rather than the episode) as a result. There will have been people who immediately jumped to giving this a 1/10 because they don't understand how a useful system works. I think that is mostly gender-neutral and happens on any show, just compare the rating of a new series with the ratings on the first few episodes. It's typical to see a 60/80 split, for example.
However, whenever there is is a woman featured as the prominent character on the poster, the series rating goes down. If they aren't conventionally attractive, the rating goes down. If the description features anything you could construe as strong-female-lead, the rating goes down. Most of all, if someone watches half the first episode and discover there's a joke directed at a man, an LGBT+ person exists, male actors predominately play side characters, etc, etc, etc then it suddenly because "woke shit" and that moron will rate it a 1/10, artificially deflating the rating due to incomprehensible bigotry.
This site has a lot of it. I have come across literal Nazis in the comments of pro-Nazi propaganda movies from the 30s, and the admins on the site don't do anything when it's reported, so having some way to counteract bigotry when it comes to a handful of shows that involve women or minorities is not something I see them attempting to address.
For me personally, I find it annoying that I can't get an idea of a show at first glance. The ratings don't mean much, good shows get buried, and the comments can be a cesspit. This show could genuinely be awful, but if embarrassing men are commenting about how triggered by wokeness they are, then how am I meant to tell?
I agree with others... I sense a lot of hate against men in this, which is kinda sad. But it is still interesting to watch. I just wish it had more creativity in terms of abilities than just electricity. Then again, we're only a few episodes in, so it could evolve.
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There has been a lot of hate against women throughout history, why aren't you (and men) protesting against that first?
This nonsense needs to stop.
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@felixgotrek yeah dude these two have no taste
This nonsense needs to stop.
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@lyndeda let me help you. Dont watch it. Problem solved.
@drumnugget what? is the perfect union of carl and rick, much needed light among the darkness of the other characters. i actually like her.
