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I was hoping to watch some Clone Wars and Rebels before diving into Ahsoka but the pull was too strong for my son who has been dying to start watching. We’ve now watched 2 episodes and it’s been awesome. My son is like a Star Wars encyclopedia and it has been so much fun watching him get excited about Easter eggs and plots/characters that I am totally clueless about. It’s been like having a professional guide who has a 12 year old’s sense of wonder and excitement. Absolutely loving it so far and can’t wait to get caught up.
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@flannel-slut said in TV:
Only three episodes in but so far Netflix’s One Piece has been an outstanding adaptation from the manga
I've never seen the anime or read the manga, but Mrs H and I finished season 1 of One Piece last night and really enjoyed it. It's completely bonkers.
I gather the original creator of the manga was closely involved in the production of this one (in contrast with the abysmal live-action adaptation of Cowboy Bebop, stick with the original anime on that one) which probably explains why it was so much better.
Take the dive...
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@EdH completely bonkers sums it up nicely (similar to the tone of the anime). The casting and character portrayal is perfectly over the top. I did not look into if the creator was involved with the live action but they manage to cut out a lot of the filler while keeping the essentials.
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Too much to watch too little time but Gen V is def on the radar
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good plug @endo we are watching this one too. The Haunting of Hill House has a lot of these same actors and it's one of my favorite series ever made. I've watched that one 3 times and still find new ghosts creeping in the background of scenes that I hadn't seen before.
They take the same approach in this show with a ghost peering around a corner during a scene that you may not catch.
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Mrs H and I finished season 2 of Wheel of Time. I think I preferred it to Season 1. It's been years since I read the books but the interpretation of the source material seemed closer to what was presented. As ever, the books are superior, but it was a good watch. For the uninitiated though, it can be quite dense with all the terminology they use. I had to translate a lot of the jargon for Mrs H so that she could follow along at points. If you've read the books you'll have had so much exposure to words like "Tarmon Gai'don" and "Tel'aran'rhiod" and "ter'angreal" that it will all come flooding back to you.
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@EdH Dude, I really liked the live-action Cowboy Bebop. It's a far cry from the source material, but I thought it was entertaining in it's own right.
It's nearly impossible to compare manga/anime/cartoon/videogame adaptations to live-action. I've found it's best to leave my expectations at the door and consider it an almost entirely separate thing.
Having said that, I'd like to exercise my right to double-standard - the new Little Mermaid was way off base. When children immediately proclaim "That is NOT Ariel!", then you have goofed up, Disney.
"The greatest obstacle to living is expectancy, which hangs upon tomorrow and loses today...The whole future lies in uncertainty: Live immediately."
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@WhiskeySandwich said in TV:
Dude, I really liked the live-action Cowboy Bebop. It's a far cry from the source material, but I thought it was entertaining in it's own right.
It's nearly impossible to compare manga/anime/cartoon/videogame adaptations to live-action. I've found it's best to leave my expectations at the door and consider it an almost entirely separate thing.You're not wrong, Mrs H enjoyed it, but then she hasn't seen the anime (and has this weird bias against anime that she doesn't hold for Western adult cartoons). I do try to leave my expectations at the door in most cases, but occasionally whatever it is I'm watching makes such a hash of things I can't help but feel I'd rather be watching the original.
I suppose what I was trying to say in a very clumsy way was, when there is so much choice on what to stick on in the evening, why settle for an inferior adaptation when the superior original is also available?
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@EdH I get what you're saying and it's a great point. This applies to so many spin-offs, sequels, and reboots too. At some point you just decide "I've seen enough", and that point is different for everyone depending on how much material they crave. There are also times when shows have gone on FAR too long just because they've become popular/profitable. I can appreciate when a writer has a story to tell and gets it done in 3 (arbitrary number) seasons, and doesn't draw it out. Source material/original versions generally are superior though, and I fully agree, adaptations are usually inferior.
"The greatest obstacle to living is expectancy, which hangs upon tomorrow and loses today...The whole future lies in uncertainty: Live immediately."
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For a recommend, on Apple TV+, go with The Crowded Room.
Tom Holland is brilliant in it and shows off with his range quite a bit. I'll try to avoid spoilers but the story is centred on a young man, Danny (Tom Holland), in jail following a shooting in the middle of NYC. With his trial approaching, and detectives at a loss, an ambitious young academic psychologist Rya (Amanda Seyfried) is brought in to interview the suspect. Danny recounts his life story leading up to the shooting, slowly revealing his troubled past to Rya and us, the audience. There's a twist (that by the time it comes, I think you're supposed to see coming a mile off), but what was interesting was that the story doesn't end once the twist is revealed, and you get to see the fallout of the revelation for all the characters.
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@WhiskeySandwich said in TV:
I can appreciate when a writer has a story to tell and gets it done
Fully agree here. I greatly appreciate mini-series these days. A full season gives you long enough to tell a tight plot while examining all the characters fully.
Plus there's nothing worse than a cliff-hanger ending to a show that gets cancelled due to, for instance, Netflix's arcane engagement metrics.
