Plus, the first 3 minutes? Holy crap. In just 3 minutes they essentially set up the background of what happened in a way that the game never did. It's actually quite brilliant. They don't get too deep into anything, but just put out enough science that makes everything make sense and you don't really feel the need to question what happened or what's going on.
Ravenprose said:I just watched the first three episodes of the Willow series. I'm enjoying it quite a bit so far.
I went back a finished the rest of the episodes. Wow did it go downhill fast, lol.
The first episode wasn't bad, but that seems to have been the best they had to offer so far. The most recent episode, the third, just came to a screeching halt.
Not reading the book may have been a blessing though. It seems that most people who have read it are furious with the liberties they've taken. Lots of important characters are being cut out, characters that remain often seem very one dimensional, and despite the fact that the show takes place in New orleans, not a single person has an appropriate accent. There are no cajun, new orleans, or Southern accents.
We somehow started watching 'That 90's Show'. It's ok, although I don't favour the odds of it ever getting a second season. It's basically the exact same show as 'that 70's show', only the kids are now (partially) the kids of the original cast. Whenever the original cast is on screen it's great, but when it's only the new faces, it all falls kind of flat. It doesn't help that the 2 main characters' performance is pretty bad. They're just not convincing and their interactions are always wooden.
I guess the show was always going to have a hard time. The original kids were all great -albeit very stereotypical- characters, but they couldn't just replace them with carbon copies so they ended up with a less interesting and less defined cast.
I've since read a couple reviews, and I think what's resonated most is that the better ones remind everyone that the original had perfect casting and the group had chemistry from day one. That seems to be the missing ingredient on this show.
Thank you for more eloquently stating what I was trying to communicate. Well said.
We watched 'The Pale Blue Eyes' a Netflix produced (and thus exclusive) movie featuring Christian Bale. It was the first Netflix film we saw that wasn't utter shite. I actually enjoyed it and would even dare recommend it.
I enjoyed the girst episode myself.
It would be great if Richard Moll (Bull) had a cameo on the new show at some point.
It certainly weird to see Dan in his seventies. I honestly think he should've been the judge.
Youtube. Double Fine Doc on the making of psychonauts 2. I don;t care about the game at all, but it's a very interesting doc about making video games. I am up to chapter 12.
I don't think I'm going to watch season 2 after this though. I did find myself kind of bored with the last three episodes as they all played it pretty safe and stuck very close to the source material, whereas they were giving out a lot more backstory and taking a few more licenses with the first half of the season.
I'm rewatching Polar Bear Café (or Shirokuma Café). It's about a café, of course, but it's also about a lazy, narcissistic panda who works at the zoo as an exhibit.
By Miu Watanabe.