07-27-2019, 05:19 AM | #1 |
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Deserves it's own thread.
Couple episodes in and I'm loving it. Great adaptation of the comic. Cool that they got Simon Pegg as Hughie's dad, since Hughie was based around Pegg. |
07-27-2019, 09:51 AM | #2 |
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Im starting it tomorrow. Very hyped for it
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07-27-2019, 05:09 PM | #3 |
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Think I read about the comic years ago, "Mothers Milk" is definitely a memorable name. Amazon Prime too, so one I can definitely watch.
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07-27-2019, 05:16 PM | #4 |
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Most of the characters are spot on, and really great. Hughie isn’t Scottish but they still captured the personality of the character really well. Butcher, Homelander, and Starlight are the standouts so far. Theyre adapted from the comic excellently. Only disappointment is Frenchie. He’s not the happy go lucky crazy guy he is in the comics. In this, he’s more or less just really strung out.
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07-27-2019, 05:20 PM | #5 |
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It’s not quite as over the top as the comic, but some of that stuff wouldn’t work as well on screen anyway. I think they found a really good medium in between keeping the story grounded and the crazy shit from the comics.
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07-27-2019, 05:42 PM | #6 |
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Hughie isn't how it would be pronounced in Scotland anyway.
Shoe or Shoe-E is how we say it. Like what you put on your feet. Like if you're calling a pig. |
07-27-2019, 06:45 PM | #7 |
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I was talking about the character, not the name.
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07-27-2019, 06:46 PM | #8 |
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Also, What is calling a pig?
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07-27-2019, 07:21 PM | #9 |
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Suuuuuuuuueeeeeeeeeeeeey
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07-27-2019, 07:21 PM | #10 |
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07-27-2019, 07:44 PM | #12 |
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07-27-2019, 07:48 PM | #13 |
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Going to re-subscribe and dig in after Ip Man 3 finishes.
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07-29-2019, 08:51 PM | #14 |
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Just watched the opener. Kripke has a homerun on his hands.
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07-30-2019, 05:37 AM | #15 |
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I like what they've done with Stillwell here. In the comic (where the character is a male) he is a perfectly flawless, corporate machine who is always ten steps of everyone else, allt he way to the end. Which is very impressive and all that, but it also leads to him being a bit one dimensional.
They gave Madelyn just enough vulnerability to be more interesting, while keeping that cool calculated strength needed to give orders to living gods. |
07-30-2019, 08:09 PM | #18 |
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Everything's going to be fine now, Karl Urban will fix it.
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07-30-2019, 08:48 PM | #19 |
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First episode is totally bonkers...
Good casting, particularly Anthony Starr - his expression looks so nefarious for a hero Erin Moriarty is good casting too, vulnerable yet formidable is a tough one to pull off. Take note Marvel, this was missing from *Cap'n Maveral. I'm enjoying this, it's all upside down and back to front but it all seems familiar until you're shown what's up. This one is going to lead me down dead ends and false corridors before it's over. |
07-30-2019, 08:55 PM | #20 |
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*Overheard a foreign guy say this the other day, was fantastic.
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07-30-2019, 10:36 PM | #21 |
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I thought this was going to be extremely bleak but it's hilarious too. I mean I'm not one for gore but I can handle it if it's as ridiculous as what I just saw.
I'm 3 episodes in and this programme hasn't settled into one definitive style yet. It's like a comedy and a thriller with occasional extreme violence. |
07-30-2019, 11:40 PM | #22 |
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Kripke has really taken what he learned from supernatural and harnessed it here. He manages to juggle genuine levity without compromising the sting of the razor sharp social commentary. I dont know how long they can keep the stakes this high but right now the show is aces. |
07-31-2019, 12:37 AM | #23 |
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Elizabeth Shue probably doing her best work since "Leaving Las Vegas" here.
She's not chewing scenery either, she's completely at ease in the character. Erin Moriarty is equally adept at this as is Anthony Starr and the more I see him I really quite like the Quaid guy playing Hughie. Karl Urban is solid as a rock and carrying a sizeable share of the comedy on his shoulders, it's always great to have Karl Urban as he is shamefully underrated. |
07-31-2019, 12:46 AM | #25 |
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Ahahahaha the cameos are appropriately brilliant.
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07-31-2019, 01:01 AM | #27 |
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The deep is probably my favorite character. Lost my shit at both of his attempts to save sea creatures.
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07-31-2019, 01:45 AM | #28 |
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I like how all of the superhero names are total shit. The Black Noir, The Deep, Homelander...
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07-31-2019, 05:41 PM | #29 |
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I keep thinking the wrong people are responsible for the shit that's going down... I'm well impressed with the way this has been put together. So creepy and grim and I am leaving with some weird, weird boners.
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07-31-2019, 05:49 PM | #30 |
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"Never has a man thrown his life away so completely as you have today"
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07-31-2019, 05:59 PM | #31 |
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Romeo and Juliet had nothing on these two.
You think you're getting one thing, you get another. You assume the tone and they flip it on you every time. This is a perfect show. |
07-31-2019, 06:12 PM | #32 |
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That ending is going to make waiting for the second series a real bastard.
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07-31-2019, 09:25 PM | #33 |
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this is the ep i was waiting on. First two establish the world and the stakes. 103 slows things down and lets us see the characters live in the world they set up. This is more representative of what the show will be long tern. Well paced show. Really knows what its doing. Structurally this is very well constructed tv. |
07-31-2019, 09:56 PM | #34 |
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I love the way it flips through genres, some scenes completely mislead me into thinking I was going into a horror, comedy, thriller or action scene and then completely changed within moments.
I haven't read the source material but I take it there is an ending to all of it because the wiki page says it ran 72 issues and hasn't been continued. That's a positive sign to me after the way GoT ended. |
07-31-2019, 10:00 PM | #35 |
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I do prefer shows that have an ending and build toward it. Its hard to see past success though. Most shows end up stretching for extra seasons even after their story is ready to end. How I Met Your Mothers final 2 seasons for example.
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07-31-2019, 11:02 PM | #38 |
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Arghhh I have to check the Wiki page now
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08-01-2019, 01:06 AM | #40 |
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The show is a lot better than the book to be honest. The book is pretty good for a laugh most of the time, and there are genuinely great characters, but it's a bit up it's own ass, and at times feels more concerned with shitting on superheroes for the sake of it instead of telling the story.
It's a common problem with Garth Ennis cause at times he's more concerned with using his characters as his own personal soapbox. Butcher and Jesse Custer are literally the same fucking character. Two hard bad asses who constantly go on rants about something or other because something triggered Garth that day. Like, don't get me wrong, Garth Ennis is a great writer, but he'd be a lot better if he wasn't so concerned with constantly telling people his opinions on everything. |