AncalagonTheBlack Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Comic-Con TRAILER (2015) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XH40EowbTz8 Described as a "genre-bending martial arts series", Into the Badlands will be loosely based on the classic Chinese tale Journey to the West. AMC has ordered 6 one-hour long episodes of the action-drama developed by AMC Studios for a premiere in November 2015 http://deadline.com/2015/07/into-the-badlands-premiere-date-comic-con-1201474251/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corvinus85 Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 It looks pretty good. I just hope someone explains why there are no firearms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Bauer 24 Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 It looks pretty good. I just hope someone explains why there are no firearms."Genre bending martial arts series". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corvinus85 Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 "Genre bending martial arts series". Equilibrium Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickeen Stark Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Equilibrium Love that movie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veltigar Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 This seems really cool :) I'll keep an eye on this one :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Pepper Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 This looks sort of cool. Also awesome to see a show with an Asian lead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mexal Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 I'm digging it. I'll definitely check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red snow Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 This seems really cool :) I'll keep an eye on this one :) Is that just because Equilibrium was mentioned? Glad to see AMC try something different and it definitely looks different. This looks sort of cool. Also awesome to see a show with an Asian lead. Refreshing although maybe not as much of a leap given martial arts tropes. It looks pretty good. I just hope someone explains why there are no firearms. If it hadn't been for the motorbike and burned out car I'd have said "alternate history". I'm guessing it's more a weird post-apocalypse setting although that scares me as I then recall "revolution" and their "no electric" setting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterOJ Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 Looks pretty cool. I'm on board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veltigar Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 Is that just because Equilibrium was mentioned? It certainly helps :p but the trailer just looks cool ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fez Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 Interesting looking. Of course, I don't get AMC, so I'll just have to hope it eventually shows up on Netflix. That fight on top of the car at the end made me deeply confused as to when this is supposed to be taking place though. Also, is it supposed to be earth or some fantasy land? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drawkcabi Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 Watched the first episode thought the fight choreography and cinematography was fantastic but was a bit bored with the story.The scene in the rain...all I could really think of was Joe Flaherety coming out of that car in the rain and saying "Are you Marty McFly?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astromech Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 I was entertained more with the choreography and setting/style than the story. The kid is annoying and I had too many Enter the Dragon flashbacks at the baron's. It looks like it could be an entertaining show if you don't think too much about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red snow Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 I was entertained more with the choreography and setting/style than the story. The kid is annoying and I had too many Enter the Dragon flashbacks at the baron's. It looks like it could be an entertaining show if you don't think too much about it.Glad it looks good and the fights live up. To be honest given Millar and Gough's other work of which "smallville" is by far the highlight (and I stopped watching that after 2 seasons) I don't have much hope regarding story. Looking forward to checking this out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morpheus Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 Hard to gauge how harshly it should be judged, I suppose it is all about the fight choreography, as a genre Kung Fu films are not always shinging examples of great storytelling. The script was not too good and some of the acting was awkward. They have a lot of work as far as world building is concerned. I didn' t know it was Smallville guys, I may have given it a pass, for now I am not on board for another epsidoe yet, I may give it a few weeks and see what people are saying. The choreography was nice though and surprisingly brutal and bloody, I was expecting it to be more of a Crouching Tiger, bloodless dance thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterOJ Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 I was entertained by it. But, I also enjoy a fun kung-fu movie, so it was right in my wheelhouse. I know the huge audience lead-in from TWD is probably a good thing for the show, but IMO, the two programs are so stylistically different that it makes it hard to watch them back-to-back. I did that last night and found it jarring. Next week, I think I will wait a day or two and watch Into The Badlands on my DVR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch-MaesterPhilip Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 I tapped out halfway through to watch Easy Money. I am going to give it another chance later in the week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martini Sigil Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 Bunraku as a weekly TV series....Personally, I thought this was a shit-ton of fun.... the choreography was terrific, the villains perfectly over-the-top and they even managed to throw in a little story....lol. I loved it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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