Mexal Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 Just now, red snow said: Onboard if it's a netflix film. Not sure it could sustain a series although who knows from trailer It's a 10 episode series. I'm there for the fight scenes. If Into the Badlands can do it, so can this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red snow Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 1 minute ago, Mexal said: It's a 10 episode series. I'm there for the fight scenes. If Into the Badlands can do it, so can this! I'd rather have a 2 hour intense martial arts movie than a netflix "2 hour movie stretched over 10" but hopefully this bucks the stereotype. "Warrior" easily sustained its run and it'd be nice to have some more action on screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astromech Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 More importantly, where can one buy that "Kung Foodie" t-shirt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorral Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 https://deadline.com/2019/07/peaky-blinders-season-5-update-interviews-steven-knight-sam-claflin-helen-mccrory-1202652031/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChampion Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 JMS is working with Brandon Sanderson on an urban fantasy series for USA Networks. Whatever it is I'll be watching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncalagonTheBlack Posted July 25, 2019 Author Share Posted July 25, 2019 The Capture | Trailer - BBC The Righteous Gemstones (2019) | Official Trailer | HBO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 On 7/24/2019 at 4:46 PM, Zorral said: https://deadline.com/2019/07/peaky-blinders-season-5-update-interviews-steven-knight-sam-claflin-helen-mccrory-1202652031/ Hope it's more like s1 and 2, and not like s3 and 4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorral Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 http://hollywood-spy.blogspot.com/2019/07/king-arthur-is-black-and-merlin-viking.html Netflix's Cursed, featuring the legendary figure of Nimue, has a black King Arthur. Photos at the link above. 37 minutes ago, BigFatCoward said: Hope it's more like s1 and 2, and not like s3 and 4. Well, in some ways, it cannot be, since the times are very different time. Focus on the fascist rise of the thirties and Mosley, for one thing. It does sound interesting though. The interesting part of the piece for me is that it confirms 7 seasons of PB; the 6th season is already being written. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HexMachina Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 49 minutes ago, BigFatCoward said: Hope it's more like s1 and 2, and not like s3 and 4. I found S3 decent but a step down, S4 was pretty...ugh though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red snow Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 5 hours ago, SpaceChampion said: JMS is working with Brandon Sanderson on an urban fantasy series for USA Networks. Whatever it is I'll be watching. Curious. Certainly worth a look. Sensate showed JMS can do "urban SFF". Hopefully USA network more supportive and in control of budgets 1 hour ago, Zorral said: http://hollywood-spy.blogspot.com/2019/07/king-arthur-is-black-and-merlin-viking.html Netflix's Cursed, featuring the legendary figure of Nimue, has a black King Arthur. Photos at the link above. I'm already tired of the arguments this will cause and distract from whether the show is good or bad. Particularly as it's supposed to be about Nimue and not the skin colour of king arthur. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartofice Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 3 minutes ago, red snow said: I'm already tired of the arguments this will cause and distract from whether the show is good or bad. Particularly as it's supposed to be about Nimue and not the skin colour of king arthur. I’m almost certain it will be terrible and it will have very little do ahistorical casting decisions. I can only think of the movie Excalibur as an example of a good Arthurian adaptation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ran Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 The Merlin miniseries with Sam Neill and Rutger Hauer (RIP) was pretty decent, as I recall. But yes, Excalibur is to date the only adaptation that really lived up to its potential, IMO. This is a Frank Miller creation, so... I admit there's a lot of trepidation when one says that, these days. He's not produced anything really exceptional in, I'd say, a couple of decades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartofice Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 Just now, Ran said: The Merlin miniseries with Sam Neill and Rutger Hauer (RIP) was pretty decent, as I recall. But yes, Excalibur is to date the only adaptation that really lived up to its potential, IMO. This is a Frank Miller creation, so... I admit there's a lot of trepidation when one says that, these days. He's not produced anything really exceptional in, I'd say, a couple of decades. I remember seeing the Sam Neil one and I don’t think it has aged at all well. There are so many Arthurian adaptations and for some reason they all seem to get it wrong. They either go super stupid like Guy Ritchie or they try to make it realistic like the Clive Owen movie. Excalibur I think got the balance right, though it’s not perfect, of something that feels historical but also deeply weird and mystical. It reminds me of an English Conan movie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorral Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 7 minutes ago, Ran said: The Merlin miniseries with Sam Neill and Rutger Hauer (RIP) was pretty decent, as I recall. But yes, Excalibur is to date the only adaptation that really lived up to its potential, IMO. This is a Frank Miller creation, so... I admit there's a lot of trepidation when one says that, these days. He's not produced anything really exceptional in, I'd say, a couple of decades. Yet Excalibur descended into idiotic depths for entire sequences even so, or have we all forgotten? (I haven't.) I would really like to see Cornwell's Arthurian series get put up on screen, with the same skill as has been done with his Last Kingdom books. A great deal of the problems, as we'll doubtless see again with Cursed, is centering kids, in what are really adult sensibility material. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ran Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 Just now, Zorral said: Yet Excalibur descended into idiotic depths for entire sequences even so, or have we all forgotten? (I haven't.) You must have watched some other Excalibur. Can't recall anything I'd ever see as idiotic in that film. It captured the worldview embedded in medieval romances better than just about any other film I can think of, and Boorman's artistry is nearly unmatched in genre film. Just now, Zorral said: I would really like to see Cornwell's Arthurian series get put up on screen, with the same skill as has been done with his Last Kingdom books. Found The Last Kingdom merely okay, myself, and didn't continue past the first season. Cornwell's work doesn't really sing to me, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartofice Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 1 hour ago, Zorral said: Yet Excalibur descended into idiotic depths for entire sequences even so, or have we all forgotten? (I haven't.) It definitely gets weird in a 70's way, but I don't think it was idiotic either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corvinus85 Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 I have the feeling this Cursed series will be in the vein of Guy Ritchie's King Arthur movie, with exaggerated action, over-the-top and ultimately weak special effects, and a flimsy tale, mostly 2D characters, but somehow coming together okay, though ultimately better off if not associated with Arthurian mythology, at all. I wonder, will the villains wear red because they're called the Red Paladins, or will they still wear the traditional black leather? There's probably going to be a Green Knight fighting his/her own private war against the Red Paladins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorral Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 Ye innernet disagrees with you and agrees with me. For just one instance: https://www.toplessrobot.com/2009/03/the_10_most_ridiculous_adaptation_of_arthurian_leg.php Google with Excalibur hilarious stupid ridiculous and you will find lots of others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartofice Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 7 hours ago, Zorral said: Ye innernet disagrees with you and agrees with me. For just one instance: https://www.toplessrobot.com/2009/03/the_10_most_ridiculous_adaptation_of_arthurian_leg.php Google with Excalibur hilarious stupid ridiculous and you will find lots of others. Oh good. ‘The internet’ Must be correct then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red snow Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 10 hours ago, Ran said: The Merlin miniseries with Sam Neill and Rutger Hauer (RIP) was pretty decent, as I recall. But yes, Excalibur is to date the only adaptation that really lived up to its potential, IMO. This is a Frank Miller creation, so... I admit there's a lot of trepidation when one says that, these days. He's not produced anything really exceptional in, I'd say, a couple of decades. Didn't realize it was connected to Frank Miller, expectations plummet along with my assumption it might be from a female character's perspective. I've got mixed up thinking it was an adaptation of a novel but maybe morgane le fey was the focus there? I noticed prince valiant, the cartoon, is streaming on Amazon now. No idea how it's aged but it was excellent back in the 90s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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