IlyaP Posted May 5 Share Posted May 5 On 4/19/2023 at 5:14 AM, AncalagonTheBlack said: Bloody hell, Amazon spending some crazy money on flop shows. This new one will flop as well. I mean Richard Madden and Priyanka Chopra are main leads. Two of the most wooden actors I've seen. Like it or not, initial data points to some positive results. Courtesy of Dark Horizons: Quote Amazon Studios head Jennifer Salke wrote on Instagram in a post today that the series debut, which hails from Amazon Studios and the Russo Brothers’ AGBO production company, has “attracted one of the largest global audiences in the history of Prime Video – such an incredible performance for new and original IP.” Salke did not elaborate further but Deadline indicates from production sources that the launch numbers for the series debut are behind only Prime Video’s “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power”. That show premiered with more than 25 million viewers in its first day, according to Amazon at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ran Posted May 5 Share Posted May 5 (edited) 16 minutes ago, IlyaP said: attracted one of the largest global audiences in the history of Prime Video Emphasis on "global". Priyanka Chopra has almost certainly brought in a large Indian contingent of viewers, and that's a huge market. The show is definitely aimed at action-spectacular focused audiences, of which there are many in Asia and particularly the Indian sub-continent. Edited May 5 by Ran AncalagonTheBlack 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IlyaP Posted May 5 Share Posted May 5 58 minutes ago, Ran said: Emphasis on "global". Priyanka Chopra has almost certainly brought in a large Indian contingent of viewers, and that's a huge market. The show is definitely aimed at action-spectacular focused audiences, of which there are many in Asia and particularly the Indian sub-continent. And as is easy to forget - we think that Tom Cruise is huge, but he's nothing compared to Shah Rukh Khan, for example. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divica Posted May 5 Share Posted May 5 2 hours ago, IlyaP said: Like it or not, initial data points to some positive results. Courtesy of Dark Horizons: It had a good start, but the story seems to be going downhill. FAST. From this ep and the trailler for the next one all things point to a huge and weird mess. I am amazed that the show is greenlit for a second season. AncalagonTheBlack 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IlyaP Posted May 5 Share Posted May 5 10 hours ago, divica said: It had a good start, but the story seems to be going downhill. FAST. From this ep and the trailler for the next one all things point to a huge and weird mess. I am amazed that the show is greenlit for a second season. It's bound for the shores of Spinofftopia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spockydog Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 Madden is proper shit. Doubt I'll bother with anything that casts him as a lead ever again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceChampion Posted May 6 Author Share Posted May 6 I will probably die of cringe if I watched this: ‘Stars On Mars’: Natasha Leggero, Ariel Winter, Lance Armstrong, Adam Rippon, Ronda Rousey Among Celebs Set For Fox Competition Series https://deadline.com/2023/05/stars-on-mars-natasha-leggero-ronda-rousey-lance-armstrong-cast-1235356154/ Also featuring McLovin and Shatner (as host/Mission Control). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nictarion Posted May 8 Share Posted May 8 3CityApache 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spockydog Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 2023! Had heard we had to wait until next year for this. Oooooooooh. Can't wait! Myrddin, Derfel Cadarn and ljkeane 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Which Tyler Posted May 18 Share Posted May 18 11 hours ago, Spockydog said: 2023! Had heard we had to wait until next year for this. Oooooooooh. Can't wait! Please be good Please be good Please be good Please be good Please be good Please be good ljkeane 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncalagonTheBlack Posted May 18 Share Posted May 18 1 hour ago, Which Tyler said: Please be good Please be good Please be good Please be good Please be good Please be good I'm not sure about the casting, most of them are young unknown actors. Only people I'm familiar with is Eddie Marsan who is very good in most things I've seen him in, the other is that bloke from Agents of Shield who does not give me King Arthur vibes at all. Plus it's an ITV show, and I've watched enough ITV dramas to know that they don't stand up to BBC dramas. Corvinus85 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartofice Posted May 18 Share Posted May 18 1 hour ago, AncalagonTheBlack said: Plus it's an ITV show, and I've watched enough ITV dramas to know that they don't stand up to BBC dramas. Oh. Yes this simply cannot be good. It is known. It's the hairstyles I always go by and this does not fill me with confidence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corvinus85 Posted May 18 Share Posted May 18 12 minutes ago, Heartofice said: Oh. Yes this simply cannot be good. It is known. It's the hairstyles I always go by and this does not fill me with confidence And Arthur's leather jacket with random bits of plate sewn on it. Which Tyler 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werthead Posted May 18 Share Posted May 18 6 hours ago, AncalagonTheBlack said: I'm not sure about the casting, most of them are young unknown actors. Only people I'm familiar with is Eddie Marsan who is very good in most things I've seen him in, the other is that bloke from Agents of Shield who does not give me King Arthur vibes at all. Plus it's an ITV show, and I've watched enough ITV dramas to know that they don't stand up to BBC dramas. It's an independent production made by Bad Wolf (His Dark Materials, the latest version of Doctor Who) and Sony, they simply sold it to ITVX in the UK and MGM+ in the US (which will be Amazon Prime everywhere else). I'm not too fussed about that. Iain de Caestecker is a very, very good actor, which Agents of SHIELD only seemed to twig halfway through its run. I think he can do Cornwell's version of Arthur - an older, middle-aged mercenary commander who is more strategic and less up-close and personal - reasonable justice. My primary concern is they don't get the assignment and just do a straight Arthur story, which would be a mistake. Keeping Derfel as the main character (the actor here is a strong up-and-comer, so that's promising), keeping Merlin as a lecherous old priest, keeping the mystical elements at far arm's length etc is important, otherwise there's no point to it. Which Tyler, Corvinus85 and Spockydog 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorral Posted May 18 Share Posted May 18 6 hours ago, AncalagonTheBlack said: it's an ITV show, and I've watched enough ITV dramas to know that they don't stand up to BBC dramas. Are they the ones that gave us that unwatchable, risible Britannia? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derfel Cadarn Posted May 18 Share Posted May 18 9 minutes ago, Werthead said: It's an independent production made by Bad Wolf (His Dark Materials, the latest version of Doctor Who) and Sony, they simply sold it to ITVX in the UK and MGM+ in the US (which will be Amazon Prime everywhere else). I'm not too fussed about that. Iain de Caestecker is a very, very good actor, which Agents of SHIELD only seemed to twig halfway through its run. I think he can do Cornwell's version of Arthur - an older, middle-aged mercenary commander who is more strategic and less up-close and personal - reasonable justice. My primary concern is they don't get the assignment and just do a straight Arthur story, which would be a mistake. Keeping Derfel as the main character (the actor here is a strong up-and-comer, so that's promising), keeping Merlin as a lecherous old priest, keeping the mystical elements at far arm's length etc is important, otherwise there's no point to it. I think Arthur was about 20-25 when he first appears in the books. Derfel was 15, Inassume they’re aging everyone up a bit. Caestecker was really good in Shades Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derfel Cadarn Posted May 18 Share Posted May 18 10 minutes ago, Zorral said: Are they the ones that gave us that unwatchable, risible Britannia? No, different people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartofice Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 (edited) So the reviews coming in for the new Indy movie are pretty... well they aren't very good. Seems that the best thing I've seen said about it so far is that it isn't as bad as Crystal Skull... which is the lowest form of praise I can imagine. Edited May 21 by Heartofice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadlines? What Deadlines? Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 Yikes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nictarion Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 5 hours ago, Heartofice said: So the reviews coming in for the new Indy movie are pretty... well they aren't very good. Seems that the best thing I've seen said about it so far is that it isn't as bad as Crystal Skull... which is the lowest form of praise I can imagine. Yeah, bummer. It sounds pretty bad. Killer of the Flower Moon on the other hand is getting heaps of praise from what I’ve seen so far. Can’t wait to see it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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