@JohnnyShoulder Yeah, they filmed in Svalbard and it just provides a realness to the atmosphere that you couldn’t recreate in a soundstage. Colin Farrell spoke about how absolutely freezing it was but most of the cast and crew said it was a life changing experience being that far north. They mostly all did a full water immersion as well, which sounds horrible!
Stephen Graham is an icon and a real favourite of mine, you’re right in that he always delivers. He looks like a Dickensian baddie in this though with a top hat and strange mullet combo going on.
@nessisonett He is one of those actors that even in poor or average films, he always shines through. He has come along way from being Jason Statham's sidekick in Snatch!
Life is more fun when you help people succeed, instead of wishing them to fail.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt.
I finished Season 2 today of Netflix's Castlevania and REALLY enjoyed it.
Episode 7 was just perfect from start to finish
Man when Alucard and Dracula got to Alucard's room during the fight and Dracula just broke down, realising what he'd done and was doing? Ugh that hit me.
Not to mention Alucard at the end of the following episode/season 2 finale. There was some really good stuff here with James Callis.
I have no idea who that character is @JohnnyShoulder! I think they're from a later season but I'll look forward to seeing them soon enough.
I'm fond of the banter between Trevor and Spyha too and I really look forward to seeing that progress during season 3 & 4 especially with the cute way season 2 ended for them with them adventuring together... and maybe being romantically involved goibg forwards?
Carmilla is without a doubt a hoot @mookysam. I feel so bad for Hector though
Lied to and used by Dracula & then similarly lied to, used and berated by Carmilla AND with him then being chained and beaten up at the end of season 2? Uggh I feel for him. All he wanted was to live his life with his reanimated ugly cute puppies and kitty's 😝
Previously known as Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy
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"You don't have to save the world to find meaning in life. Sometimes all you need is something simple, like someone to take care of"
Apologies for the double posting but... Didn't wanna accidentally spoil anyone so I'm putting this in a different post
I decided to watch the first two episodes of that South Korean netflix show that seems to be getting a lot of traction as of late called Squid Game.
I watched the first 15 minutes of it with the English dub.
It... wasn't bad per say (The main character's va was the guy who voices Yagami/the protag of Judgement in english) but the translation/localisation seemed off and dare I say a bit lazy?
There seemed to be a lot more swearing in the eng dub compared to Korean and the voices didn't seem to quite fit the context of what was being shown on screen (which seems completely bizzare in 2021).
Soooo I switched to Korean.
And I really enjoyed it (it being the first piece of Korean media I've watched)
It took a little while to get properly into though regardless of dub or sub (about 30 minutes into the first episode) but by the end of the second episode I was hooked.
The main character Seong Gi-hun is REALLY quite the card you find out as you go through the first episode with his crippling debts and having to sign a waiver to his loan shark to sell his kidney in a month if he doesn't pay up, his broken family life (with his daughter he barely sees and can't even afford a present for her birthday) and being a lazy bum and mooching off his mother not to mention everything else that happens to him. And he's 48 years old 😂
All the main characters in fact are rather interesting and intriguing and I really wanna learn more about them with the second episode giving a nice look into all their backstories and troubles...
... But I fudging love the old guy (Number 001)
Despite everything that was going on... this guy. The smile on this guy's face whilst Gi-Hun and pretty much everyone was in a state of shock and fear of the macabre version of Red Light, Green Light being played and massacre that'd just happened with him properly playing the game? It just made me laugh so much
The score, direction & atmosphere were particular highlights and whilst the themes portrayed so far isn't anything I haven't seen before (with the whole classism angle) it's still a pretty good exploration of it none the less!
Previously known as Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy
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"You don't have to save the world to find meaning in life. Sometimes all you need is something simple, like someone to take care of"
@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy Ah, yeah I wasn't sure when he was introduced, so it is in season 3. In my head it was way earlier! 😂 I won't spoil who voices him, but you will probably recognise it. I thought the VO was generally excellent.
Life is more fun when you help people succeed, instead of wishing them to fail.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt.
@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy I was wondering when I’d see the first post on this show! Ive just got the one episode to go and it’s been quite the ride..
My Netflix started with the dubbed version which I changed instantly. The default subtitling is English CC which is closed caption and you’re better switching to plain English. The former gives you subtitles for everything including the music, tutting etc but the latter is dialogue only which I found better.
There’s also been some stuff online saying the CC subtitles are from the English dub and the English one is from the original script so there’s a little nuance in the translation.
You’ve got some cracking episodes to come though! In the second episode I was quite surprised at the move back to “real life” after the vote but it made it feel all a little more realistic.. as much as some bloodfest Korean battle royale can anyway!
I was slightly thrown that the penultimate episode was only 30mins compared to all the others being an hour though
@Thrillho@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy Joining in on the Squid Game bandwagon. Really enjoying it also. Finished episode 3 and it’s got me hooked. Also watching in Korean with subtitles (although I’m watching CC so looks like I need to change that) and it’s good this way, even though I typically prefer dubs. For some reason with anime dubs work better for me but for live action I prefer to hear the actors full performance in conjunction with the facial gestures. It’s also fun to hear the Korean lines delivered by the foreigner (I think he’s from Pakistan?).
I’m a little confused at some of the cultural games and activities which were mentioned. ‘Red light/green light’ is a game we play here in the States but episode 3 was new to me. I won’t spoil further but hopefully some of those games mentioned are introduced well for the Western audience
Look forward to comparing notes as I make it through the series.
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
Yeah after I switched to Korean I looked up about the English dub and subtitles and heard similar things @Thrillho.
I've been binging the series today and just finished Episode 6: Gganbu.
I'm an absolute wreck. Kang Sae-Byeok (number 076) and the other girl Ji-Yeong's (number 240) interactions during this episode. Sea's reaction and the following fallout upon Ji giving up and letting her win. Goddamn. Not to mention Gi Hun and Il Nam with Il pretending to have his dementia act up? That was rough. Don't even get me started on Sang Woo and what he did to Ali.
Yeah I'm usually one for a dub too @Th3solution in regards to games and anime.
For episode 3 I certainly hadn't heard of that honeycomb "game" either. It's hopefully not as deadly in real life! And yes Abdul Ali is from Pakistan Sol
Any favourite characters so far? 😄
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"You don't have to save the world to find meaning in life. Sometimes all you need is something simple, like someone to take care of"
@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy I’m with you and adore No 1. He’s so cute and also wise. Also enjoy the main protagonist, the girl (sorry, I’m bad with names 😅) who snuck in the knife and had stolen his money in the first episode, and Abdul Ali.
I’m also intrigued with the officer who infiltrated the complex. Hwang was it?. His looks like a really interesting arc brewing.
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
Despite being a teacher I'm terrible with names @Th3solution so don't worry about it
I remember the numbers they are more then the names (to be fair they only mention those once or twice whilst the numbers are always there) ... But I looked up the cast list and got the names from that when speaking about them 😅
Seong Gi-hun's the main protag. Like I said before he gives off a bit of a bad first impression with how much a shambles his life is in the first half of Ep 1 but he REALLY grew on me and by episode 3 and managing to get the umbrella from the honeycomb I'm rooting for the guy.
Kang Sae-Byeok is 076 (or pickpocket as I and Ghi-Hun) called her for the first few episodes til I finally learnt her name. Her actress was a model apparently before turning to acting and yeah... I can see that. 😶
You were right with Hwang (Or Hwang Jun-Ho for his full name) being the police officer. He's pretty cool and I quite like him myself. I do hope he finds his brother!
I quite like Han Mi-Nyeo (Number 212) as well. She's not a good person from what I've/you've seen so far (I really wonder if she does have a unnamed baby) but goddamnit I can't deny she's pretty entertaining with her performance
@Th3solution@Foxy-Goddess-Scotchy I'm just finished with the programme tonight but I'll wait until you've caught up before I talk about the ending and series as a whole!
Ah thank god loads of people also switched to Korean! The show is a solid 8/10 but drops to half that with the English dub switched on. Baffling how that got past so many producers with such poor quality
I thought Squid Game was ok
Also switched to Korean with the alternative English subs.
Btw, the concept is somewhat similar to Battle Royale, which is a film that basically started a whole video game genre. I recommend it if you haven't seen it.
@Voltan I kept thinking that it's something I find quite funny that characters in a battle royale show have never heard of such a thing; much like how every character in every zombie movie in existence has never heard of zombies!
Just finished watching season 1 of Marvel's Cloak and Dagger. This is such an amazing show so far, I really like the two protagonists and the dynamic between them. As characters, they're really interesting as well. Both experienced tragedies as kids, which is when they received their powers, and have completely different upbringings while still experiencing different problems in their day-to-day lives. To elaborate, one of them comes from a rather wealthy family, goes to a fancy school, but because he's black he still experiences discrimination due to the colour of his skin. The other person is white so she doesn't experience these issues, but she lives in poverty instead and has to steal in order to survive. Both go through different problems in life and I think it's great that the show focuses on these aspects in order to make you care more about them.
In terms of their powers, I'm actually impressed that the show doesn't just constantly overuse them. Instead, the characters solve their problems by mostly touching people and seeing their hopes and fears and using this knowledge against them. I think it's a very creative approach to combat evil instead of only using superpowers to take down the villains.
Another thing about the show that I absolutely love is the music. Coming off from Supergirl's terrible track choices, the soundtrack in Cloak and Dagger is a godsend. The music always fits the situation well and the tracks are really good, so much so that I'd actually listen to them in my free time. Here are some examples:
All in all, I'm very pleased with this show so far and I can't wait to start up season 2 soon!
@RogerRoger Thanks for the tag and the useful impressions on Mythic Quest and others. It sounds slightly disappointing that MQ didn’t lean into the game development / nerd culture enough to set it apart, because I honestly think the workplace comedy schtick has been so well done with The Office and 30 Rock, so I was hoping for better use of the favorable and unique setting.
But I think if time permits I’ll watch a couple episodes of Ted Lasso and see if it sticks. Not being a soccer fan, I’m not sure if the jokes will hit as hard for me.
But first I gotta get through Squid Game and Falcon and the Winter Soldier (yes, I’m still working through that, I’m embarrassed to say.)
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
I finished Castlevania the other day, and thoroughly enjoyed the whole thing. The ending was quite satisfying, although I do wish there was more of it. Season three is a little oddly paced compared to season two, but makes up for it in a thrilling couple of episode that cap off the season. Speaking of which, there were some surprisingly filthy moments in season three that I was not expecting from a cartoon (even one as violent and bloody as Castlevania).
Billy Nighy is great as Saint-Germain, but in season four sounds like he recorded his lines in his downstairs toilet over Zoom. Which he probably did, owing to the pandemic. My favourite character might actually be Isaac, as he has quite an interesting character arc. Sypha is also great, and I love her animations when she's in full-on battle mode with her spells flying around.
Next I might watch this Squid Game and see what all the fuss is about.
Binged watched all of the Star Wars Visions episodes yesterday morning. Despite being the "safest" premises I think "The Duel" & "The Elder" were amongst my favorites, though I thought "Lop & Ocho" was excellent too, and "the Bride" & "the Ninth Jedi" were very solid. Elsewhere I found myself enjoying the one with the little robot boy (can't remember the name) more than I thought I would, "the Twins" was fun but perhaps a bit OTT considering the source material, and though I appreciate it for doing something different I wasn't big on "Tatooine Rhapsody". Also, while it deserves credit for the unexpected ending, the last one wasn't one of my faves (though I'll admit I wasn't big on it's art direction, so that could have played a part).
Still, overall it's very much worth a look.
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