[SilverEars]

I was on it about the lack of strategy, characters compared to the book - which is what 1150 pages? So it was never going to stack up in that way. As far as technically, it seemed like a good TV production, but well short of a full blown high budget movie type technology/film.

That's something I read online on reddit. I read that the producers weren't all that familiar with the source material.

This had me intrigued. They consistently say 'Attack on Titan' is the greater anime they've ever seen. I guess I will have to try to sit through it again to see if it hooks me. It already failed me once. I


What is it about this is so popular I wonder


Surprised that the host says Attack on Titan. lol I may probably fail again if I see, and say over-rated. I agree with the host, Slam Dunk is the best anime! lol He got good taste. lol Or we're probably a bit old-fashioned in our taste.

 

[bagwell359]

That's something I read online on reddit. I read that the producers weren't all that familiar with the source material.

So they skimmed the Cliff Notes? Often popular books don't resonate with me, but Shogun is classic. Not to mention Tai-Pan, Noble House and King Rat.

 

[tdockweiler]

The Courier - 7/10

New one on Netflix. Worth watching, but barely.
One thing that surprised me was the amount of sex/nudity in this one.
There is one scene that I couldn't believe Netflix allowed.

PS Still hoping Amazon Prime decides to release more seasons of "Documental".
They stopped airing them in the USA most likely because they were too "vulgar".
They're up to Season 12 in Japan and they're pretty hilarious.
My favorite is the all female version called "Joshimental".
Season 1 is better than ANY season of Documental!

It's a competitive reality comedy show where you have to eliminate other people by making them laugh.
The hard part is you yourself can't smile or laugh at your own jokes. If you do, you're out.
The winner gets a ton of money as a prize.

It's a rather bizarre show and some of the jokes are way over my head, but it's still very funny.

It seems to be so popular that fans made English subtitles for every season.

 

[SilverEars]

Docs like these are quite interesting.


It's interesting to hear about how Japanese Luxury vehicle came about. It's interesting what analysis went in to figure out the market.

 

[tdockweiler]

Power - 5/10

New Netflix documentary.
I was surprised how little I learned watching this documentary about the police.
I don't think it really gave me a whole lot to think about at all.
It was rather slow and not very interesting. The soundtrack is a bit annoying too.
I'm not giving it a low score because I disagree with anything it has to say.
If you want to see some good documentaries on similar subjects, check into those by Raoul Peck.
"Exterminate All the Brutes" from HBO and "I'm Not Your Negro" (one of the best documentaries ever made).
The last one is based on the writings of James Baldwin and is narrated by Samuel L. Jackson.
I liked it so much that I watched it twice in two days!

After watching that I went onto Youtube and watched every interview, speech and debate with James Baldwin I could find.
They're so good! I haven't read any of his books yet though.

 

[SilverEars]

And then another General Yi Sun-sin movie. I like the last one, so probably check this one out. I like the turtle ship for warfare.

Saw this. It was a bit drawn out, and didn't really introduce anything new besides what happens at the very end. I didn't like this one as much as Hansan. Hansan was the best one of the General Yi trilogy IMO. I would give this 6.5/10

Most exciting parts is when the turtle ship comes out for the purposes of ramming into the ships. I'm not sure if the first movie had turtle ships, which might be the reason why I didn't like it.

 

[Whazzzup]

jung_e 2024 netflix



a beautiful dystopian panorama sci fi. Sure the action drops for the drama but you get that vibe from the get go. Im rating this high as the slower pace is exactly what i want from my korean films, not frenetic shoot ups for the sake of it. 3.85 puffs out of 5

 

[SilverEars]

I feel lucky to have grown up in the 90's with such quality movies and music. lol I wonder if today's kids would feel the same if they saw something like this or is this an old fart talking? Would movies like this or the original Matrix, Jurrassic Park be considered quality in today's view or out-dated I wonder? For me, 90's was high art times. I think it was peak when content was made for sake of content free from politics.


Jan De Bont didn't have all hit list of movies, but he was great behind the camera, and this was his other movie I liked.


Another Dutch camera dude I liked was Anton Corbjin. Very stylish photography.

 

[Philimon]

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