Just watched the first two episodes of Daredevil Born Again. I’m a huge fan of the Netflix series as well as the Punisher series so was crushed when Netflix chose not to renew both series.
It’s been a long road and I never thought we’d be back here but it’s so good to see Mr Murdock again and the good news is the series is as superb and violent as the original was back in 2015.
I already can’t wait till next week. Throughly recommend to anyone.
I’m spolied on the Netflix format of having the entire season ready to watch so I rather wait until all episodes are available but it’s good to hear it’s off to a good start.
first teaser for ALL YOU NEED IS KILL anime adaptation/reimagining.
(known best for the Edge of Tomorrow (Live Die Repeat) Tom Cruise film.)
This is news from January but its pretty cool and unique IMO
A trans actor putting in work to adapt one of their old roles from before they transitioned.
That’s neat.
I just finished Cobra Kai a couple of days ago. Banger show, 10/10, recommended. Shame it’s over. Especially because now I don’t have any other shows to watch.
Personally anything and everything and anything David Cage touched shouldn’t be adapted into television.
True, but if Page is gonna be a head producer/spearhead on this project, I’d bet they have a more progressive/respectful idea of the story’s portrayal at least of the main character to modify for a mew adaptation (some unfortunate misogynistic tropes and gratuitous shower scenes being the key Cage script for this one apparently)
Doctor Who’s latest season premieres April 12th! (Oh god, then The Last of Us 2 a day later to stab me in the gut with misery)
Seems like we’ll be getting a partially-animated episode? I hope that lasts for more than just one scene or two. I like seeing this series get creative (73 Yards from the previous season was top-tier mildly spooky)
Oh, and also, another “Russell T Davies writes New Doctor’s Second Series featuring a Companion who has a job in a Medical Field”… Hmmm… strange…
I hope that might have some significance, especially since they seem to go back to 2007 (Martha’s debut season, also a Doc.). But… RTD had lots of great mysterious puzzle pieces for a timey-wimey twist/reveal last season but it turned out none of those things mattered, have no explanation, and it (somehow??) wasn’t building up to anything sci-fi or timey, sooo… hmph better not get too excited… 
Ohh! Oh! Oh! Oh yeah!
Kyoto Animation is making CITY: The Animation – an adaptation of Keiichi Arawi’s other slapstick comedy manga, this time focused on a struggling college student
And gosh, they really haven’t lost their touch in recreating the artstyle from the source material.
(they are known for Nichijou: My Ordinary Life – same author – a slapstick, surreal comedy about various high-schoolers in a small town. And the animation goes extreme.)
Next season of True Detective looks amazing.
Haven’t there been reports that Ncuti Gatwa is leaving the series after this Season?
I haven’t watched since the anniversary episodes but I’ve been seeing people say Gatwas freshman season was rough.
I know Gatwas career has been on the rise, but I’m not in the loop with his Doctor Who outside of the series not being renewed for a Third Season cause the BBC is waiting to see how Season 2 pans out.
I’ve heard that Ncuti is planned to have 3 seasons overall.
And Disney is still mulling over whether to renew or support funding of a “Season 3” given the reception of the last one otherwise RTD and BBC have some alternatives prepped to shop the show around…
Last of Us got renewed for a Season 3 to which I say how the hell are they gonna pull that off.
Has season 2 lauched?
Nope
Season 2 is only gonna be half the second game.
7 episodes. The third season is gonna be quite longer. Or, rumours are Craig Mazin is still wondering if he’ll split the story even further and have Part 2 be three seasons total.
I guess we’ll see.
The third season of Yellowjackets wraps tonight (technically tomorrow). I actually only learned that the season had been airing two days ago, it’s been fun catching up. I actually had to pause to laugh at the frog reveal, what a perfect twist. Can’t wait to see how things unfold.
Last Of Us Season 2 Premiered Tonight.
And….
I really don’t know.
With Part 2 as a game being relatively controversial with it’s narrative approach, I’m really struggling to figure out how they’re gonna pull it off and from what it seems is it’s gonna be a beat to beat retelling but with expansions so it can fill out the Television Adaptation criteria.
After watching this first episode I really don’t have interest in watching more. I partially attribute this to how they’re pacing this Season, and just the bleed through from Season 1 and into Season 2.
I found myself just being like “I’d rather just play the game”.
Bella Ramsey is probably still gonna be a point of contention amongst people, but my main issue is just the five year time jump from where we last left these characters. Ellie still looks the same as we last saw her, just updated clothing, hair, and other TLOU2 details.
This isn’t meant to bash the actor, but more so just wish Season 2 wasn’t thrusted into production right away so the 21 Year old actor could visibly age a bit.
But to conclude this post. The pacing of this season premiere was just off. If this continues I’m probably gonna end up checking out.
Yeah… I’ll still watch the season, but I was also surprised by how sloooow this episode was, especially how it chooses to end itself.
With Part 1/Part 2, the one game ending on a tense note, the other starting addressing that tense note (Joel/Tommy opening scene) and then giving us a final cutscene of “normalcy” between Joel and Ellie before the time skip where things feel more isolating and drastically changed, there’s purpose to the unease it throws you, and fits the game’s depressing tone very well. (You only hear vague details about the Dance night, off-screen plans with Joel to look forward to, a clear “rugged survivor” tone to Ellie to show her evolution in being independent and more mature)
The game’s opening scene with Joel explaining his secret to Tommy, up until the Title Card for the game, is absolutely 10/10 peak, “Oh no consequences are gonna happen!” regarding Part 1. The TV show doesn’t hold a candle especially since it offers too little characterization of Abby’s group for it to have that same oomph before the time skip.
With the show, in terms of Joel and Ellie, the tone feels all over the place and way too casual or normal for most of the runtime, and only finally gets interesting by the end when it starts to reveal its cards regarding the pair’s strained relationship. Then it just ends.
Honestly I found the premiere great at expanding on and featuring scenes that either the game didn’t or couldn’t show, because it’s a stealth-action game and it could have disrupted the pacing. (I still believe we needed more Jackson scenes in-game before the Big Moment, really flesh out the world and “new normal”)
And the show does that! It really remixes when certain Jackson scenes take place, putting a lot of the late-game flashbacks to That Fateful Day by the end of the episode, and takes its time with letting us soak in these beloved characters. (Also it has a TENSE AF Stalker infected scene, I didn’t know they’d pull off their spookyness so well, and expands on characters like Eugene from the game with a new related character…)
But Episode 1 could definitely have been 30 minutes longer. Give the audience a bit of a bigger cliffhanger. Reveal more about Abby’s group showing up at the end for a darker impact. Or something more interesting as a hook than just “hey the guys from the opening scene showed up”.
Season 1 had a packed 90 minute premiere, and took its time establishing the world, but also some character mysteries, the main inciting incident, and a neat bow tying together the depressing opening with Sarah to Joel’s trauma coming back to haunt him with Ellie suddenly under his protection.
I’m not sure how else Episode 1 could have ended, other than Golf being a very clear hard-cut major moment, but I know why they might not want to play that hand in the very first episode – especially with Pedro Pascal on the payroll…)
6 Episodes after this. Wow. Really.
From what I can gather from trailers, I bet we’re getting one more Jackson episode, a full Flashback episode on the WLF/Seraphite conflict like the Bill Episode in S1, then the rest for Ellie’s Seattle Quest and a sprinkle of Abby’s Motivation Reveal somwhere in there…
For some reason I have a hard time believing it’ll have enough time to get to The Theater Confrontation as the final scene, but Craig and Neil have mentioned they’ll be playing around with and adapting parts of the Game script in entirely new ways if it serves the TV format better.