Jim

Whedon not being involved doesn't matter when you've got Zach Snyder being brought in.

I do think Gunn's a bit dodgy though tbh.

At the time I was more of a Neverending Story kid myself. I like the music much better than Krull's as well.

Hang on where's the fucking mechanic?

I'd have said of all the times to fall out with Hollywood's anti-establishment sentiment, but then I remembered you're from Israel. Basic.

Saw the thread yesterday and ignored it. But I just opened it today for the sake of it and wow – if they actually animate it to look like that concept art I'll be well into giving this a chance. They need to find some way to continue the Indiana Jones adventures utilising something very similar.

Spielberg should have made one of these back when he was still working with Douglas Slocombe, can you imagine it? It's not worth it now; I can already see in my mind how this one will look. The Power of the Dog by way of Kaminski: ultra clean but desaturated and swimming in metallic bloom. Fuck that for a game of dominoes.

They're going for cartoony camera angles; I've noticed the offset character close-ups are particularly kooky and I think it works. I'm not watching this expecting Vince Gilligan-esque framing, mind.

I seem to have developed a habit for making myself try things that I would normally never have considered in the past. I pick up on show titles that seem to have a buzz surrounding them, and even if it's something that is waaaay out of my comfort zone I have a sort of autistic response lately which demands that I try it anyway. The idea being that magic can occasionally be found in the most unlikely places, and well I can't just be watching these so-called 'prestige dramas' all the time and most of them are too darn serious. I'd bet there's almost nobody here watching this one. I saw there was actually a thread, but it looks like it's just one guy. Shame - One Piece is ace! "I can't watch a kids show", I thought, but I've noticed 80s era tropes are returning in modern stuff, and characters are beginning to say shit and bitch again – like they did in The Goonies. But there's also some blood and guts, people being sliced in half. Sketchy PG-rated seems to be making a comeback. Anyone else noticed this? One Piece appears to be a very expensive production, and yet it looks like BBC 1 Saturday evening fare. A bit like Doctor Who, I suppose. It's expansive and full of special effects, while never appearing bigger than a telly programme. In fact this nutty swashbuckling adventure is basically Doctor Who with pirates. The exact same quirky characters and corny dialogue are present, and the episodic formula that sees a new tale or dilemma each week is all there, whilst the big season arc progresses in the background. It's well done and surprisingly moreish, at least once I had given it time to bed in a bit. The main character makes it pretty easy, as he has the most infectious grin and irreverent personality that I bet even the original animé cartoon didn't manage to capture. It's quite fun to see him literally stretch his way through the latest scrape, along with his rag-tag crew (we're not your crew). Some of these guys are charming and can be genuinely funny - like Doctor Who could be at times. The plotlines are fun and creative, and even after decades of shows like Star Trek and Doctor Who mining endlessly for new fantasy conundrums, the writers here still find ways of bringing twists to the old stories. Along with The Orville, One Piece shows there are still fresh ways to spin a yarn and be clever with it. I hear season 2 greatly ramps up the quality, and I'll be taking some of that.

The new lord of the rings looks shit

Love White Lotus and I agree with your ranking, although I enjoy them all. Can't wait for S4, which also has Steve Coogan. I'm just concerned about how it is going to sound from now on, since the original composer walked. The weird idiosyncratic music is really vital to the feel of the package.

I recall watching the first twenty minutes back when Oskar Schindler was the toast of Tinseltown, but I really wasn't in to it.

Campion's numbly desolate style does nothing for me.

Damn. Of the two, I'd have much rather Williams had scored this than Disclosure. Yeah Spielberg going out of his way to make this point kind of has the opposite effect he thinks it does.

Don't think anyone was expecting it to be the next Predator btw.