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NightWolve

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Re: That TV Series You're Watching
« Reply #270 on: May 12, 2018, 07:28:53 AM »
I caught up with season 4 of Gotham the other day, I missed Joker's death a few weeks back and skipped forward to Ra's al Ghul's resurrection, followed by Joker's "resurrection" and battery bomb plot for half of Gotham in this week's episode... I'm confused... It's a dark mess, still nothing quite like it on TV AFAIK...

I am now wanting to see Cobra Kai also, I saw the trailers, wondered if this idea could work, now am seeing mostly good things being said about it on social media.

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Re: That TV Series You're Watching
« Reply #271 on: May 12, 2018, 07:58:42 AM »
Just now caught up with the current season of Vikings.

All I can say is that lazy/bad writing permeates the whole thing. Park your brain at the door and come in just for the spectacle of the battles.

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Re: That TV Series You're Watching
« Reply #272 on: May 12, 2018, 09:51:28 AM »
Just now caught up with the current season of Vikings.

All I can say is that lazy/bad writing permeates the whole thing. Park your brain at the door and come in just for the spectacle of the battles.

I stopped watching in like, Season 3 I think.  I randomly caught an episode where Ragnar's crippled son has almighty fighting skills because he rolls on the ground slashing swords as he's spinning?  Yeah, I think I made the right decision.
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Re: That TV Series You're Watching
« Reply #273 on: May 18, 2018, 05:29:45 PM »
Cobra Kai

If you haven't seen it yet.. you need to.

It brings back a lot of the original Karate Kid.

Episodes 1 and 2 are on youtube.  The rest are on Youtube Red.
If you are savvy enough you can find them elsewhere.

Can't wait for season 2  O0

He is correct!!! Finished the Cobra Kai series also (only a 10 episode season), loved every minute of it!! :)

Everything good you heard is true, I can't believe it, they really made the concept work in bringing back Daniel LaRusso and Johnny Lawrence!

When the trailers were popping up a few months ago I had a lukewarm response. I thought it was cool the original actors were returning, but I didn't think it'd work as a TV series and I worried it'd be a disservice to the movie magic of the original, similar to the "sequelitis" effect with Karate Kid II/III, how they got progressively worse...

Anyway, it was all the positive reviews/vibes I was seeing on social media that led me to give it a try, glad I did!!!!

Best part, I think they used plot ideas from this funny Karate Kid parody video a few years back! Here it is: So what the creator did is flip the script, portray Daniel as the real bully with selective editing, commentary, etc. It's hilarious! Even funnier there's a crazed troll that harasses the creator because he can't take the joke, he believes the creator is serious, and is angry that this somehow ruins the beloved memory of the movie, heh heh.

But yeah, in one of the episodes, Johnny is talking about how he was just trying to talk to his girlfriend, Daniel got in the way, "out of nowhere" sucker punches him so he did what anyone would do by defending himself! While he tells his "version" of events or "truth," footage from the original movie plays in the background so you're reminded of what really happened, hahaha! Fantastic!

I swear, they must've been influenced by the above parody video which went viral when it was released. That whole element plays out in the series where Daniel winds up being petty, vengeful, while Johnny is honestly trying to improve his life circumstances, etc.

Suffice to say, I loved it and I really think it has a chance to be picked up for several seasons! :)

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Re: That TV Series You're Watching
« Reply #274 on: June 22, 2018, 06:17:57 PM »
Watching Cobra Kai myself right now, it's pretty awesome.
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Re: That TV Series You're Watching
« Reply #275 on: June 23, 2018, 03:09:37 AM »
I pretty much just watch Trailer Park Boys and old anime.

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Re: That TV Series You're Watching
« Reply #276 on: June 23, 2018, 05:07:41 AM »
Watched the pilot episode of Yellowstone.

Modern western type themed show. Kevin Costner as the patriarch of the Dutton clan. Very seldom do you see Costner involved in a TV series.
Liked what I saw thus far. Hopefully it doesn't take a turn and become the full-on Western version of Dynasty.

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Re: Upcoming TV Series
« Reply #277 on: July 08, 2018, 06:59:45 PM »


No relation to SpectreMan as I first thought, a whacky Japanese live-action TV series I used to watch as a kid, heh.