muninwing
Joined Dec 2006
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muninwing's rating
... to the point of stupidity. Really.
No, it is not a "ripoff of kung fu panda." China and Japan are actually different places with different cultures.
This was also not someone "ripping off" Mel Brooks. He directed it! He's in it! And the role he plays is the same one he plays in Blazing Saddles.
Because it IS Blazing Saddles. The writers of the original are even credited. Given how many American Westerns were redone Samurai movies, it's a pretty established pattern.
It's definitely got some tongue-in-cheek references. It has some jokes that (as Mel Brooks movies do) push the line. But it tells a good story and has solid voice acting, so I'm not sure where some of the complaints are coming from.
No, it is not a "ripoff of kung fu panda." China and Japan are actually different places with different cultures.
This was also not someone "ripping off" Mel Brooks. He directed it! He's in it! And the role he plays is the same one he plays in Blazing Saddles.
Because it IS Blazing Saddles. The writers of the original are even credited. Given how many American Westerns were redone Samurai movies, it's a pretty established pattern.
It's definitely got some tongue-in-cheek references. It has some jokes that (as Mel Brooks movies do) push the line. But it tells a good story and has solid voice acting, so I'm not sure where some of the complaints are coming from.
An alien abduction shouldn't feel as random and off-topic as this episode does.
Seriously.
Somehow they managed to cram an off-topic encounter and use it as a heavy-handed plot device. Probably the worst cliché writing and the weakest moments in the series.
Seriously.
Somehow they managed to cram an off-topic encounter and use it as a heavy-handed plot device. Probably the worst cliché writing and the weakest moments in the series.
This was originally planned as Amazon's attempt to cash in on the popularity of Game of Thrones. Covid complicated this, and I wonder if some of the issues with the first season can be traced there.
What it is not...
It's not a scene-for-scene visual depiction if the books.
It is not more 90s fantasy written by white guys loaded with renaissance faire cliches.
It is not a high budget movie, or a 20+ episode season. Meaning an 800-page book has to cover 80 pages per hour.
What it is...
An honest attempt to tell a story about real people in a believable world (that *gasp* includes a continent larger than Europe with people with different skin tones)... what a lot of the fragile angry reviewers refer to as "woke casting" and the rest of us see their subtext.
An interesting highlight for some young unknown actors
A way to recreate the books visually, laying the framework for later and compensating for the surprisingly large amount to of material happening inside characters' heads
Some beautiful backgrounds. A great series of visuals.
And so on.
I'm not convinced it is everything it should be, and I'm disappointed by certain details being left out (some for budget, some for story, again... 800 pages in 10 hours...), but taken as it's own it's enjoyable and interesting. I'm hoping it gets it's feet underneath it for season 2, and it grows into what it should be. We'll see.
What it is not...
It's not a scene-for-scene visual depiction if the books.
It is not more 90s fantasy written by white guys loaded with renaissance faire cliches.
It is not a high budget movie, or a 20+ episode season. Meaning an 800-page book has to cover 80 pages per hour.
What it is...
An honest attempt to tell a story about real people in a believable world (that *gasp* includes a continent larger than Europe with people with different skin tones)... what a lot of the fragile angry reviewers refer to as "woke casting" and the rest of us see their subtext.
An interesting highlight for some young unknown actors
A way to recreate the books visually, laying the framework for later and compensating for the surprisingly large amount to of material happening inside characters' heads
Some beautiful backgrounds. A great series of visuals.
And so on.
I'm not convinced it is everything it should be, and I'm disappointed by certain details being left out (some for budget, some for story, again... 800 pages in 10 hours...), but taken as it's own it's enjoyable and interesting. I'm hoping it gets it's feet underneath it for season 2, and it grows into what it should be. We'll see.