Netflix Original Series

[Tom Foolery]

Netflix is doing a live action Avatar the Last Airbender series. It might be good, it might suck. But I really enjoy the original animated series. It might be one of my favorite mythologies/stories that didn’t originate in my childhood.

My wife and kids were watching it several years ago and I was only half paying attention to it. Mostly I knew of it because of the “My cabbages!” meme.
But the more they watched, the more I was paying attention. And now I’ve probably rewatched the entire series at least three or four times. Love it. I’ve even watched the sequel series Korra a couple times, but it’s not as good. Imagine finding something in your forties that you love as much as Transformers and Star Wars when you were ten.

The M Night Shamalyan movie is non-existent. Never mention it in mixed company.

Looking forward to the Netflix series, but it won’t detract from the original.

[jjreason]

The WB Harry Potter (not to be confused with a Netflix series, just providing info to compare with the last post) is going to apparently be 7 seasons taking place over 10 years. They are planning for it to to be the most expensive series ever, apparently.

[Tom Foolery]

The WB Harry Potter (not to be confused with a Netflix series, just providing info to compare with the last post) is going to apparently be 7 seasons taking place over 10 years. They are planning for it to to be the most expensive series ever, apparently.

If it does well, Disney will announce they are remaking the Original Trilogy as a three season TV series and re-cast Han, Luke, and Leia.

[Ran]

The WB Harry Potter (not to be confused with a Netflix series, just providing info to compare with the last post) is going to apparently be 7 seasons taking place over 10 years. They are planning for it to to be the most expensive series ever, apparently.

If it does well, Disney will announce they are remaking the Original Trilogy as a three season TV series and re-cast Han, Luke, and Leia.

It seems inevitable. That way they can change a few things to make Episodes 7-9 make sense. The question is do we discuss it in the Star Wars thread, or in the Pathetic Remakes of Shit thread.

[jjreason]

That will make me very, very sad.

[Tom Foolery]

Lots of free time, I watched a couple new shows on Netflix.

3 Body Problem. 8 episodes. The first episode had me intrigued. By the time I got to the incident in the Panama canal in episode 5, I was screaming ‘what the fuck??’ and by episode seven when Will is pushing the buttons and Saul is there, but Jun isn’t going to make it in time I was wiping snot off my face. Now I’m going to have to wait like 2-3 years for the second season.

Blue Eye Samurai. 8 episodes. Animated show set in feudal Japan. Came out in November, but just got around to watching it. Only halfway thru the series, but it’s kicking ass so far. Lots of violence, nudity, and badass sword fighting. The ‘twist’ is pretty obvious from the get go. I would barely say it qualifies as a twist, other than the set up for it being the final shot of the first episode. Peaches.

[anarky]

Life on Our Planet

Cunk on Earth

Two very, very different documentaries. Okay, documentary and mockumentary. But both on par with that photo of Jewel Staite's ninnies that (I think) DB posted elsewhere.

[Tom Foolery]

I started Cunk awhile back. Got a couple episodes in, but like most things it is unfinished. I laughed quite a bit at what I did watch.