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Willow series
Ratman_tf:
There will be spoilers in this thread, but please give it a few days for those catching up.
I've watched the first two episodes. I'm enjoying it. The writing feels like Willow. There are parts that feel really out of place, especially the character of Kit. She talks and acts like she's a modern American and not a character from a fantasy world.
Yes, for those of us wary of culture war identity poiltics bullshit, there's a gay kiss. I wouldn't even mention it, but here we are, where it's a talking point to pander to the woke idiots out there, instead of telling a good story. Thankfully, that's about the end of it. There hasn't been any condescening speeches or posturing.
So, after a couple of days, we can talk about spoilers, but I'm interested in everyone's first impressions. I'm fairly positive.
Svenhelgrim:
I read the first two books of the series written by Chris Claremont and they were great. Sadly the third book took took its own sweet ass time to come out and I lost interest in the trilogy.
If they can stay close to Claremont’s story, the series should be a success.
BoxCrayonTales:
The series plot isn’t based on Claremont’s books. It’s an original plot.
I found the plot to be very derivative and generic. There are a few diverse/woke touches in the casting, but the writing is extremely cliche. Aside from the casting, the characters are still written as well-trod archetypes: the princess who isn’t satisfied with her arranged marriage, the loyal knight torn between contrasting oaths, the wise old mentor, the young chosen one who is ignorant of their destiny, the criminal rogue who is press ganged into joining the quest, the evil villains who do evil for inexplicable reasons, the princeling kidnapped by the villain for dark designs, etc.
But at least it’s not dripping with the obnoxious contempt for straight white males like She-Hulk was.
Thornhammer:
What in the actual, factual fuck is up with the end credit music?
Grognard GM:
Watching modern adaptions is like walking down the hallway with the school bully that always knocks your books out of your hands, but thinking "today I think he might give me a cookie instead!"
I stopped torturing myself/hate watching, years ago.
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