Anyone know much about 'The Tick' that's going to be on Amazon prime?

comment by Mike (U1170)
posted 1 hour, 31 minutes ago
Anyone know much about 'The Tick' that's going to be on Amazon prime?
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I thought the pilot was great. It has a lot of potential. I especially loved the depth of Arthur's backstory and how dark it seems capable of going while keeping the absolute level high for humours sake.

Films I've watched recently and rated (out of 5 ):

Rogue One ★★
Paterson ★★★★
20th Century Women ★★★★
Dr Strange ★★★
Son of Saul ★★★★★
High-rise ★★★
The Nice Guys ★★★
Mulholland Drive (re-watch) ★★★★★
Life Is Beautiful (re-watch) ★★★★★
The Great Dictator (re-watch) ★★★★★

If anyone wants to watch a 10 minute preview of Alien Covenant (in all it's amateur mobile phone glory) then I give you a link,if asked.

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comment by RtM (U1097)
posted about 23 hours ago
comment by Mike (U1170)
posted 1 hour, 31 minutes ago
Anyone know much about 'The Tick' that's going to be on Amazon prime?
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I thought the pilot was great. It has a lot of potential. I especially loved the depth of Arthur's backstory and how dark it seems capable of going while keeping the absolute level high for humours sake.
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Is something happening now? Caught the pilot what six months ago

Sicario ★★★

Watched Guardians of the Galaxy yesterday and it was alright but more or less seen it all before.

Also finished season 4 of the Vikings and it was the best season out of the lot. The killing scenes of some of the main characters were outstanding. The battles scenes were great other than the bizarre one in Spain.

Only two stars for Rogue One ? Wow.

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comment by The Guvnor IV -Iron sharpens Iron- (U12889)
posted 51 minutes ago
comment by Superb (U6486)
posted about an hour ago
Only two stars for Rogue One ? Wow.
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Absolute travesty.
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Really?

I enjoyed it but it was average and just a copy of other films IMO, not star wars films but the ending scene was that one with tia Leone and her old man in that disaster movie

Very unoriginal I thought as was the force awakens

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but the ending scene was that one with tia Leone and her old man in that disaster movie



Loolll i thought the same exact thing! Deep Impact

comment by The Guvnor IV -Iron sharpens Iron- (U12889)
posted 1 day, 3 hours ago
Rogue One 2 stars?!

You must not be a Star Wars fan.
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I personally found Rogue One pretty soulless and fundamentally boring.
It's not without some positives, well for me anyway.
The surface level work ie all the visuals were
effectively well done and the environments look lived in
and grimy, much like the previous original trilogy.
But that's as far as the positives go for me.

I didn’t feel connected with the characters. I found them
painfully dull, un-relatable and lacking in any sort of
charm, charisma and wit while being sorely underdeveloped.
Jyn Erso’s relationship with her father was loosely handled and somewhat ham-fisted too in certain occasions.
But Edwards, the Director, has history with cardboard cut out characters. You just need to watch his 2014 Godzilla movie for that, though I did enjoy his debut effort with Monsters.

But fundamentally the direction is the major issue for me.

For me the whole tone of Star Wars is to hit that light hearted children/family fantasy mark.
That's what Lucas did so successfully with the original and with the prequels, which I'm not a fan of, that compared to this its basically night and day. With this grittier and more dour tone I found it to be jarring in consistency with the previous films.
Edwards directed this film as a fanboy who simply
wanted a darker toned Star Wars for adults/man children. That in itself is just daft and completely missing the point. But Disney need to take abit of critiscm in that regard too.

There’s a few inconsistencies within the story also but it largely falls down on the fact it’s a story that really didn’t need to be told. Much like most of Disney’s future Star Wars related ouput in the coming years. Seriously a Han-Solo-Solo solo film ?

And the ending SPOILERS. Sorry but Vader was never considered to be ‘badass’. If anything he’s always worked in the background .He’s a figure of intimidation rather than someone who gets his hands dirty. That scene was purely there for fan boys to get their Nerdgasm. It’s especially jarring when you see the beginning of a New Hope where Vader just strolls out with a air of subtly.

Sorry chaps ,minor the visuals ,the film was a let down for me. But it made money and Disney loooooooooves money.

And the ending SPOILERS. Sorry but Vader was never considered to be ‘badass’. If anything he’s always worked in the background .He’s a figure of intimidation rather than someone who gets his hands dirty. That scene was purely there for fan boys to get their Nerdgasm. It’s especially jarring when you see the beginning of a New Hope where Vader just strolls out with a air of subtly.



Huge universe outside the movies thats canon you dont seem to know about.......

Vader always got his hands dirty

I'm pretty much in agreement with Genius. That's how I saw the two latest films. I'm not a star wars fan though so I'm only watching it as a fan of film looking for fun. It just doesn't connect with me which is insane. I love sci-fi/fantasy.

comment by Simon West (U1830)
posted 7 minutes ago
And the ending SPOILERS. Sorry but Vader was never considered to be ‘badass’. If anything he’s always worked in the background .He’s a figure of intimidation rather than someone who gets his hands dirty. That scene was purely there for fan boys to get their Nerdgasm. It’s especially jarring when you see the beginning of a New Hope where Vader just strolls out with a air of subtly.



Huge universe outside the movies thats canon you dont seem to know about.......

Vader always got his hands dirty


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There's the issue right there.
Fans who just like the movies and ultimate fans who lap up everything from the novels,comics and games.
You judge a film on its own merit.

The only characters I even had a slight connection with we're Donnie Yen and his partner. And even that was pure cheese.

When they all died I shrugged my shoulders and said out loud " I just dont care".

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