Visually the best episode so far. From set pieces to visual effects, special effects and monster design, it was all done very well. Unfortunately, however, all the visuals in the world could not make up for the incredibly cringe dialogues. From the delivery to the script, it was all plain horrendous. Having a character say a load of fancy buzzwords in 5 different accents does not make for good writing, I’m afraid. If anything, at more than one occasion did I think to myself: “This would actually be a lot better if there was little to no dialogue at all”.
Overall, the pace of this episode was too slow for my taste, building up to a delivery that was ultimately just not enough to compensate for the first 30 minutes. Watching this felt like my patience was being tested, and the reward for sitting through watching a bunch of random people with little to no backstory doing several kinds of drugs together for some reason, was just not worth the time. I’m guessing the ending was intended to leave us wondering what would happen next, but all it left me with was a feeling I can only describe as.. “ehh”.
If there had to be an episode I would rewatch from this series, it would probably be this one, but more than anything, I’d just prefer to move on and quickly forget about this series altogether. Nothing I have seen this far has been particularly memorably, and this episode did little to change that.
This episode started out okay, almost promising, but towards the end became comically bad. The scene in the church was like something out of a horror parody movie. I have not read the original Lovecraft story, but I doubt this does it any justice.
It wasn’t made by national geographic, so clearly it’s all pseudoscience! Just kidding, this is great stuff, very well made. People like jason in the comments, along with archeologists holding on for dear life to the current narrative, are why humanity has very clearly been stuck in the same place for the past century. They will tell you this docuseries is bs, they’ll accuse the creators of cherrypicking (lol, as opposed to what, downright ignoring evidence? Good one) that more evidence is needed, etc. but no funds go towards these projects from the known big players, so they have created and maintained a stalemate, where they (at least in their own minds) have the power to shoot down every attempt that is made to present new evidence. The agenda here should be blatantly obvious to anyone with half a brain. As for the motive, one can only guess. I have my suspicions, but this is not the place to discuss them as far as I’m concerned.
You simply can not say “renowned archeologists/the big players don’t confirm this, so it’s not true!” in a time where none of those “renowned” archeologists nor the big players can even be bother to look into this stuff. Time’s up. Mankind has waiting long enough for these clowns to advance the science, and when they refuse to, God knows why, it’s up to others to push the frontlines. This docuseries does that, in a visually pleasing way. I don’t care that dominant players such as national geographic are not involved in this, they’re clearly invested in preserving the currently established knowledge without expanding on it, so it is up to others to pick up the ball. They can claim pseudoscience all they want, slander from fossils who have long given up on even pretending to be engaged in science, is meaningless. Put you money where your mouth is, and if you can’t be bothered to invest in these projects, stfu and sit back while others do the legwork. Simple.
Highly recommend this series, very good stuff. Deserves the attention.
Painfully boring episode. I tuned out completely, no idea if I missed anything of value
Melanie Lynskey (Kathleen as the “leader”) is absolutely not fit for this role lmao. It was already apparent in the previous episode, but this one cements it. Some actors get typecast for a reason, and there’s a reason why Lynskey is usually the awkward goofy lighthearted type.
Other than that, another good episode in a good show.
Go and watch the 1940 original instead.
Butchered the source material. Another piece of Western heritage mocked and ruined. At this point it would be embarrassing if the nefarious element behind what’s going on wasn’t so blatantly obvious.
I could go on and on about how story elements and crucial symbology are left out for no reason, how superfluous elements and characters have been added, again for no reason, but there’s no need to deeply analyse these things.
Go and watch the 1940 original instead.
When you’re so desperate for diversity you have to steal an entire race’s culture while at the same time pretending said race doesn’t have any culture to begin with
lol, lmao
The death of a great tv show. Inevitable, but still painful and unexpected. Watched the first 7 seasons on repeat a dozen times, guess I’ll stick to the first 7 seasons. Perhaps season 8 can redeem itself, but ep1 isn’t giving me much hope, if any.
Lady gaga? Really? Wait and see I guess but I’m not holding my breath.
Loved this movie and felt like it spoke to me on a deeply personal level, and I suspect I’m not alone in feeling this way. Life can pass you by when you’re stuck living in your head, and although this movie takes “living life” quite to the extreme (I wouldn’t visit ungoverned Afghanistan or get close to an erupting volcano), the message is clear: take the jump, do the thing, life begins outside of your comfort zone.
Very, very good, even if you don’t particularly enjoy superhero franchises, like me. Action packed, great characters, and perhaps most of all, absolutely hilarious!
Holy shit
That is all I have to say
Impressions after watching the first episode:
Netflix tries to sell this as “co-created” by the creators of Norsemen, so naturally, being a huge Norsemen fan (one of the funniest shows on Netflix, in case you haven’t seen it yet), I put this series on the top of my watchlist.
Episode 1 left me unimpressed. There were perhaps 2-3 chuckle-worthy moments, but that’s about it when it comes to the comedy aspect.
We get a glimpse of the criminality aspect in this first episode, and this part felt at least potentially promising.
Unfortunately though, the animation style is beyond bland. I’m fully convinced by now that these production studios all churning out these identical looking animated series, are using plug and play software to turn animating into an industrial process rather than an art, which is very unfortunate. Without going too deep into the animation style here, I am in no way inclined to keep watching an animated series if the animation is lazily made with nothing of interest going on visually. It all looks the same, hastily made to serve as the vehicle for the story and the jokes, both of which are lacking as well.
The only highlight for me personally was Adam Devine voicing Jonathan’s brother. So not a whole lot.
All in all, I’ll give ep 2 a chance, but with a bland animation style, and severely lacking comedy, I’m not really expecting to get sucked in.
Niveau nihil, exactly what you’d expect from VTM fiction. Gone are the days of Matroesjka’s glory.
If this piques your interest because of the good cast, don’t bother, since no amount of AAA actors can salvage this circus. Unfortunate since it looks promising on paper but epicly fails to deliver.
Bad start to a new season
The amount of negative comments is completely unwarranted and makes me think that all these supposed “Ricky Gervais fans” who just really hated the movie are simply pretending to be fans to turn others off from watching the film. This is not a bad movie at all.
Sure, it’s not quite on Gervais’ usual level of comedy, but it’s a fun watch nonetheless. Not a boring moment in the film, compared to many dozens of praised blockbuster films that I struggled to even finish. 8/10 from me.
After reading the comments and checking the scores, I stubbornly decided to give this a watch anyway. Season 1 is ok, season 2 slowly becomes nearly unwatchable. I’d stay away from this, but who am I to tell you not to watch it, when I didn’t listen to others’ warnings either.
All in all a waste of time with very few redeeming qualities, do not recommend.
Do you enjoy spending 2 hours watching product placements, gringe youtuber cameos and politically correct messaging? Then this is the movie for you!
Absolutely horrendous, there’s not a single funny moment or scene in the entire movie either. You have to be an NPC to actually enjoy this is my guess.
Netflix describes this as “The umbrella academy meets The Boys”. Yeah, maybe if those two shows also felt low budget, had poor writing and acting, and were wildly inconsistent in their execution, the comparison would be apt, but it’s not. To try and put this show on the same shelf as the former two, is laughably ambitious.
The show lures you in with a promising idea of “super heroes” that develop “powers”, causing them more harm than good, but eventually bores you to death with poor acting, bad writing and subpar CGI. Swing and a miss.
Weird, but not in a good way.
Netflix try not to blackwash or gayify historical figures challenge: difficulty level impossible
Nothing short of disgraceful
Mel Brooks in combination with Gene wilder, and later Leslie Nielsen, was absolute gold, the stuff they produced together is still hilarious to this day, and personally, my gold standard when it comes to comedy.
This modern attempt at doing something similar falls completely flat however, and I simply don’t believe there is a modern actor up to par to deliver what guys like Gene Wilder and Leslie Nielsen were capable of doing. The only actor in this show who has any potential to coming close to it, would be Danny DeVito, and he is completely underutilised here, which is a real shame.
One of my fav episodes, filled to the brim with absurdity and I love it! Uncle jack’s hands have me dying every damn time, so good
What is your spaghetti policy here?
Wow, just… wow. Wes Anderson is absolutely brilliant. This is a visual masterpiece, stunning from start to finish, with a great story to boot. Amazing voice acting cast as well. 10/10, A must watch in my opinion.
Dog lovers, unite!
So ehh, Netflix has this in their catalog, while the entire Oats Studios collection is available to watch for free on Youtube, so idk wtf Netflix thinks they’re pulling here but it’s ridiculous. The fact that Netflix thought it was a good idea to put this in their catalog with episodes missing (ADAM chapter 1 just straight up isn’t listen on Netflix…) makes it even worse. A paid streaming service that offers it’s viewers content that they could get for free on Youtube, what a world lmao. I hope Oats got a licensing fee for this, but still, seeing how content is missing and I could just watch on Youtube instead, it seems incredibly scummy to put free content on a paying platform lol
As for the actual content: there’s definitely some good stuff in here. It’s kinda hit or miss imo, but some cool concepts and some fantastic visuals for sure! 2 or 3 shorts made me think “damn, this should be a full length movie” so that says a lot.
Binge-watched it 3 times so far, and I’m still not done with Breaking Bad. Simply put, it’s brilliant in every way.
A modern take on movies like The Naked Gun, and the show that inspired them (Police Squad). I really enjoyed this, it’s mindless comedy with stupid wordplays and slapstick humor. Definitely not for everyone, but if you feel like turning off your brain for a second, and just want to laugh, definitely give this one a try.
Really good absurd comedy. Hope a second season is coming!
Also, these guys started on youtube as far as I’m aware and there’s some pretty funny stuff of them on there as well.
Get woke go broke
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