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Anyone watching Wu Assassin ? This show is good !
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The Ying Ying stuff is the worst parts of the show so far both in terms of acting and CG.
The music always makes me laugh.
The music always makes me laugh.
Katherine Winnick, man...
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Glad to see her career doing great, because to me she'll always be the sister from Satan's Little Helper.
Nah man it's about this dude who does a 180 turn and changes his life and becomes a director really funny show.
yeah i almost noped out on this one based on the trailer alone. have found it quite watchable so far through 7 eps
Man the writing is so bad.
"You will stop them"
"How?"
"By killing them."
"I'm not a killer, I'm a chef...!"
"You will stop them"
"How?"
"By killing them."
"I'm not a killer, I'm a chef...!"
Holy shit I'm dying at this boss fight in episode 7
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Kai just pulled an Arya stark
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It is kind of an odd casting choice. Iko is known for his action roles. He can't really make use of his best skill against actors who need stunt doubles. So some of the fights end up as a cut up mess. There are some Ironfist s1 tier fights.
I think he's a producer on the show if that means anything. Heh
She's also co executive producer on this.
Hopefully the second season has more of her, I felt they barely used her character and she straight up disappears for multiple episodes.
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I thought the exact same thing when I saw it.
Kinda I guess. I mean they are both martial arts shows with mythical elements.
There are some really good fights in. Especially for a tv show I think.
Naw. Give it a proper shot. Trailer put me off. The preview in the diner pulled me back in
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T-shirt though. Don't mess with breakfast !
The guy playing his friend is pretty great.
Yeah. They made really good use of
I was thinking that at some point, but I can look past the iffy cgi and I dig supernatural elements so it's going to be interesting to see how they would build upon it if the show is successful.
Give it a shot. Trailer put me off a bit too. It rapidly gets better than how it starts too.
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Finished two episodes and the action is good, but could have been a better grittier show without the cheesy childish magic stuff.
It's a big time miscast for sure. Of all the roles you don't want to mess up it's the lead. If they could recast some of the worst actors then this show might be something worthwhile. But as it stands I'm constantly cringing at many of the line deliveries.
Lol Tommy prob thinking he's hallucinating in episode 9 when
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hes on his deathbed and the water we shows up and starts making out with cig
Going from GLOW S3 to this caused such a whiplash. The difference in quality of writing, acting, directing & everything is huge. The exposition in the first episode right after the dude gets the magic monk powers was so laughably badly written. :S
I want to like this but I'm not sure if I can go on. The idea is a bit silly but I could roll with it if the execution was decent, but this just takes itself way too seriously and doesn't have the chops for it. Feel like this would work better if it was some Kung Fu Hustle/Shaolin Soccer type total over-the-top craziness instead of what it is.
I want to like this but I'm not sure if I can go on. The idea is a bit silly but I could roll with it if the execution was decent, but this just takes itself way too seriously and doesn't have the chops for it. Feel like this would work better if it was some Kung Fu Hustle/Shaolin Soccer type total over-the-top craziness instead of what it is.
Heh that's actually how some reviewers are describing it, Stephen Chow movies without the funny.
love my man Iko but just finished watching this and what a fucking shlog to get through. I get more entertainment watching a syfy show than this shit.
This was so awful that I tried to watch Into the Badlands instead. Into th Badlands was suprisingly decent on the other hand.
About halfway through and I'm having a good time with it. While not always smooth the martial arts parts are at least fast (especially vs jobbers)
While the acting is stilted all of the main cast have enough charisma to the point that it's always watchable even if it occasionally feels like a Yakuza Sidequest where Kazama Kiyriu has been bought in to act as the lead of a TV show
While the acting is stilted all of the main cast have enough charisma to the point that it's always watchable even if it occasionally feels like a Yakuza Sidequest where Kazama Kiyriu has been bought in to act as the lead of a TV show
Holy shit, that moment when the CGI kicks in during the pilot made me burst out laughing. I didn't watch any trailers or clips prior to it. So unexpected.
I don't know yet whether Iko is a great or bad choice for what they're going for here. He ain't no Jackie Chan or Jet Li when it comes to charisma, that's for sure.
I don't know yet whether Iko is a great or bad choice for what they're going for here. He ain't no Jackie Chan or Jet Li when it comes to charisma, that's for sure.
Yeah, like holy shit. I'm usually forgiving of properties like this, but I can't. I can't.
I agree with the others, someone *anyone* bring back Into the Badlands.
lol this shit is terrible. Katherine Winnick eyefucking the dude while eating fries in the first episode, and then Iko primal roaring while chopping vegetables at the start of the second had me screaming. Iko's English is coming along pretty well, but it was not a good idea to have him deliver a whole 10 episode series' worth of shitty generic TV dialogue.
Do they ever let Dacascos go full Dacascos? Because I'd stick around for that, but otherwise I think I'm just going to scrub through the episodes until I find a fight scene.
Do they ever let Dacascos go full Dacascos? Because I'd stick around for that, but otherwise I think I'm just going to scrub through the episodes until I find a fight scene.
Watched the first episode but... enjoyed it more than I expected. Action is good enough and I dig the music
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Having only seen season 1 of into the badlands i feel pretty much the polar opposite of this.
I'm halfway through and i enjoy it. The story is cheesy as fuck, the acting range from good to very bad and the special effects are.... Well... They are what they are.
Honestly, on the acting part, they probably should have gone with Uwais as the monk persona and taken someone else to play the lead. It's kinda weird that the character suddenly become better at acting (although marginally) when going older and bald. It's a bit of a waste of Dacascos.
And the Ying Ying actress is terrible. And not in a good way.
Honestly, on the acting part, they probably should have gone with Uwais as the monk persona and taken someone else to play the lead. It's kinda weird that the character suddenly become better at acting (although marginally) when going older and bald. It's a bit of a waste of Dacascos.
And the Ying Ying actress is terrible. And not in a good way.
So I finished this yesterday. To be safe I will put my impressions in spoilers.
The show started pretty decent, nice Chinatown setting, several good fight scenes with Iko Uwais and Mark Dacascos, servicable B-movie plot (that kinda remined me of Iron Fist), likable cast. But then the second half of the season hit, with some Scottish dude as the main villain, a road trip through rural America and the martial arts action being almost completely replaced by magic mumbo jumbo for the rest of the season where the show lost itself in it's nonsensical plot.
How do you have access to Iko Uwais, his stunt team, Mark Dacascos and not have the show chock full of kick ass combat scenes? Do they think people tune in to see Iko's acting chops?
I was a fan of Dacascos in the 90s and early 00s, and watched nearly everything by Iko Uwais since Merantau but this show has been a big letdown for me.
How do you have access to Iko Uwais, his stunt team, Mark Dacascos and not have the show chock full of kick ass combat scenes? Do they think people tune in to see Iko's acting chops?
I was a fan of Dacascos in the 90s and early 00s, and watched nearly everything by Iko Uwais since Merantau but this show has been a big letdown for me.