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Okay, so just seen this:
trailer
Looks just daft/interesting enough to intrigue me. Kung fu/western/post apocalyptic (i'm guessing that part) type thing.
So yeah, anybody else seen/heard of it?
Into the Badlands....
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Posted 20 July 2015 - 10:48 PM
meh. Link was dead :(
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Posted 20 July 2015 - 10:55 PM
pretty much yeah.
Just remains to be seen if they can pull it off, or it'll end up a crapfest like "man with the iron fists"
Just remains to be seen if they can pull it off, or it'll end up a crapfest like "man with the iron fists"
meh. Link was dead :(
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Posted 21 July 2015 - 05:19 AM
Decidedly stupid but a lot more interesting that the Walking Dead and any of the other post-apocalyptic stuff they mass produce now a days.
I find it a bit weird that the main character is some kind of ninja, though. Doesn't really fit into the rest of the Fantasy Baron/ American slave plantation setting but we'll see.
I find it a bit weird that the main character is some kind of ninja, though. Doesn't really fit into the rest of the Fantasy Baron/ American slave plantation setting but we'll see.
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Posted 21 July 2015 - 06:16 AM
Maybe they're trying to get ahead of The Dark Tower while it pinballs back and forth between greenlit and cancelled.
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Posted 23 September 2015 - 08:12 PM
Seeing commercials more commonly for it now. Haven't looked too much into it, but my hopes are up already 
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Posted 02 November 2015 - 11:50 AM
It should be noted that Daniel Wu as lead is all I need to be convinced to watch. The man is amazing, and I've been wathcing him in Hong Kong action flicks since 1999's GEN-X COPS. But add to that it's basically a Journey To The West allegory...I'm in like flynn.
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Posted 02 November 2015 - 02:48 PM
Apt, on 21 July 2015 - 05:19 AM, said:
I find it a bit weird that the main character is some kind of ninja, though. Doesn't really fit into the rest of the Fantasy Baron/ American slave plantation setting but we'll see.
It's loosely based on the Chinese novel JOURNEY TO THE WEST which is about a Tang Dynasty monk venturing West to (India) to seek out sacred texts and all the trials an tribulations and hardships involved.
It just sounds like they've ported the "West" into a post-apocalyptic southern American ladnscape.
Also, Mike Shinoda helped with the theme music...which makes it cool too.
But 6-hour long eps to begin with seems like a good solid low number to see if people get into it...and won't require a lot of commitment on the part of the viewer. Much like the original Walking Dead season.
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Posted 02 November 2015 - 03:04 PM
Damn. Now i really really want an EAST OF WEST series.
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Posted 02 November 2015 - 03:36 PM
Link to the new trailer? I just googled and didn't see it.
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Posted 02 November 2015 - 03:54 PM
They basically ran the SDCC trailer that Coco already posted...
but here are three shorter ones that cutdown about their characters which also aired last night:
http://www.amc.com/s...to-the-badlands
Scroll down a bit and all three are laid out. Sorry, no embed.
but here are three shorter ones that cutdown about their characters which also aired last night:
http://www.amc.com/s...to-the-badlands
Scroll down a bit and all three are laid out. Sorry, no embed.
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Posted 03 November 2015 - 02:41 PM
After seeing the trailer I was reminded of the movie Knights with Kris Kristofferson.
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Posted 17 November 2015 - 01:27 PM
It was good, but didn't knock me over. I'll be watching next week.
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Posted 17 November 2015 - 02:24 PM
I figure this type of show needs an ep or two to build it's world.
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Posted 17 November 2015 - 02:31 PM
I thought it was good. Looking forward to more.
Heh, I don't blame them, but I still chuckle to myself at AMC's antics to try and beef up the viewership and get people to notice the show.
Putting it between TWD & Talking dead so people are more likely to stick around. Also delaying the "next time on TWD" until the first commercial break of into the Badlands so some people who wouldn't have checked it out already see that first action sequence.
I think there was at least something else they did but can't really remember what.
Heh, I don't blame them, but I still chuckle to myself at AMC's antics to try and beef up the viewership and get people to notice the show.
Putting it between TWD & Talking dead so people are more likely to stick around. Also delaying the "next time on TWD" until the first commercial break of into the Badlands so some people who wouldn't have checked it out already see that first action sequence.
I think there was at least something else they did but can't really remember what.
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Posted 17 November 2015 - 03:03 PM
I enjoyed it. Visually, it was well executed, with some great fight scenes. Plot, it was all just setting things up for the rest of the show, but the details seemed interesting enough.
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Posted 23 November 2015 - 07:56 PM
Watched the first ep, liked it.
Am a bit underwhelmed at the kid's plot, but Sonny and Veil's story is interesting, and i like the supporting cast of Barons and family for the most part.
VERY nicely shot and staged, pretty to watch.
Am a bit underwhelmed at the kid's plot, but Sonny and Veil's story is interesting, and i like the supporting cast of Barons and family for the most part.
VERY nicely shot and staged, pretty to watch.
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Posted 23 November 2015 - 08:45 PM
Also, Daniel Wu is immortal and doesn't age.
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Posted 25 November 2015 - 08:49 PM
Watched Eps 1 & 2. They were cool. You can tell they are going for straight up Wushu mystical kung fu epic mingled with apocalyptic future and American south.
I like it, but mostly right now that's because Daniel Wu is excellent. I like the girl playing the Widow too...and the main Baron is the same guy who played Guy De Lusignan so deliciously in KINGDOM OF HEAVEN...so he's cool too.
I could do without the kid...but he may grow on me.
The Baron's son is just a dickhole.
The series needs like a mystical old man badass...
I'm curious about the other Baronies...as we've only seen the two so far.
I'm in for the time being as it's done everything it has set out to do quite well. It moves at a solid pace, and there is lots of worldbuilding going on.
I like it, but mostly right now that's because Daniel Wu is excellent. I like the girl playing the Widow too...and the main Baron is the same guy who played Guy De Lusignan so deliciously in KINGDOM OF HEAVEN...so he's cool too.
I could do without the kid...but he may grow on me.
The Baron's son is just a dickhole.
The series needs like a mystical old man badass...
I'm curious about the other Baronies...as we've only seen the two so far.
I'm in for the time being as it's done everything it has set out to do quite well. It moves at a solid pace, and there is lots of worldbuilding going on.
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Posted 03 December 2015 - 01:04 PM
All caught up. So really no development for M.K. since episode 1.
Sunny's I was brought into the Baron's Clipper program as a young man, developed into a weapon for baron, kill whomever (almost) he orders killed, yet I have a heart of gold, thing isn't really working for me.
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