2021-12-10, 16:00 | Link #141 |
The Mage of Four Hearts
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Some of the best shows on TV have had lackluster first seasons. I don't think this show was as bad as people made it out to be, and it could have improved from what it was given some time.
Netflix's bad habit of killing stuff so soon out of the cradle is just going to make avoid watching any new stuff they put out.
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2021-12-10, 21:11 | Link #144 |
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The show isn't as bad as the people that haven't watched it made it out to be, there's plenty of fun stuff in it and plenty of callbacks to the anime. Sure, t's not perfect and some of the changes or alterations are not the best, but it's not the disaster people that only saw the horrible Ed scene make it out to be.
A second season could have improved it if there had been some ... well, ANY constructive criticism being shared. The sad part is that the show was helping a lot of people that wouldn't normally get into anime get into that universe and was creating actual interest in both it and the anime. Lo que será, será, I guess.
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Heck, Amazon is currently releasing a show based on one of my favorite book series. Of its eight episodes, the first six have proven to deviate heavily from the source material, and a lot of people (myself included) are Highly Upset about this. And while a Season Two has been greenlit for it... Amazon has two episodes left to make the show somewhat more faithful to the books, or there's going to be a very high chance that they'll have screwed the pooch for this particular series as well. Really, it all leads to the question of how faithful adaptations should be to the source material, and even among just anime fandom, it's a question that is extremely divisive (of course, if you've paid attention over the years, you may have noticed that Source Material readers will always claim the Source Material is far superior to any adaptation... and I don't disagree)
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The Mage of Four Hearts
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Like, people complain about Perrin Spoiler for WoT:
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As I said, with live action adaptations changes are often inevitable. The problem is the writer not making those changes flow well. I mean, the only live action adaptation I think matched or even improved on it's source material is the Magicians. it's simply really rare to strike a great balance like that.
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Take for example, S1 of the popular USA TV series The Office (with Steve Carrell). From my knowledge, USA Office S1 was also very lacklustre and rough, considered a poor adaptation of its much-respected original British series, and was very close to cancellation (quite similar to Bebop). And yet, something prevailed and it got its 2nd chance to prove itself which it did amazingly (perhaps someone on the production/executive team must have really stuck their neck out to support Office). Imagine if The Office was denied its chance, and simply disappeared into history as "that lousy adaptation of that wonderful BBC series" instead of getting gems like Creed Bratton's deviancy or memes like "I...DECLARE...BANKRUPTCYYYYYYYY!" Quote:
For example, I've been watching DC's Titans TV series and I recall its S1 got bad impressions over things like its gloomy, gritty atmosphere (ex. that part when Dick Grayson goes F**k Batman), directionless parts, sudden violent turns, etc. I think even its latest S3 was still criticized for writing issues, with some comicbook fans unhappy with how the central conflict of S3 was written; Spoiler for S3 central arc:
and that they wouldn't want to watch it again. And yet, Titans still endures with a S4 in the works. Last edited by zztop; 2021-12-20 at 11:54. |
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2021-12-20, 15:25 | Link #150 |
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Another good thing about Cowboy Netflix (which doesn't come from within the show itself) is that it made my favorite veteran anime-tubers feel compelled to make comprehensive analyses of the situation. One of them being Sage from Anime Abandon who just completed his two-parter videos digging deep into this debacle (recommended watch IMO):
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2023-01-28, 22:18 | Link #152 |
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Shinichiro Watanabe On Making ‘Cowboy Bebop’ And
What He Thinks Of The Live-Action Adaptation https://archive.is/pEmoU#selection-415.0-415.93 |
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