Series [Please do NOT post any spoilers] - Episode V

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Is there any Resident Evil thing worth watching after the first movie? It was no award winner but was fun enough to actually enjoy. Everything since then has felt like a big miss.
It might be worth a watching for the CGI. Star Trek Discovery is a series I watched just for the CGI.

If you are a fan of the game or the movies you will be disappointed as this series is apparently nothing like it.
 

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Looks kinda epic in my humble opinion.
Visuals look promising let's hope the acting matches that. Other shows have had good visuals and not so good acting. In this case the casting is going to cause some heads to explode.
 

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Visuals look promising let's hope the acting matches that. Other shows have had good visuals and not so good acting. In this case the casting is going to cause some heads to explode.
More important than both the visuals or the acting is the story/writing, which at least for the first season, is going to be a horrendous mess
 

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What makes you say that?
All the leaks that already came out highlighting the horrible adaptions they made to Tolkiens work.
Those that aren't fans won't know and can proceed to ooh and ah at the visuals.
 

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All the leaks that already came out highlighting the horrible adaptions they made to Tolkiens work.
Those that aren't fans won't know and can proceed to ooh and ah at the visuals.

Is it based on an actual Tolkien novel?
 

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Is it based on an actual Tolkien novel?
Yes Tolkien's The Silmarillion. They basically just had the rights to the appendices from the main books though, but even here they deviated strongly in their design choices regarding characters, timeliness etc etc. The fact that they felt the need to invent so many new characters says a lot.

Don't get me wrong, the visuals, score and production will likely be top quality, but the story, ah the story, that's where it will fail. Which is why I said those that aren't fans won't be bothered unless the writing is all over the place.
 

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Yes Tolkien's The Silmarillion. They basically just had the rights to the appendices from the main books though, but even here they deviated strongly in their design choices regarding characters, timeliness etc etc. The fact that they felt the need to invent so many new characters says a lot.

Don't get me wrong, the visuals, score and production will likely be top quality, but the story, ah the story, that's where it will fail. Which is why I said those that aren't fans won't be bothered unless the writing is all over the place.
I can already the hear the (admittedly getting a bit tedious) critical drinker review and his slew of copy paste phrases.
 

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I can already the hear the (admittedly getting a bit tedious) critical drinker review and his slew of copy paste phrases.
He's not really knowledgeable about Tolkien, so perhaps after the series is out he can critique some of the more technical aspects. Although as mentioned the main issues with this show is the lore and writing not so much the production quality.
 

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It's filmed in South Africa. I thought the architecture style of the houses in the trailer seems familiar
It's not just the location - it seems they also put in a lot of effort finding an ensemble of South Africans that couldn't act their way out of a paper bag.
 

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DL'ed all 6 epi's. Looking for a straight answer if it is worth a flutter? Do note I am fairly big fan of all the MCU shows to date.

 

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DL'ed all 6 epi's. Looking for a straight answer if it is worth a flutter? Do note I am fairly big fan of all the MCU shows to date.

Are you a 16 year old Pakistani girl? Then maybe...
 

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