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Post by pacinoyes on Mar 6, 2021 11:04:23 GMT
So the GOAT didn't appear as Mephisto on WandaVision so .........I didn't have to watch WandaVision I guess huh?  For those of us going through (awesome) Call My Agent! withdrawals - this show could be a Call My Agent! production within that show - high concept, familiar French faces - and it's become my new thing - and the 2nd stupendous French show I've seen in 2021 already. Heck, that doesn't even count perennial French favorite Spiral which is the French The Wire in a way or will appeal to the same type of viewer. Starring Omar Sy - in a greeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeat role - I'll write more about him later I'm sure - you see lots of familiar faces pop up (Ludivine Sagnier!) - the mystery is sharp and exceedingly well drawn - it's a lot of fun and adult entertainment. 5 of 10 episodes on Netflix now, last 5 later this year - you can blow through this real quick and go back and catch little things you may have missed or want to see again. Highly recommended .............Viva la France!  |
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Post by pacinoyes on Mar 7, 2021 21:56:02 GMT
English trailer for the 2nd/last half - I don't know why they do that and don't just show a subtitled trailer.......whatever ......Summer seems so far away..........grrrrrrrr
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Post by Mattsby on Mar 8, 2021 20:19:15 GMT
Three eps in.... Kinda fun, but very far-fetched without having to be (the whole jail bit made me scratch my head). It doesn't feel like anyone in the show exists in that world outside of their screentime and the writers keep stopping for exposition and then repeating reveals to make sure we get it. So a little wonky on the page but it's pretty slickly filmed so far and Omar Sy has charm.
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Post by pacinoyes on Mar 8, 2021 21:28:58 GMT
Ok, finished episode 5 - which is by far the best episode and gives a cool backstory. Mattsby is right that it's far-fetched but to me, I love that - this is essentially a Superman or Batman "hero/villain" story that uses that element of excitement in old novels as the comics of their day. You could do this same thing this show does with Les Misérables - but it wouldn't be as fun I reckon! Some of the stuff you just have to go along with and it is ridiculously coincidental also One of the things I really love is how deep they layer a theme - like there's 3 people reading or re-reading Lupin here for different purposes - one to commit crime, one to love reading, one to prevent crime - father, son, cop......the ending of episode 5 is the fiction mixed into the reality of the plot. Sort of like in Cruising where you have a cop night at the gay bar while the detective is a cop at a gay bar .........  .........um, well this is sort of like that! |
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Post by LaraQ on Mar 28, 2021 19:35:04 GMT
Absolutely loved this.If Omar Sy was a Brit,he'd be a the top of my list to play James Bond.Can't wait for the second half of the season.
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Post by pacinoyes on May 11, 2021 16:14:57 GMT
New Trailer......June 11, second half
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Post by theycallmemrfish on May 11, 2021 17:29:15 GMT
So when does he turn into a werewolf?
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Post by LaraQ on May 11, 2021 17:36:23 GMT
New Trailer......June 11, second half Looks great,the dubbing though....  |
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Post by pacinoyes on Jun 14, 2021 8:31:04 GMT
Show is back for last 5 episodes.........I'm only on episode 6 right now .......and it's starting to become convoluted in ways that are not only implausible but "time wise" impossible to pull off too..............but it's still a lot of fun.........and cinematic too.......it feels like a big action movie and there's a lot of James Bond to the way things play out here. One of the most fun things so far in 2021 for me The 2 child actors are marvelous and sweet too:  |
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Post by LaraQ on Jun 14, 2021 12:14:00 GMT
Show is back for last 5 episodes.........I'm only on episode 6 right now .......and it's starting to become convoluted in ways that are not only implausible but "time wise" impossible to pull off too..............but it's still a lot of fun.........and cinematic too.......it feels like a big action movie and there's a lot of James Bond to the way things play out here. One of the most fun things so far in 2021 for me The 2 child actors are marvelous and sweet too: The reviews for the second half of the season are a lot more tepid.I watched episode 6 yesterday and I thought it was good, but I'm starting to think it's one of those shows that should only have a limited number of seasons.I really hope his Son isn't dead.  |
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Post by Mattsby on Jun 17, 2021 17:39:31 GMT
Okay so I pretty much loved all of the new eps. Second half of S1? Is it S2?? Maybe I put the loupe down and just enjoyed it for what it is....or the eps got tighter and better? Like Pac said... this is like Omar Sy playing Batman, or Bond....or, maybe more than anything, Ethan Hunt. Very entertaining and satisfyingly done down the stretch and the way the past inspires and informs the present. Sy is great and the supporting characters shine as well thru Ch6-10.
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.........um, well this is sort of like that!
