03-31-2021, 09:05 PM
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Oh man, so CW, so painfully CW. Maybe that'll be its saving grace. So many viewers luv that CW formula. Not me. there have been exceptions, but so far, this is not one.
This has one notable Easter egg, an opening shot of a grasshopper in a cage. It almost didn't register. After that, this has absolutely nothing to do with the original franchise so far.
I wasn't impressed by Olivia as Nikki. I wasn't impressed by any of the actors except for the always exceptional Tzi Ma. He should have his own show where he's just the dad of a bunch of hawt girls with issues. I'd watch the hell out of that.
This takes place in two places I know very well - Shaolin & SF Chinatown. It's the Yunnan Shaolin Temple however, but there are scenes of what looks like Guilin, which is in the next province over from Yunnan. But let's just not get into all the Shaolin flaws because I could pick this to death like a vulture on a desert road kill. I'll just bite my tongue here. The whole backstory of Shaolin is annoyingly sideways.
SF Chinatown is okay. It looks like they did some location shots... just enough. I haven't lived there in a quarter century so I'll default to the Yeti's opinion of this part. More tongue biting.
Don't even get me started on the Kung Fu of Kung Fu.
Okay, I'll bite through my tongue if I don't.
Bret Chan did the choreo. He did well in Warrior. He also did Iron Fist. 'nuff said, right? He didn't have a lot to work with here. Olivia has a decent high roundhouse but can't sell a punch, and her staff skills are painfully mediocre.
There is a sword fight. In fact, it's all about a sword. But it's a dumb fantasy sword that looks like the bastard child of the Green Destiny and the Arnie Conan sword - all chromed for the camera. Ouch.
DOOM recommended just because I want the rest of you to share in my misery. I also want Greg to like it so we can debate over it.
SCREENER UNLOCKED
Oh man, so CW, so painfully CW. Maybe that'll be its saving grace. So many viewers luv that CW formula. Not me. there have been exceptions, but so far, this is not one.
This has one notable Easter egg, an opening shot of a grasshopper in a cage. It almost didn't register. After that, this has absolutely nothing to do with the original franchise so far.
I wasn't impressed by Olivia as Nikki. I wasn't impressed by any of the actors except for the always exceptional Tzi Ma. He should have his own show where he's just the dad of a bunch of hawt girls with issues. I'd watch the hell out of that.
This takes place in two places I know very well - Shaolin & SF Chinatown. It's the Yunnan Shaolin Temple however, but there are scenes of what looks like Guilin, which is in the next province over from Yunnan. But let's just not get into all the Shaolin flaws because I could pick this to death like a vulture on a desert road kill. I'll just bite my tongue here. The whole backstory of Shaolin is annoyingly sideways.
SF Chinatown is okay. It looks like they did some location shots... just enough. I haven't lived there in a quarter century so I'll default to the Yeti's opinion of this part. More tongue biting.
Don't even get me started on the Kung Fu of Kung Fu.
Okay, I'll bite through my tongue if I don't.
Bret Chan did the choreo. He did well in Warrior. He also did Iron Fist. 'nuff said, right? He didn't have a lot to work with here. Olivia has a decent high roundhouse but can't sell a punch, and her staff skills are painfully mediocre.
There is a sword fight. In fact, it's all about a sword. But it's a dumb fantasy sword that looks like the bastard child of the Green Destiny and the Arnie Conan sword - all chromed for the camera. Ouch.
DOOM recommended just because I want the rest of you to share in my misery. I also want Greg to like it so we can debate over it.
Shadow boxing the apocalypse