03-12-2017, 02:18 PM
Netflix streaming now carries Into the Badlands, season 1.
I just finished watching the six episodes. It wasn't a binge-watch. Instead, I paced myself over several nights during which I binged on homemade pumpkin pie and homemade whipped cream.
After the first episode, my reactions were: 1) Wow, this very dry and overly serious. They need loosen up. 2) The world creation is overly simplistic, with one Baron controlling poppies, another Baron controlling oil, etc. -- very allegorical, but not promising as the basis for a post-apocalyptic world tale. 3) Sonny is going to be spending all his time in a tattoo parlor getting tats for all his kills, and he's going to run out of skin like now (those are big tat-marks)! Is that why Bajie was brought aboard, so Sonny can put overflow tats on him?
But as the episodes progressed, it loosened up some, and the plot became more involved. And it's colorful, with its various factions and settings, so it keeps me interested. Where I think it totally shines -- and DM mentioned it here or in an article -- is the rich ethnic mix among the characters. The show serves as a template for how most movies and series should be casted.
I'd even venture to call the series Fellini-esque in its use of odd-looking people, ranging from young to old, skinny to fat, very black to very white. Kudos to those calling the shots.
Looking forward to seeing Season 2. Not certain when Netflix will start streaming it.
I just finished watching the six episodes. It wasn't a binge-watch. Instead, I paced myself over several nights during which I binged on homemade pumpkin pie and homemade whipped cream.
After the first episode, my reactions were: 1) Wow, this very dry and overly serious. They need loosen up. 2) The world creation is overly simplistic, with one Baron controlling poppies, another Baron controlling oil, etc. -- very allegorical, but not promising as the basis for a post-apocalyptic world tale. 3) Sonny is going to be spending all his time in a tattoo parlor getting tats for all his kills, and he's going to run out of skin like now (those are big tat-marks)! Is that why Bajie was brought aboard, so Sonny can put overflow tats on him?
But as the episodes progressed, it loosened up some, and the plot became more involved. And it's colorful, with its various factions and settings, so it keeps me interested. Where I think it totally shines -- and DM mentioned it here or in an article -- is the rich ethnic mix among the characters. The show serves as a template for how most movies and series should be casted.
I'd even venture to call the series Fellini-esque in its use of odd-looking people, ranging from young to old, skinny to fat, very black to very white. Kudos to those calling the shots.
Looking forward to seeing Season 2. Not certain when Netflix will start streaming it.