g.man wrote:Well now.Yossarian wrote:Babylon 5’s getting a reboot: https://twitter.com/straczynski/status/1442621159221043202
poprock wrote:Fair. It’s very much ‘Line of Duty in the Navy’ and if you’ve soured a bit on Line of Duty recently then Vigil probably won’t appeal.
MattyJ wrote:Was babylon 5 the first show to do those big overarching plots, or am I completey misremembering
tin_robot wrote:The diner is, if anything, worse in the book. (Though the trouble with audio of course is that your imagination fills the visual gaps.) A standard comic book's 24 pages, so Gaiman decided to do 24 hours over those pages. It's pretty much intended as a warning not to get too comfortable I think. (It never gets quite that bad again.) What surprised me most about the audio book is that it also covers the little stand alone comics that he threw in near the end. Some of those seem inconsequential but are essential later, but others are just as they appear and I rather assumed they would fall by the wayside. But they clearly decided to do the lot. It will be interesting to see if the TV show decides to keep as close to the source material. Speaking of which... I also watched the first episode of Y: The Last Man last night. So far it, erm, doesn't stick that closely to the original - though the central premise, one man and his monkey are the only males left alive on Earth, remains. They first episode is almost entirely pre-catastrophe, and fills in a lot of back story for characters that didn't really have it in the comic book. (Or were on an entirely different part of the planet.) I'm not sure what I think of it yet, and whilst I spent much of that first episode willing it to get on with The Thing, when it hits I appreciated that spending an hour with a few of these people first made it considerably more effective. I'll give it a few more episodes at least.ShabbyMcCrabby wrote:Need to go back and finish the audio version. We noped out of it during the diner sequence which was probably a section that didn't need to be such a direct translation from the graphic novel. I'm imagining it's probably just a double page spread in the book but 10/15 minutes of audio of that was a bit too much for the gf. Very nice production values throughout though.tin_robot wrote:My take on the live action Cowboy Bebop is almost exactly the same. (I will of course watch it) Equally agree on Sandman - I thought the audio version was surprisingly good given that the source is so inherently visual. (Though Kat Dennings as Death took a bit of getting used to.) @Liv - just started Squid Game, enjoying it so far. (If "enjoying" is the word..)ShabbyMcCrabby wrote:I was bit disappointed to see some recognisable story characters in the Cowboy Bebop opening suggesting they're essentially just retelling the anime. What's the point. Tell me some new stories in that world. When the anime is so perfect, why would I choose to watch it live action. Obviously it's probably less for me and more for people who haven't watched the anime but then again it seems to want to appease the anime fans too. We'll see. I think the casting is great at least. I still need to read Sandman but, for me, Charles Dance can't get anywhere near Sam Neill's performance in the recent-ish audio version. He goes full Event Horizon and it's definitely worth a listen.
Facewon wrote:Well that's annoying. Apple TV? Anyone know?
ShabbyMcCrabby wrote:Hmmmm, interesting. I'm still tempted to buy the full set of the graphic novel. Almost done so multiple times but never committed. Still worth it you think?tin_robot wrote:Sandman stuff (and a bit of Y:The Last Man).
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