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Heads up those among us who still enjoy kiddies animation.

They’ve just dropped S2 of the very watchable children’s animation space sci-fi series My Dad the Bounty Hunter. Its premise deftly combines elements of Lost in Space, Mandalorian, Star Trek and Men in Black among others.

Well worth checking if you like any of the above, even PG certificate stuff is not your thing.
 
Hunger - not the IRA / Fassbender one directed by Steve McQueen, the OTHER one - a glossy Thai-language feature film about power games and bad behaviour in fine dining establishments, and the cult of the celebrity chef. So it's largely a Marxian call for class warfare :D

Slightly overlong drama with too many ingredients (sorry) - bit of a career quest, bit of limp-lettuce romance, lots of bullying and workplace drama, LOADS of mouthwatering food-porn cooking sequences, but mainly absolutely amazingly, savagely biting about Thailand's odious uber-rich and the dog-eat-dog society they have birthed. All shot with incredible flair and detail - it's very Parasite-like (probably deliberately so?) in the mix of ultra-high-production values and elite-world settings, set against the visceral struggles of the underlings. It's virtually screaming for full-on revolution (but it's obviously still kind of in love with caviar and the chef's art.) Threatens to go a bit soft-focus "family love and loyalty are all that really matters, better to be poor but happy " but is bracingly a bit more spiky than that overall. All actors working hard and willing to be un-likeable. Defiinitely worth a watch.
 
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Sometimes I feel like my OH and I are the only people in the world without an in-depth knowledge of everything anime/ manga. Certainly, right until yesterday I’d never heard of One Piece, which apparently is a revered manga work.

And suddenly all the papers and websites are talking about this new live action adaptation premiering on Netflix today. Some are touting it as one of the first decent live action adaptations of the genre.

I’ll take their word for it I guess. We like fantasy action shit so giving it a go and the first episode is showing good potential, even though we feel we are missing tons of references and nods to the original anime series.

In fact, I have seen this show being described in the press as an adaptation of both manga and anime. Is there’s a difference between them terms?
 
Sometimes I feel like my OH and I are the only people in the world without an in-depth knowledge of everything anime/ manga. Certainly, right until yesterday I’d never heard of One Piece, which apparently is a revered manga work.

And suddenly all the papers and websites are talking about this new live action adaptation premiering on Netflix today. Some are touting it as one of the first decent live action adaptations of the genre.

I’ll take their word for it I guess. We like fantasy action shit so giving it a go and the first episode is showing good potential, even though we feel we are missing tons of references and nods to the original anime series.

In fact, I have seen this show being described in the press as an adaptation of both manga and anime. Is there’s a difference between them terms?
Manga is comic book, anime is animated.
 
the alienist - top drawer acting talent, huge budget and high prodution values with the grime and poverty of new york superbly realised as are the beautiful houses and opera houses, resturants, food and outfits of the cities uber-wealthy. However the plot is an over long, indeciphareable plod thorugh cod psycology and gore. was mightily relieved to get to the end of season 1.
 
Can't imagine those two actors in a romcom
I sort of agree, in that I agree Neil Maskell probably wouldn't get cast in a romcom, but I wish he would. I saw him in Utopia and also Hijack and although he's played quite damaged and violent characters, there's been a certain vulnerability to the characters, so I'm sure there are more emotional depths for him to plumb, that he's got greater character range than shown to date.
 
I sort of agree, in that I agree Neil Maskell probably wouldn't get cast in a romcom, but I wish he would. I saw him in Utopia and also Hijack and although he's played quite damaged and violent characters, there's been a certain vulnerability to the characters, so I'm sure there are more emotional depths for him to plumb, that he's got greater character range than shown to date.

Have you seen Happy New Year Colin Burstead? It's a black comedy
 
Neil Maskill has just directed his first, which has just come out. It’s called Klocknluider (Dutch for whistleblower) and centres around 4 characters stuck in a big house together, so not a million miles away from the premise of Happy New Year Colin Burstead as it happens…
It has reviewed well.
Good luck finding somewhere to see it, mind.
 
I sort of agree, in that I agree Neil Maskell probably wouldn't get cast in a romcom, but I wish he would. I saw him in Utopia and also Hijack and although he's played quite damaged and violent characters, there's been a certain vulnerability to the characters, so I'm sure there are more emotional depths for him to plumb, that he's got greater character range than shown to date.
Neil Maskell is one of those actors who you just know would excel in so many different roles, he's got depth and heft and isn't gimmicky, but seems mostly to have been parked in certain types of film, usually in a supporting part. But you can see his craft, even in genre work, like The Football Factory and Kill List.

But I'd like to see him in a more banal environment - exploring character, relationships, regret, fear, loss, and with less fantastical risk and lower levels of jeopardy. Happy New Year, Colin Burstead certainly went some way to showcasing that side of him; hopefully we get to enjoy more of it.

Would definitely go him teaming up with MyAnna Buring again, but with the pair of them solidly at the centre of the story :oldthumbsup:
 
Neil Maskell is one of those actors who you just know would excel in so many different roles, he's got depth and heft and isn't gimmicky, but seems mostly to have been parked in certain types of film, usually in a supporting part. But you can see his craft, even in genre work, like The Football Factory and Kill List.

But I'd like to see him in a more banal environment - exploring character, relationships, regret, fear, loss, and with less fantastical risk and lower levels of jeopardy. Happy New Year, Colin Burstead certainly went some way to showcasing that side of him; hopefully we get to enjoy more of it.

Would definitely go him teaming up with MyAnna Buring again, but with the pair of them solidly at the centre of the story :oldthumbsup:
She’s in Klokkenluider!
 
Heads up those among us who still enjoy kiddies animation.

They’ve just dropped S2 of the very watchable children’s animation space sci-fi series My Dad the Bounty Hunter. Its premise deftly combines elements of Lost in Space, Mandalorian, Star Trek and Men in Black among others.

Well worth checking if you like any of the above, even PG certificate stuff is not your thing.

Thanks, S1 was good , and one of those sadly rarer thatn they should be childrens tv series which are actually entertaining to watch as an adult. I'll alert the kid.
 
Who I’ve also just got mixed up with Myanna Buring - Dohnke is in Maskell’s new film, not Buring! :facepalm: too!
Buring is another powerhouse character player who just hasn't had the upfront & central roles her acting chops deserve. But even in small parts - whether they're strong genre pieces like Kill List and Hyena, or tax write-offs like Devil's Playground and City Rats - she fully commits, and does everything she can to draw the viewer into the story. Can't really believe that she hasn't been given more meaty leading roles since storming it in The Descent nearly twenty years back.
 
I did receive an insight in an article I read a few years back about why some actors have more success than others. It was referring to one of those Hollywood actors that has been in more things than you’d think their acting ability justified (I think it might have been Keanu Reeves but that doesn’t really matter). In a moment of candour, a producer said that this actor gets employed a lot basically because they’re a good employee — they work hard, they do it without complaint, they’re always nice to the rest of the cast and crew, no matter how junior, they don’t misbehave, they’re always on time and ready to go etc etc. Their acting was good enough not to really be an issue, at which point all these other things about filmmaking come to the fore. And that’s particularly true for a producer, who has a lot of sway over who gets employed.

Ever since then, I’ve always borne in mind that the opposite is also the case. So it might be that an excellent actor is just a pain in the arse to work with and so not worth a producer’s effort.

I found it a useful reminder that even filmmaking is just a workplace and that the usual human elements come into play.
 
I did receive an insight in an article I read a few years back about why some actors have more success than others. It was referring to one of those Hollywood actors that has been in more things than you’d think their acting ability justified (I think it might have been Keanu Reeves but that doesn’t really matter). In a moment of candour, a producer said that this actor gets employed a lot basically because they’re a good employee — they work hard, they do it without complaint, they’re always nice to the rest of the cast and crew, no matter how junior, they don’t misbehave, they’re always on time and ready to go etc etc. Their acting was good enough not to really be an issue, at which point all these other things about filmmaking come to the fore. And that’s particularly true for a producer, who has a lot of sway over who gets employed.

Ever since then, I’ve always borne in mind that the opposite is also the case. So it might be that an excellent actor is just a pain in the arse to work with and so not worth a producer’s effort.

I found it a useful reminder that even filmmaking is just a workplace and that the usual human elements come into play.
A good friend who's an actor always says there are a lot of decent actors out there and there's always a lot of luck involved but the thing that'll make people think of you for their next production is how you are to work with.

(Do you turn up on time, know your lines, treat the crew politely, take feedback, interact well with the other actors.) So yeah, like work in general.
 
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