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[KyoZz]

I've watched the first three episodes and I really like it. The story is fine even if it's a bit predictable, the actors are good, the music is cool, it's visually stunning and Nicolas Cage is just perfect.

His costume is awesome too, they really nailed the transition to live action and I love how they're introducing the Spider-Man lore. Even if the writing isn't particularly amazing, the series seems to know what it's doing and where it wants to go. It's better than what I expected honestly.

I'm watching it in black and white but honestly, having rewatched some parts in color, this version is superb too. Really great work.

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

 

[IntentionalPun]

Glad people are liking this. Will watch in color for sure though, looks way betters.

 

[YCoCg]

Don't get why they didn't "Sin City" this and have it both b+w with splashes of colour

 

[CGNoire]

Don't get why they didn't "Sin City" this and have it both b+w with splashes of colour

You mean Rumblefish it.

 

[Dr.Morris79]

I can't change it to black and white? What the hell?

 

[DKehoe]

I can't change it to black and white? What the hell?

That's odd. I tried playing it on my phone's app and it came up with an option for me to choose the version. What kind of device are you using?

 

[AJUMP23]

I can't change it to black and white? What the hell?

Bezo's Bozo.

He gotcha.

 

[AJUMP23]

I just saw they dropped all the episodes. That is cool. Time to Spider-Binge

 

[VulcanRaven]

I watched the first two episodes and it has been pretty good. I love the style.

 

[DeceptiveAlarm]

I can't change it to black and white? What the hell?

It comes up everytime I choose a episode. I get both options. You don't havr that?

 

[jason10mm]

You mean Rumblefish it.

Do you mean Pleasantville it?

Or if that's not an old enough reference, Wizard of Oz it?

 

[Dr.Morris79]

It comes up everytime I choose a episode. I get both options. You don't havr that?

The screen came up telling me about the different versions, I can't select anything, then just plays in colour

I'll have a chance to try another tv tomorrow, hopefully it's just bugged on this one.

 

[DeceptiveAlarm]

The screen came up telling me about the different versions, I can't select anything, then just plays in colour

I'll have a chance to try another tv tomorrow, hopefully it's just bugged on this one.

Yeah even if I stop mid episode and then watch it later that evening it let's me choose again. I don't know whats going wrong for you.

 

[GeorgioCostanzaX]

Not that's it's necessarily a fair comparison but I hope it's better than Daredevil Born again: not that DD is bad it's just not as special as the OG Netflix series.

 

[GateofD]

i don't know the real actor names of the other people in the show, but the supporting cast are pretty good.

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

i don't know the real actor names of the other people in the show, but the supporting cast are pretty good.

I recognize one of them from the show New Girl

 

[GateofD]

Up to episode 4.
I think watching it in 2s is the correct method. There's a lot of talking and building up the city, which is good, but can wear you down if your trying to marathon it. I'm watching 2, giving it a few days rest and picking up the next set.

 

[MrTroubleMaker]

Watched it all, it was good. I wouldn't mind seeing a season 2.

some nitpicks, don't read until finished the season.

Spoiler

Cage is a little to old for the part. I'm assuming his character was in his 20's during WW1. The de-aging was not very good for that part. But he acted well. Also have a feeling that the antidote that was injected into Robbie will turn him into a spider as well - I don't follow the comics, just a noob at it. Other than a few dumb moments and the songs are to modern that Felicia sings, I enjoyed the show.

 

[Trilobit]

Watched first episode. Pretty mediocre script and it feels cheap. May give it a few more episodes though. Wish it was filmed on film and not digitally. Both b/w and color look really good and the color one has that nice classic look.

 

[The Goddamn Mike]

Watched first episode. Pretty mediocre script and it feels cheap.

Agreed on this point. I watched the first episode (in BW) last night. Thus far, the editing is atrocious and the show is not cinematic as a result. There are some angle/reverse angle dialogue scenes which are headache-inducing...ADD shit: the show can't hold a shot on an actor for more than 1.5 seconds before cutting back to previous. What exactly are they teaching in film school these days?

Both b/w and color look really good and the color one has that nice classic look.

I can't agree with this on the BW front, but maybe I'll give the color version a shot.

You can't (well, strike that...apparently, you can) just convert color photography to black and white. The scenes need to be lit in an entirely different fashion at time of shooting. Otherwise, you get the post-production, "cheap"-look exhibited here. I'll eat crow if they actually filmed each scene twice with different lighting, but the look of this (in BW) definitely implies: we removed color in post. Maybe this bit ("Shoot once...and there must be a color version!") was budget-mandated, but the aforementioned scene-cutting is unforgivable.

Noir (not this show, the genre) needs to be dark (no shit) and contemplative. The scenes in this are composited and chopped in such an amateurish way - any gravitas is defeated.

Also, I love Cage, in general, but his performance in this is akin to a random drunk in a bar doing a Bogart impression...or maybe Cagney.

It's a cool idea and there are some good-looking bits, despite the problems mentioned above. Good to see Jack Huston still getting work. Will give it another episode or two before jumping ship.

 

[Roufianos]

I watched two episodes last night with the fam, and nobody wanted to continue today. I personally thought it was alright but honestly not fussed.

 

[BennyBlanco]

Watched first episode. Pretty mediocre script and it feels cheap. May give it a few more episodes though. Wish it was filmed on film and not digitally. Both b/w and color look really good and the color one has that nice classic look.

yea i didnt care for it either

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

Watched first episode. Pretty mediocre script and it feels cheap. May give it a few more episodes though. Wish it was filmed on film and not digitally. Both b/w and color look really good and the color one has that nice classic look.

Ok Nolan

 

[Fbh]

I enjoyed the first episode. Not blown away by it, but the unique style and Nic Cage being in a TV show bring enough novelty to carry it for now.
So far my only issues, and I know it's maybe unrealistic for a TV show, is that I wish they had gone with some more oldschool tricks and practical effects, there's something a bit disjointed about the retro look mixed with obvious CG and green screen shots.

 

[GeekyDad]

I couldn't get past the intro monologue. The noir visuals are good, but that intro sounded so silly and cliche.

I might try to muscle through it at a later date.

 

[Trilobit]

I couldn't get past the intro monologue. The noir visuals are good, but that intro sounded so silly and cliche.

I might try to muscle through it at a later date.

I gave up after the second episode. The writing and dialogue in Spider-Noir is too crappy and I am normally perfectly okay with cheese. The characterization is so thin and all the sidecharacters leave me bored out of my mind.

I don't really get a noir vibe from this. In my mind noir is slower interspersed with heftier moments, but the show is edited by someone who needs to be on ADHD medication. The sets feel claustrophobic even in the outdoor scenes.

When the show was announced I was like "wow, a Spider-Man show. How can they afford it?! That's going to be amazing!" And now I know how they were able to afford a Spider-Man show. It feels like watching a CW superhero show with a last season budget. I'm left imagining what a live-action Spider-Man show with the backing of HBO would have looked like.

 

[GateofD]

Is hotdogs a noir thing. Cage eats them a lot here. And the Naked Gun remake had him eating one as well

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

Is hotdogs a noir thing. Cage eats them a lot here. And the Naked Gun remake had him eating one as well

Maybe Nick Cage really likes hotdogs

 

[jshackles]

Watched the first episode, show seems pretty good. I'm at least intrigued enough to finish it.

 

[meliodas]

Just finished episode 1 in Black & White, looks promising....

 

[deriks]

Glad people are liking this. Will watch in color for sure though, looks way betters.

 

[kruis]

This series is supposed to be set in 1932, in the middle of the depression and in the final days of the Prohibition era, but visually it's heavily influenced by Film Noir movies from the late 1940ies/early 1950ies. The result is a world that's a weird visual mishmash of the 1930ies and 1940ies. Music isn't period accurate either of course.

 

[NahaNago]

Tried it in black and white for the first episode and then color for episode 2 and 3 and it was okay looking. I'm honestly not feeling the show. The characters and acting are a little off.

 

[John Marston]

No matter how old Lukas Haas gets to me he will always be that Amish boy from Witness

 

[Vyse]

Just finished episode 8. Loved it from start to finish.

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

Just finished episode 8. Loved it from start to finish.

 

[StueyDuck]

Really enjoyed this, genuinely different, purposely cheesy

My only 2 nitpicks, the electro? (Was it electro?) Actor was irritating even more than a failed stage actor and I wish there would be a little more noir detective work, I kind of wish we got 10 eps and a bit more grizzled detective

Besides that though a genuinely great show, i think its gonna lose some on how purposely cheesy its filmed though, I think throwback scenes to how they use to film cars for example will get lost on people and they'll scream bad CG

 

[Paasei]

Really liked this show. Finished it last weekend in black & white.

Might give it another go in colour in a few months time or something.

 

[fran.fernandez]

EP3 , so good that I'm watching it one per day

Don't want it to end

 

[John Marston]

Your favorite from Boardwalk Empire is also in this

 

[Trilobit]

No matter how old Lukas Haas gets to me he will always be that Amish boy from Witness

Interestingly he's also in another noir, Brick. It's one of my favourite noir films.

 

[AJUMP23]

I watched the first two episodes and it has been pretty good. I love the style.

Agree seen 2 episodes, liked it