I seem to be enjoying this a fair bit lately on Netflix, I think I like it for the fact that the episodes in this is developing a longer series style story arc rather than being a collection of random encounters with overall larger episodes from other series, the character development is a bit better and seems to have a bit more care to detail in place than other series, it also seems a little darker than the ones I have watched to date which is making it all the more enjoyable. Swearing episode aside, which was odd and felt wrong, its been great I felt.
Category: Films
Films
As an ex-player, I looked forward to seeing the rich lore behind the game making the jump to the big screen, potentially it makes for some truly epic filmography if done right.
Release date came and went and I finally see the film, I came out thinking that I can’t say I really enjoyed the film all that much, which is a genuine shame and disappointment, the premise is there for greatness within the games universe, but overall I felt at best it was very rushed to get released and seemingly lacking in any decent character development and backstory or covering the gaps in the history for the characters in front of us.
Guldan had a long backstory that was missing and the titan’s and their servants were missing.
It was very jumpy in places playing a little hard and fast with the lore from its universe changing the canon for some key points that happened, its easy for me to criticise being probably targeted as a rabid fanboy here, though I would argue differently because it lost the flow of the story telling, also some characters engineered in made very little impact – the addition of Lothar’s son was one such character who was a little pointless.
One final criticism for me, despite the fact I come from a WoW background and I am extensively up on the lore, it didn’t take any time to explain anything though to people from the non-gaming backgrounds.
Overall I would say about 4 or 5 out of 10 at best, which is deeply disappointing for my expectations here.
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Star Wars : Force Awakens [Spoilers]
I am a massive fan of the series, was excited in the build up to seeing it, but I couldn’t help feel disappointed overall after watching the most recent outing, I understand that it was a homage to the original trilogy in its making, but I just cannot get past the gaping potholes that stare at you and the complete lack of gravitas some of the characters had, coupled with the lack of quality I felt or story development.
The fact the plot basically ripped off the prior films with a thinly veiled advanced plot, felt more like a remake then a new film at times, the new alternative to the death star was a star killer (i.e. bigger version again which can take out more than one planet in a sitting)