chronic_archaic
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So hyped for this 
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Netflix Announces Castlevania series for 2017
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ReyVGM
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brandonh83
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I actually believe him. Am hyped.
Given the quality of the series since the 90s, my expectations are super low for this. It is also unlikely to spur the development of any games, or at least, the kind of games the series deserves.
I'd welcome being proven wrong though, Castlevania is long overdue for a proper return to form.
I'd welcome being proven wrong though, Castlevania is long overdue for a proper return to form.
WordAssassin
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The art looks sick as hell last I saw it. And Kevin Kolde IS the man. I wonder if they'll gonna put out a press release with some concept art or something now that the cat's out of the bag.
Slamtastic
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Is he speaking only in the animation medium? Because I don't think it will be better than the first Mortal Kombat movie.
brandonh83
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Mortal Kombat was shit lol
It's post-post scriptum (PPS), not post-scriptum-scriptum.
Series confirmed to be trash.
10 year in the making !
edit: James Jean doing art direction .... that's why the production didn't worked ... we are not WORTHY of such a beauty
BouncyFrag
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Netflix does quality shows. This could be good.
WordAssassin
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It's being made by Frederator Studios
I'm not convinced Frederator can pull off the concept art: http://castlevania.wikia.com/wiki/Dracula's_Curse_Animated_Movie#Character_Gallery
Then again, since it's been a decade there's no guarantee it even looks like that anymore.
intheinbetween
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I lost most of my interest once I read it's going to be an animated tv show
I lost most of my interest once I read it's going to be an animated tv show
Wait, why? Don't people usually have the opposite reactions to video game adaptations?
brandonh83
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I lost most of my interest once I read it's going to be an animated tv show
You want a generic looking live action thing with cosplay level costumes and shitty effects? I'd wager it'd take a much larger budget than what they're giving this to pull off something decent in live action.
Really excited for this and I'm usually not a fan of vampire media.
FrostuTheNinja
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Warren Ellis Wikipedia said:
I wonder if it's still based on Castlevania 3...
BumblebeeCody
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He knows how make some great content so I wish him the best on this. I'm a Castlevania fan so here's hoping it turns out great.
Unspeakable Evil
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I lost most of my interest once I read it's going to be an animated tv show
You really think Castlevania looks better in live action than animated?
MagnaderAlpha
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Since Warren Ellis is listed under the writing credits, it looks that way. Basically, for those unaware, it was in development for YEARS, is a retelling of the events of Dracula's Curse (Trevor Belmont, Alucard, Sypha Belnades and Grant DeNasty are all supposed to appear) and IGA(yeah, that long ago) was giving Warren notes on the games and the storyline, while signing off on the script. Don't know how much it has changed since then, though.
TheJollyCorner
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Yeah, I have to believe a lot of people let their nostalgia take over here. MK was a fun movie when I was 15. Tried watching it last year and other than a couple fights (Scorp/Johnny & Liu/Reptile) it was fucking horrible.
evilromero
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Cum. Hnnnng. Netflix answering my dreams. Goddamn.
poodaddy
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All right thanks for the info fellas. I was stoked but my hype is now completely deflated lol. Not a big anime fan, but then again who knows, it could still be pretty great. I'll keep it on the radar.
I will begrudgingly admit that when my daughter watches Adventure Time it does make me chuckle every once in a while, but I'm hoping this show isn't anything like Adventure Time. Has Frederator ever had a more serious project? If so, was it good?
Razgriz-Specter
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As I said in the other thread.
Never thought we'd get closer than
I'm fine if its animated, excited as hell.
Never thought we'd get closer than
I'm fine if its animated, excited as hell.
brandonh83
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I never got what people saw in it. It's about as bad as all of Anderson's other movies. Enjoyable to a degree, again like most of Anderson's movies but IMO the Silent Hill movie was a lot better (still problems but solid cinematography/general filmmaking going on)
TRUE ORDER
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Welp, out of nowhere hahah
Interesting... hopefully it's good.
Interesting... hopefully it's good.
poodaddy
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What's this from?As I said in the other thread.
Never thought we'd get closer than
I'm fine if its animated, excited as hell.
Dr. Zoidberg
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I'm interested in this.
CrazedProfessional
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Calling it now, it'll just be Bojack Horseman with Simon Belmont and Alucard couch surfing in his apartment.
Sir_Crocodile
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ugh
But it has Adi Shakar as a producer. Sometimes a producer has creative control and considering this is a big project for Shakar in a long time I would say he's going to be hands on and that's a a really good thing if you like his work.
If you have never seen it I suggest browsing his youtube channel to form your opinion.
https://www.youtube.com/user/AdiShankarBrand/playlists
Specifically check out his One Shot Bootleg playlists before drifting into the other areas.
MagnaderAlpha
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The movie was planned to be in development for a while as well. First, Paul W.S. Anderson was attached (no doubt would've cast Milla Jovovich as someone), then James Wan was interested, but backed out. He was still interested in producing it, but this time with Sylvain White as the director. Then it was canceled.
brandonh83
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Depends on how long the episodes run and how many there are per season.
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