Into The Badlands

Darc_Requiem · April 23, 2018

Season premiere was last night. Anyone else watch the show? Or am I on my own here?

misterBee · April 23, 2018

Sorry haven't seen it. What's it about?

Darc_Requiem · April 23, 2018

It's a bit hard to describe. Post apocalyptic, martial arts, western maybe. The fights are reminiscent of Hong Kong action films due to the wire work. The first couple of seasons had an almost Greek city state vibe. Each Baron had their city, army, serfs, etc. It's really hard to pin down an accurate description of the the show.

http://www.amc.com/shows/into-the-badlands

Edited April 23, 2018 by Darc_Requiem

MillionX · April 23, 2018

the odd thing ---I keep forgetting why guns aren't a thing anymore in that world... in a post apocalyptic world, it's not like the human race would collectively forget about how far weapons technology got....in this show it's like a world where that simply wasn't invented yet, somehow. I'm not sure how that works if it's still a thing but somehow just outlawed/banned everywhere....whatever, I know they really just want the focus of the action to be cool fight scene martial arts action.

Anyway, in terms of the fighting/action scenes, no other show right now can fuck with it.

...and my baby Emily Beecham looked incredible as usual on the premiere.... seriously one of the finest redheads out there today. I'd ravage all day.

Darc_Requiem · April 24, 2018

The fights are the shows biggest drawn. If they had guns readily available it would either minimize the number of fights or break immersion because you'd be wondering "why aren't they using guns".

bittersweet · May 7, 2018

On 4/24/2018 at 7:30 AM, Darc_Requiem said:

The fights are the shows biggest drawn. If they had guns readily available it would either minimize the number of fights or break immersion because you'd be wondering "why aren't they using guns".

I disagree. There was another show with the same premise, Revolution. Though they had a little bit more information available as to why machinery and weapons other than black powder rifles and flintlocks, which were heavily unreliable.

Though this does help a bit: http://www.amc.com/shows/into-the-badlands/exclusives/the-world#history-anchor

"Because firearms have been banned, bladed weapons are commonplace and martial arts have flourished. In this world, power is taken, and only the stongest and most brutal prosper."

Anyway, I fell in love with season one and I'm gradually working my way through the second season. I only wish the episodes were available for download so that I could watch them when I'm waiting in the parking lot before my shift at work.

Darc_Requiem · May 21, 2018

Gaius Chow was Shatterstar in Deadpool 2. Recognized him right away. I think he was the drunken master in Iron Fist as well.

MillionX · June 4, 2018

I'm having to get caught up here... just saw episode 4 with the blind cannibals... and the new one is about to come on now so I'm *still* going to be 2 episodes behind...

The TnA report--- Tilda is actually looking quite nice this season.. she's coming along nicely, I see.... one to keep an eye on for sure. I guessed correctly that she has some Greek in those genetics. The name is Ally Loannides....nothing exceptionally sexy on her instagram page just yet but I'll be keeping tabs.

Darc_Requiem · June 4, 2018

Well, I won't spoil anything then. Let me know when you catch up.

Darc_Requiem · June 18, 2018

Shit just got real. 😱

misterBee · June 19, 2018

I swear I'll get to this eventually.

I'll just put it in my queue. Expect my reactions to it in Black Panther Time(TM).

Darc_Requiem · July 5, 2018

On 6/18/2018 at 11:23 PM, misterBee said:

I swear I'll get to this eventually.

I'll just put it in my queue. Expect my reactions to it in Black Panther Time(TM).

😑