It is not what i expected. The book is grim and sad... here you have the son of Transformers and Zombieland (i mean the vibe it gives me...). My gosh....
It is not what i expected. The book is grim and sad... here you have the son of Transformers and Zombieland (i mean the vibe it gives me...). My gosh....
How could anyone look at The Electric State and think, "this is screaming to be an action-oriented thriller. Also, we should invent a role for everyone's favorite, Chris Pratt."
How could anyone look at The Electric State and think, "this is screaming to be an action-oriented thriller. Also, we should invent a role for everyone's favorite, Chris Pratt."
Honestly, there are some larger spreads in the book (the one on the bridge with the billboards comes to mind, the waving sun, and the giant drone in the barn that do fit with this vibe. It's...
Honestly, there are some larger spreads in the book (the one on the bridge with the billboards comes to mind, the waving sun, and the giant drone in the barn that do fit with this vibe. It's obviously not what comes to mind first, but I don't see how this could never ever work.
I'm not going to say that the kind of story this appears to be wouldn't ever be entertaining. It may be great fun. The issue I see is that it looks as though the adaptation is going to follow the...
I'm not going to say that the kind of story this appears to be wouldn't ever be entertaining. It may be great fun. The issue I see is that it looks as though the adaptation is going to follow the Hollywood pattern of exposition, which is to explicate every damned thing until it loses every shred of mystery the source material has. For an IP as surreal and evocative as The Electric State, that doesn't bode well.
In a vacuum it looks decent, and it gets the visual aesthetic sort of right, but the tone is completely different from the source material. The world of the book is eerie and apocalyptic, quietly...
In a vacuum it looks decent, and it gets the visual aesthetic sort of right, but the tone is completely different from the source material. The world of the book is eerie and apocalyptic, quietly consumed from within by this mysterious neural VR technology, and while the underlying design of the various robots does look gaudy and cartoonish, in the narrative they range from unsettlingly decrepit to almost Lovecraftian. There's a strong theme of a monstrous alien hive mind arising from our technology and shrugging off the human world that birthed it. This... it's more like Fallout with Marvel humor, plus an endearing ragtag team of androids.
I'll watch it and may even enjoy it, but it's not looking like a faithful adaptation at all.
First impressions: The cast for this is really stacked. I'm really tired of digital make-up. It's so unnecessary. The mood of the trailer doesn't seem to match the mood of the show - it's a...
First impressions:
The cast for this is really stacked.
I'm really tired of digital make-up. It's so unnecessary.
The mood of the trailer doesn't seem to match the mood of the show - it's a dystopia but it's also the Russos so I guess I'm just expecting quips/one-liners and more silliness than the trailer makes it seem like it has.
Probably not gonna watch this unless it gets really good reviews which I highly doubt it will since it's Netflix), and also Chris Pratt is a hurdle.
The source is very different from the trailer. It's desolate and melancholy, and it's probably better suited for a dialogue-less arthouse film than this... whatever this is.
The source is very different from the trailer. It's desolate and melancholy, and it's probably better suited for a dialogue-less arthouse film than this... whatever this is.
Yknow, this is obviously a huge departure from the source material, but I don't necessarily see that as a bad thing. Yes, if I was in charge I would have probably stayed pretty close to the style...
Yknow, this is obviously a huge departure from the source material, but I don't necessarily see that as a bad thing. Yes, if I was in charge I would have probably stayed pretty close to the style of the Tales From The Loop adaptation, which is excellent, but if you're gonna adapt any Stalenhag into an action flick, I think Electric State is the one to pick. It won't be a reproduction of the book, that's for sure, but I don't feel it's fair to decry it as terrible right away. I'm looking forward to this, and the cast looks pretty stacked too. And if it does turn out to be bad, well, we still have the book. That's not going anywhere, and that vibe works a lot better as an artbook anyways.
This is from the Russo Bros and has a reported budget of 320M
It is not what i expected. The book is grim and sad... here you have the son of Transformers and Zombieland (i mean the vibe it gives me...). My gosh....
Uhh... what the actual fuck is this shit?
I don't think I've seen something more separated from the original source since World War Z.
How could anyone look at The Electric State and think, "this is screaming to be an action-oriented thriller. Also, we should invent a role for everyone's favorite, Chris Pratt."
Honestly, there are some larger spreads in the book (the one on the bridge with the billboards comes to mind, the waving sun, and the giant drone in the barn that do fit with this vibe. It's obviously not what comes to mind first, but I don't see how this could never ever work.
I'm not going to say that the kind of story this appears to be wouldn't ever be entertaining. It may be great fun. The issue I see is that it looks as though the adaptation is going to follow the Hollywood pattern of exposition, which is to explicate every damned thing until it loses every shred of mystery the source material has. For an IP as surreal and evocative as The Electric State, that doesn't bode well.
In a vacuum it looks decent, and it gets the visual aesthetic sort of right, but the tone is completely different from the source material. The world of the book is eerie and apocalyptic, quietly consumed from within by this mysterious neural VR technology, and while the underlying design of the various robots does look gaudy and cartoonish, in the narrative they range from unsettlingly decrepit to almost Lovecraftian. There's a strong theme of a monstrous alien hive mind arising from our technology and shrugging off the human world that birthed it. This... it's more like Fallout with Marvel humor, plus an endearing ragtag team of androids.
I'll watch it and may even enjoy it, but it's not looking like a faithful adaptation at all.
First impressions:
The cast for this is really stacked.
I'm really tired of digital make-up. It's so unnecessary.
The mood of the trailer doesn't seem to match the mood of the show - it's a dystopia but it's also the Russos so I guess I'm just expecting quips/one-liners and more silliness than the trailer makes it seem like it has.
Probably not gonna watch this unless it gets really good reviews which I highly doubt it will since it's Netflix), and also Chris Pratt is a hurdle.
Hm. I definitely should read graphic novel. For me teaser do not look promising, but thats just my personal impression.
The source is very different from the trailer. It's desolate and melancholy, and it's probably better suited for a dialogue-less arthouse film than this... whatever this is.
Yknow, this is obviously a huge departure from the source material, but I don't necessarily see that as a bad thing. Yes, if I was in charge I would have probably stayed pretty close to the style of the Tales From The Loop adaptation, which is excellent, but if you're gonna adapt any Stalenhag into an action flick, I think Electric State is the one to pick. It won't be a reproduction of the book, that's for sure, but I don't feel it's fair to decry it as terrible right away. I'm looking forward to this, and the cast looks pretty stacked too. And if it does turn out to be bad, well, we still have the book. That's not going anywhere, and that vibe works a lot better as an artbook anyways.