My choices for who to play the new Vampires in Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 4
Curran Walters as Victor, a charming, confident, rule-breaker who exudes a devil-may-care energy. Unlike his community, Victor is naturally open, empathetic, and a bold risk-taker. A follower who doesn’t think that he has the qualities to be a leader
Issac Ryan Brown as Vargas. Victor’s best friend and hype boy, but only when times are good. He’s quick to abandon him when times get tough and Victor get on the bad side of the Vampire community
Kayden Muller-Janssen as Vera, Victor’s frenemy. She’s ruthless and a true believer in the vampire way of life. Vera is cunning, persuasive and not afraid to speak her mind and is often irked by Victor. She’s not evil though - she’s fun to be around!
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I... wouldn't describe tiger & bunny as cyberpunk 1970s. The year it takes place in is called 1970s but as has been explained, its not equivalent to real world calendar and at least to me, doesn't really feel like cyberpunk 70s but more like modern day in a near future where superheroes exist, but have been turned into a capitalized, marketed product - which it did first, before mha or other similar stories, and in my opinion a lot better and more tactfully. Also, the queer representation is excellent for something that came out in 2010 - though the main protagonist duo isn't on-screen canon, what they have has been described as being in love by the authors (dunno if anything about them gets canonicized in s2 as i still haven't caught up, but the best way i can describe the way it feels is "all these characters are blatantly and autentically queer, they just couldn't get away with saying it outright" (besides the one canon nb character, whose identity is very well explored and from what i know DOES get they/them pronouns in the official dub of s2)). SORRY FOR THE INFODUMP lol, just saw the other ask and wanted to go more into it. either way id 100% rec it
Oh that's def interesting, thank you for the info! Don't mind at all haha
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"“This is exactly the same thing, you’re just laughing at how bad it is instead of… You know.” - Tristan
(yes after that there's a whole scene where they just react to Elephant, yes it goes as expected)
I also translated that at the speed of light at 11pm, so if nothing makes sense, that's why
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Dead boy Detectives review
I've watched all eight episodes of Dead Boy Detectives and it was a decent show. It's not something I may obsess over like The Sandman, or The Witcher, but it was decent.
Dead Boy Detectives is the story of Edwin Payne and Charles Rowland. Edwin was killed during a Satanic ritual in 1916. Charles died from hypothermia and internal bleeding after some bullies drove him into an ice-cold lake while throwing rocks at him.
(Note: That was not how Charles actually died in the source material. In the comics, Lucifer had quit and shut down Hell (the basis for the TV show Lucifer) so many evil souls returned to Earth, including the boys that sacrificed poor Edwin. They badly burnt Charles' back on a hot stove and Charles died from his injuries.)
The two ghosts decided to dedicate their afterlife solving mysteries to help other ghosts find peace. They are aided by psychic, Crystal Palace, who is haunted by her abusive ex-boyfriend who happens to be a demon.
Both Edwin Payne and Charles Rowland originated in Neil Gaiman's The Sandman: Season of Mists, The Sandman: Volume 4. Issue 25 of The Sandman comics, and within Act 2 of The Sandman audio drama.
The Dead Boy Detectives made their TV first appearance in Doom Patrol for HBO Max (now Max). During a shakeup at Max the show was moved over to Netflix as to better connect it with The Sandman since that is where they originated.
The show features different actors from the ones that played Charles and Edwin on Doom Patrol.
The Dead Boy Detectives is a decent show but ...it feels a bit like a CW teen drama. I had been told that some of the show's writers were originally writers for the CW... and it shows.
There are some deliberately surreal elements of the show that I think are a callback to their appearance in Doom Patrol.
I love the variety of supernatural entities in the show, including the appearance of two of Morpheus's siblings. Death and Despair.
The things I don't like about the show can be considered CW tropes or cliches. The angsty romances and unrequited love. The ham-fisted abusive ex metaphor between Crystal and David The Demon.
And of course the most tedious of CW tropes, the end of the episode pining and angst while a sad pop song plays in the background.
If you look past the CW-ness of it, the show is enjoyable.
The only other things I can complain about is the "connecting thread" subplot of The Afterlife: Lost and Found feels like unnecessary filler. And I wish they would openly establish that Edwin, being an innocent, would NOT return to Hell if collected by Death now. I don't think that should be left hanging over his head. Especially since we're supposed to see Death as a kind entity.
Also I think Charles says "Aces" a little too much. It's very distracting and makes me feel like the writers didn't know much late 80s English slang. It would be like if he was an American and they had him say "Radical" all the time. I get that it's kind of his catchphrase but it also got a bit annoying.
The parts I don't like are CW tropes and what I'd consider to be late 90s Vertigo edginess.
The thing I liked were plentiful though. The protagonists were and are likable. The ending is satisfying enough so that if there is only one season this was still good. I liked that it appears that one can ascend out of Hell after some self-reflection as is indicated by the boy Edwin confronted in Hell. The blue light was established to mean ascension, a good afterlife.
I also LOVE the opening credits theme music and animated sequence. It reminds me of the intro to Showtime's Creature Feature movies. (See the trailer for 2001's She Creature, not the 50s version. Watch the trailer at thirteen seconds in, on Youtube, and you'll see what I mean).
That's two Gothic themed shows from Netflix in the last two years with great opening credits sequences. The first being Wednesday. That one won Danny Elfman an Emmy.
It's funny, Wednesday and Dead Boy Detectives (which is a spin-off of The Sandman) have great opening credit intro sequences but The Sandman does not. Apparently Neil Gaiman was told people don't watch the opening credits anymore so The Sandman doesn't have them.
I feel we were cheated out of what could have been a great opening sequence for The Sandman.
Episodes 7 and 8 of Dead Boy Detectives were probably the best of the series. I liked it well enough that if Dead Boy Detectives gets renewed I'll happily watch season 2.
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