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Hellbound - Netflix - first half of the episodes

Hm. I knew one of the main lead actors was replaced because of an illegal drug use scandal/case. The replacement actor is doing an ok job but has much less intense charisma so it's not quite the same. Outside of that - the show has become more talky in the conspiracy/political-power aspirations type ways, in the way S. Korea likes to do, with too many characters/factions perhaps. So it starts out interesting, gets boring, becomes interesting, gets boring, repeat. It's not bad, but not as weirdly compelling as the 1st season. I also hear it ends on another sort of cliffhanger, which is a gamble.

Sidenote: the problem with Netflix "originals" is that even if they greenlight more, it's often 2-4 years between any seasons. I'd guess partly because by  the time they greenlight, it takes a while to get all involved schedules to align to work again, among other things. Whatever their methods, it often kills any momentum.

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I watched this in syndication in the late 70's every day after school and I loved it. Maybe that explains a few things. :shifty:
 

 

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On 10/31/2024 at 4:27 PM, Sarex said:

It does stop focusing on that and it gets a little better overall through season 1. Say that the show overall is very mid.

@LadyCrimson nvm, I confused it with the Resident Alien.

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Old thread -

 

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I cannot - yet I must. How do you calculate that? At what point on the graph do "must" and "cannot" meet? Yet I must - but I cannot! ~ Ro-Man

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I was confused for a minute. Game? Show? What?
Oh, anthology 15 episode series ... based on games? The games tie-in does nothing for me, depends on the stories. Hm. 🤔
Has some big names doing some of the VA.

 

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