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Old 08-05-2021, 11:23 AM   #1
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Not a movie trailer, not a comic book movie either, but a new series on FX... so new thread?

I loved the graphic novel series and have been hearing about this being in production for years. Trailer looks great to me:

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Old 08-05-2021, 11:25 AM   #2
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Brief premise:

Y: The Last Man takes place in a post-apocalyptic world where a cataclysmic event has killed every mammal with a Y chromosome but for one man, Yorick Brown (Ben Schnetzer), and his pet monkey Ampersand. The series follows Yorick as he traverses the new world as its survivors struggle with their losses and attempt to restore world society, led by Yorick's mother and incumbent U.S. President Jennifer Brown (Diane Lane).
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Old 08-05-2021, 11:32 AM   #3
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Alas poor Yorick...I knew him Horatio...
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Old 08-05-2021, 11:43 AM   #5
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The trailer looks great. I love the comic series. They've got a lot of great storylines to pull from so hopefully they're able to tell the whole story before the series ends.
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Needs more Will Forte
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They better not eff this up like they did Preacher. I had such high hopes for that show and it got weaker each season.
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The safe way to look at these projects is to just assume they're going to #### everything up until they don't... I mean, speaking of converting graphic novels to the screen, they're making a Sandman TV show.

Just don't think about it.
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Sandman will only work if it has a literally massive budget and a great showrunner.

Y should be pretty decent, it's a reasonably good series with a lot of highlights.
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Premiered tonight. First 3 episodes. Seems to have decent reviews.
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Yeah I watched the first 3 episodes yesterday and really liked it.
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Yeah that exceeded my expectations. Not perfect, thought it felt a bit uneven at parts and I am not a fan of the “ripped from the headlines” approach they took for politics but overall it was quite strong.

I had read they made significant changes from the comic and it’s probably been a decade since I’ve read it but so far I think they’ve done a good job.
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Thought the premiere was OK, it was interesting seeing the changes they made in the adaptation.
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I'm 5 episodes in, I've read the source material so I know where this is all going and winding up...and I'm very much on the fence about sticking with this. The pacing is just not doing it for me.
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I tried watching. Actor playing Yoric is really terrible.
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Yeah, the Yorick character is incredibly irritating. I didn't read the source material. Is he supposed to be?
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Pretty much. It takes him a while to come around, but he's not really a sympathetic character IMO.
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Cancelled after one season. Showrunner and producers are shopping it elsewhere for a pickup.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1449800214357762051
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Cancelled after one season. Showrunner and producers are shopping it elsewhere for a pickup.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1449800214357762051
That is nice you guys are enjoying making it but if nobody wants to watch it...
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I tried to watch another episode.

It's just so bad.

Not surprised it was cancelled.
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