I really liked that show. It is for kids, true, but that's not all bad. I think the "problem solving" of how to keep it accessible to kids and updated from the original, but still fresh enough to do its own thing, was great. And the animation style (more for the mech than the people) was cool.
It does start slow but it's worth it. Gene Khan, the Mandarin, is very sympathetic. Actually, lots of the villains have excellent characterization. Plus the armor and tech designs.
Where did it all go wrong, Casey? I can’t pinpoint it, but it was already too late when they remade 3:10 to Yuma and took a movie that was mostly two men talking about morality in a hotel room and put in a Gatling gun.
This is my gaming circle minus my ACKS players. I am such an asshole. Since they're in the big city now, the players really wanted to know if there were any magic weapons for sale. ACKS ain't 3e or 4e though. There is exactly one magic weapon for sale. I rolled randomly to see what it was and... ...it's a cursed -2 sword. So I told the players there's a weapons dealer/fence who's looking to get rid of a magic sword he's gotten ahold of...cheap. Only 6,000gp when usually a +1 item would be 10,000gp. So far they are not suspicious. They're going to be so pissed at me. I can barely contain my excitement.
I tried to watch that. I couldn't get past the first episode, it was just so painfully bad.
ReplyDeleteDoes it get better? Or do you just find something else about the show (like the robots) to love?
I really liked that show. It is for kids, true, but that's not all bad. I think the "problem solving" of how to keep it accessible to kids and updated from the original, but still fresh enough to do its own thing, was great. And the animation style (more for the mech than the people) was cool.
ReplyDeleteIt does start slow but it's worth it. Gene Khan, the Mandarin, is very sympathetic. Actually, lots of the villains have excellent characterization. Plus the armor and tech designs.
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