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03-09-2020, 04:56 PM | #1 |
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CastleVania (Netflix)
So season 3 is out now. Anybody watching? I dug the first two seasons, despite a lack of Grant DaNasty. Eh, apparently Alucard has a lot of sex with dudes this season?
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03-09-2020, 10:09 PM | #3 |
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A lot of sex with dudes?
Did you watch it? Alucard's storyline felt a bit forced this season, and I'd have just as soon left him out than see that. Oddly, in a show populated by literal demons from literal Hell, immortal vampires, and teleporting castles, I found his to be the farthest stretch. I do understand why it was done. And if you're wondering if this is some political agenda move, it's not. It's a gruesome and dark take on the whole matter. Few of the characters escape the story without some darkness showing through. Those who don't find their moral alignment a liability more than an asset. This is definitely felt like the second act in a play. It ended on an extremely morbid down note. If you're a fan of the games or pop culture in general, I'd tell you to watch it but be prepared for some really unsettling plot elements. The smattering of awesome references from Tolkien, Lovecraft, Vonnegut, and Dante Alighieri are really well done. Also, Isaac's story line is worth it. Spoiler:
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03-10-2020, 10:49 AM | #4 |
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4 stories happened over 10 episodes. Everything could have been condensed. Alucard’s story went nowhere. What is the point of the two Asians turning on him and the backstory of the Asian vampire queen now? Not much.
The female vampire seducing the guy to be his slave all could have been done in half the time too. I am surprised they showed bare breasts though, it felt like I was watching some kind of hentai for a second. Since when do they allowed animated porn on Netflix? The rest of the season was ok. Everyone talks real slow in the show so 5 lines of dialogue take 10 minutes. Best line was “What the **** is toilet paper?” |
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Bare breasts were in the Symphony of the Night (kinda).
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I fell asleep watching the first season when it first came out, I think my main attraction to the castlevania story was the lore of different belmonts having to kill dracula but that isn't a great story to tell, it's a fun experience to play. It's a basic story after all.
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03-10-2020, 01:17 PM | #7 |
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Naw, not yet.
Maybe that's supposed to be Vampira. It's a bit disappointing that they're still dicking around with Trevor. I was hoping they'd jump on to Simon Belmont by now. They've spent 2 seasons doing Castlevania III, and Curse of Darkness (that's what this season is adapting, right?) isn't really worth a season.
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03-10-2020, 04:00 PM | #9 |
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The anime only loosely reflects the games now, it's basically its own thing. It feels like a licensed show that uses the bare minimum of familiar Castlevania concepts but is pretty much its own thing. Which makes sense, the old Castlevania games never had much of a story to begin with, they're 2D sidescrollers with the bare minimum of plot.
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Isaac's story, however, is worth the weird stuff the season makes everyone else go through. Simon's going to be difficult, since his stories were always solo. I'd imagine we'd get more of the metroid-vania adaptations as time goes on. Potrait of Ruin, Harmony of Dissonance. . . those have more to work with, even though they're less popular. My guess is we get Rondo of Blood into Symphony of the Night before we're out. But it's going to be weird with Dracula being so humanized. There's kind of a weird plot twist at the end of this season that really makes me wonder if how Drac is going to respond to the whole resurrection thing. . .
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Anybody else disappointed we don't see any of the other Castlevania villains in this? Throughout the whole series, Death is like the #2 bad guy and he's a total no show (or does he pop into season 3?). And I can understand them not wanting to put Frankenstein's monster and the Mummy in the show... but why not Medusa?
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Netflix announced a spin-off series today:
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Oh good. But this means skipping Simon and such... which I kind of figured they'd do.
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No opportunity for him to be ****ed in the ass. Also, why are they calling it spin-off, when its just another part of the series? Dracula X was a spin-off at some point, but I don't think it is relevant now. |
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It's coming back as Castlevania: Nocturne. With Richter.
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/ne...2Xamda3nqEzc7M I'm glad they're moving forward but it also seems weird they spent two seasons building up to "Curse of Darkness" only to skip way, way over it.
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