Netflix things: Shadow and Bone eps. 1-2; Space Sweepers

[kate_nepveu]

Watched a couple things with Chad on Netflix this weekend:

Shadow and Bone, episodes 1-2. This is an adaptation of two Leigh Bardugo series which, I gather, do not originally cross plots. The first two episodes were … fine? It looked good, most of the cast was appealing, and I'm mildly interested how the show will resolve the genre clash of the high-fantasy Chosen One plot with the crime-underworld plot. But I am actively not interested in the apparently-incipient love triangle, and I'd probably be just as willing to read spoilers and go "huh" than to actively seek out more.

Space Sweepers, a Korean SF movie. As long as you're willing to roll with (a) the plot Macguffin being straight-up unashamed magic ("nanobots," mostly) and (b) a backstory of child death, I recommend it. The core characters—four misfits on a space-junk-collecting ship and the adorable child-in-peril who unites them into a found family—are all great; the effects look good; and there's a point at which I said to myself, "ugh, this is not a good plan, but it's the kind of plan we get in this kind of movie, so whatever," and it turned out to in fact be a better plan! Would have been good in theaters, but it is a smidge long, so our living room worked just fine too.

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[sovay]

and there's a point at which I said to myself, "ugh, this is not a good plan, but it's the kind of plan we get in this kind of movie, so whatever," and it turned out to in fact be a better plan!

I'm always glad when people in a certain kind of movie have a better plan than that kind of movie usually does.

[minoanmiss]

I've heard Space Sweepers positively compared to Guardians of the Galaxy in terms of ragtag found family on a spaceship, so I'm very intrigued!

[sartorias]

I've had my eye on Space Sweepers.

[trent_goulding]

I'm glad you found Space Sweepers enjoyable!

[genarti]

I suspect I know exactly what point of Space Sweepers you're thinking of, because I had the same thought! It's very much the kind of movie that it is, but smarter than many such, and with a lot of details I really enjoyed.