djdiggla Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 Started watching last night. It's pretty cool. Great stylistically. It kinda reminds me of Scott Pilgrim vs The World crossed with The Warriors. https://youtu.be/usv442G6H8A https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Get_Down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Symatic Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 this is the shittest thing in the world. sorry dirk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djdiggla Posted August 23, 2016 Author Share Posted August 23, 2016 I thought it was cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jam Burglar Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 I saw the trailer. I was hoping it was going to be like a true story of the origins of Hip Hop (like the Hip Hop Family Tree comics) but after watching the trailer it looks more like some sort of historically based fiction/drama. Will I watch it, hell yes! I'm hoping they keep in some scenes with Bambaaata molesting everyone and dusted out Russel Simmons. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djdiggla Posted August 23, 2016 Author Share Posted August 23, 2016 If you're looking for a factual semi-documentary you will be seriously disappointed. It's more fiction than truth and filmed as a quazi-superhero/kung-fu flick. I thought it was fun and a fresh take. People looking to movies and tv shows for history lesson need to pull their head out cause that's not what fiction (or creative-nonfiction as the case would be) is going to give you. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Rock Well Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 As I said in the TV thread (or somewhere), it's half cool and half what I imagine Glee might have been like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djdiggla Posted August 23, 2016 Author Share Posted August 23, 2016 Well maybe that's part the problem because I liked Glee. (please don't tell anyone) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethanol Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 Watched all six episodes this weekend and really enjoyed it even if it has got Jaden Smith in it! Hip hop history 101 it ain't by any stretch but an entertaining story none the less. I saw a lot of bitching online about the show from hip hop heads for it not showing history correctly and my thoughts echo dirks in that if your watching tv shows as history lessons your seriously missing the point. There was some moaning about the record labels not matching the songs playing in certain scenes but pretty sure the non DJ people watching didn't notice and couldn't care less. Seeing as the actor probably can't beat juggle the music would have been added in post production anyway and perhaps couldn't gain permission to play the records used to film the scene. The only part that annoyed me was the use of bad cgi to fake the graffiti writing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Symatic Posted August 23, 2016 Share Posted August 23, 2016 i just saw a couple of bits of episodes to be fair, but it seemed really cheesy, and like it was some sort of musical or something. like there was a bit where theyre all coming up with different parts of the same song over time as a montage (montaaaaage) that was pretty awful. the point with not taking it as a history lesson is totally valid, except that they seemed to be trying so hard to make everything look authentic whilst totally romanticizing all sorts of shit. and.... baz luhrmann 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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