Willow

[Andy Turnbull]

Starts November 30th

[Llama God]

CANNOT. WAIT.

Loved this film as a kid. Sure, it may now be even more apparent that it's a poor man's Lord of the Rings than it was already, but it was a lot of fun and its universe was ready to be explored. I'm looking forward to this.

[The Doctor]

I remember the terrible novel sequel.

-Ralph

[Andy Turnbull]

Nov 23, 2022 8:26:44 GMT The Doctor said:

I remember the terrible novel sequel.

-Ralph

Co-written with Chris Claremont iirc.

[Philip Ayres]

SEQUELS, plural - it's a Trilogy - and yes co-written with Claremont

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willow_(film)#Novels

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_Moon_(novel)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_Dawn
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_Star_(novel)

[The Doctor]

I didn't make it past the first thrilling book.

-Ralph

[Grand Moff Muffin]

Until I read The Lord of the Rings at university, non-humorous fantasy did nothing for me, so I had (and still have) no appreciation of or nostaglia for fantasy films from last century other than the likes of The Wizard of Oz, Labyrinth and The Princess Bride. Even Dark Crystal I appreciate as a work of art, but it doesn't really entertain me. So sadly I didn't get things like Willow. If I try to watch any non-silly fantasy from that era of cinema I just find myself wishing for talking caterpillars and David Bowie musical numbers.

Martin

[Pinwig]

Martin's post reminds me it's a long time since I've watched the Adventures of Baron Munchausen.

[The Doctor]

Never liked Willow. Pish about horses and clouds.

-Ralph

[duffism1981]

I now can't read the word Willow without hearing Jay Hunter from OSW take on the name.

[Andy Turnbull]

Nov 23, 2022 19:32:02 GMT The Doctor said:

Never liked Willow. Pish about horses and clouds.

-Ralph

You mean voids surely?

[Hero]

Really enjoying this so far. The credits soundtrack is a nice bonus.

EDIT:

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{On ep.5. Not really a spoiler, but tagging anyway.}Really apt opener for the first few minutes. Looks like it was filmed at Tintern Abbey.

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{And... }Looks like they filmed in Puzzlewood too!

[The Doctor]

Yanked from Disney Plus:

www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/y-the-last-man-willow-among-nearly-30-shows-yanked-from-disney-hulu-1235495857/

-Ralph

[Toph]

And I've got it DLed to watch.
Had been putting it off because I haven't been in a fantasy mood.

[Llama God]

Well now that really angers me. Does it really cost that much to just leave it available and sitting on their servers? (I mean, yes, it isn't free, of course there's a running cost. But for someone like Disney...)

[The Doctor]

It's for tax purposes. Started with HBO MAX yanking stuff. The current Disney guy is ruthless and has been firing as many employees as possible since he took over.

It's more annoying for Disney Plus made shows as physical releases don't exist so when stuff goes...

-Ralph

[The Doctor]

May 19, 2023 7:19:13 GMT Llama God said:

Well now that really angers me. Does it really cost that much to just leave it available and sitting on their servers? (I mean, yes, it isn't free, of course there's a running cost. But for someone like Disney...)

Residuals for creators. You don't pay to pay residuals on a show that isn't streaming.

-Ralph

[Llama God]

Ah yes - that makes a lot more sense. After all, why would those creatives deserve paying more? They did their job, now it's Disney's job to rake up all the profit!

[blueshift]

WTF that's nuts, Willow has barely just come out. Doesn't give me much consumer confidence!!

[The Doctor]

It's pretty common with streamers now to give a show a big push and then cancel quickly, sometimes within a week (that Mark Millar Superhero show). It's why I don't watch much streaming originals.

Willow at least had over 6 months before effectively being wiped.


-Ralph

[Pinwig]

Aw. I enjoyed the Mysterious Benedict Society. That was a goodun.

[Toph]

Mysterious Benedict Society was on my to do list.

[Jim]

Mysterious Benedict Society was fun, my daughter’s not happy about that one disappearing, and I hadn’t caught up with season two yet.

[Pinwig]

WHAT. I didn't even know there was a second season!

[Toph]

On topic, I'm four episodes in, and one thing I like, that's refreshing?
I like that Willow is a bit of an ass.

[The Doctor]

Keep going before it vanishes!

-Ralph

[Toph]

I am. My goal is two episodes a night.
Then hit Diaries of A Future President S2, with as many as I can do a night.

Since they're like, 22 minutes, I was saving those to have something nice to watch while sitting in my car before work (when i finally my car back from the shop).

[duffism1981]

I gave Willow a watch before it gets removed from Disney+. I enjoyed it a lot more than I expected. It did have some very bland main characters, but the ones with a personality made up for them.

I have also seen someone mention that it is supposed to be The Making of Willow that is being removed from Disney+, but I suppose we shall see once the cull date approaches.

[Toph]

It's both.
They're taking down almost all BTS stuff.

[Toph]

And I finished Willow, and found it to be the opposite of Picard S3.
I quite enjoyed that it wasn't bogged down with nostalgia, and instead got to be it's own thing.