The Getdown (birth of hiphop/Netflix-R)

[soulcitizen]

deezlee said:

Surprised to be sorta bored w the first two episodes. I'm not a dude that's mad at incorrect hip hop lore or something, it was just not really grabbing me. I ended up turning off the second episode to watch the second season of Mr Robot but it was one of the super slow episodes about his dad so that wasn't so good either. Maybe tv just isn't for me apparently I'd rather cycle through news and Dj websites on my phone.



Having forced myself to sit through all 6 I can assure you it's not just you, and it doesn't get any better - desperately wanted to like but it's just terrible on so many levels, script, acting, continuity, embarrassingly bad to the point I had to switch it off several times in each episode.

the only redeeming factor was some of the soundtrack, but not that really f***ing annoying 'Set me free' track that's on ad infinitum, along with why is Can 'Vitamin C' on about half a dozen times :ehh:

 

[deezlee]

Yup I'm still watching cause how am I not gonna watch it but it's somehow just not poppin.

Redeeming moment is when my wife called out the crayon's use immediately.

 

[sticky_dojah]

Tried several times to continue watching it but it's just not for me. Which is fine. I think in the end they got really nervous as so much money is behind this, made sure to fly in "HipHop tastemakers" from Europe and gave them a week of fun in NYC and all of that. But to me it looks like a costume designer's wet fever musical dream, a permanent Puma ad, the "cool" footage from the all the known documentaries ala "80 blocks from Tifanny's" and questionable millennial dialogues tied together by bad editing. Also mad that no one of the team had the idea to actually publish that Misty Holloway promo 12"...wasn't mad at the song...so many missed opportunites with this one...then again, I'm aware of the fact that I'm not the target audience...