The Getdown (birth of hiphop/Netflix-R)

[para11ax]

A new Netflix dramatic series which takes place in the Bronx during the birth of hiphop, DJ culture, and the disco club scene in NY.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zejyzr5vW3A&sns=em

Other than a bit of cheese here and there, it looks alright. What say you?

 

[kicks79]

Im not sure how i feel about Baz "camp as all fuck" Lurhmann directing it.
Can't say I've liked anything he has ever done.

 

[LaserWolf]

What will make it good or bad (to me) is the quality of the story.
If the story is there I am sure the acting and production will be good enough.

In 20 years will people look at it and say, they really captured the Bronx in the late 70s? Or will they say, it looks and feels like 2016? Or most likely, it looks and feels like Baz Lurhmann?

 

[JectWon]

kicks79 said:

Baz "camp as all fuck" Lurhmann



The Great Gastsby (2013)
Moulin Rouge (2001)
Australia (2008)

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuck that.

 

[Junior]

Cliche/music/cliche/music/cliche/music/EMOTION/sad music/cliche

What's the criteria for someone to be classed as a film making "Visionary" these days anyway (see "from visionary director Zack Snyder")? An obsessive attachment to style and surface gloss over substance?

 

[ppadilha]

it looks like City of God turned into a broadway musical

 

[klezmer electro-thug beats]

The only possible reason that dude's involvement could be good is his ability to stage and film cartoonishly over the top party scenes and his willingness to pummel you with a different music track every thirty seconds with the vocals mixed under the dialogue of the movie. That could work in a series like this. But yeah I hope he's got some good story editors and writers and episode directors to counter his excesses because the story has to be good and that's not his strong point.

I will czech though.

 

[batmon]

 

[DocMcCoy]

"Hyper-stylised" is Luhrmann's USP, and he's hardly a marginal film-maker, so there's no excuse for anyone to go into this blind. Caveat emptor, and all that.

For real, though, if I watch this at all, it'll be so I can at least slag it off from a halfway informed point of view. The hip-hop nostalgia industry can't go and fuck itself quickly enough as far as I'm concerned

 

[ketan]

DocMcCoy said:

The hip-hop nostalgia industry can't go and fuck itself quickly enough as far as I'm concerned



esp. because it makes me feel old as f*ck...

 

[LaserWolf]

"The hip-hop nostalgia industry"

I feel like we need a gremlin for this.

 

[klezmer electro-thug beats]

Countdown to the (alleged) trainwreck, t-5 days! Can't wait to be disappointed! Like "Vinyl" for hip hop! Stab me

 

[The_Non]

This looks bad meaning bad

 

[batmon]

Mad skeptical.......But im checkin it out.

Nas is corny.
Got mad Braeks Yo!
Glee w/ costumes.
Its has some great moments here and there.
Reminds me of HBO VINYL w/ that moder take on '77.....mad Old NYC footage to help set the tone.
Kids are a little too shiny for the era, but it is what it is.

Flash as a consultant drops some serious real dirty ass gems on the game. Serious gems.

White boy is introduced through the Graf game which is consistent, and his long hair ass is paired w/ Jaden Smith who is the most centered actor amongst the kids.

The non-Hip Hop drama holds up the story. Jimmy Smits and Giancarlo Esposito kill shit.

There alot on the plate but I hope it sticks a good landing.

 

[BallzDeep]

I kinda liked the first ep.
Anyone else?

 

[Danno3000]

Oh man, I thought it was so shitty. The weak writing, the family special vibe--some real cynical dudes built the Netflix algorithm that churns out this dross.

 

[BallzDeep]

The show seems to have settled in by ep 3.
I'm actually into the story.

 

[Jimster]

Waiting on Benny Blanco from The Bronx or I'm out.

 

[kicks79]

Sorry JIMSTER no Benny from the Bronx !

I have to say it wasn't as bad as i though it could have been.
Baz's editing gives me a headache though. He must have ADD the way he jumps in between scenes. Glad it seemed to settle down in the later episodes.
Everything is a little too shiny for the 70's era bronx as well.
They could have left out the korny kung fu aspect on the whole DJ story line. Its also a shame that all the original music that the characters are creating is staight up shitty.

 

[batmon]

Voguing in 77 is bullshit
cats breakin like its 84 is bullshit
double time rap flows in 77 from kids who aint Kool Moe Dee is bullshit

its taking modern styles and implementing them before it happened for entertainment sake.

They dont even need the 96 i remember theme.