Netflix's "Lupin" - The French equivalent of Sherlock Holmes gets the Netflix treatment (has nothing to do with his grandson)

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Ahriman dijo:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=ga0iTWXCGa0 >Arsène Lupin
>Monocled master thief and master of disguise
>Netflix gets their hands on it

...And there it is.
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This doesn't seem bad. The trailer makes it look like dogshit with "badass gansta rap" music and the eye-rolling suspense orchestra starting and stopping like a schizophrenic is conducting them. But it's not a bad premise, main character is charming (reminds me of Idris Elba) and could be a decent watch if people learn this isn't based off Lupin the Third. And thank God it's not, keep Lupin in animation.

Sackity dijo:
Omar Sy is a great actor, but I feel like all the internationally released films that feature him always have him cast as the same type of character. Samba, Les Intouchables, etc. all have him in rather similar roles. Then again, I guess he really enjoys playing those 'underdog' characters. His performances are generally pretty fun.

It's worth noting that the description says this;


He's not playing the character of Lupin, he's playing a guy who's inspired by all the media he's consumed to copy Lupin. I guess the 'Lupin' brand is how they're drawing attention to the film. My guess is that he takes up the alias of Lupin in the film.

edit: I'll admit that I initially confused it for that 'Lupin the 3rd' Japanese franchise at first, but it's clearly not related to that at all.
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Interesting. And insidious, tricking the mushbrained consoomers who don't read pictureless books outside the ones from schools to watch their flick thinking it's inspired by something mainstream with a similar name. Actually that's how PBS does it. Nevermind.
 
It definitely feels like they named it that way to kinda trick people, which is a shame since it sounds like the movie would be able to stand on its own otherwise.
 
Dom Cruise dijo:
This begs the question why not just make it their own "gentlemen thief" character instead of trying to piggyback off another franchise?

They act like diversity is so great but yet they sure don't seem confident that diverse characters can stand on their own and instead they always replace pre-existing characters or franchises.
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Probably because piggybacking off a more famous name is what convinces investors to fund what otherwise seems like a solid crime film. The name is, unfortunately, detrimental, but I suppose without the Lupin brand it would go unnoticed.
 
The Shadow dijo:
I'm a little amused by the weebs that don't realize Arsene Lupin existed for like half a century before the Lupin III anime.
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Sure, but the anime is the first thing a lot of people think of when you say “Lupin”. Maybe if they had named it “Arsene” or “Arsene Lupin”, it would make it more clear it’s not related to the anime/manga.
 
SteelPlatedHeart dijo:
Sure, but the anime is the first thing a lot of people think of when you say “Lupin”. Maybe if they had named it “Arsene” or “Arsene Lupin”, it would make it more clear it’s not related to the anime/manga.
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A better idea would have been to call it "Gentleman Thief Diop" or "The Lupin Legacies" or "In the Shadow of Lupin" or something that doesn't make the audience believe that Lupin is the main character and not someone who was inspired by him.
 
Justtocheck dijo:
Enjoying it much so far.
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Justtocheck dijo:
Jesus, it's called character design. It varies through time to better fit the time.
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Justtocheck dijo:
Oh well... Never watched the original series so, I'm not missing out.
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This, ladies and gentleman, is exactly why shitty passionless "remakes/reboots" keep fucking happening.

As you can see from Exhibit A, this user has not watched the original and what made it love-able to begin with, and from his snarky remark of "not missing out" we can assume he has no interest in watching it. However, he will quickly defend the new version without even understanding where the other person that is criticizing it is coming from. Instead he will spew out lines like Quote #2 as a strawman only because HE is "enjoying it much so far" so that's all that really matters.

To the mind of people like this, you, the person that TRULY loves the series from its first origin, do not matter and whatever you have to say about it will be quickly discarded because "lol you just don't get it man!". For every single fault that butt-fucks the series with no lube, this person will clap like a fucking seal for all of it, and it's exactly what these companies are looking for. The worst part is, these people are the majority.
 
SSF2T Old User dijo:
This, ladies and gentleman, is exactly why shitty passionless "remakes/reboots" keep fucking happening.

As you can see from Exhibit A, this user has not watched the original and what made it love-able to begin with, and from his snarky remark of "not missing out" we can assume he has no interest in watching it. However, he will quickly defend the new version without even understanding where the other person that is criticizing it is coming from. Instead he will spew out lines like Quote #2 as a strawman only because HE is "enjoying it much so far" so that's all that really matters.

To the mind of people like this, you, the person that TRULY loves the series from its first origin, do not matter and whatever you have to say about it will be quickly discarded because "lol you just don't get it man!". For every single fault that butt-fucks the series with no lube, this person will clap like a fucking seal for all of it, and it's exactly what these companies are looking for. The worst part is, these people are the majority.
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lol, did you enjoy not getting laid in highschool, weeb nerd?
 
Is it worth watching or does it take a previous character/franchise and ruin it?
 
SteelPlatedHeart dijo:
Sure, but the anime is the first thing a lot of people think of when you say “Lupin”. Maybe if they had named it “Arsene” or “Arsene Lupin”, it would make it more clear it’s not related to the anime/manga.
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I guess if you're autistic and only read manga.
 
Ita Mori dijo:
I agree. Why'd they stereotype a thief with a black man? (:_(
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To be honest, considering the scramble for africa and how that went, it's good to see black people getting into the white men's preferred habit of making money as a society.
 
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