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

[Crazedking]

watched 5 episode. Its pretty good.

Its actually about an immigrant child whose father was framed for stealing a precious necklace (Then An hero himself in jail). He becomes a modern day Lupin LARPer becauses his dad last gift to him was a book about Lupin and he autistically base his whole life around the character. (like legit, one episode he goes to a Lupin fan convention with his son).

MC is pretty solid and so are most side character. Sorta episodical with an overarching plot. He bullshit his way out of stuff a bit while still remaining in the somewhat believable. The MC is also not a gary stu, his autismo around lupin and his vengeance is fucking up his life and people around him.

 

[Mariposa Electrique]

I can't wait for Netflix's remake of Dolemite with Dustin Hoffman in the title role.

Or the color purple with Reese Witherspoon as Miss Celie.

 

[Fromtheblackdepths]

More like Lupin the Turd.

 

[ReeferRoach]

Shitty adaptation aside there's still a chance it wont be awful.

 

[Xenomorphs Are Cute]

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.

Irony is, the anime got a Japanese live-action movie a long while ago.

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.

This is true in it's own right. But the thing in this specific scenario is, THIS ISN'T AN ADAPTION. This is a series that's inspired from the OG novels, however, they're not adapting them either. Arsène Lupin is a fictional character in this & the LeBlanc is mentioned in the story.

The MC is a different character of his own.

You're pretty much accusing some random guy of doing what simps of SW Sequels/MiB:I/Ghostbusters Reboot/Charlie's Angels Reboot do.

 

[wtfNeedSignUp]

The thing that bothers me is that, isn't France suffering from a massive increase in crime by the rapeugees they let in? Wouldn't making a series glorifying black robbers as dindus who only select correct targets (at least I hope they do, though I wouldn't be surprised it would be generic "stealing from rich/conservatives" who deserve it) is pissing on the face of the average Frenchman who needs to suffer those blighted people daily, and can't just wall himself in a gated community surrounded by heavily armed guards?
Considering that the French also produced a film about how pedophilia is freeing girls from the evil tyranny of religion, I guess the answer is yes.

 

[Miller]

isn't France suffering from a massive increase in crime by the rapeugees they let in?

Don't forget the third generation of algerians who only watch Scarface and american rap videos.

 

[Marissa Moira]

STARRING: MALE BLACK

When I've had enough of society, this is what I'm going to legally change my name to.

 

[Night Owl]

I've read a couple of the original stories back in high school, including my own copy of the first book which is a bit of a family relic since it was passed down from my grandfather and I've always wanted someone to make a faithful adaptation a la Granada's Sherlock Holmes. I don't think it will ever happen, but I don't want this present day pretender nonsense either.

 

[Fagnacious D]

What will netflix have next?
A movie titled Beowulf that takes place in ancient Rome starring an all black cast?

 

[Pokemonquistador2]

What will netflix have next?
A movie titled Beowulf that takes place in ancient Rome starring an all black cast?

Nah, it'll be an adaptation of Pride and Prejudice....starring an all black cast.

 

[Miller]

Amazon released this french movie a few months ago:

Judging by the poster and the cast, it seems to be as bad as the comedies that Canal+ used to produce.

 

[Travoltron]

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.

Almost nobody knows Arsene Lupin in the Anglosphere. His books did come out in English apparently during his heyday, but they didn't seem to stick in the modern pop culture the way Sherlock Holmes did.

There are two old Arsene Lupin anime that I would love to see, Arsène Lupin: 813 and Arsène Lupin versus Sherlock Holmes.

 

[wtfNeedSignUp]

Almost nobody knows Arsene Lupin in the Anglosphere. His books did come out in English apparently during his heyday, but they didn't seem to stick in the modern pop culture the way Sherlock Holmes did.

There are two old Arsene Lupin anime that I would love to see, Arsène Lupin: 813 and Arsène Lupin versus Sherlock Holmes.

It's kind of an interesting question why Arsene Lupin never caught on. My guess is that detectives are more interesting characters to follow as they can be in a wide range of situations without a lot of trouble. With thieves you kind of need to have the same premise of stealing shit, otherwise you steer into completely different genres (ie, archeology for treasure hunting an war drama for spying).

 

[Zaryiu2]

https://youtube.com/watch?v=ga0iTWXCGa0

https://www.netflix.com/title/80994082

>Arsène Lupin
>Monocled master thief and master of disguise
>Netflix gets their hands on it

...And there it is

I knew they would fuck it up as soon as i saw the thread title

 

[Pokemonquistador2]

It's kind of an interesting question why Arsene Lupin never caught on. My guess is that detectives are more interesting characters to follow as they can be in a wide range of situations without a lot of trouble. With thieves you kind of need to have the same premise of stealing shit, otherwise you steer into completely different genres (ie, archeology for treasure hunting an war drama for spying).

It could be because the Hayes Act in America forbade movies from portraying successful criminals. (The criminals themselves could be likable protagonists, but they had to get caught by the end of the movie or if they got away, they couldn't profit from their crime.) This changed, of course in the 60s when the Hayes Act went away, but most people in the US still saw thieves as bad guys so if you had a series a thief was featured, they were usually recruited to help the government or were an anti-hero that helped people as often as they stole. The only series I can think of that had a villainous, unrepentant thief was Diabolik, the Italian comic book character, although he too was retconned into a mellower and more honorable character over time.

 

[melty]

I watched this series and really enjoyed it. As other people have said it has nothing to do with the anime and it's not a "remake" of the book either, so it's good there were two pages of arguing about that. It's a totally different character who is in the series inspired by the books which he read as a kid. He's a huge sperg about these books and bases his crimes on them.
It's enjoyable enough, I could do with less drama and relationships and more stealing things but that's just me.

 

[XYZpdq]

this looks like if I gave any fucks about Lupin instead of his grandson then I might enjoy it
but yeah, like twenty years or so ago I got about four pages' worth or so into the ebooks and noticed he was about a third as charming as his descendant and dipped
maybe it's better in French?

 

[DDBCAE CBAADCBE]

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.

Seems like they’re probably banking on people making the same mistake you did and assuming it’s Lupin The 3rd related.

 

[Pixy]

Seems like they’re probably banking on people making the same mistake you did and assuming it’s Lupin The 3rd related.

I thought it was because of the animespergs on Twitter who were getting triggered over 'muh blackwashing', but we have to take into account that this is a French production, so it's more likely than not that they genuinely were going with the French Lupin stories.

It's their closest equivalent to English 'classic pulp fiction' like Sherlock Holmes, after all. It's an unfortunate case of the derivative stories being more popular than the original because of weebs.