Based on the Marvel Comic Spider-Man Noir, NOIR tell the story of an aging and down on his luck private investigator in 1930s New York, who is forced to grapple with his past life as the city's one and only superhero.
Gotta look into Andrew Lewis Caldwell who plays Dirk Leyden.
Very good performance in EP04+05 so far, and his voice is awesome.
He knocked it out of the park with his performance in this show, he's on my track list of actors I'll be looking out for in future stuff too. I hope he's got a good career in front of him.
by Phanlix posted 3 months ago
inkblot wrote:
piraterepublic wrote:
it has been a while since i watched it in B&W.
i thought i would go back for it in color..
but i never did.
i m not sure if that is commentary about me or this show.
but i never felt the urge to revisit it.
and stuff i really like i go back to a few times to really look at it.
Certain shows relied heavy on contrast during the B&W era, twilight zone for example.
But for the life of me, I cannot watch Nicolas Cage at 62 play any version of spider man.
Honestly you're right. The fact that his Fisk-like villian was even older than him was kinda sad too honestly.
I will say this though. If you watch it in BnW and can squint a litle when Nick's jowls are on the screen, this is actually a really good show. Like, I'm at a 7-8/10 on this one, and the only points I deducted were for this being a grandpa spiderman. But even then... I actually thought old Saint Nick made a decent enough Peter Parker (or whatever his name was, it wasn't Peter in this). If he were 20 years younger, this would have been what I consider to be a masterpiece in a lot of ways, given that it was actually pretty good for a Noir flick.
by inkblot posted 3 months ago
piraterepublic wrote:
it has been a while since i watched it in B&W.
i thought i would go back for it in color..
but i never did.
i m not sure if that is commentary about me or this show.
but i never felt the urge to revisit it.
and stuff i really like i go back to a few times to really look at it.
Certain shows relied heavy on contrast during the B&W era, twilight zone for example.
But for the life of me, I cannot watch Nicolas Cage at 62 play any version of spider man.
by piraterepublic posted 3 months ago
it has been a while since i watched it in B&W.
i thought i would go back for it in color..
but i never did.
i m not sure if that is commentary about me or this show.
but i never felt the urge to revisit it.
and stuff i really like i go back to a few times to really look at it.
by some_one posted 3 months ago
piraterepublic wrote:
i really wish they had used younger no name actors
For those unaware, the reason Cage is in this, and probably also the reason that it exists at all, is that he is more or less reprising his role from that animated Spider-Verse movie. Not sure if that's also the reason he talks like that.
by piraterepublic posted 3 months ago
i really wish they had used younger no name actors so there was some chance of a season 2
by WilliamDrakeMcGregor posted 4 months ago
Gotta look into Andrew Lewis Caldwell who plays Dirk Leyden.
Very good performance in EP04+05 so far, and his voice is awesome.
by piraterepublic posted 4 months ago
great show overall.
some things did not make sense
( the spider could flip and bounce but his alter ego could barely make it up the stairs or through a window??)
cat was mid at best, so even with her good acting, having her play
a knock out bombshell the spider falls for as first sight.... should at least made his ex look like her.
ben riely said he had to relearn to walk and talk like a human ( and he learned by watching movies)
but he was doing both just fine in the army medical tent with the general.
the script was very good if well worn from reuse, many of the plot points were very predicable.
some of the casing was not the best. cages choice of voice was poor at best, (really wtf was that voice)
but he played old and worn out well
the photography was excellent. as were the sets.
i expected more and less at the same time, so i was quite happy with this show over all.
in a week i will watch it in color.
by Phanlix posted 4 months ago
I thought this was pretty good. Cage was too old for the role honestly. Watched it all in black and white and I thought it captured the old look pretty well, I'm sure in color it would've been a little off. I particularly liked how his movements were more 'spider-like' and there was an element of Kafka to transformation process.
by piraterepublic posted 4 months ago
WilliamDrakeMcGregor wrote:
Halfway through the Season.
Story and characters are quite good, enjoying it so far.
I really like the directing and camera angles, they did a pretty good job in making it look "classic".
If Nic Cage would be 20 years younger, this would be perfect. Don't get me wrong he still got it, but the contrast of him as P.I. and as Spider-Noir is just too extreme. There wasn't a single transition where it looked believable that he is the Spider.
Not to mention the awful CGI they are using for the Spider...almost looks liks they did it on purpose :)
Background music is fine, could be better though.
i really wish they would stop using older famous people for live action comic shows.
get a great actor who fits the part and is HUNGRY to do the show.
people who really put their all into it..
it feels like netflix did that with their marvel shows
(but then maybe i just never knew those actors before then)
all of those actors just seemed to want to the parts as good as possible.
even the ones with poor writing. i could never blame the actors...
Robert John Downey Jr. was a washed up has been before ironman.
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Very good performance in EP04+05 so far, and his voice is awesome.
He knocked it out of the park with his performance in this show, he's on my track list of actors I'll be looking out for in future stuff too. I hope he's got a good career in front of him.
i thought i would go back for it in color..
but i never did.
i m not sure if that is commentary about me or this show.
but i never felt the urge to revisit it.
and stuff i really like i go back to a few times to really look at it.
Certain shows relied heavy on contrast during the B&W era, twilight zone for example.
But for the life of me, I cannot watch Nicolas Cage at 62 play any version of spider man.
Honestly you're right. The fact that his Fisk-like villian was even older than him was kinda sad too honestly.
I will say this though. If you watch it in BnW and can squint a litle when Nick's jowls are on the screen, this is actually a really good show. Like, I'm at a 7-8/10 on this one, and the only points I deducted were for this being a grandpa spiderman. But even then... I actually thought old Saint Nick made a decent enough Peter Parker (or whatever his name was, it wasn't Peter in this). If he were 20 years younger, this would have been what I consider to be a masterpiece in a lot of ways, given that it was actually pretty good for a Noir flick.
i thought i would go back for it in color..
but i never did.
i m not sure if that is commentary about me or this show.
but i never felt the urge to revisit it.
and stuff i really like i go back to a few times to really look at it.
Certain shows relied heavy on contrast during the B&W era, twilight zone for example.
But for the life of me, I cannot watch Nicolas Cage at 62 play any version of spider man.
i thought i would go back for it in color..
but i never did.
i m not sure if that is commentary about me or this show.
but i never felt the urge to revisit it.
and stuff i really like i go back to a few times to really look at it.
For those unaware, the reason Cage is in this, and probably also the reason that it exists at all, is that he is more or less reprising his role from that animated Spider-Verse movie. Not sure if that's also the reason he talks like that.
Very good performance in EP04+05 so far, and his voice is awesome.
some things did not make sense
( the spider could flip and bounce but his alter ego could barely make it up the stairs or through a window??)
cat was mid at best, so even with her good acting, having her play
a knock out bombshell the spider falls for as first sight.... should at least made his ex look like her.
ben riely said he had to relearn to walk and talk like a human ( and he learned by watching movies)
but he was doing both just fine in the army medical tent with the general.
the script was very good if well worn from reuse, many of the plot points were very predicable.
some of the casing was not the best. cages choice of voice was poor at best, (really wtf was that voice)
but he played old and worn out well
the photography was excellent. as were the sets.
i expected more and less at the same time, so i was quite happy with this show over all.
in a week i will watch it in color.
Story and characters are quite good, enjoying it so far.
I really like the directing and camera angles, they did a pretty good job in making it look "classic".
If Nic Cage would be 20 years younger, this would be perfect. Don't get me wrong he still got it, but the contrast of him as P.I. and as Spider-Noir is just too extreme. There wasn't a single transition where it looked believable that he is the Spider.
Not to mention the awful CGI they are using for the Spider...almost looks liks they did it on purpose :)
Background music is fine, could be better though.
i really wish they would stop using older famous people for live action comic shows.
get a great actor who fits the part and is HUNGRY to do the show.
people who really put their all into it..
it feels like netflix did that with their marvel shows
(but then maybe i just never knew those actors before then)
all of those actors just seemed to want to the parts as good as possible.
even the ones with poor writing. i could never blame the actors...
Robert John Downey Jr. was a washed up has been before ironman.