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MutantJohn
05/31/21 7:44:12 PM
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Good God damn

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Veggeta X
05/31/21 7:45:19 PM
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3rd and 4th season wasn't too good imo

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Wii_Shaker
05/31/21 7:45:46 PM
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It has a bunch of good source material to work with and it stays true to it.

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MutantJohn
05/31/21 7:46:12 PM
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Veggeta X posted...
3rd and 4th season wasn't too good imo
3rd was meh, 4th makes up for it

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DespondentDeity
05/31/21 7:46:24 PM
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They didnt have to localize it

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voldothegr8
05/31/21 7:47:05 PM
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Veggeta X posted...
3rd and 4th season wasn't too good imo

4th is the best season imo
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Veggeta X
05/31/21 7:48:59 PM
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MutantJohn posted...
3rd was meh, 4th makes up for it
I didn't like the hyper focus on everyone else but the 3 main characters. I don't care about the female vampire lord's, the human monster creators or saint Germain. The show is always best when focused on Alucard, Belmont and sypha.

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Gakk86
05/31/21 7:52:17 PM
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Veggeta X posted...
I didn't like the hyper focus on everyone else but the 3 main characters. I don't care about the female vampire lord's, the human monster creators or saint Germain. The show is always best when focused on Alucard, Belmont and sypha.
Isaac is the best part, though

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MutantJohn
05/31/21 7:53:49 PM
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Yeah, I like how Isaac turned out

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IShall_Run_Amok
05/31/21 7:54:47 PM
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All four seasons are good as fuck.

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DeadlyNinjaBees
05/31/21 7:55:35 PM
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Good writers. That's really what it came down to.

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Veggeta X
05/31/21 7:55:46 PM
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Yeah I didn't give a shit about Isaac. I don't feel anything for him. I thought he was gonna be the series' version of Shaft.

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MutantJohn
05/31/21 7:56:18 PM
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Veggeta X posted...
Yeah I didn't give a shit about Isaac. I don't feel anything for him. I thought he was gonna be the series' version of Shaft.
Um... do you know who Shaft is?

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Cornmuffins
05/31/21 7:57:50 PM
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whoa wtf S4 came out? I found something to do tonight I guess
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Veggeta X
05/31/21 7:59:15 PM
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Yeah the loyal human dark servent to Dracula who brought him back to life in SotN. I assumed Isaac was gonna do that seeing as he was super loyal to Dracula, and Dracula saved him in order to bring Dracula back or that's what I thought.

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Humble_Novice
05/31/21 8:00:00 PM
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The animation is superb. Even haters begrudgingly admit that the production qualities are top-notch.
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GeneralKenobi85
05/31/21 8:03:16 PM
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I liked Isaac in Season 3, but not so much in 4. I would have preferred if Isaac and Hector's stories eventually connected to Trevor, Sypha, and Alucard.

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Veggeta X
05/31/21 9:02:47 PM
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GeneralKenobi85 posted...
I liked Isaac in Season 3, but not so much in 4. I would have preferred if Isaac and Hector's stories eventually connected to Trevor, Sypha, and Alucard.
Who was hector and Isaac in the game?

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KINDERFELD
05/31/21 9:04:29 PM
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Is it?
I stopped watching after season 1.

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LordFarquad1312
05/31/21 9:04:40 PM
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Wii_Shaker posted...
It has a bunch of good source material to work with and it stays true to it.
No it doesn't.
In fact I'd say it's good because it took the source material as an inspiration but made its own story.

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GeneralKenobi85
05/31/21 9:31:14 PM
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Veggeta X posted...
Who was hector and Isaac in the game?
They're from Castlevania: Curse of Darkness. I don't really know anything about the game, but it seems like it was set in the same time period as Castlevania 3. So that's likely what prompted them to include the characters in the show.

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DespondentDeity
05/31/21 9:42:49 PM
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Curse of Darkness is the best Castlevania game tbh.

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DB_Insider
05/31/21 9:54:25 PM
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Veggeta X posted...
Yeah I didn't give a shit about Isaac. I don't feel anything for him. I thought he was gonna be the series' version of Shaft.
Maybe something interesting will happen if he allow himself to rest on perfectly ripe apple tree
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Onepunch-Man
05/31/21 9:54:34 PM
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Gakk86
05/31/21 10:35:53 PM
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So I looked up Castlevania: Curse of Darkness and Isaac in that game. Let's just say I heartily approve of the changes they made to Isaac's look for the show.

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MyWifeBeatsMe
05/31/21 10:36:22 PM
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Its not an anime
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fohstick
05/31/21 10:42:17 PM
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DeadlyNinjaBees posted...
Good writers. That's really what it came down to.
this. great pacing, proper endings, and great character development
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DespondentDeity
06/01/21 2:03:44 AM
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Isaac is the best character in the new anime tbh

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EnglishBullDoug
06/01/21 2:07:15 AM
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I either thought Isaac was going to be Shaft as well, or the human personification of Death.

By Season 3 I had let go of the latter theory.

He was the only good part about season 3, which is a little better in retrospect but Netflix had to throw in unnecessary sex scenes, give Trevor and Sypha some lame Hercules and Xena filler plot, and too much focus on the feminist vampires.

Season 4 was amazing though and made up for it. At least it gave us Legion and the SotN Librarian, plus Saint Germaine turned out being cool.

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EnglishBullDoug
06/01/21 2:07:59 AM
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Also, the conversation in season 4 between Isaac and the fly-man was better than his showdown against Carmilla.
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CuriousPoops
06/01/21 2:10:49 AM
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i tried watching it. couldn't do it

it's so slowly paced and the voice acting is terrible

might try watching it on the computer sped up

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EnglishBullDoug
06/01/21 2:26:04 AM
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The voice acting isn't terrible, but some of the Netflix dialogue is.

The constant swearing gets distracting.
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pegusus123456
06/01/21 7:30:35 AM
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I'm pretty sure Shaft makes a cameo in S4. One of - I think it's actually the first - random people that Trevor and Sypha kill in the season has the little orbs that Shaft has.

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CyricZ
06/01/21 7:34:23 AM
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It actually isn't all that great narratively. The most interesting characters are the Styrian vampires and they get precious little screen time and two are dead now.

But it's got some nice battle scenes and nostalgia flavor.

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MutantJohn
06/01/21 12:35:34 PM
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Lol I thought you guys meant this Shaft

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4463894/


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MutantJohn
06/01/21 12:36:00 PM
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MyWifeBeatsMe posted...
Its not an anime
What makes it not an anime?

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Fluttershy
06/01/21 12:36:36 PM
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i kinda wanna check it out, i love the games. how's the music? is bloody tears in it yet?

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LordFarquad1312
06/01/21 12:49:24 PM
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Fluttershy posted...
i kinda wanna check it out, i love the games. how's the music? is bloody tears in it yet?
Pretty sure bloody tears is the only track that made it into the anime

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MyWifeBeatsMe
06/02/21 10:45:27 AM
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MutantJohn posted...
What makes it not an anime?
Its made by Americans
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KINDERFELD
06/02/21 12:31:08 PM
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MyWifeBeatsMe posted...
Its made by Americans

So its nationalistic propaganda?

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Lairen
06/02/21 12:34:13 PM
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The 1st ep. of season 2 seemed like an insanely slow bore so i never watched again.

It dropped all momentum of season 1.

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Hayame Zero
06/02/21 12:35:27 PM
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CuriousPoops posted...
i tried watching it. couldn't do it

it's so slowly paced and the voice acting is terrible

might try watching it on the computer sped up
The acting is great, it just doesn't lend itself to animation well.

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sLaCkEr408___RJ
06/02/21 12:36:23 PM
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I'm killing my boy
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MutantJohn
06/02/21 2:18:54 PM
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sLaCkEr408___RJ posted...
I'm killing my boy
Amazing scene

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fan357
06/02/21 2:19:24 PM
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I loved all four seasons. I dont get why so many people dont like the third.

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Hayame Zero
06/02/21 2:29:03 PM
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fan357 posted...
I loved all four seasons. I dont get why so many people dont like the third.
Because Dracula's arc was done, and much of the season's plot didn't seem relevant enough for Castlevania.

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DarkBuster22904
06/02/21 2:36:15 PM
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fan357 posted...
I loved all four seasons. I dont get why so many people dont like the third.
Simple.

Ask yourself: if we had jumped straight from the season 2 finale to season 4, would we really have lost all that much?

maybe some Isaac story, but thats about it.

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Veggeta X
06/02/21 2:36:57 PM
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I'm a bit shock at the Isaac love itt. Will be something to be discussed in other forums. Did you guys like his character growth or something?

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SSJPurple
06/02/21 2:39:10 PM
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Because the writer knows what people wanna see. Sick fights with blood and gore.

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Compsognathus
06/02/21 2:39:35 PM
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Humble_Novice posted...
The animation is superb. Even haters begrudgingly admit that the production qualities are top-notch.
Animation is good. The sound mixing is straight garbage.

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