Marco Polo

[D44kpunk]

I wish it was subtitled instead. It's weird how he can talk to anyone in English.

agreed completely.

also worst netflix show i've seen yet

[Sho]

People compared this to "Game of Thrones"? This show gave me this "The Tudors" vibe with episode 1. I haven't watched it past episode 1, but I'll definitely binge watch it this holiday break.

[chazzyphizzle]

it is definitely not game of thrones lol. it's pretty silly but a decent enough diversion i guess

[6souls]

Renewed for a second season, 10 episodes
http://www.thewrap.com/marco-polo-ge...lix-daredevil/

[Talragan]

Eh, seen first 3 episodes.

Entertaining enough I guess, even though main character not my favorite.

Like others, I will probably binge it all at some point.

[ronin sparthos]

-Suffers from not giving a fuck about the protagonist syndrome.
-Another 'white guy in foreign land' story.
-Lack of direction. Is this a serious story? A fantastic adventure? An intimate view into the Khan and his family? The show jerks between the three.


+the guy who plays the Khan is easily the best person on the show.
+Finally, a show with a majority Asian cast.
+Fantastic scenery and costumes.
+Pretty good action sequences.

Now I'm glad I didn't start to watch. This may seem like a minor thing, but it makes it less realistic.

srs? If the show is good, I'm willing to suspend the obvious language barriers. Marco Polo is just.... meh.

[Xno Kappa]

I'll just quote myself from the movie recommendation thread.

Me and the wifey marathoned Marco Polo and it was alright, still I enjoyed it somewhat. Hard to go wrong with naked Asians. Writing was really all over the place though.

Spoiler: show

- Polo so obsessed with Blue Princess from the minute he met her was creepy as hell.
- Khutulun randomly fucking Polo was pretty lulz worthy.
- Guards were the definition of cliche' useless, you'd think everyone's bedroom was open to the public.
- Everything almost always seemed due to bad timing, i.e. the peace treaty obtained during the parley and hundred eyes assassination attempt of Sidao. There's plenty more but those are just off the top of my head.
- Yusef being the one who hired the assassins. I thought this was pretty stupid since it's against his nature to do so, Ahmad would've made much more sense. Especially with the way the season ended, but hey, need a plot device to keep Polo alive.
- Jingim was a terrible character.
- Finally, this is stupid. They're going to stay in Mongolia for season 2? Polo kept spouting off about "The Great Explorer" throughout the whole time that I started to get excited about the idea about each season taking place in a different region.

Basic complaints I had with the series. Again though, still very enjoyable.

[macross]

Who wants to play 2 eels one cave?

[Zetanio]

Just burned through this in the last few days.

I really enjoyed it even though they took giant liberties with history.

Let's be realistic, everyone speaks English.

[AvidLoki]

Hundred-eyes backstory special was dope

[Zetanio]

That's next on my list.

[6souls]

Season 2 on July 1st

[6souls]

[Zetanio]

Oh shit.

[Deftscythe]

I wish they'd just acknowledge that Kublai is the main character and give Polo a LOT less screen time.

[Zetanio]

I wish they'd just acknowledge that Kublai is the main character and give Polo a LOT less screen time.

I'm on board with this.

[chazzyphizzle]

yeah, the actor that played marco was super bland, give anybody else screen time please

[Xno Kappa]

Polo's character just got super weird towards the end.

[Iono]

So is this show worth watching? Tried the first ep, not sure if I went past that.

[Zetanio]

I liked it.