Spoilers Willow sequel series on Disney+
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Thanks for positing though at this point I'm just going to wait the two weeks before watching anything.
Apart from Warwick Davis himself, are there any other actual small people in this?
Probably, especially if they bring back any characters from the village in the first movie, like his wife or Meegosh or Vohnkar.
Does Kevin Pollak count?
I don't know him. I don't know Willow. But, I heard that all the small people in the original were played by real small people (unlike in The Lord Of The Rings).
We do see another Nelwyn in this new clip:
And Warwick Davis's daughter Annabelle is in the series as a character named Mims.
In the original, all of the Nelwyn's (Willow's race) were played by little people. The only time they used special effects was for Brownies or fairies who were 6 inches tall and actors generally don't come in that size.
I decided to watch the original today as prep for the series, and I have to admit, I forgot just how great of a movie it is.
We have two clips
Meet the Bone Reavers
I'm curious if there's any significance to the fact that these guys are wearing bone masks similar to what Kale wore in the move. Could they be connected to him somehow?
Beyond the Shattered Sea
One of the things I'm most looking forward to with the show is to see how it's going to expand to expand the world of the movie, and this clip gives us a nice taste of that.
We have two clips
Meet the Bone Reavers
I'm curious if there's any significance to the fact that these guys are wearing bone masks similar to what Kale wore in the move. Could they be connected to him somehow?
Beyond the Shattered Sea
One of the things I'm most looking forward to with the show is to see how it's going to expand to expand the world of the movie, and this clip gives us a nice taste of that.
I found it pretty typical of Lucas's concepts -- an amalgam of references to established genre tropes and plot formulas, not particularly deep or innovative in story, but highly innovative in technique and visual effects. It broke new ground technologically, including the first major use of digital morphing, so early that it hadn't even been named morphing yet (they called it "splining," after the mathematical principle it's based on).
I didn't love the film, but I found it reasonably entertaining, largely thanks to its impressive production values and a charismatic cast. Warwick Davis made an appealing lead, and Joanne Whalley was intense and brain-meltingly gorgeous. I didn't care for the comic-relief brownies much. I respected it for its inclusiveness, giving a starring role to a Little Person actor rather than relegating him to being a droid or Ewok or goblin or whatever. I am glad Davis is getting to reprise the role at last.
Anyway, that's my recollection. I'm going to wait until closer to the series premiere to rewatch the film; I'll see then if my opinion is any better or worse this time around.
About half-way thru the first episode. Visually it looks good, but the choice for 'accents' is kind of strange. Not sure why some people have some and some people sound like they just came off the street in LA when they all are ostensibly supposed to be grown up in this same kingdom.
Watched the first episode.
I loved every minute of it.
I loved every minute of it.
The show's fairly good so far, a nice continuation. It maintains the same fairly comical tone as the original, though a bit more in a modern snarky-young-people mode. But it feels pretty authentic, with the original screenwriter Bob Dolman on the staff (credited for episode 2).
The new characters are reasonably effective. Kit and Airk are both a lot like their father Madmartigan in different ways, though Kit has her mother's toughness. (I wish they'd quit mispronouncing Airk as "Eric" all the time. Davis is the only one who seems to get it right, perhaps because it was the name of Gavan O'Herlihy's character in the film.) Elora is appealing; I'm surprised she's blond instead of a redhead, but they handwaved that in episode 2.
Erin Kellyman sure gets around the Disney multiverse, doesn't she? She was Enfys Nest in Solo and Flag Smasher in the MCU, and now she's in the Willow-verse.
The time frame is weird. Davis and Whalley are both 34 years older than in the movie, but Kit, Airk, and Elora are played by actors in their mid-20s, and their characters seem more like teenagers. Sorsha says it's been 200 moons since Bavmorda's defeat, and if this world's months and years are the same length as Earth's, that would be less than 17 years. Either way, it seems that leadership has aged both Willow and Sorsha disproportionately.
Davis's daughter Annabelle did a good job as Willow's daughter Mims. I'm glad they included the character and let her reunite with Elora, even if it wasn't the same actresses.
I wish they'd been clearer about character names. I assumed the goateed Nelwyn who came along with Willow was Meegosh, his friend from the movie, and I had to do some searching to determine it's a different character named Silas.
That's pretty common in fantasy, SF, and historical series, but in this case I think it makes a fair amount of sense. Madmartigan's son and daughter have the same accent he did. Maybe they spent more time with him growing up because Queen Sorsha was busy with affairs of state.
And they said in the episode that Tir Asleen is a haven because of the magical barrier around it, so people come from all over, including Jade's family. In the movie, Tir Asleen was long-abandoned, and Bavmorda had devastated many other kingdoms. So its restored population was probably an eclectic mix of peoples, even before the barrier. Thus, a mix of accents is plausible.
The new characters are reasonably effective. Kit and Airk are both a lot like their father Madmartigan in different ways, though Kit has her mother's toughness. (I wish they'd quit mispronouncing Airk as "Eric" all the time. Davis is the only one who seems to get it right, perhaps because it was the name of Gavan O'Herlihy's character in the film.) Elora is appealing; I'm surprised she's blond instead of a redhead, but they handwaved that in episode 2.
Erin Kellyman sure gets around the Disney multiverse, doesn't she? She was Enfys Nest in Solo and Flag Smasher in the MCU, and now she's in the Willow-verse.
The time frame is weird. Davis and Whalley are both 34 years older than in the movie, but Kit, Airk, and Elora are played by actors in their mid-20s, and their characters seem more like teenagers. Sorsha says it's been 200 moons since Bavmorda's defeat, and if this world's months and years are the same length as Earth's, that would be less than 17 years. Either way, it seems that leadership has aged both Willow and Sorsha disproportionately.
Davis's daughter Annabelle did a good job as Willow's daughter Mims. I'm glad they included the character and let her reunite with Elora, even if it wasn't the same actresses.
I wish they'd been clearer about character names. I assumed the goateed Nelwyn who came along with Willow was Meegosh, his friend from the movie, and I had to do some searching to determine it's a different character named Silas.
That's pretty common in fantasy, SF, and historical series, but in this case I think it makes a fair amount of sense. Madmartigan's son and daughter have the same accent he did. Maybe they spent more time with him growing up because Queen Sorsha was busy with affairs of state.
And they said in the episode that Tir Asleen is a haven because of the magical barrier around it, so people come from all over, including Jade's family. In the movie, Tir Asleen was long-abandoned, and Bavmorda had devastated many other kingdoms. So its restored population was probably an eclectic mix of peoples, even before the barrier. Thus, a mix of accents is plausible.
Twas good, lots better than some dragon or ring series.. there just to depressing.
It is what I hoped, an adventure series!
Hope to see more of Warwicks Daughter!
Only thing is.. Where's the magic? The bad people were using it! hope they let Willow DO magic!
I liked in the Lucas books that he Was a great sorcerer.
Anybody here read the late 90's Willow trilogy of books? I did, but its been over 20 years, Can't even find them around to much, all used and expensive. Defiantly not an E book.
It is what I hoped, an adventure series!
Hope to see more of Warwicks Daughter!
Only thing is.. Where's the magic? The bad people were using it! hope they let Willow DO magic!
I liked in the Lucas books that he Was a great sorcerer.
Anybody here read the late 90's Willow trilogy of books? I did, but its been over 20 years, Can't even find them around to much, all used and expensive. Defiantly not an E book.
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