Yahari!
After its first unsuccessful test screening, Netflix’s live-action One Piece series reportedly leaves viewers disappointed and confused.
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I know they say don't shoot the messenger, but f u
Wonder how many they're actually "completely rewriting". Could be two eps, could be several.
Introducing five crew members in the first episode sounds absurd, but it also doesn't make any sense if Baratie is only introduced in episode 3. So they introduce all five and then do Sanji's backstory later?
Don't know what to make of the criticism that it goes between goofy and serious too much. That's literally what One Piece is like. Could be that the audience just weren't familiar with anime - just like how Hollywood critics disliked Alita, even though it was a hit with a lot of the target audience (or every other example of different cultures/subcultures preferring different types of shows). I don't know how they select these early audiences, but if the audience was a bunch of middle-aged people who only watch American shows, it's not worrying. The vast majority of people don't like anime anyway - if an anime gets a decently big niche audience without ever going mainstream, it's still considered a success. Same goes for this adaptation.
The CGI is worrying, since they probably can't fix that if it's more than one or two moments. Then again, I've seen people complain about bad CGI in shows that many thought did it well enough to not mess up the show (eg I didn't think Hellbound had bad CGI).
In the anime they introduce the story with Gol D Roger's speech. Wonder if they tried something similar for the Netflix. Honestly I think it would be better to just have a scene where people talk about Gol D Roger and quote his final words for him.
