dylan choosing the most eccentric backgrounds is honestly the best part of these videos

It's honestly amazing how Netflix original content can range from absolutely incredible to absolutely terrible

What made Winx interesting was 1- the girls friendship 2- The fashion 3- The cool futuristic weapons the men had because they don't have powers 4- The plot about Bloom and her lost sister, Bloom trying to find out who she is and who her sister is. NONE of those things were in the show, NONE!!!

As someone who grew up on Winx Club, this show made me SO MAD. They took away all the fun things of the show like the friendship and the FASHION and the boys and girls having different tasks and the way they all acatually have personality traits and did nothing with it. They literally took all the good things away and brought nothing.

the most frustrating thing about the winx saga was the clothes. The cartoon had an amazing fashion design. Idk if Im happier about the likes or the 69 comments...

Dylan “trying” to convince us that the “descendant” of the darkling is not the darkling made me laugh so hard 😂😂😂😂

The coloring disparity in shadow and bone isn’t because of the change in directors, it’s because Nina is technically part of both worlds. It’s symbolizing the gradual merging of both groups.

One of the main reasons for me is inconsistency and unpredictability. Netflix loves to make good shows and cancel them after a season or two. That’s a lot of time to invest in something that you know will likely be cancelled. The only things that don’t seem to get cancelled are shows that are about sex.

Dylan’s transition into the audible sponsorship was better than the entire Winx series.

The way Dylan was able to write the Winx storyline better than the actual writers by having Bloom go into an uncontrollable power trance and the girls needing to converge their abilities to defend themselves while Musa, the mind fairy, is the one who ultimately reaches her, and then that's what leads to them all becoming friends. I love this! 🌈

The colors between the Six and Shadows is because Six are introduced in Ketterdam, a dark dingy thief land and the Shadows are in Ravka, which is meant to be a more hopeful place for the magic users. It switches up with Nina because she's from Ravka but is from the Crow's books

As a female, I am here for a good battle scene. Like, when I watch these fantasy shows I am here for a) world building b) learning how the combat works c) both of those things should come together so I can watch and epic show down.

Kaz's 'over the shoulder' shot gets even better if you are to consider that, as he begins to remove his gloves, the camera moves up and we never, not once, in the entire show, even get close to seeing his bare hands again. Which is kind of a big deal, considering that *the reason as to why Kaz wears gloves in the first place* is a big part of his character.

Another reason that netflix is failing is because it will renew shows like this, but will cancel good shows after only 1 season, like Julie and the Phantoms. They won't really promote the shows that are good, and will cancel them, but will constantly promote these awful shows and renew them like instantly, it is so frustrating

Being a bookworm and a huge fan of the Grisha verse...this is so satisfying.

One of the things that really annoys me about The Winx Saga is that they didn’t have to go for the Riverdale vibe to make the show darker. The source content has full on battles, an entire planet was killed, the girls were literally fighting for their lives every other episode. The only thing they needed to do was actually have a person die every now and then or actually show injuries in the show and add in some swear words to make it less kid friendly. The source material had some really dark plot lines to go with, it was right there and the creators of the The Winx Saga totally ignored it. Another thing was the fashion in the show. They were dressing like house wives on a reality show. This show could’ve been like Gossip Girl where trends were inspired by the show and there could’ve been some really cool moments. It was the perfect show to let creativity with fashion fly. A lot of people would’ve flocked to the show had the clothing been a lot better simply because there’s a lot of people that love fashion but all of the looks they actually used were either boring or ugly or both. There’s other things that bother me about the show like dropping some main characters, changing the ethnicities of some of the girls, and the lack of friendship which was super important in the show. It was an all around mess of a show.

As a woman, I really appreciate well crafted action sequences. It sucks that that filmmakers do such shoddy work with action, humor, and character development if they’re target audience is women

Hearing you discuss the problem with the specialists being trained with normal swords and weapons made me so mad at the show, because it reminded me that one of the main appeals of Winx was its technology. They had the coolest and most innovative weapon designs back then, adapting to each specialist fighting style, even their school (which was different from the Winx's one) and transportation was made to be futuristic. Winx was very technology-influenced and that was one of the things that set it apart from other fairy stories, yet they went ahead with their dark-academia and forest life thing that has been done a million times.

As someone who read the entirety of the grishaverse series before Shadow and Bone came out, I can confidently say it was an amazing adaptation. It was super cool to see the world so many people fell in love with come to life.

The coloring crossover/mixup in episode 3 of S&B actually makes sense with some context! Nina (known here fondly as Beatrice) is a character established in Six of Crows (warm tones), but she is native to the country the main character is in with the shadow fold (neutral tones) and is also Grisha (has powers, would be in the same part of the army as mc if she wasn’t currently……on a lil detour from her duty we’ll say lmao.) In the show storyline she was also meant to be the (six) crows’ ~connection~ to get them into the little palace aka Darkle’s Castle aka land au neutral so her character intro literally represented one side venturing into the other! Not sure if needing all of that context to understand it makes it incredibly dense or incredibly clever but as someone who read the books it felt clever lol. The directors may change every 2 episodes, but they definitely put in work together to try and keep that cohesive visual story going!!

Some other things Fate did wrong: - White washing Musa and Flora - Renaming Flora to Terra - No Techna - Combining Brandon and Sky into 1 character - Love triangle - Wardrobe in general I could keep going. Edit: Omg! Thank y’all for over 1k likes!

The target audience being female doesn't mean action isn't needed and useless romance is justified. Nothing will make me drop a show faster than pointless relationships between any man and woman who breathe the same direction. I understand my view isn't how all women think, but the opposite is also true. There's not one standard all women would agree with. But I think what we all would agree on is that ''women love romance and hate spectacle'' is a tired stereotype that needs to go.

2:22 Just hearing him explain each of the “Winx” club character powers makes me cry 😭. As a fan of the OG Winx Club series, I’m flabbergasted and deeply disappointed at what they’ve done. OG Bloom has fire powers but she never knew she had them until she accidentally meets Stella. Stella is the blonde. She’s also a princess who’s powers are light. Musa’s powers are music. Flora is the nature fairy. Techno is the technology fairy. Girls can have powers but the guys can’t. When Dylan was wondering why the guys are training with swords, it’s because boys don’t have magic. AND, Alfea (Winx school) and Redfountain (Specialists’/boys’ school) are different. They do not go to the same school 😭😭😭😭

I just remembered that in the book, the Darkling’s (alleged) ancestor who created the Shadow Fold was called the Black Heretic. Calling him the Darkling was like people calling him “the devil’s grandkid.”

I'll forever be mad at the makers of winx saga for ruining it like they did. the cartoon was flashy and extravagant and mature. they clearly had the chance to have a bright color palette with sparkly clothes n shit and like u said the friendship aspect taking directly from the source material. instead they "riverdaled" it, had the most fashionable character (stella) dress like a 40yo mom and not only have no friendships but also add in that unnecessary love triangle that nO ONE ASKED FOR!!! stella and bloom were best friends in the og cartoon. they absolutely RUINED this show right from the start. and this is apart from the bad writing, directing and acting. (sorry for my bad eng im not a native speaker)

Hear me out, Winx could definitely been made into a more mature and dark show while also staying true to the source material, why the burned ones? The Trix could be genuinely a menacing foe in a darker setting with them being descendants of the witches who ruined Blooms home world. There was so much potential there to go balls to the walls with the darker aspects, Bloom struggling with her identity and the loneliness of being the last alive and the survivor’s guilt of her sister giving her own life to save Bloom, also… Who the fuck is Terra?! Where my girl Flora?! Had a second thought, these people also wants us to believe they’ll give avatar justice…. No way in hell when you can’t even get magical girls right

im so glad dylan enjoyed s&b also im pretty sure when the director changed the colours in the shots changing to less warm colours was because the 'six' were now in the same country as the 'shadows'... thats why the shots were more cold

I was ready to fight about my love for Shadow and Bone when i saw the title, and then Dylan made everything right by saying it is indeed a great show ! You scared me there !

The cancellation of Anne with an E was the last straw for me. It was such an amazing show and Netflix took it away too soon.

Dylan needs to understand that we , as a female watchers, also want to watch some quality fighting scenes lmao 😀 Im still mad at producers for not making winx with wings and not making them beat the shit out of 'burned ones' at sky 🤢

the way they combined the two storylines between shadows & bones and crew from the six of crows is ... chef's kiss.

Netflix should let Dylan write a show, he’s actually competent (unlike most of the Netflix writers). I’d love to see what Dylan would make with a budget and resources

I literally screamed when Dylan said he liked Shadow and Bone! It's a brilliantly made show with an exceptional soundtrack and an amazing cast. It also surprisingly stuck to books. I know we don't talk about recommendations here but I think you should read the six of crows duology! I have a feeling you won't be disappointed

I get that they wanted to age up the show and make it more "edgy" but Winx had so many elements to it that they could have used instead they turned it into the next Riverdale. The outfits are just bad. Euphoria did a much better and that show isn't even a fantasy series so how tf? All the characters just got assassinated terribly Bloom went from the kind cinnamon roll hot head that was trying to figure out who she was to edgy mean overpowered generic main protagonist girl. Also Bloom's color is blue which worked so well with her red hair but the writers couldn't even see that and threw red on her. Stella went from fashion diva who was kindhearted yet also dealing with divorced parents and being Bloom's bsf to generic mean girl put in a love triangle. Aisha doesn't even have a personality except being a babysitter for Bloom's shit. The romance also pisses me off. Winx had interesting romance but now they just always gotta add romance drama in these kind of shows Also where is Tecna????!

"and he's like...'slowpooooke' 🤣 oh dylan please never change

bestie, females want battle scenes. I want blood, I want tears, sweat and DEATH. As a female, I demand justice for the battle scenes directed at a female audience!

Fun fact Dylan the entire plot point you wanted to happen in Fate, about Bloom going beserk and the girls having to fight her, happened in season 2 of the original show. And yes it was awesome

you got the girlies on twitter freaking out

“Swapping anklets is one of the most intimate things you can do with a person” truer words have never been spoken

If you didn't read Six of Crows, you absolutely should. It's pretty impressive and I 100% recommend it 😁

Also: The original Winx Club show that appealed to pre teen and teen shows had super awesome action and fight scenes! Like literally! They were so fun! You had bondage by audio sensitive plants, diversion by using everyday objects to make music, they had voodoo dolls to stage a mock fight with Bloom, they had an inhumane army of death demons that didn't die no matter what. You had opponents stealing blooms powers. They had a fight were they defeated the villain by chanting a song! They had great individual fight choreography! Fate is disappointing no matter the gender.

Shadow and Bone is really good I first watched it for Ben Barnes but all the cast are amazing as well especially Kaz Brekker I think he's my favourite honestly I can't wait for season 2

i come back to this video often to see dylan doing the darling bit, it kills me without fail

I was stupidly relieved when you said you liked Shadow and Bone! Also the choice to call them "The Six" rather than the Crows is wild 🤣

bro the fact that they were scared to basically stick to the original material in some sense is annoying. The cartoon had fashion, friendship, love, and battles a show targeted toward girls that ended up with a very successful saga. because girls love battles too just add in some so great clothes and were set. the show was colorful and sparkly even in the serious scene but somehow kept the mood. Netflix seems to know only how to direct semi-decent romcoms and super dark-themed shows like ughhh. it was so triggering being excited to watch this and then look at the final product... sorry for my venting lol

As a person who loved the original Winx club I was so disappointed to see how white washed the live action show was. I have only seen clips of the show due to my hesitation to watch the show I have found nothing compelling me to do so as most of the writing and directing seems to fall flat in all the scenes I have seen. Fate has nothing the original has from some of the main characters being absent from the show to even the fashion. Honestly they should've just made it a completely different show

17:59 Thank you so much for pointing this out. People don't talk enough about when you can see actors acting. You can see them having to think about being in character, how to mold their facial expressions when they're on camera, exactly how to move and what their cues are. I've been seeing it more and more in the MCU and it drives me nuts.

When will Netflix realise we don’t want stupid shows The Hype House and stop cancelling great shows like The Society and Anne with an E

Amidst the trash Netflix has been producing lately, Heartstopper was really a surprise! I've never liked the whole teen coming of age genre but oh boy this show was absolutely adorable! The impeccable cast, soundtrack, cinematography, diversity, authenticity to the book, it left me feeling warm and hopeful!! The break that we all deserved!

When there are multiple directors for one show or set of movies it’s so important that they discuss and plan together so that each person can put in their own creative shooting/blocking and themes without it feeling detached or mismatched from the others- even something as simple as keeping the type of shots and lighting the same for a character until a pivotal moment

coloring was a BIG identifier for plots in GOT, amazing how they made the east a different world than westeros, and the iron islands, and north of the wall, etc. i would love to see you do a video on GOT

I hope Dylan reads Six of Crows and realizes how much more violent and dark the show could've been. But hopefully more violence in the next season!

Fate is just not Winx. They did what every live action movie usually does and just yeeted the plot and characters in to the void. Just the fact that they did not introduce the same dynamics and villains and decided to make it a shadow hunter the series rip off is kind of embarrassing.

"I don't want to see this. They're boring. I want to see humans on fire." Dylan is the reason the hunger games started.

I just want to say that as a female, I appreciate an emphasis on action and fight scenes. This show was awful and if they wanted Fate to be a more modern darker take on the children’s cartoon, they should have made it more accurate.

I think the hues of the six’ world changed because they weren’t in Ketterdam anymore but in Ravka … so the warm hue wasn’t because of them but the place

To add to the whole "Six" vs "Shadow" film aesthetics, the directors also made a decision that the camera movement in the Six side more dynamic. The Six side definitely has a lot more pans and stuff.

The warm tones in Shadow and Bone are applied in Ketterdam, which is in an island country off the coast of Ravka (where team shadow is). Ravka is split into east and west by the shadow-fold, but is portrayed with a neutral palette on both sides, which is why Nina has a neutral palette, and why team six gets a neutral palette when they go to meet up with her--because they've actually sailed to Ravka.

Six of crows is my favourite book ever and I can’t express how excited I get everytime I see the crows onscreen.

From what I've taken from most ya/general book adaptions is the only way it's actually going to be good is if you get the creator of the original material involved. Leigh Bardugo (shadow and bone) and Alice oseman (heartstopper) both had hands on the writing of both of the adaptions of their shows, which is why i think they're just so above and beyond other adaptions out there at the moment

Another reason Netflix is failing: LITTLE TO NO MARKETING!!!!! It took way too long for me to hear about Shadow and Bone - long enough that i don't think my views counted towards Netflix's 28 day range they use to see how successful a show is. Shadow and Bone really needs to be hyped up more - it is so underrated

Damn he don’t even know he got the girlies acting up on twitter 😂

As for winx, I agree.. i want more action!! Season 1 was a MAJOR let down as an avid winx watcher as a kid. One of my fave shows :.) s2 was ehhhh I was only happy they added flora lmao

Shadow and Bone is genuinely the best fantasy show I have ever watched, I think it is definitely the best adaptation on Netflix. Personally, (at least from season 1) it might even be better than the books (and I'm talking about the Shadow & Bone trilogy here, not the Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom- those 2 are masterpieces). Just the cinematography, the screenplay, the brilliant casting choices

Having a really short combat sequence wouldn't automatically make something bad. Technically it is more realistic to have a fight scene nuch shorter. But for a good example of this, Obi-Wan wan vs maul in rebels is an incredibly short fight but packs in an insane amount of story in such a short time. Because it pulls from previous lore it creates on of the best story beats in star wars

With Shadow and Bone and the new director and coloring thing it could totally be because it was a different director but it could also be because Nina represents when the Crows (the six) and Alina’s (the shadows) story connect because Nina was taught how to use her powers by the darkling and is from the other side of the fold where Alina lives. That same episode will also be when The Crows cross the fold I believe. SPOILER! Nina will also become part of the crows which is another part of when the two storylines or worlds meet.

Leigh Bardugo, the autor is involved in the making of S&B series, I think that's a big reason why this is a good adaptation. They really get the vibe of the books, this eastern european, steampunk-ish thing. The filming locations really fit (I recognized almost all hungarian locations :D). Also I read Cursed, I hated it, it was messy and the plot was all over the place for me.

Everything that The Winx Club was best for (fight sequences, fashion, friendships, world building, characters), the Netflix series said ‘no’ TO EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM.

Unpopulair opinion but after watching S&B i inmediatly bought the books. For the first time ever i came to the conclusion that i dislike the books and love the show. I was actually thouroughly dissapointed with the books. They felt really bland and unintresting without the crows. It actually made me realize how much the crows carry the show.

I gotta be fair to Slowpokes dad. Hollywood has messed up how long fights actually last. They aren't these epic long fights. Historically they were kinda short. Humans are fairly fragile.

The fact that Dylan always talks about YA books but hasn't read the best ones (the Six of Crows duology) is the most shocking thing ever

I think the color of the shots you're talking about is not to differentiate the story line but to differentiate where the characters are. All the warmer shots you are talking about are in the ketterdam (Kerch) while the more neutral ones are in ravka. So the scene with Beatrice (Nina) is neutrally colored because the crows is already in ravka. (This is a maybe. I'm not the showrunner. They may actually fucked that up idk)

The weirdest thing is that the only thing I remember about Cursed, is that it had a really weird and half baked collab with the MMO Black Desert.

I have so much respect for KZfaqrs who make me appreciate/enjoy their ad reads.

I was about to say that I normally respect others people's opinions on movies and shows, you like what you like, right? But when Dylan put shadow and bone in the vicinity of fate and cursed, I was like: I don't respect that!!! AND THEN HE SAID HE LIKED SHADOW AND BONE AND I SCREAMED! So I'm going to respect Dylans opinion.

I think the reason “Beatrice” (her name is actually Nina) starts out with the shadow side colors but then is involved with the crows is because she lives in the in between. She’s a spy from the shadow-side but *spoiler* will become a “six”

The fact that they strayed so far away from the original winx club, they lost. They could’ve cashed outtt if they did the same exact thing with just a little more content that’ll appeal to older audiences. The witches, Brandon, TECNA! They made a big mistake taking it in this direction. Anyways that kind of CGI is probs way more expensive so it’s likely all the modifications were to save money. Because there’s legit no way that they thought this plot and characters would sell more than the original.

16:45 No reason to call me out, sir. I was merely checking to see how my phone was charging Which I was actually doing, so you did catch me off-guard 😅

I can’t believe that audible, the whole company collectively, is Dylan’s father

Genuinely curious as to whether Dylan is going to be team Mal or team Darkling.

The fight scenes in Mr. Sunshine on Netflix too are very good. The show is overall very empowering and badass for female and male audiences alike. It’s revolutionary. Also Spielberg’s West Side Story would have been so much more famous had it been released everywhere before the pandemic. Such a shame because it’s a brilliant mix of so many genres.

ALSO SOC SHOULD GET THEIR OWN SERIES I CANT THEY ARE LITERALLY THE PERFECT CHARACTERS AHHHHHHHH

I hate what they did to winx. It would've been an okay show on its own but no, they had to make an adaptation and ruin Stella. And let me not get started on the fashion.....just no.

shadow and bone is criminally underrated, it has all the chops to be the next big thing and yet somehow ... it didn't?? JUSTICE FOR SHADOW AND BONE !!!

When I first watched this show I absolutely fell in love with the show and ESPECIALLY the Crows and immediately went and read the duology. I loved that duology omg

Dude, you filling those characters in with Pokemon characters had me dying 🤣

i felt so hurt when you said you were going to talk about shitty netflix shows and shadow and bone appeared bc six of crows is one of my all time favorite books (you should TOTALLY read it, what happens in the show is not even on the books since it’s supposed to be a prequel, anyway the books are so amazing)

I got real nervous when you included Shadow and Bone in your thumbnail, but then I saw the whole video and went "oh thank god" lol. This show has been my comfort show since it came out and now I'm 2 books down (I have the whole trilogy + six of crows duology + the wolves duology). I'm soooo glad to have found the show!

OK love this... try Motherland: Fort Salem!! That show is like a cross between Shadow and Bone and Winx (if Winx was actually made to be great). It's incredible, dark, complex, serious and has really great action scenes. It starts out a little simple but then gets really fleshed out. It's another show that takes itself seriously. The cliffhangers and plot twists are ACTUAL surprises and make such incredible sense, especially when you realize the clues were there all along. Worth a review!

Dark is probably the best Netflix has to offer. Such a shame so few people know about it (language maybe 🤷🏻‍♀️)

A “beer & a movie” without Dylan getting drunk by just smelling alcohol?! That’s new

Shadow and bone is the EPITOME of a good live adaptation. Combining shadow and bone with Six of crows was the right call. I watched it 4 times

i love that dylan watches this shows because i don't have to waste my time on them, Thank you very much

Watching this again in November and noticing how Dylan said "beer and a movie is something I'll be doing more in 2022" and then does it only once more (so far) lol. Love it, love the consistency.

hearing Dylan talk about shadow and bone is something I didn't know I needed

12:55 As a female I'd like to confirm that in a fantasy show, there's nothing more entertaining than just a well-coordinated gory battle sequence. Give me some action and blood and vengeance YES.

I guessed the duel on Winx lasted for 3 seconds thinking it would be absolutely impossible for it to last that little 😂

mhmmmmmmm i see now

Dylan calling the crows "the six" when crows is right there is so on-brand for him lmao

Netflix used to have everything, and there was so much hype for every show they created. Now they took a lot of really good shows off and replaced it with horrible original shows that are just not really good. There are only a handful of things on Netflix I’d like to see, and it is SOOO expensive. They release seasons all at once and have no ads, so that’s good, but they don’t have a monopoly over the industry anymore. There are more streaming services offering similar styles and more benefits for a fraction of the price. I can get hulu, Disney plus, & hbo for under the price of a Netflix subscription and still have some to spare. I’m just not sure if it’s worth it anymore.