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Into The Badlands... Did you like it?


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I really enjoyed "Into the Badlands" this past fall. Wondering what others thought of the first season. I thought the fight scenes of characters "Sunny" Daniel Wu and "The Widow" Emily Beecham were amazing! Although the setting in an apocalyptic future was a bit strange, it was great having a Martial Arts series on television again. I was a big fan of Kung Fu when I was growing up. The visual blood and gore depicted in the fight scenes of "Into the Badlands" leaves little to the imagination though and goes well beyond what I ever saw on "Kung Fu". I wonder how parents feel about letting their youngest watch it? Did you like the show? :) http://www.amc.com/shows/into-the-badlands

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I watched the first season, you just need to keep in mind that what you're watching "martial art wise" is pretty much like the B movies that came out of China for years..fake and unrealistic.

Just watching it for entertainment is ok, just don't start thinking you can whoop-up on a dozen guys and come away in good shape! lol

If you don't want to stand behind our troops, please..feel free to stand in front of them.


Student since January 1975---4th Dan, retired due to non-martial arts related injuries.

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Season 2 is on Netflix now.

"Those who know don't talk. Those who talk don't know." ~ Lao-tzu, Tao Te Ching


"Walk a single path, becoming neither cocky with victory nor broken with defeat, without forgetting caution when all is quiet or becoming frightened when danger threatens." ~ Jigaro Kano

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I enjoy it. The martial arts a highly acrobatic and definitely made for the camera. To my inexperienced eyes, it looks like stylized superpowered kung fu of some form.

"Those who know don't talk. Those who talk don't know." ~ Lao-tzu, Tao Te Ching


"Walk a single path, becoming neither cocky with victory nor broken with defeat, without forgetting caution when all is quiet or becoming frightened when danger threatens." ~ Jigaro Kano

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I watched most of the first season. Enough to form an opinion that the sword play is Hollywood fantasy and the rest was, well, boring.

The person who succeeds is not the one who holds back, fearing failure, nor the one who never fails-but the one who moves on in spite of failure.

Charles R. Swindoll

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A lot of dislike for this series in these forums, but I am not one of those!

I loved it!

Unrealistic...of course. Fun to watch, absolutely!

I love the world setting, the feudal lord type governmental structure, and, of course, the martial arts.

One of my top 3 favorite shows on TV today (along with Daredevil and Cobra Kai).

Godan in Ryukyu Kempo

Head of the Shubu Kan Dojo in Watertown, NY

(United Ryukyu Kempo Alliance)

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Yeah, I really like this show. The mythology grows as seasons progress, the fight scenes are incredible, characters are fun to watch. Yeah, it's a win. Just getting better by the season.

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