Nope, they are puppets, and most of the sets are actual genuinely built things. There’s still lots of CGI, but it is less animated 3d model stuff and more removing wires and puppeteers type of stuff. They are doing a tour showcasing the puppets right now, which would be very cool to see.
The Chamberlain is evil Grover.
I’ll second Mindhunter as being very well done. I’m not as happy with season 2 as season 1, but it’s still very good.
A good chunk of their stuff co-produced with the BBC or Cahnnel4 are all pretty solid.
Got into “The Spy”. Short mini-series of 6 episodes. It stars Sacha Baron Cohen. But… absolutely nothing to do with his comical characters of the past. Cohen stars as Cohen. Eli Cohen. The famed Israeli spy from the 60’s who infiltrated Syria. His fate is known, as their is nothing to spoil… and the 1st episode telegraphs it. But wow, what a performance by Sacha Baron Cohen. I had no idea he had this level of acting within him.
Seems you are right about that. LINK. I still think they must have done some CGI overlays on the puppets then, because of the lighting and some graphics that are portrayed look just like it.
My wife keeps forcing me to watch Korean series on netflix and I'm starting to like them now. The last few days we have been watching K2. In the beginning the music was overkill but then it calmed down and overall K2 is a lot of fun to watch. After watching a couple of Korean shows now, I'd have to say that they have way more imagination than anything Hollywood is producing lately. Another thing we noticed is that they can really act.
Nothing ATM. Moved into a new house in July, put the TV in the basement, and have only watched about 6 hours since. Still adding things to my list, however!
Haha. Here's two scenes from The K2 K-Drama. I have so many projects on the go but have to admit that series had me glued to the couch every night with my Wife until we finished it all within about a week.
Not a series per se, it’s a number of self contained animated shorts that aren’t connected beyond the themes in the title. Some really good stories in here.
I can honestly say I never thought I’d see a Skeksis urinating against a wall.