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Story telling is terrible and soap opera-ish. How does a dead man narrate? How does he know what everybody is doing when he ain't around?
Official Power Book III: Raising Kanan Season 1 Thread
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Ozymandeas
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I just feel it’s a bit different. Tariq grew up in a penthouse. Ghost and K grew up in Queens in the hood. If this was the Wire, Ghost and K would’ve been on West Side growing up around Marlo and Weebey meanwhile Tariq would’ve been growing up downtown in the Harbor.
Mike the Executioner
What went on up there? Poppers and weird sex!
You mentioned Kanan's family. Of course, they have a direct link to him, they're supposed to. What about Famous' sister? Or that rich white woman with the dead dog? What purpose do they serve in Kanan's life? They're already being treated like they matter and we're supposed to care about what they do. It's an origin story about Kanan, these people aren't necessary for the narrative to move along. It would be like if the first season of Everybody Hates Chris gave plots to Risky and Kill Moves. They're entertaining characters, but Chris is the reason we watch the show. You need a strong entry point, especially when a majority of these characters are brand new and Book III doesn't have that yet.
And no, I don't prefer action over storytelling. I don't care about action like that. But Power prided itself on having action-based scenes and over-the-top fukkery. Did all of it work? No, but that's part of what made the show what it was. That's why it carried over to Book II and (presumably) Book IV. This show is just bland by comparison.
The reason I brought up Kanan killing Buck 20 is because of how important that scene was. It was Kanan's first kill. That's a rite of passage in the Power Universe. How does it affect Kanan psychologically? What are the consequences he suffers? How does his mindset change after this? These questions haven't been answered yet. More time is being spent on Jukebox's interracial love story and Raquel getting her titties clenched during sex.
I'll admit that it does feel old-school, and Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Adrian Younge are doing a great job with the score. But this show doesn't feel special right now. Even without the fukkery, the stories they're telling don't leave you like
begging for more.
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You mentioned Kanan's family. Of course, they have a direct link to him, they're supposed to. What about Famous' sister? Or that rich white woman with the dead dog? What purpose do they serve in Kanan's life? They're already being treated like they matter and we're supposed to care about what they do. It's an origin story about Kanan, these people aren't necessary for the narrative to move along. It would be like if the first season of Everybody Hates Chris gave plots to Risky and Kill Moves. They're entertaining characters, but Chris is the reason we watch the show. You need a strong entry point, especially when a majority of these characters are brand new and Book III doesn't have that yet.
And no, I don't prefer action over storytelling. I don't care about action like that. But Power prided itself on having action-based scenes and over-the-top fukkery. Did all of it work? No, but that's part of what made the show what it was. That's why it carried over to Book II and (presumably) Book IV. This show is just bland by comparison.
The reason I brought up Kanan killing Buck 20 is because of how important that scene was. It was Kanan's first kill. That's a rite of passage in the Power Universe. How does it affect Kanan psychologically? What are the consequences he suffers? How does his mindset change after this? These questions haven't been answered yet. More time is being spent on Jukebox's interracial love story and Raquel getting her titties clenched during sex.
I'll admit that it does feel old-school, and Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Adrian Younge are doing a great job with the score. But this show doesn't feel special right now. Even without the fukkery, the stories they're telling don't leave you like
You are actually dead on when it comes to the psychology of Kanan after he murders Buck 20. It would be dope if they were to show how he gradually deals with his first kill.
We are all gonna digest the show differently. I myself stopped watching Book 1 right before Season 5's finale. I wasn't motivated to watch Season 6...which later left me not wanting to watch Book 2. The fresh take on Book 3 is what I enjoy most about it
I feel like they are going to have 2 (hopefully 3) seasons with this particular book based on the flow it's taken.
ISO
Pass me the rock nikka
Kanan didn’t grow up in 40 projects or Baisley projectsThese places is where Supreme Team was from
shytty comparison to West Baltimore as we see Kanan lives in a single family home on a urban-suburban block in South Jamaica he has everything he wants and is just hopping off the porch at 16
South Jamaica is primarily a black middle class area
Kanan is just like Tariq that’s why he gravitated to him and like he said he made his choice
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humminbird
Veteran
Because he's watching from above friend
KalKal
Superstar
Because he's watching from above friend
Lots of movies do this though. Off the top of my head I'm thinking of Carlito's Way, and the scene in Casino where Joe Pesci narrates his own death.
Even more books do that shyt.
A dead person narrating what happened in their life leading up to their death is regular shyt lol.
humminbird
Veteran
Yeah true
I always thought of it like they’re life is flashing before their eyes
SpacelySprockets
Veteran
so is 50 cent not from the hood
These places is where Supreme Team was from
shytty comparison to West Baltimore as we see Kanan lives in a single family home on a urban-suburban block in South Jamaica he has everything he wants and is just hopping off the porch at 16
South Jamaica is primarily a black middle class area
Kanan is just like Tariq that’s why he gravitated to him and like he said he made his choice
ISO
Pass me the rock nikka
50 was in the streets at a young age, he lost both his parents at a young age, and was raised by religious grandparents that couldn’t provide or supervise him or understand what was going on at the timeso is 50 cent not from the hood
Very different from Kanan
KalKal
Superstar
so is 50 cent not from the hood
Talking about the character "Kanan", the depiction of his environment is reasonably accurate to where the show says he's supposed to be.
For example, his high school isn't actually in "the hood"
The Life and Death of Jamaica High School
When did they show Kanan's mom in the OG Power series?**** These are not my thoughts but theories from the internet ****
People saying Raq set up Marv to go to prison. Marv finds out and tries to kill her. Instead Lou Lou gets killed. He’s the Ghost of this series with his fake Angie so he’s not making it out alive. They can also make it be where Marv went to prison for just being stupid but tries to go against Raq anyway for disrespecting him and somehow Lou Lou still dies in result. Raq is either going to prison or has a close call like Azie and gets out of the game because she’s still around in the OG Power. People think Symphony is either an undercover DEA agent or maybe he’s a legit professor/student but either way Kanan will have to pop him. They’re going to get close. He’s the person K thinks about when he mentions killing someone you loved. He ain’t making it out either with all his big dreams of going into architecture. They gonna have to tread carefully because alot of stuff sounds like retreads of Tariq’s story and Ghost’s story but this what the internet thinks
Rell Lauren
Banned
No episode this week
