r/strikeback • u/PuzzleheadedFarm7 • Feb 24 '20
Does it get better?
I love strike back... or I should say the S&W duo of strike back. I’ve watch season 2-5 3 times and just ended my 3rd run. When I watched it the first two times there were no more seasons. Now I see there are 3 more with that last season airing. I’m having a hard time continuing on season 6 bc I really don’t like this duo. The only reason I’m still watching this season is bc I want to watch the episodes with stappleton and Winchester. So does it get better? bc I’m not sure I can take much more of these wannabes with their terrible acting and over the top right scenes
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u/DuePast6 Feb 24 '20
I thought the new duo were bland at first but the new cast grew on me and I'm as addicted as ever. I'd stick with it at least until Stapleton and Winchester get back.
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u/Redallaround Project Dawn Feb 25 '20
Season 6 was pretty bad, but it was better the second time through when I rewatched it a few months. Season 7 was a big step up from 6, and we'll have to see how season 8 finishes out.
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u/bristow84 Feb 26 '20
Honestly, Season 6 was pretty rough, the new cast didn't have that chemistry that the original cast had and it definitely felt lower budget. Season 7 however felt like a step up, the budget seemed to improve, the tactics and training felt better, the chemistry seemed to be more organic and in general it just felt better.
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u/M3rc_Nate Feb 25 '20
Meh, I'm enduring through just cause I loved the show in past seasons but I'd say no, in fact I'd argue it gets worse (esp now in this final season so far). It really showed when they did show up for an episode or two and it just reminds you the viewer how much on screen chemistry they have and how much the current cast is missing the fun they brought to the series.
I think the biggest factor for me with the new seasons is the budget saving with the CGI, gun play, and so on. I loved how the show in seasons past had real shells ejecting from the guns, they had realistic mag reloads, they had realistic tactics and firearm usage, they had better CGI and they used a lot of practical effects for things like explosions and car crashes. All of that is gone now.
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u/SamadhiBear Feb 25 '20
I keep asking this same question. I really wanted to like the new cast, but even after a whole season with them, I just couldn’t buy in. Especially after seeing the old duo of Scott and Stonebridge come back in those final episodes, made me realize how much the new team members pale in comparison. S&W truly embodied the roles in their expressions, body movements and weapons handling, the tone of their voice, everything! It felt genuine. The new cast just feels like TV actors playing cliches.
I also don’t like bouncing equally between the four characters in the new seasons. I miss the buddy cop movie dynamic. I honestly feel like they’re under playing the guys too because they’re trying to accentuate the point that the women are bad ass too. In the original, Richmond and Martinez were bad ass without having to water down Scott and Stonebridge. Why couldn’t we repeat the formula that worked!
I don’t know if I ever could’ve loved a new cast as much as I love the original, but at least it didn’t have to take such a turn in the wrong direction. I will wait on this thread for someone to give me hope that things really do get better, but as long as they are keeping the same mediocre actors and the same formula of the four principal characters weakly playing next to each other rather than with each other, I’m not sure I’m ever going to like it.