but hold on u talk all that shit just to have seen porkys at 5
HYPOTHETICALLY *AHEM*
Lupin Netflix Discussion Thread
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HYPOTHETICALLY *AHEM*
Mom texted me the other day - she's enjoying the series.
OK I got a issue...
Lupin REALLY didn't think the network would air the video AS IS did he?
Come on.
And he could have dropped the unedited version online.
i UNDERSTAND his explanation but I aint buying it.
Lupin REALLY didn't think the network would air the video AS IS did he?
Come on.
And he could have dropped the unedited version online.
i UNDERSTAND his explanation but I aint buying it.
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i dont know, but he has connections thru his boss. they figured out they had the wrong person and let him go. not sure where he got the car from.
that man been a professional assassin since Lupin was 14
he can get a car
and with the money Pelligrini got?
Probably had a car outside the police station waiting for him.
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Looking forward to seeing it. Got it up next in the rotation with Coyote and The Serpent as the next few series respectively. Currently watching Goliath, Ted Lasso, Peaky Blinders and Your Honor. We’re slowly chipping away at each series.
NICE LIST
Next for me is coyote then ted Lasso and wandavision sprinkled throughout
We saw ep 1 of Coyote yesterday. Pretty good. 2 eps in on Ted Lasso. Wandavision ... thanks for the reminder!
I 10000000% cosign this shit. But I grew up on those Saturday morning karate theater dubs. Subs been a no-go for me. Can't multitask doing that shit either. Even when focused, reading kills the mood for me. Even when foreign parts are necessary in a move, I prefer not to have to read shit. Let's just assume they speaking russian, french, german, etc.and the audience has a translator. lol
See, I have the opposite experience. It only takes me a few scenes before the dubs become the characters for me. When I first turned this on, voices didn't match in the obvious dub sense. After a few scenes, the voice WAS the lead character for me. If I heard the lead talk with his real voice I'd think that was the fake now. I'd have to adjust to it.
As long as I get the underlying story, dubs work best for me. That korean zombie movie from the fall was unwatchable subbed. Dubbed was great.
When it comes to dub/sub, folks have strong preferences to one or the other it seems. I love when they give the audience both options.
As for the show itself, I loved it. It is quick and to the point. The flashbacks are well-placed int the show and give us a complete story. Just wish there were more episodes man.
Netflix's Lupin is the First Great Show of 2021 | TV/Streaming | Roger Ebert
A review of the new Netflix series Lupin, starring Omar Sy.
www.rogerebert.com
Created by George Kay (“Killing Eve”) in collaboration with François Uzan (“Family Business”), "Lupin" is an addictive, clever puzzle that combines elements from “Luther,” Sherlock Holmes,” and “Inside Man” for an engrossing experience.
seen ep 1 last night this should have been a movie....i sure do love how pay back is a bitch... 
Co sign 100%
Really enjoyed it and was able to watch with the family just had to let a few curse words through
Sidebar: they REALLY didn't need the curses at all this could easily be advertised as family tv like enola holmes, hardy boys or raising dion.
My mom told me Europe aint really tripping on language like that.
The cliffhanger was perfect cause if that didn't make you want to call Netflix and DEMAND a second season?
Nothing would.
And it has a lot of room to grow too leaving france, giving him a real enemy, teaching his son, meeting a female version of lupin, the government hiring him to do a job, someone dying on a job, his mother is actually alive, etc etc
My oldest wants the books now, I'm searching for the anime
someone needs to write a book or graphic novel on THIS version of Lupin or a tv series script on a young black Lupin in LA , Chicago or NY
@largebillsonlyplease @Drayonis @GAMBINO
@raze @godofwine
Get on that!
I agree that would be dope.
The police chief or Mr Pelligrini
You could make it ADULT or i think a better path family teen friendly
A smart charismatic black Male lead
You can hit on leverage, hustle, young Indiana jones, young sherlock holmes, enola gay, young black panther, young batman, etc
Hell you might not even need Lupin SPECIFIC
I like that cool thief with morals
Especially NOW.
And being alone but having this family he chose... his irregulars.
if you did your own series...
Whole thing based on that scene in Lupin 1, when he says
you see me but YOU DON'T SEE ME.
That's the premise of the WHOLE series
As a black man so much is projected onto us, the masks we have to wear even with our loved ones and even ourselves.
The morality conflict. A system of rules and laws built specifically AGAINST us.
@largebillsonlyplease fix that up and make it all sound smart heartfelt modern exciting mysterious and thought provoking
You know... Bills sh*t.
They let him go right away when they called it in. I’m guessing they already had a car there planned for when he got off the train. They already knew where they were going.
Good catch!
For real. I just ordered a copy of the extraordinary adventures of arsene lupin from Amazon
my mom swears I read this but I cannot remember for the life of me.
This shit fire.
‘Lupin’ is a thrilling heist series, but it goes deeper than that
Omar Sy as Assane Diop in Netflix's “Lupin.” (Emmanuel Guimier/Netflix)
By
Bethonie Butler
Jan. 21, 2021 at 6:00 a.m. EST
Note: This post contains plot details from Netflix’s “Lupin.” Possible spoilers ahead.
In Netflix’s “Lupin,” debonair con man Assane Diop (Omar Sy) attempts to avenge his father’s death. Assane follows a unique blueprint in his criminal exploits: The adventures of Arsène Lupin, the iconic, fictional “gentleman thief” created by writer Maurice Leblanc.
The French series gets off to a thrilling start as Assane plans an elaborate heist at the Louvre, where a storied necklace is set to be auctioned off. We learn that Assane’s father Babakar — a widower who immigrated to Paris from Senegal with his son — died in prison after he was falsely accused of stealing the necklace from his wealthy and powerful employer. “Lupin” weaves Assane’s tragic past with his present-day deceptions and the inspiration behind them: flashbacks show a teenage Assane becoming fascinated with Lupin after reading Leblanc’s 1907 story collection, “Arsène Lupin, Gentleman Burglar.”
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As Assane learns more about his father’s alleged crime and conviction, his schemes play out in splashy, exciting and, occasionally, wildly unrealistic ways — which is to say “Lupin” is, at first glance, your typical heist series. What makes the show truly compelling is its subtle commentary on race and xenophobia. We see it from the show’s opening scene, which shows Assane reporting to the Louvre for work as a janitor, alongside a group of largely Black and Brown contractors. It’s a striking image that becomes central to his planned caper at the Louvre; Assane tells his accomplices that his employers see him “but they don’t really look” at him.
From ‘Fauda’ to ‘Money Heist,’ here are 11 international shows to stream right now
“Everyone on that side of town, everyone on the top while we’re on the bottom, they don’t look,” Assane says. “And thanks to that we’re going to be rich.”
Racism similarly permeates scenes from Assane’s childhood. When Assane first meets Madame Pellegrini, whose husband employs Babakar as a driver, she initially doesn’t recognize him, locking the door as Babakar and Assane approach her car. Her teenage daughter objectifies Assane upon meeting him, asking if it’s “true what they say about Blacks.” After Babakar’s death, the orphaned Assane attends an exclusive private school (surreptitiously paid for by Madame Pellegrini); his classmates taunt him, calling his skin “a costume” and joking that they didn’t know the school admitted “janitors.”
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As an adult, Assane anticipates the racism he experiences from those around him and uses it to his advantage. Some of his deceptions rely on the likelihood that he will be mistaken for other Black men — including by the detectives assigned to investigate the heist at the Louvre. Other cons play on the discomfort White people feel when it comes to race and racism. Posing as an IT staffer to get access to the corrupt police commissioner who investigated his father’s case, Assane feigns offense when his credentials are questioned.
“Lupin,” the latest in a string of works inspired by Leblanc’s gentleman thief, has been a popular addition to Netflix’s lineup. It landed on the streamer’s Top 10 list in multiple countries — including the United States and France — following its Jan. 8 debut, becoming the first French series to do so. According to Deadline, the show is primed to top early viewership for “Bridgerton” and “The Queen’s Gambit,” two of Netflix’s most-watched recent offerings. (Part 1 of “Lupin” ends on a nail-biting cliffhanger but a post-credits promo promises “Part 2 is coming soon.”)
The well-reviewed series has faced some criticism for its focus on the French capital’s predominantly White circles — a decision the filmmakers suggested, in a recent New York Times feature, was intentional: “I liked the ‘gentleman thief’ aspect a lot but I wanted to subvert it and give it a social angle,” French director Louis Leterrier, who helmed the first three episodes, told the paper. “I found the idea of a 6-foot-2 Black man sneaking around in both high society and the underworld interesting.”
AD
British screenwriter George Kay, who created and wrote the French-language series, told the Times that Assane’s targets “are the French establishment and the old school.”
With Lupin as his muse, Assane maintains a moral code even as he cons his way across Paris. One of his early crimes, shown in flashback, appears to contradict that code. Posing as an undercover detective, he persuades an elderly woman to give him her most precious valuables to thwart a supposed burglar. It’s a crime seemingly unbefitting of a gentleman thief until we get the backstory of the woman’s treasures, which include a rare Fabergé egg.
The woman tells Assane that her husband “assisted with the extraction of diamonds in the Belgian Congo.” “The good old days,” Assane says with a knowing smile. Ignoring the brutal repercussions of Africa’s diamond trade, the woman notes that “the locals were sitting on a fortune and they didn’t even realize it.” She tells Assane that she and her husband “just helped ourselves.”
“Their loss, right?” a still-smiling Assane says.
Omar Sy as Assane Diop in Netflix's “Lupin.” (Emmanuel Guimier/Netflix)
By
Bethonie Butler
Jan. 21, 2021 at 6:00 a.m. EST
Note: This post contains plot details from Netflix’s “Lupin.” Possible spoilers ahead.
In Netflix’s “Lupin,” debonair con man Assane Diop (Omar Sy) attempts to avenge his father’s death. Assane follows a unique blueprint in his criminal exploits: The adventures of Arsène Lupin, the iconic, fictional “gentleman thief” created by writer Maurice Leblanc.
The French series gets off to a thrilling start as Assane plans an elaborate heist at the Louvre, where a storied necklace is set to be auctioned off. We learn that Assane’s father Babakar — a widower who immigrated to Paris from Senegal with his son — died in prison after he was falsely accused of stealing the necklace from his wealthy and powerful employer. “Lupin” weaves Assane’s tragic past with his present-day deceptions and the inspiration behind them: flashbacks show a teenage Assane becoming fascinated with Lupin after reading Leblanc’s 1907 story collection, “Arsène Lupin, Gentleman Burglar.”
AD
As Assane learns more about his father’s alleged crime and conviction, his schemes play out in splashy, exciting and, occasionally, wildly unrealistic ways — which is to say “Lupin” is, at first glance, your typical heist series. What makes the show truly compelling is its subtle commentary on race and xenophobia. We see it from the show’s opening scene, which shows Assane reporting to the Louvre for work as a janitor, alongside a group of largely Black and Brown contractors. It’s a striking image that becomes central to his planned caper at the Louvre; Assane tells his accomplices that his employers see him “but they don’t really look” at him.
From ‘Fauda’ to ‘Money Heist,’ here are 11 international shows to stream right now
“Everyone on that side of town, everyone on the top while we’re on the bottom, they don’t look,” Assane says. “And thanks to that we’re going to be rich.”
Racism similarly permeates scenes from Assane’s childhood. When Assane first meets Madame Pellegrini, whose husband employs Babakar as a driver, she initially doesn’t recognize him, locking the door as Babakar and Assane approach her car. Her teenage daughter objectifies Assane upon meeting him, asking if it’s “true what they say about Blacks.” After Babakar’s death, the orphaned Assane attends an exclusive private school (surreptitiously paid for by Madame Pellegrini); his classmates taunt him, calling his skin “a costume” and joking that they didn’t know the school admitted “janitors.”
AD
As an adult, Assane anticipates the racism he experiences from those around him and uses it to his advantage. Some of his deceptions rely on the likelihood that he will be mistaken for other Black men — including by the detectives assigned to investigate the heist at the Louvre. Other cons play on the discomfort White people feel when it comes to race and racism. Posing as an IT staffer to get access to the corrupt police commissioner who investigated his father’s case, Assane feigns offense when his credentials are questioned.
“Lupin,” the latest in a string of works inspired by Leblanc’s gentleman thief, has been a popular addition to Netflix’s lineup. It landed on the streamer’s Top 10 list in multiple countries — including the United States and France — following its Jan. 8 debut, becoming the first French series to do so. According to Deadline, the show is primed to top early viewership for “Bridgerton” and “The Queen’s Gambit,” two of Netflix’s most-watched recent offerings. (Part 1 of “Lupin” ends on a nail-biting cliffhanger but a post-credits promo promises “Part 2 is coming soon.”)
The well-reviewed series has faced some criticism for its focus on the French capital’s predominantly White circles — a decision the filmmakers suggested, in a recent New York Times feature, was intentional: “I liked the ‘gentleman thief’ aspect a lot but I wanted to subvert it and give it a social angle,” French director Louis Leterrier, who helmed the first three episodes, told the paper. “I found the idea of a 6-foot-2 Black man sneaking around in both high society and the underworld interesting.”
AD
British screenwriter George Kay, who created and wrote the French-language series, told the Times that Assane’s targets “are the French establishment and the old school.”
With Lupin as his muse, Assane maintains a moral code even as he cons his way across Paris. One of his early crimes, shown in flashback, appears to contradict that code. Posing as an undercover detective, he persuades an elderly woman to give him her most precious valuables to thwart a supposed burglar. It’s a crime seemingly unbefitting of a gentleman thief until we get the backstory of the woman’s treasures, which include a rare Fabergé egg.
The woman tells Assane that her husband “assisted with the extraction of diamonds in the Belgian Congo.” “The good old days,” Assane says with a knowing smile. Ignoring the brutal repercussions of Africa’s diamond trade, the woman notes that “the locals were sitting on a fortune and they didn’t even realize it.” She tells Assane that she and her husband “just helped ourselves.”
“Their loss, right?” a still-smiling Assane says.
Netflix's Lupin is its most popular original show in more than a year
The French heist series is pulling in the biggest audience since The Witcher -- and Lupin may be Netflix's biggest non-English-language title ever.
Joan E. Solsman
http://www.twitter.com/joan_e
Jan. 20, 2021 7:32 a.m. PT
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Netflix said it expects Lupin, a French-language heist show, to bring in the biggest audience for one of its series in more than a year.
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Netflix's latest hit show (at least, according to Netflix) is Lupin, a French-language heist series pulling in reported audience numbers unseen for a Netflix original show since The Witcher in December 2019. Lupin's appeal is crossing language barriers, too, seeming to draw in more viewership than La Casa de Papel. That Spanish-language program, titled Money Heist for English-speaking audiences, previously reigned as Netflix's biggest non-English-language show.
Netflix said Tuesday that it projects Lupin will be watched by more than 70 million accounts within its first four weeks of release. To put that in context, The Witcher -- Netflix's most-watched original series since the company started reporting these stats -- hit 76 million accounts. The fourth season of La Casa de Papel was watched by roughly 65 million accounts in its first four weeks, the company projected at the time. (We can't compare Lupin's audience with earlier Netflix shows that were released before late 2019, likes its retro sci-fi megahit Stranger Things. That's when Netflix switched its measurement metric, so the comparisons aren't apples-to-apples.)
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Though Lupin is a French-language show, it has been topping popularity rankings in countries with different native languages. It has hit No. 2 on the company's US popularity charts, Netflix said, and it has ranked No. 1 in dozens of other countries including Brazil, Argentina, Germany, Italy, Spain, Poland, Vietnam and the Philippines. (Presumably, France too.)
Ted Sarandos, Netflix's co-CEO and the company's head of content, said that Netflix's all-you-can-eat subscription model lowers the risks for members "to be much more adventurous about what they watch." Subscribers may hear about a popular show like Lupin, already included in their subscriptions, and give it a shot despite previous hesitancy about foreign-language programming.
"They push play, and 10 minutes later, all of a sudden, they like foreign-language television. So it's a really incredible evolution," he said Tuesday evening during a call to discuss Netflix's fourth-quarter earnings results. "You can throw out a lot of preconceived notions about what works and what doesn't, because those are mostly established by business trends, not by consumer trends," he said.
The French heist series is pulling in the biggest audience since The Witcher -- and Lupin may be Netflix's biggest non-English-language title ever.
Joan E. Solsman
http://www.twitter.com/joan_e
Jan. 20, 2021 7:32 a.m. PT
LISTEN
- 10:28
Netflix said it expects Lupin, a French-language heist show, to bring in the biggest audience for one of its series in more than a year.
Netflix
Netflix's latest hit show (at least, according to Netflix) is Lupin, a French-language heist series pulling in reported audience numbers unseen for a Netflix original show since The Witcher in December 2019. Lupin's appeal is crossing language barriers, too, seeming to draw in more viewership than La Casa de Papel. That Spanish-language program, titled Money Heist for English-speaking audiences, previously reigned as Netflix's biggest non-English-language show.
Netflix said Tuesday that it projects Lupin will be watched by more than 70 million accounts within its first four weeks of release. To put that in context, The Witcher -- Netflix's most-watched original series since the company started reporting these stats -- hit 76 million accounts. The fourth season of La Casa de Papel was watched by roughly 65 million accounts in its first four weeks, the company projected at the time. (We can't compare Lupin's audience with earlier Netflix shows that were released before late 2019, likes its retro sci-fi megahit Stranger Things. That's when Netflix switched its measurement metric, so the comparisons aren't apples-to-apples.)
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Though Lupin is a French-language show, it has been topping popularity rankings in countries with different native languages. It has hit No. 2 on the company's US popularity charts, Netflix said, and it has ranked No. 1 in dozens of other countries including Brazil, Argentina, Germany, Italy, Spain, Poland, Vietnam and the Philippines. (Presumably, France too.)
Ted Sarandos, Netflix's co-CEO and the company's head of content, said that Netflix's all-you-can-eat subscription model lowers the risks for members "to be much more adventurous about what they watch." Subscribers may hear about a popular show like Lupin, already included in their subscriptions, and give it a shot despite previous hesitancy about foreign-language programming.
"They push play, and 10 minutes later, all of a sudden, they like foreign-language television. So it's a really incredible evolution," he said Tuesday evening during a call to discuss Netflix's fourth-quarter earnings results. "You can throw out a lot of preconceived notions about what works and what doesn't, because those are mostly established by business trends, not by consumer trends," he said.
