Trick series (1, 2, 3, SP, Movie, etc.)

Started by Hanada Tattsu · 6 Oct 2003 · 862 replies

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23 Sep 2007, 08:54 #801
Wynter wrote:

Yea exactly. I've started the second season (watching first epi as we speak) and it's like a continuation of the first. No space between.


that's why i haven't watched the second season...i didn't find the first series so compelling, not that it's bad. i've been slowly finishing up polestar
23 Sep 2007, 09:09 #802
Tu_triky wrote:

that's why i haven't watched the second season...i didn't find the first series so compelling, not that it's bad. i've been slowly finishing up polestar


Slowly? Not liking it?
23 Sep 2007, 09:15 #803
Wynter wrote:

Slowly? Not liking it?


no it's good...i watched the first several episodes fairly quickly but then I got diverted a bit watching other stuff....mostly entourage www.hbo.com/entourage
23 Sep 2007, 09:23 #804
Tu_triky wrote:

no it's good...i watched the first several episodes fairly quickly but then I got diverted a bit watching other stuff....mostly entourage www.hbo.com/entourage


Ahhhhh okies.

I have marking for two more classes to do, but I think I might sneak in another episode of Trick.
23 Sep 2007, 09:37 #805
Wynter wrote:

Ahhhhh okies.

I have marking for two more classes to do, but I think I might sneak in another episode of Trick.


Trix are for kids.

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23 Sep 2007, 11:00 #806
Tu_triky wrote:Trix are for kids.

Tricks are for hookers. :beaten: :hehe:
23 Sep 2007, 11:02 #807
bmwracer wrote:
Tricks are for hookers. :beaten: :hehe:


good point! :hehe:
23 Sep 2007, 11:20 #808
bmwracer wrote:
Tricks are for hookers. :beaten: :hehe:


wow, it took me a while to get it. Guess I don't have the right experience. :beaten:
28 Sep 2007, 07:53 #809
Eh? Trick 2 has a different thread than Trick 1? :headscratch:

My Review: 8/10

What I loved about Trick season 2 was that it continued from season 1, but elaborated or expanded on all the GOOD points. The relationship between Ueda and Yamada didnft continue to be flirtatious, sly, and innocent like in the first season. Instead there was growth and understanding between the two. It was more mature and showed some depth. The humour in the second season was also more refined and sharp. I laughed more than I did in the first season and this is probably because the characters seemed to mesh better this season. I found the stories to be more mysterious and suspenseful this season, and less based on magic. I havenft decided if this is a good thing or a bad, but either way I felt that this season was a good and seamless extension of the last. Letfs hope the third season follows to par.
28 Sep 2007, 07:56 #810
Hmm, should I merge all of the Trick threads together?

Seems logical... Others have been merged. :headscratch:
28 Sep 2007, 09:27 #811
bmwracer wrote:Hmm, should I merge all of the Trick threads together?

Seems logical... Others have been merged. :headscratch:


I would, since it's easier to talk about them all, but it's up to you. :)
28 Sep 2007, 09:34 #812
IIRC there is (was?) a thread for the movie too.
28 Sep 2007, 10:17 #813
Logic is a foreign concept to me since i moved to this office.
28 Sep 2007, 10:58 #814
Wynter wrote:I would, since it's easier to talk about them all

Done... All Trick threads merged.
29 Sep 2007, 07:23 #815
bmwracer wrote:
Done... All Trick threads merged.


You ROCK! :bow:
1 Oct 2007, 10:30 #816
Finished Trick 3!

My Review: 8/10

While watching the third season of Trick, I was wondering what I would write about for its review. Having already written a review for both the first season and second season, I was finding myself running out of things to say.

I noticed that the scenarios for each episode drifted further away from actual magic tricks and became more the gmurder mysteryh types. Which was fine. The mysteries were even more complicated in this season, which was welcome, except I found the last episode quite rushed and not at all mind-blowing. At this point I was already feeling quite indifferent to this season and didnft care to write it out in a review. Until the very end.

The benefit of watching all three seasons was in seeing the growth of Naoko and Jiro. In the first season there was an awkward, sexual tension between them that created amazing chemistry. In the second season, after having grown with each other in the first season, the tension between them was more mature, relaxed, and there was a sense of understanding between them. By this season (the third), they were already comfortable enough to sleep in the same room, to joke with each other, and there was also a small element of jealousy. By the last episode, and having seen nothing in suggestion of further growth in their relationship, I gave up hoping they would fall in love and live happily ever after. After all, Trick isnft a romance drama, and Jiro and Naoko would probably kill each other before confessing any hidden feeling.
Spoiler — click to revealYou can imagine my surprise then at their parting scene. SO ROMANTIC! And so sweet! The last scene was absolutely perfect, especially in the way the gwalking by the beach with the one you loveh scene was brilliantly mocked by the exceptional character combination Abe and Nakama make.
After three seasons I was finally satisfied, and I am well aware I would not have been if I had not watched from the very beginning.

SP and movie I'll watch tomorrow. :good:
1 Oct 2007, 10:56 #817
I still haven't got the 2nd movie... does anyone know where to download it??
1 Oct 2007, 13:30 #818
setiawan_arif wrote:I still haven't got the 2nd movie... does anyone know where to download it??

I don't think there's any English subs available, except may be for the boot legs on eBay. I'm a huge fan of the series, but IMO they really ran out of 'tricks' for this final installment, even w/ Horikita Maki and Hiraoko Yuuta guest-starring.
1 Oct 2007, 15:49 #819
Wynter wrote:...SP and movie I'll watch tomorrow. :good:

Totally agree that the ending is perfect (and funny). Don't know which version you watched, but the R2 DVD box set (Trick - Troisieme partie) has roughly an optional extra 15 mins of footage for each episode (~ 1 hr per ep.).

After season 3's ending, you may feel a bit let down by the SP and movie as they are somewhat independent from the TV series (basically just stand-alone stories).

BTW, I also highly recommend the same director's prior work - the 1st 7 episodes of Keizoku (the subsequent ones and the ending is a big mess that almost ruin the series for me), starring Nakatani Miki and Watabe Atsuro.
2 Oct 2007, 05:18 #820
concertmaster wrote:After season 3's ending, you may feel a bit let down by the SP and movie as they are somewhat independent from the TV series (basically just stand-alone stories).


I figured this would be the case, so no worries. I won't expect too much in terms of progress. :)

BTW, I also highly recommend the same director's prior work - the 1st 7 episodes of Keizoku (the subsequent ones and the ending is a big mess that almost ruin the series for me), starring Nakatani Miki and Watabe Atsuro.


>>writes it down!<< :good:

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