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Netflix adds movie Parasite director describes as a 'visual masterpiece'
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. When the legend that is Parasite director Bong Joon-ho showers a film with praise, you know you're in for something truly special. To use his own words about Netflix's first-ever Korean animation, 'This visual masterpiece will take you around the universe,' and his verdict has sent excitement sky high for director Han Ji-won's vision of the future. And the wait for Lost In Starlight is over as Netflix has added it today [Friday, May 30] globally. While anime fans have known for a while that the film was on its way, Netflix ramped up expectations by keeping any images close to their chest. But that all changed a few weeks ago with the arrival of a teaser poster, followed swiftly by a trailer that shows not only the extent of the fantastical visual storytelling we can expect from the film, but the importance of music to the story. There's a sense of nostalgia in the poster, with a record player and vinyl albums pointing towards a unique cyberpunk universe, while the trailer itself gives a first taste of the film's evocative soundtrack. In Han Ji-won's feature debut, the setting is Seoul in 2050 and it's a romantic tale of aspiring astronaut Nan-young, who dreams of making it to Mars, and reluctant musician Jay. In a story of love, ambition and separation, the couple meet when Nan-young visits an audio equipment repair store in the hope they can repair an old record player left behind by her mother. It's there that she runs into Jay and a romance slowly blossoms. But they have to prepare for the prospect of being millions of miles apart as Nan-young goes deeper into her Mars research and gets the chance to go to the red planet. She's also encouraged Jay to re-discover his love of music but, with separation looming, they have no idea how it will affect their dreams of being together. Best movies on Netflix The use of light in the visuals will rock you in your seat. The impact is extraordinary, a combination of delicacy and literal brilliance, with cities drenched in sunlight and voyages to the stars wrapped in velvet darkness. Down-to-earth scenes of Seoul are beautifully re-created through Han Ji-won's stunningly evocative drawings, capturing the pulsating thrill and uncertainty of new love. There's also the sense that, at the heart of the film, is a mystery which seems to echo Interstellar, while the constant dangers of deep space start to get in the way of Nan-young returning to Earth to be with her lover. In the Korean language version, Nan-young is voiced by Kim Tae-ri, while Hong Kyung is the voice of Jay. For the English language dub, Justin H Min (The Umbrella Academy, After Yang) is Jay, and Maitreyi Ramakrishnan (Never Have I Ever, Turning Red) plays Nan-Young. Early reactions to Lost in Starlight beg an immediate question. Could it become the feature film equivalent of Netflix's record-breaking South Korean phenomenon, Squid Game? It may not reach the same dizzy audience numbers, but it might easily provide the perfect antidote to the streamer's number one non-English language series of all time. As Netflix's most successful launch ever, Squid Game attracted 265,200,000 views for its opening episode in 2021, and the clock is ticking as it moves into its third and final series on June 27. Picking up straight after the brutal cliffhanger at the end of season two, a failed rebellion, the death of a friend, and a secret betrayal are all on the cards. Fans of Korean animation and drama — or both — will be in their element. Lost In Starlight was added globally on Netflix on Friday, May 30. Seasons one and two of Squid Game are currently on Netflix in the US and UK. Season three arrives on June 27.
Buzz Feed
12-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
Sarah Hyland For 'Modern Family,' Alexis Bledel For 'Gilmore Girls,' And 9 More Times Actors Hated How Their Shows Ended
There's almost nothing worse than a bad ending. I can't think of many things that are more frustrating than a disappointing finale to a show that you've been following since the very start. But even though being left unsatisfied by a TV show's conclusion will always anger fans, it's not just the viewers who are left dismayed when a story takes a different turn at the end. Actors and crew might dedicate their careers to a show, so when they're not happy with the resolution, it can be pretty hard to hide. And so, to honor some of the worst show finales that we've had the displeasure of experiencing, here are 11 actors who felt the exact same way. 1. and 2. Penn Badgley and Chase Crawford, Gossip Girl Now, before there was You, there was the Upper East Side, and Penn's character Dan Humphries came out of Gossip Girl with a pretty happy ending. But after the big reveal that Dan was the anonymous blogger that had been terrorizing Serena Van der Woodson's elite clique, fans were left pretty mad that Dan got off scot-free. Many people also felt that Gossip Girl's actions didn't necessarily make sense — and Penn agreed. In a conversation for Variety with his costar Chace Crawford, who played Nate Archibald, the two agreed that the reveal 'didn't line up with the character of Dan.' And if Penn's inability to get through his final scene without laughing doesn't say it all, IDK what does. 3. David Castañeda, The Umbrella Academy While the whole ending for The Umbrella Academy left a lot of fans infuriated, one particular aspect of the last season had one actor scratching his head. David, who plays Diego, expressed his displeasure at his character's wife, Lila (Ritu Arya), entering a relationship with his brother, Five (Aidan Gallagher). In an interview with Us Weekly, David said he was 'pissed off' and 'angry' and went so far as to ask the showrunner, Steve Blackman, if the storyline was necessary multiple times, and tried to 'convince' him that Diego had to emerge victorious with his girl and his relationship intact. However, as fans know, neither brother won in the end. 4. Alexis Bledel, Gilmore Girls Ah, cyclical narratives. They can be fun, but they can also be disappointing. For many fans, this was the case with Rory's ending in the 2020 revival of Gilmore Girls: A Year In The Life. While the return to Stars Hollow answered questions, people were maddened by Alexis's character Rory's seeming lack of growth. And when the series ended with Rory announcing her pregnancy to her mother, Lorelai, Alexis herself expressed that it 'certainly wasn't the ending [she] expected.' In a conversation with Deadline, she said revealed that the ending was 'a hard thing to digest,' and that that she had told the show's creator, Amy Sherman-Palladino, that she'd hoped Rory 'would end on a high note after all of her hard work.' 'I wanted to see her succeed and be thriving,' she explained. 5. Ian Somerhalder, The Vampire Diaries Although you might expect an actor to root for their character to get a happy ending, that definitely wasn't the case for Ian and his character Damon Salvatore on The Vampire Diaries. Ian revealed to Access Hollywood that he and his costar, Paul Wesley who played his brother Stefan, both wanted their characters to die at the end of the show. 'We were fighting over who would die,' Paul revealed, before Ian explained that he felt it would be more 'poetic' that the two brothers would not survive after they had spent years terrorizing the town of Mystic Falls. 6. Evangeline Lilly, Lost While the ending to Lost definitely left a lot of fans pretty confused, Evangeline, who played Kate Austen on the show, took more issue with her own character's arc, especially in the later seasons. Speaking on The Lost Boys podcast, she revealed that some of Kate's plot points 'irritated the shit out of [her].' Evangeline explained that she was dissatisfied with Kate's preoccupation with her romantic interests and lack of agency, saying that she 'threw scripts across the room.' 'There was eventual lack of dimension to what was going on with her,' she said. 'I wanted her to be better, because she was an icon for strength and autonomy for women, and I thought we could have done better.' 7. Sarah Hyland, Modern Family As if it wasn't enough that Sarah's character Hayley ended up with Dylan instead of her soulmate, Andy (source: me), fans were also left blindsided due to Hayley's lack of screen time as the show wrapped up. While the last season was airing, Sarah took to social media to voice her frustration at her character's storyline being so centered around her children and taking her away from the main plot. She also expressed her disappointment in an interview with Cosmopolitan, saying that she would have preferred Hayley to be excelling as a working mom and 'owning her badassery' as so many working women do. 8. James Gandolfini, The Sopranos Kevin Mazur / WireImage The ending to The Sopranos was definitely left pretty ambiguous, but James, who played Tony himself, was initially pretty bewildered. In a conversation with Vanity Fair, James recalled that after reading the script where Tony supposedly dies, he had a pretty explicit reaction. 'When I first saw the ending, I said, 'What the fuck.' I mean, after all I went through, all this death, and then it's over like that?' However, while he initially reacted strongly, James said that after a night of sleep, he felt the ending was 'perfect.' 9. Gillian Anderson, The X-Files Dana Scully my beloved. Gillian never went on the record to share her feelings about her character Scully's ending (which involved multiple pregnancies, none of which were handled particularly deftly by the narrative), but fans were not shy about expressing their disappointment with Scully's treatment. And while Gillian did not directly enter the conversation, at the time she tweeted a gif of her character rubbing her forehead exasperatedly, captioned, 'Oh boy oh boy do I ever hear you.' Which says it all, I think. 10. Michael C. Hall, Dexter The ending of Dexter is considered by many to be one of the worst endings on television ever, point blank period. Michael, who plays the titular serial killer, discreetly expressed his displeasure at his character Dexter's lack of consequences for euthanizing and disposing of his own sister in an Ask Me Anything on Reddit, saying his feelings about the finale were 'mostly sadness.' Later, he told The Daily Beast that his main reasoning for agreeing to the series' revival was so that they could narratively retcon the original 'unsatisfying' ending. 11. The entire cast of Game of Thrones, Game of Thrones VALERIE MACON / AFP via Getty Images And finally, we have the ensemble reaction to possibly the most devastating series ending of all time. It definitely wasn't just one actor who felt that the Season 8 finale wasn't up to standard — if Jason Momoa's public crashout on social media, Maisie Williams declaring that the show 'fell off,' or Emilia Clarke crying and going on a five hour mental health walk after reading her final scripts are anything to go by. However, despite so many of the cast dropping their true feelings about the ending in interviews or online, nothing sums up their reactions better than this video, capturing the table read of the final episode. Tag yourself: I'm Kit Harington with his head in his hands.
Buzz Feed
23-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
Here Are Popular TV Shows That Started Really Good And Completely "Jumped The Shark" In Later Seasons
A while back, I asked the BuzzFeed Community for shows they thought started off really good and became bad or started off really bad and became good, and the responses had me reconsidering my favorites. Here are some of the responses: 1. Umbrella Academy (Good to Bad) " The Umbrella Academy. Good to bad. WTF was Season 4." — luciafeyder "The first season was excellent and gradually went downhill from there. Season 4 was the final season, so you would think that they spent those six episodes they were given to tie up all of the loose ends from Season 3, but they didn't. It was like they brought in a bunch of writers who had never seen the show before and were just making stuff up as they went along. The showrunner, Steve Blackman, has been talking about doing a spin-off, but how can he? The main characters no longer exist in any timeline, so there will never be a Commission. I canceled my Netflix subscription because I'm just so fed up with Netflix doing this." — witchycowboy63 "Seasons 1 and 2 were great, Season 3 was OK, and Season 4 was a train wreck." — rachelc43 2. Derry Girls (Good to Bad) "Good to god-awful. The first several episodes were outstanding — so funny I'd replay certain parts just to laugh all over again. Then it suddenly sank and became more about the other characters than the girls. Bleh." — tiffanyakjos00 3. Weeds (Good to Bad) "Fantastic until she left Agrestic. Completely awful once she married the Mexican politician." — mellojess1981 4. Bones (Good to Bad) "It really went downhill once she and Booth got together AND when Sweets died. In fact, the show died with him." — kporritt82 5. You're the Worst (Good to Bad) "The first three seasons were really good. Just the right amount of humor with a sprinkle of drama. Season 4 was barely passable. Season 5 was hot garbage. There really was no reason for it. If they had just ended the series after the third, it probably would be one of my favorite shows ever." — rebeccac45a5306d8 6. M*A*S*H (Good to Bad) 20th Century Fox Television. All Rights reserved. /Courtesy Everett Collection "It started out completely funny with a social conscience. Then, the social consciousness became so heavy-handed that it was just too much. Every episode had to be a lesson in morality. Screw that! Talk about a show that jumped the shark, yet the finale had the highest ratings in history for how many years? And when McLean Stevenson left, that was the beginning of the end. Not just for the show but for his career as well!" — patricksewall 7. This Is Us (Good to Bad) "It started out kind of overwrought but was somehow compelling. Then it just became a reiteration of every previous episode. Plus, the character development just kind of went haywire — as I said, overwrought. Then, it became even worse than that. I know a lot of people like that show, but please." — patricksewall 8. That '70s Show (Good to Bad) "It all went to crap when the kids graduated high school and Lisa Robin Kelly left for good." — edgycat84 9. Grey's Anatomy (Good to Bad) " Grey's Anatomy keeps slogging away even though storylines are pretty depressing." — emilypost "I came to the comments to see if someone came for Grey's. I was an OG fan from the beginning, but good grief, give it up already. It's been shit writing for years." — carak4a8cd43e8 10. The Walking Dead (Good to Bad) AMC "How is The Walking Dead not on the list? The season they killed Glenn, I was done." — brendacboylan "Started off bad. Got pretty good. Then it got REAL bad, justice for Glenn." — toml4ada66609 "Group finds a safe place. Unhinged leader of a different group ruins safe place and kills main characters. Group moves to new safe place. Unhinged leader of a different group ruins safe place and kills main characters. Group moves to a new safe place, unhinged leader..." — catnelsonl "Good to bad. Should've ended after Carl died." — jessicajeffers 11. Dexter (Good to Bad) "Awesome idea for a movie or miniseries. Not meant to be drug out forever… I mean, how many serial killers can one guy find?!?!" — macarpenter79 " Dexter was great (and much better than the books it's based on), but they should have stopped with Season 4. It jumped the shark when they (spoiler alert) tried to turn the relationship between Deb and Dex into some icky romantic thing, and just about every fan loathes the final season. Dexter: New Blood was a bit uneven, unfortunately." — mrsandman29 "I'm so frustrated by that. I loved Season 1 and 2 and enjoyed all the characters and the thoroughly bizarre tone of the series. Then it just started to get weirder and weirder until it went off the rails and became a train wreck." — laloquita 12. The 100 (Good to Bad) "Nobody is bringing up The 100? The last few seasons were horrible." — stevebitt90 "For me, I loved Season 6, and even a lot of Season 7. It was the Bellamy mess that really got me — and not just what happened, but how everyone reacted. It was just so…fully unbelievable." — shannonmiz "The end of Season 5 would have been a good ending for the show, though I do think that Season 6 had its moments. The last season was an insult." — bennym81 13. The Vampire Diaries (Good to Bad) "The premise was amazing — two centuries-old vampires fight over the semi-reincarnation of their first love. However, then they killed everyone, and suddenly, the 'most powerful' bad guy just got axed by the next super hybrid wolf vampire witch, whatever. After everyone kept dying and coming back, no deaths meant anything anymore because two episodes and someone would magically come back to life. The first three seasons were fabulous. Everything after that was trash." — unhappyappy 14. SpongeBob SquarePants (Good to Bad) 15. Northern Exposure (Good to Bad) "I'm still ticked off about Northern Exposure. I loved it immediately when it started, but then Rob Morrow got too big for his head and thought bigger and better things were waiting for him, so the last season with him in it had horrible plot lines, and after he left, the storylines were horrid. I blame Rob for ruining a great, quirky, and fun show. FYI: Never ditch a popular show because lightning rarely strikes twice for an actor to have more than one winning show. You stick with that hit show for as long as possible and be grateful for it." — charmingsun40 16. Roseanne (Good to Bad) Carsey-Werner / Paramount Television / ABC / courtesy Everett Collection " Roseanne was a great show, and then the final season. Then the reboot was honestly unnecessary. Same with Fuller House." — toomanykidsnotenoughtime " Roseanne was such a good show until Season 4 when it started to go downhill. I pretend the seasons after 4 don't exist." — amajyn "Once they fucked up Becky, I stopped being interested." — joaqamole 17. True Blood (Good to Bad) HBO "I'm surprised True Blood isn't on here. I started out really liking the show, but by the end, I was just watching it since I already invested so much time in it and needed to know how it ended. And then the ending. Are you serious?!?!?! That still makes me angry." — flyerboy6 "Honestly, the fairy reveal ruined the book series, too; it just had a lot more great stuff happen before Sookiebell went sparkly. Give us back our weretiger!" — monkeybuttmom "YES!! The nest episode (was it on the bed? I don't remember) did it for me. It tried to cover so many species, from vampires to werewolves to fairies to whatever they threw at the wall next. I was not sorry it ended." — charmingsun40 "I stopped watching around the end of Season 5. It was just getting too ridiculous. When Sam, as a fly, flew down that vampire lady's throat and subsequently blew her up, it was over for me." — crystala8 18. The Big Bang Theory (Good to Bad) " The Big Bang Theory — good to really bad. Seinfeld — good to really boring." — marvelouseagle25 "I'm one of the few who enjoyed The Big Bang Theory, but I was surprised it wasn't on the list because most folks are so mad at it." — travelcat147 "They almost always drag out famous shows way too long, and it ends up messing up the characters. The Big Bang Theory, there's so much to hate in the later season. I hate how they took two strong women who declared they didn't want kids in earlier seasons, but in the end, even Penny ended up pregnant. I didn't watch the show for years after that, turned me completely off. You know the show is dying when they bring on the random pregnancies." — elisaday 19. The Simpsons (Good to Bad) Fox / Courtesy Everett Collection "Admittedly, the first few seasons, it was finding its feet, but I'd say 3–10 was comedy gold, iconic, and groundbreaking for the '90s. But then they just kept going and going and going." — helenc8 "Agree. I'm impressed it's still going. I let my oldest watch Seasons 1–12 with no supervision because I feel those are the best seasons." — toomanykidsnotenoughtime "Yeah. That show needs to stop." — ieat2muchcandy 20. Happy Days (Good to Bad) ABC / courtesy Everett Collection " Happy Days went from good to bad. After it turned Fonzie into some kind of weird folk hero, it was the trope namer for 'jumping the shark.' By the end, it was such a confused and confusing mess that even the actors seemed uncomfortable." — i_before_a_except_after_j "Even kids who loved the Fonz couldn't get past him water skiing with his leather jacket. No shade to Henry Winkler. He is a lovely human being." — pookanator 21. Arrested Development (Good to Bad) "Season 1…excellent Season Season Season Season terrible." — crispybutterfly80 "No lies detected." — jeybizness 22. The X-Files (Good to Bad) " The X-Files is my favorite show, and there are good episodes throughout the entire run, but my god, the mytharc really takes a dive the longer the show goes on. It's a prime example of what can happen when the writers of a show with a complicated plot don't have a clear ending in mind and just start flailing. It was a huge slap in the face to such a dedicated fandom." — hollyskittlesb "I loved that show for a few seasons because the stories were odd and/or quirky. I can't pinpoint when I lost interest in it, but boy, was it a stinker when it ended." — charmingsun40 "100% agree. When I rewatch now, I skip most of the core mythos episodes and just watch the monster of the week ones. I feel like they had fun with a lot of those and the show was better when it didn't take itself so seriously." — alittlebitalexis 23. Modern Family (Good to Bad) "This might get hate, but Modern Family went from good to bad. Once the kids grew up, it changed the dynamic too much, the storylines got aimless and stale, and they 'flanderized' everyone. Don't even get me started on Haley's character development regression. I'm not saying all the episodes in the last few seasons were bad, but the majority were mediocre at best compared to early seasons when every episode was gold. Ratings were dropping from Season 7, and they probably should have ended it around then instead of milking every drop from the cash cow." — sunflowersugar "That show definitely jumped the shark. I actually rewatched the first season, and I completely forgot how absolutely funny it was. But then as the family grew older, the kids got older and grew out of their 'cuteness,' the storylines just kind of got stale and stupid." — patricksewall "I hate how they gave up on the characters and their development at the end." — allthatglittersisdiamonds 24. Gotham (Good to Bad) "I think Gotham 's biggest problem was that it marketed itself as a 'Gotham City Police Department' show, and it mostly started off as that, and I was fine with introducing early versions of Penguin, Riddler, Poison Ivy, and Catwoman, but it kinda turned into Smallville during Season 2. What I mean is Smallville did this weird thing where they built the world of Superman with all his allies, enemies, and iconic storylines, but they made Superman pointless because they did all that before Superman existed. Gotham did the same thing with Batman. They introduced everything iconic about Batman's world before he even existed, and it made Batman's existence pointless." — theskinnydude 25. Heroes (Good to Bad) "Heroes started out good, then became bad. It never lived up to the promise of the first season." — triffid77 26. Cougar Town (Bad to Good) ©TBS/Courtesy Everett Collection " Cougar Town was terrible with the original premise of Courteney Cox dating younger men post-divorce. Thankfully they dropped that about six episodes in and became a buddy hangout show, and it shined." — shelleye 27. Star Trek: The Next Generation (Bad to Good) Paramount Television/ Courtesy Everett Collection "The first season tried too hard to copy Star Trek: The Original Series formula and was just the most awful kind of campy. The Ferengi were less of an enemy and more of a pathetic comedy, and bless Denise Crosby, but she was god-awful. The second season was better, although Gates McFadden took a season off and was temporarily replaced by Diana Muldaur. Personally, I liked Dr. Pulaski, but the chemistry wasn't the same. But they REALLY hit their stride in the third season and beyond and made some of the best television to date with social commentary that was decades ahead of its time. The fact that they made a sequel show recently (Star Trek: Picard) is proof of how enduring Star Trek: The Next Generation is." — luxahoy 28. Halt and Catch Fire (Bad to Good) Gene Page/AMC / ©AMC/courtesy Everett Collection / Everett Collection "Season 1 is a weird, poorly developed riff on Mad Men, but Seasons 2–4 are basically perfect." — keeneboy7700 29. The Office (Bad to Good) ©NBC/Courtesy Everett Collection "The first season was just so cringey, but then they figured it out, and it was a great classic show 'til the end." — toomanykidsnotenoughtime "I finally got a friend of mine to watch The Office by having her start on Season 2, watch the whole series, then go back and watch Season 1. She had tried to start Season 1 so many times and couldn't get through it, so she thought she hated the show. Now it's one of her favorites!" — eok21 Are there any TV shows that you think should've been included? Let me know in the comments. Note: Submissions have been edited for length and clarity.
Buzz Feed
17-12-2024
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
Which One Of The Hargreeves Siblings Is The Best?
The fourth and final season of The Umbrella Academy divided opinions. Some liked it, some hated it. Either way, I know you have your favorite sibling(s) (because it's impossible to watch the whole thing without liking them). But which one is the favorite among the favorites? (Disclaimer: this includes the siblings from season 3 as well. I couldn't just leave them out.)
