Let's get the TV thread started. Currently watching the new Narcos. Continues in the same vein. Not bad at all. Finally started Line of Duty. Pleasantly surprised. Very good show.
Looking for a few series to watch coming up to christmas, will keep an eye on this thread. Got through all of Peep Show over the last two weeks, seen bits of it on tv over the years but lots of episodes i had never seen before. Nearly sick laughing at all of it. Great show.
Fired on Castlevania last night, got about halfway into the second season. Enjoying it so far but the episodes feel a bit short. Will watch the rest of it this evening.
I started watching Hannibal there lately. It looks beautiful, it is very far fetched and it is a fun watch.
How're we lads!
Gonna start new season of Narcos in the next few days. Most of the way through S2 of Castlevania. Still good.
Hannibal is deadly, if a little slow in places.
S1 of Line of Duty is superb. Following season or 2 not quite as good but still better than most American cop shows.
Anyone watch the tv series of the Purge on Amazon prime? Finished it myself and enjoyed it. Perhaps its a bit much stretching it out to 10 episodes but probably a movie would be too short to cover it all.
Quote from: Emphyrio on November 21, 2018, 06:38:05 PM
How're we lads!
Gonna start new season of Narcos in the next few days. Most of the way through S2 of Castlevania. Still good.
Hannibal is deadly, if a little slow in places.
S1 of Line of Duty is superb. Following season or 2 not quite as good but still better than most American cop shows.
Finished the 1st season of line of duty yesterday. Twas savage. Season 2 is off to a good start anyway.
Finished up Ozark and don´t know what to be doing with myself..excellent series.
Just finished S3 of the first rewatch of GoT with the missus. It's still very enjoyable so far, though of course a huge amount is lost by knowing exactly how all the BIG scenes are going to pan out.
Anyone watched Narcos Mexico yet?
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on November 22, 2018, 02:55:22 PM
Just finished S3 of the first rewatch of GoT with the missus. It's still very enjoyable so far, though of course a huge amount is lost by knowing exactly how all the BIG scenes are going to pan out.
Anyone watched Narcos Mexico yet?
Near the end of Narcos Mexico now. Probably not as good as the first seasons but it's still an enjoyable watch.
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on November 22, 2018, 02:55:22 PM
Just finished S3 of the first rewatch of GoT with the missus. It's still very enjoyable so far, though of course a huge amount is lost by knowing exactly how all the BIG scenes are going to pan out.
I love rewatching things with someone who has never seen them. It is sort of the real life version of the youtube reaction video (and as such, actually enjoyable).
Also Limmy's Show is brilliant if anybody hasn't seen it
Love Limmy's show, I always stick it on when I can't think of anything else.
Binged through all of Castlevania over a few days last week, really enjoyable. Kinda wish I didn't finish it so quickly though.
How does Narcos Mexico compare to season 3? I quite enjoyed season 3, I thought it was an improvement over season 2 which got a bit laboured at times.
I watched the Mexico Narcos over the weekend (well, most of it) and it's decent, although perhaps not as breathless or gripping as the Colombian one. Michael Peña is not that believable though as the DEA agent. Diego Luna on the other hand, a masterclass. Hard to believe it's the same actor from 'Y tu Mama tambien'.
I'm excited to see what the new season of True Detective brings early next year. Unlikely it can hit the heights of the sublime first season, but the writer has had more time to get the story together than he did with season 2, so I'm hopeful we'll get something interesting.
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on November 22, 2018, 02:55:22 PM
Just finished S3 of the first rewatch of GoT with the missus. It's still very enjoyable so far, though of course a huge amount is lost by knowing exactly how all the BIG scenes are going to pan out.
I have to say GOT seasons 1-4 are an absolute joy to watch. 5 onwards it gets into the "lost without the books" mode which is a shame but I still want to see how it pans out. Still beats a lot of shows out there. Nacros I have still yet to watch. I read the showrunners are now making a new Star Wars trilogy but interesting if they can actually make a decent run out of something new film wise.
The walking dead I got through 3 seasons and then it hit such a down from there it went through a formula from then on in. From season 4 onwards you are lucky to get 4 good episodes.
I know this is an oldie but breaking bad...man that show just got better with each season. A lot of people give the first season a bad rap but I think it's pretty solid. The final season just keeps building episode after episode - it makes for great TV.
Gave the new Sabrina show on Netflix a spin and i am glad i did.
It is fuckin immense. One of those shows where the pilot episode is a slow burner and you really have to give it a few episodes to kick in.
Quote from: Loaf on December 02, 2018, 07:22:08 PM
Gave the new Sabrina show on Netflix a spin and i am glad i did.
It is fuckin immense. One of those shows where the pilot episode is a slow burner and you really have to give it a few episodes to kick in.
Aye, been watching it with my daughter and I was pleasantly surprised, particularly when they crammed a Charles Manson reference in there on the sly at one point. They really go hard on the Satanism factor with it. You'd miss the cat being able to talk though.
Salem was the star of the show in Sabrina. I'd watch a show with him doing stand up.
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Quote from: Loaf on December 02, 2018, 07:22:08 PM
Gave the new Sabrina show on Netflix a spin and i am glad i did.
It is fuckin immense. One of those shows where the pilot episode is a slow burner and you really have to give it a few episodes to kick in.
Aye, been watching it with my daughter and I was pleasantly surprised, particularly when they crammed a Charles Manson reference in there on the sly at one point. They really go hard on the Satanism factor with it. You'd miss the cat being able to talk though.
Pleasantly surprised myself. A decent watch. The cat will talk in series 2 I'd say.
I saw the Satanic Temple got their knickers in a twist over Sabrina
https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-safrica-mandela-beyonce/beyonce-leads-all-star-line-up-at-mandela-tribute-concert-idUKKBN1O10OS
Grim!
Watching Sally4Ever on sky Atlantic. Proper mental cringe inducing stuff here from Julia Davis writer of the equally hilarious 'Camping' show. Check it out.
Latest season of Ray Donovan is absolute bollocks!!!
Quote from: jobrok1 on December 05, 2018, 11:52:24 AM
Latest season of Ray Donovan is absolute bollocks!!!
Waiting to blitz it in a few weeks. I actually almost gave up on last season. Was hoping the change of scenery would refresh the whole thing.
Quote from: jobrok1 on December 05, 2018, 11:52:24 AM
Latest season of Ray Donovan is absolute bollocks!!!
I only watched the first half of the first season. Did not like it at all.
On to season 4 of Line of Duty. Season 3 was brilliant. Class show. F is for family new season up. Good show it is.
Excellent youtube channel for anyone interested in history.
Some amount of work gone into it. Just the one guy doing it.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvPXiKxH-eH9xq-80vpgmKQ/featured
New Vikings back, 2 episodes in. Gotta find somewhere to watch em as I've stopped with torrents.. too much dog shit involved in getting them these days.
Quote from: Aborted on December 08, 2018, 12:04:20 AM
New Vikings back, 2 episodes in. Gotta find somewhere to watch em as I've stopped with torrents.. too much dog shit involved in getting them these days.
Just started into it now. If you're on Android then check out CyberFlix TV. Pretty much a carbon copy of terrarium before it got shut down.
I gave it a go based on what some of the comments here... Jesus above it's not like the old show :o
.. This week on Sabrina - one gay warlock invites other gay warlock to his room to see his 'iguana'
Right, and? The cat still isn't talking. That's all that matters.
Can we just talk about the TRIUMPHANT return of Vic & Bob's Big Night out for a second? First two episodes are deadly, makes up for the disappointing one off they did last year. It's like they've never been away.
Quote from: Pentagrimes on December 10, 2018, 11:13:50 AM
Right, and? The cat still isn't talking. That's all that matters.
It was missing :laugh: at the end
Allso +1 that it's been added here :laugh:
I'm guessing the cat will maybe talk to her only next season.. Or it's actual form you see at Friday might make an appearance when taking.
Enjoying it so far anyway
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Latest season of Ray Donovan is absolute bollocks!!!
I only watched the first half of the first season. Did not like it at all.
On to season 4 of Line of Duty. Season 3 was brilliant. Class show. F is for family new season up. Good show it is.
Line of Duty is the business. Must get stuck into season 4.
Finished Narcos. Still deadly.
Quote from: Pentagrimes on December 10, 2018, 11:13:50 AM
Right, and? The cat still isn't talking. That's all that matters.
Can we just talk about the TRIUMPHANT return of Vic & Bob's Big Night out for a second? First two episodes are deadly, makes up for the disappointing one off they did last year. It's like they've never been away.
What? Seriously? The Man With the Stick, Les and all that?
Just seen Ash vs Evil Dead was added to Netflix, is it worth a watch?
Quote from: Mithrandir on December 15, 2018, 08:39:30 PM
Just seen Ash vs Evil Dead was added to Netflix, is it worth a watch?
Yup, good fun groovy stuff
The tunes in each episode are killer also.
Watched the last of Humans season three last night. Amazing show, hope it gets a fourth season.
Started Bates Motel, just over halway through season 1. Seems alright, worth sticking out?
Been watching Outback Opal Hunters all day. Addictive stuff, particularly having recently visited Coober Pedy which features in it a lot.
Watched 2 eps of Nightflyers. Does it continue to be shit or am I right to call a halt?
Ray Donovan S6. Back on form. I thought it'd run its course and didn't think they'd recover from last season but Ray is back "fixing" shit again.
Really...!!!
I've found the latest season of Ray Donovan to be absolute shite. Worst season yet.
Quote from: jobrok1 on January 05, 2019, 07:48:17 PM
Really...!!!
I've found the latest season of Ray Donovan to be absolute shite. Worst season yet.
I really thought after S5 I'd be throwing in the towel. The Jay White stuff in the current season is a bit naff but it's moved on from quick enough. I've 2 eps left and I think it's all gonna kick off nicely. Bunch's arc is very good too.
I've 2 eps left as well, but not very impressed so far.
And it's good to see Ray back to business, alright.
But Bunchy and Mickey's arc has been ridiculous, IMO.
Terry's as well.
Pure case of dragging the arse out of their characters to try and keep them involved.
Last season was slow because it closed the door on Abbie, so I can let something like that slide.
Quote from: jobrok1 on January 07, 2019, 04:54:47 PM
But Bunchy and Mickey's arc has been ridiculous, IMO.
Terry's as well.
Pure case of dragging the arse out of their characters to try and keep them involved.
Last season was slow because it closed the door on Abbie, so I can let something like that slide.
Ya, admittedly the Bunchy and Mickey arc is OTT alright. They're probably reaching trying to keep Mickey around as he's such a great character. I'd say they're about to write Bunchy out of it maybe.
You're right about the Abbie thing, I just felt it was really drawn out. I suppose it set up Ray's frame of mind coming into this season, so it possibly had to be done.
Quote from: Eoin McLove on December 23, 2018, 05:28:40 PM
Been watching Outback Opal Hunters all day. Addictive stuff, particularly having recently visited Coober Pedy which features in it a lot.
Where is this showing/streaming or whatever
Quote from: leoos on January 07, 2019, 08:27:47 PM
Quote from: Eoin McLove on December 23, 2018, 05:28:40 PM
Been watching Outback Opal Hunters all day. Addictive stuff, particularly having recently visited Coober Pedy which features in it a lot.
Where is this showing/streaming or whatever
http://123free.net/movie/qd7We4dK-outback-opal-hunters-season-1.html
I watched it all on Quest, my new favourite channel :p
Quote from: Eoin McLove on January 08, 2019, 12:07:44 AM
I watched it all on Quest, my new favourite channel :p
Great, Quest is on my freesat so I'll keep an eye out there.
4 episodes into 'You' on Netflix with herself,not bad at all,enjoying it more than i thought i wound.
"Hardy Bucks" is up on Netflix now,rewatching it at the moment and I'd forgotten how fucking good it is. And how much French Toast looks like Andy Cunningham
Started watching the Surviving R Kelly documentary, fairly grim
Just watched Escape at Dannemora directed by Ben Stiller with Benicio Del Toro - fantastic TV show!
Aww.
I was expecting some lively banter about the London Underground here...
SAS Who Dares Wins is back on the box. What a show.
First two episodes of True Detective Season 3 have surfaced apparently, word is it's off to a fine start. Can't wait to lash into that tonight when I get home
Ya, might start that tonight myself.
Quote from: Eoin McLove on January 13, 2019, 09:17:10 PM
SAS Who Dares Wins is back on the box. What a show.
Have last nights one recorded,fuckin mad show!
Big fan of True Detective,last series was only ok,but the first one was incredible!.
Quote from: Eoin McLove on January 08, 2019, 12:07:44 AM
I watched it all on Quest, my new favourite channel :p
I've been hooked on Wheeler Dealers on their site, currently working through the back catalogue of episodes.
True Detective season 3 off to a strong start. Very reminiscent of season 1 but has a lot of its own unique elements too.
Quote from: Mags on January 15, 2019, 04:52:57 PM
True Detective season 3 off to a strong start. Very reminiscent of season 1 but has a lot of its own unique elements too.
Just watched the first two episodes ,looking good!
I know it's only two episodes in but I'm not quite sold on True Detective yet. Mahershala Ali, surprisingly enough, is the problem for me. I think his character is standard tv detective fare, ranging from brooding to well, more brooding. I'm sure they'll build on it more, but there's nothing in his character so far to suggest why his missus was drawn to him in the first place. Stephen Dorff's character just seems a retread of Woody Harreslon in Season One.
Looking forward to the Netflix doc on the Fyre Festival. Such a monumental fuck up, should be an interesting watch
https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/the-shocking-truth-behind-fyre-festival-disaster-revealed-in-new-netflix-documentary-37721563.html
Quote from: John Kimble on January 17, 2019, 03:18:47 PM
I know it's only two episodes in but I'm not quite sold on True Detective yet. Mahershala Ali, surprisingly enough, is the problem for me. I think his character is standard tv detective fare, ranging from brooding to well, more brooding. I'm sure they'll build on it more, but there's nothing in his character so far to suggest why his missus was drawn to him in the first place. Stephen Dorff's character just seems a retread of Woody Harreslon in Season One.
Looking forward to the Netflix doc on the Fyre Festival. Such a monumental fuck up, should be an interesting watch
https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/the-shocking-truth-behind-fyre-festival-disaster-revealed-in-new-netflix-documentary-37721563.html
jeez i thought the first 2 episodes were great,much better than season 2 ,well so far anyway.
I'm probably in the minority who actually enjoyed Season Two! Don't get me wrong though, I'm not dismissing the new series, I think the story is quite good so far, it's just early days...
I'm going to watch one episode a week and absorb it properly. I really liked the first ep. Speaking of S2, I actually thought it was alright too. Not a patch on S1, but not awful.
I didnt mind season 2 either,but it was never going to top season 1.
The first season was good but the end was a flop, I thought. It didn't really amount to much. I never buffered with the second season. Who is in the third?
Mahershala Ali and Stephen Dorff. Hadn't seen him in anything in ages.
Sex Education on Netflix. Get on it. Funny as fuck and Gillian Anderson is in it.
Season 1 of True Detective is still one of the greatest seasons of any show to ever appear on TV. McConaughey was amazing in it and he won me over with his performance. Even Roy Munson was great. I have lost count of how many times I have watched it. I do to some degree agree with what was posted earlier about the end being a little bit of a let down. I would like to have learned more about the killer and what exactly was going on I think it should have been an episode or two longer.
Season 2 wasn't bad especially since prior to it starting I was expecting it to be a flop when the main stars were announced both Colin and Vaughn were very good in it.
Just watched half of the first episode of the new season so far got caught up in something during it and didn't get around to finishing it yet but from what I saw it looks good.
In preparation for the new season, went back to season 1 for the first time last night. Two eps, instantly sucked back in. We'll do season 2 again too, even though I only really enjoyed about three hours of the whole thing. Maybe I'll just make tea whenever Vaughn is on screen.
Looking at The Defiant Ones. Very interesting.
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on January 24, 2019, 08:51:05 AM
In preparation for the new season, went back to season 1 for the first time last night. Two eps, instantly sucked back in. We'll do season 2 again too, even though I only really enjoyed about three hours of the whole thing. Maybe I'll just make tea whenever Vaughn is on screen.
still one of the greatest tv shows ever
One more ep of Season 2 to go and, perhaps unsurprisingly, I've enjoyed it a lot more this time by going in with zero expectations.
Finished 'El Marginal' last week, Argentinian prison series, great first series, absolutely gas in places. Started 'The Sinner' yesterday, gripping enough.
Watched Abducted in plain sight on Netflix,tbh it was just to ridiculous a story,it should be re named worlds most retarded parents.
Also finished season 2 of The Sinner,not as good as S1 but sill decent.
Funnily enough I just watched Abducted yesterday evening (after hearing Bob Mortimer talk about it of all things) and it's one of the weirdest and most horrible stories I've ever heard. The way the mother looks weirdly excited while talking about her affair with your man is deeply odd. I'm officially done with Netflix and their pushing of true crime on everyone now though. Please stop.
What Netflix do need to do more of though is Russian Doll. I absolutely loved it.
Have to say I'm really not enjoying the True Detective series at all. First few episodes were great but it really hasn't held my interest.
Yeah the new series of TD is dragging on a bit alright.
Yeah TD has had a very slow mid season but if the end of this week's episode is anything to go by then it may fully unfold over the last episodes.
True Detective is slow but gonna stick with it. Stephen Dorff I find is really good in it.
Started Russian Doll. Very good. More of that please.
Berlin Station. Solid spy drama. On to the 3rd season and it's all very good.
The Defiant Ones episode 3 starting now on BBC4. The first two were riveting.
All kinds of epicness!
Finished True Detective. Just alright. Dorff was class in it the rest was a bit meh.
Umbrella academy. Watched 3 episodes. Just another boring superhero shite.
Russian Doll was good.
Must go back to The Expanse. Watched season 1 and it was good but I've heard season 2 and season 3 are way better. Any opinions people on season 2 & 3.
I thought S2 was an improvement on S1 but wasn't mad about S3. That's probably in part due to what really feels like ages between seasons. It's not the easiest show to settle back into again. Ideally I'd have waited til the whole thing was done and blitzed it.
Quote from: Emphyrio on March 05, 2019, 01:13:10 PM
I thought S2 was an improvement on S1 but wasn't mad about S3. That's probably in part due to what really feels like ages between seasons. It's not the easiest show to settle back into again. Ideally I'd have waited til the whole thing was done and blitzed it.
Cool. Might wait till season 4 is out and blitz it all then.
the ending of true detective was a serious let down. all that build up for nothing really.
Have to say I enjoyed True Detective a lot, though it took a couple of eps to get into. Ali played a blinder to portray 3 very different characters as one coherent individual. By the last few episodes, the play between the timelines flowed so seamlessly, and the meta critique about narrative and memory was ambitious but nicely, though maybe not perfectly, executed. Mood was great throughout, but especially in final three eps. As for the ending, for me it was the best of the three series so far.
I watched the first part of Leaving Neverland. Grim. Is the second part more of the same or does it go somewhere else?
Quote from: Eoin McLove on March 10, 2019, 04:04:15 PM
I watched the first part of Leaving Neverland. Grim. Is the second part more of the same or does it go somewhere else?
i watched both parts last night, its pretty much the same.
I think I'll leave it so. The thing I find strange is that MJ must have had an entire entourage around him who knew what was going on and appeared to actually assist him by auditioning his victims... sickening.
Quote from: Eoin McLove on March 10, 2019, 05:39:14 PM
I think I'll leave it so. The thing I find strange is that MJ must have had an entire entourage around him who knew what was going on and appeared to actually assist him by auditioning his victims... sickening.
the whole thing is pretty fucked up. the parents of those kids especially.
I haven't watched it but didn't these 2 testify in his defence back in the day? I know it's allegedly being portrayed in a quite one-sided way . Is there much in the way of people speaking out in MJ's defence in the documentary?
I might be cynical but I reckon there's an element of cash-grabbery going on.
It is 100% one sided, that is undeniable.
It's easy make a story seem convincing if there's only one side covered. I don't think I've much interest in an exercise in tarring a dead man.
I believe their story and to that end I think it's important that the truth comes out.
Again, without having watched it, I can't really offer an opinion of their credibility. I just think in the interest of fairness I'd prefer if people who might be able to counter their claims were given a voice.
I suppose there's probably a significant element that wants to keep separation of artist and the art, as Jackson was the first musician that really captured my attention.
No doubt, his musical legacy remains untouchable and to be honest, it's not as if these revelations are new or all that startling (in that everyone knew he was an oddball), so it'll be interesting to see how many radio stations decide to ban his music or decide the music stands alone.
Quote from: Emphyrio on March 10, 2019, 06:02:08 PM
I haven't watched it but didn't these 2 testify in his defence back in the day? I know it's allegedly being portrayed in a quite one-sided way . Is there much in the way of people speaking out in MJ's defence in the documentary?
I might be cynical but I reckon there's an element of cash-grabbery going on.
Haven´'t watched it and yes they did testify for him in the past as kids. However, I saw another doc inwhich one of them lads said he was just railroaded into it. He had no support, no adult figure in his life who hadn't been bought off. Imagine your parents handed you over to that creep? Your own parents stand aside and allow AN ADULT MAN bring you into his bedroom every night. All these excuses over the years, he was a boy in a man's body, all that absolute bollox. It's the same thinking that allowed priests abuse kids for years, the idea that certain people are exceptions.
He was a grown man who had a ranch built to be a child's fantasy world. He had children who would sleep with him. Everywhere he went, he was holding some little boy's hand. There's pictures everywhere of it. He had Mcauly Culkin and these lads all hanging off him. Now take him out of the superstar scenario and imagine your male next door neighbour walking around holding little boys' hands, bringing them with him on plane trips and dressing them up like him...fucking sick. In no circumstances is that behaviour acceptable.
People are willing to believe anything to avoid the horrific truth. I have a couple of mates who were in a boarding school that was infested with predators. They told their mother back in the day about in the day and she dismissed them as imagining it. Thankfully, my mates were never physically touhed but had to witness certain things that a child should never have to witness. Many of their classmates were not so lucky..many parents were told and many just couldn't believe it, it was something that priests would simply never do. So fuck Michael Jackson..yes he was a great artist, but we've let this freakish behaviour off the hook for far too long. In many ways I feel sorry for the life he lead, he was obviously badly mistreated himself as a child, but there are no excuses for the adult behaviour.
Good article here> https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/mar/10/dan-reed-shocked-those-wont-accept-michael-jackson-abuser
I watched the doc,thought it stank of bullshit.What i did take away from it though is Id definitely give the mother a belt of wavin,she looked better now than she did 25 years ago.
Quote from: Paul keohane on March 11, 2019, 09:37:30 AM
I watched the doc,thought it stank of bullshit.What i did take away from it though is Id definitely give the mother a belt of wavin,she looked better now than she did 25 years ago.
:laugh:
I'd better watch the thing so..nothing like a fine mature woman
Your one must have put that hush money to good use alright!
I think the parents have an awful lot to answer for here. Yes, they were manipulated and he was an incredibly clever and conniving man, if you believe the lads' version of events. But surely there must have been alarm bells ringing in the parents' heads, especially as they were becoming more and more isolated from their kids. Was it wilful ignorance? Was it a case of them actually trusting MJ or was it a case of them not wanting to stall the gravy train and choosing to look the other way? Massive neglect either way.
I was listening to an interview last week where the person was saying that two of the fathers of Jackson victims, subsequesntly committed suicide. I'm not sure if that's mentioned in the doc. Yes, the parents are massively responsible. I am also very wary of throwing blame around especially in the present light of outrage culture, MeToo movements, Jussie Smollet etc.
All that said, everything points to grooming. All this sleeping in the same bed shit and trying to fob it off as being like Jesus and only feeling love. I'm sorry but it's all wrong. There is no pass for any adult man and kids as young as 7 being in their bed, no, no and no again.
My best mate when I when I was a teenager and in my early 20's had been subjected to all of this by his father as a child. To sit there as he tried to pick through the fragments of his mind and his youth and just listen to him when he was trying to make sense of it all was beyond fucked in the head. Despite everything he used to say he loved his father. It all looks easy from the outside. We all think you'd just hate the guy and end of. But it's a total attack on everything that seems to make sense to people who haven't gone through it. I didn't know what to say to my friend..we moved apart as the years went on because I couldn't be around all the self destruction. Just a massive waste of a really great kid, a beautiful person, who had to suffer that shit..makes my skin crawl even thinking about it now.
In terms of the behaviour of the parents, we see it again and again, repeated ad nauseum..cults, religious orders, education, Hollywood etc etc. Wide eyed idiot parents, with no cop on, who take everything that is told to them as gospel. If you look at the likes of Rose McGowan's childhood..is it any coincidence that she ended up in Hollywood the victim of abusers. She's known nothing else since day one. And yet we continuously give passes to the likes of Jackson, nowadays to these parents who are pushing their kids into hormone replacement and gender reassignment therapy..it's all the same thing as far as I'm concerned, just with a different mask.
Quote from: Pedrito on March 11, 2019, 08:55:02 AM
Good article here> https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/mar/10/dan-reed-shocked-those-wont-accept-michael-jackson-abuser
Written by the director of the documentary though, and reads in places like a commercial: "Part two of the documentary leads all but the most hard-bitten fan to an understanding of why he lied then, and is telling the truth now."
Haven't seen it myself, but I've little interest in a one-sided story. And it's not a case of "not believing" the victims either, much more a case of drawing a clean distinction between belief and fact. You can believe someone but at the same time withhold full judgment until it emerges as fact. I'd go further and say that the lack of ability to do this, among the general population, is behind a large part of fake news of all kinds. Weird things can happen, and weird stories get told, and memory isn't the best bed-fellow for history, especially when your life after the events is bathed in third-party suspicions and declarations about how wrong certain behaviours are.
Jackson could easily have been a conniving sexual predator, imposing an adult sexuality via an infantile facade, upon young children. That is absolutely possible. He could also have been the essentially asexual, mentally ill individual, who found it difficult if not impossible to connect on an adult level with other adults, and constantly trying to live the childhood experiences he never had for himself, including sleep overs, dressing up, etc., etc.
Does the documentary provide enough/any evidence capable of slicing between those two hypothetical psychological scenarios? They're schematic, but in the first Jackson would have been a self-aware abuser, in the second naïvely mentally ill, in which case the parents and the machine around him are the ones to be judged and condemned, much more than him. I find it very difficult to believe that either of the victims would have had the necessary psychological discernement to differentiate between the two, much less so in retrospect. But that said, if he was a self-aware abuser, then that's what he was... and that shouldn't be so much of a surprise to people that they just can't accept it. But maybe we just have to deal with the tension of ambiguity.
Finished up the Ted Bundy Tapes last night. Other than him being a serial killer I didn't know too much about him, was shocked at the extent of his crimes, and how he was able to get away with it for so long
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Quote from: Pedrito on March 11, 2019, 08:55:02 AM
Good article here> https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/mar/10/dan-reed-shocked-those-wont-accept-michael-jackson-abuser
Written by the director of the documentary though, and reads in places like a commercial: "Part two of the documentary leads all but the most hard-bitten fan to an understanding of why he lied then, and is telling the truth now."
Haven't seen it myself, but I've little interest in a one-sided story. And it's not a case of "not believing" the victims either, much more a case of drawing a clean distinction between belief and fact. You can believe someone but at the same time withhold full judgment until it emerges as fact. I'd go further and say that the lack of ability to do this, among the general population, is behind a large part of fake news of all kinds. Weird things can happen, and weird stories get told, and memory isn't the best bed-fellow for history, especially when your life after the events is bathed in third-party suspicions and declarations about how wrong certain behaviours are.
Jackson could easily have been a conniving sexual predator, imposing an adult sexuality via an infantile facade, upon young children. That is absolutely possible. He could also have been the essentially asexual, mentally ill individual, who found it difficult if not impossible to connect on an adult level with other adults, and constantly trying to live the childhood experiences he never had for himself, including sleep overs, dressing up, etc., etc.
Does the documentary provide enough/any evidence capable of slicing between those two hypothetical psychological scenarios? They're schematic, but in the first Jackson would have been a self-aware abuser, in the second naïvely mentally ill, in which case the parents and the machine around him are the ones to be judged and condemned, much more than him. I find it very difficult to believe that either of the victims would have had the necessary psychological discernement to differentiate between the two, much less so in retrospect. But that said, if he was a self-aware abuser, then that's what he was... and that shouldn't be so much of a surprise to people that they just can't accept it. But maybe we just have to deal with the tension of ambiguity.
They're fair points Chris, and of course we should be careful to hear both sides of the story. However, this isn't the first documentary that has come out about this and I've watched a lot of stuff over the years in relation to it all. I just don't buy the reliving childhood waffle that is thrown out there as a defence. You listen to any of his interviews over the years and he appears very lucid, well able to communicate.
Ultimately, as you say, none of us were there, only Jackson and those kids know what really happened behind those walls, but, for me, the mere fact that those kids were even in a bedroom with a grown man is enough for me to say "enough with the bullshit", and let's cut to the chase.
It will always be ambiguous, too much time has passed, and as happened with the original case, there was enough money behind Jackson and not enough evidence to prove what the kids were saying. Added to that all the vested interests in a case going either way..it's a mess. I know what way I woud be leaning though..instinct I think is what it is called.
Quote from: Trev on March 11, 2019, 11:52:56 AM
Finished up the Ted Bundy Tapes last night. Other than him being a serial killer I didn't know too much about him, was shocked at the extent of his crimes, and how he was able to get away with it for so long
You should read the book The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule..bonkers book
So watched the first episode of Leaving neverland and I don't need to see more. The guy was a fiend. Doesn't mean I think we should ban his music or anything, he's dead, there's no going back and rewriting the past. The parents were blinded by the light of his burning star. That episode combined with the allegations over the years, including his own sister saying he was a pedophile and a tonne of other stuff..case closed. A ranch, which I flew over when I did my J2 in Santa Barbara back in the year 2000. It stretched as far as the eye could see..a massive property filled with merry go rounds, houses and out houses filled to the brim with toys and all sorts to entice children. I was there again in Santa Barbara over the following 2 Summers. There were a lot of rumours going around even at the time. People can make up their own mind but mine was made up a long time ago. He paid the kid 20+ million to shut him up back in the original trial saying that he just wanted it to be over. A man with all the money in the world won't fight to clear his name? Nonsense. Anyway, worth a watch the programme.
I'm noticing an odd inconsistency in the reaction to the Michael Jackson doc on facebook, particularly from female acquaintances. There seems to be an overwhelming majority in the pro-MJ camp. Much of it bemoans the trial by media aspect, and refers to the fact that he was never convicted in court of any offences. Fine. No issue with that. However, the very same people were convinced that another person with the same surname, and much closer to home, was completely guilty of a sexual offence despite being cleared of doing so by a jury quite recently. What exactly that means I'm not entirely sure, but I'm wondering if MJ's accusers weren't male, would we even entertain the notion that these allegations were false?
You're definitely not the only one who noticed that.
That's good to know because, without sounding flippant about it, you never heard the same level of uproar about, say, the Louis Theroux doc (or any other one for that matter) on Jimmy Savile. I know there are differences between the two, but essentially, neither were ever convicted in court yet there is absolutely no doubt in the hearts and minds of the general public that the latter was guilty. And to hark back to the Paddy Jackson case, it even goes to show that being proven not guilty in an actual court case is not always sufficient as far as the public are concerned, particularly if the verdict doesn't tally with the general consensus.
To be clear though, not that it matters, I have no doubt that Savile was guilty and I'd be similarly convinced of Michael Jackson's guilt. I think it may be lost on this generation how much of a powerful figure this guy was back in the day. Growing up in the 80's, he was easily the one of the most recognisable persons on the planet. A lot of the anger now is deflected towards the actions of the two mothers (in the doc) , but I don't think it's that unbelievable that they too were equally taken in and groomed, albeit in a different manner, and given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to escape their humdrum lives. It's a very sad story either way, even if you're not inclined to believe the allegations, as lives were certainly destroyed in the process.
Re Paddy Jackson, I don't think these "very same people" you're talking about would be defending MJ if there were messages written by him that could compare to those from the rugby rape case. Paddy Jackson was revealed to be scum, certainly from a female point of view, by his own words. Not criminal words, as it turned out, but at least as incriminating with respect to a rape allegation as a manifestly weird obsession with kids is to a child abuse allegation. At least as incriminating, but ten times as bald-faced and instantly offensive. Don't think it's in any way a mysterious "double-standard", viewed that way.
Well, it still is a double-standard. I mean, those texts were utterly deplorable. There's no doubting that. And while they are evidence of an extremely misogynistic attitude, they aren't evidence that a sexual assault happened. Even if you don't focus on the Paddy Jackson case, the whole notion of "I believe her" is based around the idea that if a female makes a complaint of sexual assault, then regardless of the legal process, we should automatically presume she is telling the truth. My point here is that two males (and not the only two males to have made accusations) have been dismissed all too easily because...it's really the parents fault, they're only after the money, they previously spoke in his defence, the guy was just an innocent eccentric, etc. In this particular case, they enjoy no such presumption and the only acceptable level of proof is that of the criminal standard of 'beyond all reasonable doubt'.
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on March 11, 2019, 07:24:28 PM
Re Paddy Jackson, I don't think these "very same people" you're talking about would be defending MJ if there were messages written by him that could compare to those from the rugby rape case.
Actually, the more I think about this...well, obviously not. Ignoring the derogatory language used and the offence generated, the PJ texts confirm that sexual activity took place but in no way address the issue of consent. The MJ allegations relate to kids...there's no ambiguity surrounding the issue of consent when it comes to sexual activity between an adult and a child.
I meant if there were texts from MJ which in some form indicated that he clearly viewed children sexually.
I get that. Apologies, maybe I'm not explaining myself properly. Let's go back to this...
"if there were messages written by him that could compare to those from the rugby rape case"
There are no possible hypothetical messages that MJ could have written which could have compared to those in the PJ case. Let's imagine that MJ wrote notes or messages which confirmed that he engaged in some form of sexual activity with a child. Now let's compare that to PJ's messages which suggest that some form of sexual encounter happened between him and the female involved. The former clearly indicates a criminal offence; there is no legally acceptable sexual contact with a child. The latter does not indicate a criminal offence. It is not illegal to engage in sexual activity with another adult, apart from instances where there is no consent.
I get that both may be viewed as incriminating in the context of wider allegations. But my point here is that, even when PJ was cleared of his charge, it didn't go far enough. He was still guilty in the eyes of social media. MJ, too, was cleared of charges in the past, but for many, it's an automatic 'case-closed' scenario.
Agreed. Though I meant similar in this way: PJ made himself appear more than capable, morally at least, of the rape he was accused of by his words in the texts. Most defenders of MJ claim he was emotionally incapable of the acts he's accused of. If something were seen, that came from his hand, clearly showing he was indeed capable of viewing children in a sexual manner (this wouldn't have to relate to any acts of his own), then that "innocent" image of him would disintegrate in the eyes of most of his current defenders.
Paddy Jackson's case involved adults, copious amounts of booze, sexist texts on his side but also there was the sense that the lady involved had been deliberately following him and her behaviour around him.appeared quite suggestive. There's a reason the case was complex, revolving around a threesome, consent etc...the circumstances sounded very consensual and it came down to who was believed more from what I can tell. It became very hard to stay neutral and all because from the get go he was deemed guilty, guilty, guilty. The amount of venom surrounding it all was shocking. It smacked of alot of enviousness in the general public trying to pull down 'one of those wanker rugby lads'. Also, despite the verdict in what seemed a very complicated case, Paddy jackson is tarred for life, guilty or not. I would also add that men say crazy shit in texts that they would never dream of acting out..that's got nothing to do with guilt.
MJ is very different. Yearz of grooming, ranches with Peter Pan everywhere, a whole kimgdom set up where he would regularly hold court to countless little boys all of the same age, all dressed the same, a number of whom have now come forward alleging horrible, horrible shit about him. If it's a set up, it's the most elaborate set up I've ever heard of, whereby little boys somehow got coose to him at the age of 7, all tnrough their parents' ingenuity, to one day try and sue him for child molestation 30 years after the fact. The more you try to imagine scenarios like that, the more nonsense it all becomes. I say watch the doc and other's like it. Thrre's a truly harrowing one all abojt Corey Haim and all the abuse conducted in hollywood by Brian Singer and the like...men in positions of power, surrounded by lots of underage boys..where have we heard of that before?
Finished Formula 1: Drive to survive. Very good watch. Haven't watched F1 in years but this is a good behind the scenes doc with some great access.
Dog eat dog world for the drivers, some of the camera work is savage and the in depth look at some of the crashes is fascinating. Well worth a watch.
I was enjoying True Detective the whole way through but the ending was terrible. The whole way through the season they made it seem like the motives were going to be something similar to the first season so what a disappointment.
Im 3 episodes into Sex Education on Netflix,very good so far,some hilarious scenes in it.
Quote from: mickO))) on March 13, 2019, 05:40:58 PM
I was enjoying True Detective the whole way through but the ending was terrible. The whole way through the season they made it seem like the motives were going to be something similar to the first season so what a disappointment.
I really liked that about it; it delved right back into what Harrelson's character warns Rust of in the first season - you give yourself a theory and then start bending everything you discover to fit that, not testing it to see if it also fits another scenario. Look up the Wason 2-4-6 test on wiki, it's like the writers did just this but in a narrative way.
https://youtu.be/6p8CgdRLnDQ
This will be interesting...
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QuoteNetflix is developing a scripted series based on the hit action horror franchise. I hear the series will be a Netflix global original. German production and distribution company Constantin Film, which is behind the Resident Evil movies loosely based on the Capcom video game series, is the studio.
...or fucking terrible! :-X
I love the Resident Evil games and would love to see a decent live action interpretation but I don't have much hope for this if the studio behind the godawful horseshit movies is involved in this.
https://youtu.be/r9lRN_f9bNw
We watched Love death and robots. Not to bad, for a Netflix show. The episode with robots in post apocolyptic earth quite funny.
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Quote from: mickO))) on March 13, 2019, 05:40:58 PM
I was enjoying True Detective the whole way through but the ending was terrible. The whole way through the season they made it seem like the motives were going to be something similar to the first season so what a disappointment.
I really liked that about it; it delved right back into what Harrelson's character warns Rust of in the first season - you give yourself a theory and then start bending everything you discover to fit that, not testing it to see if it also fits another scenario. Look up the Wason 2-4-6 test on wiki, it's like the writers did just this but in a narrative way.
I will have a look at that. The ending was just very anticlimactic for me.
New season of Line of Duty starting now. Yeow!
Really good episode. Can't wait to see how it plays out.
Yep. Immediately sucked in.
I love how in the first episode you usually come up with what way you think the storyline will go and it goes way off on a completely different trajectory. After this episode, I actually haven't a clue where it could go. The show doesn't get the same plaudits as Luther, but I think it's a better show.
I like Luther but it's a bit more direct. Line of Duty, as you said, keeps you guessing the entire time.
Spent the whole weekend watching True Detective 3..great acting, just enjoyable overall. The story itself was a bit weak, the ending, but it didn´t take away from my overall enjoyment of it. :abbath:
Watched a show call My Tribe on RTE all about sub cultures like Rockabilly and they somehow managed to shoehorn Apostate Viaticum into it for a few minutes. Not sure if they feature in the concluding episode but it was bit unexpected
A skinhead in my college course is on that, didn't watch it myself though.
Anyone seen a show called Vice Principals? It's the same guy from Eastbound and Down...dark, toilet humory American stuff...loving every second of it. If you loved Kenny fukin Powers, you'll love Neil Gamby :abbath:
Thought it was good. A bit too dramatic in places. The funny bits were very funny but nowhere near as commonplace as Eastbound...
Nothing comes close to Eastbound in fairness. Kenny Powers is a god amongst men. :abbath:
Quote from: Pedrito on April 11, 2019, 02:17:20 PM
Nothing comes close to Eastbound in fairness. Kenny Powers is a god amongst men. :abbath:
Never got the love for eastbound. Maybe it's just me.
Finished condour. Good show but not without it's flaws. Brendan Frasier and William Hurt very good in it.
Line of Duty. It's back and it's fucking class. Best thing on at the moment by a country mile.
Watched a mini-series called Sharp Objects over the last week, very good show made by HBO with Amy Adams in it. I'd recommend it for anyone who was a fan of True Detective season 1.
The new episode of Killing Eve was very good also.
Quote from: ldj on April 11, 2019, 04:37:54 PM
Watched a mini-series called Sharp Objects over the last week, very good show made by HBO with Amy Adams in it. I'd recommend it for anyone who was a fan of True Detective season 1.
Yeah i really liked Sharp objects,well worth a watch.
https://www.netflix.com/ie/title/80174608
Love, Death & Robots.....
Really enjoyed these.
Can't remember if I mentioned this on the old MI but "Halt & Catch Fire" is one of the greatest (and most under-rated/ignored) TV shows ever made, in my opinion. I stumbled across the first two episodes when I was on holiday in the US in 2014. I refused to go to the pub til I saw the end of it.
Yeah... It's THAT good. :laugh:
I re-watched the whole thing over Christmas. There are 4 seasons all of which are on Amazon Prime video (or elsewhere) so it can be binged.
I thought the first season was brilliant but I lost interest in S2. I didn't find it as gripping at all.
As I'm up to speed on current shows, I just started Deadwood. Only watched 2eps cos I'm watching it on Kodi and getting streams of it are a cunt. I also have it on my hard drive, I just have to reconnect the bastard'n thing.
Gotham is kicking serious ass this season. Will be sad to see it go.
Watched The Passage recently. I'd started the books before I knew about it and as S1 is based on the first book, I got through that first. They changed quite a few details from the book but I wouldn't be too precious about that. It's a very cleverly done Vampire show. None of this Vampire Diaries/The Originals shit.
Quote from: StoutAndAle on April 12, 2019, 01:06:21 PM
Can't remember if I mentioned this on the old MI but "Halt & Catch Fire" is one of the greatest (and most under-rated/ignored) TV shows ever made, in my opinion. I stumbled across the first two episodes when I was on holiday in the US in 2014. I refused to go to the pub til I saw the end of it.
Yeah... It's THAT good. :laugh:
I re-watched the whole thing over Christmas. There are 4 seasons all of which are on Amazon Prime video (or elsewhere) so it can be binged.
Watched the first season. It's grand. That's about it. I'll watch the next few seasons some time.
Quote from: Emphyrio on April 12, 2019, 02:41:48 PM
I thought the first season was brilliant but I lost interest in S2. I didn't find it as gripping at all.
As I'm up to speed on current shows, I just started Deadwood. Only watched 2eps cos I'm watching it on Kodi and getting streams of it are a cunt. I also have it on my hard drive, I just have to reconnect the bastard'n thing.
Gotham is kicking serious ass this season. Will be sad to see it go.
Watched The Passage recently. I'd started the books before I knew about it and as S1 is based on the first book, I got through that first. They changed quite a few details from the book but I wouldn't be too precious about that. It's a very cleverly done Vampire show. None of this Vampire Diaries/The Originals shit.
Deadwood is fucking brilliant. Gotham I lost touch with. The passage. Have not watched it yet due to loving the books. Will do so soon but I can see myself hating it.
Quote from: Ollkiller on April 12, 2019, 04:24:06 PM
The passage. Have not watched it yet due to loving the books. Will do so soon but I can see myself hating it.
In the same boat here. Enjoyed the books and the trailer for the show looks fairly shite.
Finished watching Rake after seeing it recommended either here or on MI. Great craic got the most part, last season was pretty dodgy but had it's moments. I believe there's an American remake which I'm sure is rubbish :laugh:
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Quote from: Ollkiller on April 12, 2019, 04:24:06 PM
The passage. Have not watched it yet due to loving the books. Will do so soon but I can see myself hating it.
In the same boat here. Enjoyed the books and the trailer for the show looks fairly shite.
Finished watching Rake after seeing it recommended either here or on MI. Great craic got the most part, last season was pretty dodgy but had it's moments. I believe there's an American remake which I'm sure is rubbish :laugh:
Rake is class but the last season wasn't the best. First few seasons are dynamite. The American remake is woeful. Avoid.
New GOT is class :abbath: :abbath: :abbath: :abbath: :abbath: :abbath: :abbath: :abbath: :abbath:
Needs to get its own 'spoilers alert' thread again I reckon.
Motion carried, made a new thread for it here https://forum.metalwarfare.com/index.php?topic=465.msg6587#msg6587 :abbath:
On the back of that, I've just realised there's been no spoiler tags on the forum. I've fixed that. You can now add spoiler tags with:
[spoiler]This text contains a spoiler[/spoiler]Which will appear as:
Spoiler
This text contains a spoiler
Quote from: Hambeast on April 15, 2019, 04:08:44 PM
On the back of that, I've just realised there's been no spoiler tags on the forum. I've fixed that. You can now add spoiler tags with:
[spoiler]This text contains a spoiler[/spoiler]
Which will appear as:
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Wow, nice! Now folk just have to remember to use it.
Quote from: ldj on April 11, 2019, 04:37:54 PM
Watched a mini-series called Sharp Objects over the last week, very good show made by HBO with Amy Adams in it. I'd recommend it for anyone who was a fan of True Detective season 1.
The new episode of Killing Eve was very good also.
Started this recently on this recommendation. Really enjoying it so thank you. And terribly scarred or not I could watch Amy Adams all day long!
Finished off Punisher and working through the last season of Daredevil. Enjoyed the Netflix Marvel stuff overall, was a nice change of pace from the dreary shite the films became, shame they're not being continued
I was disappointed to see The Punisher get cancelled after season 2. First season was great mindless violent entertainment. Season 2 was poor enough with Russo/Jigsaw being woefully under-realised. That being said a 3rd season could easily have been a vast improvement given the Russo arc was wrapped up.
Did anyone watch the show Dead Pixels that was on Channel 4 earlier this year?
Been watching it over the past few days, very funny sitcom about a group of gamers, anyone who enjoys the likes of The IT Crowd or Peep Show might like it.
Quote from: Born of Fire on April 19, 2019, 10:16:41 PM
I was disappointed to see The Punisher get cancelled after season 2. First season was great mindless violent entertainment. Season 2 was poor enough with Russo/Jigsaw being woefully under-realised. That being said a 3rd season could easily have been a vast improvement given the Russo arc was wrapped up.
Really enjoyed first season of the Punisher, it works best when it sticks to mindless vigilante violence. Got two episodes into Season Two and couldn't be arsed.
Got through half the first season of Deadwood. I know it's supposed to be highly regarded but after 6eps it just wasn't doing it for me. Maybe it hasn't aged well, I dunno. I'm not usually into that Western setting, it has to be said, even though I liked Hell on Wheels.
Went for a very different option now, Gomorrah. I've a feeling I'm gonna enjoy this one.
Deadwood decent but very overrated.
Deadwood is savage you fucking heathens.
Watched one episode of the passage.woeful shite altogether.acting is bloody awful in it.
And ya deadwood is class.there is a hbo movie in the works.
Cobra Kai back today!!
Quote from: Emphyrio on April 24, 2019, 01:01:49 PM
Went for a very different option now, Gomorrah. I've a feeling I'm gonna enjoy this one.
Savage show,one of my favourites in recent times.
Enjoying the newest season of "Bosch" on Amazon currently.
The latest season of "Veep" has been very good so far. A spin-off series with Timothy Simons' & Patton Oswalt's characters would be interesting.
That Ricky Gervais thing "After Life" was utter shit but for some reason I kept watching it, hoping for improvement.
First episode of Chernobyl was quite promising.
James Hetfield and his new boyfriend https://www.loudersound.com/news/james-hetfield-absolutely-nailed-his-role-in-ted-bundy-film :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
i watched the first episode of chernobyl last night and jesus it has a seriously eerie vibe to it. id read up about it before but never actually thought what it would have been like to have been there when it was happening. scary shit.
Here's a controversial one. Recently 're watched The Leftovers again. Now season 1 is soooo slow but season 2 and 3 (especially 2) is some of the best TV ever made. Acting is off the scale and the dead assassin episode alone is one of the best hours of tv ever. Basically a tv show about grief and what is it that makes us human.
So if you've never seen it or just gave up during season 1 give it another go.
I was watching a few episodes of Murder She Wrote there last week. Jessica Fletcher, she's some woman :D
Just starting the wire again. Def one of the great TV series.
Will go through The shield after this
On S3 of Gomorra. For gangster and Mafia stuff, it's head and shoulders above The Sopranos in my opinion. Pure class. Don Pietro is the man.
Quote from: Emphyrio on May 17, 2019, 11:09:20 AM
On S3 of Gomorra. For gangster and Mafia stuff, it's head and shoulders above The Sopranos in my opinion. Pure class. Don Pietro is the man.
its class,probably my favourite tv series since the Sopranos.
Suburra is another very good Italian mafia series.
I found The Sopranos had quite a few lulls and focused too much on the family drama stuff. While I'm still a big fan of the show, and the way the did that stuff, I just think Gomorra is more gripping throughout. I'll check out that other one after. Nice one.
Watching the new season of Sabrina. Still a decent bit of fun
The first episode of Summer of Rockets on. Dire.
Edit- exceptionally fucking dire.
Sneaky Pete on Amazon. Loved this series so far but S3 is the best yet for me. Great stuff.
Watched all 3 episodes of Chernobyl. Very harrowing but absolutely unmissable TV. Acting is fantastic all round and the pure horror of the situation is indescribable. Best thing on at the moment by a mile.
Watched the first 2eps. Ya, it's really good. The gizmos they were using to measure radiation only went up to 3.6 rads, or whatever they were using to measure, whereas it was up at something crazy when they measured it accurately. Very scary.
4 episode's into line of duty, really good stuff.
Will check out Chernobyl, hearing good things
Finished Killing Eve last night,really good,Chernobyl is class!.
Halfway through Killing Eve myself here, good show alright.
Into episode two of Chernobyl. Brilliant. So dark and grim.
Finished the last episode of Chernobyl. Stellar television. As a mini series it's up there with Band of Brothers. Acting, cinematography and pacing all perfect. The score though, just unreal. Sent shivers through my bones. Best series in ages.
Ya, it was great. I never realised Jared was Richard Harris's son. Brilliant actor in everything I've seen him in.
Jaysus, ye've got me fierce excited to check out this Chernobyl show.
Chernobyl was excellent, couldn't say enough good things about it.
What's it about?
It's an Audience with Cher and Ross Noble, no?
:laugh:
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Started 'When they see us' on Netflix,its a short seriers about the Central park 5 .I didn't know anything about the original story/case,but its fuckin nuts!.
Just finished What we do in the shadows. Gas altogether.
Three new episodes of Black Mirror on Netflix. Sadly the quality has gone over a cliff. There's an episode starring Miley Cyrus that's so bad I wanted to punch myself in the face when it ended.
Quote from: Petardo on June 07, 2019, 10:41:39 AM
Three new episodes of Black Mirror on Netflix. Sadly the quality has gone over a cliff. There's an episode starring Miley Cyrus that's so bad I wanted to punch myself in the face when it ended.
I didn't mind the three of them, not a patch on older series' stuff but still good. The last one is the worst of the three but it's basically the Black Mirror version of a teen movie, with added Nine Inch Nails.
Watches the two new episodes of Handmaid's Tale last night - well, one and a half because I was late home. Good stuff, interesting to see where this season goes but it's lacking a bit of the tension of previous episodes so far.
Gave up on Black Mirror whatever season that Dallas Howard featured. Gone up its own arse trying to be too smart by half.
Watching Preacher now. Not bad. Hadn't read the comics so can't compare.
Will blitz the Handmaid's Tale once it wraps up.
Yeah, there were a couple of decent Black Mirror eps in the first US series, but just nothing compared to the original. And, more generally, I find Brooker's schtick has been overall very incoherent; he just became the very incarnation of the "cynical anti-system" market dollar.
I'm in the minority in that I don't like any of the black mirror episodes. Gave them a go and just didn't like it at all.
're watched the last episode of Chernobyl again last night. What a show.
I'll probably have a flick over the new black mirror episodes but I won't hold my breadth. They have gotten progressively worse to the point of being just being plain shite.
2 episodes of Chernobyl watched, grim stuff altogether.
Watching The Chef Show on Netflix which is a spin off of the film, Chef, which was great. The series is John Favreau with the chef who taught him during the making of the movie cooking stuff together, with celebrities and various other cooks. It's actually really good.
Just one episode into Chernobyl but it's excellent so far, look forward to catching up with the rest. Third season of Handmaid's Tale is also very decent, thought it took a bit of a dip in season two but so far, so good. There's life after Game of Thrones it seems!!
The kids been watching the How to Train Your Dragon series on Netflix and I'm getting pretty engrossed by it, reckon an 18s version of it would be great
Yeah, Chernobyl was great. A couple of bits were a bit unbelievably "western" (pretty sure a Soviet show trial wouldn't have looked like that, or allowed him carry on with the triumphant truth over lies speech), but as a piece of television, wow.
There was an article in the New Yorker going through loads of the things it got "wrong". I won't post it because it came out too far the other side into thick-headed pedantry, but it references some books which would be interesting to check out.
a friend was telling me today that the russians want to make thier own version of chernobyl as the show painted them badly haha
The show does paint them badly alright. They'd be better advised making a tv show about the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in which they could go to town painting the yanks as badly as they want, or pick any number of British orchestrated calamities if they prefer.
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on June 16, 2019, 08:56:48 PM
The show does paint them badly alright. They'd be better advised making a tv show about the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in which they could go to town painting the yanks as badly as they want, or pick any number of British orchestrated calamities if they prefer.
id watch those!
I watched Chernobyl again during the week as herself hadnt see it,the scene with the miners bollocks naked cracked me up!,hardy cunts!.
Finally sat down and watched the last episode of Chernobyl. The end section just going over the aftermath of everything was quite depressing.
The thing that struck me as I remember the scene was that everyone who stood on the bridge watching the 'display' died. It was pretty apparent that was going to happen watching the scene but I think just seeing it at the end kind of prods you to remember that they actually died in real life and not just a tv show.
The official death toll still being kept at 31...
As all the Netflix Marvel shows are now axed, I'm finally getting started on them. So far Daredevil is excellent. Jessica Jones however was a bit shit and largely skimmed the first season.
Enjoying Romanzo Criminale too. Not as gripping as Gomorrah but still really good. They really capture the 70s vibe.
Cobra Kai season 2 was getting a bit soppy but the arse kicking has picked up in the later episodes. Expecting great things from Kreese still, full Nam combat gear and an assault on LaRusso motors hopefully.
The fight at the end of the season is unreal.
Quote from: Emphyrio on July 04, 2019, 06:07:21 PM
As all the Netflix Marvel shows are now axed, I'm finally getting started on them. So far Daredevil is excellent. Jessica Jones however was a bit shit and largely skimmed the first season.
I'd advise watching them in the order they were released, as opposed to watching, say Daredevil start to finish or whatever. Each one follows on from events in the previous one (to varying degrees) and it all flows better that way.
Starting S3 of Stranger Things.. hopeful
The never ending story bit :laugh: :laugh:
I'm about halfway through Stranger Things Season 2, a bit behind. Having enjoyed the first series, I must say I'm finding the second series to be a bit of a slog. Just seems to be retreading the same old ground. At episode 6 now, hope it picks up.
Recently got the free months trial on netflix and I am finding it very boring can anyone recommend any good documentaries or tv shows? I have no interest in Batman or Spiderman or any of that kind of stuff.
So far I just rewatched the US office and I am currently watching Narcos. For documentaries I have watched the one with the pizza man who tried to rob a bank, Holy hell, Blackfish and the one about Rajneesh. I tried staircase but turned it off after about 4 episodes. Also tried watching the one about the nun who was murdered in the 60's but it turned that off after two episodes.
Also anyone know somewhere I can watch the Jonestown TV series, Tv channel currently showing it or online? Have only seen one episode so far and it was brilliant but I can't find any of the other episodes anywhere?
Quote from: John Kimble on July 10, 2019, 04:18:31 PM
I'm about halfway through Stranger Things Season 2, a bit behind. Having enjoyed the first series, I must say I'm finding the second series to be a bit of a slog. Just seems to be retreading the same old ground. At episode 6 now, hope it picks up.
Season 3 has abit of that also although its only 8 episodes this time around
Finished season 3 last night, I thought it was great, better than season 2. I'm glad they didn't follow up on the Eleven solo episode, that was terrible.
what was that?
Stranger Things.
I was talking about the episode in season 2 when Eleven goes off on her own.
Oh right, thought maybe there was a separate episode or something I hadn't seen in between seasons.
I wonder how long they will keep it going for as I feel its starting to drag a little. Another season or 2 maybe.
Stranger things S01 was good. I made it about 4 episodes into S02 and stopped. Utter shyte and won't be going back.
City on a Hill. Kevin Bacon is class in it, good show kinda of like the wire about boston bank robbers.
Finished Years and Years. Very good watch about how society could go even more polarised between left and right.
Started the virtues. Acting is fantastic.
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Recently got the free months trial on netflix and I am finding it very boring can anyone recommend any good documentaries or tv shows? I have no interest in Batman or Spiderman or any of that kind of stuff.
So far I just rewatched the US office and I am currently watching Narcos. For documentaries I have watched the one with the pizza man who tried to rob a bank, Holy hell, Blackfish and the one about Rajneesh. I tried staircase but turned it off after about 4 episodes. Also tried watching the one about the nun who was murdered in the 60's but it turned that off after two episodes.
Also anyone know somewhere I can watch the Jonestown TV series, Tv channel currently showing it or online? Have only seen one episode so far and it was brilliant but I can't find any of the other episodes anywhere?
The Ken Burns/Lynn Novick series of documentaries on Netflix are very good (of those that I've watched so far anyway). The Vietnam war series is tremendous. It is also epic in length - clocking in at about 17 hours or something. It's worth every minute though. They also made a US Civil War series, a Prohibition series, an American West series and a WWII series. I am currently watching the latter and it's very enjoyable.
There's a website/app called Just Watch - https://www.justwatch.com/ie - where you can select the services that you have i.e. Sky, Netflix, Amazon, iTunes etc. and then input an actor's name, a genre or whatever and it'll tell you whether it's available. This service in location specific so if you're watching Netflix US using a VPN and you go looking on Just Watch's Irish site then you will run into errors
I also highly recommend downloading the All 4 app from Channel 4 - the amount of
free (OK there's a few ads) high quality content available is astounding.
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The Ken Burns/Lynn Novick series of documentaries on Netflix are very good (of those that I've watched so far anyway). The Vietnam war series is tremendous. It is also epic in length - clocking in at about 17 hours or something. It's worth every minute though. They also made a US Civil War series, a Prohibition series, an American West series and a WWII series. I am currently watching the latter and it's very enjoyable.
There's a website/app called Just Watch - https://www.justwatch.com/ie - where you can select the services that you have i.e. Sky, Netflix, Amazon, iTunes etc. and then input an actor's name, a genre or whatever and it'll tell you whether it's available. This service in location specific so if you're watching Netflix US using a VPN and you go looking on Just Watch's Irish site then you will run into errors
I also highly recommend downloading the All 4 app from Channel 4 - the amount of free (OK there's a few ads) high quality content available is astounding.
Thanks very much the Vietnam documentary sounds interesting will also check out the others. I am in Canada so using the Canadian netflix which also means I most likely won't be able to get the Channel 4 app but am home for 2 weeks next month so will try to see if I can get it sorted then.
Narcos is so good the acting, the way it's shot and even the use of the Spanish language which kind of annoyed me at the start but now that I have gotten use to it, it makes the show seem so much more authentic. One of the best shows I have seen a long time.
Was just thinking today I kinda miss Narcos now that I've finished it all. As you say, just overall excellent.
Quote from: John Kimble on July 10, 2019, 04:18:31 PM
I'm about halfway through Stranger Things Season 2, a bit behind. Having enjoyed the first series, I must say I'm finding the second series to be a bit of a slog. Just seems to be retreading the same old ground. At episode 6 now, hope it picks up.
Season 2 was dull as fuck and never got interesting. I loved the first season so persevered with the second in the hope that it might recapture some of the magic but it was, exactly as you said, a slog. Not even bothered with the new ones. They should have left it as a one off.
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on July 11, 2019, 10:33:46 PM
Was just thinking today I kinda miss Narcos now that I've finished it all. As you say, just overall excellent.
I'm told El Chapo is a decent, similarly themed replacement for Narcos. I've watched neither so can't comment.
I've just seem five minutes of Storage Hunters. I've seldom witnessed such a cast of cunts. They are all "characters", acting tough and gang while bidding on fucking curtains or whatever shite. Gimps.
:laugh: :laugh: I used love them shows when I wanted to turn my brain off before I finally fucked my tv in the bin. Storage hunters, Pawn stars, all that tosh, absolutely addictive. But, yes, an unbelievable shower of mongs involved.
Finally got around to Chernobyl, fairly depressing stuff alright but an excellent show. Had a listen to the episodes podcast just after each one which was great for adding perspective to it all
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I've just seem five minutes of Storage Hunters. I've seldom witnessed such a cast of cunts. They are all "characters", acting tough and gang while bidding on fucking curtains or whatever shite. Gimps.
Yuuuuuuuuuuuup! "I gotta plan see? He's gonna bid on this pile of dog crap and I know it's dog crap so I'm-ah gonna bid too and force him to pay top dollar for all this stuff. Giterdone!"
Yuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuup! Cut to Walking Dia-beet-uuuhs and his wife -"Twen-ah five - tewn-ah twen-ah fuffah-tennah...."
"I see a Warrant pinball machine. Some Chinese take-out menus, the arc of the covenant and what looks like Paul Dianno right at the back there. He ain't stealin' this away from me. Four thousand dollars gat-dammit!"
".......tweeeeen-ah huurg-ahhh hurrrrggggggah! Faw thousant! Sold!"
Cut to the baseball cap clown and his ugly/attractive in a she'd-make-shit-of-you-in-40-minutes-sort-of-way wife climbing over boxes of dirty vests and Big Mouth Billy Bass yokes. Gat-dang Dalton-Roy, I told you this was a buncha' crap!"Dang it, Lurlene - I will slap the taste outta your mouth. That, there Warrant "Cherry Pie" pinball machine is gonna be our ticket out of the trailer park and into our own double wide!"
Cut to fake drama involving your man hauling the pinball machine into an auctioneers. How much is this here machine worth, Scooter? "About 40 bucks"
Cut away to the smug looking wife. But this here Paul Dianno, if it still works, is gonna be worth at least £180 a week"
Cue sound of cash register.
Yuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuup!I've never seen it.
:laugh: unreal
:laugh:
Bizarrely it seems less hick-ish and more gangsta. You'd swear these fucks were buying kilos of gear. Deluded twits.
Haha great stuff Stout, that is exactly How I imagine that show to be (every time I flick past it)
Yeah, storage wars is the lowest of the low when it comes to reality TV, and that's even considering the existence of Love Island etc. It's the most flimsy of premises to begin with, so the only possible route they can take are these manufactured rivalries which grow old very soon. I'd love to say I haven't watched it, but I have...many times. The same way I deliberately switch on Ray D'Arcy on my commute home from work, just to wind myself up.
It's all fake, lads. I think the small print in the credits states what you've watched are 'reconstructions' of prior auctions and that creative editing has come into play. That and the fact that that bald prick auctioneer has admitted (after being caught out) that the storage units are salted beforehand, he knows exactly what's been put in them.
It's utter piss whatever the Hell outs going on.
Just finished Stranger Things season 3 there. It was pretty good, no better than the second season overall. Great finale.
There was a mid-credits scene too, for those that missed it.
Rewatching The Trip for the third or fourth time. It never gets old.
Finally finished The Terror. Brilliant TV. My soul feels scorched after the final episodes. Excellent acting and some very powerful gut wrenching moments I won't forget soon. It's like a perfect case study on human desperation.
Ya, it's great. S2 should be out soon too.
Finished S1 of Luke Cage. Pretty good. Not as good as Daredevil but defo better than Jessica Jones.
To say I'm looking forward to the final season of Power would be an understatement.
Just finished season one of Bill Hader's new show "Barry" - one of the best things I've seen in a while.
Also watched the Netflix show "The Last Czars" - it's really fucking annoying that they've used the Americanism for the title. Surely its should be "The Last Tsars"? It's not a great TV show from a historical standpoint - there are some glaring inaccuracies and wilful bending of historical truths. And some things that are just utter laziness i.e. Lenin's tomb is in the centre of a frame when a title-card appears on the screen saying "Moscow 1905". I've never watched Downton Abbey but from the snippets I've seen, I imagine this to be the same thing but set in Russia.
What strikes me as odd about the show is that they've got historians (including one from King's College) to appear in this show during cut-away scenes to drive the narrative along. I wonder how they feel about the final product.
One final thing that gave me a laugh was Boabby The Barman from the Scottish show "Still Game" turning up as Grand Duke Sergey Alexandrovich.
"Barry" is great. Only watched it recently and must get stuck into the second series.
Quote from: StoutAndAle on July 17, 2019, 11:19:09 AMI wonder how they feel about the final product.
Remunerated.
I watched season 1 of stranger things this week. That's 8 hours I won't get back it was so bad how did this show even make it to a second season?
The Witcher looks like it will be savage :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KlNosLciNw
Anyone watching Perpetual Grace Ltd? Two episodes in and it's fantastic. Ben Kingsley at his quietly psycho best.
Warhammer 40k tv show in the works...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEXtQ1aM3zM
Finished The Terror of the back of reading this thread,great show!
Started Dark last week. Onto the middle of season 2. Very good show. Took about 4 episodes to get I to it but then I was hooked. Mind bending stuff.
Up to episode 7 of season 3 of the Handmaid's Tale. It's gone a bit shit, any kind of care to sustain suspension of disbelief has just been thrown out the window with many of the key dialogue set pieces taking place under some kind of totally unbelievable circumstance. Pity.
Watching Stargate Atlantis on SyFy at the moment, missed it on its first run. It's alright at best, might not go too far with it.
Mostly missed Stargate and Deep Space 9 on their initial runs but a few years ago I went back to them. I couldn't really hack Stargate tbh. Hadn't aged well at all. DS9 however was excellent once it hit its stride.
Took me a long time to get into Stargate SG-1 but once it clicked, I was hooked. Missed the last couple of seasons though, still have to catch up.
Rewatching Deep Space Nine too as it happens. Still the best ST series (once the Dominion show up, anyway) but it's hit the start of the Vic Fontaine bullshit now. At least I can skip those episodes.
Started watching The Boys: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1190634/
Got some great reviews and a good few people recommending it in work today.
4 episodes in.. this is fucking amazing :laugh:
Dark as fuck but hilarious too!
3 quarters through the Marvel stuff on Netflix. I'll probably continue that buzz with Swamp Thing and The Boys.
Fuck all else happening til Power comes back.
Must go back to Swamp thing, I liked the comics and the first episode was great.
Again, I know I posted this last week but stop what you're doing and watch Perpetual Grace Ltd. FFO: Fargo, Breaking Bad, Ben Kingsley being a psycho
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Started watching The Boys: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1190634/
Got some great reviews and a good few people recommending it in work today.
I'm looking forward to settling in and watching "The Boys". The book series is one of my favourites in recent years. Garth Ennis has a twisted mind. I was seriously sceptical of the treatment that Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg were going to give Ennis' "Preacher" but the first season (all I've watch is season one) is pretty faithful to the books so far so they will probably have the same respect for the source material here.
Quote from: Pentagrimes on July 17, 2019, 11:48:45 AM
"Barry" is great. Only watched it recently and must get stuck into the second series.
Nearly finished season two - the fifth episode of which is as perfect, demented and hilarious a half hour of TV that I've seen in a long time.
I thought the Preacher adaptation was poor to be honest, and thought they strayed pretty far from the original material, 'inspired by' would be a decent approximation. I gave up halfway through season 2.
Not optimistic about The Boys.
The one thing that I didn't do before watching "Preacher" was re-read the books so my memory of them is a bit hazy.
And, in that hazy memory, it seemed to follow the path of the book but it's been a very long time since I read them.
Quote from: Carnage on July 29, 2019, 10:44:21 AM
I thought the Preacher adaptation was poor to be honest, and thought they strayed pretty far from the original material, 'inspired by' would be a decent approximation. I gave up halfway through season 2.
Not optimistic about The Boys.
Yep felt the same about Preacher..poor enough representation of the original material. Supposedly The Boys is handled better, we'll see.
I'm totally unfamiliar with the source material for Preacher, but even still I only think it's alright. Glad that the upcoming season is the last.
Enjoyed the first series of Preacher, started the second and had no desire to watch beyond first episode. Started The Boys last night and enjoyed it, so hoping the rest of the series holds up. I must be getting series fatigue in general, there's so much stuff out there that, on paper, sounds exactly like my thing but in reality fails to hold my attention. The last thing I watched in its entirety was Chernobyl...what was that, maybe 6 or so episodes long? I really think a lot of what's out there is dragged out way too much, with the exception of the last GOT which was guilty of rushing through tk the conclusion. And definitely an over-abundance of superhero/fantasy/sci-fi, the majority of which is distinctly average
Quote from: Pentagrimes on July 29, 2019, 09:04:21 AM
Again, I know I posted this last week but stop what you're doing and watch Perpetual Grace Ltd. FFO: Fargo, Breaking Bad, Ben Kingsley being a psycho
Watched the first episode the last day and it's class. Kingsley is just fantastic.
Quote from: Carnage on July 29, 2019, 10:44:21 AM
I thought the Preacher adaptation was poor to be honest, and thought they strayed pretty far from the original material, 'inspired by' would be a decent approximation. I gave up halfway through season 2.
Not optimistic about The Boys.
Related: This upcoming "Watchmen" series which is apparently not based on the comics at all bar the characters. Not sure how I feel about that.
It looked crap from the trailer anyway. Seems to be dealing with the fallout from the events of the comic/film.
The Boys is feckin class. First superhero thing in years I've actually enjoyed. Karl Urban is brilliant in it.
Quote from: Ollkiller on July 31, 2019, 12:21:32 PM
The Boys is feckin class. First superhero thing in years I've actually enjoyed. Karl Urban is brilliant in it.
Isn't he.. I am finding it very hard to deal with Simon Pegg's accent.. it was so unexpected! Everytime he speaks I'm like STHHAAPP!
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Quote from: Ollkiller on July 31, 2019, 12:21:32 PM
The Boys is feckin class. First superhero thing in years I've actually enjoyed. Karl Urban is brilliant in it.
Isn't he.. I am finding it very hard to deal with Simon Pegg's accent.. it was so unexpected! Everytime he speaks I'm like STHHAAPP!
Aye it's woeful. Only bad thing in the show so far.
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Quote from: Ollkiller on July 31, 2019, 12:21:32 PM
The Boys is feckin class. First superhero thing in years I've actually enjoyed. Karl Urban is brilliant in it.
Isn't he.. I am finding it very hard to deal with Simon Pegg's accent.. it was so unexpected! Everytime he speaks I'm like STHHAAPP!
Aye it's woeful. Only bad thing in the show so far.
That's the thing, I don't know if it's actually a bad accent. Or is it just that it's coming from him and he tends to speak as he normally does in other shows/movies. .. so it's just so unusual to hear him do an accent?
I thought his accent was quite good, maybe it's just strange to hear him doing an American one. I think as a casting choice he's quite an odd pick, just doesn't fit the bill as the parent of a twenty-something (I know he's nearly 50, but still). I'm only up to episode 5 but definitely a cut above most recent superhero offerings.
Quote from: John Kimble on July 31, 2019, 04:15:05 PM
I thought his accent was quite good, maybe it's just strange to hear him doing an American one. I think as a casting choice he's quite an odd pick, just doesn't fit the bill as the parent of a twenty-something (I know he's nearly 50, but still). I'm only up to episode 5 but definitely a cut above most recent superhero offerings.
Haven't started it yet but I would guess that Pegg is cast in it because his likeness was used in tribute for the character of Wee Hughie in the comic series. Obviously he's too old to play him now.
(https://2comicbookguys.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/weehughie1.jpg?w=860)
He's not playing Hughie's father, then? I thought I'd heard that.
He is, yes
Ah right, so they've made him American? Odd.
The Boys is class..fuck superheroes.
Two episodes into The Boys, it's alright. Like Preacher, they've strayed from the source material but not as far. Early days yet but I've only heard positive things so I'll stick with it.
So just watched this ALL New Series Trailers from Comic-Con 2019 video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jw6ESx9CaQ
Mixed feeling on The Dark Crystal series. Is it one of those childhood things that needs to be left alone or can they do it justice. It seems to have a lot of the original makers involved and i'll be a cross of CGI and actual puppets which is great. I really hope they don't fuck it up!
Finished The Boys last night. Much better than expected, but that's probably because my expectations were so low after Preacher. Best viewed without reading the comics TBH, as it strays further and further from them as it progresses, but as its own thing it's decent. Urban's fantastic, even if he can't decide on an accent.
Just started The Terror watched two episodes so far and it's very good.
Quote from: Ollkiller on July 31, 2019, 12:21:32 PM
The Boys is feckin class. First superhero thing in years I've actually enjoyed. Karl Urban is brilliant in it.
They were filming this back in June right beside my apartment building.
It's been renewed as well, so that's good news.
I watched the "Waco" mini-series over the past week. I really enjoyed it and they stayed close to the truth. Some of the sequences are shot-for-shot of the news/documentary footage. Taylor Kitsch is great as David Koresh and Michael Shannon is just brilliant in everything that he does but Paul Sparks nearly steals the show from both of them as Steve Schneider - Koresh's right-hand man.
There's a very solid cast in it including John Leguizamo, Julia Garner (Ozark), Rory Culkin, Denmore Barnes (The Unit), Glenn Fleshler (Barry) and the ever-excellent Shea Whigham who, to me at least, should have had a starring role in a TV show by now.
In the same vein there's a Jonestown mini-series. It's supposed to be on Amazon Prime but I can't find it on there.
Has anyone seen "The Family" on Netflix? The trailer looks interesting.
Currently watching "G.L.O.W." season 3. Chewing gum for the eyes.
Finished up Swamp Thing. Thought it was pretty well done and set up nicely for a second season so was a real shame to hear it was cancelled. Be great if Prime or Netflix picked it up.
Few episodes into Perpetual Grace LTD. Seems to be toeing a strange line between riveting moments and awkward clunky dialogue but it's working somehow!
I was reading a thing about Amazon's new LOTR series a few days ago. Seems it won't be LOTR at all since it's going to be set in the second age of Middle Earth. This is great news, since it'll be stories most folk aren't familiar with. The only restriction on the writers is that they can't contradict anything from the canon (Unfinished Tales, etc.), but where nothing is said they can improvise. Personally I'm very glad to hear it's not just a serialisation of LOTR.
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I was reading a thing about Amazon's new LOTR series a few days ago. Seems it won't be LOTR at all since it's going to be set in the second age of Middle Earth. This is great news, since it'll be stories most folk aren't familiar with. The only restriction on the writers is that they can't contradict anything from the canon (Unfinished Tales, etc.), but where nothing is said they can improvise. Personally I'm very glad to hear it's not just a serialisation of LOTR.
First I've heard about that ??? given the silly money Amazon have, it would be interesting to how much they will put into it... then again doesn't matter how good it looks if it has shitty writing!
Multiple seasons, what will be the most expensive show created to date, all based on never-before-filmed content. I can't wait. Just please, please, please don't balls it up!
Has anyone watched the Marvel stuff on network TV? Gave Inhumans and Runaways a go. Inhumans seems retarded and Runaways straddles a weird line where it's too kiddy for adults to enjoy but has a few bits defo not appropriate for kids.
Watched Swamp Thing, didn't think it was great. Suppose I was spoiled having just come off Daredevil and The Punisher, which were class.
Mindhunter season 2 out today. That's my evening sorted.
Just fired it up. High hopes.
Same as that. I'm partway through a ridiculous amount of other things but the first season was so good that I can't wait.
The Mandelorian trailer is out, looks like it has potential, the cinematography looks like a movie.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOC8E8z_ifw&
Quote from: ldj on August 24, 2019, 09:16:20 AM
The Mandelorian trailer is out, looks like it has potential, the cinematography looks like a movie.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOC8E8z_ifw&
Been waiting for this, really hope they don't balls it up and try to force comedy bits into it etc etc
Inhaled all of "Mindhunter" season two over a few days. Very enjoyable.
The use of Roxy Music's "In Every Dream Home a Heartache" over the cold opening of the first episode is pitch perfect and incredibly creepy. I won't spoil it for those who've not seen it but I did get a chuckle when, in the same week, that piece of music was used in "Mindhunter" to deeply unsettling effect and then in an ad for Gucci perfume in the cinema with a load of floppy haired lads prancing around carefree on a beach having the craic.
Binged "City On A Hill" last week. Set in 90s Boston... sorry Baaaaastaaan... against the real life back-drop of a city racked with political corruption, racism and violence. Kevin Bacon is the lead with a decent set of supporting players including Aldis Hodge and Jonathan Tucker. It's all about Bacon though - he's playing an absolute bastard and you can see he's loving every minute of it. What makes it stand out is that it's true to its 90s roots, the soundtrack is spot on and they even shot it like classics of that era "Homicide: Life On The Street" and "NYPD Blue". Renewed for a second season.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byN6yQ8e9nc
coupla episodes into Mindhunter season 2...just class
Second the "City on a Hill" recommendation. Good show and Kevin Bacon is savage in it. I see Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are producers as well.
For some reason I never watched it but just watched two season of an idiot abroad. Entertaining stuff and funny as fuck.
Where is than on? Not on Netflix or Sky anyway.
Just finished the last season of Gotham. Loved it!
For a show that started off very straight laced and pretty mediocre, it evolved into pure madness for the latter 3 seasons.
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Just finished the last season of Gotham. Loved it!
For a show that started off very straight laced and pretty mediocre, it evolved into pure madness for the latter 3 seasons.
Aye, fully agree. Did you start Pennyworth yet? Bruno Heller again so I reckon it could be great. Not entirely sure we need an Alfred prequel show, but whatever.
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Quote from: ldj on August 24, 2019, 09:16:20 AM
The Mandelorian trailer is out, looks like it has potential, the cinematography looks like a movie.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOC8E8z_ifw&
Been waiting for this, really hope they don't balls it up and try to force comedy bits into it etc etc
Comedy, or moreso humour, and even farce at times, was an element of what made Star Wars so cool in the first place. It's the quality of the humour that has been sadly lacking and a seriousness that doesn't match, in any way, the tone of the originals. Rogue One was visually cool but the lead actress left me cold as did many of the performances...felt like a Swedish detective story at times it was so grey. That said the overuse of humour ruined Solo. There's a balance to be struck there somewhere, the trailer looka cool, I just hope they are able to inject some fun and humanity into the whole thing.
Rogue One is I think my favourite of all the post original trilogy Star Wars movies.
Deffo, though it's not much of a compliment really :abbath:
Quote from: Emphyrio on August 28, 2019, 03:13:49 PM
Did you start Pennyworth yet? Bruno Heller again so I reckon it could be great. Not entirely sure we need an Alfred prequel show, but whatever.
Not yet!
I need to catch up on a few other shows first before I head into something new.
Looks like it could be a DC version of Peggy Carter.
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Quote from: Emphyrio on August 28, 2019, 03:13:49 PM
Did you start Pennyworth yet? Bruno Heller again so I reckon it could be great. Not entirely sure we need an Alfred prequel show, but whatever.
Not yet!
I need to catch up on a few other shows first before I head into something new.
Looks like it could be a DC version of Peggy Carter.
I wasn't mad about Peggy Carter.
I'm a coupla eps into Legion. Did you watch that? It's fairly mental for a Marvel show. Not necessarily in a good way either.
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Deffo, though it's not much of a compliment really :abbath:
Ah here. Rogue one is feckin deadly.
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I wasn't mad about Peggy Carter.
I'm a coupla eps into Legion. Did you watch that? It's fairly mental for a Marvel show. Not necessarily in a good way either.
Peggy Carter was slow burner. It was slowly building and could have become something if given more time.
On the fence with Legion.
Liked season 1 for what it was.
Season 2 was hard work.
Not rushing into the new yet.
Need to psyche myself up for it.
Mindhunter season 2 amazeballs
Peggy Carter was awful, it looked cheap and the acting was either wooden or cartoony. Hayley Atwell, though. Jaysus.
I gave up on Gotham in the second season, I think. It just wasn't going anywhere, unless it picked up drastically after that.
Just finished season 5 of House Of Cards, thank christ. Poor season compared to the first two at least.
Gotham turns into a brilliant show. As John above said, it started fairly run of the mill but by the end it's whopper.
Watched Perpetual Grace. Coen Brothers feel to it in its daftness. It's not bad story-wise, but Luiz Guzman and Ben Kingsley in particular are superb and elevate it a lot. Dunno if I'd be arsed with a S2 though.
I watched the first 2 seasons of Gotham when it came out and thought it was decent.
I can't remember fuck all of it though. I wouldn't mind getting into it again.
Would I need to rewatch it again from the start or could I just start on the 3rd season and still have a good idea of what's going on?
Ya, you'd be back into the swing of it in 1 or 2 eps. They do the "Previously on..." every now and then too, especially if a character is making an appearance after an absence.
I think they realised they were going nowhere SLOWLY half way through season 2 of Gotham and then just said 'Fuck It'.
When it changes tack and things get a little mental, the whole thing starts to spiral... but in a good way.
Quote from: jobrok1 on August 29, 2019, 05:48:15 PM
I think they realised they were going nowhere SLOWLY half way through season 2 of Gotham and then just said 'Fuck It'.
When it changes tack and things get a little mental, the whole thing starts to spiral... but in a good way.
Yeah it kind of wait to being a bit of a good but standard cop/mob show to just lashing a load more comic style stuff, but for the most part it worked really well
City on a Hill looks really good. I'll never see it unless it ends up on telly or Netflix though.
Mindhunters season 2 was good but not as good as season 1. It focused too much on that single story which is fair enough, but the parts I really enjoy are the interviews with the serial killers.
Quote from: Eoin McLove on August 30, 2019, 08:11:29 AM
City on a Hill looks really good. I'll never see it unless it ends up on telly or Netflix
Tea Tv app on your phone and Chromecast in telly. Sorted.
I'm losing the will to live just contemplating such a hugely mind bending process.
Quote from: Eoin McLove on August 30, 2019, 09:45:17 AM
I'm losing the will to live just contemplating such a hugely mind bending process.
Lol. It's so easy even you Andy could manage it.
I choose death.
Quote from: Eoin McLove on August 30, 2019, 08:11:29 AM
City on a Hill looks really good. I'll never see it unless it ends up on telly or Netflix though.
Mindhunters season 2 was good but not as good as season 1. It focused too much on that single story which is fair enough, but the parts I really enjoy are the interviews with the serial killers.
Thought the love story was weak. I get they're trying to big up the lesbian thing, show how difficult it was etc, but they took so much focus off of her actual work as a female in that world that for me it missed the mark on all counts. She's a cool character, she likes box, yeah we get it like ffs, let her do her job.
I was referring to the case that they were following. It dragged on and gave very little back in return. I think the son's story would have been more exciting to follow closely, but that was kind of only hinted at. It would have made the whole thing a lot more tense.
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Quote from: Eoin McLove on August 30, 2019, 08:11:29 AM
City on a Hill looks really good. I'll never see it unless it ends up on telly or Netflix
Tea Tv app on your phone and Chromecast in telly. Sorted.
Yep, been very few films and shows I haven't been able to find on it. Only problem I find is the sound can randomly jump up to full volume, but I'm not sure if that's a problem with the app itself or my TV which is getting fairly old at this point
Quote from: Eoin McLove on August 30, 2019, 11:06:39 AM
I was referring to the case that they were following. It dragged on and gave very little back in return. I think the son's story would have been more exciting to follow closely, but that was kind of only hinted at. It would have made the whole thing a lot more tense.
Yep, definitely agree on that point too and though I wasn't always sold on the kid storyline either, it definitely relates to where they're going with the story. In terms of acting and overall presentation I really enjoyed it. The case itself, well there are better ones, and I didn't find it particularly mindblowing, but I'm hoping that whole BTK storyline in the next series will be great. I think they're trying to show just how shit policework was before they started to really utilise this Quantico psychology strategy. It definitely wasn't as cool or as interesting as the first series and yet I watched it all in 2 days where normally I'd turn something off if I wasn't into it.
On a separate note, I have bumped into very few 'famous people' in my life, but I was in a lift in a building in LA around 20 years ago with my then girlfriend and that big dude detective actor walked in, the guy with the psycho kid. I recognised him and said 'you're that actor from 3 kings no?' where he proceeded to say yes and use it as a way to try and flirt verrry heavily with my then 19 yr old gf...like a dog with a bone he was :laugh: dirty fucker
Fed up of netflix, was having a look around at what else might be worth trying. Using Amazon Video a week now. 7 days free then 2.99 per month for the first 6 months cancel anytime.
Came across Jean Claude Van Johnson.. 3 episodes in... its the best :D
Started watched the comedy show "Letterkenny". Stories from a small town in Canada. Absolutely fucking hilarious. Only discovered it last week and have rifled through 3 seasons already. Dialogue is fantastic. If you haven't seen it get on it.
Quote from: Ollkiller on September 03, 2019, 09:41:45 AM
Started watched the comedy show "Letterkenny". Stories from a small town in Canada. Absolutely fucking hilarious. Only discovered it last week and have rifled through 3 seasons already. Dialogue is fantastic. If you haven't seen it get on it.
What's it on?
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Quote from: Ollkiller on September 03, 2019, 09:41:45 AM
Started watched the comedy show "Letterkenny". Stories from a small town in Canada. Absolutely fucking hilarious. Only discovered it last week and have rifled through 3 seasons already. Dialogue is fantastic. If you haven't seen it get on it.
What's it on?
Hulu have it. Also i said previously Teatv app on your phone and cast to telly.
Thank you. Sounds like a good watch.
Heard good things about 'Letterkenny'.
Must check it out.
Couple of decent shows coming out of Canada lately, to be fair.
Watched 2 seasons of one called 'Pure' recently. It's about a small town with a local Mennonite (like the Amish) community, but there's a whole mafia / drug running operation going on with them.
The Chef Show season 2 up on Netflix. Nice!
Watching Flowers on Netflix. Mad stuff. Really enjoying it. It's manic, silly at times, serious at times and dark as fuck. I think the folk horror sequences are brilliant, too.
Watched the latest (10th) season of Archer over the weekend. Big improvement on the last few, but still not up to the standard of the first 4 or 5. Probably for the best that they're calling it a day.
Quote from: Carnage on September 17, 2019, 09:24:28 PM
Watched the latest (10th) season of Archer over the weekend. Big improvement on the last few, but still not up to the standard of the first 4 or 5. Probably for the best that they're calling it a day.
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Yeah watched 2 or 3 of them the other day.. it's alright. Fairly rehashed at this stage and tbh it only seems good due to the previous abysmal seasons. It really started nose diving after season 4.
They were getting around 1.5 million views per episode in the US in the first 5 seasons... they now average about a 1/4 of a million.
Started Mad Men after watching a few clips of it on Youtube. 9 Episodes into season 1, really enjoying it... I also feel like I should start smoking!!! :-\
Mad Men is a weird one: nothing ever really happens, yet it's still (mostly, there are a few dips through its run, and the last season is poor) compulsive viewing. Desperate Housewives for lads.
Dunno what anyone sees in the likes of Archer or that fucking one with the horse. Totes random unfunny bullshite.
I hated Archer at first to be fair, once it clicked I was hooked. First 4 or 5 seasons are great. Never bothered with Bojack Horseman. Not pushed about any other animated comedies to be honest, Rick & Morty in particular is pig slurry.
Never got into Archer or Rick and Morty but Bob's Burgers was gas, not sure if I could sit down and watch through seasons of an animated show though. Other than Futurama, Futurama was next level.
Christ, Netflix is really churning out some stinkers lately. Just watched the I-Land, complete tripe. I know it's probably difficult to come up with an original concept these days, but at least try. A Prison Break/Lost clone with some of the most wooden performances you could ever witness.
Ya, Archer has gone pretty stale. I see it's renewed for S11 too. I reckon they should wrap it up. For animated stuff F is for Family is highly recommended.
Gravity Falls was one of the best animated series I've ever watched.
Quote from: Eoin McLove on September 17, 2019, 08:17:20 PM
Watching Flowers on Netflix. Mad stuff. Really enjoying it. It's manic, silly at times, serious at times and dark as fuck. I think the folk horror sequences are brilliant, too.
One of my favourite shows of the last few years. Second series is great too.
Planning on catching up on the Righteous Gemstones tonight, only saw the first two. But my favourite thing at the moment is Gone Fishing with Whitehouse and Mortimer. Total comfort viewing again.
Just started City On A Hill, only into the second episode but it's good so far.
Quote from: Carnage on September 18, 2019, 12:14:45 PM
Just started City On A Hill, only into the second episode but it's good so far.
Ya a good watch. Watched a bit of Archer. Hated it.
Flowers is indeed deadly.
On to season 6 of Letterkenny. Just a fantastic show.
And lastly re watching Black Books on All4. What a brilliant show.
Watched a new one on Netflix. A French horror, Marianne. Not bad actually.
Oh man, some of the lines in Mad Men are amazing
"..and I hope you understand it comes from the bottom of my damaged, damaged heart.. you are the finest piece of ass I've ever had.. and I don't care who knows it"
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
She's amazing, to be fair. I'm quite sure he was right.
The red head with the massive diddies? Unreal..
Never actually watched Mad Men, must give it a go.
I knew I recognised the voice.. Matt Berry from the mighty boosh is doing the voice of Mr Deadly in this season of Archer hah
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I knew I recognised the voice.. Matt Berry from the mighty boosh is doing the voice of Mr Deadly in this season of Archer hah
Probably the best part of a pretty poor season tbh! Archer Vice was the last season I really enjoyed and even that had a lot of critics. The new settings could've really injected some new life into the series but it was mostly squandered, shame really, the show used to be gold.
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia is back this week I believe. Very apprehensive about this after that last disaster of a season.
Watched the first 3 episodes of the Terror season 2 very disappointing compared to Season 1.
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Watched the first 3 episodes of the Terror season 2 very disappointing compared to Season 1.
i was debating weather to start season 2 or not,might give it a miss now.
I didn't know it was out yet, I gather it's set in a Japanese WW2 POW camp or something along those lines?
Just finished Archer, few funny bits and a blast of Alien references but it seems they finally got around to doing what i guess they were going to do with it. ie after all those shitty role play seasons.
Checked out a show called Happy! on Netflix.
Pretty mental and NOT what I expected... at all!
Thought it was going to be a mostly comedy yoke, but it's really dark and violent as fuck.
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Quote from: mickO))) on September 23, 2019, 06:23:26 PM
Watched the first 3 episodes of the Terror season 2 very disappointing compared to Season 1.
i was debating weather to start season 2 or not,might give it a miss now.
Quote from: Carnage on September 23, 2019, 10:46:51 PM
I didn't know it was out yet, I gather it's set in a Japanese WW2 POW camp or something along those lines?
Yeah in the first episode all the Japanese are being rounded up and sent to the camps. This Japanese female keeps appearing and either makes people go crazy or they just die in front of her. She seems to be following this one man and is now killing people in the camps and the other people are starting to realize that the ghost is following him. The lad the ghost is following also got an American woman pregnant who came to the camp with him and the ghost seems to have taken a disliking to her as well.
Like the first season it's based on some Japanese legend.
The first season I liked after watching the first episode.
Just watched the first part of Criminal UK, worth a look if unspectacular. Tennant is impressive.
Quote from: Carnage on September 26, 2019, 02:40:05 AM
Just watched the first part of Criminal UK, worth a look if unspectacular. Tennant is impressive.
Ya it's a decent watch. Nothing amazing but good nonetheless.
Watching Unbelievable on Netflix. Harsh subject but acting is savage in it. Really good show.
On the bus heading back home for a few days so started happy.. One episode in and I'm loving it already. Mental stuff and not what I was expecting
"tinkle tinkle" 😂😂
Chris Keller amazing as always
Watching the Hiphop Evolution series on Netflix. Never really had any interest in rap or hiphop but I just enjoy music documentaries so figured I'd give it a look.
Pretty interesting so far, a lot more to it then I previously thought and it's got me checking out a few artists I'd never have bothered with before
Criminal was alright. A bit flimsy in a way, though. I hoped it would build a backstory like Line of Duty but each episode was a too-neat little package.
Unbelievable was very good, I thought. I'm in two minds about a second season though as it could go tits up, pardon the pun :P
Looking at Glitch now. Off to a sort of interesting start so we'll see how it develops.
Quote from: Trev on September 26, 2019, 03:41:13 PM
Watching the Hiphop Evolution series on Netflix. Never really had any interest in rap or hiphop but I just enjoy music documentaries so figured I'd give it a look.
Pretty interesting so far, a lot more to it then I previously thought and it's got me checking out a few artists I'd never have bothered with before
First series was great, I'd have little interest in season 2 though. Tupac and Kayne Wesht can fuck off.
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On the bus heading back home for a few days so started happy.. One episode in and I'm loving it already. Mental stuff and not what I was expecting
"tinkle tinkle" 😂😂
Chris Keller amazing as always
Some of the quotes from this are fantastic.
And yer man playing Sacks is fantastic. Made for the roll.
Nothing ever seems to phase him, no matter how dire his situation.
Although I just finished the second last episode of season 1 and something finally made him flinch.
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
I wont spoil it...
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On the bus heading back home for a few days so started happy.. One episode in and I'm loving it already. Mental stuff and not what I was expecting
"tinkle tinkle"
Chris Keller amazing as always
Some of the quotes from this are fantastic.
And yer man playing Sacks is fantastic. Made for the roll.
Nothing ever seems to phase him, no matter how dire his situation.
Although I just finished the second last episode of season 1 and something finally made him flinch.
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
I wont spoil it...
I'm done with season 1, starting Season 2 tomorrow. It does go dark as FOOK a lot :-\
Also I am guessing you are referring to the thing that breaks off in him... >.<
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Quote from: Trev on September 26, 2019, 03:41:13 PM
Watching the Hiphop Evolution series on Netflix. Never really had any interest in rap or hiphop but I just enjoy music documentaries so figured I'd give it a look.
Pretty interesting so far, a lot more to it then I previously thought and it's got me checking out a few artists I'd never have bothered with before
First series was great, I'd have little interest in season 2 though. Tupac and Kayne Wesht can fuck off.
Just started the second series, two episodes in and still going through what happened in the 80s in the different areas.
They keep going on about how all these places added their own styke but I can't hear much difference. Must be how other people feel when they tell me all metal sounds the same! :laugh:
So, Star Trek Picard...?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvKBeOKvblI
Can't wait. I've liked much of what came after TNG to varying degrees but when all is said and done, Picard and those characters around him are definitive Star Trek, for me.
Actually looking forward to this. I rewatched the first 3 seasons of TNG not to long ago. Patrick Stuart alone will peak any Trekie fans interest but bringing in a lot of the others is great.
Data doesn't look as 'smooth' though :laugh:
I'm avoiding all trailers and clips, but I can't wait TBH. I wonder what the tone will be, will it be more 'grown up' than previous Trek series?
I watched just the one trailer following the horror of experiencing half of the first episode of Discovery having avoided all trailers and clips. This could easily have gone the same way, but it looks to me anyway that you can continue to avoid all trailers and clips with little fear of such horror during the first ep!
Season 2 of Discovery was WAYYYYYYY better than season 1.
That lead one is still a pain in the hole, though. But she is pivotal to the entire plot.
Agreed, second season pissed on the first. I'm hoping for a Pike-centric spin off. With added Number One.
WAtched the first two eps of the new "It's Always Sunny". One Good, one meh.
Really enjoyed the first episode of "Creepshow".
Anyone see Panorama last night? They went undercover with a couple of pick up artists in Glasgow and London. Very sinister stuff. These guys charge £80 per hour to train men in aggressive pick up tactics where, it seems, the border between consent and rape is seriously blurry. They train men to basically not take no for an answer. Everything about it was skin crawling, from urging them to chat up teenage girls (these are men in their late twenties to late thirties) and to decide for themselves where to draw the line. There is a concept they were pushing called escalation. If a woman touches your cock it's game on regardless of of she wants to go further or not. If they say they don't want to, the advice was to agree with them while still escalating the situation to all out sex. They seem to believe they are promoting self- confidence to men but it was incredibly fucking rapey behaviour.
City on a hill,is this worth watching?
I must have struck a nerve you bunch of rapists :laugh:
Quote from: Eoin McLove on October 09, 2019, 08:29:27 PM
I must have struck a nerve you bunch of rapists :laugh:
It's the implication...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yUafzOXHPE
Quote from: Paul keohane on October 09, 2019, 08:12:44 PM
City on a hill,is this worth watching?
Yep. I'm 8 episodes in and it's pretty solid.
Quote from: Eoin McLove on October 08, 2019, 12:25:02 PM
Anyone see Panorama last night? They went undercover with a couple of pick up artists in Glasgow and London. Very sinister stuff. These guys charge £80 per hour to train men in aggressive pick up tactics where, it seems, the border between consent and rape is seriously blurry. They train men to basically not take no for an answer. Everything about it was skin crawling, from urging them to chat up teenage girls (these are men in their late twenties to late thirties) and to decide for themselves where to draw the line. There is a concept they were pushing called escalation. If a woman touches your cock it's game on regardless of of she wants to go further or not. If they say they don't want to, the advice was to agree with them while still escalating the situation to all out sex. They seem to believe they are promoting self- confidence to men but it was incredibly fucking rapey behaviour.
I went down the rabbit hole one night watching these freaks one night and it's definitely on the line and often beyond. I'm an advocate for young people getting out there and making mistakes, and being given the chance to flirt and finger and hump the legs off eachother behind discos, but that's not what these guys are at. They're basically teaching you how to be a predator, how to mindfuck someone into feeling like they 'have to' sleep with you. Now, I'm far from saying I've been an angel all my life, and I've been in those situations where I've given the girl the chat and the promises and all that shite just so she'll give me an oul 5 finger shuffle..told women that had no right ever being told their beautiful that they were like Aphrodite reborn just for an oul feel of a tit. But none of it was that creepy, pre-planned, attacking it like it's a maths problem shite, it was all off the cuff, young dumb and full of cum.
The problem that I'm seeing and hearing among younger girls is that they've bought into this idea that lads are all like that and they need to almost go along with it if they want someone special in their lives. It's a pretty sad thing to watch a girl being messed around like that, though some of them are pretty good at the mindgames themselves. Hopefully the freedom of info out there will allow these weirdos to be singled out and kept at a distance, because their actions are harmful.to say the least.
This is it. A bit of chancing your arm as a young lad and being creative around your long term intentions is one thing and nothing a girl's ego couldn't quickly recover from, but this is predatory behaviour. Cold, calculated and morally/ legally dubious, to put it mildly. I think that internet dating has to have played its part in developing this culture, or at least allowing it to grow and have a certain validity in people's minds. Dating today seems to mean nothing beyond swiping right (or is it left? I'm old, sorry...) and getting the lay. Great if both parties are up for a casual ride but if that's your entire experience of relationships, reducing them to little more than throwaway culture, then how do you learn about respect or boundaries that will show these creepy tactics up for what they are?
I honestly think we're still only finding our way with a lot of this stuff after the repressions and all the rules in the past. Now I'm not one to go around telling people who they should sleep with or not, or how they should behave etc etc. but maybe therein lies the issue. We've gone from virgins til you get married and god forbid you're ever caught at it outside them boundaries(though from what I understand there were plenty of shenanigans going on in Catholic Ireland), to swipe left/right(dunno either) see you at your place, dick sucking, fanny eating, maybe a threeway...it all sounds great, actually it sounds amazing, but maybe it's too much of a good thing and people aren't really set up for that much freedom, as much as they might think they are.
I found Metoo to be a horrible vanity project, being pushed by some seriously broken people lke Rose McGowan, who has been passed around like an offertory basket at Sunday mass. She has experienced all the wrong sides of men, and no wonder she's bitter and twisted..it's a sad state of affairs. But maybe there wss something to it too. I don't condone witch hunts, but focusing out, and looking at it in a cold, detactched way, maybe there's a need for discussion. Maybe there's a need to be more in our kids' faces with this stuff, laying down rules and not just telling them they're amazing and they should do what they want all.the time.
A friend of mine was telling me about their daughter's 14 year old friend who was basically blackmailed by a boy at school into sexual acts. He had taken pictures up her skirt, and rather than suffer the embarassment of having those pictures be sent around the whole town by whassap, she decided it would be easier just to do what he was asking. I've heard quite a few of those stories. I was like 'I hope her father broke his legs' and my mate was just so passive about it..'yeah, it seems it happens a lot and they don't want to embarass her more or draw attention to it'. There's something wrong when that's the response I think.
It was that book The Game kicked it all off in a big way.
Can I get a lend of it? :laugh:
Don't have that one. I've a copy of Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus though, might be more useful to you at this stage :p
I'm
Quote from: Pedrito on October 09, 2019, 11:02:06 PM
A friend of mine was telling me about their daughter's 14 year old friend who was basically blackmailed by a boy at school into sexual acts. He had taken pictures up her skirt, and rather than suffer the embarassment of having those pictures be sent around the whole town by whassap, she decided it would be easier just to do what he was asking. I've heard quite a few of those stories. I was like 'I hope her father broke his legs' and my mate was just so passive about it..'yeah, it seems it happens a lot and they don't want to embarass her more or draw attention to it'. There's something wrong when that's the response I think.
Ive heard a few stories of similar stuff, it's pretty mental. On one hand theres things like the metoo movement, but then on the flipside there's nearly a blasé attitude of "oh this is just what happens these days".
I've got two young girls and I'm fucking dreading when they're teenagers
Makes the blood boil. Chat up a girl. You will know in a few minutes if there is any chemistry there. End of.
When I was young it was pretty simple. Chat a girl up. If ye get along after a while try for a kiss. If it don't work out sound try to chat up another girl.
What the fuck is wrong with these incel type fucks. It really is fucking abhorrent behaviour. And if you do see call those pricks out on it.
Back on topic. Finally got back watching the expanse. Very good sci fi.
What happened to the good ole days of "will you shift my friend"
-What's she like?
-She's sound!
-Eh, pass...
To Tinder!
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What happened to the good ole days of "will you shift my friend"
Ah, the good old days.
Quote from: Paul keohane on October 09, 2019, 08:12:44 PM
City on a hill,is this worth watching?
It's good. Kevin Bacon is great in it he plays the usual wanker almost a very light version of his character in Sleepers. He just goes around acting like a prick to everyone and keeps getting away with it :laugh:
Ha nice one!,might start it tonight!
Dublin Murders episode 1. Fairly fucking shite. Some ok acting, some appallingly wooden acting, some dire, cheesy direction choices I thought. Pity, we could do with a decent new Irish drama but it looks like Love/Hate might have been a fluke. This is more Glenroe...
Nothing about that series interests me in the slightest. Couldn't pay me to watch Love Hate either. Had enough of skangers shouting at each other when I lived in Dublin.
Watching Hotel Beau Sejour on 4od at the moment with herself. Pretty much a Belgian take on the modern murder mystery, brilliantly done. the titles make it look like a True Detective knock off but it's not.
Started the latest Peaky Blinders last night, so far so good two episodes in. I've enjoyed them all so far but the last season seemed to be getting a bit stale, wouldn't mind if they called it a day after this one and go out on a high
I've been watching the show Atlanta the last few days, didn't expect to like it as I'm picky with tv shows but it's absolutely brilliant. It starts off as a chill comedy/drama but seems to get more and more surreal as it goes on. Definitely one of the more unpredictable shows I've seen, it doesn't conform to regular tv tropes.
Ya Atlanta is class. New season of Letterkenny is awesome. Just a brilliant show. First episode of watchmen was good.
Finished Season 2 of The Expanse. Season 1 was was good. Season 2 is brilliant. Just stellar sci fi. Gonna launch into season 3 now.
Been watching Catherine The Great, 3 episodes in. Not great TBH, set-bound melodrama for the most part. I'd expected more but sure there're only 4 parts, might as well finish it.
Watched the first two episodes of The Boys last night. Chewing gum for the eyes indeed.
I've never looked at the comic of it because, frankly, I was even sick of Preacher by the time I got to the end of that. Will maybe continue, maybe not. Maybe The Expanse would be a better option.
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on October 23, 2019, 11:01:02 AM
Watched the first two episodes of The Boys last night. Chewing gum for the eyes indeed.
I've never looked at the comic of it because, frankly, I was even sick of Preacher by the time I got to the end of that. Will maybe continue, maybe not. Maybe The Expanse would be a better option.
The Boys gets better as it goes along. Stick with it. As regards the expanse, season 1 good, season 2 feckin brilliant. I'm only started season 3 and it's class.
Ive zero interest in super heroes but i thought The Boys was great!,definitely gets better as you get into it.
Anyone catch the first episode of Watchmen?
I was a bit sceptical but it seems to have potential.
Cool, I'll give it another couple of hours and see. Even more so for Watchmen though, I'll be waiting til the end of the season and will only give it a go if the feedback from it is excellent. As much as I respect Alan Moore and as much as he might hate me for saying it, I thought the movie was really well executed.
The movie was v cool. The Boys I really enjoyed, well worth a watch. I'm waiting aswell for more feedback on the Watchmen series. Time is getting more and more precious so I'm really picky with series these days.
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on October 23, 2019, 06:33:23 PM
Cool, I'll give it another couple of hours and see. Even more so for Watchmen though, I'll be waiting til the end of the season and will only give it a go if the feedback from it is excellent. As much as I respect Alan Moore and as much as he might hate me for saying it, I thought the movie was really well executed.
Ya have to watch watchmen for Trent reznors score alone. Song choice and music is savage. First episode was very well executed. And I love the movie.
Finished season 3 of Goliath on Amazon and I'm in no rush for season 4!
Not a single declination of "If you don't X I'm gonna shove your Y so far up your ass you're gonna Z" ever sounds funny or smart. The Boys has at least three of these per episode. Atrocious dialogue but otherwise decent enough, apart from being an obvious mash-up of Watchmen (superheroes as mental fuck ups) and X-Men (anti-mutant sentiment).
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on October 25, 2019, 05:32:03 PM
Not a single declination of "If you don't X I'm gonna shove your Y so far up your ass you're gonna Z" ever sounds funny or smart. The Boys has at least three of these per episode. Atrocious dialogue but otherwise decent enough, apart from being an obvious mash-up of Watchmen (superheroes as mental fuck ups) and X-Men (anti-mutant sentiment).
As far as I know the boys was wrote as an answer to that quote in watchmen "who watches the watchmen.
The Boys was written by Garth Ennis from Norn Ireland who also wrote Preacher. The Preacher series was muck but I remember picking up the comics many many moons ago and they were brilliant. Read quite a bit of The Boys but ended up leaving it because, yes, the humour can possibly be a bit dated by now, despite the comics being quite new. Very 90's feel to the humour, if you get my drift. That said, I really enjoyed the series. Definitely worth a watch, loved the Homelander and Hughie is an enjoyable character too.
I watched Three Girls today. Incredible story.
Watching season 2 of american gods.
The bit where mad sweeny gets picked up by the 'rockers' on the tour bus.. his face when he realises they're a christian rock band :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Darklands is comically bad :laugh:.
First episode of Watchmen. Hmmm give it another episode or so then decide on following or ditching.
Dublin murders. So poor, day time soap opera levels of awfulness.
Watched the first Watchmen, couldn't help it. Definitely not convinced. Very odd vibe to the whole thing. I ditched Preacher after 4 or 5, this could go earlier.
I have it (Watchmen ep. 1) on the box at home, I'll get to it eventually. Might wait 'til there's a bit more feedback, as others are doing.
Om a related note, has anyone read any of the prequel comics? Was in Sub City today and was tempted to grab a few, but I went for some of the 'new' Sandman collections instead.
Quote from: Makeshiftatomsmasher on October 28, 2019, 10:36:00 PM
First episode of Watchmen. Hmmm give it another episode or so then decide on following or ditching.
Dublin murders. So poor, day time soap opera levels of awfulness.
I watched the first episode of Dublin Murders and it was poor. I intended to check out the second episode before throwing in the towel but didn't bother in the end. Pity. There was a bit of promise in it, I think, but it all felt a bit half arsed or like they couldn't decide on a direction. Parts of it had a nice Nordic Noir look and feel but then they had the police chief from fucking Lethal Weapon thrown in. It didn't add up.
Quote from: Eoin McLove on October 26, 2019, 09:47:30 PM
I watched Three Girls today. Incredible story.
Is this a tv show or have you become a peeping tom?
Both.
Definitely won't bother with a season 2 of The Boys if there is one. Only episode 7 came close to where I'd put the benchmark for "good" television.
I thought the first few episodes of the Boys were OK, nothing amazing mind, and by the time I got to maybe the fifth or sixth episode, had no inclination to go back for any more. The last series that managed to hold my attention over a full season was the Terror.
I watched the first seven episodes of Living With Yourself this evening. Despite generally not being a fan of Paul Rudd I'm really enjoying it. Nice mix of sci- fi and black humour. I heard someone talking about it on the radio and they said it ends disappointingly, and that they have obviously set it up for season 2 but I'll plough on. Seems like the kind of story they could wrap up nicely in a single season or drag the ring out of four three or four (Stranger Things!).
I watched the final episode. They could have gone quite dark with it and finished it there but the ending was amusing none the less.
Went through the two seasons of Fleabag during the week. Suitably impressed, really audacious balancing act to attempt but the dialogue was excellent and the performances second to none across the board. I'm sure many would be turned off after a few minutes, but folk often seem to be under the impression you have to instantly click with a protagonist in order to appreciate a narrative, which is ultimately restrictive.
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on October 09, 2019, 11:35:55 PM
It was that book The Game kicked it all off in a big way.
This in The Guardian today (haven't read it), says the pick-up thing goes back 50 years:
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/nov/05/pickup-artists-teaching-men-approach-women-industry-street-harassment
I read up until the point she mentioned Jordan Peterson's book being aimed at incels and realised I was reading the words of a lunatic. Fucking Hell... How could anyone in their right mind read or listen to anything Peterson says and equate it with these sleazy proto-rapists. Totally undermined herself there, I'm afraid.
In this common mainstream narrative men are doomed whatever they do. We have to simply accept that we are scum. What rational decent person wouldn't look at this game playing shit and see it for the pathetic money making racket verging on outright rape that it is? What rational decent person wouldn't look at their opposite counterpart (who this ridiculous writer somehow seems to confuse as being the same thing) incel weirdos as sad and pathetic? How do either of those life models equate in any way to Peterson's message to men to strive to improve their situation to make themselves worthy of a healthy relationship? And he gets lambasted and accused of inciting corruptive moral behaviour by telling men to be better human beings? None of it adds up to me, but that's the insane message that has somehow become the norm. If you're a man you're scum. If you're white, extra scum points. If you're straight, you win the scum jackpot.
Get fucked!
Quote"[It] paved the way for other masculinised self-help formations to emerge, such as Jordan Peterson's 12 Rules for Life," says O'Neill. Peterson, a Canadian academic, published his bestselling self-help tome in 2018 and is a critic of feminism. "It also connects with masculinist factions such as the incel movement ["involuntary celibates" – characterised by an extreme hatred of women], and men's rights activists."
"O'Neill" isn't the author of the piece and she doesn't say Peterson's book was "aimed at" incels, she says "it" "connects with" them, but the "it" doesn't even refer to Peterson's book!
Saw adds the other day for a show called Darklands never heard of it before any good? Looks like love hate.
My sister sent me a clip of it and I thought it was either a parody or something a FAS youth outreach drama group had made.
It's set in Bray. Sketch.
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on November 05, 2019, 03:30:25 PM
Quote"[It] paved the way for other masculinised self-help formations to emerge, such as Jordan Peterson's 12 Rules for Life," says O'Neill. Peterson, a Canadian academic, published his bestselling self-help tome in 2018 and is a critic of feminism. "It also connects with masculinist factions such as the incel movement ["involuntary celibates" – characterised by an extreme hatred of women], and men's rights activists."
"O'Neill" isn't the author of the piece and she doesn't say Peterson's book was "aimed at" incels, she says "it" "connects with" them, but the "it" doesn't even refer to Peterson's book!
It's all a bit woolly and bullshitty. She quotes someone as saying that this coaching on how to technically get around the tricky issue of rape 'paves the way' for Jordan Peterson's book. How can something 'pave the way' for its exact opposite? It's alluding to some kind of parallel between two things that are mutually exclusive. It's drawing false equivalences as well (isn't this usually the kind of bollocks you like to pull apart?), incels probably read Jordan Peterson's books and they probably also drink tea, so tea drinkers are suspect. You make a bullshit tenuous link and let it fester. This thinly veiled misandry is disgusting. It's a shit sandwich and you can choose to call it out for what it is or you pinch your nose, munch it down and call it salmon and caviar.
Watched season two of "Jack Ryan" - nowhere near as good as the first year but still enjoyable. John Krasinski is great in it but the storyline is fairly weak and there's too many side plots that go nowhere. The main antagonist is never as convincing or compelling as last year's villain either.
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on November 05, 2019, 04:15:19 PM
My sister sent me a clip of it and I thought it was either a parody or something a FAS youth outreach drama group had made.
It's set in Bray. Sketch.
Think I will give it a miss then.
Watched The Umbrella Academy recently - very enjoyable stuff. Never read the comics so didn't know what I was in for, but certainly a cool and slightly twisted take on the superhero genre - X-Men if Prof X was a complete git to his students and left them with issues into their adult lives ( hang on - that IS the X-Men! ).
So Netflix are going to be doing The Sandman. Kinda conflicted - it's going to be produced by Neil Gaiman but he's not showrunning it (also have had the comics for years and will probably be critical of how Dream et al are portrayed). At least he's involved somewhat and that could make a lot of difference. I'm just glad it's happening at all, it's been on the cards for years and years now... and Netflix have already put an order out for a second season before anything's happened, so that's actually great - you could never tell the whole Morpheus/Dream story in just one season. Looking forward to what's coming.
https://www.bleedingcool.com/2019/11/07/the-sandman-neil-gaiman-confirms-season-2-work-already-underway/
Season 4 of Rick and Morty off to a daycent start
Just watched the first episode of Watchmen there. Pretty good, I'll keep with it if it stays at that standard.
Quote from: Carnage on November 12, 2019, 12:47:40 AM
Just watched the first episode of Watchmen there. Pretty good, I'll keep with it if it stays at that standard.
If anything it gets better. And definitely weirder.
Since it was mentioned in the meaning of life thread and since herself just finished reading it, I also saw yesterday that a mini-series of The Name of the Rose has been made and apparently broadcast in October on the BBC. John Turturro and others starring.
Anyone see it?
I watched a couple of episodes. It was ok.
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on November 12, 2019, 11:10:38 AM
Since it was mentioned in the meaning of life thread and since herself just finished reading it, I also saw yesterday that a mini-series of The Name of the Rose has been made and apparently broadcast in October on the BBC. John Turturro and others starring.
It's enjoyable and looks great, better acting than the movie, but neither are anywhere near as interesting as the novel. But I am a bit of an Ecco fanboy.
Anyone see it?
Just saw a few mins. of it the other week while I was waiting for something after it, not enough to form an opinion. I'm a fan of the film.
The book is fantastic though, essential reading. I tried to read a collection of his 'culture' essays a few years back, awful pretentious stuff.
I gave up on Foicault's Pendulum by Eco but have been meaning to give The Name of the Rose a go. I'll get to it some day.
Quote from: Carnage on November 13, 2019, 12:53:07 AM
Just saw a few mins. of it the other week while I was waiting for something after it, not enough to form an opinion. I'm a fan of the film.
The book is fantastic though, essential reading. I tried to read a collection of his 'culture' essays a few years back, awful pretentious stuff.
We're going to give the film a go soon since herself is curious. I saw it before and didn't think too much of it though, barely scrapes the surface. Definitely read the book before watching any more of the show Andy! Definitely too good a story to be spoilered by a (presumably) mediocre (compared to the book) tv show.
Dug into The Boys over the last few days... pretty damn good, and relatively close to the comics with a few twists here and there. The Garth Ennisness is very much present. Karl Urban's 'British' accent though? Mah son, it's plain bollocks.
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on November 13, 2019, 09:53:57 AM
Quote from: Carnage on November 13, 2019, 12:53:07 AM
Just saw a few mins. of it the other week while I was waiting for something after it, not enough to form an opinion. I'm a fan of the film.
The book is fantastic though, essential reading. I tried to read a collection of his 'culture' essays a few years back, awful pretentious stuff.
We're going to give the film a go soon since herself is curious. I saw it before and didn't think too much of it though, barely scrapes the surface. Definitely read the book before watching any more of the show Andy! Definitely too good a story to be spoilered by a (presumably) mediocre (compared to the book) tv show.
I missed an episode along the way and gave up on it with little resistance, but yeah, the books are generally the best places to go.
I watched Black Mirror: Bandersnatch last night and thought it was fun. I kept left mostly and ended up at a grisly ending. I'll have to try it with the right options over the weekend and see where it goes. I also fucked up the code bit but thought, fuck it, I'll get it when it comes back around but it didn't allow me back to that bit. Curious to see what happens when he rings the right number.
The best 3 minutes the internet can offer?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qa-fk64bnvU
Watched the 2 available episodes of The Mandalorian. Decent enough, a Star Wars western really. Early days yet.
Just started season 2 of "Succession" - the first was incredibly enjoyable but I'm curious to see if they can maintain that level of quality in this second series.
I was discussing this with the missus last night after watching the finale of season one - and I presume that this is intentional - is "Succession" the first TV show where every single character is thoroughly unlikable?
There isn't a single person in it that you wouldn't thump in the head if you had to deal with them in real life.
That's how I felt about Breaking Bad TBH.
Watched the first 3 episodes of His Dark Materials yesterday and I enjoyed it. It's not without flaws, but it's a lot better than that piece of shit Golden Compass movie that came out years ago anyway!
Watched the first 3 Dark Materials. Just not getting into it at all but i heard it gets better so will stick with it for a few more.
Watchmen is absolute crazy but brilliant. Last episode was sooo good.
The Mandalorian. As with Rogue One it's the best Star Wars since the early films. Loving it.
What i'm most looking forward to is December the 13th and the return of The Expanse.
Watched the first two episodes of the mandalorian. Shot really well and some good bits but a shite ton of filler bits. A lot of walking/travelling sections that seem to serve little purpose other than filling time.
Just finished episode 3 of the new series of The Crown. It's about the Aberfan disaster in Wales. Such a harrowing event. The way they did that episode is television of the finest calibre.
Quote from: Ollkiller on November 19, 2019, 09:37:07 AM
Watched the first 3 Dark Materials. Just not getting into it at all but i heard it gets better so will stick with it for a few more.
Watching this with the kids, actually.
A good family show, as they're loving it.
Quote from: Ollkiller on November 19, 2019, 09:37:07 AM
What i'm most looking forward to is December the 13th and the return of The Expanse.
Absolutely buzzing for this! Can't wait.
Got the free trial for Disney + just for the Simpsons and rewatching all the old one's it's such a shame how awful the show got after season 10 and it's still going 20 years later.
Are the new episodes that bad though? The most recent one I've seen was a few years old but it was alright, gave me a giggle anyway. Obviously their older stuff is untouchable,but surely the newer ones are at least watchable no? Or have they really gotten that bad?
Honestly can't watch it, it's so bad the last good season was 98 - 99. In my opinion it hasn't been good in 20 years and I haven't seen an episode probably after about 2004 or 05 anyone I ask who watched after that said it just got worse. Even people who defended up until a few years ago can't even watch it anymore.
I think they may have changed the writers.
You could even see it starting in season 8 were Homer would say the odd thing here and there that was just stupid and not funny at all, it just eventually went to nothing in the show being funny.
Mr Burns, Skinner, Homer and Mayor Quimby were so funny in the early seasons.
I saw a brand new ep last Christmas when home. Truly awful. I think Homer was in school with Bart in it, but no laughs, just jokes forced so hard they collapsed.
When Homer started wearing reading glasses and making quips about politics over the top of his newspaper I realised they'd abandoned every aspect of his character that made him funny, ridiculous and lovable. Luckily it's easy to spot which episodes to avoid as the artwork became more polished and vibrant looking. Even the intro became more slick so you know as soon as the music starts if it's worth a look or if you should keep flicking through the channels. It's golden period is among the finest television comedy of all time, though, and has endless rewatch value.
There's a video somewhere online called the rise and fall of the Simpsons narrated by an Irish fella and explains why it's not funny anymore.
The way the jokes are written are different back in the older episodes and they show a good example of a joke from the newer episodes and show how it would have been done the old way
Quote from: Eoin McLove on November 21, 2019, 10:06:55 PMLuckily it's easy to spot which episodes to avoid as the artwork became more polished and vibrant looking.
You prefer the earlier material with raw production? Really? :laugh:
The demos, so to speak, are a bit too ropey. It gets a lot better production-wise without losing the character and, in fact, enhancing all of the great parts. Later on the production values go into Dragonforce territory and all the charm and wit is lost.
Quote from: Kunt 4 Life on November 22, 2019, 03:34:51 PM
There's a video somewhere online called the rise and fall of the Simpsons narrated by an Irish fella and explains why it's not funny anymore.
The way the jokes are written are different back in the older episodes and they show a good example of a joke from the newer episodes and show how it would have been done the old way
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KqFNbCcyFkk
Nothing in there anyone who grew up in the 80s won't have ticked for themselves, and yer man is head-wrecking. He doesn't sell the early stuff well at all, so anyone watching who didn't grow up through it would be left thinking he's just nostalgic. He picks the strangest examples of "brilliance" and fawns over them so much he just comes across as a rose-tinted glasses wearing begrudger...which is all the stranger, since in substance what he says is correct (although Behind The Laughter is my favourite episode and that's season 11, so maybe I'm not pure enough for him!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUgWcDR3BNo
I think this is still one of the best clips from the show.
The Dimoxinil episode has never been topped, just so much in it.
Quote from: Juggz on November 23, 2019, 07:54:24 PM
The Dimoxinil episode has never been topped, just so much in it.
ahh that was a great one alright.
The next episode will be the 666th :abbath: :abbath: :abbath:
One season into Man In The High Castle. Very good so far.
Watched the Mandalorian episodes. It reminds me of the Star Trek series from the 90's or Xena the Warrior Princess. It's grand, entertaining enough, and a complete waste of my valuable time in equal chunks.
Lone Wolf And Cub - In Space!
I'm enjoying it so far.
Quote from: Pedrito on December 02, 2019, 04:55:54 PM
Watched the Mandalorian episodes. It reminds me of the Star Trek series from the 90's or Xena the Warrior Princess. It's grand, entertaining enough, and a complete waste of my valuable time in equal chunks.
I thought there was great potential while watching the first episode. It's meandered a lot since then but has its moments and I still find it better than the last couple movies.
Oh deffo. Way better than them piles of shite.
Finished the new BBC version of The War Of The Worlds earlier. Pretty poor overall, looked rushed and Doctor Who-y. Melodramatic and half-arsed.
Just finished Guilt on the BBC iPlayer and really enjoyed it. Plenty of dark humour and great acting with believable characters. Really good and only 4 episodes meant it was dragged out beyond its welcome.
I'm enjoying The Mandalorian even though it's a bit style over substance. The way it tells stories is more like an animated show than a sci-fi drama.
Has anyone watched His Dark Materials?
Haven't checked it out yet but the cast is pretty good.
His Dark Materials is pretty good.
Easy watching.
My small ones are hooked on it.
Yeah it's good. I'm a big fan of the books, and this tv show is fairly compensating for that shit Golden Compass movie that came out years ago!
My sister misheard the title and thought it was called The Golden Hump Ass. I imagine the plot would be greatly different.
Quote from: Carnage on December 03, 2019, 01:58:42 AM
Finished the new BBC version of The War Of The Worlds earlier. Pretty poor overall, looked rushed and Doctor Who-y. Melodramatic and half-arsed.
Thought that too. Felt a little underwhelmed. Had high hopes as it was advertised quite well.
Anyone watching Watchmen (boom tish) at the moment - any good? Just asking, as I'd like to give it a shot but am wary of it due to being precious about the original graphic novel (and considering what a balls Snyder made of the film, I think I'm partly right).
Quote from: Nail_Bombed on December 05, 2019, 11:01:08 AM
Anyone watching Watchmen (boom tish) at the moment - any good? Just asking, as I'd like to give it a shot but am wary of it due to being precious about the original graphic novel (and considering what a balls Snyder made of the film, I think I'm partly right).
I've only read the book once, and then I watched the movie once and that was years ago..... But at the time I thought the movie was fairly spot on, no?
It'a hit & miss. The main story is interesting enough, but the subplot with that character from the comuc/film is annoying as fuck. I presume it'll have some kind of payoff but so far it makes no sense. 2 episodes left, so I'm assuming it'll up the stakes next week.
Quote from: Giggles on December 05, 2019, 11:50:04 AM
Quote from: Nail_Bombed on December 05, 2019, 11:01:08 AM
Anyone watching Watchmen (boom tish) at the moment - any good? Just asking, as I'd like to give it a shot but am wary of it due to being precious about the original graphic novel (and considering what a balls Snyder made of the film, I think I'm partly right).
I've only read the book once, and then I watched the movie once and that was years ago..... But at the time I thought the movie was fairly spot on, no?
Only if you enjoy Zack Snyder's trademark slo-mo in EVERYTHING, a shot-for-shot retelling of the GN (which is not IMO what you should do for an adaptation), and fairly meh performances from all apart from Jackie Earle Haley as Rorschach. Oh, and a pretty painful soundtrack as well, not to mention a sex scene shot to Hallelujah 😒 . Again, my opinion, YMMV and all that, but I reckon it was bleh.
It's worth pointing out that the series is a sequel to the comics, not the film. The plots to both are almost identical, but the film has a different ending, and the comics's ending is a plot point for the series.
New Watchmen is class. Soundtrack is amazing. Get on it.
I think the latest South Park season is the best one they've done in years. Plenty of laugh out loud moments for me. So much Randy Marsh and not so much PC nonsense.
So Watchmen finished. Really enjoyable and very well made.
But the real good news is The Expanse is back. And it's fucking class.
Looking forward to both of them over Xmas.
3 eps into the latest season of The Expanse...
Should have it finished before Xmas, I'd say.
Gonna line up Watchmen then, as well.
Finished Man In The High Castle last night. Have to say it's been a really great show, highly recommended.
The Witcher is out today on Netflix, just starting it. Watched non of the trailers no almost fuck all about it.
I watched the first episode of The Witcher this morning and thought it was a bit shite to be honest.
Big fan of both the books and games (Witcher III is one of the best games ever made) and this bored the tits off me.
I get that they're setting up Geralt and Ciri's characters, but the whole thing felt very disjointed. The only scene that redeemed it in any way was where he earned his "Butcher of Blaviken" title.
Just starting the 3rd episode... bit lost to be honest. It's all over the place :-\
Yeah I watched episode two and a bit of three, dunno if I'll persevere with it, it's really a mess and just poor overall.
For anyone that is experience the fiction for the first time, this show is really doing the source material an injustice. Hell, there's much better writing and acting in The Witcher III (check out the guy who voices Geralt in that - Doug Cockle, great bit of voice acting).
I watched three episodes last night and still have no clue what the fuck is going on. Its a little all over the place in terms of timeline. Ya wan Yennifer turned out savage!
Half way through episode 4 and it doesn't get any better... complete mess. It's like the editor of this got handed a bunch of clips and was just asked to lob em in together.
Also +1 about Yennifer
Have to say that thing she does with the crowd clapping at the end of her shaggin yer man would be great to have on hand :laugh: :laugh:
Yeah Yenn has an almost sex symbol status, her original look was never gonna be there for long :laugh: The look they've given Triss is however, all kinds of wrong.
Just finishing episode three and I think I'm done with it. It is an absolute mess. The comment about random clips edited together is bang on. This is an amazing work of fiction and is readily available in my two favourite forms of media (games and books), so why persist with this mediocrity?
I've stopped watching it, I just flicked through the next 4 episodes really quickly. Absolute horse shite
Couple of years late but watching The People vs OJ Simpson.
It's pretty good but the shoehorning of the Kardashians into it is embarrassing and brings the show down.
Quote from: Aborted on December 22, 2019, 12:06:44 AM
I've stopped watching it, I just flicked through the next 4 episodes really quickly. Absolute horse shite
*Roach shite :laugh:
Great article on Watchmen series (which contains no real spoilers, and I still haven't seen it):
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/dec/23/watchmen-is-by-far-the-best-adaptation-of-the-comic-but-should-fans-watch-it
Sounds good. It's one series I've really meant to check out, if only for the complete dearth of decent material elsewhere. I had a spare hour or so the other night so I decided to check out the Witcher...absolutely dire and couldn't even finish the first episode. Let's be honest, this series would never have been made if GOT hadn't proved so successful, and it only serves to remind how great the early series of GOT actually were. But yeah, Netflix appears to be getting increasingly synonymous with producing utter garbage.
Enjoyed Baby Yoda the series. Good old fashioned, straightforward storytelling, with plenty of ropey acting to make it enjoyable.
Also saw the first 2 Witchers and really not sure what to be making of it. Some cool stuff, plenty winky wanky woo stuff. Not sure whether to keep going tbh.
I enjoyed The Mandalorian. The acting is indeed ropey, the dialogue is lame and some of the characters are so stereotypically unimaginative.... but the actual show itself looks very very cool. Especially the droids, and more especially the assassin droid from the first episode.
That robot-arm-with-a-gun-thing sticking out of yer man's backpack, that could shoot around corners gave me a giggle.
Quote from: Giggles on December 30, 2019, 06:01:30 PM
That robot-arm-with-a-gun-thing sticking out of yer man's backpack, that could shoot around corners gave me a giggle.
Made even better by the fact he's played by Bill Burr who thinks Star Wars and it's ilk are total bollocks :laugh:
Ha, good one :laugh: :laugh:
I finished watching the first season of His Dark Materials. As mentioned already, I'm delighted that it's much better than that Golden Compass movie. Having already read the books years ago, there were a few bits that niggled at me, but overall it was a decent watch with some good actors. Some lad a few pages back said he was watching it with his kids, how did they fare when yer wan snapped that guys neck :abbath:
Quote from: Giggles on December 30, 2019, 06:01:30 PM
I enjoyed The Mandalorian. The acting is indeed ropey, the dialogue is lame and some of the characters are so stereotypically unimaginative.... but the actual show itself looks very very cool. Especially the droids, and more especially the assassin droid from the first episode.
That robot-arm-with-a-gun-thing sticking out of yer man's backpack, that could shoot around corners gave me a giggle.
The ropiness was all part of the charm of the originals. The new movies went down the dark Harry Potter route with a shitty Sirius Snape as the enemy. Dark without any real threat. Lots of psychological bollox but you can't just imvent a Darth Vader..he's once in a milennium. The good thing about the series is the lack of that heaviness, that looming threat they're trying so hard to get into the new movies, they just bypassed it and it's far better off for it. That and an avoidance of lecturing to the audience about bollox nobody gives two fucks about.
Might be a weird thing to say about a show, but the ending credits are nice; with the artwork depicting scenes that happened through the episode.
Locke And Key coming to Netflix in Feb 7. Could be well good Lovecraftian horror/Stephen King-ian darkness - loved the comic book series Joe Hill (who's Stephen King's son) put out a while back, so very glad to have someone do an adaptation.
Quote from: Giggles on December 30, 2019, 07:26:11 PM
Some lad a few pages back said he was watching it with his kids, how did they fare when yer wan snapped that guys neck :abbath:
They gave a good aul' gasp at a few scenes, alright.
But it's tame enough overall, for the most part.
They ended up wanted the books for Christmas, so I'll take the win.
Watched 2 eps of The Witcher... meh!
Then watched all of the new season of The Expanse.
Decided to give Witcher another go. 3 eps and I'm done with it.
Most of the Bourne movies are pretty good, so I was happy to stumble across the Treadstone series this week.
Heard it was being made a while ago but then heard nothing. 3 Eps in and enjoying it.
Anyone watch the new BBC Dracula? Don't have a tv and the BBC player won't work for me so I want to know it's worth a punt before I spend an evening trying to hunt down a watchable copy.
Saw an ad for it and wasn't a fan of the glib humour. Looking at the reviews in IMDb (for whatever that's worth) and they seem very positive, so I'm hopeful, if not fully convinced. As it's a BBC production, it should hopefully look the part at the very least. But at the end of the day it will come down to how well the character is done.
Watched a bit of it last night and thought it was ok.
Gonna download all 3 when you it's done.
A bit off kilter but for the season that we're in I enjoyed A Christmas Carol 3 night series over the hols, as well. Quite dark with a great cast and character interpretations.
Just downloading the first episode of that dracula series. Hope it's actually good and not the expected shit show.
I really hate when they make a balls of Dracula
I have to say I quite liked this Pierce Brosnan's Dracula lark. Might be the end result of being around people with an inexplicable hard on for the more pretentious aspects of 'ol Nosferatu for a couple of years but the humour kinda made it for me, the nun in it is fucking great, and the man himself's Bond villain swagger was enjoyable. Couple of the "scary" bits worked really well too,bit of an Evil Dead vibe to the couple in the casket, and overall it looks great.
I mean it's basically Goth Sherlock but still, it's entertaining and unpretentious, and it's definitely a fresh spin on the character wether you like it or not overall. I'll take that over yet another attempt at capturing the spirit of the old Hammer films or the 90s one and failing.
A goth Sherlock is kinda the angle I was expecting. That I can definitely deal with. I'll lash into that once I'm finished The Man in the High Castle.
Finished His Dark Materials. I have to say it's very faithful to the books. It also serves to highlight the gulf in quality between it and the likes of Tolkien and Martin. I've high hopes for the Wheel of Time series, as long as they curtail the waffle.
Watched the first episode of that Dracula show. It's interesting although slightly odd how the change into the whole english thing came about. It kind of throws me off the character when he's speaking like that.
The scene at the gates of the nun's gaff was quite good though.
Yep, another one here enjoying Dracula having a bit of a laugh with his food before finishing it off. Definitely prefer the more of a horror vibe to the series than the usual emo Drac tropes that you get from recent adaptations. Dracula is supposed to be a monster... glad he also has a sense of humour here as well.
Quote from: Emphyrio on January 03, 2020, 01:57:41 PM
A goth Sherlock is kinda the angle I was expecting. That I can definitely deal with. I'll lash into that once I'm finished The Man in the High Castle.
Finished His Dark Materials. I have to say it's very faithful to the books. It also serves to highlight the gulf in quality between it and the likes of Tolkien and Martin. I've high hopes for the Wheel of Time series, as long as they curtail the waffle.
Just wondering in terms of the gulf...you mean it's better or worse than Tolkien/Martin? Never read them books.
Just finished part two of Dracula... the end.! What in the actual fuck :-\ :abbath:
Diddy dye?
Watched first episode of Dracula. Fucking awful. Lack of build up in any tension whatsoever is shocking. I love Bram Stokers book and this pissed all over it.
I've yet to watch Dracula.
Anyone watch Dark on Netflix. Top class show. Typical Netflix, sort of like Stranger Things but weirder and darker.
Two out of three aint bad...? I really enjoyed the first two episodes of Dracula, the third one, for me, was a mess. Really disappointed with the end. I love the book and am very fond of some of Mark Gatiss' stuff but it just limped to a finish. Still nothing can beat Murnau's Nosferatu.
At least they showed "What we do in the shadows" afterwards.
The ending to Dracula - not entirely satisfactory, but certainly not dreadful. I think the guy who plays Drac carries it a lot, as well as Frau Helsing - they both have really good chemistry.
Watching episode 1 now. It looks cool enough I think although a more skeletal, Nosferatu looking Dom Dracul would be creepier. Decent atmosphere so far.
Actually, I think this Dracula is pretty cool since he has become more powerful.
Just finished it there and overall I enjoyed it but the first episode is by far the strongest, I'd have loved more of that creepy gothic type atmosphere. I was even grand with most of episode 3 which seems to be the most divisive, up until the ending that is; complete and utter wank.
Interested in seeing what the issues is with the end because the end of the book is shite too :laugh:
Not mad about the end either, though the 3rd episode I did think was good otherwise, but looking at the whole picture I thought it was great. Episode 2 in particular was fantastic. i'd happily watch more.
Yep, I enjoyed it. Defo had a touch of Sherlock about it, particularly the third episode, but it was enjoyable nonsense.
Enjoyed it up until the end of episode 2.. then as stated already it goes into sherlock holmes mode and I couldn't sit through the rest of the episode at normal pass and just skipped along.
I'm definitely in the minority then as I watched the first episode and couldn't take any more. For me it was they could have created way more tension but went for the jugular way too quick and cheapened it.
"Went for the jugular"
:laugh:
I got it but I wasn't giving you the nod out of principal :P
Finished The Man in the High Castle. Very solid show throughout.
Hoping to start Dracula tonight.
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Finished The Man in the High Castle. Very solid show throughout.
Thought it was deadly myself too, surprised not more people talking about it here. Mild sci-fi buzz with Nazis, pretty metal all things considered!
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Quote from: Emphyrio on January 09, 2020, 01:27:47 PM
Finished The Man in the High Castle. Very solid show throughout.
Thought it was deadly myself too, surprised not more people talking about it here. Mild sci-fi buzz with Nazis, pretty metal all things considered!
Tried it before and it didn't click. Think I'll give it another shot based on that.
Watching through Peep Show atm, genuinely might be the best comedy show of all time.
Have been mainlining Star Trek : The Next Generation, gonna do a whole rewatch of Star Trek after many years (Should've started with the Shatner era, but anyway). Powered through Series one, and now 4 eps into 2. Series One was pretty fricking shaky, up till a few eps before the end. Funny that I don't recall the first series being that shonky at the time. Still, that R-Rated episode with the mind controlling slugs and the very obvious parallels to Alien was brilliant. Pity they didn't expand on the slug conspiracy, but apparently that plot line transmuted into The Borg - who were alluded to only slightly in the Series one last ep.
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Just finished Dracula, I thought it was pretty good for the most part but I'm in two minds about episode three. Obviously they were going for a fresh take on things but I'm not sure about the contemporary setting. Think it lost some of the atmosphere. That said though, as others mentioned, Dracula and Van Helsing were both ace and good chemistry between the two. Production values were very good, it looked great.
Really enjoying Watchmen at the moment, about 5 episodes in. Struggled recently to find a series that held my attention but this is doing it for me.
Thought the first 2 eps of Dracula were excellent. Really well done. I absolutely hated ep3. Cool idea to move it to a contemporary setting but it showcased the irritating parts of modern life, particularly annoying cunts.
Quote from: Nail_Bombed on January 11, 2020, 11:11:37 PM
Have been mainlining Star Trek : The Next Generation, gonna do a whole rewatch of Star Trek after many years (Should've started with the Shatner era, but anyway). Powered through Series one, and now 4 eps into 2. Series One was pretty fricking shaky, up till a few eps before the end. Funny that I don't recall the first series being that shonky at the time. Still, that R-Rated episode with the mind controlling slugs and the very obvious parallels to Alien was brilliant. Pity they didn't expand on the slug conspiracy, but apparently that plot line transmuted into The Borg - who were alluded to only slightly in the Series one last ep.
Did a rewatch a few years ago. I also skipped the Shatner one.
DS9 also suffered from a dodgy first season but turned into a brilliant series. Very close quality-wise to TNG, even.
DS9 pisses on TNG, no question. Once The Dominion become prominent, it's on top form 'til the end. Garak is the best character in all of Star Trek, too.
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Garak is the best character in all of Star Trek, too.
This is correct!
Quote from: ldj on January 11, 2020, 10:51:09 PM
Watching through Peep Show atm, genuinely might be the best comedy show of all time.
It was still funny right up until the end of the ninth season.
One of Jeremy's lines is possibly my favourite ever insult - when he's at the sperm bank and he says to the one on reception "I'm not like the rest of these feckless cum-shedders" :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Watched the first four episodes of The Mandalorian the other evening and quite enjoyed it.
It's recognisably Star Wars, but it's refreshing in that it's not even close to being epic and sprawling. I thought I'd hate Baby Yoda, but there's some good comic relief in there.
The action is pretty good too, and the gunslinger droid in the second episode is honestly the coolest thing about Star Wars since Return of the Jedi.
Quote from: Nail_Bombed on January 11, 2020, 11:11:37 PM
Have been mainlining Star Trek : The Next Generation, gonna do a whole rewatch of Star Trek after many years (Should've started with the Shatner era, but anyway). Powered through Series one, and now 4 eps into 2. Series One was pretty fricking shaky, up till a few eps before the end. Funny that I don't recall the first series being that shonky at the time. Still, that R-Rated episode with the mind controlling slugs and the very obvious parallels to Alien was brilliant. Pity they didn't expand on the slug conspiracy, but apparently that plot line transmuted into The Borg - who were alluded to only slightly in the Series one last ep.
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I did this 3 years ago, started with all the movies (all meaning *all*) then original series, then Enterprise (which I'd never seen, but seasons 3 and 4 are so good!), then TNG, started DS9 and then suddenly ran out of free time so didn't get to Voyager. Definitely eps of DS9 and Voyager I missed first time round, so will do them someday for sure.
Didn't even make it to end of first ep of Discovery, but looking forward to Picard.
All the movies are up on Amazon Video, incidentally.
Discovery's worth sticking with, shit Klingons aside. Season 2 is a major step up in quality.
Quote from: ldj on January 11, 2020, 10:51:09 PM
Watching through Peep Show atm, genuinely might be the best comedy show of all time.
Not even close it was good in it's day but it took a massive dive during the last few seasons. Should have ended it after that new years eve season finale party episode.
Started watching the Messiah last night, has the potential to be good or else end up like homeland which ended up boring the absolute pants off me
Finished The Maldorian earlier. Excellent series. Last episode was fantastic.
Now we've started Star trek ds9. Never followed it when it was on. Grand so far.
Watching The Man in the High Castle. It's the type of production I wouldn't normally go for, the acting has a certain forced feeling to it or maybe it's the dialogue. All that said it's bloody intriguing and I'm still trying to figure out wtf is going on after 4 or 5 episodes.
Watched Residue, starts out fairly slow, gets better, gets shit, then ends. Was almost like a three hour trailer for something potentially interesting, in that there's a basis of a story, you kind of want to see more, but nothing gets resolved
Watched the first 2 episodes of The Outsider. Based on a Stephen King novel. Made by Hbo. Amazing cast and acting is second to none. Get on it
Quote from: Ollkiller on January 14, 2020, 06:28:24 PM
Watched the first 2 episodes of The Outsider. Based on a Stephen King novel. Made by Hbo. Amazing cast and acting is second to none. Get on it
same here,great stuff so far
Quote from: Makeshiftatomsmasher on January 13, 2020, 10:28:54 PM
Finished The Maldorian earlier. Excellent series. Last episode was fantastic.
Now we've started Star trek ds9. Never followed it when it was on. Grand so far.
Finished The Mandalorian myself last night, really enjoyed it too. It's still very much Star Wars without riding on the coattails of the films (and was all the better for it).
Loved the gunslinger droid!
Finished The Mandalorian too. Very good.
Saw ep1 of The Outsider. Has the makings of a great show. It also explains the delay in S3 of Ozark.
Two episodes into the Outsider, enjoying it so far, definitely has the Stephen King auro
Two eps into Watchmen. Generally meh interspersed with some (emphasis on some) good musical choices and quite a few moments of remarkable cinematography. I'll keep going til the end, but so far anyway it pretty much encapsulates everything Moore hates about entertainment for entertainment's sake, so no surprise Lindelof got the cold shoulder, and so far I'm bewildered by the Guardian article saying it was "truer to the spirit" of the comic than the movie.
It's worth sticking with, the end's a bit silly but overall worth a look.
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on January 16, 2020, 06:08:20 PM
Two eps into Watchmen. Generally meh interspersed with some (emphasis on some) good musical choices and quite a few moments of remarkable cinematography. I'll keep going til the end, but so far anyway it pretty much encapsulates everything Moore hates about entertainment for entertainment's sake, so no surprise Lindelof got the cold shoulder, and so far I'm bewildered by the Guardian article saying it was "truer to the spirit" of the comic than the movie.
First 2 are the poorest. It does pick up.
Nah. Couple of decent episodes but overall very poor. I don't think Angela had a single good line of dialogue in the whole series. Say what you like about the film, it benefited greatly by using the original material as dialogue source.
So... Which version of Watchmen is mostly based on the source material.
Quote from: jobrok1 on January 20, 2020, 05:40:53 PM
So... Which version of Watchmen is mostly based on the source material.
No straight answer to that:
The series takes the comic as writ and then goes off and does its own thing with its universe, although a thing which is absolutely alien to the spirit in which the comic was written.
The movie alters some things about the comic itself, but hews very much to its mood, both visually and in word. In my opinion, it's the best of all the movie versions of the Moore comics (although, the only real competition is V for Vendetta).
I dunno, do people just not give a shit about good dialogue anymore?
I've just finished ep 2 of watchmen and i have no idea what's going on. Why are all these cunts mumbling.
Yerman in that stretchy tin foil mask must be sweating.
I'll watch the next one to see where it goes. Also the Jeremy Irons bit... what's that got to do with it? Aarrrgh!!!!
Yep I watched the first couple and could see no reason to keep watching. It has nothing to do with the comic which I love. The movie is very good. Got slated for reasons beyond my comprehension.
It comes together toward the end (the Adrian Veidt bit is explained, as are a lot of questions about who half the characters actually are). Stick with it, chaps.
I stuck, wish I hadn't. Last two episodes were the worst.
Let's put it this way; with the comic as its source material, it should have been as good as, say, Westworld (season 3 in March btw). But it was, to be truthful, at its best slightly better than the Preacher tv show and at its worst, far worse.
I watched the first season of Westworld and was unimpressed (though Thandie Newton was surprisingly good in it TBF), but when I started season 2 a few weeks ago, I'd forgotten so much that nothing made any sense to me so I binned it after one episode. I'm not that bothered either.
Preacher was shite alright, I stuck it out 'til halfway through season 2.
Yeah I wasn't a fan of it either, finished the first series but no compulsion to watch any more of it. Started Mindhunter last week and really enjoying it so far.
Mindhunter's brilliant but it's just been put on 'indefinite hiatus' so enjoy those 2 seasons.
Yeah Mindhunter was great,binged the two seasons a few months back.
I reluctantly watched 'You' on Netflix,herself wanted to watch it.I have to say i really enjoyed it, a bit bonkers at times but an easy watch.
Has anyone watched The Young Pope? I'm two episodes in and it's not grabbing me, is it worth sticking with?
Quote from: Carnage on January 24, 2020, 02:56:42 AM
Has anyone watched The Young Pope? I'm two episodes in and it's not grabbing me, is it worth sticking with?
Same as. Only managed 2 episodes. Won't be going back.
Watched Episode 3 of The Outsider last night. By a country mile the best thing on tv at the moment. It's fucking class.
Watched the first episode of Star Trek: Picard earlier, not bad. Obviously just setting up the plot but has a nice, updated feel to it while the character hits some familiar beats. Nice nod back to vintage TNG (the specific episode/character referenced is on SyFy at 5 on Wednesday, incidentally).
Stewart got old, though.
Just started S4 of The Expanse. I say it at the start of each season, the "Previously on..." should be about a half hour.
Hoping to watch Picard over the weekend. What's it show on, is it a case of "available from the usual outlets".
Amazon Prime, and it's just one episode so far. Released weekly on Fridays.
I thought it was good. And an Irish feckin' Vulcan! Live long and be flaithiulach! :abbath:
Star Trek go deo!
Watched a BBC documentary yesterday called Pipers of the Trenches. It was about the bagpipers that accompanied the Scots regiments (Tyneside Scots, Lancashire Scots etc) of the British army into battle in WW1. Jesus it was insane. I was aware that pipers were common on the battlefield over the centuries, but these guys were something else. Being like a mascot or rallying point for the soldiers, they would be unarmed, and first to go over the top of the trench. Absolutely nuts. Bagpipes versus German machine guns... Well, you can see how that would end. Over 1200 of them went to the trenches, less than 600 returned home.
Have that recorded, hoping to get to it during the week. Honestly would have thought their survival rates would have been much lower
Watched "The Morning Show" - it wasn't bad but I'm not sure if there's a second season in the tank - or if I would watch it.
Started Locke And Key - not bad.... certainly toned down somewhat from the original graphic novel, but the overall theme seems to be holding up well. I guess they had to change the name of the town from Lovecraft to Matheson because of too much familiarity with HP Lovecraft these days? Liking it anyway, one and a half eps in.
Watching Primal at moment. Ginny Tartakovsky's (Samurai Jack) new prehistoric animated series. No dialogue just the basic story, and soundtrack. It's excellent.
Quote from: Makeshiftatomsmasher on January 13, 2020, 10:28:54 PM
Finished The Maldorian earlier. Excellent series. Last episode was fantastic.
Now we've started Star trek ds9. Never followed it when it was on. Grand so far.
Odo and Quark are one of the best comic duo's. It's often subtle the look and snide comments they give each other, but it can be so humorous.
Watched "Don't Fuck With Cats" over the weekend. Not bad, it's a fairly bizarre story. I'd recommend watching it without knowing the details if you can.
Finished Locke and Key last night, overall not a bad series at all, just pales in comparison to the source material. Looking forward to seeing more of it, if it gets enough traction. Joe Hill himself turns up as a paramedic.
Watching Pandemic at the moment. Pretty interesting look at the work that goes into fighting flu throughout the year
Just finished up the second series of The Man in the High Castle, thanks to the filthbag Shepherd Carnage. Brilliant stuff altogether, after 2 seasons I'm still not quite sure whaf the hell is going on but it is addictive stuff altogether. It imagines a world in which the Japanese and Nazis have won the war and split the US between them. Well worth a watch.
Where are you watching that Pete? Amazon?
Yeah it's on Prime Video. Only watched the first episode so far myself, I really like the premise it's just trying to get the time to get properly stuck in to it.
Yep Amazon..it feels really B movie-ish at times, the acting can be quite wooden, but a really good watch. The story is very cool.
The Man in the High Castle is normally something I would really like. But I can't because for some reason if the premise is historically something different that happened my brain goes no, that didn't happen. Watched 1 Episode and couldn't watch anymore. Same with that For All Mankind show. Nah lads Russia didn't land on the moon first. I realise it's my fault and not the shows.
Do you have a childhood trauma involving an episode of Sliders??
Almost halfway through, what is supposed to be, the last season of Ray Donovan. Went off the boil for a bit but this season is good again. John Voight is class.
I gave up after season 2 or 3. Apparently there's another season in the works.
Ya, it got cancelled a few days ago but rumoured to be renewed elsewhere, Netflix or something I suppose.
The season with Ian McShane and Katie Holmes was the last one I watched, just lost interest in it there.
I appreciate how this could be 'marmite' comedy for some but have absolutely enjoyed the fuck out of both seasons of Stath Lets Flats which is available for streaming on All4. The missus started watching it about a year ago and I had initially dismissed it as kind of stupid and too obviously slapstick, which it is to an extent, but it holds up to further and repeated viewing. Highly recommended.
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I appreciate how this could be 'marmite' comedy for some but have absolutely enjoyed the fuck out of both seasons of Stath Lets Flats which is available for streaming on All4. The missus started watching it about a year ago and I had initially dismissed it as kind of stupid and too obviously slapstick, which it is to an extent, but it holds up to further and repeated viewing. Highly recommended.
I've only seen the first season of "Stath Lets Flats" but I thought it was fucking brilliant. Jamie Demetriou is great in it. Anything that that Robert Popper ("Friday Night Dinner", "Look Around You") is involved in is always going to be worth a go. I need to get around to watching the second season.
Currently watching the new "Narcos: Mexico". Halfway done. Slow start but now it's cooking. Also Scoot McNairy is one of the most underrated actors around at the minute. One of my favourite shows of the last 20 years was "Halt And Catch Fire".
Phew, thank goodness there's someone else who likes it. I was worried that maybe my tastes are getting a bit odd as I approach my 40th year!! 2nd season is great, so many great, quotable moments that stand up to repeated viewings. I only hope they see fit to go for a third season.
Nets down since Sunday morning so started rewatching vikings. Forgot about some great scenes throughout.
Just watched the scene where he basically tries to sort a threesome with Lagetha and Aslaug 😂😂
Vikings used to be excellent viewing. It's painful enough at the moment. Really lost its way without Ragnar. Dialogue is so fucking bad and the acting is shite enough, Bjorn gurning his way through scenes is a joke.
I found this season a bit better than the previous tbh but yes once Ragnar left it started dropping as besides being the main character he was such a standout from the others.
It's funny you mentioned Bjorn gurning away... watching the first few seasons before he suddenly grew 6ft over nighthe was mostly 'gurning' awayas a child too :laugh:
I haven't watched the season finale yet but I really hope Bjorn got hammer smashed face as he became such annoying character to watch and his nasally weird hard man voice was torture.
Am I right in thinkingthat was the last episode ever?
The Chef Show season 3 just up on Netflix. That's the evening sorted. Easily the best food show going with, perhaps, Chef's Table at a close second.
Started watching 'Kitchen Nightmares' on YouTube as I was fecked after the gym and wanted something handy to watch. Reality TV, especially American made, is usually garbage, and in a sense this is too. It's fairly mental what goes on behind the kitchen door in restaurants though. Lads dropping chickens on the floor and horsing them on to the frying pan anyways. Very 'down and out in Paris and London' esque.
Quote from: Caomhaoin on February 20, 2020, 12:50:09 PM
Started watching 'Kitchen Nightmares' on YouTube as I was fecked after the gym and wanted something handy to watch. Reality TV, especially American made, is usually garbage, and in a sense this is too. It's fairly mental what goes on behind the kitchen door in restaurants though. Lads dropping chickens on the floor and horsing them on to the frying pan anyways. Very 'down and out in Paris and London' esque.
I used to be a chef and ya a lot of that shit does happen in kitchens.
Kitchen nightmares is unreal though.
There's an episode with 2 brothers running a place in new Orleans.
Fuckin hilarious altogether.
I was watching that one from an Irish pub/restaurant owned by an auld Irish lad who blamed his (admittedly feeble) son-in-law for all the fuck ups.
The 'authentic' Irish cuisine they were serving...😂
It's always an embarrassing question when foreigners ask about typical Irish dishes. I'm usually at a loss after 'eh, stew....the granny used to make Colcannon but it's leftovers'. I bought a book (in Granada of all places) about Irish cooking. Never heard tell of almost any of the dishes.
Quote from: Caomhaoin on February 21, 2020, 07:14:08 AM
I was watching that one from an Irish pub/restaurant owned by an auld Irish lad who blamed his (admittedly feeble) son-in-law for all the fuck ups.
The 'authentic' Irish cuisine they were serving...😂
It's always an embarrassing question when foreigners ask about typical Irish dishes. I'm usually at a loss after 'eh, stew....the granny used to make Colcannon but it's leftovers'. I bought a book (in Granada of all places) about Irish cooking. Never heard tell of almost any of the dishes.
Reminds me of a Denis Leary line;
"I was in Barnes & Noble the other day, and I saw a book entitled "Irish Cuisine" and I laughed my balls off, okay? Irish Cuisine? IRISH CUISINE?! What the fuck are we famous for cuisine-wise? We put everything in a pot and we boil it for seventeen-and-a-half hours straight. Until you can eat it with a straw."
I think he may have been getting confused with his own "comedy". Plus, "we"? He is the walking, barking epitome of an American smart-ass. "We" me hole yankee!
His people are from the next farm over from where my mother was born outside Killarney. He got it into his head one time that he wanted to buy some land back on the old sod where the wind shakes the barley down beyond the old boreen and offered my Ma a pittance for a field, an insulting amount of money coupled with an arrogant/aggressive attitude, whereupon she told him to stick his shillelagh where the sun don't shine :abbath:
Or where he thinks the sun shines out of, if it'll get the message across to him quicker!
Quote from: Caomhaoin on February 20, 2020, 12:50:09 PM
It's fairly mental what goes on behind the kitchen door in restaurants though. Lads dropping chickens on the floor and horsing them on to the frying pan anyways. Very 'down and out in Paris and London' esque.
It's just like any other business profits are the one and only thing that matters. I have two mates who work as chefs and some of stories they tell are awful. They say you never really want to see what goes on in the kitchen of your favourite restaurants. Most place don't care as well because if you get something like food poisoning it's very hard after the fact to prove were exactly it came from.
An ex of mine worked the front desk at a radison blue hotel (one of the 'fancier' ones). She wouldn't even eat from the kitchen food :?
Watched the first episode of the new Twilight Zone last night, it was pretty poor. Predictability should not be The Twilight Zone's most prominent characteristic.
Binged the final season of "Silicon Valley" last weekend. It definitely regained its quality.
Started "Hunters" on Amazon and I'm 50/50. Tonally it's all over the shop flitting from batshit comedy characters like Josh Radnor's failed actor to something akin to a TV movie weepy drama,
Spoiler
there's an impromptu ensemble dance scene in it for fuck's sake
. They've completely made up gory death-camp atrocities (as if the real thing wasn't bad enough!) for the sake of grim entertainment.
I would be more forgiving of its flaws if it didn't start with a caption "Based On True Events". It's more like a Garth Ennis comic written after he'd watched "Operation Finale" half pissed than anything based on historical knowledge - which would be perfectly acceptable as pulpy action tale. But don't pass it off as fact based.
Those previous two Jonathan Frakes directed episodes of Picard were pretty awful, with their horribly failed attempts at humour and emotion. I was afraid the arse might have fallen out of the whole thing, but last night's ep was great.
Stay in front of the camera number 1!
A bit toasted last night, I clicked onto the second season of Preacher and watched a few eps. Even by the time I was fully sobered up, and then the one I watched this morning, it seemed considerably better than the first season. I'm guessing it goes to pot again soon after...?
Each season I found to have major ups and downs. Too much filler with a few great moments interspersed. I finished it out cos I'd got so far into it but not sure it's one I could wholeheartedly recommend. That doesn't really answer your query, obviously. Unless just only watch it while stoned?
I really found the first season to be almost devoid of "great moments", and I'm pretty sure I watched some of that stoned too :laugh:
I do still find the contrast of gore violence overload to sexual chasteness grating. Not that I'm aching for nudity, but as a token of US moral perversion when it comes to sex vs violence, it leaps out particularly strong in the context of Preacher.
Hadn't really considered that. Fair point actually.
I've been binge watching Friday Night Dinner for the past couple of days. So funny.
Norsemen, too. Cracker.
Quote from: Eoin McLove on March 03, 2020, 08:27:58 PM
Norsemen, too. Cracker.
Will have a look at that
Just noticed Altered Carbon has gotten a second series and Anthony Mackie is now playing the main character :-\
Seems to be getting a lot of bad reviews online also. Anyone watched it yet?
The first season was enjoyable and had a lot of promise.. I guess season 2 came 2 years too late
Quote from: Eoin McLove on March 03, 2020, 07:53:18 PM
I've been binge watching Friday Night Dinner for the past couple of days. So funny.
Incredible show. Have you seen the fox episode yet? I thought that I was going to soil myself/my couch watching it. I mentioned it recently when talking about the genius of Robert Popper. New series starts this month.
Speaking of Robert Popper - finally got around to watching series two of "Stath Lets Flats" - 3 episodes in and it's as good, if not better than series one.
Yeah, the fox episode was gas. I love Jim, though. He is my favourite character.
'It was made from Ellllmmmm!'
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Speaking of Robert Popper - finally got around to watching series two of "Stath Lets Flats" - 3 episodes in and it's as good, if not better than series one.
It's so good, I'll be gutted if they don't opt for a third series. Friday Night Dinner never really clicked with me though, might give it another shot.
Started watching Being Human - missed it first time round, two eps in. Not bad so far - British version of Buffy I guess, but more of a Misfits feel. Fairly enjoyable.
Just got netflix to watch better Call Saul and they don't even have the new season :-\. I started watching Arrested Development again from the beginning I always forget how great the first 3 seasons are so many good jokes.
I tried to watch season 4 a few times but it didn't seem good at all.
Awwwwwwwwwwww yeah. Guess who's back? Belmont's back. Castlevania Season 3 just landed. This winter of discontent got a bit less grim.
And Westworld is back.
Quote from: mickO))) on March 17, 2020, 12:08:53 AM
Just got netflix to watch better Call Saul and they don't even have the new season :-\.
Ah.... Yes they do!
Been watching it week to week, as eps are aired.
I couldn't find my Fringe boxset last night for the times we live in as I have a good bit to watch yet as life got in the way for a few years.
So I started with another series I never managed to finish years ago, 30 Rock. we started from the beginning, and rediscovered how much fun this show is. great way to forget all the crap happening at the moment, nice to step out of the zone and need to do it more often.
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Just got netflix to watch better Call Saul and they don't even have the new season :-\.
Ah.... Yes they do!
Been watching it week to week, as eps are aired.
Mine is only showing season 1-4?
Have you watched 1-4 on Netflix already?
Maybe put on the last ep of s4 and see if it will automatically skip onto the new season.
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Quote from: mickO))) on March 17, 2020, 12:08:53 AM
Just got netflix to watch better Call Saul and they don't even have the new season :-\.
Ah.... Yes they do!
Been watching it week to week, as eps are aired.
Mine is only showing season 1-4?
Could be a regional thing too. Sometimes a Netflix release can be held back in some regions if another platform or network has an exclusivity arrangement.
Quote from: Snare on March 18, 2020, 01:24:11 PM
I couldn't find my Fringe boxset last night for the times we live in as I have a good bit to watch yet as life got in the way for a few years.
So I started with another series I never managed to finish years ago, 30 Rock. we started from the beginning, and rediscovered how much fun this show is. great way to forget all the crap happening at the moment, nice to step out of the zone and need to do it more often.
I'm 2 seasons into Fringe, need to finish it up. 30 Rock is great, got the boxset for christmas a few years back, flew through it.
Started watching Dublin Murders yesterday, what with it being Paddy's Day and being on lockdown away from home. I've already been told it gets a bit ridiculous towards the end, but it's just the fix of Oirish for the homesickness.
Signed up to a free one month trial of Starzplay to watch it and saw there's a series called Mr.Mercedes there, starring Brendan Gleeson and based on Stephen King books. Don't think I've seen any word of it from ye lot here though. Any opinions??
My brother watched Mr. Mercedes, thought it was great if that's any help. I gather it's not his (King's) usual horror style, but a hunt for a serial killer. Brendan Gleeson's usually good value anyway.
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on March 18, 2020, 04:13:33 PM
Started watching Dublin Murders yesterday, what with it being Paddy's Day and being on lockdown away from home. I've already been told it gets a bit ridiculous towards the end, but it's just the fix of Oirish for the homesickness.
Signed up to a free one month trial of Starzplay to watch it and saw there's a series called Mr.Mercedes there, starring Brendan Gleeson and based on Stephen King books. Don't think I've seen any word of it from ye lot here though. Any opinions??
Season 1 is excellent, S2 is poor, S3 is quite good.
I watched a good chunk of the new season of 'Narcos Mexico', which is significantly more engaging than I remember the first one being. Diego Luna puts in a great shift.
Did they have to make the DEA lad so obnoxiously OTT American though? Very hard to sympathise with him.
Dublin Murders was highly consumable pulp fiction. 8 eps really does seem a perfect length for developing a layered story arc.
Kinda 50% True Detective, 40% Love/Hate, 10% Battle Below Giltspur.
I've started on Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams, 3 episodes in and it's pretty good so far. Each episode is based on one of his short stories, so you've sci fi with a healthy dose of darkness. For fans of Black Mirror, The Outer Limits, etc. The episode starring Timothy Spall is fanastic.
I've an Amazon Prime account, anyone recommend good shows on that? Sci Fi stuff usually floats my boat
Quote from: astfgyl on March 23, 2020, 08:52:39 PM
I've an Amazon Prime account, anyone recommend good shows on that? Sci Fi stuff usually floats my boat
The Expanse and The Man In The High Castle if you haven't watched them already.
Another vote for The Expanse here.
Sound lads, I'll try those and see how I get on. A fella I know was telling me about The Man in the High Castle, but he did extra work in it so I thought he would be a bit biased and didn't bother.
People who work on these shows are usually honest. A mate of mine was in the props dept. for Into The Badlands and even he admitted it was a big bag of shite! TBF he's worked on Game Of Thrones, a couple of Star Wars and Marvel movies and various Nolan, Scott & Mendes films andhas a decent basis for comparison.
Quote from: jobrok1 on March 18, 2020, 01:50:05 PM
Have you watched 1-4 on Netflix already?
Maybe put on the last ep of s4 and see if it will automatically skip onto the new season.
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Just got netflix to watch better Call Saul and they don't even have the new season :-\.
Ah.... Yes they do!
Been watching it week to week, as eps are aired.
Mine is only showing season 1-4?
Could be a regional thing too. Sometimes a Netflix release can be held back in some regions if another platform or network has an exclusivity arrangement.
Thanks yes VPN'd to England and season 5 is on it now. Watched 5 episodes so far great as always. I hate that new fella that is trying to fuck Gus over he's playing a great character.
Quote from: Carnage on March 23, 2020, 10:16:54 PM
Another vote for The Expanse here.
Another one here. Fucking amazing television. Takes about 6 episodes to get going and then it's balls to the wall for 4 seasons. Best sci fi since Battlestar.
Fuck it I'll start that tonight. Last series I watched was the I-Land on netflix. Nice idea but very shit acting bar an odd character here and there. They all just reacted all wrong or in a really unbelievable way to the whole situation they found themselves in from the first minute.
Has anyone watched the tiger King doc on netflix?
I couldn't stop watching it and ended up finishing it in one go.
Some pack of crazy cunts.
Could be funny to make a film with that in mind. I always liked the idea of making a film that was very serious but had canned laughter added in. It would be so fucking annoying :laugh:
I thought the Picard finale was great, and very timely thematically speaking. So, a few dodge episodes, a couple of dodge characters, but overall worth it.
Probably gonna start that after Narcos.
I'm two episodes in to tiger king... WTF AM I WATCHING!!! :-[
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I'm two episodes in to tiger king... WTF AM I WATCHING!!! :-[
It's so fuckin good. Guarantee you will probably watch it all tonight.
Same, halfway through the third episode. Mental stuff, all it's missing is Dog The Mullet Hunter.
Same here, just finished the second episode. Absolutely bonkers
Onto ep. 5 now, I'll be finishing this tonight. Just gets more and more mental with every episode.
The here kitty kitty SONG and video. ..
WHAT THE FUCK AM I WATCHING!!!!!
It wound down a bit toward the end I thought, but generally pretty insane throughout. The format's a bit like Making A Murderer season 1 - slow build of information leading up a 'what the fuck' ending to each episode. Recommended.
I have 1 episode left. It's Crazy tv. I love the songs. I saw a tiger being a favourite. He is stone mad and the Baskin woman is guilty as hell!!!
The sing song at the end of the memorial/funeral... Classy.
After watching it I felt dirty and went and took a long shower.
It's astonishing these people exist and worse that they are allowed to keep all manner of animals (i refuse to say exotic ever again :-[)
No one whatsoever came off good in it.. purge the lot of em.
Only 4 eps of Narcos left so I'm gonna break that up with Picard. Watched the first ep. A very different vibe to typical Star Trek, but seeing himself and Data share screen time again... Comforting.
Ozark binge at the moment,but this Tiger King doc seems to be flavour of the moment,will have to get in on that soon!
Quote from: Emphyrio on March 30, 2020, 10:58:30 AM
Only 4 eps of Narcos left so I'm gonna break that up with Picard. Watched the first ep. A very different vibe to typical Star Trek, but seeing himself and Data share screen time again... Comforting.
It's hit & miss TBH, but overall I'd give it a thumbs up.
Quote from: Paul keohane on March 30, 2020, 12:10:56 PM
Ozark binge at the moment,but this Tiger King doc seems to be flavour of the moment,will have to get in on that soon!
What's season 3 like?
I thought Ozark was shite. I don't think I even got to the end of season 1. Such shitty acting in it. The main lad is so fucking passive his mere presence in every scene manages to defuse all the tension they try to build up. It may have been alright without that guy cast in the main role, but who knows.
Quote from: Eoin McLove on March 30, 2020, 02:21:01 PM
I thought Ozark was shite. I don't think I even got to the end of season 1. Such shitty acting in it. The main lad is so fucking passive his mere presence in every scene manages to defuse all the tension they try to build up. It may have been alright without that guy cast in the main role, but who knows.
Ya thought it was shite myself.
I thought he was perfectly cast for that role, particularly as the show progresses. I thought S1 was great but it went off the boil in S2.
I watched the first season, thought it was OK and hoping it would pick up for the future series, but I've had no interest in checking out any more of them. I reckon if I'm not going to watch them during a quarantine I won't be watching them ar all
Im only starting season 2 of Ozark now,its ment to be really good.
Im really enjoying the latest season of Homeland also.
Season 1 was great, 2 was ok and 3 is suppose to be great. Have only seen one episode of 3 so far.
Finished Narcos. Not the best season but it's set the scene nicely for El Chapo. Hopefully get one or even 2 more seasons.
New season of Manhunt out too. Halfway through. Not as good as Unabomber but still very much worth a watch.
Quote from: Emphyrio on April 01, 2020, 11:03:13 PMNew season of Manhunt out too. Halfway through. Not as good as Unabomber but still very much worth a watch.
What's this one called? Nothing coming up on Netflix for me.
I thought Manhunt was alright but nothing special. I think the first season of Mindhunters was more fascinating. Season 2 of Mindhunters wasn't great though.
From my "source" it's just Manhunt S2. I think Deadly Games might be the tagline. Based on the bombing at the 96 Olympics in Atlanta and other subsequent ones.
I'm the opposite chap, I preferred Manhunt to Mindhunters.
Cheers. I'm guessing it's not 'officially' out there yet, so.
Mindhunter S1 was fantastic, S2 was pretty good just not as good. Manhunt: Unabomber was in between for me.
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Has anyone watched the tiger King doc on netflix?
I couldn't stop watching it and ended up finishing it in one go.
Some pack of crazy cunts.
Just watched all 6 episodes tonight. Jaysús H. Christos.... fucking mental.
Kinda glad I've never visited the States :laugh:
Not sure why everyone is so surprised that people with an extreme job also live an extreme lifestyle.
I'll give Manhunt 2 a look alright. I'm sure it'll be very watchable at least.
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Not sure why everyone is so surprised that people with an extreme job also live an extreme lifestyle.
EXTREME LIFESTYLES
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EXTREME PEOPLE
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Not sure why everyone is so surprised that people with an extreme job also live an extreme lifestyle.
I was a lumberjack for 13 years and worked in pig/beef slaughterhouses for 4.5 years.
I didn't feel the need to carry sharp objects around with me at the weekends.. :laugh:
You may as well have been working in a library compared to what those lads were doing. Slaughterhouse would be a tough job but you have no fear that the cows would rip you limb from limb. To work with dangerous animals like that back in the late in the late 90's early 00's with almost zero regulation is crazy. To me that's one of the craziest parts of the documentary that and wondering how Joes 8mm eyebrow ring managed to stay attached to his face.
Even just being able to be around those animals and keep calm is a skill in itself never mind being able to control them. Being honest it's a job I would love but would never be able to do.
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You may as well have been working in a library compared to what those lads were doing. Slaughterhouse would be a tough job but you have no fear that the cows would rip you limb from limb. To work with dangerous animals like that back in the late in the late 90's early 00's with almost zero regulation is crazy. To me that's one of the craziest parts of the documentary that and wondering how Joes 8mm eyebrow ring managed to stay attached to his face.
Even just being able to be around those animals and keep calm is a skill in itself never mind being able to control them. Being honest it's a job I would love but would never be able to do.
A bull near got me one day. Got the humane bolt in the head, got up and charged down the floor. I only saw him coming at the last second. Would have obliterated me only for I jumped in between two carcasses. Phew!
Yeah, my lass said that to me too. That ring was hanging on by a knat's foreskin.. :laugh:
Yeah I was also thinking mentally that job would be very difficult red meat is one my favourite things in life I couldn't even watch a slaughterhouse documentary let alone work in one it would ruin meat for me.
I've had my eyebrow pierced twice with a 1.2mm bar and could never keep it for longer than a year I don't know how he was able to stretch it that much his skin must be made of steel. My ears are stretched even putting an 8mm ring like had in his eyebrow on your earlobe is pretty uncomfortable.
Getting back to watching The Expanse, 2 episodes into season 3. I'd forgotten how much I enjoyed it, great show.
Well, decided to give Good Omens a go. Would be curious to know what anyone who watched it having not first read the book made of it. Have to say Sheen, Tennant, McKean and a couple of others turned in great performances, but other than that it was a real wet squib for me.
Haven't read the book and it's on the watchlist. Was aiming to get to it over the summer but that'll be sooner rather than later, I reckon.
I watched a bit of the first episode and it sucked dick. Irritating shite.
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I watched a bit of the first episode and it sucked dick. Irritating shite.
Having or not having read the book?
I read the book about 20 years ago but remember very little of it. I have this lined up to watch sometime, it'a been so long that I might as well be going into it blind.
Probably best; I finished a re-read with herself just before starting. The book remains a classic.
I've read many of Terry Pratchett's novels but I don't think I've read this one. Looks like a great idea for a book so I'll check it out. Strangely, any tv versions of his books I've seen have been dire.
Book is definitely worth a read, but I have only heard bad things about the TV adaptations.
I love the book and mostly enjoyed the series. I think the main problem I had, and this might seem a bit of an odd complaint, was it stuck so rigidly to the source material. It's like when you hear a cover song that's practically the same as the original, might still sound grand but just a bit pointless
Yeah it's certainly not the usual type of complaint I hear about TV adaptations! A lot of complaints I'd heard around the other ones were issues with casting and performances. It's been a while since I gave the book a go so I might try it out all the same while it isn't fresh in my mind
Quote from: Trev on April 05, 2020, 07:08:50 PM
I love the book and mostly enjoyed the series. I think the main problem I had, and this might seem a bit of an odd complaint, was it stuck so rigidly to the source material. It's like when you hear a cover song that's practically the same as the original, might still sound grand but just a bit pointless
It strays in tone from the book in plenty of places; the entire "the Them" story misses its mark because of this. But I do think there was a weight of duty to punchlines that did drag it down, for me anyway. That's why I'm curious to hear from people who haven't read or have essentially forgotten reading it.
If you want a strange complaint though, it's that Anathema was way, way, way too hot, like perfect 10 hot.
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on April 05, 2020, 08:13:22 PM
If you want a strange complaint though, it's that Anathema was way, way, way too hot, like perfect 10 hot.
You're not wrong there. oh lawd ???
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Seen before as the irresistible girlfriend of the closet case in season 2 of True Detective, and as an even more irresistible Columbian flame in Narcos.
Have seen all but the last episode of the new season of Curb. Great as always. The soup sweat thing was absolutely disgusting especially given all that is going on in the world right now.
Finally got around to watching the last 2 episodes of Picard. That conversation at the end was great, reminded me so much of the tng days.
Enjoyed Picard. The bits that are nostalgia driven are the best imo. Bit of a funny ending to it.
Been making light work of Money Heist the last coupla days. Gripping throughout but it has some seriously deadly episodes. Whopper.
Coupla eps into Watchmen. Meh enough so far.
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Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on April 05, 2020, 08:13:22 PM
If you want a strange complaint though, it's that Anathema was way, way, way too hot, like perfect 10 hot.
You're not wrong there. oh lawd ???
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She's a dicky dazzler alright
Quote from: Emphyrio on April 12, 2020, 11:29:27 PM
Enjoyed Picard. The bits that are nostalgia driven are the best imo. Bit of a funny ending to it.
Been making light work of Money Heist the last coupla days. Gripping throughout but it has some seriously deadly episodes. Whopper.
Coupla eps into Watchmen. Meh enough so far.
"Money Heist" (a mind-bogglingly terrible title given that the original means closer to The Paper House) is very good, despite a few My So Called Life teen drama moments here and there.
Watchmen has maybe 2 genuinely good episodes, so keep your expectations down and you'll enjoy it more!
The love stories are annoying alright, apart from The Professor and his love interest (not looking to spoil it for anyone). Even though some of the characters are so fuckin irritating it'd nearly put one off watching it, I've been glued to it.
I'll hopefully finish Watchmen tomorrow. It really isn't great so far.
I've been watching a few of those 'derby days' specials on YouTube, they are really well made and thorough. The one about Portsmouth v Southampton is totally class, just as interesting as the more obvious ones like the Belgrade, Rome or Merseyside Derby's.
Football fans will enjoy, guaranteed. Channel is called Copa90.
Copa90 did one on Cork City Fc 7/8 years ago,the whole fan owned aspect around the club coming back ftom administration etc etc.
They have one with Bohs/Shamrock Rovers too, eye opening!
Threw on a tragically titled series on Netlix yesterday called McMafia... and ended up watching most of it, as the weather pure shite.
Russian mafia... international drug running... very well done and definitely worth checking out, IMO.
Edit: finished it last night... slow start to the series, but it built up nicely.
Russian mob are fucking ruthless when the get going. No bullshit with them... just pain and/death.
Knee deep in The Crown this past week. We are nearing the end of the second season and it's very enjoyable.
Aye The Crown is a great watch. All 3 seasons are good but season one edges it for me. The episode in season 3 about the mining accident is harrowing. An amazing episode of television.
Blazing through season 3. Prince Philip (the new one) is stealing the show.
About halfway through second season of Masters of Sex, which I've found to be perfect viewing with the missus. Based on a fascinating true life story, great aesthetic, Michael Sheen gives performance of a lifetime as a very complex character, and I dare any straight male not to be in love with Lizzy Caplan within the first few eps.
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Blazing through season 3. Prince Philip (the new one) is stealing the show.
Aye he's brilliant in the role and the resemblance is uncanny.
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About halfway through second season of Masters of Sex, which I've found to be perfect viewing with the missus. Based on a fascinating true life story, great aesthetic, Michael Sheen gives performance of a lifetime as a very complex character, and I dare any straight male not to be in love with Lizzy Caplan within the first few eps.
Is this some sort of sexual Olympics (100 metre jizzlob) or is it based around the Masters and Johnson research? Kinsey with Liam "take the fucking elephant" Neeson is amusing too, with similar themes.
That was indeed the obvious play on words in the title.
When you see an opening... Sorry
Haha!
Finished Watchmen. Slightly better than I was expecting with some very cool parts.
Also started The 4400. I saw the first coupla eps back in the day and thought it was a cool premise. It's kinda been done to death a lot in the intervening years. Anyway, think I'll tip away through it as I've plenty of time on my hands.
I started Watchmen purely because of the Reznor/Ross soundtrack, but I lost interest after 3 episodes. I dunno, none of the superhero and mutant stuff gets me going at all
I've a lot of time for that stuff generally but ya, it's been a bit too nonstop the last few years. It took until ep 5 before it grabbed me. The soundtrack is typical modern Reznor, which can be taken positively or otherwise.
I honestly didn't think the soundtrack was the best either. It was very typical modern Reznor to be fair.
From some of the stuff that he's done since Ross joined him it's very cinematic stuff, made for noir type movies but unless he's on the sauce and self-destructive, I don't find his output great. Give me The Downward Spiral any day.
Some of the film stuff is great. Gone Girl is outstanding as is The Vietnam War and the couple of tunes off Mid 90s are really good, but some of the stuff hasn't been great, I didn't enjoy Patriots Day or The Social Network or Watchmen or The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. I love NIN as well and the EP trilogy was very good but parts of Hesitation Marks and most of Year Zero didn't get me going at all. He was definitely better without Ross.
Saying all that, the first disc of the new NIN is outstanding.
I better go back on topic, I've been swearing to myself I will watch this that or the other during the lockdown but I've spent all my spare time consumed with browsing on the laptop. Next on my list is The Expanse though if I can stay away from youtube
Once you get sucked into The Expanse you'll be laughing. Great show. Better to be sucked into that than social media these days too.
The main them for Watchmen is decent, but that's the last thing Reznor's done since Year Zero that I've found even listenable (unless you count the instrumental version of The Fragile), can't abide his score work in general. I wouldn't blame Ross for it either, he can pull it out of the bag when he wants to. His score for The Book Of Eli is fantastic, for instance.
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Next on my list is The Expanse though if I can stay away from youtube
Lucky you. Its brilliant.
Check out Gangs of London. Deadly stuff. Some proper violence, reminiscent of the much missed Banshee.
Half way through the 3rd season of Ozark. Lads, it's just too much nonsense, impossible to suspend your disbelief. I'll finish it but.
Ozark is grand,interesting characters,an easy watch.
Im just finished season 1 of Succession,fuckin love it!
Also finished Kingdom,Korean Zombie series,very good.
Gangs of London is serious craic. Line of Duty meets The Raid!
Good description, that.
That's me sold, then.
I'm watching The Dark on Netflix. Sometimes I convince myself if a show has subtitles it must be good.
Dreadful show. I gave up very quickly on that one. There is so much fucking crap getting made and lobbed up on Netflix. Pretty much anything that does well, in this case Stranger Things (which turned rapidly to shite), gets copied and shat out.
'I am not ok with this' on Netflix is a good watch.
Currently re-watching "Breaking Bad" cos the missus jacked it in somewhere in the middle of season two when it was originally on. Now that there's nothing but time she's decided to give it another go and she's really enjoying it.
Suits me down to the ground and I had wanted to re-visit it anyway. It's amazing how much shit they've hidden in it that you don't notice until watching it again and not having to concentrate fully on the story.
I got about as far as her before binning it as well, but can't see myself going back to it. I hated every character and generally found it as dull as dishwater.
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I'm watching The Dark on Netflix. Sometimes I convince myself if a show has subtitles it must be good.
Lads Dark is brilliant. Took me about 5 to 6 episodes to get into it and it's class. Cannot wait for season 3.
Quote from: Eoin McLove on April 28, 2020, 09:38:27 AM
Dreadful show. I gave up very quickly on that one. There is so much fucking crap getting made and lobbed up on Netflix. Pretty much anything that does well, in this case Stranger Things (which turned rapidly to shite), gets copied and shat out.
Stranger Things can't hold a candle to Dark. I hated the first 3 episodes but stuck with it and thank fuck I did. Best thing I've watched on Netflix.
Almost finished The 4400. A bit dated but not bad, all things considered. Also S1 of Prodigal Son wrapped. Fairly standard police procedural lark. Michael Shannon is tragically under-utilised. A grand easy watch all the same.
I've about 10 or 11 shows on the watchlist, mostly catching up on latest season of em. And even then, those seasons are in the 1-13 episode range. Gonna be very out of stuff, very soon. Might watch the Danzig movie then.
Just finished season 3 of Bosch.
Nothing groundbreaking, but well done.
And I've still 3 more seasons to go.
I don't know where some of yous get the time (and the persistence) to watch so many series, even on lockdown.
I'm watching that miniseries 'When They See Us', which is set in 1989. Anyone who has seen it will have noticed the oh-so-subtle smearing of auld Don from over there in the White House. I actually burst out laughing when he appeared, totally stupid and unnecessary.
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Just finished season 3 of Bosch.
Nothing groundbreaking, but well done.
And I've still 3 more seasons to go.
I watched the first ep of the latest season. Usually it's one we can watch together but she's less enthralled with each passing season. Same with Ozark. I'd watch em myself but she'd give out to me for skipping ahead. :-\
Finished Homeland season 8,i thought it was great!
I need to go back and binge watch Breaking bad,i watched it weekly on TG4 about 8/9 years ago,so would be good to rewatch.
Succession is the latest one that im hooked on,mighty show!,
Fuck it, I'm going to start this from scratch again. Been a long time ::)
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For anyone that watched wrestling back in the day, Dark Side of the Ring is a brilliant show. Some mental/tragic stories through the years.
Quote from: Emphyrio on May 03, 2020, 01:54:56 PM
For anyone that watched wrestling back in the day, Dark Side of the Ring is a brilliant show. Some mental/tragic stories through the years.
I had just rewatched Jake the Snake on Joe Rogans podcast fairly recently and a lot of those have been popping up on my youtube recommendations since. Some really interesting ones in their alright.
I watched the first episode of the man in the high castle because if heard good things about it. The first episode didn't do much for me. Does it get much better?
Yeah, first episode looks and feels a bit like a pilot, but the show is worth sticking with. Totally unique as far as I'm concerned, complex storylines and characters. I'm looking forward to watching it again in a couple of years.
I got to the end of the second season. It's good but it can be very wooden. A couple of the main characters I can't seem to warm to, but maybe that's the point. I'd still definitelty recommend it, a very cool idea and when it's good it's really good. I'd imagine the next couple of seasons are well worth watching Black Shep? I need pushing..
I found I enjoyed the show most when I put everything else on the back burner. You need to let the show suck you in. And you have the benefit now of not having to wait a year for a new season. I found it difficult enough getting back into each new season, in a similar way to The Expanse, actually.
Has anyone both watched it and read the book? I've done neither but I intend to do both, just wondering how they compare.
Just finished When They See Us, depicting the case of the Central Park 5. I'm vaguely familiar with the case as there's already been a series/movie/documentary about it but I never got around to watching them. This is a 4 part series, and it's got a solid cast and it's done really well. Makes for some fairly miserable viewing but it's well worth a watch. I'll stick with something a bit more mindless tonight.
I thought that was a documentary, I've had it on my list for a while now.
Dramatisation but very well done.
It was good alright. Auld Donald didn't come out of it looking great.
Channel 4 showed Spaced Season 1 in total last night, which I recorded. Haven't seen it in ten years. Such a brilliant show.
Loved that programme. The boxset is worth picking up, some good documentary stuff, commentaries, trivia tracks, etc.
Fuckin great show.
Aye. Fucking amazing show. I was 19 when it came out. Everyone was into it. The tyres episode is the best thing ever. When he starts raving at the traffic lights 🤣😂🤣
Watched the first 8 episodes of the last dance. Get's a little confusing at times with a lot of time line jumping but it's really good. I was surprised at so many people saying it shows him to be an asshole, rather than it showing why he was so hard on everyone else. Worth a watch and has some great parts.
Starting episode 1 of the last ride, documentary about the undertaker thats just started (around the same time and similarly titled name *cough*)
Love The Last Dance. Savage footage and the Rodman episode is deadly. These people who say Jordan comes across as an asshole probably never won anything at a team sport. As he said he never asked anything of his team mates he wouldn't do himself. Born winner.
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Love The Last Dance. Savage footage and the Rodman episode is deadly. These people who say Jordan comes across as an asshole probably never won anything at a team sport. As he said he never asked anything of his team mates he wouldn't do himself. Born winner.
Yup, it really resonated with me a lot how you can be perceived as an asshole for trying to drive people to better themselves and the group as a whole.
The part where he breaks up saying it had a big impact, despite the image and what he says you can tell that view people have of him eats at him still. People just can't understand that mindset , focus etc and it can be very frustrating at any level.
I didn't even think anything about him being an asshole until I read reviews and comments online. It really goes to show just how envious people are of a person's success. Now maybe we aren't being shown the whole negative side of the man, but it wouldn't shock me at all that a sportsman who got to the top of his game was hard as steel and a real prick too. Actually I'd be shocked if he wasn't.
A great watch, he was an unbelievable athlete and personality and deserves all the cigars and whiskeys he wants. The drive he had was something else to behold, and in an age when absolute toss is held up for kids as an example, it would be great to have a lad like him around.
Funny, on that last thought, I used to think Ronaldo was an arrogant twat, but seeing him play in Madrid and seeing how he conducts himself etc, it completely changed my mind avout him. A lot of the negative stuff comes from pure envy. If a lad works his arse off for something, then you have to admire him for it, regardless of all the gossipy shite that people go on with.
Anyway, Last Dance: class
Just finished S3 of Westworld. Some really great ideas, but they didn't really manage to maintain the cerebral dimension that got me hooked at all. Totally different feel to the first two seasons; far more like standard sci-fi action, even though in the concepts and context there was room for a lot more depth.
It finished well but I didn't enjoy the majority of it.
Got about 3 eps into the latest season of Bosch. I've found that's gone really stale. Haven't been really impressed since maybe S3. Think I'm done with it.
Carnival Row - very few shows manage to pull off fantasy. The first coupla eps were defo style over substance but, a bit like Preacher, it's doing just about enough that I'll hang on in the hopes of pay off by the end of the 8eps. Jared Harris is underutilised. Cara DeLavigne is, I think, supposed to have an English accent but she sounds more Irish than the Irish themselves. She's tidy so she's partially helping.
Zerozerozero - I was hoping this would fill my Narcos vacuum. It's Amazon so it looks very good, it's a fairly sprawling story but a coupla eps in, and well, it's no Narcos.
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Just finished S3 of Westworld. Some really great ideas, but they didn't really manage to maintain the cerebral dimension that got me hooked at all. Totally different feel to the first two seasons; far more like standard sci-fi action, even though in the concepts and context there was room for a lot more depth.
Same. Good in parts but didn't like the end and didn't create the same give of the first 2 seasons.
Watched episode 2 of the last ride (undertaker doc), really interesting to watch and laughed me ass off that they played him theme song in surgery while putting him out :laugh:
Watching episode 9 of the last dance atm and have 10 lined up to follow.
Going to watch gangs of london as I've heard good things, and since westworld S3 is out ill get that on the download to check out. Shame it seems to be falling off the mark!
Finished S2 of Dark last night. Consistently brilliant, hopefully the final series will be as well.
A bit stuck now for what to watch
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Finished S2 of Dark last night. Consistently brilliant, hopefully the final series will be as well.
A bit stuck now for what to watch
Aye Dark is phenomenal. I know a lot of people who watched the first 2 episodes and gave up. I was the same. But I revisited it and fuck me it's one of the best things ever made. If you're stuck for something to watch in the lockdown Dark is it. Once you get to episode 4 you're hooked.
Watched Gangs of London. The actio is out of tbis world. The story is severely lacking though.
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Finished S2 of Dark last night. Consistently brilliant, hopefully the final series will be as well.
A bit stuck now for what to watch
Aye Dark is phenomenal. I know a lot of people who watched the first 2 episodes and gave up. I was the same. But I revisited it and fuck me it's one of the best things ever made. If you're stuck for something to watch in the lockdown Dark is it. Once you get to episode 4 you're hooked.
Watched Gangs of London. The action is out of this world. The story is severely lacking though.
Thats the feeling im getting from it 3 episodes in. It seems to be very action focused for a tv series.. like raid style fights.
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Thats the feeling im getting from it 3 episodes in. It seems to be very action focused for a tv series.. like raid style fights.
Isn't it directed by the guy that did The Raid, Gareth Evans.
Started rewatching 'The Shield' this morning as it's too hot to do anything bar stall indoors with the air conditioning on. Class show, they do a great job of making you root for a total corrupt cunt :)
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Finished S2 of Dark last night. Consistently brilliant, hopefully the final series will be as well.
A bit stuck now for what to watch
Aye Dark is phenomenal. I know a lot of people who watched the first 2 episodes and gave up. I was the same. But I revisited it and fuck me it's one of the best things ever made. If you're stuck for something to watch in the lockdown Dark is it. Once you get to episode 4 you're hooked.
Watched Gangs of London. The action is out of this world. The story is severely lacking though.
Yeah, the twist at the end of episode 5 is massive. I didn't have any trouble sticking with it as the atmosphere and characters grabbed me from the start.
The Dark cannot be recommended highly enough.
Have Gangs of London ready to go. Not expecting anything high brow but I love the 2 Raid films so the action should be enough for now.
Gave Gangs of London a rest after 3 episodes, switched over to the dark. Much more enjoyable, stranger things vibe from it.
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Gave Gangs of London a rest after 3 episodes, switched over to the dark. Much more enjoyable, stranger things vibe from it.
There is that vibe in the first few episodes but it quickly leaves it behind as it is far superior show.
Gangs of London= Amazeoballs
Fuckin great call on dark. 6 episodes in and loving it. Didn't realise how long it's been out but came in at s good time as season 2 starts next month 😁
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Fuckin great call on dark. 6 episodes in and loving it. Didn't realise how long it's been out but came in at s good time as season 2 starts next month 😁
Probably a typo on your part but it's Season 3 that starts next month. Last season as well.
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Fuckin great call on dark. 6 episodes in and loving it. Didn't realise how long it's been out but came in at s good time as season 2 starts next month 😁
Probably a typo on your part but it's Season 3 that starts next month. Last season as well.
Class news, I thought it was much further away. Must try to rewatch first 2 series beforehand.
For anyone who thought that Gangs of London was shite after first episode, myself included, stick with it.
Thankfully it's proving to be not style over substance, revealing a great plot with very realistic action.
The episode, 5 I think, with the shoutout at the gypo's house was brilliant.
Unreal scene, that.
Quote from: Pagan Waltar on May 26, 2020, 12:55:47 PM
For anyone who thought that Gangs of London was shite after first episode, myself included, stick with it.
Thankfully it's proving to be not style over substance, revealing a great plot with very realistic action.
The episode, 5 I think, with the shoutout at the gypo's house was brilliant.
I watched it all in the last 2 days. Just class.
What's it on?
I think it's on Sky but I found it online. Putlockers.
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I think it's on Sky but I found it online. Putlockers.
Cool, thanks...
Just starting season 2 episode 4 of Dark... jesus its great but my brain is fried trying to keep track of whats going on and who's who!
Just over halfway through Good Omens. Not familiar with the book but I have to say I'm rather enjoying it. I thought it might have a Dr Who naffness but it's a good story with a very respectable cast. Tennant was made for this role and I often find him very hit and miss.
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Just over halfway through Good Omens. Not familiar with the book but I have to say I'm rather enjoying it. I thought it might have a Dr Who naffness but it's a good story with a very respectable cast. Tennant was made for this role and I often find him very hit and miss.
Tennant and Sheen are very good in it. I'd have enjoyed it if I didn't read the book so you're lucky. It's an awful adaptation. Check out the book once you've finished the series. Book is hilarious.
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Just starting season 2 episode 4 of Dark... jesus its great but my brain is fried trying to keep track of whats going on and who's who!
Aye can be confusing at times. There's really good timelines and 're caps online. Gonna watch the 're caps before season 3 is out. Cannot wait for it.
That hanna one is one seriously fucked up kaaaant :abbath:
Just finished s2 man this show is immense. Must have been fun writing this show. Just when I think I've gotten it.. Boom another curve ball
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That hanna one is one seriously fucked up kaaaant :abbath:
Just finished s2 man this show is immense. Must have been fun writing this show. Just when I think I've gotten it.. Boom another curve ball
Good ould Hanna lol. Ya the twist at the end of season 2. Fucking hell.
Just wrapped up the 8 part Mexican series An Unknown Enemy. Wow.
Compelling and shocking stuff about political infiltration and manipulation of the student movements of 1968 in the lead up to the Olympic Games. Extremely well made, capturing the aesthetic of the time perfectly, but jesus, if you want an idea of the lengths political ambition within government can go to in order to secure a desired outcome, and how disposable individual citizens can become in that game... madness, utter sociopathic madness.
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Just wrapped up the 8 part Mexican series An Unknown Enemy. Wow.
Compelling and shocking stuff about political infiltration and manipulation of the student movements of 1968 in the lead up to the Olympic Games. Extremely well made, capturing the aesthetic of the time perfectly, but jesus, if you want an idea of the lengths political ambition within government can go to in order to secure a desired outcome, and how disposable individual citizens can become in that game... madness, utter sociopathic madness.
Excellent. Was looking for something to watch and that looks right up my street. On another note have you watched Dark yet. Curious for your thoughts on it (it's amazing).
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On another note have you watched Dark yet. Curious for your thoughts on it (it's amazing).
Sorry man, just saw this now. I know of it only what little bits I've seen ye talking about here, enough for me to give it a go and avoid learning anything else about it until then! Cheers :abbath:
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On another note have you watched Dark yet. Curious for your thoughts on it (it's amazing).
Sorry man, just saw this now. I know of it only what little bits I've seen ye talking about here, enough for me to give it a go and avoid learning anything else about it until then! Cheers :abbath:
Do, it's bloody great :abbath:
After all the jibber jabber, I started Dark. Flew through S1. Confusing and compelling. I've always liked time travel stories since The Next Generation but the paradoxes still drive me bananas.
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After all the jibber jabber, I started Dark. Flew through S1. Confusing and compelling. I've always liked time travel stories since The Next Generation but the paradoxes still drive me bananas.
100%
Season 3 due Saturday week ::)
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After all the jibber jabber, I started Dark. Flew through S1. Confusing and compelling. I've always liked time travel stories since The Next Generation but the paradoxes still drive me bananas.
100%
Season 3 due Saturday week ::)
The third and final cycle. If it keeps the astounding quality of the first 2 seasons and nails an ending it'll go down as one of the best tv shows ever. Sic Mundus...
I'm so glad I stuck with it. An excellent show. I hope they have some sort of here's what's going on thing fir retards as there is so much back and forth.
Did any of ye watch The Rain?
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I'm so glad I stuck with it. An excellent show. I hope they have some sort of here's what's going on thing fir retards as there is so much back and forth.
Did any of ye watch The Rain?
Haven't watched it yet. Is it good.
https://dark.netflix.io/ that's the Netflix dark site. Good explanations and the dark reddit has a fantastic timeline. There's also great 're caps on you tube.
I'm very glad I left it til now to watch it. Jaysus, the thoughts of having to do recaps, over 3 and 4 generations.
The dark is definitely one if those that need a binge session. Thankfully I watched seasons 1 and 2 in March.
The rain is worth a look but not a patch on Dark
Yeah I do hope season 3 matches the quality of 1 and 2. And if it does they leave it at that.. nothing bothers me more than when these shows are dragged out to what usually ends up being a shitefest and the whole thing is just miserable.. but we fucking keep watching it out of morbid curiosity :abbath: :abbath: :abbath:
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Yeah I do hope season 3 matches the quality of 1 and 2. And if it does they leave it at that.. nothing bothers me more than when these shows are dragged out to what usually ends up being a shitefest and the whole thing is just miserable.. but we fucking keep watching it out of morbid curiosity :abbath: :abbath: :abbath:
Season 3 is the last season. Writers said they had 3 seasons planned with a proper resolution so here's hoping.
Love, Death & Robots
A series of short mostly animated stories. Not sure how many I've watched so far but they are quite good. The dialogue in the Dracula one was great :laugh:
Finished second season of Dark. Class. On the last season of Being Human too.
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The dark is definitely one if those that need a binge session. Thankfully I watched seasons 1 and 2 in March.
The rain is worth a look but not a patch on Dark
the first half of the rain was good, but when it became episodic as opposed to a sort of art house film, it lost its shine. At the start it was a nice quiet Scandinavian film with lots of scenery and small bits of good dialogue, then it got a bit formulaic
The Woods,4 episodea in,really enjoying it!.
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Love Limmy's show, I always stick it on when I can't think of anything else.
Binged through all of Castlevania over a few days last week, really enjoyable. Kinda wish I didn't finish it so quickly though.
How does Narcos Mexico compare to season 3? I quite enjoyed season 3, I thought it was an improvement over season 2 which got a bit laboured at times.
I'm surprised Limmy hasn't been mentioned more on here.
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Love Limmy's show, I always stick it on when I can't think of anything else.
Binged through all of Castlevania over a few days last week, really enjoyable. Kinda wish I didn't finish it so quickly though.
How does Narcos Mexico compare to season 3? I quite enjoyed season 3, I thought it was an improvement over season 2 which got a bit laboured at times.
I'm surprised Limmy hasn't been mentioned more on here.
Limmys show is fantastic. Takes a few minutes to get his humour but he's just class. Below are my favourite of his sketches. The smart casual one is fucking genius.
Dee Dee goes to the moon.
https://youtu.be/l0f-2P3luxU
Gies yer Laptop
https://youtu.be/iMinLmhP4Hw
Smart Casual
https://youtu.be/HQa_vjHVSEk
Falcon Hoof Kill Jester
https://youtu.be/k3J8FYKZ52w
yer no fae Yoker! nae bizniss beein n Yoker! :laugh:
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On the last season of Being Human too.
The UK one, I take it?
Weakest season of the whole series, but still worth finishing out.
Made how they replaced the entire cast by the end.. which was the biggest stumbling block for the show.
Could have gone on a good bit longer if the original trio were involved all the way through.
Ya, the UK one. Not arsed with the US version. Fairly substantial dip in quality after the original trio are written out. It's done very coherently, in fairness, but the replacements aren't as good.
My wife does have a Marvel show on, when get in from work. I truly cannot put i to words just how much I loathe every aspect of it.
Dee Dee goes to the moon :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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Dee Dee goes to the moon :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Aye tis class. Here's another Dee Dee classic.
Dee Dee Danone or is it Danon
https://youtu.be/-mYoEpVXFbs
Class :laugh:
Brings back fond memories of the legendary Rab C Nesbit: amazing show
Ended up watching season 1 of Fargo for the 3rd time. Absolute perfection
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Ended up watching season 1 of Fargo for the 3rd time. Absolute perfection
Aye well good. I love Season 2 more though.
Yeah... season two of Fargo is class
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Class :laugh:
Brings back fond memories of the legendary Rab C Nesbit: amazing show
used to like it but didn't on rewatching it recently.
All of Limmy's stuff is brilliant. I wonder is there anyone here who hasn't seen it? Think I'll watch a bit of it this evening now, it's non committal enough that I might even do it instead of lying to myself about things I'm going to watch. The list of things I mean to watch has probably outgrown the list of things I actually have watched at this stage
Still Game was a much better show than Rab, especially the two auld lads giving 'Boaby' the barman non stop abuse, 'two pints ye prick' :)
I watched the first series of Limmy's show a while back. It was akright, more 'clever' than actually funny.
I was a big fan of Chewin' The Fat back in the day, but I imagine it's not aged well. Only saw Still Game intermittently but it was goid, the two oul' boys were definitely the standouts from CTF.
Any fans of Bournistoun? Sonewhere in between all of those in terms of tone, I suppose, but another one I've only seen bits and pieces of.
If ye want a good comedy check out "Letterkenny" you will not be disappointed.
Finally got round to watching the first 3 episodes of The Expanse last night, and although ye said it doesn't get good until later I'm enjoying the cut of its' jib as it is
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Finally got round to watching the first 3 episodes of The Expanse last night, and although ye said it doesn't get good until later I'm enjoying the cut of its' jib as it is
Aye first 5 to 6 episodes are world building then it really takes off.
Listening to Michael Imperioli and Steve Schirripa's Sopranos podcast has me considering watching the whole thing from scratch again. Gonna give The Newsroom a whirl first though. Thought Jeff Daniels was great in The Looming Tower so looking forward to getting stuck into this.
The Newsroom is very enjoyable. Never matches the magic of that opening scene though.
The Newsroom is brilliant. Goes in a couple of unexpected directions and didn't outstay its welcome with 3 seasons.
What ever happened to the newsroom? I remember it being on Sky Atlantic when the channel first launched I watched most of the first season, enjoyed it then never saw it on TV again.
Going to rewatch Carnivale soon. Got a new streaming service that has all the HBO programs, Twin Peaks, Frasier, Seinfeld, Curb etc. so plenty to watch now over the next while.
Sky Atlantic showed it all, that's where I watched it.
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Sky Atlantic showed it all, that's where I watched it.
sky atlantic has broadcast a lot of pretty good shows since they started it up.
I finally got around to watching Picard recently. It was nearly good, but declined really fast after the first 2 episodes
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Sky Atlantic showed it all, that's where I watched it.
I must of missed it. Looks like its on my new streaming service as well. I will get around to watching it again at some stage.
Watching vinyl now. I watched the first 5 or 6 episodes when it was airing a few years ago and enjoyed it. Looks like they only ended up making one season of it.
The beginning is the end and the end is the beginning. And so Dark is finished. Season 3 didn't hit the heights of the first 2 seasons until episodes 7 and 8 but still thoroughly captivating. Thankfully i think they nailed the ending. One of the best shows ever made.
Only have the last 2 eps left. I'd agree that it hasn't hit earlier heights and the whole multiverse lark is confusing. But it's all about exactly how they wrap it up. Will know tomorrow...
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The beginning is the end and the end is the beginning. And so Dark is finished. Season 3 didn't hit the heights of the first 2 seasons until episodes 7 and 8 but still thoroughly captivating. Thankfully i think they nailed the ending. One of the best shows ever made.
I don't really get that. I found Dark to be kinda excruciatingly meh. Not even bad, but just very by the numbers stuff. Not meaning to have a go at you personally.
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The beginning is the end and the end is the beginning. And so Dark is finished. Season 3 didn't hit the heights of the first 2 seasons until episodes 7 and 8 but still thoroughly captivating. Thankfully i think they nailed the ending. One of the best shows ever made.
I don't really get that. I found Dark to be kinda excruciatingly meh. Not even bad, but just very by the numbers stuff. Not meaning to have a go at you personally.
By the numbers how? I can't really think of any show too similar.
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The beginning is the end and the end is the beginning. And so Dark is finished. Season 3 didn't hit the heights of the first 2 seasons until episodes 7 and 8 but still thoroughly captivating. Thankfully i think they nailed the ending. One of the best shows ever made.
I don't really get that. I found Dark to be kinda excruciatingly meh. Not even bad, but just very by the numbers stuff. Not meaning to have a go at you personally.
By the numbers how? I can't really think of any show too similar.
Almost all Netflix stuff is algorithmic, kinda like cable tv was but with bells and whistles. Timetravel/millennials acting out childhood memories of genxers, mixed narratives, good soundtrack, some kind of teen developmental stuff, child murders, low level esoteric allusions, subtitles for effect, token 90s actor as one of the parents, too many episodes, repetition disguised as depth....
Not in any way saying all aspects of cable tv or sky tv weren't also like that but by being a more passive watching experience, it was also more engaging or unpredictable? Something like that.
Netflix is cutting edge 2003.
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The beginning is the end and the end is the beginning. And so Dark is finished. Season 3 didn't hit the heights of the first 2 seasons until episodes 7 and 8 but still thoroughly captivating. Thankfully i think they nailed the ending. One of the best shows ever made.
I don't really get that. I found Dark to be kinda excruciatingly meh. Not even bad, but just very by the numbers stuff. Not meaning to have a go at you personally.
By the numbers how? I can't really think of any show too similar.
If there's shows similar to Dark can someone please let me know cause i havent seen it. Acting and cinematography were top class. Captivating storyline as well and the arcs of the characters were brilliant. Did you watch much of it Mugz.
Cracked into Mr Mercedes. So far enjoying it, very close to the Stephen King books, with no usual King trappings in the first season besides some gruesome deaths. The supernatural stuff has just started to kick off in S2. Brendan Gleeson is brilliant, as is the actor who plays the exceptionally creepy Brady Hartsfield.
I thought S2 dipped a fair bit but S3 was good. I hadn't read the books so the supernatural thing seemed to come from very left of field.
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The beginning is the end and the end is the beginning. And so Dark is finished. Season 3 didn't hit the heights of the first 2 seasons until episodes 7 and 8 but still thoroughly captivating. Thankfully i think they nailed the ending. One of the best shows ever made.
I don't really get that. I found Dark to be kinda excruciatingly meh. Not even bad, but just very by the numbers stuff. Not meaning to have a go at you personally.
By the numbers how? I can't really think of any show too similar.
If there's shows similar to Dark can someone please let me know cause i havent seen it. Acting and cinematography were top class. Captivating storyline as well and the arcs of the characters were brilliant. Did you watch much of it Mugz.
Watched all of it. Until a year ago Netflix was an overall positive thing, but they just became a churn at some point. Dark was the point where it was just a pastiche of itself, just my view.
As I say in 2003 this stuff would have been nicely on point, but it's all so dated now.
Finished S2 of Hanna. Not bad and a handy watch.
Harley Quinn. Actually very good. Perfect voice acting cast.
Finished Dark. Perfect ending, after ep7 which was all over the shop.
to be fair I quite liked Workin' Moms, if I had to choose a Netflix show, and Russian Doll was above average too.
Just watched the first episode of Gangs Of London before it disappears off Sky. Good stuff indeed, I'll stick with it.
Watched I Know This Much Is True over the weekend, jesus it's a laugh a minute. Some amount of shit piled onto one man/family. Mark Ruffalo is astounding in it, the best performance(s) I've seen from an actor in years. Highly recommended (and going from Sky on Wednesday, so get on it quick if you're gonna watch it).
I read the book years ago and it's actually miserable. Totally wouldn't be what I'd have normally been into but it was actually heartbreaking. The show is meant to be a slog, even more than it should be, considering the subject matter. I'm in two minds about watching it.
Watching S2 of Altered Carbon. It's grand.
Brave New World is coming out this week, I think. I hope they do it justice but we'll have to wait and see.
It's only 6 episodes so it's fairly palatable, but I spaced them out around watching other things, just so I didn't run for the river.
Curious about S2 of Altered Carbon, I'm in the minority that enjoyed S1 but an all-new cast is gonna be jarring.
Not optimistic about Brave New World at all, I can't see it translating to the screen that well. Didn't bother with the film TBH.
Ya, S1 of Altered Carbon was pretty good, I thought. S2 isn't as jarring as I expected either.
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It's only 6 episodes so it's fairly palatable, but I spaced them out around watching other things, just so I didn't run for the river.
Curious about S2 of Altered Carbon, I'm in the minority that enjoyed S1 but an all-new cast is gonna be jarring.
Not optimistic about Brave New World at all, I can't see it translating to the screen that well. Didn't bother with the film TBH.
to be fair we're living stuff that used to be a tv show script. We're outpacing the Netflix thing itself
Haven't cracked into season 2 of Altered Carbon but thought 1 was great. Like Blade Runner on meth.
Started Cosmos: Possible Worlds. There's something comforting about these series, and despite them being well above my paygrade they are really thought-provoking and enjoyable.
Love the title, haven't heard of it til now. Unfortunately, I can barely tolerate De Grasse Tyson, but I did make it through his first reboot of Cosmos and it was worth it for 90% of the content.
Nice one for the heads up, in short!
I like him, from what I've seen. He's always paid his dues to Sagan too, and even though he doesn't have that same wistfulness of tone, I reckon he does a great job presenting.
Was there more than one season of Cosmos? I enjoyed the first one - to a point. Just the American presenter voice (like they're talking to children) put me off, but the content was interesting enough to keep me there.
just realised how much sagan looks like walter koenig
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Was there more than one season of Cosmos? I enjoyed the first one - to a point. Just the American presenter voice (like they're talking to children) put me off, but the content was interesting enough to keep me there.
The first season is from the 80s, which is fantastic. Then the reboot came out a coupla years ago and the latest season came out in April, I think. There's a lot of CGI in this one but I guess that was inevitable with the title "Possible Worlds".
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Was there more than one season of Cosmos? I enjoyed the first one - to a point. Just the American presenter voice (like they're talking to children) put me off, but the content was interesting enough to keep me there.
The first season is from the 80s, which is fantastic. Then the reboot came out a coupla years ago and the latest season came out in April, I think. There's a lot of CGI in this one but I guess that was inevitable with the title "Possible Worlds".
documentaries from the late 70s to the early 90s have a certain tone you just can't beat.
Ah yeah, I saw the Sagan one years ago and the first season of Tyson's version. This second season is a new one so, I gather. Might give it a look, eventually.
Got halfway through the first ep of Brave New World. Retarded.
As a sci-fi fix to get over Brave New World, started Project Blue Book. X-Files type buzz based on memoirs for some military fella back in the day. S2 starts with Roswell. Really enjoying it.
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Sky Atlantic showed it all, that's where I watched it.
I must of missed it. Looks like its on my new streaming service as well. I will get around to watching it again at some stage.
Just noticed that all of The Newsroom is on Sky On Demand, if you're still looking to watch it.
Finished watching The Newsroom last night. Cheers to whomever brought it up, was excellent. My better half never seen The West Wing, so seems appropriate to start that at the weekend now.
I sae them in that order too, both excellent shows, even if the last two seasons of TWW are slightly below par.
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Sky Atlantic showed it all, that's where I watched it.
I must of missed it. Looks like its on my new streaming service as well. I will get around to watching it again at some stage.
Just noticed that all of The Newsroom is on Sky On Demand, if you're still looking to watch it.
Thanks but i'm not in Ireland so don't have Sky but a recent streaming service I signed up for has it so will watch but this service has every HBO show, Twin peaks and loads of great documentaries so it's gonna be a while before I get to it.
As for the West Wing tried to get into that years ago and thought it was terrible.
Recently finished Entourage as well saw most of them before when they use to be on RTE. It's a relaxing show to watch, Johnny Drama is brilliant but probably not a show I would rewatch again. Just have to see the movie which I have heard is shite.
Currently rewatching Six Feet Under what a show. I still think it has one of the greatest ending in the TV history right up there with the Shield.
I thought the ending of Six Feet Under was beautiful. I found the show itself grand, but ya, the ending was done really well.
Tore through the new season of The Young Offenders. Maybe not as good as S1 but it still has its moments.
Almost finished Project Blue Book. Between beer and Liverpool, it'll be tomorrow before I get to it.
I finally got around to finishing Dark season 3. What a crock of horse shit. After 2 brilliant seasons that third one was pure shitty shit.
Prune face and cats hole mouth can get fucked .
I'm watching that 'inside the worlds toughest prisons' there. Not exactly a brain work out, but grand. I'd heard conditions in Norwegian prisons were relatively soft, but FFS, the cells are like a solid 3 star hotel! The cunts who cook the meals are all given culinary courses, they learn engineering, all kinds of trades etc. Good for them, they are unlikely to reoffend, but I wonder how the victims families feel about it.
And you look at the swagger of someone like Varg. It did no good with him for example. A couple of years breaking stones might have taught him some humility.
That Breivik fucker getting that treatment after what he did? Surreal.
Yep. Should have been hung, drawn and quartered.
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Good for them, they are unlikely to reoffend, but I wonder how the victims families feel about it.
Must drive them...berzerk! :abbath: :abbath: :abbath:
(Varg would say unfortunately not, since they're all docile christians now. I wonder actually what he thinks about how prison should be, has he done a video where he "finds out" about appropriate institutional punishment?)
He did talk about it on his YouTube channel before it got obliterated. Moaning bastard had plenty of complaints.
One episode left of Gangs Of London, I'm sorry now I waited to watch it. Mighty stuff indeed.
Rewatching Das Boot for the nth time. Four episodes in, it gets better and better with every watch.
I still think The Complete Uncut Version is the definitive version (and I have it on DVD), but went with the series for picture quality (blu ray) and there's not much in it, to be fair.
Episodes? Is there a series? I thought it was a film only.
One of those where there's a few different versions:
Theatrically released film (~2.5 hours, edited to focus on the action)
6 part series shown on BBC & German TV (~50 mins. each - more character development and tension building)
3 part series shown on German TV (~100 mins. each, same content as the BBC version)
Director's cut (~3.5 hours, extended version of the theatrical cut)
Complete Uncut Version (~5 hours, basically all of the series, minus the recaps and overlaps) - this is the definitive version IMO.
The BBC release had the best subtitles, but the blu ray release I have is the German release, the subtitles aren't as accurate. There's a newer version, the subtitles might be better.
I'm debating whether to buy the 'Complete' boxset - the theatrical and director's cuts & the 6 part series on BR, plus the soundtrack and audiobook (in German) on CD. If it had the Complete Uncut version on BR I'd be all over it.
In a Top 12 list of "Best Prisons", (which sounds a bit of an oxymoron), Norway it at the top, and JESUS CHRIST, looking at their description you'd pay a load of money for these kind of activities on a holiday - "enjoy luxuries like tennis, horseback-riding, fishing and sunbathing", going on to say, "the prisoners at this minimum security institution probably often forget they're prisoners". NO SHIT! :o
https://www.scoopwhoop.com/most-luxurious-prisons-in-the-world/
Attica Prison USA v Halden Prison, Norway - https://youtu.be/raufG5Z5hro
Watched I Know This Much Is True. Like listening to The Cure, played at half speed, coming down off pills. Grim.
Ruffalo was excellent in it, best performance(s) of his career IMO.
Without doubt, ya.
Once upon a time in Iraq. Really well put together doc by the BBC. Harrowing but captivating. Really shows how badly America fucked up that invasion.
Watching Les Bereau on Amazon. French spy thriller. Really good.
Lastly 're watching Justified. Great craic altogether.
Back into The Umbrella Academy - second season on now. Still pretty good stuff, not as great as the first season but still rolling along nicely, with the whole stuck in the 1960s "Who really shot JFK" plotline.
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Back into The Umbrella Academy - second season on now. Still pretty good stuff, not as great as the first season but still rolling along nicely, with the whole stuck in the 1960s "Who really shot JFK" plotline.
Is it any good. I watched 3 episodes of the forst season a d was bored beyond belief. Does it get better?
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Is it any good. I watched 3 episodes of the forst season a d was bored beyond belief. Does it get better?
IMO, yeah - it's certainly a slow burn but it gets a lot better a third or so of the way in.
That 'Immigration Nation' on Netflix is quite good. It's as woke as you'd expect from Da Flix, but it's not totally one sided. And fair dues, some the behaviour of the the border guards is reprehensible, liking emptying out water bottles left out by locals in Southern Arizona for the poor sods who have to traipse across the desert for days with nothing.
The family separation stuff is very hard to come to terms with, anyone with a sprog or sprogae will empathise fully. Anyways, handy mini-series if yer stuck.
Had a dose of the food poisoning there so I watched 'Castaway' for the first time (I enjoy watching other lads having a bad time when I am), grandest like. Threw on 'Come and See' again aswell, it'd sober Chemical Ally up after a dozen bottles of the 'fast. It's a war movie on paper, but it's a horror film in all but name. Christ.
So, this potentially risks derailing the thread for a bit (or not), but here's one for ye:
Three or four years ago, I was in Athens visiting friends and one evening we went to an outdoor concert where, at one point, they played the Game of Thrones theme tune as part of a medley. I asked the girl beside me if she'd seen the show, no she said. It's really good, I said (at the time, it still was). Have you seen Lost? she asks me. Ah, GoT is better than Lost, I didn't even finish Lost!
Thereupon followed a two day spate of her mocking me for giving an opinion on something I hadn't even finished. I stopped watching at the end of season 4...moving to France, going back to uni, all that plus I just wasn't really interested at the time contributed, and then when the general vibe a couple of years later was that it was the worst finale of all time, I just decided to forget about it totally. Until these conversations with this girl, which started an itch. Couple of years later, I find out the missus has never seen any of it, while we're in Athens together and this subject comes up again with the same friend. Then, making it finally inescapable, it appears on Amazon Prime a few months back, during lockdown, so we decide we'll go for it, from the beginning right to the end, come what may, the two of us having in our heads both the general vox populi that the end was shit but also this friend's opinion that it was the best tv show.
We finished it last night, semi-binged over 2 months, and I have to say - helped certainly by watching accompanied by fresh eyes - I was thoroughly entertained all the way through to the controversial ending. Compared to more recent "fantastical" shows, the characters, the dialogue, the vibe, all stay up at a high level. I was expecting seasons 5 and 6 in their entirety to be a chore. Sure, the finale seems a weak curve ball on the surface, but for whatever specific reasons (prob a lot to do with having spent the intervening years floating about with stuff like Socrates' Phaedo, Gnostic traditions, Bardo, etc.) it just worked for me, and for herself.
So there, 15 years after starting it, I got closure on Lost last night, and - surprising even myself - I'm really glad I did!
Yup, great show and I'm a big fan of the finale. It just worked.
Never bothered with Lost, and the bird only likes watching mini-series. Never watched more than an episode of the walking dead either. I used to watch Fair City and Home and Away religiously for years, so I'm not a thespian by any stretch of the imagination.
I called the finale in season 2 and nobody believed me. I thought it was fairly crap though, or at least badly done.
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I called the finale in season 2 and nobody believed me. I thought it was fairly crap though, or at least badly done.
I don't see how you could have called the finale in season 2, unless - like many, many other people - you mis-/over-interpreted the ending.
In this quite confrontational interview (from around 2012 it seems), Lindelof explains that the explanation some viewers had already come up with half way through the first season (presumably the same one you came up with in season 2, and which was definitely one possible explanation), is not actually it at all:
https://youtu.be/B5chCMRsEVo
Huh. It seems that I did misinterpret it - to a degree, at least, I'm not gonna go into detail in case anybody's planning on watching it. It's been 10 years since it ended so my memory's a bit fuzzy, and there's obviously a huge amount that I've forgotten, I'm gonna have to watch it again at some point.
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Huh. It seems that I did misinterpret it - to a degree, at least, I'm not gonna go into detail in case anybody's planning on watching it. It's been 10 years since it ended so my memory's a bit fuzzy, and there's obviously a huge amount that I've forgotten, I'm gonna have to watch it again at some point.
I know on a subconscious level I was kind of "infected" by
that interpretation, think I may have heard whispers despite myself many years ago, and initially last night, it's how I understood it too, and I was even more or less happy with it that way. But the missus instantly picked up something else, and in talking with her afterwards, things started to take a different, much more satisfying shape, until eventually we landed close to what Lindelof lays out there. If anything, this morning I was even too hasty in looking up confirmations; I could have let it roll around in my head a bit longer.
Finally got around to The Last Dance. I was expecting him to come off as an asshole after previous reviews, pfft, proper man, proper athlete. Grade A legend.
Criminal that Pippen was like 122nd best paid.
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Finally got around to The Last Dance. I was expecting him to come off as an asshole after previous reviews, pfft, proper man, proper athlete. Grade A legend.
Criminal that Pippen was like 122nd best paid.
Aye but at least Pippen made shitloads when he moved. It's a really well put together doc.
It's brilliant. Rodman is fuckin mental. I'd say he'd be gas to go sessioning with.
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It's brilliant. Rodman is fuckin mental. I'd say he'd be gas to go sessioning with.
100%. It would the Sesh of all time :abbath: :abbath: :abbath:
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100%. It would the Sesh of all time :abbath: :abbath: :abbath:
I think that going on the lash with Charles Barkley would be the session to beat. His punditry is almost stream of consciousness comedy.
Rodman strikes me as the kind of lad that would be fun for a while but would slink away at the first sign of trouble or a scrap - that he had caused.
:laugh:
Anyone catch Lovecraft Country yet? I have it recorded but it has successfully eluded me all week, due mainly to the combination of a newborn and the demands of shift work. It's one of many series I've looked forward to viewing, but I just can't seem to muster up the time or concentration these days.
I'm in the middle of a house renovation so everything is pretty much packed away including the TV. No patience to watch things on my phone. Watched "Perry Mason" before I packed up my desktop iMac. Enjoyed it for the most part. And still Shea Whigham waits for a leading role.
A show that I happened upon and have been watching a lot of recently is "Impractical Jokers", not highbrow by any means but by fuck those four eejits can make me laugh. Great to crack a beer and watch. You'd need a serious pair of bollocks to do some of the shit that they do.
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Anyone catch Lovecraft Country yet? I have it recorded but it has successfully eluded me all week, due mainly to the combination of a newborn and the demands of shift work. It's one of many series I've looked forward to viewing, but I just can't seem to muster up the time or concentration these days.
Brilliant first episode. Acting and cinematography top notch. The end of the episode is mental.
Quote from: StoutAndAle on August 20, 2020, 11:54:12 AM
A show that I happened upon and have been watching a lot of recently is "Impractical Jokers", not highbrow by any means but by fuck those four eejits can make me laugh. Great to crack a beer and watch. You'd need a serious pair of bollocks to do some of the shit that they do.
The English one or the yank version? The former was enjoyable, purely for the levels of embarrassment they drove each other to. The latter was poor in comparison IMO, as is usually the case.
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The English one or the yank version? The former was enjoyable, purely for the levels of embarrassment they drove each other to. The latter was poor in comparison IMO, as is usually the case.
The original US one with the Tenderloins - the guys who created it. I've never seen the UK version but everyone I mention the show to told me that it was poor.
Watching The Young Offenders here while waiting on the oven. Is this the fruit of some FÁS scheme to make a tv show or what?
What I've seen of the TV show was total shite. They were mad for it at home last Christmas. My auld pair love Mrs Browns Boys as well so that might explain it.
The film was very good in parts, but they are riding it now. The Roy Keane cameo...god bless us and save us.
El Candidato on Amazon is pretty good. Well, the pilot was poor, but it picks up nicely.
As if on cue, after talking about Wallander in the books thread:
https://youtu.be/t9rYPlh18Uo
Doesn't look great, updated and completely different in tone. Sure it's not aimed at me anyway, I suppose.
Duty/Shame Giri/Haji worth a look lads.
Don't know if anyone here gives much of a shit for Anime but still:
Finished Tokyo Ghoul the other week, last half of the last season felt a bit rushed and a lot weaker than earlier seasons but overall the show was decent. Followed up with Neon Genesis Evangelion - a series that I watched maybe half of around last christmas so I decided to finish it off before starting anything new. Considering it starts as a weekly giant robot vs. aliens battle show, at some point towards the end of the season it shifts into what it was alluding at all along and goes absolutely bleak and esoteric, then the end of the season is completely nuts. Off the wall shit, would put David Lynch to shame. Guaranteed existential dread. Must watch the film to tie it off.
Other than that I've been blasting through Trailer Park Boys again, usually a couple of episodes a day. Middle seasons of this show are absolutely top. Think I abandoned it halfway through the last season last time I watched (not the animated one, I watched one episode of that and no more).
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Other than that I've been blasting through Trailer Park Boys again, usually a couple of episodes a day. Middle seasons of this show are absolutely top. Think I abandoned it halfway through the last season last time I watched (not the animated one, I watched one episode of that and no more).
Ya those middle seasons are fucking savage. Especially the Patrick swayze train with Sebastian Bach and the Rush episode. As u like Trailer park boys have u seen Letterkenny yet. A more thinking man's trailer park boys
Have to say, I thought Normal People was excellent. Exceptionally rare to see things like peer pressure and alienation treated with such creative sensitivity.
The Boys is back (in town), it's OK so far. The dolphin scene from season 1 got a bit of an upgrade.
Been making my way through Space Force. Found it funny. Has Steve Carell in it but I think John Malevich steals it.
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Been making my way through Space Force. Found it funny. Has Steve Carell in it but I think John Malevich steals it.
Yeah he's definitely the highlight of it. Thought it was pretty decent, nothing spectacular but good for a few hours of shutting off the brain.
Very silly but ya, the cast is quality and it's enjoyable.
Rewatched Twin Peaks again for about the tenth time. Was only my second time seeing the latest season which was even better than I remembered.
Not sure what to start on now maybe rewatch Carnivàle.
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Rewatched Twin Peaks again for about the tenth time. Was only my second time seeing the latest season which was even better than I remembered.
Not sure what to start on now maybe rewatch Carnivàle.
Aye that latest season was class. The episode about the origin of Bob was insane.
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Rewatched Twin Peaks again for about the tenth time. Was only my second time seeing the latest season which was even better than I remembered.
Not sure what to start on now maybe rewatch Carnivàle.
Aye that latest season was class. The episode about the origin of Bob was insane.
Dougie was hilarious in some parts as well. I didn't find him that funny the first time because I was pissed off every week as the episodes were airing waiting for Cooper to wake up.
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Rewatched Twin Peaks again for about the tenth time. Was only my second time seeing the latest season which was even better than I remembered.
Not sure what to start on now maybe rewatch Carnivàle.
Aye that latest season was class. The episode about the origin of Bob was insane.
Dougie was hilarious in some parts as well. I didn't find him that funny the first time because I was pissed off every week as the episodes were airing waiting for Cooper to wake up.
It was torture waiting for Cooper to wake up. Might be funnier second time around. Lynch knows how to fuck with an audience that's for sure. The bit where the guy is sweeping up in the bar for a good 5 minutes. Brilliant
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Rewatched Twin Peaks again for about the tenth time. Was only my second time seeing the latest season which was even better than I remembered.
Not sure what to start on now maybe rewatch Carnivàle.
Aye that latest season was class. The episode about the origin of Bob was insane.
Dougie was hilarious in some parts as well. I didn't find him that funny the first time because I was pissed off every week as the episodes were airing waiting for Cooper to wake up.
It was torture waiting for Cooper to wake up. Might be funnier second time around. Lynch knows how to fuck with an audience that's for sure. The bit where the guy is sweeping up in the bar for a good 5 minutes. Brilliant
Yeah it was good to see Jacques back in that scene as well.
Not into Twin Peaks but I'm seriously enjoying Gone Fishing with Paul Whitehouse and Bob Mortimer, which is kind of similar. Kind of.
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Not into Twin Peaks but I'm seriously enjoying Gone Fishing with Paul Whitehouse and Bob Mortimer, which is kind of similar. Kind of.
Heard good things about Gone Fishing. Must check it out.
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Other than that I've been blasting through Trailer Park Boys again, usually a couple of episodes a day. Middle seasons of this show are absolutely top. Think I abandoned it halfway through the last season last time I watched (not the animated one, I watched one episode of that and no more).
Ya those middle seasons are fucking savage. Especially the Patrick swayze train with Sebastian Bach and the Rush episode. As u like Trailer park boys have u seen Letterkenny yet. A more thinking man's trailer park boys
Haven't seen it yet but heard it's meant to be great, and mostly from TPB fans too. Must get a look at it soon.
Watched all series of Bosch..don't know what to be doing with myself now. Stuck the Boys on earlier, felt like I was cheating on the missus. Will have to avoid series for a week or so.
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Watched all series of Bosch..don't know what to be doing with myself now. Stuck the Boys on earlier, felt like I was cheating on the missus. Will have to avoid series for a week or so.
Have you watched Justified? Like Bosch only in redneck Kentucky.
Justified is very good. Bosch has been dull enough the last coupla seasons.
Must give Justified a whirl. I see it has Waylon Goggins in it who is always a legend in everything he does.
Won't have a bad word said about Bosch :P apart from maybe a slight dip around season 4/5. I was all Bosched out, took a break for a week and got back into it no bother then.
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Must give Justified a whirl. I see it has Waylon Goggins in it who is always a legend in everything he does.
Won't have a bad word said about Bosch :P apart from maybe a slight dip around season 4/5. I was all Bosched out, took a break for a week and got back into it no bother then.
Goggins is an absolute tour de force in Justified. He steals every scene he is in. I 're watched it during lockdown and it was even better the second time. Great show.
Deadly. He was class in The Shield. He was in Vice Principals..absolutely brilliant in it. Also did The Righteous Gemstones, again with Danny McBride and his character was funny as fuck in that too.
He was in The Hateful Eight and Django Unchained. A real favourite of mine even if I don't quite know his name.
Justified definitely getting a spin asap.
Been watching loads of old Simpsons on Disneyplus, still utterly brilliant, and about the only good thing on the service
Finally got round to starting Line of Duty after years of dismissing it as a rubbish BBC cop drama. Finished season 3 last night and absolutely hooked. Brilliant show!
Line of Duty is exceptional.
So, it's finally done now: started The Sopranos, only some 20 years after everyone else.
Fantastic show. So original.
Favourite show ever.
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El Candidato on Amazon is pretty good. Well, the pilot was poor, but it picks up nicely.
Great shout. Flying through it.
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El Candidato on Amazon is pretty good. Well, the pilot was poor, but it picks up nicely.
Great shout. Flying through it.
Cool man. Did you watch An Unknown Enemy? Think I recommended it too - it was class, and I think there's a second series planned.
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El Candidato on Amazon is pretty good. Well, the pilot was poor, but it picks up nicely.
Great shout. Flying through it.
Cool man. Did you watch An Unknown Enemy? Think I recommended it too - it was class, and I think there's a second series planned.
No but just checked it out on imdb and that's right up my street so tis next on the list. Have you watched Dark yet?
Ha, shit, no! And now we've just cracked into The Sopranos, so it'll be a while before we get around to it...but we will!
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Ha, shit, no! And now we've just cracked into The Sopranos, so it'll be a while before we get around to it...but we will!
Well they're two fantastic shows so you won't be disappointed anyway.
Been watching 'Lie to Me' with Tim Roth on Prime. Season 1 is great. Season 2 enjoyable but not anywhere near as good as season 1. Season 3 is an absolute bag of shite! I managed 2 episodes and won't be watching anymore. Not surprised it was cancelled. They managed to forget everything that made Season 1 a decent watch - the science behind the micro expressions. By S3 Lightman is just an arrogant, obnoxious prick. Unwatchable.
Quote from: 101_North on September 11, 2020, 05:38:50 PM
Been watching 'Lie to Me' with Tim Roth on Prime. Season 1 is great. Season 2 enjoyable but not anywhere near as good as season 1. Season 3 is an absolute bag of shite! I managed 2 episodes and won't be watching anymore. Not surprised it was cancelled. They managed to forget everything that made Season 1 a decent watch - the science behind the micro expressions. By S3 Lightman is just an arrogant, obnoxious prick. Unwatchable.
I found the first 3 episodes of season 1 interesting. Then for me it went shit.
Glad I didn't pay much heed to Dark until recently. Was great to watch all of it over a few weeks. Thoroughly engrossing.
Blasted through 2 seasons of Cobra Kai after for a change of pace. Much better than I would have thought. Looking forward to next season.
And following a recommendation here I've started back into the German tv with Deutschland 83. Only watched 2 episodes but I'm hooked already.
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt10986410/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
New comedy show called Ted Lasso. About an NFL coach who gets a job as a Premier League manager. It's fucking brilliant. Haven't laughed as much in years. You don't have to be into football but if you are it's even better. Watched 6 episodes last night and can't wait to watch the last 2 tonight.
That sounds class in fairness must give it a spin.
Have it on the list. Sudeikis is a funny fucker.
Quote from: Pedrito on September 16, 2020, 10:48:38 AM
That sounds class in fairness must give it a spin.
All I'll say is give it 2 episodes and you're hooked. Herself isn't into football and she loved it as well. It's just a great comedy show and there's so few of them nowadays.
Quote from: Ollkiller on September 16, 2020, 10:52:33 AM
Quote from: Pedrito on September 16, 2020, 10:48:38 AM
That sounds class in fairness must give it a spin.
All I'll say is give it 2 episodes and you're hooked. Herself isn't into football and she loved it as well. It's just a great comedy show and there's so few of them nowadays.
It's on Apple TV. Is there another way to watch it?
Do any of you follow Soccer Guy on Facebook? Does a summary thing on football games in Murican accent..gas man.
Makes more sense with the photo of course:
Elmo Salah fists Virgin Van Dyke in celebration after the Africa international's double death strike insertion helps EPL League World Champions of the world Liver Pool go beat the Leeds Unity on their return from playing soccer in some real lame-ass soccer league for a real long time.
The EPL freshman made three equalization plays in this soccer game, but took the L after Rhodri Go came outta the sub shack with the scores knotted at threes to go do dumbass deefense and concede the felony inside the danger box zone.
Marcel O'Bielsa looked kinda mad as the completion whistle sounded, but the Irish guy will know that if his franchise scores more goalshot a than the other franchise in the next soccer game, they will probably get the W.
#MovinOnTogether #YouNeverWalkAway #EplLeague
:laugh: that's class... :laugh: :laugh:
Quote from: Kurt Cocaine on September 16, 2020, 11:28:57 AM
:laugh: that's class... :laugh: :laugh:
Aye looks good. Will check it out? As for your other question everything not on Netflix or Amazon I watch on the ahem (you know yourself) Tea Tv app and cast to tv.
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Quote from: Kurt Cocaine on September 16, 2020, 11:28:57 AM
:laugh: that's class... :laugh: :laugh:
Aye looks good. Will check it out? As for your other question everything not on Netflix or Amazon I watch on the ahem (you know yourself) Tea Tv app and cast to tv.
Aha, jolly good old bean. Thank you...
Quote from: Ollkiller on September 16, 2020, 11:47:01 AM
Quote from: Kurt Cocaine on September 16, 2020, 11:28:57 AM
:laugh: that's class... :laugh: :laugh:
Aye looks good. Will check it out? As for your other question everything not on Netflix or Amazon I watch on the ahem (you know yourself) Tea Tv app and cast to tv.
How do you find TeaTV lately? I had to scrap it, and VivaTV, last month or so because absolutely nothing would load or cast for me anymore. I kept it up to date too so it's not that by any means. Have had an eye out for a replacement but haven't spotted anything as good as those two used to be yet.
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Quote from: Kurt Cocaine on September 16, 2020, 11:28:57 AM
:laugh: that's class... :laugh: :laugh:
Aye looks good. Will check it out? As for your other question everything not on Netflix or Amazon I watch on the ahem (you know yourself) Tea Tv app and cast to tv.
How do you find TeaTV lately? I had to scrap it, and VivaTV, last month or so because absolutely nothing would load or cast for me anymore. I kept it up to date too so it's not that by any means. Have had an eye out for a replacement but haven't spotted anything as good as those two used to be yet.
Chromecast are sneakily blocking certain websites and apps from casting when they become aware of them. I have a few sports websites and some TV / Movies ones I use for casting then always after a few weeks they just won't cast anymore and when you try to cast them you just get the blue Chromecast logo on the page. It's great that Google are letting us know what we can and can't watch. You can still cast them if you keep the video playing on your browser but that's just a pain in the bollox.
Are ye all casting from yer phones?
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Quote from: Kurt Cocaine on September 16, 2020, 11:28:57 AM
:laugh: that's class... :laugh: :laugh:
Aye looks good. Will check it out? As for your other question everything not on Netflix or Amazon I watch on the ahem (you know yourself) Tea Tv app and cast to tv.
How do you find TeaTV lately? I had to scrap it, and VivaTV, last month or so because absolutely nothing would load or cast for me anymore. I kept it up to date too so it's not that by any means. Have had an eye out for a replacement but haven't spotted anything as good as those two used to be yet.
It was fucking me jip for about 2 months but the last few weeks it's been grand. If a cast won't load I just stop the cast. Then force stop the app. Reload app and cast and it seems to work fine then.
Quote from: Emphyrio on September 16, 2020, 01:41:42 PM
Are ye all casting from yer phones?
I am any way. I find the streams skip more from a laptop.
Ya, I used use the laptop but was iffy enough. Got one of those android boxes about 2 years ago and it's pretty decent. Download an app and stream away. Sometimes apps get shut down but a quick Google will tell you an up to date one.
I got rid of teatv about six months ago, constantly failing to load the streams and when I could get something or would pause every few minutes
There's enough on Netflix I want to get through but wouldn't mind having another teatv type option
Really enjoyed Tom Lasso. Entertaining, humorous, some fine English women in it. Recommended
Got through Deutschland 83 in no time. Excellent TV, nice bit of tension in it. Looking forward to moving on to Deutschland 86 over the weekend.
Quote from: Pedrito on September 18, 2020, 09:44:49 PM
Really enjoyed Tom Lasso. Entertaining, humorous, some fine English women in it. Recommended
There's 4 more episodes to come. Thankfully.
Nice one, didn't realise
Half way through Season 2 of the Newsroom it's good but not great. The constant sarcastic dialogue between the main characters got a bit annoying after the first few episodes.
Watching The Beach: Isolation in Paradise on BBC 4. Interesting little show. It's made by and starring an Aboriginal film director, Warrick Thornton, as he potters about in a shack on a small island in remote Western Australia. Pretty much nothing happens, but it's great :laugh:
Rattled through Bodyguard this week as it was by the same writer that did Line of Duty. A decent watch up until the final episode which was shockingly weak.
Started 'Ratched' on Netflix this evening, not even bothered about the storyline, the visuals and audio are a treat, it's like they made a point of splashing the most beautiful colours around the screen
Finally got around to starting Ash vs Evil Dead, just finished the first season. So far, so good, plenty of over the top gore, some ropey acting and terrible jokes, exactly what I was hoping for
Quote from: ochoill on September 04, 2020, 09:53:01 AM
Don't know if anyone here gives much of a shit for Anime but still:
Finished Tokyo Ghoul the other week, last half of the last season felt a bit rushed and a lot weaker than earlier seasons but overall the show was decent. Followed up with Neon Genesis Evangelion - a series that I watched maybe half of around last christmas so I decided to finish it off before starting anything new. Considering it starts as a weekly giant robot vs. aliens battle show, at some point towards the end of the season it shifts into what it was alluding at all along and goes absolutely bleak and esoteric, then the end of the season is completely nuts. Off the wall shit, would put David Lynch to shame. Guaranteed existential dread. Must watch the film to tie it off.
The End of Evangelion or the Rebuilds?
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Quote from: ochoill on September 04, 2020, 09:53:01 AM
Don't know if anyone here gives much of a shit for Anime but still:
Finished Tokyo Ghoul the other week, last half of the last season felt a bit rushed and a lot weaker than earlier seasons but overall the show was decent. Followed up with Neon Genesis Evangelion - a series that I watched maybe half of around last christmas so I decided to finish it off before starting anything new. Considering it starts as a weekly giant robot vs. aliens battle show, at some point towards the end of the season it shifts into what it was alluding at all along and goes absolutely bleak and esoteric, then the end of the season is completely nuts. Off the wall shit, would put David Lynch to shame. Guaranteed existential dread. Must watch the film to tie it off.
The End of Evangelion or the Rebuilds?
End of Evangelion. Which I've since watched and it is absolutely class. Definitely going to blast through the series and film again soon because it's way better than I was giving it credit for early on. Did you watch the rebuilds, are they much use? Most stuff I'd seen online basically said they're not a patch on the series & film but still worth a look to see the differences.
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Quote from: Mower Liberation Front on October 16, 2020, 05:00:33 PM
Quote from: ochoill on September 04, 2020, 09:53:01 AM
Don't know if anyone here gives much of a shit for Anime but still:
Finished Tokyo Ghoul the other week, last half of the last season felt a bit rushed and a lot weaker than earlier seasons but overall the show was decent. Followed up with Neon Genesis Evangelion - a series that I watched maybe half of around last christmas so I decided to finish it off before starting anything new. Considering it starts as a weekly giant robot vs. aliens battle show, at some point towards the end of the season it shifts into what it was alluding at all along and goes absolutely bleak and esoteric, then the end of the season is completely nuts. Off the wall shit, would put David Lynch to shame. Guaranteed existential dread. Must watch the film to tie it off.
The End of Evangelion or the Rebuilds?
End of Evangelion. Which I've since watched and it is absolutely class. Definitely going to blast through the series and film again soon because it's way better than I was giving it credit for early on. Did you watch the rebuilds, are they much use? Most stuff I'd seen online basically said they're not a patch on the series & film but still worth a look to see the differences.
It'll depend, some people love them, others hate them. I liked them. First film is basically a remake of the first few episodes, but after that, the differences start really changing the whole story. The final film was due out in May, but's because of Covid, it's was delayed til January. Looking forward to it though. Hoping for a happy ending, but this is Evangelion. :D
Probably the most common held theory is the Rebuilds are some sort of time loop, whether it's continuing on from EoE or setting up the original series , nobody's quite sure. Bit like a lot of the theories about Remake of FF7,.
Started watching 'Patria' there, Spanish language mini series about ETA and, and the murder of a businessman they were trying to extort. It's an intriguing show. ETA were a right shower of bastards with the extortion, kidnapping ostracism and killing, although that is only the backdrop to deeper familial and friendship ruptures.
Recommended if you don't mind subtitles. Many Spaniards can't tolerate them at all, although less so with younger people. Dubbed shite is pure unwatchable for me (and probably all of you) so there you go.
I always have a Spanish language series I dip into, keep a toe in the water with the missus' lingo, and Patria is next up on the list. Currently I'm about half way through Farina which is about the contraband tobacco and coke runners in Galicia in the 80s. It's actually pretty damn good.
Quote from: Caomhaoin on October 20, 2020, 08:51:30 PM
Recommended if you don't mind subtitles.
I like to treat everyone the same but if ya come out with the line "I dont like subtitles". Done. Out ta fuck.
I tried watching a few things dubbed but quickly switched back to subtitles once I realised that dubbed is the worst thing ever.
The only dubbing I can sit through is animated stuff, with a good voice cast it's grand, though there's sometimes a strange run-on of sentences in Japanese work, what with matching up different speech patterns.
We won't mention the early dubbed version of Akira.
The only dubbed film I liked was District 13, and I reckon that was because its a bit of a mindless action film and being dubbed just added to the silliness
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on October 20, 2020, 09:12:10 PM
I always have a Spanish language series I dip into, keep a toe in the water with the missus' lingo, and Patria is next up on the list. Currently I'm about half way through Farina which is about the contraband tobacco and coke runners in Galicia in the 80s. It's actually pretty damn good.
Yeah my bird is from Santiago, we watched that during the lockdown. Good auld show alright.
Been rewatching Misfits the last while, bloody great stuff - X-Men by way of mouthy Brit delinquents.
Watching a French one, Spotless. Crime scene cleaner finds himself in all sorts of bother. Darkly funny and pretty good story with a nice bit of violence.
I finally got around to the marvel shows on Netflix. I'm going to watch them in the suggested order.
Well from now on I will. I watched the 2 seasons of punisher.
Season 1 of Daredevil finished. That was good bar the baldy bad fella sounding like he was trying to hold in a shit with every word. It seemed as it progressed his need to shit got worse.
Taking a wee break between seasons of The Sopranos. A girl in work recommended The Virtues, which one of the French stations is streaming, but it's actually an ITV production by the director of This Is England and starring Jason Statham's side-kick from Snatch. It's powerful stuff, have to say.
Edit: Should have said, tis only a 4 episode thing. I guess it's available on the ITV player but I haven't checked.
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on October 28, 2020, 09:34:20 AM
Taking a wee break between seasons of The Sopranos. A girl in work recommended The Virtues, which one of the French stations is streaming, but it's actually an ITV production by the director of This Is England and starring Jason Statham's side-kick from Snatch. It's powerful stuff, have to say.
Edit: Should have said, tis only a 4 episode thing. I guess it's available on the ITV player but I haven't checked.
The Virtues is a great show its on All4!
Finished The Americans. Really really good show. A real spy thriller. The last episode is probably my favourite ending of a tv show ever. A flawless finale to a show that never got the credit it deserved.
You can say that again; don't think I've ever heard of it til now!
Quote from: Ollkiller on October 28, 2020, 10:14:22 AM
Finished The Americans. Really really good show. A real spy thriller. The last episode is probably my favourite ending of a tv show ever. A flawless finale to a show that never got the credit it deserved.
When you see how many shows fail to round it off in the finalé, it really is a credit that they did so so well. Definitely an underrated gem.
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on October 28, 2020, 10:32:29 AM
You can say that again; don't think I've ever heard of it til now!
You'd love it. Matthew Rhys and Keri Russell are phenomenal in it. Watch it but only after you watch Dark first.
It can't be overstated how great "The Americans" was. I'm constantly surprised at how many people haven't heard of it. Ditto "Halt & Catch Fire". They should be spoken about in the same breath as "The Wire", "Sopranos" etc. Brilliantly paced with deeply satisfying conclusions.
Just started "Deutschland 83". Very good so far. And apparently there's two more seasons of it. My buddy who recommended it also recommended "The Same Sky" so I have a bit to watch now.
Started watching "Kingdom" the other night. Brain fluff but a bit of fun.
Started on that 'Barbarians' last night. The story is powder puff (even being based loosely on true events) but it's cool hearing the Romans speaking in Latin instead of Home Counties toff English.
It's a German series, isn't it? Popped up on my recommendations the other day, looked alright.
Oh and the Romans spoke Greek on a day-to-day basis. ;)
Did they? I'm certain they did in the eastern portion, especially in the latter days and into Byzantium, but in the west at the turn of the millennium? Open to education on that!
It's a German series yeah. I'm going to throw on another episode there now.
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Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on October 28, 2020, 09:34:20 AM
Taking a wee break between seasons of The Sopranos. A girl in work recommended The Virtues, which one of the French stations is streaming, but it's actually an ITV production by the director of This Is England and starring Jason Statham's side-kick from Snatch. It's powerful stuff, have to say.
Edit: Should have said, tis only a 4 episode thing. I guess it's available on the ITV player but I haven't checked.
The Virtues is a great show its on All4!
Yeah, this was truly exceptional. Don't miss it, and again, only 4 eps.
Watching Treme at the minute. Watched Season 1 when it premiered on Sky Atlantic and liked it but never got around to the other seasons. On season 3 at the minute and it's been really good. Even Eyehategod got a mention in an episode I saw last night.
Finished Schitts Creek. Takes a few episodes to get into but it's a great comedy. 6 seasons flew by.
Better than Borat:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WfZuNceFDM
Watched the first ep of The Virtues. That morning-after scene is a tough watch. Very similar to what appeared on The Fear thread occasionally. Defo worth a watch.
Watched the first episode of Maxxx. I like it. Good cringe factor which I always find most appealing.
https://youtu.be/BZlRt05RY9Y
I've had a most lazy Sunday watching DNA. Danish crime thriller/ drama. So far, so good.
Finished Suburra season 3 on Netflix,great series overall.
15 Storeys High. Only 12 episodes and all on youtube. Hilarious stuff.
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15 Storeys High. Only 12 episodes and all on youtube. Hilarious stuff.
One of the best Brit sitcoms ever alright.
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15 Storeys High. Only 12 episodes and all on youtube. Hilarious stuff.
Excellent. Never heard of it but looks really good.
One of the best Brit sitcoms ever alright.
Made the terrible choice of watching some Ted Lasso. It's so incredibly poor. The tone, the acting, the story. Dogshit. One of the worst things I've seen in ages. Like afternoon TV on ITV in the early to mid 90s. My parents are aliens or some shite.
Thanks for listening.
Quote from: open face surgery on November 10, 2020, 08:35:25 PM
Made the terrible choice of watching some Ted Lasso. It's so incredibly poor. The tone, the acting, the story. Dogshit. One of the worst things I've seen in ages. Like afternoon TV on ITV in the early to mid 90s. My parents are aliens or some shite.
Thanks for listening.
Nah, it's class. "Football is Life".
I'm genuinely surprised anyone could think that. Subject matter being irrelevant.
Quote from: open face surgery on November 11, 2020, 10:30:07 PM
I'm genuinely surprised anyone could think that. Subject matter being irrelevant.
Well there's a load of people who do like it and it's been renewed for another 2 seasons. It's just not for you. I can't understand how people like Mrs Brown's Boys but there ya go.
I'm with Olly on this one. Mrs. Brown's Boys is brilliant. It's just underrated by snobs and elitists.
Watched The Liberator on Netflix last night. Wasn't the worst.
As for Mrs. Brown's Boys, I'm certainly no snob or elitist but I have never found it funny or entertaining. I think the fact I haven't ever found Brendan O' Carroll's style of humour funny in the slightest doesn't help. I must be in the minority though because it is extremely popular.
The only time Brendan made me laugh was in 'The Van'
'You're starting' to fuckin' annoy me neow'
My sarcasm got lost in translation there.
Man I fuckin fall into that every time. I'm just going to presume irony in future
Maxxx. Anyone else watching this? I'm on the third episode and I think it's really good.
I don't know if this has been mentioned on this thread as I don't look in here much because I don't watch TV too often, but.....
The Queen's Gambit: great 7 series drama on Netflix. Thoroughly enjoyed it over the weekend.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10048342/
Yeah, good watch that
Watched a decent French miniseries, La Mante.
Just on the second episode of The Outsider as it's reappeared on Sky. Slow as christmas but decent enough so far.
Quote from: Carnage on November 15, 2020, 11:12:05 PM
Just on the second episode of The Outsider as it's reappeared on Sky. Slow as christmas but decent enough so far.
Aye it's slow but I really liked it. Some great acting in it.
Just finished The Queen's Gambit on Netflix. Sure someone mentioned this recently. Really enjoyable show.
Quote from: 101_North on December 01, 2020, 05:30:35 PM
Just finished The Queen's Gambit on Netflix. Sure someone mentioned this recently. Really enjoyable show.
Yep, I don't watch much TV but that was an excellent bit of TV.
Aye a well good mini series. The latest series of the crown was good. Nothing amazing. Gillian Anderson nailed Thatcher. 2 weeks now until season 5 of The Expanse. Cannot fucking wait.
Watched the documentary about Fyre Festival on Netflix. Absolutely recommend it moreso to laugh at the utter spanners who fell for yer man's spiel. How in the hell did so little information sell out a highly expensive Festival? The power of social media never ceases to amaze me.
That's an excellent documentary. What a way to sell a lie.
I have to say Season 2 of The Mandalorian is fucking awesome.
Quote from: Ollkiller on December 04, 2020, 10:50:39 PM
I have to say Season 2 of The Mandalorian is fucking awesome.
Gonna be an Xmas hols one.
A few I've watched that were all good to very good. The Undoing, and a few subtitled ones: De Dag Quicksand. Spotless. The Forest. 3%
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Quote from: Ollkiller on December 04, 2020, 10:50:39 PM
I have to say Season 2 of The Mandalorian is fucking awesome.
Gonna be an Xmas hols one.
A few I've watched that were all good to very good. The Undoing, and a few subtitled ones: De Dag Quicksand. Spotless. The Forest. 3%
Man it's some jump from season 1. Action galore and it's glorious. That 3% one. Is there a few seasons. Heard season 1 was shite but gets way better.
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Quote from: Ollkiller on December 04, 2020, 10:50:39 PM
I have to say Season 2 of The Mandalorian is fucking awesome.
Gonna be an Xmas hols one.
A few I've watched that were all good to very good. The Undoing, and a few subtitled ones: De Dag Quicksand. Spotless. The Forest. 3%
Man it's some jump from season 1. Action galore and it's glorious. That 3% one. Is there a few seasons. Heard season 1 was shite but gets way better.
4 seasons. I'm at the tail end of S2. I'm hoping S2 finishes strongly but so far I'd have to say I prefer S1. S2 is more expansive so I hope it continues in that vein. It has a proper dystopian feel, the way that shitty Brave New World show completely failed to depict.
Watching Back with Mitchell and Webb. Decent enough start to it.
Watched the first season of Mr. Robot when it came out years ago and enjoyed but for whatever reason never followed up the rest. Got back to it there over the past week and very glad I did, very entertaining, fast-moving, and just kind of fucking weird.
Quote from: Yung Led Zeppelin on December 07, 2020, 12:37:50 PM
Watched the first season of Mr. Robot when it came out years ago and enjoyed but for whatever reason never followed up the rest. Got back to it there over the past week and very glad I did, very entertaining, fast-moving, and just kind of fucking weird.
The pilot promised so much, it then felt that as it went on every consecutive episode was an added cynical splash of Coca-Cola to dilute the initial kick. Think I gave up at the end of season 2, not because it was less entertaining than whatever was going around, but similar to why I never bothered with post season 1 Stranger Things: a too prescient feeling of some marketing team trying to push my buttons to get me to watch something I otherwise wouldn't bother with.
I totally agree to be honest, but I'm leaving it slide :laugh:
I don't watch a lot, so I'm allowing myself a bitta nonsense
I do watch nonsense myself from time to time, but for some perverse reason I prefer it to be nonsense that's not actually aimed at me. It's like I prefer to have random rather than targeted advertising I guess!
Best bit of TV ever..!! :laugh:
John Belushi you legend.... 8)
https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/fear-banned-snl-saturday-night-live-john-belushi-video-1981/
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on December 07, 2020, 01:17:38 PM
I do watch nonsense myself from time to time, but for some perverse reason I prefer it to be nonsense that's not actually aimed at me. It's like I prefer to have random rather than targeted advertising I guess!
The Uncanny Valley
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Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on December 07, 2020, 01:17:38 PM
I do watch nonsense myself from time to time, but for some perverse reason I prefer it to be nonsense that's not actually aimed at me. It's like I prefer to have random rather than targeted advertising I guess!
The Uncanny Valley
:laugh: I guess so! Nicely put. Never thought of it like that, but yeah, I would prefer to watch one episode of Friends on repeat for six hours than have to sit through an ep of The Big Bang Theory just once!
Finished 'The Queens Gambit' last week, it had its moments but the last episode was a bit shite and by the numbers. Her solo extended piss up in her gaff was pretty entertaining, but her simultaneously getting fucked up on four or five bottles of wine and cleaning up the student gaff...ah c'mon now lads, ye'r messin' with that now.
Just finished season 2 of The Mandalorian, great stuff. Nice set-up in the post-credits sting, too.
Quote from: Carnage on December 19, 2020, 02:34:34 PM
Just finished season 2 of The Mandalorian, great stuff. Nice set-up in the post-credits sting, too.
Aye. A fantastic season of tv that was.
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Just finished season 2 of The Mandalorian, great stuff. Nice set-up in the post-credits sting, too.
Aye. A fantastic season of tv that was.
Agreed. Great show.
After the horror of the recent movies, all I can say is come back Disney all is forgiven. Loved every second of the Mandalorian. A perfect balance of fairy tale and action movie. None of your virtue signalling vomit and just great old fashioned story telling combined with amazing visual. In a year of nothing but bad news stories, Baby Yoda might just be the antidote that we all need. What a character. Pure marketing genius.
El Cid on Amazon. Just a short 5 episode first series about the Spanish legend (in an almost literal sense). Worth a watch, even though the casting had me shaking my head initially.
Couldn't be any worse than Charlton Heston!
The next Star Wars series to come is a Mandalorian spin-off (The Book Of [that character who turned up in season 2 who we won't name in case anyone is a few episodes behind]), according to Favreau, then season 3 after. They held the announcement back so as not to spoil S2, which was nice.
Mandalorian $$$$ SPOILER!!!!!! $$$%%%%%
That last scene with Skywalker coming in tearing the arse out of everyone with his jedi mind tricks was absolutely top class. Better than literally all 3of the recent movies put together. Tone, visuals, storyline..everything perfect. Can't wait for season 3.
Ack, start a thread if spoilers to be divulged pls - if it's as good as everyone says, I'm sure it deserves one. I haven't even begun yet.
Quote from: Pedrito on December 22, 2020, 09:55:16 PM
Mandalorian $$$$ SPOILER!!!!!! $$$%%%%%
Same as Chris said. Start your own thread and you should really delete that reveal. And yes it was fucking awesome.
Saw the first episode of the korean horror, Sweet Home. Wasn't overly impressed, guess it sparked my interest because it's the name of a game and movie that started resident evil .
Was gonna give another episode a try last night but then I saw transformers earth rise was on so watched 2 episodes of that.
Also cobra kai is out tomorrow I think.
Quote from: Ollkiller on December 22, 2020, 11:22:33 PM
Quote from: Pedrito on December 22, 2020, 09:55:16 PM
Mandalorian $$$$ SPOILER!!!!!! $$$%%%%%
Same as Chris said. Start your own thread and you should really delete that reveal. And yes it was fucking awesome.
It's got a big announcement at the start saying spoiler..the 2 of you can read no?
Would you expect anything less from liberal crybabies Peadar?
Fuckin busybodies
Quote from: Pedrito on December 31, 2020, 12:23:46 PM
Quote from: Ollkiller on December 22, 2020, 11:22:33 PM
Quote from: Pedrito on December 22, 2020, 09:55:16 PM
Mandalorian $$$$ SPOILER!!!!!! $$$%%%%%
Same as Chris said. Start your own thread and you should really delete that reveal. And yes it was fucking awesome.
It's got a big announcement at the start saying spoiler..the 2 of you can read no?
Not the point. Start a thread for that tv show if you're going to give away the ending like that. Anyone who scrolls down will still see it even if it has spoiler at the start.
What's the suggestion? We read the warning and then scroll down with eyes averted? But then we might go too far, and then have to scroll back up...but there's no warning coming from that direction! :P :abbath:
In fairness, Peadar should have written the spoiler in black....
I won't be writing an alert in the next one if there's anymore chat :abbath:
You show 'em Pete lad... :abbath:
Have a wonderful new year Kurtis. I'm thinking of changing my name to Keyser Spacey this year!
Quote from: Pedrito on December 31, 2020, 04:02:00 PM
Have a wonderful new year Kurtis. I'm thinking of changing my name to Keyser Spacey this year!
:laugh:
Happy New year Keyser :laugh:
And to all my Metal Brrrrooootherrrrrs.... :abbath:
Happy 2022 to all... ♥️
Quote from: Kurt Cocaine on December 31, 2020, 03:34:21 PM
In fairness, Peadar should have written the spoiler in black....
Yeah... can still read that, too.
Quote from: Kunt 4 Life on December 31, 2020, 12:04:03 PM
Also cobra kai is out tomorrow I think.
I will probably watch it but I really think Cobra Kai really ran out of steam in the last season. Like, it was a clever idea to invert the dynamic of Johnny and Daniel, with Johnny becoming the sympathetic underdog but there's only so far you can go with that premise alone. It's now just a fairly run of the mill teen drama with improbable fight sequences. I think it has run its course.
Here that requires another thread..massive spoilers there!
You're not completely wrong there but I'm looking forward to the return of a certain female character that was mentioned in the last episode.
Had a look at the first few episodes of the Enslaved documentary, good stuff. Grutle's parents seem bang on
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Also cobra kai is out tomorrow I think.
I will probably watch it but I really think Cobra Kai really ran out of steam in the last season. Like, it was a clever idea to invert the dynamic of Johnny and Daniel, with Johnny becoming the sympathetic underdog but there's only so far you can go with that premise alone. It's now just a fairly run of the mill teen drama with improbable fight sequences. I think it has run its course.
I actually think it's still got a bit of a kick to it. Right enough there's a bit of disspending your disbelief (yeah, like a fight at school like that would happen without everyone getting arrested). Ive more hope for season 3 and from what I hear 4 being good while I think stranger things season 4 if it happens is gonna die bad.
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Quote from: Kurt Cocaine on December 31, 2020, 03:34:21 PM
In fairness, Peadar should have written the spoiler in black....
Yeah... can still read that, too.
With one eye or two?
In between settling disputes with cops n gangstas I watched a few bits. I highly recommend Unforgotten. ITV yoke. If Line of Duty is a 10, I'd give this a solid 8.
River is another police yoke, pretty good with Stellen Skarsgaard as a bit of a mentalist.
Enjoying new season of Cobra Kai.
Watched first EP of S2 of The Mandalorian, looking forward to blitzing the rest of it.
River is good, watched that a coupla years ago. Shame there wasn't more of it but the story was told, I suppose.
Quote from: Emphyrio on January 02, 2021, 08:51:56 PM
Watched first EP of S2 of The Mandalorian, looking forward to blitzing the rest of it.
Man you're in for a fucking treat. Season 1 was ok with some very good bits. Season 2 is a tour de force of proper Star Wars.
Finished season 3 of cobra Kai over 2 nights. Want season 4 now. I know the series is a little ridiculous with the over the top fight scenes but fuck it.
I'm watching it and loving it in fairness
Finally started The Mandalorian, two eps down. I had been intending to do Dark next, but the risk of spoilers for that seem to be slim to none, so I think it can wait another couple of weeks at this stage.
Currently into season2 of The Preacher, after reading the first book of the comic on Amazon. Interesting to see how the stories follow and diverge from each other.
I love the comic, have read it multiple times and bought the graphic novels. Quit the show about halfway through season 2, didn't think much of it at all.
Enjoying The Mandalorian, but only watched the first three eps of season 1 so far. Herself had the insight during tonight's episode that we have it easy only having to wear a mask for a while compared to the Mandalorians who can't ever remove their helmets :laugh:
Otherwise, I watched El Presidente over the holidays. An Amazon series about the FIFAGate scandal from a few years ago, mainly centered around the Latin America football associations. I didn't find it great tbh, but it might appeal more to folk who are more into football than I am.
I watched one episode of "The Mandalorian" and struggled with it. Gave up.
Watched the third season of "Cobra Kai". Definitely weak. As mentioned, the first season dynamic between Johnny and Daniel was interesting and could definitely have been explored in a more meta/comedic fashion. The end of season two and all of season three has taken on a Saved By The Bell with roundhouse kicks feel to it.
Currently watching the new Bryan Cranston show "Your Honor". Decent so far. Michael Stuhlbarg is one of the great under-appreciated actors.
Quote from: StoutAndAle on January 05, 2021, 11:51:56 AM
I watched one episode of "The Mandalorian" and struggled with it. Gave up.
Go back to it. To be honest season 1 is ok. Season 2 is fucking class. And who would have thought Bill Burr would be such a good actor.
Watch the Serpent on the BBC. I struggled with it from the outset with the 'two months earlier', '4 months later' bollocks. Just tell the story. Left nothing to the imagination as you knew from the outset what happened. Slow paced, no sense of dread, not sure I cared much for any of the characters or felt sorry for any of them either. Hard to recommend on any level. At the end of the 4 episodes it just felt pointless.
Re-watched all of Breaking Bad over the Hols.
Still a superb show.
Season 5 dragged a touch, but Walter thoroughly deserved his comeuppance.
If they hadn't made him such a prick over the course of the show, they could have easily ended it all at Season 4.
Quote from: StoutAndAle on January 05, 2021, 11:51:56 AM
Watched the third season of "Cobra Kai". Definitely weak. As mentioned, the first season dynamic between Johnny and Daniel was interesting and could definitely have been explored in a more meta/comedic fashion.
Yep, this was exactly where I hoped it was heading having watched the first few episodes of the 1st season, but it became apparent by season two that this was turning into another 13 Reasons Why or some similarly insufferable teen drama. I'm three episodes into Season 3 and it's pretty much more of the same.
Nah it's class. The cringe is part of the craic. You're meant to feel really uncomfortable about it and then the No Mercy stuff kicks in. It's a tease of a series. Love it.
Anyone watch Devs? 2 episodes in and not moved by it as of yet but told to keep at it.
Intrigued to see just how good season 2 of The Mandalorian having just finished up a thoroughly enjoyable first one.
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Intrigued to see just how good season 2 of The Mandalorian having just finished up a thoroughly enjoyable first one.
Season one I would rate 8/10. Season 2 is a 9.5 with the last 2 episodes turned up to 11. The last two episodes are fucking amazing.
Given everyone has been anxiously waiting for an update; I enjoyed Devs. Visually pleasing and a nice warp for the brain. Alex Garland must not get much sleep with all his dystopian musings.
Where did you watch that? I missed it when BBC had it originally. Nick Offerman is always worth a watch.
Vikings is finally done and dusted. Wrapped up very suitably. What a great fuckin show.
Yup, The Mandalorian was class. Bill Burr was excellent in it; his unique off-the-cuff natural bark gave perfect grey shade to the otherwise - let's be honest - slightly too black and white Star Wars universe.
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on January 18, 2021, 09:10:31 PM
Yup, The Mandalorian was class. Bill Burr was excellent in it; his unique off-the-cuff natural bark gave perfect grey shade to the otherwise - let's be honest - slightly too black and white Star Wars universe.
Aye Bill Burr was brilliant in it. Did you see the bit halfway thru the end credits of the last episode. Now watch Dark lad.
We did. Since the concept art during the end credits of every episode, along with the just perfect theme music, was so stunning, we were already in the habit of watching right to the end of them each time.
Dark, right, it is time, haha!
Aye the concept art is fantastic. And special props to the music at the end of the last episode. Whoever did the music for the series is a genius.
Quote from: Pedrito on December 22, 2020, 09:55:16 PM
Mandalorian $$$$ SPOILER!!!!!! $$$%%%%%
There was some sci-fi mag, Starburst I think, that had a series review section whose pages could only be accessed by ripping off a perforated section. That's proper spoiler etiquette. Having watched the finale tonight, as far as spoilers go, you can't get much spoilier than that one there! :laugh: :abbath: :abbath:
Hey Ollkiller, I've started Dark, a'ight, now get off my case! :P Great vibe to it just from the first episode anyway. I'm sure it's going to evolve all over the gaff across four seasons, but it's interestingly evocative of both Dublin Murders and True Detective S3 in its starting point.
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on January 20, 2021, 09:36:31 AM
Hey Ollkiller, I've started Dark, a'ight, now get off my case! :P Great vibe to it just from the first episode anyway. I'm sure it's going to evolve all over the gaff across four seasons, but it's interestingly evocative of both Dublin Murders and True Detective S3 in its starting point.
True it might start off like them but trust me, it ain't like them (style wise and that's it way better than those 2 shows). By episode 3 or 4 it really takes off. Only 3 seasons of it. Season 1 and 2 are stellar. IMO season 3 dips a small bit but is pulled back to brilliance by a fantastic ending.
Quote from: Ollkiller on January 20, 2021, 10:32:01 AM
IMO season 3 dips a small bit but is pulled back to brilliance by a fantastic ending.
Quite correct.
Pumping through season 1 anyway, will have finished it tonight. The missus expresses thanks also; she's even more into than I am - I expect her to produce a cork board of theories any day now.
Season 2 of Dark wrapped up there. The mix of fairly silly premise with ultra dour aesthetic and generally unlikable characters definitely works well auf Deutsch! :abbath:
Will take a break now for a couple of movies over the weekend and start into season 3 from Monday.
Rewatching Friends at the moment. Mostly just on in the background but I know it all like the back of my hand anyway. Up to the episode now where Phoebe has the triplets, think it's all downhill after this really. I remember the last season being particularly bad but the early ones are still great.
Started Suits too, only a few episodes in but it's very enjoyable so far. Plenty of it too, hopefully it mostly stays like this.
Suits largely maintains the quality. Maybe fizzles out towards the end but the first few seasons are great.
Suits first 2 seasons I found good. Went downhill rapidly after that.
Watched a BBC series recently, Informer.
Follows a (fictional) anti-terror unit recruiting a new asset for undercover work. It does not go well.
It touches on some of the implications of the recent Spycops scandal. Enjoyed it, 6 hour-long episodes that don't drag the hole out of it.
Soundtrack by Snow??
Watching The Barrier on Netflix. It's not bad so far
Finally got stuck back into The Man In The High Castle and finished it. Overall I really enjoyed the series but the introduction of the BCR in season 4 really came out of nowhere and felt wholly unnecessary to be honest. I wish they had ended the episode about 5 minutes sooner than they did too, that last scene was so shit and totally took away from the impact of the preceding scene!
Blitzed through an Argentinian prison series on Netflix recently, El Marginal. Utterly ridiculous premise but great craic.
El Marginal is class, second one isn't bad either. That Argentinian barrio dialect of Spanish, especially yer man 'Diosito' uses, fuckin' hell. Subtitles required, even for Spaniards!
I enjoyed season 2 and 3 more than season 1 because of the focus on the Borges brothers, Diosito is gas craic! Season 4 should be out the tail end of this year, can't wait.
There's a Mexican remake of season 1 on Netflix, turned it off shortly into the first episode, pure dour shite.
Yer mans wife was some laugh as well, 'Doris' :)
I haven't seen the third one yet, you powered through!
Finale of season 5 of The Expanse was just epic. Not the best season but it's set up now for a banger of a last season..
I'm well behind there, a couple of episodes into season 4.
I presume you've heard about about Cas Anwar getting the boot?
Quote from: Carnage on February 04, 2021, 10:43:38 PM
I'm well behind there, a couple of episodes into season 4.
I presume you've heard about about Cas Anwar getting the boot?
Aye. He's in season 5 anyway.
The second season of Back is great. Really enjoying this one.
Quote from: Eoin McLove on February 06, 2021, 01:41:50 PM
The second season of Back is great. Really enjoying this one.
Been meaning to watch this. Heard good things.
Watched all of ZeroZeroZero,great series!,get on it.
Just watched both seasons of The Boys on prime, it was class, really enjoyable.
Thought seasons 1 and 2 were great, but season 3 of Dark properly fell off a cliff, and I can't say the finale redeemed it for me. If I had heard "in meiner Welt und in deiner Welt" one more time, I swear... :laugh: :abbath:
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on February 09, 2021, 11:55:54 PM
Thought seasons 1 and 2 were great, but season 3 of Dark properly fell off a cliff, and I can't say the finale redeemed it for me. If I had heard "in meiner Welt und in deiner Welt" one more time, I swear... :laugh: :abbath:
Aye season 3 is nowhere near the quality of the first 2. A real shame. I still love the ending, particularly the fact it was shown all throughout the show but I never copped it.
Snowpiercer season 2 is underway. Grand but not really strong enough to be doled out on a weekly basis. We binged season 1 and it works much better that way. Good to see Sean Bean being a cunt though!
Redwall is getting a Netflix adaptation! Fingers crossed it's lethal fun and properly done:
https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2021/feb/11/redwall-is-coming-to-netflix-where-to-start-for-kids-and-adults
I watched the Night Stalker on Netflix as I only had vague memories of the actual case. If ever someone just went off on one, it was this lad. Proper fucking nut job killing, raping, torturing, child abuse all sorts of bat shit crazy stuff.
https://cdn.entertainmentdaily.com/2021/01/13163944/Night-Stalker-Netflix-uk.jpg
Now it turns out he stayed at the Cecil Hotel, a weird place in LA with over 80 registered deaths in 10 years. He must have been killing for years before they realised he was a serial killer.
Its about as crazy as "Dont F*uck with cats"
Really enjoyed Night Stalker. Watched the first ep of that Cecil Hotel yoke. Thought it was pretty poor.
Quote from: Emphyrio on February 12, 2021, 09:53:59 PM
Really enjoyed Night Stalker. Watched the first ep of that Cecil Hotel yoke. Thought it was pretty poor.
Finished it out. Could easily have been covered in 2eps. And if I never hear the term "web sleuth" again, it'll be too soon. Fuckin idiots.
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Really enjoyed Night Stalker. Watched the first ep of that Cecil Hotel yoke. Thought it was pretty poor.
Finished it out. Could easily have been covered in 2eps. And if I never hear the term "web sleuth" again, it'll be too soon. Fuckin idiots.
I haven't watched many Netflix doc series lately but watched all this. It reminded me of how podcasts have gone lately. They don't really have a story but they create this illusion that they do with how they produce it all. It was interesting how blatant they were about it though.
It must be one of the poorest documentaries I've ever seen.
I just watched the first episode of The Queen's Gambit on Netflix. Brilliant stuff! Really engrossing from start to finish.
Literally just clicked to dl it five minutes ago.
Aye very good mini series.
Yup, first ep was great there alright.
Yep, we watched all the episodes over two nights. Great mini series....
Just finished Your Honor with Bryan Cranston. Got to the end somehow but good lord it's bad! Poor characters, poor script, plot holes everywhere, storylines built up to go nowhere and generally a completely unbelievable storyline. The ending is absolutely fucking woeful. Sadly having a great cast isn't enough to save it. Muck.
Quote from: 101_North on February 17, 2021, 10:17:38 AM
Just finished Your Honor with Bryan Cranston. Got to the end somehow but good lord it's bad! Poor characters, poor script, plot holes everywhere, storylines built up to go nowhere and generally a completely unbelievable storyline. The ending is absolutely fucking woeful. Sadly having a great cast isn't enough to save it. Muck.
I watched 2 epsidoes. Couldn't watch anymore. Awful
Quote from: 101_North on February 17, 2021, 10:17:38 AM
Just finished Your Honor with Bryan Cranston. Got to the end somehow but good lord it's bad! Poor characters, poor script, plot holes everywhere, storylines built up to go nowhere and generally a completely unbelievable storyline. The ending is absolutely fucking woeful. Sadly having a great cast isn't enough to save it. Muck.
I'm about halfway through, the first two were OK. I was watching it week by week but I stopped a few weeks back. I'll probably finish it cos the missus wants to watch it but can't say it has been great so far.
I notice that Sky are dumping it onto their online service in one go - the death knell of any show.
S2 of The Mandalorian. All kinds of excellent.
Quote from: Emphyrio on February 18, 2021, 11:26:15 PM
S2 of The Mandalorian. All kinds of excellent.
Aye a stellar season of tv. Just like old star wars.
#JeSuisCara
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Quote from: Emphyrio on February 18, 2021, 11:26:15 PM
S2 of The Mandalorian. All kinds of excellent.
Aye a stellar season of tv. Just like old star wars.
That last episode. I was briefly a kid again.
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Really enjoyed Night Stalker. Watched the first ep of that Cecil Hotel yoke. Thought it was pretty poor.
Finished it out. Could easily have been covered in 2eps. And if I never hear the term "web sleuth" again, it'll be too soon. Fuckin idiots.
I haven't watched many Netflix doc series lately but watched all this. It reminded me of how podcasts have gone lately. They don't really have a story but they create this illusion that they do with how they produce it all. It was interesting how blatant they were about it though.
It must be one of the poorest documentaries I've ever seen.
I'm on the third episode of it now, unless there's a big info dump in ep. 4, they could have covered it in one. It's shite, about as interesting as an episode of American Pickers. And the 'web sleuths'? Fuck off, jesus. What an entitled bunch of cunts.
A couple of unexpectedly funny shows: Schitt's Creek, which I thought would be annoying but isn't and Pen15, which on paper sounds ridiculous, and is, in its own way. Like Curb Your Enthusiasm, not for everyone but after an ep or 2 of each, you'd know whether either are your bag.
Clarice: Extremely loosely based around Silence of The Lambs. Basically Clarice Starling solving cases for the FBI shortly after events of the movie. Very much standard police-procedural lark. Made me realise I could do with a re-watch of Hannibal.
Doom Patrol: Sat down with my 11 year old to watch a DC show. Had to turn it off when Brendan Fraser was banging some wan from behind. Turns out it's not Arrow or The Flash. Who knew?!
I hit series record on The Terror. Anyone watch it?
I've watched the first season, loved it but I thought it ran out of steam a bit towards the end. It's based on a book which is in turn based on a true story (though most of the details are speculation/fiction), so that's hardly the series' fault. But yeah, first season is great, yet to watch the second. It's an anthology series so each season is self-contained.
Cool as a cucumber. It is shot beautifully.
Really liked S1, a bit dragged in the middle but rescues itself at the end. S2 isn't near as good yet I felt compelled to see it through.
Just finished Schitts Creek. Catherine O'Hara, she of Home Alone fame, is very fuckin funny in it, in a quite absurd way.
Quote from: Emphyrio on March 03, 2021, 10:20:56 PM
Just finished Schitts Creek. Catherine O'Hara, she of Home Alone fame, is very fuckin funny in it, in a quite absurd way.
She'd brilliant in it. Especially with her wigs, or baaybies to her. Took a few episodes to get into it but it's a quality show.
The Terror series is excellent as is the book.
Schits Creek is funny but there were times watching it I wanted to see all of them bar the mother; to get executed.
Truth Seekers - recent Simon Pegg & Nick Frost show. In short , it's awful. 2 eps in, zero laughs. I'm giving it the heave-ho.
Tried it too. Awful.
That's disappointing to hear. I've been rewatching Spaced which is a timeless classic.
Currently on episode 2 of Ratched. I like it!
Finished season 2 of The Punisher earlier. It was alright, most of those Netflix/Marvel series have been nonevents.
Quote from: Eoin McLove on March 06, 2021, 06:58:17 PM
That's disappointing to hear. I've been rewatching Spaced which is a timeless classic.
Currently on episode 2 of Ratched. I like it!
Spaced, Jays-us what a show.
Speaking of classics...
I used to love Red Dwarf as a young lad, especially the first few seasons. I was older when I saw the third season of Blackadder and was over the moon to see Chris Barrie's cameo as the French revolutionary.
After Peep Show went gay in the last three seasons I haven't seen a decent sit-com.
I found Fleabag and Catastrophe great, in very different ways, but it's highly possible you would detest both.
Flowers though, just a mini-series sit com, was exceptional.
Moone Boy is also highly recommended, especially for ex-pats looking for a bit of a re-live of Irish life in the 80s and 90s.
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on March 06, 2021, 08:17:08 PM
I found Fleabag and Catastrophe great.
They are. And in a proper adult way.
Creedon's Atlas of Ireland. I find his relentless bonhomie a bit much at times but this is an interesting show. His passion for the country and its history and culture can't be doubted.
Quote from: Eoin McLove on March 07, 2021, 06:53:00 PM
Creedon's Atlas of Ireland. I find his relentless bonhomie a bit much at times but this is an interesting show. His passion for the country and its history and culture can't be doubted.
Interesting show alright, the place names were interesting.
New season of ash va evil dead on Netflix.
The first two were good so hoping this holds up
I'm not on Social Media but I keep getting articles up about Eoghan McDermott on my phone.
He was thrown off RTÉ for what, anyone know?
Never heard of him 'til this 'story' but apparently he's been accused of sexual assault, with multiple women coming forward.
Another fairly poor one, Helstrom. A Marvel show with demons. Not that I'd know but I'd say the comics it's based on would be pretty good.
Quote from: Eoin McLove on March 07, 2021, 06:53:00 PM
Creedon's Atlas of Ireland. I find his relentless bonhomie a bit much at times but this is an interesting show. His passion for the country and its history and culture can't be doubted.
I enjoyed the first season, didn't realise that this was a new one. His programmes are usually interesting and it's nice to have a decentralised focus. His radio programme usually has a good mix of stuff, too.
WandaVision. Definitely a curveball in the Marvel universe. Pretty good, if not spectacular. Paul Bettany's range as an actor is unreal though. Criminally underrated.
We've just started Snargate Sg1, from the beginning. Only watched it sporadically when it was on first time.
That's one I never finished, moved into a flat with no telly at some point in its run, so I missed the last few seasons.
Did you get the pilot (Children Of The Gods, a two-parter) in? It's omitted from the boxsets, for some reason.
Quote from: Carnage on March 12, 2021, 11:18:30 PM
That's one I never finished, moved into a flat with no telly at some point in its run, so I missed the last few seasons.
Did you get the pilot (Children Of The Gods, a two-parter) in? It's omitted from the boxsets, for some reason.
Yeah, we're watching with Nowtv and that's on it. 12 episodes in. It's being removed later this comming week, and we've two hundred or so episodes to go 🤔
Jaysus, good luck with that. I know Sy Fy are showing it at the moment but they're well into it. Torrents are your friend.
I watched Stargate Atlantis recently. It's the poor relation but had its moments. Terribly rushed ending though, as though they found out they'd been cancelled at very short notice.
Stargate was a great series up until most of the team jumped ship. The last few seasons with the replacements were good in their own way, but they were lucky to continue on for a few seasons.
SG Atlantis got better as it went along. But yeah! They rushed the end a bit.
SG Universe had a lot of potential too, I think. Got canned before it really had a chance.
I enjoyed it (SGU) but it was a bit directionless, I can see why it got cancelled. The darker tone probably wasn't as popular, especially Robert Carlyle's dourness.
Watching Ash vs Evil Dead on Netflix, I haven't laughed this much in ages. Anyone else watching this?
Ya, it wrapped up a coupla years ago after S3, I think. Great fun.
Great craic. Army of Darkness was in my top 3 as a young lad.
Yeah got through the first two seasons a while back, really good fun. Ridiculous gore, crap jokes, just what you wanted from an Evil Dead series
Ash vs Evil Dead was great!
The episode in the morgue was amazing.
I actually stopped breathing for a few minutes I laughed so hard.
I'm about halfway through seaeon 2, good craic alright. Lee Majors was good value.
Must give it a go. Currently watching Man in Room 301, a Finnish thriller/ murder mystery series which is excellent.
I was watching Rachel but I think I've had enough of it. It was ludicrous from the off but in a good way, but it seems to be getting drawn out past its logical conclusion. It's starting to feel a bit like Desperate Housewives or something. I think I'm done with it.
Finished Bloodlands on the BBC last night. Absolute garbage. One of the most confused and badly acted things I've seen in a long time. Crap.
I have it recorded. The first episode was shite so I haven't gone back to it.
Just started Line Of Duty, on the third episode now. It's good, not amazing so far.
It's a great show, I think. And it continues to get better as it progresses.
Yup, great show.
Finished the first series. Yeah, it picked up well, nice set up for the second series too.
Introduced the kids to Malcolm In The Middle a few weeks ago.
The absolutely loved it. Ended up re-watching most of it with them.
Such a quality show.
Sorry if anyone mentioned this but i re-watched the original series of Hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy and it was brilliant, just zany stuff. A lot of TV i find shite today and this was just different
Quote from: jobrok1 on March 16, 2021, 09:32:10 AM
Introduced the kids to Malcolm In The Middle a few weeks ago.
The absolutely loved it. Ended up re-watching most of it with them.
Such a quality show.
It was brilliant. Must look for it myself
I just finished Tribes Of Europe, thought it was mad, but enjoyable.
Resident Alien. New comedy about an, wait for it, alien who's crash landed on earth. Bit cringy in parts but some really funny moments.
Is there anything good to watch at the moment. Stuck for a show to watch.
Unforgotten is a quite good British crime/drama. Doesn't have the tension of Line of Duty but good storylines and decent twists.
On ep4 of S4 of Fargo. The casting isn't great. Chris Rock doesn't have the kind of presence needed. And while it's a show that allows for plenty of quirkiness, one of the other main characters who is in a coupla other comedies was an even worse choice than Rock.
Watched first ep of Sky Rojo, the same writers as Money Heist. Daft yoke about strippers on the run. It's silly but the strippers are worth a gawk. In fact, more shows should probably try find a way to shoehorn in a few of em.
Finally decided to give Rick and Morty a go. Very good.
Watched HBO Europe's Patria, a fictional drama about ETA, etc. Have to say, didn't find it great. First few episodes decent, although very little in the way of historic background, meaning that the result is pretty heavily biased against "the cause." Like if you watched a series about the IRA being nasty that just kinda glossed over the RUC's antics. But even beyond that, it was stretched out over two hours too many at eight hours, with at least one entire episode of a side story that added absolutely nothing. So, not really recommended, unless you're looking for things to practice yer Spanich wih'.
I found it one of the few series I bothered to stick out in the last year or so.
They portrayed ETA as the biggest pack of cunts going, tempered by the Guardia Civil ballbags, I didn't see any issue with either.
Could it have been shorter? Maybe, and I don't think I'd watch it again, but the acting was in general very good, and the story was engaging enough.
The acting was very good, and the dialogue couldn't have been any more authentic, from my experience anyway, so it had that going for it. But there was very little of the Guardia Civil being their usual charming selves, and very little historical background for potential foreign viewers to contextualize with. That was my impression anyway. Will have to see how this stripper series compares :laugh:
There's gonna be a spin-off to What We Do In The Shadows, called Wellington Paranormal. If it's half as good as the former, I'll be happy.
Quote from: Emphyrio on March 24, 2021, 09:45:45 PM
There's gonna be a spin-off to What We Do In The Shadows, called Wellington Paranormal. If it's half as good as the former, I'll be happy.
Loved what we do in the shadows
Season 1 of What We Do In The Shadows was excellent. Season 2 was awful shite.
Just finished up watching 3 seasons of Travelers, more enjoyable time travel codology. Not a bare knuckle brawl or dodgy generator in sight despite the title.
Just finished a nice, short (4 x 30 min. episodes) series on BBC4 called Yorkshire Walks. As the name suggests, a local artist walks through the landscape with a 360⁰ camera, nice and laid back stuff.
Quote from: Born of Fire on March 25, 2021, 08:19:36 PM
Just finished up watching 3 seasons of Travelers, more enjoyable time travel codology.
Really liked that series.
Was disappointed it ended so quickly.
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Quote from: Born of Fire on March 25, 2021, 08:19:36 PM
Just finished up watching 3 seasons of Travelers, more enjoyable time travel codology.
Really liked that series.
Was disappointed it ended so quickly.
Yeah I didn't expect much going into it but got hooked very quickly and flew though the seasons. Would've loved more of it but at the same time I suppose there's only so much they could've done with the format.
Started watching that Vinyl show last night from a few years ago about the coke head record fella.
It's quite good now I must say.
Quote from: Emphyrio on March 24, 2021, 05:14:30 PM
Watched first ep of Sky Rojo, the same writers as Money Heist. Daft yoke about strippers on the run. It's silly but the strippers are worth a gawk. In fact, more shows should probably try find a way to shoehorn in a few of em.
I've watched about four episodes of this over the last couple of days. Absolutely daft, much like Money Heist, but certainly easy on the eye and perfect fodder for the lingo.
Only 3 eps in myself. Herself isn't getting a whole lot from it, for some reason 🤔 S2 is due out in June or July. I don't imagine they'll drag it out any longer than that. Didn't think Money Heist would be on so long either, though.
Started to watch Snowpiercer on Netflix, totally off the wall idea but somehow it works. The characters are a pain in the arse, its like a prison drama to be honest but overall its good to just pass the time. Anyone watch all the American Horror series? I sorta stopped at the start of Season 3 I think, the one with the witches, just lost interest so not sure if I'll go back to it.
Watching a Mexican series on Netflix these evenings, Quién Mató a Sara. Plot is about a lad seeking revenge against the wealthy family that framed him for the death of his sister and got him imprisoned for 18 years. Bitta riding, bitta violence, plenty swearing.... good stuff.
Quote from: Emphyrio on March 24, 2021, 09:45:45 PM
There's gonna be a spin-off to What We Do In The Shadows, called Wellington Paranormal. If it's half as good as the former, I'll be happy.
It's on Sky and Nowtv. Very funny too.
Latest series of Line of Duty is fucking deadly.
Most recent ep was top notch.
Quote from: Emphyrio on April 14, 2021, 12:20:40 PM
Most recent ep was top notch.
Aye stellar episode. And the cliffhanger for next week. Arghhhh
One of the few shows I'm prepared to suffer waiting week to week. It's tough though.
Have taken a look at Guillermo Del Toro's The Strain on Star/D+. Not too shabby at all - Nosferatu type vamps, a shadowy vamp cabal with an SS Nazi vamp, vampirism as host disease - all good stuff. Some of the acting is a bit stagey but overall quite good.
I read the first book in the series and watched an episode or two of the first season, wasn't impressed by either - though there were some good ideas in the book alright.
Quote from: Nail_Bombed on April 14, 2021, 01:22:26 PM
Have taken a look at Guillermo Del Toro's The Strain on Star/D+. Not too shabby at all - Nosferatu type vamps, a shadowy vamp cabal with an SS Nazi vamp, vampirism as host disease - all good stuff. Some of the acting is a bit stagey but overall quite good.
I watched the first season. Had lots of promise and good in parts but up ultimately went a bit silly. Now the episode in season 1 where there they did the back story in world war 2 was outstanding. So well done.
The Strain had so much potential but I gave up after The Master was revealed fully for the first time, fuckin pathetic Dealz version of Nosferatu was the end of it for me.
Del Toro used the the same 'type' of vampires with the long snake in the throat thingys in the second Blade movie as well.
I reckon he pitched The Strain at the time and they said "Nahhh! But..."
From what I gather, the Strain books were based on rejected scripts going back a while, and it was was only when he'd made his name that he adapted them as novels (with a co-author, if memory serves).
Started to catch up on the latest Walking Dead, ended up fast forwarding it as its shite. Really enjoyed all the Z Nations series though.
Quote from: Necr0rceN on April 15, 2021, 08:40:37 PM
Started to catch up on the latest Walking Dead, ended up fast forwarding it as its shite. Really enjoyed all the Z Nations series though.
I gave up on Walking Dead about halfway through the third series, didn't even think it was still going because I never hear anyone with good things to say about it
The Walking Dead could have been about 4 seasons and been stellar television. And it started off well. But whole episodes of gobshytes talking and nothing happening gets old very quickly. Using the show as a ratings cow instead of what the story requires.
Quote from: Ollkiller on April 15, 2021, 11:08:43 PM
The Walking Dead could have been about 4 seasons and been stellar television. And it started off well. But whole episodes of gobshytes talking and nothing happening gets old very quickly. Using the show as a ratings cow instead of what the story requires.
Yup, they should have ended it absolutely forever ago and it would have made for a good rewatch and all, but they let it turn into dogshit instead.
Finally started watching The Sopranos on my brotehr's recommendation. Fantastic TV. Only on S3 at the minute mind but I can barely leave it alone.
Best show ever. Unsurpassed.
I've often meant to watch The Sopranos. What is it on?
Very good, but not quite The Wire.
I'd call it the best soap opera ever. The artistic apotheosis of the soap opera, but I just prefer what The Wire went for and achieved.
Aye the wire pips it for me. Only slightly though. And both get better once watched a second time.
An old debate at this stage. I find The Wire considerably dated watching it now but The Sopranos is timeless.
Pure comfort watching is The Sopranos. Fantastic.
It's fuckin hilarious as well so will always win for me.
It is gas alright.
'Fuck you Santa'
'Ooooooooooooooooooooooh'!!!!
The Wire is a little dour by comparison.
https://metalinjection.net/av/heavy-metal-hitchhiker-might-be-your-new-favorite-comedy-series
Quote from: open face surgery on April 16, 2021, 01:34:12 PM
An old debate at this stage. I find The Wire considerably dated watching it now but The Sopranos is timeless.
Totally agree,i went back to the wire,good but not a patch on the Sopranos.
I'm late to the always sunny in Philidelphia bandwagon. Jesus this show is hilarious how have I not watched it until now?!
Quote from: Blackout on April 17, 2021, 08:10:05 PM
I'm late to the always sunny in Philidelphia bandwagon. Jesus this show is hilarious how have I not watched it until now?!
this has been recommended to me so many times and i still havent pulled the trigger,i'll have to get on it.
I watched 2 or 3 episodes and ditched it, couldn't see the appeal at all.
I love it all but if you didn't like the first few episodes it certainly picks up in season 2 when DeVito arrives.
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I'm late to the always sunny in Philidelphia bandwagon. Jesus this show is hilarious how have I not watched it until now?!
this has been recommended to me so many times and i still havent pulled the trigger,i'll have to get on it.
Keep watching it even if you're not getting it at first. It's very like Seinfeld in that it takes a while to get familiar with the characters.
American Gods recently finished up. Much like Preacher, it was very frustrating. Some really great episodes but an awful lot of filler. Fantasy in print seems to very rarely transfer over to the screen well.
I watched the first season, thought it was only OK, couldn't be arsed with the rest. The book was decent.
Been binging on Rake on Netflix. Great stuff.
Quote from: Eoin McLove on April 23, 2021, 08:45:14 PM
Been binging on Rake on Netflix. Great stuff.
In preparation for your move to Aus? :laugh: Loved that series, final season was absolutely ludicrous but still good craic.
Aye Rake is class. Last 2 seasons were getting a bit silly but the first few seasons are fantastic. The American remake should be avoided at all costs.
Sure it's completely ludicrous from the start! I'm on season 3 I think. Very easy to lose a day watching it. I usually avoid remakes of things if I like the original, so I'll give Mr. Kinnear a wide berth.
Watching The Rain on Netflix, great show, like Dark in many ways
Keep seeing that recommended on my Netflix, comparisons to Dark are enough to get a watch from me!
Currently watching Vivir Sin Permiso. Pretty decent series about an ageing Galician businessman/drug lord who gets diagnosed with Alzheimer's.
Struggling through S3 of Star Trek Discovery. S2 was very good but this is very poor. They even shoehorned in a trans episode. Great. Dunno if I'll bother with next season.
It improves, stick with it.
I see The Killing (the original, Danish version) is starting on BBC Four tomorrow night. One that passed me by but I've wanted to see for a while. Nice one.
Quote from: Emphyrio on April 29, 2021, 07:39:48 AM
Struggling through S3 of Star Trek Discovery. S2 was very good but this is very poor. They even shoehorned in a trans episode. Great. Dunno if I'll bother with next season.
Quote from: Carnage on April 29, 2021, 08:57:19 AM
It improves, stick with it.
No... It doesn't improve.
It was an utterly pathetic season.
S2 redeemed the the series after the shitty first season, but S3 flushed it all down the toilet again.
Terrible story! Basically removed itself as far as possible from Star Trek Canon!
Terrible acting! Terrible characters and character development! Crying in EVERY FUCKING EPISODE!!!!
Two straight guys in the crew, both there purely as back-up/filler for the empowered female, gay, trans crew.
Kirk would be spinning in his grave.
As a fan of Star Trek in general I have to say this show is the absolute worst to bear it's name.
The last coupla eps were good but ya, the characters and actors are poor. Anson Mount brought a bit of gravitas to S2, a proper Star Trek character but this season of wishy washy fools was hard to take. I'm likely done with it. We still have Picard and hopefully the new spin off does the legacy justice.
Took me about 6 months but I finally finished "The West Wing". Missed it the first time around and at least two re-runs since then.
There's so much of it - I felt like I had been through a US presidential campaign and term by the end of it.
I think that that the early Sorkin series are probably the tightest but I like the narrative shift in the last season and a bit to focus on the race for the post-Barlett White House.
Currently watching and enjoying "Yellowstone". Good to see Kevin Costner get his mojo back after drifting from his superstardom/decent projects of the 1980s - mid '90s. Completely forgot that he had won a few Oscars until I was reading something about him recently.
Watching Kitchen Nightmares series with Gordon Ramsay. I usually despise reality TV like this but Ramsay is so fucking entertaining.
Ramsay is an entertaining prick alright. He does a couple of great tour ones with Fred and Gino. Like Top Gear but with food.
That one with the three lads on tour is a riot. I never really liked Gino before but grew fond of him in that show. So funny. Just pure fucking eejitry.
I finished watching Rake. I thought it was fun ask the way through but it probably doesn't really need another season. I found it consistent enough throughout.
You lads should check out hells kitchen. Fucking hilarious the way he berates the Americans.
Not sure if this was mentioned already, but I watched ZeroZeroZero this week, had it recorded for a while. What a fantastic show, non-stop action, those Mexicans are nuts, the brokers are nuts, the Italians are nuts, the sequence in Africa was nuts. Really enjoyed it..
Quote from: Blackout on May 05, 2021, 04:38:11 PM
Watching Kitchen Nightmares series with Gordon Ramsay. I usually despise reality TV like this but Ramsay is so fucking entertaining.
I was laid up for a while last year and watched loads of that, highly entertaining.
Quote from: Necr0rceN on May 09, 2021, 08:44:46 PM
Not sure if this was mentioned already, but I watched ZeroZeroZero this week, had it recorded for a while. What a fantastic show, non-stop action, those Mexicans are nuts, the brokers are nuts, the Italians are nuts, the sequence in Africa was nuts. Really enjoyed it..
Aye. Really good show. The Africa parts were insane.
Quote from: Blackout on May 05, 2021, 04:38:11 PM
Watching Kitchen Nightmares series with Gordon Ramsay. I usually despise reality TV like this but Ramsay is so fucking entertaining.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1NfWIaYed8
Bit late to the party but I've been watching The Night Of the last few nights, just about to watch the last episode now.
The first episode was one of the most gripping episodes of TV I've seen, the rest hasn't been quite as good but it's still entertaining. The main character has to be one of the dumbest TV characters ever though.
Quote from: ldj on May 19, 2021, 12:53:39 PM
Bit late to the party but I've been watching The Night Of the last few nights, just about to watch the last episode now.
The first episode was one of the most gripping episodes of TV I've seen, the rest hasn't been quite as good but it's still entertaining. The main character has to be one of the dumbest TV characters ever though.
yeah its very good but ends poorly,like a lot of shows.
Mare of Easttown ,5 episodes in,very good so far.
I used to watch Formula 1 back in the 90s,but have been out of touch 20 years now.But i started Drive to Survive,fly on the wall series following the 2017/2018/2019 F1 seasons,episodes only 30 min long.Its fuckin excellent,you don't have to be a F1 fan to enjoy this,ive been on a binge all week!.
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Quote from: ldj on May 19, 2021, 12:53:39 PM
Bit late to the party but I've been watching The Night Of the last few nights, just about to watch the last episode now.
The first episode was one of the most gripping episodes of TV I've seen, the rest hasn't been quite as good but it's still entertaining. The main character has to be one of the dumbest TV characters ever though.
yeah its very good but ends poorly,like a lot of shows.
Mare of Easttown ,5 episodes in,very good so far.
I used to watch Formula 1 back in the 90s,but have been out of touch 20 years now.But i started Drive to Survive,fly on the wall series following the 2017/2018/2019 F1 seasons,episodes only 30 min long.Its fuckin excellent,you don't have to be a F1 fan to enjoy this,ive been on a binge all week!.
Same as. Wouldn't watch a full Grand Prix but Drive to survive is fantastic. The episode in season 3 called Man on fire is class.
Yeah! Enjoying Mare Of Easttown, at the moment.
The Handmaid's Tale is back as well.
A bit slower than usual, but still good.
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Quote from: Blackout on May 05, 2021, 04:38:11 PM
Watching Kitchen Nightmares series with Gordon Ramsay. I usually despise reality TV like this but Ramsay is so fucking entertaining.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1NfWIaYed8
:laugh: :laugh:
SAS: Who Dares Wins. Best show on telly.
Binged season two of "City On A Hill" over the past few days. Only 8 episodes this year due to it having to be filmed with Covid-19 restrictions (not that it is at all noticeable, the scenes are not hampered - but I did spot that there's certainly a lot less filming locations used).
Definitely not as good as season one - the leads are still excellent in it but the main plot-line is weak and possibly could have been a secondary story if the production wasn't so hampered.
Also watched a thing on All 4 where Johnny Vegas took old buses and turned them into high-end campers. Good show idea but they dragged the absolute arse out of it and turned it into formulaic boring shite. Could have been done in one or two episodes
I'm burning through Dogs of Berlin on Netflix. Great stuff.
Quote from: Eoin McLove on May 24, 2021, 12:29:20 PM
I'm burning through Dogs of Berlin on Netflix. Great stuff.
Yeah that was a cool show - I thought I'd enjoy Four Blocks on Amazon Prime as it's a similar setup but it didn't grab me for some reason.
Mare of Easttown with Kate Winslet. Best thing on telly at the moment. Watched episode 5 last night. Fucking hell. Brillant episode.
Ya, I'd agree. Best thing on at the moment.
Quote from: Ollkiller on May 25, 2021, 12:20:53 PM
Mare of Easttown with Kate Winslet. Best thing on telly at the moment. Watched episode 5 last night. Fucking hell. Brillant episode.
Totally agree. Really great show! Burned through episodes 1-5 last week, episode 6 yesterday and now stuck waiting a week for the final episode! Winslet's very good in it.
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Quote from: Ollkiller on May 25, 2021, 12:20:53 PM
Mare of Easttown with Kate Winslet. Best thing on telly at the moment. Watched episode 5 last night. Fucking hell. Brillant episode.
Totally agree. Really great show! Burned through episodes 1-5 last week, episode 6 yesterday and now stuck waiting a week for the final episode! Winslet's very good in it.
She sure is. The whole cast are on top form. Especially her sister and mother.
Presumably the Friends reunion thing is shite, but the Joey as an Irish uncle meme trend will have been worth it:
https://twitter.com/theofluffycat/status/1398589440302460931?s=19
A few great ones alright.
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on May 29, 2021, 10:45:20 PM
Presumably the Friends reunion thing is shite, but the Joey as an Irish uncle meme trend will have been worth it:
https://twitter.com/theofluffycat/status/1398589440302460931?s=19
...
Just watched the friends reunion thing. Is lady gaga still a thing? I thought she was long gone.
I saw some promo for it. They all look mental apart from Matt Leblanc who has just gone tubby. This is what happens when you fuck with your face in middle age... frightening.
Amazing interview with Yeonmi Park on JPs YouTube channel detailing the horrors in North Korea. Must pick her book up.
Finished Mare of Easttown. Fantastic 7 episodes of tv. Have to say the whole cast were on brilliant form.
Rewatching both The Wire and Neon Genesis Evangelion at the minute, few episodes of each every night or two. Both significantly better on the rewatch, you'd spot way more stuff in them, you can appreciate the way they are put together more. The Wire, spotting more nuance in how the story comes together and knowing how the later seasons go, it makes certain parts of the first stand out. NGE - you just notice the crippling depression and futility setting in way earlier now that I know what way it pans out, and that Shinji's form is actually just that poor right to the end without redemption.
Yeah, some recently here said The Wire seems dated now, but I personally don't see how or compared to what. Like, I'm a huge trekkie, but I can see that the first seasons of Star Trek The Next Generation have dated badly, even worse than the original series in a lot of ways, but as you say, the narrative weave of The Wire, that shit won't ever date, that is just objectively incredible story-telling going on there.
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on June 01, 2021, 03:31:43 PM
Yeah, some recently here said The Wire seems dated now, but I personally don't see how or compared to what. Like, I'm a huge trekkie, but I can see that the first seasons of Star Trek The Next Generation have dated badly, even worse than the original series in a lot of ways, but as you say, the narrative weave of The Wire, that shit won't ever date, that is just objectively incredible story-telling going on there.
Yeah I don't see it as dated either, at least not negatively. Fair enough it is very of its time, and it can only be told in the era it is told in, but in no way does that detract from the show overall. In fact they play to it and weren't trying to write it as modern, even then - they set it up fairly early that everyone is in a very close to post 9-11 world, funding is only for wars and anti-terrorism, they are struggling with a changing system of surveillance on the gangs, and the gangs themselves reject the technology to stay unmonitored. They were meant to all be suffering dated equipment even for the time, compared to what Fitz was showing McNulty in early S1. Great show anyway.
Can't see how The Wire is dated in any way. The themes are just as relevant now as they ever were, and will probably be relevant long into the future.
Ya, I found the overall tone of it dated and in further contrast thought that The Next Generation held up considerably well.
Quote from: StoutAndAle on May 24, 2021, 10:47:25 AMBinged season two of "City On A Hill" over the past few days. Only 8 episodes this year due to it having to be filmed with Covid-19 restrictions (not that it is at all noticeable, the scenes are not hampered - but I did spot that there's certainly a lot less filming locations used).
Definitely not as good as season one - the leads are still excellent in it but the main plot-line is weak and possibly could have been a secondary story if the production wasn't so hampered.
I'm giving that a miss, season 1 was only OK from memory, and I can barely remember it anyway. Kevin Bacon's character being a right prick is all that's stuck with me.
Quote from: Ollkiller on June 01, 2021, 02:50:40 PM
Finished Mare of Easttown. Fantastic 7 episodes of tv. Have to say the whole cast were on brilliant form.
Best show so far this year.
Everything about it was great.
The story, The tone, the characters.
Got two episodes in last night and nothing to criticize so far anyway!
Alongside that, also tipping away at Underground Railroad and Amend (Netflix mini docu series about the 14th amendment) here. Both interesting and challenging in their own way, but neither particularly outstanding, and Amend is definitely far too Hollywood. I prefer my documentaries without celebrities propping them up.
Like a few others I finished Mare of Easttown. Fantastic show. Really enjoyed it. Even the few very minor complaints I have with the last episode don't erode what a quality bit of TV it was.
I caught an episode of We are Ladyparts this evening. From the ads I immediately thought it was going to be woke horseshit so I was pleasantly surprised at how enjoyable and full of substance it seemed to be. That shows me!
Just watched a BBC comedy/drama on Netflix called Back to Life. About a woman back in the community after 18 years in prison for murder. Laughed my hole off watching it. It's brilliant.
Quote from: Ollkiller on June 04, 2021, 12:04:52 AM
Just watched a BBC comedy/drama on Netflix called Back to Life. About a woman back in the community after 18 years in prison for murder. Laughed my hole off watching it. It's brilliant.
Watched the back half of this series last year - my wife had started it and got about 2-3 episides in before I paid attention to it. It's very good.
Yeah, Mare of Easttown was excellent. So many good things can be said about it, even if - possibly for the same reason as 101 North up there, I had one little detail niggle with the final ep. Highly recommended anyway, superb performances across the board, accentuated by the short "making of" doc tagged onto the end of the last one.
2eps into French Netflix series Lupin. Massively entertaining so far.
Another one here for the Mare Of Easttown appreciation society, just finished it. Great viewing, though it took an episode or two to get a handle on who everyone was and how they related to each other (someone mentioned Mare having a sister earlier, I don't think she had?).
I watched Sweet Tooth on Netflix the last few days. Wasn't what I was expecting but that is in no way an endorsement. Sort of interesting premise but very PG-ish.
The Sopranos is the greatest TV series of all time. The wire is a distant second.
Started watching that Mare Of Easttown with Kate Winslet. I'm only a few episodes in but seems really good so far.
Quote from: blessed1 on June 15, 2021, 07:01:22 PM
Started watching that Mare Of Easttown with Kate Winslet. I'm only a few episodes in but seems really good so far.
Yeah I'm watching that myself, only two episodes in but it's really good. They're really hammering home the Irish stuff though haha, nearly every family has an Irish last name, the daughters name is Siobhan, ordering Jameson at the bar etc.
At least it's not all the diddly-aye, corned beef and cabbage, a few beers in O'Shawnessy's, Aran jumpers bollocks that we've seen to death.
Great series, inevitably there's talk of a second one.
Anyone seen that 'Time' on BBC?
Sean Bean and Stephen Graham together, can't be too shabby.
Quote from: Caomhaoin on June 16, 2021, 08:10:28 PM
Anyone seen that 'Time' on BBC?
Sean Bean and Stephen Graham together, can't be too shabby.
Just came across that on IMDB. I'd say it'd defo be worth a gawk. Gonna give it a whirl soon mayself.
I'm a coupla seasons into The Last Kingdom. I thought it'd be a cheap version of Vikings, and budget-wise it probably is. And despite there being an overlap of characters it stands on its own. The main fella can be a bit naff but it's well-paced and pretty engaging throughout.
Finished latest season of Handmaid's Tale too, which was very good.
I'm gonna give that Sean Bean show a lash for sure. Just rewatched the Red Riding trilogy for the 50th time and his delivery of 'dont be a cunt' in his Yorkshire accent is beyond brilliant. Legend.
I've discovered that the rte player has some nifty series on there so Im watching Paths To Freedom. Great show.
Paths to Freedom is exceptional.
Quote from: open face surgery on June 16, 2021, 11:08:00 PM
Paths to Freedom is exceptional.
Probably my favourite Rte show.
Quote from: open face surgery on June 16, 2021, 11:08:00 PM
Paths to Freedom is exceptional.
Quote from: Ollkiller on June 17, 2021, 10:39:33 AM
Probably my favourite Rte show.
Brilliant stuff. The episode where Rats and Tomo go to Belfast is still able to crease me.
"This is the bleedin' Matrix!"
Michael McElhatton also wrote and starred Peter McDonald and Deirdre O'Kane in the excellent "Fergus's Wedding" on RTE the year after "Paths To Freedom".
RTE have never released it on DVD, repeated it or put it on their web player. No idea why.
Was never a Top Gear fan and generally don't like Clarkson but his show The Farm on Prime is an entertaining enough watch.
Ironic him becoming a Farmer after all the shite he used to come out with, but that was he schtick :laugh:
He had a good defence of being accused of being homophobic in that he watches lesbian porn so can't be. That cracked me up. Perfect response to ridiculous accusations.
Watched "Snowfall" over the last month or so. Very enjoyable. Some class actors in it.
Three intersecting stories set in a pre-1984 Olympic Games Los Angeles - street level cocaine dealers in South Central/Mexican cartel/CIA undercover trafficking with Nicaraguan Contras and the birth of crack in the USA.
First three seasons on Disney+. Fourth season available elsewhere.
One of the actors in it - Carter Hudson - needs to play Zappa in biopic. He even sounds like him when he's talking.
(https://monophy.com/media/2w6l2gVnkHOb1BQ1Q8/monophy.gif)
Did you see the documentary that Alex Winter made called 'Zappa'?
Started season 2 of Black Summer. Good mindless fun for the first 2 eps so far.
Quote from: livingabortion on June 18, 2021, 04:41:21 PM
Did you see the documentary that Alex Winter made called 'Zappa'?
I did, yeah. I don't think much of it overall considering how much access Alex Winter apparently got to the Zappa vaults.
I burned through a mini series on the plane called I Know This Much is True. Mark Ruffalo playing twins, one of whom has schizophrenia and ends up in a maximum security facility. Heavy going but really really good. Ruffalo has always been a good actor, in my opinion, but his performances in this one are superb.
Watched that when it was on, he was phenomenal in it alright. You wonder how much one man can take, it was unrelenting.
Any of you others living on foreign shores use a VPN for RTE Player specifically, and if so which one?
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on July 08, 2021, 11:01:35 PM
Any of you others living on foreign shores use a VPN for RTE Player specifically, and if so which one?
The man asked a question!
I'm sick of using shitty P2P sites for the GAA and just putting on the radio when it inevitably goes to shite.
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on July 08, 2021, 11:01:35 PM
Any of you others living on foreign shores use a VPN for RTE Player specifically, and if so which one?
My sister-in-law used to use Nord but apparently it only works every so often now.
I noticed the other night that on the Samsung Smart TV version of the RTÉ app that it doesn't have the live TV option any more.
I did ask a question! I'll have to dig into it a bit. Recent series missed because not available outside Ireland are My Tribe and Our Town, both of which would appear to have very limited appeal as sellable products to other populations, so the geographic restriction seems pointless. But sure, don't get me started on intellectual property shite again...
Anyway, my recent telly watching:
Season 4 of The Handmaid's Tale. It's grand. If you've been following it, you won't be kicking yourself for continuing with this season, but it's not particularly great either.
Much, much, much more enjoyable is our revisit of The Night Of. They're nothing alike in terms of content and tone, but just for execution and performances, this gotta be up there with season 1 of True Detective as contender for best few hours of US television produced in the last decade. Riz Ahmed, now there's a guy who can do character development!
If you get a solid one, let me know. Kilkenny v Dublin this weekend.
If yizzer haven't seen that Chernobyl mini-series on HBO, do so. Amazing TV.
Quote from: Caomhaoin on July 15, 2021, 09:35:44 AM
If you get a solid one, let me know. Kilkenny v Dublin this weekend.
Maybe you know if it, but there is https://www.gaago.ie/
I've never used it though.
With the caveat of not being rode up the Harris, but sure you're a gas man :)
Quote from: Caomhaoin on July 15, 2021, 12:52:42 PM
With the caveat of not being rode up the Harris, but sure you're a gas man :)
Ha yeah fair enough - i thought they were a bit pricey at 8eur - but just connected there from Spanish VPN and that game is 10eur!
Stop will ye. I probably know ye.
Bought the complete "Brian Pern - A Life In Rock" on a whim the other day. Amazon recommended it based on some of my recent purchases - newest Partridge, old Fry and Laurie. Never heard of it before.
Watched series 1 (only 3 half-hour episodes) while I was hiding from the sun for a bit yesterday. Fuck me - it's class.
The lads must have watched every single BBC Four music doc - there's so many subtle digs and nuanced gags. It's set up perfectly and played 100% straight. Michael Kitchen as his manager is brilliant.
"Glastonbury called - they wanted you for the Saturday night. I told them to fuck off."
"What? Why?! Which stage?"
"Pyramid. Closing set. You don't want to be associated with that do do you?"
lately I've been watching:
I think you should leave with Tim Robinson. Season 2. It's very funny .
The war of the worlds. The recent French/English one. Very dark, but absolutely quality.
Blasted through a lot of Brockmire on Prime. Season 1 is entertaining enough. Got 2 episodes into Season 2 and gave up.
Finished The Night Of yesterday. So good. Definitely something I'll revisit a third, fourth, fifth time over the years.
Has anyone seen the original version? I'd be curious as to how they compare, a lot of times the original version's better than the Hollywood remake. State Of Play being a prime example, Cracker and Prime Suspect too.
I've not yet, though I've been meaning to. I'd imagine they're sufficiently different to both be at the very least interesting in their own right anyway. The original doesn't have the whole Muslim in the US post 9/11 thing, which is quite a rich dimension of the US one. Ben Whishaw is a solid actor anyway, though he's no Riz Ahmed, who's not exactly Hollywood either.
Currently re-watching Fraiser for about the 50th time. Jesus this show is so entertaining.
Gonna do a rewatch of Frasier myself. Probably in my top 3 comedies.
Watched a few bits lately.
Dr. Death - based on true events. Christopher Duntsch, a doctor accused of Killing/maiming his patients. Alec Baldwin, Christian Slater, Joshua Jackson and Kelsey Grammer in a non-Frasier type role. A bit too much hopping between timelines but enjoyable nonetheless.
Someone mentioned Who Killed Sara, Mexican yoke. The acting is poor enough, the dialogue is dreadful at times. It appears to be what I imagine is a telenovella, yet despite all that, very bingeworthy.
On the more serious side, El Marginal, an Argentian prison-based one. Like a gritty Prison Break meets Oz. Excellent. Coming towards the end of Season 1. Highly recommended.
Maybe it's the sense of being trapped coming up to my first wedding anniversary but also started another prison-based one, Time, with Stephen Graham and Sean Bean. I've watched 2 of the 3 eps. Again, excellent. Gritty and dark, not as bleak as the excellent The Virtues but grim enough in places. Well worth a go.
I'd say I probably mentioned Who Killed Sara and El Marginal! El Marginal is miles ahead of Sara but again not without its own nonsense acting and dialogue, it's great craic though. I enjoyed season 2 way more than season 1 too, the main lad in season 1 is a bit of a dose whereas season 2 focuses on the Borges brothers who are much better characters.
El Marginal is class, yer mans wife, Doris, was so funny.
The Spanish they speak is so dialectical, Spaniards couldn't understand everything that's going on.
Looking at 60 Minutes tonight and it's a special about the James Bulger case. Chilling stuff.
Can't bear to watch anything about that case. And the less said about that piece of shit Venables, the less homicidal rage you'll experience.
Ya, horrendous stuff.
I can't say I know much about them but I remember one of them was later done for child porn or something like that. Listening to their confessional tapes, they were so young at the time. It's unimaginable to think that kids that young could be so utterly warped and broken to carry out those acts, and on a two year old. A fucking two year old! So completely helpless and clueless. It's grim.
Very different buzz to the kinda morbid fascination one may have learning about Gacy or Manson etc.
With fuck all to watch - (i.e. shit that my wife will also watch :laugh:) - I started watching "Animal Kingdom" on Amazon. Apparently it's based on an Aussie movie or TV show that I've never seen.
It's brain candy and not very taxing - some of the action scenes are great but the acting (particularly Ellen Barkin) is fairly poor for the most part. Think "Sons Of Anarchy" meets "Point Break".
I re-watched "Frasier" during the first lockdown whilst living on a building site last year. During our home renovations I had nothing but an old iMac and a hard drive. The Crane boys got me through a lot of shit in 2020.
It's absolutely perfect as far as American 20 minute network sitcoms go. Pretty much every episode is tightly constructed and packed with gags. The concept is simple farce but it's so good in both the writing and the acting that the whole thing looks effortless - which I'm pretty sure is the exact opposite of it was like.
Quote from: StoutAndAle on July 26, 2021, 09:26:10 AM
With fuck all to watch - (i.e. shit that my wife will also watch :laugh:) - I started watching "Animal Kingdom" on Amazon. Apparently it's based on an Aussie movie or TV show that I've never seen.
It's brain candy and not very taxing - some of the action scenes are great but the acting (particularly Ellen Barkin) is fairly poor for the most part. Think "Sons Of Anarchy" meets "Point Break".
Snap. "Sons Of Anarchy" meets "Point Break" is pretty accurate, as is your summation of it in general. It's fast paced and light viewing. Blitzed through it in the last few weeks.
Quote from: StoutAndAle on July 26, 2021, 09:26:10 AM
With fuck all to watch - (i.e. shit that my wife will also watch :laugh:) - I started watching "Animal Kingdom" on Amazon. Apparently it's based on an Aussie movie or TV show that I've never seen.
The movie is fantastic. Bleak as hell and a great cast. Both TV shows are far inferior to the movie.
For all ye Frasier lovers, go back to Cheers as well. Two of my favourite shows. Have done them to death.
Quote from: open face surgery on July 27, 2021, 11:50:43 AM
For all ye Frasier lovers, go back to Cheers as well. Two of my favourite shows. Have done them to death.
Absolute class. Started re-watching"Cheers" again only last week.
Hadn't done a full re-watch it in about 20 years. Back then I was working in a pub and used to flick it on to keep me company while I cleaned up after closing time. Paramount Comedy used to show 4 episodes back to back. I'd sit there with a pack of cigarettes and the freshest Guinness you could imagine. Happy out.
Jaysus, that sounds nice alright. Pramount used be great back then. Did any of ye watch Duckman? Just thinking back to late night stuff that used be on back then. Simpler times.
Watched the new Masters Of The Universe series on Netflix over the weekend. Good craic, just as good/bad as the original toy advert one, just better animation and had an arc as opposed to standalone episodes. Playing spot-the-voice was half the fun.
Quote from: Emphyrio on July 27, 2021, 02:15:54 PM
Jaysus, that sounds nice alright. Pramount used be great back then. Did any of ye watch Duckman? Just thinking back to late night stuff that used be on back then. Simpler times.
I used to really enjoy "Duckman" - Jason Alexander as the main guy.
There was a load of those, slightly off-kilter, cartoon shows in the mid 90s. Usually on about midnight. "Duckman", "The Critic", "Dr. Katz", "Robin" (by Magnus Carlson - same guy who did the "Paranoid Android" video for Radiohead).
The End (hosted by Barry Murphy or Sean Moncrieff) on Network 2 used to show a load of that sort of stuff way back then. Remember that show? On Friday nights (maybe Saturdays too) after 2300hrs. It seemed to be on for hours.
Quote from: StoutAndAle on July 27, 2021, 02:59:57 PM
Quote from: Emphyrio on July 27, 2021, 02:15:54 PM
Jaysus, that sounds nice alright. Pramount used be great back then. Did any of ye watch Duckman? Just thinking back to late night stuff that used be on back then. Simpler times.
The End (hosted by Barry Murphy or Sean Moncrieff) on Network 2 used to show a load of that sort of stuff way back then. Remember that show? On Friday nights (maybe Saturdays too) after 2300hrs. It seemed to be on for hours.
That one doesn't ring a bell but I remember Moncrieff on a show called Don't Feed The Gondolas. Think a lot of up and coming Irish comedians were on it.
Quote from: Emphyrio on July 27, 2021, 03:10:35 PM
That one doesn't ring a bell but I remember Moncrieff on a show called Don't Feed The Gondolas. Think a lot of up and coming Irish comedians were on it.
DFTG was a good show too. I liked it.
The End was sort of like The Den for monged/pissed young adults falling through the front door after being out drinking in the pub/field. Moncrieff/Murphy doing comedy bits and links between the shows that they broadcast - "Duckman", "Only Fools & Horses", "The Larry Sanders Show", "Married... With Children" etc.
There's nothing much of it online. Found this bit.
https://www.rte.ie/archives/2015/1215/753677-welcome-to-the-end/
Quote from: StoutAndAle on July 27, 2021, 03:25:01 PM
The End was sort of like The Den for monged/pissed young adults falling through the front door after being out drinking in the pub/field.
https://www.rte.ie/archives/2015/1215/753677-welcome-to-the-end/
Judging by that clip, ya, that's the target audience alright!
Quote from: StoutAndAle on July 27, 2021, 02:59:57 PM
The End (hosted by Barry Murphy or Sean Moncrieff) on Network 2 used to show a load of that sort of stuff way back then. Remember that show? On Friday nights (maybe Saturdays too) after 2300hrs. It seemed to be on for hours.
Yeah, I remember that alright. Was my first knowledge of Moncrieff, in his full-on alternative comedian mode. It's kind of still the underlying image I have of him in my head, which is why I'm still a bit surprised when I see him in mainstream, even though he's been at it over 20 years now I guess.
How about Stewart Lee and Richard Herring's This Morning With Richard Not Judy? The most improbable morning tv show in history!
https://youtu.be/cWcna7-mOBc
Quote from: StoutAndAle on July 27, 2021, 02:59:57 PM
Quote from: Emphyrio on July 27, 2021, 02:15:54 PM
Jaysus, that sounds nice alright. Pramount used be great back then. Did any of ye watch DuckmaThun? Just thinking back to late night stuff that used be on back then. Simpler times.
The End was great craic. I used to watch it a lot. The Rise and Fall of Reginald Perrin used to be shown on that show. The Young Ones as well maybe? Some of the skits they did cracked me up at the time but I'm not sure how well they'd hold up.
I used to really enjoy "Duckman" - Jason Alexander as the main guy.
There was a load of those, slightly off-kilter, cartoon shows in the mid 90s. Usually on about midnight. "Duckman", "The Critic", "Dr. Katz", "Robin" (by Magnus Carlson - same guy who did the "Paranoid Android" video for Radiohead).
The End (hosted by Barry Murphy or Sean Moncrieff) on Network 2 used to show a load of that sort of stuff way back then. Remember that show? On Friday nights (maybe Saturdays too) after 2300hrs. It seemed to be on for hours.
Quote from: Carnage on July 27, 2021, 02:33:18 PM
Watched the new Masters Of The Universe series on Netflix over the weekend. Good craic, just as good/bad as the original toy advert one, just better animation and had an arc as opposed to standalone episodes. Playing spot-the-voice was half the fun.
Yeah, watched it all in one sitting one late evening. Bit of a bait and switch taking out He Man and Skeketor in the first episode but I guess it was interesting to give the other characters a chance to shine. I thought they might have done Adam surviving and having lost the sword, and thus having to live and fight as a normal lad without the powers to rely on.
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on July 27, 2021, 03:43:44 PM
How about Stewart Lee and Richard Herring's This Morning With Richard Not Judy? The most improbable morning tv show in history!
I used to love TMWRNJ. I really got into "Fist Of Fun" - first place I'd ever seen Lee or Herring - probably the first place a lot of people encountered their performing personas. Amazing what they got away with at eleven in the morning! The Corrs stuff, Herring's milk skits, Lee doing his best to get them kicked off the air every fucking week and the actor Kevin Eldon's Rod Hull bits.
There was another show on BBC2, in roughly that time slot called "The Sunday Show" or year or two before TMWRNJ. Donna McPhail and Paul Tonkinson used to host it. Started off Paul Kaye (AKA Dennis Pennis) and Peter Kay's careers. Again improbable stuff.
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I see The Killing (the original, Danish version) is starting on BBC Four tomorrow night. One that passed me by but I've wanted to see for a while. Nice one.
Took me a while, as I was dipping in and out if it, but I finished the first season of this earlier. Great stuff, though it took a while to warm to it. A few loose ends that I presume will be picked up in season 2 or 3.
Watched "The Ripper" docu-series over the past while. Grim viewing in parts but very well made. As with all Netflix crime series - it could be tightened to 3 episodes and done.
Also watched "White House Farm" - it's on both Netflix and Disney+ - based on true events in 1980s Essex which I never heard of. Really great. Again, grim but Mark Addy and Freddie Fox are excellent. Stephen Graham is in it too with possibly the worst accent I've heard in a while.
WWII in Colour. Spectacular series.
Hitler's Circle of Evil. Enjoying it so far.
Quote from: StoutAndAle on August 04, 2021, 08:54:06 AM
Also watched "White House Farm" - it's on both Netflix and Disney+ - based on true events in 1980s Essex which I never heard of. Really great. Again, grim but Mark Addy and Freddie Fox are excellent. Stephen Graham is in it too with possibly the worst accent I've heard in a while.
Watched that too. Pretty good alright. Was that a scouse/Welsh accent combo? Weird.
Quote from: Emphyrio on August 04, 2021, 09:58:24 AM
Watched that too. Pretty good alright. Was that a scouse/Welsh accent combo? Weird.
Supposed to be Welsh but it was so fucking ropey that by the end of the second episode it had basically switched back and forth from that to his own Liverpudlian accent.
Watched "Des" about the UK serial killer Dennis Nilsen over the weekend. Very well made.
Some grim stuff, possibly not as dark as "White House Farm". David Tennant is incredible as Denis Nilsen even though every once in a while it looked like he was playing Jarvis Cocker. Daniel Mays is equally as good as the police inspector who has to deal with this avalanche of death.
I have never seem so much cigarette smoking in a TV show - now even "Mad Men".
Two on Netflix
Midsommar ,was engrossed throughout, a nice surprise.
Blood Red Sky, had to bow out can't watch anything vampire/zombie related these days, well for a long while.
Quote from: StoutAndAle on August 09, 2021, 01:18:32 PM
Watched "Des" about the UK serial killer Dennis Nilsen over the weekend. Very well made.
Some grim stuff, possibly not as dark as "White House Farm". David Tennant is incredible as Denis Nilsen even though every once in a while it looked like he was playing Jarvis Cocker. Daniel Mays is equally as good as the police inspector who has to deal with this avalanche of death.
I have never seem so much cigarette smoking in a TV show - now even "Mad Men".
Great short wee show. David Tennant even looks a fair bit like him.
Bit late to the party now, but I started Cobra Kai and love it. It is fairly well written and is very cheesy indeed. Bit of nostalgia too while also being relevent
5 minutes in and I can see the real reason Andy Tonic was so into Who Killed Sara?
Opening four minute scene sound-tracked by Ricky Martin's Livin' La Vida Loca and then, hop, straight into the men's showers!
I know who to go to for more recommendations anyway! :-* :abbath:
A new TV series began here tonight called The Newsreader. Basically a drama set in the 80s and showing the cut-throat and dog eat dog nature of the media. Very enjoyable first episode. Worth a look if and when it's shown over there.
Quote from: open face surgery on August 04, 2021, 09:34:05 AM
WWII in Colour. Spectacular series.
Hitler's Circle of Evil. Enjoying it so far.
The Third Reich in colour is even better, amazing show.
I watched that 'Des' on Amazon after hearing the dogs barking here. Very good show, yer man did Nilsen to a T.
Ive been rewatching The Wire recently after maybe a gap of ten years. Pure joy:) Never copped that lad Wallace is a huge Hollywood star now. Season Two is still the most enjoyable for me, in the same way that Down and Out is my favourite Orwell. Is it the best? Maybe not, from the critics point of view, but a favourite nonetheless.
The second season is the one I always enjoy more than the time before every time I watch it.
Quote from: Caomhaoin on August 16, 2021, 05:54:06 PM
Ive been rewatching The Wire recently after maybe a gap of ten years. Pure joy:) Never copped that lad Wallace is a huge Hollywood star now. Season Two is still the most enjoyable for me, in the same way that Down and Out is my favourite Orwell. Is it the best? Maybe not, from the critics point of view, but a favourite nonetheless.
First time I watched season 2 of The Wire I didn't like it at all. But when i rewatched it it clicked then. A great season. It's a great show to watch again after a few years.
Quote from: Caomhaoin on August 16, 2021, 05:54:06 PM
Quote from: open face surgery on August 04, 2021, 09:34:05 AM
WWII in Colour. Spectacular series.
Hitler's Circle of Evil. Enjoying it so far.
The Third Reich in colour is even better, amazing show.
Will get to that next so.
Watch Channel 4's new show "Deceit" over the weekend. Based on the Rachel Nickell murder case and the police's misguided undercover operation to catch the killer. Very well made, Niamh Algar and Eddie Marsan are both great in it. The whole thing is up on the All4 app.
I seem to be stuck in a loop of UK true crime docu-dramas of late but I have nothing else to watch. I have the Red Riding trilogy next.
Season two of "The Wire" is great - showed the criminal enterprises of Baltimore as a more rounded entity and what blue-collar people were going through as the American Dream died.
I need to do a re-watch of the whole thing. Haven't seen it in over a decade or more.
Quote from: Caomhaoin on August 16, 2021, 05:54:06 PM
Quote from: open face surgery on August 04, 2021, 09:34:05 AM
WWII in Colour. Spectacular series.
Hitler's Circle of Evil. Enjoying it so far.
The Third Reich in colour is even better, amazing show.
I watched that 'Des' on Amazon after hearing the dogs barking here. Very good show, yer man did Nilsen to a T.
Ive been rewatching The Wire recently after maybe a gap of ten years. Pure joy:) Never copped that lad Wallace is a huge Hollywood star now. Season Two is still the most enjoyable for me, in the same way that Down and Out is my favourite Orwell. Is it the best? Maybe not, from the critics point of view, but a favourite nonetheless.
Des was very well done I have to say now. I'd recommend the book by Brian Masters too. Harrowing stuff
Have Deceit lined up myself, looks good.
Des was excellent, Tennant was so casual about the whole thing, it added an extra chill to proceedings. I tried to buy that book on Ebay but the seller turned out to be a scammer. Got refunded by Paypal though, so...
New documentary on Niksen coming up on Netflix, incidentally.
Quote from: Carnage on August 17, 2021, 12:46:37 PM
Have Deceit lined up myself, looks good.
Des was excellent, Tennant was so casual about the whole thing, it added an extra chill to proceedings. I tried to buy that book on Ebay but the seller turned out to be a scammer. Got refunded by Paypal though, so...
New documentary on Niksen coming up on Netflix, incidentally.
The Brian Masters book is very cheap on Amazon, as is Nilsen's own autobiography. I looked it up after watching "Des" but I have too much to read at the minute so I left it go.
Yeah, it was reprinted when Des came out, it had been out of print beforehand, I must pick it up. I didn't realise Nilsen had written an autobiography, that'd be... interesting, I reckon.
Quote from: Carnage on August 17, 2021, 02:37:22 PM
Yeah, it was reprinted when Des came out, it had been out of print beforehand, I must pick it up. I didn't realise Nilsen had written an autobiography, that'd be... interesting, I reckon.
Interesting might be one word for it. Nilsen's book was only published earlier this year. I read something about it in The Guardian when it came out. The guy who edited and tidied it up said he had whittle to it down from roughly 6000 typed pages that Nilsen had written to 350 pages in the book.
Six thousand pages... Christ.
I started watching Man in the High Castle on Prime, what a class show. If you have access to Prime (check AliExpress - €1.99) then it's a great watch. Only finishing off Season 1 at the minute. Great concept and sets.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_in_the_High_Castle_(TV_series)
Yeah, it's deadly. One I'll happily rewatch all of in a few years.
I just finished up The Serpent. Very enjoyable.
Just finished it yesterday too. Wasn't pushed on it at the start but it's under dramatized sort of feel to it really grew on me. Good show.
Enjoyed the final season of Bosch. It dipped over the later seasons but the last one was good.
The second spin-off from Power, Power Book 3: Raising Kanan, is also quite good. Definitely better than Book 2.
Also watched S2 of Sky Rojo. Still daft but jaysus, that Wendy one has to be the most flakin' young wan on d'telly at the moment.
Loved Bosch at first.
Recent seasons really, REALLY dragged, though.
And I ended up dropping it. Still want to finish it out at some stage.
Power got utterly ridiculous towards the end. And the thought of continuing Book 2 with the numpty son leading the story was never going to happen.
Book 3 is a prequel so I might dip into that, alright.
I struggled through S5 of Bosch, only managed 2 EPs of S6. Didn't miss anything going into S7 and twas worth a watch.
Power was excellent until the last season. Tried to be too clever. Book 2 suffers from having that gimp lead the show but it isn't bad. I've high hopes for Book 3, seeing how it all began.
Quote from: Necr0rceN on August 17, 2021, 08:16:46 PM
I started watching Man in the High Castle on Prime, what a class show. If you have access to Prime (check AliExpress - €1.99) then it's a great watch. Only finishing off Season 1 at the minute. Great concept and sets.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_in_the_High_Castle_(TV_series)
Keep meaning to get to this and then forgetting about it. It's almost the season for the telly too
Bosch did dip a bit but I still enjoy it. I watched 2 seasons of Power. A truly fucking awful show. Hated it.
Wouldn't be able to watch anything with 50 cent and take it seriously tbh.
I watched the first two episodes of Des based on the talk of it on here the last couple of days, David Tennant is brilliant in it.
Finally got around to finishing Fariña, which I found out is called Cocaine Coast in English and should be available on Netflix...? Anyway, pretty damn good overall. A damn sight better than (the admittedly very entertaining) Who Killed Sara? anyway :laugh:
Must investigate that. The missus got in Netflix and the amount of shit pilot/opening episodes I've seen.....
The Mrs is from where that's set, although there is precious little Galician language it. Fierce proud of their seafaring bollock acting she is :)
Just watched first ep of a 6 part mini-series called The Little Drummer Girl. Based on a novel by John Le Carré and directed by Park Chan-Wook. I don't recall ever hearing about it, I found it looking up the director's filmography (if name doesn't ring a bell, The Handmaiden, Stoker, Thirst, Oldboy, Sympathy For Lady Vengeance, that director), but first ep was excellent anyway, with unsurprisingly gorgeous cinematography. Michael Shannon plays one of the leads.
Quote from: Emphyrio on August 21, 2021, 12:59:57 PM
I struggled through S5 of Bosch, only managed 2 EPs of S6. Didn't miss anything going into S7 and twas worth a watch.
I enjoyed "Bosch" overall - Titus Welliver and Jame Hector are very good in it. But as the series progressed, it definitely began to get flabby. The actor playing Bosch's daughter is fucking atrocious in it. Passable in the earlier seasons but Christ she is brutal but the time season five rolls around.
Also *possible spoiler* -
Spoiler
the tacked on ending is a real cop-out (no pun intended). They created a new show and brought him back for one scene after filming had wrapped.
Currently watching "The Serpent" - pretty decent. The location budget must've been massive.
Quote from: StoutAndAle on August 25, 2021, 08:58:02 AM
Quote from: Emphyrio on August 21, 2021, 12:59:57 PM
I struggled through S5 of Bosch, only managed 2 EPs of S6. Didn't miss anything going into S7 and twas worth a watch.
I enjoyed "Bosch" overall - Titus Welliver and Jame Hector are very good in it. But as the series progressed, it definitely began to get flabby. The actor playing Bosch's daughter is fucking atrocious in it. Passable in the earlier seasons but Christ she is brutal but the time season five rolls around.
Also *possible spoiler* - Spoiler
the tacked on ending is a real cop-out (no pun intended). They created a new show and brought him back for one scene after filming had wrapped.
Ya, gonna give the spinoff a miss I think.
I would normally agree that an ending like what happened in Bosch is a bit of a cop out, but I'm pretty sure that it's similar to how the books have gone.
Thought the last series was enjoyable enough, Bosch doing Bosch. His daughter is painful alright though.
Two eps into The Serpent, seems good. Also seems to me like Napoleon Dynamite's Uncle Rico, aka Alain Chartier, aka Charles Sobhraj got his wish!
(https://media.vlipsy.com/vlips/PvuRh1tk/preview.jpg)
Watching The North Water with Colin Farrell. Harsh sea faring show and grim as hell. Very good.
Also 're watching Deadwood. Fucking glorious. Ian McShane steals every scene he's in.
Quote from: Ollkiller on September 01, 2021, 04:12:02 PM
Also 're watching Deadwood. Fucking glorious. Ian McShane steals every scene he's in.
Need to get around to finally watching season three. Great show though. My old man is a huge fan. He loves all that Western stuff.
Two of us took a 3-week road trip across the US - stopped in Deadwood, Sturgis, Little Bighorn, the Badlands, Sundance etc. etc. 15 years ago this very month. Two lads with no responsibilities or ties (apart from him being my father and I his son). Some mad craic on that trip. Few great tales. My da was like a kid at Disneyland in Deadwood though.
In his best Al Swearengen impression said to a lad in a local bar there after he drained his whiskey - "You see me empty, sir. Do not pause and inquire. Simply assume and refill."
"What, buddy?"
"Another bourbon there please. That's a quote from Deadwood."
"I don't got HBO so I ain't fuckin' seen it!"
Rightly pissed on the old man's bonfire. :laugh:
I ain't fuckin' seen it either. Every time I see it mentioned I say to myself, Oh yeah, must get round to that. But then, when it comes time to think of a new series to watch, there's always so much being recommended that I never think of it when it counts!
Watching Schitt's Creek, which is much funnier than I gave it credit for from what bare bits I had seen before. About finished S3, it's very easy to watch.
Also rewatching Neon Genesis Evangelion for the thrid time in about a year. It just gets better every fuckin time, genuinely can't get enough of it, it's so well put together that there's stuff I'm only picking out this time around either foreshadowing events or playing into the overall theme of the show. Just at episode 14/15ish now so it's coming off the rails altogether now - though this is something I said on the rewatch last time too, but in reality this show is slightly off kilter right from the outset.
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on September 01, 2021, 05:53:42 PM
I ain't fuckin' seen it either. Every time I see it mentioned I say to myself, Oh yeah, must get round to that. But then, when it comes time to think of a new series to watch, there's always so much being recommended that I never think of it when it counts!
It's in my top 5 shows of all time. Ian McShanes performance is my favourite, bar none tv or film, of all time. He is a tour de force. Aided by the best script you're going to hear.
I've never seen it either.
Just finished Top of the Lake Season 1 on Netflix with the missus. I have no idea where I would start attempting to critique it. Utter shite!
Quote from: 101_North on September 02, 2021, 01:55:40 PM
Just finished Top of the Lake Season 1 on Netflix with the missus. I have no idea where I would start attempting to critique it. Utter shite!
If that's the one with Elizabeth Moss I'm thinking of, ya, it was shit. Good cast, nice scenery if I'm remembering correctly but fuckin dull. It got fairly good reviews too.
Watched an ep or two of Liseys Story. I should probably stop expecting much from Stephen King adaptations at this stage. Crap.
Season 2 of 'See' has kicked off.
I enjoyed season 1. It's quite slow for the most part but it suits the premise and it's well made, so enough to keep me interested.
The fights/kills are absolutely brutal nearly every time.
Michael K. 'Omar Little' Williams has passed away at the age of 54. Being the stand out best character in a show defined by the richness of its character explorations took some doing, but he did it. Excellent also in The Night Of, which I just rewatched recently. To paraphrase a line from Birdman, he was an actor, not a celebrity.
That's a shame, he was good in anything I've seen him in.
Just finished Deceit there, I thought it started well but fizzled out fairly quickly. Worth watching though. Great performances all round.
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on September 06, 2021, 10:43:03 PM
Michael K. 'Omar Little' Williams has passed away at the age of 54. Being the stand out best character in a show defined by the richness of its character explorations took some doing, but he did it. Excellent also in The Night Of, which I just rewatched recently. To paraphrase a line from Birdman, he was an actor, not a celebrity.
Shit news. I only watched him in something last week and he was indeed a fine actor. How did he die?
Nothing official said yet, but I've seen a fentanyl OD rumour. Nothing more than that for the moment though.
Very good actor, no age at all. I did not like the Omar character personally, but that's not to take away from the ability of the man. RIP.
Sad news indeed. A fantastic actor. Just recently rewatched Hap and Leonard on Prime and he was great in that!
Omar calling. Such a performance in The Wire and was great as Chalkey White in Boardwalk Empire. A sound fella too by all accounts.
Quote from: Caomhaoin on September 07, 2021, 03:58:33 AM
I did not like the Omar character personally.
Did he steal your stash ya.
He was the best character I thought. Really liked the way they went with the character and he got some great dialogue.
A red carpet clip from a few years back, Wendell Pierce (Bunk) spontaneously gushing his admiration for Williams:
https://twitter.com/WendellPierce/status/1435173304655036416
Bad times. Michael K. Williams was a pretty great actor and seemed fairly deep with lots of insights.
I listened to him being interviewed by Marc Maron on WTF last February and he was telling Maron (a former addict himself) that he was currently clean but "All I got is today".
Just checked - that interview is up now - out from behind the paywall if anyone wants to listen to it. Probably make for some chilling listening though seeing as Williams is upbeat and positive about being clean/sober/looking forward to the future in a chat from barely 6 months ago.
He was only recently in John Swab's "Body Brokers" too about opiate/dope addicts who are paid by rehab clinics to bring other junkies so that the private rehab facilities can game the US health insurance system.
Nice from The Bunk alright :)
Started watching Ratched on netflix. I didn't think it would be as dark and the soundtrack is also great. Only 4 episodes in now and it has my attention. Hopefully it is consistent
Ratched started out ok but soon lost the run of itself. Some of the acting was just shocking. Sophie Okonedo playing a bi polar character was clearly gunning for an Oscar but her performance was ludicrous. When I began watching it I thought it felt original and interesting but by the end of the first series I'd abandoned all hope. I think there's a second series but I won't go near it.
Quote from: Eoin McLove on September 10, 2021, 01:20:39 PM
Sophie Okonedo playing a bi polar character was clearly gunning for an Oscar but her performance was ludicrous.
What an idiot! Someone should have told her you can't get an Oscar for television acting :abbathrollingeyes:
:laugh: well, you know what I mean. Whatever the TV award is. Her performance is so bad I would recommend giving it a look. The funny thing is, one of the other characters tries to fool the psychiatrist into thinking he is bipolar but the doc sees through his rather subtle and convincing performance straight away. Then the real deal bipolar character enters, alternating between three or four different personas in a laughably over the top manner, and we are supposed to believe she is really sick. It's so bad. Who do you blame in that instance, the actor or the director? It nearly triggered me :P
Speaking of bad acting...
The missus started into the thing called 'Clickbait' on Netflix.
Avoid it like the fucking plague!
Only plus out of it is I get a few hours peace while she's watching it.
I'm watching it too. Not the best at all. I'll finish it out of curiosity but it's not exactly compulsive viewing.
Snap. Not great but I still had to see it out.
Started Them too. 2 EPs in. Can't tell if I'm enjoying it or not.
Just started on Paradise PD, pretty good. Some decent laugh out loud moments.
Another rip trough Detectorists. Fantastic show.
SAS Australia just started tonight and looks like it'll be on nightly 8)
Loving the Irish version of the SAS, so funny, the Irish rangers are way more brutal to the contestants.
Started to watch Katla as well, class so far, very similar feeling to Dark
Squid Game. On Netflix. Like a Korean Battle Royale but in series format. Weird as fuck, get on it.
Quote from: Ollkiller on September 24, 2021, 09:05:11 PM
Squid Game. On Netflix. Like a Korean Battle Royale but in series format. Weird as fuck, get on it.
Gonna watch this over the weekend
Watching 'The Act' there on Prime, about that Gypsy Rose Blanchard story. It's a fairly fucked up story, going well so far. Based on real events.
Finished Squid Game last night. Highly enjoyable. Proper level of mental throughout. Bit ropey in parts but very moving in the last few episodes. Do not watch the dubbed version. Watched 1 epsidoe dubbed. Horrendous translation. The subtitled version is a million times better. Korean films and tv are savage at the moment.
Checked out the first two eps of Kin last night. Decent, but no better than that, so far. Always enjoy having a bit of Dublin to watch and listen to though!
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on September 27, 2021, 02:15:45 PM
Checked out the first two eps of Kin last night. Decent, but no better than that, so far. Always enjoy having a bit of Dublin to watch and listen to though!
Aye it's not shit but not great. Episode 3 is better than the first two.
Can now confirm that.
Quote from: Eoin McLove on August 15, 2021, 12:31:29 PM
A new TV series began here tonight called The Newsreader. Basically a drama set in the 80s and showing the cut-throat and dog eat dog nature of the media. Very enjoyable first episode. Worth a look if and when it's shown over there.
Managed to completely miss the rest of this when it was on but we are diving back into it on the iplayer yoke and it's really good.
Watched Pagan Peak/Der Pass. Similar set up to the first season of True Detective/The Bridge. Pretty good.
Got through The Wire. It's my first full rewatch as I never got passed S3 on previous attempts. Enjoyed S4 and S5 this time around despite it getting a bit daft in S5. I retract my dated comment and reconfirmed that The Sopranos is still better. Far better.
Ended up watching Katla on Netflix, similar vibe to Dark, but turned into a depressing watch. Last few episodes are not great, nothing new from the 2nd eposide. Shame.
This Midnight Mass lark on Netflix is a bloody torture to wade through
I've it on the list. Not worth a go so?
Quote from: open face surgery on September 29, 2021, 11:38:09 AM
Got through The Wire. It's my first full rewatch as I never got passed S3 on previous attempts. Enjoyed S4 and S5 this time around despite it getting a bit daft in S5. I retract my dated comment and reconfirmed that The Sopranos is still better. Far better.
You probably know but David Chase is doing the interview circuit for the movie. Found the Marc Maron one a good listen.
For me the wire vs sopranos is apples vs oranges!
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Quote from: open face surgery on September 29, 2021, 11:38:09 AM
Got through The Wire. It's my first full rewatch as I never got passed S3 on previous attempts. Enjoyed S4 and S5 this time around despite it getting a bit daft in S5. I retract my dated comment and reconfirmed that The Sopranos is still better. Far better.
You probably know but David Chase is doing the interview circuit for the movie. Found the Marc Maron one a good listen.
For me the wire vs sopranos is apples vs oranges!
They all have lovely bottoms.
Quote from: pete on October 01, 2021, 06:13:41 PM
For me the wire vs sopranos is apples vs oranges!
It really is. I personally prefer what The Wire went for and nailed, but The Sopranos absolutely and truly nailed what it went for too.
Quote from: Emphyrio on October 01, 2021, 04:43:26 PM
I've it on the list. Not worth a go so?
Give it a shot by all means , first couple of episodes are intriguing enough but you'll find it padded out tediously after that, like episodes in excess of an hour which could and should have been chopped to fuck.
Also suffers from the rampant Netflix 'shove as many races ,colours and creeds into one show' disease which I suppose is prevalent everywhere now. Still, when they're all crammed into an island with a population of less than a hundred (Muslim Sheriff 'n' all)...talk about sacrificing realism to pander to the masses.
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Quote from: pete on October 01, 2021, 06:13:41 PM
Quote from: open face surgery on September 29, 2021, 11:38:09 AM
Got through The Wire. It's my first full rewatch as I never got passed S3 on previous attempts. Enjoyed S4 and S5 this time around despite it getting a bit daft in S5. I retract my dated comment and reconfirmed that The Sopranos is still better. Far better.
You probably know but David Chase is doing the interview circuit for the movie. Found the Marc Maron one a good listen.
For me the wire vs sopranos is apples vs oranges!
They all have lovely bottoms.
:laugh:
Quote from: Thorn on October 01, 2021, 04:09:50 PM
This Midnight Mass lark on Netflix is a bloody torture to wade through
I thought it was surprisingly decent. The lady watches every trash 'horror' Netflix makes and it's the best of them I've seen in a long time. It does get a bit long winded in its true detective wannabe existential musings at times but it didn't feel like a Netflix made show, avoided the over saturated images and hard some interesting camera work and effects.
I dunno how close the story stuck to Stephen king's book so unsure if the Muslim sheriff was in it, but that part of the story felt less forced that some of the other themes they were going for.
Would recommend it,
Getting stuck into season 1 of Mr. Mercedes. I like it.
Quote from: Thorn on October 01, 2021, 08:19:22 PM
Quote from: Emphyrio on October 01, 2021, 04:43:26 PM
I've it on the list. Not worth a go so?
Give it a shot by all means , first couple of episodes are intriguing enough but you'll find it padded out tediously after that, like episodes in excess of an hour which could and should have been chopped to fuck.
Also suffers from the rampant Netflix 'shove as many races ,colours and creeds into one show' disease which I suppose is prevalent everywhere now. Still, when they're all crammed into an island with a population of less than a hundred (Muslim Sheriff 'n' all)...talk about sacrificing realism to pander to the masses.
I hate when shows go off the boil after a coupla eps but by then you're invested in it.
Quote from: nukeabuse on October 02, 2021, 12:09:34 AM
I thought it was surprisingly decent. The lady watches every trash 'horror' Netflix makes and it's the best of them I've seen in a long time. It does get a bit long winded in its true detective wannabe existential musings at times but it didn't feel like a Netflix made show, avoided the over saturated images and hard some interesting camera work and effects.
I dunno how close the story stuck to Stephen king's book so unsure if the Muslim sheriff was in it, but that part of the story felt less forced that some of the other themes they were going for.
Would recommend it,
The missus is the same since we got Netflix in. We've started a loada shows but I've given them the heave-ho pretty quick. An awful lot of muck on it.
Not being familiar with the source material, maybe the pandering to the masses aspect won't bother me too much. We'll see...
Quote from: Eoin McLove on October 02, 2021, 05:42:17 AM
Getting stuck into season 1 of Mr. Mercedes. I like it.
S1 is brilliant, S2 dips a fair bit but S3 is pretty good too.
Noticed the above with Kin too. The secondary roles are extremely diverse in their casting. Doesn't take anything away, and to be honest I think it would only be remarkable to an Irish person who grew up in mainly white Ireland. Pretty sure that on the international market (the show is made by AMC), it won't be remarkable at all.
Watched the first episode of Foundation.
Isaac Asimov story, so will probably be heavy enough going.
Looks interesting to say the least.
Visually impressive.
The forced American accents on some characters is really obvious, though. Kinda cheapens it, like.
Quote from: Eoin McLove on October 02, 2021, 05:42:17 AM
Getting stuck into season 1 of Mr. Mercedes. I like it.
Loved season 1.
Season 2, though! I dropped It half way through.
Only watched the first season, which I enjoyed.
Started into Capital this evening as the missus was put off by the opening scene in Mr. Mercedes :laugh:
Capital is off to a good start. Toby Jones, sure; no better man.
Watching 'Escape at Dannemora' on Prime, s out that Sweat/Matt prison break in 2015. Excellent show, recommended. Great cast, Del Toro, Arquette and Dano.
Quote from: Caomhaoin on October 02, 2021, 12:01:56 PM
Watching 'Escape at Dannemora' on Prime, s out that Sweat/Matt prison break in 2015. Excellent show, recommended. Great cast, Del Toro, Arquette and Dano.
Yeah! That was a good watch.
Directed by Ben Stiller and all. Who woulda thunk it?
Surprised at that alright. Some of the choons on the soundtrack are fantastic and all.
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This Midnight Mass lark on Netflix is a bloody torture to wade through
I thought it was surprisingly decent. The lady watches every trash 'horror' Netflix makes and it's the best of them I've seen in a long time. It does get a bit long winded in its true detective wannabe existential musings at times but it didn't feel like a Netflix made show, avoided the over saturated images and hard some interesting camera work and effects.
I dunno how close the story stuck to Stephen king's book so unsure if the Muslim sheriff was in it, but that part of the story felt less forced that some of the other themes they were going for.
Would recommend it,
Ah, King. I was thinking while watching it that it was like one of his stories. That explains it then because as much as I loved King years ago I couldn't read him now. And I've tried. Have shelves full of his books.
I wouldn't have thought it was based off his work unless I was told but once you hear it's glaringly obvious.
King's a weird one kinda dodged his books when I was younger bar a handful of the big ones and the dark tower series, but every year or two I'll end up unconsciously coming across one his books and smashing it in a few days. For what they can lack in depth and genuine scares he can write a page turner. (Not taking to in account the other 95% of his work is apparently tripe)
The last time I read him I had to read some Cormac Mc Carthy as an antidote, anyway....wrong thread!
I've read a lot more McCarthy than thing king, he's probably my favourite non scifi author but sometimes that sweet low hanging fruit from king hits the spot
'Sweet low hanging fruit'...that's a good way of looking at it actually!
"Sweet low hanging fruit" sounds like a clammy evening in my boxer shorts.
Literally just have my dinner warming up in the microwave and read that :-\
8)
4 episodes into Squid Game at the moment, really enjoying it. Slow build up but the pace suits it.
Started Succession this week. About five episodes into series 1 now. It's good but not WOW, not yet anyway. I can only assume it pulls you in more and more as it goes along. Dialogue is an odd mix of sharp freshness and worn-out cliché.
I finished season one of Mr. Mercedes. Dunno. Pure grand.
Really enjoyed season 1 of Mr Mercedes. Haven't brought myself to watch further though as it felt the story had pretty well run its course.
I felt the last two or three episodes were beginning to drag. They could have cut it down.
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on October 07, 2021, 09:09:25 AM
Started Succession this week. About five episodes into series 1 now. It's good but not WOW, not yet anyway. I can only assume it pulls you in more and more as it goes along. Dialogue is an odd mix of sharp freshness and worn-out cliché.
I watched the first season and thought its ok but didn't go back. Can't see how it gets the reviews it does. Everyones a cunt in it. Is that the show then.
Squid game was good when it was the takashis castles + murder scenes decent overall but the last ep was the worst ep by far. At least the gf has finally been swayed onto subtitles can finally force city do God and old boy on to her.
Successions second season might be better cuz by that stage you're wallowing in their filth waiting for one liners like ' you can't make an omlette without cracking a few Greggs'
Quote from: Carnage on October 07, 2021, 02:19:10 AM
4 episodes into Squid Game at the moment, really enjoying it. Slow build up but the pace suits it.
Watched the first 6 episodes last night. Great show. That marble stuff was great... No spoilers!
On the third episode myself and enjoying it apart from the detective looking about 16 yrs of age.
Been stuck into Manhunt with Martin Clunes over the past few days. Really enjoying it.
Is everything he's in not aul fella TV?
I can show you my ID!
Quote from: Emphyrio on October 10, 2021, 09:15:55 AM
Is everything he's in not aul fella TV?
I was saying something similar the other night, every time you see him he looks ancient, pipe and slippers Sunday evening tv. Haven't watched a thing of his since Men Behaving Badly. Talk about growing old badly...
Ah now, Doc Martin is nice telly.
Quote from: nukeabuse on October 08, 2021, 12:33:16 AM
At least the gf has finally been swayed onto subtitles can finally force city do God and old boy on to her.
Funny to see City of God and Old Boy being mentioned together. While I think Old Boy is quite a harsh movie for many, there's still a bit of humour in it that isn't entirely lost in translation. City of God's humour is pretty much all lost in translation though, when the film went out it was hard to have any conversation without someone using a funny line from that film or from Elite Squad, which is also good... for at least a year it was acceptable to say anything in that fucking Carioca (Rio's) accent. :laugh:
I quite liked Squid Game. Koreans know their horror, "The Wailing" and "I saw the Devil" are also great.
Saw an episode of Kin as the old fella was watching it. Shocking shite altogether. Like a souped up Fair City. Same reason I never watched Love/Hate.
It is a bit of a souped up Fair City, but it's also grand, especially for a poo-er ex-pat like meself.
Love/Hate though, from pretty much the moment Aiden Gillen was the fuck out of it, was absolutely class, like world class. With the team they had from that point to the end, would actually have been better if they'd started something new from scratch, cos now there's no getting to the great without having to wade through the Gillen and Robert Michael Sheehan shite first.
Quote from: open face surgery on October 11, 2021, 02:11:56 PM
Saw an episode of Kin as the old fella was watching it. Shocking shite altogether. Like a souped up Fair City. Same reason I never watched Love/Hate.
Aye Kin isnt great at all. Too drawn out and the dialogue is woeful. As Shepard has said though Love Hate is stellar tv once you get past the first season. Up there with the best shows RTE have ever made.
Yeah the first season of love/hate was pure shite and I was reluctant to plough on, but it certainly upped the ante.
Could not be arsed with Kin.
I liked Love/ Hate from the start but the second last season was a disappointment. There were three or four brilliant story lines going and each one petered out pointlessly. The final season was good again but the damage was done in a way...
Never felt that. But then again, I'd still be of the opinion that saying only the first season was a dud is being charitable. Seasons 3 to 5 are the absolute Shakespearean fuckin' tragedy business. And what a cast they had during those seasons, once they'd cleaned out the D4 heads pretending to be head the balls, which is one of the main problems with Kin.
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4 episodes into Squid Game at the moment, really enjoying it. Slow build up but the pace suits it.
Watched the first 6 episodes last night. Great show. That marble stuff was great... No spoilers!
Just watched that episode now. Mighty stuff.
Okay, season 1 of Succession done. It was fine. Can't for the life of me yet understand the acclaim it's received though, but I'm entertained enough to keep ticking along with it.
Finished Squid Game there last night, other than the last episode being disappointing I found it a good watch, it's not groundbreaking or anything but it's an entertaining show that does the job if you're looking for something to watch.
Also started season 5 on my rewatch of Peep Show, an absolute classic.
So, out of all of season 1 of Succession, there was one great episode, the rest was grand.
Four episodes into season 2 now and there has already been two great episodes and the rest has been good.
I'm on a real middle aged buzz at the minute and stuck into The Trip to Greece with Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon. Gentle and amusing: just what the doctor ordered.
😂
I'm only kicking myself that Monty Don isn't on telly over here. Don't get me wrong, Antiques Roadshow certainly takes the edge off a bit, but it's like morphine compared with the full, deep vein hit of Gardener's World or Countryfile.
Quote from: ldj on October 14, 2021, 06:06:40 PM
Also started season 5 on my rewatch of Peep Show, an absolute classic.
A show I still love revisiting, all seasons bar the first one and last one (oddly enough).
Started season 2 of Guilt on BBC Scotland / BBC iPlayer. Cracking show. Loved season 1 and season 2 is off to a great start.
Quote from: Eoin McLove on October 15, 2021, 07:33:07 AM
I'm only kicking myself that Monty Don isn't on telly over here. Don't get me wrong, Antiques Roadshow certainly takes the edge off a bit, but it's like morphine compared with the full, deep vein hit of Gardener's World or Countryfile.
Nothing wrong with a bit of that sort of thing.
I used to count the weeks to album releases or gigs.
Give me "Grand Designs", "Impossible Builds" or "Building The Dream" on Friday evening with a few beers/bottle of red wine and some grub and I'm beside myself with comfort.
My missus says that I watch them in the same way that I watch Liverpool Football Club though...
"What THE FUCK are you DOING?! Don't put the kitchen there!!! JESUS CHRIST! Have you got a fucking brain in your head? Why aren't they stainless steel?!"
Wait til you get hooked on 4 in a Bed.
Bangers & Cash is my one. Just something that's nice to watch and wind down with.
Pawn Stars for me. Get some really interesting items in from time to time.
Quote from: Emphyrio on October 15, 2021, 12:58:04 PM
Wait til you get hooked on 4 in a Bed.
Even I have my limits :laugh:
Yeah, season 2 of Succession, only half way through but, is way, way better than the first one. And that theme music, jaysus it's only deadly.
Watched the first episode of The Shield. Never looked at this show before but it looks OK. A bit corny perhaps, but entertaining.
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on October 17, 2021, 01:07:10 PM
Yeah, season 2 of Succession, only half way through but, is way, way better than the first one. And that theme music, jaysus it's only deadly.
I must give Succession another go. There was absolutely nothing about the first episode that vaguely enticed me to go back, but at the same time, I'm also conscious that I have no attention span these days and probably don't give these things a fair go.
Quote from: Eoin McLove on October 19, 2021, 04:05:36 AM
Watched the first episode of The Shield. Never looked at this show before but it looks OK. A bit corny perhaps, but entertaining.
"The Shield" is great. I watched it around the time it came out and found it really enjoyable. Not in the same league as "The Sopranos", "The Wire" etc. but far superior to a lot of shit on television now.
The first season is a bit of a slog because I think that it was unsure of itself. From season two onward though get ready for some great TV.
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Yeah, season 2 of Succession, only half way through but, is way, way better than the first one. And that theme music, jaysus it's only deadly.
I must give Succession another go. There was absolutely nothing about the first episode that vaguely enticed me to go back, but at the same time, I'm also conscious that I have no attention span these days and probably don't give these things a fair go.
Well, fair warning that I was pretty much like that all through season 1, bar one excellent episode in the middle. I persisted only because of the specific individuals who'd gone out of their way to recommend it to me, and true enough, season 2 is now paying dividends.
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Watched the first episode of The Shield. Never looked at this show before but it looks OK. A bit corny perhaps, but entertaining.
"The Shield" is great. I watched it around the time it came out and found it really enjoyable. Not in the same league as "The Sopranos", "The Wire" etc. but far superior to a lot of shit on television now.
The first season is a bit of a slog because I think that it was unsure of itself. From season two onward though get ready for some great TV.
So far so good. It's not exactly subtle, but it is good fun.
Thé Shield is great craic.
Enjoying Midnight Mass on Netflix at the moment, nothing like a good mass
Ah, I love Mass
Started to watch Hausen as I had it recorded for a few months. A weird but slow burner, typical dark German series, a bit weirder than Dark or Rain, saying that its enjoyable though, great feeling of dread throughout due to the droning soundtrack.
New season of Narcos Mexico is out. Solid first episode, looking forward to cracking into a couple more episodes over the weekend.
Just finished season 1 of City on a Hill with Kevin Bacon. Had pretty low expectations but really quite enjoyed it!
I was the opposite, I didn't think much of it. Didn't bother with season 2.
I must get into Narcos, I've heard nothing bad about it.
Quote from: 101_North on November 06, 2021, 10:25:16 AM
Just finished season 1 of City on a Hill with Kevin Bacon. Had pretty low expectations but really quite enjoyed it!
I really enjoyed "City On A Hill" season one. The second season isn't nearly as good. Shot with tons of C19 restrictions in place because the had to get it out.
The new season of "Narcos:Mexico" is outstanding so far. Episodes 3 & 4 are some of the best TV I've seen in a while.
New "Succession" is boring me to tears after three weeks. Seems to have suffered the same fate as "City On A Hill" - limited shooting locations. So far anyway.
"Curb Your Enthusiasm" is back on track - more fun and funnier than it's been in a few years.
"Taskmaster" - just lovely, effortless, hilarious viewing. This year might mot be as strong as the last two but still great.
Just seen a new season of Dexter has just started. Set 10 years after the last episode. It will be interesting to see they can redeem themselves after that abysmal finale season.
Quote from: Mithrandir on November 08, 2021, 10:15:56 AM
Just seen a new season of Dexter has just started. Set 10 years after the last episode. It will be interesting to see they can redeem themselves after that abysmal finale season.
Dexter should have finished after season 4 - I could take the new series if they ended it there
Spoiler
with Dexter, just home from killing Trinity finding his missus murdered (by Trinity) and his young fella sat in blood
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Yeah, I'm back to being confused by the ongoing praise of Succession too. Second season was genuinely great, but new one not so much so far, similar to first imo. New ep airs tonight here, so maybe things will start improving.
Good news about Narcos being back; definitely one of the most consistent things put out over the last decade or so.
Gave Farina (Cocaine Coast) on Netflix a go. It's got very good reviews but I didn't make much of the long first episode. Doubt I'll go back to it. Fortunately that itch will be scratched with the return of Narcos.
Cocaine Coast is decent. The lady the protagonist ends up with is a bona fide perfect 10 too, which always helps. Not at all the same level of action or the same budget as Narcos though.
Speaking of perfect 10s (subjective of course), I threw on The Good Place a couple of weeks ago for the first time. Without having ever tried to actually find out, I had come to understand on the basis of memes that it was like a sitcom based in and around the philosophy department of a university or something, but it's not that at all. Whatever it is, it's not very good. BUT, for all her character flaws and British accent, Jameela Jamil is literally Princess Jasmine made flesh levels of stunning, and that's kept me at it for three or four episodes of what feels like a CBBCs show for adults.
Quote from: StoutAndAle on November 08, 2021, 10:14:51 AM
"Taskmaster" - just lovely, effortless, hilarious viewing. This year might mot be as strong as the last two but still great.
I reckon this season is great, whereas the previous two were appallingly bad. Depends on who's on it, I suppose.
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Speaking of perfect 10s (subjective of course), I threw on The Good Place a couple of weeks ago for the first time. Without having ever tried to actually find out, I had come to understand on the basis of memes that it was like a sitcom based in and around the philosophy department of a university or something, but it's not that at all. Whatever it is, it's not very good. BUT, for all her character flaws and British accent, Jameela Jamil is literally Princess Jasmine made flesh levels of stunning, and that's kept me at it for three or four episodes of what feels like a CBBCs show for adults.
Aye, she's ridiculous.
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I reckon this season is great, whereas the previous two were appallingly bad. Depends on who's on it, I suppose.
As I said in the book thread - horses for courses - the last two series with Herring/Vegas/Parkinson/Cooper/Rizwan & Wozniak/Kendall/Mack/Ritchie/Maddix, in my opinion, were incredibly strong.
This year is very good - Alan Davies will always make me laugh - but I don't think that it has the madcap energy of some of the previous years.
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Just seen a new season of Dexter has just started. Set 10 years after the last episode. It will be interesting to see they can redeem themselves after that abysmal finale season.
Dexter should have finished after season 4 - I could take the new series if they ended it there Spoiler
with Dexter, just home from killing Trinity finding his missus murdered (by Trinity) and his young fella sat in blood
One of the best seasons of a series ever imo. How did it go so wrong afterwards.
Finished the final season of "Narcos: Mexico" over the weekend. Really good. On par with the original, I would say.
Started watching "Dopesick" starring Michael Keaton. Solid opening episode. I have had the book upon which the show is based (by Beth Macy) on my shelf for a while, never got around to reading it but I have read Sam Quinones' masterful "Dreamland" based on the same topic*. Keaton is great in everything and this has a serious supporting cast. Should be good. On Disney+
EDIT - *The opioid addiction crisis.
How ye boyz have time to watch series and listen to albums with kids and jobs is beyond me. Choons in the car for the commute, but sure I'm a second class citizen in me own house when the telly is on. Dodgy box hooked up to the tv in the bedroom for the Sport but I couldn't do it every day.
Quote from: StoutAndAle on November 15, 2021, 09:13:36 AM
Started watching "Dopesick" starring Michael Keaton. Solid opening episode. I have had the book upon which the show is based (by Beth Macy) on my shelf for a while, never got around to reading it but I have read Sam Quinones' masterful "Dreamland" based on the same topic*. Keaton is great in everything and this has a serious supporting cast. Should be good. On Disney+
EDIT - *The opioid addiction crisis.
Yup, watched the pilot episode today too. Very, very solid. Think it's going to be excellent.
I saw the ad for Dopesick yesterday and thought it looked promising. Dunno how I'll view it though...
Watched the first episode last night and enjoyed it. Love Michael Keaton.
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Watched the first episode last night and enjoyed it. Love Michael Keaton.
Micheal Keaton is fantastic. If he's in something I'm watching it.
Dopesick is very good.
Up to episode 5 myself and looking forward to the next one.
Makes me wonder though... In another 15 years or so will we be watching a similar series on this whole Covid business. :-X
Big Pharma ARE utter money hungry cunts, like!
As one of the women says in ep 2 young black kids are given life for selling bags of weed but these companies just get fines. Look at the amount of fines Pfizer have had to pay. Not even a drop in the ocean to them.
Glaxosmithkline used children from mother and baby homes for drug trials. Horrific shit.
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/practice-of-vaccine-trials-makes-for-difficult-reading-says-gsk-1.4461552
Started the new Narcos last night, mad stuff from the first episode. Its as good as previous seasons.
Started Dopesick too, only two episodes in but it is very good so far.
Otherwise it has been a rotation of Seinfeld and Neon Genesis Evangelion again. Don't have it in me for much else or anything else new at the minute.
New Curb is class. Thought this week's episode was especially great.
It's been a fairly solid season so far but that ep is a future classic.
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Started the new Narcos last night, mad stuff from the first episode. Its as good as previous seasons.
New season is brilliant. I rewatched the first 2 seasons recently. Still class.
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Started season 2 of Black Summer. Good mindless fun for the first 2 eps so far.
Apologies for the necro bump but I just got round to watching the whole first series the last 2 days. First episode wasn't bad but I'm glad I gave the second episode a go as I really enjoyed it.
Really enjoyed that one episode with Vance trying to avoid that one zombie.
Anyone see the new tiger king yet? First one was very entertaining.
Watched the first 2 last night, it seemed to be retreading old ground. Apparently the first 3 are poor, the last 2 are back to season 1's level of mental.
Shall be my weekend viewing.
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Started season 2 of Black Summer. Good mindless fun for the first 2 eps so far.
Apologies for the necro bump but I just got round to watching the whole first series the last 2 days. First episode wasn't bad but I'm glad I gave the second episode a go as I really enjoyed it.
Really enjoyed that one episode with Vance trying to avoid that one zombie.
Really enjoyed Black Summer too and flew through it. Great to see some zombie fare where there was actually some good tension from encountering just 1 zombie.
Finished up Dopesick today. It really is excellent. Michael Keaton should, if there is any justice in this world - which this show reiterates there is not -, walk away with an Emmy, hands down.
You can do your joke again here if you like Andy! :laugh:
Refer to other thread :'(
You could have put a link directly to it. Maybe that's the kind of meta-posting the forum needs! After a while, people won't know what thread they're reading or replying to at any given moment, and the discussions will be no less coherent for it.
It might make it harder to split every single discussion into clean left/ right divides.
Finished Dopesick. I don't think the series lived up to the story but a good watch nonetheless. I worked in a pharmacy for 3 years and some of the things I saw and learned was unsettling and disturbing. Nothing particularly headline worthy or anything but just the general nature of some of the business.
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Finished Dopesick. I don't think the series lived up to the story but a good watch nonetheless. I worked in a pharmacy for 3 years and some of the things I saw and learned was unsettling and disturbing. Nothing particularly headline worthy or anything but just the general nature of some of the business.
We had a class once a week during a whole semester, the aim of which was to give students an idea of options beyond academic science research. This consisted in part of a different rep each time from various pharma companies and so on selling on working for them. Fairly brazen alright. Didn't like being asked questions about the delay to generics.
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Finished up Dopesick today. It really is excellent. Michael Keaton should, if there is any justice in this world - which this show reiterates there is not -, walk away with an Emmy, hands down.
Keaton was already ROBBED at the Oscars a few years back so there isn't any justice in the world.
That's true, especially given the competition (biopic performances are always overly favoured at the Oscars but). I found his performance in Dopesick even better than Birdman though.
Must watch Birdman again. Enjoyed it at the time.
Any excuse to mention Norm, his episode on the Netflix series with Keaton is savage.
Just finished the second run of Masters Of The Universe: Revelation there, good craic. Less of a nostalgia buzz than the first part but good all the same. Last minute set up for a future storyline too.
Been watching a load of Futurama recently, it really was a great show and thankfully didn't last long enough to turn to shit like The Simpsons
Added Borgen into the rotation of Seinfeld and NGE the other day. Good show so far, about 6 episodes in, I'd imagine a good heap of it is exactly how govt and journalists work in reality.
Also caught up on Dopesick last night - four episodes in now. Still great. The level of "ah for fuck's sake" at everything to do with the story is high.
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Added Borgen into the rotation of Seinfeld and NGE the other day. Good show so far, about 6 episodes in, I'd imagine a good heap of it is exactly how govt and journalists work in reality.
Brilliant show. Heard it's coming back for one more season.
Watching Hell Bound on Netflix, good fun, the Koreans know how to make mental programs for sure.
Three episodes into Mayor Of Kingstown.
Pretty decent.
Set in a town with 6 prisons in and around with a fixer known as 'The Mayor' that tries to keep the inmates, gangs, cops in check.
Finished Narcos. Consistently great.
"Cocaine Cowboys: The Kings of Miami" - Netflix can make a good true crime doc but now they're starting to drag the arse out of them. This was a 6-part series that could've easily been wrapped up in a 2-hour film like the original "Cocaine Cowboys" film.
Also watched the new season of "Tiger King". Much like the second go around on "Making A Murderer" there's nothing really new to discover and, again, could have been done in 2 hours max. Fairly pointless exercise.
Up to episode 6 of Succession season 3.
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Will finish out this season, but jesus, if you haven't started it, it ain't worth it, despite season 2 being genuinely great.
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Up to episode 6 of Succession season 3.
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Will finish out this season, but jesus, if you haven't started it, it ain't worth it, despite season 2 being genuinely great.
I've been enjoying season three more and more as it goes on - especially after a poor first few episodes - it hit its stride. The fifth episode being an absolute piece of brilliance - solid writing and performances .
I will go back to what I said earlier in the thread though. It is severely hampered by C19. Every installment of this season pretty much feels like a bottle episode.
Getting near the climax of Narcos Mexico season 2. Awesome telly, not a dud in the pack.
The last part of Money Heist just came out. While I loved this in the early days, I'm reminded of the Rick and Morty episode where they take the piss out of heist movies/shows. That said, looking forward to seeing how it all comes to an end.
Fairly disappointed with this season of Its Always Sunny so far apart from the Lethal Weapon episode. I'm enjoying the podcast more than the show at this point.
Season 2 of The Witcher is out now. Hopefully get stuck into it soon. Season 1 had a decent story but the pacing was all over the place so it can't have been an easy watch for people not familiar with the books or the video games. Hopefully season 2 is more coherent in its direction.
Some hilarious moments in the in Irish episodes but it looks fuckin awful. They're in Kerry with a pub in Howth in the background and loads of bad green screen shit. They were actually in Ireland so hard to figure how they made it look so fake and shit. Sets look awful.
I think they had planned to properly film it all in Ireland but covid restrictions fucked that so they had to green screen whatever they didn't get to film in the end. It does look pretty jarring at times. Hoping the next 2 Irish episodes pick up a bit.
The second instalment of the South Park Post Covid story was very good. Hadn't kept to date with the last maybe 3 seasons of South Park but I really loved these 2 extended episodes with the boys as grown ups.
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The second instalment of the South Park Post Covid story was very good. Hadn't kept to date with the last maybe 3 seasons of South Park but I really loved these 2 extended episodes with the boys as grown ups.
Are you watching that by torrent/dodgy box? or has someone picked it up for here?
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The second instalment of the South Park Post Covid story was very good. Hadn't kept to date with the last maybe 3 seasons of South Park but I really loved these 2 extended episodes with the boys as grown ups.
I didn't think it was great. It had its moments. Jimmy's stand-up in the future was on the ball.
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The second instalment of the South Park Post Covid story was very good. Hadn't kept to date with the last maybe 3 seasons of South Park but I really loved these 2 extended episodes with the boys as grown ups.
Are you watching that by torrent/dodgy box? or has someone picked it up for here?
I torrented it. TorrSE on Android is a good job, searches across multiple torrent providers.
New western tv show "1883". Watched the first episode. Tis a proper western. Off to a great start.
Gomorra has wrapped up. Didn't keep up the quality of the earlier seasons but was still very good. Suitable ending to the whole thing too.
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Gomorra has wrapped up. Didn't keep up the quality of the earlier seasons but was still very good. Suitable ending to the whole thing too.
Gomorrah was enjoyable, but quite messy and anticlimactic. Knowing how things in the series are going, wouldn't be surprised both of them turn out alive in an eventual new season.
I'm enjoying the second season of The Witcher MUCH, MUCH more than first one.
Started Dexter New Blood. Pretty entertaining, preposterous as always though ha ha.
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Started Dexter New Blood. Pretty entertaining, preposterous as always though ha ha.
I'm a few episodes in myself. So far so good..but entertaining and preposterous is a fair description!
My dodgy box has stopped working. Serves me right I suppose, but still. Knackers!
Watched Chapelwaite. I thought this was well worth a watch if you're into the world of Salem's Lot.
Midnight Mass. For the first few episodes it dragged a fair bit. I suppose some might say it adds to the atmosphere. It doesn't and I skipped past some of the pointless drawn-out scenes but the last 3 eps, where the supernatural parts (finally) come to the fore are very good.
Done a binge of series 4 of Cobra Kai. Really enjoyed it although I think they should aim to make series 5 the last one and try to finish on a high rather than drag it out.
You do have to dispend a bit of disbelief as it seems you only need to be in a karate club for a few weeks before you're a bad ass killing machine.
Never have worked out if Jonny has a job off camera as he seems to be doing alright.
Started the first episode of season 4 last night. I was hoping this would be the final season as it was wearing thin last season!
Started it too. Cheesy goodness, don't have to think watching it. I agree it would be best wrapped up before it becomes unwatchable. What is it with American shows and not knowing when to end it.......The walking Dead springs ti mind. It became so bad I stopped watching it
Watched the new series of the Witcher at the weekend and it was shite. As a big fan of the game, the TV series has been woefully disappointing. Henry is a great Geralt but he cannot save it.
I want to enjoy the Witcher but it's soooo bad.
The acting is beyond woeful apart from Henry Cavill.
It's like a village amateur dramatic presentation.
I can't understand why they let so many gimps into it.
That cunt that plays the bard... fuck right off.
If TV3 made fantasy shows....
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I want to enjoy the Witcher but it's soooo bad.
The acting is beyond woeful apart from Henry Cavill.
It's like a village amateur dramatic presentation.
I can't understand why they let so many gimps into it.
That cunt that plays the bard... fuck right off.
If TV3 made fantasy shows....
I think they blew their budget on Cavill so had to cheap out elsewhere.
The Expanse is back and with the best season in a while. Fantastic sci fi. Hopefully they get more seasons on another platform.
The return of Beavis & Butthead...
https://consequence.net/2022/01/mike-judge-beavis-and-butt-head-first-look/
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The Expanse is back and with the best season in a while. Fantastic sci fi. Hopefully they get more seasons on another platform.
Only 3 Eps into it, been enjoying it I feel season the last season was lacking in the (for lack of a better term) 'expansive' scifi ideas of the ring gates etc.
Mr. Inbetween: this is a great show that went under the radar. Dark, gritty Australian drama about a hitman/debt collector/fixer. Violent with some great and very, very funny dialogue.
Mayor of Kingstown: thought it was gonna be a run of the mill police procedural but it's much better than that.
Cobra Kai: still good but think they should call a halt to it after next season.
I've probably said it before but I don't know how folk have managed to persevere with Cobra Kai. It started off really well and managed to run out of steam by Season 3. Apart from descending into a run-of-the-mill teen drama, the fight sequences are like something out of Power Rangers. Daft stuff altogether.
I managed one episode. Shite.
Even though I had had headphones on watching Cobra Kai my wife asked me if I was watching some sort of karate home and away.
I had to eagle fang the head off her.
It’s terrible shite but I can’t stop watching it.
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Even though I had had headphones on watching Cobra Kai my wife asked me if I was watching some sort of karate home and away.
I had to eagle fang the head off her.
It's terrible shite but I can't stop watching it.
I feel the same, I know it isn't brilliant, but has a charm too it all the same
Ya, that's the way I'd look at it too. They're kinda dragging it out now though.
2 episodes of Boba Fett out. 2nd episode has a killer last 20 minutes.
Really enjoying Boba Fett I have to say. I think John Favreau is really doing Star Wars justice. He should have done some of the movies too, still really strong series so far. The Mandalorian was A1
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Really enjoying Boba Fett I have to say. I think John Favreau is really doing Star Wars justice. He should have done some of the movies too, still really strong series so far. The Mandalorian was A1
Aye John Favreau is making the best Stars Wars content since the first 3 films. The new films were terrible except for Rogue One which was class. Loving Boba Fett so far. And they're filming Mandalorian season 3 now as well. Disney should just throw all the money at him.
New Toast out. Toast has gone to the US. Only watched 2 episodes so far but as enjoyable as ever. Stacked with cameos.
Michael Keaton, Kate Winslet, and Jeremy Strong all took home very much deserved Golden Globes last night.
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New Toast out. Toast has gone to the US. Only watched 2 episodes so far but as enjoyable as ever. Stacked with cameos.
I'd never heard of that til I was browsing yesterday and the Tinseltown one popped up. Watched the first 2 eps of the London series. Very much Matt Berry doing Matt Berry, which is fine with me. I see Larry David is in a coupla eps of the new series. Looking forward to seeing that.
Watched "Superstore" on Netflix over Christmas. In the vein of "The Office" and "Parks & Recreation" - not as great as either of those at their peak - but after an average first season, it gets really good.
Watched the Landscapers the other night, pretty decent and only four episodes so doesn't drag too much. Olivia Colman is brilliant in it
She was brilliant alright (she always is) but it wasn't great overall IMO. Very irritating format, slipping in and out of reality, and the characters moving from one set to another was just jarring.
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Watched "Superstore" on Netflix over Christmas. In the vein of "The Office" and "Parks & Recreation" - not as great as either of those at their peak - but after an average first season, it gets really good.
My yung'uns blitzed through this recently, as well.
Funny enough, safe humour.
They tore through Brooklyn 99 on Netflix also.
Youngest fella loves it. Rewatches episodes the whole time.
Modern Family and Malcolm In The Middle (untouchable) are other ones they go back to regularly.
Young Sheldon is their current flavour of the month.
Dexter New Blood. As ridiculous as ever but entertaining nonetheless.
Have finally gotten around to starting The Expanse. Only 3 eps in. Good so far, great in places, and you can feel it's picking up momentum nice and slowly.
I need to get back to that. Loved the first couple of seasons, got distracted a few episodes into season 4 and forgot about it. Great stuff though.
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Have finally gotten around to starting The Expanse. Only 3 eps in. Good so far, great in places, and you can feel it's picking up momentum nice and slowly.
First 5 or 6 episodes are slow world building then it kicks off. Fantastic show.
Started only murders in the building. New Steve Martin comedy on Disney. Seems decent, light entertainment really with a few laughs.
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Started only murders in the building. New Steve Martin comedy on Disney. Seems decent, light entertainment really with a few laughs.
Gets better as it goes on. Martin and Short are brilliant in it.
Watched the first episode but wasn't greatly impressed. Then I remembered I don't find Steve Martin funny.
He isn't funny. At all.
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She was brilliant alright (she always is) but it wasn't great overall IMO. Very irritating format, slipping in and out of reality, and the characters moving from one set to another was just jarring.
Aye, and the tone if it too. The main cop being so brash and ott, then next scene the couple are just being a lovely and quaint.
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She was brilliant alright (she always is) but it wasn't great overall IMO. Very irritating format, slipping in and out of reality, and the characters moving from one set to another was just jarring.
Aye, and the tone if it too. The main cop being so brash and ott, then next scene the couple are just being a lovely and quaint.
I quite liked it for that. Made it stand out from the usual murder documentary drama series. Although I can see why it might be a bit jarring. The brother recommended it to me and told me to watch out for it so was something I was expecting
New After Life. Enjoyed the first 2 seasons but they should've left it at that. Laughs are thin on the ground.
Watched the first episode of the new series last night, just out of boredom as I could take or leave the previous two series, but yeah, it's all a bit genteel really. If it wasn't for the odd utterance of "cunt", you may as well be watching an episode of Last of the Summer Wine. I really think Gervais is lost without Merchant.
Season 4 of El Marginal coming out Wednesday :abbath:
Watched the first two seasons of that waaay back when I had an Argentinian girlfriend who introduced me to it , thought it was class, I watched a bit of the third one and it seemed to lose the plot a bit. Might give it another go if I'm at a loose end.
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Season 4 of El Marginal coming out Wednesday :abbath:
Sweet.
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Started only murders in the building. New Steve Martin comedy on Disney. Seems decent, light entertainment really with a few laughs.
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Gets better as it goes on. Martin and Short are brilliant in it.
Steve Martin give his best comedy performance since his 70s/80s heyday in "Only Murders In The Building". Martin Short is always worth watching.
Watched the newest season of "Cobra Kai". It's grand. I stick by my review from the last season that it has turned into "Saved By The Bell (And Karate)".
Started season two of "The Morning Show". I am 2 hour-long episodes in and I think that I can safely say it should have been a one-and-done mini-series.
Currently going back through "The Office" (US) because my wife has never seen it but she liked both "Parks & Recreation" and "Superstore". There's so much brilliantly constructed pieces in it (after season one) that it's a pleasure to be re-watching after such a long time.
I remember seeing comedies as a child with Leslie Nielsen and Steve Martin and confusing them. Luckily one was hilarious, the other not so that cleared it up for me.
Started S5 of The Expanse. About 2 years after watching S4. Fuckin lost.
Started watching Peacemaker, so far so good.
I;ve started rewatching Rescue Me + there's the new Ozark season. Lovely!!
Finished episode 2 of Archieve 81. Seems an interesting found footage show, where a guy is employed to restore tapes with some strange shit on them.
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Finished episode 2 of Archieve 81. Seems an interesting found footage show, where a guy is employed to restore tapes with some strange shit on them.
Just finished it. Was iffy for the first coupla eps but gets much better.
Half way through Station Eleven.
Really want to finish the season... but also really want to kick the TV over while watching it, too.
Watching Tintin on Netflix for a bit of the français. Used to love it as a young lad, it's still great craic.
Fuckin' annoying that the subtitles and what's being said is not always the same but sure lookit g'wan it's grand.
And what a theme tune!
Watching The Mill at the moment. A period piece set in a cotton mill in North England. It somehow isn't quite grabbing me yet... needs to be more grim!
Quote from: Caomhaoin on January 23, 2022, 07:41:06 PMFuckin' annoying that the subtitles and what's being said is not always the same but sure lookit g'wan it's grand.
Netflix anime is particularly bad for this too, nothing matches up, rewatching Stein's Gate at the minute and there is often two completely different conversations happening on the subs and dub (I have both on so I don't have to have the telly up too loud). Fuck knows what the original Japanese is either, probably different again.
Watched the first episode of Peacemaker. The Suicide Squad was bollix but this is great craic.
Manhunt: The Unabomber. Story is, of course, amazing but the characters are more or less all annoying. The usual bullshit narrative of the half autistic rookie detective losing it all cause he's too dedicated to the case. Do they have any other template? Dunno why he's always running around the place either. Blah blah blah. Overdone, overacted annoying shite.
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Watched the first episode of Peacemaker. The Suicide Squad was bollix but this is great craic.
Best thing I've watched in a long time.
I watched the first episode of Hell on Wheels. Not bad.
Watching the first episode of Pam & Tommy. From around the time of the sex tape. Not what I was expecting at all. It's deadly.
Looking forward to seeing it since discovering it's the same director as the absolutely excellent I, Tonya.
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Looking forward to seeing it since discovering it's the same director as the absolutely excellent I, Tonya.
Aye very much in the same vein. Seth Rogan and Nick Offerman on top form. Great soundtrack too.
Just over halfway through season 2 of The Expanse and it's definitely got us totally pulled in now. Have to say, some of the dialogue is really well written. Not in a smart-ass, wise-crack good dialogue way, but plenty of subtle stuff all over the place, characters dropping lie words of intention here and there in a way that isn't highlighted at all, really feeds into the overall tension. That and never having a fucking clue what might be coming next, and many other aspects. Great show. Anyone read the books?
About halfway through Dopesick, good stuff. Michael Keaton is fucking brilliant, but then he always is even in shite films
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on February 06, 2022, 11:32:08 AM
Just over halfway through season 2 of The Expanse and it's definitely got us totally pulled in now. Have to say, some of the dialogue is really well written. Not in a smart-ass, wise-crack good dialogue way, but plenty of subtle stuff all over the place, characters dropping lie words of intention here and there in a way that isn't highlighted at all, really feeds into the overall tension. That and never having a fucking clue what might be coming next, and many other aspects. Great show. Anyone read the books?
Only starting the books now as I wanted to wait until the tv show was finished. Only on the first book but it's class. Halfway through season 2 eh. Thats when it got really good for me. Stellar show.
Is season 6 the final season then? I'm a few episodes into season 4.
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Is season 6 the final season then? I'm a few episodes into season 4.
It shouldn't be as there's 2 to 3 more books to go through. But where they ended the current show is fine enough as there's a jump in time after that. Hopefully someone picks it up. Talk of maybe 1 or 2 movies to finish it.
Rewatched the first couple of episodes of Black Books for the umpteenth time. Great stuff.
I started into season 2 of Line of Duty as well this evening. I think I'll burn through that all again because it's the business so'rizz.
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Is season 6 the final season then? I'm a few episodes into season 4.
It shouldn't be as there's 2 to 3 more books to go through. But where they ended the current show is fine enough as there's a jump in time after that. Hopefully someone picks it up. Talk of maybe 1 or 2 movies to finish it.
The last two books take place about 30 years after the books the series is based on.
So essentially they are drawing a line on it and the series is finished after season 6.
There are some obvious elements left open, so hopefully a follow-on show will be made.
Ah. I'll be reading the books myself, I think. I've enjoyed the series so far, some nice, non-cliched stuff throughout.
Quote from: Eoin McLove on February 08, 2022, 10:15:33 AMI started into season 2 of Line of Duty as well this evening. I think I'll burn through that all again because it's the business so'rizz.
I need to get back to that, enjoyed the firat season. I'm amazed the Big Bad's identity has gotten by me without me hearing it, it's a while since it was revealed.
Watched the second season of "Ted Lasso" only because my wife wanted to see it. I genuinely don't know why or how it's getting all these awards and great reviews - including 5/5 from The Guardian. It's written like a teen soap and shot like a kids' TV show.
It's like a lot of shows now - written and filmed to be watched by people who spend more of the episode's runtime scrolling their phones than looking at the TV.
Finished a rewatch of Steins Gate, found out Crunchyroll has an app on my telly that
doesn't just run ads in a loop, went straight in for Steins Gate 0. Grand, good time travel story, not a patch on the first series but ties everything up very cleverly, but fair heavy on the romance to the point where I would be mortified to be caught watching some of it. First series is still one of the better new(er) Anime shows I've watched in recent times, I'm a sucker for time travel and the way it is done is great, with the addition of the classic switch from lighthearted to spiralling depression half way through the series.
Anyway I see Attack on Titan and Berserk are both on Crunchyroll so that's my next few lined up.
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Watched the second season of "Ted Lasso" only because my wife wanted to see it. I genuinely don't know why or how it's getting all these awards and great reviews - including 5/5 from The Guardian. It's written like a teen soap and shot like a kids' TV show.
It's like a lot of shows now - written and filmed to be watched by people who spend more of the episode's runtime scrolling their phones than looking at the TV.
Watched some of the first few episodes and I felt the exact same. It is fuckin diabolical. What is wrong with people?
I enjoyed the first season, as far as feel-good TV goes. S2 then reminded me that feel-good stuff is pretty lame.
On latest season of El Marginal. Still plenty to like.
Reacher was very enjoyable too. I'm a fan of the books and the series is much better than the Tom Cruise movies.
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Watched the second season of "Ted Lasso" only because my wife wanted to see it. I genuinely don't know why or how it's getting all these awards and great reviews - including 5/5 from The Guardian. It's written like a teen soap and shot like a kids' TV show.
It's like a lot of shows now - written and filmed to be watched by people who spend more of the episode's runtime scrolling their phones than looking at the TV.
Watched some of the first few episodes and I felt the exact same. It is fuckin diabolical. What is wrong with people?
Watched the first episode of Pam and Tommy. More horrible, horrible garbage.
Just seen an ad on telly for an edgy, dramatic remake of the Fresh Prince of Bel-air, who the fuck thought remaking that show without the comedy was a good idea?
I read a review of it, apparently Carlton is a scheming drug addict in it.
I spent the day watching The Book Of Boba Fett, great show. I need to get through the animated series, I've had them for ages.
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Just seen an ad on telly for an edgy, dramatic remake of the Fresh Prince of Bel-air, who the fuck thought remaking that show without the comedy was a good idea?
Seems that we have reached the end of creativity. The 90's show "Early Edition" about a guy who gets his copy of the Chicago Tribube delivered one day earlier than the rest of the city has been green-lit for a reboot.
HOW in the name of holy FUCK is that going to work?! First thing will be a three episode arc explaining to millennials what a newspaper is.
"You see - things that happened yesterday were printed on dead trees and then we'd pay money to read about it today. Do you understand now? No?"
Quote from: Necro Red on January 04, 2022, 11:13:13 AM. What is it with American shows and not knowing when to end it.......The walking Dead springs ti mind. It became so bad I stopped watching it
How far did you get with TWD? I just got around to watching seasons 4 to 6 recently (after like a 7 year hiatus!), and wondering is it time to quit after episode 1 of season 7?
From a brief look online it seems s7 and s8 are the worst before picking up again in s9, so wondering if it's worth slogging through, or fast forward to s9, or just forget about it already
I gave up after S4 I think. It's crazy to think it's still going.
On a zombie sidenote, I just watched the first episode of Kingdom - samurai, zombies.... interesting.
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I gave up after S4 I think. It's crazy to think it's still going.
On a zombie sidenote, I just watched the first episode of Kingdom - samurai, zombies.... interesting.
Ya Kingdom is a good watch.
I watched a few episodes of that Euphoria show. God its terrible.
Watched the first episode of the new season of Ozark. I was pretty lost, couldn't remember much of the previous seasons so I'll leave it alone until I can be arsed to watch a recap video on YouTube.
Ploughing through Line of Duty and I'm into the 5th season now. Its so damn good. Maybe the best British police show, or at least on a par with The Bill.
It must rank among the top TV shows ever made. Maybe not quite at the elite standard of Roseanne, Keenan and Kel or Mailbag, but not far off it.
Gripping telly.
Don't think it's fair to compare a British show to Mailbag. How does it compare to Points of View?
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/lord-of-the-rings-amazon-trailer-b2015466.html?utm_content=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1644932500
So the new trailer for Amazon's Lord of the Rings series is out. Prime is pretty much my go to streaming service at the moment, if only for the Expanse, and the new Jack Reacher. I'm def getting more out of it than Netflix, that's for sure. I'm not going to make any judgements based solely on a trailer, but obv the Independent aren't too gone on the CGI. Just hope it doesn't go the way of the Hobbit.
Is it essentially the exact same story as the books/ films just told in greater depth or is it more like a spin off, do you know? Seems kind of superfluous at a glance.
Spin-off. Set thousands of years prior to The Hobbit and LOTR. There's lots of material to work with, penned by JRR and son Christopher, but it certainly seems like a whole load of new stuff has been invented by people who think that they can just magic content as good as Tolkien's out of the air. Which is exactly where The Hobbit trilogy movies went so awfully, awfully wrong.
Yes, that would be my fear as well. I'm not a Tolkien die-hard by any means, but as you said, he has already provided plenty of his own material so I hope there's not too much license taken here. The CGI is a worry though, it was completely OTT in the Hobbit films. Much as it had it own issues, and there were plenty towards the end, I think Game of Thrones in terms of fantasy struck the right balance when it came to the use of CGI etc.
I haven't watched the teaser. Prefer to be put off by an entire episode than a sneak peak. But, I dunno, I'm actually re-watching the Hobbit trilogy at the moment, showing the wee lad a bit of it, herself had never seen them, me only once, decided I'd give them another go. The CGI, in my opinion, really is the least of its problems. Its main problem is that the additional storytelling is just shit. Dull and shit. Though maybe when you say CGI you're bundling in the fact that there's far too many action sequences, which are all too long, and this is also true. They nailed Riddles in the Dark. Such a simple scenario, fleshed out perfectly by the contrasts and similarities between the 2.5 characters involved, and essentially all the content and dialogue taken straight from the book, so yeah, that's why that bit worked so well.
There's a fan made version of the hobbit somewhere online. Someone edited all the 3 movies into one 3hr long film. Which is how long it should have originally been.
Aye the hobbit trilogy is awful. One film was all that was needed.
The idea of the series was exciting initially. I'll try to give it a go with an open mind, hopefully it is devoid of poorly veiled political bullshit.
The Hobbit is a great book for a 12 year old and I have nice memories of reading it but they pulled the arse clean out of it with those horrible films. Everything PT got right with LOTR he ballsed up on the other yin.
Must look into that fanmade version. There's an excellent 3 hour movie in there but the divergences from the book are atrocious.
That second age is the area I'm least familiar with, having never read the appendices. Due a reread of The Silmarillion and the others finished by Christopher Tolkien. Think there's 2 released in the last few years that I haven't read.
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The idea of the series was exciting initially. I'll try to give it a go with an open mind, hopefully it is devoid of poorly veiled political bullshit.
The Hobbit is a great book for a 12 year old and I have nice memories of reading it but they pulled the arse clean out of it with those horrible films. Everything PT got right with LOTR he ballsed up on the other yin.
Devoid of poorly veiled political bullshit, you say? Well, just look at the "ethnically diverse cast", that might or may not be a pointer.....
Couldn't care less about the colour of skin or the gender of the characters, as long as it's good. And it won't be that which makes it fall, if indeed it does. Mare of Easttown was totally, totally "woke" but above all it was quality.
I guess it doesn't make a difference in the grand scheme of things, no. What I do find highly contrived is the 'diversity' of advertising. I was watching the ads between the two halves of the Scotland v Wales rugby game at the weekend and every single ad, every one had either a black 'lead' or a black male/white female couple. Those countries are about 95% white, so it's a tad overkill.
I know how corporations work and they see what way the wind is blowing etc, but I wonder what the 'qualifications' to get into diversity consulting are. I guess if u r two dumm to be an engineer or something useful it's always an option.
I'm with Chris on this. The colour, creed or sexuality/gender issues of actors is irrelevant to the quality, but I am also in agreement with Kev in finding the promotion of those angles as being overkill. On balance I give the whole issue a big fat SURE LOOK IT!
You might as well complain (as many have wasted their energy doing in the past) that people in advertising are too beautiful compared to 95% (prob more like 99 tbh) of the general population. It's good to be cynical about advertising and big media box-ticking, but for the right reasons ;) The values of the Carphone Warehouse.
I think if more people lived their lives by the values of the Car Phone Warehouse the world would be a better place.
I mean, they are ads, turning the volume down negates them for the most part. It's simply amusing to note how hard most of them try to be right on, for the quite sensible reason of avoiding complaints from highly strung special interest groups or gimps Twitter feeds going viral about such and such brand lacking in 'diversity'. The 'values' of the various warehouses are 'buy this please', everything else is performance art.
Nike in Russia, on the other hand, has received complaints for underrepresenting ethnic Russians in their advertisements. They'll probably quietly cave, like the Middle Eastern branches of BMW, Coke etc having their emblems decidedly un-rainbow coloured during the gay month of celebration on social media.
That is to say, the bottom line will dictate all decision making.
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You might as well complain (as many have wasted their energy doing in the past) that people in advertising are too beautiful compared to 95% (prob more like 99 tbh) of the general population. It's good to be cynical about advertising and big media box-ticking, but for the right reasons ;) The values of the Carphone Warehouse.
I've noticed some absolute munters in ads in more recent times. Bring back the beauty.
Can't read Carphone Warehouse without hearing it in that voice.
The Big Black Mommas in the CK billboards. Wowza. Kind of promoting poor decisions and ill health.
I'm watching an old episode of Heston Bloominthal and it's funny how dated the 00s style of filming looks now. It's the same with the old Jamie Oliver episodes; the camera constantly jerks left and right, up and down. It'll be interesting to see how today's cooking shows age over time...
I'm sure the future crew will be outraged that Nigella Lawson's chest was visible on camera or something...
Rick Stein's shows are the only ones that I can watch, his enthusiasm seems genuine and his food sounds amazing. No fanciness for the sake of appearance, just flavour-based.
Rick is the man.
I finished up The Unlikely Murderer on Netflix just now. Really enjoyable dramatised true crime.
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Watched the first episode of Pam and Tommy. More horrible, horrible garbage.
Watched the first couple of eps with herself last night and both enjoyed it. Great soundtrack, and varied too, like music used to great effect rather than just a show representing a given era being filled up with just signature music of that time.
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Watched the first episode of Pam and Tommy. More horrible, horrible garbage.
Watched the first couple of eps with herself last night and both enjoyed it. Great soundtrack, and varied too, like music used to great effect rather than just a show representing a given era being filled up with just signature music of that time.
The soundtrack is pretty deadly all right.
Get on to your dealer Matt, the problem might be there ;)
It's like it was produced specifically for idiots. Like watching x-rated Sweet Valley High. The style is stomach turning to me.
Did you see 'I, Tonya'? Style is very similar to me, just focused on a different era, so the aesthetic is shifted to match. Maybe you have some kind of mid-90s PTSD!
Mid 90s was my peak.
Watched the first episode of Pieces of Her. Savage start!
Just finished up Season 2 of Godfather of Harlem. Absolutely loved it. Much more than a run of the mill gangster saga with plenty of historical commentary on America, and specifically New York, during the civil rights era, Malcolm X etc. The use of modern hop hip jarred though as it didn't fit the 1960's at all. Didn't detract too much though from what I thought was a really enjoyable show.
Sounds good. Will give that a lasharoo.
Heard great things from friends about The Responder on the BBC with Martin Freeman. Started it last night and lasted 15mins. Just not for me. Didn't watch enough to have an opinion on it except that persisting would be a waste of my time with so much good TV out there.
Finished a rewatch of "The Office (US)" - still holds up (as far as season 7 - then it's patchy).
Currently watching "The Next Thing You Eat" - not a cooking show but more an exploration how where food, the food industry (both production and service) and our attitudes will need to evolve into the next century.
"Snowfall" season 5 just started too. Looking forward to seeing what they do this year after having to cut it short in 2020.
Binging on Downton Abbey having never watched it before. Really enjoyable telly.
Few episodes in Godfather of Harlem. Enjoyable so far.
Nearly finished Dope sick. Michael keaton is brilliant in it. One episode left is all
New French series Totems is very good 2 episodes in. Cold war espionage stuff, beautifully shot.
Up to date with Attack on Titan. Only a few episodes left before its over I imagine. What a top class show. Great story, great action, well paced, plenty of variety across the seasons of it. Looking forward to seeing how it all ends, very likely going to watch it all from S1 again later in the year.
I'm watching Taboo. It's decent enough but I'm beginning to wonder if Tom Hardy is a shite actor...
It might just be his appalling diction.
Watched it back when it came out first so memories a bit hazy but I think the script was mostly just Tom Hardy grunting at people.
I made it through the first season of Pieces Of Her.
What a complete pack of cunts.
All of them should have been annihilated for crimes against my face.
The mother and daughter.... CUNTS.
Awful tedious shite altogether
Struggling on through Taboo but it's getting more tedious and boring by the episode :-\
Started watching"The Chi" - caught the first episode somewhere a while back and promptly forgot about it. Picked it up again on Disney+.
First two seasons are very enjoyable. It's about the intertwining lives of people on the Southside of Chicago - cops, crooks, people doing their best to get by, people hustling to get along, schoolkids.
Worth a look.
Spoiler
However - post the second season - the lead actor was fired for inappropriate conduct towards female cast members after apparently being warned several times in season one. He was later arrested for possession of AK47s and a ton of drugs. Season 3 and into season 4 had to be retooled in his absence and has become a bit too much like "Eastenders" or something.
Starting into Occupied. Interesting idea and the first episode at least was good. Let's see how it develops
And there was me thinking Oz was the land of surfing, beer fueled BBQs and kangaroo wrestling :laugh:
"A Place In The Sun" on Channel 4.
Up there with "Homes Under The Hammer" & "Location, Location, Location" for a lovely bit of half-pissed/half-hungover schadenfreude viewing.
"We'd like a 3 bed, 2 bath, house with a pool."
"Right"
"Near a beach"
"What's your budget?"
"£35k - Spain is cheap innit?!"
And then seeing the shitholes they end up having to look at.... :laugh:
Farscape just started on Sy Fy, gonna give it another go. Tried it before, thought it waas crap after a few episodes but apparently it found its feet and grew into something good. Still reeks of Muppets In Space though.
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Farscape just started on Sy Fy, gonna give it another go. Tried it before, thought it waas crap after a few episodes but apparently it found its feet and grew into something good. Still reeks of Muppets In Space though.
Funny you mention that one. I was going through an old harddrive and I'd Farscape on it. Got 2 eps in. Muppets on space is fairly accurate. Sci-Fi stuff in general ages badly I find. You'd think more attempts would be made to adapt Sci-Fi books.
I'm told the Foundation series (TV that is) is good, I'm holding off 'til I read the books - got a pile of them for christmas so will tackle them soon.
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I'm told the Foundation series (TV that is) is good, I'm holding off 'til I read the books - got a pile of them for christmas so will tackle them soon.
The Foundation books are great. The show is on my list but I dunno how they'll adapt for TV in this instance. As good as the books are, it's actually the last series I'd have chosen to make into a TV show. Jared Harris is in it though and he always elevates things.
I've heard it's good, but so far only from mates who never read the books.
Just started 'Godless' on Netflix, any fans?
Foundation season 1 was decent enough.
It spans about 30 years and gets a bit confusing at times, but it does come together by the end if the season.
Looking forward to season 2.
Foundation is fairly unrelated to the books as well. It's based off the prequel books, the last written in the series so if your reading in release order it won't spoil anything. Pretty major character and plot changes from the books too. Still enjoyed it tho and a knowledge of the universe and lore definitely helps.
Ploughing into the second season of Occupied and its still holding up. Well worth a look if it's available on Netflix over there. I'm assuming it will be as it's Norwegian.
Currently rewatching Deadwwod. It has to be in the top 10 best shows ever made. Flawless so it is! The movie that was made a few years back was also brilliant
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Currently rewatching Deadwwod. It has to be in the top 10 best shows ever made. Flawless so it is! The movie that was made a few years back was also brilliant
Is that streaming somewhere these days? I never got to got to finish it before :(
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That's one I never finished, moved into a flat with no telly at some point in its run, so I missed the last few seasons.
Did you get the pilot (Children Of The Gods, a two-parter) in? It's omitted from the boxsets, for some reason.
Yeah, we're watching with Nowtv and that's on it. 12 episodes in. It's being removed later this comming week, and we've two hundred or so episodes to go 🤔
It's back on Now TV, and we're later part of season 7. Jaysus, the amount of shark jumping!
Aye, it really went off the rails more and more as it went on.
There's also an animated series, apparently. Haven't come across that.
Watching recently.
Halo - mindless nonsense of a sci fi. Pretty crap but watchable.
Severance - stellar cast. Weird as fuck and a great watch. On episode 5 and hooked.
Seinfeld - first time watching it properly. It is fucking genius.
Last night blasted through Wellington paranormal season 4. Just as bonkers as ever.
Now, on the other end of the spectrum, that Netflix documentary on savile. Really tough going tbh
I'm curious about the Savile one but I feel like even clicking on it might get me on a register :laugh:
I read a pretty extensive piece about that cunt before. That was enough for me.
I watched it during the week, it's grim enough. Worth a look to see how close he was to the establishment.
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Currently rewatching Deadwwod. It has to be in the top 10 best shows ever made. Flawless so it is! The movie that was made a few years back was also brilliant
Is that streaming somewhere these days? I never got to got to finish it before :(
I got the blueay boxset on offer, not sure if it is streaming
New Baltimore based series from David Simon and George Pelecanos airing soon, We Own This City.
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New Baltimore based series from David Simon and George Pelecanos airing soon, We Own This City.
Brilliant news.
Sounds good, I read a bit about it a while ago. Corrupt cops selling guns to gangs, or something along those lines.
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Currently rewatching Deadwwod.
Is that streaming somewhere these days?
I got the blueay boxset on offer, not sure if it is streaming
Ah sound.
Speaking of streaming services, anyone know if you can you get Hulu here by any chance, or is it America only? Looking for the reboot of Animaniacs for the kids, and for myself as well of course :)
Can't wait....
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Speaking of streaming services, anyone know if you can you get Hulu here by any chance, or is it America only? Looking for the reboot of Animaniacs for the kids, and for myself as well of course :)
The Starz part of Disney is essentially Hulu for Europe. Shows don't release at the same time and, infuriatingly, the entire catalogue isn't on there either.
I had Hulu via a VPN for a while until the fuckers blocked it - which is ridiculous seeing as you have to pay a subscription fee so they're only blocking paying customers.
Geo-copyright boundaries are fucking ridiculous in this day and age. Especially with the likes of YTS/YiFi and so forth who are able to blast up BluRay quality movies on a platform that looks like Netflix.
Finished Totems last night. Really is very good, one of the best Amazon productions so far, and all wraps up as an 8 episode miniseries. Très bien for brushing up on your French, Russian and Czech!
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Speaking of streaming services, anyone know if you can you get Hulu here by any chance, or is it America only? Looking for the reboot of Animaniacs for the kids, and for myself as well of course :)
The Starz part of Disney is essentially Hulu for Europe. Shows don't release at the same time and, infuriatingly, the entire catalogue isn't on there either...
Thanks a million for the info. I checked Starz but alas, as indicated they don't have the same things as they're missing Animaniacs. We need The Brain to take over the world to sort this streaming mess out 🌍 🐁
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on April 13, 2022, 02:24:51 PM
New Baltimore based series from David Simon and George Pelecanos airing soon, We Own This City.
First episode is out and it's like stepping back into The Wire. Fantastic episode and a great cast.
Not sure if it's been mentioned but has anyone caught The Terror with Ciaran Hinds? Worth a watch?
Thought the first season of the terror very good, alternative history done well. Good production values and well acted. Goes places you wouldn't expect. The actual story of the expedition and the causes of what happened are interesting too.
I loved the first season, yet to watch the second. Hinds and Harris are excellent, as you'd expect.
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Thought the first season of the terror very good, alternative history done well. Good production values and well acted. Goes places you wouldn't expect. The actual story of the expedition and the causes of what happened are interesting too.
I know the 'monster' is in the book but they could have made it a man eating polar bear or something if you ask me.
Yeah I would have preferred if it stuck the realism for that. But if I remember it only took up a couple of episodes near the start.
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Thought the first season of the terror very good, alternative history done well. Good production values and well acted. Goes places you wouldn't expect. The actual story of the expedition and the causes of what happened are interesting too.
Quality show! Nice bit of suspense throughout it
Yhey're showing it again on BBC4 during the week, highly recommend it. Season 2 is starting on BBC1 or 2 as well, yet to watch that.
Ya season 2 ain't supposed to be great so stayed away from. Season one is class.
Rewatching The Wire there. I seen it around 14 years ago, so kinda like watching it again as I forget a good bit. Pure class so it is!
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Rewatching The Wire there. I seen it around 14 years ago, so kinda like watching it again as I forget a good bit. Pure class so it is!
Have you checked out the new show "We Own This City". From the same makers as The Wire. It's bascially The Wire season 6 and is brilliant.
Is that being shown anywhere yet? Looking forward to it myself.
Into season 2 of Farscape now. It's still Muppets In Space but developing its arc a bit and enjiyable for it. One of those that would have made a good comic or animated series, methinks.
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Is that being shown anywhere yet? Looking forward to it myself.
Should be on Now Tv soon but I watched on one of this steaming sites.
Sound.
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Rewatching The Wire there. I seen it around 14 years ago, so kinda like watching it again as I forget a good bit. Pure class so it is!
Have you checked out the new show "We Own This City". From the same makers as The Wire. It's bascially The Wire season 6 and is brilliant.
Oh, nice one. Will definitely check that out.
It's great but I find it stressful viewing.
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It's great but I find it stressful viewing.
Aye it's brisk as fuck.
Having pretty much given up telly for a couple of years I got round to watching season 11 of curb your enthusiasm and did a lot of laughing. Still a couple of eps left to go but it's an improvement on the previous couple of seasons
Watching The Staircase at the moment. Recommended.
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Watching The Staircase at the moment. Recommended.
Is that series based on the Netflix documentary?
Yup. I accidentally put on the documentary first til I realised it was the Colin firth one that was recommended to me. And even after those 5 mins it was obvious Firth nailed the role.
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Yup. I accidentally put on the documentary first til I realised it was the Colin firth one that was recommended to me. And even after those 5 mins it was obvious Firth nailed the role.
Is it worth watching if you've seen both the original documentary and the newer Netflix one?
I'm not sure how much more they can wring out of it.
Firth (from the adverts) sounds exactly like yer man - Michael (?) Peterson.
I didn't watch the doc, only the first few mins. I'm a bit jaded of those true crime documentaries but the series is well worth a watch. If you've seen the doc I can't imagine it being worthwhile watching the show though. It's kinda strange doing a serialised version of a documentary too but how and ever.
I recommend The Kominsky Method (again). Really funny stuff.
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I didn't watch the doc, only the first few mins. I'm a bit jaded of those true crime documentaries but the series is well worth a watch. If you've seen the doc I can't imagine it being worthwhile watching the show though. It's kinda strange doing a serialised version of a documentary too but how and ever.
The first "Staircase" doc is one of the OG true crime series. It's from about 20 years ago. Before Netflix started stretching ABC "20/20" news reports to interminable lengths.
We Own This City. Quite good. Went off in a direction I wasn't expecting but the constant timeline jumps were annoying. Hopefully they write another show. John Bernthal is great in it.
Under the Banner of Heaven. Think it tries a True Detective thing but at over an hour for each episode it's very dragged out. Gave up on it.
Picard. 3 eps into S2. It relies too heavily on familiar faces turning up to propel the story forward. Those faces have earned a lot of goodwill over the years so I'll see it out, especially with S3 being the final season but I dunno if I would recommend.
Picard improves as it progresses, but you'll see the 'twist' coming a mile off.
Ya, ep3 was very good to be fair, much better than the previous two, so hopefully it keeps up that standard.
I thought Picard S2 was a bit of a let down, tbh.
Ep1 was great... really got my buzzing for more. Then it just fell apart a bit.
Nothing like ST: Discovery, though.
Fuck me that's a terrible addition to the franchise.
Only good think to come out of it might be ST: Strange New Worlds. But I wasn't overly impressed in Ep1 of that either. Hoping it improves.
Was it S2 that had Anson Mount? That was a good season but other than that it's the most atrocious show. Pure box ticking exercise. Gave up during S3.
Hoping Strange New Worlds is good.
Season 2 was mighty alright but S3 was poor enough. Haven't bothered with S4 yet, but looking forward to Strange New Worlds. Has anyone watched Lower Decks or Prodigy? Not sure if I can be bothered with animated Star Trek.
Quote from: Carnage on June 03, 2022, 04:02:45 PM
Season 2 was mighty alright but S3 was poor enough. Haven't bothered with S4 yet, but looking forward to Strange New Worlds. Has anyone watched Lower Decks or Prodigy? Not sure if I can be bothered with animated Star Trek.
My wife had lower decks on before. More of a humorous based show. Also, not sure if it's the show itself or the network that runs it, but there is a lot of that "bleeping " in the dialogue. Like a distracting/ annoying amount of it.
S1 of Discovery was very disappointing. S2 really made up for it, though. Then S3 pissed it all away completely. Couldn't even finish the season.
The time jump just made it way too far removed from regular ST.
Watched one episode of Discovery, said not for me.
Watched one episode of Lower Decks, said definitely not for me.
Still have to finish Picard S2. First ep wasn't great though, so not very motivated.
I'll have to hear that Strange New Worlds is properly excellent before giving it a chance I think.
Watched the new series of Stranger Things, big improvement on the previous two series. It's still a pure nostalgia buzz but they're going big on the 80's horror this series, the metalhead character 'Eddie' (the head?) was a good addition too.
I found season 2 so boring that I never went back to it. Maybe I will at some point, but I can't help but feel they should have left it at one perfect season... sure look it.
I watched the first two episodes of a Belgian series today, called Soil. It's about an Islamic repatriation service for families who want to bury their dead back in Morocco. It's decent enough.
Quote from: Eoin McLove on June 05, 2022, 09:49:38 AM
I found season 2 so boring that I never went back to it. Maybe I will at some point, but I can't help but feel they should have left it at one perfect season... sure look it.
They should have left it at one season. Season 2 is pish and no way would I bother watching any more.
Was totally underwhelmed by the finale of season 1 so never even began season 2. I remember at the time when there was that meme generator thing that allowed you write anything in the credit font for the show and squigz put STYLE on top and SUBSTANCE below. Everything was said. The nostalgia button pressing was just too obvious and just highlighted how little else there really was. And the monster was shit.
I'm 4 episodes into season 4 and really enjoying it. Real Nightmare On Elm Street buzz to it.
Just finished the latest run of Stranger Things, cracking stuff. Murray stealing every scene he's in. Big event episode to finish, really looking forward the the last 2. Apparently it's been renewed for another season, which (unless they make a right balls of the next couple of episodes) is great news.
Watch the first episode of the new season of The Boys earlier. Serious 'ah jayus' moments early on.
Quote from: Emphyrio on June 03, 2022, 09:57:48 AM
We Own This City. Quite good. Went off in a direction I wasn't expecting but the constant timeline jumps were annoying. Hopefully they write another show. John Bernthal is great in it.
Under the Banner of Heaven. Think it tries a True Detective thing but at over an hour for each episode it's very dragged out. Gave up on it.
I just finished "We Own This City" - great story and some serious acting chops on display but JESUS CHRIST the timeline thing had me going insane. The device to indicate the time-period - the police report file dates - was infuriating. Especially when they then decided to mix in "2 Years Later/6 Months Earlier/The Day Before" title cards.
The new season of "Snowfall" is good enough but it still can't live up to the first two seasons. A lot of it seems to be treading water for the next and final season.
Started watching "Bosch:Legacy". Not great so far and, for a show that's supposed to be about him doing things differently - it's a lot of the same people. The actress playing his daughter is still TERRIBLE too.
Bosch was treading water for the last coupla seasons but the last one was pretty good. Apart from Jerry it seems pretty much the same cast and apart from him no longer being a cop it seems to be more of the same. Not gonna bother with it unless I hear that it's really worthwhile.
Same as that.
Think I dropped off the Bosch train somewhere in Season 4... maybe 5.
It got so tedious, I can't even remember.
Anyone up for some Raised By Wolves Season 2? Shame they cancelled it, thought it was decent sci-fi to be honest.
Have it all recorded, haven't gotten around to it yet.
Watching Boba Fett and Obi Wan at the minute. As it's cancelled I'll probably do Raised by Wolves next and then Stranger Things.
I watched a series called Two Summers, a Dutch series about an historic gang rape that happened among a group of friends. I thought it was really good.
Watching A.P. Bio at the minute. Funny shit.
Watched AP Bio lately after the lads were on about it on the sunny podcast. Few good laughs. Mythic Quest is also alright.
Quote from: Eoin McLove on June 12, 2022, 08:10:07 AM
Watching A.P. Bio at the minute. Funny shit.
I've been meaning to watch that. Over the years Glenn Howerton became my favourite by far on It's Always Sunny. He's great craic on the podcast too.
Quote from: Emphyrio on June 03, 2022, 09:57:48 AM
We Own This City. Quite good. Went off in a direction I wasn't expecting but the constant timeline jumps were annoying. Hopefully they write another show. John Bernthal is great in it.
I'm four episodes in, it's grand but nothing outstanding so far. Maybe I'm being harsh here but it seems to be a complete retread of the Wire, except this time the bad guys are the cops, and the cops are the feds.
Ya, if you're looking to cure your Wire itch (!) this might be a bit disappointing but overall I enjoyed it, apart from the gimpy time jumps. It would be far more pedestrian if not for Bernthal's performance.
Haven't seen him in anything else and he sufficiently annoyed me. I think it's good to show, all based on fact, the other side of the coin. Cops are scum. It's all in the game.
David Simon's The House I Live In about the prison industrial complex also highlights that, although that's all done legally. Scum. There's your racism. Not Joe Rogan or whoever the fuck saying a word.
Watched Killing Escobar on Netflix earlier. Anticlimatic rubbish.
I can't stand Bernthal in anything I've seen him in, if it wasn't a David Simon programme I'd skip it automatically.
Started a rewatch of Lost fot the first time since 2010. About halfway into S2 now and it's more interesting than I remembered first time around, pacing is decent, little nods in the story more obvious. Knowing how it pans out and being able to crush about 3 episodes a night makes it a different experience than in the 00's.
Watched it all during first lockdown, having never gone beyond season 4 or 5 first time round. Really, really enjoyed it I have to say... even the ending!
Glad it stands up to a second watch cos I'm hoping to get to it at some point. I was in the minority in that I pretty much enjoyed it all, including the finale, the first time around.
Up to speed with Stranger Things now... This latest season is easly the best one yet. The longer episodes have really helped I think. Roll
on the final two.
Started Danny Boyles Pistol, the story about the Sex Pistols. Very enjoyable now, probably helps if you're a fan of the Pistols. Good craic now
Watched the first ep of Night Sky. Anyone watch it? At the moment it seems more a sentimental drama with aulde ones with an element of sci-fi. JK Simmons is very watchable but I slogged through Counterpart a while ago and that wasn't great despite him being very good.
Also watched a coupla eps of Tokyo Vice. First ep directed by Michael Mann and he executive produces, so obviously it looks great and really immerses you in Japanese culture. However, nothing has really happened so far. It kinda reminds me of Mad Men in that sense.
Also just started Stranger Things. Looking good.
Quote from: ochoill on June 14, 2022, 10:11:54 AM
Started a rewatch of Lost fot the first time since 2010. About halfway into S2 now and it's more interesting than I remembered first time around, pacing is decent, little nods in the story more obvious. Knowing how it pans out and being able to crush about 3 episodes a night makes it a different experience than in the 00's.
I've never even seen a single episode. I remember it being the thing at the time. Maybe I'll put it on the never list.
What ever happened with that prison break thing that was going around the same time?
The trailer for Pistol was enough for me, it looks awful. Can take or leave the band TBH, incredibly overrated.
Night Sky I have lined up, will watch it after Outer Range, the Josh Brolin sci fi series. Both look intrigueing.
Quote from: Carnage on June 17, 2022, 03:51:56 PM
The trailer for Pistol was enough for me, it looks awful. Can take or leave the band TBH, incredibly overrated.
Night Sky I have lined up, will watch it after Outer Range, the Josh Brolin sci fi series. Both look intrigueing.
Let me know your thoughts on the latter two when you get to them.
That Pistol trailer did nothing for me. Looked full of over the top annoying cunts.
I watched the first 10 minutes of the pistol thing and turned it off. If the reviews are great I'll go back to it but nearly certain i won't.
Really enjoying We Own This City apart from a few exposition-heavy scenes here and there, and the odd bit of lazy acting here and there (especially the lad who played Marlo Stanfield).
Outer Range started off great, then tried to become Twin Peaks before disappearing up its own hole. Got way too convoluted. Pity, as it had promise.
Going to give Under The Banner of Heaven a go next as I read the book years ago. On S5 of Gomorrah but it's not as gripping as the previous seasons.
Actually given you mentioned Outer Range, that reminds me I watched Shining Girls, as both were recommended. I thought it was a messy enough affair but the idea was sorta good. So I guess it was grand.
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Quote from: Carnage on June 17, 2022, 03:51:56 PM
The trailer for Pistol was enough for me, it looks awful. Can take or leave the band TBH, incredibly overrated.
Night Sky I have lined up, will watch it after Outer Range, the Josh Brolin sci fi series. Both look intrigueing.
Let me know your thoughts on the latter two when you get to them.
That Pistol trailer did nothing for me. Looked full of over the top annoying cunts.
There's annoying cunts of course, but isn't that the point? The origin of a young arrogant band who exploded on to the scene. While they can viewed as overrated, their influence on bands that came after is undeniable.
Rewatching Des Bishop's show 'In the name of the fada' from 2007 on YouTube there, where he went to Connemara to learn Irish from pretty much scratch. I'm not a big fan of his comedy, but it's a great show. I rarely get a chance to speak Irish any more except with my grandmother, a few pals from home via videocall at Xmas and the few times Muiris has been over for festivals, but Des made me fair miss it. Nearly tears there this morning.
Mad how different the gaff was back then. Less fuckin bullshitting and fewer fuckin' eejits.
Ya that was a really good show. His stand up isn't great but he nailed it on that show.
He's done two or three shows, that Irish one is probably the best alright but he really engages with the theme of the shows and is, dare I say it, likeable. Whereas he is pure gimpy stand up comedian.
The one where he did a few low paying jobs (hotel clea er, shelf stacker, chippy worker etc.) was worth a watch.
Quote from: Emphyrio on June 18, 2022, 05:39:39 PM
He's done two or three shows, that Irish one is probably the best alright but he really engages with the theme of the shows and is, dare I say it, likeable. Whereas he is pure gimpy stand up comedian.
This is it. The excerpts from his stand up related to the topic would draw a smile. He is genuine and humble in the show.
I just happened to show herself some of Fitting In the other day, where he goes to the "roughest" areas in different towns, lived there and ran a stand-up workshop with the locals. Same as you're all saying, his stand-up is definitely ropey at times, but the ideas he comes up with and then goes and does, fair play to him, no bullshit. Well, there may be bullshit, but it comes across well if it is :laugh:
Finished season 3 of Narcos Mexico last night. Such a consistently great show and this season was no exception. Found the "cop in search of a conscience" character particularly well developed and acted.
Ya Season 3 of Narcos Mexico was brilliant. Started watching "The Old Man" with Jeff Bridges and John Lithgow. Not bad at all and I'd watch Lithgow in anything anyway.
Started The Old Man last night, too.
First episode was deadly.
Proper scrap fighting.
Watched the first 5 episodes of Quantum Leap last night before switching to the first 2 episodes of The Boys. Both decent in completely different ways
Never took to Quantum Leap TBH, the brother's working through it now, on season 5.
The Boys is mighty, but (like Preacher before it) only loosely based on the comics.
There's a Quantum Leap new show in the works. I'd bet it'll be awful. Old show was fantastic.
Nearly at the end of Severance. By a country mile the best tv show so far this year. Fantastically head melting.
The prospect of a new Quantum Leap doesn't excite me as the old one does just fine. Grand to have something I can watch with the kids that isn't mind numbing
Quantum Leap was/is fantastic. Strange ending though (no spoiler?) Is Scott Bakula in the new series?
VERY late to the party but started The Boys last night. 2 eps in and it's great craic.
Finished Peaky Blinders. What a consistently great show and it nailed the finale.
Tony "Paulie from the Sopranos" Sirico has passed away. One of if not the best played character in a show made by its characters.
Ah that's shit news. You could tell his health was progressively deteriorating the last few years though. By all accounts he was the cast member most similar in behaviour to that of his character. Will don a velour tracksuit in his honour.
I just recently saw an interview with him where he spoke (guardedly) about the life of a gangster. It was from the early '80s, well before The Sopranos.
https://youtu.be/qxddINwarJk
Very sad, everyone's favourite character from the show. Frightening and a gas man at the same time. I'll throw on a best of Paulie video later :(
The episode where himself and Christopher are freezing in the woods after the chechan is comedy gold.
He killed 16 Czechoslovakians, guy was an interior decorator.
Love that scene where Bobby doesn't want to be Santa and he stands up, incredulous and goes 'the boss of this family told you you're gonna be Santa Claus, you're Santa Claus, so shut the fuck up about it' :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfZAERH8rSM
Black Bird. Prison drama with Greg Kinnear and Ray Liotta amongst others. 2 episodes out and it's fecking great so far.
Stopped halfway through the second ep last night. Will finish it shortly. Looks like a winner alright.
Quote from: open face surgery on July 09, 2022, 02:10:57 PM
He killed 16 Czechoslovakians, guy was an interior decorator.
🤣😂 best line of the whole show in fairness
Finished the new series of Stranger Things there the other day, best one since season one, loved the 80's metal references.
I thought this season of Stranger Things was the best one. I think they should have reworked the finale and finished the whole thing up. It would have been the perfect episode to wrap it up.
Stranger things was class. Watching the Umbrella Academy now with that lad from Tipp - good fun
Finished current season of The boys. Uneven ending. But one bit was truly brilliant.
Really enjoying 'The Old Man' and 'Terminal List' at the moment. Both about Military dudes with issues, but in very different scenarios.
Just finished the new Star Trek one too.
Enjoyed hiit for the most part. There's a good bit of gang service going on for the more seasoned Trekkies.
Quote from: Makeshiftatomsmasher on July 09, 2022, 10:44:13 PM
Finished current season of The boys. Uneven ending. But one bit was truly brilliant.
Same here..I'm kinda losing interest in it a bit though...it needs something but I'm not sure what exactly..
Bit late to the party but I'm giving Obi Wan Kenobi a go. First episode was decent enough.
New teaser for Amazon's LOTR series.
https://youtu.be/f2Cs-u4b6hI
DIVERSITY! DIVERSITY! DIVERSITY!👏👏👏👏
Serious shard of glass in your eye if that's your only takeaway.
Insomnia from the heat led to me watching the trailer there. Based on that alone, there's nothing to indicate it's going to necessarily be awful. All still to play for in the first episode.
It looks very nice I agree, but I'd like to point out the needless racial quotas in a fantasy universe. Tolkien described Elves as lithe, sinuous, tall and fair-skinned etc.
The makers only have the rights to the unfinished appendices of The Silmarillion, so God knows what they'll do. Lenny Henry is a Hobbit and Galadriel is like Rhonda Rousey, class :)
It's been pointed out ad nauseam for months now already, since the first photos were published. The question now is, okay, but for those who won't fall in a heap at the first skin deep "hurdle", is it any good??
While the casting might not necessarily make or break the show, I hate when source material is fucked around with. And it most certainly appears to be done in a racial quota sort of way. It's not too far removed from the elf/hobbit love angle they threw into The Hobbit. While it might make for a more appealing experience for some, all it does is alienate the actual fans familiar with the source material. But lookit, as long as it doesn't stray too far into Wokeville hopefully it should be great.
The self described 'Tolkien Scholars' and annoying London instagram influencers going on about it are wrecking my head too.
Ya, balancing not alienating the fanbase and being right on is not going to be straightforward.
Surprised you're capable of lucidity at this hour the day after winning an All Ireland, I certainly wouldn't have been if it had went our way.
I went for "lunch time" pints on Saturday so I'd used my goodwill well before throw in yesterday.
Quote from: Emphyrio on July 18, 2022, 08:38:34 AM
It's not too far removed from the elf/hobbit love angle they threw into The Hobbit.
It might
turn out to be like that, as in, it might turn out to be utter shite, but adding a badly written love story is not at all the same thing as casting people of different skin colours. Not to mention that any lore the new series might fuck with is, let's say, very well hidden lore. Only a tiny minority of even LOTR and The Hobbit (books, I mean) fans would be equipped to have any kind of informed opinion, based on the JRR and Christopher Tolkien texts, as to what has been altered. The LOTR films introduced some quite significant changes compared to the books, but they worked within the context of the films. The Hobbit films introduced massive narrative and stylistic changes (dwarf doing a spinning axe attack in a barrel, for example), and they didn't work even within the context of the films. Even if they'd cast a black actress to play Galadriel herself in the new series, that would still leave enough margin, within the context of the series, for it to be less of a tonal rape of the source material. The Hobbit couldn't be accused of being "woke" or "diversity" driven, and the new series, as "woke" as some may perceive it, will really have its work cut out for it to be worse than The Hobbit "trilogy". Diversity in the casting will have nothing to do with that (see for example Armando Ianucci's excellent David Copperfield, cast seemingly with the express intent of annoying tedious anti-PC people). But all that said, of course,
of course the whole thing might turn out to be shite. I'll still be very impressed if it turns out to be more shite, more of a massive "fuck you" to Tolkien, than The Hobbit movies. Which are an abomination, and not only, not even primarily, because of that love story.
I have tried to watch David Copperfield and found it jarring that the characters were all different colours. That's just the way film has gone now, you can't escape it. I think my main issue with the bit of the film that I did watch was how nice and pleasant it all felt. Reading Dickens is usually more of a grim and brutal experience and that's certainly the case with the David Copperfield novel which I read recently (apart from the tedious mawkish parts about his missus).
Edit. I liked the look of the LOTR ad.
Same thing though. Ultimately it comes down to whether something is entertaining on its own merits or not, exactly as you were agreeing with respect to a Pantera reunion. Some things go way, way off the source material and are excellent. Some things do their best to stick to the source material and are shite. In short, with just countless examples over the history of cinema and TV, faithfulness to the source material is no guarantee of quality of the final product. Things have to be judged in and of themselves.
I don't blame Amazon for the oh-so-trendy diversity, they likely view an all white cast as more bother than it's worth. Nevertheless, it's still another level of belief suspension for Johnny subscriber to put with.
I'll give it a few episodes, if I have the time (you've plenty of time to be polluting this forum, bigot, wha'?).
Quote from: Caomhaoin on July 18, 2022, 12:12:39 PM
Nevertheless, it's still another level of belief suspension for Johnny subscriber to put with.
On the plus side, it's outta the way now so hopefully can go into it in September and not be disgruntled about it. As long as there isn't too much maggot acting with other stuff...
That reminds me, remember they shoehorned an Ed Sheeran cameo into Game of Thrones. Jaysus that was chronic.
And yer man from This is England.
Which was just a young actor working away, not a ginger fraud shoehorning himself into the latest thing.
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on July 18, 2022, 10:38:38 AM
Quote from: Emphyrio on July 18, 2022, 08:38:34 AM
It's not too far removed from the elf/hobbit love angle they threw into The Hobbit.
It might turn out to be like that, as in, it might turn out to be utter shite, but adding a badly written love story is not at all the same thing as casting people of different skin colours. Not to mention that any lore the new series might fuck with is, let's say, very well hidden lore. Only a tiny minority of even LOTR and The Hobbit (books, I mean) fans would be equipped to have any kind of informed opinion, based on the JRR and Christopher Tolkien texts, as to what has been altered. The LOTR films introduced some quite significant changes compared to the books, but they worked within the context of the films. The Hobbit films introduced massive narrative and stylistic changes (dwarf doing a spinning axe attack in a barrel, for example), and they didn't work even within the context of the films. Even if they'd cast a black actress to play Galadriel herself in the new series, that would still leave enough margin, within the context of the series, for it to be less of a tonal rape of the source material. The Hobbit couldn't be accused of being "woke" or "diversity" driven, and the new series, as "woke" as some may perceive it, will really have its work cut out for it to be worse than The Hobbit "trilogy". Diversity in the casting will have nothing to do with that (see for example Armando Ianucci's excellent David Copperfield, cast seemingly with the express intent of annoying tedious anti-PC people). But all that said, of course, of course the whole thing might turn out to be shite. I'll still be very impressed if it turns out to be more shite, more of a massive "fuck you" to Tolkien, than The Hobbit movies. Which are an abomination, and not only, not even primarily, because of that love story.
While I agree with what you're saying in terms of impact on the integrity of the representation of the source material you know in your heart and soul that it's a quota driven load of shit that has studios casting for diversity even if you don't mind it. It is what it is and it won't put me off watching the thing as long as it's done well but may call a spade a spade.
I'm one of the poor fuckers who's read The Silmarillion and I have to say it's one of the worst books I've ever read, right up there with The Holy Bible in terms of boring and lack of empathy with the characters so as far as it goes they can do what the fuck they like with that lore and you're dead right no-one will notice a thing.
Edit: The Hobbit films are piss poor indeed but I didn't think the book was up to much either when compared to LOTR. They could've had one decent 3 hour epic out of it but they fucked it up bad
Quote from: Emphyrio on July 18, 2022, 03:28:58 PM
Quote from: Caomhaoin on July 18, 2022, 12:12:39 PM
Nevertheless, it's still another level of belief suspension for Johnny subscriber to put with.
On the plus side, it's outta the way now so hopefully can go into it in September and not be disgruntled about it. As long as there isn't too much maggot acting with other stuff...
That reminds me, remember they shoehorned an Ed Sheeran cameo into Game of Thrones. Jaysus that was chronic.
That was a real low blow at the time so it was. I knew the thing was fucked before that though, in season 5 right when that bird from the sand snakes says to Bronn "you want the baaad pussayy". There was never going to be any coming back from that. Jesus why did I have to start thinking about that again
Not to put too fine a point on it, but I find the nature of the reactions to the casting of non-white people as elves (fantastical beings, lest we not forget) far more embarrassing and damning for the current state of the human race than I find the idea of diversity casting. Nobody has any problem with suspension of disbelief, but suspension of prejudice and political affiliations, that causes huge problems. Dragons, supreme beings, grand, can imagine that. Black elves! BLACK ELVES!! *brain meltdown, must join social media klan rally asap*
Quote from: astfgyl on July 18, 2022, 04:13:41 PM
Quote from: Emphyrio on July 18, 2022, 03:28:58 PM
Quote from: Caomhaoin on July 18, 2022, 12:12:39 PM
Nevertheless, it's still another level of belief suspension for Johnny subscriber to put with.
On the plus side, it's outta the way now so hopefully can go into it in September and not be disgruntled about it. As long as there isn't too much maggot acting with other stuff...
That reminds me, remember they shoehorned an Ed Sheeran cameo into Game of Thrones. Jaysus that was chronic.
season 5 right when that bird from the sand snakes says to Bronn "you want the baaad pussayy".
FFS😂 The warning signs were there alright!
Season 5 of GOT was where they didn't have the books to rely on anymore. Christ it went downhill so fast. First 4 seasons are amazing.
As for LOTR. That trailer has got me interested again as the previous teasers were woeful. As for the casting. Couldn't give a flying fuck. Hopefully Amazon don't fuck it up like the wheel of time. Which was awful.
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on July 18, 2022, 04:26:08 PM
Not to put too fine a point on it, but I find the nature of the reactions to the casting of non-white people as elves (fantastical beings, lest we not forget) far more embarrassing and damning for the current state of the human race than I find the idea of diversity casting. Nobody has any problem with suspension of disbelief, but suspension of prejudice and political affiliations, that causes huge problems. Dragons, supreme beings, grand, can imagine that. Black elves! BLACK ELVES!! *brain meltdown, must join social media klan rally asap*
I said I wasn't against it but it it is what it is. Pointless pandering. You wouldn't have Jim Carrey as Shaft or Malcolm X played by Ethan Hawke and the reason is because it'd be silly. Like the black Anne Boleyn thing, silly.
The books described what the elves looked like so that's why that's being mentioned. I do still broadly agree with your points though, it won't matter if the show is good and it's fantasy anyway.
Do you really want a list of white actors who played famously non-white characters, including actual historical ones, in big cinema and TV productions over the years? Without anybody saying anything at the time? Apparently that was just dandy, and yet the same folks who would bend over backwards to defend blackface back in the day are the ones saying it's ludicrous for an elf, AN ELF, to be played by a non-white actor. Sorry, but there's no avenue along which you don't lose that debate flat out on precedent.
Elves fair enough but you still know what I mean. Actually people should be more concerned about why the elves have pointy ears than what colour they are because they were never described as such at all by Tolkien. Casting white actors as what should be black people is stupid too while it's mentioned. And racist, but we'd hope to have moved on from both that and affirmative action, so the Shaft and Malcolm X points still stand as does the Anne Boleyn one because I'm taking about now not 50 years ago. Using the historical argument is like saying it's grand to lynch white people now because the black folk used to have to put up with it. Anyway the idea is to appeal to a wider audience so it's just going to be that from now on and no-one will give a fuck soon enough, even the few who give a shite now. But not caring (which I don't) doesn't stop one from calling it what it is, which is diversity quota filling.
Anyway, to move on from the pointless and circular arguments and back to the telly, I've been watching moonshiners on the dodgy box. Absolute horseshit but sometimes the real mindless stuff hits the spot and it keeps the missus away from the TLC.
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on July 18, 2022, 10:11:45 PM
Do you really want a list of white actors who played famously non-white characters, including actual historical ones, in big cinema and TV productions over the years? Without anybody saying anything at the time? Apparently that was just dandy, and yet the same folks who would bend over backwards to defend blackface back in the day are the ones saying it's ludicrous for an elf, AN ELF, to be played by a non-white actor. Sorry, but there's no avenue along which you don't lose that debate flat out on precedent.
We get it. Elves aren't real. All that is being pointed out is that subject material is being changed to fill diversity quotas. Jesus, the tangents going on here.
It doesn't matter why subject material is changed. Subject material is always changed. What matters is whether the end product is good or bad. From Hell: subject matter changed, shite movie. Watchmen: subject matter changed, great movie. Did the respective reasons for changing the subject matter play a role? No. Grand. So there are black people in the new LOTR series. That's a given. Does it still have to be brought up at every step along the way? When the first pictures were released. OMG BLACK ELVES!!! When the first teaser was released. OMG BLACK ELVES!!! The first official trailer, which Kev posted. OMG BLACK ELVES!!! We gonna do this after every single episode too?
Hang on, they're not in every fuckin episode are they?
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on July 19, 2022, 01:00:02 PM
It doesn't matter why subject material is changed. Subject material is always changed. What matters is whether the end product is good or bad. From Hell: subject matter changed, shite movie. Watchmen: subject matter changed, great movie. Did the respective reasons for changing the subject matter play a role? No. Grand. So there are black people in the new LOTR series. That's a given. Does it still have to be brought up at every step along the way? When the first pictures were released. OMG BLACK ELVES!!! When the first teaser was released. OMG BLACK ELVES!!! The first official trailer, which Kev posted. OMG BLACK ELVES!!! We gonna do this after every single episode too?
I disagree with your first sentence but that's your opinion so carry on. I haven't seen any of this hysteria you point to elsewhere and you seem to be in full-on rant mode so I'll leave you to it. I could entertain an argument but like others on here have realised, life is too short. Fair play to the other two martyrs though.
Quote from: Eoin McLove on July 19, 2022, 01:20:59 PM
Hang on, they're not in every fuckin episode are they?
:laugh:
The whole thing is actually a blaxploitation take on Tolkien. Curtis Mayfield is handling the soundtrack and the real title is Superfly Sauron and the Rings of Black Power.
Quote from: Caomhaoin on July 18, 2022, 08:06:12 AM
Tolkien described Elves as lithe, sinuous, tall and fair-skinned etc.
Also, this description from Tolkien is about the Eldar specifically, who are just one subdivision of all the Middle Earth elves. One might even hazard a guess that if Tolkien said it specifically of one group of them, it highlights that the other "races" of elves were not, in his mind, all like this. But, y'know, who knows! In any case, the black elf we see in the trailers is not an Eldar.
As I mentioned, if they got away with the pointy ears then anything else is fair game really. Why does no-one care about the ears?
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on July 19, 2022, 02:01:09 PM
Quote from: Caomhaoin on July 18, 2022, 08:06:12 AM
Tolkien described Elves as lithe, sinuous, tall and fair-skinned etc.
Also, this description from Tolkien is about the Eldar specifically, who are just one subdivision of all the Middle Earth elves. One might even hazard a guess that if Tolkien said it specifically of one group of them, it highlights that the other "races" of elves were not, in his mind, all like this. But, y'know, who knows! In any case, the black elf we see in the trailers is not an Eldar.
Yeah but you are using your powers for Evil. Again.
Started The Old Man over the weekend. First few episodes were good but I think I've had enough! Episode 4 was one of the dullest hours of television I've watched in a while. The use of endless monologues over actual conversation is really grating. No action of any description since episode 2. Great cast but it's going quickly downhill with everything slowed down to the point that any early sense of urgency has well and truly gone!
I finished it. It was good but the episodes really don't need to be an hour long.
Much better is Black Bird. Only a coupla eps to go. Your man is a grade A quality creep. Great show.
Yup!
The Old Man started off great but quickly ran out of steam.
Still worth the watch, though.
Two eps into Black Bird and enjoying it. That Egerton fella is pretty decent in it. He's kinda annoyed me in anything else I've seen him in.
Now up to date with Better Call Saul. Smashing stuff, such an entertaining show
This final season is excellent, to be fair. It was a long slog to get here though!
Quote from: jobrok1 on July 28, 2022, 08:50:47 AMThis final season is excellent, to be fair. It was a long slog to get here though!
yea, been a few years alright. I nearly dare say I prefer it over Breaking Bad. Thing I will revisit bad pretty soon
Saul is great much better than Breaking Bad. I didn't even know the new season out until I came across it last weekend. Only watched the first two episodes so far which I enjoyed.
I think BCS was better too. I feel like I need to go back and rewatch it before getting into the final season or two because I lost the run of it just after the season finale where he burns the brother's house down. Am I even remembering that correctly?? It's been a few years. I love the tone of the show and how it gradually gets darker as he fails again and again. It's such an incremental war of attrition on his character.
Hands down one of the best shows I've ever watched. Pity all other netflix shows aren't up to this standard
Cunting thing isn't on Netflix Australia :(
Watched the trailer of that lord of the rings show. I think it looks quite good now. Looks great visually, I just hope the story is decent.
I see Nichelle Nichols, the icon who played Lieutenant Uhura, has passed away. Live long and prosper.
Finished the rewatch of Lost this evening. Actually savage, even enjoyed the two seasons where it is commonly claimed to have come off the rails altogether (S4 & S5), ending is much better now, show flows well and all the little bits from early seasons coming back in towards the end play in nicely - not bad for a show with no plan beyond S1 originally.
Also watched the original Berserk anime alongside it, finished a week or so back - really savage, downbeat, good 90s show. Paced but full of good action and a deadly plot, but it finishes in the worst fucking place of all time. Going to have to start into the manga now to pick up from where it left off, sickened there was no more made of it.
I may give Lost a go whenever I finish up The Sopranos rewatch. I haven't seen Lost since it originally aired back in the day. Used to absolutely love it in the beginning but then got disheartened midway through. I remember really liking the second last season and then finding the last season a bit meh. I feel the show would probably sit better being able to watch an episode a night rather than waiting a week and interest waning between seasons.
Right. Who's watching Sandman? Just finished the first episode. Not impressed.At all.
I want to read the comic first, I have it all lined up here. Reviews have been good.
I should stress, I love the comic, but I'm not interested in or expecting a faithful adaptation (nor do I have any issue with race/gender swaps as they've done here, so save your fucking whining nerds). That would be nigh on impossible and frankly ridiculous as it's a different format and I'd rather a decent show with hints of the original than a shit attempt at making it exactly the same.
That's not my gripe. It's the..eh..how do I explain this?..GOT-ization of it. You can tell Netflix see cash cow potential in it from that audience.
Also I don't remember it being explicitly stated anywhere in the comics that they all had posh British accents.
Won't be watching it for a while as I want herself to read the comics before we do, and anyway we've loads of other stuff to get through.
I watched the first 2 episodes yesterday. It's alright, not amazing, but I've had very low expectations before watching it.
The gender/race swaps do bug me, as I fucking love the comics and I don't want them to change anything about them.
I don't really see the point in swaps other than trying to look woke. Surely they could have found a decent casting for Lucien? Yer wan hasn't warmed to me at all, and she doesn't seem like the type Dream would have looking after the gaf.
Up to ep3 now and it's definitely in the "ok" bracket but that first episode is shite.
If you're bugged by things not being the same, stop watching it. It's not the comic.
Lucien I'm ok with, the Corinthian sucks though, weirdly because he's pretty much just the comic character. The guy playing him is terrible.
TBH I really don't like the guy playing Morpheus. He seems to think he's in Twilight.
Quote from: Pentagrimes on August 07, 2022, 09:32:27 PMUp to ep3 now and it's definitely in the "ok" bracket but that first episode is shite.
If you're bugged by things not being the same, stop watching it. It's not the comic.
Lucien I'm ok with, the Corinthian sucks though, weirdly because he's pretty much just the comic character. The guy playing him is terrible.
TBH I really don't like the guy playing Morpheus. He seems to think he's in Twilight.
Watched 4 episodes and bailed....found it ok but some bits were painful
The Corinthian's eyes aren't half scary enough, cgi looks a bit shit.
The Hell episode was weak, Brienne of fucking Tarth is a terrible choice to play Lucifer.
The battle was alright, but overall a weak episode.
Got halfway through the diner episode before I had to leave to do something, and it's only alright.
Actually I enjoyed the Diner episode more than I expected to, and that was going to be the decider for me. I quite like the Death episode that follows it, best of the episodes thus far. Both take cues from the comic but again realise they can't quite copy them and still do a decent job. Yeah, with you on the Hell episode. She's terrible.
I'm definitely liking it more with each epsiode as its' own thing but..I dunno, there's a lot to dislike about it.
Better Call Saul still doing the business. One ep to go.
Finished Raised by Wolves. Don't really know what to make of it. At times very slow, sometimes profound. Don't know if I could recommend it but very glad I watched it. A strange one.
Quote from: Pentagrimes on August 09, 2022, 10:28:17 AMActually I enjoyed the Diner episode more than I expected to, and that was going to be the decider for me. I quite like the Death episode that follows it, best of the episodes thus far. Both take cues from the comic but again realise they can't quite copy them and still do a decent job. Yeah, with you on the Hell episode. She's terrible.
I'm definitely liking it more with each epsiode as its' own thing but..I dunno, there's a lot to dislike about it.
There is a lot to dislike but there's enough in it to keep me interested. I'm just after finishing the diner episode which was quality.
Boundless aka Sin Limites, the story of Magellan's voyage on Amazon. Pretty good.
The Sandman, watched the first ep. As someone more or less oblivious to the graphic novel, not bad.
Quote from: Emphyrio on August 10, 2022, 04:54:38 PMBoundless aka Sin Limites, the story of Magellan's voyage on Amazon. Pretty good.
Watched this over the last couple of days myself, also thought it was pretty good.
Quote from: Emphyrio on August 09, 2022, 02:58:43 PMFinished Raised by Wolves. Don't really know what to make of it. At times very slow, sometimes profound. Don't know if I could recommend it but very glad I watched it. A strange one.
It took me an embarassing amount of time to realise you weren't referring to the Channel 4 sitcom about Caitlin Moran. Which is neither slow nor profound (but pretty funny)
In currently tipping through Midnight Mass. It's decent enough but I'm kind of waiting for it to get to the point.
This is picking up a bit actually.
started rewatching "Review with Forrest McNeil" last night. One of the best comedy shows of this century so far.
Is that the Ozzie one or the US one? Both incredible anyway.
I've only seen the American one. Very funny.
The Oz one is the original as far as I know and it's grittier. Def check it out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1eLLNQzOMU
Cool, will give it a whirl.
That's Margot Robbie! Proper "before they were famous" moment there. Only ever seen the US one before myself, and had almost forgotten about it. Used to have me in stitches.
Didn't know about the Oz one..thanks Matt
Must go again cause it's years since I watched it as well.
I think I'm giving up on Midnight Mass. It's alright. Decent enough atmosphere if a bit one dimensional. I thought I'd reached the finale but it's still going. I think it needs a harder edit maybe. It is amusing to as Elliot from ET as a grown up though. Dunno... pure grand. I think I always want to like horror more than I often do.
Worth finishing, as it's a one off series, IMO.
But Yeah! There's no major payoff, as such.
The suspense and atmosphere was completely dragged out and I nearly gave up myself, but from the end of ep7, I think, it got really good.
Binged all 3 seasons of The Boys in the past month. Really enjoyed it even if I'm suffering from watching too much comic book shite. Only gripe is the ending to the last season, didn't leave me excited to watch more.
Rewatching The Simpsons from the beginning when I can and enjoying the earlier episodes a lot more. Nearly wrapped up on Season 2.
Started watching The Looming Tower. Pretty good. If you liked Jeff Daniels in The Comey Rule then you should get on this.
Watching Sick Note. Funny stuff. Rupert Grint is great.
Watched Severence. I dunno how I feel about it. Looks amazing and great cast but hated the cliffhanger ending to the season.
It's got great reviews but there's something about it that makes me feel I wouldn't enjoy it.
Finished Better Call Saul. Perfect ending. On paper you'd think that Breaking Bad would be a far more enjoyable show but the writing on BCS is just top notch. I guess it's always been more of a character study than anything else so even when not much is actually happening it's never not interesting.
Watched the first ep of Station Eleven. Postapocalyse yoke. Very early days of COVID buzz off it. Curious to see where it goes.
Station Eleven is a strange one.
Felt like throwing in the towel a few times.
Finished watching The bear, good watch. Could watch a whole series made up of just the food prep shots. Great acting and characters, well written and believable. Must watch for anyone into food. Fresh off finishing Anthony bourdains first book too added to it
Three episodes into Sandman.
It's OK. Not very familiar with the comics, so can just take the show for what it is.
I am familiar with a certain gender swapped character, which I find quite annoying.
Not the type of character that needs or should be gender swapped, IMO.
I mean... isn't he already in another series at the moment? And isn't there talk of a movie reboot? And even a movie sequel?
But on the other hand... The Lucifer gender swap doesn't bother me at all.
Even though he had his own show for the last few years also.
Completely different interpretations, though.
Go figure! :P
Lashing theough The Rehearsal now. Love the awkwardness of it, and a nice counterpart to the aforementioned Review.
Quote from: jobrok1 on August 16, 2022, 07:17:19 PMStation Eleven is a strange one.
Felt like throwing in the towel a few times.
Eh, what the hell happened in ep2. Like a totally different show.
Yup!
Like I said. It's a strange one.
Not read the comics, but my wife had it on. Just looked like lots of emo teen angst waffle. Nothing was happening. Accurate?
Sandman?Not at all. Watch the diner episode. And you're old enough to know the difference between an emo and a goth surely? ;)
First ep of House of the Dragon is pretty good. Matt Smith is really well cast.
Ya the first episode is off to a pretty good start. Wasn't expecting much so I was pleasantly surprised.
Aye off to a good start. I'd forgot how harsh GOT could be. Good casting as well.
Can prob resurrect the GoT thread for this, wherever it is.
Watched all the Sandman episodes. Overall it's grand. Some of the acting is a bit shit, some of the scenery is pretty epic. The CGI for Merv looks fairly crap.
I wonder if it would have been better off as an animated series? Either way I'll continue to watch it and I'd recommend it to people. Looks like they're not really leaving anything out from the comics, which is great because the stories are just so good.
Just watching for the first time Barbaric Genius the documentary following writer and former tournament chess player John Healy. I'd read The Grass Arena many years ago must dig it out, really interesting doc.
New show "Mike" about Mike Tyson. 2 episodes out. Very good show. He had some upbringing. Doesn't gloss over anything so far. Harvey Kietel is in it too.
Nice one.
Watched Dopesick, finally, last week which led me to The Looming Tower. Both excellent with great casting. Herself wants to finish the latter before I get around to the second ep of Rings of Power.
Haven't heard of The Looming Tower, must look it up if it's being put on a par with Dopesick!
Anyone seen Severance? I've had it recommended to me by a few folk.
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on September 05, 2022, 08:10:42 AMHaven't heard of The Looming Tower, must look it up if it's being put on a par with Dopesick!
Dopesick is to oxy as Looming Tower is to 9-11. Both largely preventable shit shows.
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on September 05, 2022, 08:10:42 AMHaven't heard of The Looming Tower, must look it up if it's being put on a par with Dopesick!
Anyone seen Severance? I've had it recommended to me by a few folk.
Ya The Looming Tower is a good watch. Severance is deadly. Well worth a look.
I'm halfway through The Offer, a Paramount+ series about the making of The Godfather. Really enjoying it, there's a great cast (Miles Teller, Matthew Goode, Juno Temple and Giovanni Ribisi among others) and some of the impersonations are bang on (Brando and Pacino are great). The trailer kind of pitches it as a 'romp', which it isn't really. Worth a look.
I finished the new season of Cobra Kai the other night. Good, harmless cheesy fun. I started Dalmer last night which seems very good so far. I'm only two episodes in and all
Watched the first episode of that the other day, the building tension is unbearable.
Watched the first episode of Dahmer. Grim.
Quote from: Carnage on September 24, 2022, 02:16:20 PMWatched the first episode of that the other day, the building tension is unbearable.
isn't it just! Definitely one of the best shows on a real life serial killer in my opinion
Aye, watched the second episode yesterday. Grim.
Hard to beleive it's the same actor as Quicksilver from the X-Men movies.
Few episodes into Dahmer. The time jumps weren't really necessary IMO, but it doesn't detract from the horror show that was his life.
On a horror themed tangent there's a first trailer out for The Last Of Us. I absolutely love the game and this looks to be really well done, high hopes for this one.
https://youtu.be/rBRRDpQ0yc0 (https://youtu.be/rBRRDpQ0yc0)
Thought the acting was awful in that Dahmer show. So much that I turned it off after one episode.
Watched Taboo last week and enjoyed it.
Quote from: open face surgery on September 27, 2022, 10:38:40 PMWatched Taboo last week and enjoyed it.
I gave up on Taboo after a few episodes. I have reluctantly come to the conclusion that Tom Hardy is a fucking atrocious actor. That semi- growled way he mumbles through his lines makes him almost impossible to understand. Speak up, ye cunt!
Quote from: Eoin McLove on September 28, 2022, 03:42:32 AMQuote from: open face surgery on September 27, 2022, 10:38:40 PMWatched Taboo last week and enjoyed it.
I gave up on Taboo after a few episodes. I have reluctantly come to the conclusion that Tom Hardy is a fucking atrocious actor. That semi- growled way he mumbles through his lines makes him almost impossible to understand. Speak up, ye cunt!
yea, I get that. The whole bane vs batman was more a case of who is the least understandable ha ha. Hardy is ace in Locke though!
I've enjoyed him in stuff over the years in fairness, but he seems to be getting typecast into these dense roles lately.
Quote from: Eoin McLove on September 28, 2022, 03:42:32 AMQuote from: open face surgery on September 27, 2022, 10:38:40 PMWatched Taboo last week and enjoyed it.
I gave up on Taboo after a few episodes. I have reluctantly come to the conclusion that Tom Hardy is a fucking atrocious actor. That semi- growled way he mumbles through his lines makes him almost impossible to understand. Speak up, ye cunt!
I watched it until the end and found it barely watchable. Hardy is a mumbling cunt and totally over rated as an actor.
Binging The Boys as something to just enjoy and turn off to, but really enjoying it.
Giving 'Derek'a rewatch as I'm in the sick bed. It's not as good as his other series but not such a slap in the face to entertainment as a lot of lads say.
Quote from: Ollkiller on September 28, 2022, 02:12:27 PMQuote from: Eoin McLove on September 28, 2022, 03:42:32 AMQuote from: open face surgery on September 27, 2022, 10:38:40 PMWatched Taboo last week and enjoyed it.
I gave up on Taboo after a few episodes. I have reluctantly come to the conclusion that Tom Hardy is a fucking atrocious actor. That semi- growled way he mumbles through his lines makes him almost impossible to understand. Speak up, ye cunt!
I watched it until the end and found it barely watchable. Hardy is a mumbling cunt and totally over rated as an actor.
Only ever saw him in 1 other film, Lawless, as far as I can remember, so I found him perfect.
Quote from: CorkonianHunger on September 28, 2022, 04:15:32 PMBinging The Boys as something to just enjoy and turn off to, but really enjoying it.
Only got around to the latter half of season 2 and season 3 recently enough. Tremendously enjoyable but they would want to start thinking about wrapping up the plot soon enough.
Quote from: Born of Fire on September 28, 2022, 08:45:22 PMthey would want to start thinking about wrapping up the plot soon enough.
Yeah, enough of this "I have a video of you I'm going to leak or else" stuff. Wouldn't mind a wrap up and then them just hunting lads.
Finished The Sandman there, enjoyed it.
Yeah! Enjoyed myself, too.
Not familiar with the comics side of it, bar one particualr character. So was a bit miffed at the shows gender swap.
OTher than that I thought it was pretty good.
The final 'bonus' episode was a nice touch to the lore of it all, too.
We've been keeping up with Bad Sisters, episode 8 of 10 just aired there this weekend. It's another Sharon Horgan vehicle, also starring Sarah Greene and the "other" Gleeson son (who's great in it). Been enjoying it a lot; great mix of comedy, genuine tension, and a shade of darkness. Yer missuses will love it anyway, even if ye don't.
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on October 03, 2022, 11:22:13 AMYer missuses will love it anyway, even if ye don't.
Which is an endorsement in itself as at the very least it will confer an hour of being left alone.
Personally, since I work from home at the moment and herself doesn't, I'm all set for alone time!
You lost me at Sharon Horgan. Her accent is like a drill to the temple.
Aye, I was going to say you have to be receptive to Horgan, and I can definitely see why many may not be. Accent can grate a bit, but I thought Catastrophe was very good and this has been so far too. Not to mention, she has to share screen time with far more people in Bad Sisters than she did in Catastrophe, so far less temple drilling! :laugh:
About 3/4 way through the Dahmer one. Last episode with the deaf lad was excellent.
I know he was into his fitness and that but he there is no way anyone can be that toned while boozing constantly like he was.
Said the same thing to my gf when he's lying skulling cans with a 6 six pack and I'm looking at my beer gut while doing the same.
Anyone who's been complaining, (prob just click bait articles tbf) that it shouldn't have been made/glorification of serial killers, violence etc, clearly didnt watch it. As there is a lot of focus on the victims and their families and his parents. I'd be happy if had of just been gore and murder porn but it did add an extra depth to the show.
Somebody Somewhere. HBO comedy about a person who lives in Kansas. Just a really well crafted show and funny as hell.
Cobra Kai. It's truly awful and glorious at the same time. Bet every old actor is creaming themselves the reboot worked. And I'm just up to where Elizabeth Shue comes in. Be still my beating heart.
I'm after getting sucked into Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. What probably doesn't come as much of a surprise, Jerry Seinfeld isn't particularly funny but he's a decent facilitator for some very funny guests. Cool to get a bit of background to comedians old and new. Obviously some awful ones like Amy Schumer but some great ones too.
Jerry Seinfeld is as funny as Amy Schumer. Haven't watched her episode but liked a good few of them.
A new Stephen Graham show, with one of the other lads from This is England, called The Walk-In.
It feels a bit silly at times but hard to know if the far right are just that silly, or poorly portrayed.
Watched the first few episodes of the new season of Archer. Quality had dipped big time since the introduction of the coma stuff but I feel that this is a good return to the classic Archer humour. Also great to watch something that's only about 20 minutes long instead for a change!
I see too that The Walking Dead is closing in on its long overdue finale. I bowed out in season 7 I think it was. There was a time when it was must watch for me but jesus did it go downhill spectacularly. Couldn't hack anymore of the 1 or 2 brilliant episodes per season sandwiched between tedious shite.
Ripped through "The Bear" over the weekend. Excellent stuff.
Like Masterchef directed by the Safdie Brothers. Every episode is like a pressure cooker.
One of the best TV soundtracks that I've heard in a long time also.
Quote from: Born of Fire on October 09, 2022, 04:20:36 AMWatched the first few episodes of the new season of Archer. Quality had dipped big time since the introduction of the coma stuff but I feel that this is a good return to the classic Archer humour. Also great to watch something that's only about 20 minutes long instead for a change!
I see too that The Walking Dead is closing in on its long overdue finale. I bowed out in season 7 I think it was. There was a time when it was must watch for me but jesus did it go downhill spectacularly. Couldn't hack anymore of the 1 or 2 brilliant episodes per season sandwiched between tedious shite.
exactly the same man. Me and a few friends used to meet up every Friday night for a few beers to watch the newest episodes. It was brilliant for years and then it just got very weak. I stopped when most of the main actors left the show. I don't know what season that was now. They should have wrapped it up then I reckon
Prequel Dune series coming to HBO, Dune: The Sisterhood. Set 10,000 years prior to the first book. Based on one of the books by the son. Could really go either way this one.
For fans of dub/sound systems/punk...Massive Attack doc on BBC4 tonight 22.30
Just watching it now, plenty of background stuff on how the 'scene' formed but little or nothing about them or the album at all.
Quote from: Carnage on October 14, 2022, 11:15:58 PMJust watching it now, plenty of background stuff on how the 'scene' formed but little or nothing about them or the album at all.
It was fairly disappointing in the end and way too short.
Chanced upon Wolf Hall when going through the 'on demand' section on the Sky box, spent yesterday watching it. Excellent stuff, though obviously a huge amount of the books' material is skipped or barely touched. Looking forward to the second season now, which covers the third book.
Quote from: Necro Red on October 13, 2022, 11:27:53 AMQuote from: Born of Fire on October 09, 2022, 04:20:36 AMWatched the first few episodes of the new season of Archer. Quality had dipped big time since the introduction of the coma stuff but I feel that this is a good return to the classic Archer humour. Also great to watch something that's only about 20 minutes long instead for a change!
I see too that The Walking Dead is closing in on its long overdue finale. I bowed out in season 7 I think it was. There was a time when it was must watch for me but jesus did it go downhill spectacularly. Couldn't hack anymore of the 1 or 2 brilliant episodes per season sandwiched between tedious shite.
exactly the same man. Me and a few friends used to meet up every Friday night for a few beers to watch the newest episodes. It was brilliant for years and then it just got very weak. I stopped when most of the main actors left the show. I don't know what season that was now. They should have wrapped it up then I reckon
Last episode I saw of that was when the Chinese lad got the bad doing but I'd fairly lost interest well before that. Is the spin-off any cop? I quite enjoyed the rip off too, black summer on netflix but it was starting to get into a bit of the drama so I don't have high hopes for how that'll turn out either.
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on October 14, 2022, 09:19:32 AMPrequel Dune series coming to HBO, Dune: The Sisterhood. Set 10,000 years prior to the first book. Based on one of the books by the son. Could really go either way this one.
Haven't read any of the son's books but hopefully it'll be worth a go.
Quote from: astfgyl on October 17, 2022, 02:16:11 PMQuote from: Necro Red on October 13, 2022, 11:27:53 AMQuote from: Born of Fire on October 09, 2022, 04:20:36 AMWatched the first few episodes of the new season of Archer. Quality had dipped big time since the introduction of the coma stuff but I feel that this is a good return to the classic Archer humour. Also great to watch something that's only about 20 minutes long instead for a change!
I see too that The Walking Dead is closing in on its long overdue finale. I bowed out in season 7 I think it was. There was a time when it was must watch for me but jesus did it go downhill spectacularly. Couldn't hack anymore of the 1 or 2 brilliant episodes per season sandwiched between tedious shite.
exactly the same man. Me and a few friends used to meet up every Friday night for a few beers to watch the newest episodes. It was brilliant for years and then it just got very weak. I stopped when most of the main actors left the show. I don't know what season that was now. They should have wrapped it up then I reckon
Last episode I saw of that was when the Chinese lad got the bad doing but I'd fairly lost interest well before that. Is the spin-off any cop? I quite enjoyed the rip off too, black summer on netflix but it was starting to get into a bit of the drama so I don't have high hopes for how that'll turn out either.
I thought the spin off was more of the same to be honest. I only watched the first season and left it at that
Ah fuck it I'll probably give it a miss so if it's like that. Sound
Finished S3 of See. Excellent especially after S2 being a bit slow. Wrapped up really well.
Watched the first 2 EPs of S2 of Gangs of London. Had to watch a recap of the first season cos it's been so fuckin long but so far so good.
Watched latest season of Westworld. It picked up in the last coupla eps but with characters repeatedly killed and then refabricated, it kinda ruined all emotional investment in the story. With Nolan's new show, The Peripheral, I don't know if there's any urgency on writing another season. That said, he's said that S5 would be the final season if/when it gets renewed.
On Westworld it just got too convoluted. Season 1 was fantastic. The rest is a bit of a mess.
On Archer. If I was 20 I'd love it but watched the first 3 episodes I think and hated it.
Gonna check out The Peripheral. Heard good things.
And lastly have 2 seasons left in the rewatch of Seinfeld. It's just fantastic.
Agree with the Westworld critique, as soon as they added the outside world craic it feel apart. Same issue I had with handmaid's tale, which was great when the focus was on small community/household. As soon as the bigger world building came in to play the both just got messy.
Rewatching true detective season 1. Just watched ep 4 that ends with the 1 shot take... Still one of the best seasons of telly
Quote from: nukeabuse on October 27, 2022, 11:17:53 PMRewatching true detective season 1. Just watched ep 4 that ends with the 1 shot take... Still one of the best seasons of telly
Harrelson and McConaughey eating up the screen. Gonna rewatch it soon myself. And that one shot take. One of the best things ever filmed.
Had a Wu-Tang tune playing as well if my memory serves me. Must revisit that first season as well.
Quote from: open face surgery on October 28, 2022, 09:47:11 AMHad a Wu-Tang tune playing as well if my memory serves me. Must revisit that first season as well.
I believe you are correct.
The first season of True Detective was so good.
I thought the other two were kinda shite tbh.
Second one was shite alright, the third one was decent I thought. Stephen Dorff's character deserved a spin-off.
Yeah, I liked the 3rd one a lot. Think my only qualm with it was it didn't fully nail the aesthetics of the earlier time period, but otherwise all good. And the 2nd one also wasn't so bad, except for Vince Vaughn. Impressive to what extent his mere presence in a prominent serious role meant it was doomed before they even started filming. Rachel McAdams was great in it imo.
Aye Rachel McAdams was good in the second and Colin Farrell put in a good shift. The writer said it was rushed and you see it was.
3rd season was pretty good. Stephen Dorff was excellent in it. But both pale in comparison to the first season. Up there with the best mini series ever made.
Quote from: Ollkiller on October 28, 2022, 03:33:10 PMAye Rachel McAdams was good in the second and Colin Farrell put in a good shift. The writer said it was rushed and you could see it was.
3rd season was pretty good. Stephen Dorff was excellent in it. But both pale in comparison to the first season. Up there with the best mini series ever made.
Barbarians Season two on Netflix now, really enjoyed the first season, who doesn't like Romans vs Barbarians
Watched The Devils Hour with Peter Capaldi (who's brilliant in it). Psychological thriller, only 6 episodes and it's well good. I won't say anything else about as it would give it away.
Andy Serkis joined "Andor" a few episodes ago and is fantastic in it. It really is a savage Star Wars show. Got all the feel of Rogue One.
Waiting for it to finish before binging it, I've heard only good things. Then again, I'm in the minority that loved Obi Wan Kenobi so what do I know?
Quote from: Carnage on November 03, 2022, 05:32:35 PMWaiting for it to finish before binging it, I've heard only good things. Then again, I'm in the minority that loved Obi Wan Kenobi so what do I know?
I really liked that too. Gonna wait til S1 is done also.
Watched first ep of The Devil's Hour. Light enough on Capaldi so far but looks good.
Watched The Watcher on Netflix. Was grand enough.
Quote from: Carnage on November 03, 2022, 05:32:35 PMWaiting for it to finish before binging it, I've heard only good things. Then again, I'm in the minority that loved Obi Wan Kenobi so what do I know?
I liked Obi Wan. This is way better.
Quote from: Emphyrio on November 03, 2022, 06:22:31 PMQuote from: Carnage on November 03, 2022, 05:32:35 PMWaiting for it to finish before binging it, I've heard only good things. Then again, I'm in the minority that loved Obi Wan Kenobi so what do I know?
I really liked that too. Gonna wait til S1 is done also.
Watched first ep of The Devil's Hour. Light enough on Capaldi so far but looks good.
Watched The Watcher on Netflix. Was grand enough.
Watched a few episodes of The Watcher. Fluff.
Twas, in all honesty. After 2 or 3 eps I figured I may as well see it out. I think I played a few eps at 1.5 speed on my phone.
Cabinet of curiosities. 2 eps in and this is right up my street. Very vault of horror, proper old school creepy. Can't wait for the rest of it but not tonight. Going to save it a bit
Quote from: astfgyl on November 04, 2022, 12:39:34 AMCabinet of curiosities. 2 eps in and this is right up my street. Very vault of horror, proper old school creepy. Can't wait for the rest of it but not tonight. Going to save it a bit
Ya I thought the second episode was great and my favourite of the lot.
Fuck, the first one was gimpy as hell. Should I return to it?
Quote from: Eoin McLove on November 04, 2022, 09:46:42 AMFuck, the first one was gimpy as hell. Should I return to it?
Ya I didn't think the first one was great but really enjoyed the second one.
It didn't ally take itself too seriously and the effects of the creatures was really cool.
The lovecraft ones were done pretty well too I think.
Cool. I might have another gander tomorrow so.
I've only 4 watched and they're all very different. 3rd one is pretty gruesome
Finished The Devil's Hour. Very good. Reminded me of another show in its headfuckery but I'll say no more.
Looking at The Crown again. Superb telly.
Quote from: Emphyrio on November 05, 2022, 09:06:46 AMFinished The Devil's Hour. Very good. Reminded me of another show in its headfuckery but I'll say no more.
Reminded me of a film big time. But like you not saying the name as it would give away the whole plot. Capaldi is fantastic in it. Great all round cast. It builds the tension nicely over the 6 episodes and the last episode was brilliant.
I hate when shows don't nail the ending but they got this spot on. Casting was perfect too, even aside from Capaldi.
Gonna start Interview With The Vampire this weekend. Hopefully it captures the feel of the movie and not Twilight or Vampire Diaries. There's also a new series, Let The Right One In. Again, hopefully it's along the lines of the movie, which was great.
Saw the trailer for LTROI, it looked terrible. I've heard good things about IWTV but they've cast a black actor as Louis, which fucks a lot of the book's plot out the window from the off.
Oh ffs. Is he going to be a black slave owner now or will it just skip all that and do something else altogether I wonder.
Suppose I'll have to stop saying racist things and check it out
That's what struck me, in the book he owns slaves and practically fetishises the Creole women around him. Unless I missed it in the book that he's mixed race himself - and I'll happily stand corrected if that's the case - it doesn't make much narrative sense at all.
Having read the book myself back in the day I just can't see how they'll work around that unless they do him up in whiteface or something. Saying that, I also can't remember much reference to his colour so if someone digs out the justification then fair enough
Just had a Google gander there, apparently they've majorly changed the backstory - it begins in the 1900s, he's the illegitimate son of a slave owner and runs a brothel instead of a plantation.
If they deviate that far from the outset, will it be any kind of faithful adaptation at all, I wonder?
He might be a vampire will be about it from the sounds of that
Watched the first ep and can only comment from the movie viewer perspective so ye that have read it will be more invested.
So. He's a wealthy black property owner, which, aside from the book, already seems an odd angle to run with. Racism still heavily exists and they haven't really explained how he and his family seem to be largely unaffected.
Your man and Lestat have an overtly gay thing going on (sex scene included). Nothing wrong with that in and of itself but that relationship seemed more subtle in the movie and wasn't really confirmed or denied, which I think was one of the most interesting elements of the movie.
The acting is pretty good and it's nicely shot. There is a quality death scene too. I'm gonna give it another ep or two anyway but I'd say it's piss ye 2 off :laugh:
It's years since I read the book but, while they were certainly infatuated with each other (Lestat world weary, cruel and pathetic, Louis curious, naive and full of wonder), I don't think it was a sexual thing, more a sensual one, if that makes sense.
If memory serves, the vampires had a constant shtalk on, but coudn't do anything with it, so the taking of blood and 'psychic' connection they had with their victims was their vice, as well as a necessity.
Companionship was another aspect of it, they were all lonely after outliving their friends and family.
Again, I've read the book a few times but not for at least 15 years.
Ya, you're on the ball with that infatuation thing. And that it's gone full blown sexual in the show kinda cheapens it. It was a love/abuse scenario that I kinda recollect which was really done well. I presume they'll kinda lean into the toxic, for want of a contemporary term, side of it as it progresses.
I honestly don't think I could be arsed with that IWTV show cos it deviates so far from the book and movie. Just looks like a load of woke shite to me lol. I also can't stand that they changed the time zone. Victorian times suited it much better.
The film was perfection.
Actually way better than the book imo.
They should have just skipped straight to the second book.
As for the sexual thing, as far as I can recall, in the books it was all a metaphor for gay people and the aids epidemic that was happening around the time she wrote the books.
Must check out the film, never seen it.
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on November 05, 2022, 06:20:10 PMMust check out the film, never seen it.
The film is great. I hate Tom Cruise usually but he nailed that character.
Aye, it's a good watch. Preferred the book though, it has to be said.
Tis a decent flick indeed well worth the watch. I'm honestly not loving the sound of the series from the description but sure fuck it we have the books and the film.
Watched 2 episodes if IWTV so far. Quite like it, for the most part. Differences to the book and movie for sure. But still made very well and in a similar style/mood to the movie.
Cruise was very good in the movie. Definitely one of his more notable performances. But the lad in the show is really good too.
Grey Worm is doing a good job in the show, too. But no point in making comparisons to his character from the book and movie.
Decided to start season 5 of The Expanse. We took a break that ended up going on too long. First ep back was deadly though. Looking forward to powering through these last two seasons now.
Just read this re new True Detective:
"A fourth instalment, set in Alaska and starring Jodie Foster, is expected in 2023."
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on November 08, 2022, 11:26:10 PMJust read this re new True Detective:
"A fourth instalment, set in Alaska and starring Jodie Foster, is expected in 2023."
Sounds promising, I like a bit of Jodie. Anything approaching first series quality will do and if nothing else , the scenery will be good.
Yup, it's a good combo so far. Hopefully they don't ruin it by casting someone like Vince Vaughn alongside her. Owen Wilson trying to pull off a character like McConnaughey's from season 1 or something :laugh:
Very sceptically checked out the new Star Wars show Andor.
Only watched one episode so far but was impressed, very gritty and dare I say almost has a HBO quality to it.
Unlike The Mandolorian and Obi Wan Kenobi, it seems like it actually has a purpose other than selling toys.
Quote from: ldj on November 10, 2022, 10:55:23 PMVery sceptically checked out the new Star Wars show Andor.
Only watched one episode so far but was impressed, very gritty and dare I say almost has a HBO quality to it.
Unlike The Mandolorian and Obi Wan Kenobi, it seems like it actually has a purpose other than selling toys.
Its fucking stellar. Episodes 6 to 10 are sensational. My favourite show this year. And 2 episodes left. Stellan Skarsgard, Andy Serkis and Denise Gough are fantastic in it.
Watched the first two episodes of Under the Banner of Heaven last night. Decent murder mystery in Mormon country, but Andrew Garfield isn't that great for the lead
Quote from: Trev on November 17, 2022, 11:10:35 AMWatched the first two episodes of Under the Banner of Heaven last night. Decent murder mystery in Mormon country, but Andrew Garfield isn't that great for the lead
I've watched the frost two as well. Not bad at all. Dont mind Garfield as the lead. I'd say it'll get pretty fucked up.
Started watching America Rust. Episode 1 was decent enough. Episode 2 was a bag of shite. Read some reviews after episode 2 and won't be venturing any further.
Currently re-watching "Seinfeld" for the umpteenth time. One it gets out of Season three - it's still pretty much flawless up until the finale (which I still don't like all that much).
I'm late to the party on "Back To Life" but I just watched series one on Netflix. It's great stuff. Really well balanced with the humour and dark subject matter but never heavy-handed.
Quote from: StoutAndAle on November 17, 2022, 03:33:57 PMCurrently re-watching "Seinfeld" for the umpteenth time. One it gets out of Season three - it's still pretty much flawless up until the finale (which I still don't like all that much).
I'm up to season 8 on a rewatch. Such a brilliant show.
Quote from: Ollkiller on November 17, 2022, 04:17:40 PMQuote from: StoutAndAle on November 17, 2022, 03:33:57 PMCurrently re-watching "Seinfeld" for the umpteenth time. One it gets out of Season three - it's still pretty much flawless up until the finale (which I still don't like all that much).
I'm up to season 8 on a rewatch. Such a brilliant show.
rewatched it with the missus recently as she hadn't seen it. What else is there to say really. Comedy gold
Curb Lite.
I must rewatch it soon as well lost count now of how many times I have watched it. For me it has always been one of the greatest shows ever made and definitely the best sitcom ever made. Even seasons 1 - 3 are better than most other comedy shows. The finale isn't anything special but it isn't terrible either I really liked how they found a way to bring a lot of the great characters that appeared throughout the shows run back in for one final appearance.
Have seen Jerry doing standup 3 times and he is brilliant.
Watched the 1st episode of Tulsa King and it was good,starring Sylvester Stallone.
Quote from: astfgyl on November 04, 2022, 12:39:34 AMCabinet of curiosities. 2 eps in and this is right up my street. Very vault of horror, proper old school creepy. Can't wait for the rest of it but not tonight. Going to save it a bit
Very good series
Finished Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story earlier. Watched it in small doses as it's very slow, very grim but yer man is excellent in the part. I'm curious who they'll do in season 2.
Quote from: open face surgery on November 18, 2022, 11:36:12 AMCurb Lite.
Haha yep. I find a couple of the other characters funny but find Seinfeld and his nipple smuggling slacks highly punchable.
Watched a few bits lately. Dahmer was very good, mainly due to yer man who really inhabits the role.
The Patient with Steve Carrell and Domhnall Gleeson. Cool premise, and while it's slow enough it's compelling throughout.
Invincible, an animated one which is based on a Kirkman comic. In an era where these are all done in live action, this was an enjoyable change. I enjoyed it more than expected.
About halfway through Foundation. It's good but it really is a book that is nigh on impossible to film.
Got through a few seasons of different Anime over the last while, mostly since September and caught up on them when I was out with Covid then too:
Psycho Pass - watched S1, in the middle of S2 now. Good sci-fi / police procedural stuff, straightforward once you get to grips with the premise, a decent story all the same. Not very fast paced but good action throughout, mostly enjoy the futuristic style of it.
Puella Magi Madoka Magica - awful name, initially ridiculous premise, goes completely sideways when established and gets fairly dark, great show but impossible to recommend what with it being about magical schoolgirls.
Black Lagoon - Watched one season and enjoyed it but not in a rush for the rest. Man quits job and joins up with a crew of mercenaries on a boat doing odd jobs. Decent action, good plot, relaxed enough watch. Dubbed on Netflix but a good job done of it.
Berserk - had finished the old series months ago, watched the new one recently. Not even half as bad as the internet led me to believe. Continues on the story in the same vein as the original, doesn't get as dark as it or capture the same old buzz but it is still good.
Spy x Family - thought it would be a bit different to what it is. Completely lighthearted tame comedy about a Spy, an Assassin, and a Psychic child all in a fake family set up. Started out better than what it is now, not my cup of tea at all but I'll watch out to the end of the season.
Chainsaw Man - currently watching this week to week, about seven episodes in and enjoying it a lot. It's about a lad with chainsaws for arms and a face, killing demons, set in a sort of alternate future 00s. Violent and ridiculous.
Other than those, I've started into The Good Wife too, nearly to the end of S1 and enjoying it a lot. Good courtroom drama, you can see Suits took a lot of inspiration from it. Easy to watch.
2 episodes into The Witcher, it's only OK so far. Obviously some worldbuilding and separate plot threads developing that'll eventually intertwine, but it's fairly bland so far.
Bit late to the party, but I started watching Lovecraft Country. It can be a bit all over the place, but it's pretty engaging. Definitely one of the best opening first episodes ever made. Anyone else give it a watch? It is batshit mad at times. One episode left to watch
Ya first episode of Lovecraft Country was brilliant. The rest was poor imo.
Finished Andor last night. A triumph of a tv show and might be the best thing Star Wars has ever done.
Quote from: Ollkiller on November 24, 2022, 12:04:59 PMYa first episode of Lovecraft Country was brilliant. The rest was poor imo.
Thought much the same myself.
Would I be called a racist if I say that it bothers me that they made Morticia and Gomez getting met in high school instead at a funeral........ :-\
Tried an episode of that Wednesday show.
Had to turn it off after 20 mins.
Absolute shite.
I keep seeing Bo Selecta popping up today online so gonna go back and give that another go. Thought it was hilarious back when it aired.
It was mentioned in David Baddiel's not very balanced Jews Don't Count documentary that aired the other night. Bo Selecta, that is.
Quote from: Ollkiller on November 24, 2022, 12:04:59 PMYa first episode of Lovecraft Country was brilliant. The rest was poor imo.
Finished Andor last night. A triumph of a tv show and might be the best thing Star Wars has ever done.
Andor is the best thing since The Empire Strikes Back. Very dark and it made Obi Wan look like Micky Mouse
Finished The Expanse last night. Really was a great and very unique series. Ambitiously deep in scope and really pulled it off well. Season 6 is only 6 episodes though, and I didn't know this, so was expecting a further few episodes to explore some of the many, many open threads it left floating out into a future just as uncertain as every present moment throughout the whole thing. Anyway, yeah, enjoyed it a lot. Marco Inaros, Amos, Drummer, absolutely top class characters, and plenty other great ones besides.
I've started the expanse 3 times and liked the cut of its jib each time but I keep leaving it too long and have to go back to the start. Really must give it the proper run when the wife stops making me watch pure shite
Yeah, we left a big gap between season 4 and then watching seasons 5 & 6 and we had a bit of trouble remembering who'd done what. Could have done with a big fat 'Previously' at the beginning of each season rather than at the beginning of each episode within a season.
Aye The Expanse is a fantastic show. Season 6 was rushed but a good send off nonetheless. A fantastic selection of character's with Amos being the pick of the bunch.
Hopefully some day they'll make the last few books into a last few seasons. I'm up to Book 4 now. They are a great read and the show does a great job of adapting them.
Finished Foundation and it picked up a nice bit of speed in the last few eps.
Then sci-fi of a different variety, watched the first episode of Halo. Kickass first ep anyway. Unlikely to have the depth of The Expanse or Foundation but what harm.
I need to get back to The Expanse, I'm somewhere in season 4. Just kinda forgot about it TBH.
Star Wars: To what extent are Book of Boba Fett, Obi Wan, and Andor interdependent? Or, in other words, do I need to/should I watch Boba and/or Obi Wan before watching Andor?
Edit: Seems the answer is, neither are required viewing prior to Andor. So gonna start Andor tonight.
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on November 29, 2022, 05:12:18 PMStar Wars: To what extent are Book of Boba Fett, Obi Wan, and Andor interdependent? Or, in other words, do I need to/should I watch Boba and/or Obi Wan before watching Andor?
Edit: Seems the answer is, neither are required viewing prior to Andor. So gonna start Andor tonight.
Aye no need to watch either before you watch Andor. Once it gets a few episodes in its lethal
Saw an ad for that Meghan Markles yoke on Netflix. Fucking hell 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮
Quote from: Caomhaoin on December 10, 2022, 09:35:47 PMSaw an ad for that Meghan Markles yoke on Netflix. Fucking hell 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮
I'd rather guide my father into my mother than watch that shyte.
Quote from: Ollkiller on December 11, 2022, 04:13:57 PMQuote from: Caomhaoin on December 10, 2022, 09:35:47 PMSaw an ad for that Meghan Markles yoke on Netflix. Fucking hell 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮
I'd rather guide my father into my mother than watch that shyte.
That could be a Netflix documentary as well.
Quote from: Ollkiller on December 11, 2022, 04:13:57 PMQuote from: Caomhaoin on December 10, 2022, 09:35:47 PMSaw an ad for that Meghan Markles yoke on Netflix. Fucking hell 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮
I'd rather guide my father into my mother than watch that shyte.
I've honestly never heard that one before. That's awful but lol
Jesus, Andor has improved, enriched, whatever the Star Wars universe more than anything since, well, since Rogue One.
The English Queen gave Jimmy Savile an OBE and he was buddies with Prince Charlie.
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So as disgusting Meghan and Harry are they are on the lower end of the scale, but Harry is from a sick lineage.
Finally got back to The Expanse and finished season 4 yesterday. No idea why I'd neglected it for so long, quality stuff.
Watched the first 2 episodes of Moon Knight earlier, it's pretty poor. Hardly surprising when Oscar Isaac is the lead, absolute plank of a lad.
There's a thing at the end of the credits to last ep of Andor, if anyone missed it.
Upon insistence from several friends, got started into The White Lotus. 3 eps into season 1 so far. Easy on the brain, easy on the eyes, but I'm guessing the thing that gets folks hooked has yet to happen. Well, the very first scene of the whole thing is a give away of a big thing that's going to happen, so, quasi-Columbo style, we know what's coming.
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on December 18, 2022, 03:10:58 PMUpon insistence from several friends, got started into The White Lotus. 3 eps into season 1 so far. Easy on the brain, easy on the eyes, but I'm guessing the thing that gets folks hooked has yet to happen. Well, the very first scene of the whole thing is a give away of a big thing that's going to happen, so, quasi-Columbo style, we know what's coming.
I managed 2 episodes and gave up. Awful shyte
Rule of thumb is if it's 'a Sky original', it's one to avoid.
Finished up season 1 of it there and have to say I ended up enjoying it a lot. Some really great performances and the story built nicely. Not going to go so far as recommending it to anyone here, but it's true if it hadn't come recommended to me I prob also wouldn't have made it past ep 2 or 3. Although, Alexandra Daddario is sublime, so, ya never know! Definitely going to watch season 2 on the overall strength of it anyway.
Quote from: Necro Red on November 24, 2022, 11:19:52 AMBit late to the party, but I started watching Lovecraft Country. It can be a bit all over the place, but it's pretty engaging. Definitely one of the best opening first episodes ever made. Anyone else give it a watch? It is batshit mad at times. One episode left to watch
I just finished watching Lovecraft Country episode number 7. First one was great, then the following 2 were fine, the next 2 after that were OK, while episodes 6 and 7 left me thinking what the fuck am I watching, and why am I even watching it......guess I'll have to finish watching all 10 episodes as there's nothing much else to watch at the moment.
Maybe I've gotten too old and the problem lies in me, as I seem to find more and more things to complain about.
Tulsa King is quite OK so far, nothing too cerebral. Guess the strength lies more in good, lighthearted comedy, than in drama parts. Let's be honest, looking for Stalone when you need good acting is like looking for Hetfield when you need good singing.
Really enjoying Tulsa King at the moment.
I'm quite enjoying it myself. Stallone isn't that bad now. It's kind of like the Sopranos but obviously not as good
Yep. Enjoying Tulsa King too. Entertaining watch.
Got around to Black Swan last night. Thought it was amazing.
I just watched an episode of Fleabag. Very good.
Quote from: Eoin McLove on January 03, 2023, 11:20:36 AMI just watched an episode of Fleabag. Very good.
Great show that gets better every episode.
I must check out the series of i can find it (on Netflix!).
Fleabag was 10/10 alright. It was originally made by Amazon, but I guess can be found elsewhere now too.
Have Tulsa King marked to watch but was reluctant. Will give it a lash.
Saw the wife watching that Fleabag show but didn't pay much attention to it. Maybe I've missed out.
I've been rewatching episodes of Bottom lately and getting a great laugh out of it. The missus keeps saying I'm like Rik Mayall's character to annoy me though so not watching it with her anymore!
Watched two episodes of Bad Sisters, new show made by Sharon Horgan.
Wasn't expecting much but it's pretty good, nice to see a show made in Ireland that isn't trying to do the whole Love/Hate thing.
Quote from: astfgyl on January 03, 2023, 06:17:32 PMSaw the wife watching that Fleabag show but didn't pay much attention to it. Maybe I've missed out.
I've been rewatching episodes of Bottom lately and getting a great laugh out of it. The missus keeps saying I'm like Rik Mayall's character to annoy me though so not watching it with her anymore!
Lol you fuckin are like Rik Mayall
Quote from: ochoill on January 03, 2023, 09:53:36 PMQuote from: astfgyl on January 03, 2023, 06:17:32 PMSaw the wife watching that Fleabag show but didn't pay much attention to it. Maybe I've missed out.
I've been rewatching episodes of Bottom lately and getting a great laugh out of it. The missus keeps saying I'm like Rik Mayall's character to annoy me though so not watching it with her anymore!
Lol you fuckin are like Rik Mayall
:laugh: fuck you and all
Been watching Bad Sisters the last few days which is pretty good, dark comedy/drama created by Sharon Horgan, nice to see a show made here that isn't just ripping off Love/Hate.
I watched Defending Jacob on Apple there the last few days. Brilliantly acted, yer man Chris Evans is the main star in it. I'd highly recommend this without giving away spoilers. Tense drama
Four episodes into Severance. Cool as fuck so far.
Just watched the first episode of The Last Of Us. It was alright, obviously just in the set up stage of the story. I've never played the game so I have no idea whether it's faithful to that world, but I'm hoping it's not just another generic post-apocalyptic show.
Potential spoiler:
Spoiler
Seems to have a lot in common with The Girl With All The Gifts so far, anyway.
Season finale of Severance one of the best episodes of anything I've seen in quite a while. Quality stuff so far; gagging for season 2.
Only seen the first episode so far.
Intriguing, to say the least.
Ben Stiller is a really good director. He needs to stay on that side of camera more often.
Watched "Tulsa King" - it's OK but feel the same way abut it that I feel about all of Taylor Sheridan's TV shows.
Great concepts that run out of steam midway through a season, get mired in time wasting sub-plots (which appear to serve only as filler to stretch it to 8 or 10 episodes) and then try to cram all the loose ends into the finale.
Sheridan clearly knows how to write shorter, tighter film scripts - "Sicario", "Hell Or High Water", "Wind River" etc. - maybe "Tulsa King" would work better as a movie or a limited series.
Watched first ep of The Last of Us, turned out it was available via Prime. Was good, though not quite enough to merit the creaming people have been doing over it.
Yeah, I'm not completely sold on the Last of Us, admittedly just based on the one episode so far. The reviews have been universally good, I suppose they might be going on the series as a whole. It was all very standard zombie fare really (by that I mean the more contemporary 28 days later, I am legend kind of take on the genre). Found my attention waning by the end of the first episode. Will def watch the next but yeah, room for improvement
Two episodes into The Rig on Prime. Decent enough so far, though there's nothing new in it. Only 6 episodes so it should zip along nicely.
Quote from: Carnage on January 17, 2023, 10:32:18 PMTwo episodes into The Rig on Prime. Decent enough so far, though there's nothing new in it. Only 6 episodes so it should zip along nicely.
It's only OK.
But like you said... only 6 eps, so easy enough to zip through.
It's a similar type series to that Fortitude one Sky did a while back.
I gave up on that after a couple of eps into season 2.
I didn't bother with Fortitude after the first season. Too slow, too drawn out.
Watched Tulsa Doom. Watched it through but it was shite enough. Didn't realise same fella that wrote Sicario and Hell or Highwater. Both bangers. Thought Wind River missed the mark but was good.
Quote from: open face surgery on January 18, 2023, 12:46:41 PMWatched Tulsa Doom. Watched it through but it was shite enough. Didn't realise same fella that wrote Sicario and Hell or Highwater. Both bangers. Thought Wind River missed the mark but was good.
I enjoyed "Wind River" more than "Sicario" which I couldn't get into at all. Sad lad created "Yellowstone" and its spin-offs too.
That makes perfect sense. I'm up to date on Yellowstone despite not really enjoying it. Hahaha.
Quote from: open face surgery on January 18, 2023, 03:07:19 PMThat makes perfect sense. I'm up to date on Yellowstone despite not really enjoying it. Hahaha.
I gave up on it prior to this new season. It became too much like "Dallas" for me.
My wife stuck with it but she says that she can't be bothered finishing out the current ones now.
All in, it's shite :laugh:
Yellowstone I nearly made it to the end of season 1. Soap opera dressed up as something better. Tulsa king was only ok. Petered out big time. The mafia were laughable. Enjoyed Sicario and and wind river. Defo better at films than tv shows.
Quote from: Carnage on January 17, 2023, 10:32:18 PMTwo episodes into The Rig on Prime. Decent enough so far, though there's nothing new in it. Only 6 episodes so it should zip along nicely.
It's grand at most. Some dodgy acting at times and the CGI is awful. I liked the premise and with a bigger budget could probably have been a class watch.
I very much enjoyed the first episode of The Last Of Us but being a huge fan of the game definitely coloured my opinion of it!
Quote from: Ollkiller on January 18, 2023, 05:54:30 PMYellowstone I nearly made it to the end of season 1. Soap opera dressed up as something better. Tulsa king was only ok. Petered out big time. The mafia were laughable. Enjoyed Sicario and and wind river. Defo better at films than tv shows.
Watch Hell or Highwater. Thought that was class. Must revisit.
Quote from: open face surgery on January 18, 2023, 07:34:16 PMQuote from: Ollkiller on January 18, 2023, 05:54:30 PMYellowstone I nearly made it to the end of season 1. Soap opera dressed up as something better. Tulsa king was only ok. Petered out big time. The mafia were laughable. Enjoyed Sicario and and wind river. Defo better at films than tv shows.
Watch Hell or Highwater. Thought that was class. Must revisit.
Ya I've seen it. Brilliant film.
Nothing that hasn't been said before, but after doing Breaking Bad a few months back (which I loved), I binged Better Call Saul in two weeks, which is arguably better. Brilliant stuff.
Yep, I agree.
Quote from: open face surgery on January 19, 2023, 06:43:03 PMYep, I agree.
Some of the fringe actors are brilliant, especially Michael McKean.
I have to go back and finish Better Call Saul. Great show.
I'm watching Woman of the Dead at the moment. Ludicrous but entertaining.
Quote from: CorkonianHunger on January 19, 2023, 05:43:50 PMNothing that hasn't been said before, but after doing Breaking Bad a few months back (which I loved), I binged Better Call Saul in two weeks, which is arguably better. Brilliant stuff.
I still haven't watched Better Call Saul and I keep meaning to. Is it actually on a par with BB? The tension watching BB at times was nearly unbearable. I remember well when (name) got done in the desert it was pure painful to watch. Is it anything like that or is there more of a light-hearted angle to it?
Quote from: astfgyl on January 22, 2023, 08:32:20 PMI still haven't watched Better Call Saul and I keep meaning to. Is it actually on a par with BB? The tension watching BB at times was nearly unbearable. I remember well when (name) got done in the desert it was pure painful to watch. Is it anything like that or is there more of a light-hearted angle to it?
It's not as intense as there's a lot of non-action parts. Its either witty court room stuff with Jimmy (Saul) or Mike's back story and him getting into business with Fring. There's cartel stuff too. It all comes together in the last season. Its probably more tragic than anything but not as explosive as BB. Character wise I think its stronger though.
I'll have to get on to it. Fuck it I'm putting that next for after True Detective, which I've finally gotten around to and is brilliant so far 5 episodes in.
Quote from: astfgyl on January 22, 2023, 08:32:20 PMQuote from: CorkonianHunger on January 19, 2023, 05:43:50 PMNothing that hasn't been said before, but after doing Breaking Bad a few months back (which I loved), I binged Better Call Saul in two weeks, which is arguably better. Brilliant stuff.
I still haven't watched Better Call Saul and I keep meaning to. Is it actually on a par with BB? The tension watching BB at times was nearly unbearable. I remember well when (name) got done in the desert it was pure painful to watch. Is it anything like that or is there more of a light-hearted angle to it?
Saul is definitely better I have been saying that all along. The quality of breaking bad really started to drop after Gus was killed, The finale was awful and that follow up movie released a few years ago was terrible.
Haven't seen the final season of Saul yet but all of the other seasons are brilliant.
That follow up film was terrible altogether
Started watching Anne with an E on Netflix. About a 14 year old orphan girl in the 1890's in Canada. Not the sort of thing I'd normally watch but it's really well done.
Just the kind of episode The Last Of Us needed at this point.
'Twas great, very moving. I'd hoped that we'd see more of that actor though.
The English was an enjoyable watch. Last episode is heavy on the sop but all in it was good.
Watched the first episode of Guillermo Del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities on Netflix.
It's a horror anthology series, first episode was pretty good, looking forward to watching the rest.
Also checked out the first episode of The Last of Us, pretty standard zombie affair to start but it is done well, and the game was amazing so I'll stick with it.
Quote from: ldj on February 06, 2023, 01:03:55 AMAlso checked out the first episode of The Last of Us, pretty standard zombie affair to start but it is done well, and the game was amazing so I'll stick with it.
Last weeks episode was done very well.
Pretty much a stand alone episode and characters with their stort spanning 20 years.
Quote from: jobrok1 on February 06, 2023, 12:11:36 PMQuote from: ldj on February 06, 2023, 01:03:55 AMAlso checked out the first episode of The Last of Us, pretty standard zombie affair to start but it is done well, and the game was amazing so I'll stick with it.
Last weeks episode was done very well.
Pretty much a stand alone episode and characters with their stort spanning 20 years.
It was a fantastic standalone episode of TV. Nick Offerman was brilliant in it. The gobshytes down voting it on IMDB and just giving out about ot being "woke" is so ridiculous seeing as the relationship was hinted at in the game. It's a really great show so far. No surprise seeing the people behind Chernobyl are making it.
So apparently there's a reboot of Fawlty Towers in the offing. Can't see this being much use. Some things should be left well alone.
https://news.sky.com/story/fawlty-towers-set-for-reboot-after-more-than-40-years-with-john-cleese-to-star-alongside-his-daughter-12805666
If ever anything was guaranteed to be shite, it's that. He hasn't been funny for decades, it'll be written by committee (no Connie Booth, no point) and sanitised beyond belief.
Weird mix of minds. If Rob Reiner wasn't involved, I'd have been expecting Cleese to use it as a further vehicle for his anti-woke crusade. Can't really see it being great either way though.
What a terrible idea. Might be interesting to watch ::)
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on February 08, 2023, 05:14:38 PMWeird mix of minds. If Rob Reiner wasn't involved, I'd have been expecting Cleese to use it as a further vehicle for his anti-woke crusade. Can't really see it being great either way though.
Just for a sec I read that as Rob Schneider
Just finished series 2 of After Life. Amazing that it got made at all, it's so dark.
So many people recommending afterlife and yet every time I have the thumbnail up on the dodgy box I change my mind.
Does anyone else have a massive list of things that they'll likely never watch? I'm terrible for it
Afterlife is good.
Yeah I would vouch for Afterlife too, I went into it with a (probably) irrational dislike of Gervais and came out of it quite liking him and have since watched a few of his stand ups.
Quote from: astfgyl on February 08, 2023, 09:32:46 PMDoes anyone else have a massive list of things that they'll likely never watch? I'm terrible for it
Guilty. Loads of things on 'to watch' lists and I'll still sit watching repeats of Star Trek instead of watching them.
But yeah, After Life is much better than I'd expected. Funny, dark and quite moving in places.
I loved Afterlife but there was no need for the 3rd season. It was played out at that point. Gervais is savage. His stand up, The Office and this. That other show he did as a retard was unbearable for the half an episode I watched.
Derek. I want find on it, but the out-takes from it are worth a look. I love those corpsing videos from The Office. So funny.
wasn't gone on anything Gervais did bar the Office and Extras, which is mainly down to Steven Merchant tbf
Quote from: CorkonianHunger on February 08, 2023, 11:36:05 PMwasn't gone on anything Gervais did bar the Office and Extras, which is mainly down to Steven Merchant tbf
Same as that. I thought Afterlife was terrible myself. Gave up on it after a few episodes.
Quote from: CorkonianHunger on February 08, 2023, 11:36:05 PMwasn't gone on anything Gervais did bar the Office and Extras, which is mainly down to Steven Merchant tbf
I'd agree with this to an extent, although I wouldn't necessarily give Merchant the lion's share of the credit...but definitely Gervais material without Merchant is by far his weakest. Thought Afterlife was overly sentimental, schmaltzy stuff.
Forgot about Extras. That was good as well.
Started watching "The Mayor Of Kingstown" - 3 episodes in. Noticed that Taylor Sheridan (as I previously mentioned) created/wrote "Tulsa King/Yellowstone/1883/1923/Sicario/Hell Or High Water/Wind River" created this show too - Jesus Christ - is there anyone else working in Hollywood?
Anyway - it started off alright but I'm not sure if I'll stick with it. As I said about Sheridan's "Tulsa King" recently - the premise is great but I can see it losing steam already. Plus the idea is pretty high concept in places and the dialogue wavers between nonsensical and ropy.
Also - and this may be a getting older thing - is the violence on some TV shows is now getting beyond grim? There's a few scenes in the 3rd episode of this show that made me wince.
On-screen violence in films 20 - 25 years ago probably wouldn't have drawn a flinch from me.
Quote from: Eoin McLove on February 08, 2023, 11:35:24 PMDerek. I want find on it, but the out-takes from it are worth a look. I love those corpsing videos from The Office. So funny.
The outtakes with Kev (who my Mrs says looks like me, fuckin bullshit you ask me) are brilliant from Derek. The caravan 😂
Watched another episode of "The Mayor Of Kingstown" last night. I think I'm going to give up on it.
Fairly mindless shit that thinks it's "The Sopranos" or "The Wire".
Quote from: open face surgery on February 09, 2023, 10:20:59 AMForgot about Extras. That was good as well.
Extras was brilliant nearly as good as the office. The show with Warrick life's too short I think it was called was great as well. That last show Gervais did on netflix was shite only watched season 1 not even bothered watching season 2.
Finished After Life there. Definite dip for the third series, but not a huge one. The final episode fairly played the emotional game but ended well I thought.
Just due to Francis Ford coppola and that era of movies being mentioned in film thread. I actually ended up enjoying The Offer series, but not sure if it's actually shit and I just love that era. It's a bit hammy.
I really enjoyed it, all the Hollywood carry on. I thought Miles Teller was excellent, much better choice than Armie Hammer.
The two new South Park are great.
Quote from: Carnage on February 23, 2023, 04:50:31 PMI really enjoyed it, all the Hollywood carry on. I thought Miles Teller was excellent, much better choice than Armie Hammer.
I watched all three seasons of "Get Shorty" on a binge recently - I thought it was very good. Chris O'Dowd plays the dark side very well.
And if you're into the machinations of Hollywood and its players then it's even more enjoyable.
I wouldn't be a fan of O'Dowd but I' told it's good alright. I must read the book, I saw the fillum when it came out but don't remember much about it.
Quote from: StoutAndAle on February 23, 2023, 05:02:34 PMQuote from: Carnage on February 23, 2023, 04:50:31 PMI really enjoyed it, all the Hollywood carry on. I thought Miles Teller was excellent, much better choice than Armie Hammer.
I watched all three seasons of "Get Shorty" on a binge recently - I thought it was very good. Chris O'Dowd plays the dark side very well.
And if you're into the machinations of Hollywood and its players then it's even more enjoyable.
Yeah I really enjoyed Get Shorty.
Quote from: open face surgery on February 23, 2023, 04:59:10 PMThe two new South Park are great.
"The queen is dead. It's a sad day for Canada and therefore the world"
South Park has been terrible since the season that focused on Mr Garrison running for president. I watched the first two episodes of the presidential season and I struggled just to get through those. I even tried the pandemic episode after people telling me it was good and I just didn't find it funny. The first season with PC Principal was the last good season. I will try the new episodes if they appear on my IPTV but I am not holding out much hope.
I stopped watching at exactly rhw same time, coincidentally. It was just trying too hard at that stage. The Simpsons circled the drain well before that but is Family Guy still on? Haven't seen it for years, American Dad seemed to have taken over.
Simpsons for me was done after Season 9. Season 10 has some good bits but you can see the change in humour starting to happen. That was back in 98 even as child I knew it was turning to shit and it put me off the Simpsons for years. I only recently rewatched a couple of episodes from the early seasons and I was surprised at how funny they were.
Family guy for me was never that good I enjoyed the first few seasons as a kid but it just felt like they kept repeating the same jokes over and over again.
American Dad is a completely different story what a great show. I remember when it first came out I didn't like it then a few years later I came back to it and I still can't get over how funny it is Steve, Roger, Stan etc are just great. I haven't watched it in a couple of years just due to it not being on any services I have but I do have a lot of the seasons downloaded and will eventually get around to them since I recently bought a Blue ray player that I plug a USB into and play downloaded files off it.
I mentioned it either on here before or on the old forum but I can't understand how family guy and American Dad are made by the same person because in my opinion they are two completely different shows.
King of the Hill is another great animated show. Have that on Hulu and have been slowly making my way through the seasons again.
Interesting,I watched the first episode of American Dad when it came out and hated it, mainly because it was a carbon copy of Family Guy. Haven't watched it since though, it may have changed a lot.
Quote from: Carnage on February 24, 2023, 04:23:55 PMInteresting,I watched the first episode of American Dad when it came out and hated it, mainly because it was a carbon copy of Family Guy. Haven't watched it since though, it may have changed a lot.
American dad is far superior to family guy. The alien being the best character.
American Dad was/is great. Love King of the Hill as well.
Last full season of South Park I watched, having skipped loads, was the one with the consent forms, etc. Whole season was one long story. Thought it was great, but didn't go back to it after.
Quote from: Carnage on February 24, 2023, 04:23:55 PMInteresting,I watched the first episode of American Dad when it came out and hated it, mainly because it was a carbon copy of Family Guy. Haven't watched it since though, it may have changed a lot.
Thought American dad turned out at least as good as family guy but for the same reason as you it took me quite a while to come round to it.
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on February 24, 2023, 07:37:25 PMLast full season of South Park I watched, having skipped loads, was the one with the consent forms, etc. Whole season was one long story. Thought it was great, but didn't go back to it after.
I watched the covid ones and thought they weren't great and haven't really bothered with it since but I do go on a run of a season or two from time to time. I find if I don't take breaks from it that it gets old fast.
Does anyone watch the Simpsons anymore actually?
Doesn't get better than king of hill
Haven't seen king of the hill in about 20 years. Used to like it but just forgot
Finished Irma Vep last night. Not a series I can recommend, despite being utterly unique, and despite starring both Alicia Vikander :-* and Adria Arjona :-* :-* A slog at 8 hours and a squandering by the director/screenwriter of his own good idea, even though he'd apparently been handed everything he needed to make it work.
Just finished "Black Bird" - Egerton and Hauser are both great in the lead roles as is Ray Liotta.
I know Liotta is playing a character who is ill in this show but he did not look well at all. Hindsight and all that.
Got stuck into Yellowstone after some comments on it and that Sheridan fella here.
Christ it's mad stuff. Like Dallas got raped by Game Of Thrones.
Finally got started on season 3 of Twin Peaks. One ep down, so far so good, only 17 to go!
Quote from: StoutAndAle on March 01, 2023, 03:36:21 PMJust finished "Black Bird" - Egerton and Hauser are both great in the lead roles as is Ray Liotta.
I know Liotta is playing a character who is ill in this show but he did not look well at all. Hindsight and all that.
Quality show. As u said egerton and Hauser were great in it but Hauser for me stole the series. Such a performance.
Another great episode of The Last Of Us this week. Really is absolutely mental that earlier in his career Craig Mazin wrote or directed things like Scary Movie 3 and 4, The Hangover 2 and 3, Superhero Movie, etc. What kind of fucking grim road to Damascus moment did he have a few years back?? :laugh: :abbath:
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on March 08, 2023, 10:24:36 AMAnother great episode of The Last Of Us this week. Really is absolutely mental that earlier in his career Craig Mazin wrote or directed things like Scary Movie 3 and 4, The Hangover 2 and 3, Superhero Movie, etc. What kind of fucking grim road to Damascus moment did he have a few years back?? :laugh: :abbath:
I dont know but thankfully he did. Chernobyl was fantastic. A lot of the same type of dread in that as there is in The Last of Us.
I thought The Last Of Us really dropped in quality after the third episode TBH. I haven't watched the most recent one yet but I've been struggling with it the last few weeks.
On the other hand, I watched the new episode of The Mandalorian earlier, good stuff. For all the bitching and moaning about Disney Star Wars, I haven't had much cause for complaint.
Quote from: Carnage on March 08, 2023, 02:59:02 PMI thought The Last Of Us really dropped in quality after the third episode TBH. I haven't watched the most recent one yet but I've been struggling with it the last few weeks.
On the other hand, I watched the new episode of The Mandalorian earlier, good stuff. For all the bitching and moaning about Disney Star Wars, I haven't had much cause for complaint.
I gave up on the last of us after 3 or 4 episodes. Just found it boring.
On the other hand I started off the mandalorian with the young lads the other evening and thoroughly enjoyed it despite the fact I went in thinking it was a vehicle for baby yoda merch, which to an extent it is but it's much better than that
The Mandalorian is well good and really hits its stride in season 2. Andor is better though.
Finished The Last Of Us anyway, found the last episode a bit anticlimactic. First few episodes were great, then meh.
The Mandalorian was a bit so-so this week. Not sure if there's more to the Coruscant subplot but it fairly took the wind out of it.
I'm only on the first one of the second season of the mandalorian and so far it's one of my favourite things I've watched in years. It probably helps that I'm watching it along with the young lads but they're long since gone to bed and I'm still here watching on ahead knowing I'll have to go back to where I was but still anyway it's a great fun watch
Watched "The Offer" set around Al Ruddy's attempt to get "The Godfather" made into a film.
It's a bit glossy, pure fluff in parts and plays fast & loose with the facts (I read everything that I could get my hands on about the making of the "Godfather" trilogy) but still it's a good bit of fun.
Matthew Goode is brilliant as Robert Evans - right down to the cocaine-blasted, septum-obliterated voice. Miles Teller & Burn Gorman are really good as Ruddy and Charlie Bluhdorn respectively.
Watched "Waco: American Apocalypse" on Netflix - newly released in time for the 30th anniversary of the siege at David Koresh's Branch Davidian compound near Waco, Texas. It's a fairly measured documentary series.
Also watched "Murdaugh Murders" and "The Texas Killing Fields" on Netflix. Yet another two examples of stories that could be completed in an 80 minute film or a maximum of two episodes. Netflix drag these out for far too long.
Against my better judgment I stuck on Blue Lights on the BBC, the new Belfast cop thing. Jesus Christ but it's been a while since I saw anything as piss poor.
Trailer was enough for me.
I'm two episodes into We Own This City, the recent David Simon thing. Fairly dull so far, all over the place chronologically and just throwing names and events at you constantly so it's hard to keep track of. Hopefully it comes together well, only 6 episodes so not a huge undertaking.
We're 5 eps into season 3 of Twin Peaks. Have liked to loved every ep so far, but we're getting through it really slowly nonetheless. There's still a level of not knowing ahead of starting an episode how much of a mental labour it may turn out to be which means that, by the time work day is over, and spawn is fed and bed, you don't necessarily feel like committing :laugh:
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on March 29, 2023, 03:10:37 PMWe're 5 eps into season 3 of Twin Peaks. Have liked to loved every ep so far, but we're getting through it really slowly nonetheless. There's still a level of not knowing ahead of starting an episode how much of a mental labour it may turn out to be which means that, by the time work day is over, and spawn is fed and bed, you don't necessarily feel like committing :laugh:
Wait till you get to episode 8. I can only describe it as watching an art house installation. A truly spellbinding episode of tv.
New Netflix erotic thriller miniseries, Obsession, coming out in April with Siobhán from Love/Hate and Thorin from The Hobbit. In character, with any luck.
"I've got a bone to pick with you Thorin!"
Quote from: Ollkiller on March 29, 2023, 03:22:28 PMWait till you get to episode 8. I can only describe it as watching an art house installation. A truly spellbinding episode of tv.
That was certainly something alright.
Season 3 of Star Trek: Picard ...
Fanboy's wet dream. Loved it!
Quote from: jobrok1 on April 23, 2023, 02:14:59 PMSeason 3 of Star Trek: Picard ...
Fanboy's wet dream. Loved it!
Ya I watched season 1 and wasnt impressed. Was told by mates season 2 was crap as well but season 3 is a revelation. So will go back to it for season 3.
Quote from: jobrok1 on April 23, 2023, 02:14:59 PMSeason 3 of Star Trek: Picard ...
Fanboy's wet dream. Loved it!
Pure fan service, great fun though. Finished that and The Mandalorian yesterday, both ended well I thought.
Ah, that's good to hear. I found the first ep of season 2 so cringe I didn't carry on, even though I know that in Star Trek cringe is something you have to put up with in order to get to a great pay off! Will go back to it so :abbath:
Season 2 picks up as it progresses, but it's definitely the weakest of the 3.
Just finished Black Bird there. Decent enough, yer man is terrifying as Larry Hall.
I didn't realise that Dennis Lehane was behind it either.
Edit: ha, nevermind.
Half way through season 2 of Mr Inbetween.
Slow burner, but cracking good show.
Quite dark at times, but he's a funny cunt at the same time.
Got a loan off the boxset of Deadwood. Halfway into season 1. It's feckin mint.
Deadwood's great, season 1 and 2 are mighty, big dip for season 3 but it's still worth a look. There was a film a few years ago to wrap it up, it was alright.
Finished Mr Inbetween today.
Really enjoyed it.
An Aussie show about a bouncer at a strip club who also works as a hitman.
Based on a Mockumentary from nearly 20 years ago called The Magician, but in a more serious style.
3 seasons.
20-25min episodes. :
I'd highly recommend it.
Succession finale last night. Good way to go out. Overall, I enjoyed the show throughout, but I must have missed a certain something about it that had so many raising it up to the TV pantheon.
I ditched succession after a handful of episodes.
Every single character in it were just so utterly horrible humans, it made it very difficult to watch the show.
Quote from: jobrok1 on May 30, 2023, 11:19:55 AMI ditched succession after a handful of episodes.
Every single character in it were just so utterly horrible humans, it made it very difficult to watch the show.
The same. I made it to the 4th or 5th episode. It's well made and acted but I couldn't be twatted watching a bunch of privileged psychos trying to outdo each other. Bored me to tears tbh.
And also finished Twin Peaks season 3 last night. Finally. Relieved isn't the emotional response I would have been hoping for at this juncture, but here we are. Should have been 12 instead of 18 episodes. Gotta give Kyle Maclachlan 10/10 for his performance across the different Coopers, but Lynch is only getting between 6 and 7 here. Early on I was on board with him making the most out of having gotten to a stage in his career when he can do whatever he wants. As it went on, more and more, I was wishing someone had been there to say, No, cut that. And that. And that too.
Aye too long at 18 episodes. 10 to 12 episodes would have been perfect. Still really enjoyed it anyway.
Time for a well-deserved total change of genre: finally started Deadwood tonight! :abbath:
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on May 31, 2023, 10:38:56 PMTime for a well-deserved total change of genre: finally started Deadwood tonight! :abbath:
Up to S2 atm. Love it so far, dialogue heavy if you're into that.
Yeah, takes a while to tune in to the dialogue fully but it's fantastically written.
Watched the first couple of episodes of Poker Face, the Rian Johnson series that just started on Sky. It's alright, the main character's really annoying but the villain of the week set up is a nice throwback (along with the titles) to the Columbo feel it's going for. Worth a look anyway.
Apart from it being a Western starring Ian McShane, I know nothing else about this show. So was genuinely delirah when I saw no less than Brad Dourif and a host of other great character actors are in it too. Really looking forward to getting into it now. I should be grand for the dialogue since we watch with English subtitles on for herself. Let's see how she copes with all the 19th century cowboy vocab :laugh:
She'll be calling everyone she meets a cocksucker or hooplehead before the week is out.
Well, was high time we started thickening up the young lad's hide anyway!
Fucking loved Succession!,them being a bunch of pricks is the appeal!
The final series of "Ted Lasso" was excruciating. The episodes were nearly as long as more enjoyable indie movies that I should have watched.
I understand that the first and second season were almost like a Covid-lcokdown junk food for people but the carry on in this series is absolute dogshit. I watched it because my wife wanted to but I nearly gave myself an aneurysm with all the eye-rolling.
Started Banshee yesterday, had never heard of it before but blitzed through the first 8 or 9 episodes
Quote from: StoutAndAle on June 01, 2023, 02:47:47 PMThe final series of "Ted Lasso" was excruciating. The episodes were nearly as long as more enjoyable indie movies that I should have watched.
I understand that the first and second season were almost like a Covid-lcokdown junk food for people but the carry on in this series is absolute dogshit. I watched it because my wife wanted to but I nearly gave myself an aneurysm with all the eye-rolling.
Shocking. Could never understand the praise.
Deadwood is amazing despite the last season being rushed due to being cancelled. Finished Barry which was a good buzz. Rewatching Eastbound and Down.
The crew that made Ted Lasso (never bothered) have another one out, Shrinking. Meant to be good craic.
Quote from: Trev on June 01, 2023, 03:24:52 PMStarted Banshee yesterday, had never heard of it before but blitzed through the first 8 or 9 episodes
Make sure your watching it with the missus or significant other...
All the fighting and riding is like giving her an invisible fingering. :laugh:
Guaranteed the ride after it.
The final season is utter muck, though. Creators wanted out and killed everything that made the preceding seasons so enjoyable.
There are post credit scenes on most if not all episodes, too. In case you're skipping past them.
Quote from: jobrok1 on June 02, 2023, 03:20:15 PMAll the fighting and riding is like giving her an invisible fingering. :laugh:
Now
that is what I call an endorsement! :laugh:
Quote from: jobrok1 on June 02, 2023, 03:20:15 PMMake sure your watching it with the missus or significant other...
All the fighting and riding is like giving her an invisible fingering. :laugh:
Guaranteed the ride after it.
The final season is utter muck, though. Creators wanted out and killed everything that made the preceding seasons so enjoyable.
There are post credit scenes on most if not all episodes, too. In case you're skipping past them.
I'll just say that's she's enjoying it so far! :laugh:
Didn't realise that about the post credits, watching them on NowTV and the next episode starts during the credits of the last one
Nee Shane Meadow's yoke called The Gallow's Pole. Anyone check it out? He's generally a safe bet.
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on May 31, 2023, 10:38:56 PMTime for a well-deserved total change of genre: finally started Deadwood tonight! :abbath:
Season 1 down. Yeah, really great show, really well thought out, keeps you guessing all the time, in fairly unexpected and narrative rich ways too. First ep of season 2 indicates gonna keep heading in that kind of direction; one of the best eps so far.
Now this is a prospect I don't think anyone could have predicted: Nicolas Winding Refn creating a mini series based on Enid Blyton's Famous Five.
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/jun/26/nicolas-winding-refn-to-reinterpret-enid-blytons-famous-five-for-the-bbc
Oh fucking marvelous!
I hope it's really diverse and inclusive.
Hopefully Julian will be a shirt-lifter, Dick will be black, George will be a tranny, and Ann will be an Asian dyke who is eyeing up Timmy the fucking dog to boil him alive and eat him.
Instead of going to Kerrin island for a picnic of ginger beer and hard boiled eggs they could go to Epsteins island for an orgy of Dutch Gold and poppers whilst they celebrate "pride".
And How proud aunt Fanny and uncle Quentin will be.
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on June 26, 2023, 11:09:17 PMNow this is a prospect I don't think anyone could have predicted: Nicolas Winding Refn creating a mini series based on Enid Blyton's Famous Five.
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/jun/26/nicolas-winding-refn-to-reinterpret-enid-blytons-famous-five-for-the-bbc
Good lord!
Think the predictions from the Son above here will be far more conservative than the actual outcome. Could have been fun a few years ago when it wasn't so absolutely predictable. It's getting to a stage of shoehorning things in that it's starting to affect things from a quality and artistic standpoint. Imagine if every artist has to work within certain acceptably controversial constraints it's not going to help things it's just stupid.
Hopefully this famous 5 thing will be so good that I'll change my mind but I'm not willing to put money on it.
Guessing neither of you are overly familiar with Refn's previous work..?
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on June 27, 2023, 07:07:38 AMGuessing neither of you are overly familiar with Refn's previous work..?
I've seen some of the films mentioned but my guess is going by what's in the article, and given the perception of blyton's work in the modern day it's a fair bet it'll try to do something with that.
Actually haven't heard of the neon demon at all
Proof will be in the pudding so not impossible I'll end up with egg on my face on this, but "predictable" is def not an adjective that fits Refn's output, much less "woke". The Pusher trilogy, Bronson, Valhalla Rising, Drive, The Neon Demon... personally I won't be trying to predict what his take on Blyton will be like. Still haven't seen the two other tv series he directed, Too Old To Die Young and the more recent Copenhagen Cowboy. Any of ye?
He's making it for the BBC and in the article he mentions "bringing these iconic stories to life for a progressive new audience". I have my doubts as to how 'Refny' it'll be.
Why, at this stage in his career, would he accept to do anything where he was going to have significant creative constraint on him? Looking at his catalogue, I'm not sure Refn understands "progressive" in the same way that, say, a journalist for the Daily Mail would. But sure we'll see!
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on June 27, 2023, 07:07:38 AMGuessing neither of you are overly familiar with Refn's previous work..?
I've never heard of him, just going off the rest of the "reinterpretations" being made.
i sincerely hope i'm wrong.
Rather! Well, we're all just chuffed you didn't bother informing yourself, otherwise we might have been deprived of your jolly hilarious and oh-so fresh send up of woke culture, what-ho!
:laugh: :laugh:
Surely you aren't suggesting I should have undertaken some type of research myself!
What are you, a conspiracy theorist?
Just watched a series called Extrapolations. Dystopian future predictions based on our current environmental crisis, from the late 2030's up to 2070.
It starts quite well, but the further it moves towards 2070, the more the show really pushes the environmental and social predictions.
The cast is pretty impressive... Jon Snow fella, Edward Norton, even Meryl Street and a whole heap of familiar faces.
Watched all the new Black Mirror episodes. Thought they were very good especially the 2nd and 3rd ones.
Haven't checked out Black Mirror in good while, think the last one I saw was the guy putting clones of his work colleagues into a Star Trek sim, or something along those lines. Thought that and the couple before were a bit weak and never went back to it
I enjoyed all the new ones although the first was the only one in the older, prophetic, dystopian style. He seems to be leaning more into the straight up horror genre for the latest ones.
I gave up on it halfway through the first Netflix season. The bigger budget and assorted 'stars' diluted the impact of the stories IMO. Channel 4 suited it better.
agree with the above. can't remember when I stopped watching, but it was more or less for the same reasons. herself has never seen any of it, so might put together a "best of" playlist of episodes, which will be all of the Channel 4 ones plus a few here and there from the US version.
It has gone down a bit since it moved to Netflix, but I did enjoy the two British ones in the new series.
The one about the papparazi was shite though.
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on June 30, 2023, 12:00:37 PMagree with the above. can't remember when I stopped watching, but it was more or less for the same reasons. herself has never seen any of it, so might put together a "best of" playlist of episodes, which will be all of the Channel 4 ones plus a few here and there from the US version.
Stick it on here if you do! I've only ever seen 1 episode and have been meaning to give it a proper go some day so be handy to be able to skip over the shite stuff.
Been watching band of brothers for the first time only two episodes left, brutal stuff but extremely well done. Not usual a big war movie fan but there's certainly no glorification of war in it. Nearly wept at basically every episode so far.
Can watch any fkd up horror/ torture/depraved shit no bother but the knowing it's real people and the interviews with them before hand really hits. Kinda glad I didn't watch it when I was younger as I doubt I woulda appreciated the emotional heft of watching those lads watch all their mates die as much then
It's a phenomenal series, probably the best war series/film to come out of Amerikay. Read the book (by Stephen Ambrose), it obviously provides more detail but it gives major insight into the characters and how well or poorly they were portrayed. Schwimmer's version of Sobel is spot on, for instance. The big take is that the series was spot in in terms of accuracy, even allowing for dramatic licence.
Ya the book is brilliant and the adaptation is spot on. Band of Brothers is my favourite mini series of all time. The way its shot is stunning and the acting is perfect. I watch it about every 2 years and it never gets old.
Band of Brothers was great, yeah. I haven't seen it in many years. One day I'll have time to revisit all this fucking stuff...
Ah Jesus Christ just watched episode 9 where they found the camps while I'm deathly hungover.
Was a bad move, properly fucked me up
whipped through season 2 of The Bear over the last few days.
Such a great show.
Mush like the first season, there are a couple of really good episodes that stand out.
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on June 27, 2023, 10:35:58 AMProof will be in the pudding so not impossible I'll end up with egg on my face on this, but "predictable" is def not an adjective that fits Refn's output, much less "woke". The Pusher trilogy, Bronson, Valhalla Rising, Drive, The Neon Demon... personally I won't be trying to predict what his take on Blyton will be like. Still haven't seen the two other tv series he directed, Too Old To Die Young and the more recent Copenhagen Cowboy. Any of ye?
He peaked with Pusher 3
Ya, watched it last week. Love it. The xmas episode was a bleak one.
Quote from: nukeabuse on July 01, 2023, 12:39:40 AMBeen watching band of brothers for the first time only two episodes left, brutal stuff but extremely well done. Not usual a big war movie fan but there's certainly no glorification of war in it. Nearly wept at basically every episode so far.
Can watch any fkd up horror/ torture/depraved shit no bother but the knowing it's real people and the interviews with them before hand really hits. Kinda glad I didn't watch it when I was younger as I doubt I woulda appreciated the emotional heft of watching those lads watch all their mates die as much then
I'm currently rewatching this having not seen it in years. I have the bluray boxset which is great. One of the greatest shows of all time, definitely in my top ten!
Having gotten really into Franklin's Expedition and Dan Simmmons the author, I watched the first season of the Terror which I thought was mint.
The first season of The Terror is brilliant. I still haven't seen the second.
Same, my brother reckoned it wasn't great. The first was class though, I must read the book.
The book is very good.
Quote from: Circlepit on July 15, 2023, 04:38:23 PMThe first season of The Terror is brilliant. I still haven't seen the second.
Was told not to bother with S2, seems to just be the same in name and production.
Is S1 a self-contained story then, more or less at least?
Yep, it was planned as an anthology series.
okay cool, must check out in that case.
Ya season 1 of The Terror is a brilliant watch.
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on May 31, 2023, 08:45:17 AMAnd also finished Twin Peaks season 3 last night...
Just on episode 7 and I'm absolutely loving it!
The brother, cousin and I used to watch the previous incarnation as a weekly ritual. The brother had been meaning to watch the "new" one with me but we never got there. We got Sky a year ago so delighted to be delving into it now eventually (binging til 5am yesterday like a right eejit).
It's great to see so many characters back. Also fantastic seeing Diane and her attitude on the other side of the recordings!!
That crossroads scene and the dwarf hitman scenes certainly bought the "holy shit!" factor.
Yup, loving this :-*
Two episodes into the first season of The Bear and I can't really say I'm gripped so far. It's good, but the first episode was just very chaotic and shouty, which I guess is the whole point in capturing the frenetic pace of running a kitchen. Second episode was a bit more reserved and all the better for it. I'll stick with it.
It's frantic and shouty throughout. I love it though.
Ya The Bear is a great watch. Gets better as it goes along. Deadly soundtrack too. Gonna get on that second season soon.
Yeah! I enjoyed it, too.
Not as good as the first season, though.
If you didn't like the shouty bits then you're going to hate the mid-season extended episode.
Ya, that's an intense episode. Great cast.
If youre a fan of the tense shouty kitchen stuff. The movie boiling point with Stephen Graham, all one take is a great watch.
Soft and Quiet is another one take tracking shot movie that just ramps up tension. Less you know about it before going in the better
Bit late to "Detectorists" but what a great show. Well written, brilliantly acted, gentle and above all genuinely funny.
Binged the whole lot in a few days on Netflix.
Quote from: StoutAndAle on July 18, 2023, 11:52:09 AMBit late to "Detectorists" but what a great show. Well written, brilliantly acted, gentle and above all genuinely funny.
Binged the whole lot in a few days on Netflix.
Best thing on BBC in years. Just a perfect show.
Detectorists is outstanding, rewatching it again along with Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing.
Quote from: OpenSores on July 18, 2023, 02:14:05 PMDetectorists is outstanding, rewatching it again along with Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing.
Two absolute winners. Detectorists is beautiful and so funny. Gone Fishing is perfectly charming telly, too.
Finally started The Bear season 2. How I love this show. Sublime.
Finished S1 of The Bear yesterday - great show, tense but gas, fast moving, addictive stuff. Looking forward to the new episodes now.
Got a few episodes of Detectorists in and enjoyed it but have yet to go back to it. Saving it for when I don't have anything else I think.
Just downloaded Detectorists S1 there. Always handy to have something on the go that has half hour episodes!
Loving Detectorists! Tone feels like a mix between Last of the Summer Wine and Peep Show. And some genius knew that was just what we needed!
Three eps into it now. First episode was especially brilliant, maybe best first ep of a comedy I've seen since Flowers.
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on June 26, 2023, 11:09:17 PMNow this is a prospect I don't think anyone could have predicted: Nicolas Winding Refn creating a mini series based on Enid Blyton's Famous Five.
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/jun/26/nicolas-winding-refn-to-reinterpret-enid-blytons-famous-five-for-the-bbc
Jack Gleeson back to the screen for this:
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/jul/26/jack-gleeson-game-of-thrones-return-screens-famous-five-bbc
Started Band of Brothers, just got through the first three episodes. It's decent enough but not really getting all the hype it has so far, hoping it picks up in the next few
Quote from: Trev on July 29, 2023, 09:32:02 PMStarted Band of Brothers, just got through the first three episodes. It's decent enough but not really getting all the hype it has so far, hoping it picks up in the next few
Episode 3 in Carantan didnt grab you. Fair enough. Episode 6 at Bastogne is a stellar hour of tv.
Belgian show called 'Undercover', pretty good, especially the first season. These Belgian cops have unlimited resources it seems, organising mansions, yachts etc to catch disco biscuit manufacturers.
The Dutch language is something else. Fair play if any of ye have managed to learn it.
That's a great show.
There is a Ferry movie out and and up coming Ferry series as well.
He looks and sounds like such a greasy fucker but does it so well.
Yeah he's the best thing about it. The exact opposite of what you imagine a 21st century Dutch lad to be like.
"Godverdomme" and "klootzak" were my two big takeaways from that series, enjoyed it a lot
Binged "The Bear" season two over the weekend. Excellent stuff.
Spoiler
The Christmas episode is something else. Almost eye-popping in the tension that it builds. Reminded me of Thomas Vinterberg's film "Festen".
Quote from: StoutAndAle on July 31, 2023, 09:41:13 AMBinged "The Bear" season two over the weekend. Excellent stuff.
Spoiler
The Christmas episode is something else. Almost eye-popping in the tension that it builds. Reminded me of Thomas Vinterberg's film "Festen".
Aye finished it over the weekend as well. Just as good as season 1 if not better. The Christmas episode was 60 minutes of raw tension. Episode 7 is my favourite though. Great to see the character arc in it. Fantastic show.
Watched Andor the other day. Excellent series. Blows away everything else in the SW franchise apart from ANH and ESB.
And Rogue One! :abbath:
Came across a series called "From" yesterday, ended up watching a few episodes. Not bad, but if they just turn out to be dead it'll be rather disappointing though.
It's from the makers of Lost so you'd never know.
Ah fuck, is it? I didn't know that but I was fairly thinking of Lost as I was looking at it. Tis intriguing enough so far anyway
I didn't go near it for that reason, Lost was such a letdown that I can't be bothered.
Watching the latest episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, a bloody musical episode. It's even worse than it sounds.
Quote from: astfgyl on August 07, 2023, 03:15:34 PMAh fuck, is it? I didn't know that but I was fairly thinking of Lost as I was looking at it. Tis intriguing enough so far anyway
It's very like lost, there's just been enough going on to keep me interested but my patience is running out, 2 seasons which could have fitted into 1 season easily..
Quote from: The Heretic on August 07, 2023, 06:31:04 PMQuote from: astfgyl on August 07, 2023, 03:15:34 PMAh fuck, is it? I didn't know that but I was fairly thinking of Lost as I was looking at it. Tis intriguing enough so far anyway
It's very like lost, there's just been enough going on to keep me interested but my patience is running out, 2 seasons which could have fitted into 1 season easily..
Halfway through season 2 now and I see what you mean. It's actually still pretty decent but the feeling it's going to come to nothing is unshakeable at this stage. In fact I can't think what ending could possibly come of it now other than it's all a dream or they're all dead.
Mostly it's a good mystery I was after, anyone know any good series that have a bit of mystery without a shite end?
Caught up with "Barry" seasons 3 and 4 over the last week or two.
Brilliant stuff. Bill Hader has talent to burn in all departments on this show.
Stephen Root is fantastic as Fuches. The entire cast is great really.
For whatever reason, can't stand Bill Hader.
I picked up the Chernobyl DVD and I'm on episode 3. Simply stunning telly.
Brilliant show, there was a podcast released the same time for it that gave a lot of extra insight into the show and the disaster that's worth a listen
Up there with Band of brothers as best stand alone season of television.
Just finished Deadwood. Could be my favourite series. Absolutely brilliant all round performances. Such a shame it was scrapped but looking forward to seeing the film as I've heard good things.
Thought S3 would be messy but I actually thought it was great.
Halfway through S3 here actually; summer threw us a big pause after S2. Enjoying third season so far too. Been thinking though, it is kinda funny and a shame that, for a show with one of the greatest ensemble casts ever put together for TV, one of the closest characters it has to a central protagonist is without doubt the weakest link in the performances: Seth Bullock/Timothy Olyphant. Can't help feeling that someone as good as literally any other member of the cast would have really lifted the whole series up yet another notch.
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on September 25, 2023, 10:57:29 PMHalfway through S3 here actually; summer threw us a big pause after S2. Enjoying third season so far too. Been thinking though, it is kinda funny and a shame that, for a show with one of the greatest ensemble casts ever put together for TV, one of the closest characters it has to a central protagonist is without doubt the weakest link in the performances: Seth Bullock/Timothy Olyphant. Can't help feeling that someone as good as literally any other member of the cast would have really lifted the whole series up yet another notch.
I see your point but I think he works well for the character.
You're overthinking it Chris.
Washing my hands in this case! Was near beginning of S2 that my "I think that's just how the character is supposed to be!" lost the battle to her "Nah. He's annoying because he can't act, not because he's supposed to be annoying" :laugh:
Ya. I always felt the same about him. Wooden as fuck in an overtly colourful cast.
Named an On Pain of Death song 'Tell Your God To Ready For Blood' after a line in Deadwood.
Quote from: open face surgery on September 26, 2023, 12:22:09 PMYa. I always felt the same about him. Wooden as fuck in an overtly colourful cast.
Named an On Pain of Death song 'Tell Your God To Ready For Blood' after a line in Deadwood.
:abbath:
Finished Chernobyl last night. What a fucking nightmare of a story.
Finished House Of Cards. House of shite.
It started so well and never mind the fact that Spacey got the boot it was shit before he left.
Having said that the last season.... It was like the local community hall players tried their hand at a political show.
Quote from: Circlepit on September 27, 2023, 05:01:44 PMFinished House Of Cards. House of shite.
It started so well and never mind the fact that Spacey got the boot it was shit before he left.
Having said that the last season.... It was like the local community hall players tried their hand at a political show.
First season was deadly. Subsequent seasons had good parts but they fucked it with too many seasons. Should have been 2 seasons long and it would have been perfect.
Watched the National Theatre one-woman show version of Fleabag last night. So funny and a genuinely great underlying story (slightly different from the TV series). Some woman for one woman!
Watched the two out of three eps of The Continental. Not far off being great, but comes out grand-to-good overall. So far anyway. Plus a surprise friendly face from Deadwood pulling off a turn in it.
Finished Deadwood tonight. S3 felt like a slight dip at first but the second half was excellent. Looking forward to checking out the film over the weekend now.
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on October 04, 2023, 10:06:20 PMFinished Deadwood tonight. S3 felt like a slight dip at first but the second half was excellent. Looking forward to checking out the film over the weekend now.
In some sense I agree but never felt a dip as much cause I watched all 3 seasons as one really. The film is good wrap up without being too much fan service. Like a final season in 2 hours basically.
And tonight finished all of Detectorists. What a great show, and given how obscure some of the jokes I did get were, I'm sure there was as many again I missed, but it doesn't even take away from it. Slow TV meets great British comedy? Would be great to see another season.
Detectorist was one of the most beautifully shot shows I've seen in shows a while. Really hit that desire to sit beneath an oak and be idle while listening to earthencloak.
Thought the last scene was perfectly done, was up there with the classic final last scenes like sopranos etc.so as much as I'd enjoy another season I feel like it couldn't have ended on a better note.
There's not much I bother buying on DVD now but the Detectorists boxset came in today after watching on Netflix thanks to the word on the street here.
Also got the recommendation from here. Easier to agree on good telly than good music by the sounds of it
Is tellywarfare.com taken??
I watched the first episode and didn't think much of it TBH, does it improve? In fairness, I can't abide Mackenzie Crook so I'm not exactly onto a winner from the off.
Quote from: Carnage on October 05, 2023, 11:55:02 PMI watched the first episode and didn't think much of it TBH, does it improve? In fairness, I can't abide Mackenzie Crook so I'm not exactly onto a winner from the off.
It's fantastic. Up there in my list of all time best comedies. Just keep watching it and it'll eventually click.
Did some reading up on Deadwood for the first time last night; hadn't wanted any spoilers falling into my lap. Fuckin' thing is based on a real world place called Deadwood where the likes of Bullock, Swearengen, and loads of others were all real life people! Well blow me down with a fuckin' feather! Up until now I'd been thinking that the handful of characters I did recognize, like "Calamity" Jane and even Hearst, were little more than winks to the real world, but no! Think I might have to read the book about Deadwood that initially inspired the show-creator, David Milch.
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on October 06, 2023, 09:56:50 AMDid some reading up on Deadwood for the first time last night; hadn't wanted any spoilers falling into my lap. Fuckin' thing is based on a real world place called Deadwood where the likes of Bullock, Swearengen, and loads of others were all real life people! Well blow me down with a fuckin' feather! Up until now I'd been thinking that the handful of characters I did recognize, like "Calamity" Jane and even Hearst, were little more than winks to the real world, but no! Think I might have to read the book about Deadwood that initially inspired the show-creator, David Milch.
I've been there. My old man and I went around the time that I was 25. Great trip.
The old boy is big into the Wild West stuff: We went to Jamestown, ND - birthplace of Louis L'Amour, Little Bighorn - site of Custer's Last Stand, Sundance, WY name-place of the Sundance Kid and Devil's Tower, Mount Rushmore (which was a fucking trip to see it after seeing it on telly for years), Crazy Horse (more of a trip given that it's so big that the 4 lads on Mt. Rushmore will fit in Crazy Horse's forehead - if they ever finish it (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crazy_Horse_Memorial) - ) and down into Deadwood where the old boy went around doing his best Al Swearengen impression for 3 days.
It's more like a cowboy Disneyland now but there's still some good stuff there - including where Wild Bill is buried (also where he was shot - 3 different pubs claim it was in their spot. The oul fella asked in the last place "Did ye drag him around or what?")
There's a Deadwood history museum there which I went to. It was full of all the usual stuff - clothes, bullets, sheriff star, horse and cart.
Then it turned a bit Father Ted - I looked up at a wall near the exit and there was a photo of a Messerschmitt Bf 109. I asked the guide what that was about he replied - "Oh, we have a WWII mini exhibit too if you're interested?"
I nodded and we went into a room behind the gift shop that was nothing but German gear. Eagles, skulls, the whole lot.
"We're waiting on more pieces" said your man "but this is the main thrust of it."
I think that I've told this story before...
Anyway - "Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee" is very much worth a read if you're into this sort of thing.
Was that by Dean Ambrose? Read it years ago, great stuff.
Quote from: Carnage on October 06, 2023, 11:58:41 AMWas that by Dean Ambrose? Read it years ago, great stuff.
Dee Brown, I think.
Ah, it was. Stephen Ambrose I was thinking of, wrote Band Of Brothers. Dean Ambrose is a WWF wrestler!
Thanks for the info Stout! Yeah, I'm in the middle (hopefully coming to the end) of some work centered around the Reconstruction Era and Gilded Age periods of US history that Deadwood is set in. I'm mainly looking at Chicago, but the whole more general phenomenon of (intentionally or unintentionally) "experimental" communities is central to it too, so it's been the perfect time to finally watch the series... all the more so that it's based in history itself, as I now realize!
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on October 06, 2023, 01:07:40 PMThanks for the info Stout! Yeah, I'm in the middle (hopefully coming to the end) of some work centered around the Reconstruction Era and Gilded Age periods of US history that Deadwood is set in. I'm mainly looking at Chicago, but the whole more general phenomenon of (intentionally or unintentionally) "experimental" communities is central to it too, so it's been the perfect time to finally watch the series... all the more so that it's based in history itself, as I now realize!
Chicago is my favourite place in the US. Been there a ton.
If you're in the mood for reading about the city, its formation etc. then I can highly recommend;
"Chicago - A Biography" - Dominic A. Pacyga
"City of Big Shoulders" - Robert Spinney
Cool, nice one man :abbath: The ones I've drawn most from so far are 'Urban Disorder and the Shape of Belief' and 'The Pullman Strike and the Crisis of the 1890s', on top of more specific stuff detailing Jane Addams' and John Dewey's activities in the city.
In terms of being limited for reading time, which of the two you mentioned would you recommend most if I tell you what I'm interested in is Chicago n the midst of its period of fastest expansion as a kind of sociological petri dish..?
Edit: Sorry, maybe you can DM me a reply instead of hijacking this thread. In any case, now ye see the reason I almost never post in the Books thread; cos I only have time to read work-related stuff of fairly limited appeal :laugh:
I am reading a very light book called "The Real Deadwood" by John Ames. Cheap and chearful gift and not heavy, just goes through the show and the real history in parallels. Good introductory stuff.
If you're interested in 19th century Chicago I'd recommend The Devil In The White City by Erik Larson. It's set around the preparation for, and duration of, the 1893 World's Fair. Two narratives - one follows the lead architect as he puts the whole thing together, the other follows HH Holmes, a serial killer ot the time as he builds a hotel with hidden rooms and death chambers for his victims. The serial killer element is a bit flat but the behind the scenes element of the fair's organisation is fascinating. Plenty of insight into the class system too.
https://eriklarsonbooks.com/book/the-devil-in-the-white-city/
Quality, so it's true crime..? Sounds like it could be a good one for me; def interested in the World's Fair (and the ultimate destruction in flames of the site a couple years later during strike action!)
Just saw the trailer for the new Frasier reboot. In a minute and 30 seconds it managed to confirm what a terrible idea it is!
"The Devil in White City" is a class book.
Did they make a TV show out of it too?
There was talk of it.
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on October 06, 2023, 07:08:23 PMQuality, so it's true crime..? Sounds like it could be a good one for me; def interested in the World's Fair (and the ultimate destruction in flames of the site a couple years later during strike action!)
It's a non-fiction book but feels like a novel.
White City would be a trip to see. If I had a time machine...
There's a few bits left - The Art Institute is still there. And another building.
Quote from: StoutAndAle on October 06, 2023, 07:10:17 PM"The Devil in White City" is a class book.
Did they make a TV show out of it too?
There was talk of it.
There was talk of a fillum with DiCaprio playing Holmes a while back, that fizzled out. There's a series in the works alright, with Keanu Reeves as Burnham I think. Haven't heard much about it for a while, I think it was in pre-production when Covid hit.
Edit: Just had a look there, the series fell apart too so it's back in limbo.
Quote from: 101_North on October 06, 2023, 07:09:57 PMJust saw the trailer for the new Frasier reboot. In a minute and 30 seconds it managed to confirm what a terrible idea it is!
I'm guessing the proposed new fawlty towers will be even worse...
The Devil in a White City is a fantastic read. One of my top ten actually.
Quote from: 101_North on October 06, 2023, 07:09:57 PMJust saw the trailer for the new Frasier reboot. In a minute and 30 seconds it managed to confirm what a terrible idea it is!
Just watched it looks like the typical shitty modern style of comedy. No sign of Niles in it either.
Finished up The Continental last night. Overall can at least say it's worth a gawk, though not by any stretch amazing.
And that's a wrap for Deadwood. Watched the 2019 film last night. Most noticeable was that both Olyphant and Bullock had improved in acting and character, respectively. Not an amazing movie, but a really nice way to tie things up.
E.B. Farnhum is now one of my all time favourite screen characters. Like a Polonius transported to the wild west.
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on October 09, 2023, 03:16:00 PME.B. Farnhum is now one of my all time favourite screen characters. Like a Polonius transported to the wild west.
The EB and Richardson scenes were always hilarious. Brian Cox was also great.
He was! And really highlighted his skill as an actor seeing him in that role after watching Succession.
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on October 09, 2023, 03:16:00 PMAnd that's a wrap for Deadwood. Watched the 2019 film last night. Most noticeable was that both Olyphant and Bullock had improved in acting and character, respectively. Not an amazing movie, but a really nice way to tie things up.
E.B. Farnhum is now one of my all time favourite screen characters. Like a Polonius transported to the wild west.
Olyphant is very good in Justified, one of the better TV shows I've watched in the last few years. The character isn't far off Bullock in Deadwood - he's a trigger-happy marshal reassigned to Kentucky after shooting a mobster. It's based on an Elmore Leonard short story and Leonard co-wrote some of the early episodes. The storylines and dialogue are excellent, and it's worth watching for Walton Goggins alone.
SAS back on the telly. That's me set for the next couple of months 8)
Quote from: Massey Ferguson on October 10, 2023, 10:48:30 AMQuote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on October 09, 2023, 03:16:00 PMAnd that's a wrap for Deadwood. Watched the 2019 film last night. Most noticeable was that both Olyphant and Bullock had improved in acting and character, respectively. Not an amazing movie, but a really nice way to tie things up.
E.B. Farnhum is now one of my all time favourite screen characters. Like a Polonius transported to the wild west.
Olyphant is very good in Justified, one of the better TV shows I've watched in the last few years. The character isn't far off Bullock in Deadwood - he's a trigger-happy marshal reassigned to Kentucky after shooting a mobster. It's based on an Elmore Leonard short story and Leonard co-wrote some of the early episodes. The storylines and dialogue are excellent, and it's worth watching for Walton Goggins alone.
Walten Goggins as Boyd Crowdwer is one of the best tv characters ever. And Olyphant and the entire cast really are great in it. I rewatched it recently and it was even better second time around.
Time to give Mike Flanagan another chance...Hill House was great, Bly Manor was only ok, and Midnight Mass was poor enough I thought. Reviews for House of Usher seem positive so far, we'll see...
Quote from: Massey Ferguson on October 10, 2023, 10:48:30 AMOlyphant is very good in Justified, one of the better TV shows I've watched in the last few years. The character isn't far off Bullock in Deadwood - he's a trigger-happy marshal reassigned to Kentucky after shooting a mobster. It's based on an Elmore Leonard short story and Leonard co-wrote some of the early episodes. The storylines and dialogue are excellent, and it's worth watching for Walton Goggins alone.
Just finished "Justified: City Primeval" - not a patch on the original series.
Just finished Cabinet of Curiosities. A very mixed bag, only enjoyed a few of the episodes.
Quote from: John Kimble on October 13, 2023, 09:29:45 PMTime to give Mike Flanagan another chance...Hill House was great, Bly Manor was only ok, and Midnight Mass was poor enough I thought. Reviews for House of Usher seem positive so far, we'll see...
Finished this last night, nothing special but a decent watch if you can forgive the occasional hammy moment, Mark Hammil is great.
Had a google to see who the Irish actress is...she was a barber with no acting experience who started making tiktoks during Covid, and got picked up to be in Flanagan's last show and now this, mad.
Quote from: ldj on October 18, 2023, 09:54:35 AMQuote from: John Kimble on October 13, 2023, 09:29:45 PMTime to give Mike Flanagan another chance...Hill House was great, Bly Manor was only ok, and Midnight Mass was poor enough I thought. Reviews for House of Usher seem positive so far, we'll see...
Finished this last night, nothing special but a decent watch if you can forgive the occasional hammy moment, Mark Hammil is great.
Had a google to see who the Irish actress is...she was a barber with no acting experience who started making tiktoks during Covid, and got picked up to be in Flanagan's last show and now this, mad.
I'm having to sit through it as herself wants to watch it. I think its fucking shocking. Annoying comedy horror kitsch tripe with 100 monologues every episode. Every character seems to go both ways too.
Suffered through it myself, enjoyed midnight mass but none of his other work. Thought this had potential after one ep but completely lost interest by the end. By the algorithm netflix series
Just finished the first season of The Wheel Of Time. Enjoyed it more than I thought I would, I've read a lot of the books so knew most of the broad strokes going in, but by jaysus does it pander to the old diversity shtick.
Lord Of The Rings/Witcher lite for those that aren't familiar.
Quote from: Carnage on October 24, 2023, 12:11:24 AM...but by jaysus does it pander to the old diversity shtick.
The old diversity schtick... as you put it, is absolutely destroying everything on the Tellybox these days.
It really is. Netflix is the major culprit with terrestrial tv and the soaps in particular not far behind. It seems like your not in a normal relationship now unless your partner is a different colour. Or so they'd have us believe. Just watching Emma Watson's 'Circle' film here and ticking off the various ethnicities and sexualities as they inevitably crop up.
I tell ya, you could make a helluva drinking game out of it .
It's not just Netflix. They're all at it.
Started into The Boys spin-off, Gen V. Same shit!
Black female lead... check!
Gay black dude... check!
Transgender... check! (who literally switches between dude and chick)
Quote from: jobrok1 on October 24, 2023, 08:52:13 AMIt's not just Netflix. They're all at it.
Started into The Boys spin-off, Gen V. Same shit!
Black female lead... check!
Gay black dude... check!
Transgender... check! (who literally switches between dude and chick)
ESG scores dominate. I'm getting better at filtering it out but it has gotten rather predictable tbf. Will probably die down in a few years when people want actual diversity of things to watch rather than crap that sounds like it's conceived by chat gpt.
Watched season 5 of The Handmaid's Tale over the last couple of weeks. We weren't expecting much, but it turned out to be great. One final season to go of that.
And last night started Slow Horses on a recommendation from a mate. Knew absolutely nothing going in apart from the title, so was pretty surprised by the intensity of the opening scene. Lots of potential, great cast, looking forward to seeing where it goes.
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on November 14, 2023, 08:51:21 AMWatched season 5 of The Handmaid's Tale over the last couple of weeks. We weren't expecting much, but it turned out to be great. One final season to go of that.
And last night started Slow Horses on a recommendation from a mate. Knew absolutely nothing going in apart from the title, so was pretty surprised by the intensity of the opening scene. Lots of potential, great cast, looking forward to seeing where it goes.
I completely forgot about Handmaid's Tale. Enjoyed it too, just whatever I was using for streaming at the time died off on me. Just checked there and I was a few episodes into S4 so I must go back and finish it off now there's a few to watch.
Watching Pluto here at the moment. One episode left to go. Sci-Fi anime about a future where robots and man live side by side, post-war the robots are given various rights and protections and have decent enough AI to be able to live normal lives, to a degree. A series of murders kicks off the show and from there it dives sideways into the lives of various people and robots over the years leading up to and after the murders. Deadly show so far.
Is that Slow Horses a comedy series, don't know much about it other than that Gary Oldman is in it?
Had an anime series called Scavengers Reign recommended to me, it looks good from the trailer:
https://youtu.be/NWQH8cMpWTU?si=4mlCB-niItWsJbY3
Quote from: Carnage on November 14, 2023, 12:33:22 PMHad an anime series called Scavengers Reign recommended to me, it looks good from the trailer:
https://youtu.be/NWQH8cMpWTU?si=4mlCB-niItWsJbY3
That looks pretty deadly, I must give it a watch.
Quote from: Carnage on November 14, 2023, 12:33:22 PMIs that Slow Horses a comedy series, don't know much about it other than that Gary Oldman is in it?
Had an anime series called Scavengers Reign recommended to me, it looks good from the trailer:
https://youtu.be/NWQH8cMpWTU?si=4mlCB-niItWsJbY3
Ya Slow Horses is good. Oldman is brilliant in it.
Not comedy, but does have humour (in first ep anyway).
Ah right. About underperforming intelligence agents or something. Oldman's usually worth a look anyway.
Slow Horses is worth sticking with, very entertaining. Oldman on top form.
Quote from: OpenSores on November 14, 2023, 02:19:03 PMSlow Horses is worth sticking with, very entertaining. Oldman on top form.
Aye gets better as it goes along. Oldman is a right cunt in it.
Yeah great character, he completely nails it.
Just finished season 1 of The Bear, good stuff, gonna get cracked into season 2 straight away.
Also a couple episodes into Reservation Dogs. Decent light watch.
Ya The Bear is fecking deadly. You'd nearly have a panic attack watching it. Season 2 is deadly. The christmas dinner episode with Jamie lee curtis is insane.
Watching Dark winds. Slow burning thriller on an indian reservation. 5 episodes in and it's good.
The Xmas dinner in S2 and the oneshot in S1 are brilliant.
Quote from: OpenSores on November 14, 2023, 02:19:03 PMSlow Horses is worth sticking with, very entertaining. Oldman on top form.
Yep. The new series is great so far.
So is that season 3? Something to look forward to for the New Year so. Hope to get through the rest of The Bear this week before watching routine gets up-ended by Christmas. Last night was the Christmas dinner episode of season 2, as it happens. It has set the bar comfortably low for us for the real thing next week :laugh:
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on December 20, 2023, 03:27:33 PMSo is that season 3? Something to look forward to for the New Year so. Hope to get through the rest of The Bear this week before watching routine gets up-ended by Christmas. Last night was the Christmas dinner episode of season 2, as it happens. It has set the bar comfortably low for us for the real thing next week :laugh:
Yeah, it's the third season of "Slow Horses" that's on currently.
The Christmas episode of "The Bear" nearly gave me a fucking stroke - the fact that it's an hour long as opposed to the rest which are 30 minutes and is absolutely, masterfully, relentlessly, sustained in its pacing.
The Bear Xmas dinner episode is insanely good. Chaotic, claustrophobic and Curtis is on fire, must rewatch.
This is cool, video essay including in-depth interviews with two of the editors of The Bear:
https://youtu.be/Lca_XEoO4b8?si=UpDkC0Jx6E8J-YpR
Started the Bear few days ago. Great stuff. Loved the one take episode in S1 and the Xmas one. Last one was Richie cleaning forks. Unreal stuff.
Herself got hit by flu just before the holidays so we didn't manage to finish off S2, gonna get stuck back in this evening. And yeah, 'Forks' would stand up as a short film it's so good an episode.
Watched the first episode of "Fool Me Once" on Netflix.
Utter shit. Like trying to pull off "True Detective" with "Coronation Street" level actors.
Speaking of which, new season of True Detective with Jodie Foster airs next week.
Ooh.. Nice, I like Jodie
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on January 09, 2024, 01:11:17 PMSpeaking of which, new season of True Detective with Jodie Foster airs next week.
Really looking forward to this.
Watched S5 of "Fargo" over the last few days on a whim, and am now working my way through the entire series.
Quote from: Pentagrimes on January 11, 2024, 11:17:47 AMQuote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on January 09, 2024, 01:11:17 PMSpeaking of which, new season of True Detective with Jodie Foster airs next week.
Really looking forward to this.
Watched S5 of "Fargo" over the last few days on a whim, and am now working my way through the entire series.
Season 1 and 2 are fantastic. 3 and 4 took a big dip in quality but still watchable
I've said it before, season 2 of Fargo is about as perfect a season of TV that you will ever watch... Except for the totally random 'bookend' ehhh, happenings.
They have nothing to do with anything and only add a bit of WTF, but if you just ignored them the season is absolutely brilliant.
Quote from: jobrok1 on January 11, 2024, 06:59:34 PMI've said it before, season 2 of Fargo is about as perfect a season of TV that you will ever watch... Except for the totally random 'bookend' ehhh, happenings.
They have nothing to do with anything and only add a bit of WTF, but if you just ignored them the season is absolutely brilliant.
Aye season 2 is my favourite. Everything about it is amazing. And the cast who are all on top from are stellar. I rewatched it about a year ago and it was better the second time around.
Quote from: StoutAndAle on January 09, 2024, 11:28:22 AMWatched the first episode of "Fool Me Once" on Netflix.
Utter shit. Like trying to pull off "True Detective" with "Coronation Street" level actors.
I got through about 20 minutes. It's bad. All that was missing was one of Betty's hot pots.
Watched The Dry over the last few days. Not amazing, but definitely not bad, genuinely funny in places, a little too "chick-lit" in others.
Watched The Curse with Nathan Fielder and Emma Stone. Well, they're in it. We didn't watch it together. Good, weird and awkward as fuck at times. Truly bizarre ending.
First ep of new True Detective was well cool. Fairly Lynchy in parts.
Gonna wait 'til it finishes and binge it, just 6 episodes this series so it won't be too long a wait.
Finished Monarch: Legacy Of Monsters at the weekend. It was grand, a bit of kaiju action but mainly the human side of things. Passed the time alright, Kurt Russell looked like he was having great craic throughout.
Watched the first episode of Yellowstone there. It was alright, worth following up.
Yellowstone is fuckin god awful, but I did watch a few seasons of it.
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on January 18, 2024, 10:25:32 PMFirst ep of new True Detective was well cool. Fairly Lynchy in parts.
Yeah, I got I into it too, going out for a fag in the break and it feeling like Alaska outside helped too
Quote from: open face surgery on January 18, 2024, 06:06:26 PMWatched The Curse with Nathan Fielder and Emma Stone. Well, they're in it. We didn't watch it together. Good, weird and awkward as fuck at times. Truly bizarre ending.
Couldn't quite get into it. The Rehearsal was amazing if you've seen that
Really enjoyed E1 of the new True Detective. But yeah, strong Lynch/The Thing vibes in places
I can understand that. It's bizarre. Watched the first ep of The Rehearsal but forgot about it. Will go back to it.
Any of ye know The Night Manager? 6 part British spy thriller with Tom Hiddleston, Hugh Laurie, and Olivia Coleman. I'd never heard of it but saw it on Prime there and gave first ep a go. Fairly class, looking forward to getting further into it.
I watched 3 or 4 episodes but lost interest in it TBH. Thought it was very overacted. I'm in the minority though, it's well regarded.
I watched 2 episodes and gave up.
Threw on that new one on Netflix, Boy Swallows Universe.
Book is pretty big deal down under, apparently.
The story is a little hokey, but an enjoyable watch all the same. Light-hearted at times but takes a few sinister twists along the way.
Good cast and performances from a heap of Aussie familiars. The fella playing the kid in it was great.
Late to the party with this one however very much enjoying 'Louder Milk' currently on Netflix. Ron Livingston playing a similar character to that of Peter from Office Space. Decent soundtrack throughout.
Watched the first episode yesterday myself, after seeing the coffe shop/voice clip a few times. A promising start.
Watched it last year due to seeing that coffee shop scene. Enjoyable but not at all spectacular was what I thought.
Quote from: open face surgery on January 24, 2024, 01:49:02 PMWatched it last year due to seeing that coffee shop scene. Enjoyable but not at all spectacular was what I thought.
Aye it's not amazing but it's a decent watch. Some of the AA colleagues are hilarious? Especially the chicken fucker.
Been on a Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman binge recently. So good. Anyone have any other recommendations in a similar, gritty 90's vein?
https://youtu.be/GD_oh1IRlNk?si=8_lBK4_uRUk5z9BI
Was funnier at the time TBH.
"Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman" was gritty? I never watched it but I assumed it was more of a gentle affair.
Anyway - 90s grit - can't go wrong with "Homicide: Life On The Street", "NYPD Blue", "Our Friends In The North".
Speaking of the 90s - it's really fucking annoying that none of the streaming sites have "Northern Exposure". It was great from what I recall.
I think there's a sarcastic joke in the request, though I'm not sure where it's coming from :laugh:
Herself decided we had to watch that Netflix yoke, Fool Me Once, with all the Corrie cast offs.
Jesus fucking wept! :-[
I told her everything that was about to happen about 5 minutes before it actually did. And made broad predictions episodes ahead of when it happened as well.
She was not impressed 😂
At the end of each episode there was random story flashes to throw misdirection with tense music building away... "Ooohhh Well Now!", she says. To which I hit back with, "You know it's going to be explained away as nothing in the next one, Yeah!". And then she gets all thick when it does.
By the last few episodes I had her pissing and moaning about it all as well. 🤣🤣🤣
And we actually had a good laugh at how utterly ridiculous it was.
Only interesting thing about it was half the set locations were used in Peaky Blinders, too. Could have made a drinking game out of it.
The best thing about Harlan Coben adaptations is that he usually makes sure his name is upfront and centre. Which makes it easy to avoid. I saw someone say once you'd have to be either young or dumb to find his stuff of any entertainment value. I'd say it was the Michelle Keegan factor that got yer missus interested so much....because the exact fucking same thing happened me
Yeah, my missus roped me into that Fool Me Once garbage as well. Hokum is the word I think, although that's being a bit too charitable. Harlen Coben books are best enjoyed by simpletons on sun holidays, or preferably, not at all.
Simpletons on Sun Holidays...I'll be dredging that one up again!
True Detective, while not quite amazing just yet, is chugging along nicely :abbath:
Making my way through the second season of Vikings Valhalla which is still quality.
Also being forced to watch Love Island All-Stars :abbath:
Don't know why ye stopped watching The Night Manager. Have enjoyed all of it so far but ep 5 tonight was class. Looking forward to finale tomorrow now.
Just watched the first episode of Horace And Pete on a whim, expecting a sitcom type set up. It was not, more a one act play with humerous moments. I'm not sure what I thought of it but Alan Alda was fantastic, as was Steve Buscemi.
Watched Horace and Pete when it came out initially. Thought it was great. One episode is a real struggle but enjoyed it. May go back to it.
Watched it over the weekend, still haven't come to terms with it, the end in particular. Fucking hell.
It's brilliant, most of the characters are great, even the lads with one line or less. Not even remotely comedy which is what I was expecting (CK called it a tragedy), absolutely devastating in places, a few hammer blows out of nowhere too.
The last episode is hard to watch, but the one with his ex is just slow going.
Highly recommended.
Re Harlan Coben, I read one of his books a few years ago and tought it was poor but I've enjoyed the couple of tv adaptations. I don't try to guess what's going on, I turn my brain off and just let it carry me wherever it goes. Perfect relaxing telly, nothing more, nothing less.
I hate those Harlan Cohen TV shows. Utter garbage. This latest one being the worst.
***SPOILER***
And I don't care.
7 episodes of guessing and investigating who, why, blah blah blah... Then the final episode and the lead one in it fesses up to knowing all about it and the whole thing was a plot to set up her In-Laws for her murder, which she willingly committed to (so is it murder) and as a result left her young kid without any parent.
Utter Fucking Bollox!!!
2 episodes into the 2nd season of The Bear. It's a bit schmaltzy tbh, expected better. I wasn't completely sold on the first season initially but it certainly picked up...I hope this similarly improves
It does aye, worth sticking out even if you're not fully sold just yet.
This new True Detective started well but I'm on episode 4 now and it's an absolute snoozefest.
Waiting for the last episode next week to binge it. As long as it's better than season 2 I'll be happy enough.
Yeah ,I got bored with it ,mainly because I didn't find any of the characters particularly interesting or likeable. The setting was the best thing about it in the end.
I'm enjoying it. Ep 5 was good anyway.
Catching up on a load of recommendations that I never bothered with before.
The Bear has been damn good so far (season 1). That episode where they've 20 minutes to opening and trying to get everything together after the order system goes fucked is absolutely brilliant. Something so simple plot-wise but just so well done.
Quote from: Yung Led Zeppelin on February 16, 2024, 01:04:19 PMCatching up on a load of recommendations that I never bothered with before.
The Bear has been damn good so far (season 1). That episode where they've 20 minutes to opening and trying to get everything together after the order system goes fucked is absolutely brilliant. Something so simple plot-wise but just so well done.
It's class alright. I found the transformation of bears cousin throughout the series was very well done.
X-Men:the animated series '97
https://youtu.be/_aRrpUl6YwU
I have to say that I am very excited for this. Never expected to see anything like this again!
The theme is an absolute banger too
Loved that series back in the day.
Can't believe they're continuing it after all this time.
That's certainly come out of the blue alright! Was obsessed with it back in the day. Sure was even in a band named after one of the characters. Which is a pretty good sign in itself of the immaturity level we were at... all of which duly came out in the music too :laugh:
Well herself thought season 4 of True Detective was great anyway, much better than 2 or 3. Not quite sure what to make of last episode myself. Some of it was great, some left me dubious, but maybe I just need to try interpreting it in different ways. Or something. I mean, I was disappointed with the final episode of season 1 first time I watched it too.
Watched Black Bird. Atrocious shite. The quicker I forget about that the better.
It was OK overall but could have been covered in a film's duration. I thought Egerton was atrociously bad in it.
Anyone been watching Shogun? We're 3 episodes in and it's pretty good, though does seem to swing a bit between feeling big budget and looking cheap. Enjoyable though.
I was planning on binging it once it finished but I'm tempted to just watch it week by week. I love the book and rate the 1980 series highly (dated though it is).
Never read the book myself, but did watch the 1980s series about 15 years ago or so and enjoyed it. There's very little parallel for the moment, but you'd know better which is closer to the original story.
It's years since I read it, 20 at least but it might come back. As far as I can remember the '80s stuck pretty closely to the book, though obviously left a lot of detail out (it's 1,100 odd pages long). Worth a read if you like historical fiction.
Ya really enjoying Shogun so far.
Season 2 of The Bear on Disney+
First season was an enjoyable watch.
GOMORRAH - Season 5. Not sure why it took me so long to get around to finishing this, but I'm loving it.
Also, I'm watching Deadwood again, becuase why not.
And dipping in and out of South Park seasons from the naughties and 2010's as I haven't seen a lot of them since they first aired, and I missed a few completely.
3 Body Problem on Netflix. 3 episdoes in and its mental. In a good way.
Watched the first episode of Shogun there, decent enough. Stuck pretty close to the book from what I remember, it's a long time ago that I read it.
Finished season 2 of The Bear and I'm happy to say it delivered. Great stuff. Little bit high on the sentimental stuff for last episode but I think that was needed to balance out all the shouty and frenetic stuff that preceded it. Good storytelling and good characters who I found myself becoming increasingly invested in. Really couldn't stand the Richie character in the first season but I think the redemption arc played out well in the end.
Quote from: Carnage on March 26, 2024, 09:32:58 PMWatched the first episode of Shogun there, decent enough. Stuck pretty close to the book from what I remember, it's a long time ago that I read it.
Up to date with this now (6 episodes watched) and I'm relatively happy with it so far. Sticks fairly close to the book but the pacing is all over the place. Some crucial elements are rushed through (Blackthorne learning the internal politics, customs and language from the priest, for instance, gets about 2 minutes), others are drawn out. It's a dense book so I suppose that's inevitable for a 10 episode series, but it seems to leap about a lot.
The actor playing Blackthorne is a plank, swaggering his way through it without any of the depth of the book's character, very miscast. Will stick it to the end anyway, overall it's worth a look but as things stand, I prefer the 1980 version.
They definitely went in completely the opposite direction from Chamberlain with the casting. Guess someone decided they wanted someone a bit like Tom Hardy, someone who looked suitably weather-worn, but agree his character often feels hollow/falls flat.
Just gruff and wilfully stupid at times, which the book's character isn't. The Tom Hardy thing scans, Taboo came to mind more than once.
Watched the latest True Detective over the long weekend. It was ok not awful but not great either. It is the first series I have watched in a few years and I really am starting to dislike these endings that the interpretation of what happened is left up to the viewer. Just comes across as lazy like the Sopranos ending for me it only really works for a few shows like Twin Peaks.
Two of the best endings to shows I have ever seen are Six Feet Under and The Shield.
I don't think any future season of True Detective is ever going to come close to Season 1. Even at that they could have spread out Season 1 over more episodes and went into more detail about what was actually going on with the cult. The caretaker was a really interesting character that they could have done so much more with.
Tend to agree on the open ending to S4 of True Detective, it wasn't satisfying. It can be done really well though. Don't want to say which one for fear of spoiling, but one of the films at this year's Oscars has one of the best open endings I've ever seen to date.
Yet to watch season 4 but I thought season 3 came pretty close to season 1, Dorff in particular was great fun. Season 2 was dogshit though, near unwatchable.
Watched seasons 2 and 3 of The Mandalorian over the weekend. Quite enjoyable. Gonna crack into Andor now.
I'd love to see Andor again for the first time. Enjoy!
Don't forget The Book Of Boba Fett, it intersects with The Mandalorian.
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on April 08, 2024, 04:37:16 PMI'd love to see Andor again for the first time. Enjoy!
God it was so good. Great TV.
Curb Your Enthusiasm finale. Despite having to suffer Seinfeld in it I like what they did for it. The judge saying to Larry that he repeatedly does the wrong thing over and over again was a great touch.
Quote from: open face surgery on April 08, 2024, 07:08:00 PMCurb Your Enthusiasm finale. Despite having to suffer Seinfeld in it I like what they did for it. The judge saying to Larry that he repeatedly does the wrong thing over and over again was a great touch.
Very good ending to a pretty, pretty, pretty good season. Sorry to see it leave, but I think it was running out of steam.
I'm going to miss the chemistry between Larry and Leon. They're a great double act, and their bullshit conversations alone made the show worth watching.
Anyone watch Ripley yet? Top notch I have to say. Great acting throughout, Andrew Scott really delivers.
He's the reason I won't watch it, I can't abide him. I would like to read the book(s) though, I beleive they're enjoyable.
Horses for courses; he's the reason I'm interested in watching it :laugh: He can be a bit of a melt in interviews sometimes, but on screen I gotta say personally I think he's a great actor.
As far as I know I've only seen him in Sherlock but his ridiculous, affected accent turned me off him completely. I'm sure he's playing American in this but the profound annoyance that rises every time I see him or even hear his name means I wouldn't be able to enjoy it.
Never watched Sherlock actually. I'll keep it on the long finger at least til after Ripley, just in case! :laugh:
It's OK. Once you get past the nods and winks to the 'classic' Holmes tropes it's enjoyable hokum, what you'd expect from a BBC action/comedy series. Very 'Moffat'.
I didn't realise this was the last season of Curb. I only saw half of one episode so far that I put on one night going to bed must get back to it. I didn't really enjoy the first one or two episodes of the last season but then it was very funny after that. Sad to see another great show end as they are few and far between these days.
Does anyone watch Dark Side of the Ring? I can't stand wrestling these days I stopped watching it as a kid more or less when John Cena came into it. Over the years I switched it on a few times out of boredom and turned it off after a few minutes. Embarrassing shite altogether.
The Dark Side of the Ring is very well done and features a lot of wrestlers from the golden era along with some crazy ones I had never even heard of. Well worth a watch even if you were never into wrestling. I think it is narrated by Chris Jericho.
I like Sherlock in all its ridiculousness and camp, but yeah, Andrew Scott is shocking in it. Really bad :laugh:
I watched a few episodes of Dark Side Of The Ring alright, interesting stuff. I was never a wrestling fan but my brother was big into it in the '80s/'90s so saw a lot of it regardless. Some of the people/incidents featured in that programme were nuts alright - Bruiser Brody's murder, Dino Bravo, Jimmy Snuka etc.
Yeah those episodes were good especially after seeing articles on them over the years when I use to get wrestling magazines. The Snuka thing I never knew about until the case was re-opened just before he died.
The latest episode was on Harley Race which was good because he was one of those wrestlers you heard other wrestlers talking about over the years that got into some crazy fights in pubs. Haku from the the 80's and 90's is also spoken about in a similar way so I hope they do an episode on him.
The Marty Jannetty and Dynamite Kid ones were very sad. I knew the Dynamite Kid was in a bad way for years before he died but I had no idea how bad Marty Jannetty is mentally.
The first episode of the current season was on Earthquake. He was the only wrestler so far that everybody had nothing but great things to say about him.
Where do you ye watch Dark Side Of The Ring?
Got stuck in to the last season of curb last night. Larry David is so consistent, so fucking funny.
Quote from: Circlepit on April 10, 2024, 07:48:33 AMWhere do you ye watch Dark Side Of The Ring?
I watch it on Crave but you will need access to a Canadian credit card if you want to use that. Sometimes they pop up on youtube.
They are on Dailymotion too, but you would want to have an account on there now, the sheer amount of adverts per video is insufferable. And you can't watching anything on it if you have an ad blocker.
Quote from: Circlepit on April 10, 2024, 07:48:33 AMWhere do you ye watch Dark Side Of The Ring?
https://hdtodaytv.nl/watch/dark-side-of-the-ring-k3v1r/1-1
Season three is missing for some reason, but the majority of it is there. The episodes I saw were on one of the Sky channels but a quick search didn't bring anything up.
Thanks.
I saw the fist episode about Macho Man on Daily Motion but couldn't find anymore.
Quote from: Necro Red on April 10, 2024, 11:11:25 AMGot stuck in to the last season of curb last night. Larry David is so consistent, so fucking funny.
I only got around to Curb the past 8 months I'd say. That's our go to show when we get a bit of downtime. We absolutely love it and are on S10 now (I think we started with S4 though). I love watching them genuinely laugh at all the madcap improv they throw into the recordings.
Leon Black was such a great addition to the cast. It's gas the way he managed to stick around and be taken everywhere after gatecrashing his sister's hurricane relief period in S6 originally! :laugh:
"I don't mean to be braggin or nutin, but once I gave myself a wedgie with my own johnson" :laugh:
Or devasted at not being able to have a Whopper for over a year after getting on the wrong side of an ex who worked at BK ;D
Quote from: Snare on April 11, 2024, 06:24:09 PMQuote from: Necro Red on April 10, 2024, 11:11:25 AMGot stuck in to the last season of curb last night. Larry David is so consistent, so fucking funny.
I only got around to Curb the past 8 months I'd say. That's our go to show when we get a bit of downtime. We absolutely love it and are on S10 now (I think we started with S4 though). I love watching them genuinely laugh at all the madcap improv they throw into the recordings.
Leon Black was such a great addition to the cast. It's gas the way he managed to stick around and be taken everywhere after gatecrashing his sister's hurricane relief period in S6 originally! :laugh:
"I don't mean to be braggin or nutin, but once I gave myself a wedgie with my own johnson" :laugh:
Or devasted at not being able to have a Whopper for over a year after getting on the wrong side of an ex who worked at BK ;D
I would put it at one of the funniest shows ever. I'm loving the last season, although it is a shame its ending.
Unquestionably.
Really enjoyed the first episode of Fallout, looking forward to getting stuck into a few more episodes over the weekend.
So far, so good.
Finally got to finish "Deadwood" at the 3rd time of asking. Brilliant stuff. Must watch the film.
Watched season two of "Winning Time" - John C. Reilly and Adrian Brody are excellent in a cast of familiar faces. Just looked to see when the next season is out - show has been cancelled. Too many upset NBA players apparently.
Season 2 of Blue Lines is back on BBC1 tonight at 9. It's a cop drama set in Belfast. The first season was very good. A lot of critics compared it to Line of Duty and it's definitely in the same league.
Watched this new Netflix series over the weekend, Baby Reindeer, thought it was going to be some sort of lighthearted UK comedy, turns out to be this absolutely demented, cringeworthy thriller, not sure how to describe it really (Peep show meets Trainspotting?) but it was pretty fucked up.
Three eps into Baby Reindeer, too.
Not what I was expecting at all, at all!
Quote from: jobrok1 on April 15, 2024, 07:26:15 PMThree eps into Baby Reindeer, too.
Not what I was expecting at all, at all!
Are you enjoying it nipple ??!
It's nuts
Watched a few episodes last night
It's almost disturbing :-X
We started in for a run through all of Fargo last night. Seen seasons 1 and 2 already, so know they're absolutely worthy of a re-watch, but none of the rest. Have been warned 3 is iffy, 4 is crap, and then 5 is v. good again. Either way and come what may, going to go through the whole thing.
I quit after a few eps of season 4.
Just couldn't get into it, at all.
One mate recommended simply skipping S4 but to make sure to watch S5. Apparently it's great.
Aye heard season 5 of Fargo is good. Seasons 3 and 4, I didn't finish either as they were well below season 1 and 2. Season 2 is my favourite. Stellar season of TV.
Couple of episodes into the Fallout tv series, it's based on the games but more adapts the world than any storyline as far as I know. It's totally over the top and ridiculous but good fun, Walter Goggins is great.
Goggins is usually great in whatever he does.
I finished it, it's fine. I'd be fairly into Fallout 3 and New Vegas especially. Never felt like the feeling playing those. Goggins is the best part really.
Baby Reindeer was great. Went in with low expectations and was very surprised. Very, very dark but some excellent moments of (pitch black) comedy.
Baby Reindeer was very good.
Kinda like a car crash, but one where the emergency services are pulling a body out of the wreckage rather than a fender bender and a couple of fellas shouting at each other.
Baby Reindeer was excellent, intense as fuck.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrwdP3FCggs
This youtube channel has a few of the latest episodes of Dark Side of the Ring for those that were looking for it. Every episode is stand alone so it doesn't matter what order you watch any of them in.
Finished S1 of Shogun there tonight. I've enjoyed it, will def be tuning back in when it returns.
Severance S2 coming later this year too, will prob give a second watch to S1 prior, it was class.
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on April 29, 2024, 01:11:28 AMFinished S1 of Shogun there tonight. I've enjoyed it, will def be tuning back in when it returns.
As far as I know, the book ended there and the show is finished now.
oh yeah? Good to know so, cheers. In terms of TV norms, it certainly ended feeling like it was set up to allow for a second season. Might have to re-watch final episode with that in mind then, the way when you're reading a book you know the final chapter is the final chapter which impacts how you interpret it.
From quick scan online, I see that original plan was to end it there, but they don't seem to be 100% closing the lid in the most recent interviews. Maybe they'll decide to hop to one of Cavell's other books and drop a few distant winks back to the Toranaga story..?
I have not read the book or seen the new "Shogun" TV show but my old man read all the Clavell books when I was a kid and had the big VHS box set.
He watched and really enjoyed this new series and said it's far closer to the book than the old Richard Chamberlain version - which I have seen some of. He reckoned that they might do something like "Fargo" and move across the series of books which go all the way to the 20th century.
There're rumblings about continuing it, based on this series' success, but I don't see the point myself. The further into the story I got, the less satisfied I was with it - they basically made Blackthorne a supporting character in his own story, and they left more and more out as it progressed. The Japanese elements were well handled but his side of it was bungled badly. The character was nothing like the book for a start, they turned him into a complete boorish oaf, whereas in the book he picked up the customs and language fairly quickly and became more at home in the Japanese culture.
Leave it be, I sez.
Really enjoyed Shogun. They should leave it at that. Now the authors other books in the series are across centuries so could delve into those.
Fallout was very good. Silly violence galore and Walter Goggins is immense in anything he's in.
Baby Reindeer...mental stuff. It's filtering out the real woman's actually identity now. Checked her out on FB. Actually feel sorry for her, clearly some strong mental health stuff going on there.
Really interesting insight into the way its subject matter affects people (trying not to give away details for anyone who hasn't seen it). That 4th episode, holy fuck that was intense.
I know people who turned it off in THAT episode.
Brilliant show.
Quote from: Thorn on April 30, 2024, 09:04:19 PMI know people who turned it off in THAT episode.
Brilliant show.
Also just found out that the main actor is the actual guy that happened to in real life. That was a surprise!
Yeah I was late to that fact too, adds a whole other dimension to it.
Anyone catch 3 Body Problem? Watched the whole first series but not overly taken by it.
¾ of the way through the book at the moment, gonna dive in when I finish it. I've heard varying reports and from the look of the trailer they've westernised it a lot (the book's set in China, every character so far is Chinese).
I really enjoyed 3 body problem and will watch the inevitable second series. Having said that it hasn't been given the green light yet.
For some reason I'm forcing myself to watch Sky High, the Spanish thing on Netflix. It's like there is only about 10 actors in Spain and they are in everything.
Blitzed through season 2 of Halo.
Enjoyed it more than season 1.
Never played the game and never will, but I do like stupid sci-fi.
As of today I'm now tucking into the new season of Clarkson's Farm.
Quote from: jobrok1 on May 03, 2024, 07:11:31 PMBlitzed through season 2 of Halo.
Enjoyed it more than season 1.
Never played the game and never will, but I do like stupid sci-fi.
As of today I'm now tucking into the new season of Clarkson's Farm.
Halo just might be one of the most aggravating shows I've watched. Just get to the shooting for fucks sake!
Fallout was brilliant, nailed the game and the practical FX was savage.
I thought there was plenty shooting and fighting during season 2.
Last season kinda meandered along, alright.
Loved Fallout. Thought it was great.
I'm not approaching either of these with any familiarity to the games, so just taking them as they are, really.
I'm sure game nerds will cringing through most of it.
Quote from: jobrok1 on May 04, 2024, 10:00:11 AMI thought there was plenty shooting and fighting during season 2.
Last season kinda meandered along, alright.
Loved Fallout. Thought it was great.
I'm not approaching either of these with any familiarity to the games, so just taking them as they are, really.
I'm sure game nerds will cringing through most of it.
Fallout set a gold standard in bringing a video game to life on TV. They really nailed it.
Absolutely loving Fallout, top tier stuff! Binged it recently, aided with some psilocybin which was nice.
Quote from: OpenSores on May 05, 2024, 12:14:05 PMAbsolutely loving Fallout, top tier stuff! Binged it recently, aided with some psilocybin which was nice.
Lol. Don't know how u did that. I'd just go outside and lie in the garden looking at the sky :abbath:
Used to do small doses and watch things a fair bit. First watched Old School on about 30 and almost died laughing in places :laugh: Live In Pompeii and The Song Remains the Same another time. Deadly buzz, but yeah, never binged a series even mildly tripping!
Oh it wasn't a large dose, binged about 3 episodes.
Quote from: mickO))) on April 26, 2024, 01:28:17 PMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrwdP3FCggs
This youtube channel has a few of the latest episodes of Dark Side of the Ring for those that were looking for it. Every episode is stand alone so it doesn't matter what order you watch any of them in.
Watched the Harley Race, Sensational Sherri and Brutus Beefcake episodes on another youtube channel the last few days.
The Harley Race one was great viewing. He was a genuinely hard bastard, who came from a dirt poor background, like Roddy Piper, Stu Hart etc, which are always the most interesting watch for me, more so than the more typical drugs/abuse/in-fighting focused stories.
The Sensational Sherri episode was tough going at times, especially seeing the effect her lifestyle - and death - had on her son, which was made twice as sad learning that the poor fucker has some kind of cancer.
The Brutus Beefcake was interesting in terms of addressing his accident, which I had completely forgotten about.
I have the Chris Colt one saved to watch later. And hopefully the Terry Gordy episode in on there somewhere too.
That's my afternoon sorted. Looking forward to the Sherri Martell episode.
Quote from: The Wretch on May 06, 2024, 09:15:47 AMWatched the Harley Race, Sensational Sherri and Brutus Beefcake episodes on another youtube channel the last few days.
The Harley Race one was great viewing. He was a genuinely hard bastard, who came from a dirt poor background, like Roddy Piper, Stu Hart etc, which are always the most interesting watch for me, more so than the more typical drugs/abuse/in-fighting focused stories.
The Sensational Sherri episode was tough going at times, especially seeing the effect her lifestyle - and death - had on her son, which was made twice as sad learning that the poor fucker has some kind of cancer.
The Brutus Beefcake was interesting in terms of addressing his accident, which I had completely forgotten about.
I have the Chris Colt one saved to watch later. And hopefully the Terry Gordy episode in on there somewhere too.
The Sherri one was bad it was awful seeing her son.
Harley Race to me is like Ric Flair never liked either when I watched as a kid but now as an adult I really appreciate both of them. They should do one on Rick Rude as he was another genuine hard bastard and you also have all the rumours surrounding how he died.
The Sandman is the latest one watched it the other day. One of the best episodes of the entire show so far. I remember watching Sandman as a kid thinking he was insane and other then looking fairly old he seems to be perfectly fine after all the shit he put his body through which is crazy when you see what has happened to some of the other people that they did episodes on.
When they interview Sandman in the show he comes across exactly the same as the Sandman character :laugh:
Sabu gets interviewed in a load of episodes so they need to do one on him.
Quote from: mickO))) on May 06, 2024, 04:15:11 PMQuote from: The Wretch on May 06, 2024, 09:15:47 AMWatched the Harley Race, Sensational Sherri and Brutus Beefcake episodes on another youtube channel the last few days.
The Harley Race one was great viewing. He was a genuinely hard bastard, who came from a dirt poor background, like Roddy Piper, Stu Hart etc, which are always the most interesting watch for me, more so than the more typical drugs/abuse/in-fighting focused stories.
The Sensational Sherri episode was tough going at times, especially seeing the effect her lifestyle - and death - had on her son, which was made twice as sad learning that the poor fucker has some kind of cancer.
The Brutus Beefcake was interesting in terms of addressing his accident, which I had completely forgotten about.
I have the Chris Colt one saved to watch later. And hopefully the Terry Gordy episode in on there somewhere too.
The Sherri one was bad it was awful seeing her son.
Harley Race to me is like Ric Flair never liked either when I watched as a kid but now as an adult I really appreciate both of them. They should do one on Rick Rude as he was another genuine hard bastard and you also have all the rumours surrounding how he died.
The Sandman is the latest one watched it the other day. One of the best episodes of the entire show so far. I remember watching Sandman as a kid thinking he was insane and other then looking fairly old he seems to be perfectly fine after all the shit he put his body through which is crazy when you see what has happened to some of the other people that they did episodes on.
When they interview Sandman in the show he comes across exactly the same as the Sandman character :laugh:
Sabu gets interviewed in a load of episodes so they need to do one on him.
Sandman literally was/is the gimmick🤣
I was about to give up on Fallout after 2-3 episodes but I'm up to episode 6 now and enjoying it...
Watched both series of "Trigger Point" - grand, easy, distracting but ultimately empty viewing. Vicky McClure, Lol from "This Is England", plays a bomb disposal expert who, after several tours of Afghanistan, works for the Metropolitan Police in Laaaaandaaaan.
Cue lots of posh RADA-trained actors doing their very best Ray Winstone accents;
"Vere's a fackin' baaaa-omb in fis buildink, yew slaaaaag!"
Much more enjoyable but still along the same lines is series 1 & 2 of "Blue Lights" - set in and around a police station in Belfast.
The quality of acting raises this far above the RTÉ dreck of the same ilk.
"The Responder" was recommended to me so I will watch that this week.
Quote from: Sworntothecans on May 06, 2024, 10:46:10 PMSandman literally was/is the gimmick🤣
Ha yeah they all say that in the episode. Sabu even says he would only trust Sandman in the ring when he was pissed and he would have been really worried for his safety if he showed up to a match sober.
Quote from: mickO))) on May 07, 2024, 12:57:57 PMQuote from: Sworntothecans on May 06, 2024, 10:46:10 PMSandman literally was/is the gimmick🤣
Ha yeah they all say that in the episode. Sabu even says he would only trust Sandman in the ring when he was pissed and he would have been really worried for his safety if he showed up to a match sober.
Think Lance Storm was the only lad in that locker room that wasn't on something once the bell was rung 😂
Just finished Baby Reindeer. Quality stuff, great to see something so original.
Someone recommended Slow Horses on here a while back, so I started into that.
Really enjoying it.
I wouldn't be the biggest fan of Gary Oldman, despite him being pretty much superb in whatever he's in, but I think he's absolutely brilliant in this.
Quote from: jobrok1 on June 01, 2024, 08:43:21 AMSomeone recommended Slow Horses on here a while back, so I started into that.
Really enjoying it.
I wouldn't be the biggest fan of Gary Oldman, despite him being pretty much superb in whatever he's in, but I think he's absolutely brilliant in this.
Slow Horses is excellent.
Rewatched Oj Simpson:Made In America the 30 for 30 doc again. It's absolutely brilliant.
Today I learned that Jesse Armstrong, co-creator of Peep Show, is the creator of Succession.
Started Escape at Dannemora over the weekend. Instantly hooked at the theme tune is 'From the Beginning' from Emerson, Lake & Plamer's Trilogy album! Strong cast, some great performances so far and the cinematography is great! Directed by Ben Stiller and all credit to him so far. It's based on a real life prison escape in 2015 where the inmates were helped by, and pumped, a female prison guard. Hopefully doesn't go tits up as the first few episodes have been great.
Escape at Dannemora is a great watch. Excellent stuff from all involved. Still amazes me that Stiller could direct something like it, after being so used to his usual acting rolls.
The Boys has gone to complete and utter shit..dont think I'll bother anymore...
Haven't bothered with this series. I think Gen V leads into it so I'll watch that first, but I'm in no rush.
Quote from: Carnage on July 08, 2024, 11:09:08 PMHaven't bothered with this series. I think Gen V leads into it so I'll watch that first, but I'm in no rush.
Gen V runs parallel. I think they're supposed to be watched in order of release.
Gen V came out in the gap between seasons of The Boys, so I'd assume familiarity with it would help with this season? Either way, I'm in no hurry to watch either.
9 episodes into the new season of The Bear, fairly poor so far, I'm not sure anything has happened that has actually progressed the show past the last ep of season 2.
Quote from: ldj on July 09, 2024, 09:34:00 AM9 episodes into the new season of The Bear, fairly poor so far, I'm not sure anything has happened that has actually progressed the show past the last ep of season 2.
100%. This season of "The Bear" has nose-dived unbelievably in terms of quality. It has gone from one of the best shows on television to an exercise in nothingness.
I have some thoughts but probably best not to read further if you haven't watched it yet.
Spoiler
1. The opening episode is a 35 minute-long glorified season 1 and 2 recap with cool ambient music.
2. The use of the Fak brothers as comic relief in the first two seasons is fantastic - giving them way too much to do in season 3 makes them look like a piss-poor Laurel and Hardy. Also John Cena as Sammy Fak is a massive stretch.
3. Richie, one of the best TV characters in recent years, has NOTHING to do in this season - except look sad/suicidal.
4. The Tina back-story episode is interesting but it's also way too long.
5. The Sugar/Donna episode in the hospital is shite and way, way too long - they could have split the run time with the Tina episode and made some interesting TV.
6. "HANDS!" "FUCK YOU!" "SERVICE!" "BEHIND!" "CUH-SIN!" "FUCK YOU!" - I get it, Chefs are edgy - my ma was one for over 30 years - but I don't recall her ever threatening people or swearing at people (outside of her children) to that extent.
7. The Brian Koppelman character, The Computer, who is Jimmy's accountant. Never seen before but now, to add another dimension of drama, is horsed into the script. The amount of money that the place loses before it even opens properly would kill most restaurants. There is no way that Carmine can ever pay it off. Surely Jimmy's accountant (who is supposed to be a financial genius) would have warned him off even investing in the place.
8. Carmine has become wholly unsympathetic. As has Sydney.
9. The contract thing. Jesus Christ.
10. The whole of this season could be neatly done in 5 or 6 episodes. The final episode of the season is so drawn out that it becomes a chore. People eating, chefs telling war stories that only chefs will find funny. Will Poulter eating and nodding. Olivia Colman being what Americans think of as posh. Carmine staring at his old, abusive boss from New York for about 15 minutes. When the denouement finally comes it leads to nothing.
11. The cliffhanger ending. Jesus fucking Christ.
This might all stem from how good the first two seasons are. Christopher Storer got greenlit for season 3 and 4 in the wake of the second installment. Apparently he got FX/Disney to allow him to shoot 3 & 4 concurrently. I reckon that he only had enough material written for one full season - hence the stretching of story/stories. No matter how stylish, it's really flawed.
*Probably best to delete the above if quoting me... :laugh: *
Nail on the head there, regarding The Bear.
Just a lot of nothing really going on.
The Boys is just meandering along this season, too.
I'm still kinda waiting for a decent WTF moment, though.
The latest episode of House Of The Dragon was pretty decent.
Watched "Painkiller" on Netflix. It pales in comparison to the far more accomplished "Dopesick".
The tone of the show is miles off. It tries be an Adam McKay style satire and gut wrenching drama at the same time but the gear shifts do not work at all.
It seems now that every TV channel/streaming service is having parallel ideas and rushing to get their mini-series out first. Do we really need two drama series on the US opioid crisis (plus the new movie "Pain Hustlers") in the space of a year? This one told me nothing new.
See also the two series about Watergate "Gaslit" and "White House Plumbers" that appeared recently.
White House Plumbers was good fun. Theroux nailed how much of a prick G. Gordan Liddy was.
Wow
This was just so well done
The cinematography is excellent, & the editing just sucks you in
So well done
It always amazes me how they capture these shots/videos
Also, the voice-over is very well done
Just enough to drive the story, & let you enjoy it
Very immersive
Spoiler
Long Live Jackson !!!
'Those About To Die' on Prime is decent enough. Seven episodes in and much better than I was expecting.
A bit of Gladiator crossed with GoT, with some Mad Max style chariot racing for good measure.
"Longmire" - a fairly frustrating watch. Some great performances especially Lou Diamond Phillips, A. Martinez, Peter Weller and Robert Taylor as the titular character
The problem with it is that the show veers from gritty drama to basic police procedural and down into pure daytime soap opera (like "Yellowstone" which I gave up on). There are plot shifts, revelations from out of nowhere and forced character arcs that make absolutely no sense whatsoever.
The cinematography of the landscape scenes is fantastic though.
Anyone checked out the new Terminator anime on Netflix yet? It's getting some good reviews. Nothing after T2 was worth bothering with, so I'm approaching with a degree of caution, but I'd love to see a decent, new take on the franchise.
Quote from: John Kimble on August 31, 2024, 05:12:21 PMAnyone checked out the new Terminator anime on Netflix yet? It's getting some good reviews. Nothing after T2 was worth bothering with, so I'm approaching with a degree of caution, but I'd love to see a decent, new take on the franchise.
I watched the first four episodes the other night and thought it was decent. Looking forward to finishing it off
Right, and moving on to Season 2 of the LOTR Rings of Power...any takers yet? Thought BSC would be in on this already. There's three episodes up on Prime.
So I'm one episode in. I thought it was very good. Drifted off towards the end, which I'll have to rewatch tonight. No reflection on the episode itself, I had finished a 12 hour shift at work followed by four cans of strong IPA! But I thought it set things up nicely and was infinitely more interesting than the first few episodes of the first season. I used to be a big Tolkien fanboy in my youth, but that's so long ago now. Is this story based on Tolkien lore or is it just an interpretation?
Blitzed through 'Those About To Die' recently. Really enjoyed it.
And on the last couple of episodes of the latest seasons of 'The Twelve' and 'The Serpent Queen'.
Gonna start into 'Rings of Power' soon.
Quote from: John Kimble on August 31, 2024, 07:09:55 PMRight, and moving on to Season 2 of the LOTR Rings of Power...any takers yet? Thought BSC would be in on this already. There's three episodes up on Prime.
So I'm one episode in. I thought it was very good. Drifted off towards the end, which I'll have to rewatch tonight. No reflection on the episode itself, I had finished a 12 hour shift at work followed by four cans of strong IPA! But I thought it set things up nicely and was infinitely more interesting than the first few episodes of the first season. I used to be a big Tolkien fanboy in my youth, but that's so long ago now. Is this story based on Tolkien lore or is it just an interpretation?
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Long stort short. it's an interpretation. I watched S1 twice. The first time to get my grievances out of the way, the second to take it on its own merits. Naturally enough I enjoyed it way more second time round.
I'm 2 eps into S2 and it's shaping up to be excellent. The way important character(s) have been introduced or referenced makes it feel part of the canon but it IS doing its own thing. Compared to the 2nd season of House of the Dragon, at least this seems to be on an upward curve.
For the cost and the source material, it should be one of the greatest shows ever. It isn't. But that doesn't mean it can't be enjoyed.
Would anyone have any links for watching shows now that flixrave and hdtoday are gone. It's not for me, I'm asking for a friend....
Got delayed by summer holidays and now we're halfway through a re-watch (second re-watch for me) of RoP season 1 before hitting the new one. Looking forward to it. Have avoided all teasers and spoilers, even jumped past yizzers posts once I saw ye were talking about it! :)
Quote from: Circlepit on September 02, 2024, 10:29:56 AMWould anyone have any links for watching shows now that flixrave and hdtoday are gone. It's not for me, I'm asking for a friend....
https://hdtoday DOT se/home still works for me.
I'll pass it on..
Soap2day gives me no problems but it's only movies I've been after so can't vouch for series
Watched HBO's Crashing. Just 3 seasons and enjoyable enough.
Quote from: John Kimble on August 31, 2024, 05:12:21 PMAnyone checked out the new Terminator anime on Netflix yet? It's getting some good reviews. Nothing after T2 was worth bothering with, so I'm approaching with a degree of caution, but I'd love to see a decent, new take on the franchise.
gonna start this during the week I think. Anyone remember the Terminator series The Sarah Connor Chronicles? I thought that was very good and it gets overlooked in my opinion.
Going to rewatch RoP season one and then take into the second one. Can hardly remember what went on in the first one but I remember enjoying it so hopefully I will again.
2 episodes of The Terminator series left first though and I see the other series mentioned there, the Sarah Connor one which I've never seen any of so I must remember that as well. Are there terminators in it?
In the Terminator series? Doubt it.
A mate worked on TROP series 2, the first time he and his missus have had an onscreen credit together. He doesn't watch it.
Watching Kaos on Netflix with Jeff Goldbum. Stellar cast in it. Retellong of Greek mythology in modern times. It's batshit crazy. First 2 episodes you'll want to give up but it develops into a really good sinister story.
Currently watching and very much enjoying "Monsieur Spade".
Dashiell Hammett's San Francisco private-eye character from "The Maltese Falcon" - Sam Spade - is now retired and living in France, trouble follows him.
Clive Owen plays Spade. Really enjoyable so far. A French-led production so there's not too much dumbing down. No stupid accents. The French characters speak to each other in their native tongue, ditto Algerians etc. - with English subs obviously!
It's on Netflix US so you will need a VPN.
Quote from: astfgyl on September 03, 2024, 10:15:18 PMGoing to rewatch RoP season one and then take into the second one. Can hardly remember what went on in the first one but I remember enjoying it so hopefully I will again.
2 episodes of The Terminator series left first though and I see the other series mentioned there, the Sarah Connor one which I've never seen any of so I must remember that as well. Are there terminators in it?
yea, there are Terminators in it. Lena Heady plays Sarah Connor too.
Quote from: StoutAndAle on September 06, 2024, 11:46:39 AMCurrently watching and very much enjoying "Monsieur Spade".
Dashiell Hammett's San Francisco private-eye character from "The Maltese Falcon" - Sam Spade - is now retired and living in France, trouble follows him.
Clive Owen plays Spade. Really enjoyable so far. A French-led production so there's not too much dumbing down. No stupid accents. The French characters speak to each other in their native tongue, ditto Algerians etc. - with English subs obviously!
It's on Netflix US so you will need a VPN.
Wait, you're telling me this isn't about 80s crisps??
Quote from: Necro Red on September 09, 2024, 10:52:48 AMQuote from: astfgyl on September 03, 2024, 10:15:18 PM2 episodes of The Terminator series left first though and I see the other series mentioned there, the Sarah Connor one which I've never seen any of so I must remember that as well. Are there terminators in it?
yea, there are Terminators in it. Lena Heady plays Sarah Connor too.
The chick from Firefly was a Terminator in that, wasn't she?
Quote from: StoutAndAle on September 06, 2024, 11:46:39 AMCurrently watching and very much enjoying "Monsieur Spade".
Dashiell Hammett's San Francisco private-eye character from "The Maltese Falcon" - Sam Spade - is now retired and living in France, trouble follows him.
Clive Owen plays Spade. Really enjoyable so far. A French-led production so there's not too much dumbing down. No stupid accents. The French characters speak to each other in their native tongue, ditto Algerians etc. - with English subs obviously!
It's on Netflix US so you will need a VPN.
Think it's hitting Netflix/Prime in a few weeks.
Watched a couple of short series over the last week:
Shardlake - Tudor period set murder mystery affair, based on the first of CJ Sansom's novel series. It's OK, quite melodramatic and even though it's a few years since I read the book, I remember enough to say that it's been compressed, simplified and altered enough to lose a lot of its impact. The protagonist's character is the main change: in the book he's reserved and compassionate, here he's a zealot and a bully. Still, worth a look at only four episodes.
The other was Manhunt, about the hunt for Abraham Lincoln's assassin and his co-conspirators. Much better, nicely paced and even though it frequently jumps time periods, it suits the storytelling. Tobias Menzies is great and coicindentally, Anthony Boyle is prominent and instantly unlikable in both series. Seven episodes for this one, recommended.
Both Apple series.
I'd be interested in that Abe Lincoln one alright, might give first ep a shot tonight.
Mr Inbetween. Aussie hitman caper. Great stuff.
Quote from: open face surgery on September 15, 2024, 08:13:21 PMMr Inbetween. Aussie hitman caper. Great stuff.
Went very much under the radar. It's class.
Mr. Inbetween is fantastic!
I brought it up here a good while back but it fell on deaf ears.
Shame it only lasted three seasons.
It's based on a movie and character the same fella made years before called The Magician (cause he makes people disappear). Worth checking out also.
I have that lined up, I've seen a few clips from it that looked good.
Quote from: Carnage on September 15, 2024, 03:27:52 AMThe other was Manhunt, about the hunt for Abraham Lincoln's assassin and his co-conspirators. Much better, nicely paced and even though it frequently jumps time periods, it suits the storytelling. Tobias Menzies is great and coicindentally, Anthony Boyle is prominent and instantly unlikable in both series. Seven episodes for this one, recommended.
Watched first two eps of this tonight, good stuff and yeah, Menzies is great in it. Nice rec! :abbath:
It's decent alright. What I liked about it was that the main event happened in the first episode but there was no sense of anticlimax in the following episodes, quite the opposite if anything. Nice build and progression.
I wonder is it part of an anthology series, along with the (equally excellent) Manhunt: Unabomber series with Paul Bettany from a few years back? The name's hardly a coincidence, memories wouldn't be that short, surely.
Quote from: Carnage on September 16, 2024, 12:30:36 AMIt's decent alright. What I liked about it was that the main event happened in the first episode but there was no sense of anticlimax in the following episodes, quite the opposite if anything. Nice build and progression.
I wonder is it part of an anthology series, along with the (equally excellent) Manhunt: Unabomber series with Paul Bettany from a few years back? The name's hardly a coincidence, memories wouldn't be that short, surely.
The second season of that was excellent too, about the Atlanta Olympics bombing.
Watched Wise Guy /David Chase over the weekend,essential viewing if your a Sopranos fan!
I always thought Manhunt: Unabomber was just a stand alone thing.
Must look up the second season.
It was, but it's an anthology series, each season a different case/team. That's what I was wondering though, was the Lincloln one part of that. Haven't seen that Atlanta one, I must give it a look.
Watched that David Chase one over the weekend as well, enjoyable. His voice reminds me of someone though. Scorcese maybe?
18 Emmys for Shogun! I mean, it was good, maybe even great... but it didn't feel like it was record-breaking great.
It's very good but surprisingly, I enjoyed 3 Body Problem and Fallout more. I think they were up for a couple of the same awards.
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on September 16, 2024, 02:56:55 PM18 Emmys for Shogun! I mean, it was good, maybe even great... but it didn't feel like it was record-breaking great.
Aye. It was good but 18 Emmy's good. Then again I'm struggling to think of any other good drama shows during the year.
Still haven't seen 3 Body Problem, but Fallout definitely went beyond my expectations (albeit as someone who never played the game).
I maintain 3 Body Problem is unfilmable if they were to follow the books too closely and I usually hate when TV shows take excessive liberties but with these books you'd have to. And I really enjoyed what they did. It's not for everyone and particularly if you were looking for a rigid adaptation but they really balanced the science with the sci-fi, for me.
I also have no experience with Fallout, the game. Going in blind I'd no expectations but thought it was excellent. Plus, Goggins is magic.
No one was gonna touch Shogun for the production design etc in fairness.
The Bear being classed as a comedy is cheeky as fuck. The most over-hyped show ever.
Sopranos doc was decent, nothing new for the die hards aside from the audition tapes. Chase did an episode of The Southbank Show round season 2 which covered a lot of the same themes.
But thankfully no Schirippa turning up complaining on who big leagued him in Vegas.
Has he got beef with someone on the show? Hadn't heard that.
Shogun was alright, I wouldn't consider it award-worthy though.
FYI, this is the second time that Three Body Problem has been filmed, there's a 30 episode Chinese adaptation that came out a year or two ago. I haven't seen it so couldn't comment on its quality or faithfulness to the source material.
The Chinese version is sticking to the source material extremely rigidly apparently. As in, each chapter gets 40mins an episode. That is way overkill. I couldn't commit to that but the reviews are quite good. I'd be curious how they deal with the proper alien stuff when that kicks off.
The Bear... a comedy!
Now that's funny!
Quote from: Emphyrio on September 16, 2024, 06:15:43 PMThe Chinese version is sticking to the source material extremely rigidly apparently. As in, each chapter gets 40mins an episode. That is way overkill. I couldn't commit to that but the reviews are quite good. I'd be curious how they deal with the proper alien stuff when that kicks off.
Is it an adaptation of the first book or the trilogy as a whole? I came across it either on the Firestick or HDtoday a while back but I hadn't read the book at that point.
On a related sci fi note, did you take your username from the Jack Vance book?
Quote from: Carnage on September 16, 2024, 06:31:34 PMQuote from: Emphyrio on September 16, 2024, 06:15:43 PMThe Chinese version is sticking to the source material extremely rigidly apparently. As in, each chapter gets 40mins an episode. That is way overkill. I couldn't commit to that but the reviews are quite good. I'd be curious how they deal with the proper alien stuff when that kicks off.
Is it an adaptation of the first book or the trilogy as a whole? I came across it either on the Firestick or HDtoday a while back but I hadn't read the book at that point.
On a related sci fi note, did you take your username from the Jack Vance book?
I think S1 was 30eps or so, all based on the first book. I'm very curious how they segue from the normal part of the first book into where it all sort of kicks off but 30eps ... You watch it for me and let me know :laugh:
And yes, I'd just finished a Vance collection at that point.
It's on the list but not too high up, I think I'll finish reading the trilogy before that. I found it annoying that the Netflix series went into the second book when I haven't read it.
Emphyrio is the only Vance book I've read, but I enjoyed it.
In all honesty I didn't get a huge amount out of Jack Vance's stuff. The ideas are often superior to their execution.
I was fortunate that the books were recommended to me a couple of years ago, so I had them finished before the series was announced. I'd be very annoyed having seen spoilers in the show before reading the second book.
Annoyingly, I read the blurb for the first book a few years ago, suggested it to my boss (who also likes his sci fi), he went and read them in quick succession and highly recommended them to me. I waited until the Netflix series to get on with reading the first one despite having it on the shelf for a year or two, so it's on me that I'm behind there.
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on September 15, 2024, 11:09:23 PMQuote from: Carnage on September 15, 2024, 03:27:52 AMThe other was Manhunt, about the hunt for Abraham Lincoln's assassin and his co-conspirators. Much better, nicely paced and even though it frequently jumps time periods, it suits the storytelling. Tobias Menzies is great and coicindentally, Anthony Boyle is prominent and instantly unlikable in both series. Seven episodes for this one, recommended.
Watched first two eps of this tonight, good stuff and yeah, Menzies is great in it. Nice rec! :abbath:
Finished this tonight, both of us enjoyed it a lot, nice amount of variety and overall really well made and performed.
Watched the first episode of The Penguin with Colin Farrell. If the whole season is like that we're on to a winner.
Yeah I really enjoyed the first episode. Farreel is fantastic in it.
A good start, love the upgrades they made to the makeup on Farrell too. One thing that bugged me is now that they seem to have more daytime scenes, the Volume stage footage is more noticeable, but it's probably a trade off since they shoot in New York which is expensive as fuck.
The Batman was a grand flick, but Farrell and Dano were the standouts from it.
Gonna wait for the show to run it's course and binge it, I reckon.
On the fourth episode of For All Mankind, it's really good. The premise is that the Soviet Union landed on the moon first, as a result the space race was a higher priority than it was in reality. Interesting stuff and Joel Kinneman is actually pretty good in it.
Watched the first episode of Bodkin having heard nothing about it at all. Curious enough to see how it unfolds and, surprisingly, it's not hugely annoying which can often be the case with Irish productions.
Tis pure grand, as you say yourself :)
Pure grand is pure grand, says you.
Just a tad late to the party but watched the first episode of The Sopranos last night, pretty good, lets see if the whole shabang lives up the hype.
I'm not the only one then!
Such a great show. One episode didn't click for me but the rest was engrossing.
It has its ups and downs alright, the last series isn't great overall but has its moments. Tony's kids are beyond annoying though, a right entitled pair of cunts.
I think that's a interesting detail though. The kids are spoilt rich kids. Their experience is detached from Tony's dark world, but they inevitably become contaminated.
Can't fault it. Best show for me.
Easily my favourite show of all time. I watch it start to finish at least once a year.
Quote from: Carnage on September 30, 2024, 10:44:59 PMTony's kids are beyond annoying though, a right entitled pair of cunts.
I don't mind Meadow as much in the later series, she was actually showing signs of maturity in some ways, and for all of her spoiled kid attitude, there is some substance and depth there throughout the series.
But AJ is an insufferable prick. He has some of Tony's mental health issues and character flaws, but reminds me more of Janice and Livia, albeit less calculating and outright unpleasant. I won't say any more that that, as I don't want to give any spoilers, but if you've watched it, you'll get what I mean.
But overall, the quality of writing in terms of story lines and dialogue, the characters, the level of performance is just on another level.
Ya, but AJ's girlfriend/fiancée Blanca was an absolute beaut, so
Watched The Fall of the House of Usher over the last week, really enjoyable even if it leans a bit too much on the whole US prescription pill epidemic that seems so fashionable the last few years
Still, nicely gruesome, get to see a load of rich kids killed off in inventive ways, and a decent adaptation of some of Poe's work
The Telltale Heart episode was particularly good, can't remember the name of the actress that plays the daughter but she was excellent in it
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on October 01, 2024, 12:07:52 PMYa, but AJ's girlfriend/fiancée Blanca was an absolute beaut, so
She's a good looking lassie alright.
The Dominican lass? Oh yes.
Good point Mr. McLove, the corruption spreading to the kids. The moral being that nobody gets out untouched, I suppose.
Picked back up with season 3 of From. Good news is that it isn't the same outcome as Lost even though it really looked like it might be for a bit during season 2. Only seen two episodes from the new season but I'm liking it
Quote from: The Wretch on October 01, 2024, 11:58:34 AMEasily my favourite show of all time. I watch it start to finish at least once a year.
Quote from: Carnage on September 30, 2024, 10:44:59 PMTony's kids are beyond annoying though, a right entitled pair of cunts.
I don't mind Meadow as much in the later series, she was actually showing signs of maturity in some ways, and for all of her spoiled kid attitude, there is some substance and depth there throughout the series.
But AJ is an insufferable prick. He has some of Tony's mental health issues and character flaws, but reminds me more of Janice and Livia, albeit less calculating and outright unpleasant. I won't say any more that that, as I don't want to give any spoilers, but if you've watched it, you'll get what I mean.
But overall, the quality of writing in terms of story lines and dialogue, the characters, the level of performance is just on another level.
I love how the show pulls off the neat trick of making almost everybody absolutely terrible, yet you love them all anyway. People absolutely love Tony Soprano and he's one of the most insufferably terrible assholes ever onscreen.
It's also gotta be one of the funniest shows ever. Chris and Paulie lost in the woods, and Chris's intervention being particular highlights.
It's right up there among my favourite ever shows, but still
just pipped by The Wire for me.
Quote from: astfgyl on October 01, 2024, 08:01:02 PMPicked back up with season 3 of From. Good news is that it isn't the same outcome as Lost even though it really looked like it might be for a bit during season 2. Only seen two episodes from the new season but I'm liking it
Yup, really liking it too.
Quote from: Emphyrio on October 01, 2024, 08:38:22 PMQuote from: astfgyl on October 01, 2024, 08:01:02 PMPicked back up with season 3 of From. Good news is that it isn't the same outcome as Lost even though it really looked like it might be for a bit during season 2. Only seen two episodes from the new season but I'm liking it
Yup, really liking it too.
Read a review of the whole season without spoilers and I thought I'd be able to watch it all handy on the dodgy box but it's not there at all and soap2day had only the two episodes so I'm half strung out for the next one.
We don't know how spoiled we are with binging full series until we've to wait a week for an episode
"We don't know how spoiled we are with binging full series until we've to wait a week for an episode"
Ha, I only started watching Lost with the kids at the weekend and was explaining they're so lucky they don't have to wait for 5 minute ad break cliff hangers and 1 week for the next episode. They're gripped watching 2 episodes each night straight through.
Honestly I'm very much a luddite and very resistant to anything new or different but I think the next generation are better off being able to watch a whole series in a few sittings rather than the weekly version.
Everything else modern is still wrong though
I have to say that, in some ways, I miss the old week-to-week thing.
I couldn't deal with the ad breaks though. I watched "The West Wing" start to finish during Covid MK.I because neither my wife nor I had seen it. It was on the Channel 4 app for free. The ads drove me nuts at points - to where I actually tried to pay for an ad-free subscription but you need to have a UK address/credit card to do so.
I'm watching the new season of "Slow Horses" at the minute which is released weekly. Makes for an enjoyable experience - if we binge watch something at home it feels a bit like fast food. The whole thing been and gone without much thought.
Started watching "Mr. McMahon" on Netflix last night. Very enjoyable so far - I was a massive wrestling fan as a kid, up until I left home when I was about 16 or 17 and I didn't have Multichannel TV any longer thus losing contact/interest. There's a lot of grim stuff that I didn't know about even during the era that I was hooked on - late 80s to late 90s.
Once thing that struck me immediately is how much cosmetic surgery the entire McMahon family appears to have gone through.
I watched that over the weekend, grim is the word. The main thing that I took from it is that money talks and loyalty or integrity isn't a thing in that business. Not a surprise at all but brought to the fore here. He's a pretty despicable person all round, and it becomes more and more apparent as the series progresses.
Ironic he couldn't see what Turner tried to do to him was basically what he did to the territories. It's a pity the doc was completed before the last batch of revelations came out cos we only saw a scratch of the surface of how much of a cunt Vince was.
Couple of episodes in, I've always followed wrestling so there's nothing really new to me, but there's stuff I had forgotten because he's done so, so much awful shit
Did think it funny though how on one episode he's talking about how taking over the territories was just business and how things are done. Then the next one giving out about Hogan joining WCW and that he's never really gotten over it
Quote from: Ollkiller on September 22, 2024, 10:44:21 PMWatched the first episode of The Penguin with Colin Farrell. If the whole season is like that we're on to a winner.
I loved it now. Getting a nice gangster vibe off it, similar to the Sopranos and without all the super hero stuff
Quote from: Emphyrio on October 02, 2024, 10:49:14 AMIronic he couldn't see what Turner tried to do to him was basically what he did to the territories. It's a pity the doc was completed before the last batch of revelations came out cos we only saw a scratch of the surface of how much of a cunt Vince was.
Well Vince would never give anyone credit 😂
Not the burial folks wanted. Austin's comments on CTE were fucking disgraceful.
To be fair, he does seem like a fucking moron.
Tony Sopranos kid has some interesting taste in music tbf, Ulver and Nevermore posters alongside er..Stuck Mojo :abbath: .
I think Neurosos make an appearance at some stage. A poster that is, there's no Scott Kelly cameo where he's beating up Carmella.
Given how manipulative Vince is I did even find myself wondering whether the stories about his childhood abuse were true.
That said, even though he's clearly not a great guy, it wasn't all that surprising given he's a rich guy that came up through an era where you could get away with almost anything. Those kind of scandals were met with a shrug in the 80s and 90s, whereas now people get their comeuppance.
I don't entirely blame him for letting the show go on after Owen died; it was a tough call in a difficult, unprecedented situation, but he did seem just so completely meh about it in the interviews. He was more upset about Hogan going to WCW.
The parts where he's being interviewed by hosts asking difficult questions and he almost immediately reverts to hyper-aggressive playground bully mode were tough to watch.
Watched season 3 of The Bear. Had been prepared for the worst based on opinions of mates so, unsurprisingly, low expectation made it feel decent. A bit too slow, but enjoyed a few of the eps a lot. That first episode was perhaps too bold and sloooow an opening gambit though.
Back to Fargo now with our plan to get through the whole thing and so the season 2 rewatch is underway.
Penguin is savage
Quote from: Sworntothecans on October 02, 2024, 11:51:18 AMAustin's comments on CTE were fucking disgraceful.
"It's not real. I just don't believe in it."
Like it's Santa Claus or something. Gowl.
Finished the series over the weekend. Christ, the last episode is grim.
Season 2 of Fargo really is one of the best seasons of tv of all time.
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on October 21, 2024, 12:07:29 AMSeason 2 of Fargo really is one of the best seasons of tv of all time.
100%
I thought it was too fast paced and overly violent. It lacked the folkish charm of the film and season 1. Must revisit it.
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on October 21, 2024, 12:07:29 AMSeason 2 of Fargo really is one of the best seasons of tv of all time.
It really is. Just tops season 1. Just an amazing bunch of characters in season 2.
Watched Monsters: The Menendez Brothers which I enjoyed. Moved onto Dahmer cause I wasn't feeling it when it first came out. Demented stuff.
Quote from: open face surgery on October 22, 2024, 11:03:04 AMWatched Monsters: The Menendez Brothers which I enjoyed. Moved onto Dahmer cause I wasn't feeling it when it first came out. Demented stuff.
Menendez was cool, but why didn't the other brother contribute? Maybe it was explained but if it was I missed it.
What do you mean?
Only Eric spoke to the documentary makers. I thought it was odd that they didn't include the other brother.
Russian show 'слово пачана' (might have typed that arseways, I did , edited), 'boys word' in English. Hyper violent series about gangs of hoodlums at the end of the Soviet Union. The acting and attention to detail with setting are top quality. Great 80's soundtrack, might find a choon or two ye like.
Quote from: Caomhaoin on October 22, 2024, 04:34:14 PMOnly Eric spoke to the documentary makers. I thought it was odd that they didn't include the other brother.
The one I was on about above was the dramatised series but I watched the Netflix documentary as well and both spoke throughout. Maybe you saw a different one.
Yeah I saw that one 'Erik Tells All' from 2017.
Loudermilk. Good craic.
Yeah I watched that show too, decent enough
I don't know what to do with the show "From". Rather than enjoying it, it's beginning to fuck me off. I'm wary that it's the show "Lost" all over again, something better happen soon otherwise I'm dropping it for lack of progression..
Finally getting stuck into the final season of Line of Duty, what, four years after it came out :laugh: compulsive viewing as with every other season.
I only watched the first season and never got back to it, I'm told it just gets better as it goes on.
I like it. Each series has a central story but also builds on the one before. This one is tying right back to the start.
"Downton Abbey" - middle-age is seeping in. It's grand easy viewing so far. The bit on Home Rule/The Rising was slightly hackle-raising though.
"Grand Designs" - I've said this before but this show is just lovely to watch. Great to see people with ingenuity doing things to solve problems. And, of course, seeing total melts sink hundreds of thousands of pounds into bad decisions. :laugh:
Also, I cancelled nearly all of my streaming subscriptions in a fit of price-hike induced temper so now I am limited to what I can watch.
Downton is a nice watch indeed. Totally Disnified interpretation of that era, but most enjoyable.
Grand Designs is also the bizz.
Isolating with Covid at the moment so I'm going to see if I can get through The World At War series from the early '70's. I haven't watched it in years. The first hand accounts make it particularly interesting.
Quote from: Naraka on November 02, 2024, 11:43:23 AMIsolating with Covid at the moment so I'm going to see if I can get through The World At War series from the early '70's. I haven't watched it in years. The first hand accounts make it particularly interesting.
Great call. Used to watch when I was a chap on the portable in my room. Laurence Olivier to listen to also.
If you're thirsty for history, I can recommend you 'Fall of Civilisations' which is available on you YouTube or as a podcast. Monumental in quality and scope.
Quote from: Caomhaoin on November 02, 2024, 12:47:20 PMQuote from: Naraka on November 02, 2024, 11:43:23 AMIsolating with Covid at the moment so I'm going to see if I can get through The World At War series from the early '70's. I haven't watched it in years. The first hand accounts make it particularly interesting.
Great call. Used to watch when I was a chap on the portable in my room. Laurence Olivier to listen to also.
If you're thirsty for history, I can recommend you 'Fall of Civilisations' which is available on you YouTube or as a podcast. Monumental in quality and scope.
I'll check it out, cheers.
Quote from: The Heretic on October 29, 2024, 08:20:29 AMI don't know what to do with the show "From". Rather than enjoying it, it's beginning to fuck me off. I'm wary that it's the show "Lost" all over again, something better happen soon otherwise I'm dropping it for lack of progression..
There's definitely a bit of "shite, we got renewed, come up with ideas" to it. Yellowjackets had the same gimmick with their second season.
Quote from: Naraka on November 02, 2024, 11:43:23 AMIsolating with Covid at the moment so I'm going to see if I can get through The World At War series from the early '70's. I haven't watched it in years. The first hand accounts make it particularly interesting.
Great series, was only thinking the other day that there's probably only a handful of people left alive that were active combatants
Quote from: Sworntothecans on November 02, 2024, 03:00:14 PMQuote from: The Heretic on October 29, 2024, 08:20:29 AMI don't know what to do with the show "From". Rather than enjoying it, it's beginning to fuck me off. I'm wary that it's the show "Lost" all over again, something better happen soon otherwise I'm dropping it for lack of progression..
There's definitely a bit of "shite, we got renewed, come up with ideas" to it. Yellowjackets had the same gimmick with their second season.
I'm up to 6 episodes watched and it really needs to pick up the pace indeed. The latest one in particular has nothing at all doing. Pity because I really enjoyed the first 2 seasons
Watched Over the Garden Wall with the wee lad over the last couple of days. Excellent Cartoon Network yoke, 10 ten minute episodes. If you've a kid for an excuse get on it. And if you don't, then you can do whatever you want anyway :laugh:
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on November 02, 2024, 04:01:30 PMWatched Over the Garden Wall with the wee lad over the last couple of days. Excellent Cartoon Network yoke, 10 ten minute episodes. If you've a kid for an excuse get on it. And if you don't, then you can do whatever you want anyway :laugh:
Sealook is great craic with kids aswell. Findable on YouTube :)
Watched this with the kids over their week off.
They got a good kick out of it.
Set in late 80's and plays into the whole heavy metal, satanic panic and paranoid parents shtick that was around back then.
Soundtrack to each episode was pretty cool too.
Thought it started off pretty decent.
Hada Stranger Things feel to it, but it kinda fell short at the end.
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Watching season two of "The Diplomat" - it's great viewing.
My only gripe is that it has been so long since the first season that, even with the recap, I am struggling to remember who everyone is and what they did in season one.
Quote from: StoutAndAle on November 05, 2024, 12:19:52 PMWatching season two of "The Diplomat" - it's great viewing.
My only gripe is that it has been so long since the first season that, even with the recap, I am struggling to remember who everyone is and what they did in season one.
Started Season 1 of the diplomat when I saw good reviews for season 2. Its fantastic. I didn't know a thing about it.
Watching The Walk-In, an ITV drama from 2022 based on true events. Stephen Graham plays a reformed National Front member turned journalist trying to expose National Action, an extreme group that make the NF look civilised in comparison. It makes for uncomfortable viewing, but it's very well made.
Sounds interesting, is that on Netflix?
Aye the diplomat is a great watch.
Finished up Mr. Inbetween earlier. Couple of episodes drag a bit but pretty good overall
Quote from: Thorn on November 05, 2024, 06:33:35 PMSounds interesting, is that on Netflix?
It's not on Netflix. It's an ITV production and was on one of the Virgin channels a few years ago. I recorded it, but only got around to watching it last week. You'd find it on the oul dodgy box if you have one.
Quote from: Trev on November 05, 2024, 08:06:55 PMFinished up Mr. Inbetween earlier. Couple of episodes drag a bit but pretty good overall
Mr. Inbetween was great. A few slow parts but nothing that takes away from it.
Based on mockumentary the fella did years before called The Magician.
Most memorable line... "I don't answer questions"
Rewatching Wolf Hall before the new series starts on Sunday, very good stuff. Rylance is excellent as always.
Funny you mention that, I've literally just got around to starting the book this afternoon, a lot more hard going than I thought it would be so far, there's characters coming out of everywhere.
They start to become familar after a while, don't worry. It's the best book I've read in at least a decade and the second one is just as good. The third one is also quality, but the other two are just a smidgeon above it.
Grand.,I've had the three on the shelves this while (years!) so it's full speed ahead now
Quote from: Maggot Colony on November 05, 2024, 02:16:33 PMWatching The Walk-In, an ITV drama from 2022 based on true events. Stephen Graham plays a reformed National Front member turned journalist trying to expose National Action, an extreme group that make the NF look civilised in comparison. It makes for uncomfortable viewing, but it's very well made.
It's excellent. You're guaranteed a decent, but likely grim, watch if he's in it.
Finished up Loudermilk last night. I hope there's a fourth season. Really enjoyable stuff.
Watched the first season of Loudermilk a few years back and enjoyed it, must dig out seasons two and three.
Quote from: Eoin McLove on November 06, 2024, 08:08:12 PMFinished up Loudermilk last night. I hope there's a fourth season. Really enjoyable stuff.
Aye. Criminal it didn't get a fourth season.
Finished season 3 of Fargo tonight. Very entertaining, not a patch on S2 but maybe as good as S1. David Thewlis is excellent as always.
Quote from: Emphyrio on November 06, 2024, 07:53:52 PMQuote from: Maggot Colony on November 05, 2024, 02:16:33 PMWatching The Walk-In, an ITV drama from 2022 based on true events. Stephen Graham plays a reformed National Front member turned journalist trying to expose National Action, an extreme group that make the NF look civilised in comparison. It makes for uncomfortable viewing, but it's very well made.
It's excellent. You're guaranteed a decent, but likely grim, watch if he's in it.
Great actor. He was absolutely brilliant in The Virtues, another very depressing but entertaining show.
Starting in on The Diplomat.
Quote from: Maggot Colony on November 07, 2024, 09:23:18 AMQuote from: Emphyrio on November 06, 2024, 07:53:52 PMQuote from: Maggot Colony on November 05, 2024, 02:16:33 PMWatching The Walk-In, an ITV drama from 2022 based on true events. Stephen Graham plays a reformed National Front member turned journalist trying to expose National Action, an extreme group that make the NF look civilised in comparison. It makes for uncomfortable viewing, but it's very well made.
It's excellent. You're guaranteed a decent, but likely grim, watch if he's in it.
Great actor. He was absolutely brilliant in The Virtues, another very depressing but entertaining show.
The Virtues was excellent. Must rewatch that.
That's it, I'm done with 'From', life is too short for this lack of progression, plus some of the characters are turning into annoying cunts..
Started "The Day Of The Jackal" on Saturday and then nearly finished it on Sunday - one more episode to go - pretty much flawless television.
The music is excellent also.
Three episodes in myself, it's much better than I'd expected. Doesn't have much to do with the book or film though.
First episode of Wolf Hall: The Mirror And The Light was decent. A few roles recast hut most of the key players returned. A six episode series this time, no harm as the previous one compressed and omitted a lot from the books.
Ripping through The Diplomat. Even with the DEI on steroids casting it's really good.
Tore through season 4 of Slow Horses. Weaving was a bit of a non-event in it, didn't bring any "star" quality at all, but apart from that the overall level was as high as ever. In any case, I think I'd happily watch a whole show in which Oldman's Jackson Lamb was the only main character!
Yeah! Weaving was a bit meh, for sure.
But I reckon it's building to more.
They always have the next season in mind, going the the 'Next Season' previews at the end of each final episode.
Yah, I skipped the preview of the next season, but looking forward to it. Also just found out that the theme tune is an original that Jagger and the show's composer wrote and recorded for the series. Never having been a huge Stones fan, I'd just presumed it was some old deep cut I didn't know. They fair knocked the authentic vintage production out of the park (no pun intended :P )
Weaving walks a fine line between cheese and gravitas. Cheesy in this for sure but it didn't detract from the show
From fictitious to real world terrorism (sort of): hit the first two episodes of Say Nothing tonight. Daycent so far. Funny seeing Rory Kinnear play Frank Kitson in it, quite the character shift from Tom Bombadil! :laugh:
How are the accents? Usually Brits make a balls of Nordie accents and it's generally a dealbreaker for me.
I haven't gone through them all to see who's from where, but I think most of the central cast are Irish (north or south) actors. Only wee bit of accent wavering I heard so far was from Tom Vaughan-Lawlor playing the older version of Brendan Hughes.
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on November 15, 2024, 12:13:14 AMI haven't gone through them all to see who's from where, but I think most of the central cast are Irish (north or south) actors. Only wee bit of accent wavering I heard so far was from Tom Vaughan-Lawlor playing the older version of Brendan Hughes.
Bizarelly, Tom Vaughn-Lawlor does a better English and American accent than any Irish accent.
If you listen to him as Nidge in "Love/Hate" the inner-city Dublin accent wavers a fair bit over the course of the series - especially if you know people who actually talk like that.
I'm going to watch "Say Nothing" but I can't imagine it will have the impact that the book had.
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on November 13, 2024, 11:55:20 PMTore through season 4 of Slow Horses. Weaving was a bit of a non-event in it, didn't bring any "star" quality at all, but apart from that the overall level was as high as ever. In any case, I think I'd happily watch a whole show in which Oldman's Jackson Lamb was the only main character!
Quote from: jobrok1 on November 14, 2024, 08:22:35 AMYeah! Weaving was a bit meh, for sure.
But I reckon it's building to more.
They always have the next season in mind, going the the 'Next Season' previews at the end of each final episode.
I thought that this season of "Slow Horses" was a but of a non-runner and I say that as a fan of the show.
Oldman and Lowden were criminally under-used. Weaving is hammy and completely boring.
With Nidge I thought it worked with the kind of wannabe rather than genuine hard lad he portrays. He might have been aiming for genuine like, but the misses worked with the character :laugh: Been planning on watching that again actually. Those last few seasons were so good.
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on November 15, 2024, 01:30:04 PMWith Nidge I thought it worked with the kind of wannabe rather than genuine hard lad he portrays. He might have been aiming for genuine like, but the misses worked with the character :laugh: Been planning on watching that again actually. Those last few seasons were so good.
I found season one very hard to get through. But then it was stellar for the next few seasons. Found the last season lagged a bit.
Season one and two are almost unwatchable imo :laugh: Even season 3 only improves as a function of Darren playing less and less of a role in it. For me 4 and 5 are where it's at.
I finished season 2 of The Diplomat. Fun stuff.
Started into Bodyguard whose first two episodes have been really good.
Watched the first two eps of the new Bad Sisters series, black comedy/murder mystery sort of thing with Sharon Horgan, first series was good craic.
Just watched a fascinating documentary on Rte called Birdsong. Ornithologist Sean Ronayne started a project to record the song of every species of Irish birds. About 200 species. Some are the first recordings ever made. Goes into the wider scope of conservation/biodiversity. Should be on the rte player tomorrow id say. If you have any interest in nature you'll love it.
It was on a couple of times before, it's a good watch alright.
Quote from: Ollkiller on November 17, 2024, 08:30:52 PMJust watched a fascinating documentary on Rte called Birdsong. Ornithologist Sean Ronayne started a project to record the song of every species of Irish birds. About 200 species. Some are the first recordings ever made. Goes into the wider scope of conservation/biodiversity. Should be on the rte player tomorrow id say. If you have any interest in nature you'll love it.
Been trying on and off to get my hands on it for a while, hopefully I can sort it out.
Sounds interesting. I'll have to see if I can get it over here.
It's on the RTE Player, whether you can get that abroad or not I don't know.
I don't watch much TV, but burned through all six seasons of BoJack Horseman in the space of a month at a friend's behest. Already planning to rewatch it next year, probably the best portrayal of mental health I've ever seen n TV.
Randomly caught a few episodes of Tales of the Unexpected last week too. The title sequence is iconic and I haven't been unable to unhear the theme since. I recall being allowed watch this as a kid because the original series or two were based on Roald Dahl works and sure "that fella's a children's author" :laugh:
Quote from: Ducky on November 18, 2024, 09:18:40 AMI don't watch much TV, but burned through all six seasons of BoJack Horseman in the space of a month at a friend's behest. Already planning to rewatch it next year, probably the best portrayal of mental health I've ever seen n TV.
Randomly caught a few episodes of Tales of the Unexpected last week too. The title sequence is iconic and I haven't been unable to unhear the theme since. I recall being allowed watch this as a kid because the original series or two were based on Roald Dahl works and sure "that fella's a children's author" :laugh:
I had to keep Now Tv for another month when I discovered they had the full run of it. 'tis great.
Quote from: Ducky on November 18, 2024, 09:18:40 AMI don't watch much TV, but burned through all six seasons of BoJack Horseman in the space of a month at a friend's behest. Already planning to rewatch it next year, probably the best portrayal of mental health I've ever seen n TV.
Bojack is lethal and is even better on a rewatch, way harsher when you know how it goes mind. It's all the little things in it. How it all starts is a great way to lower the defences a bit to how totally bleak it becomes :laugh:
Quote from: astfgyl on October 01, 2024, 08:01:02 PMPicked back up with season 3 of From. Good news is that it isn't the same outcome as Lost even though it really looked like it might be for a bit during season 2. Only seen two episodes from the new season but I'm liking it
Up to episode 9 now and the 3rd season has been absolute shite of the highest order. It reminds me of when The Walking Dead did the big switch from zombies to drama but it's actually worse. First 2 episodes were promising but fuck it has been so fuckin bad since then. I'll give it the finale next week, but unless there's something absolutely amazing coming in that (which there won't be, only another false reveal I'll bet), I don't think I'll go on.
Very annoying. At least I still have the 2 eps of The Rings Of Power to look forward to and haven't seen any of the Fargo one either but I see it mentioned here and a few people in the wild have said it's good too. Actually there's loads of stuff I could go at but it's annoying waiting a week per episode for something to be so so shit
I'm up to ep8 so will watch the last 3eps once the finale is out but ya, frustrating season all in. Think watching it week to week is also a killer.
Finished up Bodyguard just now. Very good. A bit of a tidy, happy ever after ending, but sure... the wife is a wetser so it would have been rude to let her go free.
Say Nothing:
Get to end of episode about planning and carrying out a bombing, herself to me: "Ooh, let's binge into the next ep!"
Get to end of next ep, all about a prolonged and excruciating hunger strike following imprisonment for said bombing, herself to me: "Maybe when we finish this show we could find a nice comedy to watch..?" :laugh:
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Blindboy made a short film from one of his short stories "Did you read about Erskine Fogarty?"
It's on the RTE player. It's pretty funny.
Has anyone started the Dune series? I didn't even know it was coming out until I seen it the other day.
I have it recorded but have yet to watch it. I might let it build up and then binge it.
Say Nothing is definitely harder going in the second half of the series, found it decent overall though. Would be interested to see what others here make of it. Didn't read further (yet), but I saw one of Jean McConville's sons isn't happy about the show. For different reasons, I'm sure Gerry isn't either.
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on November 21, 2024, 11:31:49 PMSay Nothing is definitely harder going in the second half of the series though, found it decent overall though. Would be interested to see what others here make of it. Didn't read further (yet), but I saw one of Jean McConville's sons isn't happy about the show. For different reasons, I'm sure Gerry isn't either.
I read the book a few years ago, and I was dubious when I heard about the making of the show, especially when I heard that it was going to be shown on Disney. However I'm 4 episodes in and I'm enjoying it. The show feels authentic, and is faithful to the book as far as I can remember. The actors are great, I recognise a lot of faces from Blue Lights, a very good drama set in Belfast.
I think there are some issues with the tone - when Brendan Hughes is introduced, for example, it feels like a scene from Trainspotting, and there are some montages that feel out of place. There obviously has to be some humour, otherwise the show would be very dour, but I think there's enough humour in the dialogue and certain situations already. That's a minor issue in what is otherwise a very good show.
I started Baby Reindeer the other night and got sucked in to it. Nearly finished it and loving it so far. It's fairly funny and bleak at the same time. The fact it's based on a true story makes it all the more mental
Baby Reindeer was great. Stuff like that is so few and far between these days. I see that there's a Dune series out now, and an Alien prequel series is also on the cards. Are we really that bereft of ideas now?
Baby Reindeer is definitely one I'll watch again. As truly fascinating as it was hugely entertaining.
I didn't know there was a dune series until today but the verdict from the couple of lads who saw it wasn't bad. Probably unnecessary like the alien series but sure look, good ideas are so rare that we'll have to satisfy ourselves with things being entertaining without originality. Like music for the most part in that we'll never hear anything new again but some of the combinations of well worn paths will be entertaining hopefully.
Actually, on that note, I hear that the predator is going to be the good guy in the new one. I want to say that's a shit idea but thinking about it how else could a new one be made that isn't the exact same as all the others with slightly better or worse execution?
It'll probably only be indy shit that is exciting in general but wait, is that not how we all ended up here anyway?
We will all be fine in that case
Edit: forgot I wasn't in the film thread. So to keep on topic, I feel like tv has a better chance than film these days of coming up with something due to the stakes involved. Hopefully less superheroes as well.
Just finished the first episode of Eric on Netflix. I don't know why I put myself through there missing kids fucking shows... they kill me :laugh:
It's off to a fascinating start. I was tempted to let the next episode roll but I resisted. Curious to see how it unfolds.
Just discovered Bottom and Mr Bean are on Canadian Prime. I was into them as a kid at the time but figured I'd think they were daft now. Nope. Holy fuck I've been loving them :laugh:
Quote from: Mooncat on December 11, 2024, 09:05:38 PMJust discovered Bottom and Mr Bean are on Canadian Prime. I was into them as a kid at the time but figured I'd think they were daft now. Nope. Holy fuck I've been loving them :laugh:
Bottom is still brilliant, I've always hated Bean. I did enjoy the Italian version of Bean Atkinson did in Rat Race though.
Bottom has also led me to The Young Ones, which I had never seen before. Enjoying it so far, though I don't think it's as good as Bottom. I like all the little surreal cutaways with puppets etc, and all the little random cutaway skits. Must have been really original for its time.
I still highly rate Mr. Bean. Just good, slapstick comedy which holds up well decades later. Kind of timeless, almost cartoon levels of mishap like the roadrunner cartoons. My four year old is obsessed with Looney Tunes and the like, which is a great relief. Anyone who has kids will attest how tiresome it is to have the likes of Cocomelon, Pepa Pig constantly on...
And of course, Bottom...classic stuff. Good excuse to put the Xmas special on. The whole "gold, Frankenstein and grr...routine used to crack me up.
Quote from: John Kimble on December 12, 2024, 06:04:14 PMAnd of course, Bottom...classic stuff. Good excuse to put the Xmas special on. The whole "gold, Frankenstein and grr...routine used to crack me up.
With of course Richie being the virgin. Classic stuff :laugh:
Watched a bit of Bottom recently. Way better than I thought it would be. Bean, in fairness, some of the sketches are absolute gold. The exam one is cringe 101. Expertly done.
Brassic, now on Netflix is great ould craic. Bang of shameless off it.
Rewatched The Expanse. If you haven't seen it give it a few episodes to get going. It's stellar sci-fi.
Speaking of re watches I think it's time for another go at Band of Brothers. Easily me favourite limited series. Chernobyl a close second.
Season 4 of Fargo wrapped up tonight. A noticeable drop in quality, but was grand overall with some genuinely great performances.
Quote from: Mooncat on December 12, 2024, 06:45:02 PMQuote from: John Kimble on December 12, 2024, 06:04:14 PMAnd of course, Bottom...classic stuff. Good excuse to put the Xmas special on. The whole "gold, Frankenstein and grr...routine used to crack me up.
With of course Richie being the virgin. Classic stuff :laugh:
If you liked that then watch 'More Bad News' , it's more or less the same cast from young ones doing their version of Spinal Tap style rockumentary. Prob on YouTube. Worth it for the Donington concert footage alone.
Quote from: leatherface on December 13, 2024, 05:05:22 AMIf you liked that then watch 'More Bad News' , it's more or less the same cast from young ones doing their version of Spinal Tap style rockumentary. Prob on YouTube. Worth it for the Donington concert footage alone.
The first Bad News film "Bad News Tour" was release a year before "This Is Spinal Tap".
Looking at Baby Reindeer at the minute. Fucking hell, dark stuff. Really fascinating.
Bottom was pure genius comedy.
Absolutely loved it back in me school days.
The Young Ones was great too.
Used to stay up late on Friday's as a kid to watch it. My first introduction to Lemmy and Motorhead. :abbath:
Recently I've really enjoyed both Mr.Inbetween and Say Nothing.
Say Nothing is a great series.
Quote from: jobrok1 on December 14, 2024, 06:02:05 PMBottom was pure genius comedy.
Absolutely loved it back in me school days.
The Young Ones was great too.
Used to stay up late on Friday's as a kid to watch it. My first introduction to Lemmy and Motorhead. :abbath:
Bottom Was Savage :laugh: :abbath:
Finished up Baby Reindeer earlier. Really good. Not a lot of closure in the end, I felt.
Quote from: Eoin McLove on December 15, 2024, 06:29:48 AMFinished up Baby Reindeer earlier. Really good. Not a lot of closure in the end, I felt.
He's a weird cunt too by all accounts
Quote from: The Great Cull on December 15, 2024, 07:37:54 AMQuote from: Eoin McLove on December 15, 2024, 06:29:48 AMFinished up Baby Reindeer earlier. Really good. Not a lot of closure in the end, I felt.
He's a weird cunt too by all accounts
Defo seems damaged by it all.
Rewatching The Xfiles for the criac. I haven't seen it in over a decade, so forgot a good chunk of it. Some meh episodes of course, but fairly consistent. Pure 90s buzz
Quote from: Necro Red on December 18, 2024, 10:24:31 AMRewatching The Xfiles for the criac. I haven't seen it in over a decade, so forgot a good chunk of it. Some meh episodes of course, but fairly consistent. Pure 90s buzz
Just don't go for the latest series. The old ones are generally still decent though, I went on a run of them with the young fellas not too long ago and they enjoyed them as well
Only getting into Still Game now, it's fucking great stuff.
Ah it's legendary, get it right round ye
I loved Chewin The Fat at the time, just never got around to this. It's mighty, light and cynical in equal measure.
Anyone watching the new series of Squid Game?
Actually enjoyed it but splitting the end into a second and third series is highly unnecessary.
Started watching A Man On The Inside with Ted Danson in it this evening. Mild sort of easy watching comedy but surprisingly fun.
Watched The Walk-In, really good stuff. Not as brutal as I expected it to be though. Probably spoiled by the era of prestige drama which an ITV show can't really compare to.
The new Squid Game was better than I expected it to be. They do manage to keep it fresh, though as mentioned the way the season ends is highly annoying.
Jesus Christ Jools Holland and Sophie Ellis Bextor were both shit. Was flicking back and forth between the two just hoping to settle into some NYE programming and it was hard to stick with either. Did the back-home countdown (5pm for me here) and was then in bed before the actual Canadian countdown...
Been watching the latest Taylor Sheridan series, Landman, with Billy Bob Thornton and gotta say it's probably his best one yet.
Finally getting round to Hysteria season 1 now and its very entertaining
Cirith Ungol, Mercyful Fate and Bathory and the soundtrack as well amongst others
Quote from: Pentagrimes on January 11, 2025, 10:33:17 PMFinally getting round to Hysteria season 1 now and its very entertaining
It starts off well, but I didn't like how it kinda dismissed a lot of the initial weirdness by the end. That being said I hope there's a second season (or more) and it swings back around leans into the weird shit again.
Bad Sisters season 2. More of the same. Chewing gum for the eyes Dougal. Yes, but chewing gum with Sarah Greene mascarading as a pirate Ted!
If nothing else, it provides plenty of Paddy culture enriching opportunities for her good self. Surprised her singing The Nolans just the other day!
Quote from: jobrok1 on January 03, 2025, 08:19:36 PMBeen watching the latest Taylor Sheridan series, Landman, with Billy Bob Thornton and gotta say it's probably his best one yet.
I'm shocked we didn't get a Sheridan cameo where he's the cool guy like in Yellowstone (I'm class with horses and surrounded by lingerie models) and Lioness (blew up a tank). 🤣
Thornton is always reliable.
The podcast Landman is based on is worth a listen and it's really only the cartel stuff that gets tacked on in the show.
2 epsiodes into American Primeval on Netflix. Set in america in the late 1800's. This is stellar tv. A brutal depiction of the time. Acting, script, violence all top notch.
It's on the watchlist. Was apprehensive when it was announced as it got greenlit due to Netflix not having Taylor Sheridan stuff, plus Peter Berg can be more hit than miss but hearing how gnarly it is along with some of the bonkers Mormon stuff looking forward to it now.
Quote from: Sworntothecans on January 18, 2025, 12:20:23 PMIt's on the watchlist. Was apprehensive when it was announced as it got greenlit due to Netflix not having Taylor Sheridan stuff, plus Peter Berg can be more hit than miss but hearing how gnarly it is along with some of the bonkers Mormon stuff looking forward to it now.
Gnarly is a beginning point to this show. On the 3rd episode now. Best thing I've watched in years.
Quote from: jobrok1 on January 03, 2025, 08:19:36 PMBeen watching the latest Taylor Sheridan series, Landman, with Billy Bob Thornton and gotta say it's probably his best one yet.
Almost finished S1. I know it's a drama but I've laughed more often for this than the last season of What We Do in the Shadows. Really getting a lot of craic out of it. Plus, Ali Later... Plus the daughter... Will stick with it, most certainly.
Speaking of Sheridan, I still haven't seen Yellowstone yet. A mate has been bigging it up for a couple of years now, right up to the end.
Yellowstone is shite but I did watch it.
That settles it so :laugh:
Yellowstone was great. Yet to watch the final episodes but everything so far has been top notch. Kelly Reilly totally steals the show.
I really enjoyed Yellowstone overall. Has its soapy bits but there was enough for me to see it out.
Quote from: Carnage on January 18, 2025, 03:05:16 PMKelly Reilly totally steals the show.
She's not exactly gorgeous but there's few women on TV who'd get more of a rattlin'.
Ah she's fairly fine I reckon. I'd hold her hand in public.
Ali Larter, in Landsman, is filthier and thicker. Double plus for her.
Think I gave up on Yellowstone around season 4 or 5, it's grand enough but just started to feel really dragged out
Don't think I know a better example of a lady getting more beautiful with age than Kelly Reilly. Ali Larter someone I haven't thought about since Varsity Blues :laugh:
Yellowstone was good for the first 3 episodes. Terrible tv show.
Ya, it really is shite.
Years of watching Dallas as a kid set me up for how daft Yellowstone got🤣 Big dumb soap opera.
Finally getting round to Skeleton Crew. Star Wars goes Goonies, good fun with a load of practical FX too!
Dallas :laugh: yup, if you liked Dallas it definitely makes it easier to enjoy Yellowstone.
Skeleton Crew isn't bad. More suited for smallies than the other recent stuff. Andor will be along soon too. S1 was very good.
Yellowstone is like the cowboy version of Suits 😄
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on January 18, 2025, 06:12:25 PMDon't think I know a better example of a lady getting more beautiful with age than Kelly Reilly.
100% agree. She could kick seven shades of shit outta me any day and I'd still keep crawling back.
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on January 18, 2025, 06:12:25 PMAli Larter someone I haven't thought about since Varsity Blues
I only remember her from Heroes back in the day, but never really thought too much of her in it, TBH.
But 'Holy Shitballs, Batman', she has become a serious MILF.
Watched the first episode of the Dexter prequel. Much better than the reboot. Nails the feel of the original. That might feel a bit dated for some though. Most of the cast nail the roles.
Been watching Vikings the last few nights, never checked it out when it was on. it's pure popcorn stuff but decent enough, doesn't reach the heights of GOT at its best but hopefully won't sink as low!
It doesn't sink at all. Even after events kill off certain characters. And while maybe not quite as good, but still very good, is the follow-on Valhalla.
Watched "On Call" on Amazon. Not bad. Police procedural about a rookie teamed with a veteran on patrol. Reminds me a bit of the film 'Colours' with Robert Duvall and Sean Penn mixed with 'Bosch'. The episodes are short enough, don't outstay their welcome.
Bosch got pretty fucking dull as it went on, so not a great endorsement
Quote from: ldj on January 28, 2025, 03:35:26 PMBeen watching Vikings the last few nights, never checked it out when it was on. it's pure popcorn stuff but decent enough, doesn't reach the heights of GOT at its best but hopefully won't sink as low!
I loved the first 4 seasons but season 5 did nothing for me and I never bothered with season 6.
I stopped at the start of the second or third series, always meant to go back to it but I'd probably have to start again at this stage.
It definitely peaked in season 3 for me at least but 4 was still solid. After that it just didn't have the staying power for me. That and I couldn't stand Bjorn's fuckin constant gurning face :laugh:
Quote from: jobrok1 on January 28, 2025, 07:15:16 PMBosch got pretty fucking dull as it went on, so not a great endorsement
Amazon cutting their budget really fucked Bosch over than making those shit last seasons for their free platform was the death blow.
Such a shame as it was great tv with a savage cast.
Has anyone seen Cock'd Gunns? It's all on YouTube if anyone wants to check it out. Basically Spinal Tap but if they followed a local band about rather than a huge international one. It's hilarious as well, plus some good riffage in there!
Farrell and Milioti really both gave career topping performances in The Penguin. Class.
It's topnotch.
Watched the Colin Firth-led "Lockerbie" mini-series. It was average enough. Not worth it.
5 episodes. Could have been done and gone in 3.
Lot of re-tracing of the same emotional torture in each installment. People crying and wailing. Flashbacks to suffering.
The kind of thing everyone's mam and aunty loves on telly.
Pure misery porn.
Had it lined up, but sounds dreary. Watched the documentary on it last year, that told me all I wanted to know about it.
S2 of SAS Rogue Heroes. Still quality.
Finally getting to American Primeval. It's great so far.
Watching Surviving Black Hawk Down. Doc on Netflix about the attack in Mogadishu. What's really good is apart from having interviews with the rangers and delta force troops involved in the raid, they also have interviews with some of the Somalias that attacked the Americans. Very good so far.
Quote from: Ollkiller on February 14, 2025, 10:57:46 PMWatching Surviving Black Hawk Down. Doc on Netflix about the attack in Mogadishu. What's really good is apart from having interviews with the rangers and delta force troops involved in the raid, they also have interviews with some of the Somalias that attacked the Americans. Very good so far.
Finished it earlier, it's solid. Stronger than the History Channel doc they had on the special edition DVD,as there was a shitty post 9/11 "Aidid was affiliated with Al Queda" which was bullshit.
And yes the ex Delta Force guy is a born again Christian nutcase nowadays. 🤣
Quote from: Sworntothecans on February 11, 2025, 10:40:15 PMFinally getting to American Primeval. It's great so far.
Watched the first two there tonight, really good stuff
Quote from: Trev on February 16, 2025, 10:30:13 PMQuote from: Sworntothecans on February 11, 2025, 10:40:15 PMFinally getting to American Primeval. It's great so far.
Watched the first two there tonight, really good stuff
Oddly for Netflix they could have done with more episodes. But yeah, a solid watch. And Mormons are fucking bonkers.
Finally finished Yellowstone. A bit anticlimactic, it just sort of fizzled out in the end but excellent viewing for the most part.
Have you watched Landman yet?
Not yet, might do the Yellowstone prequels before getting to that. I just read today that Lawman: Bass Reeves was originally intended to crossover with 1883, it's another Taylor Sheridan seties so that might also be worth a look. It's on the (endless) list anyway.
I gave up on Bass Reeves but both prequels are worth watching, 1883 especially.
Watched the first episode of an Aussie series called "Mr. Inbetween" on a whim - saw it mentioned on here once. It's fucking brilliant - burned through the 3 seasons (easy enough, the episodes are only 30 - 35 minutes long).
Based on a low-budget Australian film called "The Magician" (no, me either) it's about a lad called Ray who works as a low-level mob enforcer/hitman that has to deal with criminals/scumbags/weirdos but also raise his daughter as a single-parent and look after a his once hard-nut brother who now struggles with MND.
What's really astonishing about it is the fact that the lead role is played by the writer/creator - Scott Ryan - who, bar being the same character in the aforementioned film, has never acted in anything else before or since and he's absolutely class in it.
All season on Disney+.
That's on my list, it looks great.
It's consistently great throughout. One that has gone seriously under the radar.
Ya, it's great. Love that they're watching Chopper in an episode as well :laugh: :laugh:
Aye Mr Inbetween is fecking brilliant.
Mr In-between is fantastic.
Scott Ryan needs to do something again. Absurdly talented lad.
Quote from: StoutAndAle on February 18, 2025, 05:31:02 PMWatched the first episode of an Aussie series called "Mr. Inbetween" on a whim - saw it mentioned on here once. It's fucking brilliant - burned through the 3 seasons (easy enough, the episodes are only 30 - 35 minutes long).
Based on a low-budget Australian film called "The Magician" (no, me either) it's about a lad called Ray who works as a low-level mob enforcer/hitman that has to deal with criminals/scumbags/weirdos but also raise his daughter as a single-parent and look after a his once hard-nut brother who now struggles with MND.
What's really astonishing about it is the fact that the lead role is played by the writer/creator - Scott Ryan - who, bar being the same character in the aforementioned film, has never acted in anything else before or since and he's absolutely class in it.
All season on Disney+.
Good man. I'm 2 episodes into this, it's great stuff. The perfect mix of humour and darkness.
I was surprised to see the lad who plays Dewey Crowe in Justifed (another quality show) in this.
Anyone here watching Severance? Rewatched S1 there over the last week or so, just as great as first time round, and just cracking into S2 now.
Wasn't aware there was a second one til the other day. Will def need a recap of S1.
Watching American Primeval there now. Very good tack after 3 episodes
Yeah finished it off tonight, great series
Best thing I've watched this year for sure.
Ya, it's very good but all the Taylor Sheridan stuff I'm getting a bit jaded with all the cowboy stuff. And just in time for S2 if 1923...
Watching Severance s1 again. Spectacular television but a very strange experience as I watched it and enjoyed it when it came out but have only remembered bits of ep 1, 4 and 9.
Finished American Primeval. One of the better ones I've seen in quite a while but I don't watch a massive amount of stuff like I didn't do any of the yellowstone or prequels or any of that at all
Watched the first two episodes of Daredevil:Born Again. Not bad, the marvel fight choreography will always annoy me though. Everything shit at at distance or the back of their heads for the scraps.
The fight scenes are definitely more obviously CGI in parts, which is disappointing after the efforts they went to in the Netflix series.
Still a good couple of episodes, though.
Finished out the oj series last night. Definitely got away with murder but the prosecution fucked it up bad as well
No question about OJ. Watched the new Manson one yesterday. Nothing new but a grand watch.
Charlie or Marilyn?
Quote from: open face surgery on March 11, 2025, 06:25:10 PMNo question about OJ. Watched the new Manson one yesterday. Nothing new but a grand watch.
Heard that. That's not enough to entice me at this stage. Tis a well worn path.
Maybe I should qualify that more as nothing new if you're aware of Tom O'Neill's theories and his book Chaos. Watched a good youtube doc that went a different way a few years ago. I'll try and locate it.
Couldn't find it.
Adolescence is harrowing. Poor old Stephen Graham. Writing and acting those roles must take a toll on ya at some point. It's 4 continuous shot episodes, which is incredible, and the young fella is a total newbie to acting. Plays a blinder.
I know I'm the last donkey standing on the hill of terrestrial telly which renders my present peeve almost completely redundant, and that the fact that it's related to Masterchef renders it completely and utterly redundant, so spare your sermonising you bunch of internet geebags. It'll never catch on, I tells ya.
Anyway, my peeve of the day is about Masterchef Australia's inability to let the fucking losers of the show go. They can't bare to part with anyone. They have just announced a new series where they bring back previous seasons' non-winning loser non- winner fucking losers to re-compete against each other, in some cases no doubt for a third time or more. It's as if the producers of the show never quite got the grips with the meaning of a competition. You get ONE winner! That's what makes the bloody award prestigious. The sickening feel-goodery of the show is a melt (then why the hell do you keep watching it, retard? I think the answer might be hidden in the question there) but this incapacity to say goodbye to the non- winning-shitfuck loser assholes gives me a pain in my bollox. And before you ask, yes I will watch it. The whole stupid thing.
Edit. Instead of me moving this to the correct thread can we just change this one to the pet peeve pt. 2 thread?
Watched This City Is Ours last night and really enjoyed it. It's a crime drama set in Liverpool involving a drug running family. It's far from perfect, but if you're looking for a solid show in the vein of Soprano's or Gomorrah then you can't go wrong.
Gomorrah was excellent, particularly the first couple of seasons. Thought they kept it running a bit too long though.
Quote from: open face surgery on March 16, 2025, 01:36:13 PMAdolescence is harrowing. Poor old Stephen Graham. Writing and acting those roles must take a toll on ya at some point. It's 4 continuous shot episodes, which is incredible, and the young fella is a total newbie to acting. Plays a blinder.
Only watched the first two so far, but it's top tier. That opening scene to the first episode was absolutely brutal.
I'm not too much of a fella for the TV, but anything with Steven Graham involved is pretty much a guaranteed watch.
Watched three episodes of Adolescence last night.
It's very well made, those extended scenes in episode three are quite intense.
Are kids that fucked in the head nowadays?
Also if I told a teacher to shut the fuck up in my secondary school days I would have been clattered into oblivion by the teacher, the vice principal who loved a good ruck and then when I went home as well.
That's beside the point though.
Two episodes into it myself, it's heavy stuff. Watching it an episode at a time seems to be the way to go, you'd need a breather after each one.
Double post.
Just finished it there, harrowing stuff and I don't have kids. I can only imagine the fear it'd put in you as a parent. Outstanding all round, the technical achievement alone is awardworthy.
Fair white looking Muslim all the same ??? Curious to see it.
Quote from: Emphyrio on March 24, 2025, 11:47:37 AMGomorrah was excellent, particularly the first couple of seasons. Thought they kept it running a bit too long though.
I found the last season very disappointing, but the other seasons are brilliant. The scenery is breath-taking. Granted some parts of it are overly dramatic - there's a lot of shots of lads gazing mournfully into the horizon, :laugh: but it works.
Ya, last season was poor but at least they tied it all up. I got very sick of the score played over those gazing off scenes.
I'd recommend Suburra if you were looking for something in a similar vein. Romanzo Criminale was very good too, set in 70s/80s.
Quote from: Emphyrio on March 25, 2025, 03:06:31 PMYa, last season was poor but at least they tied it all up. I got very sick of the score played over those gazing off scenes.
I'd recommend Suburra if you were looking for something in a similar vein. Romanzo Criminale was very good too, set in 70s/80s.
Ya Gomorrah tailed off for me in the last 2 seasons. Romanzo Criminale was excellent. 2 seasons of exceptional quality.
Quote from: Emphyrio on March 25, 2025, 03:06:31 PMYa, last season was poor but at least they tied it all up. I got very sick of the score played over those gazing off scenes.
I'd recommend Suburra if you were looking for something in a similar vein. Romanzo Criminale was very good too, set in 70s/80s.
Saw Romanzo Criminale years ago. Excellent show. I've seen the Suburra movie, and watched the first season of the show. Started the second season, but couldn't get into it for some reason. It's so long ago I can't remember why. Might give it another go.
A new season of Alone Australia has just started up. Such a simple idea yet utterly compelling viewing.
Watched the first episode of Zero Day yesterday. Obviously setting up the plot but it was OK. Visually it's as dull as dishwater, everything clouded in shades of grey but DeNiro's decent enough - even if his visual transformation into the old man from Up is finally complete. Looking forward to seeing where it goes.
Severance S2 finale not quite the cliffhanger of S1 but I very much enjoyed the whole thing.
Also thought ep.6 of The White Lotus was going to be the finale, but turns out there's 8 episodes. Ticking along nicely. Walton Goggins is really at the top of his game here imo.
Quote from: Carnage on March 26, 2025, 12:15:54 PMhis visual transformation into the old man from Up is finally complete.
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Good spot
Quote from: Carnage on March 26, 2025, 12:15:54 PMWatched the first episode of Zero Day yesterday. Obviously setting up the plot but it was OK. Visually it's as dull as dishwater, everything clouded in shades of grey but DeNiro's decent enough - even if his visual transformation into the old man from Up is finally complete. Looking
forward to seeing where it goes.
It's grand. The acting is very good, story is only so so.
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on March 26, 2025, 05:05:07 PMSeverance S2 finale not quite the cliffhanger of S1 but I very much enjoyed the whole thing.
Also thought ep.6 of The White Lotus was going to be the finale, but turns out there's 8 episodes. Ticking along nicely. Walton Goggins is really at the top of his game here imo.
Loved the first season of Severance but wasnt as taken with the 2nd.
Few episodes through White Lotus S2. Great show.
I watched a 2 part miniseries from 2000 there, called Nuremberg. Covers the war crimes trials and starred Alec Baldwin and Brian Cox, who was particularly good as Goering. Worth a look (it's on Youtube) but far from essential, especially if you've seen the Spencer Tracy film or one of the many documentaries.
Quote from: Carnage on March 27, 2025, 09:34:01 PMI watched a 2 part miniseries from 2000 there, called Nuremberg. Covers the war crimes trials and starred Alec Baldwin and Brian Cox, who was particularly good as Goering. Worth a look (it's on Youtube) but far from essential, especially if you've seen the Spencer Tracy film or one of the
many documentaries.
Watched it donkeys years ago. Decent, but as you say not essential.
I'd never heard of it until it was mentioned in Cox' autobiography. Great cast though.
I finished Mr Inbetween the other night. What can I say, I loved it now. It has the right amount of humour and violence with top notch acting. The story isn't overly original, but the characters are great. Anyone else watch it?
Yeah I absolutely blitzed through it after seeing it mentioned here, class show and doesn't outstay it's welcome.
Quote from: Born of Fire on March 28, 2025, 11:40:58 AMYeah I absolutely blitzed through it after seeing it mentioned here, class show and doesn't outstay it's welcome.
exactly! If it was American there would be 10 seasons of it. Quality over quantity
Quote from: Necro Red on March 28, 2025, 11:17:33 AMI finished Mr Inbetween the other night. What can I say, I loved it now. It has the right amount of humour and violence with top notch acting. The story isn't overly original, but the characters are great. Anyone else watch it?
It's fucking great.
Quote from: Necro Red on March 29, 2025, 09:02:34 AMQuote from: Born of Fire on March 28, 2025, 11:40:58 AMYeah I absolutely blitzed through it after seeing it mentioned here, class show and doesn't outstay it's welcome.
exactly! If it was American there would be 10 seasons of it. Quality over quantity
Aussie crime stuff is always worth a watch.
FX funnily enough did consider a US remake with Ryan overseeing it, but felt that the original was too good to recreate, so thank fuck it landed there as HBO/Paramount would have and ruined it with shit needle drops.
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on March 26, 2025, 05:05:07 PMSeverance S2 finale not quite the cliffhanger of S1 but I very much enjoyed the whole thing.
Also thought ep.6 of The White Lotus was going to be the finale, but turns out there's 8 episodes. Ticking along nicely. Walton Goggins is really at the top of his game here imo.
really enjoying The White Lotus, it's very dreamy.
Finished S2 of White Lotus yesterday. Excellent stuff once again. Fuck me, Sicily looks incredible. Looking forward to S3.
Quote from: open face surgery on March 31, 2025, 01:56:57 PMFinished S2 of White Lotus yesterday. Excellent stuff once again. Fuck me, Sicily looks incredible. Looking forward to S3.
Season 3 has been great so far. Bit more of a slow burn than previous seasons.
Out of sheer masochism and against my better judgement I watched the first episode of Mobland and the minute the subs notified me of Fontaines DC were doing the theme I really should have quit
*Pierce Brosnan attempting a
"country" accent but sounding like a Welshman with a speech impediment
*Ritchie using AI for scripts (again)
*Mirren still stuck in her Parish accent from 1923
*Tom Hardy even more bloated from the roids
*Paddy Considine think about his mortgage probably.
Shite!
I think all the seasons are slow burns, it's just that by the final episodes (of S1 and S2 anyway) they get so full-on you tend to forget. Looking forward to catching up on S3 tonight anyway.
We also decided finally to start Peaky Blinders last night.
I only saw the trailer for Mobland last night, had the same thought about Brosnan's Oirish/Welsh accent. It looks like awful shite, so bad it's just bad. Trying to cash in on Gangs Of London's popularity, and seems squarely aimed at the Yank audience. Off it can fuck.
Apparently it was originally a prequel series for Ray Donovan, but was rewritten as whatever it is now.
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on March 31, 2025, 05:10:54 PMWe also decided finally to start Peaky Blinders last night.
I gave up on that halfway through season 3. Is it worth going back to. Found it lost it's way big time.
I hear S3 is very disappointing. Seems the location is more important than the storyline.
Quote from: Ollkiller on March 31, 2025, 06:06:08 PMQuote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on March 31, 2025, 05:10:54 PMWe also decided finally to start Peaky Blinders last night.
I gave up on that halfway through season 3. Is it worth going back to. Found it lost it's way big time.
I gave up on episode 1. Using modern music in period pieces is an instant no for me.
I loved Peaky Blinders.
All of it. I'm looking forward to the film or season they make . Definitely worth going back to if you've given up on it.
I lost interest 2 episodes into the second series. I may go back to it eventually but I'm in no rush.
2 episodes I lasted and just didn't like anything about it even though I know many a lad says it's great
Quote from: Sworntothecans on March 31, 2025, 04:59:58 PMQuote from: open face surgery on March 31, 2025, 01:56:57 PMFinished S2 of White Lotus yesterday. Excellent stuff once again. Fuck me, Sicily looks incredible. Looking forward to S3.
Season 3 has been great so far. Bit more of a slow burn than previous seasons.
Out of sheer masochism and against my better judgement I watched the first episode of Mobland and the minute the subs notified me of Fontaines DC were doing the theme I really should have quit
*Pierce Brosnan attempting a
"country" accent but sounding like a Welshman with a speech impediment
*Ritchie using AI for scripts (again)
*Mirren still stuck in her Parish accent from 1923
*Tom Hardy even more bloated from the roids
*Paddy Considine think about his mortgage probably.
Shite!
I watched it last night, and while the cast is good it isn't amazing so far. I'll give it a few episodes. I doubt it will be as good as The Gentleman. I quite liked that
The Gentleman movie was good fun, but the series was abysmal.
Literally did a "compose a Guy Ritchie-esque scene" as an AI prompt and commissioned the series.
But Yanks will eat terrible Brit gangster stuff up like McDonalds. That Sexy Beast prequel show was another example. Absolute scour!
Quote from: Sworntothecans on April 02, 2025, 10:32:02 AMThe Gentleman movie was good fun, but the series was abysmal.
Literally did a "compose a Guy Ritchie-esque scene" as an AI prompt and commissioned the series.
Aye the film was good craic. Especially Hugh Grant. Tv show was dogshit.
Anyone watching Paradise? I thought it was gonna be a run of the mill political thriller, which is fine with me, but it's much more. I thought it was great and got better as it went on.
Yeah watched it, enjoyed it for the most part, one dull episode in there but also one absolutely cracking one too. Thought Julianne Nicholson as Sinatra was far and away the most interesting character.
I thought all characters were well played but ya, she was notably excellent. That second last episode was brilliant.
Yep that was the episode I was thinking of alright.
A remake of Threads is planned.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/adolescence-producer-warp-series-nuclear-war-film-threads-1236183158/
Watched it recently enough after it was spoken about on here. It was fantastic.
S3 of The White Lotus at least as good as the previous ones. Apart from a handful of exceptions across the whole thing, it's really been a showcase for great performances of complex characters. Even Schwarzenegger's wee lad!
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on April 07, 2025, 10:25:13 PMS3 of The White Lotus at least as good as the previous ones. Apart from a handful of exceptions across the whole thing, it's really been a showcase for great performances of complex characters. Even Schwarzenegger's wee lad!
It was probably the most Mike White season of it too, reminded me of his earlier movies.
I never thought to look up who he was. What else has he done?
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on April 07, 2025, 11:23:48 PMI never thought to look up who he was. What else has he done?
Chuck and Buck,The Good Girl & Enlightened would be the ones that'd be in line with The White Lotus.
He's fairly prolific as the studios tend to draft him in to punch up a lot of scripts so there's a load of generic Tentpole comedies in his credits and he's one of the lads who probably inherited a lot of Carrie Fisher's uncredited script doctor work.
Okay, it is the Mike White I had a hunch it was then, although I've not seen any of those films.
This is interesting, a short film following on from Oz. A mate just sent it on to me, I hadn't heard of it 'til now:
Quote from: Carnage on April 09, 2025, 04:28:22 PMThis is interesting, a short film following on from Oz. A mate just sent it on to me, I hadn't heard of it 'til now:
Oh wow. Never heard of it either. Will watch that later on. Oz was some show.
Oz was deadly.
Aye, despite all the prison sex.
It seems like a fanmade thing like that Punisher Dirty Laundry short from a few years back, but could well be the set up for a series. I don't know anything about it, not much online about it.
S1 of Peaky Blinders was decent, if not quite as good as I'd have been expecting.
Really enjoying the new Black Mirror so far.
Working my way through The Pitt. It's excellent so far.
Quote from: Sworntothecans on April 16, 2025, 11:07:08 PMWorking my way through The Pitt. It's excellent so far.
I saw Noah from ER was in it and thought, ugh, that's both cringe but a small chance it'll be good. But I haven't watched a medical drama since ER cause, seen it, better things to watch. But 8.9 on imdb. I'll give it a go. If George Clooney shows up I'm out.
Quote from: Ollkiller on April 17, 2025, 12:06:35 AMQuote from: Sworntothecans on April 16, 2025, 11:07:08 PMWorking my way through The Pitt. It's excellent so far.
I saw Noah from ER was in it and thought, ugh, that's both cringe but a small chance it'll be good. But I haven't watched a medical drama since ER cause, seen it, better things to watch. But 8.9 on imdb. I'll give it a go. If George Clooney shows up I'm out.
It's the spiritual successor to it (with the Crichtons suing it!).
Since it's made for Max all of the schmaltzy soap opera stuff that ER had to have was dropped.
Just finished watching The Long Shadow, a drama about the Yorkshire Ripper. It's very well written, and has a great cast. The focus is more on the victims and the investigation than Sutcliffe himself. He only appears in the last few episodes.
Ya, I liked that one too.
Is that the one with Toby Jones as the cop? I've had it recommended alright.
That's the one.
Finding S3 of White Lotus to be too drawn out. Eps are overly long, and its previous 6eps seasons were the perfect length. Only doing one ep every couple of nights.
S3 of Gangs of London. Certainly faster paced than White Lotus but possibly overdoing the twists, turns and betrayals. Trying too hard compared to the fantastic S1.
I'm told it's better than season 1, which wouldn't be too hard. Is that the case?
Is that White Lotus or Gangs?
In any case, neither is as good as their first season.
Watched the first two series of the White Lotus over the past week or two, watched the first ep of season 3 last night.
Still good but it lacks a comedic character like the manager in season 1.
Quote from: Emphyrio on April 17, 2025, 08:22:45 PMIs that White Lotus or Gangs?
Sorry, Gangs Of London.
S3 is better than S2 but S1 had some incredible scenes which are lacking in this season.
Quote from: Emphyrio on April 18, 2025, 08:22:17 AMS3 is better than S2 but S1 had some incredible scenes which are lacking in this season.
Gareth Evans & Xavier Gens weren't involved so it fucked over the quality on 2 and 3.
Season 1 was a great hybrid of Hong Kong action with Michael Mann.
The Pub fight and farmhouse raid were outstanding sequences.
The cleaver fight was also 'interesting'.
Quote from: Sworntothecans on April 18, 2025, 10:56:52 AMQuote from: Emphyrio on April 18, 2025, 08:22:17 AMS3 is better than S2 but S1 had some incredible scenes which are lacking in this season.
Gareth Evans & Xavier Gens weren't involved so it fucked over the quality on 2 and 3.
That explains it.
Watched White Lotus over the last few days. Good stuff once again. The missus preferred it to Sicily. I thought they were both great.
Started to re watch Six Feet Under. It's been a decade since I watched it. It really is a gem of a show. It doesn't get much praise at all, but certainly deserves it. Dark, very much so at times and also hilarious.
Quote from: Necro Red on April 24, 2025, 11:30:04 AMStarted to re watch Six Feet Under. It's been a decade since I watched it. It really is a gem of a show. It doesn't get much praise at all, but certainly deserves it. Dark, very much so at times and also hilarious.
Yeah it's a fantastic show and has held up really well. Dusted off the boxset a while back and have been tipping away at it.
Aye six feet under is deadly.
Andor is back. Reviews are stellar. Gonna wait till it's all out and binge it.
Quote from: Ollkiller on April 24, 2025, 08:41:41 PMAye six feet under is deadly.
Andor is back. Reviews are stellar. Gonna wait till it's all out and binge it.
class, Andor is the best by far. Will look forward to that
Watched the first two of The Last of Us season two. Kinda meh. I've played the arse out of the games, and the tweaks they've made to the story (revealing who Abby is, her intentions so soon) didn't land.
Just finished my replay of the first game, still class. Will get into the second one before watching series 2 of the show.
Watched the new series of Black Mirror, it's grand, doesn't hold a candle to the first couple on Channel 4.
I'll never touch the original game again, but that's because I've played it nine times in nine years :laugh:
I've only played the second game once (when it released on PS4, despite the fact I have the PS5 version sitting there for ages). It's an amazing experience, just not necessarily a fun one. The story is pure nihilism at times.
Quote from: ldjWatched the new series of Black Mirror, it's grand, doesn't hold a candle to the first couple on Channel 4.
Not just me then. I gave up halfway through season 3, the shift to Netflix killed it for me. Throwing bigger names and higher budgets at it did it no favours.
Thought the first episode with Chris O Dowd was the pick of the new episodes by far.
Enjoyed all of them except the last one. Never gonna be as good as the early seasons but still great, I thought.
Medical dramas not really being my bag, I'm actually enjoying The Pity.
S3 of White Lotus was bollox. I was surprised who got killed off though.
Quote from: Emphyrio on May 03, 2025, 03:04:58 PMMedical dramas not really being my bag, I'm actually enjoying The Pitt.
Wow, some shit day at the office, that.
Finished season 2 of Andor. Up there with the first 3 films. Episodes 8 to 12 are phenomenal. Gonna watch Rogue one now again to tie it all off.
Just started it today, watched the first episode. I believe it's mighty.
2 episodes into The Virtues, dark stuff. I'd forgotten Shane Meadows was behind it. Always good.
One episode left of The Long Shadow. It's OK, better performances than the script dictates.
The Virtues is tough going but great.
I got recommended American Primeval by a mate. I watched 2 episodes and it is excellent. Fans of Deadwood would appreciate it.
Quote from: Necro Red on May 21, 2025, 10:16:59 AMI got recommended American Primeval by a mate. I watched 2 episodes and it is excellent. Fans of Deadwood would appreciate it.
Aye it's brilliant. That amd Andor are the 2 best things I've watched this year.
Got stuck into Andor, was hesitant as I remember everyone raving about The Mandlorian and it was way overhyped imo, but Andor actually delivers.
Still slowly but surely making my way through Sopranos, on season 5, class show.
Also nearly finished season 2 of Severance, it's good but slow.
Just finished S2 of Andor. Maybe it was the long break between seasons but it took a few episodes to get into it. From ep8 on though, it's very good.
Started the new Guy Ritchie one, Mobland. Your level of enjoyment will come down to how much you like his stuff in general. It's hilarious imo. However, Pierce Brosnan's Irish accent is ridiculous. It's like he studied Irish accents off a YouTube parody channel.
On to season 3 of Hacks. No dip in quality. Brilliant comedy show.
Quote from: Ollkiller on May 24, 2025, 06:30:48 PMOn to season 3 of Hacks. No dip in quality. Brilliant comedy show.
About to start it myself, first two seasons were excellent.
Didn't know there was an Andor season 2, nice one. The first was great.
Quote from: Emphyrio on May 23, 2025, 07:49:31 PMJust finished S2 of Andor. Maybe it was the long break between seasons but it took a few episodes to get into it. From ep8 on though, it's very good.
Started the new Guy Ritchie one, Mobland. Your level of enjoyment will come down to how much you like his stuff in general. It's hilarious imo. However, Pierce Brosnan's Irish accent is ridiculous. It's like he studied Irish accents off a YouTube parody channel.
Sure janey mack but isn't he only from Navan and topadamornin!
I mean, I know he's never sounded particularly Irish but this is Darby O'Gill level. And he's actually enjoyable to watch in it otherwise.
I'm about half way through Mobland and quite enjoying it for what it is.
Brosnan does sound like a wierd Kerry sheepfarmer, though.
Andor Season 2. What can I say, just phenomenal. A masterpiece of a series that stands right alongside ANH and ESB as the best SW has to offer.
Pro tip, watch Rogue One straight afterwards as that essentially now becomes the Andor season finale. Then you can go straight into ANH afterwards.
It improves then I take it, as I'm 3 episodes in and not taken by it yet.
Quote from: Carnage on May 27, 2025, 04:25:49 PMIt improves then I take it, as I'm 3 episodes in and not taken by it yet.
I was the same but around ep8 it kicks off right til the end. Watched Rogue One right after. That's actually more an epilogue to Andor than a prologue to ANH and really ties it up.
Yeah it picks up the pace after the first three.
Aye watched Rogue One straight after finishing Andor and then hit into A New Hope. Flowed perfectly.
Star Wars! A New Hope me hole.
I've been meaning to rewatch Rogue One for ages so this is as good a time to do it as any.
Andor
And/or
🤯
6 episodes in and it's improved a bit. I gather the way to watch it is take each 3 episode block as a movie, finish with Rogue One. Which is the plan.
Just finished season 2 of The Last of Us. I didn't play the game but that was seriously underwhelming.
Quote from: Mithrandir on June 01, 2025, 07:12:15 AMJust finished season 2 of The Last of Us. I didn't play the game but that was seriously underwhelming.
They definitely needed one more episode this season and the ending would have probably worked a little better.
Started Department Q on Netflix. Police drama set in Scotland. 4 episodes in and its well good.
Started watching Dope Thief on the dodgy box. Only an episode in, but it's very good. 2 lads in Philadelphia pose as DEA agents to rip off drug dealers, and end up messing with the wrong boyos.
Finished Department Q. Excellent start to finish. I can't recommend it enough, it's the best police thing I've seen in years. Layers upon layers being revealed over the season with a banger of a finale.
Just started the most recent season of Black Mirror. Bit hit and miss so far, although even the misses are watchable. The first episode could radicalize you against corporate manipulation all on its own (though obviously we were all already radicalized long before that 8) ).
Thought the first episode was very good, the rest were just alright.
Quote from: Ollkiller on June 06, 2025, 08:33:27 PMFinished Department Q. Excellent start to finish. I can't recommend it enough, it's the best police thing I've seen in years. Layers upon layers being revealed over the season with a banger of a finale.
Good shout, watched two episodes and hooked.
5 episodes in to Dept Q. Brilliant show. It's being unfairly compared to Slow Horses, but I'm enjoying Dept Q more.
Aye it's class and not like Slow Hprses at all. It really builds until a brilliant Last epsidoe.
Will be watching the last episode tonight, after binging it in the last few days. It's quality.
Extra bonus points for having Tam out of Still Game in there as Police Chief
Did anyone watch the Oceangate doc on Netflix yet? It was really good! Holy fuck the parts in the second half where he's testing and you hear all the pops and cracks is one of the most hair-raising things I've seen in a while!
Quote from: Mooncat on June 12, 2025, 07:22:21 PMDid anyone watch the Oceangate doc on Netflix yet? It was really good! Holy fuck the parts in the second half where he's testing and you hear all the pops and cracks is one of the most hair-raising things I've seen in a while!
Watched it last night. Fuckin hell those cracking noises were loud. The sounds of the grave calling :abbath:
The one on BBC or Channel 4 (I forget which) a couple of weeks ago featured a recording on the support ship of the moment of implosion. Now that's eerie.
The level of total fuckin bullshit involved in the search as well given how obvious it was that it was not fit for purpose.
Quote from: Thorn on June 12, 2025, 02:37:01 PMExtra bonus points for having Tam out of Still Game in there as Police Chief
And Naveed as yer man's lodger!
Yes, took me til the second episode to cop it was him.
I watched series 3 of Reacher over the last week or so. More of the same, passed the time.
Watched the first episode of Fallout yesterday, didn't think a lot of it. The retro/faux sixties aesthetic was irritating in the extreme, and the music was unbearable. The series preview at the end looked interesting though, so I'll give it another episode at least.
Quote from: Carnage on June 26, 2025, 11:26:49 AMI watched series 3 of Reacher over the last week or so. More of the same, passed the time.
Watched the first episode of Fallout yesterday, didn't think a lot of it. The retro/faux sixties aesthetic was irritating in the extreme, and the music was unbearable. The series preview at the end looked interesting though, so I'll give it another episode at least.
Fallout is well good. Really gets going by episode 3.
The retro but vaguely futuristic aesthetic is the whole shtick of the games. The idea that culture was frozen in time when the bombs fell. Personally I like it but I have far too many hours put into those games :laugh:
The series is one of the best video game adaptations there is, a low bar I know but there's definitely enough substance to hook people with no background in the games whatsoever.
Fallout is class.
Reacher is also a grand watch.
Never played the game, enjoyed the first season of the series a lot, as did herself... who quite possibly, as with The Last of Us, hadn't ever even heard of the game before watching :laugh:
Yeah, I'm not a gamer and had never heard of it either but the series seems to be well received. Walton Goggins is usually worth the price of admission anyway so I'll see how it goes.
Quote from: Ollkiller on June 26, 2025, 01:23:14 PMQuote from: Carnage on June 26, 2025, 11:26:49 AMI watched series 3 of Reacher over the last week or so. More of the same, passed the time.
Watched the first episode of Fallout yesterday, didn't think a lot of it. The retro/faux sixties aesthetic was irritating in the extreme, and the music was unbearable. The series preview at the end looked interesting though, so I'll give it another episode at least.
Fallout is well good. Really gets going by episode 3.
I fell asleep during episode 2 and never went back since. Just missed it lol. I haven't played the games either
The Bear season 4 is up, will give it a go tonight, while I enjoyed the previous season it didn't quite grab me.
Ya season 3 of The Bear was dull, but I did see the header of a review of S4 which seemed positive.
We're on re-watch of S1 of Andor, finally prepping to watch S2.
I did one of those YouTube recaps, a fairly substantial one, which was a good call.
yeah, I'd say so. we wanted to watch it again anyway so, all good. in fact, it's so good in pretty much every way, we even watch the recap at the beginning of every ep, even when we watch two in a row :laugh:
Make sure to (re-?)watch Rogue One after series 2, it wraps it all up nicely.
Quote from: Carnage on June 26, 2025, 06:18:58 PMMake sure to (re-?)watch Rogue One after series 2, it wraps it all up nicely.
I did that. I think I may have said it, but Rogue One feels like the natural conclusion to Andor more than the prequel to the movies but either way, a testament to how well it's written.
Indeed. The characters are a bit thinner in the writing (and the less said about the CG Leia and Tarkin the better) but it does its job well. Ben Mendelsohn steals every scene he's in too.
Quote from: OpenSores on June 26, 2025, 05:02:06 PMThe Bear season 4 is up, will give it a go tonight, while I enjoyed the previous season it didn't quite grab me.
About three episodes remaining in Season 4, I'm still a bit undecided. I think it's lost some of the edge of the first two series and become a bit schmaltzy. One of the episodes had a counting crows number as the closer ffs, and I could have sworn I heard some Ed Sheeran in there as well. Not that I'd judge a series solely on the soundtrack but there's definitely a tendency towards sentimentality that's becoming a bit hard to stomach.
Season 3 was poor so season 4 is way down our list. Will be wrapping up S2 of Andor tonight. It's been great. Rogue One will be watched this weekend for sure. Prob a run through the original trilogy then too. With the addition of Andor, that narrative arc has become one of the most epic in the western canon tbh
Final season of The Righteous Gemstones. Really good finish after going off the boil for a while. Walton Goggins was the star of the show and had plenty of screen time. Much better than the boring character he played in The White Lotus.
King of the Hill is up on Disney+, class show.
Quote from: Naraka on July 18, 2025, 06:07:39 PMKing of the Hill is up on Disney+, class show.
Yeah working my way through it in the run up to the new season. It's great.
Quote from: Sworntothecans on July 18, 2025, 06:09:25 PMQuote from: Naraka on July 18, 2025, 06:07:39 PMKing of the Hill is up on Disney+, class show.
Yeah working my way through it in the run up to the new season. It's great.
Didn't know there was a new series on the way. Definitely my all time favourite animated series.
Ya, King of the Hill is top class. Started the latest season of Righteous Gemstones but forgot to go back.
Up to episode 6 on Dept. Q. It's pretty good.
Quote from: Ducky on July 18, 2025, 10:41:44 PMUp to episode 6 on Dept. Q. It's pretty good.
It's quality. Brilliant last episode too.
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on July 18, 2025, 05:57:29 PMWill be wrapping up S2 of Andor tonight. It's been great. Rogue One will be watched this weekend for sure.
Yeah, Rogue One qua grand-grand finale of Andor makes for peak viewing experience. Look forward to doing it all again with the wee lad a couple years down the line.
Red Riding Trilogy is up on Netflix after being in limbo for the last few years. A great miserable start to the week.
I started the first one a few years ago, didn't think much of it. I have the books sitting on the shelf for a while, I need to get through them.
Very unfashionably late to the party with The Penguin. I'm only three episodes in and the performances and overall style and atmosphere is amazing.
Also re watching Gotham with the wee lad and we're both loving it, forgotten how good it is.
Quote from: Carnage on July 21, 2025, 04:42:23 PMI started the first one a few years ago, didn't think much of it. I have the books sitting on the shelf for a while, I need to get through them.
I read them a few years ago. They were tough to get through. The narration kept shifting between various characters making for a very confusing read. I completed the trilogy, and enjoyed it, but wouldn't wade through it again.
Upstart Crow in d'telly. It's gas. Never paid it any attention but it is very amusing. Not exactly hilarious by its nature and demands a bit of focus to get the lingo, but it is fun.
Anyone else looking forward to Alien:Earth? The initial reviews seem promising...
https://www.thegate.ca/television/070369/alien-earth-review-a-new-vision-of-classic-terror/
Having been let down by the more recent films, my hopes weren't exactly high but this bodes well.
I have high hopes for this. Only the first 2 movies are canon, and I'm ok with that.
I'm looking forward to it, but then I'm an Alien fanboy and have enjoyed all the movies so far (aside from AVP2, we don't speak of that).
Incidentally, if you haven't seen the 4k restored Alien, get on it. It looks amazing.
Just checked the aul box for that version. It's there. Jubbly. I dunno whether to rewatch the 2 movies before or after the show.
Not enough love for Alien³. It's a mess for sure, but the special edition is at least a bit less of a mess. And the novelisation is great.
Speaking of which, there's a novelisation of William Gibson's unused Alien³ screenplay out there, I need to get my hands on that.
I could end up blitzing the whole collection once I get started.
Quote from: John Kimble on August 12, 2025, 01:20:50 AMAnyone else looking forward to Alien:Earth? The initial reviews seem promising...
https://www.thegate.ca/television/070369/alien-earth-review-a-new-vision-of-classic-terror/
Having been let down by the more recent films, my hopes weren't exactly high but this bodes well.
Yep I like the sound of anything I've read about it
Quote from: Carnage on August 12, 2025, 11:06:04 AMNot enough love for Alien³. It's a mess for sure, but the special edition is at least a bit less of a mess. And the novelisation is great.
Speaking of which, there's a novelisation of William Gibson's unused Alien³ screenplay out there, I need to get my hands on that.
I still rate Alien3. Apart from the odd bit of dicey CGI it's not bad at all
It is not bad at all. To be precise, it is not at all bad.
Aye, some of the creature shots are woeful. Fincher was being undermined throughout, I'm amazed it turned out as well as it did.
Episode 1 of Alien Earth done. A very good start indeed.
Plus Vyvyan as a corporate stooge!
I still think that all the lads with the keys to the Alien & Predator franchises:Alvarez,Trachtenberg and now Hawley loved the hell out of the Dark Horse/Titan Books 90s stuff.
And the less Scott has to do with the franchise creatively the better.
have the firt two episodes ready to go, hearing good things. Have to wait for herself to watch it though!
Finished the second. Quite a lot of practical FX in it blended in with the VFX.
Watched the two Alien: Earth episodes there, pretty good so far. Nailed the aesthetic from the first film with some suitably retrofuturistic set design. The creature effects are excellent too. Story's a bit unfocussed so far but you can see where it's heading. Bit of metal (Iommi, Tool) in the credits too, an odd choice and doesn't really fit TBH.
Clearly setting up a crossover with the Blade Runner universe too, I assume there'll be references to the upcoming Predator movie (which features a Tyrell replicant).
Looking forward to the rest.
Agreed re the music in the credits, it doesn't really fit in and maybe it's just a concession to what they perceive as their target audience? Otherwise, yeah it's great so far. I was worried with this being a series rather than a film that the vfx would take a hit but they're spot on so far. Much better than the mess they made with that one bit in Romulus.
Quote from: John Kimble on August 14, 2025, 02:48:32 PMAgreed re the music in the credits, it doesn't really fit in and maybe it's just a concession to what they perceive as their target audience? Otherwise, yeah it's great so far. I was worried with this being a series rather than a film that the vfx would take a hit but they're spot on so far. Much better than the mess they made with that one bit in Romulus.
It's WETA handling this and Predator Badlands digital and practicals so good hands. Normally Studio ADI would handle the Xenos, but the SAG strike and schedules kept them off the project.
Watched the first 2 alien episodes there. Loved it. No money spared anyway. Looks brilliant.
I have one issue with the first episode...
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The ship would be travelling at a fair speed through space and if it was set to crash, then how was it not a massive fireball and breaking up in the atmosphere.
Other movies have used this as the solution to stop aliens, like.
Probably some atmospheric braking system installed by Weyland Yutani.
"You know we manufacture those, by the way!"
Episode 3 of Alien Earth was quality as well.
Really enjoying Alien Earth thus far, stylistically loving the many throwbacks which is a nice touch! Great fun.
Finally finished Dept. Q earlier, great stuff -
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although the subplot about Morck's shooting seemed unresolved, to be continued in the next seaeon?
Either way, looking forward to more. There're a good few novels so there's plenty of story to come...
Absolutely savage episode of Alien Earth this week.
Quote from: Sworntothecans on September 04, 2025, 01:05:40 PMAbsolutely savage episode of Alien Earth this week.
Ya heard it was class. Have it lined up for tonight.
Still haven't watched last week's episode, will rectify tonight.
The Aliens show is good, like!
But I'm not getting why everyone is going on about it being the best thing since sliced bread.
I get that people are fanboys and all but the show is just grand, like.
Loads of suspense, not a lot of pace, and a few plot holes.
And my 'spoiler' gripe on the previous page still very much stands after watching the latest episode.
But I did like the twist at the end of the episode with the...
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Octop-EYE thingy
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I'm about to go on to ep5 and I have to agree with you. It's a bit over hyped and drawn out. It doesn't have the sense of claustrophobia of the movies. It's good, not great.
Quote from: Emphyrio on September 05, 2025, 10:12:16 AMI'm about to go on to ep5 and I have to agree with you. It's a bit over hyped and drawn out. It doesn't have the sense of claustrophobia of the movies. It's good, not great.
Aye. Solid 8 out of 10 for me. Episode 5 is the best so far. Really harks back to the vibe of the first movies.
The POV chase scenes through the corridor was a nice nod to Alien³.
I'm still holding out hope that the draw the series has received will get Disney to greenlight Isolation as another miniseries.
Watching The Terminal List with Chris Pratt. Army thriller stuff. 5 episodes in. Pretty darn good. Story taking good twists and action is bloody fantastic. Has a Heat style shootout as well. (Obviously not as good as the Heat one. Christ that's amazing) :abbath:
New series of King of the Hill. Bit bizarre.
Quote from: Ollkiller on September 05, 2025, 10:05:31 PMWatching The Terminal List with Chris Pratt. Army thriller stuff. 5 episodes in. Pretty darn good. Story taking good twists and action is bloody fantastic. Has a Heat style shootout as well. (Obviously not as good as the Heat one. Christ that's amazing) :abbath:
Yeah! Tha was a good series.
I'm watching the prequel one at the moment. Not as good, but still entertaining enough.
Quote from: Ollkiller on September 05, 2025, 10:05:31 PMWatching The Terminal List with Chris Pratt. Army thriller stuff. 5 episodes in. Pretty darn good. Story taking good twists and action is bloody fantastic. Has a Heat style shootout as well. (Obviously not as good as the Heat one. Christ that's amazing) :abbath:
There's a pretty fun Predator sight gag with Schwarzenegger's young fella near the start too.
It's a corny as fuck series, great action choreography with all the fancy room clearance and tactical reloads. Will give the prequel a go tomorrow when I need something stupid to watch while hungover.
Alien Earth is still progressing nicely and have to reiterate how good a job they've done with the VFX overall.
Still though, those outro tunes...so far, the tunes themselves are grand but completely out of place, but this week...fucking Godsmack of all things!! Hadn't a clue who it was initially but had a sneaking suspicion as soon as the bargain-basement Alice in Chains vocals kicked in. Why??
Last week's episode was the best so far, a real nod to the original film. Yet to see this week's but yeah, the closing credit songs are totally jarring.
Olyphant has said his hair is a nod to Hauer's in Blade Runner, I'm assuming the Tyrell Corporation will appear at some point.
Quote from: John Kimble on September 12, 2025, 11:55:10 PMAlien Earth is still progressing nicely and have to reiterate how good a job they've done with the VFX overall.
Still though, those outro tunes...so far, the tunes themselves are grand but completely out of place, but this week...fucking Godsmack of all things!! Hadn't a clue who it was initially but had a sneaking suspicion as soon as the bargain-basement Alice in Chains vocals kicked in. Why??
The only black mark against the show!
Quote from: Carnage on September 13, 2025, 01:14:19 AMLast week's episode was the best so far, a real nod to the original film. Yet to see this week's but yeah, the closing credit songs are totally jarring.
Olyphant has said his hair is a nod to Hauer's in Blade Runner, I'm assuming the Tyrell Corporation will appear at some point.
yea, Blade Runner and Alien Earth share the universe so? Looks like it does anyway
Alien Earth
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Looks like we're getting a second season after all
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Cracking finale to Alien Earth. Nice to actually have a new Alien thing that wasn't shit. Enjoyed that season immensely. And I love the outros. Especially the finales one. Suited it perfectly.
I've only started Alien Earth. 2 episodes in and I'm liking it
Really enjoyed Alien: Earth and it wrapped up nicely, definitely left me wanting more. Again, at the risk of repeating myself, the alien vfx were great. Not a perfect series by any means and a few minor issues of concern...the Lost Boys were very well done, for the most part, but I hope it doesn't go on to be a teen, coming of age, type-drama which it threatens to be at times. Also, not sold on the octo eye thingy.
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that bit where it reanimated the corpse of Arthur...do we really need more zombies??
3 episodes in to "Black Rabbit" - half tempted to jack it in.
The presence of Jude Law and Jason Bateman will have me avoiding it like a plague.
Started Task the other night. Not bad.
I've regrettably stuck with it, it doesn't get any better. Bateman is incredibly annoying in this, still I continued to watch. I enjoyed his character in Arrested Development. However he's so fucking one dimensional, perhaps I'm being too harsh, I'm more angry with myself for investing my time.
Saw him on HotOnes the last day. Mad that he was in Little House on the Prairy.
Quote from: OpenSores on September 25, 2025, 02:48:17 PMI've regrettably stuck with it, it doesn't get any better. Bateman is incredibly annoying in this, still I continued to watch. I enjoyed his character in Arrested Development. However he's so fucking one dimensional, perhaps I'm being too harsh, I'm more angry with myself for investing my time.
I like Bateman in "Arrested Development" and "Ozark" - he's really great as a put-upon character who, to varying degrees in those shows, has to be the anchor.
He's not very good at this skeezy, chancer-type scumbag in "Black Rabbit" at all.
Also - Jude Law dresses and looks GOB from "Arrested Development" in this new show too.
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Forgot about Ozark its pretty decent!
Finished S2 of Twisted Metal. Silly and fun.
Bit late to the party, but I started guillermo del toro cabinet of curiosities and am very much enjoying it. It reminds me of Alfred Hitchcock presents a tad. Pretty cool anyway, don't know why I didnt watch this years ago
Ozark was shite, and Bateman's one dimensionality didn't help. Any attempt at tension was defused by his bland presence :laugh:
Quote from: Eoin McLove on September 27, 2025, 10:00:13 AMOzark was shite, and Bateman's one dimensionality didn't help. Any attempt at tension was defused by his bland presence :laugh:
It absolutely reeked of "Netflix commissions a show based on user data".
Bateman was great in Arrested Development, but his whole schtick doesn't work outside of it.
He's just way to calm and level headed to bring any sense of drama to a scene. He acts as a kind of drama neutraliser.
Ozark started off ok but quickly morphed into a TV3 type show.
I woke up with the theme from Jayce & The Wheeled Warriors stuck in my head and will be revisiting that (an, no doubt, a bunch of other 80s cartoons that are on youtube) in the background today whie I work
I watched 2 episodes of House Of Guiness.
It's terrible. How they kept a straight face is beyond me.
I watched 15 minutes, & gave up.
Scenes are drawn out, with little substance.
The fella playing the Arthur character....painful.
As for the fiddley diddley Fenians... bonehead seems to have been a one for all type thing back then. All that's missing is a Miley from Glenroe.
Late to the party but 5 epsidoes into Midnight Mass on Netflix. Supernatural horror. Best acting I've seen in quite a while. Top notch 👌
Quote from: Loaf on December 02, 2018, 07:22:08 PMGave the new Sabrina show on Netflix a spin and i am glad i did.
It is fuckin immense. One of those shows where the pilot episode is a slow burner and you really have to give it a few episodes to kick in.
This lady has a show on Netflix now?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EI_Aw_bQRak
Quote from: Ollkiller on October 23, 2025, 10:11:28 PMLate to the party but 5 epsidoes into Midnight Mass on Netflix. Supernatural horror. Best acting I've seen in quite a while. Top notch 👌
Found it a bit slow to get going but loved the last couple of episodes.
Quote from: Emphyrio on October 24, 2025, 07:05:05 AMQuote from: Ollkiller on October 23, 2025, 10:11:28 PMLate to the party but 5 epsidoes into Midnight Mass on Netflix. Supernatural horror. Best acting I've seen in quite a while. Top notch 👌
Found it a bit slow to get going but loved the last couple of episodes.
Aye first 3 episodes are slow but I think cause they've teased out the characters the later episodes hit harder.
Exactly. I really like Flanagan's work.
Gave up on Task as it was far too maudlin for it's own good.
Did finally finish the second season of Interview With A Vampire which was quite good.
Quote from: Emphyrio on October 24, 2025, 08:28:43 AMExactly. I really like Flanagan's work.
Just watched as interview with him by Garth Marenghi, he's completely out of his depth in it. He's working on a Carrie series currently it seems.
Quote from: Pentagrimes on October 24, 2025, 05:19:32 PMQuote from: Emphyrio on October 24, 2025, 08:28:43 AMExactly. I really like Flanagan's work.
Just watched as interview with him by Garth Marenghi, he's completely out of his depth in it.
Curious. In what sense?
Quote from: Sworntothecans on October 24, 2025, 04:38:14 PMDid finally finish the second season of Interview With A Vampire which was quite good.
I really came around to this. New one in that universe, Talamasca, coming out soon.
He just seems kinda lost with the humour, he obviously knows the set up but doesn't really play along.
I wonder is that intentional or just a sort of weirdness he has. I've never watched him being interviewed, only read through articles and he strikes me as a fella who sees things in a singular way, for good or ill. He seems fixated on Stephen King, but what he has adapted is better than most imo.
Gave House of Guinness a go last night, just to see if it's as bad as the Irish press are saying, or indeed as good as the Brits and Yanks seem to think it is.
It's a bit of both tbh. Accents are as hit and miss as I'd expect them to be, and the Oirishness is in predictable overload. It looks great in the usual sumptuous, sanitised Netflix way and the acting is pretty much on par with most period dramas. I'm not overly sold on the use of contemporary music in a historical setting either.
The fight scenes do put me in mind of the shitty Gangs of New York ones though, a film which I've increasingly grown to despise over the years.
New Alan Partridge is amazing as ever and loved the new Beavis and Butthead.
Quote from: open face surgery on October 30, 2025, 11:39:14 PMNew Alan Partridge is amazing as ever and loved the new Beavis and Butthead.
Gonna watch the partridge this weekend. Hes always on form.
Quote from: open face surgery on October 30, 2025, 11:39:14 PMNew Alan Partridge is amazing as ever and loved the new Beavis and Butthead.
What's the new Beavis and Butthead like? Still the same thing of them watching music videos with critique plus story bits in between?
It's hard to imagine how they exist in the modern era given neither music videos or any kind of rock is anywhere near the mainstream now.
Same as ever and they're doing both music and reality shows now. Due to them never changing it's a beautiful thing to watch 😄
Ya i watched 2 new episodes of Beavis and Butthead and it was brilliant.
Is it S3 of the reboot now. Definitely watched the first season and it's as good now as ever.
Must be. It's recent anyway cause I saw an ad for new B&B after the last South Park episode.
I'm currently watching a show on telly called Traitor. Various English famous people in a castle together, three of whom are traitors and "kill" the faithful ones. The three traitors know each other but everyone else is in the dark as to who is a traitor of faithful. Alliances form and so on, but beautifully, they keep eliminating each other and so far no traitor has been caught. Ahhh, it's fun :laugh:
I watched the Irish version of that a month or so back and it was good fun, addictive stuff.
Yeah. Very easy watching with a cup of tae after a day's work and highly amusing.
The Traitors is the biggest load of fucking muck ever. Cunts trying to out cunt each other. Was exposed to the irish version as herself watched it. That fucking guard needs to be shot with a ball of his own shyte. Each to their own but fuck me its brutal.
Edit. The English celebrity one was less shit. Still shit but nowhere near as bad as the irish normal one.
I must say our family really enjoyed watching the Irish Traitors together. You're trying trying to turn us all on each other ;)
Quote from: Ollkiller on November 06, 2025, 02:25:23 PMThe Traitors is the biggest load of fucking muck ever. Cunts trying to out cunt each other.
Having never watched it, nor any desire to, this is exactly what I picture. I despise reality TV so I'm not their target audience anyway.
Just starting a rewatch of The Wire. Best TV show ever. It's funny on a rewatch tom see how they basically lay out McNulty's entire character right from the first episode. Definitely one of the best examples of cunt but likeable in TV history.
Quote from: Mooncat on November 06, 2025, 04:15:36 PMJust starting a rewatch of The Wire. Best TV show ever. It's funny on a rewatch tom see how they basically lay out McNulty's entire character right from the first episode. Definitely one of the best examples of cunt but likeable in TV history.
Seconded on best show ever. Season 2 on a rewatch is way better as well. Across the seasons you see way more things that tie up later. Bubbles arch is also fantastic.
Not one bad season or episode.
Last time I did the rewatch I started with The Corner and finished with We Own This City.
Starting a rewatch of The Deuce which far too many folks slept on.
David Simon:best lad.
Quote from: Sworntothecans on November 07, 2025, 09:20:28 AMStarting a rewatch of The Deuce which far too many folks slept on.
Didn't think that'd be my bag but it kept me interested throughout.
Also in the middle of a rewatch of The Wire. Half way through S02. Still the best show ever made, hands down. Not even close.
A scene that pops into my head regularly:
The Deuce and We Own This City are well good. Not as captivating as The Wire but great tv nonetheless.
The Wire is untouchable alright, definitely the best TV series I've seen. The Corner is another excellent watch, a good warm up for it. I didn't think much of We Own This City TBH, mainly due to Bernthal's involvement, I can't stand him.
Not familiar with The Deuce, is that the one about the porn scene?
Quote from: Carnage on November 07, 2025, 12:55:38 PMThe Wire is untouchable alright, definitely the best TV series I've seen. The Corner is another excellent watch, a good warm up for it. I didn't think much of We Own This City TBH, mainly due to Bernthal's involvement, I can't stand him.
Not familiar with The Deuce, is that the one about the porn scene?
Bernthal was great, he can be a bit of a dose at times but he did his homework on the guy he was playing there.
Yeah The Deuce is a mix of the golden age of the NY porn business, how grimy the city was in general, the mob, the Pimps, sex workers,the mayors office, the arrival of AIDs and what it was like before that dickhead Giuliani turned it into a theme park.
Similar to The Wire in terms of the way all the threads connect.
I like Bernthal but didn't think We Own...was great. Twas grand like.
The Wire is great, but there's a big dip in quality in Season 5. The newsroom scenes feel like a completely different show, and McNulty's fake serial killer plot is just ridiculous.
Big shout out to the arc of Roland "Prez" Pryzbylewski. The biggest fuck up of a cop to a proper educator. All this talk means im gonna have yo do a re watch now.
Never actually watched The Corner so gonna start with that.
Just watched the first episode of Adolescence. Wow. I don't care about the culture war crap around it, I'm just interested in the story and I'm immediately hooked. It's gripping stuff. The acting, the direction, the unfolding story... it's an emotional hammering really. Powerful stuff.
Edit. We finished up watching this this evening. It was brilliant. Really, really hard hitting and heart breaking to see the fallout within his own family and highlights the dangers that are out there online for young people. I mean, we are all aware of those possibilities, but I think the dramatisation captured it really well. But the part the really got me was when a young Jason Voorhees lepped up out of the lake covered in green slime right at the end. I honestly didn't see it coming, and I should have having only watched Friday the 13th the other evening... bhí mo chroí í mo feckin bhéal, go tobann!
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Rewatching 'Community', even the pilot is brilliant. Comedy gold.
Quote from: OpenSores on November 20, 2025, 07:19:32 PMRewatching 'Community', even the pilot is brilliant. Comedy gold.
I'm always surprised it wasn't more popular than it was. It's more of a cult hit but feels like it should have been mainstream famous.
Totally, very very well written.
Class show except for the last season, which is basically unwatchable. First few are excellent though.
The Wire Update
I'm most of the way through season 3 currently. Funnily enough, if you'd asked me before this rewatch I'd have said season 3 was my favourite season, but on this go through I definitely enjoyed seasons 1 and 2 more. 3 is still incredible, but it's not grabbing me to quite the same extent as 1 and 2. Which is better between 1 and 2 is a very close call.
Quote from: Mooncat on November 21, 2025, 04:50:46 PMThe Wire Update
I'm most of the way through season 3 currently. Funnily enough, if you'd asked me before this rewatch I'd have said season 3 was my favourite season, but on this go through I definitely enjoyed seasons 1 and 2 more. 3 is still incredible, but it's not grabbing me to quite the same extent as 1 and 2. Which is better between 1 and 2 is a very close call.
Aye on my second watch season 2 hit way harder and season 3 way less.
Quote from: ochoill on November 20, 2025, 09:11:57 PMClass show except for the last season, which is basically unwatchable. First few are excellent though.
This. First few seasons are comedy gold. Especially the principal.
Rewatching Spartacus before the new spin off next month. Rough CGI gore and slo mo aside, it's still a great watch and stuck the landing far better than shows with 10 times it's budget.
Quote from: Mooncat on November 21, 2025, 04:50:46 PMThe Wire Update
I'm most of the way through season 3 currently. Funnily enough, if you'd asked me before this rewatch I'd have said season 3 was my favourite season, but on this go through I definitely enjoyed seasons 1 and 2 more. 3 is still incredible, but it's not grabbing me to quite the same extent as 1 and 2. Which is better between 1 and 2 is a very close call.
I'm nodding off here, my dozy eyes saw The Wee Update. I thought it was a sitcom about dwarves or something...
Quote from: Sworntothecans on November 21, 2025, 06:16:36 PMRewatching Spartacus before the new spin off next month. Rough CGI gore and slo mo aside, it's still a great watch and stuck the landing far better than shows with 10 times it's budget.
What a superb ending, a class show all round tbf.
The premise of the new one seems a bit silly but I'll definitely watch it.
Working through the Netflix Resident Evil series. Isn't too bad so far but the way they keep cutting from the present day to prior to the outbreak is starting to drag
Would've been better just having one or two episodes to establish the story, and then get on with the zombie gore
Blazed through Boots and Dept. Q on Netflix. Both very enjoyable and easy to watch.
Finally got around to Adolescence. Powerful stuff, and so much of it carried by the frankly stunning performance by the lad playing the protagonist.
A rare instance where Stephen Graham didn't entirely steal the show.
It was a winner.
Started into Zero Day. One episode in and apart from some dodgy acting from the chick who is president- she sounds like she's reading her lines off the page- I'm at least interested to see where it goes.
Robert DeNiro is yer man from Up incarnate in Zero Day.
Stranger Things back with a decent first half. And the return of Frank Darabont too!
Isn't there 3 parts to this season to finish it out?
Quote from: jobrok1 on November 29, 2025, 12:11:45 PMIsn't there 3 parts to this season to finish it out?
Yep. They're coming out on Xmas day
Quote from: jobrok1 on November 29, 2025, 12:11:45 PMIsn't there 3 parts to this season to finish it out?
Yeah, chapter 2 on Xmas eve. The finale New years eve.
Gives them time for polish on the vfx etc.
And pop the q 4 numbers for Netflix to justify the alleged half a billion spent on the season.
I started the second season and got bored and let it go. It it worth watching till end?
Quote from: Ollkiller on November 29, 2025, 10:29:31 PMI started the second season and got bored and let it go. It it worth watching till end?
Netflix and second seasons are always tough. The creators still don't know if they're gonna get a renewal so they'll play things a bit safe in the event of cancellation so folks tend to drop off a bit.
Pumped through season 5 of Slow Horses. A very reliably entertaining show. This season's only weak point was River's character, made a bit too flaccid.
I'm on S1 of Mr. Mercedes with Brendan Gleeson
It's fairly twisted
I'm enjoying it, but at E6, I'm starting to get a bit jaded with it
Does it improve?
S1 was very good, I thought. S2 was a bit disappointing.
It kinda pulls the rug as folks assume it's a regular murder mystery until the regular Stephen King bits start.
It's good background tv.
I'll stick with it for a bit more
Anyone watching Pluribus?
It's a slow burn but I like it. Certainly a different approach to a sci-fi/end of the world as we know it (although it reminds me a lot of a particular Rick and Morty episode).
I have a lot of time for Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, so I think Vince Gilligan has earned the right to do whatever he wants at this stage.
I thought the episode that just came out (episode 7) was the best one so far. Great stuff on the soundtrack of that episode too - Judas Priest and Hermanos Gutierrez.
Not yet but I will definitely give it a go, likely next year. Enjoyed BB when it was on but absolutely loved BCS, savage show start to finish.
I'll probably binge when it finishes but it's pissed off the man baby Rick & Morty fans so Gilligan must be doing something right.
As silly as it is, I'm enjoying It:Welcome To Derry.
Again probably because it's winding up the worst twats on the Internet.
A little too overreliant on digital FX though.
Loving Welcome to Derry, myself.
Up to date on Pluribus, loving that. Started The Chair Company which is also great.
Quote from: open face surgery on December 15, 2025, 04:17:57 PMUp to date on Pluribus, loving that. Started The Chair Company which is also great.
Two shows im saving for a quiet day over Christmas. The Chair Company sounds demented.
Quote from: Ollkiller on December 15, 2025, 04:23:10 PMQuote from: open face surgery on December 15, 2025, 04:17:57 PMUp to date on Pluribus, loving that. Started The Chair Company which is also great.
Two shows im saving for a quiet day over Christmas. The Chair Company sounds demented.
Yep, it's getting weirder as it goes.
Watched Ger Staunton's stand up last week. Popped up on youtube. Thought it was great.
Quote from: open face surgery on December 15, 2025, 04:48:23 PMQuote from: Ollkiller on December 15, 2025, 04:23:10 PMQuote from: open face surgery on December 15, 2025, 04:17:57 PMUp to date on Pluribus, loving that. Started The Chair Company which is also great.
Two shows im saving for a quiet day over Christmas. The Chair Company sounds demented.
Yep, it's getting weirder as it goes.
Watched Ger Staunton's stand up last week. Popped up on youtube. Thought it was great.
Aye his stand up is brilliant. Seen him twice live now. Had a pint with him when he was in cork recently. Bang on sound lad.
Just finished season 4 of The Wire. I do miss McNulty and Lester in this season, but the Chris and Snoop scenes are some of the best in the entire show. The whole scene with Michael's father, holy shit.
Another example of this being possibly my favourite season in the past, but I now prefer 1 and 2.
Started season 5 and really enjoying it so far. It gets shit on a bit but it's awesome as well, even with the slightly oddball main plot.
Late to the party as always but I watched the first episode of Devs earlier. Very intriguing set up and Nick Offerman is always worth watching.
Quote from: Carnage on December 15, 2025, 09:02:38 PMLate to the party as always but I watched the first episode of Devs earlier. Very intriguing set up and Nick Offerman is always worth watching.
Brilliant series. Rewatched it at the start of the year. Love Alex Garland's work in general
Def due a rewatch. Remember loving it.
Jaysus, I've loads to cath up on.
Watching Beef on Netflix. It's great craic.
Quote from: Ollkiller on October 03, 2022, 11:52:38 PMCobra Kai. It's truly awful and glorious at the same time. Bet every old actor is creaming themselves the reboot worked. And I'm just up to where Elizabeth Shue comes in. Be still my beating heart.
It's fantastic! Only started watching it the other night with the family and we're all hooked on it. I love the mix and clash between '80's and modern times.
I'm after finishing episode two of Heweliusz on Netflix, a Polish drama based on real events where, in 1993, a ferry named Heweliusz sank, killing most on board. Utterly captivating telly. So far it's one of the best things I've seen in many years. Maybe even since The Lyrics Board.
Watched Monster: Ed Gein. Didn't think much of it. The previous 2 were much better. Thought Dahmer was truly disturbing, to the extant of listening to the Macabre album was fucked up :laugh:
Lasted ten minutes with the Ed Gein series. Just Ryan Murphy doing his usual schtick. And instantly making up a load of bullshit.
Series two of The Pitt just started and caught up with the first two episodes. It's excellent.
Had to look up Ryan Murphy. Turns out he wasn't involved in this one so maybe he was the missing link. It was totalshite anyway.
Quote from: open face surgery on January 18, 2026, 02:20:10 PMHad to look up Ryan Murphy. Turns out he wasn't involved in this one so maybe he was the missing link. It was totalshite anyway.
Not on the writing side of things, but it's very much his creative direction.
Finished up Heweliusz this evening. Incredible stuff.
A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms. A Shite Of The Seven Kingdoms.
Quote from: Carnage on January 21, 2026, 10:21:32 PMA Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms. A Shite Of The Seven Kingdoms.
Hah. Pure setup episode. I'll give it another 1 or 2 episodes anyway.
I read the short story a long time ago and it wasn't as tongue in cheek as this is, and was better for it. Knowing the twist in advance doesn't help either TBH.
Yer man's from just out the road from me so that's something.
Quote from: Carnage on January 21, 2026, 10:21:32 PMA Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms. A Shite Of The Seven Kingdoms.
Arguably the most disgusting scene committed to a Game Of Thrones show.
Quote from: Carnage on January 21, 2026, 10:21:32 PMA Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms. A Shite Of The Seven Kingdoms.
You need to caption that quote with the scene of him scutting behind the tree. :laugh:
It's up there with The White Lotus manager fella dropping one in a guests suitcase.
Quote from: Eoin McLove on January 19, 2026, 10:39:03 AMFinished up Heweliusz this evening. Incredible stuff.
Quite enjoying this based on your shout. One thing I've noticed though is a lot of the translations from the German bits are definitely off! Don't know enough Polish to know what we're missing there
Zoomed through seasons 1 and 2 of Platonic with herself. First ep was a bit crappy but it picked up into a very enjoyable light sitcom. Rose Byrne is quality in it. Rogen, grand... he's the same in everything.
Quote from: Yung Led Zeppelin on January 23, 2026, 04:11:15 PMQuote from: Eoin McLove on January 19, 2026, 10:39:03 AMFinished up Heweliusz this evening. Incredible stuff.
Quite enjoying this based on your shout. One thing I've noticed though is a lot of the translations from the German bits are definitely off! Don't know enough Polish to know what we're missing there
Interesting. Perhaps for fluent speakers it's even better.
Currently watching The Newsreader on Netflix.
It's quite good, the fact that it's Australian makes gives takes away that American sheen you'd normally expect with these kind of things.
The soundtrack is good as well.
Quote from: Circlepit on January 24, 2026, 09:21:59 AMCurrently watching The Newsreader on Netflix.
It's quite good, the fact that it's Australian makes gives takes away that American sheen you'd normally expect with these kind of things.
The soundtrack is good as well.
I saw the first season and enjoyed it but missed the second one. I should go back to it.
I've started season 2 and it's still enjoyable.
No sign of season 3 yet for us, the flamin galas.
Madge from Neighbours had a bit part in the Haikeys Comet episode.
A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms, I don't know where its going, the first episode wouldn't inspire you too much, that whole scene seemed unnecessary as well, even the hound would agree, also was he a better rugby player than actor?
Update: Episode 2 wasn't much better
I'm watching Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy. It's very good, there's a big focus on the victim's backstories and the impact on the families. It's the total opposite of the exploitative shite that Ryan Murphy scutters out every couple of years.
City of Shadows, a Spanish thriller. A bit cheesy but engaging enough.
I started on the Punisher. I am not into superheroes or Marvel or any of that stuff but this show is really good. I must get back to the Penguin once I finish with this. I only watched the first 3 or 4 episodes which I really enjoyed.
I see a new series of King of the Hill came out recently. Not sure if ill bother with it because the new Beavis And Butthead was utter shite.
Thought the new King of the Hill was weird and bad. Loved all the new Beavis and Butthead.
Quote from: mickO))) on January 28, 2026, 12:00:31 PMI started on the Punisher. I am not into superheroes or Marvel or any of that stuff but this show is really good. I must get back to the Penguin once I finish with this. I only watched the first 3 or 4 episodes which I really enjoyed.
I see a new series of King of the Hill came out recently. Not sure if ill bother with it because the new Beavis And Butthead was utter shite.
The new KOTH is great. Think the only major difference is Toby Huss doesn't do the voice for Kahn, but otherwise the writing is still up there with the previous seasons.
Quote from: Maggot Colony on January 28, 2026, 10:28:46 AMI'm watching Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy. It's very good, there's a big focus on the victim's backstories and the impact on the families. It's the total opposite of the exploitative shite that Ryan Murphy scutters out every couple of years.
Really enjoyed this. Thought it might be a bit light or whatever by not showing any of the murders but no, excellent throughout. That said, I also enjoyed the 3 Ryan Murphy ones, to varying degrees.
Quote from: Sworntothecans on January 28, 2026, 04:47:52 PMQuote from: mickO))) on January 28, 2026, 12:00:31 PMI started on the Punisher. I am not into superheroes or Marvel or any of that stuff but this show is really good. I must get back to the Penguin once I finish with this. I only watched the first 3 or 4 episodes which I really enjoyed.
I see a new series of King of the Hill came out recently. Not sure if ill bother with it because the new Beavis And Butthead was utter shite.
The new KOTH is great. Think the only major difference is Toby Huss doesn't do the voice for Kahn, but otherwise the writing is still up there with the previous seasons.
:laugh: :laugh: I forgot all about Kahn.
Well that's 1 person saying it's good and another saying it's bad ill give it a shot at the weekend.
Quote from: Emphyrio on January 28, 2026, 05:11:06 PMQuote from: Maggot Colony on January 28, 2026, 10:28:46 AMI'm watching Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy. It's very good, there's a big focus on the victim's backstories and the impact on the families. It's the total opposite of the exploitative shite that Ryan Murphy scutters out every couple of years.
Really enjoyed this. Thought it might be a bit light or whatever by not showing any of the murders but no, excellent throughout. That said, I also enjoyed the 3 Ryan Murphy ones, to varying degrees.
I only made it through 2 episodes of Dahmer. I'm not squeamish, but watching each episode was like wading through shite for an hour with no end in sight. I just felt numb watching it. Maybe that was the point.
Devil in Disguise doesn't go for shock value, and it's far more effective. Michael Chernus is chilling as Gacy, the switches from amiable buffoon to dead-eyed monster are chilling.
He was brilliant. The split-second changes in personality...really effective.
Rewatching "Dark" for the third time now on Netflix. It gets better with each watch. A masterpiece of sci-fi. The casting alone is probably the best ive ever seen. The show itself is just mind bending. How they wrote it ill never know.
Top notch stuff. Yer man had another show on Netflix but twas canned after one season. Ended on an awful cliffhanger.
I've heard good things about Dark before too, I should give it a go.
To my shame I've never watched anything by David Lynch so got stuck into Twin Peaks, first season is fantastic, second season starts pretty good but is going fairly downhill in the second half. Hopefully the film/third season are better.
Will prob give Dark a rewatch in a couple of years. Wasn't too taken with the third season, but it could well grab me better second time round. The first two are some of the best small screen story-telling I've seen.
Yet to watch that, was it wrapped up/resolved properly or was it cancelled on a cliffhanger like 1899?
Quote from: Carnage on February 05, 2026, 06:25:41 PMYet to watch that, was it wrapped up/resolved properly or was it cancelled on a cliffhanger like 1899?
No, totally resolved with imo, a great ending.
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on February 05, 2026, 04:20:03 PMWill prob give Dark a rewatch in a couple of years. Wasn't too taken with the third season, but it could well grab me better second time round. The first two are some of the best small screen story-telling I've seen.
I didnt like season 3 as much on the first watch. But second time round it sat way better and I found it as good as the previous 2 seasons.
Quote from: Carnage on February 05, 2026, 06:25:41 PMYet to watch that, was it wrapped up/resolved properly or was it cancelled on a cliffhanger like 1899?
1899, that was it. Cunt of an ending.
Spartacus: House of Ashur
Once you get past the initial alternate timeline silliness, it's basically back to extremely watchable, violent entertainment. And tits.
Quote from: Emphyrio on February 07, 2026, 06:54:08 PMSpartacus: House of Ashur
Once you get past the initial alternate timeline silliness, it's basically back to extremely watchable, violent entertainment. And tits.
Are the tits historically accurate?
Quote from: Emphyrio on February 07, 2026, 06:54:08 PMSpartacus: House of Ashur
Once you get past the initial alternate timeline silliness, it's basically back to extremely watchable, violent entertainment. And tits.
The producers of Spartacus really should have licensed Sex & Violence by Carnivore for the ad campaign. (In fairness they could have done it for the Starz network as they have the 20 minute nude scene rule).
Quote from: Circlepit on February 07, 2026, 10:12:05 PMQuote from: Emphyrio on February 07, 2026, 06:54:08 PMSpartacus: House of Ashur
Once you get past the initial alternate timeline silliness, it's basically back to extremely watchable, violent entertainment. And tits.
Are the tits historically accurate?
I'm going to assume the Romans invented cosmetic surgery.
Watching Deadwind, a Finnish noire mystery thriller whatevery yoke. Grand stuff. I'm on season 2 so it must be alright. Eminently watchable if not exactly life changing.
We finished Better Call Saul during the week. Some jaw dropping stuff in the final season, but the last few episodes were a bit of a chore. We really enjoyed it though all told. I need to re-watch Breaking Bad at some stage to see the overlap properly.
The family and I are about to finish S5 of Cobra Kai. Roll on S6, but we'll be depressed when we finish that final season.
I got around to catching up with The Wheel of Time, and just a things are getting interesting with the timeline I read up to see when the next season will be released, I discover the show is cancelled, d'oh!
Just watching the Lucy Letby doc on Netflix. Nothing remarkable about it, usual true-crime fare.
But (and this may have been done before, if it has i haven't seen it) the use of AI is a bit jarring. There are real life persons who have been 'digitally anonymized', which i didn't initially pick up on. The article below explains it a bit better, and it's not a big deal in the grand scheme of things, but there was just something about it that rang a bit weird.
Why The Investigation of Lucy Letby's 'Digitally Anonymised' Documentary is Causing Controversy https://share.google/YBJVcyVLptADwWbyk
Quote from: John Kimble on February 08, 2026, 07:50:57 PMJust watching the Lucy Letby doc on Netflix. Nothing remarkable about it, usual true-crime fare.
But (and this may have been done before, if it has i haven't seen it) the use of AI is a bit jarring. There are real life persons who have been 'digitally anonymized', which i didn't initially pick up on. The article below explains it a bit better, and it's not a big deal in the grand scheme of things, but there was just something about it that rang a bit weird.
Why The Investigation of Lucy Letby's 'Digitally Anonymised' Documentary is Causing Controversy https://share.google/YBJVcyVLptADwWbyk
There was a recent episode of 24 Hours in Police Custody where the accused lad had a digitally altered face throughout. It looked very strange. Why not just blur the face?!
That's what I was thinking, pretty much the standard method of preserving anonymity which has been used for years. As stated, it wasn't that blindingly obvious that I immediately picked up on it, but then again I just had it on in the background for the sake of passing a few minutes. When I did notice, it became fairly distracting. One of the anonymous persons was a friend and colleague of Lucy Letby, so not only did they have to digitally represent the person during the interviews, they also had to digitally alter photographs from the past depicting the two of them together. Look, it's all fairly low stakes stuff but I wouldn't like it to become a thing either. We can't be too far off entire movies or series created entirely with AI.
Quote from: John Kimble on February 09, 2026, 02:00:56 PMWe can't be too far off entire movies or series created entirely with AI.
There's already been a few films. Plus Darren Aronofsky has been catching a lot of flack lately for making an AI-generated war series.
Yeah, I had a suspicion that may have been the case but I'm so far out of the loop when it comes to that stuff. Are any of these big releases though? I'd imagine it's just youtube shorts etc. Either way, I'd have no inclination to watch.
Even the Aronofsky abomination is only a set of ~3-4 minute shorts, being released on the 250th anniversary of each subsequent war of independence event.
Watched Pluribus. It was... ok. Good enough that I'll check out S2 as soon as it airs, but not amazing by any stretch.
I have to say I'm warming up to "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms" after my initial dismissal, its a slow burner but does need to pick up the pace a bit.
There're only two episodes left for it to pick up so I'd hope it happens soon. Awful so far.
Haven't watched it yet but is it like The Hobbit being a lesser story to LotR as this compared to GoT?
It's based on a standalone short story set around 100 years before the main A Song Of Ice And Fire/Game Of Thrones story. The setting is a tournament between knights and nobles, honour is at stake, that kind of thing. The main charcter is an underdog trying to prive himself. Nothing essential, no monumental events really.
Ya I read it years ago thinking it'd tide me over til the next book and it's a grand little side story in and of itself. But it's not nearly as lofty as GoT and was just wondering if some of the detraction is due to that or the source material not being covered to its, somewhat, limited fullness.
Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on February 12, 2026, 02:08:45 PMWatched Pluribus. It was... ok. Good enough that I'll check out S2 as soon as it airs, but not amazing by any stretch.
Enjoyed it when I was binging it, but when I went back to watch the last 2 or 3 episodes after Xmas, I wasn't overly arsed. Will see definitely watch the s2.