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!