The Tube.

[Carnage]

It was OK overall but could have been covered in a film's duration. I thought Egerton was atrociously bad in it.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

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.

[Carnage]

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).

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

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.

[Carnage]

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.

[Ollkiller]

Ya really enjoying Shogun so far.

[The Great Cull]

Season 2 of The Bear on Disney+
First season was an enjoyable watch.

[The Wretch]

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. 

[Ollkiller]

3 Body Problem on Netflix. 3 episdoes in and its mental. In a good way.

[Carnage]

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.

[John Kimble]

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.

[Carnage]

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.

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.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

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.

[Carnage]

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.

[mickO)))]

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.