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.

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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 PM
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.

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.