Finished The Man in the High Castle. Very solid show throughout.

Hoping to start Dracula tonight.

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!

Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on January 09, 2020, 01:31:28 PM
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.

#544 January 11, 2020, 11:11:37 PM Last Edit: January 11, 2020, 11:23:48 PM by Nail_Bombed
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.


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.

Quote from: Carnage on January 12, 2020, 12:42:03 AM
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.



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.