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.

Quote from: astfgyl on April 17, 2020, 11:10:01 PM
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.

#742 April 27, 2020, 11:34:33 AM Last Edit: April 27, 2020, 11:45:15 AM by Paul keohane
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.

#749 April 28, 2020, 10:17:32 AM Last Edit: April 28, 2020, 10:20:45 AM by StoutAndAle
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.