Took me a long time to get into Stargate SG-1 but once it clicked, I was hooked. Missed the last couple of seasons though, still have to catch up.

Rewatching Deep Space Nine too as it happens. Still the best ST series (once the Dominion show up, anyway) but it's hit the start of the Vic Fontaine bullshit now. At least I can skip those episodes.

Started watching The Boys: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1190634/

Got some great reviews and a good few people recommending it in work today.


#257 July 28, 2019, 01:57:22 PM Last Edit: July 28, 2019, 02:15:32 PM by Aborted
4 episodes in.. this is fucking amazing  :laugh:

Dark as fuck but hilarious too!

3 quarters through the Marvel stuff on Netflix. I'll probably continue that buzz with Swamp Thing and The Boys.

Fuck all else happening til Power comes back.

Must go back to Swamp thing, I liked the comics and the first episode was great.

Again, I know I posted this last week but stop what you're doing and watch Perpetual Grace Ltd. FFO: Fargo, Breaking Bad, Ben Kingsley being a psycho

Quote from: Aborted on July 27, 2019, 11:39:08 PM
Started watching The Boys: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1190634/

Got some great reviews and a good few people recommending it in work today.

I'm looking forward to settling in and watching "The Boys". The book series is one of my favourites in recent years. Garth Ennis has a twisted mind. I was seriously sceptical of the treatment that Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg were going to give Ennis' "Preacher" but the first season (all I've watch is season one) is pretty faithful to the books so far so they will probably have the same respect for the source material here.


Quote from: Pentagrimes on July 17, 2019, 11:48:45 AM
"Barry" is great. Only watched it recently and must get stuck into the second series.

Nearly finished season two - the fifth episode of which is as perfect, demented and hilarious a half hour of TV that I've seen in a long time.

I thought the Preacher adaptation was poor to be honest, and thought they strayed pretty far from the original material, 'inspired by' would be a decent approximation. I gave up halfway through season 2.

Not optimistic about The Boys.

The one thing that I didn't do before watching "Preacher" was re-read the books so my memory of them is a bit hazy.

And, in that hazy memory, it seemed to follow the path of the book but it's been a very long time since I read them. 

Quote from: Carnage on July 29, 2019, 10:44:21 AM
I thought the Preacher adaptation was poor to be honest, and thought they strayed pretty far from the original material, 'inspired by' would be a decent approximation. I gave up halfway through season 2.

Not optimistic about The Boys.

Yep felt the same about Preacher..poor enough representation of the original material. Supposedly The Boys is handled better, we'll see.

I'm totally unfamiliar with the source material for Preacher, but even still I only think it's alright. Glad that the upcoming season is the last.

Enjoyed the first series of Preacher, started the second and had no desire to watch beyond first episode. Started The Boys last night and enjoyed it, so hoping the rest of the series holds up. I must be getting series fatigue in general, there's so much stuff out there that, on paper, sounds exactly like my thing but in reality fails to hold my attention. The last thing I watched in its entirety was Chernobyl...what was that, maybe 6 or so episodes long? I really think a lot of what's out there is dragged out way too much, with the exception of the last GOT which was guilty of rushing through tk the conclusion. And definitely an over-abundance of superhero/fantasy/sci-fi, the majority of which is distinctly average

Quote from: Pentagrimes on July 29, 2019, 09:04:21 AM


Again, I know I posted this last week but stop what you're doing and watch Perpetual Grace Ltd. FFO: Fargo, Breaking Bad, Ben Kingsley being a psycho

Watched the first episode the last day and it's class. Kingsley is just fantastic.

Quote from: Carnage on July 29, 2019, 10:44:21 AM
I thought the Preacher adaptation was poor to be honest, and thought they strayed pretty far from the original material, 'inspired by' would be a decent approximation. I gave up halfway through season 2.

Not optimistic about The Boys.

Related: This upcoming "Watchmen" series which is apparently not based on the comics at all bar the characters. Not sure how I feel about that.

It looked crap from the trailer anyway. Seems to be dealing with the fallout from the events of the comic/film.