The Tube.

[Pedrito]

I enjoyed The Mandalorian. The acting is indeed ropey, the dialogue is lame and some of the characters are so stereotypically unimaginative.... but the actual show itself looks very very cool. Especially the droids, and more especially the assassin droid from the first episode.
That robot-arm-with-a-gun-thing sticking out of yer man's backpack, that could shoot around corners gave me a giggle.

The ropiness was all part of the charm of the originals. The new movies went down the dark Harry Potter route with a shitty Sirius Snape as the enemy. Dark without any real threat. Lots of psychological bollox but you can't just imvent a Darth Vader..he's once in a milennium. The good thing about the series is the lack of that heaviness, that looming threat they're trying so hard to get into the new movies, they just bypassed it and it's far better off for it. That and an avoidance of lecturing to the audience about bollox nobody gives two fucks about.

[Giggles]

Might be a weird thing to say about a show, but the ending credits are nice; with the artwork depicting scenes that happened through the episode.

[Nail_Bombed]

Locke And Key coming to Netflix in Feb 7. Could be well good Lovecraftian horror/Stephen King-ian darkness - loved the comic book series Joe Hill (who's Stephen King's son) put out a while back, so very glad to have someone do an adaptation.

[jobrok1]

Some lad a few pages back said he was watching it with his kids, how did they fare when yer wan snapped that guys neck 

They gave a good aul' gasp at a few scenes, alright.
But it's tame enough overall, for the most part.

They ended up wanted the books for Christmas, so I'll take the win.


Watched 2 eps of The Witcher... meh!
Then watched all of the new season of The Expanse.
Decided to give Witcher another go. 3 eps and I'm done with it.

Most of the Bourne movies are pretty good, so I was happy to stumble across the Treadstone series this week.
Heard it was being made a while ago but then heard nothing. 3 Eps in and enjoying it.

[Pentagrimes]

Anyone watch the new BBC Dracula? Don't have a tv and the BBC player won't work for me so I want to know it's worth a punt before I spend an evening trying to hunt down a watchable copy.

[Emphyrio]

Saw an ad for it and wasn't a fan of the glib humour. Looking at the reviews in IMDb (for whatever that's worth) and they seem very positive, so I'm hopeful, if not fully convinced. As it's a BBC production, it should hopefully look the part at the very least. But at the end of the day it will come down to how well the character is done.

[jobrok1]

Watched a bit of it last night and thought it was ok.
Gonna download all 3 when you it's done.

A bit off kilter but for the season that we're in I enjoyed A Christmas Carol 3 night series over the hols, as well. Quite dark with a great cast and character interpretations.

[DeletedUsermNqGIiIuGy]

Just downloading the first episode of that dracula series. Hope it's actually good and not the expected shit show.

I really hate when they make a balls of Dracula

[Pentagrimes]

I have to say I quite liked this Pierce Brosnan's Dracula lark. Might be the end result of being around people with an inexplicable hard on for the more pretentious aspects of 'ol Nosferatu for a couple of years but the humour kinda made it for me, the nun in it is fucking great, and the man himself's Bond villain swagger was enjoyable. Couple of the "scary" bits worked really well too,bit of an Evil Dead vibe to the couple in the casket, and overall it looks great.

I mean it's basically Goth Sherlock but still, it's entertaining and unpretentious, and it's definitely a fresh spin on the character wether you like it or not overall. I'll take that over yet another attempt at capturing the spirit of the old Hammer films or the 90s one and failing.

[Emphyrio]

A goth Sherlock is kinda the angle I was expecting. That I can definitely deal with. I'll lash into that once I'm finished The Man in the High Castle.

Finished His Dark Materials. I have to say it's very faithful to the books. It also serves to highlight the gulf in quality between it and the likes of Tolkien and Martin. I've high hopes for the Wheel of Time series, as long as they curtail the waffle.

[DeletedUsermNqGIiIuGy]

Watched the first episode of that Dracula show. It's interesting although slightly odd how the change into the whole english thing came about. It kind of throws me off the character when he's speaking like that.
The scene at the gates of the nun's gaff was quite good though.

[Nail_Bombed]

Yep, another one here enjoying Dracula having a bit of a laugh with his food before finishing it off. Definitely prefer the more of a horror vibe to the series than the usual emo Drac tropes that you get from recent adaptations. Dracula is supposed to be a monster... glad he also has a sense of humour here as well.

[Pedrito]

A goth Sherlock is kinda the angle I was expecting. That I can definitely deal with. I'll lash into that once I'm finished The Man in the High Castle.

Finished His Dark Materials. I have to say it's very faithful to the books. It also serves to highlight the gulf in quality between it and the likes of Tolkien and Martin. I've high hopes for the Wheel of Time series, as long as they curtail the waffle.

Just wondering in terms of the gulf...you mean it's better or worse than Tolkien/Martin? Never read them books.

[DeletedUsermNqGIiIuGy]

Just finished part two of Dracula... the end.! What in the actual fuck 

[Kurt Cocaine]

Diddy dye?