The Tube.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Yeah, some recently here said The Wire seems dated now, but I personally don't see how or compared to what. Like, I'm a huge trekkie, but I can see that the first seasons of Star Trek The Next Generation have dated badly, even worse than the original series in a lot of ways, but as you say, the narrative weave of The Wire, that shit won't ever date, that is just objectively incredible story-telling going on there.

[ochoill]

Yeah, some recently here said The Wire seems dated now, but I personally don't see how or compared to what. Like, I'm a huge trekkie, but I can see that the first seasons of Star Trek The Next Generation have dated badly, even worse than the original series in a lot of ways, but as you say, the narrative weave of The Wire, that shit won't ever date, that is just objectively incredible story-telling going on there.

Yeah I don't see it as dated either, at least not negatively.  Fair enough it is very of its time, and it can only be told in the era it is told in, but in no way does that detract from the show overall.  In fact they play to it and weren't trying to write it as modern, even then - they set it up fairly early that everyone is in a very close to post 9-11 world, funding is only for wars and anti-terrorism, they are struggling with a changing system of surveillance on the gangs, and the gangs themselves reject the technology to stay unmonitored.  They were meant to all be suffering dated equipment even for the time, compared to what Fitz was showing McNulty in early S1.  Great show anyway.

[Ollkiller]

Can't see how The Wire is dated in any way. The themes are just as relevant now as they ever were, and will probably be relevant long into the future.

[open face surgery]

Ya, I found the overall tone of it dated and in further contrast thought that The Next Generation held up considerably well.

[Carnage]

Binged season two of "City On A Hill" over the past few days. Only 8 episodes this year due to it having to be filmed with Covid-19 restrictions (not that it is at all noticeable, the scenes are not hampered - but I did spot that there's certainly a lot less filming locations used).

Definitely not as good as season one - the leads are still excellent in it but the main plot-line is weak and possibly could have been a secondary story if the production wasn't so hampered.

I'm giving that a miss, season 1 was only OK from memory, and I can barely remember it anyway. Kevin Bacon's character being a right prick is all that's stuck with me.

[jobrok1]

Finished Mare of Easttown. Fantastic 7 episodes of tv. Have to say the whole cast were on brilliant form.

Best show so far this year.
Everything about it was great.
The story, The tone, the characters.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Got two episodes in last night and nothing to criticize so far anyway!

Alongside that, also tipping away at Underground Railroad and Amend (Netflix mini docu series about the 14th amendment) here. Both interesting and challenging in their own way, but neither particularly outstanding, and Amend is definitely far too Hollywood. I prefer my documentaries without celebrities propping them up.

[101_North]

Like a few others I finished Mare of Easttown. Fantastic show. Really enjoyed it. Even the few very minor complaints I have with the last episode don't erode what a quality bit of TV it was.

[Eoin McLove]

I caught an episode of We are Ladyparts this evening. From the ads I immediately thought it was going to be woke horseshit so I was pleasantly surprised at how enjoyable and full of substance it seemed to be. That shows me!

[Ollkiller]

Just watched a BBC comedy/drama on Netflix called Back to Life. About a woman back in the community after 18 years in prison for murder. Laughed my hole off watching it. It's brilliant.

[ochoill]

Just watched a BBC comedy/drama on Netflix called Back to Life. About a woman back in the community after 18 years in prison for murder. Laughed my hole off watching it. It's brilliant.

Watched the back half of this series last year - my wife had started it and got about 2-3 episides in before I paid attention to it. It's very good.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Yeah, Mare of Easttown was excellent. So many good things can be said about it, even if - possibly for the same reason as 101 North up there, I had one little detail niggle with the final ep. Highly recommended anyway, superb performances across the board, accentuated by the short "making of" doc tagged onto the end of the last one.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

2eps into French Netflix series Lupin. Massively entertaining so far.

[Carnage]

Another one here for the Mare Of Easttown appreciation society, just finished it. Great viewing, though it took an episode or two to get a handle on who everyone was and how they related to each other (someone mentioned Mare having a sister earlier, I don't think she had?).

[astfgyl]

I watched Sweet Tooth on Netflix the last few days. Wasn't what I was expecting but that is in no way an endorsement. Sort of interesting premise but very PG-ish.