The Tube.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Can now confirm that.

[Eoin McLove]

A new TV series began here tonight called The Newsreader. Basically a drama set in the 80s and showing the cut-throat and dog eat dog nature of the media. Very enjoyable first episode. Worth a look if and when it's shown over there.

Managed to completely miss the rest of this when it was on but we are diving back into it on the iplayer yoke and it's really good.

[Emphyrio]

Watched Pagan Peak/Der Pass. Similar set up to the first season of True Detective/The Bridge. Pretty good.

[open face surgery]

Got through The Wire. It's my first full rewatch as I never got passed S3 on previous attempts. Enjoyed S4 and S5 this time around despite it getting a bit daft in S5. I retract my dated comment and reconfirmed that The Sopranos is still better. Far better.

[Necr0rceN]

Ended up watching Katla on Netflix, similar vibe to Dark, but turned into a depressing watch. Last few episodes are not great, nothing new from the 2nd eposide. Shame.

[Thorn]

This Midnight Mass lark on Netflix is a bloody torture to wade through

[Emphyrio]

I've it on the list. Not worth a go so?

[pete]

Got through The Wire. It's my first full rewatch as I never got passed S3 on previous attempts. Enjoyed S4 and S5 this time around despite it getting a bit daft in S5. I retract my dated comment and reconfirmed that The Sopranos is still better. Far better.

You probably know but David Chase is doing the interview circuit for the movie. Found the Marc Maron one a good listen.

For me the wire vs sopranos is apples vs oranges!

[Ollkiller]

Got through The Wire. It's my first full rewatch as I never got passed S3 on previous attempts. Enjoyed S4 and S5 this time around despite it getting a bit daft in S5. I retract my dated comment and reconfirmed that The Sopranos is still better. Far better.

You probably know but David Chase is doing the interview circuit for the movie. Found the Marc Maron one a good listen.

For me the wire vs sopranos is apples vs oranges!

They all have lovely bottoms.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

For me the wire vs sopranos is apples vs oranges!

It really is. I personally prefer what The Wire went for and nailed, but The Sopranos absolutely and truly nailed what it went for too.

[Thorn]

I've it on the list. Not worth a go so?

Give it a shot by all means , first couple  of episodes are intriguing enough but you'll find it padded out tediously after that, like episodes in excess of an hour which could and should have been chopped to fuck.
Also suffers from the rampant Netflix 'shove as many races ,colours and creeds into one show'  disease which I suppose is prevalent everywhere now. Still, when they're all crammed into an island with a population of less than a hundred (Muslim Sheriff 'n' all)...talk about sacrificing realism to pander to the masses. 

[Eoin McLove]

Got through The Wire. It's my first full rewatch as I never got passed S3 on previous attempts. Enjoyed S4 and S5 this time around despite it getting a bit daft in S5. I retract my dated comment and reconfirmed that The Sopranos is still better. Far better.

You probably know but David Chase is doing the interview circuit for the movie. Found the Marc Maron one a good listen.

For me the wire vs sopranos is apples vs oranges!

They all have lovely bottoms.

[nukeabuse]

This Midnight Mass lark on Netflix is a bloody torture to wade through

I thought it was surprisingly decent. The lady watches every trash 'horror' Netflix makes and it's the best of them I've seen in a long time. It does get a bit long winded in its true detective wannabe existential musings at times but it didn't feel like a Netflix made show, avoided the over saturated images and hard some interesting camera work and effects. 

I dunno how close the story stuck to Stephen king's book so unsure if the Muslim sheriff was in it, but that part of the story felt less forced that some of the other themes they were going for.

Would recommend it,

[Eoin McLove]

Getting stuck into season 1 of Mr. Mercedes. I like it.

[Emphyrio]

I've it on the list. Not worth a go so?

Give it a shot by all means , first couple  of episodes are intriguing enough but you'll find it padded out tediously after that, like episodes in excess of an hour which could and should have been chopped to fuck.
Also suffers from the rampant Netflix 'shove as many races ,colours and creeds into one show'  disease which I suppose is prevalent everywhere now. Still, when they're all crammed into an island with a population of less than a hundred (Muslim Sheriff 'n' all)...talk about sacrificing realism to pander to the masses.

I hate when shows go off the boil after a coupla eps but by then you're invested in it.

I thought it was surprisingly decent. The lady watches every trash 'horror' Netflix makes and it's the best of them I've seen in a long time. It does get a bit long winded in its true detective wannabe existential musings at times but it didn't feel like a Netflix made show, avoided the over saturated images and hard some interesting camera work and effects. 

I dunno how close the story stuck to Stephen king's book so unsure if the Muslim sheriff was in it, but that part of the story felt less forced that some of the other themes they were going for.

Would recommend it,

The missus is the same since we got Netflix in. We've started a loada shows but I've given them the heave-ho pretty quick. An awful lot of muck on it.
Not being familiar with the source material, maybe the pandering to the masses aspect won't bother me too much. We'll see...

Getting stuck into season 1 of Mr. Mercedes. I like it.

S1 is brilliant, S2 dips a fair bit but S3 is pretty good too.