Quote from: open face surgery on July 09, 2022, 02:10:57 PM
He killed 16 Czechoslovakians, guy was an interior decorator.

🤣😂 best line of the whole show in fairness

Finished the new series of Stranger Things there the other day, best one since season one, loved the 80's metal references.

I thought this season of Stranger Things was the best one. I think they should have reworked the finale and finished the whole thing up. It would have been the perfect episode to wrap it up.

Stranger things was class. Watching the Umbrella Academy now with that lad from Tipp - good fun

Finished current season of The boys. Uneven ending.  But one bit was truly brilliant.

#1835 July 10, 2022, 09:13:03 AM Last Edit: July 11, 2022, 08:06:33 AM by jobrok1
Really enjoying 'The Old Man' and 'Terminal List' at the moment. Both about Military dudes with issues, but in very different scenarios.

Just finished the new Star Trek one too.
Enjoyed hiit for the most part. There's a good bit of gang service going on for the more seasoned Trekkies.

Quote from: Makeshiftatomsmasher on July 09, 2022, 10:44:13 PM
Finished current season of The boys. Uneven ending.  But one bit was truly brilliant.

Same here..I'm kinda losing interest in it a bit though...it needs something but I'm not sure what exactly..

Bit late to the party but I'm giving Obi Wan Kenobi a go. First episode was decent enough.

New teaser for Amazon's LOTR series.


https://youtu.be/f2Cs-u4b6hI

DIVERSITY! DIVERSITY! DIVERSITY!👏👏👏👏

Serious shard of glass in your eye if that's your only takeaway.

Insomnia from the heat led to me watching the trailer there. Based on that alone, there's nothing to indicate it's going to necessarily be awful. All still to play for in the first episode.

It looks very nice I agree, but I'd like to point out the needless racial quotas in a fantasy universe. Tolkien described Elves as lithe, sinuous, tall and fair-skinned etc.

The makers only have the rights to the unfinished appendices of The Silmarillion, so God knows what they'll do. Lenny Henry is a Hobbit and Galadriel is like Rhonda Rousey, class :)

It's been pointed out ad nauseam for months now already, since the first photos were published. The question now is, okay, but for those who won't fall in a heap at the first skin deep "hurdle", is it any good??

While the casting might not necessarily make or break the show, I hate when source material is fucked around with. And it most certainly appears to be done in a racial quota sort of way. It's not too far removed from the elf/hobbit love angle they threw into The Hobbit. While it might make for a more appealing experience for some, all it does is alienate the actual fans familiar with the source material. But lookit, as long as it doesn't stray too far into Wokeville hopefully it should be great.

#1843 July 18, 2022, 08:46:40 AM Last Edit: July 18, 2022, 08:49:20 AM by Caomhaoin
The self described 'Tolkien Scholars' and annoying London instagram influencers going on about it are wrecking my head too.

Ya, balancing not alienating the fanbase and being right on is not going to be straightforward.

Surprised you're capable of lucidity at this hour the day after winning an All Ireland, I certainly wouldn't have been if it had went our way.

I went for "lunch time" pints on Saturday so I'd used my goodwill well before throw in yesterday.