Watched the first two episodes of Under the Banner of Heaven last night. Decent murder mystery in Mormon country, but Andrew Garfield isn't that great for the lead

Quote from: Trev on November 17, 2022, 11:10:35 AMWatched the first two episodes of Under the Banner of Heaven last night. Decent murder mystery in Mormon country, but Andrew Garfield isn't that great for the lead

I've watched the frost two as well. Not bad at all. Dont mind Garfield as the lead. I'd say it'll get pretty fucked up.

Started watching America Rust. Episode 1 was decent enough. Episode 2 was a bag of shite. Read some reviews after episode 2 and won't be venturing any further.

Currently re-watching "Seinfeld" for the umpteenth time. One it gets out of Season three - it's still pretty much flawless up until the finale (which I still don't like all that much).



I'm late to the party on "Back To Life" but I just watched series one on Netflix. It's great stuff. Really well balanced with the humour and dark subject matter but never heavy-handed.

Quote from: StoutAndAle on November 17, 2022, 03:33:57 PMCurrently re-watching "Seinfeld" for the umpteenth time. One it gets out of Season three - it's still pretty much flawless up until the finale (which I still don't like all that much).

I'm up to season 8 on a rewatch. Such a brilliant show.

Quote from: Ollkiller on November 17, 2022, 04:17:40 PM
Quote from: StoutAndAle on November 17, 2022, 03:33:57 PMCurrently re-watching "Seinfeld" for the umpteenth time. One it gets out of Season three - it's still pretty much flawless up until the finale (which I still don't like all that much).

I'm up to season 8 on a rewatch. Such a brilliant show.
rewatched it with the missus recently as she hadn't seen it. What else is there to say really. Comedy gold


I must rewatch it soon as well lost count now of how many times I have watched it. For me it has always been one of the greatest shows ever made and definitely the best sitcom ever made. Even seasons 1 - 3 are better than most other comedy shows. The finale isn't anything special but it isn't terrible either I really liked how they found a way to bring a lot of the great characters that appeared throughout the shows run back in for one final appearance.

Have seen Jerry doing standup 3 times and he is brilliant.

Watched the 1st episode of Tulsa King and it was good,starring Sylvester Stallone.

Quote from: astfgyl on November 04, 2022, 12:39:34 AMCabinet of curiosities. 2 eps in and this is right up my street. Very vault of horror, proper old school creepy. Can't wait for the rest of it but not tonight. Going to save it a bit
Very good series

Finished Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story earlier. Watched it in small doses as it's very slow, very grim but yer man is excellent in the part. I'm curious who they'll do in season 2.

Quote from: open face surgery on November 18, 2022, 11:36:12 AMCurb Lite.

Haha yep. I find a couple of the other characters funny but find Seinfeld and his nipple smuggling slacks highly punchable.

Watched a few bits lately.  Dahmer was very good, mainly due to yer man who really inhabits the role.

The Patient with Steve Carrell and Domhnall Gleeson. Cool premise, and while it's slow enough it's compelling throughout. 

Invincible, an animated one which is based on a Kirkman comic. In an era where these are all done in live action, this was an enjoyable change. I enjoyed it more than expected.

About halfway through Foundation. It's good but it really is a book that is nigh on impossible to film.


Got through a few seasons of different Anime over the last while, mostly since September and caught up on them when I was out with Covid then too:

Psycho Pass - watched S1, in the middle of S2 now.  Good sci-fi / police procedural stuff, straightforward once you get to grips with the premise, a decent story all the same.  Not very fast paced but good action throughout, mostly enjoy the futuristic style of it.

Puella Magi Madoka Magica - awful name, initially ridiculous premise, goes completely sideways when established and gets fairly dark, great show but impossible to recommend what with it being about magical schoolgirls.

Black Lagoon - Watched one season and enjoyed it but not in a rush for the rest.  Man quits job and joins up with a crew of mercenaries on a boat doing odd jobs. Decent action, good plot, relaxed enough watch.  Dubbed on Netflix but a good job done of it.

Berserk - had finished the old series months ago, watched the new one recently.  Not even half as bad as the internet led me to believe.  Continues on the story in the same vein as the original, doesn't get as dark as it or capture the same old buzz but it is still good.

Spy x Family - thought it would be a bit different to what it is.  Completely lighthearted tame comedy about a Spy, an Assassin, and a Psychic child all in a fake family set up.  Started out better than what it is now, not my cup of tea at all but I'll watch out to the end of the season.

Chainsaw Man - currently watching this week to week, about seven episodes in and enjoying it a lot.  It's about a lad with chainsaws for arms and a face, killing demons, set in a sort of alternate future 00s.  Violent and ridiculous.

Other than those, I've started into The Good Wife too, nearly to the end of S1 and enjoying it a lot.  Good courtroom drama, you can see Suits took a lot of inspiration from it.  Easy to watch.

2 episodes into The Witcher, it's only OK so far. Obviously some worldbuilding and separate plot threads developing that'll eventually intertwine, but it's fairly bland so far.