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[Jupitus]

Baby Reindeer is. Fucking. Intense.

Started watching that with the Mrs and stopped about 3/4 of the way through first episode. Nope.

That bonkers, huh???

 

[Jupitus]

Baby Reindeer is. Fucking. Intense.

Anyone finished this yet? I'm about to start.....

 

[Raven]

Shogun finished. Best series in years.

 

[Raven]

Star trek Discovery.


Star trek it ain't, but it's entertaining enough. Better than anything Star Wars has done in years.

 

[Wij]

Anyone finished this yet? I'm about to start.....

Let me know. It just made my arse clinch so hard I could taste my pants.

 

[Raven]

Let me know. It just made my arse clinch so hard I could taste my pants.

I got Fleabag vibes and just got bored.

 

[caLLous]

Anyone finished this yet? I'm about to start.....

I thought it was brilliant. Hard to watch at times (the 4th episode is particularly brutal) but really well done.

Kind of a spoiler:

Spoiler

It's a show primarily about stalking but there isn't a "good guy" and a "bad guy". It's about loneliness and a random encounter with someone when he was at a low ebb and how he actually welcomed the attention, even after he found out who she was. So all the way through he's making decisions and you're thinking "no you mentalist, run away" and he keeps going back.

 

[old.Osy]

Shogun finished. Best series in years.

Yesh, not bad at all. Still, Blackthorne's casting didn't convince me; Omi either (also under-developed). Mariko and Toranaga were spot on, as was Ishido and Taiko's wife.

 

[Embattle]

I really enjoyed Fallout.

 

[Embattle]

View: https://youtu.be/EzFXDvC-EwM?si=JtIQiZAo2gvzK9Fx

 

[caLLous]

Enjoying this...


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twvPGxuEOEA

 

[Embattle]

Just finished Clarkson Farm Season 3, really enjoyable as usual and nice to see there will be a season 4.

 

[Raven]

Lad at work saw them filming the other day, near Reading, so there will be.

 

[caLLous]

House of the Dragon...

Spoiler

Now, I'm not saying I wanted to see the beheading of a child on screen but they could and should have done so much more with that scene. It was being talked about in the same breath as Red Wedding in terms of the horror of it all etc but... no chance.

 

[Tom]

Just finished the first season of Severance. One of the best science fiction shows I've seen in years. Every episode makes you instantly want to start the next one. So many questions, not enough answers. And utterly beautiful cinematography, amazing acting, just perfect all over. And an absolutely outstanding cliffhanger at the end.

Seriously, watch it. You won't regret it.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEQP4VVuyrY

 

[caLLous]

Just finished the first season of Severance. One of the best science fiction shows I've seen in years. Every episode makes you instantly want to start the next one. So many questions, not enough answers. And utterly beautiful cinematography, amazing acting, just perfect all over. And an absolutely outstanding cliffhanger at the end.

Seriously, watch it. You won't regret it.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEQP4VVuyrY

Agree with all of that. The whole concept of it is brilliant and so well executed. Season 2 has been far too long coming but it's inching closer (January) and I can't wait. There'll definitely be a season 1 rewatch in the run-up to it.

 

[Scouse]

Just finished the first season of Severance. One of the best science fiction shows I've seen in years. Every episode makes you instantly want to start the next one. So many questions, not enough answers. And utterly beautiful cinematography, amazing acting, just perfect all over. And an absolutely outstanding cliffhanger at the end.

Seriously, watch it. You won't regret it.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEQP4VVuyrY

I was sold on John Turruto - but the rest of it looks great too. With Walken sprinkled on top!

Casting off...

 

[Tom]

It's superb, and John Tuturro starts as a bit part but later in the season becomes very important. His story is beautifully written and you'll be enormously sympathetic of him.

BTW I love John Tuturro in "The Night Of".

 

[caLLous]

BTW I love John Tuturro in "The Night Of".

I remember enjoying that, there was talk of a second season but nothing ever came of it.

Funnily enough I was watching the new TV adaptation of Presumed Innocent and Bill Camp (Detective Box in The Night Of) is in it. It's pretty good, the 2 shows are quite similar in premise - a girl gets murdered, loads of circumstantial evidence points to one person but he maintained his innocence throughout etc.

 

[Wij]

I remember enjoying that, there was talk of a second season but nothing ever came of it.

Funnily enough I was watching the new TV adaptation of Presumed Innocent and Bill Camp (Detective Box in The Night Of) is in it. It's pretty good, the 2 shows are quite similar in premise - a girl gets murdered, loads of circumstantial evidence points to one person but he maintained his innocence throughout etc.

Presumed Innocent was pretty good.

Constellation was ace though.

 

[Zarjazz]

Constellation was ace though.

You must be the only person who thought that because it bombed and has already been cancelled.

 

[Wij]

You must be the only person who thought that because it bombed and has already been cancelled.

Maybe. People are weird

 

[old.Osy]

Star trek Discovery.


Star trek it ain't, but it's entertaining enough. Better than anything Star Wars has done in years.

Hard disagree. Discovery is what forced diversity and lack of imagination is for the writers - if you can call them writers. Any problem or issue the characters are facing is automagically solved based on "had a feeling". Convoluted plots that lead nowhere in terms of overall impact to story lines, extremely predictable action paths.

Star Trek; Strange New Worlds and even Picard are miles ahead of this drivel.

 

[Ormorof]

What forced diversity did discovery have?

 

[DaGaffer]

Last season of Umbrella Academy

Spoiler

Starts off OK but the ending is crap and a bit of a downer. Not a great way to end what I thought was a fun series

 

[old.Osy]

What forced diversity did discovery have?

You're pulling our leg now, aren't you, you little troll

 

[Tom]

Hard disagree. Discovery is what forced diversity and lack of imagination is for the writers - if you can call them writers. Any problem or issue the characters are facing is automagically solved based on "had a feeling". Convoluted plots that lead nowhere in terms of overall impact to story lines, extremely predictable action paths.

Star Trek; Strange New Worlds and even Picard are miles ahead of this drivel.

It's the Michael Burnham show. The rest of the crew don't matter. We don't remember their names, we don't care where they come from, and therefore we don't care when something happens to them. Like that doctor, whose name I don't recall, who goes through something traumatic and I'm supposed to care but I don't because the show doesn't let us know a damn thing about him. The series finale is the same - lots of lovely shots of a wonderful crew, except nobody has a fucking clue who they are because the entire series is about one person.

Strange New Worlds is awesome. The musical episode is hilarious and brilliant.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylECsdgDWMQ&list=PLmqm8h_E1_2AxzhGSJ-vl4yXjNId6LU79

 

[Ormorof]

You're pulling our leg now, aren't you, you little troll

Not really I'm genuinely curious, Star Trek has been "woke" pretty much since it's inception so I don't really understand what the issue is

I quite enjoyed the first two seasons as an action romp but got a bit bored after that and stopped watching

 

[Scouse]

Not really I'm genuinely curious, Star Trek has been "woke" pretty much since it's inception so I don't really understand what the issue is

Star Trek was originally about equality. "Woke" isn't.

 

[Ormorof]

Star Trek was originally about equality. "Woke" isn't.

So what was an example of forced diversity in discovery?