Yeah The Chin was the other sister, but Applegate was funnier I thought.
Television Anyone recommend me any TV Shows?
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Christina's long been a fine comic actress.
Jesus, the level of cringe in that is off the scale. Am I too cynical in thinking that trailer is designed to have Youtube flooded with outraged anti sjw types( Is there an accepted phrase for that group?) eh(a non-abusive one?)
"Won't be perfect until it fits a woman" "not going to let a man take credit for a woman's' work" Insert Mad Max "That's bait" gif.
It gets them the outrage and the defence force, both of which will endlessly talk about it online. Win/Win and they don't give a feck about the actual politics. Although when it looks that bad and that cringey I'm not sure you want people talking about it.
I've watched the first few episodes of Black Summer. It seems ok so far, which seems to be about as good as zombie TV shows get. Although I'm overly annoyed that the black guy stole the military uniform from a man that's clearly a fair bit taller than him and yet the uniform fits him perfectly. I don't know why this annoys me but it does.
I’m a picky bastard when it comes to most TV shows/Series but I’ve really been enjoying designated survivor on Netflix. It’s kept me watching thus far.
I’ve just started watching it and it’s excellent so far. I like that they play it fairly straight (including how it looks - a lot of the shots could be Game of Thrones with different lighting) unlike the intermittently excellent Plebs. I needed something good today so thanks, Norwegians.
Peep Show is getting a US remake with female leads...
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-48423181
It'll be shit.
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-48423181
It'll be shit.
Swamp thing looks interesting with James Wan as the producer
Is American Gods any good? The premise seems really interesting
The Society on Netflix is a modern take on Lord of flies. It's within the young adult genre but while there's a lot of annoying teenage drama it's actually pretty relevant to the story.
Season 1 was fantastic, it was created by the guys behind Hannibal. They left the show due to budget constraints and creative differences and the show has gotten really bad reviews in season 2. I didn’t even bother watching after I heard that Bryan Fuller had left the show
Shame to hear that. The source material is a great read.
EDIT: as is most stuff done by Neil Gaimann
You think?
I found the book incredibly slow and self indulgent. A real slog to get through.
So in that sense the first season of the show was a faithful adaptation.
Worth a watch on iPlayer, features some truly amazing people from North West Ambulance Service.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b09393rd/ambulance
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b09393rd/ambulance
I'll be real, the film terrified me as a kid. I'd leave the room if it was on. But holy feck the tv show has nailed it, looks visually stunning.
It does in deed look good. Im the same as you, as a kid I couldnt watch it for very long
. Maybe Ill have another go now Im a big boy.feck yes.
Is this available in the UK? I’m partway though a podcast called Cold on it now.
Don't like the over actiony look and the exposition is very broad in the trailer, hopefully the show itself is dialled down. I'll watch it for the puppetry regardless.
If you search "The Disappearance of Susan Cox Powell oxygen" it's on youtube (2h.50m).
Thanks
The first episode of Swamp Thing is getting some very good reviews. Haven’t watched it yet but the DC streaming is doing very well if you ask me. Titans was very good, Young Justice outsiders showed a lot of promise, DP was different but good and now the Swamp Thing looks promising too
There’s just way too much content to keep up. Catch 22 sounds interesting, Good Omens is getting great reviews, Swamp Thing has a lot of promise, The Handmaid’s Tale season 3 is almost here, then there’s Chernobyl, Warrior, Killing Eve, What We Do In The Shadows, The Act and then the lesser known shows like Ramy and State Of The Union
There’s just way too much content to keep up. Catch 22 sounds interesting, Good Omens is getting great reviews, Swamp Thing has a lot of promise, The Handmaid’s Tale season 3 is almost here, then there’s Chernobyl, Warrior, Killing Eve, What We Do In The Shadows, The Act and then the lesser known shows like Ramy and State Of The Union
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Anybody else watching good omens, based on the Terry Pratchett and Neil gaimen novel? Starring David tennent, I'm on episode two and loving it, if you are a fan if the book deffinatley worth a watch
I will. First need to finish the last two episodes of American Gods.
Just now I'm watching all kinds of eye candy / nature porn (earth: one amazing day 4k/HDR on amazon) on my new oled tv, it's fecking glorious.
I'm not jealous at all....... Bastard
I see that the pilot of Swamp Things is getting rave reviews.
Oh you have reason to be!I'm not jealous at all....... Bastard
feck yes.
About time.
I've just watched the first episode of Years and years... haven't seen anything that shit in a while.
The Times review pretty much nailed it (minor spoiler ahead)
The Times review pretty much nailed it (minor spoiler ahead)
I thought it was pretty enjoyable if a little messy, mostly just due to the inevitable consequence of trying to fit a heavily descriptive book not formatted like a TV show, into a TV show. And letting the person who wrote that book do it, rather than someone who makes TV shows. So you end up with a lot of weird pacing issues, like very brief scenes split up and spread over an hour, or repeated tacked on voice overs, or at one point for some reason - a 30 minute cold open! This is most evident right at the end when the perfectly acceptable for a book, but almost always trunkated for the screen epilogue section, goes on for another 40 minutes after the plot has essentially ended and feels really leaden in the visual format.
All that said though, I did feel it avoided a lot of my adaptation issues with American Gods - where it seemed like long stretches were dedicated to characters explaining their backstories and the world around them at length. Like, you know, in a book. This zipped a long a lot better.
It’s also shot beautifully, and most importantly, carried along by two genuinely fun and engrossing performances from Tennant and Sheen. I’d happily watch them bicker lovingly for hours. And...well, have.
I read somewhere that it would have been really good if it had a few more episodes to tell the story. Don't know why shows with great potential are being ruined by limiting the number of episodes
feck yes.
I love the fact that they're telling us it's just going to be 3 seasons. No needless milking of a great show.
I'm going to need to rewatch the first season or a good recap of it.
Excellent summary, and agree 100%, sheen and tennent were excellent. (Tennent always is)
See, I actually think this was about the right length and possibly could’ve dragged if extended further. For something super dense like Game of Thrones or the upcoming Phillip Pullman, absolutely, but with this (and a few Gaimans tbf, where extraneous flowery world building and fun dialogue is a lot of the focus) I’m not sure it’s particularly suited to long adaptations, because what you can fill pages and pages of in books, in TV or film has to done with voice overs, or flashbacks, or in American Gods case - characters standing around and ominously explaining everything in exposition! It drags if it holds up the plot, and the plot of Good Omens, for all its epic stakes, isn’t actually very cinematic. It’s quite thin. For a TV show, at least. You could probably fit the bare bones of it into one or two eps. Plus, like a lot of fantasy books, it’s about a bunch of people making their way somewhere, and then when they get there, they just kinda mostly stand around and talk it out. Because, books.*
Sure you could fill another couple of episodes with Anathema worrying about her agency and her relationship with Newt, or the internal politics of heaven and hell, but the viewer would be constantly wondering why the plot wasn’t moving forward. Though in fairness almost all the supporting characters do feel very thin, but whether that’s cos they aren’t given enough time, or the time they are isn’t used well, or simply because everyone naturally pales a bit when compared to Sheen and Tennant, I don’t know?
* this is also partly why the new Harry Potter films are absolute garbage, because they’re written by Rowling, who doesn’t know how to pace a film, and whose writing them like a book, rather than like a film, so they all end with.... everyone standing around explaining everything to each other.
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Is Power on Netflix any good? I’m tempted to give that a watch
After years of never quite getting around to watching it, I've just found all of The Shield on All 4. Rejoice! Hopefully it's as good as everyone says and I get to binge it over the coming weeks.
Just finished Fleabag and thought it was really great.
Any recommendations for something of the same ilk? Kind of a half-comedy, half-drama. Reminded me a bit of Ricky Gervais' 'After Life', except a lot better.
Any recommendations for something of the same ilk? Kind of a half-comedy, half-drama. Reminded me a bit of Ricky Gervais' 'After Life', except a lot better.
Great show