Anyone watched The Alienist on Netflix? Read the description and it seems like my kinda show but wanna know if it’s any good first. Same with Godless.
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Watch the first two. Then make up your own ending. In mine he gets a job in Dominic Cummings new techno-fascist Civil Service and strikes up a petty feud with Jacob Raes Mogg over who can wear the silliest Victorian capes.
It's supposed to be fictional, mate.
Speaking of...ish... I've always found it really interesting how the basis for the aristocratic vampire mythos Dracula popularised was actually created 60 odd years earlier, as a friendly shade of Lord Byron, during the same syphilitic drunken writing competition that spawned Frankenstien!... I mean, that's one hell of a productive sesh, isn't it? Two of the most iconic and enduring creations of their genre, and indeed all media, were dreamt up by a couple of hammered 20 year olds on a getaway piss up, in a group so perpetually battered that 3 of the 4 people present were dead by their mid-30s!
Whereas I just tend to spend a lot of time in people's kitchens, talking about how weird it is that we always seem to end up in the kitchen. And there's probably not a novel in that. At least not a very good one.
Yeah, it's a great story in itself (which is why it's been made into films a number of times, I guess). Mary Shelley's own words regarding her nightmare are evocative enough, let alone her actual work.
Given the group's political opinions, I suppose it was inevitable that their stories would share a common theme: established authority - of all kinds - corrupts and infects the body...and body politic.
Also worth noting that Dracula was also apparently based on a nightmare Stoker had of a group of women attacking him, only for a suave older man to intervene and tell them “he’s mine”.... which, you know, can be interpreted in a lot of interesting ways... though actually, mainly just the one!
It also makes you wonder what they were all ingesting back then. Cos it seems like some really good shit!*
* probably just sewage tbf
It also makes you wonder what they were all ingesting back then. Cos it seems like some really good shit!*
* probably just sewage tbf
Funny how this gets a lot of praise. As a Finn myself I find the show cringeworthy, too Hollywoodish.
For the first time! How is that even possible?Aye absolutely brilliant series, must have watched it about 5 or 6 times
Just one of those things that’s somehow slipped the net. Almost glad it has, it’s been like finding a £20 note in a pocket of something I’ve not worn for ages!
Not seen the Alienist but Godless was brill.
I’ll check it out when I’m done, thanks.
Godless was excellent, didn't like the ending though.
Alienist was above average, decent cast, story and production value.
Still the same situation. Anyone know what's going on, please?
I don’t think it’s being properly released until Monday. Probably a holding page.
Thanks.
I haven't been continuously pressing a black page at all.
I haven't been continuously pressing a black page at all.
Started Designated Survivor; nice easy series to watch. Bit of a 24 vibe about it.
Sex Education season 2 starts on the 17th of January giving people enough time to watch the first Season. It’s really good.
Thought the first two episodes were excellent, the last part though was a pile of dug poo. Not sure what they were thinking there.
Liam Williams’ Ladhood is very good, as was his earlier series Please Like (only spelt a way the Caf won’t let me). He veers into Partridge territory regularly, but channeled into a more self conscious millennial.
So if that sounds good... watch that.
So if that sounds good... watch that.
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Can’t believe the lack of mentions this show gets. Great show, it meandered a bit in the second season but the last one was great. I suppose I can see people’s complaints if it strayed from the source comics too much, but having never read them and not being a comic reader, it was fine by me.
Also Legion was decent, it was a little hard to follow with the weirdness sometimes and is one of few shows that merit a second watch, but was always visually stunning.
Watching Medical Police. It's fun, has an Airplane vibe to the comedy but obviously not as good. Still an easy watch though.
Just finished Dracula. First 2 episodes were excellent (I'd go so far as to say the second was excellent), but the third was absolutely ridiculous even by Moffat standards. Really really bad.
Claes Bang was an interesting choice for Dracula and was excellent and Dolly Wells was superb as Van Helsing.
Claes Bang was an interesting choice for Dracula and was excellent and Dolly Wells was superb as Van Helsing.
If you like that kind of humour Angie Tribeca was quite fun, finished its four season run last year.
Season 2 of The Terror, started very well.
Anyone watch Messiah? Looks interesting. Though not sure if I should watch it.
Very underrated. Trying for years to get my friend to watch it because it's up his fecking ally, but he wont for some reason hah. Anyway yeah I love the show, last season was great and God was weirdly great in it.
Watchable but a bit plodding. If you’ve got nothing better to watch it’s probably worth a go.
When They See Us is really really good but a hard watch.
Agreed 1 and 2 both excellent, 3 was just a mess, but I still enjoyed it.
Bang was excellent , played the part well, with a good bit of dry humour in there, Dolly Wells was the star of the show for me.
Agreed.
I've never used the word 'romp' to describe a TV show, but I think I'm going to break my duck.
Romp.
I've just finished this too. Definitely feeling the Airplane/Police Squad sort of vibe. Really great fun to watch, very silly. I like Rob Huebel in anything he's in, which is usually only a couple of episodes of something. Good to see him in a lead role.
Only negative was Blake not having a bigger part.
I'm on episode 5 at the moment.
It's got the B-movie feel of a show from the USA Network like Burn Notice, The 4400 or Invasion.
An interesting overall premise, but cheesily executed and with too much focus on smaller characters and their personal dramas. If they stick to the main arc, I'm hoping it'll get better.
Although I'm an avowed atheist, I'm generally a sucker for religious mythology in TV/movies. It's effectively sci fi/fantasy, but with a lore that everyone knows about and where it's difficult to stray too far out of accepted confines (which is something I hate in comic book movies). So this should be right up my street. But unless it improves, it's a show I'll have completely forgotten I watched in 6 months' time.
The fan score on RT make me hopeful it's got a big ending.
The Outsider on HBO has started promisingly. I vaguely recall some trepidation amongst Stephen King fans maybe...?
But you have Mendelsohn, HBO, King, and Batemen in a serious role together. There's a lot to like there.
Edit: I also like this 2 episode premiere thing as a compromise between weekly and binge watching.
But you have Mendelsohn, HBO, King, and Batemen in a serious role together. There's a lot to like there.
Edit: I also like this 2 episode premiere thing as a compromise between weekly and binge watching.
Just started Sex Education. Worth watching so far. Series 2 drops any day.
There honestly wasn't all that much content in the book interesting enough to make a series out of imo.
i hadnt seen it for 7-8 years and forgot how nice seinfeld could be.
also, there's this little-known underground show called 30 rock which more people should know about, it is sometimes funny!!!
also, there's this little-known underground show called 30 rock which more people should know about, it is sometimes funny!!!
They've already covered about 60% of the book in the first two episodes, and apparently there's ten episodes. Considering the first half of the book is the only good half of the book, I'm pessimistic about the remaining eight, though the first two were good.
If you miss 30 Rock, I’d recommend “Great News” written by one of its staff writers with an extended cameo by Fey, with both seasons on Netflix.
Yeah it goes on a massive downward trajectory in the second half. And if they've covered that much in 2 episodes, what on earth have they got saved for the next 8? This book was a 6 part miniseries at most!
I sat down to watch one episode and after a brief pause to order a dominoes I may have watched every episode of season 2 in one sitting.
sooooo good.