1. season of Mayor of Kingstown was excellent but season 2 was a disappointment... OK-ish but not great...
Television Anyone recommend me any TV Shows?
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Really? I enjoyed all 3 seasons more or less as much.
Same! Its been fantastic and consistent across seasons.
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From the same writer who made The Good Place. I don't think it's quite as strong as The Good Place but still very good
Lionesses 2nd season is fantastic
Started watching Day of the Jackal and liking it so far. Hopefully it stays good.
Also curious about the new spy show The Agency with Magneto in the lead.
And then of course we also have that new spy show with Keira Knightly coming out.
We re kind of living in a great time for those with an interest in spy thrillers.
Also curious about the new spy show The Agency with Magneto in the lead.
And then of course we also have that new spy show with Keira Knightly coming out.
We re kind of living in a great time for those with an interest in spy thrillers.
Yep.
Penguin is absolutely incredible. Loved it.
Also finished the third season of From, but I was hoping that was going to be the end, can't be asked t wait for a fourth season, nothing has been explained either.
Also finished the third season of From, but I was hoping that was going to be the end, can't be asked t wait for a fourth season, nothing has been explained either.
Has anyone watched "Say Nothing" yet? The book comes highly recommended and has been sitting on my shelf for a good 10 months. Saw that they have made a mini-series on it and it's on Disney+. Now wondering whether I should finally get to the book or watch the show first.
Finished Disclaimer. It’s a slow burn but it has a great payoff at the end.
I thought it was great except for Sasha Baron Cohen. I just can't take him serious in a serious role. Especially as the husband of Cate fkin Blanchett.
A lot of people seemed to not like it though. If i had to guess bc some scenes are clearly designed to make people feel uncomfortable. That probably also means they didn't watch it til the end and made judgment ahead of time. Which is probably one of the big messages the show is trying to send in the first place. To not judge a book by its cover.
Binning Dune. It's a boring, grey, dull pile of wank.
I just re-watched the entire show (after reactivating my Netflix account). I think I got as far as the start of season 4 the first time, and holy feck does it fall off a cliff at that point. S4 might be the single worst season of tv I’ve ever actually watched all the way through. S5 is obviously pretty bad too, but it was clear by S4 that they’d totally run out of ideas - in everu episode we get a random team-up, a totally predictable double-cross, and someone demanding they be given Scylla.
Tsunami on Disney is insane. It’s a four part documentary on the 2004 disaster the killed over 225,000 people around the Indian Ocean. Survivors and footage is devastating to say the least.
I dont know why anyone isnt talking about Legend of Vox Machina. If you loved Arcane, you will love this. Created by Critical Role Productions and Amazon Prime, The Legend of Vox Machina follows the misfit band of mercenaries into various adventures. I am so happy that it has been renewed for season 4. Great story, animation, funny antics, brilliant writing, and perfect voice actors to go along with it.
It was excellent imo.
The book or the show?
The show.
The ending of the latest of episode of Day of the Jackal was fecking gripping.
Can't wait until it's all out gonna be a Christmas binge.
Usually I like to binge too but I'm loving the weekly wait for this. First TV show in ages where it's appointment viewing me.
Finale next week, can't wait.
It's downright chaotic. Parts of it play like Guy Ritchie on meth.
And IT IS a Christmas series.
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Will give it a go. It's on my watch-list.
I am actually embarrassed how little I know about that conflict. From the reviews of the book it seems like it does provide a good view of it. Looking to finish both the book and the show before the turn of the year.
Well. It gives a particular view of the Troubles (such a pathetic word to describe what happened).
Will give it a go. It's on my watch-list.
I am actually embarrassed how little I know about that conflict. From the reviews of the book it seems like it does provide a good view of it. Looking to finish both the book and the show before the turn of the year.
Some have criticised it for giving the main protagonists an easy ride. However, no story can tell you every side of such a complex story and I personally felt that the moral ambiguity actually helped explain the context of events (without excusing murder in any way). My wife, who is from NI and had her father and Uncle murdered by Protestant Paramilitaries in the 70's, also agrees despite her having zero tolerance for murderous terrorists on either side of the conflict. So I'm happy to go with her feeling on this.
Personally I'd be getting a bit more background for context before watching it, as I think you will get more out of it if you do.
There are few really exceptional documentaries around. These 2 are probably the best that I've seen that give the sort of context and background that would make watching Say Nothing much better.
Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland: A 5 part series about how the conflict affected everyday life
Spotlight on the Troubles: A Secret History: A really good series covering the history and key events/underlying causes of the conflict.
There are lots of films but Bloody Sunday (2012) is the one (as a Brit) that affected me the most.
We (the British) have a great deal to answer for but evil acts were committed on all sides. It all happened to most everyday normal people (and I include British soldiers in this, most of who were just shit scared squaddies doing what they were told) but true evil was also committed (and planned) by many, British military and politicians and, Protestant and Catholic paramilitaries included. And as we see currently in Israel/Palestine, once things get rolling stopping them is often almost impossible, and things tend to get worse and worse for a long time before they get better.
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It's such a silly show and the main female character is terrible (both the character and actress) but it's a lot of fun.
Yeah it’s been a very watchable series considering I really liked the films and went in with low expectations.
"The Troubles" does sound like the name of a bad 80's or 90's American sitcom about a bad marriage.
Thanks for the recommendations, buddy. I will try to check them out before I get on to the book and series.
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Started The Day of the Jackal tonight - am really enjoying it so far.
Caught a Day of the Jackal scene that sampled Spanish Sahara. I'm all in now.
A good final scene in the last Jackal episode.
I watched the first 5 episodes of Day of the Jackal last night and whilst I am enjoying it, it looks like the only thing they took from the brilliant book is the title and that there's a sniper. I'm still quite taken aback that they even bothered using the name.
Started the Agency.. hasn't grabbed me by episode 2 so think I'll drop it and give the jackal a go
Okay, the OG Swedish Thin Blue Line I've been recommending has a really bad ending so be warned.
I think I was pulling my hair in disbelief of how they ruined such a nice series with the lousiest closure ever. I was pleading my wife to tell me it was a dream sequence and it would switch back soon to the actual story.
I think I was pulling my hair in disbelief of how they ruined such a nice series with the lousiest closure ever. I was pleading my wife to tell me it was a dream sequence and it would switch back soon to the actual story.
Just finished it today - absolutely fantastic series (as was the first!)
Can’t recommend it enough!
Started Gangs of London. It's quite good. Wasn't expecting this much ultra-violence, it's entertaining though. The sniper bullet erasing a man's head was funny.
A sniper, specifically a paid assassin with a mysterious identity. That is quite a bit the same and the entire plot of the film or book could easily have been completed in 2 short episodes, so they are bound to have expanded on the theme.
To a point, not sure I care for the "can he maintain a normal family life" plotline. And the stuff about about the agent's personality and her family life almost feels like a copy and lift from Killing Eve.
It is good so far though (5 EPs in), and I plan to finish it.
Quite the final episode of the Lioness.
Tried watching Somebody Somewhere tonight, because we love the main actress. It got a banging write up in the Guardian.
We gave it two episodes. It takes place in Kansas, but this is a Kansas populated almost entirely by people deemed too weird looking for a David Lynch movie. In this alt universe Kansas there are no redneck yokel farmboys, just everyone super chill with trans people and the deacons of the local church being gay.
It was trying so hard to fly the flag for everyone who has been silenced, but at the expense of believability. The main actress/ show creator is great but I just don’t give a fiddler’s fart about her buddies, none of whom are professional actors.
Had this been a single 2-hour movie, I’d have been interested to see it through. But they just wrapped season 3 and I don’t have28 19 (7 +7 +7 -2) more evenings to spend with this bunch. Out!
We gave it two episodes. It takes place in Kansas, but this is a Kansas populated almost entirely by people deemed too weird looking for a David Lynch movie. In this alt universe Kansas there are no redneck yokel farmboys, just everyone super chill with trans people and the deacons of the local church being gay.
It was trying so hard to fly the flag for everyone who has been silenced, but at the expense of believability. The main actress/ show creator is great but I just don’t give a fiddler’s fart about her buddies, none of whom are professional actors.
Had this been a single 2-hour movie, I’d have been interested to see it through. But they just wrapped season 3 and I don’t have
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