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Ted Lasso and Succession both ending in the same week?!
lucky for me I am just starting out on this journey but its summer so could take a while. Only watched GOT a couple of months ago.
TDF Unchained is OK TBH - Two episodes in.
Never got into ted lasso as I thought it too slick and the characters were annoying, enjoyed bad sisters though.
Just watched “Inside man” on Netflix, very good. I’m not a David Tennant fan but very enjoyable.
Just watched Avatar 2, Over 3 hours with 2 hours of pretentious shite. Didn't notice it was that long before I started watching. I liked the first one but this one seemed to drag along for me.
I mistakenly watched the first episode of ‘Another Life’ the other day. Thought ‘decent looking sci-fi series, aliens, Katee Sackhoff, what can go wrong?’
totally agree, I was expecting something a lot better.
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We’ve just binged on The Night Agent, not particularly cerebral but enjoyable t.v, like an updated 24
I enjoyed The Night Agent and will be watching season 2 when it's out.
hmm, I was totally the opposite tbh. Wasn’t too fussed by the first but found 2 absolutely mesmerising (even though the plot was bollocks 😂). I guess if you’re watching it at home on a shit telly you’re not going to get the cinema blockbuster effect though!Just watched Avatar 2, Over 3 hours with 2 hours of pretentious shite. Didn’t notice it was that long before I started watching. I liked the first one but this one seemed to drag along for me.
This world can't tear me down.
Barry on NowTV is a great show
Id never heard of it until a review of season 4 popped up in the Guardian
IMHO, speaking as someone who doesn't follow either on TV, TDF series isn't as interesting as the F1 series
I guess if you’re watching it at home on a shit telly you’re not going to get the cinema blockbuster effect though!
I sin it in 3D, me. Best I can say is it was alright. The last 15-20 mins (mightve been 5) really really dragged. Even wiv fishes flying at me face.
'citin eh?!?!?
I accidentally got a Paramount+ sub free off Amazon (I meant to get the one the MTB racin is on. Duh) so is there anything good on there? Only got it for a week and I already watched Yellowjackets 🙁
TDF Unchained is OK TBH – Two episodes in.
just finished watching that . Got a bit emotional at times. (Mainly ep8). It’s an interesting look behind the scenes. One scene took me back to being a kid, watching my old man collapse , delirious and absolutely spent at the end of a road race after winning it.
so is there anything good on there?
Depends on your tastes, but Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is good fun. Discovery, less so.
Enjoyed Ventoux on Netflix the other night, if middle aged Belgian men on bikes is your thing.
Enjoyed Ventoux on Netflix the other night, if middle aged Belgian men on bikes is your thing.
(Dutch, not Belgian)
Having very much enjoyed the first one, Extraction 2 is released on Netflix Friday. Guns, explosions and G Shocks, what's not to like.
Nobody on Netflix
Total nonsense but great fun 😁
My thoughts also.
A lot of people seemingly hated it. But not every film has to be cerebral pretentious arthouse toss that you'll be dissecting for years. It was an enjoyable enough watch, Saul Goodman as a Poundland John Wick.
Has anyone mentioned Fubar yet? It's like if Arnie was the main character in Red, and Red was a TV series. Utter nonsense, but enjoyably so.
I ended up watching 'Kenny Begins' on netflix last night(well 3am) its in Swedish and subtitled. Not as intellectually stimulating as the type of thing you guys watch. I put it on and before you know it was 2/3 the way through.
Excuse - I love SiFi
Recommendation ? - No. It's not good.
only seen the first couple so far, but very enjoyable! I am a massive Arnie fan though. There’s also a mini docu-series called “Arnold”, found the first 2 eps really interesting (then it bogs down a bit in the politics).Has anyone mentioned Fubar yet?
I accidentally got a Paramount+ sub free off Amazon (I meant to get the one the MTB racin is on. Duh) so is there anything good on there? Only got it for a week and I already watched Yellowjackets 🙁
Sort of getting into Yellowstone without meaning to
I mistakenly watched the first episode of ‘Another Life’ the other day. Thought ‘decent looking sci-fi series, aliens, Katee Sackhoff, what can go wrong?’
How on earth did any of that crew get selected for the mission!?
Nobody on Netflix
Awesome - I hadn't realised it was on Netflix now – that's tonight's TV sorted.
Sort of getting into Yellowstone without meaning to
Nah, not for me. I never really liked Dallas or Dynasty 😀
Bit late to the party I expect, but really liking Narcos.
Watched the first Black Mirror "Joan is Awful" - thought it was brilliant. And would appeal to Cougar 😀
(first of the new Black Mirror that is)
don't know why but I've never watched Black Mirror, despite knowing it'd be right up my alley! We have started now though, and they are very good!! Like a less-twee version of the Twilight Zone (which was great in its day, tbf)
don’t know why but I’ve never watched Black Mirror,
Neither have I - the wife is out tonight so may make a start on it.
Black Mirror's are all the same after you've watched a couple. Here's some tech, watch how it's ****s up some-one's life.
I don't really think thats fair @nickc. They make some interesting points and are done quite differently. A bit like Inside Number 9, some are flippant and quite amusing (the comments on social media) and some are absolutely bleak (I'm thinking about the one with Maxine Peake in)
Some are better than others, but I don't think I've seen a bad one. Planning to watch Joan is Awful tonight
We've just finished Poker Face on Sky Atlantic. Its ace! An amiable bit of nonsense with an overall narrative but they're all self-contained one hour murder-solving things, so have a bit of a nod to to old style format like Columbo or Murder She Wrote. Its a bit silly and all good fun
nickc
Black Mirror’s are all the same after you’ve watched a couple
I knew someone would be too clever for them... Simple answer - watch something else. Though I can't imagine what would be anywhere near your intellectual level. 😆
Anyway... on the subject of enjoyable amiable nonsense, they've been filming series 5 of Brassic around here recently, which is due later this year. Which is an excuse to post this (very very sweary) genius rant by Steve Evets (the actor in the clip) 😂
https://twitter.com/Evetssteve4/status/1669357409356357632?s=20
I'm going with Nurse Ratched... It's about as AHS as you'd expect... I assume it's made by the same people.
It's curiously bizarre at times and sort of works. Needs more bloody violence though.
I’ve never seen Brassic but on the strength of that clip I’m now going to seek it out. That was great.
Watched the first Black Mirror “Joan is Awful” – thought it was brilliant. And would appeal to Cougar 😀
Oh? Interesting.
I've only seen a couple of Black Mirror myself. No particular reason, I like Brooker, it's just there's always been something else taking priority on my to-watch list. I thought Bandersnatch was very, very clever though and I'm of exactly the right age of geek to appreciate all the Easter eggs in it (including the title).
I’ve never seen Brassic but on the strength of that clip I’m now going to seek it out. That was great.
I’ve never seen Brassic either and on the strength of that clip I don't think I'll bother.
It'd be boring if we all had the same tastes though.
I'm not a big fan of Black Mirror myself but you should make time for "San Junipero" and" USS Callister" if nothing else.
I’m thinking about the one with Maxine Peake in
Yes, the B&W one? One of the better ones.
I knew someone would be too clever for them… Simple answer – watch something else.
Yeah, watched the first one, I think of the fifth series? (the virtual reality fighting game where the two fellas get it on) and sort of gave up after that, I've watched some (not all ) of the previous series, and you can see why they'd become a bit samey - this is true of every themed long-running TV series though from Star Trek onwards.
Oh? Interesting.
Yeah, it's the "your phone is always listening to you" type stuff you always enjoy 🙂
Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland, on iPlayer. Interviews with ordinary people whose lives were destroyed by the Troubles, interspersed with documentary footage about those events. Horrific but valuable viewing.
@RichPenny - it’s a superb documentary. There was an individual thread about it Once upon a time in Northern Ireland
I’ve just watched Joan is Awful and it’s absolutely bloody brilliant! As with Inside Number 9 I just don’t know how they keep coming up with such brilliant ideas
"The Change" on Channel 4 (Weds eve, or that catchy up thingy). Bloody funny. Another one of those Ch4 comedies people will catch up on and "discover" in a year or so I reckon (Hullraisers anyone?!)
Anyway, even has Paul Whitehouse doing some acting in it! I laughed I did.
Squid Games 2 teaser trailer is on YouTube
Not Netflix, but S2 of The Bear is out this week.