So far Wrexham season two is nowhere near as engaging. Episode 2 is skippable, and 3 is just okay.
Hopefully Ben Foster turns up soon.
So far Wrexham season two is nowhere near as engaging. Episode 2 is skippable, and 3 is just okay.
Hopefully Ben Foster turns up soon.
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Think I only ever made it midway through season 2 of Lost in the first place, and always wanted to go back and watch the whole thing, but it feels like that moment has long since gone. I also don't watch anywhere near enough tv to justify or sustain that commitment.
It was a rare example of a show that actually benefited from the weekly episodic release to build up the tension.
I've been watching Line of Duty and finished series 2 yesterday. It's very moreish, if a bit uneven, and I'm not sure I've cared much for either series finale and the John Hughes endings.
Sex Education has always been a bit out there, but series 3 does feel like it's trying a bit hard. Not enough sex yet either.
Only Murders in the Building is definitely running it's course, still enjoying it but this needs to be the end.
I presume it’s a kids show but Little Lunch on Netflix is amusing.
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Realised I'd only seen the first season of Top Boy so watched it again, and the second season this weekend. Its class, if quite contrived. Some solid acting though and the whole road man shtick is awesome and cringe. Some proper fucked scenes in it.
Just watched the final episode of Wheel of Time season 2.
It was cracking. I actually liked the first season but this season has been a massive step up in class.
Really excited for the next one.
I finally got around to watching season 3 of The Witcher, and oh boy is it trash. It's not like the first two were amazing, but they were still a decent watch. This one is amateur levels of writing at certain points.
Actual JordInc. on Big Brother.
Wait, what?
Not really, but pretty much.
Yeah, that was good. Outdoing GOT in some sense, I'd sayOriginally Posted by Sir Andy Mahowry
Which?
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Oh never mind he’s just turned up.
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Steve Coogan is great as the older Jimmy Savile, but his old face and voice is too distracting as the younger model. Also the wider programme is a bit crap.
Top Boy rinsed.
I'd watched the first season on Channel 4, then dropped off for some reason.
It definitely goes a bit more 'Hollywood' with the three Netflix seasons and loses a little bit of that realness, but its a fantastic story from start to finish. Phenomenal performances (although I found Dave as Modie a bit too cartoonish). Proper cliffhangers. Real investment.
Enters my top 10 series of all time, easily. Doesn't touch that top 5 but its so so good. Major downside to me is Series 5 felt rushed a bit.
S1 is quintessential C4.
Yeah one and two stand out a little more as they feel like 'home' kinda stories. Netflix 3 through 5 ratchet it up to UK Wire levels. It still hits but it goes madly OTT at points.
It is borderline partridge at points.
I hate the Netflix style generally but Top Boy held up quite well despite it. Still doesn't reach the heights of the Channel 4 series, though.
Give us your top 10 then, I'm intrigued.
It's one of the rare Netflix series that hasn't been ruined by crowbaring in a dump-truck full of identity politics. I mean, it was there, but it actually felt like it fit the storyline.
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I have a set top 5 of
Better Call Saul
Breaking Bad
Succession
The Shield
The Sopranos
Then Black Mirror (some of it), The Wire,, Inside Number 9, Top Boy, Mr Inbetween.
Still got season 2 of The Bear to watch.
Your top 3 is the same as mine. Mr. Inbetween is great as well although I don't think it can touch the top.
MindHunter and Chernobyl are disgraceful omissions from that list.
Love them both but I use rewatchability as a measure of success . And I ain't ever rewatching those two despite being superb bits of television. True Detective Season 1 also.
Quarry had the potential to be an all timer before it got cancelled after one season.
Big big fan of the Wes Anderson Roald Dahl efforts that have been dumped on Netflix. Would argue they are more TV than film due to short runtime.
I'd bring in Ozark and Mad Men into my top ten.
Fuck Wendy.
She brings Ozark down.
Yeah Ozark is a good shout. I also really loved the Americans and I reckon it's very rewatchable.
Binged Mad Men with the ex as its her favourite show. Excellent writing, acting, but just not my vibe. Never watched Ozark beyond the first episode.
The sheer amount of Nu Metal always catches me off guard during a Shield rewatch.
Let's have your top 10 then DS
Its a bit up the page mate.
What about your top 10 though?
In the flashback scenes where he has a fringe/long hair he looks like Rachel Reeves.
Anyone else watching Big Brother? So far it’s been surprisingly excellent.
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Seen two episodes (including the opener). Shite I think.
Yeah it's great. Farida will surely be the first gone.
Also lol at the mega producer meddling to keep Olivia in with that "task". I wouldn't last five minutes in a room with her.
She’s a favourite at work cos her name sounds like The Reader, which is a lads local pub where women aren’t wanted. Unfortunately she’s absolutely dreadful.
Shame Hallie will be in for a while because of #transrights or whatever but she’s the only other deplorable one, really, for reasons unrelated to her pronouns.
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'Women aren't wanted'
There was a ‘no women allowed’ sign up outside until at least 2017, if not later. Whether it was strictly adhered too, I couldn’t say.
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Hallie and Kerry are fucking tragic. Get them in the bin.
Bronze age of television.
Yeah Kerry elevated herself to insufferable levels yesterday, after previously being tolerable.
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Not a fan of the eviction announcements and stuff not being on the main show either.
Can you lot make a thread for this shite.
Actually, just use the wordle thread.
Same. Made my wife turn whatever shit morning TV the kids had accidentally put on when it was showing spoilers of the eviction announcements. Then I watched last nights episode recording and it wasn't even on there. I'm not committing to the dreaded Aftersun equivalent, no chance.
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Watched all of the Savile thing. Coogan gives a chilling performance and there was more of a point to it than I thought there'd be thanks to it being interspersed with interviews with four of his victims, but there's nothing new there and ultimately it does little more than serve as a reminder that this really shouldn't have happened.
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