Do we live in a golden age of television?

[Manc]

Anyone watched Atlanta?

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

Has nobody mentioned season 2 of Dark came out??

I'll be all over that.

[SvN]

We're a couple of episodes in, but really struggled to remember what happened last season. I'd advise everyone to rewatch it unless you watched it really recently.

[Spikey M]

Series 3 of Stranger Things is out on Thursday.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Finally got round to watching DC's Titans.

It's up there with Flash and Arrow as the best DC series.

[Alex]

We're a couple of episodes in, but really struggled to remember what happened last season. I'd advise everyone to rewatch it unless you watched it really recently.

Yeah, I'm having the exact same problem with it.

[Ian]

Finally got round to watching DC's Titans.

It's up there with Flash and Arrow as the best DC series.

I've given up on all of those now. Not because I went "Fuck this!" but because Sky stopped recording them at some point and when I went to start catching up I realised I'd lost interest in the circular character arcs.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Stranger Things Season 3 is damn good. I thought it was better than the second but not quite as good as the first, however, the final two episodes are two of the best episodes the show has done.

I wasn't keen on Dustin not being part of 'THE GANG' for the vast majority although he, Steve, Robin and Erica did make a damn good team and Mike turned full prick for me. Oh and the duet from Dustin and Suzie was fucking banging.

Props on the Alexei/Murray relationship which was cracking albeit far too short.

Also, I don't believe Hopper is dead at all and the post-credits scene pretty much confirmed that for me as I don't see who else 'The American' could be.

[John]

I was close to binning it after the first two episodes were at least three quarters bad knockabout comedy and thirteen year olds angsting about their relationships but it picked up dramatically in the third so I'll see it through, assuming it doesn't go back to that early horseshit.

[Spikey M]

I felt similar to John. I've 2 episodes left, which I'll knock out tonight, and it has picked up. I'm not a fan of the tartification of Hopper, mind

[mugbull]

In an effort to post more about things I like than about things I dislike: Just started Dark. I’ve read that people compare it to Stranger Things (which it is way better than) and Twin Peaks (which it is a bit less avant-garde than) but the fact it’s in German makes it occupy an entirely different space in my opinion gauntlet than either of those two. Really like it so far

[Magic]

Does Its Always Sunny ever get shit?

[Boydy]

Does Its Always Sunny ever get shit?

No.

[Spikey M]

Just finished Stranger Things 3.

I'm conflicted. I mean, it was good, but it was also comfortably the worst series. Anyway.

I really enjoyed the intentional cliche's. The Evil Russians, and even a fucking hall of mirrors scene. Very well done.

The sing along over the radio was brilliant. Legitimate lolling.

I think my main issue with the series has been the lack of suspense. There was simply too much monster time on screen, it fails to pay off after a while. The first season
in particular was great, because the menace was unknown, now it's akin to a race in Fast and Furious 27. Over kill.

Also, how did the 'monster' go from being able to locate them on a whim, chucking limbs about and grabbing at El, to being undone by a fucking slingshot and a balloon? Lazy.

[Spikey M]

Stranger Things Season 3 is damn good. I thought it was better than the second but not quite as good as the first, however, the final two episodes are two of the best episodes the show has done.

I wasn't keen on Dustin not being part of 'THE GANG' for the vast majority although he, Steve, Robin and Erica did make a damn good team and Mike turned full prick for me. Oh and the duet from Dustin and Suzie was fucking banging.

Props on the Alexei/Murray relationship which was cracking albeit far too short.

Also, I don't believe Hopper is dead at all and the post-credits scene pretty much confirmed that for me as I don't see who else 'The American' could be.

Could 'the American' not be Murray?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Could 'the American' not be Murray?

That's the only other one that it could potentially be.

But I'm sure that the Russian thug only ever called Hopper 'The American' so assume it was hinting at that.

My theory is that he jumped through 'the door' to the Upside Down to save himself, the Russians successfully built a door in the Mother Land and found him.

Long stretch but a major character 'dying' off screen is never actually dead.

[The Merse]

Agree with Spikey M on each of the points raised there, albeit I wouldn’t say it’s the ‘worst’, I think it’s on par with S2 which had its flaws too in comparison with S1, and both still stand up as great TV, which only pales a little now due to just how high the bar has been set of late.

@mahow, I’m totally with you on that. For the very same trope you cite at the end.

[The Merse]

Also. Glad to learn today that Drake x Netflix is yielding a 13 part Top Boy series 3. :drool:

Kano and Asher D back on our screens is all kinds of excellent.

[mo]

Season two of Daredevil really dragged - didn't enjoy it at all, but persevered, and opted to watch season three as I'm a bit of a completist. The difference is huge - there seems to be so much more at stake with the direct threat to Daredevil/Murdock, Fisk out of prison and manipulating the FBI that it's much more gripping. Flying through this series in comparison.

[randomlegend]

Season 3 is properly brilliant. One of my favourite series' of anything.

[Boydy]

Started watching Taskmaster recently. Really enjoyed the first series but not enjoying the second one as much due to the people on it. I find Richard Osman annoying and Doc Brown is just boring. It's still decent though.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

5, 7, 4, 1, 3, 2, 6.

5 and 7 for me are far ahead of the others with 6 being incredibly far behind the rest. The others can easily be swapped about.

I've not ranked 8 as it hasn't finished yet but it's going to be in that middle pack.

[Magic]

Have you just rated a comedy show on Dave in order of season? :harold:

[Disco]

Whichever one had Bob Mortimer in is automatically the best and is unlikely to be beaten.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Whichever one had Bob Mortimer in is automatically the best and is unlikely to be beaten.

Five. Which also had Sally, Nish and Mark who all could have been the best contestant on the show had it not been for Bob.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Started watching Dark Tourist and it's pretty good.

Drew me in as I noticed that they went to Famagusta (where my Dad was born) in one episode which I've just seen.

I've been 10 years ago so it was pretty surreal but he doesn't do the best job of explaining it all. The 'ghost city' is just a section (albeit fairly sizeable) of the actual city.

The episode on Japan is probably my favourite thus far but I also like the small bit he did on Gurbanguly/Turkmenistan.

[Smjffy]

18th Anniversary of The Office today and Ricky Gervais liked my tweet.

:cool: Made it.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

He'll like anyone's tweet that praises any of his work.

[Smjffy]

Shh. I'm having this moment.

My only other was from Greggs.

[SincereTheRebel]

Power is shit.

[Kikó]

Started watching Dark Tourist and it's pretty good.

Drew me in as I noticed that they went to Famagusta (where my Dad was born) in one episode which I've just seen.

I've been 10 years ago so it was pretty surreal but he doesn't do the best job of explaining it all. The 'ghost city' is just a section (albeit fairly sizeable) of the actual city.

The episode on Japan is probably my favourite thus far but I also like the small bit he did on Gurbanguly/Turkmenistan.

I enjoyed it but the guys voice is fucking annoying.

I want to watch the last one at the torture house in the US at some point. The geiger counter stuff was apparently massively overhyped (According to bloke on reddit)

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I enjoyed it but the guys voice is fucking annoying.

I want to watch the last one at the torture house in the US at some point. The geiger counter stuff was apparently massively overhyped (According to bloke on reddit)

The woman (Vitamin D is good for radiation!) was fucking annoying in the Japan episode who was constantly on the Geiger counter. They made a huge deal about the driver saying 0.2 was dangerous but always failed to mention that he said that in regards to living there.

[-james-]

Taskmaster:

David Baddiel
Ed Gamble
Jo Brand
Rose Matafeo
Katy Wix

That'll be rubbish, I reckon.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Jo Brand will be horrific.

The rest could work though.

[-james-]

I think Jo Brand will be alright, actually. I can't abide Rose Matafeo and I don't think David Baddiel will be great either. No idea who Katy Wix is.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I've only ever seen Wix on WILTY.

Matafeo's biggest problem is her accent.

[randomlegend]

I've never seen nor heard of Katy Wix or Rose Mustafeo.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Rose was on an episode of Hypothetical and she's James Acaster's ex.

[randomlegend]

What a glowing CV.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

She also does stand up festivals and is on Jon Richardson's Ultimate Warrior according to Wiki.

[randomlegend]

Ah, well, you should have said.

[Browning]

Jon Richardson would make a shit Ultimate Warrior.

[Disco]

About the same amount of wrestling ability though.

[Boydy]

https://www.buzzfeed.com/amphtml/caseyrackham/cheddar-brooklyn-nine-nine-died

The dog who played Cheddar in Brooklyn Nine-Nine died.

:(

[SincereTheRebel]

Is *Dark* good and worth the time?

[mugbull]

Yeah but it’s crazy

[igor_balis]

I saw rose matafeos show at Edinburgh last year and it was very good. Not sure it deserved the prize but I'm looking forward to seeing her on TM, I think she'll be good.

[Mazuuurk]

Saw the latest Stranger Things. It started out way too goofy I think, and they made a mockery of Hopper for very much of it. Also he looks well shit, like he's probably on the sauce IRL or something. But then in the last 4 episodes it picked up a lot.

The series is what it is, I know, but the one thing that annoys me the most with it is still that you get absolutely no explanation of what the hell the Upside Down actually is.

[Spikey M]

It's just another dimension, no?

[Mazuuurk]

I guess, but what is the ´purpose´ of it, and why does it have buildings from the real world but is full of monsters who dont seem like they would have built them, etc? I know this is asking kinda stupid questions but it still bugs me that noone ever at least has a theory or any of the lore is remotely explained. But I guess the clue is in the title :sorry:

[Spikey M]

If you wanted to scratch that deep I imagine they'll just go with either:

A) it's the world of the future, humans have been killed off.

B) it's one of an endless number of worlds that splintered off from our world when X event happened.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

It's like an evil mirrored dimension.

Perhaps we'll learn more about its true nature in the next season though.

[Disco]

I watched them a few weeks ago but I very much enjoyed The Expanse. The third series goes a bit mad (no self respecting captain drives his huge ship into a completely unknown space doohickey for instance) and I was never able to take the terrifying leader of the belter separatists seriously because they called him Fred Johnson, a name to strike fear across the solar system.

Other than that, very good.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I think I might like Doom Patrol more than Titans.

Tudyk as the main antagonist is great as is Diane Guerrero as Crazy Jane.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Late but I've done the first five episodes of Killing Eve the last few days. It really is brilliant, so original and well written. Just when you think it's taken a wrong/weird turn it bites back every time.

[John]

The first season of that was written by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, of Fleabag fame. She must be one of the best writers working at the moment.

[Lewis]

Let's wait to see whether she turns James Bond gay first.

[Jimmy Floyd]

She won't turn him gay, but she might turn him into a useless twat, as most of the men in her (very good) writing are.

[Lewis]

The priest in Fleabag was a cunt and nobody seemed to realise it, so that was something.

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

Am I the only one who thought season 3 of Stranger Things was a bit crap then? Very disappointed.

I did lol at Mahow saying 2 of the episodes were the best they've ever done, I could barely give a shit by the end.

Season 2 dipped but was still good, this has completely lost the magic of season 1 though.

[Yevrah]

Two episodes left of Stranger Things 3 and it's staggering how derivative of itself it is.

[The Merse]

Five episodes into The Boys and as well realised as I could have ever hoped. The news that Sandman has been snapped up by Netflix is also grand news. Along with Preacher, it’s the kind of fare that suits the long format.

[Yevrah]

That's Stranger Things 3 done.

It was good, perhaps even very good compared to most tv, but it's probably the most rehashed thing from a previous series of the same show I've ever seen. I was going to call it a lazy rehash, but that would be unfair as there's clearly a shit load of effort been put into it, it's structure is just unbelievably similar to season 2.

[Ian]

Five episodes into The Boys and as well realised as I could have ever hoped. The news that Sandman has been snapped up by Netflix is also grand news. Along with Preacher, it’s the kind of fare that suits the long format.

I've not started this yet because I wanted to get Good Omens out of the way but I didn't realise it was happening until last Tuesday or something.

Weirdly despite it having a cast I liked and having enjoyed the comics I couldn't get into the Preacher TV series so hopefully I'll get on better with The Boys.

[Mazuuurk]

That's Stranger Things 3 done.

It was good, perhaps even very good compared to most tv, but it's probably the most rehashed thing from a previous series of the same show I've ever seen. I was going to call it a lazy rehash, but that would be unfair as there's clearly a shit load of effort been put into it, it's structure is just unbelievably similar to season 2.


That's sort of the point I think. It just seems like one of those Netflix shows that's half made by directors, half made to satisfy what their data says a show should contain. And very much feels like a "if it ain't broken don't fix it" thing.

[SvN]

I enjoyed it. It wasn't as good as season 1, but I preferred it to season 2.

It does feel very formulaic now though.

[Giggles]

The first episode of Brooklyn Nine Nine is on and it's strange seeing it back in comparison to later episodes. I also never copped that all the shots in the titles came from this episode too.

[mo]

The first episode of Brooklyn Nine Nine is on and it's strange seeing it back in comparison to later episodes. I also never copped that all the shots in the titles came from this episode too.

Does that include the new credits with Scully and Hitchcock?

[Lewis]

I got round to watching 8 Days: To The Moon And Back on iPlayer and it's really well done.

[John]

The new season of The Terror starts tonight, but the first episode was put out online and early reviews are very good.

[Alex]

Nice. I forgot about that. Sucession is back today too, I think.

I've started a rewatch of The Sopranos. I forgot how perfect the opening credits are. I mean, the whole show is pretty much perfect. But that aspect of it had escaped me completely.

[Lewis]

I'm mid-way through a slow re-watch at the minute, and I've changed my 'irredeemable cunts' opinion a bit now I know how everyone develops/ends up and can notice the subtle character changes (catastrophic weight gain) better. I've also got a new entry (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MayN0Z4B2Fg) for most under-viewed YouTube video (especially since half of those are me).

[John]

Nice. I forgot about that. Sucession is back today too, I think.

I've started a rewatch of The Sopranos. I forgot how perfect the opening credits are. I mean, the whole show is pretty much perfect. But that aspect of it had escaped me completely.

David Chase fought like fuck against having any sort of consistent opening sequence at all, apparently. He wanted to open every episode with a different song and a quick flash of the title onscreen. Putting a different song over the end credits was the compromise.

[Spikey M]

Season 2 of Mindhunter is great.

[Baz]

Finally finished off season 3 of The Handmaid’s Tale.

It was a slog.

[Manc]

Season 2 of Mindhunter is great.

Looking forward to this.

[Mike]

Same, finishing off Orange is the new black then Mindhunter Season 2 is up next. Loved the first season.

[Mazuuurk]

Rewatching Fringe, which is an old all-time favourite. For what it is, it's still aged decently I think.

Of course it's one of those shows where you shouldn't look for an ounce of logic, but the premise is "Science!" so you kind of do anyway and it sort of annoys you at time. But still, it's still an amazing show to me (though not sure I'm so on board with the last season, or every was, at least how that was executed).

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Really shit the bed after the first season though.

[Mazuuurk]

How do you mean?

[Baz]

It’s pretty good all the way to the last season, and then it’s diabolically bad.

[Mazuuurk]

Yeah you can really tell that they weren't sure whether that season was going to get made. They should have just squeezed in one or two more episodes in the fourth season to conclude the whole Observer storyline as well.

[Mazuuurk]

Yeah you can really tell that they weren't sure whether that season was going to get made. They should have just squeezed in one or two more episodes in the fourth season to conclude the whole Observer storyline as well.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

How do you mean?

The first season and the majority of the second were seriously good (potentially top tier stuff) and then it went to shit.

Although it seems that 3 was also really highly rated by people on the interwebs so maybe i should watch it again.

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

Still got plenty to catch up on in the form of Dark, Mindhunter and The Vietnam War.

If you haven't already, watch The Day Mountbatten Died.

[John]

I fully Yevraged on the old board about Fringe towards the end of season three and into four. It went right to shit.

[SvN]

Just finished season two of Mindhunter. Absolutely outstanding stuff, much better than season one for me.

[Spikey M]

I've got 2 episodes left which will be finished tonight.

[Mazuuurk]

The first season and the majority of the second were seriously good (potentially top tier stuff) and then it went to shit.

Although it seems that 3 was also really highly rated by people on the interwebs so maybe i should watch it again.

Ah right, I thought you meant shit the bed as in it was scary and I was like wtf :D


I fully Yevraged on the old board about Fringe towards the end of season three and into four. It went right to shit.

I never loved the "alternates" section other than that they had funny names for them (and only John Noble, perhaps unsurprisingly, manages to pull the different characters off in a meaningful way). It all gets a little silly at times, and they faff around with timelines too much. It gets better again when they close the "bridge" I seem to recall.

Still, I always thought it sort of held up overall until the end of the 4th season, which should have just been the end. The 5th one is a bit of a joke IMO, even if I thought the last episode was quite emotional still.

[phonics]

As soon as they transported to that alternate dimension it went from one of the best shows on tv to the literal worst.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

https://youtu.be/lZKqMVPlDg8

Hello.

[phonics]

I hope it can live up to the rest of Aaron Paul's movie career.

[Yevrah]

Why in God's name are they doing that?

[phonics]

Money

[Yevrah]

If that's the sole reason then they might as well put Cranston back in it and make it actually good.

[Max Power]

I thought Better Call Saul was gonna be a money grabbing spin off and it’s better than Breaking Bad so I’ll give it a shot.

[Baz]

I thought Better Call Saul was gonna be a money grabbing spin off and it’s better than Breaking Bad so I’ll give it a shot.
Same.

[Mike]

Another vote for thinking Better Call Saul is better than the amazing Breaking Bad.

I’m just putting on season two of Mindhunter. So hyped!

[Yevrah]

Better Call Saul was good to a point, but most of the stuff with his brother was tedious beyond belief.

[SvN]

Well, you're completely wrong.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I think I stopped at the end of season 3.

I felt that there was too much Chuck and not even Mike.

[Yevrah]

Well, you're completely wrong.

A man that can't be near a mobile? Absolute shit.

[mo]

Just finished the new season of Archer. Like, I’m glad it’s back, but nine twenty minute episodes was underwhelming. Plus the ending.

[randomlegend]

I haven't watched Archer for a while, I gave up on it I would guess a couple of seasons ago now as the level had gone off a cliff. Has it picked up again?

New season of Mindhunter has started just as well as the last one. Best thing I've seen recently is still Daredevil season 3 though, which was such a surprise as S2 was MEH.

[randomlegend]

A man that can't be near a mobile? Absolute shit.

Well, he thinks he can't be near a mobile. There's plenty of mad people like that about.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Just finished the new season of Archer. Like, I’m glad it’s back, but nine twenty minute episodes was underwhelming. Plus the ending.

The 1999 one? I just about made it through the first episode before binning the season off.

Vice and the last 3 seasons have been horeshit.

[John]

I watched a bit of something called Manifest last night, on the recommendation of someone I'll no longer trust on such things. Fuck me it's bad, but it's more than that. The premise is that a plane takes off, the passengers experience some turbulence, and then the plane lands only five years have passed for the rest of the world and they've all been presumed dead. That's a decent enough hook for a show, you can imagine the short pitch for it being 'what if the Lost plane came back'. Then it got moving, and the present day stuff leads into flashbacks of people on the plane, which lead into flashbacks of what they were up to in the airport, and so on, with each flashback denoted by plenty of lense flare and a familiar whooshing sound. There's even a mysterious force at work which seems to have chosen people from the flight it thinks are in some way special

I did some quick Googling - while a man followed his little boy into the guts of an abandoned train station and found someone the man had met earlier that day who immediately challenged the little boy to a game of chess - to find out how the definitely extant lawsuit was getting on, and it turns out the 'creator' is getting away with spouting some Trump level horseshit. A quote from last year has him coming up with the idea 'on a family holiday a decade ago', so 2008, but that his little story about a lost plane didn't seem relatable enough until MH370 went missing. As far as I'm aware he's somehow yet to be punched to the ground and told that Lost was the biggest show on TV in 2008. The only reason I can think of that they're not being sued into the ground is that the people who made Lost see it as making their show look less stupid in retrospect, at which it's doing a great job.

I think I got through about six episodes of it, propelled through by pure fascination that something this derivative and this stupid existed, but I gave up when someone who's been confidently listening to and obeying the voices she's been hearing over the month since they landed suddenly started asking strangers if they 'heard that' for absolutely no reason. I expect a spirited defence of it from Mahow, patron saint of Helix, but it's fucking bilge.

[The Merse]

New Archer is best since Vice, picking up from Ep 3, but it's still nowhere near the first 4 seasons. Finished Final Space too - the first few ep's were massively overwhelming but it hit stride halfway through and ended very well, look forward to season 2.

[Manc]

I watched a bit of something called Manifest last night, on the recommendation of someone I'll no longer trust on such things. Fuck me it's bad, but it's more than that. The premise is that a plane takes off, the passengers experience some turbulence, and then the plane lands only five years have passed for the rest of the world and they've all been presumed dead. That's a decent enough hook for a show, you can imagine the short pitch for it being 'what if the Lost plane came back'. Then it got moving, and the present day stuff leads into flashbacks of people on the plane, which lead into flashbacks of what they were up to in the airport, and so on, with each flashback denoted by plenty of lense flare and a familiar whooshing sound. There's even a mysterious force at work which seems to have chosen people from the flight it thinks are in some way special

I did some quick Googling - while a man followed his little boy into the guts of an abandoned train station and found someone the man had met earlier that day who immediately challenged the little boy to a game of chess - to find out how the definitely extant lawsuit was getting on, and it turns out the 'creator' is getting away with spouting some Trump level horseshit. A quote from last year has him coming up with the idea 'on a family holiday a decade ago', so 2008, but that his little story about a lost plane didn't seem relatable enough until MH370 went missing. As far as I'm aware he's somehow yet to be punched to the ground and told that Lost was the biggest show on TV in 2008. The only reason I can think of that they're not being sued into the ground is that the people who made Lost see it as making their show look less stupid in retrospect, at which it's doing a great job.

I think I got through about six episodes of it, propelled through by pure fascination that something this derivative and this stupid existed, but I gave up when someone who's been confidently listening to and obeying the voices she's been hearing over the month since they landed suddenly started asking strangers if they 'heard that' for absolutely no reason. I expect a spirited defence of it from Mahow, patron saint of Helix, but it's fucking bilge.

What a tedious bloke you are.

[Spikey M]

For talking about a show he watched in the thread that we use for that purpose?

[randomlegend]

It is a BIT weird to watch 6 episodes of something and write a 3 paragraph review on it when you thought it was irredeemably shit from the outset.

[Browning]

I had the same show suggested to me by someone at work but refused to watch it on the basis I already suffered through all of Lost. Seems it was the right call.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

It is a BIT weird to watch 6 episodes of something and write a 3 paragraph review on it when you thought it was irredeemably shit from the outset.

Simmer down on the diagnoses, Dr.

[SincereTheRebel]

I really need to watch breaking bad

[Boydy]

I had the same show suggested to me by someone at work but refused to watch it on the basis I already suffered through all of Lost. Seems it was the right call.

Basically the same here but I don't think the person who mentioned it to me had actually seen it, just said it looked like it might be good.

Also, John's TV reviews are always worth a read so STFU, manc.

[Baz]

My father in law suggested I watch it. He suggested Fringe, so it was a close call.

Cheers John.

[Spikey M]

It is a BIT weird to watch 6 episodes of something and write a 3 paragraph review on it when you thought it was irredeemably shit from the outset.

Within the last 6 months I (we?) have watched a GoT finale so bad that a petition was laid before parliament to have it remade and a Black Mirror that has given up on any pretense of being clever.

[John]

I had the same show suggested to me by someone at work but refused to watch it on the basis I already suffered through all of Lost. Seems it was the right call.

Absolutely. I don't know how they're getting away with it. It even has some significant numbers that keep factoring into things, the one aspect of Lost they've actually repackaged with a little more subtlety.

[randomlegend]

Within the last 6 months I (we?) have watched a GoT finale so bad that a petition was laid before parliament to have it remade and a Black Mirror that has given up on any pretense of being clever.

It's different watching the final season of something you're invested in to watching a new series that's shit from the start but you watch it anyway.

[Raoul Duke]

I watched The Boys over the last day or so and it's pretty good. Abysmal title, but if you like MCU/Deadpool type stuff or The Umbrella Academy then it's definitely in that vibe. Some neat characters in there.

[John]

Anyone remember the article someone posted here, Reg I think, about a girl who claimed she was raped, then 'admitted' under questioning she was making it up?

Netflix is releasing a dramatisation of it next month.

[Baz]

What’s it called? Ched?

[Reg]

Pretty certain that wasn't me, John.

Looking forward to the Breaking Bad film. There's also a Sopranos film coming next year. :drool:

[John]

Pretty certain that wasn't me, John.

Looking forward to the Breaking Bad film. There's also a Sopranos film coming next year. :drool:

It wasn't. Just checked and it was Toby. Not sure why I thought it was you.

https://www.propublica.org/article/false-rape-accusations-an-unbelievable-story

There's the article for anyone interested. It's a bonkers story, and from what little I've read about the series it doesn't sound like going in with some knowledge of what happened will ruin it.

[Bernanke]

I watched The Boys over the last day or so and it's pretty good. Abysmal title, but if you like MCU/Deadpool type stuff or The Umbrella Academy then it's definitely in that vibe. Some neat characters in there.

Seen a bunch of clips on Youtube, and the actor playing Homelander seems fantastic.

[John]

Seen a bunch of clips on Youtube, and the actor playing Homelander seems fantastic.

That's Lucas Hood from Banshee.

[Ian]

Seen a bunch of clips on Youtube, and the actor playing Homelander seems fantastic.

He plays the role perfectly.

Most of the casting is spot on to be fair. Karl Urban's wobbly accent is a bit off but Urban's ace so it's fine.

[Alex]

That's Lucas Hood from Banshee.

I haven't thought about Banshee in a while. I didn't actually realise it was him until I just read that!

Lucas Hood would kick the shit out of Homelander, super powers or not. That guy took on all comers. :D

[Raoul Duke]

He plays the role perfectly.

Most of the casting is spot on to be fair. Karl Urban's wobbly accent is a bit off but Urban's ace so it's fine.

He just sounds Kiwi. Dunno why they tried to make him British.

He'd make a great Wolverine I think.

[Ian]

It's one of these things where I don't think him being British (from what I remember) has any significance to the character and it certainly doesn't in the show so just let him do his own voice.

[mugbull]

I've been watching Limmy's Show on YT. dude is talented. though i swear to god i don't understand him at least 30% of the time, and all the other actors are even more difficult to follow. Surely that can't be a typical Scottish accent?

[mugbull]

Actually, no, I am aware that it pretty standard. it's just mind-boggling how different it is to me. It's like when i was trying to understand Alex Ferguson. Just takes a bit longer

[Shindig]

They pronounce J as Jai. Madness. Limmy streams are decent as well. If that's the way his career's going to go, at least he's got some comic timing.

[Ian]

I've been up here about 16 years now and there's occasionally somebody's accent I just can't figure out what they're saying or a random bit of slang that I've somehow not heard in all that time and you can't even work it out from context.

[Adamski]

The Boys is very good, two episodes in. Hadn’t read the comics before so I’ve just picked up the lot for my holiday this week.

[Giggles]

What is Facebook Watch?

[Adamski]

I’m enjoying Rick & Morty but the pace of the episodes is so quick. If I find myself replying to a text or whatever in between I then have no idea where the plot has went within that 2 minutes and have to rewind.

It is very well done though, the amount of different characters and information they pack in without it being too much is impressive.

[Giggles]

Salvation is decent brainless watching. Only 2 series too which is ideal for starting late.

[Ian]

Why is Battlestar Galactica getting another reboot?

And more importantly why is NBC's own streaming service (sigh) called Peacock?

[phonics]

Have you not noticed the logo?

[Pleb]

Another Battlestar reboot?

Jesus. I wonder what universe they are basing it on now :baz:

[John]

The network itself is nicknamed The Peacock because of its colourful little fan logo.

[Ian]

Have you not noticed the logo?

I really hadn't. And until I Googled it I couldn't have told you what it was even with this information in mind.

[SvN]

It used to be a lot more prominent.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b3/1956_NBC_logo.svg/277px-1956_NBC_logo.svg.png

[Yevrah]

Having seen it, I think I would pay for John to watch the I-land.

[John]

I'll watch the first ten minutes and get back to you with my rate.

[Lewis]

I'm mid-way through a slow re-watch at the minute, and I've changed my 'irredeemable cunts' opinion a bit now I know how everyone develops/ends up and can notice the subtle character changes (catastrophic weight gain) better. I've also got a new entry (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MayN0Z4B2Fg) for most under-viewed YouTube video (especially since half of those are me).

And we're done.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7uH_rQC6fc

I love Paulie.

[Alex]

And we're done.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7uH_rQC6fc

I love Paulie.

Even though it's obviously not what it's primarily intended to be, The Sopranos would potentially make it into my top ten TV comedies of all time. It's genuinely hilarious on a pretty regular basis.

"Nobody has AIDS! And I don't want to hear that word in here again!"

:D

The whole follow up exchange to this where they bring Finn in and collectively grill him about Vito and the security guard is also great.

[SvN]

Fuckin' slander if you ask me.

[Lewis]

'And it wouldn't be no cock either' gets me, along with his face when Patsy brushes past.

[phonics]

Even though it's obviously not what it's primarily intended to be, The Sopranos would potentially make it into my top ten TV comedies of all time. It's genuinely hilarious on a pretty regular basis.

“When I came in to open up one morning there you were with your head half in the toilet, your hair was in the toilet water. Disgusting.”

[John]

Unbelievable on Netflix, the show I posted about earlier in the thread based on a ProPublica article from a few years ago, is brilliant. Very grim at times due to the subject matter, the first episode especially, but it's ultimately rewarding and at times very purely entertaining. The three leads, Kaitlyn Dever, Merritt Weaver, and Toni Colette are all outstanding.

[Yevrah]

That's on the list.

How long is the whole thing? I daren't check the episode screen on Netflix for fear of spoilers.

[Foe]

Unbelievable on Netflix, the show I posted about earlier in the thread based on a ProPublica article from a few years ago, is brilliant. Very grim at times due to the subject matter, the first episode especially, but it's ultimately rewarding and at times very purely entertaining. The three leads, Kaitlyn Dever, Merritt Weaver, and Toni Colette are all outstanding.


Yeah just finished watching this actually. First episode is tough, but worth sticking with. Some of it is reeeaaaally slow, but it’s great.

[Foe]

That's on the list.


How long is the whole thing? I daren't check the episode screen on Netflix for fear of spoilers.

8 or ten episodes of 45-50mins each. 8 I think.

[Yevrah]

Noice. Decent length to get stuck into.

Has anyone else seen The I-Land yet?

[Giggles]

Has anyone else seen The I-Land yet?

It could be next up for me but nobody I know has seen it yet so I can’t get a gore rating on it. The story sounds right what I’d watch though.

[John]

That's on the list.

How long is the whole thing? I daren't check the episode screen on Netflix for fear of spoilers.

Eight episodes. First and last clock in at an hour, the others are around fifty minutes.

I watched the first episode and needed a bit of a break it was such tough going. I mean that in terms of subject matter and the utter heartbreak and anger it caused, rather than being in any way bad. Episodes two through eight were watched in one go last night.

[John]

It could be next up for me but nobody I know has seen it yet so I can’t get a gore rating on it. The story sounds right what I’d watch though.

Given his opinions on my Fringe rants on the old board, take his offer to pay me to watch it as a review that it's extremely messy sci fi bibble.

[Giggles]

Given his opinions on my Fringe rants on the old board, take his offer to pay me to watch it as a review that it's extremely messy sci fi bibble.

Who?

The I-Land is only out this week I think.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I was going to watch The I-Land but it's been getting such bad reviews.


The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 0% approval rating for the first season with an average rating of 1.67/10, based on 8 reviews.[13] TV Guide gives the miniseries a rating of 0.5/5, and their critic Tim Surette summarizes that The I-Land "is an astonishingly dumb seven-episode mystery-box limited series about 10 people who wake up on a deserted tropical island with no memory of who they are or how they got there. But that central conceit is quickly resolved by Episode 3, as The I-Land spins out of control, rolls over, and wraps itself around an entirely new and equally stupid story."[14]

Writing for The Hollywood Reporter, Daniel Fienberg compares the miniseries to the series Lost "only with a fundamental misunderstanding of how Lost handled character development, mythology, flashback structure, theme and ensemble-building." He also writes that "no aspect of The I-Land works, and every bad aspect builds on the bad aspects before in a way that makes it pretty clear that nobody involved could have been under any misapprehensions about the quality of the endeavor."[15]

At Paste, Allison Keene says "I have watched some truly, truly bad series in my day, but few that went off the rails this hard this fast. But man, what a ride. Cannibals, climate change, rogue simulations, for-profit prisons, a game with no rules and no logic … what an embarrassment of riches. Or just an embarrassment. We’ll go with that last one."[16]

[Giggles]

Shit, that sounds woeful.

[John]

Who?

The I-Land is only out this week I think.

Yev's.

[Yevrah]

It's awful. Absolutely awful and the first two episodes are some of the worst tv I've ever seen.

I just think it'd be funny to see a balls deep John style review of it.

[Boydy]

Yeah, do it John.

[Pleb]

I-Land looks like a dumpster fire if I'm honest.

[John]

I might, just to make RL's brain leak out his ears trying to understand it.

[Boydy]

Do a thread and an episode by episode review. We can all watch along.

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

I've just seen a show called Criminal:UK appear on Netflix, thinking it may have just appeared today.

Initial reviews look good, one for tonight.

[Giggles]

It sounds nearly bad enough to be essential watching at this stage.

[Alex]

Unbelievable on Netflix, the show I posted about earlier in the thread based on a ProPublica article from a few years ago, is brilliant. Very grim at times due to the subject matter, the first episode especially, but it's ultimately rewarding and at times very purely entertaining. The three leads, Kaitlyn Dever, Merritt Weaver, and Toni Colette are all outstanding.

I started this last night and finished it this morning, it's the first thing I've completely "binge watched" in quite some time and I thought it was really compelling viewing. It's very rare that I watch something that genuinely takes me inside what a person is going through to the point where it will probably inform my opinion on the particular issue in touches upon forever, but I would say this has certainly done that.

The initial fifteen minutes of her just being coldly asked to recite the story, over and over again, with the incredibly grim process of going to the hospital for the all the necessary rape tests being done in between, was very eye-opening to me. Obviously I would never think reporting anything like that was "easy", but it really contextualised it for me.

And to then have that story picked apart due to some minor discrepancies? Like you might not be thinking the absolute clearest when you've just been violently raped and asked, in a very shaken up and presumably sleep-deprived state, to continually, methodically go over what just happened to you? Fucking hell. I was actually quite angry watching that. You can absolutely understand why she was happy to write it off as a lie, just to not be belittled like that again and try to move on with life.

Then, when they cut to episode two, and you can clearly see the female detective handling the exact same process with the second girl but doing everything right with all the necessary compassion and patience, I thought that was incredibly well done how they did that. I just think the way they presented the whole issue was excellent, and it would probably be very useful, mandatory viewing for anybody who has ever moaned about women "crying rape" and what have you.

[John]

I started this last night and finished it this morning, it's the first thing I've completely "binge watched" in quite some time and I thought it was really compelling viewing. It's very rare that I watch something that genuinely takes me inside what a person is going through to the point where it will probably inform my opinion on the particular issue in touches upon forever, but I would say this has certainly done that.

The initial fifteen minutes of her just being coldly asked to recite the story, over and over again, with the incredibly grim process of going to the hospital for the all the necessary rape tests being done in between, was very eye-opening to me. Obviously I would never think reporting anything like that was "easy", but it really contextualised it for me.

And to then have that story picked apart due to some minor discrepancies? Like you might not be thinking the absolute clearest when you've just been violently raped and asked, in a very shaken up and presumably sleep-deprived state, to continually, methodically go over what just happened to you? Fucking hell. I was actually quite angry watching that. You can absolutely understand why she was happy to write it off as a lie, just to not be belittled like that again and try to move on with life.

Then, when they cut to episode two, and you can clearly see the female detective handling the exact same process with the second girl but doing everything right with all the necessary compassion and patience, I thought that was incredibly well done how they did that. I just think the way they presented the whole issue was excellent, and it would probably be very useful, mandatory viewing for anybody who has ever moaned about women "crying rape" and what have you.


Yes to all of that.

The opening hour was so effective I had to take a break after it, and spent every second of the 2011 scenes silently begging the show to hurry the fuck up and connect the cases. I mean, I'd read the article it was based on so I knew how the connection would be made, and that there's no way it could be made before they'd apprehended the turbocunt at the centre of it, but I was still willing it to go the fantastical route and have him be a Criminal Minds sicko who calls the police to boast about what he's doing. The Marie scenes were just so hard to watch that I'd have given it a pass on that just to get that little girl a reprieve a bit sooner.

I think ultimately just telling the story as it actually happened makes it a more powerful piece. The catharsis that comes in that final episode, from the connection finally being made, to the lesser cunt of the two initial detectives consuming barrells full of humble pie and being told to keep eating, to Marie getting a modicum of justice, to that final, lovely little phone call made from the beach. All of it is heightened because it was so hard won. My only real gripe is that Marie didn't go straight to the home of that foster mother who initially planted the seed of doubt in the detectives' minds and punch her to the ground then shit on her carpet.

The big heartbreaks are so all consuming that some little, quietly heartbreaking moments almost get lost in the shuffle, but one that stuck out to me came in what started off as an ostensibly happy scene. Not long after the foster father has told her she's not coming in because she might make things up about him, I think maybe even in the same episode, she's back there happily making cookies or whatever it was with that same man, because he'll tolerate her company when the mother is there. That little girl is so desperate for some sort of comfort, and has been so ostracised from everyone and everything she could once have relied on, that she'll go back to someone who sent her away when she clearly needed them and engage entirely on their terms just to feel safe for half an hour. And that wrecked me.

[phonics]

Peaky Blinders season 5.

What did people think? I'm half way through now and it's not season 4 levels of bad but it's absolutely lost what it had in terms of writing. It had so much wit about it before whereas now it just seems lacking.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I gave up in season 3 as I just wasn't feeling it anymore.

[Spikey M]

I haven't bothered with Series 5. GoT taught me to avoid jumped sharks.

[John]

Peaky Blinders has been bobbins from the start, it's just stylish enough bobbins that it took me a full series to notice. It baffles me that it's taken so seriously.

[Yevrah]

I haven't watched it, but judging a book by its cover, it just looks a bit wank.

[Spikey M]

There's only so many ways you can spin 'loveable arsehole and his family outsmart enemies' before it becomes dull.

[John]

I haven't watched it, but judging a book by its cover, it just looks a bit wank.

When told that at the beginning a hardline, possibly sociopathic Ulster police officer played by Sam Neill sends an irresponsibly good looking female officer in to infiltrate a gang run by a very charismatic Cillian Murphy, what would you expect from the final episode of the series?

[Foe]

I haven't watched it, but judging a book by its cover, it just looks a bit wank.

I gave it one episode and it failed to do anything other than bore me. Avoid.

[Spikey M]

I'm watching Unbelievable now and it's powerful enough, but it's not coming close to the effect '3 Girls' had on me. I had to actually stop that and come back to it a few days later out of sheer repulsion.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Sam Neill will always be my hero for doing United Passions. Proper professional, you gets a job you does a job.

[Shindig]

Thanks for reminding me that film exists. :D

[Ian]

Just looking at the cast for the Wheel of Time TV series which I didn't realise had started filming already. Rosamund Pike is the only one I've heard of. Couple in there that don't look how I'd have expected them to be cast but fingers crossed it's good.


Sam Neill will always be my hero for doing United Passions. Proper professional, you gets a job you does a job.

Him and Tim Roth agreeing to be in that. Fucking hell. I've still never seen it but I feel I ought to.

[mo]

My wife made me watch the first episode, despite it holding no appeal to me whatsoever, and I'm pleased to say that although she tried to get me to watch more, I only lost an hour of my life to Peaky flippin Blinders. Like a glittery turd, and all the people dressing up like it look like proper cunts as well.

[igor_balis]

I reckon a lot of people who really like peaky blinders watched breaking bad and thought Walter White was a #ledge for the entirety of the show.

[wullie]

Peaky Blinders has completely passed me by so I gave the first episode a go and it looks lovely but is a complete load of fluff. Do the accents get any better though? The communist guy seemed to veer all over the country in the space of one scene.

[The Merse]

The accents and general feel of Ep 1 put me off for years but it does get into more consistent territory by the end of the season and is very good thereafter. A fair few accents improve in S2 onwards too but there’s still the odd awful one. The Billy Boys West Scotland patter is particularly bad.

[Baz]

Of course Merse likes Peaky Blinders. Even has the merch haircut.

Ive no idea if he does.

[-james-]

Anyone been watching The Circle? Absolutely brilliant tv.

[phonics]

Tom hardy turned up for 10 minutes and it was the best 10 minutes of the entire season.

[Boydy]

Anyone been watching The Circle? Absolutely brilliant tv.
I kept seeing ads for it but couldn't work out what it was.

[randomlegend]

It sounds weird as fuck from the Wiki page. Apparently Richard Madely randomly did a stint as a contestant this series?

[-james-]

I kept seeing ads for it but couldn't work out what it was.

A load of mostly young people (and a 58 year old ex-UKIPper who's going to win it) live in flats in the same building (but never get to meet) communicate via a social media app. A few of them are pretending to be someone else.

It's better than it sounds. The Richard Madeley thing was a shit gimmick really, I'm glad he's left.

[Lewis]

My mother watched Peaky Blinders for the clothes/other bullshit. Maybe that was the way to do it.

[Baz]

I’ve started watching Mindhunter; two episodes in.

The lead is basically Coop-lite (twin peaks) and his partner is the result of breeding Sam Allardyce with Turtle (https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=turtle+entourage&safe=off&client=safari&hl=en-gb&prmd=insv&sxsrf=ACYBGNS7eu3mEtdLr5_bJyaIIdB5yokgpQ:157048326 4341&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiH4-KIiovlAhUKSxUIHdh_AtsQ_AUIFigB), but it’s enjoyable. I’m particularly enjoying Big Ed.

The main guys girlfriend is one of the worst actresses I’ve seen on something proper though. Absolutely diabolical. I just wanna skip her scenes, and not just cos they're usually sex.

[randomlegend]

The most recent series of taskmaster is a proper return to form :D

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

It's challenging season 5 for me as the best.

I'm not overly sold on Wix (although she does have her moments) but the rest are smashing it, especially Gamble and Baddiel.

Some properly good tasks and they've nailed the two team selections as well.

[randomlegend]

Ed Gamble's water feature was incredible.

[Browning]

Agreed, it's been brilliant. The team tasks have been the stand out, largely because of Baddiel and Brand not giving a single fuck.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Yep, Baddiel and Brand should write themselves a sitcom on the back of it, they work so well.

[Manc]

Unbelievable finished strongly. Mindhunter S2 next up.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

David Baddiel is amazing.

[SvN]

It has been brilliant. Jo Brand playing horse or laminator was superb this week, I somehow found myself really rooting for her.

Baddiel trying to get the ring on the pole was another highlight.

[Boydy]

Anyone watched The Capture?

I heard the ending was a bit disappointing but I'm three episodes in and I am fucking loving it so far.

[randomlegend]

Yeah we watched it. Enjoyed it but would agree the ending isn't great, although I believe it's got a second series coming.

[Magic]

Parks and Rec is really awesome.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Second that. It's such a feel good piece of TV, I'm watching it slowly for about the 3rd time at the moment. The writing is great and every single character in it, even the dickheads, is essentially a nice person.

[Boydy]

Yeah we watched it. Enjoyed it but would agree the ending isn't great, although I believe it's got a second series coming.

I thought the ending was alright. Definitely not as disappointing as I'd been told.

[John]

The Good Place is on fire at the moment.

[John]

Second that. It's such a feel good piece of TV, I'm watching it slowly for about the 3rd time at the moment. The writing is great and every single character in it, even the dickheads, is essentially a nice person.

With the exception of Jamm and Tammy 2.

Parks and Recreation has been my go to show for something to put on while I'm tidying the house or whatever for years now, so I'm pretty much always at some stage of rewatch. Jean Ralphio has one of the highest comedic batting averages of any character I've ever seen.

[Magic]

It's the theme tune too, I adore it.

[John]

Lewis have you seen the thing the History channel is doing, with four strongmen doing 'legendary' strongman challenges from the past? Looks like it could be decent. Eddie Hall and Brian Shaw were two of them.

[Lewis]

I haven't seen the actual programme, but I get bits of it recommended on YouTube through watching Eddie Hall's stuff and it looks pretty fun.

[John]

I've just looked at the filmography of Craig Mazin, the sole writer of Chernobyl, and fuck me it's grim. Bugger knows where he's pulled this from, because everything else he's done has been deeply shit. The third and fourth Scary Movie films, the second and third Hangovers, Superhero Movie (exactly what you think it is), a sequel to fucking Snow White and The Huntsman, and Identity Thief, a film in which Melissa McCarthy steals Jason Bateman's identity. Surely nobody, in any field, has gone that suddenly from abject, embarrassing shite to work that's bordering on perfect.


And has Charlie's Angels coming up next.

Which he's going to follow by writing the next Pirates of the Caribbean film, replacing the twat who got his jotters for defending the anti vaccination lot by saying calling one of them an 'anti-vaxer' was no different to calling a black person a nigger.

Chernobyl must have been his 'Michu at Swansea' project.

[Ian]

What acareer.

[John]

The Watchmen series, essentially created by Damon Lindelof as a sequel to the graphic novel, is off to a good start. Sky Atlantic on a Monday night, with the first two episodes on catch-up, for those who don't do torrents.

[Bernanke]

Regina King is an amazing actress, but I'm somewhat worried this is just gonna end up yet another Lindelof mysterybox thing.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

The live task on Taskmaster was great.

[phonics]

Even though it's obviously not what it's primarily intended to be, The Sopranos would potentially make it into my top ten TV comedies of all time. It's genuinely hilarious on a pretty regular basis.

I'm at the end of season 3 with Paluie, Chrissy and the Russian. Upon being informed the guy's a Green Beret who's killed 16 Chechyans...

Paulie:You'll never believe it. He's killed 16 Czechoslovakians and he's an interior decorator.
*long pause*
Chrissy: His house looked like shit.

[Alex]

I'm at the end of season 3 with Paluie, Chrissy and the Russian. Upon being informed the guy's a Green Beret who's killed 16 Chechyans...

Paulie:You'll never believe it. He's killed 16 Czechoslovakians and he's an interior decorator.
*long pause*
Chrissy: His house looked like shit.

:D

That entire episode plays as a great comedy.

"Universal remote.....put it DOWN on docking station!"

[phonics]

:D

That entire episode plays as a great comedy.

"Universal remote.....put it DOWN on docking station!"

Yeah, rewatching it has highlighted how much I dislike quite alot of the show though. From Janice to Meadow, anything outside 'the boys' is really cringe.

[Lewis]

Janice is a brilliant character.

[phonics]

Janice is a brilliant character.

Maybe so but the very concept of her existing enrages me.

[SvN]

Yeah, rewatching it has highlighted how much I dislike quite alot of the show though. From Janice to Meadow, anything outside 'the boys' is really cringe.
You just revealed your own ignorance.

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

Was the second season of Counterpart mentioned on here?

Just remembered about it there and didn't realise it's been so long since the first and the second finished ages ago.

[Raoul Duke]

Daybreak is pretty fun. If you liked The Boys it's in a similar groove.

[Alex]

I thought the first episode of His Dark Materials was great. They've done a a really good job with the casting. My only concern going in was James McAvoy as Lord Asriel, but I thought he mostly nailed it. The daemons were really well done too.

[Ian]

Yeah I enjoyed it too. Although I can't remember much from the books so we'll see if that's a good thing or a bad thing. Should be a good thing, really.

I'm also making my way through the second season of the Punisher. I'm not finding the typical MCU Netflix mid-season sag too bad but that might just be because Berenthal is so good.

[Bernanke]

Third episode of Watchmen has me all in.

[Ian]

Not watched any of that, will probably do a binge catch-up once Punisher is done with.

[Raoul Duke]

Punisher was great and Bernthal is perfect in it. Shame Disney croaked it.

[Ian]

Hopefully they'll do something with it once the Netflix deal that means they can't use them for now has run its course. I'd be interested to see Disney have a go at The Defenders.

[Mazuuurk]

On the topic of Parks & Rec I'm rewatching The Office (US) at the moment. Such a great show to just watch on the sly as well.

[Ian]

Punisher season 2 done, and while I'd have tweaked a couple of things about the ending it was on the whole a really good series.

May start Watchmen next.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I've just had an alert telling me that High Castle series 4 is out and about. I don't think I ever watched 3, has anyone done so and was it worth it?

[Giggles]

I did and I liked it but I was only trying to find a good recap this morning before starting 4 as I can't remember a thing about it.

[Alan Shearer The 2nd]

Yes I would say so.

[Alex]

I stopped watching about halfway through season three. Not that it was bad or anything, I just realised that the plot had really started to get away from me. I need to rewatch it from the beginning really.

[Giggles]

Some of the scenes where Smith is back in this timeline are very well done.

[randomlegend]

I tried to get into Prison Break since I'm sure I remember a lot of people on here saying it's good. Holy shit it's so unbearably cheesy.

Young Offenders season 2 is good though.

[phonics]

With His Dark Materials and Watchmen, I'm watching more weekly TV than I have in years.

[Alex]

The new season of The Crown has been really good so far. The complete cast change has been nowhere near as jarring as I thought it would be. It's helped massively by the fact that Olivia Colman is predictably great as the Queen.

[Yevrah]

I need to get into that.

[Bernanke]

Menzies as Philip is incredible casting. Also I love Helena Bonham Carter in anything, so it's all working out quite well.

[SincereTheRebel]

Seven Worlds. One Planet is the only program I watch on tv right now.

[Spikey M]

That 'His Dark Materials' looks absolutely shite. :cab:

[Ian]

Seven Worlds. One Planet is the only program I watch on tv right now.

I liked this week a lot. A nice change from more sodding penguins and walruses.

[phonics]

Congrats on being wrong.

[Ian]

Took a bullet for you there, Spikey.